The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 28, 1925, Page 13

foot ete was MOTORIZED Last of Horses in Service| of Company Passes CEMENT ROADS Washington One of Leaders In This Type of Highway STATE FEATURES UNION OIL IS) Do fan aged horse at qital branches of the week marked the downfall The year just sed again wit hae death Ressed t ne of t a Oil © states and federa age pay makes availat the relative value Saate. Eater Oe r industry to the Rew eparaling over motive business and the as-| warty. ee eee tounding development of motor ye-| concrete highway meets Sorapenen: The outstanding e of the From the peak of the horse | year wes the cor f more} drawn era lay 1915, when the than Pave-| company’s deliveries were made ment by the state of I S| by 400 horses and 300 wagons euneres ite es laid) assisted by 250 trucks and tm 1993, and be total mile-| qutes, the beginning of 1925 | ege within this one mats t re} saw approximately more than | than 1,800 trucks and automobiles and 100 trailers in the Union | Oil service, ur hundred of the com t pany’s @ ve s are in the ways t sales departme the field, retine bond iss s, pipe 4 engineering div with any other than bile in service the first crete, 0 square yards| truck was introduced. The transition were placed contract by the|during the next seven years, how department. main aveled | eve and it was not state highways are paved 20 feet| until 1917 tor vehicles really wide or more with a center longi-| jumped lead with 500 in tudinal joint. The two sides of the | the service to some 300 horses and paveme e connected with steel | wage dowels inch afound, four feet} Two years later the number of long and placed In two-foot centers. | horses was reduced to 70, and the © The spacing of the transverse|following year practically all of Joints in the pavement has been re-| these, too, were disposed of. duced from feet to the 5 ring the past four years, a few holdovers ¢ been reta No longit reinforcement standard edge bars are used. ¢ The coms has passed the sdles ow the last « t in special cases > horse heaven ted work in both state | ¢ TOMOB THE § EATTLE STAR - HARRY W. BANGERT ILE SECTI Automotive Manager and counties was 624,105 square yards, or 49.7 miles of cc pavement, averaging only 18 feet an occasional wide. . oll operations Bet Ps rea ut as regular employes they have VALVE CAP NOT LEAST ture 2 gh A” IMPORTANT AUTO PART Phe - Bigger Trucks to «| End Traffic Jams s to the tire v The valve cap what the dust-proof case is to valve cap ts a hundred times more important. ngton thinks {n terms of six PARKING FOR SHOPPERS Milwaukee d tment stores have combined to at fences for their customers. Ever) emergency as a secondary sea the mouth of the valve. This ticular valve cap has a dome-shaped swivel rubber washer reinforced by ord parking conven IS \. Yh, A safe guide in your choice een motor cars is the fact that every fifteenth car on the road today is a Buick. More than a million people own Buicks. The American public soon finds the path to value. COUPON Eldridge-Buick Company, Seattle, Washington. ROADSTER FOR 5 works of a watch. It is just as important to the and \ JASHINGTON, Feb, 28.—-A new the air in the cap solution to the traffic conges to the gas tank ank | tion problem: y sat SREY cap keeps dirt, dust and water out ke trucks bigger, so there will | Flint “55” Will Carry Whole of the gas. Thé valve cap keeps|b ss of them ia dirt and mud out of the inside ot| This i no freak idea, It's the| Family; Hag Rumble Seat the tire valve. While the long dust hild > less an authority | a cap that covers valve stem is an|than A. W. Herrington, one of Uncle} “The new Flint‘55' four-passenge important tire valve accessory, the t engineers for the arm, | road ter has beta met with unusya | Dublic approval” states F. BE. Witt Many car owners are not aware n eight wheels for a tru mamager of the F that the standard type of valve caps avier loads, and broa Motor Co., “and this is undoubte with which they have been familiar ea, so that one truck MAY! su. to it's combimtion of beauty for years not only keep out dust place of two today and less} gs tyen " and dirt, but are also absolute! be taken up. rine Saeeee airtight and can be used z ucted upod the e4 merits Ng feo sevéral noted im xdied provem bh ate em an arched metal support that motorist coming into @ store to shop | ¢ ap itee het vulcanized into the washer nig| will get a slip entitling her to free addition to its leather uphol prevents the washer from being dis-| parking for from 1% to 2 hours in Wich is wide torted and depressing the valye/ any of the downtown storage places it Sn be & coed pin. or garages. ar t fet two whict automatically released for raising by the turn of © small gadget | mounted at the back of the front seat {Road Bulletin ] KI NG COUNTY ROAD BULLETIN Thomas K. Heeman King County Engineer WEEK ENDENG FRMKUARY 2. All paved roads in good condition, | Renton-Mapte Valley — Pave Renton four miles east; 1925 from * fair aravel. Keat-Black Diamond: Paved for 14 miles out of Kent; three gravel roads at end of paving; fair condition, Maple Valley-Black Diamoad: —Gooa gravel Binck Diamond-Enumelaw: Good eon- Paved. Paved. Freston-Fall City: Good gravel. Falls City-North Bend: Bend, East: Good gravel, Open to point 7 4 + Via Boos Creek; gravel section good ass Highway: Open to Sky. Woodinville-Davall: Fajr. Kent-Des Moines: New pavement: gray- él section good Des Moines-Ta Naches & Highline—Good ellent condition tn pen to point § miles, Ne pavement excellent; nee 00d gi Rellevae-Kedmon: Redmond-Fall City Seattie-Des Moines— crossing gravel. Good gray Brick roa fil north tion fn ot Des ew pavement open. condition Yor further information call MA in-6900, ocal The Yellow Cab Co. of Chicago advertises that its bill for non-skid chains on its 3,000 taxicabs totals 6 than $140,000 annually. Breakdown #4 i Please send me catalogue and information regarding }| 3 1925 Buicks. Also your easy payment plan. | ‘ADISON, Wis, Feb. 28.— ¥ “The cultured life of Europe MP Mame 5 nee ccccesceccecssesssecsssonsscscssoccecassssosecoessssesseors [|| 18 belns sacrificed to the ‘god. aj || dess ‘Motoring’.” a bli.) Seer reer eee eee errr eee eee eee eT ere ee eee ee eee ee eee eer eee adly, Professor J. Ortega, of : Spanish ¢ rtment at the | ExprineeGZZi@MpANY Used Cars Taken in Part Payment KA st-0842 wast Pike at Harvard When Better Automobiles Are Built, Buick Will Build Them i haetnneetti canis hndspestrhioermmercineiainceneteeennertanpsaianisiaents University of Wisconsin, returns from a European visit with this impression The automobile, especially the cheap car, is taking the people of Europe away from their ac- customed life of music, art, learn- Ing. It is taking them out into the country, it is getting them “on the go.” it has instilled in them a feeling of restlessness. This is his complaint. "No more ¢ Spanish peop ¢ the French and happy to spend ‘orth Trunk connec-) Velie Man to | Speed Sales |: of Car Here}: wentern the distributors to ivertia! ten | | brethren. ame ervice, ins vehicle and motor trucks carry fuel to their go Above, White Below, a scene of a Union Oil “mule-power” truck 15 yea ago. ~~ MOTOR EMBLEMS ; Service Club Distributes In- signia to Members The Mot Service clut ucific t is now pla er mbera cars iclals of club dec 1 time t mbership of over 9,0 » emt emblem border and te The wing rapidly sin nO, fi tut elu year making p rvice to its me info with map arance werv cen ven members 050 automot dealers, Wa Back in the early days of the automotive |used mules to move gasoline and automobile oil. Union Oil Co., has dispensed are it wi » me minum, wit ork hotels Local Automobile Dealer } Mile Trip by Rail, Water ructures, A the hom In Havana industry they ow the | One ige he passed ¢ was over to ‘the Yas with its last horse-drawn | *" spt “ / an a COLIN | ma ¢ us er trucks used at the Seattle plant.\the me - tan | NEW HEADQUARTERS | | FOR OVERLAND CAR | | | ~ | STARTS OFF “BIG” | Ye) 2h SINESS 1 we n * according thel| PN 7 sales’ manager { ‘ Dunn Motor Co, 2182 Third a x who Is handling the new Willy and of 1 be || Knight and Overland car torists nd sic. We rmation Gardner Distributors Pike by over and hington, 1th and Exst Streets bbi EK Auto F ij No |Seattle Is Best, bin Can’t Even Pull luto uel Supp ies, Now | Bldvidoe Clans lakes 11,000- and Motor passed 4 f eram E acting ) f the fi an the ‘ «| Hot Water Jacket Preserves Gasoline of the the wu bur jinder e 4 is carried ating m of the ile the ofl becom not gys s Jubricating valt red, and ® has ER in line Closed car at same price as open | | SMALLWOOD MOTOR CO. hone EAst-l | | ' 1 | | | | ing campaign consists of an allot: | ment of cars from the factory to each distributor thru a co-operative plan | which enables the dealer to dispose | of these cars within a very short | Period. Each city is divided into districts land each district is alloted one car. The distributor is permitted to allow on that car, full list price for any | Ford, Chevrolet, Star or Overland purchased since December 31, 1923. |The city of Seattle has been allotted | 44 cars and the city has been divided |into that many districts and will be handied by the Northwest Velie Co., jd {butor If the plan works here, as it has in other states, the entire allotment Will be disposed of within one week and the repeat business, which will }come from this campaign, should} | Justify the factory in its contention that it is good advertising. of European| Culture Laid to Auto! | their leisure moments in intel- |) lectual contemplation,” Professor Ortega sighs, ‘They are ‘crazy’ for little trips, and the whole family starts out with no thought of good books or music. The means of travel 1s cheap and the lure of the open 4 is enticing. ‘The truth of the matter is be- |} ing seen more cleafly from with- in by various pioneers of thought and by leading Frenchmen. “Today. in Spain, France and # also in England, we aan observe & physical shifting-»a change In stilling into the people the Amer. |) ican restlessness, the desire fo be on the go every minute, “The cause? Cheap cars in great numbers, accessible to every ) family,” LIST PRICE FOR YOUR OLD CAR! Here is an offer that will startle the entire automobile world and motoring public. It is so unusual it may at first thought arouse criticism, but you will see it is a perfectly sound, straight forward business proposition. Fourty-four owners of 1924 or 1925 model Fords, Chevrolets, Overlands and Stars will receive full factory list price on their cars, and Dodge and Maxwell owners a liberal allowance, in trade on New 1 Model Velie auto- mobiles. This startling proposition is made possible through cooperation with the Velie factory advertising de- partment, @ Do You Own a Ford Chevrolet Star Overland SEATTLE PRICES Touring $1,495 Club Phaeton $1,695 Four-Door Coach $1,735 Standard Sedan | $1,975 Royal Sedan $2,275 AN OFFER TO 44 AUTOMOBILE OWNERS THE PLAN (a) We have divided the city and suburbs into 44 sales districts. sold, on this plan, to an owner in each of these 44 divisions, (b) Any 1924 or 1925 Ford, Chevrolet, Overland and Star is eligible, if it fs in salable condition. There are “no strings tied” to this offer. You get a “trade-in” allowance for the full factory list price of your car, (co) Each purchaser agrees to use a spare tire cover on which is the wording “The New Velie” and our company name. (d) This offer will be promptly closed when first served. One car will be the 44 cars are sold. First come, THE OBJECT This is 4 new departure in advertising. A ce e vertising budget is being used to quickly place 44 New 1925 Model Ve biles on the streets of Seattle. Is there any better advertisement than a satisfied owner? in amount of the Velie factory ad- lie automo- Watch for them! OUR PERSONAL GUARANTEE To the Public: We have been in business in Seattle for 14 years, during which time we have sold hundreds of cars to the public. We will personally guarantee that every one of the cars offered in_ this sale is the latest 1925 model, and that they will be sold for the next fiscal year as current models, We are not offering a number of old model every car is backed by a factory that has been in business since 1908, hh assets of millions of dol- lars.. This is a clean-cut advertising proposition on our part—it’s an unusual opportunity for YOU! MAX OLSEN, EDDIE ROESCH. NORTHWEST VELIE CO. 1109 Pine at Boren MA in-5568 OPEN EVEN GS AND SUNDAYS > mal e Do You Own a Dodge or Maxwell Lockhead Hydraulic Four Wheel Brakes Full Size Balloon Tires New Steering Gear Full Nickeled Radiator One-Piece Windshield 118-Inch Wheelbase