The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 14, 1925, Page 13

SATURDAY, MARCH l4 TOMOB HARRY W. L BANGERT, Co Manager Motor Vehicle Law Held Unconstitutiona Supreme Court | TRY AND CRACK THIS NU Raps State Act Prerstate Bus Lines Not Subject to Licen- sing by State Department of Public Works OLYMPIA, Wash., March 14.—The decision of the United States supreme court in the case of Buck vs. Kuykendall, handed down March 2, and holding that the Washington motor vehicle law is in part unconstitutional insofar as it relates to interstate commerce, has left much doubt in the minds of motor vehicle operators as well as the public, as to the full effect of this decision. T, MR. YEGG After conference wit! o a terstate business, must - t rartme t to operate se ata the departm fc Ww 1 I ‘GR ANT works makes the f ate PrERMITS ment of what, in ita opinion, Is t 8 per of this dec of the howin, court i of what t ' bat o t terstate motor vel or territ STATE MAKES ge INTERPRETATION 9 “It ts our unders supren court held the motor v quires auto transpo' pany. before it ts perm ate, to make proof of public conve: nd necessity to th law an all Tespects as a ca’ now required state is Ryers Transfer & Storage Co., has added another bullet-proof, burglar-proof truck to their string of cars. rolling fort or safety vault, is mounted on the latest model White chassis and it was built in Seattle by & Co. The firm now operates two such cars, one of which transfers bullion for banks and the rolls and bank deposits. A. E. Dye is in charge. (New Oakland | The huge Alex Christie other handlea pay- ew rules and regulat respect to the matters tioned, are’ onte bove mer ino The mptation ‘GROSSING GUARD TAXES HIT BUSES Heavy taxation of motor vehic ind that the act in respect is not regulate but ts & prohibition of the use of the high- ut comply. | ing with its requirement.” | Parisian Taxis Are One-Capacity Cars| | hurts motor bus ownership and bus who annot make a : ; : ublic 4 an . . | transportation, is the opinion of the| The streets of Paris, France, now geal and Ship Without One | ° | PROPOSED American Automobile aasociation,| &f@ swarm, Hy | Restrictive measures on bus opera- , compact and lig’ t t “The court did not holt th Rivet Is Launched | a es le tion also are working toward can-| edingly economical in tires, te may not make proper 4 An oll-tanker In one plete, without celiation of bus schedules a in | gasoline consumption and cost of bie regulations with respec Pe tre picts cata nee te |Device Would Stop Motors | precapagi) nagputoade sreant ptt | manutacture They avo a, whee! | ers using tho highway. It ita’ steal teams the one ¢ of Speed Violators ain track of y 46 inches—Popular approved the mon t built in the d States hy th pi Sclence Monthly of the law. 3? did r NY! tric welding method, was | a KINO’S CAR IN U. 8. EL BOIS BEI on of the act, except that part vidence, Ft. I., BALTIMORE, Md, March 14—| 9 automobile which King George | STANDARD TAG SPOTS h ‘© a certificate to one © Monthly for April The way to stop automobile axc an been using for tho last 10 years tandard location of front and rear de another, ts | h gener ricity other been bought by Charles Y. tes is favored by many 5 of steel he tanker’s REST OF LAW TO BE EFFECTIVE “The act itself provides tha portion thereof is for any reason automotive r, for ls country. ‘The engine is of the Knight type, altho a much | older mode fused together the sh: and heavy angle fron tn frame. nuto-| otor vehicle | "|More Traffic Cops Are Needed, Not New Laws American Automobile ity of Law Enforcement a of the A t t Roy F. Britt board, conf vehicle c y problems stion and the hich the ong to | | a large center of | he United States | where the public safety ts not in ge degree jeopardized by the failure to provide sufficient man-power to |handlé the motor vehicle problem and the problems related to it, the | report claims What applies to the cities ts equally true of the rural highways, |as few states have made provision 4 for traffic control over them, outside | Scispe dug Sum Is Spent for Motors | ‘The world spent $3,360,000,000 for | new motor vehicles in 1924, a survey by the United States department of | commerce shows, says Popular Sci- | ence Monthly for April. On January | year there were in opera countries 18,615,000 pass 000 trucks and 1,- sociation Finds Lax- Accident Cause i Best Values | In Used Fords pea neem etrange to FOE “t you to choose fror uying a new FORD, you our assortment of alm new ones—open and ed models CHOOSE FROM: 4 Ford Roadsters 24 Ford Tourings 6 Ford Coupes 4 Ford Sedans 60 Reconditioned Chevrolets EASY TERMS Central Chevrolet, Inc. Broadway and E. Pike Downtown Branch: Westlake Chevrolet Co. 118 Westlake North Open Evenings and Sundays held to be unconstitutional, such de- fon shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of the act. We have, therefore concluded that all Portions of the act, except the mon opolistie feature, remain im force and unaffected by the supreme court de- fern a plan "that he © ponitive in tts action and would not depend on the alert: ot automob!l jo drivers, | ve the en-! magnetic r the 10 ho United States ore 34 per cont January, han for ports the Nat ber of Comm during lower a automobile in » pacing of a similar Inst roadbed near ea app! to every he Beyond question the decision in nowise affects any operation solely within the state. It affects only transportation of passengers and freight from one state, or foreign country, Into another. The depart-| ing three remained on the same lo t, therefore, concludes that auto| while traffic accidents In the other portation companies desiring to' two were increas | SEVEN IMPROVE Seven of the 10 largest cities in the country lowered their accident rate during January, below that of January, 1924. One of the remain and th speed roadbed to the right side ¢ the crossing would be a magnet. Attached to the part of the car, by legal would be a magnetio in director of sales of the Onkiar >| strument which, when actuated by tor Car company, has appointed T.| the road magnet, would shut off the E. McMeans manager of the Seattle car's ign. © car went only 15 miles an be sufficient co generated by the tion, But at considered unsafe at power generated ined with t top the car, tho motor- nuld have to get out, lift up od and adjust the magnetic Mr. 3 motive indu: 6 wouldn't company, working service manager, and la Studebaker branch in went Into as a Dodge Br Pa His territory for the © include Washington, Oregon northern half of Idaho. WHY THEY LOOK LIKE NEW! That’s what they all say about Eberharter’s Automobiles! when corm a force, wou his car a and will the| the Service Plus Is Demand of Many Motor Drivers Habits of Gas Trade Bring Gray Hairs to | Heads of Service Station Employes “A little alr today, sir? That left] ‘Don't think we are crabbing rear looks a bit soft. Test ‘om all| about giving service—that’s our mid around? All righ’ dio namo—but gas station men are | The General Gasoline servico sta-| just human and they like people to | tion man pulled out his gauge and| at least seem appreciative. | | started unscrewing a dust cap, while Ww OMEN AR | | the inquiring reporter, jumped down DS | | and started to look around, | There was a lull just then in the stream of cars that had been moving | by the pump, “Keeping you pretty busy?” ho in- quired Of course, they look like new, because Eber- harter’s has the only complete reconditioning plant in the Northwest—the only plant equip- ped to turn them out that way. It is equipped for, and daily reconditions cars from thorofigh mechanical overhauling to the finest grade of painting and finishing. The fine finish on Eberharter’s automobiles is the greater value added to mechanical perfection. When Eberharter’s reconditions an automobile, it is reconditioned RIGHT! Eberharter’s made and holds the reputation of “Biggest chance to offer to do it, almost want | thefr whole car cleaned, and then | i ” MANY PEOPLE drive off without ever so much as | and Best in the West” by making good on |) {Vt oxy saying thank you, or even looking | every automobile. And they sell on | “Oh, yen, they como along pretty | at the pump.” | regular, this time of day. Beats all, too, the way different people act.| where,” commented the reporter, | | There used to be a motto in the copy| “I suppose so. Another thing} book about the proper study of man|that’s funny 1s the way different being mankind, and, bellove me, the| people buy gas, You'd be surprised bird that pulled that must haye run| how many only buy a gallon or so |a gas station. Jat a time, Most people buy tn oven “Just about tho time there's a| lots—five or ten gallons at a timo. ; rush on and every man I've got {x|Then there are a good many that | jumpin’ around tike the one-armed | just drive up and say, ‘Fill er up’. | paper hanger, some guy that nover | od any water today? Woll, bought a nickel'’s worth of gas of me| we'd better seo how it fs, anyhow.” will pull up to the hose and holler| And thereon the inquiring reporter Sor someone to give him some water,| got a tank full of gas and drove quic! 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It has an expensive marine green finish, excellent top and upholatery; nearly new cord tires, sparo tire; powerful GadindacMcaios Run by Rickenbacker Is Record Cline & Ayerst Motor Co., distrib. utors for tho Rickenbacker automo. bile, are proudly exhibiting cowbes of f telegram recetved from ‘Cannon aluminum step plates, radiator, 1000 Pike St. at Terry Ave. “The motoreyclo record for the run fs 42 hours and 44 minutes, The best provious automobile record was 63 hours and 41 minutes. | —— en WINNING AND HO y i Feoromersy, "end That Fall” Baker, demon driver of Rick-| “Moresthan 600 miles of the drive step platen, . wins windshield w enbacker cars, telling of tho road} was made thru a heavy rain storm r ‘ fiend’s sensational drive from the|in Washington and Oregon, Only Canadian border to the Mexican line. | five stops y » mado for rot ‘The tologram follows: | Baker checked out at tho © “Rickenbacker Six broko all reo-| line at 1:03 p, m., Mebruary ords, both motorcycle and automo:| checked in at the Moxlean tno at hile, from Canada to Mexico, total| 6:27 n. m., Webruary 28 ‘Thora wan Hl j elapsed timo, 40 hours, 67 minutes. | no mechanloal trouble and only two | PRODUCT G of punctures, Baker visited Seattle a fow wooks fo and started his run, unan- nounced, , ‘ } An average of 38.04 milos per hour wit for the entire trip over a tota 1 mile ago of 1,668 was chocked by the Au tomobile Club of Southern Call: fornliy made on account Oakland Six New Special Sedan ow ve had women drive in| $ here and get air all around, water | in the radiator, ask to have the wind- | shield polished before I even had a at factory | In all our experience we have never known so much motor car value for so little money. = = Just think ofa fine, roomy, luxur- ious, four-door Sedan with Fisher Body, four-wheel brakes, Duco finish, powerful six-cylinder engine for $1375. # = The value of such a car cannot be expressed in words. To appreciate it you must see it—actually drive it—put it to any test. 2 = This is what we invite you to do. There are no restrictions or obliga- tions whatever. Come in any time. NORTHWEST OAKLAND COMPANY EL iot-1233 LDING GOOD ENERAL WILL OAK LAND MOTORS