Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-09

On next Monday, June IL, Kameha-
meha Day, Honoiulus auto row will
lose one Of its we'll known and well
liked pioneers V. V. Newell, man.
aver Of the tire department OF Smoot
| & Steinhauser, will take unto himself
a bride-which is equivalent to bein g
lost. vic" has been in the tire bus
mess in Honolulu for the past six
years. during which time he has prob
ably corralIed more real friends than
all the rest Of the automobile fra
ternity of this city Here's wishing
Vic happy and prosr erous future,
Those Firestone baseball uniforms
are still on exhibition at Smoot &
Steinhauser's and would have been In
action by this time Eut for the illness
Of Manager Smoot. The captain has
been indisposed this entire week
from an attack OF la grippe and ton:
silitis.
According to Arthur Wayne Of
Smoot & Steinhauser, Ltd, quality
always counts in the long run when
selling goods. During the past week
both Loves Bakery and Theo. H.
Davies & Co. purchased Veedol oils in
wholesale lots for use in their COM
mercial cars. These concerns have
been experimenting with lubricants
recently and decided on Veedol only
after satisfactory tests.
Another booster for Firestone has
arrived on the scene in the person Of
an infant daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer s. Firestone. Mr.. z. s. Fire
stone 10 the popular manager Of the
San Francisco branch of the Firestone
Tire and Rubber Co., and paid visit
to these islands duringethe 1915 car
nival. 49,
Wednesday evening saw most en-
joyable gathering Of local automobile
business men, VIXEN Mr.. A. w. Wayne,
the new manager of Smoot G Stein
hauser, Ltd, gave dinner TO the
members Of his new firm. Those
present, beside the host, were: s. s.
Steinhauser, Harry Henry, v. ".
Newell, Lieut.. Z. e. Case, William
Markie, Lieut.. F. G.. Moore and P. M.
Pond. Captain p. M. Smoot was fore
ed To be absent, being confined to his
home with an attack of tonsilitis.. ! .
The serious shortage Of freight
cars Is likely to be increased by war
preparations. Preference Of ship
ment will be given to war materials,
fuel and foodstuffs. Under the cir
cumstances we viii no doubt en-
counter increasing difficulties In ship
ping automobiles and trucks and we
may expect a raise in freight rates
at any time. 81 49,.
In San Francisco an automobile
without q flag is as much a curiosity
as one Is in Honolulu with a flag
What Ii the matter with all our pa
triotic motor car owners or are flags
scarceg Let's get some flags and put
them on our autos and business
houses.
Since the opening Of the year 1916,
more than 100 automobile manufac-
'turers have raised their prices.
Just think 81 it. Those Spanish
hidalgos would 60 three thousand
miles tun .galieon. 2 t'Nonsensei
You can't believe half what you read
about those foreign cars. Life
Some mileage. a
The day is rapidly passing Wher'
the fair sex IS content to SIT back and
be driven IN 8 motor car. They enjoy
the thrill that comes from stepping
on the throttle ana feeling the mo-
tors power. 1t Is certainly gratifying
to note the Increasing number Of
women driving their own cars in.
Honolulu. II will be noted that the
women favor the Overland Country
Club groadster and Oakland light six
touring models
Men and women are working day
and night In England to prepare the
land for crops, using motor tractors
and working by light Of acetylene gas
generators. Every foot Of England Is
being cultivated. II behooves US to
emulate this example in Honolulu, at
least to the extent Of farming inten1
sively by day.
Artists do not create beautiful
things They merely find them, col
iect them and give them meaning to-
us, And we buy them; this applies
TO architecture. paintings and auto
mobiles. Moral: II the old car Is out
Of date and ugly looking to you, why
not swap 1t for new one-a thing
OF beauty. RS 51EI
The Toledo factories Of the WHY'S
Overland Company have I2.3 miles. OF