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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
BIG FIELD
IN SEATTLE
Guarantee Tire Company j. Latest
Addition 10 Automobile Row, A.
traeted by Big Possibilities Here

That this city is the mecca OF
business men the country over Is
once more proven by the entry into
commercial circles here OF the Guar.
antee Tire company. OF which ID.
Goldfarb IN president and l.. Y.
Clark local manager.
This company has retail tire stores
In over a hundred cities In the Unit.
90 States. and their policy Is TO sell
tires. guaranteed as to mileage. AT
very low prices. They call them
selves specialists in saving money
for motorists" and that the term Is
an apt one is illustrated by their
success TN all their stores.
Locations are harder to get In
Seattle than in any city which we
have entered" says Goldfarb. sand
we were lucky TO get our store at
Sia East Pike IT. As Il rs. We had
TO pay a big bonus 10 get the lease.
and have made all sorts Of conccs.
sions TO the former occupants We
win build az the same location next
fall and until then win do business
in the remodeled store room.
Our business ~ purely and sim.
ply one OF selling tires and tubes at
the very lowest prices, and when.
ever we get the chance 10 purchase
a tire stock at bankrupt prices, the
public gets the benefit. We conduct
our stores on a clean-cut basis. and
servite and satisfaction go hand in
hand with our sales policy.
Our mail order business In very
great. and we shall supply the en-.
tire adjacent territory guaranteed
tires at the lowest possible prices. "
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

SAVES GAS
As Distributor Of Cyclone Nsporis~r.
lie MaLr> Possible Morc Eco.
montreal Operation Of Ford Cars

when you show a man that you
can save him money In the opera
ton o. hts Ford. sou have made
a fast friend And when YOU prove
that you can cut down his fuel
consumption from &c 20 50 per
cent. at cost 81 but sit. he viii
swear by you for life. And that h
iust what I am doing FOR the Ford
owners % Seattle says = L.
Rothrock sales manager Of the
Cyclone Distributing company. with
offices ut 7ts Third ave.
''Our Cyclone one-plece vaporiE-
ms manifold Is not an experiment
Our test last week under the AUS
pieces OF the Automobile club Of
Western Washington was official.
and proved tina, We deliver the
goods. We actually drove a five
passenger Ford 1911 mticH more 20
the gallon. using one 81 our mani
folds. and burning diatiilate. than
the same car could make without
the manifold and burning gasoline.
I'VE have Installed our device on
many trucks. operated hy the big
gext firms In Seattle, and they are
now ordering insiailment on their
entire fleets one beauty OF the
Cyclone Is that there are no adj
tussrnenta. After u II once in
stalled there a nothing more TO be
done to II. II burns either rna or
dIstiliate equally well. and na far
as tho carbon question goes. there
simply Isn't any carbon 20 worry
about We are glad 20 install
under so-day money back guar
aniee. and have yet 20 record n
dissatisfied customer"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
COMMISSION WILL SUPERVISE
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM

WASHINGTON. -. c.. May "a
'sThat a commission. ns contcmpiat.
ell hy the Townsend. Isankhead bill.
Will be the method of administra-
ton adopted by congress for build.
ing a national highway system is IN.
dicsted not only by public sentiment.
but by ihe weight OF government
precedent" says Or. w. NJ. Rowe.
past president Of tho American Au-
tomohile association and member
Of the special committee Of the A
4. A. good roads board which Will
devote much time TO federal highway
legislation.
Highways should be considered In
the same class OF public activity as
railways. waterways. merchant ma
rine. the national banking system.
and. In fact. any Of the great dis.
,inctiy national undertakings" con.
tinues Dr. Rowe. ut seems a self.
evident proposition that the building
OF a national system 81 highways
will form an enterprise Of such mag
nitudc and such completely az to
put IL entirely beyond the sphere
Of a single bureau or other rubdi.
vision Of an executive department.
and II. therefore. IL be- considered In
the class Of these greater national
enterprises have named. We should
naturally expect TO see the same
kind OF administrative machinery
established for highways.
by way OF precedent. therefore.
we may point out that tho railroads
while under government control are
managed by a director general who
IL not subject 20 the control Of any
cabinet officer and that in the ab.
sence OF government operation OF
railroads the Interstate commerce
commission functions Independently
OF executive departments. when we
/ turn To the great shlpbuilding and
merchant marine industry. we find
these are managed by the shipping
board ana emergency fleet corpora
ton. both functioning apart from
executive departments. II we turn
/ to the national banking system. we
I find the federal reserve board In.
stead OF a bureau OF the treasury
department. other examples might
be cited. Bureaus OF executive de.
partments. are principally engaged
/ in invostigativc and educational
work and in the routine performance
OF "A government activity more or
I less inherently and continuously n
part OF the executive machinery.
There Is no existing executive
/ department which could lcEitimately
| take over the entire task Of building
a national highway system II might
be contendcd that the department OF
/ agriculture should do the job because
Of the agricultural interests affect.
ed by highways. but Immediately the
INSTRUMENTATION might be made
| that the war department should
/ build the system because OF the mill
! tary and national defense needs OF
the nation. The postofflce depart
rmcnt might very logically claim that
its rural delivery and parcel post
service should cntitle IL TO control.
1.-THE department Of the Interior,
being almost entirely public works
department. might contend that "a
constructive engineering task should
| fall IN IT'S domain.
"As an outcome Of these various
contentious must come the realiza-
ton that highways are OF such an
all.embracing and OF such general
Importance as TO make Il imprac'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
Speedway Service
Flag Be-Starred

There sre many stars In the
Speedway service flag.
Capt. Eddie Riekepbarber. who
will referee the 500miIe race. y
the ace ~ American aces. He
brought down 20 planes.
Lieut.. jules Goux. French pilot.
was In the artillery. wears q
wound strip. being injured nj
Bsiforf.> In 1915. jules won the
1918 rnc~.
Iieui. Art Kiein ws- engineer
Ing offlcsr Of the aviation sery'
Ice al issoudan.
Rene Thomas was injured In
the French aviation service and
later was placed la charge Of
truck repair shop In Paris.
Andre Boiflot, q lieutenant in
French aviation. lie II FreDch
ace. he brought down baby
Peugot and French spad.
Louis Coafaien. Sunbe n m
builder. was . membsr of the
bfuEn 3suHdaHt NntbtN W. WI
lie DESIGNED the Sunbeam asia
tlon motor which Divided hopers
with The Roiis Royce In British
service.
Jean Chas-agne WA with the
Frtpeh artillery n year and then
was made inspector OF planes.
Ralph Muiford Joined the
Wright Martin airp'ane company
when the q. :. entered the war.
lie dcyeioped the IiispaDo suixn
engine for army plares.
Charley Msrx. famous driver.
not entered In the race. lie
did his biz over there.
Albert frtvot. who was herr
with 1onx IN 1919. won't ride.
Driving n car on the Chemin-
des DANES front he was injured
b. . high explosive shell.
Ralph DE Palma WAS In the
experimental division 81 the 4. \.
air service.
y. W. Monahan was nm Amer
lean doughbo,.
Albert Guyot. jules Babiot and
Louis Wagner we're In the
French aviation service.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

ucahlc 10 cntrust the task as n mi,
nor undertaking to any single gov
eminent department A commission
would consider the needs Of all o,
the departments.
From the standpoint Of direct,
ness. OF responsibility. tirneilne~~ o,
action and comprehenslycnes q,
knowiefga. n commission davofine
It's whole time TO the one single task
could not fail TO accomplish far
greater results than would be pos
sinls through the medium Of a eabi
net officer who would be devotlne
the greater part OF his time and at
tcntion TO matters wholly foreign to
highways. IL would seem that IN,
commission plan iH unasaailablc.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
TRACTOR MAKES
GOOD IN MARSH

That Samson sieve-Grip Tractor
certainly made a good showing up
at WILDLY island on the Comstoc<
farm last week" said John Power
Of the Eldridge Buick company TO.
day upon his return from Oak Har.
Dor.
The ground. a regular peat marsh
below sea level. was 30 soft that
when the piows were lifted they
were stiIl pulling a furrow six inches
deep.
"A full days work was done in
spite OF the condition Of the ground.
and the farmers voted the day a
success"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
DELFEL HEADS
NEW ELDRIDGE
BUICK BRANCH

A used truck department. a de.
pArtment where the buying and
selling OF used and rebuilt trucks
viii be the order Of the day. was
established this week BY the Ell.
bridge Buick company. Never In
the past has the house had an
exclusive used truck department
X promises az the start 10 De
shopping place full OF opportun.
tiles for prospective customers
Al the same time Il promises to
he an exceedingly satisfactory en-.
tcrprise for this company.
w. r.. Dclfei. the well known
and well liked Seattle Buick
ealssman. has been placed In
charge OF this new used truck de-
partment. His long experience
with automobiles and trucks viii
BE- a mighty good background on
which he viii begin his new work
and. fortunately. he lie running
over with the brand OF Seattle
"pep" that produces tangible re
suits
II IL safe TO predict that "A good.
~ share Of Sea,tle's 1918 business
tn secondhand motor trucks viii
come HIS way.
The foundation on which this
new department will do business
h the reputation OF the Eidridge
Buick company for square
DIAL Good values in second.
hand trucks viii be handled In
this department and every sec
ond-hand GMC that Mr.. D~lfei
puts on the market viii be- In
good mechanical condition after
having been rebuilt n the com
pany's shop.
II know that n h possible for
purchaser to ave considerable
money BY buying used motor
truck. and Il win be a profitable
Investment for him II II IL well
handled" said Mr.. pelfei.
This departmsnt Of used mo
tor trucks viii be conducted on
strictly business principles. Every
purchaser win get dollar for dol
lar OF value and a motor vehicle
that win deliver the goods. lie
VIII receive from our hands the
same courtestes and consideration
that he would receive In any 9th.
er department Of this house"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
International Automobile
Produced for Second Time

For The second time in his history Of The leading
automobile manufacturers and designers of America Ben
mobile In the designing of the we-known Briscoe car
Mr. Brscoe spent much time in France. bringing forth
model for American manufacture, and embodying in its
design welauthencated European practices while he
Is bringing forth embodying American design thru
out and to be assembled largely of American parts Wher-
ever advisable the parts be manufactured in the
mense plant of Beanger Freres. of Paris for whom Mr.
hriscoe and his righhand Rodolphe Sah are doing
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

With the running Of this classic.
on May 81. automobile racing viii be-
resumed in America.
With machines apccded w and
MADE more perfect an n result Of war
Inventions and improvements. faster
time than ever was before made H.
booked FOR.
With hearts lighter and responri.
biliues ended. the thousands and
thousands q fans who yearly cram.
med indianapolis before the war on
the day Of the race are coming back
again.
The entry list - by far the ciassi.
est evrr known. Il q one OF the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
= y y n y q
BY FRED TIRRNXILIE

They calling this years 500-me the Victory
Sweepstakes and well they may for entered the race
galaxy of stars who fought for liberty on the blood
soaked fields of France and they justly deserve the admir-
alton OF the auto fans. Competing with each other
for premier honors the worlds greatest automobile event
win be the soldiers of the allies who fguratvey fought
side by side thru the awful conflict just ended French
English Italian and American drvers-men who have been
near death in other vehicles than racing favorites
sentmentay at least, in this years long grind II SER
vice wins the 500-mle race no one win complain
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
RuSTY GLITCH

II the sliding member OF the clutch
il rusty, IL will give the effect OF a
grabbing member. The rusted por.
ton viii prevent the clutch's cneag
ing. gradually holding for a fraction
Of second. and thus forcing n quicl,
engagement. The operator often he.
licvcs that the trouble is due to poor
facing or worn engaging member.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

largest on record.
For two years there has been no
Speedway race. Carl Fisher. Speed.
way king. wouldn't consider holding
the event with his country at war
with the enemy o. civilization.
War il over. and the manhood Of
the allies Ia returning 20 peace time
pursuits. There may bc those who
wouldn't consider automobile racing
a peaceful pursuit. hut Il Ia the chos.
en- work OF those stars who fought
for liberty over there IL Ia their
work and their play. They did their
part we'll IN tho war, and they're
giad il u over. once race driver, IL
IL hard TO break away.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
READ FIRST

In taking battery readings with
the hydromcter the operation should
be performed before the distilled wa.
ter Is added 10 the solution. which
wrong reading given. Also. after
wrong reading given. Also, after
tho water has been put in II takes
some lime 10 mix with tho acid. The
water being lighter. stays on top.
and II the hydrometer Is used say
an hour after the water has been
added. II win take IN only a weak
solution. which is not the real one.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
WATCH THE BUMPS

ono OF The most frequent causes
OF broken springs In the motor
truck Is lists. when the vehicle
lists badly on the road the whole
weight OF the load Is Thrown sud.
denly on one side, with the result
that the master leaf Is broken. Care
in driving will obviate this danger
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

s"c S'f oetns nfou9ht tortn u
70 be manufactured in large NUM-
hcrs. as Bellanger Freres. thru
heSvy war work. built a plant OF
commanding siEe covering what
would be In America three square
nioSks. The company manufac.
uircd $4,000 shells per day. manu-
Mctured airplanes. and was en-
ragged In shipbuilding also. Thru
ITS war work Beilanger f'rcres grew
10 an important position among the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

manufacturers 81 France. and, In
fact. Of Europe. and with tho start
which Il IL making IN automobile
manufacturing. will take position
akin 10 the Ford company IN
America. should Its every plan ma
terialiEe. as IL likely 10 be the case
under the able leadership In It's
American affairs OF Mr.. Rriscoc.
whose vast experience In the past
will be OF material value to hlv, IN
organizing the American end Of the
business. This American business
must OF necessity. under the plan
Of manufacturing. he the most im-
portant portion OF the immense
business. FOR the materials. the ma
ehinery and the tools must come
from American sources. For this
work % designing the car which
VIII he on the roads within a few
days now. and OF tooling up. Bris-
coe ana Stshi win have a plant In
Detroit and win have n warehouse
at the seaboard at which viii be
gathered the material. There this
material will be sorted for ship
ment To keep an even balance on
supplies going forward. Careful
checking win enable the balancing
OF supplies to n.ccty. while the
adoption or American parts ard OF
American machines and American
methods OF manufacture viii make
simple me securing OF the ncces-
sary material. and In any quaint
tics desired after American max
ers OF parts. accessories and 80 on.
have started real quantity produc-
ton. Particulars regarding the car
and other matter Of interest In this
novel and practicable method Of
International manufacturing have
been Withhold for the time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
NAIL SERVES As TAPER PIN

In an emergency temporary
taper pin may be filed from an ordi.
nary nail or svff piece Of wire TO re.
place a taper pin that has broken on
the magnetic drive or IN soma other
important location. This repair
will serve until a permanent re-
placement can be made. but II Is
not In Itself permanent
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

Avoid sudden stops. quick starts
and skidding.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-12
1T CAN'T BE DONE.

The vigilance Of the Hammond police in raiding
places that traps of immortality young
De commended, but there work to be done
There are hotels and rooming houses the city
need TO be watched very closely the is evadeC
in them constantly Like all other manufacturing cities
Hammond has within its confines number people OF
both sexes who have acquired the that
they are immune from law ard order and responsible
10 authority whatever. Several these have come
with the lately found to their
establishment that the law would course with
them it has with others have gone beyond III
pale 1t is this type of person which sails into new
Offices and audacty order their
names kept out OF the newspaper after they been
arrested.
They seem 10 have knowledge that news is
commodity and that has much right 60 into
newspaper office and demand the suppression
as he has 10 into grocery and forbid the pro
prfetor TO sell coffee If the of the news
commodity not business. a newspaper that p7r
mted the suppression Of dealing with the con
trbuting OF delinquency to minors Of both and
other moral rottenness that matter of police and
court record. it would have fine standing in commu
nifty. This newspaper does profess he public
monitor II is detective prosecuting attorney
1t does not around looking for crime it pry
into closets where skeletons dangle rattle. but
breaking OF the moral code boys and girls are
concerned it does propose silent and no offer
throat keep it silent
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-12

sfactory both capital and labor the plan
the year 1919, retroactive from Jan l. each sue
ceeding year.
10 is of the complaints of capital that
mands Of labor organizations often unjust and
nsgated for the part by labor leaders whose
equations depand upon things being upset the
trial world AT the It is known that there
frequent which strikes occur in direct op
position the advice OF labor leaders This was seen
both in the United States and in Great Britain during
The Whatever merit the argument may have il
obvious that if labor satifed with conditions no
amount of agitation. the part anyone would be
likely to bring about strikes. IT, example
TO that il their personal interest
that the concerns by which they employed
turn out The largest amount of products the best
made goods. that could be produced they would prob
ably give little heed TO the plea shorter working
day II is generally agreed that strikes tremeld
ousl> costly. II afforded opportunity participate
i'm The prosperity of their employers it altogether
likely that employees would The justice in taking
also their share OF possible The elimination OF
suspicion and sefshne7, would so "a long distance
toward bringing about better understanding betwe
capital and labor and step toward that end
be the first needed Christian Science Monitor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-12
MADE PEOPLE THINK.

Everything points to private control Of the railways
under national supervision which shall do with
the nagging state commissions No expects that
there will be return that system Of competition
which viii result in business road and failure
the public yearns for shat competition
which will give Us something approaching the good
passenger and freight service Of the old days BY A
means unity the railway systems OF the country but
see to it that hand government ownership
does palsy private energy.
If there is a mossback institution country ii
is the postal service The morale of the officials and
employees is on a plane below be found in
private enterprises which did omuch BY their
tagging energy 10 win the The posofhce depart
ment a standard by which may estimate the con
sequences of government ownership. Il is slow, dica-
the point desposm. hopeessly entangled in
red tape and the employees have lost ambition.
In the speedy deterioration of service the rail
ways we can see al work the same process which took
out postal service Given time the de-
cadence would result in even more melancholy sSte
than that which curses the postal department Of the
government.
And yet McAdoo wants Try federal control five
years more admission that control up the
present has been failure II is plea for time in which
% make good" What would become of OF four
industries if federal control should continue impose
on them the icy hand decay death?
That the railways with their hundreds Of thousands
employees develop into the biggest political
the country under government ownership. is
hardly open question If congress should attempt
prevent this development would compelled prac-
tically disfranchise the entire railway personnel
even then the OF political influence a ri
gantic scale would remain.
In government control has been good
thing the country. 1t has made the people think
highly private ownership speak correctly
Of ownership by the investing publciGoodwins
Weekly.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-12
From Bryant Smalley.



Dear Dad.
We are just jump from The Rhine
river near Cohlenz and part of the
Third Army Of Occupation or the Ar
my cf Entrance. We have mad no trou-
bile with the people and ttey treat -
fairly wen considering every thing.
expect - be home among the first as
the talk now is THAT We vii sail from
German port, Al the picked troops
that are going into Germany have been
through the hardest fighting so we ex-
poet 20 be among the first home
We are travelling overland in trucks
and az night billet in the barns and
houses The scenery s wonderful the
land IS billy and the towns N the val
leys present "a pretty siEht At Bean
fort and here We visited two old cas-
ties and they Were very interesting.
have not heard from ne for man,
months The last letter was forward
ed TO me at Hunt n eamp near spain
where 1 was for few DAYS know
you have written butt VOW letters have
never reached me The fla was very
bad and [ was luezy Il ieaye there 20
quickly