The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-12
Seeing the Big Auto Show First Hand at the Armory
"A Personally Conducted Tour Among
the Maze of Many Marvellous Motors

many duties aa show director. Htil
has time 90 visit hts own display oc
cnsinnaily while Harold Howell &
a. kiag aud T. u noosher are or
the job at all tlmes
The iiardahar Motor 60. has III,
Neon and the Allen Two Alier
models are shown, a. flvephHHengei
la green and q four passenger ciut
roadster IN brown. with rich brown
upholstery to match, The Moon
shown Is nVenaascnger little six
with tan finish and brown Spanish
leather upholstery g. II tiardshar
president OF the company. togothei
with his son. a. r Hardnhar. and A
Finley are IN attendance.
sales Manager il. T. Dean. OF the
patten Motor Car Co iH kept on the
jump. describing the fine points OF
the ears IN his exhibit which com
prise "a standard fYepAnrenEer Chal
mcra ia blue dc luxe model chal
mcrn IN purple lake. with gold Leaf
stripping. and Premier magnetic
gear shift lu fournome design, FIN
ishrd in army brown with black and
gold stripinEH
Mr. Dean. &. T. Barry, ). W
Morse and Walter J Rue are th'
nalcamon on the floor
The exhibit ~ "a pioneer in scat
ties automobile industry IL that Of
II = Grant. president 81 the Seattle
Automobile Go The Chandler dis
patch model shown IL one Of the hits
~ the show ana h finished IN ei"c
trio blue. with white wire whrsin, up
holstered In blue and sold silk fls
ur~d tapestry The top n special
and il 81 cicar.cut. distinctive lines
A Chandler coupe in blue black and
a popular Maxwell coupe in black
with whit. wire wheels sales Man
aeer Harris. VIM p-ylins and -. u
Runner are In charge.
By this time vs. have made the
round Of the outer walls. and stroll
over 10 tho center division ~ the
show. where the double line % *
hiblts is divided hy white lattice
work. interviewed with roHrs and
evergreen. ~ the south end We find
the display ~ the Franklin Wtch'
Co. where Franklin sedan IN
HrewHter green. with light green
wire wheels. and four passenger
model in tobacco brown. with cream
wire wheels and tan top arc shown
". A. wlcks. president of the com
pany. together with l.. \ Hubs
and II. J t.imendorf. are in attend
ancr.
To the right ~ the Franklin
wicks display "a that ~ the Rn~sch
Olsen Co. state distributors for this
Veiie. both members OF this firm
have added biz II roma nee 10 auto
ahow week by entering the bonds 81
matrlmony Edward Roeach was
ahead Of his partner. but Max Olsen
was a eiosr second In the exhibit
ar. q four passenger sport Neiie In
gray and fvcpass~nger IN Ncl1e
blue. with white wire wheels. y. y.
smith and J. ~ Hahn are the boys
IN charge
Next IN llne l. the Washington
Oakland Co. with special job IN
straw ycilow. with oyrrrtuffed up
holstcry In green. and n classy col
iapsible Victoria top. This car IL TINS
personal effort % ] G, kaii. the an
tomohile decorator. and Is the CLASH
cn, medium priced job on the floor.
An Oakland stock model IN black -
also on display. In charge arc Man
agcr Harry Austin. g. NJ. Ament u
q. nellie. W. ". Wheeler and a. W
knack. -
The kimbail Horn Motor Co. has a
winning showing OF Arprrson
Fights. the Great Western Motors
show the Paige. and a. added fca
lures have a miniature motor car
modelled In real. honest to goodness
cake. and a small blackamoor in a
scarlet uniform. who reminds the
crowds Of scarlet lanaEor In flight
AZ the northern end % the center
section j. the exhibit of ". A. Eaton,
Dodge Brothers distributcr. and d.
rcctly back Of the Dodge Is the Ford
display. whcrc the Ford sedan with
the new Liberty starter ~ shown.
Then comes the complete show Of
the Eldridgc Buick Co. with a Buick
chassis In white and nickel that Ia a
thing Of beauty Tho company tn
structor lectures on this chassis. and
interested througs are always In cvi
dencc a special iHclosed job. paint
ed after a design shown al the New
York show for MIR Bosselman. man
agcr Of the ] G. Graham Co. IL oi
real interest a standard Buick five
passe niger car IL also included In tbs
exhibit. Ray Fox Of the company
has two II the first show sales TO his
credit. one az SOS and one az S15
on Monday. the opening night of the
show The members OF the Eldridg,
Buick sales staff are busy on the Jot
every hour OF the show
The Sunset Motor Co has glor
flied Cadillac chassis. which is ~
ways surrounded by an admirins
throng. and some exceptional Cadil
lac and Hupmobilc special models
The Seattle Motor Car corporation
has the Elgin and Harroun. and
President Hes. Of the company. IL IN
personal attendance the greater part
OF the day The Summit Motor Co
~ at the south end Of the central sec
ton. and with its display OF the
Saxon completes our little trip. 1t
reads much more uninterestinR than
Il really IL. and only several visits
will enable one to grasp every fca.
ture Of the big show