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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-08

speed to satisfy the requests OF deal.
crs, who want their allottmon,a dou.
bled.
The daily production schedule was
nj higher peak when the cars were
announced this year than at the an.
nouncement Of any previous Oakland
cars. Production on the new cnrs
was we'll under way early IN July
More than 700 cars were driven away
from the factory just tho week be.
fore tho announcement, for dealers
in tho Mid.Wcstern states. tho far.
distant dealers having already re.
celvcd cars.
In spite OF this, three days after
the new cars were announced II was
found necessary to increase the daily
production schedule.
c. w Mntheson, vice president and
director OF sales, received countless
kilograms from dealers telling OF rec
ord sales during tho first weeks dis
play and ordering more cars.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-08
SERVICE WINS
MEMBERS
Rapid Growth Marks Short
Life OF NJ. S. c.

The Motor Service club OF tho
Pacific Coast has just recently
moved it's Seattle office into new
and attractive quarters at 1905
Third ave
The club has just completed It's
first ts months existence. during
which time Il has expanded and in
creased its services 80 rapidly that
II is today one OF the most widely
known motor clubs on the Coast.
Starting In March. 1924. with a
handful Of local nutomotive dealers.
the clubs service now extends over
the entire Coast and lts official
dealers" comprise more than 1000
garages. service stations. hotels,
and restaurants. who give club
members per cent discount on
all purchases.
within a few months after It's
organization. n magazine was pub.
iished for the members known as
tho Motor Service Monthly, Not
only docs the magazine feature
topics OF interest such as places 20
20. etc. but every issue contains
complete road report. giving the
conditions Of the highways cover.
ing Washington, oregon and Cali.
fornia. New traffic regulations
ns they arc enacted. arc also pub.
llshed in the clubs magazine to
assist members in complying with
the law at all times.
Shortly after the start OF the
publishing OF the magazine, n legal
department was inauEu1ted, tho
purpose OF which was TO have legal
advice obtainable for club members
in practically every town OF any
size upon the Coast. This depart.
mcnt has grown and today over
60 Of the best bonded attorneys
are available.
In conjunction with the insur.
ancc department. towing cars were
placed in operation in King and
Pierce counties.
Every cmploye OF the club who
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-08

hpropos Of the figures for tho
first half OF 1926 which showed an
exceptional Increase in production
Of the company over its peak half
year. Willys.Overland announce n
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-08
EDDIE BRINGS
GOOD NEWS
Capt. Rickenbaoker Visions
Prosperity in West

Capt. Z. V. Rickenbacker. known
10 all America as tho ACE Of Aces, -
and 70 many as the senior vice presi.
dent OF the Rlckenbncker Motor Co.
70 Detroit. Is in Seattle today.
Devoting all OF his time 10 the
Interests OF the well.known company
which bears his name, and as this
visit IS purely commercial one. the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-08


captain Is unable to tarry long, or
10 accept the many invitations he
constantly receives to deliver ad.
dresses before private, public ana
civic bodies.
When interviewed concerning the
West, the captain promptly stated:
THE West is the foundation upon
which the East operates. know.
for have worked for living in both
places.
II am glad TO see tho West daily
gaining such commercial strength.
Even tho your spring weather in
some spots was not particularly ideal.
I know that the composite condition
Of the crops IS only slightly over s
per cent below their lO-ycar average,
but slightly above last years ave.
rage. Every prospect points to com.
paratiyely good prices. which means
an increase in the purchasing power
Of the farmer.
''As our own wheat supply will JUST
about take care Of domestic needs,
there will be little left for export.
This should mean continued high
prices for America. with the live
stock and corn prices on the up
grade, the whole situation Is health
.ier in aspect and prospect.
N "Freightcar loadings are also more
numerous for the first part Of the
years as compared to last, all OF
which are indications OF sounder com.
morcial health for everything west
Of the Mississippi"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-08

drives u car also carries n tow
line, patches, and additional guso.
line, etc, so ns to be able TO ron.
der first aid to any motorist having
difficulties on tho highways.
A free gasoline delivery service is
also maintained by the club and
tire service exclusive for women,
provided to aid wives OF members
who encounter tire trouble on the
roads.
In opening UP tho new ground
floor offices, the club inaugurated
It's latest and most distinctive ser.
vice which Us the maintenance OF u
beautiful and spacious lounge room
for It's members This room Is
very comfortably furnished with
ovcrstuffcd pieces, writing desks,
etc, where members may make
appointments to meet their friends
or may use the telephone maintain.
cd IN this room for them, or use
the services of the photographer,
which mt all times will be on hand
to assist them with letters and
other matters.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-08

Tho average outstanding note on
mptor vehicles is 1868,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-08

Motor trucks are 1870 of the total
motor vehicle registration.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-08

1892. 900 motor vehicles are regis
tered in the United States.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-08

companies in the General Motors
group. which have announced lover
prices within the last week
n is learned from unofficial
sources that if "a downward price
revision Of Oldsmobiles evcntuates.
h viii b. made In spite Of material
improvements 10 the car Tho i'm.
proycment8 are said 10 include me
chanical changes that win result in
quicker acceierition, more power
and smoother operation In add
ton, II IL practically certain that
tho bodies win be given additional
grace and beauty by changes u
line and finish. n Is likely that
two.color effects IN Duco viii be
used on some. II not all, Of the
models.
1882. 900 motor vehicles are regis
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25

That is perfectly true
There time discuss the merits of when once
is declared There chance to express your IN
divdual opinion
If you are going be pacst it must be between wars
IF YOU going express opinion and criticize
your government it must be between
No matter how it may be in time Of peace certainly in
time of it is my country, right wrongmy country
It is the same with peacemakng agencies.
IF is anything done toward preventing 1t must
be done when there Then only peoples in
the proper of mind receive suggestions and to
intelligently.
When once war breaks there is outburst of
patriotism the people nflamed by hate that they
unable to reason
Some years have now elapsed since the end Of the great
war and an general has just been able to acknow
edge that the Germans brave and
honest
Cannon may be the supreme argument of kings but they
are not the argument Of democracy Democracy be-
tween cannonades
War not only dsturbs and destroys peoples it not only
demoshes property and devasates fields but has eff
feet on the minds of the people and their hearts For
long it disorders their thinking and they are unable
to see clearly or to feel justly.
It will be long time before conditions such In Ger
many and that French and German think sane
each about the other.
When once war breaks out must go with his fel-
lows Then realizes that he greater than the most
of countrymen and whatever his individual convictions
he adopt theirs If he does not do it his country will
make him do it.
He either go and shoot the enemy and get shot
by him. else stand against the wall and himself be shot
by his fellow citizens
War triumph of intolerance narrowness and intense
feeling 1t will have differences of opinion It's main
argument is that Of force and we must all bow to it.
Therefore, going to bring to bear different
questions and intelligence must be between
Once war breaks out there is hope
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25
What Is a Number Six Shoe?

manufacturer Of shoes went to He found that the
Ghoe equipment of soldiers of the important
things in the He found that foot under his
weight not like mans foot when rule applied
60 the sole is done by almost every shoe store today
Soldiers have good feet Many with bad feet
Soldiers avoid bisters and callouses must be
well fitted.
This manufacturer developed machine which would register
the contour Of mans foot when he put the weight
his body onto it. Now this manufacturer fitting shoes
and women by the machine.
He has been searching the records find the origin
standard for shoe lengths widths
the inch It is American European unit of
He that tell what Number really is
The origin Of the standard of the
traced That is like many Of the other conventions which
rule daily actions. Why do them know not We
only know our forefathers did them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25
Industry Moves
Westward

nECENTRALIzATION OF in
~ dustry may or may not be
going forward: but variety Of
interesting facts are coming to
light. The center Of manu-
factures" has actually been max
ing its way westward more rapid
~ than the center of population.
even though the latter by reason
or getting under way earlier Is in
southwestern Indiana while the
former Is approaching the west
ern boundary Of Ohio.
In the nineteenth century our
tendency was toward concentra-
ton of manufacture in larger
establishments. but the data col
lected by the Census Bureau are
declared not to support any
theory that since 1900 there has
been a tendency for manufactur.
ing establishments in general to
increase in size.
reached in a study of the I'm
tegration of Industrial Operation"
in the United States recently pub
lfshed by the Census Bureau,
The study is an attempt to bring
together and analyge the material
gathered in censuseS OF manu-
facture, so far as IL bears upon
tendencies in American industry
in general and also as II shows
what has been occurring in some
of the larger branches OF manu-
faCture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25
GARRETT P. SERVISS STRESSES
VALUE OF BROAD VIEW
School Girl Mastered Secret of Intellectus
That Solved Hard Problems.

get away from them. Anybody
who has never seen a globe under
stands what the world is. You
must get a globurlar view Of any
thing that you wish thoroughly
to comprehend.
But at the same time It must
not be forgotten that the object
Of taking a broad general view is
not to ignore the details, but to
see them in their relations to one
another, their grouping and their
organic unity. It is easy to de-
scend from the general to the par
ticular; harder to go the other
way. A house makes a brick
understandable, but. If you had
never seen or heard Of a house,
could you deduce one from @ brick
or a heap Of bricks?
Language study is excellent for
cultivating the right way Of look
ing at difficulties, and among the
languages, none is more tonic than
Latin. Another ordinary school
study-algebra-is perhaps better,
at least for some minds, that any
language. 1t develops the ca
pacity to group details into whoIes.
1t handles quantities as a general
handles armies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25

unkemptness
II you're glad that you re not farming there
said
II wish | was,' the farmer answered with friendly
grin I'D mighty swap all my melons, wheat and
oats for that lands yield. Them ugly rocks gold ore
ma M 1t am so much to look at but when they get
around to sinking shafts and building mills there they
make my ranch look mighty poor and SMALL
Rich fields; all yielding nightly mans needye each
one different Rich fields of pink and bronze yellow black
and grayall calling for different knowledge different
handling But each part of the vast living Whole. And
each one not enough for mans demand without the other
yield.
You like my little story about five fieds 1t makes you
homesick for the country? You wish could
city caloused fingers through that living EARTH don't YOU
my Pal You feel deep and friendly comprehension of
that earthas though read of that you knew
and loved You cherish and you tolerate each kind of soil
pink bronze yellow and backeven that tramp acreage of
gray. You do not like kind warmly than another
You re they all needed to make up the perfect
whole:-And yet you "cannot stand them foreigners
that live next door!'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25

~ ITTING opposite me in a
train were two schoolgirls,
~ each with q book in her
hand. The books were in a for
eign language, whether French,
italian or Spanish, could not
tell but anyway one Of the Latin
languages''-perhaps Latin itself
land 1 should not be sorry II
that was it,
Both were studing the text
with frequent references to The
voca bulary at the end of the
book, and comparing their traps-
lations.
In a little while found myself
deeply interested by the manifest
contrast between the mental opera
tons of the two girls. Funda-
mentally they may have been OF
ekual general intelligence, but, If
so, some quirk of nature, or sorle
accident of early training had
given one of them a great ad-
vantage in her intellectual atti-
tude, or outlook.
When her friend floundered in
a maze of conjectures about the
meaning of some word, or SEN
tence. holding 1t too close to the
minds eye to perceive its true
relations, she pointed out or the
solution almost Immediately, hko
a general surveying a whole battle
field from a commanding height.
Had Breadth of View.
Occasionally, at a tight corner,
she turned to the vocabulary.
studied it intently for a moment
gazed with thoughtfilled eyes
straight beyond the pictures OF
sugar-plums and sure-fits on the
advertising panels opposite untu
a pout of triumph would curve
her lips, and then, with an en-
banding smile, she illuminated the
dark passage and led her deISnt-
ed companion through 1t. Shall
7 saw that at such moments L a.
preciate her, not as pretty glrl'
but as a beautiful human!
/ might have watched thls IN
teresting little drama 4onger out
for the suspicious glances OF
sour-faced woman who had no
idea of the charm of mentality.
At any rate, l was free 10 meol-
tate on the lesson of what l had
seen. 1t was not new, but 1t was
singularly striking and clear.
had beheld in operation one of the
greatest laws of the intellect-a
law that insists upon freedom and
breadth of view. We are all
aware of the existence of this law,
but we are apt 10 neglect and to
violate it, Especially, l fear, 1t
is habitually neglected in school
instruction.
believe that I can detect in
myself the evil effects Of this,
which have had to overcome in
later life. Neither in school nor
in college did any teacher or pro-
lessor ever warn me: Don't get
YOUR eyes too close to the sub
iect; hold 1t Off where you can
see it as a whole"
On the contrary. they all pushed
me headlong into the midst OF the
details. But that round-cheeked
girl in the train had somehow
mastered the secret. and became
a leader for her comrades.
would wager that she was
capable of teaching some Of her
teachers. Without this freedom
OF mental sweep. there can be no
organization of knowledge. or true
comprehension Of it, and no
leadership in active life.
Try il for yourself II you are
ever puzzled by difficult problems
or subjects. Don't he "phAsCd
by the compleXity OF details, out
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25
The St. Paul Trick

railroads vauing their properties you how many
BILLIONS they worth. But if you should ask high
BUY any the railroads what they are said
to be worth you wouldn't find a customer.
Recently the Interstate Commerce Commission put value
the st. Paul Railroad railroad on its
valued its property at 100000 GONE THOUSAND
THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE MILLIONS).
And the whole thing is allowed go into bankruptcy
for the sake Of comparatively small bond issue.
And the little fools that buy such stocks will lose about
FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS Of good money
the road HAD the value that its Interstate
Commerce Commission say it has wouldn't the bankers lend
it few millions to keep it afoat?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25

tipped-the hoows crimson wine. You
of life back and forth within that earth
lay unfoded beneath the quickenng like bright
body awakening in the spring. 1t live human
flesh You sensed the plendor that would shortly
birth-the shmmerng ranks of yeowbearded wheat the
merry fringe Of vagrant flowers by the fence the secret
life of tiny scamperng things that would find refuge in it's
teeming breast.
Beyond stretched different, darker field It's newly
deeply bronze 1t lay like rich metal
waiting for the This quieter violent
than my pink field richer SOIL but sulen too soil
that could spawn nightly stfe out the seed it bore
But what harvest it would yield if wisely worked Power
breathed from it like flame.
beyond there golden field. yellow field,
with alien sandy soil that seemed unfit for the
needs And yet they told that it bore crop melons
every year made of that queer field natural mint
looked it with interest Thin grudgng soil beneath
yellow mask-yet with which the other fields
knew no-producing riches most amazingly from seeming
poverty.
fields of coral bronze and godand then beyond
along the river bottom, black stretch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25
q ssHssE sg,Es4 By ELSIE ROBINSON

"That's tricky stuff" the farmer said.
"Acts stubborn. Seems just as cussed as If
it was alive Sometimes it yields us more
than any other field. And then again it
bucks us all the summer through Just
sprawls there in the sun and rots or cooks
the seed. There's no accounting for a strip
O. land like that It amt grown yet-some-
how I guess you'd say it wasn't civilized.
Maybe some day wen get around to drain
ing it into shape and then I reckon it will be
the richest stretch we have"
And then I looked beyond to where the
tapestry of titled soil ceased upon the
threshold of the hill, and idled through the
passes to the desert land. That land was
neither ruddy, brown, golden nor lazy black.
Ragged and gray it drowsed beneath the
springtime sun. Not even the radiance of
the irridescent air could hide it's squalor and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25
Cedar Logs
For CasketS

A NEW industry has been found
"A tor the utilization of British
Columbia cedar logs, Recently
cargo of cedar logs was shipped
TO the Orient to make Chinese
Baskets. FN>r about ten years ex.
perin,ents have been going on In
China as Is the durability or ceda"
underground. and recently an or
der was received from the Orient
for 2,400 Chinese Baskets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25

When men first up opinion, and then afterward
seek for reasons for it, they be conened with
as the absurdity of it will afford.
Life will frequently angush, in the hands of the
busy if they have employment subsidiary
which forms their main pursuit
Poesy and oratory omit things not essential and insert
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25

little beautiful dgressons order place everything in
the most affecting light.
Nothing is done beautifully which is done in rival
ship noby which is done in pride.
F'Puncuaty" said Louis XIV, ''is the politeness of
kings. It also the duty of gentlemen, and the necessity
Of Of business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25
LISTEN, WORLD!

r WENT down into the country to see
spring at work. Things had hardly
lying in wet films of emerald gauze along
the edges of the ditch. The branches were
warm swollen wands of gray and rose,
ready to burst, but still bare nets that hardly
held the pale gold light before it dropped
upon the waiting earth. The flowers were
but hints and promises, though all the air
was dandeion bright and sweet as violets.
But the earth was awake.
The earth was awake and quickening to
it's work From where 1 stood, great fields
spread out on every side. They spread until
they reached into the hills, and crept
through the hill passes to- the desert lands
No two fields were quite alike.
The one in which l stood was freshly
nln1Ued Its earth was ruddY-cOral
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-25
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
NOthinn To Do But Fight
By DOCTOR FRANK CRANE.

ERNARD SHAW apty says that when once war breaks
the inhabitants of country "have nothing to
- do but fight"
Evening star., 1925-12-05
FIFTEEN MINUTES OF RADIO EACH DAY
BY JOSEPH CALCATERRA,
Noted Authority on Radio.
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction Prohibited

that takes place with graph Of
the type shown in Figure 2, in which
the TX" axis is divided into 1-12Gth
second intervals and the "Y" axis rep
resents the value of current flowing in
amperes.
Current Flow.
If this action of switching the
polarity of the battery so as to cause
a reversal of current flow every
l-l20th of a second is kept up we will
have a complete cycle consisting Of
flow in the positive and a flow in
the negative direction every 1-b0th
of a second. Since there would be
90 complete cycles in every second
and the direction Of flow alternates
between negative and positive, the
current is termed a 60-cYcle alternat-
Ing current.
In the case shown IN Figure , the
resistance in the circuit and the ap-
piled voltage Is kept constant. so hat
the current is constant. II is pos
sible by varying the resistance of the
circuit gradually to cha nce the wave
form from that of Figua . TO tha
of Figure 3. The same effect can be
produced by keeping the resistance
constant and changing the applied
voltage gra dually.
The wave form showr In Figure f..
Is the type commonly referred 4
when speaking of q 6O.cycle alterna1.
ing current. The applied voltage and
resistance in the circuit will deter.
mine the amount of current flowing,
but the shape of the r,Irve will he
the type shown in The diagram, al
ternating or passing through a com
plete cycle every 1-6Oth of a second.
or through so cycles every second.
Evening star., 1925-12-05
T0DAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

NatiOnal-'Seven Heaven" ." dram ma
at SIS pm. Matinee at 2:l5 pm.
Polls" Hello, Lola. musical com
edy, at $50 pm. Matinee at 2:2O pm.
BeIasco-'White Magic" fantastic
comedy, at $50 pm Matinee at 2:2O
pm.
keith's-Adelside Hughes. vaude
vile, at 2:l5 and S:I5 pm.
Earle-Stafford Pemberton Ds ncers
vaudeville. continuous from To II
pm.
Strand Earl Lindsay's Revue
vaudeville, continuous from 1890 to
II pm.
Gaytty Models and Thrills" bur
lesaue, AT 2:15 and SIS pm.
Mutual-"Hey Ho." hurIesque. at
80 and $40 pm.
Metropolitan The Man on the
Box at 1885 am, ! 81. 3:35. 535,
7:35 and a:35 pm
Palace irish Luck. At ll:2o m.
l:26, $50, $50. 7:3O and $40 pm.
Rialto-"The Wheel" at II am.
l:45. $40. 7:45 and 9,45 pm
Coiumbia-"The Merry Widow" at
1850 am. 1850. 2. sos. 7:05 nd o15
pm.
TiyOli-"BIack cyclone" at 2:55,
4:55. $50, $40 and 1910 pm.
!Amba ssa dor-'Seve Davs." at .
4:05, 6:10. and $50 pm
CentraI-"Seven Davs." at la;3o >
$50. =, $50 and a40 Dm