The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 21, 1915, SECTION FOUR, Image 55

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Newspaper Page Text9 TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, rORTLAXP, FEBRUARY .21, 1915. 4 I 4 4 k I. I lES'AND FUEL AT RECORD LOW PRICE Reduced Cost Makes Auto Use Less Expensive and Even More Cuts Expected. BIDDING FOR TRADE KEEN "Wholesalers 3Iay Go Further la War Although Some Xow Sell at Cost. Lowest Charge Known Akcd for Rubber. Th. for-f tiiat both gasoline and tires are now cheaper than they have ever been In the history or the automoDiie in Portland has substantially reduced the cost of maintaining and operating: the various motor vehicles which de pond upon gasoline for fuel and upon rubber tires. Less than a year ago gasoline was Belling for 18. 20 and 22 cents a gallon. The price for the eame quality of fuel bas been gradually cut since that time. - - - ... .,u h.rwiwn due to an incessant war .ts . . , j i - Anfi wi.niA.AiA houses, un- . rival aciucia . - til last Tuesday one prominent dealer announced a quotation m which has been me wuun. Hon tor several . A fortnight previously, as announced In The Oregonian, a nvui ou.j -i MAnini.aAi4 ennntprnation in cern owi iticiii"- the ranks by hanging out a l1"""8 a-gallon" sign, rseiore " V"'" " price had been 11. 12. 14 and 16 cents. For more than a year the price has been unstable because of an ever-present price-cutting tendency, and at all times dealers and supply houses have varied several cents a gallon in their prices. , t -w vrirm lira tv Trade. Tou can say all you want about women rushing to tne oirgam ters but it is a fact that many men n Portland will drive blocks and block; out of their way to save a cent a gal , .. . rioalrr vesterdav. 11)11 , lcutAin.u vm - The truth of this statement is borne ..... i Kv dm Immpnsfi Quantity of out tl-lii F1 j j . - - business done daily by the concern quoting the lowest price in tuo Some concerns handle gasoline mere ly as an accommodation for the own- -. . i : - n.fticiilnp make of car era ua mc . . - while others, particularly the supply houses, are willing to handle the prod uct at little or no profit to induce vis itations and the consequent purchase of other commouities. .-: n., i. nnw hpinr retailed OiiltV - at the wholesale price, many aver that tho price cuts are oeins umuipuwtcv. bv the wholesale concerns and not by the dealers. There is no denying the fact that no dealer can buy gasoline for 10 cents a gallon ana rew.ii it. " - .4 . .. .. A -; t , Ati t infiA. In the first eniuo . , n . " . - . --- - place it costs something to handle the product. Then tnere is aiwaya a. ; tain percentage of evaporation In gas oline and always a loss through spill ing and carelessness. n-i . . . ...i,nl.iu-iln il rilsttrir ihito nit; u v i nviv , . - - ntors operating In Portland, and it is openly alleged tnat two or mo sale concerns are closely related. Usu ally only one retail firm maintains the bedrock price at a time. First one firm offers tho record-breaking price and when ;the next cut comes it may be by another house. Wholesaler May Cut. Those closely in touch with the pres- . I -. . : . . utnn crnv that S7HKft Cm lUlCri:3U;6 n.mni.u - . : 1.. ..-Ml t rnn helow 10 cents unless tho wholesale companies . . . i : . kt.h cut tne. present wnoiesaie pi is now lower than it has ever been. But there is a hint that another chap ter in the long war may open soon with just such a cut. vnnn.t.llA .Ho man vhn IAft trt feed JACl-H " "i" v.v ....... ' " his car gasoline smiles broadly, for he can now buy two gallons ior mo nuu price he paid for half a gallon a year ago. A similar situation exists in regard to the purcnase or tires, ior a war m on at present between the manufactur ers of the leading makes of rubber tubes. As a result of a 23-per-cent cut announced recently by the Goodrich nao,.iv all m . w nf tires are now selling for less than ever before in the history or the industry. Since - the announcement that .one large firm had cut its price all except one or two makes of tires have been subjected to reductions that average about the same percentage. Tlrca Go to Bedrock. For she or eights months prior to the reductions, which became effective this month, tires were sold cheaper than theretofore in history. For two or three weeks, due to the threatened em- v. n.na puKhar . Vi a nrlm WMred a little, but with tho announcement that the embargo had been lirted per manently It settled back to bedrock again. Now the list prices have been slashed one-fifth below that figure and today in Portland and all over the country the automobile owner can buy standard tires for.about one-third what he was forced to pay several years ago. "Popular prices on tires are as desir able as on everything else the public buys, and the present situation is a striking illustration of what scientific methods on a stupendous scale and economical distribution can do, said F. W. Thatcher, manager of the Portland Firestone branch, yesterday, in - com menting on the present turn in the tire market. Price Saudi Consideration. "But popular price alone will never satisfy the experienced buyer of tires. When you think of it you will realize that in no other line of goods is the value of what you paid for so quickly put to the test as in tires. They go right from the hands of the dealer to all the grueling tests of the road. "It is poor consolation to the motor ist laboring under all the conceivable afflictions of -tire trouble- to reflect that he bought -tires cheaper than any of his friends. "There is an old saying, by a famous maker of quality goods, copyrighted, I believe, that 'the recollection of quality remains long after the price is forgot ten." Truer words were never spoken,' especially of tires. "The car owner has a keen recollec tion both of good and bad tires. That Is why dealers who are in the tire busi ness to stay insist on quality with price. Popular price alone does not hold tire customers. The 'kickback' of one sale of a poor tire may destroy the profits of many sales." 12-CTLIXDER CAR SEES XEAR Xext Step Is Predicted for Automo - bile Jbarket Here. "Twelve-cylinder motors may be ex pected properly as the next step in the multiplication of cylinders to which the automobile market in the United States has now become so accustomed," says an Eastern authority. "Many evidences are to be found that the twelve-cylinder car, which here tofore has appeared only now and then aa a racing freak, is by no means re mote as a factor in the regular mar ket, particularly in tho field of the big, luxurious car. - Undoubtedly, there Is a class of customer to whom the twelve cylinder will greatly. appeal. "Like every other type, it has its ad vantages and disadvantages in com no-i-nt vHtH tvnpi bfLvinar less cylin dera. Its espousal will be In response to its sales possibilities, and these will in a measure correspond to whatever added smoothness and flexibility can be shown by the further closing up anu blending of the engine Impulses." The 12-cylinder Sunbeam1 is a V-type .iv. .. hinr.lr nf three cylin ders each. Two sets of three cylinders are placed on either siae, malting prac .1 11.. A nlr.pvllndor motOrS B.T- Liuaiijr i. t v " "J in o r.fnrm a. sine-le camshaft l autu ,u a - - , -' - lying in the cranKcase oeiwecu uiwu. Its dimensions are 3 by 6 Inches and employs two carburetors and two magnetos. TV, AiD-ht-xvlinilpii P.nr Dfl WhlCU 28 now creating such interest throughout .mmTnr I. Tint ui lie v. m. ,-u early as 1902 Alexander "Winton cam forward with an octuple power plant 1: t i .,. iha trrnnn urm o Ilia uiiun auu - Charron, Girardot & Voignt exnioitea the eight-cylinder. CADILLAC DEALERS OPTIMISTIC Annual 'Get-Together' Brings uui Views on Trade Efficiency. c i.i . h rirlillac Dealers: Convention recently held. Sales Man ager Howard expressea nuuscu. more than delighted with the en thusiasm ana optimism tra""". in evidence. t. ,n n,ii BTinnflJ cret-togetner. . u.w.rH "Wn are looking forward to the largest years business In our History ana most ui devoted to ettucational work, the in- a t. n -m. i IrlAOa a lOTltT 1.UB IIIIDS V. efficiency, enlarging and improvinfiT ii j.4i,.l,liiD1 nrraniZRUOnS vl IUC dealers throughout th country to take care of the business. "Dealers from every pari ui -.i ciota. nn Panada, were here. - i tArHtnrv from Boston to San Francisco, from Winnipeg to Jacksonville, Jjuoriaa. mw- n Kinaart with a ban 1UO tuu,ciii.t . .. . T-ii- KuwpII nwifirht Hi ill delivered, a mas ten ui iuurs Economlo Causes of tne war. i-i-i .. ,icn murlfl bv Tneo dore F. MacManus, Henry M. Leland and w. C. Leland. AUTO DEMAND IS RECORD WILI-TS-OVERI-AXD COMPACT EX- PERIEXCES BIGGEST MONTH. ul- VirtorT mt Toledo Runs 24 Honrs Daily ana Employs SttO Men. 1000-Foot Building Is Added. A n nnAtl... tniliitatinn nf ih t Increas 1 0 ajtULIIVI l..u...w.. ing prosperity of American industries nnmpo an - announcement iruui mo nniluB-Wa.lqnJ rnmnflnv tn the ef .hot t Vi a n-npk fn1 i n it February 13 was the largest single week the company has ever experiences, om- 1 .. . a nn.a n that rank. AS One lllg 11 VIII, . -" 11 . 1- - " " n Ua la-Aat- mannfurtlirprs of motor cars in the world, the statement of facts is indicative not oniy oi uenor 1....1.... ..iiinna hut nf the stead- iiv.irrnwinsr market for motor cars that sell tor a meaium price. Th. nnnrniniia "II Mill IMIOrV IS UU eratinar 24 hours a day with a full . n sciln man . AHhniich thf nreS- 1U1 V.C w wuvw 1 1 1 v, i. . m-- ent daily production of Overlands far exceeds that in eiiect on tne rarro sponding date of last yeir, the num ber of cars being built Is not sufficient Vi a ii.maiiH Th unfilled or ders in the hands of the Overland sales department February 6 were larger Dy 26 ner cent than those on hand on the .. . . . . . n r f Let v.nr Of particular interest to too Biuoenia of business conaitions are soma xacm relating to the Overland business In , T.i 1 wViiM finnnrinl conditions have been reputed to be especially bad. In .New JtorK jity no per ccuv mi Overlands have been required to meet j j Ill, crt nF the fis- cal year, July 1. In Washington the LI113 UCIIiailU ti . . i- . 1 . Increase Is lZo per cent, in uosmu n per cent and in Philadelphia 70 per cent- . A little farther to the west Cleve land shows a healthy increase of 120 per cent; Pittsburg follows with 80 per .-.i rr.lAn H nT rPTlt In the i ... 1 1 L auu iv, iw. Middle West Chicago, which ranks as the third largest oi tne iuuu uvenanu dealers, shows a growth in sales of 64 t.- ntv th. ntvond per com.. ' j - - - largest Overland distributing point. Is using hair again as many mis did during the same, period of last year. Milwaukee is running one-third ahead of its record of a year ago. The Overland figures show a sur prising volume of good business in the motor world and bear out the state ment of business optimists who de clare that the recovery from conditions i . k. .tiAiii hv tho declaration of Ul U lift " . - fii.nna I. crnwinir stronger war lu - - " , every day. In onder to provide space for the manufacture oi me uicfu"i iij t. mui the demand, a large addition to the plant is being erected. AnRini.t. thA n rw structure. which is 1000 feet long, will be one of the largest factory uuuaings in me world. AUTOISTS TCRS CARS TO FAIR On to California" Seems to Be 1913 Slogan, Say Manufacturers. INDIANAPOIJS. Ind Feb. 20. "On .slogan for motorists in the unitea IU l.lUWI Ml. u " . ' ' -" States and Canaaa. At icaai im ports from automobile manufacturers. who are receiving numerous inquiries . .nn Hrivinir their narticular make of automobile, would indicate that transcontinental automobile touring 'ill be heavy this season. The owners are asking for informa tion on the different routes, tne con ii.i . . . i i. jvm ii vu viiat Anuinment UIUUU Ul Ul. U'B" "I "I they should carry and any other infor mation regarding te jaunt across mo country that the manufacturers are in possession of. Frank IS. bmiin, neaa oi trto i-iouun Manufacturing Company, as a result of the flood of inquiries from Premier owners, has oraereo a Dig supply oi m booklets on the Premier owners tour of 1911. reprinted and generally dis tributed. This publication contains valuable information -on transconti nental touring, it gives one-nay injin along the routes from the Atlantic to . i d.ia. .i a Tt riAAfrlheR thA r.nn. mo iraA,iiiu ; : - ditions of the highways, gives infor mation on the matter of equipment, organization, things to avoid and things to enjoy. Not only will these Premier trans continental books be distributed to Premier owners, but any person or organization . contemplating a trip across the country win bo rauimn them upon application to the Premier Motor Manufacturing Company in In dianapolis. Eighth Indianapolis Entry Made. ivni 1 X A WIT .TQ TvfAh 50 W. W liiuin.irti vui.j , - T.' i I . i . .nnoman nas Drawn, "i , entered a car of his own design in the next Indianapolis &oo-mne race, rais ing the total entries ior mat event to eight. Though not famous ruational-" iy, .oruv.ii w..... J here having won several mid-Western ... . , . II . , V. T IT contests witn east, mcmums mo iv. Collins Kansas City trophy race, in which he finished ahead by the literal mile. Brown s machine has been pro nounced extremely hlgn class Dy ex perts who have examined It. being fashioned after several of the latest Xoreign ihlihk iiiuurm, iiiviuwiuB .u-b. - cedes, Peugeot and- Pelage. Yarmouth. England, has 81.316 popula tion. 1 ,500,000 Motorcar Owners to Plead to Congress. ADAMSON BILL BACKED Measnre Making Compliance With Laws of One State Snffice for Touring Automobillsts Wins Wide Support. -,..TTTKrnTfw Trv, 20. Congres may be asked by 1,600,000 motor car . . Aamenn measure. users to pass iw ... . The American Automobile Association has taken the subject m nana aim ident John A. Wilson will confer in . D.nr.sntAtlVe ft 111- lam C. Adamson. of Georgia, chairman of the committee on mwrewvo eign commerce and the author of the measure concisely set lurm m lowing extraci. "No person who shall have qualified by complying who mo " - r,Z laUons of the state, territory or dis . . . - . i .u nun ftnn oner- trict 01 111s resiucui.. 'r :, . ate such vehicle or vehicles haU Be required in any other state or terrl- j -i int. whfla he may go LU I y Ul UIDUIV, .u.v ' - for business or pleasure to make any additional registration or iao j additional license in order to use and operate any sucn macnine. Marrlud LaW Fought. For some, time the Adamson measure has rested in committee awaiting a uo-.1-1 w.. tv.. TTnitAri states Supreme tIBIUll ." - - , Court on what has been known as the .. , ... .... " wii.pa n n. rpsment ui the District of Columbia contended Ifiat 1 1 1 snmA richt sl n v other lie liwu mo ..0.-w . . vehicle owner to the use of Maryland roads as long as ne nao. piuviueu Him self with an identification number from his home district ana tnus mituo n. i .ivi. . n ...nlifin A htm in rase he vio BIUIO IU haa,i.. lated any of the highway laws of the commonwealth. , ti... 1 1 I.Un t.iw!iirpil bv The DUI 111 hll.3 - - . highest court in the land, written by Justice McJKeynoias ana conuuirtu w all hn I ItCTlPAl - IT I M II HI 11 LUt.. SU i. nvAnnA a ira.tinnl law a state has a perfect right to enact whatever laws it may see nt in reianun w mo automobile. Furthermore, Justice Mc n i ,1 hftia that "th movement of ncjuviua m"" U , motor vehicles over the highways Is ttiiciiucu wy -wiaaj vuaaa . ger-to the public and is also abnormally nitnJ nnnatanr n nn NP.rillllM lil II- destructive to tne nignway ilboh. .1 n vi. Ti,Eti.A mm: "In the ah mci wii i"" w . . sence of National legisiation .covoims the subject, a state may ngnuuny i"o- ; v. ; f.i.- .BirnlatlniiA necesSarV ei.1 1110 uuiivi 111 "-m -- - for public safety and order in respect to the operation upon its oiguwajo i all motor vehicles tnose moving in in terstate commerce as well as others." Urn u I il on 1 wlknn of the A. A. A., ..nmrnnninv linnn thA Kl 1 11JI t i O fl. Said I "The inference or tne nignest court .ha iii.ru .hnnlH ho a. National law covering the subject should prompt our immediate attention to tne maner, im It is certainly a most unusual aiiuaiiuii when oltlzAn of the United States is not free to travel in any section of the country after he has proviueo nimseii with an identification number from his home state. "The European countries, witn dir- f.TAnt lflnffiiAfiAfl ann mnerent cus toms, .have agreed; upan . an .interna tinnui nint. rf ill i' 1. 1 It v nnil aIro an 1 n ternatlonal triptych relating to cus toms duties. or instance, a motorist of France, after having obtained a hrAmA nltmh.lWWhllh In pill RT1 1 All V lows him to operate a car in any part ot rrance men outains in 1113 uwn country an international plate which is acceptable in practically every other country in Europe, and he can cross and recross international boundary lines without any trouble whatever. "Surely if European countries can agree in a matter of this sort it does not seem reasonaDle tnat tne several states of the Union and the capital dis- l.i.l " A tha ,niintlv ahnnlil htt linahl. to provide for free and uninterrupted roaas travel. it is now generally mc ognized that a state must provide stur dier road construction because of the mnltinlving' of a faHter and more eco nomical road vehicle. With a logical plan of Federal participation with the several states a large percentage of hlvhwflvfl ArnAnHA of an intprRtftf A character properly would be transferred to the JNationai Government. EXPORT TRADE IS BOOMiIXG Automobile Shipments During De cember Run Into Big Figures. In December last the value of motor trucks exported from the United States was more than double the total value of all such trucks exported in the whole of the year 1913. The figures for last December, as reported by tne Department of Commerce to the Na tional Automobile unamoer oi urao merce, are: 127 commercial automo biles, valued at S3.3S7.729, as compared with 88, valued at $100,660, exported in December, 1913, and 1009, valued at Sl, CS6.807, exported in the 12 months of 1913. Passenger cars .exported last Decem ber numbered 1297, worth 998,698, bringing the total motor vehicle ex ports for the month to 2S76, valued at $4,386,427. as compared witn worth $2,152,144, in 1913, and 2013, worth $2,060,812, in 1912. Auto Manufacturers Total 450. There are more than 450 listed man ufacturers of motor vehicles in the United States, some making both pleas ure and commercial cars. Of these 170 make gasoline passenger cars, 245 gas oline' commercial cars, 27 motor fire apparatus, 18 electric pleasure cars, 24 electric commercial vehicles. Of dealers and garages there ' are listed 15.500 automobile dealers. 13.SJO gar ages. 1280 repair shops and 680 sup ply houses. Starting and lighting Systems. Desnlte the fact that a well-built elec tric lighting and starting system gives little trouble, it Is important that the devices provided by the manufacturer to Indicate the derangement should be watched. It is almost as easy to form the habit of looking at indicatorl as it is the habit to Ignore them. Cyclists Help War Fund. v.ia. Avrllgti of .Tohannesburer. South a .Miantlv nnllnnti'd over X100 for the Governor-General's war fund by carrying passengers to uooseas camp at a shilling a head. Playshed Model to Go to Fair. M-MINNVTLX.E. Or. Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) John Wallace, of the McMinn vlile High School, has just completed an excellent miniature model of the playshed built last year at the Colum bus and Cook schools. The State School Superintendent asked for the model as an exhibit at the Panama Exposition, to show what Oregon stu dents can do on practical building proj ects. These sheds are 40 by 100 feet and cost only about $265 each for ma terials, seeming to combine the max imum of strength and size with a min imum cost, and the plan has been sent by the State Superintendent to a num ber of other towns which are building similar ones, - -- "Plain Tread" Firestone 4 plies of fabric in Fii stone 3 plies in the Fig. 2. Extra coating of finest rub ber betweenfabriclayersin Firestone not in the ordinary. Fig. 3. 1-16 inch finest rubber cushion layer in Firestone not in the ordinary. Fig. 4. 1-16 inch ot high-grade f abnc grade rubber in 1" ire-stone 'Same quantity in others. Fig. 5. Hi inch tread. tough. resilient, in Firestone 3-16 inch in the ordinary. Fig. 6. 1-16 inch side wall of strongest rubber in Firestone same quantity in others. Fig 7. Bead of 'extra cohesive strength in the Firestone same size bead in others. Yet you pay only $9.40 for this 30x3 Firestone less than 5 more than four widely advertised makes. Firestone Has Done Better than HERE are two examples: a small size, 30x3 plain tread, and a lasge size, 37x5 Non-Skid. Each shown actual size. The same relative values apply in all sizes. Note the.detailed specifications of sections as outlined above. Then ask any neutral repair man which manufacturer gives the most in quality. He cuts into all makes of tires. He knows. You want that extra layer of fabric in the Firestones 4 plies instead of 3 in the small 7 plies instead of 6 in the large' size. You want that cushion stock in the Firestone. There is none of it in the so-called "popular" priced tires. Yet it is impossible to build a full service tire without a cushion layer under the breaker strip. You must have it to prevent bruising and overstraining the fabric - ' Firestone Tires have never been built down to a price. You will find everything in a Firestone that ought to be there. H Firestone Tires are vulcanized by the two-cure" process. This is more expensive than the ' one-cure," but it allows rigid inspection in the making and elimi nates fabric buckles and other defects. . And you want the Firestone bead on that big tire for your safety as well as economy. Designed, built and cured into the tire specially for a clincher rim. Other clincher beads are merely patched onto straight side types. TIRES and TUBES Firestone Net Price List to Car Owner CaseM CasegkS Grey Tube Red Tube -30x3 9.40 I 10.55 1 2.20 2.50 30x3& 1 11.90 I 13.35 1 2.60 1 2.90 32x3& 1 13.75 1 15.40 1 2.70 1 3.05 34x4 19.90 1 22.30 I 3.90 I 4.40 34x4& 1 27.30 I 30.55 I 4.80 I 5.40 36x4& 1 28.70 1 32.15 I 5.00 I 5.65 37x5 1 35.55 1 39.80 1 5.95 1 6.70 3gx5& I 46.00 I 51.50 1 6.75 I 7.55 m HEATED OIL IS CAUSE OF CARBON IN ENGINE Troublesome Deposit in Valves and Chambers Due to Lubricating Ele ments Is Impossible to Escape. . EVERT automobilist ana nearly every ' layman In Portland has learned something ot its damag ing ffeets uDon the automobile motor, but comparatively few know what car bon reaUy Is and what it depends upon. When a sample or rresn on is entire ly boiled, away It leaves a Diacn layer of carbon on the Interior of the vessel. This deposit Is called residual carbon. Mineral lubricating oils are nyoro- carbons; that Is, they consist or a chemical combination, in variably quantities, of the element carbon and the element hydrogen. It is evident, therefore, that there can be no such thing as a "non-carbon" oil. All oils when bouea or aisuiieu vha leave a carbon residue, the quantity varying from a trace with highly fil tered oils to a veritable incrustation with inferior oils. No oil exists from which carbon will not be produced when It is exposed to high tempera A,.o Th. omnnnt nf this carbon de posit' depends largely upon the grade of the crude petroleum Irom wnicn me lubricating oil is made, ana tne care and thoroughness exercised in the pro cess of refining. For the proper lubrication of piston, piston rings and cylinder walls, a film of oil must at all times .cover their .nrf.K Unfortunately, the piston, driven forward by the explod ing gases, exposes tne pruiecuns mm of oil on the cylinder walls directly to the intense heat of the explosion, be tween 2000 and 3000 degrees. inis temperature is far above tne nasn point of any known oil. As a conse auence part of the oil film is flashed oft and escapes with the exhaust gases. On the up-stroke or tne piston a smau portion of the partly Durnea on mm Is carried into the combustion cham ber, where it spreads over the walls and' is further consumed by the heat of succeeding explosions. A continu ous feed of oil to the cylinder walls renews the depleted protective film. From a consideration of these facts, therefore, it is obvious that the operat ing condition existing in the explosion ordins If. III.' breaker strip ! ! and high- i i.i i ll it'll ill WW VCCvVv S8f chamber and upon the cylinder walls of an internal combustion motor. Is one of uninterrupted distillation to the end and the carbon deposit left behind is residual carbon. , Rapid carbonization of a motor In variably results from the use of a poorly refined oil of inferior quality. Hnt r-nrhnn and the sulphur com pounds freed by the combustion of poor oil passing between valves ana valve seats, erode and pit both, neces sitating frequent regrinding. The car bonization of the explosion chamber, valves and top of piston is also caused by the use of an oil of incorrect body, too light or too heavy, too high an oTl level in crank case, or by the presence of mechanical defects In the motor. Motorcycle rrnder Red Cross Flag. After having many times proven Its value by meritorious performances in the military and public service, the mo torcycle now enters upon the conquest of new honors under the Red Cross banner. The Indian hospital car, the latest product of the Hendee Manufac turing Company, Springfield. Mass., manufacturers of Indian motorcycles, th. antraiim nf the Dower-nro- pelled cycle, in the realm of first aids to tho injured. - To a standard twin cylinder model and commercial chassis has been applied a complete ambulance equipment, fully outfitted for the ren dering of preliminary surgical aid and capable of transporting a patient to a hospital in the quickest possible time. Tho machine will develop a speed of 45 miles per hour and. In addition to the invalid, has accommoaations ior a relief crew of two persons. Booklets on Polk to Go to Fair. DALLiAS. Or., Feb. 21. (Special.) t .iiutnn in the re&rular Willamette Valley exhibit booster booklet for use at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, Polk County will have a. booklet designed specially for this section. About 20,000 of these booklets have been printed and will be rorwaraea at once 10 a. .. voir. Actual Size 5-mch "Non-Skid" FIRESTONE 1. 7 plies of Sea-Island fabric In Firestone some are satisfied with 6. Extra coating of finest rubber between fabric layers in Firestone not in the ordinary. Fig. 3. yi inch Pure Para Rubber cushion none in the ordinary. Fig. 4. Fig. 5. 3-32 inch Breaker Strip of grade rubber in Firestone less in the ordinary. inch Tread, tough, resilient, gripping in Firestone less in the ordinary. Fig. 6. yi inch side wall of strongest less in the ordinary. Fig. 7. Firestone Bead, built into tire runs in rirestone. .1 J- A? .1 v t. in tne ordinary ura uia cuncner a patch applied to straight -clincher" space. ou uav onlv S39.80 for '. INUN-5KJD ZOVe be low tne average ot S'YAI'r advertised manes. 1 Meet Popular The Sections Show These Things The Wear, the Mileage, Prove Them Yet you pay only 40 cents more for this small Fire stone than the ordinary. And only a trifle more in proportion for the larger sizes. Because the much greater surface of the big tires demand so much more of this most expensive rubber and fabric. " And remember the little more you pay for the Fire stone Non-Skid gives you a lot more tread. Ordinary anti-skids contain no extra rubber. You are asked to pay more just for a pattern. No extra rubber, no real skid protection, such as Firestones offer. Take the word of the specialists of the industry take the record of the Firestone Tires for 15 years as your authority that these extras of quality are necessary for real service and true economy. Less material and lower grades are traps to make sales on prices. The Firestone organization, the largest in the world specializing on tires, can make and market tires and tubes at a lower cost to you, the user, than any one else in the industry. The tires and prices prove it beyond argument. Firestone Tube Prices Give Added Proof of Firestone Savings to You Firestone i3 below them all on tubes. WHY? A tube is good or bad to the eye and the touch. Qualitycan and does vary.weight can be and is skimped, but not so radically as in tires. The buyer won't have it. Having to come near meeting Firestone quality in tubes others must go above Firestone in price. Because, as stated, no one else manu factures and markets as economically as Firestone or seriously pretends to. But we are no more proud of giving you the best tube below the others than we are of giving you the best tire for so little more. And the proof of appreciation among car owner lies in the fact that their demand for Firestones last year established 30 per cent more dealers for us and increased our output 78 per cent. So compare the tires inside. Compare the prices. Compare the service records among your aquaintances then get Firestones faom your dealer and enjoy Most Miles per Dollar Firestone Tire and Rubber Company 'Amerk-a, Largvit Kxrlunlva Tire and Kim Miikm." 85-87-88 orth Park Street, Portland, Or. Home Office and Factory: Akron. Ohlu. Urancliea and li-alura Evrilirr. Dunsmore, Polk's representative at Fan Francisco. As a means toward carry ing on its own individual campaign to secure the attention of visitors to the Northwest to the advantages of thjs section the Dallas Commercial Club has had nrlnted about 10.000 new and at tractive booklets. These will be spread far and wide Just as soon as the travel West opens. ROAD SPURS DEVELOPMENT Creamery and Creation of Town Re sult From Jllyrtle Point Lino. MARSHFIELD. Or., Feb. JO. (Spe cial.) The Smith-Powers logging rail road running from Myrtle Point south ward along the south fork of the Co qullle River for 28 miles is encourag ing development .in the territory it traverses. Among the most import ant items of enterprise ie the construc tion of a creamery by Charles Broad bent, six miles from Myrtle Point where there are rich bottom and bench lands. Another-improvement which is creat ing a small city at Wagner, is the plan adopted by the Smith-Powers Company of selling to employes, small tracts of land near the river, where homes are being constructed. The log ging company has ten years' work in that vicinity. 50,000 BOOKLETS ORDER Klamath Falls Chamber Advertises County at Exposition. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.) At a meeting Tuesday night of the Chamber of Commerce ot this city it was decided to publish at once 60,000 booklets advertising Klam ath County, for distribution by the Chamber at the Exposition at San Francisco. The city and Klamath Coun ty will assist the Chamber in meeting the expense. The plans for a Fourth-of-July cel ebration were also discussed. It Is thought now that committees from tlta Klamath Falls Business Men's Associa tion and the Chamber of Commerce will co-operate for a big get-together-for-all-Klamath-County" celebration. About 300 tons of orange P'd ar hlpnd from the port of Malaga, Spain, each year. layer In Firestone Sea-Island fabric and high I'll iii II i'Miii lubber in Firestone specially for clincher A .11 j t pari oi ueig l oniy fl'.ili side type to 11 i,i'i I '', J iff v AT f f ' Mf 'Y Prices BOBBER RULE PLEASES D. O. WORK'S til t l Ki I I.IH1M1 BRITISH EMntniiO WKM OHKIt. Reanlt Is Dro ( VI t'rnta la lira alllaa rnxlnrt a Kavrmaua Imports Air I'rerilrtra. NEW YOIIK. Feb. 20. The broad smile which twanicd from the fate of a big American business mun a h landed from the Lusltanla, spraad rap idly to the faces of thousands of auto mobile owners, as soon as it was learned that this man was the diplomat with a punch who had lifted the ttng llsh rubber embargo, which had threat ened to send tire price aoarlng. The business man was B. O. Work, president of the H. F. Goodrich Com pany, of Akron, O. He was sent by the Rubber Club cf America to Kniiland, where, after hobnobbing m-ilh hlr Wil liam Tyrrell, of the British foreUn of fice, and Sir Francis llopwood, of the Admiralty, he accomplished what Amer ican diplomacy had failed .to do. and brought home the bacon, rathrr Ilia rubber, because the boat that brounht him home carried several hundred tons of crude rubber for the relief of the Amorlcan situation. The cause of the embargo was an effort on the part of England to kep crude rubber produced In her colonies from getting into the hands of tier many for use in making of more Zeppe lins, boots, ground blankets and other military enuinment. The discomforturo of American automobile owners was In cidental but none the leas severe. "I don't believe we need fear any further interruption In the rubber sup ply," was the businesslike report of the new direct diplomat. "The English sup ply will soon he taken by American manufacturers at the rato ot I260.0WO worth a day." Any American manufacturer may now Import British rubber by glvlnir bond thnt he will not export It to Cer many. The effect of this asrerni'nt on uia American rubbrr market was In stantaneous. Braslllan ruhber dropf""! 25 cents a pound witn a inim. ana umi not show the rubber characteristic of ri-boundlng and thousands or 111 workers are going bai-K to worn, an oi which is Mr. Work s work.