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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, rORTLAXP, FEBRUARY .21, 1915.
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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
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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
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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.
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in tne ordinary ura uia cuncner
a patch applied to straight
-clincher" space.
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low tne average ot S'YAI'r
advertised
manes.
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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
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specially for clincher
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pari oi ueig l oniy fl'.ili
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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.