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business section," said Mr. Hutchins,
"and make it a place of real conveni
ence, and it will be one of the greatest
publicity assets you will ever have. We
have equipped our "park with tables,
chairs and three cooking units. We
have just built a rest house, of bun
galow type. It has been comfortably
furnished by donations from public
spirited citizens.
"We have provided a registration
booth, asking visitors to designate
both their home addresses and their
destination- It is interesting to read
the expressions of appreciation jotted
down by those who have partaken of
our hospitality.
"The park is a profitable investment
on the part of storekeepers. All com
ers make purchases that they would
not have stopped for if we had no
park."
INSPECTORS WITCH
If. GOODYEAR PLANT
IN FOUR HOURS FLAT
AF1PER
J. fie dClSSOrS leSt lam Stretch to 9 in. orthre
times its original length. Cat on the edge with the scissors.
The cut should not b mors than 's in. across the aampl.
If the atrip tears apart th rubber i inferior.
Hudson Super-Six Does Fast
1200 Men Devote Whole Time
to Inspecting Tires.
Time Over Lower Highway.
DAVID KILTON AT WHEEL
SLIGHTEST DEFECT NOTED,
HIGHWAY EOCTE IS CHANGED
THE SUNDAY tREGONIAX. PORTLAND. JUNE 1, 1919.
SON
Road Found Very Good, With Two
Exceptions, One Xear Astoria,
for Whole 10 7 Miles.
Four hours flat was the time made
ast week by ravid Kilton. salesman
for the C. L- Boss Automobile company
driving a Hudson super-six from
Portland to Astoria by way of the
lower Columbia river highway. .
He l-ft Portland at 4:15 Wednesday
Viewers Make Recommendations on
McKenzie Road.
EUGENE, Or., May 31. (Special.)
If the report of the special viewers
appointed by the county court a few
days ago to determine the location of
a road to replace the bad road over
Cogswell hill on the McKenzie high
way is accepted, the new road will not
follow the bottom lands at the foot
of the hills as long planned but will
be built on the side hill a few yards
below the old one. The report of the
Every Process of Manufacture of
Tires Carerully Crecked Up.
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at Bis Factory.
Now that good standard automobile
tires have reached a degree of perfec
tion permitting motorists to operate
their cars with no more anxiety about
their tires than about any other part
of their machines, it is interesting to
note just what part is played in tire
BETHLEHEM TRUCK WITH ALL-PNEUMATIC TIRE EQUIPMENT.
- rmt BaM LJT . .. . .
5z7 or Or 6 Yr
. Marvelous in Performance
Beautiful in Design and Finish
Entirely Complete in
Equipment
Fike-Horn Motor Co.
60 Broadway
Phone Bdwy. 1490
MILLER CORD TIRES OX THIS 1-TON POWER WAGON.
Pneumatic tires have increased truck efficiency so greatly that more and more owners are Insisting on them. This
1-ton Bethlehem truck, sold by the Northwest Auto company to a purchaser in Yakima, Wash., is a repeat order, the
first one having been sold there a few weeks ago. This truck has 35x5 Miller truck cord tires in front and 36x6 in the
rear. Clyde L. Jones is at the wheel and Ed Howe, truck salesman, is beside him. Charles Youngr, advertising manager
lor the xvortnwest Auto company, is tne tmra man in me picture. t
and arrived in Astoria at' 8:15. Not
only that, but the car was stopped a
couple of times to adjust a vaive and
to fill up with gasoline.
As hVz to S hours is considered good
time for this run, it will be seen that
Kiiton hummed right along every mo
ment of the trip. A. F. Wirkkala. who
lives at Nasel, Wash., across the bay
from Astoria, accompanied Mr. Kilton
to take delivery of the car at Astoria.
The speedometer registered exactly
107 miles on arrival at Astoria, so the
peed averaged a little better than 25
miles an hour. Klilton maintains that
the trip can be made in ZVx hours
with a super-cix and that he will post
a bet that he can make it in that time,
provided speed cops along the route
will look the other way when he
passes.
When the pavement is completed
along the stretch between St. Helens
and Goble, even this time may be mate
rially cut down. Road gangs are now
laying crushed rock along a stretch of
approximately eix miles this side of
Astoria and when these two etretches.
now rough and choppy, are finished, it
will be just a nice morning's drive from
Portland to Astoria and Seaside.
The remainder of the distance to As
toria is in first-class condition, Mr.
Wilton reports, and is much, better
than the inland route.
PARK FOR ALTO CAM PUIS
White Salmon's Experience Cited for
Hood River.
HOOD RIVER, Or, May 31. (Spe
cial.) C. C Hutchins, secretary of the
White Salmon Commercial club and
one of those Instrumental in obtain
ing a well-equipped automobile park
there, while here this week strongly
advised Hood River citizens to hasten
to establish a convenient camping park
for motorists.
"Place your park well in toward your
viewers, Frank L. Armstrong and Cal
M. Young, was filed with the county
court yesterday and action will be
taken within a few days. These viewers
also recommejid that the road in ap
proaching the Cogswell hill be changed
so that a sharp curve may be avoided
and so that it will pass through the
old Cogswell ranch westerly to a .point
half a mile from the hill.
WOBBLY WHEELS HURT TIRES
Loose Lugs on Rims Often Cause of
Rocking Motion.
Lack of attention to the way the rear
wheels are running is a source of sub
sequent financial loss to automobilists.
It seems that nowadays there are more
cars with wobbly rear wheels than ever
before. This may be because the de
mountable rim lugs are not fully
cinched up so that the wheels run even
ly. It all makes for wear on tires and
shortens their life. From the back it
gives the car, as it moves away, a sort
of pacing gait. The front wheels are
running in one line and the rear wheels
are running in another. This racking
motion jars the daylights out of the
passengers.
SEW YORK AFllvK HEADLIGHTS
Laws Against Glare to Be Enforced
Strictly in That State.
There will be strict enforcement of
the no-glare headlight law in New York
state this year. State troopers have re
ceived orders to patrol the highways at
night to enforce headlight laws, while
in the cities police officers will attend
to the enforcement. Lists containing
the names of 51 lenses and devices ap
proved by the state bureau have been
sent to police chiefs, justices of the
peace and other officials in the state.
These show just what lenses are legal
and give angles at which lights must be
tilted wb,en this is necessary.
NO. 9 CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS CAR?
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building by the rigid inspection-systems
of big tire manufacturing com
panies. One of the advantages that the big
manufacturer has over the small one
is the greater thoroughness with which
he can afford to inspect his product in
its different stages of manufacture.
In the larger factories, where thou
sands of tires are built daily, the work
of an inspector covers but one single
operation of the many involved in tire
building.
Just how extensive an Inspection de
partment one of the great tire manu
facturing companies maintains, to in
sure uniform quality In its product and
universal satisfaction among its cus
tomers, is indicated in the statement
of afactory executive of the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber company. Akron. O., that
more than 1200 men are employed in
the Goodyear plant, simply to inspect
product and see that in every depart
ment, as tire construction advances
from one operation to another, none but
perfect materials and workmanship en
ter into its makeup.
Inspectors F.Trn at Plantations.
"This rigid system of inspection
really begins long before the materials
arrive at our factory," he says. "We
have our men in the remote corners
of the world, who buy up what rubber
we do not raise on our Far Eastern
plantations, and who insist that only
the best grades of rubber be shipped
overseas to our factory. And in the
manufacture of our tire fabric in our
own mills, from cotton which we raise
on our big plantations in Arizona, we
insist that our inspectors reject every
piece of cloth that is not absolute!
perfect-
'Our fabric-making machinery is so
delicately arranged that even In the
seemingly unimportant operation of
rolling twisted strands of cotton on big
spools, the breaking of a single thread
automatically stops the machinery, per
mitting the operator to detect the dif
ficulty at once.
"The different stages of preparation
through which tire-building materials
pass are all thoroughly watched. The
washing of the rubber, the mixing of
the chemical ingredients that must
become a part of the rubber compound
to insure perfect vulcanization, the
working up' of the rubber slock, the
frictioning of the tire frabic, the con
struction of the bead all these are
mercilessly inspected to insure the en
trance of none but perfect materials.
"Then as the tire is built up by the
tire builder, either by machine or by
hand, the inspector is standing by to
see that each successive operation is
perfectly accomplished. Even after the
IT OUGHT TO BE EASY, FOR IT HAS SOME IDESTTIFICATIOST MARKS ALL
ITS OWN.
Have you been trying your skill at Identifying the rear-end pictures of cars
run in The Oregonian's automobile section? It's good practice and may come
In handy some time when -you want to know Just what car is ahead of you.
Next time you take a trip, see how many of the cars you can identify from the
rear. Members of the police traffic squads in many big cities are required to
be able to name car instantly from just one glimpse, front, side or rear. The
nas ho wn lASMaviday wa a. Studebaker Light SU, .
tires are taken steaming hot, from the
big vulcanizing vats, the wrappings
are removed and the tires rigidly ex
amined for any imperfections which
may have developed through vul
canization. Last Inspection Merciless.
"And in this last inspection our men
are merciless. Somtimes a tire comes
up for its last Inspection with but a
slight imperfecction usually In ap
pearance only intensified by vulcani
sation. The chances are 99 to one that
it will run its full mileage with proper
care. No one -will ever know. But
we insist that it be rejected.
"By the system of rigid inspection
we insure the perpetuation of that uni
form quality for which Goodyear tires
have become known the world over.
These 1200 inspectors who stand be
tween our tire builders and the great
tire-using public perform a service that
is immeasurably beneficial to both', for
they help the tire maker to maintain
a high standard of efficiency and in
sure for the car owner the best tire
that perfect materials and skilled
workmanship can put together."
MANY STEWART PRODUCTS
SPEEDOMETER NOT ONLY OXE
BY AXY MEANS.
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POHTUND TO GET BRANCH
KELLY-SPRINGFIELD FACTORY
TO PLACE STORE HERE.
J. IT. Alrtscough of Kelly Tire Sales
Company, Howewr, Will Con
tinue to Handle Local Sales.
The Kelly-Springfield tire company
will soon establish a factory distribut
ing branch ln Portland. This an
nouncement was made here last week
by F. H. Hearsch of San Francisco. Pa
cific coast manager, and H. M. Gagne
of Seattle, northwest manager for the
Kelly-Springfield.
The new branch is to be established
as soon as a suitable location can be
obtained.
However, this branch, it also is an
nounced, will not affect the retail busi
ness in Kelly-Sprinf fields being han
dled by the Kelly Tire Sales company,
of which J. H. Alnscough is manager.
Mr. Ainscough will continue to handle
Kelly-Springfield cords and fabrics and
Kelly-Springfield truck solid tires, ln
eluding the famous new caterpillar
tread, as at present.
His sales have been mounting stead
Ily since he took the local agency, and
for the present month so far have been
pretty nearly twice the amount for the
same period In any previous month.
A hill was Introduced in the Massa
rhu setts legislature early in the year
1900 to require all motor vehicles op
erated in the city of Boston to carry
fenders.
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Sunset EUectric Co.
Antomobfia Electric Equipment Agents
Representing
USL Batteries
ELECTRIC AUTO LITE CORPORATION
REM Y ELECTRIC CO.
"SPLTTDORF ELECTRIC CO.
ATWATER-KENT MFG. CO.
GABRIEL SNTJBBERS
BLTUR MOTOR APPLIANCES
WALTHAM SPEEDOMETERS
SPARTAN HORNS
.Eichlh and Davis Broadway 126
Vacuum System, Searchlights and
Bumpers a Few Others of "Big
Ten" Products.
"It is a rather unusual thing to
me,' says Thomas M. Hart, manager
of the local Stewart Products Service
station, "that the average person still
thinks of our company only as the
speedometer maker.
"True, It was our first big product
and Stewart speedometers are today
the most universally used.
"But. ln. addition to this, we are also
ihe largest manufacturers of gasoline
feeds. In fact, our Stewart vacuum
system is the only really scientific feed
system ever devised.
"We are also the largest manufac
turers of warning signals and search
lights (generally known as spotlights).
"In addition to this, we produce very
large quantities of bumpers, called
autoguards, and also spark plugs.
"However, I guess we are up against
the same proposition as Heins. The
world knew him as the 'Pickle Maker'
and was slow to think of him as any
thing else, notwithstanding the fact
that he later on made a wide variety
of articles. So he inaugurated the '67
varieties.'
"It was for this reason that we
brought out the idea of the Stewart
'Big Ten," to impress motordom gen
erally with the fact that, in addition
to the Stewart speedometer, the Stew
art factory makes nine other widely
used products."
Don't let oil, grease or gasoline re
main on your tires. They all destroy
rubber. Wash only with pure cold
water and a little soap.
Tlie Test
iPTliat Tells Hoiv to
Tell Rubber
THE scissors test shows you plainly
that Norwalk Tubes do not rip. The
scissors snip is like the edge of a punc
ture. Norwalk tubes do not rip in your
hands, and they will not rip on the road.
The scissors test means that you can
demonstrate the superiority of Norwalk
Tubes before you buy.
It convinces you of the value of Nor
walk floating stock Tubes.The tube will
convince you that you need the Norwalk
cord or fabric casing with the snow white
sidewalls and the black tread.
If your local dealer cannot supply you
write to
Autoparts Supply Co.
Autoparts Supply Co.
Portland, Oregon
812 E. Pike St, Seattle, Wash.
Distributors
NORWALK TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
ilakert of Ccuingt, Cord and Fabric; and of Tubes, Red and Cray,
Norwalk, Connecticut
"Floating stock is a definite standard of quality. It is rubber so f
pure that it Boats. To the rubber industry it means what 24K
gold means to the Jeweler. To you it means mileage. File sway
e dated sample of Norwalk Tube and others and compare tbenm
at the end oi a year. You are going to lean a lot more about
Norwalk quality.- But don't wait. Start saving your mileage?
money now. Ask as for a sample ol iorwslk Kubber.
NOK
WALK
TUBES ana CASINGS
I The Universal Car
Out of the more than 3,000,000 Ford cars now in use, about sixty per cent have been
sold to farmers. Probably no other one thing has brought to the farm so much of
Out of the more than 3,000,000 Ford cars now in use, about sixty per cent have been
sold to farmers. Probably no other one thing has brought to the farm so much of
comfort and profit as has the Ford car. It has enlarged the social life,, doubled the
facilities for marketing, brought the town next door to the farm, multiplied for
the farmer the pleasures of living, and by the same token the Ford Touring Car has
brought just as much pleasure to the residents of the towns and cities, because it
is an every-day-in-the-year utility, answering the demand of quick transportation
at low expense. A family car without an equal in low cost of operation and main
tenance. We solicit your order for one. We have the full line of Ford cars. We
carry the genuine Ford Parts, and assure you the best of mechanical service and the
most reasonable prices. '
FRANCIS MOTOR CAR CO.
E. 13th and Hawthorne
WM. lhtjghson CO.
Broadway and Davis
PALACE GARAGE CO.
12th at Stark
ROBINSON-SMITH CO.
6th and Madison
RUSHLIGHT & PENNEY
' E. 3d and Broadway
TALBOT & CASEY
E. Ankeny and Grand
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