THE STJXDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBER 19. 1921
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BREWERIES LIKELY
TO MAKE AUTO-FUEL
Department of Commerce Ex
pert Makes Comment.
DAY IS HELD AT HAND
t'ar-heeing ObM-rvers in National
Capital Declare Plants Will
Be t'scd Extensively.
of loosely woven fabric, thoroughly
4mpremat with res-ilient -rubbe-is--n
which it is deeply imbedded. This is
the breaker strip, made of cushion
gum.
The breaker strip has a spider-like
grip on the fabric carcass. A net
work of fiber muscles pull in all di
rections when a blow is received,-lit-
erallv formine: a hammock to cradle
it, according to the -Miller Rubber
company, Akron, O. Its resiliency
neutralizes road shocks, spreading
UiPm over a large urface.
- Without, this cushioning, the Jolts
Incident to motoring would be, trans
mitted direct rom the tread to the
fabric carcass. By shattering the
force of the - blow against cushion
gum, the carcass is relieved of an
enormous amount of strain.
This strip also protects against the
evil effects of underlnf lation. It is
a medium of adhesion to hold intact
the rubber tread and the fabric car
case, virtually riveting them together.
It fights against centrifugal force,
preventing the heavy tread from be
ing thrown from the. carcass at high
speeds. '
WASHINGTON. Sept. 18. A new ,
use may be found for the abandoned j
distilleries and breweries or- ine
country which were put out of busi
ness when national prohibition be
came effective. .r-seeing observ
ers at the national capital predict
that the day is not far distant when
these abandoned plants will be used
very expensively in producing-auto
fuel.
An expert connected with the de
partment of commerce declares that
it will not be long until the brew
ers and distillers, who have been be
moaning the prospect of large finan
cial loss through the abandonment of
their plants, will learn the truth of
the old adage that "It's an' 111 wind
that blows nobody good." He suggest
ed that breweries and distilleries.
which have been a drug on the market
since the enactment' of Volstead's fa
mous amendment, are to become an
adjunct of the motor car. He added:
"They are not going to be turned
into manufacturing plants, storage
warehouses, or anything of that na
ture. Instead, they are going to func
tion with aU their oldtime zeal manu
facturing a substitute for gasoline,
which is composed of 90 per cent in
dustrial alcohol and 10 per cent veg
etable oils. This substitute, the in
ventor claims, is free and independent
of all mining industries. Any veg
etable containing starch, sugar, or cel
lulose can be utilized for its manufac
ture. Tents Give Good Results.
"It is claimed that the new fuel,
which at the present time is being ex
tensively tried out, can be sold for
less than half the present price of
gasoline certainly welcome news to
the motorist." "
The following tests have been given
to demonstrate the value of this new
substitute: ; .
First, a typical motor, such as is
used in many different makes of auto
mobiles, was run with the substitute.
PUNCTURE CAUSE FOUND
STRANGE
BY-
MYSTERIES SOLVED
GARAGE MEN".
Graplioplione Needle Near One
Casing Made Much Grief
for Car Owner. '
Did you ever have a series bf mys
terious punctures, for which you
could .find no -apparent causa, such
as a tire going flat while standing
still in the garage?
Oarage and tie repair men have
found many strange causes for these
i mysterious punctureB. In one case.
where several new tubes went flat
apparently without cause, it was dis
covered that a graphophone needle
had been picked up and had worked
through the rubber and fabric, until
a minute section of the point pro
truded through the . Inside layer. If
the "car ' was ' left standing on this
particular spot, the next morning the
tube was flat. There was no mark
in the casing where the needle went
through, as the rubber "had closed
immediately.
In many cases a tiny piece of dirt
or stone, inside the casing, will wear
through the tube and the tire will
go tiat suddenly without apparent
cause.
l nesfl ancl many other similar
causes have caused the Gates Rubber
company of Denver to draft a series
of rules for the care of their supers
tread tires and tested tubes which
will go fr to eliminate these "ghost-
punctures." Following are some of
them; .
I'se great care in placing the tube
in the tire. Be sure it is straight
and even. Every tube,, before it is
placed inside a tire, should be well
Then the exhaust and Driminc cunsiCOVfr vrun a lubricant, . preferably
were opened wide and the engine run ! soapstone. This will prevent internal
at high sneed. The fumes were dls- I ' ration. Remember, however, that
charged directly into the room, and tne soapstone roust be evenly dis-
yet there was no odor and no dis-1 tributed over the tube and inside the
agreeable effects were' felti thus prov- casing.
ing that the fuel gave off no poison- . "eiore placing a tube inside a cas-
ous fumes. - ' . ('"g. mane, certain that there is no.
A small quantity of the fuel was!Urt or other foreign substance which
Placed on the floor and lighted. It I "ill rub against the tube. This con
stant irritation ana triction . may, lr
time, wear a hole through the tube
Wipe out the interior with a damp
cloth before shaking in the lubricant
Always use a tire flap. No matter
what kind of a tire you use, whether
clincher or straight side, the flap will
form a cushion between the tube and
the rim of the wheel. They are in
expensive and will save their' cost
many times over. They also elimi
nate- the danger of tube pinching.
In case of a mysterious "slow leak
examine "the valve core. A drop of
oil no more inside the valve may
cure the case immediately.
burned with a bluish flame. No smoke
was given off, as was the case when
a similar amount of gasoline was
burned, thus proving, the inventor
claims, that the fuel would not cause
carbon.
The alcohol is made by one formula
only, which on completion of the
process of distillation need not be
treated: )T1-?mr-peT.'ra,l': wax in rorder -to
be utilizable.
Color Changed hy Water.
The secret -consists of the yeast or
bacteria used in. the fermentation of
the vegetable matter.
Fibrous or1 cellulose material is first
cut into pulp and then placed in a
compression cooler, where, upon the
addition of sufficient water, it is
boiled under a pressure of 50 or t0
pounds for three hours. The juice
obtained is put in fermentation tanks
and the bacteria added.
Water was thrown on the new fuel
while burning and the flame extin
guished. Similar experiment with
gasoline caused the flame to spread.
Examination of the substitute when
mixed w-th water showed it had
changed from a light yellow, its orig
inal color, to a milky white. This was
a ctiemical change, the inventor ex
plained, and meant that the fuel could
not be diluted.
Another test was given to prove
that the new fuel is heavier than
gasoline and would not mix with it.
PEiLEWlillETTER
BEST ROUTE NOW IS THAT BY
WAV OF HERMISTON.
Rains Have Smoothed Ont Ruttiest
Places and 65 Miles of Way
Is Over New Highway.
Motorists planning to drive to the
Pendleton Round-up, September 23.
24 and 25, will find the roads much
better than was the case two weeks
ago. There are still many quite
rough places, due to wheat hauling
in big trucks, but the rains of the
past week have ironed out the worst
of them. The sand ruts have been
much improved by the rain.
This is according to W. T. N'oel,
master truck dealer at Pendleton,
"who was in Portland last week. Mr.
Noel says it will not be a great trick
to drive to the Round-up since the
rains and that much of the road, in
cluding a long stretch of the new
upper Columbia river highway, is in
prime condition.
'"The worst part of the road has
been that between Echo and Pendle
ton, J6 miles, said air. Noel. "I will
admit that it was awful. But the
rains nave smoothed it off remark
aDiy. and 1 do not think there will
be enough truck hauling between now
and the Round-up to affect it ma
terially.
between, Arlington and Echo. 65
miles, the route now lies over the
new grade of the upper Columbia
nignway. ine road is just about
perfect. From The Dalles to Arling
ton there are some rough places, but
the going is not bad. With the 65
mues or new highway, it will b in
finitely better than was the case last
year.
Motorrets bound for the Round-up
should be sure to turn- to the left fox
Arlington after crossing the John
i'a.v river. 1 nis is ine route via
Hermiston and it leads to the new
highway at Arlington. From Port
land to Pendleton, is, roughly speak
ing. 250 miles.
TIRES ABSORB THE SHOCK
Breaker Strip Has Most Important
Function to Perform.
LICENSE PLATES SCARCE
LIGHT STEEL DIFFICULT TO
FIND . FOR MAKING.
Tremendous Japanese
Shows Scarcity ot
sired Material.
Demand
De-
L.OS ANGEL.ES, Scot. IS. The auto
motive industry and its accessory in
terests have had a number of vexa
tious problems to solve in the last
year but here's a brand new one
which might have caused a terrific
amount of inconvenience to California
motorists.
When you get your 1921 motor
license plates just remember that only
an extremely fortunate circumstance
made it possible to supply them to
you. These license plates are made
from thin sheet steel. When the mak
ers of the license plates for Califor
nia cast about to obtain material for
the 1921 supply they found that the
entire output of the kind of steel
wanted had been cornered. -.
There is a tremendous demand on
the part of the Japanese for this par
ticular kind of steel. The Japanese
export it for use In a thousand ways,
notable among which is the manufac
ture of metal toys of all kinds.
It takes about 10 carloads to sup
ply enough of the steel for a year's
supply of California license tags.
The licenses next year will be yel
low and black yellow background
with black numerals. This color
combination exceeds any other in visi
bility. It can tje read at one-third
greater distance than the color com
bination of the 1920 license.
At the Kittle plant preparations
had been about completed to start
manufacturing the "new crop." There
will be more than 1,300.000 plates
turned out. To do this it will take
a force of more than 100 workmen
four months.
USJ1L JOINTS SILENT
WORTHINESS IS PROVED BY
LACK OF COMMENT.
Do you know that your tires are
equipped with shock absorbers? This
sounds unusual, but the fact is that
right ia the heart of a tire is a strip j tha others. In chain-drive trucks there
In Chain-Drive Trucks There Are
One or More Joints Between
Transmission and Shaft.
It is rrulte complimentary to manu
facturers of universal joints that their
products are not talked about. It in
dicates without question a satisfac
tion unapproached -by-any other part
of the car. Universal joints are those
silent workers of steel which con
nect the propeller shaft with the
transmission and rear axle. On some
cars using unit power plants there
are two universal joints, one at each
end of the shaft; again there may be
one point and the propeller shaft in
closed - by means of a torqua - tube.
-Where the transmission is a separate
unit, not mounted in unit with the
clutch, there is a universal between
clutch and transmission in addition to
In Their Place-
This was the situation:
The Overland had no serious competition at
its price, and at its price it had no competition
as to quality. 1
Overland plants were working to capacity,
600,000 Overlands had been sold, and a conti
nent was clamoring for more.
Then the Overland organization became
concerned about the price of gasoline.
Now, gasoline is not Overland business, but it
becomes Overland business when the welfare of
Overland owners is at stake.
The sale of an Overland is the beginning and
not the- end of Overland interest in the man
or woman who buys it.
So Ov erland designers were told :
"Gasoline is continually going up. Every
cent advance increases the upkeep of the
Overland. Go back to your draughting
boards and bring it downl"
'Months and months of experiment!
Millions and millions of expense!
And then, up and out of the Valley of
Dilemma, leaping into the road like a thing
possessed
What Would
You Have Done?
A GREATER OVERLAND, built of Tight,
alloy steels, mounted on the famous Suspen
sion Triplex Spring, and giving unheard-of
mileage out of every gallon of gas in her tank!
Overland designers said: "We don't know what
it cost to create, but we do know that it will cost
six millions to get ready to use it!"
The answer was: "The public has stood by
the Overland, the Overland must stand by the
public Go ahead and equip your plants to
produce it."
$6,000,000 for an ideal! .
In the Overland Company's place, what would
you have done?
Some organizations would have said: "The
present Overland is good enough. Why quar
rel with success?"
But the Overland theory is, that nothing is
good enough that can conceivably be better,
and.that the great family of Overland owners
have placed upon the Overland Company an
obligation, not only to produce, but to progress!
In that spirit, therOverland was created.
In that spirit, the Overland is presented.
And now, in that spirit, let us get togctherl
Begin To-day To Get More Mileage For Your Money I
gj Cities Report an Average of 2$ Miles Per Gallon in the Overland Sedan
The Sconomy SEDAN
WILLYS -OVERLAND PACIFIC CO., INC.
Broadway and Davis Broadway 3535
are one or more joints between trans- '
mission and countershaft. In shaft
drive trucks there may be four uni
versal in the drive because the pro
peller shaft is in two parts to avoid
having one extremely long shaft.
In the so-called DeDlon drive there
are universals on the propeller shaft
and on the rear axle shafts as well.
These shafts are exposed and take
their power from a differential unit
mounted under the body of the car.
driving the wheels through internal
gearing.- Many trucks use variations
fo this form.
Today the majority of cars employ
the very simplest form of universal
the all-metal Spicer. This joint is
.the standard in this country, being
used on over 125 makes of vehicles.
Basically, It consists of tw.o yokes
attached to a cross, whose arms are
at right angles. One yoke may move
up and down and the other sideways,
hence universal movement is possible.
One yoke is fastened to the propeller
shaft and the other to the driving
member which may be the clutch shaft
or a transmission shaft extension.
Stuck Pistons.
It . happens occasionally that In
putting a piston from the bottom of
a cylinder the piston goes too far up
and one or more rings expand in the
combustion chamber. If the engine is
a non-detachable head type this
ONE OF THE MANY PACKARD TRUCKS USED IN THE PAVING
- OF THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY.
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Trorlu of many different makes are engaged In hauling rock and riot stuff
' from trie various pa vine pla-nta on the lower li;iirayv but there are
more Packard trucks thai nil other makca put together. Ine Packard
f lye-ton. chain-drive truck, with dump body. Is a great favorite In hishway
construction work in Oregon. This truck, was snapped at work, near
Kaappa. ,
means trouble. Here is the way to get
around it. Remove the valve caps
and turn'the piston with connecting
rod until the slot in the ring can -be
seen. Take a piece of very, soft cop
per wire and insert -the end under one
edge of .the ring. Have some one turn
the piston while the operator guides
the wire so that it passes around the
outside of the ring while the piston
is turned. When the slot again ap
pears draw out the ends of the wire
and pull them together.
CSIXG
MOTOR
AS
BRAKE
Practicing Prevents Excessive
Wear on Braking System. '
To use the motor as a brake is not
a difficult undertaking, but one
should understand the theory in
volved. To use the motor as a brake, the
ignition should be switched off be
fore dropping over the brow of the
hill. The car is then compelled to
drive the motor for a short distance
on the level and.it will not be bo like
ly to gather excessive, momentum
when It starts to descend. .And
tendency to increase acceleration in
going down the hill can be promptly
and easily checked by an occasional
application of the service brake. In
doing this, the clutch must be kept
in engagement, so as not to eliminate
the resistance . of the dead motor,
6ince the car would no longer drive
the motor. If the hill has been prop
erly gauged and this is something
that will soon be learned by experi
ence the combined braking power
of the motor and service brake will
suffice to bring most any car to a
6ead stop on any hill that a four
wheeled vehicle can possibly negotiate.
' Have your brakes adjusted.
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prices now sold at $5 to
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14.30
16.60
19.10
20.05
20.50
25.55
26. 60
27.20
28.40
28.80
33.35
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Non- I Inner
Pkid ITubes
SI 1.50
10.75
13.15
15.90
19.30
20.90
21.85
22.45
28.95
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31.40
32.05
37.05
39.23
1.90
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2.45
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3.60
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4.65
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122 ?. Broadway.
Portland. Or.
Phone Broadway 1612.
Barker Bros. Bakery
Have Just Ordered Another
GMC Truck
Another Truck "Owner Is.
Convinced of GMC Quality
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Wentworth-Irwin, Inc.
Second Street,, Corner Taylor, Portland, Oregon
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