The Oregon daily journal., September 21, 1919, Page 54, Image 54

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY, MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1813.
PE
FORM
E IS
GROUND ON WHICH
TO JUDGE TIRES
Portland Dealer Says Old Meth
; ods Have Given Away Largely
to Actual Results.
PERFECTION GOAL SOUGHT
Guarantee That Equipment Free
- From Imperfections Held Best
That Can Be Given.
"Improvements of the last few
years In the construction of tires has
made the old-time mileage guaran
tee, to. all Intents and purposes, a
thing of the past," declares George
H. Whaley, manager of the Portland
TJre company.
"The tendency today is to judge a
tire by Its actual performance, considering-
the conditions under which
It is run.
"In the old days, the days of the
Merry Oldsmoblle' and kindred cars,
with their maximum speed of 20 miles
per hour, the tire industry as applied to
automobiles, was of course newer than
, the automobile itself. It was quite in or
der . then that the tire manufacturer
should evidence his good faith in his
product by guaranteeing it to go a cer
tain distance. If he didn't have faith in
this product who would?
"With the automobile confined to Its
then very limited use and the roads In
practically the same condition "every
where, the stress on tires was slight
compared to the heavy use they are put
.to today. Under those conditions a man
ufacturer could readily guarantee a
given mileage.
COXITIONS HAVE CHANGED
"Now, however, conditions have so
changed." says Mr. Whaley. that It is
unnecessary, ea well as impossible, to
state with any degree of accuracy the
distance in miles a perfect tire will run.
It is unnecessary because tires made by
reputable manufacturers are so con
structed today that with proper treat
ment they will withstand rough usage
far exceeding the demands of the former
mileage guarantee. That It Is impossible
to guarantee a perfect tire will run a
given number of miles is true, because
the life of the tire Is dependable not
wholly on Its own merits so much as on
the conditions under which and how it is
run.
"The utility of the present day auto
mobile and the correspondingly greater
demand n tires, has made it Impossible
to state how mapy miles a tire should
run, just as it is Impossible to predeter
mine how many walking miles your next
pair of shoes will render. No mileage
guarantee accompanies a new pair of
shoes or any other article dependent on
wearing conditions for its life.. Under
ordinary conditions a pair of shoes will
last a reasonable length of time, but
their use and appearance is greatly Im
paired under changed conditions, and the
same is true of tires. Under adverse
conditions three thousand miles might be
a remarkable showing for a tire, where
fas the same tlane would run 20,000 miles
under more favorable conditions.
"The Savage Tire company guarantee
their tires to be free from imperfections
in - material and workmanship. That
guarantee is unconditional irrespective
of the mileage obtained. If a tire is
found defective in any way it is une
quivocally replaced. For this purpose a
standard of 4500 miles for regular tires
and 6500 for D type has been established
as a basis on which to work.
1 "Not content with making ordinary
tires, the last two years have been de
voted to producing a tire that will excel
anything on the market. Reports from
all section of the country where their
tires have been in use under every road
'condition on the cars of users every
where, give evidence of their having at
tained that object. Such an ideal cannot
be realized without giving time, effort
and expense, and these were given un
sparingly. The results prove that.
"They are working on a policy that re
quires not only last year, this year or
next year be marked as particularly
successful, but each succeeding year must
bring with it consistent and persistent
development as applied to the products
of the Savage Tire company. 'Built to
excel' means just what it is intended to
imply.
"Much interest is manifested by mo
""torlsts in the big super-size D type cas
ing now being produced by the Savage
people. iimipura.Livo icsls unuer severe
conditions have" demonstrated this new
departure in tire construction is in a
class by itself. In rough usage on heavy
machines and stages it has met with
signal success."
Bearings Eequire
Proper Attention
Few owners pay the attention to the
ball bearings that these latter deserve.
They usually wait until the garage man
calls attentlbn to the injury done by
breakage. At least once in six months
the ball bearings should be inspected, the
rough or worn balls replaced with per
fect ones and the ball run filled with
graphite grease.
FRAMES
and
AXLES
Straightened ami
Repaired
Buraess & Martin
AUTO SHEET "METAL WORKS
. Fifteenth and AUer Su.
Modern Equipment
Skilled Workmen
J
Old Enemies Forget Grudge
' t t t . "t . .
Heart to Heart Talk Is Heard
Chronic Pedestrian possessed a cynical
streak a yard wide, particularly any
time the waywaijd Habitual Motorist
crossed his path. In his dealings with
Habitual Motorist his manner had shown
a decided lack of that cordiality that
should mark the exchange of Ideas be
tween exponents of two great means of
locomotion. Chronic Pedestrian admit
ted he did not always observe the letter
of the law himself, and In some cases
Ignored the spirit of it. Why should he?
He knew Habitual Motorist was no
better. In fact generally went him one
better in breaches of omission or com
mission. Habitual Motorist, on the other hand,
was a man of a genial personality
when things went his way and recep
tive to the suggestions of people observ
ing his methods. It was fortunate that
was one of such days when they chanced
to meet one fine fall morning, and each
paused to pass the time of day with
the other.
"Former experience with you tells me
that it is foolish to ask you to ride
downtown with no this morning, Mr.
Pedestrian. So I won't do it But what's
on your chest?"
Chronic Pedestrian saw the oppor
tunity and was quick to grasp the
chance to offer a few words of advice.
"Since I expostulated with you for
try4ng to murder me the other day, one
thing in particular has come to my at
tention. You have crltlaed the walking
public severely upon occasion, and have
not realized some of your chief fail
ings. Tell me this : why doesn't the aver
age motorist look both ways when1 he
comes to an intersection and has the
Intention of changing the direction of
his course to right angles to his former
course of travel? In turning he is care
ful to see if there is any other car in
his path, but seldom Jooks, say, to bis
right, if the turn he is making is to
his left, in order to see if there is a
machine approaching from that point.
The passer at the right has the right
of way, X believe, but that right seems
to be Ignored in the case I refer to.
"If a machine is coming up the street
at a good rate of speed and another
car turns into the street ahead, there is
.danger that there will be a smash of
some kind unless one sees the other,
and unless there is a mutual agreement
that some fixed method will be followed
in that case. There is some rule gov
erning that, and It is the rule governing
the duty one man owes to another in the
effort to prevent injury or damage. In
a few words, I might say that the man
who drives a car should pay a little
better attention to where he is going,
and not be in such a hurry to get there.
"At times, my dear fellow," answered
Habitual Motorist, "you show a brand
of intelligence that would do credit to
the owner of a car. You are quite
right.
"But you chanced to""Use a few phrases
that do not apply. solely to the drivers
of cars. 'Look both ways,' "Look where
you are going,' and 'Don't be in such a
hurry to get there' are points that it
would be well for the man on the street
to remember. There are two sides to
every question."
"Sometimes there are three sides. The
traffic policeman is qualified to play on
the third side," retorted Chronic Pedes
trian. "I agree with you. Won't you ride
down with me? I always obey the
traffic rules."
"Some other time, perhaps. Here
comes my street car." X
But they parted upon better terms
than had ever marked their farewells
before.
MUCH IS CLAIMED
FOR TRUCK TIRE
Elimination of Grain in Rubber
and Vulcanizing to Steel Said
to Be Actuality.
By C. K. Whidden
Mmicer Solid Truck Tire Department UniW
States Tir Company.
After a long period of experimen
tation a new solid truck tire em
bodying two entirely new principles
of construction is now being placed
on the market.
The two new principles Involved in
the manufacture of this tire are so
radically different from all other exist
ing "methods of manufacture that they
are attracting close attention from tire
engineers. Many Improvements in solid
tire manufacture have been made since
the advent of the motor truck, but for
hone of them have the broad claims
been made which are made for this new
tire.
One of the claims made Is that a
method has been discovered of eliminat
ing the "grain' in the rubber and thus
greatly reducing splitting and cracking.
One Of the Chief riuUM rf trnnkla In
solid tires. The other is that a long
step rorwara has been made in solving
the problem of preventing tires from
separating from the tire bands.
With regard to this second class, it
Is pointed out that it is the custom
to fasten the rubber tire to th stA.i
base by means of dovetailed grooves in
the steel band. This union is mechan
ical and serves the purpose of holding
the rubber on the band with a varying
degree of success.
The new Drocess la a ihni9i
between the steel, which vulcanizes the
ruDDer to tne steel. This feature will
practically eliminate ha
one of the most bothersome of all solid
tire troubles.
The Other Imnnrtant ...
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embodied in the new tire relates to the
rubber Itself, and is the result of long
emuy vi ruDDer ana rubber compounds.
Everyone is familiar with the fact
that many materials possess a marked
grain. This has been noticed particu
larly in wood, and in some rock forma
tions, but it has not been generally
known that it is also a characteristic of
rubber. Rubber has a grain of spiral
formation which, while invisible, Is
nevertheless Dresent. Whn ...vi
- m& i uuucr
tire with this grain is affected by over-
.u-uii.8 r rougn usage, it will chip or
crack in the sides br wearing surfaces
The cavities formed a
.... ' Ul HUB
condition are usually rounded in contour
"ow tne grain of the stock just
as wood will always split along the
gram and as rock formations split on
the exposed surface along the various
strata. The stratification in solid tires
-iuiusi universally of double spiral
form, and is rnH k.. , , .
working to which the rubber stock is
subjected in the process of manufacture.
Merchants Given
Wider Radius for
Trade by Trucks
With this new Industrial age corns a
demand nnnn th ma,rha. i
- ,auio m increase
their radius of service to their customers.
mo men mercnani, increasing his ra
dius of service is a decisive factor in the
expansion of his business.
That some merchants are availing
themselves of this extension of service is
evident in a Brooklyn owner's state
ment regarding the performance of a
Paige truck in his delivery service, and it
also speaks well of the durability of the
truck.
tftT,,ii8ftatement teUs of a Pa-te model
60-18, 2, ton truck traveling 8700 miles
in less than five months in the overland
delivery service of a wholesale butter
and egg business, between Brooklyn. N
Y.. and Philadelphia. Pa., a distant of
?k.er.i? mU?aV The own6r also claims
this this truck has given day in and day
out service every minute of the time, and
also that It has never been necessary to
have the slightest repairs made.
Warning to Unwary
Automobilist Given
Yakima. Wash..
town of Union Gap has taken on metro
politan airs ana is lining , auto tour
ists S15 each for snMtrtlns' ili. it- -
- ' r iti5 ia Ulio
and only street, the Commercial club
and the Auto club have decided it Is only
fair to tourists to know where the city
Umlt nf TTnirtn Osn a &
- iuvieu.
committee from these club posted signs
warning auto drivers that they are ap
proaching the municipal limits of Union
Gap, where quick detection and certain
fine lar visited upon all tourists who do
not observe the speed limits. Since the
ordinance went into effect about a month
afo the town treatsury is richer by near
ly 11000 picked off trom unwary tourists.
PACIFIC COAST HAS
CON
AUTO
MAD
E
ASSERTS VESPER
President of National Dealers'
Association Returns East After
Extended Tour of Entire West.
MOTOR'S VALUE IS SHOWN
Railroad Strike in California
Proved Conclusively Worth of
Gas Machines, It Is Declared.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 18. "High
ways mean automobiles and more
automobiles," according to K. W. -A.
Vesper, president of the National
Automobile Dealers' association, who
has Just returned to St. Louis after
a six weeks trip on the west coast.
Vesper visited Washington, Oregon
and California while gone. At Yak
ima he was the guest of the Wash
ington Automobile Trade association
and the speaker of honor at their
state convention there. At Portland
and Seattle he addressed both the
bers of commerce. At San Fra'n
bers of Commerce. At San Fran
cisco and San Diego he addressed
the dealers. The San Diego association-joined
the national association
in a body. The other associations
already were members of the na
tional. Three thousand miles of Vesper's trip
was made by automobile. The National
president drove fr.om North Yakima to
Seattle, and then from San Francisco
to Los Angeles and San E?lego. The
return from San Diego to San Fran
cisco was made by automobile also.' as
the railroad strike !lnVswthrnCsJU
fornia ' paralysed railway traf flo and
forced Vesper's return to San Francisco
after he already had his reservations
eastward from Los Angeles.
"Never was the automobile's value as
a carrier better demonstrated than In
this California rail strike," Vesper de
clared. There" is a wonderful highway
between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
It takes two days to make the trip by
automobile driving steadily all the time.
When the trains from Los Angeles were
annuled thousands of persons were
forced to travel by auto, truck and
Jitney bus. There was a continual pro
cession of cars from Los Angeles to
San Francisco and another, stream back
of Los Angeles residents marooned In
the north.
"Jbe Pacific coast Is positively mad
over highways. No finer roads exist in
the world. Highways in turn mean au
tomobiles, as evidenced by the fact that
In Los Angeles alone, a city of 300,000
people, there are 75,000 registered cars.
One person out of every four owns a
car. And, it might be remarked, the
other three will be found in the back
seat.
"The dealers are highly prosperous on
the coast and while pinched on deliveries
are taking advantage of the situation
to Interest themselves in r association
work. The Seattle and Portland dealers
have live associations.
'The greatest investment that any
state could make, so far as I know,
would be to send its highway commis
sions and its good roads opponents to
the Pacific coast. No man could see
those roads and return home uncon
vinced that highways are the greatest
Bingle factor now in the state's indus
trial and economic development."
present Indications, the latter mark will
be passed easily. . ! . "
The excellent showing mad during the
first half of the year Is revealed in an
announcement that has gone out to Mil
ler stockholders advising them of an
1800,000 Increase in Miller common cap
ital stock. Stockholders are permitted to
subscribe to the new stock at $100 par on
a basis of one fifth of their holdings.
Miller common has-been selling at better
than $200 for several months.
"The company's business has expanded
so rapidly this year that more capital is
necessary, and it is for this purpose that
the additional stock has been issued,"
said W. F. Pfelffer, general manager of
the company.
Mr. Pfelffer was asked If he thought
there was any particular factor that had
mors to do with Miner growth and suc
cess than the ordinary circumstances
that surround a growing concern of this
kind.
"Yes," he answered instantly. "Uni
form workmanship. From the beginning,
it was the MlUer policy to use only the
best grade of materials for Its products,
and then make those products uniformly
the same. This policy was especially
noticeable In our, tire building depart
ment, and it resulted in the widely
known Miller Uniform Mileage Tires.
Tires built alike wear alike. All are long
distance runners, and give that satisfac
tion demanded by the tire user. That's
the secret of Miller Uniform Workmanship.
Cuttlefish Paper ;;
.Best ior uontacts
It is sometimes difficult to find s really
satisfactory agent for cleaning the con
tact points of ignition apparatus or the
surface or a commutator on
motor or a lighting dynamo. Thers is
something known as "cuttlefish paper"
which is finer than the finest quality of
sandpaper and which Is very wen aaapi
ed to this operation. Cuttlefish paper is
not regularly carried by hardware stores,
but it may be obtained from dental sup
ply housea
Company Shatters
Its Past Records
By Large Per Cent
With an increase of approximately 56
per cent in sales volume for the first
seven months in 1913, as compared wun
the same period in 1918, the Miller Rub
ber company of Akron, Ohio, 6hows
every indication of shattering all of its
previous records when the totals are
checked up at the end of this year.
The company did approximately $16,
000,000 business in 1918, and a $23,000,000
figure was set for 1919. Judging from
REPUBLIC TRUCK PRESTIGE
800
wners in Oregon Is More Convincing
Than Salesmen's Claims
urauiiramiiraitnuiiiffinttiniifiiiirarmi
A Truck Is No More Efficient Than the
Service That Goes With It.
SEE OUR EXHIBIT AT SALEM FAIR
Roberts Motor Car Co., Inc.
305 Main Street
Vancouver, Wash.
Park and Everett Sts.,
Portland, Oregon
IkJ
SEE OUR EXHIBIT
at the
-
State Fair Salem
SEPTEMBER 22d TO 27th
HOWARD AUTO CO.
Largest Distributors of Automobiles in the World
Portland
San Frrancisco
Oakland
Los Angeles
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Incomparable Anderson Six
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Carload just arrived in four, five and
seven-passenger models.
Immediate deliveries while they last.
See Our Display at Salem
" State Fair This Week
Interstate Motor Co.
Ill 13th St., Near Washington Portland
AT THE STATE TAIR
SALEM .
We Will Exhibit
Mitchell and Jordan Sixes
Monarch Tractors Vulcan Trac
tor Plows andour line Farm Power
and Pumping Equipment.
AUTO SHOW
and in
THE STADIUM
Mitchell-Lewis & Staver Co.
Portland