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THE ORECiON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1927 : a . : : - ' " - . . - . - - : I EO M S 5 III FORESTS URGED Number of Fires -Caused by Carelessness Increasing, Say Officials ... The number, of"- forest fires caused by - the carelessness or thoughtlessness of smokers is' In creasing, according to the forest r ervjo. This increase la striktngly shown r by 126 such fires in 1922 and 281 fires in 1926. . A total or 1,222 smokers', fires have been Reported by forest rang ers from the twenty-two national forests la Oregon and Washington for the 11-year period, 1816-1926. For this' period S per cent of all fires reported were due to smokers.: and such fires were re sponsible for 12 per cent of the total cost of fire fighting in these two-states. ' The two outstanding features of the "above, forest, officers state," are - the -'increasing - number of smokers: fires, and he fact that of all man-caused fire. smokers' fires are the most easily prevented, Just a little thought and care on the part of the smoker with his match, .his cigarette butt, cigar stub, or pipe heel, while he still has It In his hand and can control .the danger. t ",- Due to a recognized increasing use of tobacco, especially of cigar ettes, there is a strong, tendency to. place restrictions on smokers by logging T and lumber companies, city fire "departments, state legis latures, and tb federal , govern ment. 'In California, for example, this year all of the national forests hate been closed to smoking ex cept on Improved camp grounds, at places of human habitations, and In .'certain rocky areas about 7.500 feet in elevation. , The- forest service has already firmed this year 172.870 acres to molcing In Oregon and Washing ton, being forced to take this ac tion by reason of high hazards. There la a disinclination on the part of the federal forest officers to take drastic action "or .to make wholesale closures 4 against smok tng. and yet. they say." they may td compelled to do so to safeguard public-: properties endangered by I thought!"- and careles user or tobacco in -t he foreat regions." A few simple -and reasonable precautions, if followed, will p re rent fires starting bfl smokers, they-believe. The forest Rervice. $S ate and private forest protective agencies; in Oregon and Wash'ng ton ask. all smokers to follow here after the precautions, laid down in this smokers' code. FAGTQBY TRATJSFER 1! be provided to handle each, an it. He ascertained from th foremen In various production departments that each had sufficient stock on hand to supply the assembly lines while the move Was In progress 'From the traffic department he obtained freight cars, a locomo tive, and a clear track, from the Oakland factory siding to the cov ered spur within thf Pontlac plant. "These crews of six men each were appointed for the day shift and a like number: for the night. Each .man,', was . instructed just what to do, so no time would be lost in duplicated motion when the actual move "started. Tractors, hoists and specially designed: 'dol lies', on which to trundle the huge machines were ready far In ad vance.. When the signal to start was received an electrician cut the wires of the first (machine ache duled to go. Then a pipefitter disconnected water and oil lines of that unit. 'V 'Almost before the wondering operator could grasp .what was going on, his machine was jacked up onto -the waiting dolly .and towed off by a tractor to the wait ing flatcara. The- first intima tion some of the operators receiv ed that the move was under way was the sudden stopping of their machines In mid-operation as electricians snipped the wires. "Loading of freight cars went on rapidly, withhree crews work ing. The short" haul to the new plant, and re-installation of the machines there; completed the job. "This was comparatively simple. due to adequate space and light ing the presence of facilities' for handling the heavy equipment. Removal from the Oakland plant grew easier as it ' progressed, for the crews operated inward from the edges, constantly gaining space in which to work. "Two. days work proved the crews could keep well ahead of the schedule laid down for them A the end of that time they had moved 11 carloads, totalling 440 tons the amount of wonk pre scribed for 90 hours instead of 48 "Included in the moving job is rearrangement of machinery in the Oakland plant itself. One of these units, 'a big milling mach ine, weighs 55 tons.. The moving crews prefer large machines to small ones, explaining that the sat isfaction of seeing a big hole com pensates for the effort involved in creating that space. "Today 375 machines uprooted from the Oakland factory are per forming their accustomed opera tions - in the new Pontiac . plant, and 'there are hundreds of new ones, necessitates by the vastly increased demand for the 'Chief of the Sixes The space they va cated will be filled with new ma chinery for Oakland six produc tion." : CHOLETPUHiS TOBIUKPLl Production Running at Rec ord Clip and Demand In creasing Steadily I With production running at the record clip of more than 5,vou units daily and demand for the product. constanty attaining new levels, the Chevrolet Motor com pany announces a f 2.00,000 de velopment of its .properties at Flint, Mich., to relieve congestion brought about by steady mcreaseel in output. -a: This will Include two buildings - a new parts structure and" a ttrree-story office building. They will be i completed by October 1, according to Charles F. Barth, vice-president, in charge of man -facturing. On me completion' ot ttie new buildings the present structures Hsed for offices an,d parts will be razed and a modern factory build ing erected in their place. -asserts Mr. Bait h in a communication to the Chevrolet -sone office in this territory. ' , The new parts building will ' be a three-story structure, 530 by 122 feet, and of concrete construc tion. The new office building, of brick and concrete,, will be 260 by 60 feet. ! "Completion ot the project will provide additional manufacturing facilities to a plant that is already one of the finest in the automo tive industry commented a rep; resentative of the Newton Chevro let company, local Chevrolet deal er. "The rate; of production in crease, showing the growing de mand of the motoring publle -for the Chevrolet line, may be seen by the fact that only a few months ago the factory completed an ex pansion program costing iu.-000,000." ROHIOGOE RUBBER;. LIKE MOTHER'S PIE ;V " IN ill I I - Process In Miller Tire Fac tory Interesting Powder Between Sheets Some of these days t-roaaing the Atlantic by plane is going to be safer than walking down Broadi way or crossing the loop In Chi cago on foot. AKRON, 6.: If you ever watch ed mother roil pie dough, for the luscious pies that are in season right now. you have the beginning of the ldea..and the principle, that Is adapted to Jhe rolling of rubber itock for 'the thousands of articles that are made of robber. Just as mother, dusts flour on the pie dongb. to keep It from sticking to the rolling pin. so is white powder, as fine as flour,;dusted on thexthln rubber sheets to prevent them from sticking to the layer above and below, when they are wound on the stock room reel. Just like dough. - the rubber goes Into one side of the mill rolls, and comes out at the other side a thin opaque sheet of thin rub ber. The ' big rolls perform . the task on rubber that mother's roll ing pin does on pie dough. -From the time the thin sheets tfcev are of alt the colors and tints of the rainbow leave the big rolls until they are rolled on the stock reels tn h fashioned in the stock room Into many articles, they are dusted with the white powder to keep them from sticking. -f The black stock, from which one-piece tread and-sidewail tires an made at the Miller factory, cornea forth from the mills in an endless black ribband, and. as the lengths are rut for tires for stock; they are: laid between sheets of cloth, to prevent them from stick ing to one s another. When this stock is first taken from the mix ing mills, to go to the stock room for seasoning. it resembles very much the hunk of pie douah that mother has left over, sometimes only mother's pie dough is not black nor qaite so, large. - ."JL - One of the greatest problems'! that confronted rubber ' manufac turers. In their early efforts In the rubber" Industry, was the sticky qualifies of rubber. It was. at the same time, a' virtue and a vice, but the vice was eliminated by vulcanizing, which is heating to a correct temperature. QUICKLY EFFECTED Machine Moved to. New Pon- , tiao PiantfWjthoutCur-r - tailing Production : . The'sVbry' bf hoV'375 huge machines.-each 6f them weighing more ' than 1000 pounds, were dia ' connected, hauled almost a mile .- to their, new ', locations and rein stalled there" without the slightest inTerruption of production has just been received here by Vick Broth eers. 1 the local Oakland-Ponttac dealers.:;-" - "c ; ;' T'v r -l ; j - This unusual, teat was accom plished: when the Pontlac six pro duction machinery was removed from the Oakland factory up to the new $10, 200, (TOO plant at Pon tlac, Mich. "This feat i merely another vivid illustration of the .lenlth of which efficiency has been developed In the automotive Industry," said George' Vick. . "Until the completion of the new plant the - Pontlac six was manufactured at the Oakland fac tory .where Jt was born a little more than a year. ago. During that period aligost 100,000 were produced. : However, as . the de mand for the 'Chief of the Sixes ' increased,,, more and more space was required for the machinery to manufacture It, as well as to meet Oakland's growing demand., . "So thoroughly did Oakland and Pontlac production machinery fill the factory that a visitor; would Jiave thought' It impossible to ex trlcate a single piece without shut ting down tb entire plant, but scientific planning '. enabled engi peers to carry out their Uask with out interfering 'with the produc tion schedules of either car. "When the date for the move was set, A. A. Miller of the main tenanee department carefully plot ted every detail in advance. ; Spec ial charts listing every " machine and stating its specifications "were prepared so proper facilities might Skyscraper Garage Plan at New York: 28 Stories NEW YORK A new skyscrap er garage is planned by the Kent Automatic Parking Garage. Inc.. to be erected in the Grand Cen tral district at 209 East 43d St.. and -extending through the block to 2 OS East 44th St, The build ing will be twenty-eight stories hlxh. and will have a capacity for 1,050 automobiles. The bilildlng will be equipped with car laundries, chauffeurs' rooms, waiting rooms and com partments where owners and chauffeurs may make minor re pairs. The Kent Parker la an electric device ' for the ' handling of auto mobiles. The operation U eon trolled by push button. It rapidly and. safely transfers automobiles on and off the elevator platform on the ground floor for deliveries and pickups and on the upper floors for placing the car Jit its storage space. The parkera ar mounted on the high speed self leveling elevators,- -The' - Kent Electric Parker; eliminates entirely the use of the engine of the auto mobile while in the icarage. And as no employee touches the car either inside or out, the chances of damaged' fenders and greasy upholstery are practically eliminated. 36 Per Cent Increase Seen by General Over Last June Commenting on the June, sale of cars, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., pres ident of General Motors, said: ' "The retail sales by our. deal ers to consumers in -June were 169,701 cars, an 'increase of 42. 525 cars or over, 36 per cent, as compared with 'June 1926. at which time such sales were 117. 17ft. . This 1fo compares with 75.864 cars in Junf 125. , "In June the sales by our car divisions to their dealers' totaled 155,525, cars, compared " with 111.S80 In Jane, J926. an Increase of 44,145 cars or 39.6 per cent. This . compares , further with 71 . OSS cars in June. 1925; rmnAGg BATTERY j We Can Save You Money Come i In andSee U .. JOE WILLIAMS'."--:. "Service That Satisfies- -Corner Center nnIish St. Phone 123 CHAUTAUQUA JULY SO TO 23 3 m' ' " ' rxo j w . -Mi . " . t 300 N. Commercial ON 1 Telephone 220 F 6 r the 2 -. i - n 4 i b year, B u i c k h a s- a g a fUlfilled this p . . . BUICIC WILL r o m is e BUILD. THE M J A f W AUTOMOBILES ARE; BUILT WHEN BETTER