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imi,w.NnENCE ENTERPRISE
Treads
'"Tfire
Improved 25
The latest Miller triumph is a super-grade
tread. It excels the best rival treads today by an
average of 25 per cent. This . has been proved,
under careful watch, by many road comparisons.
The Miller Tire mileage is the talk of the day.
But these new-grade treads outwear the balance
of the tire.
Not one Miller Tire, built with this new tread,
lias ever come back with the tread gone.
These treads do not vary. Every day the
Miller tread stock is vulcanized and tested in the
laboratory. Itmust prove up to these new stand
ards before a tread is made.
Miller Cord Tires, in the factory tests, now aver
age 15,000 miles. Miller Fabrics from 8,000 to
9,000 miles. And these lactory tests
are extreme.
- - Watch your mileage on one Miller
Tire. Compare it with any other
and it will win you. You owe that
to yourself in view of Miller records.
Tread Patented
Center tread smooth, with auction cup to
firmly grasp wet asphalt. Geard-to-the-Road
tide treads mesh like cogs in dirt.
Tres
Now the Record Makers
Cords or Fabric Geared-to-the-Road
Independence Garage
0
, .... .1.... thin company de-
was concerned industry -f
ture should fir be served, and c
of gasoline for pleasure purposes d -rninished.
Hence, certain curtail
ments were made on sales to non
commercial vehicles. To have con
tinued in the circumstances unlimited
sales for non-commercial use, would
have meant idle tractors on the
. two was. therefore, no
alternative but curtailment and con.
servation. .
Thus far, the situation appears to
have been met in that the shortage
has not interfered with industry or
agriculture, except in a very few
cases and for brief periods The
correctness of the course followed
cannot U questioned. In the public
mind, however, confusion and un
certainty exist, not only as to the
nf v,a shortage but also as to
...l.f kna rauaml it. It IS Said that
the shortage is artificial, creaieu
for the purpose of increasing prices,
that it is due to tremendous ev i
sold abroad at fabulous
prices and great profits, even that
sales are cut to avoid trie payment
mont taxes, and
JL lllVJl ttvi a v . v, -
that wells have been "capped to
lower production. These and many
other astonishing rumors have gone
the rounds. The exact situation is
easy to explain and simple to under
stand. The gasoline shortage is due to
the fact that there is not enough
gasoline to meet all the requirements
of the public; there is not enough
gasoline because there is an insuffi.
eient Droduction of crude oil;the
crude oil production is inadequate be
pnnso nature has not been kirn
enough to respond to the unprece
dentedly vigorous efforts of the oil
industry to get crude irom tne earcn.
i rv in hi mm
easoline amounted vo -
l ."stl ill l
rr u 1 1 1 ) 1 1 n . --
300,000,000
has
Sold
tho
48.4';
same
situation
There is
vnnr. tniS Vinnt'wi'j
J . ..
.,.-,iimn man "
period of last year.
These facts prove tho
. ..I.. orxU'luslVelV.
Siting evince to .
th, tremendously mcreased con
sumption. Take reserve lock, ot
Tk mounted to wy
cruae o; - , rt
500,000 barrels in 1915, to only
600,000 on May 31, 19'i.
a v.,..! in ..n vears. Con-
ure noi vuuvm-" . - ,
8ider Standard Oil reserve stock, of
i.- Art .Tanuarv 1 IVio,
gasoline; v - -
i)nn? a vear later i
300,000 gallons; this year 4.4W
' w. 88.000 barrels,
of which ten per cent was unavad
able, being in tank bottom and p.pt
lines.
..vmd ru rONSIDERED
WU1VVSSITY BY BANKERS
INJURED SERVICE MEN
MUST ACT QUICKLY
wiiiiiM It. Follette, commander of
the Oregon department of th Amor.
ican LeKion, i urging all maauieu
.rvl. men to file their clalrni if
they have not already done o. He
saya;
"The tinip rapidly appruachea
when those who were dUabled In
service during the world war can no
longer make claim for federal com.
penaation.
"Under th act of national laws, It
Is nocessary to present this . claim
within one year from the date of dl.
charge.
'It Is not necessary to claim com
..nH..n. That may be dona with.
.11
uiua in the service ...v
HIM growing om?JS
Juries or alekm. u u
Ubllth that fact no
Ther rBrc80n.L
there ,re aevoml "N
vrho hav t m Ji
by re,n of notbI?4
r
HUH Ul Nil "DUiMin.W -.la .
in one year. ui. i " - m caniact."
tho procodure.
"The srovonuncnt j
form for etal,UhJ
U known a. Form 626 !S
obta nod by ,pplyin "S
writing to the iUJ K
, -'IWI
building, Portland!" ' '
"All ex-aervic, menlNJ
bring thin infortnstln. . .X
of n "buddies- ;
ficer,
American
n,nf Krond-minded bunkers of
th country look upon tne muu.r t. ,
as a necessity and arc co-operating
is the observation of N. K. Eeltes,
treasurer of the Studebakcr corptir.
ation, South Bend, Indiana.
In a bulletin to the distributor
of Studebakcr cars, Mr. Feltes
says:
"The Studebaker conoraUin 1h'S
business with a number of the
largest and most important bunks
in the United States, and we are
therefore in a position to state that
tu.. i.,a-r r.msiiltT the Butomo.
bile business and the men engage!
in it are entitle.1 to legitimate
t -
kind land to constructive assismme
their Hankers.
The number of motor cars in use
todav. the number of people sup.
allied
"NO MYSTERY
IN SHORTAGE"
STANDARD OIL CO. CLAIMS GAS
SITUATION IS DUE TO IN
CREASED CONSUMPTION
(July Standard Oil Bulletin)
There is no mystery in the exist
ing shortage of gasoline on the Paci
fic coast. It is not a case of dimin
ished supply the far west has never
had as much gasoline as this year
but one of increased consumption.
The refineries of California are this
islJn? development ot the alternative
industry and the equally important
fact that the supply of crude oil pro
duction has not kept apace-niespite
intensive effort and highest prices
in history there is a lack of public
understanding of the situation.
There exists misapprehensions,
reports and rumors which are wide
spread, so widely circulated, indeed,
and so similar in so many separated
ksalities as to give the tnought of
propaganda.
Early this year this company be
garf to warn the public of impend
ing 'shortage in petroleum products,
and these warnings have been re
peated once or twice each month
since then, in public statements and
manufacturing greater volume f advertisements. As was foreseen,
year
of gasoline than last year and great
coantities are being brought to the
far west from mid western fields
and Mexico. Yet, this larger supply
does not satisfy the' enormous de
mands of the scores of thousands of
the coming of spring, with the devel
opment of work on the farms, and of
summer, with the increased use of
automobiles, brought u demand for
gasoline far in excess of the supply.
In, April this company began to ask
additional automobiles, trucks, farm! the public "to buy as little gasonne
.i. n,, nnri as nossible use what you must
how
million rnot'ir car
Unite! States.
"That means.
to
'. gr.
that tlieiv ni'
and
jri-dei
muuauy c -! L ,.,! l,v tl.o automobile am
The shortage is due to no aiminisnm v - --
:i .i ..tions in caininir support of o.mk-
liKewise true oi iuei un, - .. .,
ently the fuel oil situation will also ers, says the .f:udebaker d.Mnb...
l :i tor.
There is a cerain logical sequence j
nf farts in this 'matter which are ; proximati l
almost self explanatory- Ihcy
trace the situation from the begin-
nlnrr r.f rrosnlinp tbf CHlde oil SUP
ii 1 f. - I .
ply to the end consumption in mo- j people, or one
tni- ara tmlcs. t.r.iotnrs and eas en- i'es' t"1'
.. i and Nebra
Here are given the outstanding
features: .
1 The crude oil supply: Califor
nia will this year produce about
100,000,000 barrels of crude oil.
2 Crude oil consumpion: The
Pacific coast will this year consume
1 i -1 1 A AAA AAA V1 nftiAn.
nnmir i if.imw.imju Diiiirjis jl liuuci
nil. the 10.000.000 barrel difference j THREE
WE ARE
Hallmark Jewelers
There can be only one "Hallmark" Jeweler
in a town and he must be the largest and
best in the community. There are "Hall
mark" jewelry stores all over the United
States who buy their stocks at a great saving
and have the advantage of securing advance
styles first. Buy your jewelry at a "Hall
mark" Ftore and get the advantages of the
latest styles at the lowest possible price.
"You Get The Ecit At HartmanV
Hartnmn Bros. Co.
Hallmark Jewelers and Opticians
SALEM OREGON
1 4pm )( N mmm n-mmm- mm n om
IP.;
in th" i
ope to every 1 I
(.very three f:mL
n fields of
i thf fruit vaiii'V-.
of California then- U an rusje of
a car to nearly every family. Au
tomobiles ore doing ahout twice as
mnrh nasseiM'er traffii1 a.s the
railroads, which hous what
factor the ino'.t"' iuv i. hi t
of louay."
Wells' Universal Grindl
i
For Grinding I'istons, Piston Ring
Wrist rins, etc., on
Automobiles, Trucks and Tract
I fieri to our eouiPment
Ut I WOOD & COZINE, Independen-
OKF.dON (.r.V!U)S-
other equipment dependent
gasoline for power.
Curiously enough, in the face of
such a well known fact as the aston
waste none." In May it became ap
parent that there would not be enough
gasoline ,to meet the . demand, and
itUVi tho iiip flean-cut befoie it
being drawn from reserve stocks.
3 The gasoline supply: Greatest
in history of California oil industry
and augmented by the importation
of millions of gallons from eastern
and Mexican fields.
4 Gasoline consumption: In 1915
there were 239,000 more vehicles on
the Pacific coast; in 1920 more ttian
780,000; in 1915 there were 3000
tractors, in 1920 at least 25,000.
There are many thousands of gas
engines in operation. In 1918 the
Standard Oil company's sales of
3
MEN KILLED AT ( AMP LEWIS
in con.structi"
! le to burst
ranjje at
Ore-
I
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m I
h 1 '
... .... ... .... fl?B?EIMl
We are particularly equipped to give tj y y y u ymmml
vWF you rapid long distance service. N " W
ffW WW wacftt in tin. calls WIT H i ,1
i western Long Distance. hffe
, Dorit ask for
1 Lontf Distance " iisaai
I 0 .Say-
NORTHtifESTERM 10HG BISmMGE
Defective material
caused a six-inch ri
the artillery target
Lewis la.-t Friday, kiling three
gon men and mjU'-:i;K lour. ;
The dead: :
Corporal Edward (',. ,S-ott, 2.',-l
company, (Jregon coast artilh-ry, :
Marshficld, Or.
Corporal Clyde R. Dundinger, .
2nd company, Oregon coa.st artil
lery, Marshfield, Or.
Private Italph l''ra!"y, 1st corn-1
pany, Oregon coa.-t ariliei y Ash-1
land, Or. j
Scott xuid Fralcy were I'.iHe.l in-1
stantly when the (...'iron l.urst, with '
a terrific report, during the target
practice, when the second shot was
fired.
Scott and Dundinger were mem
bers of the gun crew, while Fraley
was standing in a thicket alongside
another cannon. Scott was terribly
mangled by the explosion. Fraley
was struck in the (jack of the head
by a piece of flying steel. Dun
dinger lived about an hour after the
accident. Two regular army sol
diers were slightly hurt.
The injured:
Private (first class) Herbert E.
eterson, 2nd comntinv. 0
coast artillery, cut on head and face
by steel fragments. i
Private William J. Blake. 9nA r,
pany, Oregon coast artillorv.
-r -mi on -
field, Or., cut on arm and shoulder
Mechanic Peter Mirrasoul, 2nd
company, Oregon coast
Marshfield, Or., badly
concussion.
Private Homert Elhart. 1st com
pany .Oregon coas(t artillery. Ash.
land, Or., shoulder broken.
Wagoner Fred Scott, 55th com
pany, coast artillery corps, United
States army, foot badly torn.
Corporal Roy Campigetto, 55th
company, ' coast artillery corps,
United States army, stunned
Reports of the attending
indicated that the injuries in no case
appeared to be serious. The ambu
lances took the injured at once to
. . ys T ' 1 ...
tne wimp uewia nospitai where the
injured were treated.
on a 1 .i . 1 - 1 .1
1
Camp,! f
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THE REASON WH
Money is More Safe
NATIONAL BAKB
u
OVER 21 BIIXIO
RESOURCES"
(Each Under Supej
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Of all tho placei there v
r.,uit Hi.le. and in51
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"Why" we should VKia
National Uany.
INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK
This Bank is Under Supervision of United Sfc
uovernment.
artillery!
stunned by
Mr. Barnes, U. S. Wheat Director Say
More
Lat
ope
H
Dr. Duganne, Dentist, office over In
dependence National Bank.
And reduce the High Cost of Li
IS THE CHEAPEST AS WELL AS THE
WHOLESOME FOOD ON THE MARr
BTJY THAT I
EXTRA. LO A I
Your Grocer Has It J
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