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v.: 'i i. . 1 ; i'' !. :' i Automobiles and Building Radio News and Farming hi:- SECTION POUR EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 11)25 EIGHT PAGES NO. 82 VOL 67 Tribute is Voiced to Trinidad, Where Most Of Asphalt is Found FORD, FIRESTONE AND EDISON MAKE ORGANIZATION Three Great Americans Form Group to' Break the Present Rubber Monopoly, Held Now by Great Britain; Plans for the Deal Are Laid .ires, -TrinUI-ul "". to the as"halt .dc" tnM 'j; .ml telephone wires Even the P" ... .i. tefrain. VkLii shut out these Bound i the "u..n Oiribbean, Will""" " from the Washington, 1. L., I pphie Soviet " .: .1 thP larseic of the Once during its history the vlscuous fluid overflowed its banks find made its way to the sea near La Brea. Now the world's supply is snipped from Brighton, which fairly reeks of its stock in trade. Asphalt boulders stick up out of the sand along the shore like mysterious black sea worms, the piles of the piers are caked with pitch, the pavements are of the same material, and the black rhihtrcu of the island play with dolls whose little black faces and bodies are made of pitch. , Columbus Saw Peaks "The island is really "a beautiful resort, its roads re excellent, and it is easy to reach from the Venezuela shore, its green trees towering on the sky -line from far 'out at sea. ,On his third voyage Columbus saw its three mountain peaks, which gave it its name, rise out of t lie sna on July 31, HUS. At the .foot of these hills clusters the group of buildings which forms the "capital city, Port of Spain, a rather nondescript modern town which has grown up on the char red ruins of the old Spanish city. "Tboilirh the islnnil Inn honn Urt. mhawE uf Trinidad to puy i-i, v;ni,n 171,7 if ;D kia vnl w'ln "'u'h l,ru"1 "'?, ln" 1 Zanzibar; negroes, mulattoes, from ntu lake,' he declared tlmt there 1i!ki .e,ow ,0 gingeri Frenci, ,Span. , emiuth of the suhstaucc Tor all ; Vpneziielam. Chinamen, Kast tkniwlt of the world for fcntiiriea , idin8i T,lm;ls Americans and Eng lish loiter in its streets or hang over its balconies." southerly island of the .,,,1 the lorsest of the JS.'bSd. in the Caribbe-a. with SDtiu of Jamaica, .ug Jil.t ed feet from the enc Trlnidail hills yearly to "Jrrniied' States more asphalt and ,i,n nil the other countries J;"; world combined. Our jfUjUOO m Importation from Trnmla.l, how Zt i only about one-fourth of the Si,,- used iu the L-n.ted btates. our road material is a b (ndoctof tbe petroleum and coal tar ""'" ..h..,.ihi auppiy iii-a..""-. -Hlien S.r Walter ltaleigli stopped Boimt, and. even the demand which ..j.,n civilization has nut upon, the Mpply lias scarcely changed the truth bis statement. "About a mile from the shore, near la Brea, the peculiar phenomenon rtith has been .ariously termed an mitnio,' a 'Stygian pool.' and 'ihe bsouia of the St.vs.' is located. Had lmle knuwn of its existence, it pro New Jewett six Scores Big Hit The new Jewett Sis was announced .... m i,n. KPrvixl to stimulate ! to the public at the various automo- li, imagination to still more famus- ,,,le show throughout the United lie fights. However, the lake about States as the best performing auto itich so maDy interesting stones have mobile in its class. The I'atge-De-ton told dors not deserve its repu roit Motor Car company, its build- 1 I I am t, hiw-lr 11 11 iU'a . url I,,.. nDUn.l hum. a man who i-uniciuiiiuii'u , n"uu. laidde in it black depths wou:d die ! 'Is dealer organization to demonstrate rfiurvitioa before the ooze dragged kin in above u s knees. Queer Sensation The sensation produced by walk ing over its surface is much like that rf trending upon some great beast uhosi flesh gives beneath tbe feet -it is suft, blood-warm, and the wrinkles over its surface in the bind ing light uf the sun seem to rise and fill with bis breathing and the wafer which gathers in the furrows aug Itits that the animal is perspiring. "It is said- that the area of tbe piicb-beuring lake is 110 acres aud no knows how deep it is. There is in almost uncanny feature connected with the removal uf the asphalt from the area.' Hails and sleepers' have ken built out into the hike and each day the laborers dig up chunks of the intra, which break off with dry, hlue- fLBtlle fractures, and throw them into a car which runs on rails. Kadi da; they make a i-migh along the Hiiei of the track with their picks tori when tbey r.-tuin Ihe next morn ing the trong', is filhd uiin level ittd Hid for lii' m to dig tip a fur row that is never f.nished. Scars "Heal" by Ninlif "Like tbe Burning Hush, ihe lake m never to be cmi-sunied. and like tke daughters of Danaus. who hud to ntrb water in a mvp, tbe men never w the results of their lahors. At a;;in a great gully rims arrows tbe Wir.n, and at dawn the surface is aeain. '.V1md tverr thro lavs li..-vfr 'Jf l'ilch swallows ui t lie rails and sWers ami thev must be raised w reaojusteu on tlio surface. Al the cur in competition wtth its rivals wherever possible. The result, Harry M. Jewett. pres ident of the company has informed If. J. ilringle, manager of the H. J. Bringle Motor Car company, local distr.butors, has been a country-wide demonstration of the performing qual ities of the Jewett Six. in many in stances before large audiences. The Thompson Motor Car company of Tulsa, Okln., was among the first to start the demonstrations. It challenged every dealer in town to a competitive high speed and low speed in high gear hil-c,limb. : Six dealers accepted Ihe challenge and the new Jewett wou easily in. the presence of over 11,000 spectators, according, to n report receded at the factory. Slump Over Ruts 1 When yon travel over rough roadf travel in second nud slump way down in your neat. This relieves the spine from shock, says an osteopathic phy sician. ' ABOVE. THOMAS A. KD1SON AND H. S. FIRESTONE INSPECT ING A FLORIDA RUBBER TREE. UPPER RIGHT, HARVEY S. FIRESTONE AS HE LOOKS WITH A. MUSTACHE. LOWER RIGHT, EDISON AND FIRE STONE IN CONFERENCE UND ER PALM TREES. CENTER, HENRY FORD. KHOX, O.. April 11. Three great J American minds are about to engage (.reat Uritum in n trade war in an effort to save millions of dol lars vcarlv to those uffected by the high prices of rubber. They are Hnry Ford, Harvey S. Firestone and Thomas A. Edison. Two years ago Firestone, promi nent tire manufacturer suggested that America should produce its own in retaliation for tho, Itritish crude rubber restriction act, wh:ch curtailed production and exportation of raw product. This suggestion now has become a warning, because of the furthering of the restriction by Great Britain. And to (his end Ford, Firestone and Edison are bending their efforts to produce rubber in this country on large land hold'ngs in Florida. "Rubber restrictions this year will cost .mcrican car owners at least $100,01,0.0(10 and is very likoly will be nearer f.JOO.000,000," Firestone says. "Every 10-ccnt advance, in the cost of crude rubber means an oddi tional burden al nbout $75,000,000 loaded upon the American people. 80 Per Cent In Tires "About 80 per cent of the world's supply of rubber is grown in the British possessions of the Far East. America consumes 7i per cent of the world's supply. Eighty per cent of the rubber consumed in America goes into nutomobile and truck tires. "Rubber Was nround 14 cents a pound when the restriction "oct oc cumo operative. Today it is 200 ppr cent higher and indications point to further advances." Ford, Firestone ond Edison have been carrying on cxiensiy investiga tions in Florida. n the Ford and Ellison estates in Fort Myers, Flu., WHY THERE ARE MORE THAN A MILLION WMhe liltle tra. k need never he ! f ft H,-iil ft 5 , J Jfl V? h 3 V iW V v 3 P..I S... Spooky- JMf $J3:&JI Vrtrtf r;'Z,J 1 B)itP sainite POIltS its u-nrninw fl- -..,1 , iR''i. mill l' draw,, l,a,k jmu liK ,;i JmIw'""' h"" "timnted Hint nt HWKXUWII ,, f lhc mixture ZfTf in l'it,h l.ke, . " " nown as IVvil'. t - me nativej kir.' I'"n re,ve,l, ami in-.." ""'"- "f the l,,ke hail - 1,1 ,"1 '"low ii, fPmr !,., 'nuldron Ahollt 4,IHKI,(I0I) Cctn, SeJtz Good Shoe Mre Real Value. 'btaln hy VA-'- SHOKS V Ik.. 'I'.1 vle- Isth." B0"n!t but fino '" to Jo'"1 rir.i.uiariy exclusively by TB00TERY - - - w wv. Buicks are As Good As They Look By the distinctive appearance of Buick motor car, you may judge their inner quality. The same en jineering thought that developed the Valve-in-Head engine, Sealed Chassis, automatic lubrication, Buick mechanical 4-wheel brakes, and like factors of superior per formance, is also responsible for the grace and the symmetry of Buick body lines. ' B. F. Goodpasture 7th and Olive When better automobiles are built Buick will build them ; some very promisiug rubber trees ore growing, (in the Ford farm near , l.abelle aud on the government" ex perimental farm near t'ocoanut lirove some varieties uf rubber trei's, plants and shrubs are growing in a very encouraging manner. J uring a recent conference of the j three men in Florida, Ellison made ! several .important suggestions re-1 ganhng new processes of extraction something different from tbe meth ods now in vogue in the Far Fast. Plantation In Liberia It is believed by Edison that a greatly improved method of extrac tion is possible and tlmt it may be advautagoous in hastening yields of latex and greatly reduce cost of production. E By ISRAFX KT-EIN (XEA Service Writer) The automobile industry presents an anomaly in its development. Alongside the increased production Firestone is determined that Amer-; of small cars, and the development of ieans shall produce their own rubber, the small car feature in the Vnited He was instrumental in having Con- Mates and r.urope, is a race among gre&s vote an appropriation two years ago, giving $l(iuu(K to the Depart ment of Commerce for investigation of new sources of rubber supply, anil $100,000 to the Department of Agri culture for experimental purposes. lie now has a complete organiza tion in Liberia, on the west coast of Africa, 'operating a rubber planta tion and preparing, to plant rubber on an extensive scole. 'The Itritish restriction act limits production and exportation -to just one-half the normal crop," Firestone says. Americana must awaken to the necessity of doing something to re lieve the grip now held by foreign interests on a commodity bo import ant to our welfaro and prosperity." African Motoring Provides Variety 1 left Archer's Tost at nine o'clock and for two hours was in a heavy rain, which made going bad and wor ried me, as I thought the rains had started in earnest. By eleven o'clock I came, into country as dry as a board, and then fitarted to see things. In front of me ten hyaenas stood dazed by my light until I was within a hundred feet. At least fifty jackals trotted ahead of me during the night; they would stand still until I was within twenty feet of them and then run off ahead. One ran with me nt least two miles, so dazed that he could not leave the light abend. The poor devil was all in when he hid get off the road. From Mnrtin John son's "African Adventures" in the World's Work for April. manufacturers of more costly cars for production of better "eights." With his inauguration of a straight line eight to lead his list of products, a prominent manufacturer proclaims the day when the small car will be in the ascendency, when all of our tour ing will be dono behind tiny engines in tiny bodies. Now almost half a dozen automo bile manufacturers produce, eights, some Y-type, others straight-line. They argue greater flexibility, more power, greoter dependability. High-Class Sixes Rut side by side with these eight are sixes that compare favorably with them. The Kolls-ttoyee, for instance, is a six. The progress of events, however, serins to be working against the de velopment of the eight. Although only 10 per cent of the highways today are improved, the motorists of the country are looking forward to the day when practically all roads will be easy to travel, when very little reserve power will be necessary to carry them up steep hills or through rough roads. Then the Btnalt engine will be just as efficient as the larger, and it will be much more economical. Again, gasoline production is reach ing the breaking point, prices are ex pected to go higher as production decreases and the demand increases. And the effect will be a new demand for engines that will require a mini mum amount of fuel for the most that con he gotten out of it. This is why Europe leans more toward the small car. High fuel prices and high taxes. This, it is ex pected, will hasten the coming of the small engine and small enr in Americo. SAY ED! WE MUST LET MORE FOLKS KNOW WE'RE IN THE AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT BUSINESS. ' HOW TO DO ITT ED SAID, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE THEM SOMETHING FOR NOTHINQI ALRIGHT. WE WILL! WITH EVER CAR WE EQUIP WE WILL GIVE FREE AND INSTALL AN AUTOMATIC WINDSHIELD CLEANER, OUR FINEST GUARANTEED MAKE, ABSOLUTELY FREE. (Coats many olaces aa much as $6.50). NO INCREASE IN OUR PRICES ONLY FINEST GUARANTEED QUALITY. Wo don't think you can really equip a oar for lesa than $20.00, ao we set this amount on our FREE DEAL as a minimum. This offer holds good for three months. EO SAYS GhEATI WHAT DO YOU SAYI GEO. E. STEWART STEWART'S AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS 948 OAK STREET 948 Service with a Smile 1925StarSport Sedan with the Million Dollar Motor fNTOAyi Quick Pick-up means PO WER The Car for the Millions with the MILLION DOLLAR MOTOR When a car can accelerate from 5 to 25 miles an hour in 4i seconds, it means power. That's what the Million Dollar Motor in the 1925 Star Car guarantees. Power abundant power power for speed, power for hills, power for the tough going, sand, mud. It cost a million to build, but you'll say its worth it, every cent of it. For the first time, real power has been built into a low cost car. Drive this new motor. Get the thrill of real power that's all we ask. Today at your Star dealer's test out this new motor. Lane Auto Co. 834 Pearl St. Eugene See It at Your Dealer's. Drive It. Compare It : -. H Mil :!:.'. r ' :H : ; ! (!' i if: ::li --as ' : i : .1 MIR i . i !..' ''',); :'
