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Automobiles and
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Radio News and
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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
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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
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l' draw,, l,a,k jmu liK ,;i
JmIw'""' h"" "timnted Hint nt
HWKXUWII ,, f lhc mixture
ZfTf in l'it,h l.ke,
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kir.' I'"n re,ve,l, ami
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Good Shoe
Mre Real Value.
'btaln hy VA-'- SHOKS
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Isth." B0"n!t but fino
'" to Jo'"1 rir.i.uiariy
exclusively by
TB00TERY
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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.
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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
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