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About The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1917-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1919)
P? M èi ra te « ' • v M s tfc ■1 ^ 13S0P m m m jÈjfc XL, *J ■ f.- - ï 132 I P The price o f Red Crown gasoline was advanced 1 H cents a gallon on Wednesday, December 17,1919. - \ This advance is due to the fa ct that the Oregon state law specifies that gasoline shall be o f 66 degrees gravity, Baume test, to be saleable in the state, which law necessitates our refining a special gasoline fo r sale in Oregon. In refining this special ganoline a lower yield is secured from the crude oil than in refining our re gular gasoline, with consequent increase in the coet o f the special gasoline. The advance o f IK cents a gallon in the price does not fu lly represent the addi tional coet to us o f manufacturing the special gasoline. A t the same time, the higher price o f the special gasoline does not secure fo r the user, any greater value than is given in our regular gasoline. The 66 degrees gravity gasoline that we must specially refine and fuaniah in Oregon is a less efficient gasoline than that regularly produced by this Company and sold in W Ahingtofi, California and elsewhere. Our regular gasoline comes within the United States Government Standard Specifications. It is refined to a set specification o f a chain o f boiling points determined by our experts as being that which w ill give the maximum o f power and m ileage consistent with due re gard to gasoline conservation and the maintenance o f reeonable prices to the con ï.--. I - ............. -i m im sumer. - ' Gravity a False Test of Gasoline Valuer ; ' ■■ “ The U. S. Government Stan dard Specification for Gasoline f Gasolin* is requlerly refined by os with regard to its rane* of boiling points— U m only tra* moss ili* of gasoline vaino. Tba Oregon Stato law es tablishes a gravity standard for gasolina, which is not indicativo o f gasoline quality. That “the gravity tost is of little or ae valve in determining the quality of gasoline*’ was stated by the United States Gowmmsnt’s Committee on Standardisation The United Stetea Government standard speci fications fo r gasoline ere based an points— not gravity. Drafted as they w an by impartial Government experts, they are generally considered, in to* light ad conditions today, as toe most pane. ~tical standard for gasoline. They insure sa effi cient ,iy| sailsfs< >nij gasoline aad at the s u m time hare due regasd for the beet utilisation ST our petroleum resources and the w s t a t f am of The Gasoline Problem Boiling Points Are the Only True Measure of Gasoline Value Boiling points determine the vaporising and com- bustive, or power, qualities of gasoline. They are the only true measure of gasoline value. The gravity test simply compares the density of the li quid gasoline with the density of water at sea level. It can tell nothing about the vaporising and eombustive, or power, values of gasoline. Only the rang* of boiling points can do that The demand .for gasoline is tnereasing faster than the supply. To held down toe increasing disproportion between the demand and the supply, it is important that «vary possible drop o t gasoline be extracted from toe crude oil refined. A t the seme time the producers mast kauMUis their ooa- stant search for new sources o f crude-oil supply, sad the automotive engineers must continue their efforts to get more power sad mileage out sd toe gasoline consumed. Ask Any Doughboy W ho W as ‘ ‘Over There” Vi ' r <<r • VI v «/vst--'», - ■ :•* . •>. " it■ ■ and he will tell you that American railroads are the best in the world. He saw the foreign roads — in England and France, the best in Europe — and in other Con tinental countries — and he Ipiows. The part railroads have played in the develop ment of the United States is beyond measure. American railroads have achieved high stand ards of public service by far-sighted ana courage ous investment of capital, and by the constant striving of managers and men for rewards for work well done. W e have the best railroads in the world — we must continue to have the best. But they must grow. T o the $20,000,000,000 now invested in our railroads, there will have to be lidded in the next few years, to keep pace with the nation’s business, billions more for additional tracks, stations and terminals, can and engines, electric power houses and trains, automatic signals, safety devices, the elimination of grade crossings — and for recon struction and engineering economies that will re duce the cost of transportation. ■ T o attract to the railroads in the future the in vestment funds of many thrifty citizens, the direct ing genius of the most capable builders aad man agers, and the skill and loyalty of the best work men — in competition with other industries bid ding for capital, managers and men — the railroad industry must hold out fair rewards to capital, to managers and to the men. American railroads will continue to set world standards and adequately serve the N ation’s needs if thev continue to be built and operated on the American principle of rewards for work well done. V; < *• S ■■ ; V ,. ;• • v.' . If ) ' 1 lik e c SÎAôoàatioatfdlailuxy I I f writing to Tht Aitoci*- i l Bn mdmom. Norn York. The Oregon State Law Defeats Conservation The Oregon State law, by specifying a gravity standard for gasoline, limits the possible extrac tion of gasoline from the crude oil and thus op erates directly against gasoline conservation, mak ing loss plentiful aad mar* coetly to* supply. D ID IT E Y E S O C C U R T O Y O U ISSISI TH A T YO U C AN N O T B U Y A BETTER D R AG SAW ? The Yaughn D rag Saw Exclusive labor savers— J iffy Sawholder, M etal to M etal Clutch, S afety Angle, A djustable Pitm an Head. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) Item s From Arago. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Laingor, o f Powers, are visitin g at the C. E. Schroeder home over Christmas. W. D. Newton has been quite ill the past week, having had a blood vessel burst inside his head. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Planalp, o f Albany, arrived here last Sat urday to be the guests at W . D. Newton’s home. A fourth little daughter came U f liv e at M s and Mrs. E. M. Beckham’s home last Friday Miss Bessie Finley, o f John son’s M ill, was operated on in Coquille Monday night fo r ap pendicitis. The Grange held an all day meeting at A rago last Saturday. Election o f officers end a very goqd tim e was enjoyed by alL Geo. Hathaway, a form er here but happened in on our cold wave. Mr. Hathaway visited his cousin, Glenn Collier, last week. Gus Schroeder purchased 30 acres o f land near Grenada, Calif., last week. ' Mrs. Wm. Stauff and sister, Mrs. R o b t Mumford, and little daughter, le ft last Sunday to spend the holidays with th eir parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Root, and fam ily. M r. and Mrs. Jim McCue and fam ily, o f Cranes Camp, are vis itin g over Christmas at Lute M yers’ home. Mrs. McCue is a sister o f Mrs. M yers. G rowing Old Gracefully M r. and Mrs. H. A . Todd re ceived th eir annual Christmas letter from M is. Ada Bliss, a friend o f th eir youth who is now a t th e age o f 62 years and livin g in her home a t R iver Falls, W is consin. Mrs. Bliss has been a widow about two years but opens her large home to the Norm al school students o f which she has sigh t young men and W ÊM ï ■ »S . iï® she makes it pleasant fo r them < The Oregon F> w iu p »iiy . UUlllg Uli UU ed for »2.15 (a and th eir company, doing a ll the work herself. She had ju st join ed a class in physical training at the Norm al composecHof be tween 50 and 60 m arried ladies o f whom she was said to be the eldest and most nimble. She be longs to tw o Btudy club«, a mus udy clubs, ical club and is taking music les mi sons besides teaching a class o f boys in Sunday School and her church work, work. j_______ She had ju st been visitin g friends in St. Paul and Minneapolis, atten dii l recep- tions and - other social Bnrtligm --------------- She visited an old friend, Mrs. Barnes, who is now at the age o f 92 years, who has retained all her faculties wonderfully until the last year when her memory To Be Paid was failin g. Mrs. Barnes in vit AU warrante drawn sa the general ed Mrs. Bliss to attend one o f fund of School District N*. 25 aad her club doings in October. by us J u m 1, U U , will bs iresentetlon at my pnstoffio», Sanest M eguine and the are now famished in combination for Sumner, Ora. Ne latsrset will be al lowed on any of them warrants after IS ^th * price of to* Sentinel IS e yoer and that o f Sunset fg and Doe. 20, 191. Mrs. Myrtle R. Hotvarstott, dark District No. 28. Dated Dec. 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