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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1919)
TAGS BiX : . Afco. s, v ' . m:'- . wl.e.u ''. - 'lie I'!"''! .Kle o 1 ,i, was v.dness la Heppner :n Sat n& droojia;! in'.-) th's office, !.:. - Ms niea.-uiiif fur 62 issues of ' Vr d r.!aiea 'ha the warm n .- ' :.. r Is ncvlRg a ery beneficial Tin ; ; n the growing grain. ie.- i:Jt.rs SalUiilay. Mr. Smith I? iVclir.s rr.iod over cr:? prvpects and fays his grain Is coming along f ne. C. L. Kelthly has dispaeed of his: small place Just west of town to Ernest Moyer. Mr. Moyer and family have moved onto the premises and Mr. and Mrs. Kelthly have moved uo to town, taking the residence vacated by Mr. Wallace and family. '.'hole Jim Bpntley was over from Kiiailpton to attend tho funeral of Jh ' ' . M';e 'W'.ls m Sunday. J. I!" remained over fir a day or two ; t.v visit with Jake, Clyde and Dick .IV'!. of th!s city- ' Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith, who reside on the Olln Hodsdon far 11 ' north east of Lexington, were Hopp- Mrs. C. L. Kotthly, who has been ' the Frank Anderson home on Eight Mile for tho past three weeks,, nursing Mrs. Anderson, returned to Heppner Sunday evening. She re ports Mrs. Anderson much Improved. The Gasoline Problem of Supply and Demand The second of a series of three statements The war directed attention to the need of petroleum conservation. Speaking on this subject, Hark L. Ecr.:?., General Director, Oil Division, United States Fuel Administration, recently said: "The disproportion between the supply of and demand for gasoline is enormous and constitutes a critical problem. "Projected at the percentage cf increase, 1904-1914, we should require in 1927 something like 700.000,000 barrels of petroleum. In 1218 our total production was only 350,000,000 barrels." ' To meet this situation both the petroleum and au tomobile industries have for several years been mak ing every effort. The problem has been approached from every angle: (a) The oil producers are constantly prospecting for new fields. They have sunk many wells and are doing everything possible to increase petroleum production. (b) The oil refiners, with the help of their chemi cal engineers, are ever devising new and im proved processes of refining by which they squeeze every possible drop of gasoline out of each barrel of petroleum. (c) The automotive engineers have aided much in gasoline conservation by their constant improvement of automobile engines and ' methods of carburization. Their efforts are to secure the operation of automobUss on grades of gasoline that permit the maximum production of this motor fuel from each bar rel of crude oil and which, at the same time, will give the greatest power and mileage from each unit of gasoline consumed. All these methods are succeeding to a marked de cree, and yet gasoline consumption is increasing much faster than production. Facing these bald facts last summer, it became evident to President Wilson and the United States Fuel Administration that there was virtually as great need for gasoline conservation as for food conserva tion. In consequence the United States Fuel Adminis tration requested Eastern states to discontinue en tirely all non-essential use of passenger automobiles, and for a time this request was so extended that only automobiles in Government, emergency or war service were in use' on Sunday. These limitations were not extended tor the Western states, because at the time there was enough gasoline being produced in California for Pacific Coast needs and its distri bution did not require the use of transcontinental transportation facilities needed for war. It was part of this same campaign to conserve gasoline that led President Wilson to appoint a Gov ernment committee to determine and adopt standard specifications for gasoline and other petroleum prod ucts. . This committee consisted of the United States Fuel Administration and representatives of the War and Navy Departments, the United States Shipping Board, the Director General of iJailrords, the Bureau of Mines and the Bureau of Standards. The committee was assisted and advised by tech nical experts from each of these departments and bodies. After extended discussions; exhaustive tests and experimentation, this Government committee adop ted stand-rd specifications for gasoline, not only for aviation purposes, but also for general motor use on land and sea. These United States Government specifications were drawn Up with a view to providing a grade of gasoline that would meet every practical require ment and yet allow maximum production. They deal with the problem on the basis of the be:t utilization of our petroleum resources, and the maintenance of reasonable prices to the consumer. Drafted as they were by impartial Government ex perts, these United States Government gasoline specifications are today being generally considered as the most practical standard for gasoline. They insure an efficient and satisfactory gasoline and at the same time have due regard for the necessity of petroleum conservation. The gasoline being furnished today is more pow erful and gives greater mileage than the gasoline of ten years ago. Its use is made possible by the im provements in automobile engines and methods of carburization. To go back to the gasoline of ten years ago would be to accept a more highly volatile but less powerful gasoline giving less mileage. It would also result in decreasing th production and increasing the cost of gasoline. C ( All Red Crown gasoline now being supplied in the Pacific Coast states is refined to conform with the United States Government standard specifications. It has the full, uniform chain of boiling points nec essary for full-powered, dependable gasoline: Low boiling points for easy starting, medium boiling points for quick, smooth acceleration, and high boil ing points for power and mileage. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) I y PfcRFECT GUM HiS3 Ul tnmm w w m m in in 11 m i mz HI K MMWrnn TA VI M ITI II .IFJ B-1.V4 M I The longest -lasting benefit, the greatest satisfaction fori your sweet tooth. VRIGLEY5 In the sealed packages. Alr-tttfht and Impurity-mot SEALED TICRT KEPT RIGHT 53 KM The Flavor Bethl CilCffl GEAR INTERNAL XrnrtQ wemerv A truck built to meet emergency standards quick on the get-away steady on hills always on time. INTERNAL GEAR DRIVE ELIMINATES ALL LOST MOTION. Examine a Bethlehem and see why they are Dependable, Desirable, Durable. This truck now handled in Heppner by IcRORERTS-COHN AUTO COMPANY faile Plain . One of the greatest and most comprehensive, exhibi tions and demonstrations of thractors and the power farming machinery ever held west of the Mississippi. Walla Walla Tractor and Farm Power Demonstration - WALLA WALLA, WASH. Ttiree Big Pays, Apr. 23, 24, 26 ERING YOUR WIFE AND FAMILY AND SPEND A DAY OR TWO AT THE SHOW. A Half Million Dollar Power farming Eikaiional Event Ample accomodations and transportation facilities to the grounds. For reservations write Walla Walla General Committee, Walla Walla, Wn. Come in and look it over. ' Price at Heppner: 214-ton, $2250; lft-ton, $1575 'eeies utsu Mattel FRESH AND CURED MEATS POULTRY AND FISH WATKINS & OVIATT Proprietors S3I