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.
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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
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Ample accomodations and transportation facilities to
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For reservations write Walla Walla General
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Come in and look it over.
' Price at Heppner: 214-ton, $2250; lft-ton, $1575
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