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American Tires Keep Step With American Autos in Foreign Lands SALES IN - ICELAND Endurance Runs in South America Are Made cn -United States Tires, and Show (Jreat Results American tires nre^keeping step in popularity in fcreipn lands with American automobiles. Last year the Unite:! States Tire Company sent its product to forty countries gar tered throughout* thc .world. The re moval o? shipping restrictions is ex pected to rcvuilt In adding twenty-five or thirty countries to the list during the current yea/. A few days ago an Iceland auto mobile dealer paid a visit to the New York office of the United States Tir? Company ami ordered full tire equip ment for fifty cars. lie said thr.t this brand of tirv was regarded as the ''quality brar.d" in his country. Turirin'g to. the southern hemis phere, it ife noted that a recent issue of "La Nacion," the leading hews- , paper of Santiago, Chili carried a half-page article telling of the won derful performance of a Seripns-; Bccth car in n test run of 39*59 kiio mcters ever the mountain .roads of that courtiy. At the conclusion of the run the driver remarked, "I must mention that during the entire run from Con eepcion to C'couimbo a distance of about 1200 miles--we had only one puncture. . The tires were United States. Royal Cords and we think it! our duty to speak cf their quality." J . While this approval for the popu- j lar American tire is beipg given in I the Far Scuth and distant North, un- | usual testimonials are given from j the tropics, where long tire life is ! generally regarded r.s impossible be-I cause ?f high temperatures. One : United States tire In Manila has al- j reedy giver 10."00 miles on a heavy garajro car. Another went 10,200: jniki w'thcut b finer taken off the "wheel. A Roy a! Cord gave 11,000 miles under most severe conditions of road and weathsr. The largest transportation company in the Phili ppines states that 7,600 miles is the ; average mileage with United States j i'uoric tires. J > THROUGH MAMMOTH (CAVE. Fcr the person in the East who owns an automobile and who has a vacation trip to plan, no more at tractive excursion can be arranged j thin a trip to Mammoth Cave, Ky. ;National Touring Bureau of the !>. F. Gccdrich RuVbcr Co. has pre ; per I a special road map for the guidance of motorists who wish to t.r'.v advantage of this attractive ? tear. The map charts the main ! hi.'.ways to be traveled. Mammoth Cave, one of the Ssven Wcndrrs of the. World, is as promi nent, nn the itinerary of the Euro i reai> touring America a~ is Venice ; >.!' the schedule of the American visiting the "Old Country." Mam ruth Gave invariably surpasses the \c>:;irrl-atiens of its visitors. The "n^nitudc beauty and natural phe remenn of the cave furnish a nev c .* t" bs forgotten spectacle. The cave is located in the heart of primitive forest. I t contains ! :?( ?>'! avenue-?, halls.domes and cor ; : lev. and vasj roofs, some of which r a ; >vo acre; in exxtent. Over 3C0 f-ct h-flow the surface of the earth 'the visitor may ride on a rayless, scr.nli:ss river several miles long. Th pictures show the arched rock c it-ranee of the cave and Star Chamber. The latter is a huge am phitheater whose roof resembles a a: ry heaven when all lights have b'en extinguished. There are four routes through Mammoth Cave consuming from thra? to ten hours' time, each with features of surpassing interest. Tourists should arrange to spend two o;- thrs: days at the cave. All of its wonder;-, cannot be seen in less than a week's time. Among the features of lho great cavern are Mammoth Dome. Echo River,, Giant's Coffin, Bottomless Pit, Corkscrew, Pillars of Hercules, River Styx, Martha "Washington's Statue, Fat Man's Mis s;;v.\ Kr.iquet Hall and Water Clock. | Am-jl hot?l and garage facilities j \\ ill br found both at the cave and at small nearby towns.. From both | Louirvilie and Nashville there are sev- j era! routes the motorist may follow. ; Trformation concerning; these may be j had at the Goodrich bi*aneh in either DRIVEN BY FORD MOTORS. Engines Functioned Perfectly," said Lieutenant Commander Read, Who Commanded Big Seaplane. The Fcrd Motor Company has just received official advice from the Navy Department that it was four Ford Lib erty Motors?all built in the Fcrd Motor Company's shops at Detroit? whlich furnished the power that drove the NC Four to victory in its recent record breaking flight across the At lantic from Trepassey, Newfoundland to Plymouth, England, a distance c.f 4,000 miles. They were regular ctccl motors built during the'wiar as a part c.f the Ford Liberty Motor production Upon his arrival in Lisbon, Portugal Lieutenant Commander Rehd, said "The engines functioned perfectly a!" the way from America to Portugal.'" And American Naval Officers whe thoroughly inspected the NC Four ur on its arrival at Plymouth, England stated that the big seapJane was in ?ven better condition than when : !?ft America. The NC Four flight, which has meant a triumph for American engi neering skill, also adds another re cord to Ford achievemenft. MOTOR TRUCKS OPEN NEW REGIONS FOR FOOD SUPPLY To increase the supply of food is cne of the most important problems with which we are face to face. Food must come from the earth. We cannot fabricate the original supply in factories. We have got to go ou't in the coun try and get it. And as facilities im prove for getting out into the coun try to get it, the food supply will increase. When farmers find a market at a fair profit for anything they produce, they will produce it. There are thousands of acres of land tiapafcle cf producing fruits, vege table? and ? dairy* products that are prac'ticaiHyundeveloped today because the farmer lacks the transportation to cjet'these products to the market in the limited time necessary because of: their perishability. "It is ju.st this difficulty that the motor truck is overcoming," says R. E. Fulton, president of the Interna tional Motor company, banufacturer cf Mack trucks. "Milwaukee, for instance is got ting its supply from a radius of twen ty-five miles from the city, due to me ter truck transportation. "Mxftor trucks pifivately owned go out and get the milk right off the faitm and bring it directly to the city for distribution. There are no delays in shipments'and one thing or another as is usually the case in railway tranrpc'iitation, "The cost of bringing the milk to Milwaukee is two cents a can cheaper by .motor truck than by railroad or ir.'teruriban lines. "The milk comes in in eight-gallon cans and with the mctor trucks haul irijr (>5 per cent of the 30,000 gallons cf milk that come into Milwaukee daily, the saving amounts to $17,S12 a year. In addition to .this the milk deal ers state that they can handle the rriMk five cents a can cheaper when ifc'3 milk is brought to them by motor irurk from the farms than when they have to go to the railroad station and haul it themselves. "Time and labor are saved to the milk dealers; and the farmers are out in the fields raising other food while the trucks can call for their milk and take to to the market. ''The most popular size of truck in the Milwaukee district is the three and one-half tonner. \ "Country and city alike are benefit tine: from motor true ktransportation and good roads. The source of our food supply de pends up on good roads. Given the roads, farmers will produce the food and motor trucks will bring it to mar ket^jn the quickest and cheapest man ner possible." To tackle a valve replacement sin gle-handed' when you have not a valve-lifting device is not easy until you know how. There is, however, a simple way of doing it. Simply interpose a piece of packing (almost anythirJg will do) between the valve cap and the valve head; refix the valve cap and then' the packing wi'.C prevent the valve's risiing. It is then a comparatively easy matter to lift the string, take out the corter, etc. The car owner should keep in mind that one of the most prolific causes of engine overheating is driving en a retarded1 spark. The cause is obvious, the expSosion taking ptace when a maximum of the cylinder wall is un covered Mnstead of minimum, as is the case when the agnation takes place at upper dead center, the piston being at the top of its stroke. NEW ''LIGHT" OVERLAND Model Selves Light Weight Prob lem is Repur' According to persistant reports go ing the rounds of the automobile in dustry,. the Willys-Overland Com pany, in building its forthcoming new model, has successfully solved the probem of combining riding com fort with light weight. , To build a motorcar light in weight and embodying quality, economy and simplicity of design, yet posses sing all the comfortable riding char acteristics of the larger and heavier vehicles, has been one of the-absorb ing aims of the automobile industry for a number of years. The problem of reaching ideal light weight has been a puzzling one, and was not made possible of solution ur til engineering attention centered upon springs, suspension was the result, and is the basic principle in the new car which Overland will soon offer. This principle, admits of a shorter wheel base, without which light weight cannot be achieved, and at the same time gives the new model a long riding or spring base, which produces comfort. The advantage of light weight construction in motorcars long has been recognized in the industry. For years metallurgists have devoted their entire time and energy to per fecting medals strong and durable enough to withstand persistent road shocks, yet light in weight The new Overland four spring sus pension has, it is claimed, by the company's engineers, provided through its departure from the con ventional design large car comfort in riding in an economical automo bile of actual lightweight design. Their work was guided by the prin ciple laid down by John N. Willys, president of the company, that all of these advantages were to be incorporated with no sacrfice of the economy of operation and un keep that the public has long ex pected of the lightweight car. The heavier automobiles have the advant age of longer wheel bases, the equivalent of which is attained in the Overland four through its un usual spring suspension The introduction of the new Over land model is awaited with keen in terest. Inquiries of dealers at the factory and hints about, the new car in newspapers and trade journals during the last year indicate the de gree of interest in the forthcoming announcement. LAST "EA<iLE launched VI FOR!) SHIPYARD 500 Ford Bodies Daily to be Mad?- in Plant Fori "Eagle" Boat Number Sixty the last one to lie budt by the Ford Motor CoTrJpany under the stipula tions of its war-time contract with t.h-2 Navy Department?was launched at- the River Rouge, Detroit, yard. August 16th at 3.30 p. m., and the long assembling building which is c third of a mile long and housed'twenty one cf the submarine chasers at a time, is already being transferred ir.tr a bcd'y-building plant with a propped output of 500 bcd'ies daily. Ford officials, workers, sailors and many iwvited guests witnessed the launching, Number Sixty was dresser* with flags and bunting and as it found its level in the Rouge and floated free from the railroad tracks which had carried it onto the tlevator-like launching table, the factory whistle teak part in the ceremony by blowing sixty blasts, one fcr each boat lounch cd at the Ford Yard. 5, Twenty-five "Eagles" have already been commissioned by the Navy, and it is expected that the remaining boats wMl be entirely completed by Novem ber 1st. One thing which greatly pro longed the work was the changes made in the outfitting cf the boats shortly after the armrstice was signed. As rapidly as the "Eagles" are com missioned', they are joining differer' squadrons of the U. 3. Fleet:?Six of the Ford boats are going to the PhiiM pines to replace sax eld destroy ers and gun-boats; another squadron wil join the Internatinal Patrol off the coasit of China; "Eagles" 1, 2 and 3 are now doing patrol duty adacont to Archangel, Russia, and it is quite probable that a small fleet will be sent to Italy. The "Eagles" were designed parti cularly to carry the submarine de tecting devices or 'listeners."* depth fcmb prtectrs and three-inch guns with which t combat the U-boat once it had been located -by the ""listensr". They are practically noiseless f in operation, light, speedy and so con | strucied that a quick get-away is pos sible?it being necessary to often stop to "listen" while chasing dawn a de tected sub. Had the submarine de stroyer been called into actual ser vice?which only the signing of the armistice prevented?they wuld have "operated"'in flotillas of three. Commander Nicholas, statined at the Rouge Yard, said he knew of no statement, cr r isued by the Navy. Department relative to the merits of the "Eagles," but that xhey:have per formed vemarkiihh v/ell on tb.?i.> . :J;d trips ar.d al! tests- "given them just before , leavang the T^b'^ 5'aivi- And that had they been called into a. tual sen-ice. they would ?ave proven a very formidable enemy to the subma rine.-;. ' ? U. s. TIRE MEN CAREFULLY TRAINED K'. . 1 ? <? A conference of the service iron of the Unitel States Tire Company was held recently at the company's Hartford factory. The gathering in clude:! men from every state. The ser vice men form that part of the com pany's staff which advises the c r. sumer of the best means "of tretti ;*r the most miles out of his tires, 'fir? purpose of the conference was to ac quire the service men fully with the latest developments in tire manu facture and the best mear.s of avoid ing: tire trouble. TIRE TAPE VERY USEFUL \ Tire tape is to the autombilist '.vhat a bandage is to a Red Crss nurse. :.nd a man who drives a car wcukl as soon think of leaving it out of his tool box:; as a Red Cross nurse would think of leaving a bandage out of her first-aid kit. The United States Tire Company advises al! its patrons to includc- a rcll of its tape in their equipment. Its uses are innumerable. It is most fre quently used to reinforce bad spots causcd by blow-outs and punctures. It :s also valuable for winding "leaky" electric wires or making temprary re pairs to broken rods or rattling parts. An admirable idea in the aranee mert of tools in the heme garge is to give each tool a number, which is painted on it. The same number i painted on the walls cr racks in the place where the tool belongs. In ibis way it is a simple matter to return each too! to its propc-r place, so that it is ready when it is next-needed. Linseed oil m'dxed with a small amount of graphite is recommended as a lubricant for doer hinges and latches, which seldom receive atten tion in this way. Ordinary cylinder cII has a tendency to run. which is r.ot desirable at this lacation beca'.s? the clothes of. passengers are likely to come in contact with it. "Service Is What You Want and Service Is What You Get HERE Our rates for storage are very reasonable. Personal attention to each customer. We never sleep. FIREPROOF STEAM HEAT CAPACITY 200 CARS REPAIRS A Repair Shop completely equipped with Lathe, Drill Press, Carbon Burning Plant, etc., insures the best service on all jobs. ACCESSORIES Nothing but the best and nationally known accessories are carried' You don't experiment when you buy here. The quality of our We handle these tires because they alone give our cus tomers mere than they pay for. The Cups won't skid on wet, slbpery pavements. The quality re mains the highest? unvarying. The service is guaranteed? per Warranty tag?for 6,000 Miles ^8?PF ''Your Satisfaction Insures our Success" The Mt. Vernon Auto Co. W.E.MOORE P.E.BOYD 111-117 North St. Asaph Street Telephone 52 ? ' ? IS c ili