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TULSA DAILY WORLD, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1918.
SPECIAL COLORINGS
IN GREAT DEMAND
I'vorjrlxxljr Kcrm to Want I)ltlm-tlvfl
Design Fvi'n In Smaller
Automobile. Outers.
In a bold and rnxli moment, Frnnk
Norriit, tho novellm, once wrote:
"There are Jimt three big clte In
the United SlalM thnt are 'utory
lilies' New York, of rouine; New
iirlennm and teat of the,, lot, Ban
V?anelHeo."
A almllur opinion hnlrltt retardlnit
t tip ownership of ultra atnurt auto
mobiles, thn belli-f liflnK rominoti
thai' the market for motor rara of
exceptional rilaUnt'tivennHa In re
Ktrlcteil to New York, ritttuifli and
Han h'ranriaru.
There are fallacies, however, In
' Hiu h 11 ReoKraphy- hiilletiKUn con
tentlon, as proven by the May ahlp
J'lntT arbednln of the National Motor
Car A Vehicle corporation of In
(HanapoIlM. During the punt month" .Incoh'
'lckl brotliera, who had a ileolileil
penrhant for hrlubt and vailed col
or, would havii had thn time of (helr
biblical ln'c- In thn paint hop of
tho National rontjiany, amcc an un
tiMiialljr large number of National
buyer have ordered that their (urn
be finished In aperlal hue and the
hoxa of thla department ha quail
fled for niemberKhlp In the futuristic
achool by hit antaatlc ntlxuiK of plK
men!. While noma of three rata.' thn
marlnea of their body linen and the
power of their motor accentuated
by unuaiial color conililnatlon, will
aturtle the fifth nvrnnt hniilevur
iller. and add dlatltvtion to the
automobile traffic of I'll tHtnirnh and
Sun Franrlaco, nioat of them have
(cone to cltie of leaner Ken. I & Mo
Nally note and to th tall grain
I
nutric.laii I
town where rnotorfnt of
tuat rrnlde.
There la probably a heavy demand
In (ieorgla for nnioked gleanuM, "luce
a ahlpnient of thene J.n )! run ted
National have been delivered In tho
land of cotton for dlnli Ihiitliin to At
lanta, Macon and (ieornU purilum-
era. Three car are flnlxherl in bat- 1 , . , , ', ,
tie red, Mlt fi'Mame blue, lavc,l-r "dd'eaa to ntock holde- a
purple, Mlllorl areen and chrome the annual meeting of tho Vi'IIIvh
yellow, with lit rlpiriKH and wire nurUn company i-cvcra! dnya atfo
wheel of black, Bold, Ivory while or ,.,.H,,, .,,, H VV1M1, HM;
pea ureen. , , .,
..... ... ,, Knee our iHt annual ii.cetlni!
Neither are the mntorlnt.it or old
... , . . . . ... 'itie jp.ir n'". the lulled Mtatea )
irf Inln averse to rara of KtiirtlltiK . .
, , ''id In ni'Junt iln If fi fin peace t
color, a number of N'atloua.a, brll- , . ,
,( . , . , . wor 'jolilion. Vuu will remember,
bant In their distinctive hue, bav- , , , , .
, , , ,, at tl at ifi'ctinif, " had been In the
liifC been ent rcienily to Norfolk , ..
, , , . wir .1 little i.vr one month. The
and Ulrhmond. t,.,, i,,.it,y cmnider-
There urc traffic cop In other . nitty kin ml down by thene clmniteil
cltlen and town that will b.i mi! nni'lii i i,'i iecnveril rtpldlv mul
trouble KpoltlriK N';i tlniiii ow rici.i ! vm- ti ul a li . H'if :u'l ury biiMneH nil
Nhould they lie emtlf,l to "l'i o" ' t li folm li the Miminrr The offb'cl'n
her' In open dcflnnin of the imii-lof i,i- lonp.inv iiiime.i,ui.y "I
npeed lawn, t)i Na'loriMl fiti!itt,OK fere. I i lu- ii.'.ii,- fietlilliK of on oi -nchadule
calling for deiKe,,, - ,,f , ninio n and Un pbintH to Hie p,-ov
apeclal color John to l ik U tnmia 'l' y, I i noi.'M W i' believed II mm lll
1'eKalb, Ml., Menoinllo-e. Mlih.infrl I. ;n thnl the o trilluctlt
Willys-Overland Motor Car Co. Is
Doing Its Part in Helping Win War
Witmlon-Salnm, N. c, :ri lford. I'i,
VVIIkeaharre, j'a., M"t K'i n low n. VV j
Vu., and Hanip.r, .Main". i
In fact, If the supply of I , r 1 1 i .t n '
pftfmenl liolda out In Ibe N'.it.on.ir
paint nhop, New ork, I I f ol.u r j: li .
and Han l i ancmco will buve n ni of
trouble trvlnf; lo corifu llo, r , , 1 1 ri j
try thut. they have tin evehiiv r ,j
ncr on an touiolilien of nn-ir tl iii .10 -
tlvanesn
Arthur Not Ho Sbnv.
"And what did n:- little imn ,"irn
about the mornli.K "
"(ill, a moiu.e Minn Wllcnv told
UN till about InnilHM,"
'That'll the bn ' Now, Imw do
yon npell 'ruoiiMo"'"
H win then that Ar'hnr mini
pronila" of bcliu! an artful doilcer
lie i auned ineiliiuiively for n. mo
tuept, then nai'h
"l alher, I think 1 wi wron It
wasn't a iiioukc Ie,i, her wa tellliii;
ti about. It wan a int."
1'hhjM b.,i
Ibe
ill,
Hi
b.i'.
of th'ee fiLcliltb-a
noil to Unit end
,i ie, in ev ei y
1 1 -i ofle-i.lln and
i- la-Ki! i ontriiet-l
Mm. ilb r one foi
u iy ),.. .1 le .VII
ha.e i pled f.t
a. i, I u .,in,.l..-i o
i;i'i el oil, i'iii '..
I list roiiirni l at Toronto.
' "II,.. lira la I y t t i,l l rai t wa at
,,ii i 'I'iiioh'o plant, Willi the lilltMb
'in, eriiriifiit, !it I, ill"; r' inliciim aero
piano nintum. There linvn been
many eoi;iueeritiK cliariK'en, rto that
prinliii ti'iii la jowl now. aluiling on
UiIm miitor A hiiuiII ijuantlty of
tlien- no. 'orn ha ye been innnufac
tiin.l ninl aicepin.l atu. aMual dv
InerieM should now come, abyitf rap
idly "The sacn l btr:! eontrai l wn for
"..(Kii) ( 'iii'tln.i ij-i ) Under trainltiK tuo-
f.,l utte in I in. n I im' planen at
Klondike Auto Radiator
Repair Works
GUARANTEED
Repairing, recovering' and general rebuilding of
your radiator means dollars to you. Ship or send
your damaged or leaky radiator to ua keep your
eye on the indicator.
Klondike.Auto Radiator
Repair Works
. . GUARANTEED
214 W. Firt Street Phone 7490
Hi,, ricyeral cintonineni already en
t.iiillnlied 111 thla country To lake
(,ir of (hi i intriict three hulhliiiK"
wcro . "it, an noted al Klnilrit an u.v
Hcmhlfiu; plant, leatlrur plant and a
take ilown and re-aaem till uk pkint.
n that wllli thena hulldlnKH, to
ip'ther wbli the li i llrl lriK x mid equlp
nieitl nlieaily at Klmiru when the
war beioin, we believe we have there
Imluy I he fluent aeroplane niiiniifac
turltiK and te.nttnx plant In the worjd
We had promised a email iiumhai
of tiiniirt motor in Noycniber iind
ici emlier, but r n accoiiiit of the un-
iiHiinllv m L'tini WMUlll..r illltl 'delllVh
! In coiiKlrii Ion tho new bulldiiiK we
we did not commence ilellycrlea until
.lanuary. In March, the nrlKlnal
a'-heduia In the contract called for
delivery of 700 molorn- delivered
In that month :ia motor. In April,
the otiKlnal aohodule called for de
livery i f00 tiiotoii we delivered
In tii.it luonth 1,1)03 motors fm
Airil t)0, we were only two weekn
behind our contract aciiediile. "lay
1 a, wo colli. I havo exceodeil corurnct
. lietliiln had the Bovcrninent needed
I bene training motor. A they did
not require them, wo have not speed
ed up our production, but will de
liver, (luring May and Juno, accord
ing to contract, 1.U00 motor each
month. We have now delhered ovet
?,ri00 of these fi.OOO tnotira, and to
MV knowledge) we hnve not yet had
a lngle cumplaltit regarding them.
We linv received large older for
part oi th"e training tttolor. on
which v e are now ncKinuing neiivi-r
i ; rrom uur r.imira ooioi
1 wo now have the equipment and tool
complete, we will be utile
1 tho goviri, inept,
and
nd toi
to furnlf-t
without delay, all
ih' y reqVilre lit-lhe way of part for
training motor.
'While there hua been a great deal
of criticism about the dalay In the
(royerriment aero program, we feel
that our atockholdera nhould know
thai, so far an your company 1 con-
erne, I, thorn ban been practically
no delay, arid n Mated leefore, we
(ould Unlay, If the government
wiHhed, bo ahead of our original
acbeitiile.
"you will alno be Intereeted In
learning that, since the meeting a
year ao, your company had pur
fhuc. a large Interest In the I'ur
llan AeropliiriH and Motor corpora
i imi. whim',' with the help given by
jour i oinpany, n feel ure ha been
of great axaintancn to the govern
ment, The (.'tirtthrt company has
grown very rapidly. Naturally. In a
new Industry which Jiaa, shown auc.h
great development a ha the rtian
tifactiue of aeroplane there have
been a great many problem to over
come. Thene have lieen surmounted
and the development of the manu
facturing org ii.lzallon of the Curtis
company la being taken care of.
Our vlre-preahlent. Mr J. K. Krp
perly, la In charge of the (.'urtia
plant, and the result of hi manage
ment, I am sine, will ahow very
aui is-fac torlly In tho next few months.
'The t'urtisH company, a year ago,
wA producing at the, rata of about
taOO.OOO per month today they are
running very near IK, 000. 000 per
month. They have building and
equipment, which, with lncreaaei ef.
flclency In their organization. I be
lieve will be aide lo produce aircraft
aiprolniattig homethlng over $10
000.000 per month before the year Is
nut."
LOCAL DEACeIR TALKS
ON TIRE INFLATION
I ncornH't Inflation Ono of Mont Fre
quent ( 4HISCW of Tire lieterlora
tlon, Hcdarc Salesman.
NOW IN OUR
.. NEW HOME
o " I
Just Across the Street From the New Santa Fe Depot
Site at Second and Elgin
Mohawk Quality Tires
artd
Racine Country Road Tires
Would have made us get a large location in any event
their popularity has increased steadily and sales
have multiplied.
We are now in position to give you bettor service UYan
ever. These tires are high in quality but not m price.
FREE TIRE
SERVICE
PHONE
577
0. A. Stcincr Tire Co.
Second and Elgin Phone 577
Mr. I'erram of Tulsa. Uubber ft
Vulcanizing ' rompany, lotwl selling
agent for the Mic hell n T're com
pany, says thai' inc.oYrrrt inflation I
one of. the most frequent and pcr
huiia the least understood cause of
tire, deterioration.
' .iver-lnfluku)i, not only Rubjecl
the ran van of the raining to an un-necesV-nry
strain,' but nla rob the
tire of Us resilencj'. Thus 'an over
Inflated tjre.when running over, an
(Vhnlriictioii.'Tnnti'nd of absoitdug the
shock, tranamlta the full ,fori of the
Jolt to the mechanism of tho ear..
A tire should be first Inflated to
tho proper pressure, nnd then tested
from time to time to ascertain that
the air pressure Is up ti the stand
ard necessary for a tire of the size
imril, when supporting It maximum
weight. If thn pressure has de
creased the cause may bo readily
discovered. The seat of the valve
plug may not be perfectly clean,
ranging a leak at that point, oriaif
the ruliber washer at the basa of
the valve cap Is displaced, the nlr
will gradually escape. Then again,
If plnchera wyfc used In tighten-
I Ing the ff part, the screw
thread may be damaged, causing a
! lc ak.
.Always Inflate tire with nlr. never
I using gaa. Carbonic gaa will pan
I through rubber thirteen time more
iiulckly than will air. In addition
1 to the slight enlargement of a new
; tire after being in use for a few
i day a further natural decrease of
pressure will follow, due to the o
' cane of oirvnin In the confine.) nlr
t'Phls Ins should be made up by the
Injection of more air. As this I
done the percentage of nitrogen Will
: be gradually Increased, and the
liability of slow deflation will de-
. crease In proportion.
CRUDE RUBBER SUPPLY
MEETS TIRE DEMANDS
FEW PARTS NEEDED
FOR ELECTRIC CAR
(.rent Saving In filer! iwiil Oilier War
Mutrrlaln Kffrclcd in Making of
This Slinpln Vehicle.
(My A. JACKSON' MAUSI1AU. )
In design as well a In operation
the electric vehicle I simplicity per
sonified. For Its motive force It does
not require the "thousand and one''
part mvelved In the Internal recip
rocating comliustlwn engine, together
with Hit multitudinous necessary con
nection and' accessories, in the
manufacture and assembly of winch
much accurately machined steel and
killed mechanical labor are em
ployed. - The propelling force the
ebclrlo vehicle Is the simple electric
motor with Its one moving (rotating)
part the armature.
In the electrically equipped (tasn
llne car tho electrical equipment 1
far more extensive and Intricate than
that employed In an electric vehicle
To the uninitiated th! statement on
Its face mnv appear strange, but a
little thought will dispel any doubt
a to its accuracy.
The equipment of an electric ve
hicle consists of a battery, motor and
controller Hy moving a lever to
designated point various strengths
of electrical force are applied to the
motor which causes the vehicle to
move forward or backward at will.
St different desired speeds. To stop
vehicle lever Is moved back to neu
tral position and brake are applied
Iteslgn l reduced to the fewrs!
units and operation to the fewest and
simplest operations, making mini
mum demand on mind and muscle.
The electrical equipment of a gaso
line car. In ndditlon to Its reciprocat
ing engine, water, jacket, radiator
and fan, gears, levers, carburetor,
oiling systems, etc., consists . of a
battery motor and controller for
starting and lighting In fact, this
electrleal group I virtually an elec
tric vehicle equipment In Its entirety
In miniature. Think for a moment
and realiie what this mean a rela
tively small, Incidental feature of the
gasoline car employe the nil essent
ial equipment of the electric vehicle.
The visualization of, this fact will
clearly Jndloate the remarkalile sim
plicity of the ' electric.
"TULSA FOUR" IS
PROVING WORTH
l'u ulnr SIi'h and Styles will
.Made to 1 limlnnlr Any
Wastage.
ISo
The attitude, of the United state
The innipany with regard to the
altuation created by tho govern
I mom's refutation of crude rubber
Importation 1 set foMh. in the fol
! lowing letter Just Issued by that'
! enrnpun;' to the trade:
1 "As tilers has Iven many ru
, mom recently, of varying nature,
rrgnrdlMtr the effect on the produc
tion and supply of linn, due to the
government .regulation of crude
! rubber Importation, ivnd policies
adopted by aotne people in the
i ti idc, which do not aeem to reflect
' the true nil nation, w e w ill give
herelf some facts, an we tee flieni.
i which we believe will be an ept
rahle ( dealers.
"In or'er to conserve boat ton
nage for military requirements, the
Novcrnn.cnt has restriclwl the im
1 i'irtattin f.f crude rubber, the pres
ent erilcr in edict to cover a pi
vit'd of thre . mouths nt v hu h lime
further conslilcriit on of the mutter
: will be given covering another pe
rm,!.
""'lie nili'.er rn band In this
country now, toKeth er with, that en
route. 1m tiiifticieut - to lake care of
; normal g'niuiren entM. rovennif the
fi'it pc:nut ,.f restriction, am'. If
tbe trab and public will refuse to
l.t.-opi,. ''p.ina'kj ' due to all sorts of
riiiniir.i, Mint i ef run from bii.vlng
or lioal illln:, It is tbe be.t oeltef
of this i i ii i :i n v that unless some
intores. i'ii i iri i.iiistju.ees arise, it
V ill be entirely possible tor tho tire
pi o-luut ion ,.f t a is country to t.ike
ei re of the muds of the trade and
jiiblie for the piescnt year.
"Ihis Is a time when the rapncMy
; of (ho tire lo.'it.ufactuicr sh.-ulu be
i uici to make sizes and Htlt. wnlch
;aie goinK to be requirod by dealers
wlihin n reasonable period of time,
iaiiil we v.oul I ciwitfnn our ' usiom
oi's toJ place ordepK frtr Ihelr require
ments well In advance in order that
may., shape our production to
what will actually be reqult'-d, in
sti id of using cur materials, labor
. an,' capacity to a certain extent
in making ri'.S' and stj les which
would ne"eas:inly have to be oui-rioi1
i n band for uu unrertsonuMe I 'Timl
' of time."
lose! Scrison.
; "When :s boj -killing time?"
j "N'ot hefort- November."
"The end sent hog hua all the bH
, of it. baau't he '"
cars
by
the
CONTINrKIt KROM I'AflK USE
(THIS XKCTIOS.)
state but ns breaking the backbone
of the silly fetich that so long hound
us with the idea that we.muat go
east for anything In the way of
manufacture.
Twelve hundred cars this year, or
a hundred a month, turned out by
a firm employing in all departments
laB men working overtime every
day with lta factory in the eastern
part of the city, th foundation laid
for a three-story building covering
one-fourth of a block at iirady and
Boulder, ft gejieral offices, sales
rooms, service stutlon, repairing
and repainting sections; 125,000
worth of Flroxtone tire In stock
and $175,000 worth of parts that
fill the knffir corn palace at the
fair grounds, which was rented In
an emergency until ample quarters
could be obtalneci for the wonderful
ly growing company; three hundred
cars now in all parts of the stale;
these.,show the brilliant record the
Tulsa l'our has mado within i
few short month.
Cnpltnllfiil nt $2,000,000.
The Tul.a Automobile Corpora
(Ion. which produces the "Tulsa
l'our, wns only organized last year.
It has an authorized capital of
12.000.000, but only nbijit $3.10,000
has been paid in. Stock is still
being sold and the brilliant achieve
ment of the past has already made
It extremely valu.ible.
H was (he "confidence of T. .T.
Ilartman, the president, John i .
Mitchell. Vlce-iiresident l-iri.- r.'
t'arr, secretary nnd treasurer, (irant
C. Slebblns and I. W. Shaw, that
they could ,n in T-ilsn juni what oth
ers had done in the north and east
that has made thn "Tulsa l'our"
one of the most successful new (
over offered the American public
1'ullli Urines Suiyvsm,
And it ha been (heir business abll
ny ami ineir laitn Packed up
their dollars that ha brought
wonuerrui success that has come.
They are confident that a great fu
ture Is before the "Tulsa l our" and
so Is everybody else , w ho h is crit
ically examined the car. In yni
metry, beauty and design, it in one
of the classiest tars on the market
finltihed in rich "Iiooster Creen
"Tulsa Vlue," black, maroon ,i
tan. and It ha the same t,,p as are
used In tho Tackard, Franklin and
other much higher priced machines
which every important part is the !
same standard part used in i,e C(lst.
Her cars. At Jl.OSr, even the com-I
petitors of the "Tulsa l'our" admit!
that they face a dangerous rival fori
business.
"To build a better car for (he same
money or the k. me car for less
" ",,T i ins is tne slogan ot
'Tulsa Four" and it has dm,
i-tooK at tnat "Tulx.i Four"
motor - the t.yruinlni;; the
ngnting and Myneto win, U'lllard
i-U I UKI' I i, I 'V lit. 1.1, ...
' j i.llI'Wi
jtnr!r cfirhuro, nr. ( -r.i t -T,oo
urn I r;tiiHmlHi'n. S:iliKluirv
;illJ (ithtr Ir.iflinir i,ort.,
yourself, if Vou know anything about
an automobile, if Tulsa has not r.,.
rtiired a ear th.j for price and qua!
" " class uv llseir 7
is what its makers claim fur it.
What ns Neii-Hsiirv.
C'T I II It ,.L ,.. . .
ahout a lawyer frienriof hl"wa'be-
iog iiiiervicwru iiioressionallv by a
young man against whom a 'breach
nfprpml.se action was (lending.
"It was a ctear cose." remarked
.or. mixer, "and tnv friend
upbraided hi client on his
Hut the voting man .., i '.
"Oh, yes." he said Impatiently q
know all, about it. The same 'old
song. "lit, right and fear nothing"
'"No, no; that's not it a( nil,' said
the nl O lawyer, smiling shrewdly.
'What I meant to Impress upon you
was "Don't write, and fear nothing.' "
Overdid.
, "Did you try the simple plan of
counting sheep for vottr insomnia?"
"Yes. doctor, but I made a mess of
It. 1 counted lu.ono sheep, put 'em
on the cat's and shipped 'em to mar
ket. And when I'd got through
countln,; the wad of money J gut for
then; at present, prices, It wt time to
get up.'
Miner-
lielcn
tlrlv
stand-
axles
ask
That
P-ntlv
folly.
1w!ve lire Vests
This iftiti f
$fint l lo lakt th
unctrtainty 0Ut of
Urt buying.
Cross-Sections
This Illustration is an enlarged view made
irom actual croM-sections of two 34 a 4
tit-on a Micbelin Uniarsol, the other
a tire ol another standard make.
i annarwaii m . t ...... .
This con.troerion give. Michelin Tire
superior durability combined with re
markable Mn..J.. ,..!:;..
'minded ii L ,iT'Wti!fl H '' "
k,T! in ,b"l ."union of ruSlsrr whi-k kinHi
Safe . oil r,""'" h' U e...r..,d
ab i T.r.;s;rLir.' - ' ""
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I II' 1
.11 HI
II .i!
1
I lain
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ill
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am Rkfl
OtW SmHo
am Laf t.
The.world-wida reputation of the home of Michelin the oldest, moil experienced of
all Ore-maker U proof that only the bait of materials are used in Michelin.
I hat a greater quantity of these superior materials is used in Michelin Tires is proved
by their eatra weight and remarkable thickness, which mean greater durability.
And the superiority of Michelin design is shown by the above illustration.
Better materials, more materials and superior construction
the:;e account for.. the supreme durability of Michelin Tires.
Tulsa Rubber and Vulcanizing Co.
411 South Boulder
Free Road Service
Phone 17? 2
'4
m
1
;i'a(
Look for tho
Grooves
.if
st
Giant TirS for
Giant Tasks
FIRESTONE Ginnt Truck Tires with
their r-reot breadth, thic)cnes and resil
iency, make it possible to operate trucks
over ronJs and tinder loads impractical
with other equipment.
The grooves fcive a road fcrip and wearing
quality thnt make heavy trucking safe
and economical in roadways covered with
mud, snow or ice.
Buflt in 7, 8, 10, 12 Bnd 14 inch widths
for medium and heavy duty trucking
Firestone Truck Tires in other sixes feive
equally fcood service. Consult us as to the
equipment best suited to your needs.
TULSA AUTOMOBILE
CORPORATION
11 W. Hrntly. l'honea 8845-T7H
GIANT
Truck Tires
ki)v1
V5
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