East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-02
FILMS TO DEPICT
TIRE MANUFACTURE
Free Illustrated Lecture Showing En-
tire Rubber Industry Tomorrow
Night at the New Oregon Theater,
BY Goodrich Rubber Company.


what is conceded to be the most
interesting lecture ever delivered on
the rubber industry VIII be given at
the Oregon theater, tomorrow (Tues-
day. evening, October 3. under the
auspices of the B. F. Goodrich Rub
Der company of Akron, Ohio. This
firm has gone to the expense of hav-
ing prepared 1000 feet of moving pic
ture film covering the history of rub
Der from the time it is taken from
the tree in its crude form by the South
American Indians, until it is made IN
to automobile tires at their factory
at Akron, Ohio. The lecture will be
given by f. M. T.llsch, who has trav-
eled over the greater portion of the
United States within the past two
years giving these instructive lee
lures wherever the automobile is
known.
THIS moving picture show is free to
all wishing to attend and tickets may
be procured from any automobile
| agent in the city Every man. woman
and child in Pendleton interested in
automobiles should make it point
to witness this lecture.
J11e OF lire SHOWN.
The illustrated talk is in three
| parts, each depicting a period in the
| life of the automobile tire as II comes
from the tree of South America into
Its use on the machine. The first pc
riod of the talk deals with the gath
| erlng of the rubber from the tree.
The pictures show natives of South
America tapping the trees and draw
ing the milk and preparing same for
shipment by boiling it down and cool
ing into blocks. The trees are op-
ened with an axe and small cups
| held beneath the opening to receive
| the juice much as we tap maple
syrup trees. The sap is then gather
ed and taken to camp, where native
women boil it and cool great masses
of 1t over sticks. There are millions
and millions of trees in the great
rubber producing districts of the Am
azon as yet untapped, according to
Mr.. Tillisch.
The second part of the lecture is
composed of films made at the great
Akron rubber plant.
Scenes at Factory.
They show the arrival of the raw
product at the factory and from that
point take the spectator through every
part of the plant. He sees the rub
Der run through various machines
| which take out the dirt and perform
various other offices necessary to its
preparation for use on the motor ye-
nicle. one of the most interesting
iacts III connection with the making
OF automobile tires is the use of cot.
ton fabric, made SO carely that IL cost,
more than many qualities of silks
ms cotton IS carefully selected ami
carefully woven. The makers have
tried silks and other fabrics, only tc
una that cotton is best by reason o.
us quality to miv with the rubber SC
as to form a compact thickness.
10 be prepared for the road the
ruDper goes through the refinin.
process by which all dirt and grit ar,
removed To do this it is washed
many times and rolled between heav,
IRON rollers. which mash up any re-
naming substance that NAV have re-
NAMED from the first washing. While
this rolling process is going or
streams OF water are playing on tn,
| ~ toiht away Wn9t DIRT the
rollers have dislodged.
How Tires are Built.
Other machines cut the rubber an,
the cloth into STRIPS of the correct
Wioth and length for building up the
tlres They are cut on the basis 81
that the strain of use on the rim ma,
fall the correct way with the grain O
the material.
Each tire is built, up on mould
ana after being processed until com
pete IN every other detail 8 sen
by mechanical device into compart
ments where it is subjected to grea
neat uner heavy pressure. THIS weld
'he 'lre material INTO a homogeneou
substance that will stand the wea,
and tear it is intended for. The stor,
) rooms of the company where 200,
tlres day are made in itself cover
; large area. This IS a lecture o,
; ruoper tires that cannot be missed b,
! those interested in keeping down tn