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the Summer time and mudless in
Winter time.
"The roads of Western Washington
may be as dustless as those of South
ern Sweden if we will be resourceful
enough to use this waste product from
our pulp mills"
The experiment by the Shelton Co.
comes more or less as a godsend to
Puget Sound oystermen, who protested
that the dumping Of the waste in
the sound killed their oysters. Costly
court suits were instituted.
The fluid was diverted to waste
area known as Dry Lake and 1t was
found to form hard, smooth surface.
When applied to the county highway,
however, it was mixed with oil. The
experiment had the approval of road
officials.
Along precisely the same line,
plan to promote conservation OF nat
ural petroleum resources by using
them in highway construction is
being placed before highway COM
missioners and engineers by the Low
Cost Roads Association of Kansas
City, Mo.
The plan, based upon complete
utilization of all products of petro-
leum, calls for the use for highway
| improvement of the asphalts and road
oils left as residual products in the
manufacture of motor fuels and lubri-
| cants
The refining process which pro-
duCeS gaSolineS and lubricating oils
also produces road oils and aSphaltS," j."
| it was explained by the association.
when the motorist can consume pc
troleum products in his car driving
over a highway paved with petroleum
products, we have true conservation
OF petroleum resources
The life of the average automobile
tire today is two and half years, as
compared with life of about year
and half dozen years ago, in spite
of the fact that tires are being driven
much farther each year than was the
case in 1923.
At the same time, tires have been
decreasing in cost since 1928 until
they now cost only two-thirds as
much as they did then, statistics COM
piled by the research department OF
a large tire manufacturer indicate.
while a particular tire may be
destroyed in its first day of service
or may last over five years on a pas
senger car used only for Sunday driV-
ing, the average life for all pneu-
matte castings sold for use on pas
senger cars, trucks and busses is a
little more than two and a hall
years." says E. G. Holt, assistant chief
of the rubber division of the United
States Department of Commerce.
1.-The average life of fabric clincher
tires before and during the World
War was about nine months. The
average life of high pressure cord
tires between 1928 and 1925 was about
one and half years"
Ten rules that will go far toward
making the motor tour the pleasur-
able event anticipated by the car
owner and his family have been
evolved by the Touring Bureau of the
Keystone Automobile Club.
These rules are:
Check over the cars steering gear
and brakes to be certain they are
thoroughly efficient.
Be sure the engine has sufficient,
good-bodied Oil. and that the oil pump
is performing its vital task.
If the trip is to be long one, it
will pay to lean" out the carburetor
The mixture that is ideal for the type
of driving that requires frequent en-
gine starting is too rich and waste
full for the long trip.
See that the cars timing is cor
rect for the type of trip planned.
Don't drive by "fits and starts"
Hit medium speed that is neither
so fast as to be dangerous nor SO slow
as to kill the pleasure of the trip, and
maintain this pace.
Do not force the car to pull every
hill in high. When it shows signs
of laboring, shift to lower gear.
Never descend long, steep hill in
high gear. If the descent is not too
steep, go into second gear. If the
drop is sharp, use low. In both cases
always leave the motor running. The
best of brakes will burn out if used
excessively.
Keep to the right at all times and
never take the inside of a curve.
If forced to change tire, pull en-
tirely of the road If possible. 1t is
tempting fate to make car repairs on
a well-traveled highway.
Keep a firm, well-balanced grip on
the steering wheel at all times.