Show 11 Heavy Shipment e 01 rea Tires gyres Reach City Cily HE arrival of a heavy shipment ship ship- shipment T THE ment of tires this week weel for the Strevell- Strevell Paterson company distributors of this great casing and the assurance assurance assurance assur assur- ance that other shipments will be beon beon beon on the way In a few days has re rc relieved relieved re- re a perplexing situation for Manager S. S A. A Jackson of the Paterson Strevell-Paterson company We have a hundred agencies scattered Over the IntermountaIn country says Mr Jackson and andall andall andall all of these have been clamoring for more tires This demand has become become be be- come pressing In the past few weeks owing to the general rumors of a tire shortage While we will be able to furnish our patrons wl 1 tires for some sometime sometime sometime time 1 to come e I need t not o urge th UI mot mo- mo UI llo I I suppose uP o v. v ser ve w sir 0 tires carefully as the future Is very uncertain Spare tires should always be protected from the especially especially especially espe espe- In hot weather tather The direct rays of the sun willIn will willIn willIn In time rot and destroy the best bet tires and yet few motorists give Dive this fact much attention A spare tire the that th has been carried unprotected unprotected on th the rear of the car for a along long Iong time will often blow biow blowout out In the course of a few hundred miles al although although although al- al though It may have hav been new and never used before Every spare tire should be protected protected protected pro pro- by a tire cover This will conserve the resiliency of the casIng casing casing cas cas- ing and result In far greater mile mlle age If the machine Is 15 left standIng standIng standIng stand- stand Ing In the hot sun for any length of time It Is always a good Idea to cover the four active casings with burlap or the robes In the machine Motorists frequently believe that the spare tire the will hold Its pressure Indefinitely because It Is not In use It must be remembered that all rubb rubber r regardless of kind or grade Is poro porous Js Seen under a powerful microscope magnified over 2000 times the observer will be surprised sur I to note that It Is full of minute minute minute mi mi- nute holes These arc are so small that the air pushes through very slowly Nevertheless the Is sure and after a while the time varying vary- vary Inn Ino from a week to a month the pressure will drop Any tire will do this So when the spare tire l I i pressed Into service the air gauge should be used to ascertain If It there Is proper pressure Motorists have wondered at times why most leading tire manufacturers manufacturers manu manu- carefully wrap the cas gas Ings In many layers of wound brown paper While It takes a few moments to remove this covering and possibly this proves a trifle annoying annoying an an- If the motorist Is In a n hurry yet the paper serves a good purpose It protects the tire from chafing sunlight and exposure to various atmospheric conditions en route from the factory and serves as n a protection against tampering Manufacturers of cheap tires do donot donot donot not go to the trouble of c carefully wrapping e each casing at the factory fac fae- tory with a result that the cheap brands become damaged before the ultimate buyer uses uces them 1 I |