Show t i SHORTAGE OF GAS GASt t 1 AND Oil SERIOUS L I r lit i SAYS CLAYTON There Thero la is a serious shortage of gaso- gaso oHno o- o line Uno and motor oils says Don C. C Clayton Clayton Clayton Clay Clay- ton of the tho Utah Oil Refining company refiners of gasoline and Vleo and Simplex Simplex Simplex Sim Sim- plex motor oils oUs The Tho problem Is on one that thal will havo to be solved In part by motor owners themselves ho he says He Ha recommends tho use usa of at as gasoline guso- guso C so- so line as ns possible by truck and car owners own own- ors ers and says tho use of high grado I lubricants will aid In mooting meeting the fhe h situation Such lubricants said Me Ms MJ Clayton 1 will wIn not nol volatilize rapidly under the Intense heat developed in tho the automobile automobile auto auto- mobile engine enKin and consequently will j not have havo to be replenished as ott often auto I n as se inferior oils Vico and Simplex have h havea a particularly high reputation in this i respect Speaking yesterday of ot the general r I situation in the oil market Mr Clayton Clayton Clay- Clay I ton said The seriousness of at the situation actuation can CIn perhaps be bo best appreciated when the tho public is reminded that a L recent rc- rc cent investigation by government of fl- fl disclosed a n. gain of at 1700 1100 per cent In tho number of automobiles in th tho I past ten years against nn ln increased I production production of at Jn motor tor fuels amounting ho to only only- 65 per por cent Th This Thin should stif- stif explain current prices for t gasoline if It an explanation were needed But the fact Lct is as reliable reHa-ble statistics t disclose gasoline is on ono necessity of ot I modern life lite that has not kept abreast of lor mounting prices The Tho increase In Inthe Inthe inthe the cost costor of or gasoline during the tho period rot of general price climbing has not been I lover over 10 per por cent cont whereas 35 a general average of ot prices In the thc general run of ot commodities has been I ln In tho neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood bood of ot from 1 5 to HO per cent I What is the tho remedy The question I 1 cat can bo be answered only one oruo wa way because I f there Is Is' no alternative Conservation I 1 the solution of ot this vexatious f situation In the only wa way possible Tho The J best advice that can lo tv given to mo- mo j C f mO 1 I I is to use no more moro fuel than Is 1 A I I 4 J. J Truck owners can the tho situa- situa t lion tion Jn I if they will Insist that r f their stop their engines Ines whenever whenever when- when j ever heir trucks stop to tako take on or or- j. j deliver dellver loads Consumption of ot fuel Is 4 greatly rc promoted while whilo engines are aro idle Motorists t running generally should r uce their miles traveled to f absolute necessities Carburetors I houd bi b adjusted to feed the leanest i f efficient mixture o possible Waste Ini in i such Ruch a situation as prevails today r adds J much to the seriousness of oC the 5 problem I Gasoline produced pr locally Is tho bestIn best bestIn i In the markets ts toda today It Is a a. fact that tho the local f tests testa at tho the refinery refinery erin r-erin- ery cry 2 per cent higher than refiners refiners' specifications generally prevailing Loa Lo- Lo a I costs compared with costs elsewhere else else- where hero in tb the west are all in favor of ot lh the motorist U here |