Show HIGGINS TELLS HOW HOYt LUBRICATING OIL IS MANUFACTURED Ho Hon Is lubricating lubricating- oil made The question was put to Dr B. B H. H Hig Higgins lnA chief chemist at the tho plant of ot tho the Utah I Oil Refining company compan Dr Higgins Is Js Isan isan an authority In the chemistry of or oils having haing spent many years cars In one of ot I England's largest dyeing and bleaching bleach bleach- In Jn ing plants testing oils exclusively He lIe v as graduated from Crom the Brad Bradford Cord I Technical college England where ho lie specialized In oil Investigation and analysis His Hie description e of ot the re refining ro- ro fining of or lubricating oils Is Interest interest- interesting Ing oven even to the person who likes his hll rc reading no not too technical The crudo crude oil wo we get from W Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ruing ming is of ot tho the highest grade paraffin paraffin part part- I fin tin base basc petroleum to start stort with he I Isale said sale When It Is received at tho the re refinery refinery re- re finery It Is placed In a hugo huge still and there thero subjected to Intense heat This causes gases or vapors to be Le given ghen off ote which are conducted through cons coils of or pipe Immersed In In water This condenses the vapors anc and we wo havo as os a result first gasoline then kerosene next gas gons oil from which Illuminating and fuel tuel gas Is Js manufactured and as the fourth product product product prod prod- what we term a n. wax waz distillate This is the basis of ot Vico and Simplex Simplex Simplex Sim Sim- plex lubricating oils As the wax distillate distillate dis dis- dis comes romes from the still It Is tested tested test test- ed cd continually In our laboratories for for gravity fire viscosity and cloud When hn careful test t t iI determines that It I Is s up to specifications pec I s- s t the tho wax distillate Is pumped to the wax wao plant Tiers Here It goes OOS through what Is known as ns tho cold test It must still flow at zero t Fahrenheit Fahrenheit-an an Im Important Important Im- Im thing to the motorist t In cold weather In the wax plant all the 1 wanis was wan wasIs XI Is removed from the tho distillate which Is now known as cold test distillate From tho the wax a plant the cold coM test die die- goes coes back to tho the still where here It Is again heated As AJ the thIS gases go through tho the pipes they aro arc again condensed con con- and we wo are another stage e ealon alon along In the production of ot our lubricating lubricating lubricating cating oil I The Tho distillate I Is again tested after the lighter oil unsuited to the pro- pro I nf or lubricants Is ia first run i off It It u m-u-at must again measure up to o rl ld rl ld specifications For Instance th the tho specifications call at this point fa for l' l the following tollo tests testS' for lor our Vico rill oil Light CG gravity lt medium hn heavy 2 t and extra hea heavy heator for tor heavy dut duty truck tr use 24 2 Goes GOCI to D Department The Tho oil now passes to the treating treating treat treat- tIn t- t In ing department Here it is first subjected subjected sub sub- to a treatment with sulphuric acid This as it passes through h tho the oil removes t all the carbon and solid sohl mat matter mailer ter Tho The acid must not remain In the oil however r so f o 0 it next passes to a tm tank whore whre It I ia is treated with a solution lon of podium sodium carbonate This neutralizes the acid completely as repealed tests mu must t show Still It will wll not clot do for lor lubrication so It Is la washed with v hot water The oil nil Is pumped Into c. c big tank lank and pipes force bollIns boilIng boiling boil boil- Ing Ins water In fine Uno jets ets through th the oil ns os it p passes pg's gs g's through It tal takes ef up tho the alkali which was ns used to neutralize water car car- carrying the acid Naturally r the thc all air objectionable matter sinks to the tho bottom of or the Hie tank From hero It Is drawn off through a spigot Because thero there I Is a I. I possibility that all tho the wAt water r rh h has lias not nut been removed from tho the oil ItI its it itIs I Is s now pumped primped to the agitators agitators- Here compressed Nl air Is blown n through through the tho ho oil to dry It It H is not read ready for for tor the tha market yet et Now It goes to o ihie he filter hOI house hoime e where It P percolates through 11 sixteen feet of or Fullers Fuller's earth I shipped hero at Jr great nt expense front fron the tho last vestige ves- ves s- s This removes I Georgia In yes yes- other solids lice tige 6 of free freo carbon and Singes Now New ow It I Is in Ha its last laRt stages of ot production pro pre Tt It Is car carefully ull tested a again aln to make mako certain that It m measures a ures absolutely to the tho rigid specifications for 01 forthe ho tho various arlous grades r Still another testis test is IR ma made o to determine It l its a physical and chemical composition b by tho color other food lest lesl just Juat as sugar suar and oil is passel passed cl products n arc re tested The Tho PM through an elaborate for th s I must be Identical purpose and Its color olor with wW tho the f standard ard color established for tor forit these tests made mado on Vico and anil it St it All AH Simplex absolutely 3 assure th the bo bUe owner that ho lIn Is ii obtaining lubricating cating oil of uniform quality meas- meas tring up to the high standards pro- pro l 1 by the Utah Oil Refining company com- com pany G nl l LUG PLUG GAINS GAIN'S Spark Snarl plus plug porcelains ma may bo be trec freed 0 of nil all carbonaceous or other foreign matter matte b by soaking ln them thorn in a n solution of lr carbon disulphide obtainable at al nay any nn drug store storo This solution dissolver the carbon and leaves es tho the porcelain bright Of or course this treatment applies particularly particularly par par- to tho the typo of ot porcelain wh ch K II removable tomo from the shell shaH of ot tho the pluG but the tho same saml method of oC can be lI used ed even en If IC the tho plu plug Is ot of the called so-called ono piece type Just so soak k tho the whole plug shell and all It won wont won't t do clo on any harm and IB 18 ono one r reasonably of- of way of ot attacking that carbon which 1 resists the tho efforts to dig it out with v a or other othor tool Suggestion to those who have flivvers flivvers vers for tor sale eale Stop using the tho phrase ver very reasonable in your our want ads say tractable And in the case of another make nH of oC car as ns good as n nee new W Is la far tar from fron good frood enough use USI Caveat which is Latin LaUn for tor watch your our step atc GET GEI ACQUAINTED J ALL AIL T n CO CONTROLS A friend d nd of or ours recently acquired a anew anew anew new car Everything l went well ell until one ono day he complained that it wasn't running as It should lie Ho told us that it had lost all Its pep pcP and whereas it had been very ery lively when ho first started to drive o It It there thero was no longer longcr any life In It It was sluggish slugS to tho the throttle choked and seemed to have havo ver very acceleration The gears S had to ho bo shifted ted on tho the slightest hill the motor developed the habit of l knocking ll Finally after aCter several l disgusting trips t with this depressing l kind of or op- op with this choker out 1 asked one ono of ot oration our friend took tool the tho car r back to time the service station and told them thorn hl his troubles H He told them too that ho guessed h hed he'd d sell It since It didn't seem to have much power Tho The servIce lea Ice men looked mystified and peeked un under l tho the hood then glanced at the tho dash ash How flow long Ions you ou been running It Jt them Our friend looked sheepishly at atthe the tho knob an and said that ho didn't know knot knowlie I lie ho had been running with It out So they shoved ed the knob down Into Its socket and with some ome mumbled words about people driving cars without without with with- out knowing much about them wont I brick back to their work worl on another car Then Thou the head service man m whoso whose bu bush l. l toss ness It was to keep everybody happy happ explained that this Choker hoker h had a a. series i of lor catches to hol hold It out In several positrons po positrons po- po Our friend had pulled It all time the w way wout out whon when ho lie started hi his car one ona morn morning Ins Ins- and thinking it would automatically auto uto automatically go o back to Its normal position peel peel- tion had let go bO of ot It and forgotten all about It Tho cO consequence w was s a that he ho had been beon running the tho engine Ino with n. n choked carburetor for Cor 9 several cral days a s 's without realizing It The moral of or this Is I to always be sure suro you ou aro are thoroughly familiar with all nIl the control controls S SONG O Id I'd steal leal the tho love la To fo bind your our necklace rare Id I'd steal the sunsets sunset's s gold love lo An And twine It Jt In your our hair To grace your our queenly br brow w. w loveId loveId love Id I'd filch the morning star But darned if It Ill I'll agree love To let lct you drive e my car Richard B. B Bennett Dennett Human progress Is generally achie achieved b by somo some man or group of or ormen men says A A. 1 L. L In tho tim current Issue of ot Motor This practically eliminates tho the hand that when cradles were wore yet et vogue ogue use used to rock cm em Tho The maker of a high class car that shall bo be nameless s. s Is going In for tor sex stuff Sezze In a news story Just received The privacy of or the closed cosed car has a greater appeal to women nomon than any other typo of or body Recurring stories or of tho the explosions I of or over o pr private prate ate stock stoel make one ono wonder whether anything further has been accomplished with with alcohol JI as ns a fuel Proper carburetor adjustment and the tho personal liberty poachers settled alcohol alcohol alco alco- hol 1101 for tor its versatility alone would become become be e come como a highly popular fuel Lose Los your our engine a little of or Its pep pcp simply drop a few lew raisins In the tho tank The news in rotor Motor World Goodyear to Start Plant In Brazil Is not sur sur- Vcr Very fertile country weve we've heard especially for tor that sort of or plant Years a ago o we me had ono In the tho parlor |