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Show I HALF-SOLE TIRE OFFICIALS VISIT SALT LAKE I f i - i ..-r;V. in. . i - in i - Lorenzo Smith, local Gates Half-solo tire distributor, left; Charles C. Gates, the father of the famed casing, center; Eric G. Scudder, California distributor, right. Tio -nen ani an i.h n made th.; Ga.es half-sok" tire possible. That wa? ,iust :t few years ago and happened in the mountain fastnesses of Colorado. Charles C. Gates and his brother were mining; engineers. Thev spent n long; Time in digging" the elusive metals from n-'other earth before they turned their attention to tires. Toehni-a:Iy trained and of an inventive in-ventive turn of mind, the two brothers be3n to cive the tire troubles of the average ear owner a little consideration and eventually hit uv.on the half-sole idea. Its sue-vss was instantaneous and today, after five years in business, they have a monster faetory on the southern O'iue of Denver and turn out ') co:n-( co:n-( I'.ne lialf-soles every working; day. Manv local car owners t an testify lo , the value of the half-sole for tires. The j i -an works much like th5 half-snle prop- j osition for shoes, insuring twice the j wear afcd service of an ordinary tire. Once apnlied the half-sole tread be-i-oir.es really a part of the original L-as- J i 1 1 tr and does it s work perfectly. |