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Show TIRE SHORTAGE MAY HIT THIS SECTION The seriousness of the shortage of tires and the consequent high prices, is beginning to be felt in Salt Lake City, says T. B. Trent, local manager of tho Goodyear Tire & Rubber company. Tires cost' more than at any time in the last few years, and the government has restricted re-stricted the allotment of crude rubber to big tire companies, so that a scarcity is developing. The Goodyear tiro service stations in Salt Lake are managed by a very representative repre-sentative group of men, who are fully alive to the situation. They say that conservation of tires is imperative at this time, and state further that there are two ways of accomplishing this. They claim, after much observation of all makes of tires, that Goodyear 's are the best, and that tho first step a man can take toward tire economy is to buy this brand. However, they add, it is necessary to give tires a certain amount of care to get the maximum result, and tho general public is inclined to slight their duty in this respect because of the disagreeable dis-agreeable nature of tire inspection. To relieve their customers of this work and still assure them of proper care, they equip themselves to look after each Goodyear tire they sell. They urge their customers to make it a habit to call regularly and have their air pressure tested. Also they inspect in-spect the tire treads for small cuts; measure the wheels for proper alignment; align-ment; inspect the brake action; give advice on care of inner tubes, and attend at-tend to other details which the average car owner neglects. They believe that their service is of tremendous value to Salt Lake automo-bilists, automo-bilists, as it will lengthen the life of each tire the- sell, conserve the government's govern-ment's rubber supply and thus help win the war. |