Show THEOBALD TH EQ BALD RELATES ORIGIN OF TIRES IN AMERICA S U. U S. S Tire Co Has Complete Rubber Goods Goods- Line of for Motorist w. w S S. S Theobald man manager er of the United Unite States Statu Tire company South State Stat street otters offers an Interesting story of th the orf origin of ot the word tire This word which has taken Its place among amone th the most moat used words In the English En lan language e a word which Is an Intimate part o of practically every English speaking person perso from the age lIe of ot 6 b on Mr Theobald says sars A thin thing which ties Is a tire tire and and thaIs that tha thatis Is the best explanation the makers of th the dictionary give Ive us as to the manner in which the word tire Ure came Into exist ence The first purpose of the tir tire was wa t to tie or bind the wheel together As Urn time has passed e the original I meaning of th the g wo word I has been eIO lost sight of and now o th the tire is the part of ot the the wheel which touches th the road and stands the wear o of travel S The entrance of American tire firms firm Into the export field has turned tumid gray eray the tho hair of man many an advertising man who must keep straight in his mind th the names by which tires are known in th the various foreign countries counties To begin there are England and he her possessions which insist on spelling th the word tyre No less Tess an authority than England's own Encyclopedia Britannica is on record with the opinion that this spelling is not now accepted by the best bes English authorities yet tyre persIsts persist everywhere under the British flag except ex except except ex- ex in our neighbor Canada where tire Ure is correct In some of at the Spanish speaking countries such as Chile and the Argentine Argentine Argentine Argen Argen- tine tires are known as But in Mexico they are llantas In still stil other places where Spanish is the language lan lan- guage notably Cuba the correct word i Is gomas comas in Brazil where Portuguese Is spoken the nam els eis The French have the short name for tires This is a a. contraction of In practically all aU the Scandinavian countries the Danish won word is Is used rubber rubber ring ring ring-Is Mr Theobald carries one of ot the m most t complete lines of ot rubber goods In the intermountain in- in country all allot of which are o of more or less importance in the life of ot a a. motorist He has rubber goods for tor the fishing trips the hunting trip and canyon canyon canyon can can- yon trip and also all other rubber goods essential in the upkeep of automobiles |