Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-09-19 | Page 24 | Economy is Use of Tires

Mil USE OF TIRES Speaking of tire conservation M W. Miller, munng r of the Gates Half-Sole Half-Sole Tire Shop, offers timely Information Infor-mation re.-p.-rting the economle use 1 of auto tires. Me says' "It is certain thai 1 here is no part of an automobile thai deserves more careful attention and economic consttl- -ration than the- four rubber tires that surround the rims of the wheels of a machine i pon these tires depend largely (ho best use ,,f an automobile ! and it is quite likely that they arc neglected meire than most any other1 pari of the machine, neglected to the point where they are used with no thought of the treatment they am receiving at the hands of the outolst "In the first place, no person should operate a machine without careful studying tire usage and applying such treatment to them as , omes to his knowledge. Careful inspection should be given the tires every day and where defects are found, no matter how slight, a remedy should be Immediately Im-mediately applied. It is always a case of "a stitch In time saves nine.' and, ns a repairer of auto tins, 1 cannot too strongly Impress Upon the mind of the auto user t ho necessity of close tire Inspect lop and immediate repair, whether the tire be brought to the repair shop for fixing or whether II I" done In the owner himself "It la not economy to throw tires away as soon as they show wear and bn-al.-age. no more than it Is e.-onomy to throw a way a pair of shoes as soon as the soles are worn out. Often times the half-soled shoe- Is practically as good as new and the same' rule applies to auto tires. Our process of lialf-BOling lialf-BOling auto tires has been perfected to the polui where the longevltv of the tire is extended many, many miles, the extended mileage being worth tw.i or three times the cosl of the repali-ing. repali-ing. imr half-sole tire embodies the new principle : tlm conjunction Invented In-vented by Charl. s C dates, and be-cause be-cause of this principle of construction, gives longer mileage and better service ser-vice than any ordinary tire. It gives thousands of miles of guarantei rj puncture-proof service at a greatlv reduced cost. "In our half-SOled tire there Is nn advantage over other tires because the Improved principle of construction re -lb-vi s the w. irinu- .-.in i.,,-, f,-,,m ,),,. strain of inflation and Is not therefore there-fore as easily cut or broke,, when it hits sharp rocks, ruts and car track"