Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 2, 1919, Page 8

Rine nam - PAGE EIGHT TIRE TALK NG. 8, VALUE OF FLAPS Advent of Spinatne Flap” Re- lieves Motorist of Much Trou- ble and Expense The value of flaps is not always 2 be gauged in and cents. 4 a usual thing, are worth more than ‘their initial cost Flaps were formerly fastened dif- ferently from what is the case now. Tire manufacturers used to cement s them to one side of the case This practice turned out poorly ce the heat gener. in cercass and casing allows the fla o become loose. Now, when finds anything loose around an automobile, he may ex- pect to find trouble. Thet proves to be the case here, ing once pried i anchorage, pr for the flap, hav- elf away from its position altogether, little by little to creep un the be and in the end to wrinkle the and seriously chafe it, a consequence,. the flap in its form—the “floating flap” ri it, for lack of a bet- s end flap F iiiee it within limits s “itself to rapidly changing s Improvements and re- finements upon the floating flap were made in the course of time; for example, it was split, and the nds in such a manner as to e the flap adjust itself in cir- cumference to accommodate varia- tion in the tire 4 few years ago it was common to employ the rim strap, which was trip of fabric tightly stretched on rim y this method the beads were compelled to fit very snugly to the rim clinched, at the same time protecting t tube from rust and other de a whole, how- ever, the scheme s given up. While it is not necessary to use. flaps with clincher tires of small size, it is really the proper thing to do with four inches, unless clips or r ed to hold the beads clinches of the rim ner tubes will not be pinched i. The beeds of quick de- cher cases and cables of ca © non-stretch- able, and ore, made to suit the a ne diameter of the rim. Flaps should be used in all sizes of quick detachable clincher aid straight side or much difficulty will be experienced with the inner tubes. so tachable straight sic are, What I have been saying pertains, it may be, rather to the historic side of the ch neglected flap. In this er, as many others some acquaintance ith the evolution of the thing teaches us better how to handle it. One other point should be empha- sized; flaps ere not used enough for themselves. If or wrinkled or otherwise dar d, get new ones; for the expense is but nominal and surer protection afforded to hoth in- ner tube and outer casing is well worth considering. Don't neglect to use flaps. MOTOR TRAIN ON WAY TO “CHIAN’ schedule od North Platte Today and Cheyenne August 6 They soon pay th become wet Trans port Orie Reach to CHEYENNE, W Aug. 2.—F of the War ur Srvice, has re ip to North Platte, 1 Kimball, where ar. mede for enter- 1 of the army which is mak zton, D, C., tay of the n that city in Council Tuesday spent in ere Omaha and the trucks will reach North Platte today, On the 4th they will be in Big Springs, making Kim next day, and arriving ir ne on August 6, as per orig- nal schedule. The report that they would reech Cheyenne a week uhead of © was groundless, says Mr Fors Sraccenedis for their entertain- t in Cheyenne are being made rapidly. Tentative plans eall for a wild west show —__$<— ie Diamonds worth $100,000 have been obtained in two months on a farm in the. Orange Free State. eded to slip out of g TO BUILD TIhts FOR ROADS HERE Firestone seat Study Road | Conditions in Wyoming with View to Improvements With a view to maintaining the service record of the Firestone tires in the Wyoming field and build tires particu dapted to road condi- tions re, represent of the Tire & Rubber company are a week in Casper and expect return with valuable information H. Simons, manager of truck tire sales for the Omaha branch. O. Van Kauren, special rer tive of the sales and enginee 2 partment, were sent here for the pur- pose of studying conditions and are receivi assistance of H »utor for n Wyoming Special attention will be giv needs of truck operetors ar es being built at pres y satisfactory, the expe find opportunity for improve The company claims to furn per cent of the tires in use on true in Wyoming at the present time the Fire The volume of business handled by the state distributor in Casper ®| tends to bear out this claim for with Firestone in ming, shipments are made on y train going out of Casper. thousand dollars worth of tires 50 dealers selling the : which consti- tuted activities. New dealers have been ed to the long list since the distribution was taken in charge by Boyle’s garage and the business should grow to large proportions with the develop- ment of the state It is interesting to note that the government motor transport corps advancing toward Wyoming on its transcontinental tour is equipped 60 per cent with Firestone tires, In retiring at Omaha 14 new Firestones weret used and at Cheyenne on Aug- ust 6 eight more will be needed. The use -of dog flesh as a staple ay- ticle of food has obtained in Bagio, in the istind of Luzon, from a very remote period. From time to time ‘progressive traders have tried to in- now troduce other kinds of meat, but in 1in. The dogs are prepared for the e in‘’a variety of ways, but are sver Boiled. For in Bagio the boil- ing of meat to be used for food is considered either irreligious or un- lucky a Read the Tripune ads. PPP DML LD LIL LS LIL DS LP LP EI I PS PS OM. 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