La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 23, 1925, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextSaturday, May 23, 1925. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Pape Nine 4 II r NEW HEADLIGHT II EXPLAINED Frank A. Pirn, Illuminat ing Engineer, Tells of , Provisions of Oregon Legislation. (Iljr I-Vniik A. rini) IlluiiiluuliiiK ICiisinevr Tho Onisoit lieutlttKht law was niuctod for tlio put-pone of cri-nl iB aufi-ty on tho hlKhwiiy.s. There has b'-n no much cur-.i'S.snris on tin? jmrt o( the motorists in the cart of their hi'Uilli,"ht. tflul it was ncc-t-.ssary to nrrtinK1' a procedure re quiring twrvlce Btatiou una uni form fontptiipnt whereby people coulil have heailllKlits adjusted and olitain belter illumination, and at the name time dispose of the deadly Blare. 1 &&L I f "753 New Low Prices On Storage Batteries G-YOLT used in 80 of all cars Fords in cluded 513.45 12 - VOLT for Dodg-i and Franklin $23.50 Auto Electric Service Station 1315 Adams Ave, The 8-polnt tent law in not n new UeadllKlit law. but la ono that hast been thorouKhly tried out. TIub law iiaa been in operation in sev eral eastern states and haa oper ated very suecea-jfully. It includes the latest specifica tions which have been developed In the automobile UglititiK resettles, which began witii tho first auto mobiles, which were equipped with coal oil lights. The lighllnfr law has been in Its evolution during this period, which has been caused by the advancement or science in per fecting liie motor vehicle When machines were first in Vented tiny traveled slowly upon the highways, not In excess of 10 or 12 miles an hour. It was not necessary for them 'to have high intensities of light at any Eieat dis tances in front of the car, but each Improvement ill the automobile brought on more speed and with the greater speed the demand for driving light n front of the car became more Insistent. The fast er the car travels on the highway the greater must be the length of projection, und .the dissemination of this problem developed the pres ent perfected Intensity positions known as the S-point test. The Oregon lighting law is tin tame law -that hus been adopted in 22 other states und Is approved by the department of commerce. Ore gon has established a precedent in that the devices that will be used to produce the desired effect of Il lumination will he approved for the state by the lturrnu of Stand ards at Washington. 1). I . 'Ibis won arranged by .Secretary of State Kozer ut the time the law waa'tn the legislature, and it has the ad vantage of insuring full prolec- ' Ltlon lo tin" motorist as the govcrn F ... . . .i ,.rr(ll. mem is iicmini me u.mo ly recognized us coming within tin state law. All headlight stations will be un- tder the supervision of tiie depart ment or stale, unu win lie iiiijm-.i-ed ut frequent Intervals by Iho of ficers of the traffic division. Sec retary of State Kozer. with his usual thoroughness, has worked Out the detailed procedure for the en forcement of the law which com pletely protects tin' motorists as well as the headlight adjuster and Insures correct adjustments at rea sonable prices. Any person officially recognized to adjust headlights will be re quired to puss a state elimination and will be given authority to ope rate a headlight station. After making an adjustment the adjust ers are required to Irauo an official lighting receipt, giving the date of the adjustment and the amount charged for the work, a duplicate of this receipt lulng filed .with the secretary of state. This receipt will lie accepted by officers ub prima facia evidence that Ihe motorist, has at the lime and place cliumer- Portland Having Trouble . With Traffic Problems One-Way Streets, Traffic Signs and Other Uegula--tions Really ScrvJe to Add to Difficulties, , Evening Observer Writer Declares. Has Your Car Four Wheel Brakes? Forced Feed Lubrica tion? The Star Has Can Your Car Do 50 Miles an Hour? Climb Steep Hills on High? The Star Can See It Drive It Compare It Before You Buy P. Morelock Roesch Lldg, on Adams Ave. - lty f. a. h.) rOKTLANI. Ore. (Special to' Ihe ObsrrviT) Portland, In com mon with Mlur iKfffu centi'ra ot" imputation, is cxperh-ncinK prciU difficulties with tlio parkins and traffic problems. Almost daily the volume of truffle grows lamer ond tho cars ure more difficult for tho traffic officials to handle. A pos ter advertising Kord curs. conKpic uoimly displayed on many of the. billboards in this vicinity explains, "7,000 more since yesterday. " At th present time Portland is so cub up with one way streets, traffic slsns und other street regu lations that It l etniost impossible fur the sfranRi-r unfamiliar -.th the streets to drive about the city with any d Kreo ot satisfaction. Arrows painted on the pavement at every intersection nre intended to show the driver which way to go but instead add to the general con fusion and make driving about the streets of the city , childish panic of follow the arrow rather than the pleasure It should be. The creation . of the one way streets, advocated for some time u a 'sura euro for the traffic conges tion has not resulted in the bene fits at first expected and these one 1 rives- tpArentiy add to Iho con fusion rather than detract from It, In the niffinUmo Iho Portland officials ur npaln rucking their i minds for some way of solving the. problem which dally grows to big-! gcr dimensions and Ihe flood ot ears gaily passes to nnd fro in a never ending stream. Disguising and rebuilding l'ord cars still remains n popular pns time. On the si reels hero one sei'H nightmares of the body builder's art which not even Henry i-'ord would be able to recognize. Those revamped Korda, include types alt tho way from tho little bug which some wit has labeled, "true love", because it never runs straight to Iho expensive enclosed Job. tmt body shop here Is doing :tn overtime business In rebuilding the side of tho big bag and tho no vel mot hod of advertising has brought gratifying results in larg er tire stiiea, According to the en terprising salciminu oT the concern. Again speaking of balloon tires. Although tho lower pressure tires are undoubtedly hero to Ktay tho cars equipped with, them are still in the minority and the discussion as to whether they are the big im provement claimed by the manu facturers is still under way. Although in most enst-a tires of standard makes are giving big mi leage tho tendency of the balloon tire to puncture easily is undoubt-j cdly a big disadvantage. This j coupled with tho grr-nler care no- cessnry to keep the tires Inflated! ut the proper pressure has preju diced some driver and aoino deal ers against y in. To orfset those disadvantages the! added riding comfort of Iho bal-! loons Is unquestioned and will un doubtedly result in almost general adoption within a short time, The system of h-uniting repairs in some of these larger garages is almost a revelation to ono accus tomed to tho work often encoun tered tn the smaller riths. CM' course the volume of work being so much greaier has neooKsHnled the creation of the most efficient methods of handling. The car is run oti the main floor of iho gumgo where n floor man makes a, preliminary examination ami after a diagnosis of tho case proscribes a cure. Jle, lhcn makes out a regukir blank giving the trouble with tho car, the time it Is wanted and Identifying the machine. The ovvjI't signs Ibis blank ami thus automatically ac cents tho repair job subject ot course to its satisfactory com tion. He is given tt numbered claim check with which to recov er his car after tho work Is flnish- od. Tho car is then taken up to tin main repair floor by un elevator HIGHWAY SIGNS TO HE LOWERED ON OREGON TRAIL Tn order to conform with the now automobile lighting law pyss h! t the last session of the Wate legislature tho existing signs along the highways am beinu; lowered so aa to bo seen t night. I. I. itam-y will have charge of the work from Hakor cast to Ontario In Malheur' nnd Hnrney counties, W, H, tilew art will have charge in t'tvmtilln and Morrow counties und Frank Hurt will have charge of tho work in I'nlon and Wallowa counties. In addition to lowering tho signs already in place now signs are be ing placed along tho hlghwuy where needed. H is the plan of tho state highway commission to have a sign system along tho Oregon highways second to none. Highway offirals also nnnonnco that tho bighway between here and Portland is In excellent rendition. The section of the road the other side of Pendleton, which was re cently oiled Is now dry und good as ii paved road. The approaches to Urn t'mattila, bridge re now com- ACCIDENTS li UPRIL m Figures Prepared at Sal em Show that 10(57 of Total of 1936- Crashes Due to Carelessness. pi etc and the SALEM. Ore. fSpeclnl to tho Ob server) .According to facte set -out in a report prepared by the state traffic department hero, there wore I ! a B motor vehicle accidents in Oregon during April, of which HHS8 were l Portland. Pour persons were killed while 242 wore injured, Ihe reports how. Carelessness on th part &t the drivers was responsible for 1061 of the accidents, In iS the drivers were Intoxicated. Failure to Jve proper signals resulted in ii ac cidents, while 366 wots due to fail ure to give right of way. The re nor t shows a total of J 68 bridge Is open t o J wrrt-Nt otitlU Portland for ttfftc truffle. With this section open there is no detour existing on the entire highwuy between hero and Portland. Fords und specializes on a coupe j man who has no olher duty. The design which la proving very popu lar. The top of the .regular coupe is cut off several Inches and retlnish ed. Umart oval windows ore sub stituted for tho regular square ones and a very rakish effect is obtain-, cd at a comparatively low cost. A tire dealer ut The Dalles lias found a very effective wy to ad vertise balloon tires. I'stng true logic hu arrived at the conclusion that the best way to advertise bal loon tires was by a real balloon. and presto, a genuine balloon was prescription blank is sent up with the cur by tho first floor man In the repair department a man (s assigned to the job by the shop foreman nd this ono mechnnic stays with the same car until 11 Is eompleled. Any parts placed in the machine by the mechanic are obtained from the parts clerk who presides over the purls department und charges each on an Itemized bill. When the car is completed Ilie bill nnd tho original order is shot down to tho main office by a tube. Tho owner of the car then settles obtained nnd now floats in the with the business otrice for the broexo ubove his station during bu-jwork done, presents his claim slness hours. (check to the floor man and drives The make of tirea is painted on his car away. ated on the face thereof, compliod ! with the requirements of the light ing law Mfitorisis must remem ber that upon them is the liability for wrongly adjusted houdllghts, and that even though they have had them adjusted, recently, that t hey must observo occasionally whether the beams arc in correct focus, which can readily be done by placing a Hue on the garage wall or door the same height as the center of the headlights from the Uoor, observing whether or not the main intensities ar below this line as required. All devices that will be approved for the control of the beams as required by the Oregon law must be of a type and make specified by the rulings of the secretary of state and set forth in a list which will be distributed as soon as the govern ment tests ure received. At tills time there have been no devices approved for use, and it might be well for motorists nnd others to proceed cautiously In the purchas ing of. their devices nnlll such a lime as the approved list Is ready for publication. The. 8-point test, us the law drults Jt, is rather complicated, in fact too much ko for the uvvrug motoritit or layman to comprehend. These technical phrases und points as they are called, ure drafted into the law for the. purpose of requir ing the various device manufac turers, making and selling d'ices. lo so design them that they inn-'t meet all of the intensity reuire-nu-iitH ut the li positions in front of the car iis specified in the law, and In addition puss a prucUhiUty and durability test sufficiently draslic that when a pair of devices arc sold and placed upon a car it wilt be of a type that it will re main thw aa long at; the car ope rates upon the highway. This law becomes operative af ter May 23th and after WeplemlM-r I it eluM be unlawful for unyom? lo .sell op offer for sale uny motor ve hicle not equipped und adjusted its specified by the secretary of t;tt' Motorists bae until that time to make the adjustments p-qnired by law. HeudJlgbtB will not have to be dimmed when purging another f-hh-le on the highway in dry weath'T. but owing lo the -o:idi-lions of retlction that are etd-n upon the surface of the highway when It is wet, it was deemed ud- visible lo requtri- the dimming of headngms on we paventenis. Motorists should remember that the Oregon lighting luw specifies a minim urn caotllepower well uj a maximum Intensity for a dim light. These values were placed ut 4 can dle power minimum and VI candle power maximum. U would there fore be illegal to use a lamp bulb in the dimmer sockets at excess of 1 2 candlepower. Jt Is illegal to use ajiy candle power or lamp bulb higher than 21 candlepower. The bas(. of adjustment for the S point test is a theoretical line. called the line of parallelism, or the lino of hnrizonlni, and is a line ex tending forward from the center of the headlights ut the same height from the ground s are ihe centers of the headlights. All devices op erating umb r the approval of the S-point est SO deflect th" light rays that the beam projections are below this fine of horizontal. In other words, lite light is converted by the approved ib-vlce in anclt k manner that the intensifies ar be low the it-vel of the headlamps and above this line are no modilu-d that they will not obscure the vision of the approaehitig drivers. practically all new cuih sold dur ing the la.st Iv.-o veur.i Jiuve been equipped at the factory with e vires which mM these Mperifieu tlons, and it will be only necessary for the owner. of the-si. r;irs to have the required adjustments made. It will V' llb'g.il for a person lo have a spotlight or foglight on the right hand side of the nr. Tii-;e lights should be placed on the b ft baud side, not les.s than k inehes to the !!! of the renter f ihe cur, and are f be an aftiiehd thst they cannot be movt-d without 1 tie use of meehaniejii tools. The begins from spniJiKhts and fogligh's mt b. directed to tb" right hand idd of tip- rond not farther tbfin IT, few nhe;id and no portion of tin; beam o l'ft "f 'h1, a Ms of the vehicle. The beam from a i;pot liKitt or foglight must be so ad justed that when shining on a Mr'en 2i f'''1 da from ihe v--MHe it will !' no largT than 4" ihebe.s in dlam't'i LABORATORIES I FACTORIES Most people think of an automo bile Victory as a place, for nuimt i'acturlng and assembling mochan leal units. Hut lew real lee 'the ex tensive chondral and metallurgical laboratories which the modern fac tory maintains. This should be of special interest to automobile buy ers, for it is in tho laboratory that science in oil it a branches is brought into play to safeguard the natality of the car. "Thousands of dol.-:irs. which we spend for our laboratory equipment are really spent lo assure t'hrysler owners years of care free enjoy ment and profit from their cars," says W. Ledyard Mitel) oil, vice president In chargo of manufac turing of tho Chrysler Motor Cor poration. "We maintain a staff of trained chemists and metallurgists w ho keep a constant check on every piece of raw materia! purchased lor tho fabrication of Chrysler part n. "You can group some Idea of Iho vigilance with which wo guard Chyrsler quality (rem a few ex amples. - ' Wo have machines for testing. Iho hardness and tho tensile -strength of steel, and the depth to which a part lias been case-hard- cited. "Parts such as the propeller and rear uxiu shaft are subject to u constant twist or 'torque' In ser vice, therefore we have special and costly machines in which they ore subjected to far greater strains than is possible in actual operation. "Wo have ultra,-violet ray equip ment to test the dye in the uphol stery material, and Instruments which test its strength both with itd against the warp. Wo mftko a 'pocket of top materiul and allow water to stand in it for a long pe riod of tim to test its waterproof quality. "Thesu are just a few examples and thero arc hundreds of other testa just as exacting und impor tant to the owner. "It Is this extreme rare which we exerciwi'ln our choice of ma teriul together wi1h the thousands of Inspections which tho Chrysler receiver during Its course of. manu facture that has helped the Chrys ler attain the supremacy U enjoys. violations. Firm imposed nggregat ed $;sri&.!)5 while delinquent fees collected totalled 36U2&, Auto mobiles having a resale vaiu of were recovered by the state officers. BUILDS 2713 CARS IN APR IL Car shipments for ibo month of April, Including the Toledo and Canadian planta, totalling 27,ti4'4 Overland nmi Willys-Knight nuto moblles were reported by President John N. Willys at the annual meet ing of the stockholders of tho Wil-iys-Overland Company during the pusl week. Kom intrrBting figures of iht parts and materials necessary in the achievement of this new pro duction peak were also presented. imring tho month of April, $.125 tons of iron nnd 7f0 tons of alumi num weer incited in foundry pro cesses tHHt in the egotist ruction of Wttlys-Ovorinnd cars, an avernge of 325 tuns of Iron and 30 tons of aluminum dally. Moto than 4,S9,efl board feet of lumber wore, used in tho Toledo plant during the month of April In National Flgre According to statistic issued by the Chicago safety council, over IJMHMi dead nnd 46,iMn injured lay in the wake of automobiles as ttvey sped over tho highways ot tho na tion llf Of tho 19,000 dead, 57 were children. !urig the world war th totni number of Americans killed and ' wounded was only 276,04 8, This I is a little over half of the total : casualties caused by automobiles j in a single year. As the sun went down each day during 1924 . re- ! corded an average of 42 killed and s Ust injured. , j Them. fiRures." made known by Hie Chicago safely, council, are ac-j companled with an urge that -every citizen in America take precaution against Ihe continuance of such a high rate of casualties. Most espe cially cornea an urge that every prauiion be taken to Tednce acci dents at giado crossings. Nearly ! .so per cent of the total number, killed were victims of grade cross tug accidents. "The reduction of accident fro- ; queney is not due to chsnc,' thfi safety council advises. 4it will be ',' reduced only by the organized ef- fort of many interests. For inany years insurance companies, corper- aiioft.fi, railroad companies und pub-i lie offices havo been spending money liberally to educalo Ameri- can people In safe driving. Tit r- i suits havo ireen vatunbte, out it will take tu organised effort of tvery state, city nnd town to bring the total number of casualties to a reasonable iiumber," The figures for 1924. however, show a considerable decrease In the percentage Qf accidents for J 1924 per li-'OO vara i operation, This has bees d(ts largely, th if- j ty council thinks, to the Inst all a- ) tion of traffic control equipment and underground or overhead I crossings at railway intrscf tons. tho construction and shipment of cars. A totai of 11AQQ tons of tlt or 4S3 tons a day, vbb used in the production of Ovorland and Willys-KnJght car. Mors than tight Hhowsamt in coming and outgoing freight cara and 1800 body truck loads wern handled throughout h month. Drtvf&wnys totaiiod 46f0, besides which 1464 cars, were shipped by boat, Th total iiumber of mpioye tt nit plants Is now 20,uu0. Tiio payroll for tlio month of April at the Toledo plant also reached Hs highest poini, totaliing $5,27S.4B, nn average of $100,000 every working day. The new Overland and "Willys- : Knight Sixes ore proving evea mare popular than van s-sttlcipat-1 d. In spite of 1he fact that ap proximately 400 Overland and Wil-Jys-Knjght sijE-cyliadr medela ars being produced daily, the factory has not yet tioen ahlo to fill tho demand. Whiles for tlio Overland Molel Si four-cyiindr tnodet havo likewise proved very sucscessful. Demand for closed corn on ihia medl have licen greatly increased de to thts popularity of tho low-priced All Steel Sedan ind tho now Standard Wrdant whicn h&a $utt bea aa TIRE KEPAIKS Nothing cio) STIIO.VO'S VVLCA&IZIXQ SHOP TtctrcAdliiff a Specialty i:too Jefferson Wpl 'I'.nt I 'ft, Hlow moving taxicabs are to be barred from certain thoroughfar es of hondou. There are many pu blic. vehiHea thre wi1h enrefut. drivers, or mechanliim so well worn that I hey can not heep pace with the. modern car. ' The "snail" taxis are all right for some of the old est London inhabitants, but they must keep out of the; way of lh fast, up to date cars or cIbc be. ar-rem.-d. LA GRANDE IRON WORKS MACHINE SHOP AN FOUKlRT AU Kinds of Machinery. Automobiles and Tractor Repaired Overhauled and ltebulU Aoctytone WHUing of All Kinds Cylinder fiortng and Oversize Ptstooa Orankslinfts, 1'lstona nnd Piston Pins Ilcground GIVB U3 A TAIAL D. FITZGERALD Prop "WE UUY AND SELL USED CARS tVmio la al look over tr hUkU. of V'ss4E Parks you will find what you need nl less tltaji half tlio pi-lco of a mw pat- OREGON TRAIL WRECKING HOUSE AiUujw Avenue WVAKX KOMI XG UK, Pcop- f"t the hand signni habit, roti rts you, loo. 11 !tlAO PA rilOI,.. 111 UT MeMlNNVIM.K. re. V. O. Until' M. ijOlorfcle offjeiT of the ntutf highway patrol. holder of world's tpetd r'i oriis. wms injured on a turn onto l s're. i, f 1 1 1 1 1. ri'y . while coming in (loin the south I lis In jttrh s (tieliid d a wnnHted ( kn nnd a f;! s nlp wound re riuirlrig more than y dnzn silichen. i lie was uitLvnscious lut Vi , min- The Nearest Service IS Ford Service Perkins Motor Co, 4th and' Adams THE NEW JEWETT SIX With Full Balloon Tires Hydraulic 4-Wheel Brakes FINE IN APPEARANCE BUT MORE THAN JUST APPEARANCE. TIIE MOTOR IS QUICK ON THE ACCELERATOR 'SMOOTH, WITII A BALANCE THAT PERSISTS EVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS ABOVE THE FIFTY MARK QUIET, TOO, WITH A SILENCE THAT ONLY A CHAIN FRONT END CAN GIVE. RIDE IN IT AND LEARN WHAT BETTER MOTORING JEWETT HAS BROUGHT TO YOU. Jcwctt Prices F. O. B. Detroit: Touring, $1205; Coach, $120; Coupe, $1310; 5-Pas,s. Special Sedan $1580; 5-Pass. DcLuxe Sedan, $1780. Tlic Chrysler Six has Riven the molorint; world something more than new results. H has Ix-cn in the hands ef 32,!)l owners for about a year, and a notable fact is that Chrys ler owners are m enthusiastic about their car as the men who created it. y sfiw The Tourlnj; Car $139! The Pkatton 1 4') The Roadiur . 1625 The Sedan ' 1B2S The Royal Coupe 1 189 The Brougham 1-65 The Imjitrlal . . 2065 The Crown-Imperial 2195 , t ..!. IK-iroH -A .'J fir f. it. Ortrnff lubUct to cwrrcftt wovrrnment I'oiir-eyliiider results that tan be found combined in no. other four 38 iuIJi-3 an hour, 5 to 2 miles in 8 scttrnds, nnd ." miles to a gallon of gas these facts explain the sujierior Maxwell value. Trices V. O. 11. Detroit: HieNew Good W W LULU Si-ilnil - . . Jl05 SpiJjim ... 114 Toui tilK Cnr - - . B05 'it ( Club Svilan 1015 Harris F. French Motor Co. 1113 Washington Ave.