Saturday, May 23, 1925.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Pape Nine
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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
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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.