La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, September 24, 1925, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextTHE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Page Nine Highway and Auto Dope far4 Saturday, September 19, 1925. Traf fir And Tourist News FORD MAY QUIT ACTIVE LABOR Auto Manufacturer, Be ing Asked If He Will Mever Can Tell." Highly Intelligent Autoists Are Most Careless, Data Shows NEW YOHK (By the Associ ated Press.) Persons of high in telligence are more dunfrerous as automobile drivers' than per sons . of lower Intel ligencu, Ii. W. V. Btminirham of this city, director of the personnel research federation, ?atd before the na- T?orirn Ancwm-c "Ynn I "onal conferenA on the science Ketlie, Answers, IOU '...,. Absent mindedness was attributed by Doctor Blm ingham os the main reason why Intelligent persons cause more accidents. "Data gathered over a period of years," he said, "shows a greater - proportion of accidents among professional men, doctors, lawyers and business men than among delivery boys, truck men, taxi drivers and laborers." The conference round tnblo group on politics and psychol ogy Indorsed the proposal to urKe municipal authorities to establish bureaus in connection with traf fic courts where drivers repeat edly involved In accidents or charged with reckless driving could be referred for medical and psychological examination. DETROIT, Mich. (NEA Service) Henry Ford -may administer a knockout blow to the confidence of his Ford Motor company busi ness associates some of these days. Ford may retire. nYou never can tell," says Ford. "Henry Ford retire? Never!" ray the men whose names top the Ford company's payroll. Edsel Ford Is president of the Ford Motor company now. .Itellev ed of many responsibilities, Henry Vord gives time , and thought to such semi-phllanthrophy as the re vival of old-time dances. . Will he desist ultogother, in his later years, from direction of the Ford Industrial affairs? . ' -, "You never can tell," Fofd smiles. "But do you expect to retire?" "If I expected to retire, then I could tell. I don't expect to, but you never can tell." Talks on Reincarnation, No retirement by 'Henry Ford, however even the final one will bt? for all time, Ford holds. He is a believer In reincarnation. "You believe that Henry Ford will return to eurth. reincarnated, after death?" ho is asked. Ford guzes out a window, and drums his fingers on a table top. "Well, nothing Is ever destroyed, is it ?" he responds. "Do you believe In a Deity?" "The trouble about discussing Two Million Dollars is the Nation s Traffic Loss Ten Capita Loss of $20 in Year Is Caused by Lack of 1'iopeily Developed Ti attic Facilities uitd Control, Committee Says. ! Automobiles Kill Two j Every Hour in America, Death Statistics Show WASHINGTON (Speciul). Two sUue un.vuisillus and otnor In-1 billion uoliuis $2ii a year for t vtst, gallons. It wus pointed out i each muu, woman and ciiild ui Unui in me case of toousluus the L'n.ted Stales .a the price una oilier necessities, sucn uu-j which the country pays in lousiiuys nave a uucci euecc uii tuu I of life, accidents, loss of time prices w.uun mudt be paid by tuu througu congestion, depreciated I consume.. real estate values, and in many As an instance of time lost at other ways for tne lack of prop- 'gr,e ciwtfu.ait, inu committee erly developed traffic facilities! was f irn.snea with reports from and their control, 'liiis estimate-, a number oi c.i.s. count in which is four times the wua.u iou.sv.i.e,. lv., UiiuweU l.iul Bu, cuused by lire lobs, s annually, iS0Jj vei.ieies iudl m.nuu-s bused oa data euti.ered by the' m-Wiy tt uuya uuuy, und tout tho coinmitLee on metropolitan laclli- tapimuaed tuiuu ot uine lost to ties of the national conference unigvluer with t street and highway safety. Ttie finul report of the committee will be presented to Secretary of Com merce Hoover for transmittal to tho second national conference on ! it pur cent, of tuu lime. street and highway Bufety, whiun 1 me uutomubue ruevS at CLEVELAND (Uy the Associ ated Press.) America's death rate duo to automobile accidents leads the world, being 14-8 fa talities for every 100.000 popu lation against 6.2 In England and Wales, 4-3 in Scotland, 4.6 In New Zealand and 3-6 In Canada dur ing 1123, Figures for 1924 show that for 168 American cities the automobile accident death rate, causing not less than 17,400 deaths in automobile accidents, not counting accidents which in volved railroad trains, or street cars, and automobiles. The toll of human life taken by motor vehicles last year In this country wns at the rate of more than two for 'every hour in the day. These statistics have been compiled by the National Eafety cost oi gate ten-' Council for consideration at the titiis and wiucuinun was neauy f.OUU.uoO. Al a singiu iiitUi sec Lion in Cook county, iuuiois, a re-: port snowed, tuu gaUs were down iJuiing LfUUrui, Fourteenth Annual Congress which will open here on Monday, Sept. 28. . , Fortnight's Delay in Production Is Costly will bfe called by the secretary ' Mil, 1 tills winter. - The committee' on statistics In its report to tiie 1H24 conference slated that the money loss d ie to the 22.0U0 fatal and t78,ouO non-fatal street and highway ac cidents in 10 25 amounted to no less tnan $60U,000,OUU. This co.n- m.ttee Is now at work preparing PRICE DROP IN GAS EXPLAINED DETROIT (AD The Detroit Free Press says, that an effort of ts report for the 1926 conference employes at the Ford Motor com-'am it has been stated that tho pany to improve upon methods of estimated money loss due to ac-i0u8' Henry Ford caused a delay of twoidents in 1924 will greatly weeks In the product of the new cecti the record for 1923. model automoblUH of he com-1 ijOSS n small I'orUon pany. ine siory says imu nenry Ford previously Insisted that ull parts be worked out In wood be fnrp helnc mnile Into metufl! to Insure Dorfect fitting. tho aL'tutU economic loss uue tOjWliciij wJien complcieu, will save According to tho committee, however, tiie loss due to acci dents is only a small portion of the Inadequacy of streets and truiiic wus ul a standstill ior a uisiuucti of two -mites be I cauHu of io .voted gutes at Uie Hy- ullav iliu gi auu tit ossuitf. Louid wlie, tue committee wus info, mud i.as volud a uugu bona issje tor gruue crossing uuiniiiauou. as a 1 u. iner uibluneo of cost to commun.lieu, repot is were re ceiveu as to tuo savings possible tiuougii traffic poi.ee Signal sys tems and otuer reguiutiun inula- rom cnicugo it was re ported that a trance control sig nal system In tuu L.oup district uitgiil buvu 17, out) und luueve naif of tne 1 1 u poiicumcu now UU.UUUU uiu u, D,.auBc. . ,.eUuction in gu8on0 11 nua iciJUiiiTU, id uioluiiiiih u truffle control s.gnul system ' DRIVING PERILS YOUTH Local Traffic Men Urge lhat ' especial tare be Taken When Motor ists Fass Schoolhouses. inis lime accoramB 10 inq siory, highways to uccommodale auto several Ford employes, without mni,ii irnrrin. Djitu imthHi-oil it consultlnB anyone, decided toja ttrgl) nuI,lb,,,. ot ctL.8 indlcuto inuoe iiiuiKa -- worK direst from HID DIUO prims, ..i,,,.,., ,i,i ,i,.flil nw,n..v knows Just what lie Is talking nnd for . thl. ml8on It was Impos-1, ' , u,i ,i n.r . sime to m logomor nmenmes faQt0rs can be calculated with shipped to Kord assembling plants ,on, or iess accuracy. . throughout the country. Kor cxumplei Uetlliied trarric I Officials of tho Ford company, it i tallies In Worcester, Muss., in.ll !ls stated, refuse to comment onicutod tilnt icongestlon was cost.ng A friend of Ford, ho Is reminded. ' Bn article In tho wall birwi . tue cty m.000 u duy. '1'he priee quotes him as saying, "Our Job is Journul asserting that the two j mid by Cincinnati for similar o moke work for moro people at, ncuno , conuiiions was esiimaieu ui ,iuu,. tu.uuu.uuu. xl waa ueuieu I nut a day. about.' At 62. with the Ford fortune measurable only in ten figures, Henry Ford's chief ambition for the Ford Motor company Is 'To keep It going. better wages. "It's tho snme thing." soys Ford, "llo you get moro personal satis faction out of mnklng more Jobs for people, or making more auto mobiles for thcmi?'' ho is asked, "It's all tho same," 1b Ford's compnny plants by a rival motor in the loon district of there had been any wholesale dls- . Chicago it Is estimated that the missal of employes as a result of ' parking of cars costs the coni the error and also that the error ' munlty J2D0, 000 a do,y, w hllo the had resulted from tliu activity of os8 rrom congestion 1 the region puill ineciuiiiieH piauuu ill me I'uiu including NOW lorK uuy IS lixeu j company. rv t t t t t f y f t t t t t -? f : We Have Installed A Beeler Auto Axle Gauge This machine eliminates guess-work in straight ening axles. You can now have, perfect wheel alignment as specified by the manufacturer. This is especially important to owners of cais witn four-wheel brakes. Save Your Tires and Bearings! La Grande Irons Works T t t f t f T t t T Y at approximately $l,0UO.0OO a day. In Philadelphia, the delays In the operation of a fleet-of S(i3 taxi cabs due to congestion amo'inlod to, 9.5 per cent of the working timo of the taxlcabs about -$2.60 per day per vehicle. Detailed Similes Made. Detailed studies tn Worcester, Mass., show that truffle diverted f I from the most direct course by f public parks is paying In increas Jled cost more than enough to pra J vide for the construction and tnulntenanco of new. , roadways through the park and without uetnmeniui eueci upuu iin-in. ,jh nnother report It was shown tint the Increased tuxution from NEW YOUK '(Special) Assert ing that there is no industry in this country so keenly competitive ,as thnt of the petroleum, the Standard Oil company of Now Jersey, in the current issue of itt monthly publication, "The Lump,' explains the reason for the recent prices. In l'J'l'i nnd when three . new fields in the Los An geles basin were flooding Ca.l- from many cities in !r , ' re is were shipped through the U'anuma cunal and refined at At lantic ports. During the sumo I period, the stocks of gasoline and iilrin nil In fulifnemn Inneunanil . Olner lactors In delays, accord- (from S(0o0(000 barrels to more lug to reports leceived by the ; thun 2u.l00tU00, but. It was until coinin.ttee are wrong turns, poor , ecenlly tlmt recoipt of this com modity at Atlantic ports were in suff.cient quantities directly to in fluence the eastern markets. I "The carrying charge of gaso line is heavy in evaporation and loss of Interest on money Invent ing received u.uci purls oi tuu country icgard- iug tiie installation oi sucu con trol systems and will be pneor porutuu in the final report of tnoj committee, With the reopening of schools, a vigilant wutch wul be uiatniumod by trattlc o Ulcers of La Urai.de and by the state traffic men to see that motorists exercise tho utmost care in driving along the highways, streets and byways which uru filled morning, night and . noun -with children trudging to and from the La Orunde schools. , "It Is an obligation upon every motorist to exercise the utmost care and diligence in driving, to look out for these children as they are on their way to and from school," Ofiicer C. P. Hoibrook says. : 'Kxlreine carb shouid also bo exercised in the vtcmuy of every school so that the special tpcod limits will not be .excelled nor chil dren endungured in crossing the streets. Before school takes up, after classes end and during recess .tours a congested condition Is al wajs in effect near the schools that makes It Incumbent upon each mutorUt to exercise the utmost care n driving by." Mr. Hoibrook informs the Even ng Observer that traffic rules in elation to streets adjacent to jchools. will be strictly eulorced. The speed limit is 12 miles an hour ind oars are not allowed to park m the aide of the street adjacent o the front of the school house. Besides the local truffle squad, the jovural other organizations. Includ ing the Oregon State Motor associa tion, are broadcasting warnings throughout the state making for a thorough realisation nnd ap preciation of the dangers exist. ng under the congested .conditions re sulting from the re-opening of schools. Again! The Wise Old Owl Says: Take Your Battery to Fred THE BATTERY MAN RECHARGING 8-Hour Service Fred T. Burgess 1308 Jefferson Exide Batteries SERVICE Whuro.can you got it, at Gibbons Service Station When it ruins or blows try our Inside service department, ltemembur Veltex Is the best. Auto Paints and Accessories, streul nuiite Signs, ana badty ' marked und niainluiiieU detours. 1 As un Instance, tne abolition ot all turns m Wuouwuid aveiue n tiie downtown section of Detroit, Mich., J.un mater. ally reduced uc-j ciuents und expeuitcd tiutf.c. In Newurk, U. j., but ore the aboli tion of tne lelt-nund turn at Mar ket und 11 road . streets, 10 per cent of vehicles limiting the luft liund turn cuusud 40 per cunt of Tlio c-ffWt of Improved Btn!ol tock. especially jilnce the long ... t inn , , , ,, vAit;uw;u rcuuuuuii' 111 uuiuv ui USED CARS DODGE TOURING A Snap I 1924 FORD TOURING 1U23 STAR TOURING Jennings & Shumate liuick Sales and Service cd In stocks and tanks must bo taken into consideration," tho pub lication slates. "Evidently Cali fornia refiners became tired of the burden and decided that this was the time to reduco gaBoltne nnd hignway facilities on re til es tate values according to Intorma tion received by the committee, wus shown to be .most Important, in this connection tho authoriza tion of the bnt iU)' of Memorial bridge across the i'otomac rlvir at Washington, together with plans fur highway improvement in surrounding Virginia territory, has enhanced real estate values ranging up to 100 per rnt and' more. in udditlon to make a study of the cost of inadequate truffic fu- hanced real estate values and the I cilltii-s the committee on metro traffic operation benefits, would Pulilun turtle faculties will du- ln five venrs for the com- veiop upecuic unu piueucai pay xpected reduction in output California crude has failed to ma terialize and deeper sands end fears of over production for months to come. They recognized that even now at the peak of consumption they wore currently refining from crude and produc ing from absorption und casing head something over 2 0,6 00 bar rels dully of gasoline In excess of the requirements on the Pa cific coast. ' , . California Shipment Heavy "Since January 1, more than 7,000,000 barrels of California gas oline have been shipped Into the eastern market Und present re plete cost of an improvement In ! selicmea to meet present existing Ceipls arc close to 2,000,000 bar- Newark, N. J., which would pro vide a cut-off in the congested area. 1'obr pavements, unsulted to the volume of traTflc,- the failure lo reduce .grades where, economically possible, and extra distances which must be traveled, have In creased operating and mainte nance costs on vehicles up to -1 cents a mile or more, the com mittee claims. These figures are bused on researches by highway departments, federal agencies. Public Confidence Is The True Test Of Merit AVc have by close study and careful buying gained public confidence. This we intend keeping by continuing to keep our products up to the highest standard. mm, Vcltcx sales of oil in 1922 were less than 75 barrels, or 3730 gallons. 1925 sales will reach 500 barrels by close of year, or 25,000 gallons. Do you use it in your car? Your neighbor does. Try' it. We invite comparison. At Any Good Dealer FLETCHER OIL COMPANY The First Independent Oil Company In Oregon. conditions. In Its final report 10 the national conference on street und highway safety it will form ulate general principles as a guide tor a truriic program. It will also undertake to outline the vu- ious plans und expedients which ids a month "Still, the large quantity of this gasoline luid down at the Atlantic seaboard d aring I it 25 might not of itself have seriously disturbed the eastern prices of eastern rc- fln.n nn.l f.Ktnflntlv lliono In tlw ihi iMutiu uMim, ... imidronttnent If they hud not piobiuin- j themselves for a volume a I accident reduction in different cities. MAGNETO LIGHTS ALLOWED ON CARS, of business based on published statistics Indicating a gain of 28. 5 per cent In domestic gasoline con sumption for tho first quarter of this year over the same period lifVn? AWVlVlV ' C OI , nowevcr, inai was uone 1U.LjK AooliKlO ami the Increase In consumption had not been maintained at this in uirii 1 11 now n pprnrs mat rei inei n in iiiiii have h'nt running In the neigh (By the order to 8ALKM. On ated l'ress.) temporary relief i motor vehicles of di-rive light from the magneto type of generator. Wain A, Kow-r, sec retary of state, announces that by equipping the automobile with a dim in nig s It eh and the approv ed bull is, Iens-s and n-ih'cto.s the machines may be op' ruled wit h-1 out change or lighting equipment. Should the poliey be ubus d und the owners do not gent rul.y com ply with the regiilut.is.iH. the order will be rescinded, he declared. class which ,0,ll,d of 200.000 barrels a day 100 mucn crime. nam oi ine Itorkles they are taking It out of field and pipeline storage and either piling it up at their plums in I he form of finished pi od iris or bubinciiiR purchases with su and not reducing stocks. A d rllne In the selling prlee for gaso line naturally resultffl and hIiii ply another example of the op"i Htion nf the law of supply an! deinund riiiHi of the llrt'akfr Stt ip. Itiiuker snips ure put intoli.-s for three reasons. The fhst is ru stup bru.stng by bringing more of the tire into action. This sttip is put In on the bias, so tlmt WILL CONSTRUCT PENDLETON TO 1IEPPNER ROAD Its threads come Into play In case of ui lock or bruise and the blow Is disttibuted over a larger un'-i. Secondly, tin' breik-r in to nn.nl the sbt'ui Ing action which tuk s pluce between the tread and tar- cuss, whrn the tiie flexs In cu ,1 PKMH.KTON. Ore. (Special. lf-ppnor and I'cndleton w ill be i-onnerled by a macuilam hijfhuay in the near future. This was assured when (lie people of Morrow county author- titct with the road. This stress' ix d the Issuance of ;.f..niMi bonds Uik s place at I hi shoulder of for road building purposes In the tin nnd r'-pr-M nts toe sum sp'-ciul rlc tion held there tins total of the r forts of the treu I' m-f-k. and curctiw! to S' :rat-. Thi-v; One of tin flist plett-s of rol rf forts arc multiplied each ttni"1 coi-st ruction xp cted to be do lit any part of the dead comes Into under the proirram of work made contact with the road, causing (Missible by the passing of the bond that part of the tin? to flex. The; issue 1l be the ViiiHon-lena gup third p-trposo of thr breaker trijof th Oregon-Washington high Is to stoi ruts. The plies of thej way, which will link ren-tt-ton (Ire nre un-b r nvvi trnwlon h-n'aud H inner iiion- closely togethT the tire Is lnfi:it"d, whereas th.- Q u,e sal isfaetiou ot the mo- bnnkcr strip is comparatively , torist. slack. cnnt-qiien!ty this elntlcj , , , . cushion will cause a slarp point to rebound snm" hat. preventing Prune- nnd fjerumny hnp th obi'-ct fiom goln as dtpiy agreed shout something. We don't mi II nfhfrnlj u nil lit f fnrtl i n j- !. k IIO W Whut. Illlt W hell llli-V UVi'-e ' jproltcticn to th-s carca. jon anythiujr, it's news. BEAUTY COMFORT CONVENIENCE UTILITY . ' , , . i . , 192,368 Orders Already Received The increased popularity of the im proved Ford cars has already become an established fact. TOURING CAR. $290 FOB DETROIT RUNABOUT . $260 COUPE ... 520 Tudor sedan . 580 for dor sp.dan 6c0 DemtHintablf Rimi and Sun,. Eitrt or. Own Ctttta Car f Ctur "Sec the complete bIiow itipr of the Improved I'oid Cars at the Oregon StuU: r.iir, Sale m, Septomlx-r 28th to October 3rd." Since the announcement of these cars, 192,360 orders have been placed with Authorized Ford Dealers a .o sales record that is vithout precedent. See the improved cars at your near est Authorized Ford Dealer's. Place your order now to insure preferred position on the dealer's delivery list. Enjoy the new beauty and increased riding comfort of a Ford car mis Fall and Winter. skh Tin: (LurKovKD) TorniNc; today Perkins Motor Co. Fourth and Adann. I'lIONE M-500 NO INCREASE IN PRICES Gi. ' If' my 3 mm '. : f.