THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Page Nine
Highway
and
Auto
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Saturday, September 19, 1925.
Traf fir
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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
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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!
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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