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Auto Section
VOLUME XXIV.
SECOND SECTION
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2fi, 1925.
TEN PAGES TODAY.
NUMBER 65
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Motoring News
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1 MILLIONS
Registration Money to Be
Greatly Increased in
Oregon Says Secretary
-Iozer.
SAI.IOM. Ore. (Special ) Durlmt
I hi! yi nr the pi'oplc ot Oiv-
. Bon will imy tuxes in llct'nso ft-cs
for tin operation of their automo
biles totaling nearly double the
state tax paid In Oregon on assess
able property, according to esti
mates ot Sam A. Kozor necretury of
state. i
Wliilo motor vehicle owners are
liuekiiiK up a little in their applica
tions for 1 1120 licuiiBcs, they uro still
nbout 3tinn behind I ho number at
the corresponding ditto a year ago,
nays, Mr. Kozer. Less than l,(ll0
applications liave been filed with
the slate department.
The fees received for 1020 li
censes up to December IK, aggre
gate $47.r, noli, while the fees re
ceived up to December 18, 11124,
lor l!!2fi licenses aggregate $57.1.
u(l," said Mr. Kozer. During the
entire year 1324 a total of 1!2,021I
motor vehicle licenses fcero issued.
So far during the, year 1825 there
lias been Issued a total of 210.U77
motor vehicle licenses
Tests Are Made To Weed
Oitt The Dangerous Driver
Dummy Car Scores Motorist's Fitness in 15 Minutes;
Unfits Succeeded in Killing More Than 20,000 '
. Americans in Past Year Move Necessary,
(Section of Baker and
Increase of SWIU.QOO.
The nKKriffatn fee for those
lirrnscH is $f,i;2,G.r:. The total iocs
received for ull the motor lleenm-s
issued in tho ywir ltuM were $4,
7GO,4fi:i. This means that the li
cense fees for l!HJfi will Ik sub
stantially iMt,0(i() moro than the
fees received during: the entire year
crease. durliiK the. year 1!2G, It is
reasonable to assume that more
than 2:tr,0t0 motor vehicle lieenaes
will be issued in Oregon and that
the aRKroKale res therefrom will
be well on to (l.oOO.OiiO.
"It is estimated, also, based on
receipts up lo November go, l!Hif,
that the tux on gasoline for the en
lire year will amount to 'moro
than $U.ff 0,000. For the entire
year i'J'Zi the gross receipts were
substantially $2.7S,317, and if the
Are you fit to drive a cur, or
do you take your own life and the
lives of others in your hands every
time you step on the starter?
There uro ilu.ouo.iMKi persons
driving curs in tho I'nlted Stales,
and 10 per cent of them, or a
couple of millions, says the Decem
ber " Popular Kclenco 'monthly,
haven't any more business to he
driving than a -rabbit has to pick
a quarrel with a pack of beagles.
Among them, these unfit drivers
succeeded In killing moro than .
20,000 Americans In the last year
and maiming nearly 500,000 more.
Their "bag" will be bigger iu the
coining years, because there will
be more cars in use,
If you've been driving for any
considerable time and' haven't had
im it eidi-nt vet. t Iih chanres nre
several to one that you' won't. HuH
if you're one -of the "unlucky"
drivers, always having close calls
and minor accidents, I here's an ex
cellent, chance that you'll have a
serious one some day.
How to reduce tire number of
motor accidents is such a serious
problem t hat J lerberL'. Hoover, a
few months ago. culled a national
safely conference to consider it.
The concensus of opinion ' was
that one way would be to eliminate
year, tin? gross receipts should
iuuount to fully $3,0.'o.oi)it.
SIUMHUHIO Auto Total.
"Inasmuch as the gross returns
on the tax for the year J.92& will
bo substantially :i75,0t)0 in excess
On this samo basis of ln-!0f the receipts for the year i::M,
it is reasonable to assume, having
in mind 1 lie estimated motor ve
hicle registration for the year 126,
that the gross, lax on gasoline will
amount to at least $:i,4"0,000 for
tho year, which means that motor
vehicle owners in Oregon will bo
paving In the neighborhood of $!,
jtUO.tMio, as compared with the ac
tual payment by them tor the year
iU25 of substantially H. 425, 000.
"Comparing tills with the slate
inv tisifle from tin elementary
same ratio of increase in consuinp- school tax, wo find flint for the
tion maintains to the end of thciyrur 112 this amounted to $5,-
375,000. wlfllc for the year T.t-'O, as
recently levied by the slate, tax
commission, which amounts to $5.
OlU.ifin. or during the year
Jhe people of Oregon will be pay
ling tax in license, fees for the op
eration of their motor vehicles in
iun aggregate sum of almost double
'that which the assessable property
of Oregon will pay iu Ms slate tax."
the unfit drivers, and the question
of how to determine that a driver
is unfit (before he proves it by
killing Homebody) was put up to
a committee of psychologists, who
have been ut work in New York,
Washington, and elsewhere, devis
ing and trying out tests intended
to reveal driving unfitness. .
Tost ijiiiek anil Accurate.
VWe now can tell in 15 min
utes' whether a niun or woman 1b
fit to drive an automobile without
serious accident." said Or. David
Yoehsler of the psychological cor
poration of New York, one of thfc
scientists cooperating In the work.
"Our tests have been applied hi
the examination of hundreds of
chauffeurs, including tho employ
es of one of the large taxlcab
companies, and the nsults ob
tained tally exactly with tho ex
perience of the men themselves, an
shown by their employers' records.
Doctor Weehslor's tests ure of
two kinds. One is a general in
telligence test, similar to thq Jow
familiar army "Alpha" test; tho
other an ingenious ''practlcul" test,
made with a rcmurkahlu dummy
car. On this car, clutch and brake
pedals, foot th rot t le, . and emer
gency brake lever, are connected
electrically with an instrument
that uuiumatically records the
driver's reactions to' warning lights
of various colors, flashed on u
board in front of him.
"Of course, it goes without say
ing that a certain degree of intelli
gence is essential to safe driving,"
declares Doctor Wcchsler. "It Is'
com pa rat ively easy to weed out
those below the minimum require
ment, but not so easy to eliminate
the ones who are superquick. Their
very keenness makes them dar
ing and consequently cureless. The
very best drivers are those who
are- net I her stupid nor extra
bright.
AY ROAD
COMPLETED
Pine Valley Paper.
$.K9 a ynrd, and 450 yards of sub- 1
base of coarse rock, ut a cost of '
$1.30 a yard, The whole cost of 1
the surfacing Is not available ut
this time bub it .will 1)0 approxi
mately 15,oQ. fc
The mih-huso ws 'put lit the
swamp through the . Lloyd pasture.
Tho filler was spread over most of
I the road for the purpose of binding
the gravel. The amount of filler,
the one part of the road which has
Cornucopia Highway Is-1 enth of the gravel.
Finished Accordinn- to I Th' lomrm-,ora H,il working
ance rock piled up for future use.
They will probably finish this
week. It is reported thai they
The road construction on the will lour down the gravel bunkers
Halfway section is done, thanks to and dispose of them ut once.
the weather and the persistance of
the men on the job. Says a J Mm;
Valley newspaper. It is a good road
and look like it would wear. The
Halfway street looks fino since tho
grader went over it again, u broad
ended surface that is packing
down nurd' and even. A little mud
may eotno through next spring, as
well an on the road, but u large
amount of crushed rock will he
left til Hie pit for maintenances
and it enn he sprinkled over the
softest places.
The cost of the road on the street
will be little more than fJMiq. no
that- It may be necessary to sell
the full amount of bonds that were
voted. The contractors may put u
little more gravel on the street
south of the garage, the town to
pay for, but the whole cost will be
considerably less than $3,000.
The slate has put on the grade
of Hie whole section, including the
street, 2.715 yards of coarse gravel
at a cost of ll.fif u yard, 3737
yards cf fine gravel at $1.15 a yard.
S10 yards of'flller.at from ,:t0 lo
GE SHIFTING
Smaller Towns Face
Traffic Problems
NHW YOK1C (NKA Kpociul).
The National Automobile chain
ber of commerce reports that
America's larger cltk-s are ha lul
ling the traffic, problem with ease
while traffic congestion is result
ing in confusion and accidents oil
the streets of the smaller cities.
The small cities are just begin
ning to get the traffic problem
nnd are unprepared to handle thv
situation which is causing an un
proportional number of automo
bile accidents in cities of less lh.jn
1 01). dint population.
The National Automotive cham
ber of commerce is urging civic
homes in smaller cities to con
duct an intensive f-aTeiy campaign
to solve traffic dilTlc iltlcs and to
prepare the citizens for the time
when a larger .number of automo
biles will be in use.
IS ESSENTIAL
'Trcnent day truffic congestion
has developed an ever Increasing
demand for easier operation, sim
pler control, quicker gt'tawuy and
geurshiftlng in motor cars. With
every metropolitan utreet and
boulevard literally choked with
automobiles, drivers uro quick to
realise that tho less complex tho
control of tho cflr, tho greater tho
element of comort and safety In
driving," states W. C. Vet-kins, local
auto distributor.
"KolievinK the driver of exertion
and distraction; permitting him to
watch tho road aheud and keep
both hands on tho wheel whilo
threading through traffic whero
frequent gear shifts aro necessary,
have always been outstanding vir
tues of the control system of Kord
cars. In the improved cars, t lie so
features have been subjected to a
number of refinements calculated
to meet tho demands of present
and future driving.
"Driving the Kord cur soon be
comes uutonmtlc action on tho
part of the operulor. The gear
shift is simple in tho extremo nnd
because of tho fact that nil gears
are constantly 1n mesh, it is phy
sically luipoHsibln to clash the
gears or fall lo uccoinplish the
shift. Itofinements In tho design
of the pedals wider with f lunges
to prevent any possibility of slip
ping contribute further to the
simplicity and certainty of opera
tion. "Frequent starting and stopping
means moro wear on tho clutch of
tho city driven car and tho im
proved Fords ure prepared for this
strain. Kord clutch disks uro not
llnod with tho conventional com
position, but instead aro operated
in oil. tho strain or sinning the
propeller shaft being taken up by
tho film of lubricant. . At points
whero thera wus formerly contact
between steel and cast Iron, re
designing has brought steel to
gether wUh steel Insuring unusu
ally long Uro for the clutch.
"Danger of skidding upon apply "
ing the brakes Is . reduced to a
minimum bncauso of tho fact that
tho braking action is applied to
tho rear wheels equally through
tho drive shaft. Braking units
both in the transmission and on
tho rear wheels have been enlarged
to insure long life and greater ease .
In bringing the car to sudden stops
demanded In emergencies.' ;
Parts -- Storage J
;7 WRECKING CO.
Adams Ave. .
OREGON COAST
TRAVEL LESS
Winter Driving
Can Be Made
Pleasant and
Safe
You will need a few extra accessories.
Come in our stock is new and the
best.
Anti-Skid Tire Chains
Radiator Covers
JMolomelers
Glycerine Compound Anli-Frcezc
for your radiator. This is much more
satisfactory and economical than any
thing we have used. No evaporation
no boiling. Fill your radiator today.
We have room for a few more cars
for storage.
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Adam's Ave.
-ASTORIA, Ore. (Hpcclal) U-a-, '
sons for Ilin'dnT-lfnc In the volume j
of traffic to the Oregon cousl ilur-
lug the summer of i'.t'2't ure sought
by Kthun Collirr, an' engineer of
the state highway d'-purtment, who
is inquiring into the mutter in the
coastal "country.
Win n- Ihe iidtfic over all of (he
state highways had been increasing :
materially in previous years, the
averages shown by the highway
commission's checks during Hmfi
indicate practically no gain over
liflM. At. the same lime, the num
ber of licensed automobiles In the
state maintained its general rate
of increase.
".Something put a check on tour
ing, particularly to1 the Oregon
coast during tho summer of 1 !)-!;"
('oilier declared. Ills investiga
tions have not yet advanced far
enough for him lo make a definite
statement as to the reasons.
The rive counts held on the low
er Columbia Itiver highway during
tin; past season showed an average
of Mo cars a day, as against an
average of S7 cars in lti24. The
MiiT'-aH" was n-Kligible. The Cu
luinbia Kiver highway count was
mad- at t he Clutsop-Culu labia
county line.
Tin' count on I he Tillamook
highway from McMinnvHle to Til
lamook showed a decline of 200, In
the dally average number of cars,
ti- number dropping from around
7oo lu about fiMil.
On the ( 'orvullls-New port and
Coos Hay highways the number of
cars remained approximately the
same in lz:muH In '.fH, the av
erage being about X'Hi a day. -
While in Asiorla' Collh-r iiMiilre(
diligently into fiossll.l. reasons for
the hold-up iu coastal traffic. Three
general reasons were given for the
Carl, that the average trafric over
the four highways to the Oregon
('on mI. ih-elines as comparerl wit h
l'J24. They were;
First The really hot weather of
the HUimiier of i'J2't came In June,
before motorists living Inland were
prepared to visit th.' beaches. Tin:
month of Jul and August wee
comparatively cool, weather condi
tions being sueh as not to encour
age travel to the coast.
Kecnnd The large number of
conventions In Portland during the
summer f rented unusual diversion
there and served to hold many
i'ortlanders at home.
Third The extraordinary gain in
the popularity of Itritlnh Columbia
ilk a field for Oregon tourists, due
to the developing road system of
the province and the lack of pro
hibition there.
I'.OADS I'ltOM tiui:s.
DiseardeJ auto trtpk I ires,
k'i ' tied and melted, are beieg
MfM-f to make rubber roads In
llnulford, Kn eland. A went sol
vent Im added to the bits of rub
ber anil th whole k oiled. Then
it Is poured nenrly I tin e tnch"s
thick over the concrete surface.
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1926
Will Be A
Studebaker
Year
Wc heartily extend . the Season's
Greetings to our many customers and
friends. 1925 was very kind to us and
we look forward to an equally pleas-
ant year in 1920. , '
Studebaker owners are invited to call
at our enlarged showroom and repair
shop. We arc better prepared than
ever lo give expert service on all Stud
ebaker models.
H will be a pleasure to show you the
Studebaker models. . You'll like the
two-tone, colorsand the value seen in
these I'nit-IJuilt One-Profit cars will
appeal to the experienced buyer.
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Studebaker Sales and Service.
"This Is A Studebaker Year"
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