La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 10, 1926, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextHa (Sratfe litmtttg ffltentgr mm , , Auto Section VOLUME XXIV. SECOND SECTION" LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1926. J-i! BUS HEARINGS NATION HE Interstate Commerce : Commission , ) Conduct ing Investigation; Port land Hearing Set. WASHINGTON. D. CV? 'Tho American Automobile association, through lis bug and truck division, has placed all Its facilities .and resources at the disposal of thfl Interstate commorco commission for lis coming nation-wide Invcsll Sat ion of bus and truck operating venditions, it 'was announced to day. The Investigation is .to be fol ' lowed . with recommendations ' to' congress on whether a law to re gulate motor bus operation In In terstate commorco should be en acted. . '. The commlsalon issued tho order for the Investigation on Juno IS,' .'making its scope great enough to Insure a broad and searching aur vcry of conditions In the rapidly growing Industry, .throughout - the counlry. - Hearings' are to, bo' hcld In tlilrlenn cities. In .each of which local conditions wilt be Investignt-. ed thoroughly. ' With data com-, piled fronn these thirteen sources, ' a hearing bearing upon the nation ns a whole will follow :, Wash ington. .: . ;'. , . .-. The first or the lionr'-ngs will bo held in Chicago on July 87. the olhcra following in rapid succes sion, as tho commission's - recom mendations to congress must be ready for submission next Decem ber; Local and state members of the bus division will sand representa tives, forttried with all the data at their c6mmand. to the hearings In their respective territories, and plans to Insure, their effective par ticipation In tho Investigation have been laid, It was Muted. When the final hearing Is held ln;' Washington, a general .summary of conditions In the. enllro. Indus try will bo presented by . tho bus Operators. w " ' '. . , .;t; Views of All Ucqulrcd , The commission has revealed a murked desire to obtain tho views of nil factions connected with the motor vehlclp-currier Industry, and the, offer of tho American' Auto mobile association was giatcfully V., ' ' received. With the announcement ! by tho association that Its assist- : anco. had betn .offered the coin- mission, plans to ylvc aid to an . Important typo Immediately were ; laid, looking to the compilation of material Information in tho way of facts and figures. Much of this compilation will he In tho hands of the local organisa tions, and will bo ready for pre sentation us soon as hearings open in their respective territories. Tho hearings and 'their dates rero set as follow; Chicago. July 27; Hi. l'nut, Minn. July 3u; Portland, Ore.. August 7; Han Francisco, ' August '12; Los Angeles, August 17; Denver, Au gust 85i Detroit, September 1; lloston, September 8; Now York, Heplember 10; Ashville, N. C, Hcptembor 15; Dallas, Tex., Sep tember 20, and Kansas City, Mo., September 24. Tho Washington hearing will be opened on September 29. Automobile Invades All Parts h of Globe; 24 Million In Use BUILD I1A New York Motor Laws Strictly Limits Youth AM) ANY, N. Y.. July 10 1'ro ventton or injury and d'uth In uc olilents hus brought with It strict er regulations of minor uutomo bU drivers In New York. Junior operators licenses 'have been grunted to 15,000 children under 18 yeurs In this sluto. How ever, effective July 1, 126. the holder of a junior operator's lic ense will not be permitted to drive u motor vehicle ; within the limits of any city In the :tato. No applicant for such a license wilt ffct one unless his residence Is outside of a city limit. Tho reasons for tho strict re gulations relating to youthful driv ers are the many fatal . accidents which have resulted. Ten per cent of all accidents In which persons under 18 years of age were Invol ved resulted in death, while S per cent of all accidents for which persons over that age were respon sible resulted fatally. The greater number of acci dents involving persons under 18 years of ago occurred In cities : of the first, second and third classcn. A junior operation is Inclined to be a reckless driver or lacks the faculty of proper thinking in an emergency, according to an analysis. WAHHINGTON. U O. July 10. (Al) Tho automobile has invud ed every nook and corner of the globe and In such quantity that an owner Is to be found for every 7 1st poison. On tho basis of 1,748,000 world population for 1925. this meuiis that more than 24,000,000 persona aro automobile owners. , These figures, announced by the commerce department, revealed also that the United States lias the greatvM uumuer of automobiles and tho highest ratio of such, ve hicles to population, with ono to every six persons. Hawaii has ono to every 11 and Canada' one to 13. In the lower ratios Is found Af ghanistan, with ; one to 1,200,000 persons; Hvdjax , with only four cars, or ono for every 236,000; Abyssinia, : one to 133.893 '; and China with one for every 31.871 Inhabitants. Tho Ho I onion Islands, with 161,100 persons, has only two automobiles, while Liberia hus 54, or one for every 54,269. In 19 of tho 59 countries survey ed, at least 80 per cent of the au tomobiles owned were of American manufacture, whlh) In seven. Am-ertcan-mudo ears constituted 1 at least 80 per cent. .South American countries had the greater propor tion of American cars, while Ku ropean countries showed a much lower ratio. HIGHWAYSOON FRANKLIN WINS SWEEPSTAKES IN ' CALIFORNIA RUN (Sweepstakes in the I.os Angeles to Jjike Arrowhead fuel conserva tion run staged on Saturday, Juno 26 wore won by a, new stylo Frank lin sedan owned and driven by V. V. Valla of Ijos 'Angeles, who states that tho .drive in which he was victorious was the first ever made by him to Ijiko Arrowhead. Tho route involved a ninety-mile trip practically all uphill, tho lako being one mile higher than the starting point. The winning oar made 34.92 ton miles per gallon, actual fuel mtlcago being 18. The second car was 1 i4 ton miles be hind the winner., i , ' Twenty-five cars entered, and thirteen competed and finished this event, which was restricted to non professional drivers, owners being stipulated specifically. No dealers were entered. , Tho victorious Franklin carried four passengers. Motor Buses Favored On Eugene, Ore., Run Kl'OBNK. Ore. July in. (AD Preponderance . of testimony was in fuvor of the ?ubsttlutlon of motor buses for street cars oil tho Uugone-Hprlngfleld run. at Ihe hearing held by the stale public service commission hero upon the petition of the Houthorn 1'uciftc company to make the change. Anticipating a decision favoring the buses, tho southern Pacific company brought ono of the new buses hero yesterday. Two others will also be used en tho line' ac cording to present plans. "Illn! Spots" tionc. UI.I) Alt.MV (iAMt: NEW YORK Al Smith des cribes his latest round of golf as tho old army game out In CI and hack In 66. Automotive engineers have suc ceeded In reducing tho blind spot in closed cars to a minimum. This has been accomplished in tho all steel body, where pillar posts sup porting the top can be made one third the fatso of wood posts with out sacruflco. of strength. In many oases this, ; increases'; the '."drlyor'a view) of tho road moro than twen ty per cent. ' . , ' 1S7 Trend to All-Ntoel Body -Predictions as to tho troiid of automotive development for 192? Indicate that body design will hold the centre of the picture. William Ullman. a -prominent automotive writer, looks to tho all-steel body for the greatest progress. Tho all steel body, he sys, by vlrtuo of the material' of which It Is mado, pre sents no 'obstacle to tho Ingenuity end imagination of tho designer. Here safety need not be sacrificed' for style. Mr. Ullman predicts rad ical changes In design which have not yet been announced. Hnfety experts havo pointed out that flying splinters cause many serious injuries to passengers when motor cars are. unavoidably wrecked.-. 'An-uutdmobllc with an all slcel body has no wood to splinter. Wallowa County Expects to Construct First Unit Around Pratt Hill This Year. -'KNTKRI'IUHK, Ore. July AO. Construction on what Is called the Imnaha post road will be begun by the county shorty at Its west end. where it leaves tho highway and passes thru a point of ilund owned by J. A. Kggjeson, accord ing to a local ne'spuper. A com promise settlement of the right of way has been reached by tho coun ty and Mr. KekIl'Boii. Hu objected to the first location al the baHo of the hill immediately north of Prai rie creek, and ottered a atrip on the south sida of the creek, and this route will bo rollowod. The new .road will connect tho present highway with the county road which runs on to the Johnson und Franklin ranch, along tho east base of Pratt hill. Thcro Is $12,600 In the post road fund uvailable for tho road and this, ' II Is believed, will carry it past tho Johnson and Frankln buildings und up on the lovel ground to thu east. This will be a standard market road which will bo oxtonded as funds are avail able In future, yuurs to Zumwnlt und Imnaha. ; ' Working on Johnson Canyon The county roud crow Is still working in Johnson cunyou, tho route of the roud from Klk Moun tain to ' (.'row crook- und (Jlilco, again using post road funds, with some cooperation by tho forest service. Johnson canyon Is the route by which tho most direct roud goes to chico and the lower Chesnimus. It will bo possible .now to widen the grudo In places and even it up somewhat by cut ting off bumps and filling hollows. Otherwise not much cun bu done. It is a mountain road at best and po vital changos , can bo mado without entirely iiew locutlotiB on both sides. Will lie Ktate ICngliievr " W. O. 'Williams will bo resident Btato engineer In charge of tho sur facing of tho highway unit or the north highway. Ho- Is now station ed at Baker hero ho Is supervis ing a road Job. It Is understood ho will take both Jobs under his wing and will divide his time between them. The contract for aurfacng tho road has been awarded to Jos lyn & McAlllator who have not yet started work. NKW YORK Supplementing Hudyard Kipling's statement that quite u doson writers have achiev ed Immortality In the past - 2,600 years, the Herald-Tribune's con census of views of American au thorities us to the dosen Is: Plato. Aeschylus. Kurlpldes, Hopocles. Homer, lante,- Horace(: Shakes pcare, Virgil, Goethe, Cervantes and Bnlsao. K Hudson Essex REFLECTOR MADE FOR AUTO LIGHTS BY DR. R. PIERSOL FITTSBUnO, Jul 10. An au tomobile headlight reflector bag been developed by Dr. R J. Plcr sol, research physicist, which will not lose Ita reflective efficiency when exposed to temperature change or weather conditions. The reflectors are eleolro-plated with chromium. Tho development Is the result of two years' export, mentation on numerous alloys. 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