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Auto Section
VOLUME XXIV.
SECOND SECTION"
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1926.
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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.
The chromium plated surface Is
so hard that tho ordinary
grinding Cora po an da uwd for
lining would not toucA and It
necessary to dsrls a, m pt&
lug agency. .....
Because of ita Mlvar-apaaart)
luster and hardness and because It
does not tarnish, - chromium plat
Ing probably will have Important
commercial application other
than being used for automobile
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