La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 11, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextMOTORING NEWS Ua Mvmiftz Sttnttw taflhwr AUTO SECTION VOLUME XVII LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 192 NUMBER 169 r WALLOWA PLANS - j 1929 ROAD WOK Grading Machinery Will be Busy During Most of Summer Months. tlx G. t Mwk (Observer Correupontk-nt) WALLOWA, Ore. f-Hpcclul)--I'reHont plana for road work in this county for the year indicate that the Krutllni: machinery with crew will he uulto hUHy for the Rreiitnr part of the mimiuer on the Varlotm rouihi on which Improvement. will' be made. The heavy read bulldlm: (itlpment with a crew'ot wveral mn have been busily engaged In cmi)tetlntf the clearing and kih1 liiK work on a four and a half mile Htretch uIoiik the north side of thn Vfilley which when Kraveled will irlvo a ur faced connection between the LoHtine-KvunH-Leap . imtrkct road apd the Whiskey creek murket road. ThlH Htretch of road will serve a lartte number of fnrmern aloni; that sldo of the valley as well as many further Into tho hill sectlonH who will no doubt do much of thflr traveling thin way iiutteml of goliiK to other towns of the val ley. It Is understood tha.t po def inite dato has ben net for putting the gravel on this stretch of (jrado, however, many are In hopm the work will be dune , during. , the . coming .Ktimnier. This road when completed will eliminate 'inn v ex tremely had piece of road, near the WilllamM BroH. farm on , ' I'aranfp ereck where tho ,1'oad lonveK t.ho bottom and runt alone the.hlllHlde '.. near where many ttprhiuK keep the ground aoaked at all tlntea reHitlL 'Ink In cojitlnuouH mud hoIciC Othor road work la sehfrtulnij . for. a Welch of road in Middle Valley nd Home In the Promlne- section, Ufler which it 1 planned to com mence work on the Jeap market road -which will connect with the end of the present IoNllno-Teap market road and end at the north end highway on Truut. creek. .--11 la expected that three yea ra time will . be required to complete ihla road. becauHe of the fact that in the road diatrict compiifdntr tho territory traveraed hy-tlila road it haa boen necessary to vote a' special tax to make tho road possible, with a por tlon of the tax belnff voted; each year. ' It 1h reported .that -money from tax which will be available for the. work there -this yejir-ls appie- where around 14500 which la ex pected .to, be sufficient to make a conaiderabluHtart. The . Htartlnu point at which work will htUx in nut definitely tiettled ua this will be worked out by the county engi neer andmembera of the ounty court. There hair been ,aome dif ference of opinion among Inter oaied farmera an to where' thin year's work should be done on the new project. V y Haulers Make Protest on'New Reciprocal Law SAt,KM. Ore.. May 11 (AIM Portland mere-mints and commerc ial haulers are the main objectors to the new-reciprocal arrangement between Oregon and ' Washington, according to Secretary of State Hal K. Moss who was one of a group of conferees thai discussed the new H Ian' at Olymplu Tuesday. ' I fcjacli Btatc, at the- lm IrkIhUu lures, enacted leRtulatlon whereby motor. vehicles from one state nmy operate In the other within 20 mites of the border without UehiK licensed in both states. This,, it is claimed, works to tho advantage of Washington, since most of 'the commercial vehicles coming into OYegon from that state do all their. 'business fn Port hi nil, most Oregon commercial vehicles," on the other hand", that go- Into; WaHhlhgtim, , must go' more than 'JO miles north ol the border In order to reach im portant cities, and to .do so must. .ootain Washington licenses. J Those attending the conference iwere Secretary Hoss: T. ' .a! Hiifv tty, Oregon chief state trafficking spector; Frank Irvine, chief juf'the traffic -Vquad of the Port land,' vo lume; Hcnutor Joe Dunne, who lnyo- due'ert the licw Oregon' law; and Oharlps K. Maybury -.Wushlngton director of licenses.- Forty op- e Tutors weru present, - ...r Road Signs Placed Upon Basis ' Of a Safe Stopping Distance 4 -. IWck seat KxiH-ilwu-u- . The iiieck.'-looking woman with . shell-ritpmed spectacles was apply ing for a drivers license. I' VHOw many miles have. you drlv- en: asKeu me onicini. - ''Fifty thousand ' miles and never had hold ot the wheel!" ln terpbsed her liusband, stepping up. She irot tho neenseV iJetroit'Mo tor News. " ... . . "Ma. I'm engaged.' '-".v . "('an alio .bake a -cherry -pie?" "Yes, and she can change, a tire' Loulsuvttle Courier-Journal, i-,.' 4 A",V T5 1 .1, l r could fire one, which would bo a signal for tho driver to fire the other and atop the car The dis tance between two red blotches on the. highway made by a nrcpraal disc It urge from tho revolvers, pro vided a measure of the driver's ro? action time; I. t. Weikcrt and H. H. Allen, bureau of standards engineers who conducted moat of the tests, found that spef'l did not affect the driv er's ability to reach to a signal. They learned that the age of the driver had IIUK erfect upon bis re action time; that sex was no fac tor: nd that there wa a general relationship between the driver's Intelligence' and his ability to ac. when given tho signal. II. 'II. Allen (a hove) Is about to fire oih revolver beneath the tv4 r'K: in ii nh mt board hh a signal for the driver to fire the other , and Mopv lHov, !.' li, Wet ken (left) and Allen are measuring thn revoKr.vdiMiiarKD uiarks to determluu the driver's reaiiioii tlnu'. Ily WHJ.IAM U. IIKaCHTOM i Assoc iateif press Aytginoltllc Editor WASH I NOTON ( ( AP) Traf fh; signs are to' be located with definite knowledge of tho distance in which a, motorist ran slop his car ufler 1m sees an objejjt antl-upplies 'the brakes. , fS ' H- V - " A study cur lied on b the Ouieyu of standards reveahui that It tukes tho averago motorist one-half sec-' und to react to any given stimulus, such as a rou t sign or ay rifle shot, and that -the- dlKtsnUe In-'wrtlcTi,' ho can stop may be definitely com puted for all speeds. ,. ,J A man driving 35 miles an hou with four' wheel1 brakes- h' good condition can slop In, IS S feet If he is warned by -a properly .designed slgni ; This Is computed for night driving, allowing it fail: second for rhe driver's reliction la the sign Ue-foi-o.he appllos..tl)e, brukes,. If the cur Is equipped with good two wheel brakes, he ean stop i, 200 feet wh.-n traveling 'AG inlh'.i an hour. This provides engineers definite Information upon the dis tance from a railroad crossing or other hazard that a sign should bo placed Hesults of the research were em ployed by the American engineer ing council in Its adoption of a standard code for highway signnU and signs. The distance from ln tersectlons und ha staid a has bee-'i computed upon the basis of the motorist's, reaction time, und his ability to stop at touring speeds with adequate breaks. . The bpreuu of standards obtain ed Its duta by studying the reucllou of scores of drivers picked at ran dom. Two revolvers beneuth thn running board of tho test car were so' arranged that the experimenter I V ce SP9 tJ Eliminates 390 Grade Crossings During the Year WASHINGTON. AP) The bur eau of public roads rcpor that SbO dangerous railroad grade crossings were eliminated from the federal aid highway rystem within the lust year One hundred and seven cropslngs weru eliminated by grade separa tions, while were excluded through relocation of tho highways to avoid tho danger spots, Sinco 1917, the bureau reports,; 4.291 crossings have been elimi nated In the drive to make high-; ways safer for motorists who use then dully. Wisconsin heads the list for hu yeur In the number of grade cross ings eliminated with 35. Alabama Is second with 81; Michigan, third with H; Texas, fourth with 80; Indiana, firth with 24: Kansas, sixth with 23; and Montana, hpv enth with 22. Georgia, and Illinois each urc credited with 21 and Mis sissippi with 17. For tlie period from 1017 to 1028, Texas heads the list with A total of 44u eliminations. Gyp Motor Club Salesmen Work In Northwest VORTI.ANn. Ore.. May t Ar rmu of gyp motor club repreMonta Uvea made Inst week In WhkIiIiik ton County draws attention to the tremendous huiuh of money that theao fake clubs take Trout tho'puh lic. Journeying throuth the mate "working" In community centers a. group of high-powered salesmen remove huge aums by pronttalng all sortn of Inducements to securo the motorists' money. ' It Is estimated that In Oregon alone over 100,000 has been taken from the motorists during the past year by tho opera tion of these gyn salesmen. The largest loss on record la that suffered by motorists In Chi cago and Cook -county, - DUnnta. through the operations of thn Met ropolitan Automobile Service Cor poration. This outfit In said to have taken $1,200,000 from 30.000 motorists In a period of 20 months. The scheme of this concern was to sell tho usual typo of "service contract" as a policy of Insurance. The chargo for it "was 139.60 for two years. The corporation was organlied In August 19113. The federal grand Jury Indicted both tho corporation and Its promoters on April 3. 19:r, for using the innlla In furtherance of a scheme to defraud. SERVICE STATION IS OPENED TODAY B. Collins Now Operate in New Business on First and Adams. A new and attractive service sta tion, located at First street and Adams, avenue, opened Ha doors to the motoring public this morning. The structure, which was recently completed by the proprietor, B. H. Collins, Is finished in a cream stuc co with blue trimming. Mr. Col lins' stutlon will be known as Col lins Service, and will be devoted entirely to handling Richfield pro ducts. Mr, Collins has the latest equip ment und announced this morning that so bn he will Install a neaf hydraullo lift. i .. The station haa an advantageous position, as It la the first station as tho motorist . drl;'4t into L4 Grande from the vent,,, and also the last as he drives out from th oast. . -. . : I Mr. Collins has been in this line of business for some time and his experiences assure bis patrons of efficient service. Waituil Comiort f He and his young wife wero taken for a motor trip by son." friends, tihe admired his anxiety about hor 'comfort. . .... "Are you all right?" he asked. . "Quite, dear -.- "Cushions comfortable?' "Quite, darling." "Not being joltsd?" "Oh no. sweetheart. "Not in a draft?" "No, lambkin." ' ; "Then change seats with me ' , WuahlnKtoti Cougar's Paw. - ;- ltetfionnl lta OffiurM Arthur H. Means, for J you is Identified with AAA raolnfr, has boen transferred as regional super, visor In charge of all racing activi ties In tho New England stales, New York stuto and northern New Jersey. A second regional office hna been established In Philadel phia which will coordinate, alt AAA racing activity In eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, Tho latter office will be In charge of Joe Dawson, winner of the Indianapolis "600" in 10 U.I Announcement COLLINS SERVICE STATION Cor, 1st and Adams is now open for business with all RICHFIELD PRODUCTS B. B. COLLINS, Prop. ower . . crnd , 1 OACH 1045 Cnpi tI045l Slla tll4iy KtaJn 11 CM Si Tnrnt t!04i. ; r vpAttb itultJiJ. trim J. . . TtM't mat iptafitoluni tubjrtl m thatt VJitfi tut nttict, Eimipmtmt, aikrr lim The Knight engine gives high uni form compression at all times, at all speeds, and with any gas and it is the only type of engine that keeps growing smoother and quieter with use. - AT a record low price for so large and , so beau.tiful a Knight-engined car the new style Willj-vKiikht "70 B" is ' bringing the superiorities of the patented double sleeve-valve, motor to thousands of added owners.,,, . In 'each cylinder of -this simplest and most efficient of power plants, two metal sleeves '--ombine with the dome-shaped cylinder head t6 form a perfectly scaled combustion chamler. The full force of the explosion is directed straight down-' ward against the piston, making the most efficient use of the highly compressed gas. In the Willys-Knight "70-B" a rugged seven-bearing crankshaft reduces vibra-. tion to a minimum, while the car's im proved frame construction gives extra strength and rigidity. WILLYS-OVERLAND, INC., TOLEDO, OHIO NEW-STYLE W-tllys :. 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