MOTORING 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 .
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the new style Willj-vKiikht "70 B" is '
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