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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, QBE.
Saturday, .Match 2L 1931
AUTOMOBILE NEWS t WEEK
HEW MOTOR LAWS
GO INTO EFFECT
Oregon Diivers Facing
, Changes on June 6 Due
.V.i. to Legislative Action.
SALEM, Mar. 21 (Special! New
"'"'laws atfcctlng motor vehicle opora
tlon' will go Into effect on June 0,
' ' which Is the end of the constitutional
90-day period following the close of
,. the legislative session. Exceptions ore
tho law on the examination of drlv
ers. which will become effective on
'''"'the first pi July, and the formation
M of the state police cffectlvo on the
first of August.
The principal changes In tho rules
t of the road, effective In June, are
( the new speed regulations; the
change In the arm signaling system,
' and the right-of-way privileges at In
.V tersootlons. "All of these changes are
Imoprtant," says Secretary of State
Hal Hoss, "and from tlmo to time It
will be the purpose of my offlco to
,llsend out Information to tho public
li. covering each of theso specific phases
hiOf the new laws.
Truffle Force to End
"I opposed tho Inclusion of the
".'state traffic patrol In 'the criminal
nijaw enforcing work of tho new slate
r police, based on the experience of
othor states having constabularies.
' Thoy are praotlcnlly all operating
o: wlth separate traffic patrols, but the
((.Oregon legislature wa almost una
nimous for consolidation, and the
traffic division as bucIi will cease to
" exist on August 1. I am assured by
Governor Meier that ho Intends to
B.'koep all competent officers lor sorv
milce In the now organisation, I have
had tho satisfaction of seeing tho
""traffic division attain a high placo In
the regard of the motoring public
' and a number of my own alms and
nl objectives for the betterment of tho
Bervlco hove been reached. Tho dlvl
'"slon Is on a completely hormonlouB
and cooperative basis; the officers are
n (better qualified and better equipped
.,thon they have evor been; wo havo
established a checking and reporting
" "system covering over two thousand
S'ljniics of highways with nearly 300
ill Individual stations: our "white fleet"
has provod Itself as an offoctlvo pat
rol accessory;- wo hove beon oblo to
eduoe highway accidents In tho face
anfef a notional Increase; and our rcia
sutlons with all low enforcing agencies
of the Btato are harmonious and cf-
ectlvc."
Z'Cab Driver Wins
Utipaid-,For Car
By High Finance
I PANAMA CITY (li Mario Alvor
ailo has proved himself a 1 Inanotal
.tilvarri nmnntf .toxl, drivers.
Tho bought on automobile couldn't
ply for It, still has the car and the
ofency must pay him.
(Last May Alvorado selected a
new sedan for 2340. Ho paid MOO
down ond traded in on old bus for
U60. He paid two later install
ments for $136 and 85,:. then foil
Into arrears.
. The selling agents took tho car
anil Alvorado holed them Into court,
lid won a complete victory.
t In the -llrst place the court rulod,
the old' gag about there having been
not real sale .only o lipntol contract
,-would not go ot all Who, tho
. ... , , ... ... v.- fMll.h an
tiuaue ooisto wuwm
'l ..... n frn. tl.n rniritlnr MfllA
IVU.dllv .v v..w
' Next' (he court colled In 'apprals
! iters to. consider Alvarado's claim for
I :10 a day while he wns doprived or
( tho use of his means of livelihood.
I Ait n.ll., nrt .R n rinu frV
Oil Skies Clouded by Texas Pool;
Industry Tries to Steady Market
rmaif a ' "4t -nut Mir mjo. Jen oct nor. fee
3,000,000
2,900.000
2.800.000
4700.000.
2.600.000
2.500.00ffl
2,4OQ00d
a3oqooo
2200.000
2,-ioo.ooq
2,000. OOCJ
T- I r AVERAGE Oil H
oWnovw ' r
t S AHSS.
I owaco fy V
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BV B. K. Butler
NEW YORK m Just when ukies
wero bCRlnnlng to brighten, n new
dtirk olourt looms for the American
oil Industry.
Tho cloud in the new flUBh pool In
Northeast Texas. It may shower a
load of grief on the already troubled
petroleum mnrkot, or It may pasa In
tho night. Tho damage wrought will
depend on production.
A potential market-breaker la what
oil men onll thlu now field in Busk
and Orogg counties. Prodifctton
started only with tho now year, but
Gveiopment nos been rapid nmu ai--
ready the pool gives promluo of bolng
most impgrtuiib one.
Output Jumps Font
Thnt production In the now field
Increasing rapidly Is shown In
weekly output reports. For the week
ending January 17 tho field's dally
average production was 2,760 barrels.
For' the week ending February 31
was 36,00 barrels, and the Inst
week In February the dally average
was 33,000 barrels.
Tho field, estimated at 3o mues
long and five miles wide, Is situated
so connection oould easily bo made
with pipelines to gulf coast refineries.
prior to its opening lntucauons
oolnted to brighter davs ahead for
tho oil Industry. Total petroleum pro- I
duo 1 1 on In the United States in 11)30 i
was cut 110,000,000 barrels from 1029, 1
tho production being 1 ,700,000.000
I1 $60 days a total of 1300 for the
I I 'company to pay the driver. - The
( court further ordered' that tho car
i be returned to Aivaratio. --
. Henco the, taxi mnn's enforced
idleness of - nearly - nine months
!LnM tUan itnlH Dm hnlnltrn nil tllO
ft purchase price. '.. "i - -
Uv o Special Auto
i Numbers In 1931
kuj, 8ALEM. Mar. 31 W Requests for
j.( special automobile Ucomo numbers
'"will not be recognized this year by
tho automobile department, It was
announced through tho secretary of
bUile's office by Carl D. Gubrleltion,
Hinmruiiuir of tho llocn.w tlttmrtmoit.
-However, the practice of drawing for
s.u the first 1,000 numbers among those
t(0 first received, will bo continued this
year. Now llcouMes aro die Jxily 1.
"In the past," Chibvielson said, "the
matter of granting special license
j,, -numbers to applicants has interler-
' ' rett with the routine of tho office to
the extent that a decision has been
iit reaehed that no special numbers will
be Issues. Tho order effective on this
, matter was lssuod by Hal E. Hoss.
- secretary of state." No exceptions to
u' this rulo will bo permitted.
Washington Dairj
Men Credit Papers
; 5
SEATTLE, Mur. ,21 W)Suocosnf ul
progress of a newspaper advertising
campaign begun last fall by 60.000
Washington dairymen through Uio
Washington Dairy Products Bureau
was related to 3,000 persons, repre
senting dairy Interests nnd their
families, In tho civic auditorium
Thursday night.
The bureau was organised iasi ian
and a fund of G0,00O ralBed to adver
tiso dairy products. Tne uunpalgn of
tho bureau, asserted "already notice
able results are apparont In increased
consumption of dairy products. '
Dr. Prior declared, "Newspaper ad
vertising has been the backbone of
i.
Tiro Boys Confess
v, Attempted Holdup
ROSEBURO. Ore., Mar. 21 W")
Sheriff V. T. Jncknon said yesterday
' that Alfred Le May, 17, and Luwronco
O Haro, 21, arreuied here Timrmluy
. on a charge of attempting to steal
gasoline, nave conie&seu to an at
tempt to hold up Mrs. Oeorgc Mclver
and Mrs, EUrabeth Connolley last
Wednesday nignt.
The women vere halted on their
way home from lodge by a man who
lumped out of a pushing car. Hour
lshed a pistol and demanded their
purses. They ran and the man be
came frigntenect and iuki.
f Astoria Assistant
Postmaster Missing
rtt ( ASTORIA, Oro.. Mar. 31 () A
i,., senrch was being mude yesterday for
H. V. Peacock, asntitant poM muster of
'kAstoria, who fulled to appear at his
office. He was last seen driving to-
.(9 iward tho eastern limits of the city
after purchasing supplies at a small
. j,. .grocery store.
It was snlrt at his bank that he
111 1: drew several hundred dollars from
his pcrsonul uccomit early Thursday
Federal poalofllce Inspectors wen
jf here Thursday to make the annual
n audit, the first sinco last May.
",J Neither Postmaster Hnldcrmun nor
, Ha' federal inspectors would comment on
the disappearance
, Peacock has a wife ond throe chll
' 1 dreu and has been In the postal sorv
Ice 2& years, and assistant postmaster
uo'ior ten years.
. t"Youil pardon me for horning In,
" on the hull said to the toreador.
Tho new oil field In Jitt Twun, where I-ongvlew nnd Kllgore nre
two of the boom towns, Is shown In map. Below the chart made
Trom American Petroleum Institute estlnmtes show how the mitlon's
dally oil production nwo to a,073,OO0 barrels for the week ending
AiiffUHt 30, 1)130, and dropped to nearly 2,ioO,(MiO for week ending
March I, 1031.
barrels in 1029 against 806,000,000
barrels last year.
Ktoruge Storks Reduced
. One major problem facing the oil
Industry Is disposal or tremendous
stocks of petroloum and refined prod
ucts In storage above ground,
The amount of crude oil and re
fined products In storage reached a
peak In 1020. when oil produotion
roso to Its highest point with hardly
any restrictions on tho output. Pro
duction In 1020 far exceeded demand,
and prices dropped.
. In 1030 oil producers sought to
solvo the problem of over-production
and Increasing amounts of oil In
storage. Proration agreemonts In
Texas and Oklahoma, and the gas
conservation law In California helped.
As a result less oil was produced
during 1030 than the demand called
for, and 20,000,000 barrels were taken
out of the stock of crude In Btorago
and used. This left 660,000,000 barrels
of crude ond refined oil In above
ground Btorago January 1 this year.
With production still being held
down In 1031, prospects pointed to a
large decreaso In oil held in storage
by fall, with the consequence a
stronger and more orderly market.
Then came the new East Texas field
and its threat to bring a large In
crease in petroleum production.
If the output of the pool brings
tho nation's production above the de
mand, oil men fear the market will
suffer another setback.
Many Accidents
May Be Avoided,
Statistics Show
NEW YORK N. Y..,ilttr. 21 6ta
tlstlcs show beyond question that a
considerable part of tho accidents pf
motor vehicle traffic enn be avoided,
and that the mechanism of the driv
ers' license law sponsored by the .Na
tional Conference on Street and High
way Safety, with the mandatory ex-
jamlnatlon and driving test for pros-
' ..ht.la nn.p.rnr. Omul far
in heading off the elements of care
lessness and recklessness,
Tho law provides for depriving li
censes to those who are not mentally
or morally equipped to drive un auto
mobile with caro and safety, or who
under lt enforcement are found
Incompetent as drivers.
Some of the ' chief advantages of
the law arc:
1. Its tendency and effect has been
to reduce accidents and injuries, and
to suvo lives.
.2. It puts a premium on compe
tence ond skill in driving, and pro
vides an effective means for remov
ing the Incompetent, dangerous or ac
cident breeding driver from the roads.
3. It rcmoces the menace of the
person who is too lazy or Ignorant to
learn the necessary English or become
familiar with trafflo rules, regula
tions and safety precautions.
4. It provides the police authorities
with a check-up in case of accident,
and a permanent record of each
holder of a license.
5. If assists In a scientific study of
the causes of accidents, whether at
tributable to mechanical failure, en
gineering defects in streets and roads,
or human negligence or carelessness.
6. It promotes an orderly stato-wlde
control of motor transportation and
a uniform supervision of vehicle op
erators.
In New York state drivers are li
censed by gradual stops. First, there
is the learners' permit, with which
the applicant can oporate a vehicle
when accompanied by an approved
Instructor.- Then oomes the examina
tion, covering the minimum eyesight
requirements for safe driving, physi
cal condition as to whether paralyzed
or otherwise Incapacitated, reason
able knowledge of traffic rules and
regulations, and ability to read and
Interpret sighs and markers in the
English language.- This is followed by
a driving test, In which the applicant
operates his automobile on Btreots
carrying normal trofflc and ttccom- (
panted only by a traffic officer.
Fully 25 per cent of the applicants
In New York state foil on the first
attempt to pass the examination.
About the same number fail on the
first attempt in Pennsylvania, and
a similar number in the District of
Columbia. Those who fail at first
generally apply themselves to learn
ing the rules of the road or improv
ing their driving ability ond only one
to three per cent finally fall to pass
tho examination. The mandatory ex
amination thus not only eliminates'
this small percentage of unsafe or
Incompetent drivers but exercises a
great educational Influence upon the
ninety-seven to ninety-nine per -cent
who pass. ' ' .
In the states in which the prospec
tive drivers are carefully examined.
Reports State
Ford to Change
O.JB. Detroit'
NEW ?ORSt Mar. SI tAV-the" pub
lication, "Steel,", says it Is reported
on apparently authoritative basis that
the Ford Motor company la planning
to abandon F. O. B. Detroit as its
method of quoting and intends re
placing this method with a base price
at all Important distributing centers.
Under the proposed plan, the base
price of model A would be Identical
at all Important distributing points.
This new base quoting Fords F. O.
B. delivered point Instead of F. O. B.
Detrolt-would virtually eliminate all
of the freluht now added to the orea-
ent Detroit base. The effect pn the
buyer.- "Steel" says, would be a sub
stantial reduction in the actual pur
chase price.
DENIES RL'MOK ,
DETROIT, Mar. 21 W An official
of the Ford Motor company Friday
said there Is nothing to the rumor'
that the company is planning , the
abandonment of the F. O. B. Detroit
method of quoting prices.
The plan, It was stated has never
gone beyond the stage ot rumor,
which "is more prevalent Outside the
company's office than It Is Inside."
Prepare to Hang
J.&Kingsleyfor
Killing Officer
SALEM, Mar. . 21 vet Preparations
were under wiy yesterday at the
state penitentiary for the execution
of James E. Klngsley on the morning
of April 3. KlngBley was sentenced to
hang for the murder of Bam Prescott,
Ashland police officer, who -was slain
January 24 of this year when he
stopped Klngsley to question- him
concerning the car he was driving. .
The execution, the first in several
years at the Oregon prison, will- take
in tne morning, a weex
application was made In the Jackson
county circuit court March 6. but no
action has , yet been taken.. Invita
tions to wftness the execution were
issued yesterday to members of the
press and several others who desired
to bo present.
Klngsley was receiver1, at the peni
tentiary the day he was sentenced to
death by -Judge H. D. Norton, Feb
ruary 10. He was placed in the death
cell, and a'screen barricade has been
constructed around, the cell to keep
other prisoners from talking to him
or.nearlng his ward. -
Klngsley has not smiled since he
entered tho penitentiary, officials
say, and for a time would not talk.
Of late he nas maae uuu.h.wm"
with the wardens, but no trace of
animation., is. evidenced in his faoe.
He states he is unable .to sleep nights,
of the tlmo during the day. He Is
not disturbed by prison- officials, who
grant him every request possible'. He
Is served the best of food,::.
from R-iday,- uniesB mo motion ior so rcaas mm y 0u..v..
an appeal of the case Is granted. The early morning hours. He sleeps most
, . SUSPEND POWER TARIFFS ...
SALEM, Mar. 21 MP) The commis
sioner of pubjllo utilities office yes
terday announced, the suspension of
the . tariffs of the Portland filectrlo
company and the Northwestern Elec
tric company of Portland, becauBo; ot
placing Into effect new power (actor
limitation's. The sUBponBlon Is for 90
days to permit , Investigation and
hearings.
STKANAllAN APPOINTED
SALEM, Mar. 21 VP) James E.
Stranahan was appointed Justice of
the peace for the Hood River district
yesterday by Governor Julius L., Meier.
The appointment fills on existent va
cancy since the last election.- - f
Arrest New Suspect
In Brooks Mystery
SAN DIEOO. Col.. Mar. t M-That
Virginia Brooks, 10-year-old East Sari
Diego school girl, whose mutilated
body was found on Camp Kearny
Mesa, twelve days ago, met death at
the handB of a "party, or. parties un
known"" was the verdict of a coro
ner's Jury yesterday,
The testimony did not develop any
facts not already known to the au
thorities. Don Paul, age about. 45. years and
said to be a cabbage dealer, was ar
rested by police and deputy sheriffs
yesterday after hp was alleged to
havo attacked a 10-year-old girl In
his home at thirty-second and Island
avenue.-
Pcllce officials, as soon as Paul ar
rived at headquartrs, began to ques
tion him Ior possible connection with
the slaying of the Brooks girl.
the entire campaign and pnpers of
the state of Washington have cooperated-
In this movement and
should be extended considerable cre
dit for the Buccess of this campaign,"
Ho Bald tho dairy IndUBtry In the
state owns anlmnls worth (34.690.000
and last year dairy farmers produced
1,700.020,403 pounds of milk, valued
at 47,90S,219.
AIIMY PILOT Kll.I.KI)
SAN FRANCISCO. March 21 Ml
Liout. August O. Rchlmoyor, 39. Ala
meda, Cal., army resorvo corps pilot,
was killed today wnen nis
crashed at Mather field, near Sacra-
mento, officers at the presidio here
wero advised. The plane, oi tne od
sci-vatlon type,
Captain Dollar Is
Now Eighty-Seven
SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 21 OT
Eighty-seven- years young, and with
an outlook on the future as "bright
as a dollar," Captain Robert Dollar,
dean of Faclflo Coast shipping men,
observed hlB birthday yesterday by
practicing his oft-expressed advice.
He found time, however, to greet
a host of. well wishers and topped off
the day by celebrating not only his
own elghtyi-Beventh birthday but also
the fiftieth anniversary of the Cali
fornia Y. M. C. A.
"Hard work and hopeful heart are
two Important aids to success," Cap
tain Dollar asserted. "Years mean
nothing; It's ambition that keeps the
heart vounE."
. "Youth has much more offered lt-
the examiners for the state take pride today than when I was a youngster.
In tho drivers they have passed, onoe
they are permitted to go on the roads
alone, and each examiner manifests
a desire to hold down the list: Of
those drivers ho has passed whose 11
conscs . are suspended or revoked
later. ; i
he said. "Science and Invention are
making the world a much easier
place In which to live. Get married
early, stick to . your Job and you'll
get ahead." . : x
AVSTRALIA WEIGHS SVB9IDY
- . FOR'' AIR LINK' WITH-; EUROPE
Policeman Is Fired
Vnv n n ink- Hri i-itrt ft 0leT ot the D1"0" Provlde Aus:
r VI MJI Ufllt lsl lUllty tmila with a regular and permanent
Canberra tpi The federal gov
ernment Is seriously. considering the
was demolished.
PORTLAND, Ore., MarUP) 21 (
Charged with hit-and-run driving.
Patrolman Georgo W. Russell was sus
pended yesterday from the Portland
police force. Chief L. V. Jenkins
charged him wtth being Intoxicated
on duty, conduct unbecoming an qf
flcor, and Insubordination. . (.,
The charges fallowed an accident
last ntftht in which two women and
a child were Injured when their car
plane land a city-owned machine driven oy
itusseu, cmuui'u.
The women testified Russell sped
away without stopping to give his
name or render assistance.
Mr mail link with Europe
For years Australia has endeav
ored to lndueo tho British Imperial
Airways to enter the England-India
service to Australia, but not only
would the cost be almost prohibitive
but the link between India and Aus
tralia would take at least two years
to establish.
The fact that the Dutch already
have an excellent weekly air service
operating between Amsterdam and
Java in assisting them in the negotia
tions now taking place.
For a subsidy of 130.000 pounds
annually, the Dutch would provide
a -weekly aerial link between Eu
rope and Darwin (north Australia).
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