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31 b er of files, G abriélson ex p lain |B ^ a t th ro u g h his cross-filing,,' the f e œ g ta ry ’s office can provide the nam e of th e reg istered an d legal dw ner of any Car in a m a tte r of a v ery few m in utes. Such in form ation is frequently v alu ab le to enforcem ent agencies. The ditto copies now distributed, th ere rem ains b u t one final stop— th e room , w here th e’ , .actual jriailing of p lates or tabs is 3Sam^®;ed. Thèse should be in th e hands * o ^ ^ ^ | car ow ner in a little m ore than a week. • zO u r igBandfathers, w ith th e ir horses an d b u g g i e ^ n ev er knew how lucky th ey were! naling, the safety m en also w arn ed th a t m erely giving a signal does not necessarily m ean you can prbceed w ith no thought as to w h at th e o th er drivers w ill do. Be su re you signal, they advised, b u t m ake equally cer tain o ther vehicles approaching from the re a r are going to heed your w a rn ing before you tu rn or stop. 3,800 Accidents From No Signal P opulation of w hat is now th e state of ^O regon grew f r o m ' approxim ately 10,000 in te rrito ria l days a century ago to an estim ated- ,^ne m illion, five h u n - d re d jB a f a n d t d u w » How im p o rta n t is it to signal b e fore tu rn in g or stopping your ear in traffic? ' A ccording to figures released by the secretary of sta te ’s traffic safe ty division, such signals are m ore th a n S u s t n e c e s s a r y ' w i t h O regon law . L ast year, the division said, th e re w ere some 3,800 accidents in whicbl a d riv e r’s v io S a ^ M n regard to signaling w as The statistical^' breakdow n shows th a t failu re tÔyslgÈBl or an im proper signal regm te d in 3,147 of these acci dents, w hile disregarding another d riv e r’s signal accounted for 607 sm ash-ups. Five përsons w ere killed because of these violations, safety m en pointed oùt, .despite th e fact that., m ost of t ^ ^ g m ishaps in slow -m oving city traffic. A nother 52 accidents resulted w hen one d riv er d S s g W y ecl a left tu rn signal given by an o th er motoW $s In stressing the im portance of sig Vulcanizing and Recapping WALTCibfl A tre a ty in 1819 betw een the U.S.A. and S pain fixed th e so uthern bound- airy betw een th e Oregon ^country and Spanish te rrito ry at 42 degrees la ti tude. This now m arks the b o undary betw een Oregon and, C alifornia. A ngry M otorist: “Say, this car you sold m efcan ’t clim b a hill! You sw ore up and dow n it w as a good car.” Salesm an: “I di^ B g sw ear up and dc»wn- I said on the level it w as a good car.” Lane Gravel Company M abel W. H lllstrom Sand, Gravel and Crushed Rock Office Phone 1276 P. O. Box 375 Eugene, Oregon Nagle Lumber Co. 1845 Franklin Boulevard Eugene, Oregon Standard Oil Products RPM Motor Oils el ComPAny Use Your State Employee Credit Card - Complete Automotive Service Chemeketa and High Street - Opposite City Hall - Phone 2-3645
