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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