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THE SUNDAY okEaOXrAV PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 20, 1916. 10 UNIFORM SET OF TRAFFIC RULES 11 Visitors Often Get Into Difficul ties Because of Unfamil iarity With Laws. CODES OF COUNTY VARY iivon Portlanders Are Violators Be cnuse or Mistaken Ideas, but Ad herence to "Courtesy First" v. Policies Is Advised. With a total of 2,100,000 automobiles In the United States, with transcon tinental and intercity touring- on the increase and with thousands of "jay walkers" in all the large cities, including- our own Portland, there is an imperative need of a standard code of traffic regulations to be adopted throughout the United States. Of course it would be impossible to lay down general rules that would fit every situation in the respective cities. For instance, there are puzzles that crop out now "and then at the traffic intersections in Portland. Trailing- behind a Portland Heights car on Fifth street as it turns west to Washington street it is mighty easy for the motorist to imagine that he should follow the traffic and keep to the car tracks in behind the streetcar. Motorlata' Connie Not Same. Rut uch a course is bound to place ho motnrist at the mercy of tne trai fic officer, for the streetcar cuts in- xide the officers station wnereas an motorists are compelled to turn square corners, so to speafe. by crossing a majority of the street before turning Many Portlanders stumble up on this very point every iy as ine irainc of ficers can testify, and also Louis von Klein, of the Howard Auto company who fell into the clutches of the law on!v last week. A like situation prevails at the cor ner of Washington street and iroaa wav. A motorist coming south on Broadway and desiring to turn east on Washington is very, very apt to fol lnf lirect lv behind the bulk of a St. Johns car 'as it makes the corner. But here again the car runs on a traca in side the course prescribed for the mo torcar, just as it does at' other corners where turns have to be made to the left. Staadnrd for Rules Difficult. So it would, perhaps, be impossible to work out a standard set of traffic rules that would govern every situation the country over, but the Safety First Federation of America has undertaken to eliminate as far aa possible con flicts between the traffic regulations in various localities on the fundamentals and the results of this work should be watched with personal interest by motorists and pedestrians alike. Meanwhile the Wolverine Automobile Club of Detroit has outlined a set of rules, based on the idea of "Courtesy First." that should attract the support of all classes in society. In many respects this "Courtesy First" code is just as commendable and Just as important as the "Safety First" rules. Following are the rules in the "Courtesy First" code, which already have been adopted by the National Au tomobile Chamber of Commerce: First, do not hog the middle of the street give the other fellow room to go by and when he attempts to pass you do not speed up and perhaps crowd him into a safety zone. Be courteous. Keep out of the safety zones they re for the pedestrian. It is up to you to make them safe. Be courteous. When a fellow comes in from a side street give him room to turn the cor ner; do not crowd. When you park be hind another car, remember he may wish to leave before you do. Give him room to get out; don't crowd. When you expect to stop or turn do not keep your intention secret: think of the fel low behind. Be courteous. Do not dodge In and around cars in line in traffic Remember they were there first and have just as great a desire to get through as you have. Be courteous. Do not presume too much when you have the right of way perhaps the other fellow does not know it. Be courteous. Do not cut in front of a streetcar remember the motorman is human and most of them will learn all the court esy you will teach them. Be courteous. When you get the "Go" signal from a traffic officer, remember to give the pedestrian time to get out of the way. Be courteous. When you see people on the curb try ing to reach a car or vice versa, slow up, stop, if necessary, but let them cross without danger. This is one of the courtesies that will pay the motoring public best. Be courteous. When a pedestrian does not or will not pay any attention to your horn It is well to remember that the deaf, hun dreds of them, use the streets as well as you. Be courteous. J When you have an insane desire to ipeed remember the other fellows you are passing have just as much right to break the law as you have. Think of the sentiment you are creating against motoring by your mania. Think of the accidents that may happen by your hitting .some other driver coming In from a side street or pedestrian who does not see you coming. When a pedestrian sees you coming and deliberately pays no attention to you. remember that some are mentally deficient and you cannot tell them from the clothes they wear. Be courteous. When you see a child on a curb, slow up.' Remember the child can start quicker than you can stop. Be courte ous. Do not open your cut-out on the streets during the day. Remember there are many sick people and people on their death beds, whom such a sound greatly disturbs. Do not open your cut-out at night, for you probably remember some night when you were disturbed when trying to sleep by some fool whose greatest claim to fame was his noise. Be courteous. And remember that your horn is just a few times worse than your cut-out, Be courteous. '. Be courteous to police officials and thev will more than repay it And if you feel like swearing at the ordi nances or if you do not like the traffic arrangements, remember that perhaps tou mav be wrong, as most cities of the United States today have the very arrangements and ordinances which are Jn operation here. CADILLAC XEAT IX DESIGN l'xtcrior Appearance of Cars Is Sim plified by Makers. An example of the successful efforts of motor car makers to simplify the ,exterior appearance of their cars is .noted in the Cadillac Eight, ' Among points which may be cited Is the manner in which the frame of the Windshield is set into the corners of Ihe cowl and securely anchored, there by eliminating the necessity for stay rods or braces. It is also observed that, the running boards are perfectly clear, the battery box being concealed in : ' r r a compartment behind the dust shield alongside the running board, on one side and the detached accessories, such as wheel jack, tire hose and gas tank filler on the opposite side. Another point is the manner in which the side lamps are designed and at tached, which does away with the ex nosed wiring. The latter not only con tributesvo neatness in appearance, but by thus concealing the wires they are protected from the " weather and the probability of damage from other surces is removed. KXTIIA TUBE COMES IX HANDY Inner Portion of Tire Susceptible to Destruction by Exposure. A spare tube in addition to one in the extra tire which most motorists carry, is a pretty good insurance against trouble. Nearly all motorists now have at least one extra tube as a part of their equipment, especially when mak ing a trip of any length, but they sometimes find the spare tube in poor condition just when they need it most. According to the adjuster at tne jonn A. Walter Company, at the local Sav age Tire store, many inner tubes are rendered worthless by exposure to light and atmospheric conditions and by be ing kept deflated and folded together. Most rubbers deteriorate rapidly when exposed to light and atmospheric con ditions. This is especially true of in ner tubes, because of the high per centage of pure gum used in their con struction. The spare inner tube should be kept STATISTIC LIST OUT Many Portlanders Have Four or More Autos. CITY IS OPERATING 38 M. O. "ttilkins Announces Figures Prepared for Publication in -Quarterly Issue of Auto mobile Record. Tn making- out his lists last week to ho iisod in nublishing the Quarterly Is sue of the Automobile Record, which is come out about March 1, M. O. W 11- kins. the unofficial automobile statis-lii-ian of Oregon, discovered , that a large number of Portland firms and persons have registerea iour or raoro automobiles. Up to the last count a total of 16,560 automobiles had received 1916 license Jones Market Lrfa Taxi Company Ltpman. V'olfrt & Co Marshall-Wells Hardware Company Mason, Ehrman Jk Co - Mcitr & Frank Company . Mitchell. Lwis & Swver Company Multnomah County Northwest Electric Company Olds, Wortman & Kin? Oregon Motor Car Company Oregon Taxlcab Company pacific Bridge Company Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Palace Laundry Company porttand Gas & Coke Company Portland Railway, Light & Power Co... Portland Taxlcab Company Powers, Ira F. Furniture Company Rasmussen Company Royce, Erra & Bonnie Rueg, Jack School District No. 1 Shell Company of California Standard Oil Company Suburban Investment Company Talbot, Larry Townsend Creamery Company Union Laundry Company Union OH Company of California United States Bakery United States Laundry Company Wad hams & Co Warren Bros. -Company Wlnu-rs, C. U .. 3 . 5 . 0 . 5 , 21 , 11 . S , 1! . 30 . 23 , 4 . 7 . S , 7 8 H , 17 7 4 4 4 1 6 6 4 . 10 , 4 CAR UPHOLSTERY RE3IOVABLE New Marmon 34 Is Equipped With Innovation. Formerly automobile manufacturers hmto-.4- if wn nPPKRftrV TO attRCIl in ,i.t.jrt.p bd,iipo)v in the hndv. UD holstering the body after it had gone to the paint shop. All of this is changed nAw aa la cltarlv shown bv the Nor- ifarmon 34. which is said by many to be the sensation ol tne year. x ne un OAKLAND CAR IS BUILT UP ON ITS "HIND LEGS" TO PROVE THAT IT CAN GET "JUICE" AND KJlLi Al Art X dLt2.n X, ULJ;- 'KKp 1111 :AM E. I. Van Dersel la In Tonaean. II. A. Conger and W. H. Walllngford From !, to Right In K. A. Mitchell, of the Oregon Oakland Alto Company. Is Riding Che Bonnet; linder Che Car la Kdwarrt Ilarrle, Foreman of Che Oakland Shop. Impersonating Hobo Riding the Bmkeai Standing In ront of Che Car Milk Ilia Arm Elevated Is O. it. Miners, Pointing Out Che Height of Che 45 Per Cent Angle. in a light and moisture-proof case. It should be inflated occasionaly. then folded together so that the folds come in a new place. In this way, a tube will not be broken at the fold, as it often is when kept folded constantly in the same creases. RISH LIKE GADILLAG AUTO IS DECLARED BEST FROM AMERICA SE.T THERE. Ability of Some" Car Co Meet All Emergencies l'leasea Motor Pub lication Writer. "So far as' my experience goes I can pronounce the Cadillac Eight the best thing in the shape of a motor car that has yet come to us from the land of the Stars and Stripes." Thus writes an expert in a recent is sue of the Motor News, of Dublin, a leading Irish motor publication, after a run of 40 miles in a Cadillac Eight through slush and congested traffic in COLUMBIA HIGHWAY IS OPES KEAJU.V TO CROWS POINT TODAY. For the first time since the re cent snow storm the Columbia River Highway will be open to automobile travel today to a point within a quarter of a mile of Crown Point. Practically all of the main roads of the county again are passable, according to the announcement of the county road officials, and it is possible that the Columbia Highway will be open to Stone by next Sun day. During the past week Road master Yeon had men at work breaking the road past the Au tomobile Club house, where As sistant Secretary Chambers was snowbound until last week, and out beyond Chanticleer to a point where the cut is made to go to Crown Point. Beyond that point the highway is yet strewn with snow and ice ranging in depth from three feet to 12 feet on the banks. It may be necessary today to take the old macadam road that branches off at the left at Springdale, but, even so, the paved highway wilj be met in the course of about a half mile. the streets of London and over snow covered roads in the open country. He goes on: "It is to all Intents and purposes a one-gear car, as you can use the top speed (high gear) on anything from five to more than 60 miles an hour. The acceleration is really wonderful. The rate at which the car can jump from a creeping pace up to a mile per minute was to me a revelation. Thts was not my first introduction to the eight cylinder engine, having made a run two years ago on a De Dion with the same number of cylinders. The one impression left on my mind in con nection with that trip was the smooth running of the engine. I described it then as 'being pulled along by a cable.' There was not only the feeling of sweet and easy running, but the sense of supreme and constant power as well. My 40-mile run in the new Cad illac, in and out of traffic, through slush and snow, up hill and on level, was a repetition of my previous expe rience. "To use an Americanism, the new Cadillac is 'some' car. as it provides comfort bordering on luxury, speed far beyond one's requirement and ease of control so simple that a child could drive it." numbers and if the pleasant weather oflast week is to be repeated all of the. cars soon will come out of hiding. As a matter of fact, the total of 16, 560, checked over on last Thursday, with only a month and a half of the new year gone, is greater than the en tire number of cars registered during the entire 12 months of the year 1S14. Following is a list of the Portland firms which own and use four or more automobiles: Name No. cars. American Express Company 4 Artoiiated Oil Company 7 HaKRdge, O. & T. Company 11 Heliamy. Be"n A Hlake-MeFall Ctimuany 1- Hruudway Dyeing & Cleaning Works . 8 Cascade Investment Company f City Market lee & Coal Company. 4 ( Itv of Portland 38 Columbia Contrart Company 6 Corvallis Creamery Company 4 Crystal lee & Storage Company 4 TMindee, 1'red Enke. H. 7 Field & Poorman Auto Truck Company. 8 Klnley. J. P. & Sons 7 Poster X- Kleisor 7 Puller, W. P. & Co 7 Clauld Company S Hazelwood Company 7 Honeyman Hardware Company 10 Hoover, A. A 0 JennitiK. IT. & Son . 4 holstery of this new car is removable. It is made in sections, each section on a special form, and after the parts arc finished they are hooked into the car and fastened on securely. It is said by the Marmon makers that this method of construction al lows much better upholstery than could be secured formerly, and it is more uniform and finished. If desired it can be taken out and cleaned, or re placed by some other kind of up- hnlctorv Pnp inKtnnnp n. ma.n can have a set of leather upholstery and a set of tapestry, and can alternate them as he desires. Bodge Firm Progresses Kapidly. , Dodee Bros. Motorcar Company sold 35,000.000 worth of cars in the first I year of operation. It is the sixth larg est producer of automobiles in the world. The KISSELKAR is an entity a thing apart. It is rot one of a dozen or a car load. Each KISSEL KARis built to stand upon its own merit. It is made, not just to sell, but to perpetu ate KISSELKAR reputation. It is as near motor car per fection as man can build. The same care is shown in every style, from the 32 Four 5-Passenger Tour ing car at $ 1050 to the 42 Six 7-passenger Sedan with the "All-Year" body and top at $2100, f.o.b. factory. The Pacific KisselKar Branch Pacific Coast Distributor! of tht KisselKar 58-60-Twenty-Third St., Portland Telephone Main 6214 San Francisco. Oakland. Los Angeles. Pasadena. San Diego w Si SHORE DRIVE AiOrTGlAKEIAHOE lided with streetcars, an increase of 30 per cent over 1SI4. These collisions caused the death of 22 persons. In- stances out of 100 the fault was vestigation showed that In in- oi tne qriver that More Autos Crash With Cars. Officials of the Detroit United Rail way Company declare that during 1915 there were 5275 automobiles that col- Sensation of Portland "The Product of Experience." CHEVROLET You Will Know It by the Sign Who has not heard of this wonderful car, THE CHEVROLET? The GREATEST FOUR-CYLINDER CAR ever built, and has the MOST POWER of any four-cylinder in the world. Come and see for yourself; we will out-demonstrate any four-cylinder in the market. Equipped With Electric Starter, Lights and Horn, $650, Portland Chevrolet Motor Cars J. J. DeVaux Distributor Fourteenth and Couch Streets, Portland, Or. Telephone Main 6829 Some Territory still open. Write, wire or call j JT'UYA Valve-in-Head il Wftylflljj Seven Passenger ;;;; I (joJ $1635 rj 1 if; Under the head of this large, roomy and beautifully-finished, seven-passenger, six-cylinder car there is the Buick Valve-in-Head 55-horsepower motor. This car has a range speed from three to sixty miles an hour on high gear. The long wheelbase, 130 in., 36x4 tires, cantilever springs, upholstery of genuine leather and real hair over deep coil springs, give it that luxuri ous riding quality so much desired. Only large production with the latest improved machinery, backed by years of experience in automobile building makes this wonderful car possible at such a low price. Ask for a demonstration at our expense, then judge for yourself PRICES F. 0.' B. PORTLAND, OR. Roadsters $1100 to $1600 Touring Cars $1170 and $1635 Howard Automobile Co. FOURTEENTH AND DAVIS STS. MAIN 1130, A 2330. Mi: 6