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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1922)
TIIE SUXDAY OR EG ONT AX, POItTXAND, AUGUST 13, 1922 ... 3 CONTROL BY STATE OF TRAFFIC ACTIVE Energetic Enforcement Rules Brings Results. of REPORT SHOWS REFORMS Fii-Month Period CoTerrd Gives Kepuiaiion Impetus and Puis Safely on Hish Plane. ARRFST9 BY ?T4TK OFM 1 KR J A I A H 1 TO Jl K 30. IM LI ? K. Si?rhir.g licences ... 139 2 Id JJ .''r Sua operitori r ffwtd. p- i i n k and driving re -k . y .... Trur k p.-'1. 3 I -r. proper iism a No or- rator a license..... 27 veri.l-dl trut kji ...... 54 Tru-'k irhnut mirrors. . J VtOiAtio-r d.rr law.... 3a fr$ without lirece ..... 47 KcUe3iA ctrsvinjc ........ 21 No chaiiff-ur iirena ... Ir.iu:f.ctent rubber on t ir-s 5 One ltren p'.ar ........ & Parkin on hirnay .... & lriaite hrakr ...... 2 Tractor ! h treats .... 3 vr u- r aic Intox.cated drivers t The stat traffic dlTts'on. baring chars of tire enforcement of th at ate traffic rejru la lions, has been vnusually active ciurtnr the presen year and ha carried on its work in an enericetic and inteJIMfent way as Indicated by the semi-annual re port recently filed by T. A. Raffer tr. ch'ef Innpeclor. with Sam A. Kcser. secretary of state. The re port covers th period from Janu arv 1 to June 30. inclusive. Th report, practically in full, follows: As the remit at the constant attention f the officers ther h been turned 4a to the department I-i.-35 li in del:n iunt ltcen fee, th. fa b:nf coi iecti from Ind v.du. who were opr- k'.ng motor vchtr.es inj had not yet made the proper application to th s-c-rtaxy of t t for I;ceoje. trnf-ra ere., as required by law. from th ac ttritl of the "Sate officer, ihure h- boon eo.c;d by the numerous court throughout the atata SI .1.74 to ftnea Th'.s money Is turned oer to the county treasurer or th city trasjpr. th case my be. with: the countv or city where. a the comprint were f!ed. rilolew Vehicles Rerwvered. Stolen motor vehicles to the value of $W havo been recovered and returned to tne owners by th. department. While 1M wi.l not appear as an exceptional tbovlnc yet tt nuusc b remembered tnt i hi department tioe not t olio the uual 'practice of a sheriff off.se or a pti:re depart meet in notifying -' ber officers throucbout th state that a ve h.c.e haa been sto'.en but tmn y cives attention to reports f siolen motor ve hicles as they may bo received from time to time. In lummioi OP. there fore.' tt ts considered proper that th traffic dtvleton take erod.t for th amount of f lj.799 H as a result of its activities. Our rr-eatest activities hat naturally been aartnl th Individual operates motor veh:cie In a reck manner and at a speed in excea of that permitted k i.w a tAtai of - 1J cifei were f:ed i(k.ni: th operator of privately owned trhrti for this vroiation ana nine ssainst the operator of motor bue -l mnlm.nca er f'.ked Uftder the hd Ins f rtcc.'M drtvtnc and it 1 natural i .mm that a certain percentas of tttoae filed under th he of pd Ins inciutied a decree of rck:enea. v.,.. i .hnrf:iM the fact that our .'.- direct their attention particu Ur to every tnd.:atloa of recktenes . .i h. hM.tAt to such cae .v.. . 1 tii. effort only . m hvn ta reduce the peroentace of accidents upon th h:away. Motor Trweks Kttlie4. In the enforcement of tnoas ectlon ef the law l.tr.iunc the rate of speed af motor true, determining th con centratfd weight w hu h may ret upon the h?Khwy9 st contact with tho two whee. of any one ax.e and :hr ec ttons relative to th operation of uch vhu . th report d. ! conider abie activity- turn the manth pr;od track have been aivea at- t-nticn and inpe-4d. Comp.aint wr f d ;a the court acint i operator. Tat e ice loai nn from '- poun-S t im punl an mt. s'orty truca wre ohaerved op"rtir. at a speed In ,- f that prm.f4 by law and of th number compi:na were fsled asatnat 3 operator. Twenty-ntr.e com b.inti were filed acainst eMTAtinc true witfcout t v f.mp:in filed for trucks operat ing without auff.ceot rubb-er cushion as rtq3Tl by ec.ion St of the chapter and law referred t herein. It 1 our pertnee that the reat majority of trur operator are makin an effort to comply atth tho sections of th law which com under ins jansdicuoa f the traffic d;vt:on. It would appear thst there has been aa a a usual tmd-wv on tho part of aom Aperators to attempt to mNciouly d fraod the stal of money due by lests lativ enactment, by operatin vehKie w th ltcnes attached thereto which were tued to athr vehicle. Our rec ords how that I W been filed for th!s on vtoLatlon alone. Twnty oevea ee have ben ftled uiJnrt oper ators of motor vehicles who were rtv inB wtthoot the required operators Hens. Siitr-revM were filed asainat In 1!vt)aa! cprtinB motor vehicle without any licen whatever attached thereto, and five ea-s tor operatina with hot on ltcenae p;te- Nine cas wre filed a:nt the operators of com morctal vebwlea for fsilure to provide thmlve with chauff-urs licenaea fs raas were fi!" aBnt ruardtsn fr permltttnB minors uodr IS years -f t a or rate vemcie. r ie """ , Aa for parkins vehicles on th thrM for inadequate Mr asatnat th operation of tractors with cl-ata. realer' License Rem la ted. Cor-iplaiht to the number of S have Keen taka into th courts covertnB wt.n. f th so-called dealers licen lw In mewl instances, from necewsity, hN case wrrfid SRatRSt prtvat tn-4tvt.4iaia who were operaunB motor hl-l comm-rclalty ar otherwise, hav in attached thereto a dealer" llcen rr-K,t- t.u?. In th mstortty off such tn.r.M the plate was lon4 by th r-tered dealer to a cutomer in ritrect vio!tton of the law a In th ir.unr-1 c-a have been filed asainst a-:er themselves for rommerctal Ut-b thi ticen. r. la o'her word, for weir ut h Itcen in a manner plainly prMb!t-d bv the sctton of the law re frrred to aov. i the enforcement of this part'culsr .tmn of te law. the department h unourtnb:y conwtrued the law and wppHed it in the broad-t possible ene. prWrr ne to arpiy th spirit and Intent of the law o fara potble rather than piacirtr a literal conTructton threon. It would eem that after year of ex perience the state would havo passed the period ef expertmentirtB with a deal er license lw. and should be in a po sition to formuiat a law th line of which are m-r cloe!y defti than st prent. o that th automobile" dealer and the officer chred with the enforce p.ent ef t?e Uw would be r-lteved of nn)e of the embrTments expeienced st prent Th department has been handicapped in its effort to protect the bona f aotomohi dlr. owir B to the fact that certain word or phraw contalne-t in th Uw ir n.t clearly de-ftn-d For iampe. the law requires that a d r ehall hav a "ftxed place of bustn' and that h hall carry on hand at such ptac of husine s "stock" of new or "-oo-'f hini motor vehicle for a t. t h:!- the term "dealer" I very clearty d-fmi, yet a f td plac of buin' is not defined, nor can it Ke determined from the readinB of th law what con routes s "ock" of motor vehicle for ie. Kurt hr than th:. wba th dvpartaeteat. under th author- i Individual mirrors and Ity rrsnted the secretary of state, bas attenvpted to caloel th licen of a so called dealer, who, without question, was ,ll reciatcred as a dealer to vad th payment of the rv-Bular license fee. th automohiltt dealer t hem se Ives hav been? reluctant in some Instances to iv to the d'partr.ient tliei assistance In enforctnB this parlicuiaj- provtaioa uf th ( law. It is sdmltted that quie a few of th violation a committed utwr tho Bn- j oral trtn of the "dealers' license law".' are committed throuBh isnoranc of the 1 taw or tailur to f aiailtartae themaelves ' wtth lis requirenienta, yet. on th other I band, many of ajich violation can. of coura claslfli a a malicious Intent I to defraud the stae. It Is my deatre 1 that w be understood ai not condemn Inc the dealer of th stst as a body. ( for the sreat majority hav been mor I than antloui t assist and co-opera t i with our department. Ther ar many specific case In our file, but th qu 1 tua la ony brousbt up in hope that the i tat may oon prcpar a dea-Iers" license ' law which will save all parties Interested tho want of time now necessary to en force this one particular section. Usht Problem Ierreaaed. Thero has been a noticeable Improve ment in the l.snl problem, yet it sitll ' uail for our constant attention. DuruiB ' th period covered by thi report our j observations have taken in IS-tu viola- t tiois of Breater or lss importance. Of i this number complaints were filed j asainst p. and from reports brouBht to : us and comments of nbmroas Individ- j usts, it ts believed thst our policy of onnstantiy nrinBtng' to tne attention oi operators "he necessity for propr liBht InB equipment end car in Its operation while upon the turhways at ntBht is im proving th sttuatiow to a drsree not snticipated on year ao. At this par ticuia.r time of year on will meet a few drivers who will not dim their bead l;Shta, but in practically every intnc upon Investisation It will be found that such operators are from other atatea. where th law requires different lisht lnB equipment snd operation than Is re quired by the state of Orvoa. Just at th; time the highways of tbs state, and e penary the two main ar terte of travel known as th Columbia highway and th Pacific highway, ar carry in the heaviest traffic load in th history of the state. Recent observa tion have di?oaed surpneinB fact In that an wvera.se of three out of every five motor ehici met upon certain sections of the Pacific highway were dispiavtnB freiu licenses. This ltua tion DAtura ir present a more or less difficult traf'tc enforcement problem. By virtu of th fact that there ts not in existence throughout the states uniform traffic r-Ku5ation (and mor epe cia.ly Is this true of speed resulatlon and signals th re!ent of another atat operates hi vehic In the manner arid cusrora of hi own community, thus Inno cently and unconsciously offerins an op portunity for accidents. The state of treon should welcome the tourist, for ho is a source of revenue snd a certain per cent will eventually become vitlxens and property owners of the state, and for theao reasons sre entitled to every poa- hie courtesy, yet at tho same time our officers must not nedect an opportunity to impress upon them the necessity for careful observence of the law applicable to the operation of motor vehlcs s a means of personal protection. In this way. whether recos-nixed and acknowl edsed or not. we wul assure to the trav eler the sre a tent desree of enjoyment d urine- his temporary star amons us. As indicated, the peak of traffic ts here and Breater diligence on the part of the oper ator of a vebiele and constant at ten. tioa to duty on the part of the officer and a determined attitude on the part of the court will eventually be the means of reduclnf the percenta e of ac cidents In this state. Warn In Ar Efficacious. j It is desired to call your attention to tho ficur-es on our report designated under tho heading of "Warning." Th general term "warnings"' as ued by th inspector applied to every possible vio lation or th motor vebiele law. Believing-, aa we do. that the officer on th road should observe and call the attention of the operators of auto mobiles every minor infraction of th taw. which, considering the merits of the esse, would not seem to Justify court set ion. th practice of instructing the individual is followed. It may bo poa- aibie that to some Instsnces the officer has shown leniency where an arrest would have been more effective, but. belle vine thst the operators of motor vehicles of this state are not criminals. we have chosen to try and draw a line between malicious and intentional vio lation and those that are committed un consciously. And where, la our estima tion, there haa not been a malicious violation, a virntnf slip has been issued to the tndtvtdusl and such Individual Instructed aa to tho requirement of the particular 'law that may be in a meas ure beinc violatd at the time. It will be noted that 44 warning slips have beea Issued, snd but 7.3 arrests made. Her let me thst had It been the desire of this department to mske a rec ord solely on the number of arrests made or the amount of money It could collect through fine. 0Ki more arrests culd hav ben made durlnB the first half of If -2 than our report show as Indicated heretofore the officers have not he stated to arrest a spd field or a reckless driver. reBardlesa of th speed at which he may have been drivtns. or reBardlesa of who tho Individual might be. but It ts my sincere belief, based upon two years of experience, thst the public, who are the citisens of the state, the taxpayers who are paytn- for the protection of th roads snd tho protec tion pf th lives and property of other citizens, are en tit led to consideration where no malicious intent is evidenced, snd based on that belief. I am perfectly wttltrts to atand on my record as s traf far -enforcement officer and leavs H to the public to decide whether or not such a policy ts correct or erroneoua Th following- officers operated for th department during th pe riod covered by the report: K. K. Bloom, Xave Brown. Floyd Browne. H. I Griffith. Robert Hamaker. Karl B. Houston. C. Ueuallen. J. J. McMahon. Earl W. Perkins, Jay Sattsman. W. K, Snnd&rass. E. R, Thnrber." C C "Williams. Ches-ter Wiles and Arthur E. Uibbs. Talk Abcpoft race Where Will Gardner You Equal Quality At PORTLAND SPOKANE OR SEATTLE? 32x4 Goodyear Cord Urea, non-skid front and rear. Heavy Tourist tubes. ' Bright finish, straight-grain genuine leather upholstering. Curled hair filled cushions and backs. Aluminum moulding on body. Real Walnut Wood instrument board. . lS-inch steering wheel with aluminum spider and non-slip hard rubber rim. Motometer. ' . Nickel plated bar radiator cap. Special hard baked black enamel finish. Clear vision top covered with Chase dread naught double texture material. Large plate glass window in rear curtain with anti-rattle device. Door opening curtains on all four doors. Windshield wiper. Nickel plated windshield wing nuts. Spiral bevel differential gears with driving pinion integral with shaft. Timken bear ing. Hydraulic pressed steel chassis frame with five heavy cross members. Alemite system of chassis lubrication. Powerful L-head type motor, 5-inch stroke, 314 -inch cylinder bore. 'Forty-eight pound crankshaft. Willard threaded rubber battery. Borg & Beck improved disc clutch with steel insert in drive plate. Westing house ignition starting and lighting system. Semi-elliptic vanadium steel springs. , Timken and Hyatt roller bearings. -Vacuum tank gasoline feed system. Stewart - Warner speedometer driven from transmission. Warner-Patterson non-glare headlight lenses and nitrogen bulbs. One hundred and twelve-inch wheel base. Barrel head lamps. ' . A GAR SO GOOD THAT IT IS GUARANTEED FOR ONE YEAR. WE HAVE SOLD 100 GARDNERS IN 100 DAYS QUALITY IS THE REASON. Let us give you a list of buyers so you can learn at first hand why careful buyers prefer GARDNER Also Spokane -and Seattle M-sutifKt Vl J Broadway at Everett-Portland FORTY YEARS IN THE NORTHWEST iSiit- MINIMUM DILUTION S yS V ---0ANKCASt OIL jS or etter compression use better Oily Good compression can only be secured by correct lubrication by maintaining a constant lubricating film between the piston and the cylinder wall. This not only reduces friction, but prevents the escape of gases into the crankcase, with consequent loss of. power. Comparative tests with a Sprague Dynamometer show that Zerolene maintains a piston seal that develops full .compression. Because of its natural characteristics and' exceptional purity and stability, Zerolene maintains full cylinder compression under all operating conditions, whether the piston clear ance is small or comparatively large. The recommendations embodied in the Zerolene Correct Lubrication Chart are .calculated with the greatest precision, and if Zerolene is used in accord ance with them, correct lubrication and maximum fuel mileage are assured. . ' - STANDARD OIL COMPANY . ICaUfornM Good Koad Congress. "The first national good roads con- Crrss frer hld In Argentina too plac. In Buenos Alrra laet month. It was decided, a morn other things, to formulate flans for a network of roada throuKhout th. republic. K.r th. TmI B.i. Clean everr working part of the ear. particularly- th. parta under neath, which many motorists forget ever exist. SEW SAI.F.S DIRIXTOR FOR CHKK01.KT DKtLKR 1 ruHTLASD. 3007 MILKSOON DONE CALIFORNIA IS COMPtETIXG HALF OF PROGRAMME. Improvements on Roads Not In cluded in State List Will Have to Be Made. SACRAMENTO, CaL. Aug. 12. By tha end of the present fiscal year California will have completed around 2007 miles of Ha state high way programme, or about half the mileage Incorporated in the state system by the various bond and legislative acts pertaining to high waya In addition to this 1007 miles are (44 miles of apecial appropria tion roada which are not Included In the list of completed highways. Some of these 4S miles are equal to the state highway standard for fin ished roads, but the majority will need radical reconstruction. The total mileage in the state system for both building and -maintenance Is over miles, or rinse to 10 per cent of all dedicated public roads in the state, exclusive of Incorporated cities. Of the 3007 miles built by the California highway commission, 1765 miles are concrete base roads, with or without asphaltic surfacing; 305 miles are paved roads of other types and S37 miles are graded roads. Since January 1 of this year the commission has contract-ed for 103 miles of new construction. 46 mlls of gravel surfacing and 30 miles of asphalt surfacing. Its programme for the year calls for $15,000,000 in new highway construction. During 1921 average costs for the different types of roads were rough ly as follower Graded roads. J12.Q00 per mile. Bltunrtnlzed macadam, 321,000 per mile. Concrete base. $30,000 per-mile. " Bituminous pavement. $24,000 per mile. territory, announcing substantial reductions in the price of . all Nash models, ranging from $150 to $200 on the six-cyjinder cars and from $50 to $100 on the fours.. In announcing the reduction a statement from C. ' W. Nash, presi deat of the Nash company, accom panying the new price schedule, said: , "The dollar now has greater pur chasing power in the automobile field" than anywhere else. In fact, at no previous time in the history of the industry has there been such great value offered at such low prices. ... "Considering labor and material costs, it Is seriously questionable as to whether or not such low prices can be maintained. If ever there has been a buyers', market it is right 1 Irf &3r n Ann wrrecthtb PRESENT BUYERS' MARKET Recent Reductions Mean Cnusu.al Values, Says C. V. Nash. Word has been received by the Portland Motor Car company, Pack ard and Nash distributors for thta . . - v - E st h 1J . J fr Hupmototlc nrnrnnnnEnnnnnn - it..., it i - 1- 1 - t-Mo LJk aJ ,,.,! W. A. Brest, aslei auiairr far V'ielaa Motor Car cob. amy. Announcement was made last week by LeKoy FieSds. head of the Fields Motor Car company, Chevrolet distributors for this section, of the promotion of W. A. Grout to the position of sales manager for the company. Bill" haa been with the Fields organi zation for the past four years, working up from the position of demonstrator and driving in structor for Chevrolet purchasers to his preent position. For the last year he has been manager of the used car department. Grout la th. son of I. A. Grout, super intendent of the Portland schools. The Hupmobile's o brilliant performance, f lack of petty and con- f ' stant adjustments, are the result not only, of careful designing, but of fine manufac turing in the Hup mobile's own plafhts. Manley Auto Co. 11th and Oak at Burneide re i Jnrsaw J i. .c, , fle National Vacation-Land. Colorado has a representation of ore power -Sspeed ss &Mqd and wear mation as many as 25 states in some of fis mountain resorts through cabins built by outsiders for their .enjoy ment during the vacation season. Battery Advice Is Given. "Just as good as a new one" is a statement often made and seldom true. "The rebuilt battery,", accord ing to C. T. Burg of Harper-Burg, Inc., local Willard representatives, "is often made of parts from - dis carded batteries which have Just enough more life In them to get by the purchase date. A few new parts may be added, a new case and a lot of new paint and then the sad re frain 'justk as good.'. ' - "The car driver who wants satis factory battery operation is advised rotonve6 ice station representing a standard make of battery. He is then'getting more than a battery, he gets a bat tery with the reputation of a manu facturer who has thousands or mil lions of dollars invested in plant and equipment behind it." - - - - 'Ihere is a BEARINGS SERVICE branch or distributor within calling distance of yon Portland Branch" 24 N. Broadway Broadway 1799 KNOW THM13Y THESE TREAP3 P. ..5? 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