THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 24, 1022
DRIVING DANGEROUS
i Oil WET PAVEMENT
Autoists Are Warned to Be
More Careful.
ACCIDENTS ARE MANY
Casualties From Skidding After
Mrst Rains Numerous and
Can Be Avoided.
. Drivers should exercise more cau
tion in the operation of their cars
cn wet pavements. 'Summer showers
are likely to make the streets and
roads dangerous after a consider
able dry period, for the streets have
an accumulation of oil and muck
which is loosened by the rain and
becomes as slippery as the ways of
a shipyard, especially on asphaltic
pavement.
Drivers get Into the habit of de.-pending-
on the pavement in dry
weather and often come to grrief at
the first sigrn of rain. This accounts
for the grreat number of accidents
due to skidding; when the rain first
starts. The casualties from this
source can be greatly reduced if the
drivers will onlv take care.
Tactics for driving on dry and wet
streets are different and It is the
measure of a driver to be able prop
erly and safely to handle a machine
cn both kinds of streets.
A good driver is one who correct
ly Judges his road and knows what
it will do. Too many fall to realize
the differences and go ahead blindly
and wonder how it happened when
they find themselves in the gutter
or wrapped around a telephone post.
There is absolutely no need or
excuse for accidents from skidding.
The driver of a machine, .If he be
at all capable of driving, should be
able to handle the car on any kind
of a street, wet or dry.
A wet street by the nature of the
thing is more or less slippery. The
driver should realize this and be
prepared to handle the-automoWle
accordingly. . That is the thing that
. counts.
On a wet street the driver should
realize that to speed is tempting
fate. This Is especially true when
making turns. The old law of
physics that a body in motion tends
to keep in a straight line, holds in
motoring as elsewhere. On a wet
street the turn of the steering gear
is often not enough to change the
direction of a heavy car with safety,
that is, if the car is moving at any
great rate of speed.
The safety procedure when mak
ing a turn is to slow down to a rea
sonable rate and not try to turn too
short.- Then, too, if the street Is
one on which car tracks are laid, it
often helps to have one wheel on
the stone block paving between the
car tracks.
Another thing the motorist has
trouble with on wet streets- is stop
ping. Here the inclination to make
a dashing stop with brakes Jammed
is the great trouble-breeder. The
car invariably will slough around
and sideswipe everything in sight
unless checked.
In wet weather all stops, save
emergency stops, should be made
with as little use of the brakes as
possible. This is true, at all times,
but more particularly so when the
pavement is slick.
Skids are dangerous things. A
car once started on a skid is a dif
ficult thing to control, and the dam
age done may be great before the
careening car is brought to a stand
still.
In skidding everyone nearby is
Imperiled. It is only too often that
an innocent pedestrian on the side
walk is the one injured or. killed by
skidding. The danger is obvious,
and the driver of a machine should
do everything in his power to pre
vent his car from skidding. When
skidding the car is practically be
yond the control of the driver.
One- of the first things to do when
you feel the rear end swinging
around is to slow down. That takes
the impulse off the drive wheels.
Then turn the steering gear toward
the direction of the skid. This means
that if the rear end starts sliding
off to the right the wheel should be
turned to the right.
Now, this should be done with
caution, for too great a turn will
cause the rear end to careen around
violently In the other direction, and
all control is then lost.- A slight
turn of the wheel will often suffice.
The amount of the turn is entirely
T to the driver and depends on the
extent of the skid. The driver can
feel when the skid is checked, and
the steering wheel should be turned
no farther, or the business of whip
ping back and forth across the
street will be started. Above all
things, though, slow down when the
oar begins to skid.
Tourists, Beware of Burg
of Davis, Cal.
Travelers Taken Before ."Unjua
ttce" and Soaked to Limit.
PORTLAND. Sept. 18. (To the Au
tomobile Editor.) Having re
cently returned from an auto tour
of California, I feel it my duty to
relate a certain Incident that it was
my unfortunate lot to have occur,
to the end that all Portland motor
ists who contemplate a California
trip may profit by my experience.
Davis, a small California town
about 80 miles north of San Fran
cisco, lies about a mile off the Pa
cific highway. What it misses in
tourist trade the village has de
termined to offset by ensnaring the
unsuspecting tourist by means of a
speed trap it has placed along the
highway about a mile southwest of
the town.
Here all tourists who may exceed
the limit even to the slightest ex
tent are stopped, haled before "Un
justice" of the Peace, Mr. Scott, and
soaked to the limit. Tourists, be
ware of Davis!
To illustrate the benefit of these
warnings to brother tourists I cite
the following instance: Last May
an Oregon tourist was fined ex
cessively for a minor infraction of
the speed law in Yreka, Cal. He
wrote an account of his mistreat
ment to The Oregonian. I. for
one, was fortunate enough to read
it. On the trip south I informed two
Yreka merchants of the reputation
his town had up north. He in
formed me that the town had been
a heavy loser by the publicity given
the incident. Oregon tourists ig
nore the town, purchasing supplies
at the other localities.
PAUL HARRIS.
Novel Truck Perfected.
The newest thing in trucks for
building contractors is one fitted
with a body which, having been
loaded with bricks, can then unload
them already piled.
WHITE MOTOR TRUCK
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LATEST Eftl'IPMEM FOR RAILROAD BUSINESS 1ST OREGON.
Light passenger traffic on railroad lines all over the country Is being handled more and more by motor
buses fitted with flanged wheels. The latest local development of the kind is shown above, a White railroad
bus just put into operation by the Columbia and. Nehalem River railroad. The car operates from Kerry on
the Columbia over the line 30 miles into the Nehalem. The truck has a possible speed, according to the
Portland branch of the White company, of 63 miles per hour forward and 19 miles in reverse. It carries 32
passengers seated. It is controlled by three different sets of brakes and is equipped to handle a trailer
when business warrants, the' trailer being controlled by means of an electric break operating from the driver's
seat of the truck.
UNPRECEDENTED CALL FOR
CLOSED CARS IS PREDICTED
Open Machine Rapidly Becoming Luxury, Says Head of Jordan
Motor Car Company.
LEVELAND, O.. Sept. 23. How
I many dealers will survive
period of keen competition?
These questions have been par
tially answered in the regular semi
annual survey of the motor car in
dustry conducted by the Jordan
Motor Car company.
Edward S. Jordan, through his
contact with thousands of dealers
throughout the country, manufac
turers, bankers and business men,
thinks he has the answer to' all of
these questions as far as any human
being is able to predict the future.
Here is what he says:
"There will be three periods dur-
lna- the next 18 - months, each of
about six months duration.
' "The first period . will be one of
easy business for all manufacturers
who have already organized their
inclosed body .production.
'The second period will be one oi
keen competition with price reduc
tions on inclosed cars due to the
final efforts of all manufacturers to
attain inclosed car output.
"The third period will be one of
rapidly rising labor costs and labor
difficulties, due to an approach
ing period of secondary inflation
brouerht about by the disinclination
of labor to accept wages that are
offered.
'The first of January, 1924, should
be somewhere in the neighborhood
of the bee-innlne of the next depres
sion brought about by the attitude
of labor towards employers.
'This attitude will be created by
the unusual lack of men due to cur
tailed immigration and the disin
clination of the sons and daughters
of men who immigrated to this
country within the last 25 years to
do ordinary labor.
"During the next 90 days, or tne
first half of the first period, there
will be a great shortage of inclosed
cars. Only a few manufacturers in
the industry have been far sighted
enough to organize their production
sufficiently in advance to take care
of the demand.
"This will mean a curtailment of
the sales with possible further price
reductions on the part of manufac
turers who are not ready with quan
tity production on inclosed models.
"The larger producers of the in
dustry are now going into increased
production on Inclosed cars.
"The reason for this is that .the
open car is rapidly becoming a lux
ury.
"It can be used satisfactorily for
only three months in the year. The
inclosed car can be used with satis
faction all the year aroBnd.
"The time will come when only
people of means sufficient to own
two automobiles will own- an open
car.
"The average prices of automo
biles will be increased during the
next 12 months.
"This will be due to the extraor
dinary demand in the open car field
for what is known as a four-pas
senger sport model.
People are- demanding more
equipment, including a trunk and
larger tires and other accessories
which add to their comfort and con
venience. This means a higher
cost of production.
"Added to this factor will be the
increased cost of building inclosed
cars against open cars. It will not
be possible to build inclosed cars on
the same price basis as the open
cars because they have to be built
much more substantially. While for
the first year it will appear that the
LOCAL: ACCOUNTANT MADE
AUDITOR FOR HtJGHSOSf
COMPAJfY.
Appointment of L. J. Mead to
the position of auditor for the
big William L Hughson company,
authorized Ford dealers, with a
branch in Portland and other -branches
at all the leading cities
of the Pacific coast, was an
nounced last week. Mr. Mead has
been senior accountant with
Alexander Young & Co., recently
resigning that connection to take
up the new work. His headquar
ters will be at San FVancisco, the
company's home branch, but his
work will bring him to Portland
frequently.
USED ON RAILWAY LINE INTO
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differential between the open and'
the inclosed car will be slight, even
tually the demand of the public will
be for inclosed bodies of quality.
'Summing up the whole automo
bile situation for the next six
months, those' manufacturers who
build inclosed cars of substantial,
lasting quality will move more
rapidly forward than those who are
either not prepared for increased
closed car production, or who are
not building inclosed cars ' of
quality.
"From the standpoint of the deal
er, If any man would like to find
out what dealers will survive in the
industry it is only necessary for Iiim
to discover those that have actually
been able to handle what is rapidly
becoming a time payment business.
, "Eighty per cent of cars sold at
retail are now sold on a time basis
and practically every sale involves
a trade. It may be said that abso
lutely every sale of an inclosed car
involves a trade.
- "This means a close connection
between the banker and the dealer.
Wherever that connection hasieen
established the dealer will survive if
he is a good business man. Where
it has not been established he will
fail."
YVAIiliA VVAIiLA PAVING DONE
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Most of Bad Detour on ' Inland
Empire Route Eliminated. :
WALLA WALLA, Wash , Sept. 23.
(Special.) Paving of the seven
mile stretch from Waitsburg west
has been completed and as soon as
the concrete cures tourists will have
The New Gardner Sedan
Good-Looking, Well-Built and Priced Right
The Ideal Family Car beautifully finished in
special Gardner limousine blue, with hard-baked
black enamel fenders and nickel-plated, satin
finished hardware inside the body embodies all
the little luxuries and the durability and perform
ance qualities of the high-priced motor coach.
With full five-passenger seating capacity all four
doors open wide, providing easy entrance to both
front and rear seats. Doors are fitted with latest
automatic rotary-type, noiseless window lifters
and special locking device.
Dome light Perfection heater rain-proof wind
shield permanent metal sun visor cowl ven- .
tilator tilting steering wheel sturdy drum-type
headlamps 32 x 4 anti-skid cord tires.
When such important qualifications of closed car
Value as equipment comfort convenience
appearance and price are considered, the Gardner
Sedan Will give a good account of itself any time
anywhere.
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Gir-Toxc toel wheel equipment ' '
applied mX amall extra charge.
THE GARDNER MOTOR CO.. inc.
ST. LOUIS. U. S. A.
GARDNER
This
Model
Now on
Display
SPOKANE
THE NEHALEM SECTION.
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no more "kicks" at road conditions
in Walla Walla county. Three miles
of the road will be ready October
15, it is announced.
Opening of this road will give 15
miles of concrete highway Detween
Walla Walla and Waitsburg, leav
ing about five miles still to be
paved. This five -mile gap, however,
is in good condition, being graveled
road which has been worked over
and re-surfaced this year.
West of this city the gravel road
is in good condition to the Frank
lin county line. South of the citj
the gravel road is paved a distance
of 45 miles, four miles of it in
Walla Walla county:
Tourist travel Is falling off fast
now, only a few cars stopping at
the park each night.
OVE RIiAXD SOLD BY RADIO
Wireless Phone at Toledo Plant
Put to Unusual Service.
TOLEDO, Sept. 22. The demand
for Overlands is so great they are
ordering them bv radio. Probably
the first bona fide saie or an Over
land car by radio was the one com
pleted last week by Leo Nachrab,
one of the leading salesmen of the
Willys-Overland branch at Toledo,
O. Charles R. Thorpe, secretary of
the William B. Duck Radio company,
was the purchaser of the car.
Nachtrab was - talking to Mr.
Thorpe over the telephone at the
time that the radio outfit which has
been receiving concerts each evening
In the Overland branch salesrooms,
happened, to be tuned in with the
Duck station.
Learning that the Overland re
ceiver was working, Thorpe told
Nachtrab to listen closely. Nach
trab's name was called over the
wireless set. Instructions followed
for the delivery of the new car to
Thorpe. Thorpe is now driving his
new Overland with the knowledge
that he has been the first owner to
purcase his car over a wireless tele
phone. . Coop $1095
Broadway at
Everett St.
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TRAFFIC RULES ARE URGED
FOR STARDARDIZATIOX.
Accidents on Highway Could Be
Greatly Reduced, Says Expert
in Federal Service. "
WASHINGTON. T. C, Sept. 23.
Accidents on the highways could be
greatly decreased by the passage of
uniform state laws requiring every
truck to carry a mirror giving a
view of the road immediately to the
rear and by requiring every horae
drawn vehicle, as "well as automo
biles, to display some sort of light
when using the roads at night.
This is the opinion of M. O.- Kl
dridge, director of roads of the
American Automobile association
good roads board, after making a
careful digest of the traffic laws of
all the states of the union. Elbrldge
in a report to the secretary of com
merce sets forth that thirteen states
have laws requiring the mirror on
trucks, but that very few have any
regulation for horse-drawn vehicles.
The states requiring mirrore on
trucks are Vermont, Washington,
California, Connecticut, New York,
Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mas
sachusetts, Michigan. Missouri, New
Jersey and the District of Columbia.
Motor trucks need mirrors, as
they . travel at a slower rate of speed
than passenger cars, and the noise
of the engine completely drowns out.
In many instances, the horn, of the
motorist be'hind, who is blowing for
the road," said EMridge. "Often they
Names of
It excels even those beautiful Hudsons
which were counted matchless values
at above $4600 Limousines, Town
Cars and Landaulets, famed for their
distinction.
No other Hudson so completely sums
the body-builders art. It blends rich
ness and luxury with a simplicity that
is the hallmark of Hudson inclosed car
charm. And the promise of its beauty
is borne out irf the unusual personal
comfort and serviceability this model
affords.
C.
615-617 WASHINGTON ST.
will swerve about the time the pas
senger car is about to pass, and this
means an accident. As for the light
on a horse-drawn vehicle, the need
for It Is obvious, as a -motorist com
ing up behind ouch a vehicle and per
haps blinded by the head-lights of 'a
car coming from the opposite direc
tion, . cannot see the horse-drawn
vehicle until he is right on it. I
believe that uniform state laws on
these two subjects will go far to
ward decreasing the number of ac
cidents which take daily toll of life,
and. the A. A. A. will do all In its
power to aid in obtaining such
laws."
SAFETY WORK IS EFFECTIVE
Accidents ..Being Cut Down In
Proportion to Number of Cars.
It is reasonable to believe that
highways, will have a better safety
record in 1923, because the public
is increasingly awake to the
fact that Individual transportation
brings Individual responsibility.
Massachusetts halved its accident
record In one year.
Twenty-eight cities have reduced
their motor fatalities since 1921.
Cities are protecting the danger
ous traffic spots. -
The raifroads are conducting an
excellent and constructive "cross
crossings cautiously" campaign.
More playgrounds are being de
veloped. -
The public is laughing the "auto-
boob" out of existence.
Local, state and national edu
cators are training children in
proper conduct on the highways.
The safety season is now on.
In Pennsylvania a passenger au
tomobile used as a truck regularly
to carry supplies is classed as
commercial Vehicle.
Its New
Averages
Miles to
Owners, their addresses
H U D S ON
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Coach
On the Famous Super-She Chassis
An Enclosed Car at Open Car Prices
$ 1945 Delivered Here
Competitors Have Said It Couldn't Be Done.
The New Sedan
The De Luxe Car of the Year
$2675 Delivered Here
HUDSON Speedster
Owners Like It
They Give It the Highest Praise
$1845 Delivered Here
L. Boss Automobile Co.
BOM CUTESY IS NEXT
GREKX AND WHITE STICKER
1VIIX ADORN MOTORCARS.
Unique Movement Launched With
Idea of Reducing Highway
Accidents to Minimum..
WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 13.
Automobiles in all parts of the
United States will soon be bearing
on their windshields a little green
and white sticker with "Automobile
Courtesy" in large letters over the
name of the local automobile club
Indicating that the driver of this
car Is observing the courtesy cam
paign being conducted by the Amer
ican Automobile Trade association
In connection with the Chicago
Automobile Trade association and
the National Automobile Dealers'
association.
"We believe that E0 per cent of
the automobile. accidents which hap
pen on the highways of the United
States could be avoided through the
UBe of a little automobile courtesy,"
said Dai H. Lewis, acting executive
chairman of the American Automo
bile association. "Courtesy costs
nothing, and brings greater results
than any other element entering
into the driving of an automobile.
"Keal automobile courtesy de
mands that we give the other fel
low his share of the road; that we
dim our lights when meeting an
other car at night; that we recog
nize the fact that the man behind
us blowing for the road wants to
Motor
better than
the Gallon
and mileage in next
The lustrous, lasting finish reveals the
unhurried and painstaking care given
every detail by master workmen, who
Jhave always specialized on the finest,
costliest cars. .
Of course, it has the new Hudson motor,
which won such instantaneous admira
tion everywhere. It is the top step of
seven years' development of the pat
ented Super-Six principle. It is equally
a revelation to Hudson owners.
get by and Is not chatlenslng us
to a race; In short. It means belr-a"
agreeable In all these little thins
that go so far toward avoiding
friction."
The American Automobile -elation
In taking up with Its 3U
affiliated cluba the question of car
rying on this campalsn Is Impress
ing the need for careful observance
of traffic regulations as one of the
elements of a courtesy campaign.
The trafflo officer, the Association
points out. Is only a human being
placed In a difficult position be
cause of the necessity of enforcing
these regulations and a little court
esy toward him will eliminate many
of the trivial arrests that now clut
ter up our traffic courts.
The whole operation of the court
esy campaign the American Auto
mobile association points out de
pends entirely upon the old prin
ciple of the golden role. "Do unto
others as ye would that they should
do unto you.
DETROIT HAS MOTOR CAMP
Stream of Tourists Constantly
Pouring Into "Auto" City.
Detroit, the motor city, has ben
without a camping ground for auto
mobile tourists until recently, hfi
the Detroit Automobile club took
steps to obtain some kind of camp
ing place for the great army of auto
travelers that nightly seeks a plsc
to pitch tents.
Finally. In order to provide some
acoommodation for the tourists
Captain W. S. Gllbreath, managrr of
the Detroit Automobile club, ar
ranged for tourists to uss the larse
state fair grounds, which are within
the city limit.
Sunday's ad.
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PORTLAND, OREGON