The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 21, 1917, Image 44

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND.- SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1917. fRAFRC REGULATIONS IN THE CnY INCREASE SAFETY UPON STREETS -A sf While Number of Autos Is .Growing Protection to Life 1. aad Limb Is Keeping Pace, ; POLICE PF CITY ON ALERT t Commission: "Is Charg- off Important Work XB jtnrrtng Efficient la Cop. ' , ' iMg With Serious Problems, "-When state automobile license clerks Closed their books at Salem Thursday ; night, mors than 24,000 tags-for 117 - had -been mailed to motor car owners . over th state. At the end of January, U 191$ a year, lacking two weeks, ago '-: thsrs bad been but 15,SS licenses ls- sued. 7 Zt looks now as though licenses are I Ming Issued at the rats of two to ons oyer 1916. and that the total 1917 rsg Jtlstratlon will exceed 50,000. This Is not a wild basard. Th total for 191S was more than 83,000, and It is fair to believe that the increase this year will remain proportionate, or even be s larger. -5 Despite this almost ons third in- - - crease, as actually indicated by fig ures to date, the number of accidents ".- and violations of the (raffle laws, u vindicated by police court, hospital and "''morgue records, is but sfightly larger than it was for the corresponding, pe ,,kriOd in 1916. This looks encouraging - ", to those ,who are Interested in lessep- ing the 'incidental woe that results i ? from motoring, for- this month has K been far better, in weather conditions, " a- for driving, and consequently for ac- ! cldents, than was the month of Jann- ary, 1916, when Oregon was wrapped .'. V In -n almost continuous snow blanket. City Board Safeguards People. To one thing, more than any com- : 1 blnatlon of circumstances, this condi tton is due. The untiring efforts of i the public safety commission of the city, in Its educational program of the past year, have begun to give results, 33 MAKESiOF AUTOMOBILES TO BE SHOWN ., Automobile agencies will show nual exhibit, which opens at the boss reake Automobile Co.... BraJy Auto Co..,, . ....... Covey Motor Car Co. . . ........ Ford Motor Collective Exhibit... Gerlinger Motor Car Cou Howard Automobile Co......... H. JL. Keats Motor Car Co. ...... H. I Mann Motor Car Co....... Manley Aeto Co. .-. . . Mitchell, LewU Staver........ Northwest Auto Co , . . . Oakland Auto Co Oldsmoblle Co. of Oregon.... Oregon Motor Car Co....... Overland Pacific -. Paige Motor Sales Co....... Pacific Kissel Kar Branch.. Pierce Arrow of the Pacific. Saxon Motor Sales Co D. a Warren Motor Car Co. The Whit Company Wlnton Motor Car Co. t . . . IS makes of ears ' at Portland's eighth Armory, January s7. .....Hudson and Maxwell. Scripps-Booth and Franklin. Cadillac and Dodge. .Fords. ....... Chandler. - ....... Bulck. , , .......Chalmers.' .......Haynes Six. " .......Grant Six. Hnpmoblle and Nation!. Mitchell sixes. Dort Four. Cole Eight, Marmon and Reo. .......Oakland Sixes. ..Oldsmoblle. ....... 8tudebaker. -' .. ....Overland and Willys. PiljfO ' - . t ....... Briscoe and KlsselKar. i Pierce Arrow. Saxon. Velle. Whites. Wlnton Sixes. ender core the names of five of these offenders. Three of them, by the way, went to Jail. Violators of this provi sion in the law will have reason to fear worse for their liberty In the fu ture, as the state legislature will ap parently pass a law in a few davs making the offense, a felony punish able by heavy fine and Imprisonment Another thing that has been on the Increase lately is speeding. When the cops are off the Job, the autoist steps on the throttle, and this has been the case recently. The motorcycle patrol men, who usually ride down all . the speeders, have been kept closely at po lice headquarters since the first of the year for emergency runs In connection with the strikes.. As a consequence, the speeders have become active again. Six Deaths la Seven Weeks, Two persons have already met death this month in traffic accidents, and four were killed in December. This does not favorably compare with the five who were killed in the first five months of 1916, but one of the deaths this month was a suicide, and last month two were killed In one acci dent. Otherwise the percentage of minor accidents has been about the same as last year, despite the increase in the number of machines that are apparently in operation. "I sincerely believe that Portland is the safest city in the country, as far as its traffio is concerned," said Com missioner Coffin recently. "In my trip east last year I saw conditions no where to compare with those In Port land, and the recklessness of traffic In the large California cities is notori ?The motorist today knows, that hisjous. Many of the aiHolsts do not . every miracuon or me taw is recor-i--'$& .But besides this he knows tha: - "every other motorist, through a . wide ' system of publicity, is- also acquainted with the rigid traffic system here, and' ' that the system not only governs, but : protects. I The new traffic law that went into effect December 1 was almost entirely ''the construction of the public safety p commission, following a scientific in-v- vesttgation that covered two years.' .. Besides this law, which is working out .'- more satisfactorily than was expected, the commission is responsible for the r establishment of the semaphone sys f tem at downtown street intersections. In addition, the commission maintains, 'f through its chairman, H. P. Coffin, a card index system, In which every vio lation or automobile accident that oc V curs in the-clty is fully recorded. Trafflo Boles Are Enforced. : t" UnflAggingly, the commission hAS Insisted on the enforcement of the city's -. traffic regulations. The cpeed laws ; i were hammered to the extent that v nearly (000 violations were handled in h 1916 In the municipal court. The wnd and unorganised jitneurs of the early , "part of last year were toned down to the point where scarcely a violation on , je.part of onejpf these drivers Is now j , recorded in a weelC Trafflo in the' t congested districts now moves in or derly processions, each completely , . obedient to the policemen who stand ; guard on the "corners." ' ',y - The constant driving on safety points has made these and other cor- ditlons possible. There have beeu , ' tnora accidents rcnort.il a 1 v thiai -year than in the same period of 1916, '-. but that Is because th law now com- pells the motorists who participate In . , .them to report all the details to the police as soon as possible. " Every col lision, no matter how slight, must be transmitted to the police, and a record la kept of every injury, trivial or cth ; srwlse. . .v' - Safety Movement Hot Developed. ' All of these things, however, do not - Indicate that the millenlum of safety i.'has been reached. The safety move ; roent really has Just gotten under way , The things accomplished so far have - all been accomplished by persistent - driving along one line. The noitce 'r have driven hard on the speeders and "en tne matter of autos passing street -"cars that have stopped. These are in stances of the manner In which indi vidual phases of traffio regulation r nave been taken ud. .-v On the other hand, other lmnortant lines in the promotion of safety have . been largely neglected. ? Little has been done so. far In the , sniorcement or tnat provision requlr . Ing automobilists about to stop to sig nal the machines behind them. This Is a rfequent cause of serious smash . ups, and on at least two occasions last - V year was responsible for deaths. i Only spasmodic attempts have been xnaae oy the police to enforce the slar Ing, headlight provision. Occaaionaliv wholesale arrests have been made, but . most of the time the automobiUat Is allowed to' go anyway. Just so he has ' light or two on the front and of his - macmne. Glaring tight Hot Defined. r One reason for the neglect of this Section, the police say, lies In the fact -.that Kno the powers that be In the ?city have ever exactly defined a glar- ,ing; neaaugnt. Place any three court r police officers together on a head ..light inspection, and lnvartablv thev ';wiii disagree on every car when the light la near the border line. ' No attempts have been made to stop . jm-r waiaing,-- as ue naon or seoes . trlans In crossing streets elsewhere than at th proper Intersections, Is called. This is specifically prohibited . In the new law. v- Similarly, no ' attempts have been maae to enrorce the clause that motor . lata shall slow down to half the regu , iars speed on crossing intersection. " Nothing has been done to enforce one dlence ofnthe regulation that automo- diusis snail not pass at Intersections. . - or overtake one another on these eor vnera. These things apparently are not vnoersiooa oy we police. Until last week, most drivers kn ;thsre were such things as safety sones, : -but' Chat was all. Tha kobm wi-a m ; defined, and to the limits no attention ' was paid. Henceforth the sones wait - ne nowcea, lor me lines denning them were marked In the downtown streets - Thursday, and automobiles' are here with warned to keep out. Commta- sioner Coffin has asked the police to watch carefully that th sones are pro- . . WHO. v Dronkem Drivers Are Tvw. ' ' Beeently there has been an increase In the number of automobfllsts arrest ed for driving while intoxicated. While . the police have rigidly enforced the ': - city regulation forbidding this, the - rests have been few, for motorists nave unaerstooa tnat a conviction In variably meant a jajl sentence. For some unexplained reason, the numoer oz drunken cnauf fours has in v. creased greatly -of late, and -one day not long ago the municipal court cal- agree with us In the rigidity of our laws, but they are for the safety of every one, the pedestrian, as well as the car owner, and we have none of the outrageous accidents in Portland where citisens are ruthlessly run down and the murderous driver of the mi hcine goes on, escaping investigation and punishment. We have Just begun traffic regulation In this citv. I be lieve In education, rather than punish ment, and the things that the motor ists so thoroughly understand now and abide by are the things we have ham mered on ' in an educational wav. rather than the enforced regulation of the po nce court" PORTLAND'S EIGHTH ANNUAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW JAN. 27-FEB. (Concluded From Preceding Ptf .) The exhibits Will range through three great- spaces. The first portion will be Just inside 'the Tenth street entrance, where the Mitchell - will be displayed in a line of open and closed cars. It will be an extensive show ing. Including also some unusual edu cational features. Then, In the main drill hall will be about 20 different makes, -showing about 60 cars. These will be arranged In the booths around the outside,' under a great colored canopy, while in the center will be many more exhibits. In this room will be found all the cars from $1000 up to tb most ex pensive such as th Locomobile and the Fierce-Arrow, which will be on show in aristocratic splendor. On the' second.,, floor all th ears under $1000 will be grouped. The ac cessory men have no place as there is not room for them. Fred Dundee, who has always had an interesting ex hibit, has secured space for his show ing of factory repair methods. The trucks, which usually had the artillery room to themselves, are to be in an adjoining building now under construction. It will be reached through a special entrance from the drill hall and there will be 20 makes of trucks on display. This exhibit will be unusually In teresting, Just as the car exhibit is better than ever. The agents for the various lines have taken into cons id eration that the publio is very much interested in the model which Is par ticularly adapted to one line of work and so many of the exhibits will show how this or that Job may be speeded up how a truck can do the work of six teams, and besides load and un load itself. The lines run the gamut from light deliveries to Immense road locomo tives which are rated at five tons, but which, when In actual service, take almost half .again that much and never give a murmur. Some are built especially for the lumbering business; some will appeal to the truck garden er and the farmer and still others are designed to do the work of heavy de livery and to do it speedily.- In many exhibits, factory experts, sent to Portland for the week, will be stationed. These men will be able to answer many questions for present owners and also explain points of con fusion to prospective buyers. Dealers and garage men from every part of the state, as well as hundreds of automobile enthusiasts, will be here during show week and many interest ing functions will be given In their honor. As usual, th; dealers who are staging the show have a wad of am munition In the way of hospitality, and what the week will develop can be I'romlsed as most Interesting. LONG RUNS BY THE CAR BUILDERS Facilities Provided for the Comfort and Convenience of Long Distance Tourist. DRIVER IS ALSO INCLUDED Improvements la Construction Xak for Belief of Strain Trom Xroag Period, at th Wheel An analysis of the conditions com bining to send automobile sales rec ords soaring shows the Influence of the lure of the open road. ' America was really discovered last year as a Paradise for motorists, and as lon distance touring increased with amaz ing rapidity sales rose in direct pro portion. With Europe closed, where Amerlcaji motor tourlata formarlT taf r millions annually, they explored their own country to find general touring oonamns less Ideal perhaps, but a natural charm and scenlo beauty such as no ether land possesses. everywhere in the western country mere is an apparent effort to attract he motor tourist trade. That it will rise to unparalleled heights during the coming season is evinced by the re ports of the national touring bureaus and the special attention paid by man ufacturers In designing and equipping their cars to meet touring demands. It used to be that those courageous pioneers of the cross-country trail i had to have all manner of "special" equipment before they could think of starting from one coast to another; in fact. In any trip that contemplated long distance. Special restores Standardised, Word meanings, as applied to the automobile, change with the seasons. What was "special" in the way of touring equipment not long ago now comes under the head of "standard" or "stock." An Investigation of the mod els to be on display at the Armory this week will quickly ' convince on that th designers have anticipated the popularity of long tours. Virtually everything in th touring class Is par Ucuiarly adapted for such work, wall a majority of the larger manufactur ers ar preparing additional road com forts for inclusion in those model e specifically designated for . Marathon runs. : . This utilitarian feature is best ex- empllfled by th clever manner in. which the builders have provided pock ets and places for carrying missel-; laneous stuff. On the theory that yon cannot provide too much carrying space in a touring ca, the body n glneers have devised ways and means) approaching the unique. Some of the more ambitious designers have gon so far as to arrange their seats so thst they can b made to provide eomion- aoie sleeping quarters witnin tne oar. All Xs for Comfort. Many of the car show lockers and spec where long distance tourists msy stow away their dunnage. This it especially true of the roadster and toura bouts, which are becoming mote and more popular, and are shown in , greeted variety. Almost all of these have spacious lockers under the rear j seats and sloping deck. One car shows handsome toilet sets placed back of the tonneau. The same tar has a center compartment, wh-rs may be stowed away such things as a first aid kit and appurtenances that) when wanted are wanted in a hurry, and cannot be at the bottom of the whole pack, where it will take the beat part of an hour to reach them. One car, popular In Potrland, shows an arrangement of 'changing th seats to make most comfortable sleeping quarters anywhere on the r.d. All this has not been at a sacrifice of any of th comfort of former years; la fact. It has been the means of securing even mora The driver has been taken care of, and will find most cars today well suited for long Journeys. Hi driving position no longer has him straining at the wheel and the levers. Showing in Our 0v;n Salesroom The Biggest Value in an Automobile at Any Price THE PRODUCT OF EXPERIENCE Vato-ia-HsaJ Motor Cantilever Springs I 1 WBISBBBBSWSBBBBBBBBBBBBSSSSBJSBM 8000 Mile to Sf of Tire With Comploto Electrical Eqnipmon Two Unit Starting and Lighting Sytt 25 Mil to Gallon of Gas $630 F. O. B. PORTLAND z ft Bill to Cover Acts Of Drunken Drivers A bill regulating the driving of auto mobiles and other motor vehicles by Intoxicated persons has been intro duced in the elate senate by Senator Dimlck. It provides that it shall be a misdemeanor for a driver to be in toxicated, and assesses a maximum fine of 100 and a Jail imprisonment not to exceed 100 days, or both. Heart Motor in A MALADY WHICH ATTACKS THEM ALL TOO OFTEN Is something that for years has been the special business of our DR. SPARK Visiting garagemen and automobile owners are Invited to our repair plant, where bat teries are rebuilt from the ground up. Our business Is to add life to your storage battery. ... Gibson Electric Garage and TWELFTH AT ALDER STREET Service and Sales Station for the following! Gray & Davis, Northeast Electric Co. and Electric Auto-Lite, Starting and Lighting Systems; Edison and General Lead Storage Batterie. Look over the field then visit our show room and see if it is not an unparalleled fact that no car within several hundred dollars shows these features' which mark the Chevrolet as a high quality car at the Very bottom of price. CONSIDER THE MOTOR No car at the show within $200 of the Chevrolet shows the valve-in-head motor, the most powerful and economical of all types. More than that, the Chevrolet valve-in-headtmotor has a detachable head, which will cut many dollars from the cost of having valves reground or in the annual overhauling. Our salesmen point with pride to the small bore, the vacuum exhaust and other features which indicate the high order of the engineering forces that back this wonderful car. And, then, The BRAKES Few cars have the large brakes that make up but one of the safety features of this car. The mechanic will state that they are much larger than practice says is necessary, which combined with the light weight of the car, makes it positively safe on any grade and on any road. The OVERSIZE IDEA Is just typical of the car from stem to stern. It's the Chev rolet way of building its prje model. All the way through you will find the crank shaft larger than practice says it need be ; the propeller haft is larger than it has to be ; the axles are larger than present day standards deem necessary to carry a car of the Chev rolet's weight, over all roads. That is why this litle car, that is enjoying such phenomenal popularity in its second year, is being looked to, not as a follower of precepts, but as a maker of new standards. - COMFORT Every salesman at the show will talk of the comfort that has been built into the new model. You will never know how comfortable riding a car of such light weight as the Chevrolet can be made. - It is the long cantilever springs in back and a fea ture of spring construction in front that takes out practically all the shocks. Chevrolet calls it a built in shock absorber. It does for the front end, just what the cantilever does for the back end and looks much the same-but; We can never tell you all the good things that you will find in Chevrolet. You will have to come and see the new models in our own show. BENJ. E. BOONE & CO. 514 ALDER STREET MAIN 3966 D E FO 1 S) -j" t $350 and a Ford or Maxwell A Smith Form-aTruck A Smith Form-a-Truck will perform the work of two teams or three one-horse delivery wagons at a saving of about ten dollars per day. Carrying capacity, 2000 pounds, 50 per cent overload, 1 Length of frame, 168 inches; 4-inch, channel steel ; heavy springs; heavy wheels; Tunken bearings; solid tires on rear. Bring your business up-to-date by placing a Smith Form-a-Truck into service. DEALERS--We have a live proposition for you. See us before some other dealer gets it for your territory. Yon can do it with GeooEte and CoostoEte. Finest electric fighting systems for Ford Cars oo the mar ket We hare both. constoute Equipment voestsa UCHV IkT LOW " Avwaa too SUM STORAGE BATT Constolite $4.85 AateaaiicaBy altera lew ef carreatftoa swreeto to bead leap . CosaoDed by uwiuiu switca oa eteensf peel. Seres bolbt 'A one break keep otner lighted. Give umay feast Etta bril&encjr st low saps peedt, Equal briliiascY at aB tpiodi. Most SBperier device ea market stasy price. Genolite $24.85 b no cewpbte, perfect electric lokbsf Blase. Doses odbyDcfcok Starter Co. tot FoeiCan. Six uoiu. lane a is $5000 cms. or idle. 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