THE 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.
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PORTLAND
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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
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Visiting garagemen and automobile owners
are Invited to our repair plant, where bat
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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.
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