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THE OREGO.N SUNDAY i JOURNAL, PORTLAND., SUNDAY MORNING,
MAY ! 21,
1922.
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Lack courtesy on
HIGHWAYS OF STATE
Polici of Resident Drivers Kot
Only Dangerous but Boorish,
Lewis Says.'
Othou motorist have ac unsavory
reputation in the matter of road cour
tesy; Captain H. A- Lewis or uie Fort
land traffic division, said, recently.
I .This, ha said. militates against a more
cordial understanding with, tourists and
gives the vUi tore' within the state a bad
Impression. While flagrant in many
Cases. Captain Lewis is of the opinion
that this discourtesy is unintentional.
"I have found that in other states,
Washington and California in particular,
the residents are careful about observing
road courtesy,' he - said. "There one
finds very little road hog ring, very little
Cutting copners on dangerous turns and
yery little of the pernicious habit of
' dashing from a Una into a crowded
highway. V
' My duties 'have taken me about this
State considerably, and I find that
each locality is as much an offender as
the other. Imagine a man that will
travel at a high rate of speed using more
than two-thirds of the read and prac
, tleally refusing to give machines going
In the opposite direction any road room.
That is common in this state."
I Captain Lewis then told of a truck
river that became highly incensed when
ae was asked to park his machine clear
f the road. : The reply to the request
was'- that- he paid for part of the high
way. j "That is the idea most Oregonians
awe, he continued. "They seem to
think that because they have paid their
taxes that they have exclusive rights
on the road. They often even refuse to
"!low fellow residents any rights.
KEEPS TOCfelSTS OUT
I "One thing this volley is doing is to
five the motor tourist, and there are
many of them coming into the state, a
very bad and, I think, erroneous Impres-
l.on.
i "The people of the state do not show
discourtesy when a caller comes to theVc
house, but they will. It seems, go out of
their way to be "ornery" while on, the
State highways. It doesn't pay for I
have heard many motorists from other
States: say they will not come back to the
state for that reason.
"NO man wants to take a high priced
, automobile i.no a district where he is in
Constant danger of collision. When a
"nSan motors he wants to do H with some
degree of safety.
"Not only that( but the policy is bad
fbr the state. The tourists bring their
money here, they come to settle and help,
'develop the state. But when they run
Into such a mess as is often found on
Jbe highways they change their minds.
i don't blame them, but I do blame the
resident automobiie driver, and that In
i eludes pleasure drivers as well as truck
drivers.'' .,. -.
I Lewia pointed out that by the exercise
i. frf the ordinary rules of the road riding
he comes a. pleasure. Courtesy Is in
A, rjuded in the rules by intention if rot
by the letter of the law. It Js by being
j, Btrlctly within the law and at the aarrte
f lime being hoggish- that is the worst,"
V he said.
ANXIOUS i MOMENTS ON AtURN
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(EEI1 RIVALRY TO
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BIGSKPHES
Drivers b Play lent WcIP
Game at Indianapolis R&css,
Radio Broadcast of Returns.
Fred todlow ma king ; a tarn, broawlslde, at the Boos City speedway
Lwilow will race tor
Daddies dab Usy 7 and 2S.
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Soma of the thing Captain Lewis said
should be observed, whether incorporated
in the law or not, are : Strict observance
of th principle of keeping to the right.
especially on turns or narrow roads ;
allowing faster moving vehicles room to
pass and not to hog all the road ; sound
ing of horns when about to pass a ma
chine ; making signals for stopping or
turning in plenty of time for the driver
in the rear to see and take the necessary
precautions...
"One of the greatest evils is the sloppy
way Oregon motorists make their sig
nals, he said In conclusion. "They
either don't make them at all or wait
until starting to turn. That is too late
and a collision is the result.
"Then too the average drrver does not
know the proper signals to make for a
left hand and for a right hand turn. He
will stick his hand out straight - for
either. On a machine that has the left
hand drive, as most -have nowadays,
the proper way to eig-na) a right turn
is to put the arm out from the machine
with the palm of the hand stickwig up
in the air. . If a perfect "L" can be made
all the batter. The arm sticking straight
at means a turn to the left.
"This may sound finicky ; but. never
theless, it is important for the driver as
well as the man in the machine behind.
A machine making a right turn will clear
the road quicker than one turning to
left. Then too suppose the man in the
rear sees an arm out straight and ma
neuvers so as to pass on the right only
to find the driver: in front: turning di
rectly across his path. The result is a
smash." ... . ... ...
MOTORCYCLE RACE
TO BE A THRILLER
(Con tinn d From Pas On)
City Motorcycle club team headed by C.
L. Potter. Only experienced riders will
be allowed on the
Entries for the
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side car events are
coming in from all parts of the North
west, H. n. Eppensteln, director, of tie
meet announces. $ome of those algnlfyn
iag uienuon or riding are wckson or
juoany wno will ride 1 a Hariey ; Bin
Davis of Eugene, who won the Far West
sidecar championship last year; Hi
Smith of Salem and Bill Ma then a who
will ride and Excelsior. The Indian
Motorcycle Supply company will enter
an Indian in the event though the rider
has not yet been!: decided upon. The
Striae Motorcycle company will also eh-i
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LCDLOW TO BIDE f
One of the features of the speed con
tests will be the riding of Fred Ludlow,
crack dirt track man of the old Hariey.
Davidson team. Ludlow recently made
a run on a mile track at the rate of 117
miles an hour. This is one of the
fastest records for! a board track. j
Ludlow will compete with the oid mem
bers of the Hariey team. The team
was broken up lasi year by the factory
and each of the members are out for
"blood" as the saying goes. i
he team cooperation will not play i a
part in this meet for the individuals are
out for all the money they can get. ,
The races will be held two days. Each
day will see a complete race card fea
turing the sweepstakes In the afternoon
and the motorcycle polo between events.
The sweepstakes will be a 10-miJe
run around the speedway track and will
be between some of the fastest machines
on the Pacific coast-
Seven Devils Road
In Good Condition
BanAon, May 20. The road from Baa
don to Marshfield over the "Seven
Devils" road is in fine condition and' is
being used by auto stage dally. The
coast road from BsCndon through POff
Orford and Gold Beach on to Brooking,
is reported good. The road from Ban
don to Coquille is not good, but passable!
Indlanaoolla. IndJ May SO. Although
there are a number of Dueeenbergs and
ITontenaes .entered i la the International
600-mile drive for approximately f 100,000
at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
Tuesday, May JO. there Is no team spirit
among the drivers, j I -
; Every one of the speed demons ls-krat
for himself. In the case of the men who
at e piloting for Louie Chevrolet and , his
FTontenacs the driver takes all the purse
he can haul down r with victory. The
Duesenbergs have leased their cars to
the Individual drivers and they are! all
out for themselves. In most Instances
the Duesenberg drivers either own their
own cars ot are payinff for them out of
their winnings, ai per their contract.
Of eoorae both factories, which are lo
cated in Indiana poUa, are doing every
thing possible ta assist tne orivara m
preparing the ears to -win. But their
aim la to win the race with their
not further the prestlga of any; ana
driver. ; !; j " !;
There has been so much changing ot
mounts by drivers . this year that the
rivalry is even increased among; the
speed demons. For Instance Roacoe
Series Jumped his Dussenberg for
Prontenac. while Jules Elllngboe dlcfjust
the opposite. Ralph DeFalma. always a
favorite, skipped out of his Ballot Into
a iXftieeenBerg, wnue Jimmy Murpoy, wno
always has been a Duesenberc mainstay,
is to drive what is said to be a duplicate
of the car his rival of old. Tommy; Mil
ton, most titled of drivers, has been driv
ing with such success on Faewo coast
tracks. i ;
So it Is evident that everyone will be
out for himself. It will be in the main a
lone wolf race. It is possible that twt
drivers might pool their Interests One
to go out and "beat it" in an attempt to
drive the faster ears off their wheels,
with a bare possibility of keeping up a
consistent pace, calculated to be within
vanning distance as the race w
This has often been the case. But it Is
more likely, because of the drivers tak.
ng the big portion of the gold earned by
their car, that they will be reluctant, to
enter any compact with other drivers.
Inherently the drivers are gamblers ion
the race course and they would rather
sacrifice all for te chance of winning
then have to split with a brother
driver after the money melon Is Cut,
In the Instances where two foreign cars
are entered they will do everything! In
their nower to enhance the other's
chances for the European contestants'
drive under entirely different factory
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HADIO BROADCAST FEATURE
Net onlv will the Speedway have the
createst band In history play before tne
start of the race, but radio fans, west
of the Rockies, will be able to Hear .ne
erreat attrreration:; prepare the fans for
the star tin r race. .
This band will consist of more wan u
separate bands massed into one organ'
Union of 1000 pieces, which will parade
the home stretch, previous to the race.
nd finish its parade in front of tne
Japanese Require Autos to
Be Equipped With Brushes
BIG TOURIST SEASON
i CONFIDENT! EXPECTED
(OaathHMd Utest Fas Oee)
for I50 "machlnea 1 A fee of 60 j cents
a day te charged tourists. ! This Includes
fuel and aU aoeonaodatlona at the park,
whlcn 1 equipped Vfth stoves, ro
plaeea waaa rack, baths; Ilghta and a
taltpeona,' ' f ? - ' 4 ?
4 To i provide a place wHere .the tourist
can purchase suoDlles . th nark bureau
f leased a concession for a genejreT'store.
are under the supervision of the bureau
with , provisions; for cancellation of the
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You must actually feel the might
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You must sink back in the soft leather
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Then will come' the realization that
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New Location
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9th and Burnside
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Streets
! Tou wouldn't be surprised If a traf
fic cop picked you up for parking near
a fire plug, for cutting corners or turn
ing In the middle of a block. But If
some . morning you were hailed and
asked to explain where your "wheal
brushes" were yon would think the po
Ueeman had gone crasy. 'i j
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But that U what would happen hould1
a regulation -that is now In effect! in
some European countries become a law
hero. In Japan, where this White truck
la In service, th law of the province
pita. The band will march, more than
10,000 feet. Promptly at 1 ;J0, half an
hour before the race, the band will start
Its march and the Matfleld radio studio
will broadcast its concert, i This station
has been heard in Cuba, where listeners
have danced to its concerts, In Denver
and far away is ova bcoua. ;
1 T. E. Myers, secretary and. general
manager of the speedway, made the ar
rangements for the radio service, at th
suggestion or Carl C. Fisher, president
of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, wno
also suggested the monster band. Bombs,
Signalling progress in preparations to
start the fcattle between 32 drivers for
the $100,000 prise money, will be fired at
Intervals from 9:45 a. m. until the final
bomb at 10 o'clock. The radio will mow
the fane in far away cities to hear the
bombs, and will also reproduce the start
tit the race, the cheering of the tnrongs,
as the cars get under way, while the
coPDlna- of the exhausts of the racers.
will be easily heard hundreds of miles
from th track. 1
The Hatfield radio studio will make
special arrangements for the sending of
the starting features, and alter tne race
is under way. will broadcast bulletins at
half hour Intervals, telling the progress
ef the race and important mcioents.
This service will be carried on through
out the day, as even a record driver by
the winner would not permit him to fin
much before 4 o'clock. Following the
finish of the ri.ee s complete review of
the event and the 10-prise winners will
be broadcasted. :
This is the first time that an automo
tile race has been transmitted by radlo-f
phone; the first time that; the noise of
the start of a 600-mile race has ever been
audible for hundreds of miles .from the
track, and the first time that any radio
phone fan has ever heard a band of
000 pieces give a concert.
rtquiree- Jthat all motor vehicles must
be equipped -with brushes which are
hung from the hub caps. These brushes
clear the road by . only two - or ' three
Inches and. It la believed, save pedes
trians from being spattered with mud
and water as ; the truck roUs through
the streets.- -. K.,' -4 .;.
I Aa the illustration of this i equipment
shows, 'this arrangements seems very
plausible. But in practlc th brushes
prove to be more of a nuisance than an
efficient rand guard. -.---k- - '
motorcycle record at. the Beverly Hm
speedway, according to Information re
ceived here. ; Davisv Riding an Jndlan,
made the track distance la 82.53, which
Is n0.6; miles an hour. This breaks
the former record by 0.41 seconds.
concession
charged.;
, If , exorbitant - prices ara
Harding Joins H. & E.
Mafmon' Sales force
F. E. Harding." vU ; known ' motor
salesman, i has ! joined th a ales organi
sation of the H. E. Auto company,
it was announced last Week.' Harding
la well known la. the state, having been
with th Franklin people at Oregon City.
Ho ls also a qualified aviator, and last
summer piloted the airplane that de
livered The Journal to Astoria and. Sea
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- "CSR FtBJTTT OF WATXB1
Operating a car with an empty radia
tor is one of the causes of great trouble.
Before starting i fill the radiator full.
Cook 6? Gill Company
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MOTOR LOG S AN
ESSENTIAL FACTOR
Fred W. Vogler pf the Northwest
Auto Company Advises Own
ers tor Adopt System.
Everv motorist, should! for the sake
Of efficiency en his car, keep a leg of
trios and fuel consumption, Fred W
ToglerA head of the Northwest Auto
company, said.
By keeping a log,! Vogler pointed out.
was meant recording the mileage trav
eled, the gasoline and oil consumption.
with cost and the cost of repairs if any
are made. This, he said, was of vital
Importance to the motorist.
"Motoring has almost become an ex
act science." he said, "and the ope rater
of cara should know the cost of main
tenance and operation. The individual
owner can well afford te copy the sys
tems of the commercial firms wno keep
an accurate account of what each of
their cars cost to ran.
"True, most cars are run for pleasure.
but even so the cost element is im
portant, especially to the man who is
trying to make things go as far as pos
sible. The day ef nectl espendlng has
passed and in its place has come sanity.
No one can afford, unless he be a mil
lionaire, to' drive a car that has a cost
ef operation that la not in accord wltn
his income.
"Good business principles apply to mo
toring as to any other expenditure. Too
many people are. unable to tell what the
cost of operation Is and when, at the end
of the year they find things a bit tight
ara apt to put the tnamt In; the wrong
place. . i j:
"Keeping an itemised leg : win show
Where the money, goes. By checking the
owner can find what items .are more
than they ought to j- be. This can only
be found by segregation. I t; .
"The system is of j great value for the
owner for instead of being faced, with
a high lump sum he can see what makes
it high. Steps can then be taken intel
ligently to remedy whatever Is wrong."
In i keeping the log; Vogler advised.
the use of a blank book ruled so the
mileage, gas and oil i consumption, figure
through amounts purchased, cost of Ures,
mileage for each onle. and amounts ex
pended for repairs. With each item listed
can be entered. i-Thie result at the end
of six months will be edifying and In
structive, both, Vogler said in closing. -
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