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X i t i ;r. I .. v.. f 3 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOtJRNAL, PORTL AND, SUNDAY MORNING MAY 21," f9i CONTROL SPEEDERS I USE OF POLICE, IS SUCCESS . . . . Hardesty 'Bumps' Prove to Be Effective in Causing Motorist to Drive Within the Law. PAIGE 66-6 SEDAN IS ATTRACTIVE t in,.,,, 1. 1 hh'm Hill1 lllKllLiiniiiiiTiH Hill ll"'--'" v-'---- -i -s " " Jf-,...L.. . v - --i- ' ssaspaa. Checking Motor" speeders without the sua or m policeman uounds rather In credible, but that is just what - happen In many towns and cities in California. Portland, too, haa found the .use of the pHardesty ."bump" an effective! means mt making- motorists travel within the limits of the speed laws. S The Hardesty "bump," or "thank-you-m'am," as they are known in Cali fornia, Is a depressfon in the surface the street paving that when passed 'ver by a machine traveling at a rea sonable rate of speed is nothing- more than a dip. At a rate of speed in ex cess of 20 or 25 1 miles an hour it is a decided bump. In addition, there is iwhlp" effect that is uncomfortable to the occupants of the machine, f In placing- the "bumps" a set of two is Said at each street intersection, one on each side of the Cross street. While the first bump" may be regarded by the peeder merely as a defect in the pave ment, the second one makes him realize .that all is not as It should be. When jthe second series is hit the machine is ; almost Instinctively slowed down. From ; thence on the operator drives with due j iautlon and regard for the ' "bumps," nd Incidentally keeps within the law. fen years ago a series of "bumps"'i rere placed in Jessup and Jarret streets between Union and Williams avenues. There are eight "bumps" on each stjeet. City officials, impressed with the suc cess of the "bump" as a means to slow down speeding cars, are now consider ing Installing them In other parts of the city where traffic would be endan gered by speeders. The cost of installa tion Is negligible, for all that is oone la to make the dip when the street is being graded and the pavement laid. Once in there is no maintenance other than that ordinarily oh hard surface streets. California, one of the greatest states In the Union for automobile tourists, has found the "bumps" so effective that practically every town has them. They re installed on city streets along which the state highways pass. Upon encoun tering the "bumps" on the road at the corporate limits the motorist slows down from state high speed to town speed. Normally the "bumps" are built to be effective on speeds in excess of 0 miles an hour, frhis can be varied by the road engineers for any other speed. One of thie best features of the device Is htta while it is disagreeable to those riding in the speeding car It is not dan gerous through any action . that might deflect the. course of the machine or otherwise cause the driver to lose con trol. To the unsuspecting the series of bumps ' are : disconcerting but the veter an will slpw down before he passes the first one. - m -.V.-: iv :.,- it' , m - Ml l 1 1 WWW' .If . I' 0-y'--l iig 7 YiV J vto. ...i;';vv vww'v?:'.v .,-;..-.;..!.-. i i in 1 OVERLAND ACTORY F, BOOSTS CAPACITY Daily Output Now Above 400 Mark, and Increasing, lo cal Dealer Announces. JiTfRS J J if . More than 400 Overland and Willys Knight cars are now being put out each day by the factory, Frank C Rigors. Nprthwest manager of the Pacific Over land company, said. April production exceeded that of any April since 1917 and even'wlth this large production orders continue to exceed it. .The company is employing 8000 ; work era. It is add ins to the force gradually and carries daily advertisements' in the papers for skilled mechanics of various kinds. "WillysOverland orders continue greatly Jh excess ot production in spite of the fact that shipments exceed those of any April since 1917,"; Riggs said. : Without a dissenting vote preferred stockholders of the Willys-Overland, at a special meeting, ratified the proposal of the directors for funding of Overland bank debt by $17,500,000 7 per cent hond issue, he said. ' The bonds will ma ture December J 1923. ;Tbe . action of the preferred stock holders constitutes "one f the jnost im portant steps la the Placing of Over land finances on a permanent, sound basis. "he j continued. The.' manage rnent will make no predictions as to probable yearly production of the com pany, "but it ia understood that if pro duction during; the entire year Is main tained on the basis of the first quarter, jthe Overland will have enjoyed one of the best years since the war. ., ' "Difficulty in getting raw materials la holding" back production to some extent hot only with the - Overland but with many other Toledo -companies. ' This is especially true of "steel products. Oper ating on greatly curtailed programs the steel companies were unprepared for the sudden reopening of business on so large a scale. American Oars Lead : In Brazilian Imports : Two Brazilian ports, Rio de Janeiro and Santos, imported 53 Amef lean cars In the period from March 19 to April 17. according to data, prepared by W. 1a Schurx, commercial attache to Braail. During this time the dame ports im ported 17 cars manufactured in other countries." I Forestry Service to Build Mountain Road Hood River, May 20. -District forester T H. Sherrard announced at the -Apple Blossom banquet held here on Monday evening that the' .forestr department will rebuild the road from "the Mt: Hood loop to Cloud Cap ina In response . to the,; demand for making: the' mountain accessible. However, -owing: to the at-; titude-of the management!' of Cloud Cap inn, certain minimum requirements are to be presented to the hotel management, and if these are not complied with, the forest service will withdraw the privi leges extended to those behind the Cloud Cap inn -project and will ilease the land to somebody who-will make the improve ments required. '".'.(! I Pagan Gives Personal Delivery of Machines Charles C Fagan. head of the Charles C Fagan company, is a believer!: in personal service. Liast week he made a sale of a Wills-St. Claire roadster and coupe to an Aberdeen customer. lie delivered the car himself, after haying them driven up. Fagan returned Ties 'dayv ' i i Blewett Pass Now 4' ; Officially Opened "Wenatchee, Wash., May 20. County Engineer j John i Duff today declared Blewett Pass Officially open: but states that Snbquahnie Pass Is not expected to be openj for 5 or I days. ; Machines have been going oyer Blewett for the past week although u quarter of a mile of the road rwas covered with snow,! Last summer! a great deal of work was done on the j Blewett : Pass road, ! the curves being lengthened and the road regraded. Jail j Sentences for; Speeding Motorists Toledo,; May" p.I. N. $ lmpoee jail sentences on speed ianaca Flnea have proved Ineffective. Unnecessary accidents will continue, and the' ma jority are due to speeding." So ad-, vised Municipal Judges Aaron i Cohn. and Samuel Young Both are in favor , of a city speeding ordinances that would call for prison or 'workhouse sentences for reckless drivers. The ! city r- speed ordinance now in effect c a rales only a fine and seldom makes an; Impression on the speed bugs. ! i ' E. R. Van Dyke, salesman for Cook & Gill company, at the wheel of the 86-6 sedan be sold to Edward Holman & Son. Car has nickel-plated radiator, disc wheels and drum type light. DISTANCE SHOWN BY TOURIST TABLE The mileage table prepared by the Oregon Tourist and Information Bureau shows mileage of principal points in the state from Portland. The mileage is figured on roads passable by automobiles and is for tourist use. The mileage from Portland is as follows : Albany, 75 mflm; Ahlnd, S22 miles; Astoria, 106 miles; Bums, 39S miles; Canyon City. 817 miles; CorrsUts. 88 miles; Crater Lake, 3B2 miles; Eugene, 123 miles; Grants Pass, 277 miles; Huntington, 888 ' miles; Klamath Falls, B88 miles; La Grands. 286 miles; Lake view, 428 miles : Marshfieid Tia Rose burg. 287 miles: Medford. S09 miles; Ontario, 4S0 miles; Oregon-California t state Una, S44 mUes; Pendleton, 28 miles; Prine rille, 33 miles; Rosetmrf, 199 mils; Salem. 61 miles; Tha Dalles, 91 miles; Tillamook. 107 miles, and Walla Walla, 279 miles. lature passed a bill that gives Director Kuykendall authority to close the roads to trucks carrying more than 12 tons, but no test suit ever has been broiight and truck owners have not paid much attention to protests. If the state wins the Olympla test case every effort will be made to compel truck owners to keep within the legal limit for their loads and damage to highway will be eliminated. THE SAGE 'BEIT : ! Gassing with folks In the back seat when yer drivin', not only gets ye into a arg-yment, but lible to get ye in i a jam, too. : j ! Site of Snake Eiver Bridge to Be Decided A pubiic hearing will be held May 23 at the office of the: United States engi neer in the new poetoffice building for the consideration and location of the proposed highway bridge across Snake river in the state of Washington, near Central ferry. The construction of the bridge was authorised by congress last December subject to the interests of navigation. j Legal 1 Questions Now Hold Up Road Work On Pacific Highway Eugene, May. 17. As a result of the controversy over the legality ,of the contract which the state highway com mission, made with Lane county for the grading of the Pacific highway between Junction City and Goshen, involving 360,000, all road work in the county in which the state has a part, except the Pacific highway, is being held up. This affects the surfacing of the Low Pass and Doyle Hill and Deerhorn sections of the McKenxie highway. Clyde M. Johnson. Hs$rlct attorney, has rendered an opinion that the con tract is illegal, since the law states that no county court has power to incur debts of such character. This law has not been rigidly followed In this or other counties of the state, according to Coun ty Judge Barnard, who favors paying the bilL In spite of the legal technicali ties Involved. It is conceded that the bill Is a just one, although considered a few thousand dollars too large. Willys Reelected - Head of Motor Firm .John N. Willys was reelected head of the Willys-Overland, Inc.. according to Information received by Frank C. Riggs. manager of the Portland branch of the Willys-Overland Pacific company. Charles B. Wilson was elected vice .president and general manager at the same election. Isaac Kinsey and F. A. Judsoi) were also chosen as vice presidents. Snow in Bitter Root Mountains Forces a Break in Motor Trip Forced by snow In the Bitter Root mountains to ship their car from Wal lace, Idaho, to St. Regis, Mrs. Margue rite Clark and Miss Elizabeth Boye of Portland had their transcontinental trip broken by a short rail trip, according to a letter recently received here by J. J. Miller, sales manager of the local branch of the Willys-Overland Pacific company. The two women left Portland a week ago for Brooklyn. N. Y. It was planned to make the entire trip in an Overland roadster, but the snow in the mountain passes forced them to transship. They will return within six months by way of the Yellowstone trail. All Northwest Gypsy Tour to Beat Seattle This year the motorcycle fans of: the Northwest will hold the annual "Gypsy tour" at Seattle. The event will be staged for three successive days and will be entered by riders from all parts of the Northwest. The date set for the tour is June 17. 18 and 19. Short races and hill climbing will be some of the com petitive features. fSE CHAINS FOR SCD .V car that is driten over a muddy highway should have- vhains attached to the- wheels. The , chain should be tighter than usual, because when too loose the wheels will sometimes spin around inside the chains when the car Is stuck. Blue Mountain Road Is Temporarily Open i ' La Grande, May 20. All roads in Union county are dry and in good shape. In places they are rough but alliare passable." The road between La Grande and Wallowa is in better shape than ever before and the remainder of the La Grande-Joseph Highway la also in good shape now. From here to Pen dleton the road continues to remain open although a week ago when . the first cars passed over the Blue moun tains tourists were warned that it is possible that warmer weather will make parts of the road where the cars crossed on ice and frozen mud impassable again. Light cars have been coming across the mountains every day this week but heavy cars have some diffi culty. As many as 12 cars have made the trip from Pendleton here In a day. Ford Car Makes Good Record for Mileage Chehalis, Wash., May 20. A rather remarkable ' record has been made by George Coumyer, mail carrier between here and Rifte, for operating a motor car. Coumyer drives a Ford touring car and has made 67.000 miles to date. At the end of 32.000 miles the valves were reground for the first time, the car not missing a day's work during the time. Since then it has been laid ud but three days - for minor repairs. Courney's trip takes the greater part of the day and the car is laden with mail and passengers. Washington State to Test Truck Load Law Olympia. Wash-. May 20. An Olympla. case that is expected to reach the Wash ington supreme court later, probably will determine whether or .not Director E. V. Kuykendall of the department of public works has authority to prevent the highways from being ruined by over loaded logging trucks. The last legis- Tracks (Mi " i Why pay: when you for experience can borrow it from others concerns in your own line wno : . rin.L I nr 1 : know White Tracks? 5-ton j $4,500 33-ton 4,200 2-ton 3,250 2-tbn 2,400 F. O. B. Factory THE WHITi; COMPANY Flint and Hancock, Portland Factory and General Offices, Cleveland - f:t J . ! ! 21 YEARS OF KNOWING HOW ' good: USED CAR .V ; 28-30 North Broadway COVEY MOTOR CAR CO. Broadway 6244 1 The selling UUKAiN 11 at tacked on. points of the e baiH in, not DUEANT t:?K": VI' t PACIFIC MOTOR CO. ' ! Broadway at Flanders St. Broadway 7916 if"' i - ' : ! " i - " : " j " - j - r,7- t' fours' , : i"' i i - sixes J M-y t - m T7 eadlership Aganp Demoinislhraited I Reliab Expl iiity in oits 1922 BUICKS Prove Their Wonderful Power, 5 . - i i Sturdiness, Economy and Four More Record-Breaking First Car to Reach Huntington Lake ! A 1922 five-passenger Buick touring car won the Fresno Republican trophy for being the FIRST AUTOMOBILE TO REACH HUNTINGTON LAKE THIS YEAR. In keen com petition with other cars the Buick scaled the 7300-foot summit of the Sierra and finished first, being officially checked in at 8:30 p. m., April 11, 1922. . First Into Yosemite Valley ! Five-passenger Buick touring car was awarded Camp Curry trophy for being the FIRST AUTOMOBILE OVER SIERRANEVADA MOUNTAIN SUMMIT VIA ANY OF THE REGULAR AUTOMOBILE ROADS LEADING INTO YOSEMITE yALLEY. The Buick was officially checked in by United States Chief Ranger and the manager of Camp Curry a t 4 p. m May 2, 1922. - San Francisco-Portland Rebord Broken! On May 2 a 1922 BUICK COUPE, driven by MRS. Z. KATHLEEN AYERS, lowered the SAN FRANCISCO-PORTLAND record by 3 hours 8 minutes, the official elapsed time being 22 hours 43 minutes for the 724.1 miles. Year after year Buick cars have startled motor dom by doing seemingly imopssible things. -j 1000 Miles on 32 Gallons of Gasoline A 1922 5-PASSENGER BUICK TOURING CAR, in 1000 mile continuous drive ending in San Francisco at 1:30 p. m., May 12, AVERAGES 30 4-10 MILES PER GALLON OF GASOLINE. This 1000 mile economy test was made under official! supervision and the car used was an absolutely stock modeL RECORD AFTER RECORD HAS FALLEN TO THE SPEED, POWER, ECONOMY AND ROAD ABILITY OF THE BUICK FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. These astounding performances of closed and open cars prove that 1922 Buick cars are of ?he same sturdy construction tht has featured the Buick product for over twenty years. j Compare Buick performance, value, reputation for sturdiness and genuine service under all condi tions with ail other motor cars and YOUK CUUlUri Mu oi buiuk. What These BUICKS Have Done, All BUICKS Will Do i I! H i warn ! ! f .1 ! oil o-Due Compapy!. THE LARGEST DISTRIBUTOR OF AUTOMOBILES IN JTHE WORLD - H 12th and Alder Streets, Portland i , ' ; J WHen Better: Automobile Ate Built, Buick Will Build Them 8 P. L, May 23 Next Owners' Instruction Class With Motion Pictures Will Be Held Tuesday,1 V r - t: V '
