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SPEED COPS GET
SPECIAL KIND OF
POLICE UNIFORMS
Motorist Warned to Beware of
Outlaw Motorcycle .Riders
Trying to Collect Money.
With members of the speed squad of
the Portland police force clad In dis
tinctive uniforms, Lieutenant Frank
- Ervin believes (hat the motorist will be
relieved of obnoxious characters im
personating ' officers and demanding:
money f or court appearance' : :
"The game of 'shake-down has been
regularly worked here in : Portland,"
Ervin said. They " have even tried
It on roe. Now that the speed officers
have a distinctive uniform, the motor
1st will know that when he is stopped
by anyone else, unless proper police
credentials are shown, that there is a
crooked game af oot." ;J:
The junlf orm of the speed squad now
s&lt-and-pepper whipcord, trousers of
like material, black leather puttees.
dark' caps, and In cold weather a
brown sheepskin lined riding coat. The
Norfolk jacket has . brass buttons
marked "Portland - Ponce Force."
When in doubt the motorist should
ask anyone stopping him to present
credentials, Ervin said.
ASK FOB CREDENTIALS
carry, the regulation police star. This
Is a star set in a circle, on the outside
of which there are five nickel-plated
balls. Other Jbadgea mean nothing:.
"Another thing to remember is that
under no circumstances will a speed
Officer accept " money while- on the
rnad. He cannnt and will not .'allow
the motorist to post ball with , him.
That is strictly taboo. The man is
told to be in court if the offense is t
minor one, or taken there If it is any
uiing serious. uuwj tauioK u appetu
are summoned by warrant. ,-.
Heretofore, Ervin said, the Uniforms
,ot the speed officers had been copied
by other motorcycle riders. The equip
ment on . the motorcycles, has been
faithfully copied, he said. -
These birds would then .set out to
hound the motorists," be went on.
"They would ride up behind them for
a time and then oftimes stop the auto
mobile saying that the driver was
pinched for speeding. The suggestion
would-be dropped that instead of go
ing to the police station that the driver
deposit a $5 or $10 ball with the alleged
officers. Many fell for It, as reports
here show. ..
"Why one of these fellows even tried
to pull the stunt on me. I was coming
home from Vancouver one evening
when two motorcycles with riders clad
almost identically the same as the
men on my squad, rode up alongside
the machine. One of the "squirrels'
knew me, but didn't recognise me until
his pal had ' shouted that I was
pinched. ., Then the other one saw who
I was and started to make a get
away. "I ' chased those - birds about . two
miles, and finally caught one as he
tried to make a turn at 85 miles an
hour. Ho landed in the gutter, and I
landed on top of him. He sure we
one scared fellow, and I dare say be
has never tried that little game since.
SLANT TRYING ' GAME ,
"However, there are many others
who are not averse to trying it.
Every day some one reports being
stoppea oy some noocuum purporting
to be an officer. , Now, with the new
THEY ARE ALL DOLLED UP. NOW
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GOOD ROADS Sll'l
ATJD CONGRESS TO
MET AT CHICAGO
Doubt Event Scheduled ' for
January Controversy on Road
Types to Be Held.
Says! 5876 Miles . "
Of Brake Lining :
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Above is the speed squad minus the beaming countenance of H.: (Ray)
Bacan ,who bad a day off when tbe cameraman was worldng.' . The
- officers in the picture, from tbe left, are Ted Smytbe, Claude Shay-
lor, Paul Pierre, Jack Tanscber and George Kelly. The two lower
pictures are 6t Lieutenant Frank Ervin and the speed squad emblem,
uniforms and the speed squad chevron,
a "winged arrow piercing an automo
bile wheel, there is no need for any
motorist to fall for the stuff of hav
ing some roughneck trying to get some
money on the road."
Through special arrangements with
a Portland clothier, Ervin said that it
has been made impossible for anyone
not connected with the speed squad to
get uniforms like the one worn by the
members.
Ford Production
Has Big: Increase
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- Detroit, Nov. 25.- October - produc
tion of the Ftrd company's American
plants was 121,765 -cars and trucks,
against 89,000 for - September.?, With
the exception of the- Bordeaux plant.
the October production of' each foreign
plant showed an increase over Sent
Oregon Trail Is -
Greatly Improved
' Haines, Nov. - 25. The section of the
Old Oregon Tratt state highway be
tween." Baker and Huntington In this
county has been materially unproved
daring the- past few weeks and tourists
passing over Je road report that the
long detour owr the dirt road south of
Baker by way ;of Bridgeport ; Jsv no
longer necessary But one short detour,
is required at this time, and It is
tor a distance of but a (ew hundred
New
Speedway Four
"POSTERING all those rare traditions for
" . JO which the original and genuine Stutz is
femed,?the i new series Stete Speedway Four
makes a triumphant entrance into the field of
finer motor cars. '. :
To that wealth of speeds power and stamina
which rias' been the heritage of every Stutz, now
are added new qualities of comfort and refine
merit which make riding and driving free of r
even the slightest effort or strain.
A constant challenge to all who seek, by more
complicated construction, to emial its pliant,
tremorless, silent delivery of tremendous:
power, the Stutz Speedway Four stands glori
fied as a champion of champions the sports-'
man's outstanding preference among motor cars.
STUTZ MOTOR CAXf COMPANY o AMERICA. lac
- Indimapolit, Indiana, U. S. A.
Autorest Motor Sales Co.
10th and Salmon Sts. " Main 3237
AH genuine Sttx can bear
Ait emblem and me buSt
exclusively by th Stmtz
Meter Cor Compears of
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A. A. A. Plan National Cam
paign for'Manners" When
Accidents Happen.
Washington. Nor. 25. . Cooper
ating with the Chicago Automotive
Trade association and the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce, the
American Automobile association ; Is
launching a campa'gn among' Its mem
bers for mora courtesy between auto
mobile drivers. The A. A. A. feels that
the motorist Is already , over-burdened
with, multitudinous traffic regulations,
many of which It is practically impos
sible to avoid breaking at times. The
association feels that more courtesy
among drivers of anotor vehicles would
tend to eliminate much of this breaking
of regulations. -
Careful study over a period of years
has convinced officials of the A. A. A.
that minor accidents are, in certain In
stances unavoidable, and it 1 felt that
tuus wuuuoiuu courtesy Between
drivers whose cars are Involved in such
accidents would go far toward elimlnat
ing a large percentage of friction and
trouble that now follows such events.
There is a certain fraternal bond
amonw ben who drive . automobiles,"
said Dal H. Lewis, acting executive
chairman of the A. A. A- "and this
fraternal bond could be largely em
phasised through a little additional
courtesy. .Accidents occur at social
functions, at theaters and In fact In
every place where the oublic meets.
and courtesy and good breeding pre
vents , the last suspicion of .trouble.
The largest public gathering in the
world is that of automobile .drivers on
the highways of the nation and cer
tainly the same courtesy that prevails
In other walks of life should prevail
here. A few softly spoken words when
a minor accident does occur would
often turn a potential law suit into a
life time friendship, for there is nothing
inai oraws men ' togetner like a will
ingness to assume the blame even when
one knows that he is not entirely at
fault..' - ; -- ' r
X believe that the automobile cour
tesy coxnpalgn now being launched by
the A A. A. in cooperation wHIl the
Chicago Automobile Trade1 association
and the National Automobile Chamber
or commerce win go rurtaer.vtoward
making the roads and streets of our
country safe for bot& . ftiotorist and
pedestrian than all the laws that could
possibly be evolved." :
Excellent Record
Made on Long Trip
With Set of Tires
v'When a motorist has traveled over
the rugged mountain roads in going
from Chicago to the Pacjflo coast, he
is' satisfied even if he has used up a
complete set of tires, butlt is some
accomplishment to make Hhe round
trin on a alnsrlo mat mnA flniit. - skoi
miles on the original four Royal Cord
tires on uic wneeis.
This is the record of Bert Vander
warf, in charge of the Chicago Motor
club's road survey car No. 3, which
has Just returned from the coast. The
car followed for- the most part the
Yellowstone trail to Seattle, the Pa
cific highway to Los Angeles and the
Santa Fe trail and Lincoln highway
back to Chicago.
Included in the 1ntirnv mn manv
side trips, one being up the Pikes Peak
highway.
Northwest to Have
New Factory Man
Harrv LIU MnrrtiL frnntMPlv e
Morris Motor Sales company of Chi
cago, will travel Tor the Haynes com
pany in? the Northwest. His territory
Will include . Mlnnrants TsTni-tK o n4
Soutb Dakota. Nebraska, Montana,
Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
and IS counties in Iowa. -
New Tork, Nov. 25 With, an organ
ization that promises to be 100 per
cent effective la perfecting arrange
ments now under: way, the thirteenth
American '.good . roads congress and
fourteenth national good roads show,
to be held In Chicago January, 16 to
19. will by far ecHpse In program and
attendance any good roads meeting in
the world. Both . events . will' neld
under ' the auspices of the American
Road 'Builders association, the - larg
est and oldest good roads organization
in the country ... .
Road builders to the number of 11.00l
will bold - their twentieth. - annual con
vention in Chicago during the congress.
Many prominent speakers will attend,
including high officials of the federal
government, several ; governors, hun
dreds of state highway officials and
mayors of American and Canadian
cities as well as thousands of engi
neers, contractors ana good roads en- i
thnsiasts, - . . .. :':-::
ETE3TTS SEPABATX Ti ',-a-
It Is the Intention this year to sepa
rate this congress and show by hold
ing the former at the Congress hotel
and the latter at the v Chicago Coli
seum, i This arrangement will obviate
the necessity of shutting down the
operating machinery during the ses
sions and eliminate the noise that has
proved so annoying to speakers and
delegates heretofore. . -
According to President Wasser of
the American. Road Builders associa
tion, the chief difficulty will be en
countered in providing space for all
the exhibits, .though arrangements win
be made for all the additional space
It is possible to obtain. r
The Highway Industries Exhibitors'
association," said Wasser, 1s giving
us splendid cooperation In working out
the arrangements. We expect to con
duct a " p reconvention " campaign : of
greater compelling force and more far-
reaching effect than ever before, and
I believe, the attendance will break all
records.
'"The program for the. congress, as
it- is being worked out by the program
committee, will be the exact reversal
of our previous one. Instead of avoid
ing controversal subjects as in the past,
the program next year will be made
up almost entirely of controversial sub
jects , of interest to the roadbuildlng
movement as a whole. ; This, wo be
lieve, will greatly increase the Interest
in tne program and wm provoke highly
Interesting and instructive oral discus
sions from the floor. -
New Taxi Cab Said
-To Meet With Great
Approval by Owners
A number of the recently announced
Willys-Knight taxicabs already dis
tributed through the Willys-Overland
dealer organization are . getting a
hearty reception from taxi company
officials and taxi drivers, says Frank
C Riggs of the Willys-Overland Pa
cific Co., local branch. .
The innovation of a highly special
ized, -complete, up-to-the-minute taxi
cab with a Knight sliding sleeve -waive
motor that improves with use has com
pelled unusual attention from experts
in the' taxi field. They base their in
terest In this new Willys-Knight taxi
cab upon the opportunity for bigger
and surer profits in the taxi business,
promised by the Knight motor's power,
actual improvement .in use, freedom
from carbon, troubles.' reduction of re
pair costs' to a minimum, and excep
tionally large mileage per gallon of
gasoline.
: Americas., automobiles ' and motor
trucks next year will use 587 miles of
brake linmg," or enough to stretch, a
bridge of brake lining from San Fran
cisco to Shanghai,1 according to a fore
cast made yesterday, by. E. "A-Will.
local representative of Johns-Manville,
Inc, following a survey of automotive
industries conducted through the com
pany's it branch offices. v , t
The 1S23 brake lining consumption
can be conservatively estimated at SI.-026,000--
feet. said WilL 'XX this
amount, 20,000,000 feet wjU be needed
for replacements and the balance for
equipping new. oars and motor trucks.
Dealers report a brisker demand for
brake replacements as a result of re
cent campaigns by the press and by
public organisations for the prevention
of accidents." . - ,
It was estimated that asbestos mines
here and In Canada, to meet the de
mand for -asbestos brake, lining, will
have, to produce more-than 62,000 tons
of crude ore.- '
Autos Kill 90 New:
- Yorkors in Month
- New York, Nov. 25. (I, N. . R)
Ninety .persons were killed by motor
vehicles in this- city during the last
month according to ' a report made
publlo recently by the National High
way Protective society. ' -
IDEWIIHMS
OF MOTOR BUSSES
Transportation of School Chi!
- dren in Rural Districts Offers
Big Field.
Detroit, Nov. 25.- To meet the grow
ing demand 'for motor busses the Fed
eral Motor Truck company -of Detroit
Is experimenting with three new types
of busses, mounted on various chassis.
These , busses are being designed to
meet the need -: for school children's
transportation, city and - tnterurban
travel. . .'" . - .. -
F. I Pierce, general sales manager,
asserts ' that the state of California
leads the - country in the - number of
busses now lit operation. In Los Angeles
alone, lie says, a bus station has been
established where more - than 600
busses leave from every 24 hours. Now
Tork , stats; Is second In - the list, . he
says, with more than too regularly or
ganized bus companies, serving more
than 400 cities, with a capitalisation of
SS.000.000. In New Tork city alone. It
Is said, the Fifth Avenue Coach com
pany'' carried fore than 61,000,000 pas
sengers last year.
K is the contention of the . Federal
executives that there are three fields
for the motor bus. First, the trans
portation of school children from their .
homes to the schools, especially In the
rural sections of the country. Second,
city ' transportation,' where thousands
of workers can be carried to and from1
their work and third, Inter-city trans
portation. Under this classification
the company, sees an immense future
for the bus business as there are many .
communities throughout , the country
which today are not served with, any
mode of conveyance beyond the auto
mobile or the horse.
j Probably the greatest bus business
in 1923, it la claimed, will develop la .
the 'school field.
There is. being "spent annually for -school
transportation, it is said, more
than $14,000,000. nearly all of which
is available as a glgantlo prospect for -the
sale of the motor truck. Iowa,
Ohio and Indiana each, he says, spends
dose to $2,000,000 for. this service and
nearly every Middle and Western state
spends close -to $1,000,000 annually.
- Pierce also points out that there are
1S6.000 one-room schools In the coun
try, of which, he believes, more than
150,000 are rural schools and ' this
means a market for at least that num
ber of school busses. As an evidence of
the task which confronts the school
boards in all sections - to transport .
these children It- is claimed that close
to 400.000 children are transported at
the expense of the city or town. -
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KKEr WIVDSHIEtD CLE AIL
Be sure your windshield is clear
when driving. C wiper to essential In ;
the country during the winter .months
for clear, vision, ,
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Don't try to take the turns at too
high a speed. If yon do. there is
sure to be a wreck.-
Makes Spark Plug
Cover From Bits
Of Old Water Hose
Making spark plug covers from scrap
water hose ls one of the ways by
which the Southern Pacific company
utilizes and salvages old materials.
A large number of spark plugs are
used by the railroad on its gasoline
motor cars In the maintenance of way
department. To prevent Injury to
extra spark plugs, it. H. Polk, dis
trict storekeeper for the company at
West Oakland, CaL. conceived the idea
of making rubber covers from old
water hose. The hose is cut into strips
of about 3ft inches in length and the
extra plugs are placed in these hold
ers to prevent injury such as break
age of porcelains and damage' to
threads.
Automobile owners might do well to
adopt Polk's ingenious method of pro
tecting spark plugs. Tbe Southern Pa
cific saves hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually through salvaging
scrap waste i materials.
Motor truck production continues to
gain. The output fer 1922 should ap
proximate 300,000. a gain of nearly
u per cent over 18Z1.
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The Thanksgiving: , .
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Finds us thankful for thousands of
new customers sad friends all up and
down the Western country. We wish
for. these friends all the joys of the
- Thanksgiving season,, and shall hope
to be allowed to serve them and save
ror mem, during anotaer year.
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