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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1925)
"ran :c:i a on, stai LsiiAi , j s alii:i, Oregon"" Til, -SUNDAY MOIINIXG 2.IAY 5, 1023 FIC ILLS iEBLYZED National Safety Campaign Outlined; Attention to Signals Needed WASHINQTON, D. C., May 2. Motorist in many cities are suffering from a neuropathic ail ment known as the "traffic com plex." Traffic is being regulated and legislated to a point where the average driver becomes con fused, at the expense of safety, because the t multiplicity of rules, ' signs, directions, signals sounds inaugurated as part of the national campaign for greater 1 v'&'fety on streets and highways. fT -' This Is the opinion of American v Automobile Association officials, '. according I to a statement issued today pointing out that unless there, is ; te&st experimenting with traffic and more attention paid to simplifying it,' there will be no genuine progress in-the work6f minimizing the excessive number of 1 traffic (accidents. , J ; Commenting on the tendency in many Cities to attempt to legis late accidents ; off the ... streets, Thomas I?, llenry, president of the association, said: ; "Too many cities are exaggerat ing their traffic problem to a point where they I feel obliged to complicate. the situation tmneces sarily. When eiven a choice be tween a successful plan and an ex periment; in traffic direction too many are prone, to adopt the lat ter. . I -: I ! - - "While favoring a progressive uniformity of traffic fules. and regulations, the A. A. A.Moes not approve jof a similarity in regula tions that would be only np to the level of the poorest, .of drivers On the lother hand, the A. A. A. does not favor the present plan of virtually requiring the average driver to be a traffic expert. "Not fa few drivers are paying hastily, and thus; Jeopardizing pedestrians and taking unwar ranted chances. ? . i Right turns are permitted la most cities, but wheftt there are dozens of driver all making right turns, pedestrians cio not have half a chance for theft? safety and the drivers fhemselr-es are furth er confused by reason! of the con gestion, if. 4 "Left turns have t jben treated by too many traffic officials as a menace. This is an uri jus tilled in dictment. The so-called problem of the left turn la an admission of Inadequate traffic control. Left turns put a stop to the 'round-the-block' business. j I F j "The average driver la made tit feel that traffic is a sort of con test in which a false move will mean an arrest. The driver comes toi fear the officer: with the results that he arrives at Che crossing in a highly nervous state, suffering from a traffic complex. . ! i I Three A of f iclalsj are urging city officials to adopt only such systems as trill make It easier for the average driver to get about. If traffic is to be I regulated effec tively, they maintain, the traffic system must be devised-with ! a view to simplifying matters for the average intelligence, other- Wise traffic accidents will be on the. increase land safety will suf fer as a .consequence of fear and timidity. . OLDSMOBILE DEMONSTRATION CHASSIS TO BE HERE i Y v so mucn attention to signs, lights. bells aid other j traffic signaling devices j that they actually forget about safety. The average driver cannot think of traffic puzzles and safety at the same time. You can not overload the motorist with too many ; rules and expect him to drive at his best. Something will be neglected in ; the process, and everything seems to prove that it is safety." ? 1 ' .Attention is called In -the state ment, ot only to the endless va riety of methods of confusing drivers fn different , cities, but particularly to the lack of con sistency in the traffic direction methods 'within cities themselves. One A A.-A. official tells of hav ing found three different meth ods of traffic direction within a single town of 50,00 inhabitants. Mr. Henry also commented up on the findings of the motor ve hicle commissioner of Connecti- - cut, revealing that 122 accidents in that, state in 1924 were the re sult of confusion. The state cited as a! causue " of this confusion "crossed mental .-wires." . ''For fear1 of making some er ror in negotiating a left turn continued Mr. Henry, "many driv ers . go completely " around the block! proceeding In' the desired direction" bx means of this primi tive expedient. Then they try to makd up for lost time by driving icdoiliJ ties' Oil CLEM (1 Local Marmon Dealer Is Mow Cleveland Dealer fo Salem . H, N. MacDonald, the Marmon dealer, has now : .taken on : the agency for thejwelj known 'Cleve land line ; which consists of two j, i , , , types of six cylindered cars, one being known as the "31'' and the otier as the 43"i imodel. ! 1 i During the ensuing week, j Mr. MacDonald: Is going to have a stripped chassis to. demonstrate the new "Milage; motor , which has been breaking all records on hill climbing and speed endurance and also which will demonstrate the famous "one shot" oiling sys tem for the f chassis which all Clevelands ae equipped with. This car has been thoroughly tried out by ': MrL MacDonald' in Portland on the Halle street hill, as a test of climbing, and! has out demonstrated any car of its class. In his opinion. (This feature Cf the car Will be tvillingly; demon strated at any time to those who are interested in ja, car of. medium price with the graceful lines of the well known Fisher bodies. A LOXG JOB , ''Traffic la. too be solved in any any one year, proposition,' and work for results big a problem to one month, or in it Is a long time everyone must on that basis.: No city can afford jto assume that it has even partially solved its prob lem when it has reduced the num ber of fatalities over a given per iod, for if its work is assumed to be partly finished there will be a slupm in. precaution and Vigilance The progress itj makes may . be more; than tpffset by subsequent losses. . , . i . 'I - ' When Better Automobiles Are Budt, Buick Will Boild Then DJooii Ih IV. ncpCucn: Why cm mqre ronten artnng Buicks than any other taks of $ixrcylinder C ZjWS- One reason h the $tnl:- ing appearance of Ais famcvis motor car. Then , comes Buick ciependbiHtv. A' wbmkn knows ' When she starts out with her Buick that she Will 'get there and tbacK' Oer reasons are the comfort in (driving a Ezckthet velvet clutch actibn, easy steering; then the power and quiet ness of Buick's Valve-in-Head engine and tlie' safety cfJDu!ck ,522?. frv:Lec! brakes. ,' '" ':K: f;vi v(-'!-;;':,;ii:,Nr OTTOJ, ; WLSON -SSS Kcrith Commercial Street.. 1 ' Vv"bc Better Automobiles , Aro . Built, Snick Will , Boild Them v - ' I- ' ' ', .' -' 'H . ; . ---- . ' " - 'st ,,:ic -rf . " . .-- I i ' ., , 1 ROAD REPOBT s en out Conditions of Oregon State Highways Tabulated in Report to Statesman Me can do anything any auto mobile can do. and. we sbow yoij how! we do It," is the slogan for the j fleet ! of 1 1 Oldsmobile t. demon stration! chassis that i are being operated throughout ' the country. The demonstrators are 1 working out off the latget cities, being routed so that virtually all sec tions of the country will be vis ited, i n ;!.-:r wz- v ' The chassis are fitted with two comfortable seats so that anyone can accompany the drivers and closely; watch -the performance. The absence I of bodies and floor boards; permits a good view of the power transmission units while tn action. -' ' ; ' . ; . . " . . At the rear of each ; chassis, over the axle, is a box containing a complete assortment of parts, including crank shaft, cam shaft, clutch faces, . etc., These . permit closeup views of the vital parts of the car, and assist in the driv ers' explanation " explanations of the functioning of each and vefy part of the Oldsmobile. ' These parts' boards enables even a' novice in things automotive to quickly grasp the function of each part of the engine. This . same applies to the clutch 'and other power transmission units. In fact Pacific Highway Portland-Oregon City-Saiem-Al- bany-IIarrisburg-Junction C 1 1 y- Eugene-Cottage Grove-Roseburg- Grant ;Pass-Medford-Qalifornla State Line:; I Paved entire distance except between Halrisburg and Junction City which is fair maca dam. ; Free county ferry across Willamette Rivef ;at Harrisburg. Best; route j Albany to Junction City is via Corvalli3 and Monroe; n t - h : Humnnotroiina rhueciia nrnviilfi i 4111 -I CU. ' -Virct i rri ,mCQ . J: Wet SWe if ir Highway mftfeHA wiirPHAV--fviit - w-4. Portland-Newberg-McMfnnville- " i - - us- t . i nil daniental knowledge of., "what Pu,lluouturvai"s-JUUCU,Jn matp tha trr arnr,rA that I ugene: Favea i al,,flhi tn n!i mtnr .artnwn- HooseTelt I Coast Highway-Clatsop ersi or prospective owners. i Besides giving this instruction to 'those not fully informed and unfamiliar with automotive ' me chanics, the demonstrators also are showing the capabilities of thei Oldsmobile in every : possible way. This includes hill climbing, idling,, making runs in high gear and other tests calculated to prove the power and stamina of an auto mobile. ... Antl Tillamook Counties Astoria-Seaside: ' Paved. Seaside-Cannon Beach Junction: macadam, f Cannon Beach Junction-Miami: graveled road. . Miami-Tillamook-Hebo - Nesko- win-Devils Laka: part paved; balance ; macadam. TjO HEAD CADILliAC Earl of Balfour, in Palestine ror tne OperSi3 cf 1 Hebrew University, Speaks with Zicni:t LezZxd " : , . I f : BUSH JESS RECORD IH SOUTH BETTER Conditions South ot Equator Declared to .Show Mark- ed Improvement , ; A marked improvement In gen eral :buSiness i conditions with a resultant increase in the motor car industry iln lands below the equator I is ; the. optimistic , report brought back by R. j I Archer, vice-president and ! manager ! of the John N. , Willys Export cor poration, of Toledo and New York, upon the completion of an eight- month; tour of : the 1 world, with detailed surveys of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. A year ago Mr, Archer spent consi derable '! time in South America, thus giving him a comprehensive knowledge of conditions prevalent in i j southern , : lands all over., the gIoie r In Zew Zealand, ranked as the wealthiest country, per capita on the face of the earth. Archer found wool mutton and dairying in ! ,the best shape in the' history of this elongated pair of islands. Roads, although largely of gravel. are in fair conditions and the place here as the leading imethod of transportation, j Australia is still handicapped by high taxation as an aftermath of the . war. .Labor difficulties, too, have upset commerce, bu these will be righted. Wool anjl wheat crops brought high prices during the " past year, with the result that the Antipodean con tinent as a whole is experiencing its greatest prosperity since the armistice. r i - ... Anstralii Prefers f American Cms "When one takes into consi deration the fact that Australia is somewhat larger than the United States, with -quite! a portion of it in the northwest still almost -en tirely unexplored,! one begins to realise what a .vast market this continent will prove to be for. the motor car f industry.? reports Archer, t in part. - on his visit to this land. f ; " ' . "One instance! of the tremen dous distances of Australia of which we here in'- :the United States have' faint conception," he continues, "is the fact that one of our i distributors. located at Perth, has a dealer who is. 5,000 miles away from him. Imagine, if you can, a dealer in our country located at i Los Angeles, working under a distributor located at Chicago, i f - "Today, our dealer organization throughout Australia is Compar able, with that which functions In the United States. We have nun dreds of efficient merchants sell- large distributors located in the principal cities of this continent. '"Like the American, .who he resembles in many of his J char acteristics, the . Australian is a keen motorist, with speed, acceler ation, stamina and high ! power as hjs principal requirements In a motor car. That is why he largely pfefers American autdmobfles and that is why more and more of the American export trade Is being concentrated in this country." Selection of Lawrence P.. Fisher byj the'! General JJotors Corpora tibn as j. president and general manager of tne caaniac Aioior Car company is generally regard ed1 in Detroit business circles as one offitbe most significant an nouncements made by the auto- motive Industry Ih months, owing tol the Cadillac's outstanding im portance in that field. Though a young man,. Mr. Fish er,, has; already demonstrated re markable executive ability, both in the;! Fisher Body .Corporation and in; General Motors itself. Only 36 years old, he has for several years past shared with his broth ers, Charles T. and Fred J. Fisher A new feature has been added I a commanding position in the to the building used by the Leh- j largest body building corporation man Grocery and the Zozel Tire I in the world. More recently he Shop.' A: shelter root has been has been vice-president and a added which will give protection I member of the executive board of to patrons and pedestrians on sun-1 General I Motors i . m- A". - M - m I j -r . f, A. Jill. . ny ana rainy uaya. xi exienas iruiu .; in laaaiuoa iu iiia Lituuuc re ihe front of tbe grocery on Com- eponsibilities, Mrs. Fisher will merclal street and around the continue in his previous General building on Ferry street vthus Motors 'capacities making, that part of the , street well protected. , Pedestrains Are Protected By Addition to Building automobile .Is rapidly taking its ing our product under seven very i BACK KEW OOMSnERCIAJj M ' V HIGHWAY n V" i . Decision of the Pennsylvania state legislature to build an In dustrial highway between the cit ies of Chester and Philadelphia is interpreted by The Highway Mag azine as the first step toward a nationwide system of 'industrial hikhways which will solve for bus iness the short intercity haul and definitely establish the : improved highway as a necessary adjunct of .industry and commerce. REPAIRING Done by Hour or by Job STORAGE By Day or Week BARRETT BROS il i GARAGE 199SrN. Capitol PhOne j; Formerly Texas Garage A New Top Will Slake Yoar Cor Look Like New Have it Fixed " Before , Vacation Time w. it. J. McALVIN :543 XOKTH CHUKCH STREET AVlicrc Ypar Dollars Have MdreXfents o V) u C3 3 p u s What is the AEWWiUaMter ; . YVl-t-K fcf J -I"' -nr.. - With the old reJiaW Wiiia ..: rT t1?"2ed Rubber . Insulation --AII-Kubber Case charged bonfe"ary. New -prices, too. n ?,-v-v - JOE WILLIAMS "The Battery Man 1 534 COURT STKEET j ! " ' THOXE 10S Member Willard Battery Men o u i? o i o. 11: ft Where Your Dollars Have More Cents ft 7 ' '&Z I ' ' it- ? A I-- - i ' . f tf v I : ' . -": .ii-'-: x-".-:-..,-:. , -- v'' K ' " . ! - :.. : - ' ; A '- 4 :. . ' 1 ... X - : ; TRADE IN YOUR . : GOODYEAR TIRES I ON NEW ALLOQNS . Greater riding comfort, j - j Safer driving. v : I j Less' wear on your car and your nerves. Thev cost very little more than your present tires. And we'll give you a liberal allowance for your old ones.! Are you on?,. . ' , DAY 294 North" Commercial ; - ! ; 'V' 'hons 66 1 h I Nil I $1470 SALEM A.3 YOU ARE BEHIND THE TIMES WITHOUT 4WHEL BRAKES ;. ' . Iiuttingt Attractiveness ; That Catches J - ZCSUL: u i G-RrA-C-E-F-ULI The shapely lines of this Sedan instahtl V attract the eyeMaster body craftsmen designed and built it. B-A-LrA'NC-E l Cradled close to the roaclway yet with full clearance, the cartas all the steadiness and readability of much . largcT;heavicrcars. S-E-&U-R-I-T-Y ! Nash-desigried 4- ' wheel brakes give positive control at all times along with full ' balloon tires and 5 disc wheels; they're included in the price ' at no extra charge. v; Wis --Wxy SPECIAi; SIX SERIES ADVANCED SIX SERIES Models range from $1095 to $2290, i. o. bl -factory IMcwood Moto Corner Commercial and Chcmekela. in CT .-t I.-r rt . A A S ,
