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STATES ABOLISH
CD SPEED LIT
Five States Increase Maxi
mum; Five Others' Abol
C ish Legal Limit
Speed limits are slowly. If not
surely, catching up to automo
biles. As to actually overtaking them,
the possibility seems rather re
mote,, engineering seems rather
.more'speedy than legislation. But
tlre are two things happ-oing to
speed laws that are making the
lot of the motorist happy and a
third that probably would make
It happier than the other two.
The first satisfying thing Is
that speed limits are being lib.
erallzed In virtually all quarters
of the country. The second is
thatj elsewhere, they are being
removed altogether.
The third eventually, and it Is
no more than that at present, is
tharfollowtng the abolition of the
arbitrary maximum there may
come an arbitrary minimum
p!d. It is held to b a natural
Kt.-p and there are forward look,
in-.; officials and motorists In both
this country and England who are
not so certain these days that the
iw driver is not more of a mem-a-'
than the fast one.
In recent weeks, five States
have' officially gone on record as
favoring higher maximum speeds
on their highways: Minnesota has
gone' from 20 to 35: Mississippi
from '30 to 40; New Mexico, Ohio,
and Oklahoma from 35 to 45. At
the, same time. Tennessee and In.
riisna have gone eveu further and
aWIlshed the maximum law alto,
g'ther.
la this action, they have fol
lowed the course of Connecticut.
Michigan and Montana. Any way
it counted, that makes five states
ftit of the 48 that have gone to
higher speeds.
Just 43 states to go'and then
thore will be no arbitrary maxi
mum speed limit! Then: many
insist, the next logical step is to
establish a minimum limit below
witch' the driver may be arrested
a dangerous.
A minimum speed limit law Is
not a brand-new - Idea. Several
yars ago, John M. Mackatl, then
chairman of the Maryland State
RoAds Commission, sponsored a
injure In the Legislature for the
establishment of a low speed lim
it of 20 miles an hour on State
highways. The bill failed to pa3s
but It died a gallant, fighting
d;ith. and its friends have by no
mans abandoned hope.
At that time. Maokall was un
qualifiedly certain that the slow
driver was more of a hazard on
tii-? open road than the fast one.
Mortorlsts, generally, and traffic
officials, too, are rapidly leaning
to the viewpoint expressed when
the bill was beaten: namely, "they
Just are not ready for it yet. It
mill come. It is ai Inevitable an
th- necessity fr moralizing the
um spe-d nws.
traffic authorise?, commenting
lit a similar veil, say?:
In a cnun'ry fettered by tradi
tions and hampered by prejudices,
n vv departures a- slowly made.
Paradoxical as It may seem, one
great stride tovrard road safety
could be madev by enforcing a min
imum instead of a maximum
ped along straight open roads."
Continuing, he cites one specific
tudy along a prominent highway,
where, he says, 'at numerous
points along the way there were
little danger eddies, each created
by the presence of some slow ve
hicle which everybody wanted to
pas. and which there never wa
ro-un to pass very safely."
Oa America's widr highways,
exactly the same situation pre
TSil. Never does a driver en
counter It but that h begins to
think Its something about which
there ought to be a law." When
enough get to thlnWnx It and the
theory Is proved sound, there will
U a law unless many are gnss
1ns very badly.
An interesting application of
th- minimum sped limt idea Is
b-Mt? tred wth a success on the
Jintes River bridge in. Virginia.
And. on a bridge, too. That is
omthing to think about and at
fint blush. !t: might seem the
T-ry worst place to enforce such a
r.'srttlatlon.
The James River bridge, one of
th world's longesf. Is five and a
half miles from end to end. Its
sponsors have specified that no
driver using it sha! croaa at a
speed lower than 35 miles an hour
although, for some older cars, thi
speed Is fairly close to the max
imum of which the vehicle U ca
pable. The regulation is working
with safety.
Prominent Flyers
Invited to Meet
I.oriSVII.LE. Ky. This city is
extending Invitations to more than
a hundred outstanding aviators to
attend the aviation flight program
vi .itch will feature the eleventh an
nual convention of the American
I.eibn, to be held here Sept. 30,
Oct: 1, 2, 3.
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riaims totaling 31149.45 have
ea paid to Statesman readera
J bf tb Nona American acciucui
X Insurane Co.. in leas than one
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y Rifi PROJECT AUGUST 21
FAMED WASHIHGTOn KilM
ELM IS BEPUCED
SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) Al
though the historic Washington
elm has fallen before the on
slaughts of time, a descendent of
the famous trees soon will mark
the spot in Cambridge, Mass.,
where George Washington took
command of the Continental ar
my Ju'lj; 3. 17T3.
This new Washington elm Is
being grown by the University of
Washington, proud possessor of
the only scion of the treasured
elm that died In 1923. Twigs have
been bent Into two boxes of earth
placed In the tree top and when
the twigs take root they will be
sent to Cambridge.
The University of Washing
ton's elm was planted on the
campus Arbor Day. 1902. after
Arthur J. Collins of Spokane,
Wash., a Washington graduate,
had spent nearly four years in at
tempting to grow trees from slii3
taken from the Washington elm.
Collins, while doing gradate
work at Harvard, took more than
50 slip from the historic tree.
Two twigs cut in 1900 finally
took root and were shipped to
Seattle in 1902. At the univer
sity they were planted together
!v Prof. Kdmond S. Meany, who
hoped that at least one would
grow. Both grew and today the
tree Is distinguishable by Its twin
trunks.
The fdea of obaIning a scion
of the famous tree for the Uni
versity of Washington was con
ceived by CoMina after he liad
seen the Washington elm. After
considerable waiting and "no lit
tle red tape" be was given per.
mloti to cut the slips and if
nceary to try boxes In the tree
top. !Hie slips grew, so no boxes
were used.
The tree thrived here and af
ter th? death of the original elm.
"Cambridge officials asked that
the university's elm b moved to
Cambridge. Fearing that saeh a
move would kill the tree, the .uni
versity refused the request. '
A few months ago the boxes
were placed on two limbs and in
a nhort time Pror. Meany hopes
to send a new Washington Elm to
Cambridge.
LOS ANGELES (AP) From
puttering around with an outboard
motor boat. James Talbot, jr.. got
an "itch" for developing speed
boats which would show the world
a thing or two.
The son of one of California's
leading oil men has lust complet
ed two boats which he believes
are of super-power capacity and
which be hopes to send fame
chaslng In the gold cup trophy
races at Red Bank, N. J., In-August
and in the Harmsworth Inter
national speed races at Detroit In
September.
Talbot's latest water conquest
was the winning this summer of
the Duke of York trophy at Lon
don with Miss Ricco III. The Miss
RIcco is a 151 class speed boat of
91 cubic inch displacement. Ralph
Snoddy, Internationally known pi
lot, drives-all of the Talbot boats.
The 25-year old racing-enthusiast
has lived most of his life at
Balboa. Cal.. near the oeean. Sev
eral years ago he became Inter
ested In outboard motor boats and
sent several of his. speed sensa-
RICH UN'S SOII IS
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The OREGON
Now on Flight
C1ISTK TO ACT
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SEATTLE, Wash. (AP)
Union of the Northern Baptist
church and the Disciples of Christ
into one sect wilj be thinost Im
portant business at the interna
tional convention of the latter
here August 8 to 14. Some 5,
000 delegates wil lact O the pro
posal. At its recent convention In
Denver, the Northern Baptist
church named a committee to
confer with Disciples of Christ
representatives on the amalgama
tion. If the Seattle convention
favors the merger, a similar com
mittee will be appointed to meet
with the Baptist group and out
line details o fa plan to be placed
before both churches for final ap
proval. The suggested union would
bring together in the United
States more than 1.000.000 Bap
tists and nearly 1,500,000 mem
bers of the Disciples of Christ,
usually referred to as the Chris,
tian church.
The union proposal will share
interest with the election of a
successor to F. W. Burnham,
president of the United Christian
Missionary society for 10 years,
who has announced bis retire
ment. Asharp fight for the of
fice is anticipated.
Another problem to be settled
wilt be the ministerial pension
plan, which church leaders hope
to launch at the convention. Ap
proximately $8,000,00 ust be
raised to provide funds for pen
sions. The convention also will
prepare for the dedication of the
National church in Washington,
D. C in October, 1930.
Harry H. Rogers, president of
the international convention of
the Disciples of Christ, will pre
side. He Is president of the Ok
lahoma state chamber of com
merce and heads several banks in
Oklahoma and Texas.
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STATESMAN. Salem. Ofegon, Snnday Morning, August 11,
The proposed Northwestern
Power Company franchise before
the Salem council and the Salem
chamber of commerce three
months ago relative to utilizing
Marion lake in Marlon county
near Gates for power purposes by
the Northwest Power company is
to be considered by the Reclama
tion Commission of the state of
Oregon in Portland on August 21,
it Is announced by C M. Granger
of the district forestry service of
the department of agriculture of
the United States government.
The application as filed pro
poses the construction of a dan
35 feet high on the North San
tiam at a point about 10 M miles
east o fDetroit, and the construc
tion of a dam at the outlet of Ma
rlon lake for the purpose of cre
ating a storage reservoir that will
raise the water level of the lake
70 feet.
The object of th9 hearing Is to
Inform interested parties with re
spect to the proposed develop
ment and to give them, or their
authorized representatives, an op
portunity to express their views
frankly, fully, and publicly con
cerning the expediency and ad
visability o fgranting a permit.
Matters of power development,
flood control, navigation, and
other public interests will be con
sidered at the hearing.
TO APPEASE I00L
SUVA, Fiji (AP) Converted
from cannibalism, the natives of
the island of Ambrym la the New
Hebrides spend their time in
dodging earthquakes and raising
cocoanuts with which to appease
the fire god of the volcano Bem
bow. Ambrym Is only 50 miles la cir
cumference, and its mountainous
surface is much occupied by four
volcanoes, with sixteen craters.
However, It is pointed out that
only Be in bow explodes often and
wtih accompanying quaking of
the earth, while Marum has not
erupted since 1913, and another
fire mountain on the southwest
point was active last in 1888. Te
vin has not smoked for thousands
of years.
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RADIATOR IS LAUDED
With the advent of the dog
days bringing the peak of sum
mer heat and the peak of sum
mer touring, the warm weather
operating advantages of the
Cross-Flow radiator become in
creasingly evident, it s pointed
out by B. H. Aaibal, vice-president
in charge of 'engineering for
the Oakland Motor Car company.
An - exclusive feature of the
Aakland Al-American Six and the
Pontiac Big Six, this new radia
tor embodies patented features of
design which enabes t to reduce
loss of water vapor to a point far
below that of any other system,
Mr. Anibal asserts.
'The Cross-Flow radiator," he
continued, "differs from the con
ventional design in that the water
passes horizontally through the
core instead of vertically from top
to bottom. Hot water returning
from the engine enters a closed
vertical tank at one side of the
honeycomb core and about one
third of the dstance from the top
of the tank.. This sde tank does
not connect wtih the upper tank.
The only possible course that the
water can follow is across
through the horizonta core pas
sages. After 'cross-fowlng'
jib rough the core the water enters
a vertical return or cool water
tank at the opposite side of the
honeycomb. A top extension of
cool water tank connects the cool,
ing system with the filled neck.
"In the conventional radiator
the hot water and the' accompany
Ing hot water vapor flow drectly
Into a top radiator tank connect
ed wtih the filler neck and the
.overflow pipe, from which at
least the vapor may escape. But
In the CrossTFlow system the wa
ter and vapor, first being sent
through the, radiator passages,
are chflled and the vapor con
densed back into iquld form be
fore reaching any possbe contact
with the outsde air. Even under
the most severe conditions of
heat and sustained driving the
new principle employed In khe
CrossTFlow system proves so effi-
! dent that loss of radiator water
is negligible and the engine is
properly cooled regardless of
weather, altitude or speed."
Another disarmament came
when Charley Dawes traded that
underslung pipe for a British one.
Oakland Tribune.
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1929
Self-Starter Invention
Transformed Industry
Inside Stories of Motor car Development Told
in "Men, Money and Motors"
Men.
Publication of the book
Money and Motors," reveals for
the first time the story behind
the development of the self-starter.
The authors, Theodore F. Mac
Manus. Detroit advertising man
who has been Intimately identi
fied with the automobile industry
for nearly 25 years, and Norman
Beasley, say this invention, more
than any other siiigle develop
ment in the industry since the in
ception of the firt car, has been
the motivating force behind the
vast popularity the motor car has
achieved.
It is a morning early in 1910.
The scene is in the office of Henry
M. Leland, then president of the
Cadillac Motor Car Co. Charles F.
Kettering, an elcetrical engineer,
and even then a man whoad as
sumed a dominant role in the in
ventive phase of the automobile
business, was telling Leland of his
idea for a self-stajrter! Leland,
after listening, began discussing
the death of a dear friend.
The story from the book con
tinues: "He was driving across the
Belle Isle bridge, here in Detorit,"
Leland was saying, ''and he saw a
woman trying to crank a stalled
car. Stopping his machine he got
out, went over and asked if he
could help.
"The woman thanked him and
explained she did not have suffi
cient strength to spin the motor.
He grasped the crank handle.
Tried to spin it. The engine kicked
back and the handle struck him in
the Jaw. Unthinkingly, the strange
woman bad not retarded spark.
My friend died from the injur
ies." Leland got up from his chair,
walked over, and stood looking
out of a window. His lips were
trembling. His eyes were moist.
Kettering, staring at the- floor,
was silent. Finally the manufact
urer turned back.
"You know. I loved that man. I
am glad you are going to work on
something that will do away with
hand cranking."
Kettering returned to Dayton
and through the hours on the
train he thought of little else. A
self-starter for an automobile. All
through the next day it was in
his mind. And the next day and
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. until days crept into
weeks and weeks grew Into
months. A year later he brought
w"hat he had built to Detroit and
demonstrated it to Cadillac engi
neers. They were skeptical.
"It won't work' they declared. J
as he concluded his theoretical'
einla nation. I
"How do you know?" he chal
lenged. "Because it takes from two to
five horsepower to crnak an auto
mobile." "Does It?"
"Don't you know that it does?"
"No."
"Well, it does." they affirmed.
Then asked:
"How does this device work?"
"It operates off the storage bat
tery." This must have sounded ridicu
lous to them, for they laughed.,
"Don't you know that no sm,'
storage battery can furnish enoc
power to crank aa automobile,
'No."... ,.
"Well, the companies makh.n
the batteries will agree to'that.
Kettering was unimpressed.
"How - do yta know this starter
won't work until you try it?" be
asked.
That sounded reasonable as a
suggestion so they made the test.
The self-starter worked.
The reason it worked was be
cause Kettering had spent months
and months experimenting and
perfecting Its details. He knew his
device would resepond to all ne
cessary demands placed upon it. A
year before, electrical engineers
had told him that a small storage
battery, could not furnish enough
power to crank an automobile so
the arguments the automobile
engineers advanced were theories
he had already eliminated.
Once his experimental car slid
into ditch, breaking hta leg. That
same night the garage which con
tained the Cadillac test car on
which had been installed the only
other self-starter in existence, was
destroyed by fire.
It all the progress that had been
made toward getting the self
starter on an automobile were not
to be lost then someone had to put
It In working order, so perform
ance tests at the Cadillac Motor
Car Co. could be continued. No
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other person was' familiar enough,
with the mechanism go Kettering,
two days after ala accident, wlta
his broken leg in a heavy cast,
traveled 200 miles on , a train""
from Dayton to Detroit and U
worked on his back, underneath
car, until he had his atarter ags
in operation.,. '
Several months later, la Jane.
1911. Cadillac announced electric
al starting, lighting and Ignition
as standard equipment for Its ears.
Mr. Kettering, inventor of them,
is now president of the General
Motors Research Laboratories" and.
a vice president of General Motors.
Since this memorable contribu
tion to the indastry he has like
wise been responsible, proba"bly
more than any other single Indi
vidual, for two other tremendous
accomplishments, Duco and Ethyl
gasoline. Development of the lat
ter was a direct outgrowth of.the
self-starter, since engineers who
found fault with the starter held
it responsible for what they called
a "spark knock." Kettering ar
gued they were wrong, that tho
"spark knock" was actually a fuel
knock, journeyed to the far fron
tiers of the elements seeking
proofs, and came back with Ethyl"
gasoline after probably 100,000
vuulac an nou need
tbe starter.
Kettering Is kan
tve genius of tie
Sales of motor ic
1911 were 199.11
greater than that.
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But men's hearts and minds are
guided today In much the same
way as then. And In the Cadillae
plants, men who have grown gray
In the fascination of Intimate con. '
tact with things automotive, are
pausing to reflect back to that
wintry day of years aga when ;
Kettering convinced them that his
starter would actually work.
And youngsters at Cadillac,
many of them still in rompers on
that memorable day, are listening,
to that story and kindred others :
of motor car romance because the
and selling motor cars, now ,
grown to be the greatest single
industry In the world that can be"
classified, still retains all the
glamor and all the romance, per.
haps, that It did In those days
gone by.
The farm board Is to stabillx'
the agricultural.industry, but how
about st-""" t" :c,""ers?
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