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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Sunday Morning, June 22. 1930
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DEATH LURKS
i AT CROSSINGS
CHRYSLER WINS MEXICAN RACE CLASSIC
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tialf of Auto Fatalities Are
Caused by Running Down
Pedestrians
The treat number of motor re
kicle aeelaents, resulting Uit year
tm tk deaths t 31.000 persons
and injuries to a million' more,
are due to- a comparatively small
number of causes and eirca in
stances, virtually every oae - ot
rhich ara preventable by the ex
ercise or care and caution.
This la tbe finding ot the third
National Conference on Street and
Highway Safety alter a detailed
stndy of the accident and fatality
alt nation and. the causes and cir
cumstances that are involved. '
Fifty-fire per cent of the auto
mobile deaths in 1929 were of
pedestrians who were run down
,Jy automobiles. Available sta
tistics indicate also that more
than one-half ot tbe aceldents ln-
rolvinr motor Tehlcles and pedes
trians took place at street cross
ings and intersections. ..
These figures give a definite in
dication also of the places where
safety activities and measures
can be .concentrated with the
-prospect of the largest -measure
of result. With pedestrian-vehi-cle
accidents, Crossing the street
at intersections" where there were
bo traffic lights or signals, and
"crossing the street .between in
tersections." are the most produc
tive of injures and deaths among
all of the causes and circumstan
ces that .lead. to or involve acci
dents on the streets and highways.
Crossing Against Ligota Risky
Reports of the police depart
ments and motor rehicle bureaus
of some of the states and cities
of the country, covering- a large
number of accidents in 1929, and
carefully tabulated and analyzed,
showed that the number of In
juries where the pedestrian was
crossing with the traffic light or
signal amounted to 4,244, while
37.681 were injured or killed
while crossing against lights or
signals or at crossings where
there were no lights or signals.
These figures are bellered to re
flect the general condition fox the
country as a whole, but covering
only a fractional part of the acci
dents and casualties of this na
ture for the year.
The circumstances of pedestrian-vehicle
accidents where the
pedestrian was crossing the street
at an intersection are found to be:
No signal, 27,177; against the
signal, 9,022; diagonally across
the intersection, 1,482, and with
tbe signal. 4.244. Of this: num
ber, 1.458 were killed.
Accidents due to crossing the
street between intersections
caused the injury or death ot 37.
892 persons, while Vplaying In
the street" caused the injury or
death of 17.193 others.
In the list of accidents involv
ing the occupants of motor vehi
cles and not involving a pedest
rian, are the following:
Excessive Speed Causes Deaths
Exceeding the speed limit,
17,564; on the wrong side of the
road. 16,842,- did not hare right
of way, 34,197; droTe off road
way, 11,316; falling to signal. 9,
159, and cutting in, 7,349. Among
the 96,427 involved in these class
ifications, 3,82o were killed. Oth
er causes, such as passing .street
cars, passing on curves and hills,
improper turning and double
parking, caused the injury or
death of 19,808 persons.
Violation of the right of way
was one f -the most productive
causes of vehicle accidents, caus
ed in some instances by collisions
between two cars where one of
them had Just previously been
forced from the right of way by
another car that escaped the ac
cident. The national conference on
street . and - highway safety in its
findings on this point, says:
"This demonstrates the need
for adoption of definite right of
way regulations as set forth in the
Uniform Vehicle Code, and, furth
ermore, that enforcement and ed
ucation should be particularly di
rected to such regulation.
"Another most frequent cause
of such accidents is driving on the
wrong side of the highway. This
likewise points to the need of en
actment and enforcement of re-
atrictlve measures requiring oper
ation on the right half of high
ways. "Ia a large number ot motor
Tehicle accidents . the operator
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OREBOfl TOURISTS
ARE WSTEP,r;EflS
California Supplies Nearly
Half of Incoming Cars
Recently
"Ninety per cent ot Oregon's
tourists come from the elerea
western states. stated Dr. E. B.
McDaniel, president ot the Oregon
State Motor association In an ar
ticle' published In a recent Issue ot
the Oregon Motorist.
Dr. McDaniel . then submitted
the following table of the origin
of tourist traffic in the two states
of Oregon and California:'
Western States , ,,,, , -
Eastern States .,.,.;.
mobiles, the majority ot which
are concentrated In the southern
part of the state which is dry and
hot during the summer months.
The green hills and running
streams of the northwest hare a
strong appeal for this section ot
the country and as a result. SO
per cent ot all Oregon's tourist
traffic in 1929 came from Cali
fornia, "Oregon scenery and Oregon
hospitality hare proved them
selves as attractions for tourists.
Our running streams, forested
hills and snow-clad mountains are
a welcome change to the recreation-bound
motorist from the
drier, warmer sections. .Oregon's
tourist problem reeolres itself
not in the attraction of a greater
number ot tourists but rather in
the entertainment ot the -tourists
we hare for a longer period ot
time."
Tide CJaiysIer 7T mote wea the nees4
rone honr, alas saiaates sad twenty e eeessids overs winding milsla read that proves a severe lest
fee both car a4 driver. Oa level stretches the ear reached a Sop speed of 75 aslles aa hoar, bat seee
rraaee ami mnarp carves reaacea tee speed to o sailes aa near taroagn Use i
drove off the highway and over
turned. This illustrates the need
for enforcement of standard rules
of the road requiring safe prac
tices and. particularly the need for
education of motorists as to the
hazards incident to operation at
excessive speeds on curves or nar
row embankments, or excessive
speeds for the conditions as they
exist.
Safety education and the strict
enforcement ot regulations and
driving rules Is the recommenda
tion ot the conference as a means
of curbing and checking the acci
dent and death toll.
The conference points out at
the same time that the adoption
of - the Uniform Vehicle Code by
the states, and uniform traffic or
dinances by municipalities, as
sponsored and urged in the three
sessions of the conference that
have been held, wilt go far to
ward reducing the accident toll.
Primarily, the adoption of such
laws and ordinances will, in the
view of the conference and traffic
experts of the country generally,
serve t o eliminate confusion
among both pedestrians and mot
orists, whether at home or, away
from home.
Legislatures of the rarlous
states at their next sessions will
have before them the uniform ve
hicle code for consideration and
adoption unless it is already in
operation In a particular state.
Cities likewise have the opportun
ity to amend their traffic ordin
ances to conform to the standard
ized and uniform provisions ot the
Model Traffic Ordinance of the
conference!
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MU
RACES
Winning two firsts and a third
in three classes, Chrysler cars es
tablished a unique record in the
recent Mexico City to Puebla road
races, regarded as one ot the out
standing events in Mexican auto
motive circles.
Over 74 miles of winding
mountain roads, a Chrysler "77"
roadster negotiated the distance
in one hour, nine minutes and
21 seconds, clipping three min
utes, 2 2-5 seconds off the pre
vious record time held by a
Chrysler "72." Only the final
stretch of 18 miles permits sus
tained fast driving, and here the
"77" registered a top speed ap
proximately 75 miles an hour to
sprint to the finish first.
A Chrysler "66" won the Class
B event by traveling the same dis
tance in one hour, It minutes and
sl seconds, attaining a top speed
ot approximately 72 miles an
hour on level stretches.
In the Class C event, a Chrysler
six sedan finished third with a
recorded time of one hour, 22
minutes and 53 seconds, setting a
maximum speed of more than 68
miles an hour on the home
stretch.
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ATJMC IJJLB. j une ti Mrs.
Clara Pratt came Friday, return
ing to Eugene Saturday, taking
her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Kirk-
.patrick with her to Eugene where
she attended the graduation of
Mrs. Pratt Tuesday. She also had
the pleasure of seeing her daught
er graduate from normal several
years ago. Mrs. Pratt taught
school in Eastern Oregon a num
her of years, having decided to at
tend school at Eugene the past
year.
Chas. P. Taylor of Portland
spent several days of this week
here attending to business.
Mrs. N. D. Bradley is at Vash
on this week to attend the funer
al of her grandmother, Mrs. Nau
gle. A crew of men started the con
struction of a Concrete bridge this
week about one-half mile south of
town.
"Willard Powell and family mov
ed their household goods to the
D. F. Eastburn property one mile
south of Aumsville this week.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Mack and
children of Jewell came Wednes
day to visit with Mrs. Mack's fath
er. Warren Lee and family.
Some ot the farmers of this dis
trict are cutting their early hay,
while most ot the early strawber
ries will be harvested this week,
the late variety is Just starting
this week.
Roy Porter was re-elected school
director for a thre year term, and
Mrs. Virgle M. Bradley, clerk, for
one year. It was voted to Issue
bonds of 83,000 for construction
of a school gymnasium. The new
building will have a seating ca
pacity of 200.
Mrs. Wm. Stray er left Sunday
for Washington where she expects
to visit a niece.
Pratum
OUT OF THE MUDDY DEPTHS
PRATUM, June 21 Joel and
Thomas Estinth ; accompanied by
their friend Samjjel Schneider, all
from San Jose, Cal., left or Eu
reka, Cal-. Wednesday morning.
where they will stop Thursday and
Friday, planning to arrive home
on Saturday. They arrived here
Sunday evening.. Since leaving
home about two weeks ago the
three ' boys had i visited Yellow
stone Park, Lake Louise and
Banff fat Canada.1 returning along
the coast by way of Seattle and
Portland and stepping here sev
eral days to visit relatives.
It Bill Hay should ever need
an assistant. Miss Helen Mae
Thompson could very well fill that
place, since she was broadcasting
from Oorvallls Monday evening,
speatlng very' distinctly. Miss
Thompson is at - summer school
H.r mother, Mrs. G. H. Thomp
son ia also at Corvallis and had
her-first experience speaking; to a
radio audience Monday evening.
Last year the question of build
ing a new school house was sull in
the air. The old Bchool house was
almost filled to capacity at the
evening of school election this
year a very few gathered in the
fine new building to elect a di
rector and clerk. John Roth,
chairman, refused to be reelected
Frank-Schaap was chosen in bis
place and Claud Ramsden was re
elected clerk.
The Sunday school team won
the ball game Wednesday evening
when they played the Fern Dig
gers at Ritches. The game was 17
to 16.
Mrs. H. W. De Vries who und
erwent an operation a week ago,
is getting along fine. She will
soon be able to eome home.
Many potatoes are being plant
ed here this week.
Mr. Dean, manager ot the Deac
oness hospital here, will show pic
tures from South Africa . Sunday
evening which he took while he
was a missionary there.
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Rickreall
RICKREALL, June 21 Miss
McClure, local critic teacher, left
for Corvallis where she will teach
in summer school until July 23,
when she plans to leave for her
home lu Fowler, Colorado. She
will visit friends in South Dakota
and her brother and sister-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul McClure, at
Billings, Montana. At the home
of her grandmother in Kansas
City she sxpects to meet her moth
er with whom she will make the
trip to Fowler.
Miss Mabel 'Harland Is here
from Portland visiting her eon
and daughter-in-law, Mr. . and
Mrs. Joe Harland and family.
William Middleton was elected
echool director to succeed Joe
Harland and Claude Larkin was
re-elected clerk.
Middle W. States
Foreign
East of Mississippi River
West of Mississippi River
Foreign .
91.74290.0
1,986 1.3
9,1413.8
139 .2
103.0VS
5,509 5.2
97,310 94.5
139-v .2
42.960 47.7
9,16910.0
17.331 41.8
423 .5
90,033
25,27928.0
64,38171.6
423 .5
103,008
90,083
"In analyzing the traffic fig
ures for Oregon and California,"
continued the doctor, . "one is
struck, by the fact that California
motor visitors during the year
192.9 practically all came from
two geographical sections. The
11 -.western states, with a very
sparse population, furnished
47.7 ot California's non-resident
registration,. while the Mid
dle Western states furnished
41.8, the two sections together
furnishing 89.5.
"Attention is directed to the
fact that California's major ad
vertising expenditure is in nation
al magazines, the majority circu
lation of which (for which the
advertiser pays) is in the densely
populated eastern states. Only
10 of California's automobile
tourist traffic came from eastern
states but a great part ot Califor
nia's national advertising bill was
spent for eastern circulation.
"Oregon's problem Is entirely
different from California's. Cali
fornia has over two million auto-
Middle Grove
MIDDLE GROVE. June 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wacken and
children, Elmer and Mildred mo
tored to Portland Saturday to at
tend the wedding ot their son.
Herman, Jr., to Miss Dorothy
Walker of Portland.
Louisa Wheeler of Salem is
spending the summer with her
grandfather, Herman Wacken,
Sr.
Alberta Howe of Salem is
spending the summer, at the Har
vey Walker home.
The strawberry harvest is in
full "swing in this district, but the
crops are very scant, due to the
dry fall and too much rain In the
spring.
August Otjen has cut and
shocked a small patch of clover
hay. W. H. Scharf has started to
mow a 20 acre field of clover.
SPEED LIMITS
IfETipCE
Talk of Removal Inspired
By Misunderstanding of
Hoss' Remark
Reports published la a number
of Oregon newspapers recently
that Hal E. Hoss, secretary ot
state, had issued en order remov
ing the 35 mile per hour speed
limit on motor vehicles operated
oa the highways of Oregon, were
denied in a statement issued at
the state department Saturday.
Hoes, in a statement prepared
for the press, declared that the
speed limit was fixed by tbe legis
lature, and that be had no auth
ority to make a change in the law
even though he desired to do so.
Hoss' statement was Inspired by
the arrest ot three men in differ
ent parts o the state recently,
who informed traffic officers that
they had read in the newspapers
stories to the effect that the speed
limit had been removed.
Hoss said his reports showed
that one of these men was trav
eling at a speed in excess ot 60
miles sn hour, while the other
two men were operating their
cars as a speed of 50 miles an
hour. An order was Issued by Hoss
that the men should be prosecuted
regardless of the newspaper re
ports. Report Based on Misunderstand
ing "Reports circulated throughout
the state," read Hoss' statement,
"would lead one to believe that I
had encouraged fast travel on the
Oregon highways. The story was
unfounded and was not based on
facts. It is true that I recently
gave out a story in which I said
I probably would recommend to
the next legislature a speed limit
which would conform to the na
tional code. The national code
does not recognize any certain
speed, but all arrests are based on
reckless driving. A number ot the
states already have adopted this
law and it has proved successfnl.
"The matter of fixing the speed
limit is a matter solely tor the
consideration ot the legislature,
and I am not attempting to usurp
the prerogatives of that body."
Hoss declared that while there
had been come discussion regard
ing the slow driver, he did not
anticipate any legislation which
would require motor vehicle own
ers to operate their machine at
any certain speed. Such legists
tion, he said, would prove ex
ceedingly dangerous, and probably
would result in a large number ot
accidents.
"All that I am Interested In at
the present time." continued Hoss
"is that drivers shall obey the ex
isting speed laws, which fix the
maximum operation at 35 miles
per hour. Traffic officers are war
ranted in making arrests when
drivers exceed this speed limit un
der the Oregon statutes.
Hoss will be Joined in making
a number of recommendations to
the 1931 legislature by Frank Er
vln, in charge ot the Portland
traffic department, and other per
sons who recently attended the
national safety council held in
Washington. Hoss is a member of
the - executive committee of this
council. The nature ot these rec
ommendations will not be mads
public until such time as Hoss,
Eryin and other persons interest
ed in revising the present lews
have had aa opportunity to con
fer and discuss the situstlon.
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W. N. Crawford entertained as
their guests Wednesday evening
Mrs. M. Noye.and son Dick of
Portland and Mr. and Mrs. T. Ro
en and twin children, Tom Jr. and
Ethelynn of Salem. The Roen fam
ily also called at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne D. Henry during
ths evening.
Clarence Merrick cut and raked
his fine field of clover hay this
week. C. S. Crangle ot Lincoln
helped haul a part of the hay to
the barn.
Clarence Merrick visited his
brother, Ivan Merrick, at the Sal
em general hospital Wednesday
afternoon. Iran had his back brok
en when he fell 14 feet from a
tree which stands at the Zena cor
ner.
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beside the creek, with the passengers viewing: the satage operations. The talks of the subs
must be raised to ret tbem out of tne war ot a oreoccr wnua is uczui
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