The Eugene guard., March 21, 1925, Image 13

turday Evening, March 21, 1925
THE EUGENE GUARD
Page Tlarteen
UNION OIL COMPANY LABORATORY
Nw Structur, , Reroh n &
Better Product! tor tha West
HECESSITY FORCES
BIG DEVELOPMENT
Most Expensive Highway in United States
lologists gets official approval, and
an enameled metal sign bearing the
words, "Safe Water Supply," with
date of approval, ts aet up.
Keep Your Wires Dry
Sponging Hood Beet ' Method
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By ISRAEL KLEIN '
(NEA Service Writer) .
Eliminating grade crossings looks
,.y to many automobile men, but
ilroad men take It more seriously
Fromhe motorist's viewpoint, all
(herd i t0 tD'B Problem is tbe rai3"
or loweriug of railroad tracks, to
beo the highway clear. But that
Zi ; begins to set a problem for the
railroad engineers. Eliminating
frtde crossings to them meanB:
1 Preparing for au expenditure
f nearly $20,000,000,000, . which
tould gradually increase as time dur
ing the process of elimination goes
Facing the task of eliminating
net' only existent grade crossings,
but others that are added from time
to time. ...
S prflctically doubling present
total expenditures of $1,000,000,000
for the next 20 or niore years.
4, AH thiB, for the reduction of
only about 10 per cent of all auto
motive fatalities:
Huge Task
Engineers don't say it isn't worth
the effort, for they contend they're
eliminating grade crossings in the
pore congested districts. But they
do point to the practical impossibility
0t the taBk.
At the end of 1021 there were
252,507 grade crossings in the United
States. 1M 1022, 705 were eliminat
ed. But in the same year, 4437 new
crossings were created by the open
ing of new highways across railways,
Increasing, instead of decreasing, the
total by 8782.
The cost for eliminating the 705
crossings was $70,000,000, or about
$100,0)O a crossing. Figuring only
$75,000 each, the cost of eliminating
all grade crossings pxistiug today
would come close to $20,0(10,000,000.
Not Proportionate
Even if no new grade crossings
were opened and all existing today
were eliminated, railroad men argue,
the total of auto fatalities would be
reduced only one-tenth. For, ac
cording to figures, nine times as
many auto fatalities occurred else
where than at grade crossings.
.."In other words," they sad, "it is
proposed that the railroads spend
$20,000,000,000, which would have no
effect at all on 00 per cent of the
auto accidents.".
The suggestion that trains be made
to Btop at grade crossings rather
than Rutomobiles, is not taken very
seriously. There is an nvrenge of a
grade crossing to every mile of track.
Jinny passenger trains have to go
60 miles an hour to stick to their
schedules. If they stopped evpry
mile, traffic on the roads would be
tied up almost completely.
. The solution, to railroad engineers,
lies more in educntion of motorists
against careless crossing of tracks
than in wholesale elimination of
crossings.
Oldfield Puts out
New Eight-in-Line
(Dy NEA Service)
LOS ANGELES, Murcli 21. BaT
wy Oldfield, once world's premier
ricitin driver, has gone into (he pleas
ure ear business.
lie's building a new eight-in-line
otorcar, designed along racing lines.
The. ear will be 'called, the Oldfield.
The ear, designed by himself, will
I one of the finest in America, he
wr i.
After more than two years' work
the Lnion Oil company of California
has completed a specially equipped
Institution devoted solely to the se
curing of better gnsoline, oils and
other products of petroleum In the
west. The structure Is the research
laboratory and Is located at the Los
Angeles harborwhere the company's
largest refinery is also operating.
The big erpcrimcnting institution
was built at a cost exceeding $300,000
and covers moro than 40,000 square
feet, all given over to laboratories and
the necessary work in connection with
them in which continual tests are
being made to improve existing pro
ducts manufactured from crude oil.
It includes the most complete and
ndvanced equipment for this work in
this country.
Over the main entrance of , the
building the motto of the Union Oil
research and development department
Is carved in Btone "Veritas Omnia
Vincit" (Truth Conquers All), which
serves to remind the chemists that
all research constitutes for and using
the truth.
The research building Is on the
same site as the Union's Los Angeles
refinery, which was started in 1017
and is still beiug continually Improved
and added to. The refinery covers
250 acres and ranks with the coun
try's best In addition, Union Oil
refineries are situated at Oleum, on
San FranciBCo Bay; AMa, Maltha,
Brea and Santa Paula (In the various
oil fields), and at Port Moody, Brit
ish Columbia,
COiESTIIS
CHURCH SERVICES
By ISRAEL KLEIN
(NBA Service Writer)
Congestion of traffic on the high
ways leading in and out of the big cit
ies is helping churcn attendance on
Sundays!
Far fetched as this statement ap
pears, it contains a direct relation
ship between Sunday touring and
(By NBA Service)
BALTIMORE, Md., March 21.
The way to stop automobile accidents
at grade crossings and othtfr danger
oua points is to Btop the automobiles
by an appliance beyond the driver'
control.
With this conviction, Charles .idler
Jr., inventor of railroad warnings and
church going. It lies in the dread that signals, offers a plan that he ays
has been developing among motorists
f klanlritKr f-l.a tia-lln r.f ni.fAlllrthilflH "Ul
i0"in. ,,?,, onf-t;..- thoii. fi nil ! ant cnre automobile drivers.
would be positive in Its action and
wouid not depend on the alertness
in their decision to rejnain within the
city limits.
As a result the church has bene
fitted. Instead of packing a lunch ami
Btnrting out early for a country trip,
the motorist packs his family into his
car nnd leaves early for religious ser
vices. ' ; ,
Whereas formerly, churches fol
lowed the population into the suburbs,
in order to keep up attendance, es
pecially of the original congregation,
i!io (Uitumobile is the deciding factor
that has been keeping many churches
in the downtown area fully attended
on Sunday.
Jiunes J. Conle, secretary for the
presbytery of Unltiraore on the com
mittee of national missions, points
this out in im article for the Amer
ican Academy of Political and Social
Science.
"The downtown church has found
it easier to remain with the coming
of the automobile," he says. "The
flight of the churche-s to the suburbs
has by no means been stopped, hut
it lins been noticeaoly cnecked."
So fur ns attendance goes, Conic
sayu, "a motor car facilitate attend
ance by the whole family."
In the country, the small village
church has found a new lease on me
Adler's plan would involve the en
forced application of a magnetic de
vice to .every automobile in the coun
try, placing of a similar instrument in
the' roadbed near each dangerous
crossing and the enforcement of a 15
mile speed limit at these points.
lu the roadbed Co the right vide
approaching the crossing would bs a
permanent magnet. Attached to the
forward part of the car, by legal com
pulsion, would be a magnetic instru
ment which, when actuated by the
I niid magnet, would shut off the car's
Ignition. .;.
If the ear went only 15 mlleB on
hour, there .wouldn't . be sufficient
iloctromotive force generated by the
magnets to shut off ignition. But at
greater speeds, considered unsafe at
crossings, the power generated by the
engine, when combined with the mag
net's force, would stop the car.
To tnrt his car again, the motorist
would have to get out, life up the
hood and adjust the magnetic device,
(By NEA Servlct)
LONDON, March 21. Necessity
has forced Great Britain, and the
rest of Europe for that matter, far
ahead of America in automobile de
velopment. High taxes, high maintenance costs
have driven the engineer to desigu
a car that will cost as little as pos
sible and could be driven as the
cheapest expense.
The result is a drove of amall
automobiles of even as low as seven,
horsepower, running about the
Btreets of London, Paris and Berlin.
The British Morris is an example.
Tt is designed in three models, rang
ing from a 12-horsepower car cost
ing less than $1000 to an 13-horse-power
vehicle selllui: for $2400. Even
the smallest model has equipment
equal to many good cars in America.
Fully Equipped
There la a 12-volt ignition system
with five lamps, a speedometer, an
eight-day clock, oil and gasoline
gauges on the dashboard, and a com
plete and efficient side curtain equip
ment for inclement weather.
Some of the smaller cars, like the
British Austin, or the French Mathis,
are of only seven horse-power. Yet
they are designed to carry two pas
sengers comfortably and go up to
45 milse an hour. Their gasoline
requirements are low.
Opposed to these attempts at econ
omy are some of the most gorgeous
affairs ever seen on the streets of
London or New York. And even
these are intended mostly for the
colorful princes of India and other
Asiatic countries, where lavlshness
and display persist.
A Compromise
The Maharajah of Alwar, for in
stance, has had a Lan Chester made
especially for him. It looks more
Irke an old-time horse-drawn coach
than a modern automobile. But it
is so constructed as to give its owner
the height of comfort and pleasure.
The coach body is built apart from
the engine, so that an occupant could
hardly believe he is being drawn by
modern motive methods. It is said
actually to float along, despite rocky
and rutty roads.
The engine 1b of the six-cylinder
40-horsepower type, and the chassis
has a wheelbnse of 178 inchae, almost
twice the lenght of a Ford. The
body is elaborately ornamented.
The Maharajah of Rewn - hrii a
Lanchester sedan juBt as elaborately
ornamented nnd specially equipped,
system so the roaharajah may keep
ThiB car has a special ventilating
cool under the hottest rays of -the
Indian sun. V
f Even the windows are made of a
special type of glass which is opaque
only from the outside, keeping out
the sun and the vision of curiosity
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What t considered the most expensive and most difficult piece
of hlahway In the United Statea la beinq built to the summit of
Cheyenne mountain, 10,000 feet uo. at Colorado Springs, Colo. The
white line shows how the road will wind Its way up the ateep In
cline. Six miles of thla road, It la estimated, will cost (350,000.
Few Auto Lights
Found Satisfactory:
(By NEA Service)
ALBANY, N. Y., March 21. Only
about seven pvr cent of the automo
biles of the country have satisfactory
headlights, concludes A. W. iJevine,
chief of the division of head lamp
mimrrtlnn for New York ntate.
! Pevine reached this estimate after
inspecting nearly iilD automobiles as
they came along on a road near Al
bany. Up found only 7 per cent with
proper headlights. Seveu per cent
had no approved non-glare device.
Fifteen per cent had twisted len
ses. In 89 per cent, reflectors were
defective. In 80 per cent lights were
out of focus. In 2(1 per cent the
light sources were Inadequate.
practice is a serious hindrance to the
progress of touring while it also pro
vides anotheT meant of getting addi
tional revenue from toroalsts.
Fourteen states and the District of
Columbia have the full reciprocity
agreement by which motorists may re
main in thtse states without paying
for extra 1 teems and registration, in
the rest of the states the time limit
varies from 15 days to six months.
The association believes this tax
is especially unfair in states that have
also adopted the gasoline tax. Visiting
motorists have to pay the gasoline tax
when they buy fuel for their motors.
Auto Theft Rate
Declining Despite
' Increase in Cars
Mrs. AHIiouirh a ppmi-racine motor
"ill be installed, the specifications j ,vjtn the aid of the nmomobile. Es-
uated on a main niRn-
,jr nnd W1I I n lot lor PurniiiK
br, the church has been well attended.
"ill for a speed of only SO miles an j pcoinlly if it
bour. This, however, cuu be increased : wuy .flnd with
to 100 miles.
' "We arc not going into it on n larse j
scale," declared the former speed
fomoa. "Our present idea is to build ;
only sij or eight cars a yenr. It will;
be entirely a custom build proposi- j
tlon." !
Oldfield started work designing his
motor on July 1, 1024. The first fin
iilieil product will be nut on the
.streets of Los Angeles within a few'
weens.
With the success of the car pnic
Uflll; assured, Oldfield has started
ork on the construction of a new
hctory nt Monrovia, California. The .
Bpw building will bouse a foundry, nia
'fctae shop and assembly falant. .
Insure with Henry Tromy. fbone 121
What
Gas Tax Revenue. i
Iowa's proposed gnsoline tax, of 2:
Wits on a gallon, is expected to bring
! nnnunl revenue of $5,400,000. I
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Big Bus Service.
New York nnmemrer bussea last
rear carried 101.000.000 passengers.
In Detroit they carried 20,000,000 end
in St. Louis 13,000,000.
eekers.
State Reciprocity
For Autos So
'The
(By NEA Serviced
WASHINGTON, Mnreh 21
American Automobile aocintion bns
started a campaign to obtain unlimited
touring privileges in all atates.
This i to be had through 'thu
abolition of tho present arntem of
limited freedom from payment of new
licensa and registration fee. when a
tuurist enters nrrother state.
The association' renaon for thin
campaign is its contention that this
I By NBA Berriov)
BT. LOU 18, Mo., Marcli 21. !
spit the increased number of automo
biles stolen lust year, motor car steal
ing is becoming less and l&si success
ful. The percentags of automobiles re
covered fter theft has increased an
nually. This, according to the National
Automobile Dealers' association, is
caused by better police vigilance and
certificate of title laws.
Activities of automobile thies,
last yftsr, were nearly W ner cent
greater than in and 100 per cent
ab-ve those .of 1U18 In the 28 major
cities in tvhich the N. A. 1). A. haa
completed statistics. In thee cities u
total of 57,771 autos were stolen lust
year. Only 17 per cent of those, or
US47 werjf not reeov-arrof.
Although" this number nf unrecover
able cars 18 higher tlmn the 72-8 that
were not recovered in lVJX, the por
ccntage has boon decreased. Consid
erinc tho addition of new automobiles
through the year, the proportion of
cars stolen altogether Is lower than
that ot previous years.
'Tho tremendous number of auto
mobile thefts," says C. A. Vnne, gen
eral mannger of the association,
"shows the need for adequate certi
ficate of title law, for odded precau
tion on the part of car owners, for
greater police supervision of question
able service stations which in reality
are merely fences for organuted mo
tor thefts."
STATE TESTS ITS
WATER SUPPLIES
65,000,000 Tires
This year will see the production
of nS,O00,O(l tires, or 10 per cent
above that of H24, government spec
ialists estimate. This is based on the
large production and sale of cars in
for which a largo replacement
of Urea is expected thia year.
Li
Tha Ignition wiring, distributor
and carburetor must be kapt freo
from water to - be serviceable.
When the oar Is being washed,
therefore, a good way to avoid
wetting, theae appliances Is to
cover the hood completely with
the radiator cover, and then use
the hoae at will. The hood may
later be cleaned by the use of a
sponge.
Seven Improve.
Seven ft the 10 lamest cities In the
country lowered their accident rnto
during January, nelow mat of 'an
unry, 1024. One of the remainlnn
three remained on the snme level,
while traffic accidents in the other
two were increesed.
(Iiy NEA Ssnrlee)
HAUHlSnURO, Ta., Mnrch 21
Motorists traveling through the state
of Pennaylvanle may be assured of
snnitary and disease.proof water
supply.
The assurance comas from efforts
of the state department of health to
keep all sources of water supply
along the state highways In a btal-
ful condition. These efforts have
been directed toward Inspection of
the sources snd approval of those
found healhtfnL
Signs are now distributed along
the reads, telling motorists where
they may find sanitary water supply.
Further Inspection and testing of the
water so that more sources of sucb
supply may be afforded motorists,
Few Approved
According to Dr. W. O. Turnbull.
deputy secretary of health, 8T5 water
supplies were tiatnined last year hv
traveling esnitary Inspector and twA
bacteriolottista. Of these only 88
per cent were found satisfactory.
A placard marked, "Sufe Water
Supply," has been set up at these ap
proved spots.
"With increased Information aa to
the meaning and Intent of the snfe
water signs," auya Dr. Turnbull, "the
traveling ptiblio will make it un
profitable for any wayside eating
house to malutniu nn unapproved
supply,"
Close Examination
The water supply system Is first
examined by n sanitary engineer, who
pays particular attention to physical
surroundings, drainage, character and
protection of tho well or spring. If
uo approves the source on these
points he tacks up a red card with
a serial number.
Following hiin comse a laboratory
on a truck, with two bacteriologists
In it, 1 liese test tho sources an
proved by the Bonltnry Inspector for
the presence of harmful germs.
The supply getting approval both
of tho inspector and of the hacter-
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New Cooper Bldg. 991 Oak St.
Replacement Parts
And
Accessories
All garnge and repair shop owners are espeolaHy
invited to come in and inspeot our ' stock of
REPLACEMENT PARTS for all Cars, Trooks and
Traotors, Everything for that overhauling job.
J. B. Knight Co.
"Always Dependable"
991 Oak St., Cooper Bldg.
Phone 239 ,
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Machine Blacksmithing
Soil Truck' Tires; Auto and Truck Springs j Auto
WheelB and Rims; Oiyaoetylene Welding
We carry carbide iu canBj also blacksmith coal,
and oxygen in tanks.
USE THE GUARD WANT AD WAYS
NewResultsYbu GmSeeandRel
"PerformancelSniKnow WUIast
JUST imagine Paige-Jewett performance already
famous now improved even further! New re
sults have been achieved in hill-climbing ability,
getaway, slow pulling in high, riding comfort,
handling ease. Fine performance that stays fine! A
long life of trouble-free service has been built into
the New Paige and New Jewett
Power was increased without enlarging the
motors or speeding them up. This was ac
complished by many improvements. Am
ple power amazingly smooth and silent,
thanks to costly counterbalanced crank
shafts and silent timing chains with auto
matic take-ups.
Thrilling New Action
Such increased power gives the New
Paige and New Jewett performance ability
that sets new records. On hills or straight
awaythey're out in front. They get away
firf: in traffic and atay away if you wish.
Accelerate from 5 to 25 miles an hour In 7
seconds in high gear. On a bad stretch
where the pull is hard, they tokeyou smooth
ly throueh at a crawl In high. And so flex
ible is this power that you can drive from
2 miles an hour to top speed without shift
ing from high I
Next our engineers worked on handling
ease. The result is finger-touch guidance
in the New Paige and New Jewett with
ball-bearing steering spindles and special
gearing for balloon tires.
It's practically impossible to jerk or stall
the cars, thanks to the Paige-Jewett clutch
of saw-blade steel. Gears shift quietly and
easily witft the improved transmission.
New Riding Comfort
Then comfort was considered. The result
is riding ease that you would expect only
in cars costing thousands mora. Spring
suspension was completely redesigned for
balloon tires.
And lastly, Paige-Jewett engineers have
made these remarkable new qualities last
ing permanent I
We call this Permanent Perfected Per
' formance. Both the New Paige and New
Jewett offer it to you at remarkably low
prices. We'll gladly arrange a demonstra
tion at your convenience. Come in or telephone.
. J. Bringlc (Victor Co.
71 9th Ave. West
PAIGE
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Oldsmobile
Six
During 1924
. - OR - '
301 More Registered Sales
In Oregon Over 1923
During 1 924 most cars showed a decrease in sales
OLDSMOBILE GAINS IN SALES
This further proves that the Public wants a
high grade, light weight, six cylinder car.
The new refined OLDSMOBILE is a sturdy
powerful easy riding car, making better than
20 miles on a gallon of gasoline.
Roadster $1080 Coach $1290
Touring 1080 ' Coupe, 4-pas. . . . 1385
, Sport Touring . . 1210 Sedan ......... 1 5 1 5
Business Coupe . . 1245 De Luxe Sedan . . 1625
Prices F. O. B. Eugene
F. E. Calkins Motor Co.
Home of Oldsmobile
837 Pearl Street
Telephone 605
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