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About Morning register. (Eugene, Or.) 1905-1929 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1925)
MORNING REGISTER. EUGENE, ORE.f 5UNDAT, NOVEMBER 29, 192S, FOUR "" - -J b Hi S! ! ?" tit ill ( i li! i ll i AUTO ACCIDENT RATE IS LOWER IN CONNECTICUT Total Fatal Mishaps Smaller ;; In Larger Cities NEW YORK REDUCES TOLL fit Ionts, IPttibtirKh. IiO Amrolcs ana WacUlwrton, D. O. Have ltettrr Keoords Safety honor roll for Soptemhcr. (no motor fatalities durln month) Berkeley, Cel.. Pocatello, l.ln Mo n. in . Munrle. Intl.. BurltnR- lon. In.. AuRUHtn, Me.. rittsrlcM. Mass.. Port Huron. Mlchlsnn. Reno, New, Nnshua, N. H.. Pas. sale, N. J.. Alliuquorqno, N. M. ininrhWHniile. f. Y.. Charlotte. N P.. Allcnlnwn. Pa.. Altoona, Pa., Sioux Kails. S. P.. Galveston, Tex , nM..i,iin valla. Tor.. Waco. Tex., ci,on lTtnh. Roanoke. Va., Se attle. Wash., La Crosae, Wis., Cas tier. Wyo. . Hearaldlnff the achievement of the Mate of Connecticut which Is holding 118 trarnc accinent rate o low last vemr. the national auto mohlle chamber of commerce point out the need for vigorous attention to the traffic problem by the smaller communities. Most of the rroeress in Connecti cut and elsewhere in the country has been made by tne metropoii tan sections. Rentember. 19SS. recorded i total Of 448 fatal accidents In cities of over 100.000 population as compared with 458 for the same communities In September. 1954. New York's record durinft the first 9 months of the year reels ' 1ered 6 per cent fewer fatalities than the first 9 months of last year. Kf Tyinls Tlttsbnrch. T-os An flea Wmhlneton. D. C. and Newark. N. J, are amonic the lnree cities which have had fewer fatal traffic accidents this year than last. -rh smaller cities of the coun trv have a sreat opportunity." said .Oeoree M. Orahnm. chairman Thers are now but four of this oommlttee two senator aim members of the house In itovcrn- ment service, wno wr iiumiiu..,. of that oommlttee of ten. And so, i. i HArtAuantf m fecall some things which It was supposed had been tnorouKniy wwuimi public mind." STAR IS POWERFUL CAR IS ALL OVER GLOBE 'El HlI.li-CI.lMlUXrt KKCOMH Or CAR BOOSTS SALES Steepest Mountain tirniloa on I'a- clflo Itavo Hoots Ncirotlatcu With l.lttlo IHfflculty Car Is Now Familiar in Most Every Country on tarth NEW RECORDS ATTAINED niHtrihutlon To Dealers ami Ous tumor Is Alnwlv l'nlr Way lit Several Oounlrhw The hundreds of hill climhliiK records set U3 by !e St.tr car dur ing; tho last year have lind .1 wi.n- derful Influence on saiea cveiy- where, aecordtnK to Konr.esn Abies of the I.ano Auto company; local Stnr dealer. "Star's hill ollmblnc Msh nml low pear tests have demoitr:itod conclusively that the million dollar motor which is the power piau-. m this car Is far superior to any other motor In tho Star class." con tinued Mr. Abies. The power in the sematlonal motor of the Star car has nover been equalled In tests of real Im portance. The steepest h'.lls and mountain erodes alone ihe VacKic coast haw been negotiated w.rn little dlfflculy. which, after all. Is he only convincing proir ot a motor's Sulllng ability. Beside thoroughly convincing the public r- -rardlnc the tremend ous power of the million dollar motor. Star has broufrht out an other Important side to tho story. "Tor Instance tho cood braklnB aualitv which Is necessary when a car Is cllmblnc up and down steep hills. ' The Star cars' four-wheel hrakes have been thoroughly test ed they have unlimited holding: power. In many of the climbs, cars have been left to stand on the side of verv steep hills. OnU the tvDs of mechanical brakes that come as stnndard equipment on neiu Highways ami byways all over the globe will soon h dotted with a new line of Kord envs. And curlouslty will he Just as keen when the Improved V'ords appear on tho streets of Paris. Berlin, Home. Copenhagen or Yokohama as It was along Fifth avenue or Holly wood boulevard. The r orl car fnmtll.tr In most every country on i earin win mtm kiv " improved and better looking Kord. With output rising lo new re cords In this country. Kor.l plants throughout the world also nre get ting Into production with the im proved cars. Distribution to deal ers and customers Is nlready under wev In several countries The Ford Motor company of England. Ltd., began production on the improved cars at the Man chester plant October 10. and Kngland was given tho first view of these cars. France. Helglum. Rpnln. Holland and the Scnndtnavan countries nre Just beginning to receive the Im prover Fords as nroduotlon is now under way at the nlnnts in Ant werp. Barcelona. Bordeaux nnd Copenhagen. Oermnny also is be ginning to receive Ford cars which are shlpocd from the Copenhagen plant. Shipments are on the wav to the Trieste plant anil It will not be lone before the new Fords will be on the roads of Italy. The first cars for South America have been shlnped to the company plant at Santiago. Chile, for dis tribution to dealers and other South American plants will go the traffic planning and safety tors In the sale of an automobile. committee of the automobile or ganization, commenting- on the data which has been assembled from notes supplied by S28 news papers as well as safety councils, police departments, health de partments, state officials, and antomoblle clubs. "The cities of metropolitan sixe have had acute traffic problems thrust upon them and have been years trying to meet them. The 7cords now Indicate that some cities nre learning how to handle the situation. "Meanwhile communities under too. 000 population are having more trouble in handling traffic than in preceding years. - "Robblns B. Stoeckel. commis sioner of motor vehicles In Con necticut, a state which has made : exceptional progress, affirms, 'fatal aecldenta are increasing In the smaller towns'." "Yet these smaller communities where the traffic situation Is Just beginning to be pressing have the benefit of the experience of the more congested centers, and can by vigorous attack, control the present and plan for the future, so their records will show continuous Improvement. ... , . . "Based on the principles adopted by the national conference on street and highway safety, called ,,. BAfwrtflrv of commerce, Herbert Hoover, the national automobile chamber of commerce suggests the following as important steps which every community under 100.000 nnnnintinn should observe. These TJOints represent the composite view of the state authorities, po " lice officials, traffic experts, and other practical men engaged In . this field. , - The Platform 1 Teach traffic accident pre vention in the schools. 2 Provide adequate play grounds. 3 Keep record of all accidents, both as to location, time, and 4 Study volume of traffic on each street ana oeiermine of congestion. 6 punish all offenders prompt ly onA BAvnreiv. without favoritism. 6 Provide adequate parking spaces, especially for rusn penoas- the Star could have possibly the car. under these conditions, for nt pr0,tllct0n in November. The any time. Ford branch at Havana. Cuba, and "Brakes and the power of n ' tho nlnnt nt Mexico Cltv. Mex.. will of 1 motor are two very Important fac- . soon be distributing cars to deal ers. Tho Orient will have Its first rllmr.se of the Improved Ford cars most ay day now. as ship ments of parts for assembly have lust been received by the Ford Motor company of Japan, Ltd., at Ynkohnmn. The Ford Motor company of Cnnn.ia. Ltd.. which supplies Can ada and the British Colonial pos-. sessions has been In proclucxion lih the new cars for some time and has started shipping to Ford Dlants in New Zealnnd, Australia and South Africa. If a prospect knows that he la getting a motor that will stand up. with plenty Of power tor an usra, and brakes that will hold when he needs them. It doesn't take him long to make a decision." CAR FINISH IS FACTOR DURABILITY AND COLORING POINTS OF MERIT Chevrolet. Together with 24 Oilier Manufacturers, Have Chosen Dnco for tlidr Models CLOSED GARS IN DEMAND Finish and coloring have become deciding factors in the purchase of an automobile. Chevrolet,, together with i4 other leading automobile manu facturers, has chosen Duco for the finish on their various models. Although Duco Is new to many buyers it has been twelve years In the develODlng. In 1913 DuPont chemists attacked the problem of finishing automobiles with a radtc ally different type of material. For nine years research and de velopment continued until eariy in 1923 the goal was definitely in sight- Two years later Duco was the standard finish on forty per cent of the motor cars exhibited at the New .York national automobile show in January of the present year. This new ana lasting material has been of special interest to car owners of the Pacific coast, pecially at polnta near the seashore and in the Sacramento and San Joaauln valleys and in the Im perial valley and practically the entire state of Arizona. In these districts salt sea air, or the dry air counted with a hot summer sun of peculiar actinic qualities, quick ly destroys any other type or finish so far perfected. Colors fade. varnish cracks and checks and the polish soon dulls so that a car but a few weeks old may well be taken for an old relic- This has all been changed with the new niiro finish and the cost of fre- tdi en.- motor transport fu- auently repainting a car saved ' .. u that traffic I toward the operation costs, ma- problems of coming years will be.,terially reducing an owner's ex- met in aavance. . .. . g Centralize auinorny. u ONCE I.OOKF.D VI'ON AS LUX URY, SAYS MAHLON SWEET Studcboker Production Calls For 85 Per Cent of Its Output In Closed Car Models city there should be some one in dividual who is held responsible for the control of traffic in the city, and it Is often advisable for him to be assisted by an advisory board representing different In terests In the city. "It is recognized," said Mr. Gra ham, "that not all the above pro visions are easy to institute, but they are all possible and all neces sary to a solution of traffic. "In addition to the saving of lives they have a dollar and cents value, because the safe and effi cient community is more prosper ous, is a' better home town, gets lower insurance rates, and at tracts both lamllles and Industry. STATES CLOSING FIRST DECADE IN HO AD SYSTEM (Continued from page one Page. Professor Einstein One o the most interesting let ters we received of late was from a motorist who apparently had some considerable degree of trouble in some amount of light in the eyes keeping up with the traffic regula tions of his home town. He hazarded a stiff bet that Dr. Ein stein, the scientist who developed the "Theory of Relativity," would bo pinched twice a day for failing to comprehend the intricacies of the traffic system. . . Indicative of the increased de mand for closed cars comes tho announcement from the Studo- haker factory that Its production schedule calls for 85 per cent of its output devoted to its closed cars for the next two months, states Mahlon Sweet of Sweet Drain com Dunv. Studebaker distributors. "It Is interesting to noie now the demand for closed cars has In creased from year to year," said Mr. Sweet. It was not so many years ago that production of closed cars was a very small percentage oi tne output, ine ciweu tr looked upon as a luxury ana only fitted for use on city paved streets . and not adapted to practical tour Ing. The development of better body construction together witn i .. i .1 nnn.llHnna n r A factors which have won the motor buyer to such an extent that tne , closed type of car now aominaies the demand In automobiles. Tnis reversal oi prouu;inii schedules from tne open car io me closed car was merely a matter of education to the automobile UBers. At first only a few buyers pioneered the use of the closed car. 'incy used their cars carefully and prac tically all together on the paved streets, but a few of the moro ven turesome took their cars on ex tended tours over the roughor roads and out Into all kinds of wnathor nnnrilf Innil. Thn COmfort of the closed car during the cold- I est weather, Its easier riding Dualities due to heavier bodies and much finer upholstery soon won over the "open car" enthusiast to the delights of closed car touring.' The automobile dealers of the country require 120.000,000 in fluid capital to handle tho federal war excise tax transactions irom shipping platform to buyer. Driver's Visibility Improved trol" was given a most excellent "try-out." The ' result of all of which was that the only free public highways for years were those which wore impassable dur ing the unseasonable weather. States Began Ileal Program "It was not until 1891 that the states began a real program ol road construction and New Jersey has the honor of being the first state to create a state highway de partment. Two years afterwards the federal government appropri ated 810,000 to establish the offoce of road inquiry and for eight years It -kept on inquiring. At the enu ated 810,000 to establish the office was changed to the office of pub lic roads. The constant growth of the state highway departments naturally gavo a larger vision of the highway requirements and In 1912 the congress created a commission to Investigate the problem as to whether the fedeial government had a real duty In the ""'or' three years this committee made a thorough investigation and finally eave a favorable report. In 1916 the congress made Its first real appropriation for highways. Recent discussions on the floor of congress as well as certain public sadnesses and published article would lead some to believe that tho congress had not made a thorough investigation of this sub 1ect. The personnel of the con gress has changed greatly since J? report oj th IW ewnmUtee. i ' "I il , 8 ... . . . i i i. i r 1 T,..l- One of the rnargea improvcmenui in me prencm. rum vuyo u Sedan is th one-pieco windshield and narrow roof pillars. These changes have materially increased visibility for tho driver. The lower portion of the windshield is curved, fitting snugly down along tns contour of the cowl and secure against the elements. Exceptional ventilation is permitted by installation of a channel openine extending across Wli car just Dacic oi tne winujiniciu. if-". ."J , '. "J" sweep of air down behind the instrument rxmru wnen uio winusiueiu, . inir nf the Air draft in effected by iwinginjs tho windshield further out and by cloaing Iho windshield tho air The sun visorit now closed at liotlie'ids giving itamoro substantial aiipoarance. cimpleteJconcealed under the vover ou tho ool wuiuli roaomblos a oowl ventilator, ia the gasolino tank intus. -M .. mm 0LPM0 Lead. ' 1 i ... OLDSMOBILE SIX LEADS ENTIRE SIX CYLINDER FIELD in new car sales in Lane County during the month of October (Figures taken from Oregon Motor Register) OLDSMOBILE pioneered the six in the low priced six-cylinder class. OLDSMOBILE is now in its third year with the present model. It has definitely proven, beyond the shadow of a doubt', in the hands of thousands of users in every Walk of life that it is a thoroughly good car. A demonstration in this car will reveal to you the outstanding qualities which cause the public to actually Wonder at its striking beauty, its superior performance and its sturdy construction. HENCE OLDSMOBILES OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP The late Series D is now offered in beautiful tu-tone duco finish in the following colors: Touring and Sport Touring, Russian Brown; Coach and De luxe Coach, Buckingham Gray; Sedan and De Luxe Sedan, McKenzie River Blue. Just received, a shipment of these late models, now on dis play at our showroom. Learn about the new low G. M. A. C. finance plan which makes it possible for these cars to be bought on very com fortable terms. New Low Prices at Eugene Touring Coach -Sedan - $1060.00 . - $1145.00 i . $1235.00 Sport Touring - $1175.00 De Luxe Coach - $1245.00 DeLuxe Sedan - $1335.00 F. E. Calkins Motor Co. 837 Pearl Street Eugene, Oregon At Monroe Garage Telephone 605
