Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning register. (Eugene, Or.) 1905-1929 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1925)
A i MORNING REGISTER, EUGENE, ORE., SUNDAY, DECEMBER , IMS FOUR lam mmmM.mmmi ; j 'nfi IfmymK. It's Giving and Saving ' Diamond Value H.ii,;lii here is your aMir:nu-e of (inct ot,lli. The low prices prove iy I1IIKII1 It ('.'IS)' to iliy. ho truth. ' ' ... " I Wrist Watch Special WmTil. -AjTcY ""V lliy Klft Ihmmlit fur her atix'klnc anil prM iQv3fc Itt: tlAXI J mm 10 wrk nn littrdidilp on your 1C AAI hlJJJJjMJr illre. I'uy Ills iiiiny wny ylO.WUp 1, .vr $io.ooup iTifltCfs'. p w'm' l "i I'rlio you want to pf YyeC' Jewelers and Optician S0)WfM73e 790 Willamette Street More Accidents Caused By . Dim Lights, Says Expert EXAMPLES CITED BY PIM Point Out Tlmt Awraw Motorist Knows NoUiliut of Cure of Ills Iloadlnmpa The primary requirements of standnrd specification for control of automobile headlight such have been approved by the govern ment for adoption by the various elates are that there be sufficient Illumination In front -of the car nliiht for the driver to observe readily a subrtnntlnl object or per son nt 200 root directly In front of the vehicle. This la Impossible If the llfthts are dim -or poorly ar ranged, says Frank A. Plm, Illum inating engineer, formerly slate Il luminating engineer for Oregon end Utah. Statistics show, he says that more accidents are caused through Insufficient Illumination than by bright lights. The average motorist knows nothing of the care of his head lamps and does not attempt to give them any care.'" says Plm. "He will work on his car Sunday mornings preparatory to taking a trln In the afternoon and he will work on all .parts of the car. He will oil the steering wheel, grease the wheels and the rear end. but when he cornea to the headlamps he prob. ablv will not even turn them on and out he goe on the highway, returning at night with l'-rhts per haps blinding other drivers. If motorists would take the same cure of their he41mns a the oil In their enrrtne or the air In the tires, conditions on the highway would he conslderaVv better. Adlntment Simnte "A etmole method of procedure that could he followed hy a motor ist would be to park hli car on a T level snace of ground about 35 feet from a wall or garace door, adlust the bulb In one headlwnp until the beam Is at the most concentrated position, then mea sure the distance fttni the floor n Ua MnAr nf Atthei TnefllHumi) and strike a line on the garage wall or door at this height to see that all of the light from the head lamp is below this line. This will insure a gooa anviniff UKni inn. will not be offensive to the other fellow. Tf the reflectors are bent, rusted, fogged or scratched they should be repaired, polished re silvered or replaced with new ones, so that the light emanating there from will permit correct observa tion. "Did voa ever see a pair of headlights glare or daxxle la the-1 daytime T Why Is thlst They are the same lamp bulbs, the same re flectors, the same lenses, and the some battery, yet they do not glare. The reason for, this Is that the aun shining upon the roadway reflects back Into the eyes of the driver and causes the Iris of the rye to maintain a constancy that will not admit the glare or d.ixsle to the retina which pro duces the stress on the eye nerve tissues, suiti'siu is lies: "It thercft'i-v Is uppurent mani festly that the nearer we can ap proach nt night to the sunllKht conditions of the day on the high way tho less will bo the possibility of glare. In other words, the brighter you have your lights focused properly on tho roadway, and with a 21 -candle power lamp bulb, tho less Is the possibility of being driven off the road by the bright lights of the approaching car. But do not overlook the all important ract that this must be accomplished without glare from your own car. It Is a well-known fact that when we enter a dark room and remain there for a period of lime that the Iris or the pupil of the eye becomes enlarged. No one can con trol this. The reason la because nature provides that when wo enter a dark room the Iris becomes large to admit all the light In that room to pass Into the eye so that we may have visibility In the dark ened room. "When wo leave the dark room and pass Into the sun shine there a change tnkes place which Is evidenced by contraction of the pupil In about three and two-thirds seconds. That Is the reason we have to shade our eyes with oo hnd when we enter the sunshine from a dark room. ' Dim Light Rail "Suppose, then, that you are driving your car down the highway with your lights dim, or with In sufficient illumination. The pupil of the eye enlarges the same as In the dark room because you have poor light In front of you with ab solutely no refection from the highway to give the Iris of the eye any degree of constancy. Sunoose voii are anproached bv another vehicle with bright lights which shine In your eyes snd cause the nuill to contract. The closer you approach this car the smaller the nupll In your eve becomes and the contraction continues until the ap proaching car passes you. The con dition of the eye then Is against vou. as the punll Is small and you are In the dark. Tt will take S S-10 seconds to adlust yourself to the darkness, and while this Is In process you are absolutely blinded, Under th's condition If you are moving at SS ml'es an hour, you will travel In S S-10 seconds Just 144y, feet, and It Is this period you lose your sense of bearing and possibly also lose the control of your car. "Motorists who do not want to take care of their headlamps themselves should suggest to their garage men that their headlights be adjusted according to specifica tions." - A.A.A.MOVESTQ ABOUSH ABUSEE ON THE HIGHINAY Directs Drive Against Speed Tr.aps and Courts FEE SYSTEM UNDER BAM To rin0 Alt Main Highways Vmh'r Stato Hand I'iiu-oIh Is t-Vn-turc ot the Program FUMES FROM THE GASOLINE TANK When Safety on the Highway Is Achieved ; Packard Dealers to Confer; Record Sale of Oldsmobiles Reported - - Hun and That Only 1 Not until we have done away with certain classes of automobile drivers, either by education or by means Of force can the average motorist take the road in eaiety. When we have Blotted out the drunken driver; Abolished the undtiruse motorist: Outrun the "beat the train driver; . Shot down the highway robber driver; Forced the road hoe into a bot tomless ditch; , Taught the no-signal driver sign language; Caught the hit-and-run driver for good and all time; Whipped the smartness out of the mart aleck driver; Thrown the bootlegger driver be hind the bars for 20 years: ' Convinced the speed maniac that he Is not In such a hurry after all; Stepped on the loafer driver's rear bumper to give him reasonable speed; Equipped the one-light driver's ' car with three lights; And Just naturally pounded some common sense into the bone headed driver's cranium with a sledge hammer, if necessary; . Then, and not until then, can the average man drive out to a nearby lake for a picnic supper or a fish ing trip with reasonable assurance that hs will return home fit and whole, and not to a hospital maimed and mangled. The Hathaway Motor company has just received a Graham Broth er's truck of hydraulic life type. It is designed especially for sand and gravel . hauling. This Is the first truck of its kind to be displayed by the local distributor. Packard Conference Slated Ray O'Donnell. distributor, ha received a carload of Packarda. Mr. O'Donnell announces that the Pack ard company has slated Its Pacific coast conference of dealers for De cember IS and 16 at the Multno mah hotel, Portland. It will be ' attended by Packard representa tives Including Col. Vincent, di rector of engineering; Ray Cham berlain, goneral sales manager; 11. N. Davock, technical service man ager; F. H. McKlnncy, advertising manager and J. w. ix ranger, fi nancial specialist, all of whom will give addresses pertaining to the automotive industry. ": Rttoord Ralo of OldsmoWlcs F. E. Calkins, distributor of the Oldsmoblle, last week set a rec ord for sales when he sold and de livered six new cars within six days. He also received two carload of Olds the past week, all enclosed models, Mr. Calkins finds the de mand for coupes and roadster far ahead of the supply, Taking No Chances Visitor, returning to city from week-end In country, to chauffeur "Don't let me miss my train, drlvor." Chauffeur "No, danger, sir. The mistress told me it would cost me my job if I did." The Benjamin Motor company ts still moving used cars In their special sale of good values at bar Sain prices. e Carload of Star Received The Lane Auto company received "another carload of Stars on Thurs day. Mack say the sale of certi fied use car 1 getting results. 11. W. Curtis. Pacific coast roprsonta tlvo or the Slur, hns called a con ference for December 7 and 8 at the Hotel Oaklnnd, Cal, All deal ers ot this section are to assemble nt the meeting. Kenneth Abies pf the local company and Claude BeriUo, manager of the Cottage Grove branch, left Saturday to at tend this convention. - The Johnson Motor company. distributors of the Willys-Knight , and Overland cars. Is conducting! a very successful sale ot used cars. A feature of the business In new cars Is the continuous demand for the Overland four standard sedan, which is going strong. Peelers Attend Banquet E. C. Simmons and Ivan Ander son motored to Corvallls Thurs day where they attended a banquet In compliment to H. C. Griffith, manager of the Ford Motor com pany in Venezuela. Mr. Griffith fo?nerly was representative for the Ford company in this territory. ... Interest In the development of more cross-country highways is be ing manifested by business men everywhere and is a most encour aging sign. ... The Coy-Michaels Motor com pany is busied these day lining up for business In distributing Chry sler cars. The firm continues to make improvements to their head quarters on Olive street. .... The Gannett Motor company, dis tributor of the Chevrolet, points with pride to its record of excep tional business done during the month of November. The firm is for Its cars the flmt of the year. Keeping a supply of new models on hand Is the hardest task, con fronting the company. ... Bulcks Aa Xmaa Gifts The B. F. Goodpasture Motor company received a -carload of Bulcks Tuesday. The consignment consisted of roadsters and sedans. Sales during the week Included a roadster to Andy Vladlck of Cot tage Grove and to A, A. Houck of Eugene, a Buick touring, car. Used car sales were a feature for the week. Clifford Harold, salesman report that several women of Eu gene will receive Bulcks aa Christ mas tokens. e e Once upon a time there was a woman who liked the car her hus band bought for her better than she did that of her neighbor, . . . Free Course Offered The Lane Auto company, distrib utor of the Btar. announces it will provide a free educational course to the public. Classes will be taught in all branches of the auto motive industry from sales to serv ice. These will be held one hour on two days of each week. Lessons will be passed upon by the Durant company of Oakland. Any annll cant scoring an average of 76 gets a aipioma from the company. From these students passing tho iosis vacancies will be ruled in dealer organizations. Lane Auto company has been chosen as head quarter for regional conferences of Star doalers which will be held at regular intervals. WASHINGTON. O. O. The placing of all the main hlKhwuys ui the country under statu i-otut imtrols and the abolition of the teo system of nrrtoiis are among th-i m.iln foiturn of a prutu-.m put forward by the American Automo bile aiwoclation today for routing niotor.loin of Its worst tnfentiilloii, namely, the speed trap and tho roadside court. Til os. p. Henry, president of tho a: A, A. In annoui.clng tho plan of the national motoring body expressed conliiienee tout mo pu lirum formulated on the lasl of survey by 750 A. A. A. club w.uld not make for protection tor motorists us,ng tho highways, hut also assuro saner and moi-o ef fective enforcement or motor ve hicle laws. 'Our Investigation has proven conclusively that there la virtually no enforcement by Justice of the Poaco Courts and that a rvMom of arrests based on tho division of foes Is honeycombed with corruu- t;on,' President Henry declared. t-vature of tho Program Following are the main features Ul 1110 A, A. A. lilUftlMIII, First, that all main highways be put under tho Jurisdiction or state road patrols. second, mat tne tee system or arrests should be rorthwlth abolished and that pending the time wnen all states established road patrols, every officer should be elected by the people, paud by the people, and compelled to wear a un.form. Third, that nrreats should be based on' recklessness rather than on technical violation of speed limits. Fourth, that laws be enacted barring evidence secured by speed traps on the ground that such ovldence is "immoral" and gotten by trickery. Fifth, that every state take steps similar to those recently taken in Ohio for defining the Jurisdiction of J. P. Courts, in order that the motorists may know what the powers ot these courts are; also that state auditors should institute a strict accounting system for fees and fines collected on the highways. "Seventeen states and the Dis trict of Columbia." cald President Henry, "have already established road patrols. We find that law enforcement of the motor vehicle is not only more effective In these states but also that motorists have greater protection." Hs continued: "The situation as regards speed traps and roadside courts Is much worse in those localities where the road patrol Is not under state supervision. My first suggestion would, therefore, be that state po lice take over and patrol main highways everywhere. As long as small villages have the right to make their own regulations, hire their own speed cops to go out and haul motorists, who are breaking neither state laws nor common rules of motoring, we will be plagued with speed traps. In many Instances the Justice ot the peace is a constitutional officer. Steps should be taken to relieve him forthwith of all Jurisdiction as far as the motor vehicle laws are con cerned. Fee System Held Farce "It Is clear to all that justice on fee systom, as far aa the high ways are oonoerned, la a faro and a caricature. In the absence of n rond patrol under tho direction of the stale, constable, sheriffs and their deputies should be salaried ofiloers paid by tho peoplo ot the community. They shouiu lutvo )u financial interest In tho result of nn arrest. Take away this peeuni cry interest and you will hart taken away s per cvnt of mv enthusiasm of your average speed trap cop, but you will ruplac him wih a better officer. "I feel very strongly that the el tence of proitent speed limits on main highway In inuiiy uusun ho low at to ho rUttcoloun- 1 oil" ot our ilirr culilos. An e ilt and viotiit.onn should bo based on rvcklvti.Mii' rather than on tho acuul speed ot an automobile at any given time. Wo muM coma down to common sense 1 unit cense to be pestered hy the hob goblin or fifteen mill' an hour! The states that have made ro.-k-letwneiui the test liuve materially Improved motoring conditions within the r borders. "There Is another point I siroulil 1'ke to see stressed III this connec tion. The duty of a patrol officer Is 10 prevent violations. , Your typical upeed con too often ' ell-coui-igcs technical violation nod too fr.'iin'.'titiy plays the role of tin ncent provocateur for lh purpose ot conviction. Testimony thus uecured I not only worthies but highly Immoral utul should not count for conviction." BENEFITS OF FAMILY CAR I'ltovini s nirrn it iiomi: 1,11 1: nut i.Aiuiiti.u lmnrnved living conditions for day laborers are muilo possible bv the aiitoiiu'hllc nceorillnu to 1111 Item In "Kuocaslul Method. .No veinl'i'i' ls'i': "The president ot n coiitnictlnii coinimuy which dues nn enoi 111011s ainounl or work In (minted d tin t told u the other day thai he hint tioilceil nmty valuable results riom the widespread us of niilo mobile by workmen Un of these tlmt ho roimlilrr most Important In that such trnnspnrliitloii enable local men to live at homo ami ti uvel considerable illalniicv to u job." Thirty-rive of Hie S group of ptoitucts once burdened with war excise taws huvo been granted complete repeal, h'odornl war excise tnxet on the automobile Imvo not been repealed. 1 1 ,!, I I I ... Mil. Jll. Gifts for Men A great many beautiful, as well as practical gifts are now ready for . your inspection and selection. A purchase at this store comes with it an assurance of Tightness, ' as to quality and price. Shop Early DeNeffes Complete men' wear McDonald Theater Bids:. Adjustment of Spring Hliacklcs When adjusting the spring snacKies to eliminate side play be careful not to get them too tight. Tight shackles make the car ride roughly, straining tho top spring leaf, and they may cause a broken spring or broken shackle bolt. New Chevrolet Zones Opened Three additional zone offices havo boon opened by tho Chevrolet Motor company to coro for the largely Increased volume of sales. These three now offices are lo cated In New lork city, Omaha and Cleveland. A Christmas Give Her the World Famous Grand Prize Eureka"V&cuum Cleaner $A2? Set Pf Famous IVitheach An opportunity you surely cannot afford to miss! Give her the unmatched Grand Prize Eureka and its world famous attachments. Remember that these great cleaning tools (reg ularly priced at $8.50 and worth far more in the opinion of hundreds of thousands of users) are yours ABSOLUTELY FREE if you purchase your Eureka now! You Need Pay Only $4.50 Dotvn Special Christmas terms only $4.10 down and the balance in the easiest kind ot monthly pay VACUUM CLEANER. ments are available to you. But you must act . quickly. Christmas is almost here! Phone, Call, Or Use the Coupon Right Away If you haven't time to come in and witness a demonstration of the unmatched cleaning effi ciency of the Eureka and its attachments, sign and mail the coupon. The Eureka and attach' ments delivered when and where you say. ' Be sure to take advantage of this special offer. Act without delay and make sure of the bnest possible Christmas gift for her I (Dealer' Name and Address) ONIY I DOWN T.rf monthlT pivwiertt NLV$5522 CASH SPECIAL CHRISTMAS COUPON Please favor me with trial drmoiutrotion In myhome office. (. Date Hour Pleeie enter my otder fot a Eureka complete. .Enclosed find check for $- Name Addrut. - ""VT.T"' deliver: Data- Hour -Clty .State- EUREKA VACUUM CLEANER CO. 88 Ninth Ave., West "WIFE RAVINO HTATIOtf" . Tclephono 1780 A Host of Practical Gift "TT. ' ! . 1 lLIi arl11 Via 11QA ful and practical 1 nis nrisimas give Buiueiiiuiy iiiai win u,.-. -- , , the year round. We have hund reds of gifts that are close to bom the masculine and feminine hearts and for the kiddies, gooo, strong wagons, scooters, etc. built for hard rugged wear. FOR HER- FOR HIM- Golf Clubs Golf oluli nrs nlwny cloao to a man's hmirt and aro Hiiro to make n iIiihIiik Klft. l'rlo ed from $1.50 to $12.00 Flashlights Flnnlillnjht nrs rnon tlnlly a practlnnl girt uacful far thoa lnr(( nlKhts whnn putting tho enr In tha Ritrago, oti!. Priced from $1.00 to $5.00 Carving Sets Nothing looks nlcnr on tho dlnlnK room tubln than a nlco, now curv Inrf snl ho I suro to npiirri'lnln this gift, l'rlccd from , $3.75 to $15.00 FOR THE CHILDREN Wagons WaKons nrn nlwny popu lar with tho ulillilron tliciy afford hour of plcn h 11 10 und will Inst fur year. 1'rlcod from $3.00 to $12.00 Scooters flenntor nro nlwny want ed by children and will ho onn of tholr mot prlr.cd . prosont. l"rlcod from $3.50 to $6.50 Kiddie Cars A sift tlint In sure to plonsn tho kiddles, Tho child that owns one I nlwnys tho envy of nil other children. 1'rlcod from A - $2.50 to $7.00 Percolators lhn .TlJ will i.d from , 1 Silverware- fver"' ""ft, . U ),rlro,,'r$h.H pyrrx for tW Griff iri-Babb Hdwe. Co TelephnB 716 Willamette 3 (
