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MORNING REGISTER, EUGENE, ORE., SUNDAY, DECEMBER , IMS
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Gifts for Men
A great many beautiful, as well as
practical gifts are now ready for
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A purchase at this store comes
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' 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.
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Golf Clubs
Golf oluli nrs nlwny
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n iIiihIiik Klft. l'rlo
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Flashlights
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Carving Sets
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h 11 10 und will Inst fur
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Scooters
flenntor nro nlwny want
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onn of tholr mot prlr.cd .
prosont. l"rlcod from
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Kiddie Cars
A sift tlint In sure to
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nlwnys tho envy of nil
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