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MEDFORD MAIL TRTBTTXE. FEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY. JULY 28. li)35. PAGE FIVE . rift ! POPULARITY OF CAR TRAVEL IS NOTED BY AAA. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 31 An unprecedented Interest In trsyel In general and In motor vacationing In particular on the part ot all classes of people and in every section ot the country Is revealed In a mid year survey Just completed by the American Automobile association. "If these trends continue through out the summer and autumn months." said Thos. P. Henry of De troit, Michigan, president of the A. A. A., "there will be an outpour ing of people and an expenditure ot money for vacationing that will ex ceed any year since 192b and ap proximate the best of the pre-depres-slon years." The A. A. A. survey Is based on the findings of It 750 affiliated motor clubs and branches through out the United States. Healthy Increases' in motor club membership, high renewal rates, the return of thousands of old mem bers to their local clubs, the de mand for touring Information and general vacation literature, advanced bookings at hotels and resorts. In creased gasoline consumption, new car sales and new cars on the road, were cited as clear Indications ol a sweeping upward trend in mo toring Interest generally. The A.A.A. statement said In part: "The experience of our clubs over a period of a third of a century has shown that the trend of club membership Is a good barometer ol national touring and motoring In terest. In this connection. It la slg nlllcant that during the first six months of this year membership in our clubs has steadily Increased, with 2000 motorists affixing the A.A.A. emblem to their cars every day. At the same time, thousands of old members have been rejoining their local clubs, while the renewal rate has reached a high water marlt. That this Is not a local or Isolated phenomenon Is Indicated by the fact that the highest membership gains were In. widely separate areas, with- Michigan leading the upturn. Pennsylvania second, Kansas third. California fourth and West Vir ginia fifth. "The demand for travel Informa tion was such that we found It nec essary to revise our estimate of the number of tour books, maps, strip mps. hotel and camp directories, fishing and hunting guides that we should publish for distribution by our affiliated clubs. Already some of the publications are running 20 per cent In excess of last yeaf. "The Interest of which this de mand Is an Indication is not con fined to the United States alone. Canada, Mexico and foreign coun tries share in It. Through June our foreign travel division handled the transportation abroad of 100 per cent more cars than for the cor responding period of 1934. These cars came from every state In the union. AS THE SUN GOES CUT YOUR SPEED DOWN! 7 sT 2o eiV PPiJrPfflff!!!' ' r v.i.-.u. va F 11 r10 Jx J "Slow down or go down" might well become the motto of every driver after the sun goes down. Be cause of the relative ineffective range of risibility afforded by most headlights of cars, speed around 30 mllea per hour should be about tho limit during hours of darkness. Automobile accidents are far more serious when they occur during hours of darkness than when they happen In daytime. It la shown by the statistic! of the Travelers In surance Company. During last year, there was not a single one of the twelve hours of normal darkness in which the rate of death per accident was less than during daytime. Ifet despite this fact, which has pre vailed for a number of years, many drive their automobiles as fast dur ing darkness as In the daytime. From 6 a. m. to 6 p. m the normal daylight hours, tbere were 459,510 automobile accidents last year In which 16,050 persons were killed. From 6 p. m. to 6 a. m., the normal hours of darkness, when the volume of traffic generally Is only one-fifth as great as in daytime, there were 433,490 automobile accidents in which 20,950 persons were killed. This comparison shows that the rate of death per accident was 51.4 per cent worse during the hours of dark ness than during the hours of day. light, and on the basis of traffic vol ume, the rate of death during hours of darkness was several hundred per cent greater than during day light. A further indication that fast driv ing at night is exceedingly danger ous is to be found in a comparison of the casualties in the four rush hours of the forenoon and the four ruBb hours of evening. Last year 2,810 persons were killed lu 79,380 acci dents in the four rush hours from 6 to 10 in the mornings, while 10,940 persons were killed in 252,250 acci dents in the four rush hours from 5 to 9 in the evenings. The deaths In the four evening hours exceeded the record of the four morning hours by 2S9 per cent, while the rate of death per accident during the four .jve nlng hours was 22.6 per cent worst than for the four morning hours. From 1 to 6 a. m., when traffic it lightest, the rate of death per acci dent was nearly 32 per cent worse than the average for all accidents combined. There Isn't any doubt that during hours of darkness the probability of an automobile accident proving serious is much greater than during daylight. "Reports reaching us indicate that touring bureaus are virtually awnmp ed with requests -for information ol all kinds. These reports also show heavy advance bookings with our affiliated hotels, not only In resort areas but In hotels cn route to these areas. It is Interesting to note that the traveling public appears to be somewhat less disposed to hag gle over costs and prices than they have been In recent years. "The same trend Is reflected in the Increased gasoline consumption which la running well ahead of last year, also In the new car sales and more particularly In the number ol new care visiting "The Great Ameri can Roadside' for the first time. Every vacation area in the United States figures In the hundreds ot thousands of routings the national parks, the northwest, the Ozarks, the Great Lake region. Including Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michi gan, the mountains the seashores of New York and New England, the vacation areas of Pennsylvania. West Virginia and Virginia and practically every other section that Is making a bid for the tourist dollar." KEYS and expert lock repairing Medford Cyclery. 23 N. Fir. Pb 261 STABILIZER TO ASSURE SAFETY An Invention of great Interest to every motorist Is the new McWayde Hydraulic Steering Stabilizer, now being Introduced In Medford by the Firestone Auto Supply b Ser vice store. Ninth and Riverside, pro viding automatic control in driving. This invention la claimed to be the greatest safety development since four-wheel brakes, according to C L. Hopkins, Firestone manager In this city. The McWayde steering device is the result of more than eight years of continuous development, refine ment and test. It Is claimed to be 100 per cent fool proof and depend able, requiring no special care or Attention And Is always ready to do Its duty when called upon. It is equally adaptable to use on any size, make or age of pleasure car or truck, according to Hopkins. Wheels are held true to their course, by the new safety stabilizer even In the event of extreme shocks such as those caused by blow-outs. The strain of driving la relieved through the McWayde device, which absorbs and controls various road shocks; there is nothing to wear out quickly or get out of order; the cost Is low and Installation takes but lio minutes. Demonstrations of this remarkable new safe-steering Invention are being made to southern Oregon motorists by the Firestone store. The McWayde stabilizer has practically taken the automobile world by storm, accord ing to Mr. Hopkins. T IN LAND SEEN IN BONNEVILLE PLAN VANCOUVER, Wash., July 27. AP a belief that the Bonneville dam on the Columbia river wilt pro vide the cheapest electric power available In the United Statea was expressed here today by Colonel T. M. Robins, division engineer, at a Joint session of the Washington State Planning council and the Oregon Planning board. He said electricity should be avail able there at a cost of between 1 and lsi mills on a SO per cent load capacity. Colonel Robins said present plans provide for the building of the main transmission line, at a cost of $3,000, 000, down the Washington side of the Dodge Engine Boasts "Synchromatic" Controls Now, pretty nearly every thing is automatic 0 ?7SJ if-, t -- '' jjjj .... The Dodge automatic carburetor heat control is shown in the upper left. It doles out the proper amount of heat to the fuel mixture with out help from the driver. In the circle, the Dodge water control is seen; its automatic action causes the engine cooled water to flow faster or more slowly until the power plant reaches its best operating temperature; at that time the apparatus goes out of action until its aid is needed again. In the lower left is the automatic vacuum spark control which advances and retards the ignition in strict accordance with every spark timing change that is needed. The diagrammatic cut at the right pic tures the automatic engine choke which makes starting easy, especially in winter driving, because it chokes the carburetor intake passage as much as is required by the engine at any particular moment. Because Dodge engineers have provided this group of self-acting features, the driver's work now consists of little more than start ing, stopping and Bteering the car. Columbia to Camas. There a branch will extend to Vancouver. Another branch will cross the Columbia and continue into Portland. The army engineer said It appeared economically feasible to extend Bonneville transmission lines no far ther In Oregon than Eugene, and not farther In Washington than Long view. Beyond those borders, he said, the cost of lines would be too high unless a huge market was available. In any event, however, lines will be placed wherever the market will In sure that the cost of construction Is Justified. About 75 persons attended the meeting here. Washington was repre sented by six members of the plan ning council. Oregon was represented by Governor Charles E. Martin and five members of the state planning board. Visiting from Hilt A Medford vis itor during the week waa Billy Bivy 11s of Hilt. Cal., who was a guest ot Bobby Hubbard. eistelu INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS Have Long Given Users the Benefit of Quality Features 1 Make any comparison yon like as to quality m motor trucks then you will appreciate the engineering skill and the manufacturing precision inherent in International Trucks Many features which are now being spotlighted by others as something new have long been standard with Interna tional. Replaceable cylinders; exhaust-valve seat inserts; precision-type, steel-backed, removable-shell bearings: re placeable valve-stem guides; full pressure lubrication; self -aligning, self-adjusting propellor shaft center bearing; roller-bearing, anti-friction-type universal joints; and full floating rear axles are refinements well known to Inter national users. International can give you all that you expect in a truck, and more, because Internationals are ALL TRUCK from the ground up. WALTER W. ABBEY, INC. Nah. Graham. Willis 77. LeFavette, International Trurks Sales and Service. 123 South Rlversl.le ASSOCIATE DEALERS I.. C. CRIMES SERVICE STATION. CESTRM. TOIS'T M WIDEN TIRE SHor. AMH.tND TOME ASTORIA, Ore., July 37. (A) Re ports from owners Indicated today that all lumber mills tn Clatsop county will be open Monday after a prolonged shut-down because of the lumber Btrlke. From Westport today cams word that employes of the Weatport Lum ber company mill had accepted an offer by the management. All other agreement with the union except the Crosset-Western plant at Wauna which, however, la operating with 100 men. Logging operations were nearty normal today although the Crown Wlllamette company had not opened Its Lewis and Clark camp. The Clat kanle camp of the company wa-i working but waa being picketed. L. A. POLICE ADD TO BUICK FLEET FLINT. Mich., July 37.-The result of more than twenty million miles' experience with Bulcks In the mo.t demandlnB service, the Los Angeles Police Department has Increased Its large Bulck tleet by forty-seven 193 models, w. F. Hufstader. general sales manager of the Bulck Motor Com pany announced today. Seven of these new cars, sold by the Howard Automobile company of Los Angeles, are Model 67-8 for use of the Police Department's executive staff wbll the remaining forty. Model 4T. carry on the work of retiring Bulcks In thi radio division. The record of Bulck In the Los Angeles Police Department is out standing." Mr. Hufstader said. "Th police archives reveal thrilling chases, sensational captures, battles with floods, races with death and swift re sponse In the protection of life and property over a city area of 448 square miles. In the department sta tistics are written the records of high mileage, low operation costs and un interrupted 24-hour service month after month. "The first Bulcks were purchased by the department In 1933. The origi nal order for three cars grew to fleet proportions as time passed and Bulck performance and dependability estab. llshed the desirability of this make. In the spring of 1931 forty-one Bulcks were purchased from the Howard organization to inaugurate the de partment's radio patrol. Later this number was Increased to fifty, with in 34 months after the beginning of the radio activities the fleet had coh ered 6.142.477 miles and answered 292.490 broadcasted calls In an aver age of two minutes and forty seconds. ' , Miss Mae I'hlpiu Improved The mnny friends of Miss Mae Phlpps of 923 Eant Main street will be glad to learn that she Is much Improved from an Illness that ha confined hf to her home for some time. Gun Tragedy. ORTINQ, Wash., July 27. (AP) Cyril Johnson, fire chief of thla city, died early today In the Puyallup hospital from a wound Incurred when a rifle which he waa cleaning early last night during target prac tice exploded. A piece of the breecn struck Johnson In the forehead. His mills in the county now have sn skull was fractured. Rib-Oone Ball Mills use leas power, water, space, give lowest mil ling costs but Increase recovery. Save Gold ! Save Money ! with Rib-Cone Mills and other Straub equipment; crushers, Over strom Universal Concentrators, ore feeders, amalgamated plates. Send for Bulletin No. 300 giving details and low factory prices. Straub Mfgf. Co. Since .Vl. Thermit St. Oakland. Cal. atone ARE BUILT to MAKE and SAVE MONEY for the OPERATOR Podge Trucks provide the answer to present day requirements for lower .ruck operating costs. Embodying every advanced feature these modern trans portation units are engineered to return generous profits to owners. 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X1 xxvxn- SKINNER'S GARAGE ON HAVING SOLD MORE BUICKS SO FAR THIS YEAR THAN IN THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 1934 To those who, by becoming new Buick owners this year, have helped our dealer to this proud position, Buick's thanks and congratulations. You have joined a numer ous family of loyal owners. The money which you have invested in your Buick car has brought you the greatest value Buick ever built and the finest of motoring. To own a Buick is to display sound buying judgment and to enjoy the utmost of motor car satisfaction. i
