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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, AUGUST 18. 1935 JACKSON COUNTY Calk Recklessness In Use SAFETY GLASS Ufflfpn Shrine Patrol CfacJl'lHESIDEHT PLANS Ztofm ,7 JULY RECORD NO Of Cars a Species of Crime URGED FOR OREGON j RADIO CHAT WHEN ;fo,i . nnnnrny 1 i Of the 28 automhll ftcdnVnt fatal ities In Oregon during July. Which brought the 1935 total up to 140, none were In Jacknon county, according to the Oregon State Motor association, a leader In state safety work for nearly h year. At the end of July, traffic records for the state revealed a decrease of 18 per cent, fatalities during the same period a year ago having numbered 171. A d or rag also was shown In accidents, but the number of Injuries was slightly higher. In Jackson county, during July, accidents decreased from 64 to 13. and Injuries decreased from IB to one, the motor association reported. One death was reported In July & year ago. Figures were based on records com piled by the secretary of state. "Oregon started out this year with t good traffic record," said a state ment by Dr. E. B. Mc Dan lei, president of the motor club. "At the end of May we had the lowest number of fatalities for any similar period In the past five years. "It Is necessary that every motor vehicle operator keep constantly In mind the tremendous destructive powers of an automobile and that he' be constantly alert and cautious. . "The motor association will con tinue Its safety work, for thnt la something which must be carried on Indefinitely. Traffic negligence Is something that can not be cured In a short time. We have taken a long forward step in legislation by enact ing the safety responsibility bill. It Is possible, too, that we may soon have a sa-fety gloss law, designed to eliminate the broken glass hazard." Miirlen C. Pew of Editor and Publisher Regards Auto mobile Accident Problem as Part of This Ruthless Age Condemns Coarce Individualism THIRD STRIKE ON ASTOPIA, Orn., Aug. 17. (AP) For the third time this senson a fishermen'! strlka was called today on the Columbia river. The Fishermen's Protective Union called the walkout this afternoon after packers had served notice they would discontinue the 0-ccnt a pound price. Although the strike order went out, union officials agreed to call a meeting of tho strike committee for tomorrow to consider an offer made by six packing compnnles to pay 4ft cents a pound until 0 p. m. Tuesday, August 30, and 3'4 cents thereafter until the season clones August 23. There were 4870 deaths In steam railroad accidents during 1034. Of these, only 89 were pnHseugera. There were. lr64 deaths In grade crossing accidents and 2654 deaths of tres passers on railroad property. Potato production In the Kaw val ley of Knnsss wit be near 1,000 car loads this year. HOLY COMMAND IS CITED "It la my view that the continuing slaughter and maiming of human beings on the streets and highways ot this country la part and parcel of our bewildered, ruthleaa and un aplrltual age," writes Marlen B. Pew, editor of Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate, in a booklet on the traffic situation published by the Travelers Insurance Company. "As a people, we do not bold In high respect the holy command of all ages and of all religions: Tbou Shalt Not Kill. We do not even honor, in practice, the common tenet of all civilized peoples that man's first duty Is to protect his neighbor as himself. "These strictures are not based upon a condition that is unavoidable. for it Is well established by now that a high percentage of motor accl dents might easily be prevented. We kill thousands and Injure approxi mately a million men, women and children, every year, because at bottom the average driver and pedestrian figuring In such accldonts Is either himself reckless or is the victim of another reckless person. Results Dlsoouraglng Tor years I bare witnessed the more or less apathetic and stagger ing attempts of government. Fed eral and local, to cope with this hor ror and I hare seen the efforts of many worthy organisations, social, political and economic, to stem the bloody tide. The reaults are bitter ly discouraging. Nothing has been said, nothing done, which has any meaning to the brasen motorist who la more Intent upon arriving at bis destination through the exercise of coarse and inhuman individualism than he is to conserve decent safety for the lives of others, or Indeed, his own precloua hide. It la a kind of madness, which historians ot the fu ture will regard as ot a piece with the dare-devil spirit of the American people in this age. "I believe in fighting this monster realistically, which calls for laws to make motor driving a serious re sponsibility, with reckless guilt made personal and highly ex pensive: I believe in preventive measurea of the moat rigid nature, demanding that no peraon shall take the wheel except aa he haa quali fied aa a driver; I believe In the policing of roada and atreeta and r i WW it MARLEN E. PEW strict and uniform traffic rules, re specting not only speed and safe driving rules, but the upkeep of car efficiency, entailing regular inspec tion and the condemnation of dang erous vehicles and also roads; I favor the limitation of heavy truck traffic, both as regards number and size; many lighting methods are now Inefficient; I favor the limita tion of speed at the source, which Is the automobile factory; J favor a system of scheduled fines for viola tions, calculated to discourage reck lesneaa and rule from the road persistent violators; I favor the bonding of persistent violators to Insure the collection of damages; I favor the continued lavish expedt ture ot public funds for good roads and for traffic control. Shames Civilization "If men will not respect the lives of others, or their own, they must be put under arrest and that Is the condition we are facing in this country today. The appalling cas ually list shames civilization, ex ceeds all reason, violates all the laws of God and man. It Is right, of course, to go on trying to Incul cate the spirit of safety and Inspire and educate drivers and pedestrians, but the present condition Is such that patience may lack virtue. "For once we might go to the root of this ovll, as a people demanding that It be brought under control by the same forces that jve use to com bat other anti-social conditions which All our world with needless dangers. Buffering and grief. Reck lessness Is a species of crime and should be so regarded In reference to automoblte driving and pedestri an. urn. Unavoidable accidents are bud enough, but the ever rising tide of death and Injury which traces directly to Individual Irresponsibil ity and lack of law and order, should arouse public Indignation.' Designed to eliminate one of the most serious causes of Injur In an automobile smashup splintered, ra?r-edred (tln the Oregon state legislature at a proposed session In September may consider a measure which would require all new automo biles to be equipped with safe, shatter proof wlndshteMs and windows. This has been Indicated by the Oregon State Motor association, which has led In safety education and legis lative work In Oregon. The safety glass law has been adopted In 21 states. The measure was recently en acted In. California. Virtually alt of the new laws follow a uniform pattern. It was pointed out. In that they require safety glass of a type approved by the state motor vehicle authority aa a prerequisite to registration of new vehicles manufac tured or sold In the state after a cer tain specified date, or on school buses and common carrier passenger vehi cles operating after a certain date. According to accident Investigators, nearly 75 per cent of the most serious Intnrlas fh rAsMlIt frnm ailtnmnhllo accidents are caused by broken glass. In many cases, the motor association explained, names could be kept off the Injured Hat If safety glass were used In all automobiles. As shatter-proof glass has become available. Its use In the manufacture of automobiles has steadily Increased. Now It Is standard equipment In windshields at least, on nearly 75 per cent of all new automobiles. Accidents In 1034 caused 101,000 deaths the highest totsl on record. There were also 9.831,000 non-fatal Injurlra. Nearly 300 living species of scal lops are known and are found in all sens, from high latitudes to the tropica. LaFayette Is Using New X-Ray System The Nash Motors company Is In troducing a novel method of present ing the mechanical features of the new 1936 LaFayette to the public, according to Walter w. Abbey, local LaFayette dealer. By means of a technique, new to the automobile In dustry, Nash dealers will show the detailed construction of the new LaFayette, Called the X-ray system, this new method of demonstration greatly simplifies the principles of modern car building and makes It possible for the most Inexpert car buyer to see why and how the La Fayette utilizes certain featurea and types of construction. Typical of the things shown In this new method la the X-ray treatment of steel body construction. In a series of remarkable photographs the actual steel structural framework on the LaFayette body Is shown In silhouette through the metal panels, Mr. Abbey reports the sale of five new LaFnyettes during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Arley Beasley of Jacksonville, purchased a new 1036 LaFayette victoria; Irene Wehrll of Ashland, took delivery of a new 1936 LaFayette 4-door sedan: a 4-door se-! dan deluxe 106 LaFayette sedan ' went to Hugo H. Ouenther: Nick , Strtive of Medford, Is the owner of a new LaFnyetta coupe and Clarence W. Harwood has a new LaFayette se dan. ?&g& "J. ir t ; it y X tt, N " f i jags! 4 - 1 Rue Enos. star equilibrist, who will appear here at the Klllah Shrine patrol circus, at the Jackson county fair grounds, for a weeks engage ment, starting Monday night, Sep tember 2nd to and Including Sat urday night, September 7. Rue Enos ' Is an International star, having tour ed all foreign countries displaying his versatility and contortion work. His wife, daughter and son travel with him and are all performers of note. This is only one of the 26 all-star acts that will appear under the large tent that will home the circus dur ing Its engagement In Medford. From 1913 to 1634. deaths In mo tor vehicle accidents Increased from 4227 to 36,000, whereas deaths from all other kinds of accidents de creased from 78.233 to 65.000. Among the other star and feature acts will be seen acrobats, clowns, wlre-wnlkers, head balancers, serial ise, trapeze performers, bar actors, a flying return act, and a troupe of educated dogs and ponies. HUlah Shrine Patrol is making a special effort to have every under privileged child and orphan as their guests at the special Saturday mat inee that will' take place on Saturday afternoon. September 7. This matinee will not be solely confined to them, however, as the doors will be open for all children and special prices will prevail for all children under the age of 16. HYDE PARK, N. T., Aug 17. fan President Roosevelt looked forwsrd today to an ea,rly adjournment by congress and a possible statement to the people. While keeping strictest silence dur ing his week-end trip at home. It sp peared he might give a talk over the air next week to- the gathering of young democrats at Milwaukee. Wis. Should he be on the air then. It la believed possible Mr. Roosevelt might review the work of this busy congress and outline some thoughts for the future. The presidential thoughts mean while are concerned with the ful fillment of his legislative program now at the crux In the closing rush of congress. So. he hastened away from the family birthday party nere today for Franklin, Jr.. third eon, to return to the White House and a round of con ferences tomorrow with congression al leaders. With Mrs. Roosevelt, the president and family spent the day on the es tate In privacy and merry making. It was the twenty first birthday of Franklin, a student at Harvard and a member of the university crew. Primary consideration in tomor row's conferences at the White House appears likely to be focused on tho SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 17. (AP) The first arrest In connection wtth the slaying of Marshall Bert Lemley during the robbery of the Bank of Rosslla was reported today by Coifs x, Wash,, police. While officers of Whitman county denied the man. whose name was not disclosed, was being held In connec tion with the robbery and slaying. Spokane police said they were In formed his picture had been shown to Matt Elliott, cashier of the bank, who was held as hostage by the robbers when they escaped. Elliott was reported to have been unable to Identify the picture. Of all motor vehicle fatalities In 1034, 12.900 occurred In cities of 10, 000 population or more and the re maining 23.100 In smaller towns and rural areas. In cities. 67 per cent ot the deaths were pedestrians; In "rural" areas only 33 per cent were pedestrians. Only three diseases cause more deaths than do accidents. Among males, only one disease kills more than accidents. From the agea ol five to nineteen, accidents are the leading cause of death. Seventy-five thousand trout were planted In streams In Monterey county, Calif., In two days recently. STAGE DRIVERS Drivers of the big Pacific Grey hound stages know car performance and the driving ease, comfort and the sensational economy of the new Dodge automobile, were given as reasons why three of them. Dana Campbell, A. L. Case and A. M.' Dav idson, purchased new Dodges, accord ing to W. W. Allen, manager, and L. C. Taylor, sales manager, of the Pierce Allen Motor company. The new Dodge school bus recently purchased by school district No. 33 at Rogue River was driven down from Portland this week by Mr. Tay lor and Is now on display. The body offers the last word in safety, ac cording to Mr. Taylor. It is all steel with safety plate glass windows. The pierce Allen Motor company unloaded a car of Dodge commercial cars and trucks last week and an other carload Is due to arrive In Medford next week. Five carloads of Dodge automobiles are also on order. Mr. Taylor says: "We have several unfilled orders waiting for the ar rival of the new Dodges. We are finding It very difficult to supply automobiles to take care of the In creasing demand." Last week the Pierce-Allen Motor company delivered new Dodge coupes to Mrs. Bertha A. Smith of Ashland and A. Ostermier. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hartley of route 2, Medford, pur chased a new Dodge touring sedan and K. D. Ross, manager of the local Pittsburg Plate Glass company, paint store Is the owner of a new Plymouth deluxe coupe. 4 In the average year, about 43 per cent of all persons accidentally killed in homes are 65 years of age or older. About 47 per cent of all home fa talities result from falls, and 18 per cent from burns. Scarlet fpver was first accurately described by Sydenham In 1676, be fore which time It had been con fused with smallpox and measles. X-RAY SYSTEM REVEALS ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE ' IN THE LOWEST-PRICED CARS w s ""m'w' wmj SEE with your own eye in our show room how the 1936 LaFayette is bigger, stronger, safer, in a dozen vital ways! For example, you will see hidden things . , . such as wood pillars, in some cars, supporting steel tops. Or steel bodies with only wire mesh and fabric over your head. Under the X-Ray System, all of the vital fea tures in low-priced cars are brought to light for you to compare. Before you huv ativ low-priced car this year, see the X-Ray System and you'll realize that LaFayette alone in the lowest-price field gives you ALL of the rilat engineering features usually found only in expensive cars. That it is biRncr, roomier, saferl The Nash Mo tors Company. Kenosha, Wisconsin- IT'S HERE 36LaFATETTE poonurT or the nash motors company WALTER W. ABBEY, Inc. 123 So. Riverside. Tel. 303 DRIVING EASE-COMFORT AND SENSATIONAL ECONOMY OF AMAZING NEW DODGE DECIDING REASONS FOR GREYHOUND DRIVERS' CHOICE! Another Tribute To the Superiority Of DODGE PERFORMANCE! Drivers of big Greyhound tages know car perfor. .ersss- mance . . . they see cars of all makes every day in actual driving conditions on highways . . . they drive feffife. ,..W-1 continually so when rest and relaxationn is desired, 64.fi5BBBHBac they naturally want the LAST WORD in comfort and driving- ease . . . WHAT A TRIBUTE to Dodge that these three drivers . . . with a total of 22 years of service . . . select this fine car. YOU, too. will find all that you want in an automobile at LOW FIRST COST and AMAZING ECONOMY in DODGE ... be sure to see this car before you choose YOUR next automobile! Sensational Economy Restful Riding Comfort Smart Body Lines And Driving Ease Recommend DODGE to Every Motorist! ' .... 'JL' . . .1 - , . , s i x ' , . v A&J., r . jvrv.f-. .4,. ..... . ... . , .. . . . . - . ; .; V'?; ' --' -'-V' : -.4 L ;1 , . .. . i 4 , i. . to - v 4 S -vf -r t g''?rTv' ;,'y'v w"r;--- s " - 1 " '" fl if r " - v f , jt-i'1 t-T rrr, S--. - . : !. Mirtrnhif- I llrrr Ihr.T nir! 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