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PAGE SEVE SPOKANE. Wash , Feb. 6 (AP) ously defeated by the whitman Mis- by defeating the Walla Walla quintet, The Oonrs bnsketbnll team, prevl. I slonarles. turned the tables last night I SI to 45. TEN YEARS OF AUTOMOBILE PROGRESS THOMAS D. CAMPBELL Operating World's Largest Farm Predicts New Tire Market JfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, JIEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1936. m wiuS? I'rnmi' - J mm m m t f ) rsu f -.i- - In the foreground is the 1926 Pontiac not a "Silver Streak," but quite a beauty in its day. The new '36 Pontiacs in the background are the latest models in the line and show what steps have been made in car design in the last decade.. TOLL OF TRAFFIC IS Li LARGELY TO BAD MANNERS Civil War Between Driver And Pedestrian Must End, Says Governor Hoffman --Protective Needs Listed NEW . YORK (Spl.) Peace In toe civil war constantly wsged. between autolsts and pedestrians 1 being ur gently sought today by Oov. Harold O. Hoftman of New Jersey, former motor vehicles commissioner, as a means of reducing the "ghastly toll of motor accidents." Standardization of traffic laws gov erning motor vehicles and pedestrians tllke Is sorely needed as the first step towards obtaining this peace. Gov. Hoffmen states In an article written tor the American Magaslne, but. he adds, regulations must be "psycholo gical as well as physical." People must be taught good manners; they must learn to think on their feet, he says. The governor even seriously advocates "sleeve lights" for those who walk t night. "Current warfare between those In cars and those on foot Is responsible tor 87 percent of the oe.000 city traf fic accidents In the United states In the last three years and for millions Of broken collarbones, lractured ribs, gashed faces and all the rest of the bloody Inventory of the traffic acci dents," Gov. Hoffman writes. "Death moves on unthinking feet In the face of red lights. It steps Irom behind parked cars. It straggles across the street In the mlddlo of the block. It walks with Its back to on coming traffic on dark highways." Nation-wide standardization of traf fic laws for walkers and riders might readily be brought about by accept ance of the model code recently pro rosed by the national conference of ttreet and highway safety, he de clares. This code alms to simplify and bring order out of the confusion of a thousand and one conflicting traffic regulations In the various communities. Walkers and riders have equal righta under the code but such tights must be exercised with care. "But we need 'consumer accept ance" of pedestrian regulation," he adds. "We've got to sell ths Idea to the community on the basis that everybody benefits by It. In other words, we are faced with a sales and advertising problem." Oov. Hoffman reveals that rrvey show that whereas or e pe' .-ent of the motorists will run through a red llcht. from S5 to 75 percent of the pedestrians will walk through a stop signal "with utter disregard of the accepted rules." "rive out of every eight pedestrian killed are guilty of one of three ma jor blunders." he continues: "cross ing In the middle of the block. Jay walking diagonally across an Inter section; or crossing against a red I'Eht. "This Is bad business. Indeed, we all believe It so thoroughly that It Is the venr lesson we hammer Into our children dav after dsy-o effectively that the Juvenile fatality rate has declined each year since 1929. The ad truth that we don't practice what we preach Is Indicated by the fact that In ten years the adult fatality rate ha Jumped 132 percent. Commenting on the sueecstlon that has been made that speed-governors be flsfed In all cars or that cars be built with less speed. Oov. Hoffmsn insists "It l hlsh time somebody si:ijented that pedetrlans be rebuilt also." "A car traveling 30 miles an hour rsn kill vou as dead a a car speed li g si. slstv If you walk In Us path. ' be observe!. 'Clinic On Wheels' Tells What's Wrong if IK t W t: liiRartsftMiiM & ' 'THE "clinic on wheels," iliua- car. The service man Is shown trated above is an important testing the ignition. Engine, elec- part of the service equipment in trical system and radio tests of most Ford dealerships. Developed every useful sort are made by this by the Ford Motor Company and Ford laboratory test set The find- a manufacturer of electrical instru- ings of the device keep repairs at ments, it is able to diagnose with a minimum cost, as there is no positive accuracy nearly all the ills waste effort in hunting for the which may befall the modern motor cause of obscure troubles. Wheat King Sees All Farm Implement on Pneumatic ' Tires in 5 Yean When Thomas D. Campbell, Amer lea's largest raiser of wheat and in ternationally knon farm expert talked to a grout of Firestone men In Los Angeles recently, he con firmed the views of Mr. H. S. Fire stone regarding the farm as an out let for tires, according to (Name of Manager) of Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores. "For the past several years. Mr. Firestone has pioneered the farm tire field, developing tires that would give traction, wear, and econ omy nover before known on these operations," (Name of Manager) re ported. "On his own homestead farm at Columbiana, Ohio, Mr. Fire stone has every Implement equipped with pneumatic tires. Thus he has been able to lead the way In bringing a real 'Farm' tire to the farmer." Mr. Campbell, who bas drawn at tention in national and nternatlonal arm conferences and vast columns of publicity because of his large operation, is a personal friend of the tire executive. He bas been con ducting tests of Firestone Ground Grip tires on his wheat farm at Hardin, Montana, through the past summer. While the final results of these tests between tractors equipped with Firestone Ground Grip Tires and steel lugged tractors have not been computed as yet, Mr. Campbell was sufficiently Impressed with the demonstrations to go on record with the following statements: "I think It Is only a matter of time 'till the farmer will demand machin ery equipped with pneumatic tires." "Farmers will demand tires for these reasons; 1. Economy of opera tion. 2. Saving to machinery. 3. In creased mobility of tractor. "i maintain that every vehicle on the farm, with tbe exception of the plow, needs pneumatic tires and that tires will pay for themselves in 2 or 3 seasons. "Our tests show an approximate saving of 17 in gas and oil alone for pneumrtttc equipped tractors. "I found In going over the last census in Washington that there are In the United States approximately 24,000.000 farm vehicles resdy for pneumatic tires. That Is about the same number of 'automobiles we have In the United States after 25 or 30 years of development. "I learned It takes more power to plow the farm land in the United States within season than It does to operate all industries combined, in cluding transportation. This was In regard to gas and oil consumption If true of these, 1 can see no reason why It would not be even more true -if pneumatic tires. if;"'' Thomas D. Campbell "The thing that surprised us dur fug tests between steel-wheel trac tors and those equipped with Fire stone Ground Grip Tires was the fact that the oil came out In much better condition in pneumatic equipped machines. "By using a dynamometer, we learned that It takes 28 as much power to pull a tractor over plowed ground with pneumatic tires as II does to haul the same tractor through the same ground with oral nary lugs. That is a tremendous saving. "Pneumatic tires will increase the life of farm machinery 60 by eliminating vibration. "Nothing under the sun could make us change from Firestone Tires." Mr. Campbell dwelt particularly on the subject of pneumatic tires lengthening the life of farm machin ery 60 by eliminating vibration. "Up 'till now, the main argument? for rubber tires on tractors have been economy of operation, speed and mobility. Our tests show tire equipped tractors will hare longer life. One only has to look at trac tors out of use In corners of fields, to realize that cost of upkeep after a few years has been too heavy With the development by Mr. Fire stone of the Ground Grip Tire, I be lieve much of this depreciation will be eliminated." Mr. Campbell closed his talk with ' a statement that he felt the twe greatest things coming out of the depression are the application ol pneumatic tires to farm implement and air r 'ir. protographic and identification work. He played Important parts u a state witness la the Jordan, Manning and Meyerle murder trials here aa well as the Bonanza, Chlloquln and Central Point bank robberlea. Hla future plane were not announced. TWIN FALtS, Idaho, Feb. B. (AP) Brief iunerai services were held here today for P.. Clyde Beach, 39, pioneer Lewlston and Twin Falla bus iness man, formerly of Pendleton, who was found dead In hla hotel room here Sunday night. Ose Mall Tribune want ade. Good manners as much as anything would relieve the problem, he be lieves. "There seems to be something about getting behind a wheel which makes many men and women churl ish bullies," he writes, adding this attitude Is an Important accident breeder. "So long aa the driver and the walker are at loggerheads, each has a grievance to satisfy, each seizes every advantage of the other, neither will give quarter. The upshot, as you can see for yourself in the average community, la the pedestrian brazen ly daring the driver to hit him and the driver Just as brazenly daring him not to Jump I Bad manners, of course,' on both sides." "Although the peak of the day's traffic la reached at about 6:30 p. m.. after which It rapidly declines, the peak of the day'a fatalities (for the country as a whole) comes around 7 o'clock in the evening. The pedes trian's chances of meeting death after dark are four times greater than In the daylight, when the traffic la In finitely heavier." Gov. Hoffman has found that 85 percent of pedestrian fatalities In New Jersey occur after sunset, and Is of the opinion that "we need twentieth century Illumination to supplant the colonial glimmer which po many communities now call atreet lighting." "Those who do much walking after dark will do well to adopt the grow ing custom of arming oneself with a hand flashlight." he continues. "If no flash Is available I'd buy myself several of those reflex buttons they use on trucks and road signs the kind that reflect a car's lights back to the driver and I'd wear one on my right sleeve and one on my coat." Gov. H;ffman s objective la the goal recently set by the safety congress: a nationwide reduction of 35 percent In traffic fatalities by 1940, "No single angle of the problem Is to susceptible to such quick results aa the pedestrtlan phase," he con cludes. "Just think, If we put this objective across, we ll have In 1940 no leae than 12,800 friends and neigh bors alive who now nave the finger of death upon them. "Our objective. In a nutshell. Is less aiony leas misery less crape by 1940." Klamath Deputy Sheriff Resigns KLAMATH "ALUs. Feb. 6 (API n't McMillan, deputy sheriff here for the last five years, today announced hla re;g:ist on M -Mlllin has been prumoenl in puUca orciea for lua TlffiflTl M . of ns waei I 11 ML TODAT, when people think about eight-cylinder cars, tlier immediately think of Pontiac for the 1036 Pontiac is the greatest eight of its time. It combine the finest of eight-cylinder performance with economy that amazes even owners of small, light cars. It is equally famous for dependability that car of this price has never had before. And it's the one low.priced car that gives you exactly what you want beauty unlike that of any other car on the road. Take it for a trial. Make any test you can think of. Tbe more yon try the surer you'll be that you can't do better than a Pontiac Eight. 730 SIONHEfVS GARAGE Tiff priW. a Pmtine. Afirklm. (Wtnn si $1Sfr ih "4 f . W fnrthm l ight U-Itl to thtnm uilk vtif iMtfic). Smfty . r4 wn " MitVrf fimiti of . 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