FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON)
942,000 Deaths Recorded
Since Autos First Appeared
(Editor's note: fn vtevr or the long
Fourth of July week-end approaching,
the United Preu has prepared ser
le o( three article! on traffic acci
dent!. The first article follows.)
Chicago, June 28 U.R) Kill
every person In Des Moines,
Nashville, Hichmond, Omaha
and Miami and the toll wouldn't
equal the number of persons
killed in the United States by
automobiles since self-propelled
vehicles were first tried out.
There probably have been
more deaths, but recorded fig
ures show that 942,000 persons
have died in automobile traffic
accidents in the past 148 years,
most of them since the turn of
the century. That's nearly 100,
000 more than the total United
States war dead since 1775.
March them four abreast in
military formation, 120 steps a
minute, past a reviewing stand.
The parade would last about 13 Vt
days. i
Rush them through 30-minute
funerals. If the services were
held 24 hours day, seven days
a week, it would take S3 years
to get them to their graves.
By the time the last one was
buried there would be 1,690,000
other bodies, at the current high
way rate of exchange of life for
death three per hour. Their fu
nerals would take 94 years, at
the end of which there would be
an accumulation ot j.uuu.uuu
others, in a never-ending stream.
Statisticians figure there are
35 injured for every person kill
ed in an automobile accident. The
toll of injured at that rate would
be 32,970.000.
Man lost his first bout with
the automobile in 1802, when
an Englishman, Richard Trevi-
thick. plowed his steam carriage
into a fence at 10 mph. Trevi
thick escaped death but became
the world's first auto accident
victim.
Trevithick'a crack-up, history
ays, inspired a torrent of indig
nation against this menace. The
torrent has been raging ever
since.
Politicians, movie stars, la
borers, business men, athletes,
grandmothers and musicians are
united with every segment of
American life in fighting the
wave of death on the streets and
highways; three deaths and 105
-Injured every hour.
The wave goes on, but there is
evidence that safety campaigns
have begun to meet some suc
cess. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Senlert bide endoraed "Propoeal for
uie installation or n ten (101 men
Cait Iron Water Main on West Second
Street from Columbua Avenue to
Western Avenue and a twelve f 13)
inch Cast Iron Water Main on West
rn Avenue from West Second Street
to Humphrey Street" will be received
by the City Council of the City of
Medlord, Oregon at the office of the
City Recorder. City Hall, Medford.
Oregon, unlil 10:00 a. m., on the Fifth
day of July. 1U30. and will then be
publicly opened and read In the of
fice of the Supt. of the Board of
Water Commissioners at the City Hall
In Medford, Oregon.
The work for which proposals are
Invited will he paid by improvement
Fund Warrants from assesmenta to
be levied upon the property benefited
by such work and by Water Commis
sion Warrants as set forth In Section
48 of the "General Provisions."
The work includes the following:
FUNNISIIINO AND INSTALLING
Approximately 1.333 Linear Feat
Excavation and Backfill.
Approximately B7 Linear Feat
lil" Cast Iron Pipe.
Approximately S33 Linear Feet
10" Cast iron Pip
Approximately Si Linear Feet 0"
Cant Iron Pine.
Approximately 3 Only 10"
Gate
Gate
Hy.
Cast
vni
valves.
Approximately
ipproxl
Valval
3 Only
3 Only
Approximately
on
rants.
Approximately a. 70S
lhs.
Iron F ni F Htnvs
Plans and Specifications may be
obtained at the Water Commission
office In the City Hall at Medford.
Oregon, upon the deposit of Ten (10)
Dollars, which sum so deposited will
be refunded In case a hnnnftrte hid
Is submitted and If said Plans and
specifications are returned in good
condition within fifteen (191 davs
fler the opening of bids.
The necessary cast Iron pipe, valves,
hydrants and fillings mav be pur
chased from the Board of Water Com
missioners at their shop on Fir and
Jackson Streets.
Contractors desiring to bid shall
pre-qunlify ns n bidder as provided
by .Section 118-103, Oregon Compiled
Laws, Annotated.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all proposals and to accept such
proposals as ara to the best Interest
of (he City.
Dated this flth ov 0f junl, injo
CITY OF MF.ni-ORII, OIlKtiON
Hy Robert A. Duff. Superintendent
Hoard of Waler Commissioners.
MEDFORD
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MAIL TRIBUNE
Twenty-five years ago, there
were 19 deaths for every 100,
000,000 automotive miles. Last
year, it was 7.4.
That means that of 10,000,000
motorists who drove 10,000 miles
in 192S, 19 were killed. If the
same 19 could have driven last
year, 12 of them, theoretically,
would be alive today.
But the national safety coun
cil, which furnishes the figures,
points out that the death rate
will be of little comfort to the
estimated 32,000 who will be
killed this year.
IT LOOKED GOOD
Niles, Mich. (U.R) Several
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Belknap, both 20, convinced
authorities they were furniture
salesmen and had offered the
money as a "come on" to get a
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Wcdnudar. June 31. 1950
Businessmen Here
To Seek Aid in
Tourist Campaign
Local businessmen will seek
the assistance of the state high
way department In their cam
paign to more adequately in
form the nation's tourists of the
wealth of attractions that await
them here.
Manley Robinson, director of
public Information for the high
way commission, is in Medford
today for an appearance before
the Medford Kiwanis club and
while he is here the tourist and
convention committee of the
chamber of commerce will lay
their problems and plans before
him for advice and comment.
To Distribute Folders
At a meeting of the commit
tee at the Medford hotel Mon
day, arrangements were made
for the wider distribution of
tourist Information folders that
have been prepared by the
chamber and there was also
some discussion of the problem
posed by "tourist traps" that
have sprung up in the area.
The committee agreed to
give all possible help to the Gold
Rush jubilee committee at Jack
sonville. Committee Chairman
Ray Clark said his group will
publicize Jackson's historic
buildings and relics as attrac
tions in their own right. In ad
dition to the public museum to
be provided there, the entire
town is a shrine of western his
tory In a remarkable state of
preservation, he pointed out.
Clark and committee mem
bers Dr. Lee Mellish, John Lit
ster, and John Snyder were to
accompany Robinson when he
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noon.
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