The San Francisco call., 1907-06-25
AUTO CLUB OFFICERS
TESTING ORDINANCES
Will Discuss Laws Enacted
by Boards of County
Supervisors
By r. r. pHon1rledieu

The officers OF the automobile club
will have a variety OF automobile law
to consider at their next meeting The
supervisors of Napa county are trying
to put into effect a law keeping the
automobiles OF certain roads. This
is now being tested in the courts 1t
is expected TO show that the ordinance
is in conflict with the state law. In
Bakersfield the city fathers are trying
to enact an ordinance restricting the
speed TO 10 miles an hour. This was
referred to a prominent attorney, VINO
said that II IL were enacted the same
restriction would have to be put upon
other vehicles. In both cases the OH
GERS of the automobile club claim that
the ordinances are unconstitutional, as
they conflict with the state law.
Arrivals of autoists at Del Monte are
reported as follows:
On June q Mrs. Parker Syms and
Miss Durfee of Warren, Pa, toured
from San Francisco to Del Monte in a
40 horsepower White steamer.
A. Alper and wife and I. Goodman
and wife arrived from San Francisco
in Moon car.
wickham Havens and wife of Oak
land came down in 45 horsepower
Great Arrow runabout.
On June % P. s. Teller and wife and
R. H. Swayne and wife OF Alameda came
came down In a Pierce-Arrow.
j. B. Coryell and family Of Menlo
toured down in new Great Arrow
limousine
F. NJ Ish and family OF Oakland ar
rived in Thomas flyer
Fremont Older and wife of San Fran
cisco came down in a White steamer
E. H Lohmann and wife came from
Oakland in a Mitchell runabout.
Mrs. P. S. Kimball, George E. Cum
mings and lie Roy Jones toured up
from Los Angeles in a White pullman,
en- route to San Francisco
]. E. Birmingham and wife. DR.. r
Butterheld and Mrs. Newton arrived
from San Francisco on the Esd in their
automobile.
Herbert Lytle did some great work
in q Pope-Toledo yesterday at Detroit
in the international "a hour race The
telegraphic reports state that he broke
all the records up to the six hour
mark. taking all kinds of chances. He
broke the record for six hours by SO
miles. About that time his car was
wrecked by the bursting OF a rear
tire and he narrowly escaped death
Lohs, his assistant, was badly injured.
Not wishing to stop he jumped into a
Pope-Toledo demonstrating car and
ran it more than 1000 miles and fin
ished in second place with a margin
of % miles. The car Lytle started out
with was not his Vanderbilt cup racer.
The Rambler car added another VIC
tory to its long list Of hill climbing
contests won this year by winning in
the $2,50O class at Minneapolis Wednes-
day. The contest was held at Columbia
| heights, under the auspices of the
Automobile club OF Minneapolis, gov
erned. however. by the rules OF the
American automobile association. re-
quiring all cars TO carry two persons
seated side by side. whose per capita
weight must be at least 152 pounds.
The Rambler entered was a model 246
and 1T completed the climb in the re-
| markably good time of 81 1-5 seconds.
Guy Lombard OF Portland arrived
with his wife from Los Angeles in
their Thomas fier yesterday afternoon.
The running time was 80 hours, with
out single adjustment. Lombard had
taken his family from Portland 10 New
York by rail and had his car shipped
TO Los Angeles, where he met IL.