The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-06-30
HEALDSBURG HAS
AUTO Speed TRAP
c. S. Howard Tells of His Ex-
perience With Officials of
Northern City
BY r. R. L'HOMMEDIEU

Judging from a report just received
from Charles S. Howard, Healdsburg
is place where the automobilist
should only go when absolutely
necessary. The officials of that place
have established a speed trap How
ard was arrested for driving faster
than the limit of 10 miles an hour He
was not the only one stopped. for while
he was putting up his bail another mo-
torist was taken. 1t is a case of put
ting up $40 bail and then forfeit it or
come back another day and stand trial.
1t means that it will cost the motorist
more than the bail to go back and
fight the case, so the officials are pick
ing up easy money! Howard in
speaking of the arrest, said yesterday:
When going through towns / am ex-
ceedingly careful, for as agent for the
Buick cars | do not care to have the
i'll will of any one if for nothing more
than business reasons. You can there
halted. Such proceedings will not make
the place popular with tourists.
The Premier car No i is making
good showing in the Glidden tour. The
a Hugo Muller au-
premier Car tomobile company,
Is Leading the LOCAL agents.
%--------% received tele-
night saying that the car was leading
by 16 points at Omaha.
Bert S. Bingham, district manager of
the Regal motor car company, has re-
<>------s----------->t turned from his
Goea Regal nsR Tr"de Bingham says that
. -~-----r around the Los An
geles section he
found business more than good. He
disposed of Is cars while in Los An
rral< . /, 4, ~
pany. The Big Four has recently
moved into new quarters, which are
among the finest In the southern city.
Bingham will leave shortly for an
other trip south to sign up for 1911
cars.
The first of the 1911 Royals will ar
rive this week. 1t is also the first of
the 40 horsepower models to be seen
on the Pacific coast.
NOTES OF AUTO ROW
j. w. Shannon, a prominent real
estate dealer of Oakland, has lust re-
turned from a trip made in his model
10 five passenger Haynes touring car.
shannon made the tour through San
Luis Obispo to Santa Maria via Santa
Barbara. From there he went to
Bakersfield and thence over the noun
tains back to Pizmo beach. From this
latter town he made two trips to Paso
800.
This Haynes is the first car that
Shannon has ever owned and although
he has had it but about two and a
half months he made the entire run
without the least trouble. He reports
that due to heavy hauling and conse-
quent ruts the roads in the oil dis
tricts are exceptionally bad.
Return was made by the coast route
and here the roads for the most part
were in good condition. The worst
stretch encountered was for a run of
about five miles from Rio Grande to
Pizmo Beach. Here the road was in
the poorest ina ENABLE condition. The
heaviest grade negotiated was the
Templor near McKittrick. The car
however, took it with no apparent
effort
S. G. Chapman has just been advised
by letter from Doctor Leek. the local
dentist who recently started on tour
of the southern part of the state in an
Oakland 40" that he had arrived in
Los Angeles after a most delightful
trip down the coast. The roads. he
said were good and the working of the
car had been ideal. Before returning
the doctor will take a run into Mexico.