The San Francisco call., 1913-08-19
AUT0|STs FAVOR
NEW VALLEY RULES
President of S. F. Dealers
Association Advises Mo-
torists to Obey Orders
Only Two Roads Will Be
Opened and Motorcycles
Will Be Barred

The auto loving public Of San Fran
cisco and the entire state are pleased
with the announcement made yester-
day by superintendent Littlebrant OF
the Yosemite Valley National park,
which made public the rules and regu-
lations which will govern motorists in
the. valley when Secretary of the In
terror Lane declared the park open to
machines.
Autoists also hoped that when the or
der does come it will apply to the ROAD
from MADEIRA to WaWona, where the
splendid Wawona hotel is the favorite
transient house of park visitors
While motorists are anxious that all
three roads into the valley should be
open to machines, many local men de-
clare the present ruling offers an open
ing wedge and anticipate further con-
cessions in due course of time.
]. A. Marsh, president of the San
Francisco Dealers association, yesteI-
day said:
Il am of the opinion that Secretary
OF the Interior Lane is desirous of
doing everything possible for the mo-
torists. The previous administration
was set against the opening of the
valley, and believe the permission
which is now extended, or which VIII
De SQOTLly, Is a great FlCtOiy
"Of course, the rules and regulations,
as announced by Superintendent Little
brant. will not permit machines on the
floor of the valley, but we believe 1t
will only be a short time before the
federal officials will see the folly of
this idea. AS announced, only the Big
Oak Flat and Coulterville roads will
be opened. While this is progress in
the right direction we feel that the
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"One thing we must bear in mind
and which we must impress upon every
motorist who contemplates visiting the
valley, and that is that all must keep
within the provisions of the rules. We
do not want to suffer the penalty of
having sthe consideration which we
have received revoked"
superintendent Littlebrant specifies
In his announcement that applications
to enter the park must be made to the
acting superintendent at Merced grove
of big trees and Yosemite in the val
ley- Applicants must show name of
owner, license number of machines,
number of passengers, and must be
accompanied by SIS fee.
Tickets must be presented to the
acting superintendent or his duly au-
thorized representative at Merced grove
Of big trees and at Yosemite in the
valley. No motorcycles will be al
lowed in the valley.
Inbound machines may leave Merced
grove of big trees from 10 a. m. until
] p. m. as a morning schedule; also
from 4 p. m. until $40 p. m. as an
afternoon schedule.
Outbound cars may leave Yosemite
station between the hours of 6 and 7:3o
every morning, but at no other time.
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GOSSIP ALONG "GAS ROW.
Frank Carroll of the Goodyear Rub
Der company and Bert Latham of the
Mercer Simplex agency are completing
arrangements for the boosting trip
which the local dealers will make to
the Corona automobile races September
Z, and 8.
Curtiss Miller of Ukiah arrived in
this city yesterday and made a call on
Frank Renstrom. Mr.. Miller will take
several Regal unders1ungs with him to
Ukiah when he returns.
Charles Mertz, second place man in
the recent 500 mile speedway race in
new Paige "36.' Mertz says: while
l like dashing over billiard table road
at from Is to 80 miles an hour, never
theless, for all round enjoyment and
rest, prefer driving my Paige over
the country at a moderate rate of
speed One style of driving is busi-
ness LOT me, tne Otner Is pleasure
DOUGLAS, Ariz.. Aug. 1S.-W. o. L..
Westgard, pathfinder for the American
Automobile association, announced to-
day that he would leg both the bor-
derland and ocean to ocean highways
before recommending which should be
used in southern Arizona. This was
the upshot of continued rivalry be-
tween advocates of each route.
The feud between the towns on either
highway was particularly keen because
Of the prediction that thousands of
automobilists would traverse the one
selected on their way to the California
runs through Tucson, Bisbee. Douglas
and Lordsburg The ocean to ocean
traverses Roosevelt, Globe. Clifton and
to Lordsburg.