Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-05-07
MOTORISTS MUST
ADJUST LIGHTS
Instructions Upon How Drivers
May Comply With the
New Orders
NO SPECIFIC TYPE OF
LENS is REQUIRED
The New Orders Became Effective
May l and Have the Force
of Law

Automobile accidents are on the in
crease and glare from headlight is one
of the principal causes Both INSULT
cient light and unnecessary dazzle are
dangerous.
To remedy these evils and to make
the use of the highways safe for all
persons, the 1919 legislature passed Il
law requiring all mOtor-driven vehicles
to he equipped with lights which will
Gamble a mOtOrist TO distinguish IL sub
stantal object POO feet ahead, but
which at the same time must be free
from dangerous glare or dazzle. The
legislature also made it the duty of the
Industrial Commission to fix the stand
ards which will meet these general re-
qurements.
The Industrial Commission has now
discharged this duty, and upon the de-
vice Of Il committee Of experts in this
field and after extensive public hear
ingS has issued orders on automobile
lights. These orders become effective
May 1. 1920. and have the force of law
Ii an accident happens and your lights
do not comply with these orders, this
is. in law conclusive evidence of negli-
gence on your part.
Motorists cannot satisfy the new or
derS by merely painting the top of
their lens. 1t is entirely possible to
comply with the new orders without
buying any patented devices, but to do
so motorists must pay attention to hay-
ing their lamps of the proper candle
power rating. to the proper focusing
of lamps in their refiectOrS. and to the
proper fitting of the headlights. if any
is required. Instructions upon how
motorists may comply with the new
orders without buying special lenses
are now in the hands of the state print
er. \ card addresses to the Industrial
Commission. Madison will bring you
a copy of these Instructions. Do not
attempt TO make adjustments without
having these instructions, or else con-
suit your garage man.
Many motorists will prefer to buy
the better kinds of special lenses be-
cause they are not expensive and if
suits. No specific type of lens or
other nOn-glare device is required. The
regulations state the results that must
be secured. and any device that COM
plies with these requirements is legal.
There is no approved list of lenses.
Even the best lens will not meet the re-
quirements if it is not properly adj
iuSted
When you buy a patented lens be
sure that YOU get the right kind of
guarantee \ guarantee which merely
states that particular lens meets the
state requirements is practically use
less To lie worth anything the guar
antoc should contain d statement of the
largest size lamp bulb. in cadle power.
for both the vacuum and gas-filled
types. that may be used the tilt of the
headlight (if any that is required the
focal adjustment required and instruc-
tons how to obtain such focal adjust
ment The guarantee should state also
that the conditions specified therein
are in accordance with the results of
test made by an independent labOra
tory should be given
Motorist should also know that
quite few of the patent lenses do not
comply with the orders. particularly
those that broadly scatter the beam of
light through Il wide angle, such as
lenses of fiorentine. ground. stripped
Dr all-frOsted glass and some special
lenses based on similar principles
likewise all-frosting the lamp bulb will
not comply.
Remember also that the vibration of
the car may change the adjustment
and that new lamp bulbs must be in
stalled when the lamps burn out
Have your dealer show you how to keep
your headlights properly adjusted.
Dazzling headlights have long been
il nuisance and a menace to the COM
fort and safety of motorists and others
who use the highway. Every mOtorist
should comply with the new orders
not only because they are law, but also
because they make night driving safer
and more pleasurable.
State of Wisconsin, Circuit Court, Rusk
County:
Florence Singleton, Plaintiff, VS.. AL
bert f. Singleton. Defendant.
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO
THE SAID DEFENDANT:
You are hereby summoned to appear
within twenty days after service of
this summons, exclusive of the day Of
service. and defend the above entitled
action in the court aforesaid; and in |
case of your failure so to do, Judgment |
will be rendered against you according |
to the demand of the complaint, Of |
which copy is herewith served upon /,
you.
Dated this 23rd day Of April, 1920.
McGILL & WILLIAMS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
p. O. Address: Ladysmith, Rusk Coun-
tV Wisconsin,