The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-02-02
CAR REGISTRATION
LAW is STRINGENT
Bakersfield, Calf, Jan. 2S. 1922.

Bakersfield, Calf, Jan. 23, 1877.
We left Fresno at o'clock and ar
rived here at l.30 and leave in the
morning for Los Angeles. This is an
other big town, $4,000, while Fresno
claims $4,000. The weather is more
comfortable here than any day we
have seen in California. At noon it
must have been above freezing. We
have seen but one day above freezing
since we left home, and that was be-
tween Roseburg and Medford, and
then it rained. Reports from the south
are even worse than this valley. Early
vegetation was frozen in the Imperial
valley, and the orange crop is esti-
mated damaged so per cent. | heard
one grocer say that apples would be
higher. now. Hood River apples are on
display in the markets in all the
towns, and they are the best offered.
We saw r. d. Goodrich in a Fresno
garage. He worked in Hood River for
John r. Edgar, Guignard & Rosiger
and DeWltt's garage
| picked up a San Francisco Exam
iner today and saw the account of Mrs.
| Copple's rooster under a Hood River
date line.
had some time getting the car
registered at Sacramento. 1t appears
they are imposing.new restrictions on
registration of cars from other states,
requiring receipt for 1922 license as
we'll as the plates on the car, identii-
cation of owner etc.
After we got located in Sacramento
| hastened to the registration office
and found it closed. They only work
few hours in the. middle of the day. In
the morning / presented my application
and was referred to a young lady with
wonderful headdress and a steel grey
eye. She gave me the once over and
told me to bring in my license plates.
AS they we're mile away in the gar
age told her | would drive the car
around and she could take look at it.
Nothing doing! Then she wanted to
know my 1921 number. | couldn't re-
member it, and then she evidently
concluded | had stolen the car. She
said | could wire the secretary of state
and get the information, and after
wards be identified. | informed her
that | knew Just one man j. Sacra
mento, Wilmer Sieg. was 4ered to
get letter from him. W again on
my way, and began TO wonder if
would not finally be arrested for muir
der. 1t was possible that ! had muir
dered the owner of the car and was
impersonatng the victim. However,
| relied on Mr.. Sieg. When | arrived
at his office | found that he was in the !
east. The situation began to look des
perate. | knew that if | showed up at
that girls desk again, with an excuse |
like that, her suspicious would be con-
firmei. | was as good as convicted. |
On the chance that Mrs. Sieg might be |
at home | telephoned the residence and
found that my luck had turned, al |
though it was not the 18th. She very
graciousIy consented to identify me, |
and the lady autocrat of the registra-
ton bureau of the great state of Cali |
fornia finally issued my passports. |
Perhaps | have unjustly criticised her, |
as | heard her say to one of her me-
malls that she was not feeling well. |
believe it.
| was told at the garage that
might have to show a bill of sale of |
the car also, but she evidently forgot |
to ask for 1T.
The new restrictions in registration |
of foreign cars are no doubt made in |
the effort to trace stolen cars, but the |
requirements of this state should be |
advertised in the daily newspapers of |
other states to avoid needless embar-
rassment of tourists who come here in |
good faith to spend the money that |
keeps California prosperous. 1t is |
claimed that 30, 600 automobiles from
other states visited California last |
year.
1t has been too cold and disagreeable |
to get around and see as much of the |
towns and points of interest as we
would like. We have had lots of time,
making but a little over 100 miles
day, but both of US have slight colds, |
and after brief walks around we feel
better indoors. We passed forest of |
derricks of oil wells coming into Bak-
ersfied, but none of the wells close
enough to the highway to see them |
working. Will probably have plenty |
of opportunity to see them later, as
they are scattered all over this part of |
the country.
The roads were better today than
yesterday, less broken down pavement. |
The new pavement is good, but most |
of the first-laid hard surface is going |
to pieces, and gangs of workmen are |
patching or rebuilding it all along the
line. | have yet to see as fine black |
top pavement, either new or old, as
that first laid on the Columbia River
Highway. A. D.Moe.