East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-06
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GETTING AUTO LICENSE

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Anyone who contemplates touring
California and getting motor licenses
, for his car there needs to be fortified
i with all kinds of courage and patience,
.according to r. w. Cargin, Pondleton
tvman, who has just returned from a
\ trip to points in the southern coast
state. Mr.. Cargill did not have his
Oregon license yet when he started
on his trip south, and here are somH
of the things he had to do before he
finally got his plates:
Made three long distance telephone
calls, sent two kilograms, had his wife
write three letters, lost the use of the
car Is days while it stood in garages,
bought an extra city license. Mr.. Carr
gill did MOI say whether he expressed
himself in any way about all this trou-
BILE while he was having 1t. Here is o
/: record of his labors in securing a Ii
cense:
After purchasing a car in Pendle
ton during the latter part of Decem-
Der we went to Portland where we had
ordered the auto company to have our
state license sent. We had q license
applied for tag, which the agent said
was all we needed, but within 20
minutes after we arrived In Portland,
we were stopped by a policeman and
ordered to get a city license. AFTER
arriving at the police station, | was IN
formed that they would not issue a
city license without a bill Of sale OF the
car, and they also told me tina |
might telephone to Salem to see about
nv license. After phoning twice was
told that they might have been sent to
Pendleton.
For five days left the car In a
garage. Finally / secured q city IL
cense and used 1t while ! was driving
the car to the boat which carried us
to San Francisco. | had'to return the
license plate after getting on the
boat. I had sent orders back to PEN
dleton in the meantime to forward the
license plates to me. On arriving at
San Francisco we borrowed a dealers
license to get the machine into a gar
age. but we expected to receive our
plates within a short time.
After waiting four days ! sent 10
Pendleton to find what had become OF
the plates. A telegram came saying
that the plates had been received inc
were being forwarded. Imagine my
surprise when a few days later we re-
ceiyed a card from the post office say
ing that the licenses were being held
for the payment of IL cents postage
due. Then i wired the First National
Bank and asked them to pay the post
age and get the plates to us.
about this time we went again to
the vehicle department where we had
! been several times before in an effort
to get out of San Francisco. They
had told me that we must have our
old license plates besides $12 in order
TO make Identification possible. wen,
I took one telegram I had sent, one !
had received, the money required also
the card I had received from the post
office at Pendleton and my wire 10
swear that | was the man wanting inc
i license. We got by that time ana
started for Los Angeles. leaving IN
structions for our mail to be forward
ed.
"At Los Angeles several days later.
we got a notice that there was ~
cents due on license plates. We sent
back n dimes worth of stamps, aid
some more writing. sent another
dimes worth, and finally. after 4S
days Of waiting. we received the good
old Oregon license plates and 10 cents
in stamps.
Mr.. and Mrs. cargill have just re-
turned home. II anyone has a desire
tn revive fond memories in the minds
of the Pcndleton people. all that u
necessary is to ask them about license
plates and California treatment OF
tourists who happen not TO have theii
/ plates along with them.