East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-09

TVERY day being borne upon that traffic motor
is raught with danger Few issues OF any paper are
- published in which fatal accident is not recorded
Pendeton is not immune Yesterday the name OF Daa
Brown the list of those who have gone on because
Insofar as local conditions are concerned there two vital
factors that enter into accidents One Of them is the
care exercised by drivers With that element each IN
dvdua driver the determining factor Either ne IS pru
dent driver he is careless Much depends on his own SAFETY
and the safety Of the occupants he may meet during his driving
Too much care not be taken by the individual
There another factor however that has entered into at
two accidents that have occurred west Of Pendeton with
surface the macadam highway The graye at the eages
the road and sometimes in the middle as we'll very otten e
held be that car light heavy When machine strikes this
surface it being driven at very high rate OF speed
Usually they succeed in escaping. Dad" Brown did not
cape. Neither did Californian who recently lost his life near
Barnhart when his overturned.
The tragedy of yesterday has brought to light stories to the
e @ GH o9e as in either
the fact remains that there is serious to autos
in the loose gravel at the edge OF the macadam roads
In the face these tragic Incidents it not too much to ask
the state that every preauon possible be taken to eliminate
crushed stone down firmly enough will offer less danger
to autosts then the packing surely should be done The
is said in no spirit finding with the state highway de-
partment the officials have had lots of destructive
criticism about condition of the road and they have been
trying to improve road They to the state and the
travelling public to continue working with it. The menace
should be mnmzed quickly and effectively possible
In the meantime every driver of car owes it himself and
to other drivers bear in mind that danger turks in the loose
gravel One may be complete master OF car whle on
firm roadway and he be able to drive rapidly and to take
encountered the story is altogether different The skilled drv
the both must take long chances when they do
anything except the most cautious driving where there is
any question about the roads
Most have the ambition of paying out their insurance
policies than have the beneficiary collect is usual
" profitable for all concerned to give oneself the benefit
of the when doubt exists Loose gravel roads
spells DOUBT in capital letters.
Deputy sheriffs in Umala county and special federal Off
GERS doing much needed house cleaning the
that been conducted during the past week in
which liquor voaors have been caught with the goods The
did start and the attitude of those who
spect the laws any criterion this time to stop KeeT
the broom out of the closet!
Bumper wheat and crops in prospect In tn lace Of
industrial conditions in this country today it is refreshing
TO that the farmers operating usual That assf
which makes the farmer the backbone of the nation
shining truth Those who prophets of disaster should
their toward the workers of the farms In the fa
and confidence displayed by these is the seed whic
will eventually eaven the whole lump of population
point the way to better times
Family poisoned by cake in New York, the headline
Evidently in which would have been better to have hat
the cake than to eat it.