The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-05
THE MOTOR DIGEST Auto Activities Through
 Out The World

According to Judge Edward j. Jef- fries of Detroit. Mich, driving slowly causes more accidents than fast driv- Ing. He advises motorists to drive fast and not gum up traffic.
 Joseph Frisch of Antigo, Ohio, ac- cidentally ran over and killed a young wolf while motoring along the highway at night. Frisch received $40 bounty, and has the wolfs skin, too.
 It is estimated that there are 3,500o00 motor vehicles, $500, 600 passenger cars and 100000 trucks on farms in the United States. which is more than 25 per cent of the total registration of automobiles of all kinds.
 King Alfonso of Spain, the dare devil motor ruler of Europe( recent ly made d fast and dangerous trip from Biarritz to Madrid over the mountains and around hairpin turns at an average speed of 90 miles an hour.
 Jimmy Murphy, automobile speed kirg, plans to leave for Europe, where he will drive an American car, built in Los Angeles, in the Italian Grand Prix at Monsa, on September 9, and in race at Barcelona, Spain, November 4.
 Because of the congestion of traf- fic in Paris, experiments are to be fndue Dy the use or several nunQreu single e-passenger cycle cars as taXls. The new taxicabs will not carry bag gage, but welcome feature is re- duction in fare of 90 per cent.
 It is illegal to display No Park ing sign in New York city without proper authority. Property owners who paint such signs on their side walks without the consent of the traffic division of the police depart ment are violating a city ordinance.
 According to the National Automo- bile Chamber of Commerce, 2,029, 900 automobiles and trucks were pro dGced in the United States during the first six months of this year. This compares with 1.161, 900 in the first six months of 1922, an increase of "A per cent.
 The Columbia River highway, in Oregon, known for its scenic beauty and wonderful engineering, now eX- tends from Pendleton to the sea, a distance of $40 miles. Two hundred and nineteen miles of the highway is continuous hard-surface paVem ent and the rest macadam.
 Anticipating another record influx of motorists next winter, $47,15S. 300 is being spent on road improvement in 30 of Floridas 63 counties. and large sums for road construction are available in the others. It is estI- mated that more than 100000 entered the state last winter.
 Milwaukee, Wis, has 31,500 motor cars, or more than the number reg istered in Belgium. This city also has 1900 trucks, as compared with 5000 in Belgium. In fact, there are many American cities which have a motor vehicle registration larger than number of foreign countries.
 At the request of the United States bureau of public roads and the National Research council, data regarding the cost of operation of motor vehicles in various sections of the country and on various types of reads are being. gathered by the American Automobile association and its affiliated clubs.
 Parents and guardians in Califor- mia who permit their cars to be op- erated by children who have not yet reached the age where they can ob- tain drivers permit are responsi- h!e for any negligent act of such cfild which results in personal in- jury or property damage. Practi- cally all states have laws similar to those of California.
 To prevent accidents by keeping the roads open for twoway traffic, parking of vehicles of all descrip- tions is prohibited on all state high