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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-08-16
|[LITTLE .STORIES. OF THE WEEK

Kathleen Flesher came home
from a weeks visit in Spokane
Monday night night.
Rev. P. Smith, of Walla Walla
will preach Sunday at the Beth
lehem Lutheran church.
Charles Parks of the Courier
Reporter force, left Sunday for
weeks vacation in Portland and
Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Coult and
children are visiting his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Coult. They
are planning to settle in Kenne-
wick.
Mrs. Wilnnot Gravenslund gave
q porch supper Sunday in honor
of her husbands birthday. The
Iguests were the Mclean and Bent
ley families.
j. H. Siegfried and family are
taking a vacation on the coast.
While away he will represent the
local Kiwanis club at the annual
convention at Aberdeen.
Mrs. j. M. Hawkins entertained
yesterday afternoon compliment
airy to Mrs. Fred Berry. Fourteen
ladies were present and enjoyed
q social time. The hostess served
refreshments.
Miss Evelyn Serier left Friday
! for Seattle. She will spend two
weeks vacation there and in Port
land. Miss Myrtle Williams of
Yakima is in charge of the Eve
Ilyn Shoppe.
| H. r. Vibber and w. L. Marsh
attended the merchants conven-
ton in Seattle the last of the
week. Mr.. Marsh also did some
buying for the ladies' department
he is putting in.
Mrs. T. w. Payne and Mrs. C.
E. Hitler and daughters, Bonnie
and Viola, spent a few days in
Walla Walla the first of the week,
at the home of Mrs. Payne's sis
ter.
H DR.. F. u. Spaulding and wife
and Mrs. H. Kimball and daugh-
ter drove up from Portland and
4 visited at the home of his broth
er, DIR. L. G. Spaulding until Mon
day.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Moulton had as
guests over Sunday his sister,
Mrs. Ida Seeley and daughter,
Miss Marion, of Maquota, Iowa,
and her son, Horace and family OF
Seattle.
Kennewick friends have receiv
ed news Of the birth of daught
er, Betty Ruth, to Mr.. and Mrs
G. A. Peterson, at Prescott, Ore
gon. Mrs. Peterson was formerly
Vera Newkirk.
M. H. Church is in the hospital
at Yakima having undergone ar
operation the last of the week
Mrs. Church and daughter are al
SO in Yakima and reports receiv-
ed say he is doing as well as car
be expected.
Mrs. Nellie Shaughnessy has re-
turned from a months visit with
her sons in Seattle and Port Ange.
les. She Also saw Mr.. and Mrs
William Dircksen, who used tt
live in Kennewick. They are il
business at Port Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Hoopel
/ are enjoying q visit with their
Il children, Mrs. James Craver, O
Freewater, Milton, Los Angelo
II acame Tuesday. Milton is employee,
II as floor decorator at Dayas & Go
II lin L. A. and is on his vacation.
II Miss Esther Malchow was cues
: of honor at a picnic supper in tn
Il park last evening. The affair wa
II given by seven of her girl friend
II to celebrate her twenty-firs
Il birthday. Supper was eaten b
II candle light from the birthda
II cake.
II r. K. Wooden has traded his 3
acre tract in Section 9 to J. T
Cox for an 80 acre stock far1
II near Newport. Mr. Cox is tskin
h ossession at one and Mr.. Woode
ana family are moving into IA
McReynold's house on Kennewic
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-08-16

Marvin Carnahan was in Seattle
the last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Coult were in
Walla Walla Friday.
Edwin Behrman was over from
WaIla Walla Sunday.
j. H. Wilks was in Walla Walla
the last of the week.
Miss Glenna Kincaid is helping
in the office of the Church Mfg.
Co.
Wilbur Copp of Colvile was a
visitor at the E. C. Durdle home
this week.
C. S. Knowles will leave the last
of the week for Seaside to join
Mrs. Knowles.
A. /. Smith and Mrs. ] Smith
spent the weekend with relatives
at Moscow, Idaho.
A. A. Anderson and family re-
turned Sunday from two weeks
vacation at Mt. Adams.
Donald and Gale Campbell und-
erwent tonsil operations at the
Linn hospital Wednesday.
Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Johnson, Wednesday,, August Is,
a son, at the Linn hospital.
i rs Q
M. Stuber, a Highland rancher,
has moved into Mr.. Killers small
house on Ave. E in Garden Tracts.
Mrs. II. B. Terrill has been a
patient at the Linn hospital, where
she underwent minor operation
The Epworth League will give a
pie social in the basement of the
M. E. church, Wednesday, August
90.
n. E. Oliver and family are
spending the week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Kinkaid at Baker, Ore
gon.
Miss Louise Anderson is taking
her vacation this week and visit
ing her brother, Earl, in Ellens-
burg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh or San
Diego California, are visiting Al
the home Of their son, w. l.
Marsh.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Byrd, and
Miss Leota took Mrs. w. F. Byrc
home to Yakima Saturday ane
spent Sunday there.
Prof. C. H. Milan, who formerly
taught in the Kennewick schools
has been elected principal Of The
Edmonds high school.
i Mrs. j. w. Tippie, Mrs. w. w
Burris and Mrs. Floyd Emil ant
sons Eugene and Laurence wer'
in Walla Walla Friday.
Mrs. A. M. Chellis and daugh
from q six weeks visit with rela
tives in Kansas. Mr.. Chellis drov
!. to Pendleton to meet them.
The W. C. T. U. will meet wit
Mrs. Lucy Wilsey at her HON
on the corner of Washington an
3rd street on August 21st. at 2:3(
/ Verne Lewis, of the Contra
Grocery force, is taking his vaca
ton this week and is putting II
the time improving his residence
| The sewing circle of the w. Q
M. L. met with Mrs. Irwin Liste,
Tuesday afternoon. They enjoye'
q social time and Mrs. Liston ser
we'd refreshments.
! Mrs. Dora Mounsey attended tn
state convention of the America
Legion Auxiliary last week a
Centralia and visited relatives an
friends in Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. h. Hulet an
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Slauger
haupt returned Sunday night fror
+ Seattle where they had been al
: tending the merchants exposition
Miss Luella Groz, of Colville
$ a house guest at the E. G. Durd
t home this week. She was guest
= honor at the home Of Miss Dor
y thy Carlen Tuesday. The youn
ladies are old school mates.
D The members Of the Bachelor
J. Club had a get-together breakfas
n Sunday at Bachelors hall. judi
8 ing by the length 6f time it too
n the meal must have been q hear1
e one, and all enjoyed themselves
k The 4th division Of the M.
Aid will hold q cooked food sal
Saturday of this week in the bull
mo next to tbs Ffggly Wlgg
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Evening star., 1928-06-10
DRIVERS STEP ON GAS
TO BEAT RED LIGHTS
Check in Baltimore Shows IL Out
Of 300 scoot Past Stop
Signal.
speetal 1lsnateh . The elar.

Gpec3sl Dispatch 70 The Star
BALTIMORE. June 9.-~Motorists for
the most part abide by the automobile
traffic signals. but there are still a few
VINO step on the gas" and speed on
when the red" or stop signal Is show
ing. according 70 police 0fIiciais.
To secure frst-hand information as
10 the number Of machines which kept
on going when the amber" or caution
signal, or the "red" was shining in the
signal device, check was made one
night this week ~ one Of the outlying
corners where traffic is controlled by
automatic lights, From 1890 until
II 80 approximately 300 automobiles
passed this intersection, Eleven drty-
ers. including the operator OF United
States msii truck. deliberately drove
past the stop" light. Twenty-Five ma
chimes failed 10 stop when the amber
signal flashed on
Close observation by the watcher dis
closed that drivers of the majority of
cars which failed 10 observe the red
light slowed up a bit before reaching
the cross intersection They were seen
~ ti7en glance 10 the right. left and
/ behind before speeding up again.
Police say that many motorists WIN
are halted for n1n~obEefvance of the
amber signal assert ignorance Of It's
meaning. The motorists claim, police
state. that they we're under the i'm
preston that they were only supposed
/ ~ stop when The red light was on. -
Excuses Ut this sort are rarely taken by
islf police, aild summons ~ the tTsffic
/ court III the IsUai procedure
Evening star., 1928-06-10
ACKNOWLEDGE
I'LL OUeY America
THEFlNECAR
OFLOW PRICE

praise and backed it with the
sincere endorsement of en-
thusiastic buying.
And with Oldsmobile's bril-
liant performance becoming a
matter of common knowledge,
that public acceptance has
grown and grown.
1t proclaims this product of
General Motors as more than
just a new car. It stamps it as
the creation of an entirely ,,ew
class of motor cars. 1t recog~
nizes that in this class of cars
Oldsmobile stands alone-The
Fine Car of Low Price!
Only by driving the newOlds-
mobile can you understand
how completely it merits the
enthusiastic admiration it is
exciting!-why thousands are
buying Oldsmobile. Come take
that drive today
Evening star., 1928-06-10
AUTO TOLL OF 251,O75 LIVES
ESTIMATED SINCE YEAR 1896
7,532,250 Injured in Steadily Gaining Total
of Hig ghway Accidents-26,618
Deaths In 1927.

rate of increase continue. It Is note
worthy fact that while the number OF
deaths per 100000 population has
steadily increased, the number OF deaths
per registered motor vehicle has steadily
decreased until 1927. This would In
dicate that even though the Saturation
point for motor vehicles we're ap-
preached, the number of deaths result
ing from highway accidents would con-
tinue to increase with the mounting
population Therefore, II the regis
tration OF automobiles should fan Off
in future years, the number OF deaths
per motor car would rapidly mount.
The point at which this change would
come about seems TO have been ap-
preached in 1927, when the number OF
motor cars registered for each highway
fatality decreased from 869 to 86S, al
though in previous years the rlmber
OF cars per death had been rapidly
mounting.
In 1911 there was one death for every
3l3 registered motor cars In 1922
there were 637 cars for each fatality:
IN 1923, 667 cars; in 1924, 755 cars:
in 1925, Bis cars in 1926. 36e cars In
1927, for the first time since the begin
ming OF automotive transportation, this
ratio began to fall and there was one
fatality for every s6S automobiles This
indicates almost conclusively that even
though contemplated falling Of In
the registration of automobiles should
occur, the increase in population would
cause the number of highway Acci-
dents to increase, particularly as these
accidents involve pedestrians.
Programs Of Education.
Such trend seems TO place the re-
sponsibility for large part of the in
crease In fatal highway accidents on
the pedestrian. 1t cannot be inter-
preted 20 mean that pedestrians are
becoming more careless, but that they
are increasing in numbers to such an
extent that they increase the hazard
Of the streets.
That any immediate check In the
number of highway accidents occurring
each year may be obtained Is not prob
able. A large number of cities have.
however. managed to reduce their an
nual toll through programs OF educa-
ton and pedestrian control The
American Road Builders Association
conducted campaign during 1927 In
which large number Of these cities
co-opcrated. many Of them celebrating
upon the plans originally outlined by
the association. Such work should Be
continued by all organizations which
have the means and resources for work.
ing in behalf of highway safety Even
tuaily the toll Of the road and street
may be held within a reasonable fznre
Courtesy and caution are the solution
Evening star., 1928-06-10
BY CHARLES M. UPHAM,

Director. American Road Builders Association
Since the year 1896 an estimated
25l ,075 persons have been Killed and
1882, $50 injured in highway accidents
The casualties have steadily risen dur
ing these 80 years. until in 1927 the
total deaths we're 26,6l8 and the total
injuries 98,700.
What price progress? Are these
steadily mounting accidents an essen
tial by-product OF highway tranSporta-
ton? Or are they the result of faulty
adaptation of the human being TO the
Nations transportation progress?
Some Accidents Unavoidable.
A study OF highway accidents will
unquestionably show both to be par
tally true certain number OF serious
accidents are unavoidable. A far
larger number, however. are the price
OF careless and discourteous individual
conduct
No completely accurate statistics of
highway accidents are available. Re-
ports which are available. however,
serve as an adequate basis for con-
servatiyely estimating the penalty the
Nation is paying for careless and dis
courteous conduct of its pedestrian and
automotive tra1ic.
In 1896 Detroit newspaper records
in glaring type the first fatal automo-
bile accident. Only Is cars we're known
to be In use in the country at that
time. Twenty-Five had been manufac-
tured. Fifteen years later, 1911, the
toll was 2,043 human lives. The annual
death record steadily mounted until by
1921 highway accidents had exacted a
total OF 100000 human lives. Since
1921 the number of death is recorded
by the American Road Builders Asso-
citation as 14l ,427, and the number Of
serious injuries at 4.242,8l0. The
Hoover conference method of statisti-
cal computation was used In arriving
at these estimates, which are believed
conservative.
1t is difficult to place an approximate
figure on the economic loss resulting
from highway accidents. The Hoover
conference has adopted a system
which has been universally approved
The computation is made on the basis
of $4,000 insurance liability for each
life, and approximate computations for
loss resulting from injuries and prop
erty damage Not considering minor
| property damage such as broken glass
or damaged tenders. the figures for the
80 years may be conservatively placed
at s3.765, 900 900 for property damage,
81 ,3l7 .75o, 900 for loss resulting from
injuries and Sl.255,00o. 900 for loss Of
lite. The total figure would be some
thing like s6,337 100000.
Figures Show Menace.
These figures are not only spectac-
ular: they are indicative of the i'm
| portance of the highway accident men,
ace. The National Safety Council pre-
diets that 10000 persons will be killed
in the year 1885 II the present motor
vehicle toll and population continue TO
| increase. The American Road Build
ers Association estimates the number
| OF deaths for 1889 at SO, 900. should the
Evening star., 1928-06-10
INTERESTING and particularly
significant statistics bearing
on traffic conditions in Wash

A. v
significant statistics bearing
on traffic conditions in Wash
. ington were compiled last
week in the prolific statistical bu-
reau Of the Traffic Department
which show most impreSsively, in
their cold fashion, that the in
tenSive campaign Of Traffic Direc-
tor William H. Harland to make
the streets safer for the motoriSt
and the pedestrian is producing
results, even in the face of ever
mounting odds.
The statistics give comparison
of the accidents and fatalities
charged up to traffic for the first
five months of 1927 and 1928. In
this period of last year there was
a total of 2,24S accidents, 35 of
which resulted in fatalities and
1.l04 in injuries. For the same
five months of this year the fig
ure is lower materially in each
instance. with the lone exception
of the deaths. and these stood at
the close of May just 2 under the
record of 35 at the end of the cor
RESPONDING month in 1927.
These figures, OF course. tell
their own story. but there is yet
cne conclusion to be drawn from
them-the collisions are more Sc
we're and the pedestrians are be-
ing struck with more force, which
naturally indicates that speeding
has been a more potent factor
this year than last.
Decrease This Year.
The total number of accidents
In the first five months Of 1927
was 2,245 The figure for the cor
responding period this year is
1858, a decrease of SIS. This. in
itself, is quite a notable achieve
ment. particularly in view of the
increased number Of vehicles in
operation in Washington this
year.
There were 900 injuries caused
by these 1858 accidents, or 184
less than resulted from the 2,246
accidents in the five-month period
Of 1927 In this instance, the fig
ureS show that while the accident
total is lower this year, the aver
Va AAAI&AA~ ENA eNNAA%AAN Az
considerably higher.
It is interesting to note that the
greatest number Of accidents in
any one Of the five months oc-
Cured in April of beth years. In
1927 the total reached SIT. This
year. however, it stood at $40.
January was the worst month
for fatalities this year Eleven
were recorded in that month.
April came second. with 8. Feb
ruary and May are charged with
4 each, while March is credited
with 6.
Four Fatalities in April.
The highest number OF fatalities
In any one month in 1927 was 8,
February, March and May being
charged with each. April had
the low record of 4, and January
ranked second with Z.
The accidents. by months, for
the two years are as follows:
Evening star., 1928-06-10
CAR THEFTS DROP.

Special Dispatch 10 The star.
BALTIMORE. June 9.-Automobile
thievery in Baltimore is on the de-
crease, IL the police records for the
first five months Of this year, compared
can be taken as criterion.
Records at police headquarters show
that 1888 machines were stolen from
January l until May 81. In 1927 the
five-month period showed total OF
1888 thefts
According TO the police, more than
90 per cent of the machines reported
missing by their owners had been taken
for ''joy-rides."
In all cases OF unauthorized use OF
automobiles. magistrates OF the Traffic
Court impose jail sentences on those
found guilty: A sentence OF 80 days in
jail is usually the punishment rneted
out to first offenders" records of the
Traffic Court show.
Evening star., 1928-06-10

The highly developed automobile tire
of today bears small resemblance to its
forbear. the worlds first pneumatic
automobile tire, introduced in France.
as long ago as 1895.
That tire was big affair-over 4
feet in diameter. though little larger in
cross-section than a modern motor cycle
tire. 1t wasn't much to look at: and
the few car builders OF the day were not
willing TO try 1t out So to prove that
the tire would actually support car.
car was built for it--and then the
car was entered in the Paris Bordeaux
race OF 1895.
The car was a ramshackie affair
built of a tiny motor and q pick up
chassis. A good wind would probably
Evening star., 1928-06-10
Four Fatalities in April.

While elated somewhat over the
results Of the accident prevention
Campaign this year in the light
OF these statistics, Mr.. Harland is
firmly convinced that further i'm
provement can be made AID he is
determined that IL shall. At the
end Of the current calendar year
he hopes to report to the Comnais-
sioners a traffic accident record at
least SO per cent lower than the
figure of 4,78l in 1927.
The initial installment of Wash
ington's new traffic signal devices
arrived last week and caused
traffic authorities to hasten plans
for their installation. There were
620 signal lights in the shipment
the largest number, incidental
IL. ever purchased in single Or
der. Two hundred additional
lights are TO be ordered. however
gram Of installations approved re-
Gently by the Commissioners after
the sanction Of Chairman Sim
mons Of the House appropriations
committee and the Federal Bu-
Teau oil Emciency.
The new lights are aluminium
and are slightly different in de-
sign than those which are now
flashing their orders TO Washing
ton motorists. The difference be-
tween the old and new lights can
not be detected except upon close
examination, however.
Old Ones OF Cast Iron.
The old signals are cast iron,
and, Of course, considerably
heavier than the new aluminium
lights. The new signals also are
smaller In dimensions and have a
curved shell. while the shell Of
the lights now In operation is
hezagonai in shape,
With the adoption by the Com
nnisgi0ners Of the uniform left
turn regulation proposed by Mr..
Harland, move will be made TO
abolish some Of the Ieft~turn pro-
isibitionS on r and q streets be-
tween Tenth and Fifteenth streets.
The prohibition of left turns on
these two streets has been the
i3anc of motorists ever since they
were established Sporadic out
breaks VI criticism have fallen on
deaf ears In the past. but with
e. standard left-turn rule such "a
Will be put into effect, traffic au~
tnoritie8 believe that the mo Left
Turn" posts can be removed with
out causing serious interference
with the traffic moving east and
west On the two main thorough
fares through the business sec
ton.
The Traffic Department, Incl
fentaIIy, ls not responsible for thf
ban Oh left turns on n and q
e1reets The rule against then
vas an arbitrary edict OF thF
Police Department. intended orig
Iuaily 10 be limited 10 the Christ
mas holiday period Of 1925 Bu'
Elipl. of Police Edwin Is. Hesge ap'
Darently liked the arrangement
and never ordered the restoration
of the left turns.
inconvenience on Bridge.
The uniform LEFT turn rule q
prescribed In the amended tram
code which will become effectlV
this week requires vehicles y
keep AS far 10 the right as pos
sibie upon approaching an inter
section and wait for the pr0pe
signal before turning, The rul
iR the same as that now IN effec
st intersections controlled by tf8f
&c lights, and the amended traff
code makes It's applicable 70 inter
sections where traffic officers ar
on duty,
The 4esufiaeing and repairing O
Evening star., 1928-06-10
The First Road Bill.

Federal road building began with the
National Pike" or Cumberland Road. :"
said to have been the original concep-
ton of George Washington. On March
28. 1906, President jefferson signed the
bill appropriating $4,000 for q preiirn-
mary survey and actual work vas begun
not long after.
Evening star., 1928-06-10
E5TE76l
- !

so | am looking for a car
that ! can handle easily
one that I'll feel sat, in, TOO.
A friend of mine suggested
an Oldsmobile.
She was a little nervous
about driving at the start of
the demonstration. but final
ly consented to try.
Why, how easily il starrsl"
she exclaimed, as the car
pulled smoothly away.
She slipped through traffic
without a sign of uncertain
", the gentle but sure action
of the 4-wheel brakes, the
easy gear-shifting and steer
ing, all combining 10 give
her perfect assurance.
Evening star., 1928-06-10
Modern Highly Developed Auto Tire
Strikingly Superior to Original Type

have damaged It, Except for its pneu-
matte tires 1t would surely have been
knocked apart by the impact of the
road. But, thanks to the pneumatics,
it held together In fact. for brief pc
riods 1t attained the then hair raising
speed Of 80 miles an hour
II did not win the race. for there
were dozens of blowouts on the way,
not TO mention several fires from short
circuits. But, nevertheless. the event
proved that pneumatic tires were prac-
tical.
Evening star., 1928-06-10

Miss G. is a nodern-day
business woman. She needed
a car in her business-and
wanted it for her recreation
as well. So she came in TO
look at an Oldsmobile.
Although l used TO drive
the family car back home.
I'm far from being a good
driver said Miss C. =.
Evening star., 1928-06-10
ClMIil|e-a. {
" \

After half an hour OF driving,
both in town and on the
open highway, Miss G.
parked the car in front of the
salesroom.
Il haven't the slightest biz
of fear in this car, she said.
1T holds the road so wellI
| see, now. what you meant
when YOU were explaining
about its low center of grsv-
ity.
''lrrides comfortably, tool
| suppose that's because it
has hydraulic shock absorb
ers, And its appearance is
just perfectl The finish and
lines of this Fisher body are
lovelyl
Think this will he the best
Investment | haveever
made she added. Why,
Sgeas can drive il any place
with absolute confidence. "
Come take f6&f drirt today
Evening star., 1928-06-10

A Ii over America it is
"A becoming clear that Olds-
mobile has done a very i'm
portant thing. 1t has opened
the fine car field to thousands
once barredby price!
This new car provides quiet,
smooth performance, and the
flowing power of a high-com-
preston engine. 1t embodies
the restful comfort of silenced
interiors and Lovejoy hydrau~
lie shock absorbers. The strik~
ing new bodies by Fisher excel
in smartncss of appearance and
handsome appointments.
All these elements arc offered
in that perfect balance which
has identified high~priced cars.
Andnoonc needpay premium
to enjoy these qualities.
Motordom was quick to recog-
nizc this fact. 1.-TWO years
ahead" critics and engineers
said. The public took up their