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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1922
Page
12
A quirky old item notes a pavement called poulevant coat of crushed granite on Lincoln highway to Woroming ia and mentions an auto jug for speeding drivers. It also references water holes in Death Valley marked, a Fiji Island Fiji and a Ford tractor form with rubber tires, plus rubber collars and the idea that thinking is best policy.
The Automobile club of Southern California and the Automobile club of Western Washington publish ten driver safety points in a February issue. Tips include shifting on grades to avoid stalling, not cutting in after passing, avoiding passes at intersections, carrying extra light globes, using skid chains early in wet weather, braking with the clutch in rain, not relying on a single wheel chain, easing throttle in curves, crossing approaches with caution, and avoiding straddling tracks on slick streets.
President George C. Diehl of the American Automobile Association argues the 327,046,246 dollars paid in taxes last year suffice for car owners and opposes new levies like a gas tax and a 60 cent per horsepower tax. He sent statistics to Chairman Fordney of the House Ways and Means Committee noting 10,000,000 motor vehicle owners face heavy current taxation.
Ford Motor Co installs wireless telegraph and radiophone stations at Dearborn River Rouge Northridge and Detroit area plants with a fifth planned at Springfield Ohio. The system speeds interplant communication and brings closer organization. The Fordson price cut announced by wireless message marks a historic rapid disclosure.
The article lists separated taxes totaling about 322 million dollars for motorists, including federal excise taxes, state registration, gas taxes, and local license fees. Diehl denounces plans to raise funds for a soldiers bonus via a 50 cent per horsepower auto tax and a gasoline levy, calling it clan legislation and unfair.
The report lists multiple project updates including new gravel near Franklin and Lake Wilderness, a new concrete road two miles beyond Auburn, and improved gravel on several routes. Roads between Preeton Pall City and Reston Hellevur Merion show mixed progress with some sections open and others in good condition.
Washington report surveys a year of congressional sessions under President Harding. It contrasts promised reforms with repeated deadlocks on tariffs reapportionment veterans aid and foreign policy, while noting modest actions including feeding Russians and a roads bill, culminating in ongoing stalemate and unfulfilled goals.
Des Melacs to Taroma Highline in good condition with fresh gravel in spots. Concrete and continuous pavement open from Menton to Kaum Claw via Kent and Auburn. Vashon Island now open. rough stretches and loose gravel noted east of Bellevue. detours advised near Bellevue due to a slide two miles east. For more information call Main 6909.
A. A. Gray of Truck Tire explains Oldfield Tires rise in popularity through racing triumphs. He cites Indianapolis 1920, Union Town, Tacoma Speedway, and San Canions Speedway records, noting Jimmy Murphy's 111.3 mph average in the 260 mile event and the 30x34 999 tire.
Hops grown on the Lynch ranch near Yakima totaling about 660000 pounds yearly have been contracted to a New York buyer for five years at sixteen cents per pound.
Pacific coast college newspapers will receive wireless news, replacing telegraph service. Equipment is installed in Washington to exchange wireless updates with Oregon, O A C, California and Stanford.
Firemen fought a basement blaze at a Chinese laundry located at 1203 1205 Main. Origin undetermined, control achieved after a long effort. The building is a mortuary structure tied to the estate of recently deceased Mabel Collins.
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