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$mmw: Pedestrians Of ten at Fault â- :.""... lit; AccWiiittsissiics^ In a statement issued by the Chi- cago Motor club, H. M. Brown, gen- eral manager, says that, a survey of it has been determined that the mem- bership of that organization indicates that the motorists are in hearty ac- cord witfli the program for safety being waged by the courts, the police, the coroner and the newspapers/ "There is only one danger that in our zeal we are likely to overlook," says Mr. Brown, "and that is to carry the campaign on to such a point that the pedestrian blames the motorics for all these accidents. The truth of the matt^l ;jis tb4t tlji private cijr; owner is not the offender he is be- lieved to be. The coroner's records show that in the five month period from January to May there were 265 deaths which were ascribed to auto- mobiles. The impression is that; these were catrsed by the owners of private cars driving down pedestrians. Sixty- three of these deaths were caused by trucks, 40 by taxicabs, 8 by collisions between automobiles amd5 tffjclrsf # were the result of carbon, monoxide poisoning, 14 drivers were killed when their cars weire struck :j^siree|vcs^|« railway trans or overturned in ditches; 10 occupants of cars were killed in a similar manner, one was, killed by hitching and one motorists died when his car took fire, and "the remainder, 126, were killed in accidents in which DON'T FORGET THAT the owners of passenger cars were in- volved* s llfThe coroner's records show that in :U?e > Worjty»of cases the motorist was. blatoielesi- Ihityhildrcn in many instances, according to witnesses, ran directly in the path of the cars, boys and men jumped from the rear of moving trucks directly in front of oncoming cars, persons passed from behind street cars directly in the face of oncoming tramc and it)fact if one will take the time as I have, to as- certain the factsf he will find that there is #c^m* lo# another campaign if the death rate is to be lowered and that the object of this campaign should be not the motorist but the pedestrian. vISK'.^^naf around the town I have noticed^ that the safety campaign has not served to make the pedestrian any more cautious. Several times when givfn;|t|e signal to go ahead by the officer oil the crossing I have noticed that the pestrians resented the pro* gress of the automobiles and on sev- eral occasions I have been up-braided by pedestrians for obeying the of- ficers signal. Then, too, I have noticed crowds collecting on street corners, many of the individuals in the crowd standing out well toward the center of the street, and many is the motorist who has been told the error of his ways by these volunteer traffic directors when he attempted "So long as pedestrians believe that motorists are drivers of juggernaut cars, so long will accidents continue. It is only when motorists and pedes- trians realizes that each has a share of responsibility that we will reduce jaccidentt.-â€"-*~?^.....â- â€¢â- -: "It is interesting to note that in seven months, fifty deaths occurred on boulevards out of a total of 393, proving that the boulevard is the safe place for the motorists to drive and 'for the; pedestrian to cross^ â- â- â- $-&MM Minna Road Marked By Detour from Elk Higgins road is open from the forest preserve west into Dundee with a long detour still in force from Elk Grove to the Rohlwing road. This detour over graveled county roads runs north from Elk Grove on the Elmhurst road, turns west with the Algonquin road, make a turn in the proper manner, j and south again to the pavement via the Rohlwing road. Into Dundee the highway is reported to be in fair con- dition* ;« '/*â- . ^cv-wâ- ?.:.. Detours 'IndkM^^Oii^^?- North Sheridan Road Two detours on Sheridan road - are mentioned in this week's report on the Yellowstone trail Both are marked and are over pavement on Green .Bay road. One is ffom Glencoe to High- land Park, around bridge construction, and the other runs from lake Bluff to North Chicago, around concrete con- struction on the road past Great Lakes Naval .station./' •-.': "Viv- \\r^v;>':C'i'<'," '.<â- . ,Other detours on *J« trail-;-"ip&i*» Miles City, Mont; to Forsyth, rt marked over" good road, and a detour at Farmer, O. Otherwise trail is reported open and m good con- dition. The road will be open at least until the end of September. Y0am stone park Iptels*close;..$ttimwxm but campers are admitted after that date. ipei &:£0'i%£'- â- â- â- â- â- â- â-  â- â- â- -'-â- â€¢' -• â- â- 'â- 'Sâ- â- â- â€¢i-- â-  >*'â-  â- '-'"' •.-.•â- -â- â-  ]^|£SiSf^ PAVING WORK Latest reports on the paving work made by the state highway department m Springfield show that 550 miles have I been constructed this year. Somer;>«#' this mileage is still curing, but the i are- closing- rapidly -^md nwsr ?Of through state routes are in service ;&* §ftff| :\a present the state. reports 9,500 :me^,|i^::tlf Igf v;:;: 2,100 teams at work. :.-.â- .;.;||||j||^ â- â- â- â- â-  â- â€¢ S^^.uu^ • Htabai*l (as wSfe/Zsnifts-geamg^M •" That. reminds ine. Imust stop-m^^M' boiler factory on the way home. ** fci#^f§f|§lif^ mmmm^mm^mmmmm^m t*S"?i ,:<â- â-  .â- ;â- â- - â- >'" ** â- Â» â-  !;•*--::£&> S-.«l «fe â- .....;.......... • l :l &*% .<$"?*â-  â- **!.â- . 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The most effective and silent type is generally the more susceptible to de- rangement and will give trouble sooner than the less efficient. From time to time, , all mufflers should be cleaned, as a con- siderable amount of carbon deposits ac- cumulates in them. As these deposits not only tend to Sncrease the back pressure, but also tend to hold the heat of the exhaust, the muffler should be cleaned at least once a year. Clean out all accumula- tions-of- soot and oil and clean the muffler thoroughly with kerosene be- fore reassembling. If the holes in the partition walls are clogged, ream out thoroughly with a three-cornered file, making sure that all residue is removed and that none remains to lessen th£ di- ameter of these passages. Mufflers are often seriously damaged or broken by the ignition testing methods so common- ly used. The engincris7 run at a rather high rate of speed, and then the ignition switch is turned over to another ignition or off entirely. Only for a moment, however, when it is again turned on. But m,the interval that has elapsed, several charges of unburned gas have been forced rato the muffler. The momentum of the fly-wheel has carried the pistons and valves through a cycle of operation. When the ignition switch is again thrown on this same momentum actuates the breaker mechanism and a cylinder fires. Qften, a flash of flame is forced into the muffler, the unburned gases are ignited and an explosion occurs which often Causes serious damage. S | Overheating of the muffler, may be caused by carburetor trouble, valves out of time, too late ignition or clogged muf- flers. Such a condition, however, is gen- erally the result of something by wnich the mixture is not completely burned in the combustion chambers, but continues burn in the exhaust pipe and muffler. A too rich mixture burns slowly and wilt still -be bunting~wherr^the^pxhaust valve opens. 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