Part 3

_What was the background of Father Junipero Serra?_ He was a native of Majorca, and held the chair of philosophy at the university there when he was chosen to Christianize the Indians. Before coming to California he spent several years in Mexico, teaching in the College of San Fernando and attaining wide influence among the descendants of the Aztecs as a spiritual leader.

_How many capitals has California had?_ Five—Monterey, San Jose, Vallejo, Benicia and Sacramento. Vallejo was capital twice, the first time in 1851-2 and again in 1853.

_For whom is Truckee named?_ For one of Fremont’s Indian guides.

_When was the old Bale Mill, near St. Helena, built?_ In 1846. However, the present 40 foot wheel is a replacement for the original much smaller one.

_When was the Butterfield stage line established?_ In 1858. It ran from St. Louis to San Francisco, the longest stage line in the world.

_Did the United States make any effort to acquire California prior to the war with Mexico?_ Yes. The United States offered to buy this province from Mexico in 1835.

_Where was California’s first railroad?_ Between Sacramento and Folsom. It was opened on February 22, 1856.

_What was the first American flag ship to sail into California waters?_ The Otter, out of Boston, entered the Bay of Monterey in 1796.

_Was the hydraulic method of mining ever used outside the Mother Lode?_ Yes. The largest of all hydraulic workings, the La Grange mine, is near Weaverville, and the method has been used in many places outside of California.

_Who first travelled the route across Nevada taken later by the Pony Express?_ This route is credited to a party of scouts sent from Salt Lake City in 1854 by Brigham Young. The route was followed later by the stages and is approximately that of the Lincoln Highway.

AUTOMOBILE ANECDOTES

The California Division of Highways, says Assistant District Engineer H. S. Miles, has often cautioned drivers about horseplay while operating a motor vehicle. Recently a report was received by the Division on an accident that left no doubt as to which category it belonged. In response to the question, “_Who in your opinion was at fault?_” the driver wrote:

“_The horse. As I was passing a group of horses on the roadway at a slow speed, two of them started to play and one backed up and sat down on the right front fender, causing a large dent._”

In Helena, Mont., a motorist took a bite out of a ripe plum while driving his car. Deciding he didn’t like it, he tossed it out of the car window.

Where do you think it landed? On the windshield of a Highway Patrolman. The motorist was fined for dumping garbage on the highway.

Montreal police swear this story is true. They received a telephone complaint from a man reporting the theft of his automobile’s steering wheel, dashboard, and brake, gas and clutch pedals. Police promised an immediate investigation.

A few moments later, however, the phone rang again. The same man said they needn’t bother. He had got into the back seat of his car by mistake and thought it was the front seat.

In Monroe, Wis., motorists picketed the city hall after officials decided to raise the fine for parking violations to one dollar.

It formerly was 10 cents.

In Toronto, a motorist hit a hole in a road and his car careened into a jewelry store window.

City authorities approved out-of-court settlements of $2,084 to the driver and $5,125 to the storekeeper. The hole was fixed for $7.

“_Did you get his license number?_” Oregon highway patrolmen asked a motorist after his car was struck by a hit-and-run driver.

“_I sure did_,” he replied. “_I grabbed it as he drove away._”

He handed them the license plate.

SHAKESPEARE ON MOTOR TRAFFIC

_Traffic-strangled motorists who tend to long for the “good old days” might well face the fact that things were no better then. In witness whereof we give you this late report on early road conditions by that peerless commentator, William Shakespeare, late of Stratford-on-Avon, England, as recently recorded in the New York Times Magazine_:

“The horn, the horn, the lusty horn Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.” —_As You Like It._

“These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draw out our miles and make them wearisome.” —_Richard II._

“Give me that mattock and the wrenching iron.” —_Romeo and Juliet._

“Oh, let him pass.” —_King Lear._

“A very dangerous flat.” —_The Merchant of Venice._

“He must needs go that the devil drives.” —_All’s Well That Ends Well._

“What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?” —_Macbeth._

“Traffic confound thee.” —_Macbeth._

“Smile, once more: turn thy wheel.” —_King Lear._

“Is this a holiday?” —_Julius Caesar._

“I can no further crawl, no further go.” —_A Midsummer Night’s Dream._

“I must shift.” —_The Merry Wives of Windsor._

“With what strict patience have I sat.” —_Love’s Labour’s Lost._

Riders of the Andes At the Grand National OCTOBER 28 TO NOVEMBER 6

The famed “Riders of the Andes,” elite cavalry troop of the Army of Chile, will be featured at the Grand National Livestock Exposition, Horse Show and Rodeo to be held in the San Francisco Cow Palace October 28 to November 6. Termed the world’s most spectacular group of horsemen, the 32 riders and horses will come to the Cow Palace as the result of two years of negotiations and a special decree of the Chilean Congress.

The National Hereford Show and Sale and the Pacific Coast Aberdeen-Angus Association Show and Sale are part of the livestock exposition, one of the nation’s “big six” shows.

New classes have been added to the national full-division horse show.

Top-ranking contestants of the United States and Canada will ride in the championship rodeo.

Regular performances will be held each of the ten evenings, starting at 8 o’clock, with matinees on the Saturdays and Sundays of October 29 and 30 and November 5 and 6, starting at 2 o’clock. Prices will range from $1.25 to $3.50.

An added performance this year will be a children’s matinee Friday, November 4, with a universal admission price of 50 cents.

COMING EVENTS

_Community Events in northern and central California and Nevada, scheduled for September and October, are listed below. Dates and data are subject to change. Information on events may be secured from any office of the Association._

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 1-11: _Sacramento_, California State Fair. Sept. 2-4: _Lakeport_, Lake County Fair and Horse Show. Sept. 3-4: _Concord_, Trail Ride and Show. Sept. 3-5: _Weed_, Italian Carnival. Sept. 3-5: _McArthur_, Inter-Mountain Fair, Horse Show and Rodeo. Sept. 3-5: _Nevada City_, Pelton Wheel Diamond Jubilee. Sept. 3-5: _Pebble Beach_, Labor Day Mercury Regatta, Stillwater Cove. Sept. 3-5: _Mariposa_, Mariposa County Fair, Horse Show and Rodeo. Sept. 3-5: _Fort Bragg_, Paul Bunyan Celebration. Sept. 4-6: _Tulelake_, Tulelake-Butte Valley Fair. Sept. 4-30: _Santa Cruz_, Statewide Watercolor Show. Sept. 5: _Stockton_, Labor Day Parade. Sept. 9: _Santa Cruz_, Admission Day Celebration. Sept. 10-11: _Truckee_, Donner Lake Boat Races. Sept. 12-18: _San Jose_, Santa Clara County Fair. Sept. 14-18: _Orland_, Glenn County Fair and Rodeo. Sept. 15: _Lodi_, Merchants Festival. Sept. 15-18: _Reno_, Nevada, Washoe County Fair and Horse Show. Sept. 15-18: _San Francisco_, Art Festival, Civic Auditorium. Sept. 16-18: _Auburn_, District Fair and Horse Show. Sept. 16-18: _Kerman_, Harvest Festival. Sept. 16-18: _Lodi_, Grape Festival and National Wine Show. Sept. 18: _Walnut Creek_, Folk Dance Festival, City Park. Sept. 18: _Napa_, Junior Horse Show. Sept. 18: _Grass Valley_, Barbecue and Gymkhana, Fair Grounds. Sept. 18: _Santa Rosa_, Home Defense Day Parade. Sept. 18-25: _Saratoga_, “Design at Home” Show, Villa Montalvo. Sept. 22-24: _Sanger_, Grapebowl Festival. Sept. 22-25: _Madera_, District Fair. Sept. 22-25: _Watsonville_, Santa Cruz County Fair and Horse Show. Sept. 22-25: _Walnut Creek_, Walnut Festival. Sept. 23-25: _Boonville_, Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show. Horse Show and Rodeo. Sept. 24-25: _Sonoma_, Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival. Sept. 30-Oct. 2: _Hollister_, San Benito County Fair, Bolado Park. Sept. 30-Oct. 9: _Fresno_, District Fair.

OCTOBER

Oct. 1: _San Anselmo_, Grape Festival, Sunny Hills. Oct. 2: _Chico_, Horse Show. Oct. 6-9: _Pittsburg_, Columbus Day Celebration. Oct. 6-9: _Turlock_, Blue Ribbon Horse Show. Oct. 13-16: _Hanford_, Kings County Fair and Rodeo. Oct. 15: _Woodland_, Kiddie Pet Parade. Oct. 15: _Fowler_, Fowler Fall Festival. Oct. 28-30: _Fresno_, Cotton Folk Dance Festival, Memorial Auditorium. Oct. 28-Nov. 6: _San Francisco_, Grand National Livestock Exposition, Horse Show and Rodeo. Cow Palace. Oct. 29-30: _San Rafael_, Chrysanthemum Festival. Oct. 29-Nov. 1: _Ross_, Chrysanthemum Festival. Oct. 30: _Fresno_, Folk Dance. Memorial Auditorium.

STATE FAIR _Sacramento, Sept. 1 to 11_

All the best of the Golden State—in agricultural products, livestock, industries, arts and crafts and entertainment features—will be on display at California’s State Fair, September 1 through 11 at Sacramento. There will be racing daily except Sundays, performances of the West’s oldest horse show in the evenings, and outdoor evening shows before the grandstand featuring the music of four outstanding American composers. Jeanette MacDonald, Margaret Whiting, Gorden McRae and Paul Whiteman will appear in these shows. Other entertainment features will include a Gayway with shows and rides, fireworks displays each night.

Cities Receive Awards In AAA Pedestrian Protection Contest

Berkeley has won a First Place Award in the 16th annual nationwide Pedestrian Protection Contest conducted by the American Automobile Association and sponsored in northern and central California and Nevada by the California State Automobile Association.

Berkeley received the award for its outstanding reduction in pedestrian deaths.

A Third Place Award went to San Leandro for its reduction of pedestrian fatalities and excellent pedestrian protection program.

Honorable Mention Awards were won by Sacramento and Richmond for the over-all excellence of their pedestrian protection programs.

Twenty cities were awarded Special Citations for various individual phases of their programs. They were:

Oakland, Alameda, Hayward, Stockton, Modesto, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Hanford, Tracy, Grass Valley, Sausalito, Ross, Manteca, Sebastopol, Fairfield, Red Bluff, Mount Shasta, Lakeport, Sutter Creek, and Reno, Nevada.

In addition to the above awards, 37 cities received Commendation Certificates for no pedestrian deaths during the year. They were:

Albany, Arcata, Belmont, Benicia, Burlingame, Carmel, Ceres, Chico, Concord, Daly City, Dunsmuir, Fairfax, Fowler, Hillsborough, Livermore, Lodi, Martinez, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Mill Valley, Oroville, Piedmont, Pittsburg, Roseville, Salinas, San Bruno, Sanger, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Susanville, Turlock, Ukiah, Vacaville, Willows, Yreka, and Elko and Sparks, Nevada.

The cities were judged in their respective population groups on the basis of pedestrian safety activities and fatality and injury records.

The nationwide contest spurs direct action in cities to insure greater pedestrian safety. The results are obvious; fatalities are declining despite growing motor vehicle registration. Before the contest began in 1939, as many as 15,500 pedestrians were killed a year, compared with the 7,900 killed in 1954.

_SAFE DRIVING PRACTICES_

Three-lane highways have a reputation as accident breeders—the middle lane often being referred to as the no-man’s land of the open road.

When using the middle lane of a three-lane highway for passing or turning during daylight hours, a sound driving technique is to turn on your _headlights_.

The lights serve as a warning to oncoming motorists not only that the middle lane is in use but also, and more important, that your car is approaching them in the middle lane.

Many motorists are confused by the general appearance of modern automobiles; and instances have actually occurred where drivers thought the other car in the middle lane was going in the same direction they were, until it was too late to avoid an accident.

There is no law requiring drivers to turn on their headlights under these circumstances, so don’t depend upon other drivers to have their lights on if they are in the middle lane. If yours are on, you are not only being courteous to other drivers, but also protecting yourself by alerting them to the fact that the middle lane is occupied by an approaching car. Also, remember to turn off your lights as you pull out of the middle lane.

_Curves AND Crossroads_

Sign at entrance to a crossroads town: “Gas killed 3,029 people in this state last year—2 inhaled it; 27 put a match to it; 3,000 stepped on it.”

_The difference between a straight-eight and the V-eight is just a matter of whether you like your troubles strung out down the line or all in one place._

Mrs. Jones (on telephone): “This time you really got yourself out on a limb!”

Mr. Jones: “Yes, dear. I drove off a cliff and was hung up all night in a tree.”

_Modern automobiles are getting so free and easy to drive that we need power steering and power brakes to keep them under control._

Traffic Officer: “Your honor, I followed this man and he drove clear through town with an arm around this woman.”

Judge: “Something’s wrong. It’s not logical for a man to drive through town with his arm around his wife.”

_Parking conditions have improved in some localities—you only have to climb over one car to get into your own._

Emergency Road Service Contract Station Changes Are Listed for Members

Recent changes in the list of Emergency Road Service contract stations serving members of the California State Automobile Association are reported below. Latest complete lists are available at all CSAA offices. Always carry a list in your car. Please mark these changes on your copy of current list.

_Angels Camp_, change in station: Wilmshurst Chevrolet Company; telephone, REdfield 6-2258. If no answer, call REdfield 6-2224. Succeeding Godell Motor Company.

_Centerville_, change in station: Central Chevrolet Company, 199 North Main Street; telephone, 8-8346; night, Sundays and holidays, call 8-8395. Succeeding Joe Adams.

_Chester_, new appointment: Chester Motors. State Route 36; telephone, 2654; night, Sundays and holidays, call 4693.

_Cottonwood_, new appointment: Grigsby Service. Highway 99 at 4th Street; telephone, Cottonwood 2161. After 10 p.m., call Anderson, EMerson 5-8583.

_Kerman_, change in station: Morgan’s Repair Shop, 360 South Madera Street; telephone, 6411; night, Sundays and holidays, call 5548, 5953 or 5103. Succeeding Sims Motor Company.

_Kings Beach_, Lake Tahoe, change in station: Ray & Mike’s Service, State Route 28; telephone, LIberty 6-2717. If no answer, call LIberty 6-3392. Succeeding Bailey’s Tahoe Vista Garage, Tahoe Vista.

If You Are Moving, Send Old Address as Well as New

If you move, please list your _old_ address, as well as the new one, in the notice you send to the California State Automobile Association. With a membership roster of over 330,000, the old address is essential for any change. As for your copy of _Motorland_, it is not enough just to tell the Post Office, because they will _not forward_ second class mail unless you pay extra postage. Also, a change of address notice given to the Post Office is kept on file for only a limited time.

Offices of CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

MAIN OFFICE

SAN FRANCISCO 150 Van Ness Ave. Telephone MArket 1-2141

OTHER OFFICES

AUBURN 750 High St. Telephone TUrner 5-1506 BERKELEY 1849 University Ave. Telephone THornwall 3-9700 CHICO 351 East 6th St. Telephone FIreside 2-0176 EUREKA 408 “A” St. Telephone HIllside 2-5721 FRESNO 1829 Van Ness Ave. Telephone 6-9861 HANFORD 316 North Irwin St. Telephone LUdlow 4-4401 HAYWARD 164 Castro St. Telephone ELgin 1-3225 HOLLISTER 459 San Benito St. Telephone 403 LODI 1 South Pleasant Ave. Telephone 9-1802 LOS GATOS 370 Village Lane Telephone ELgato 4-3750 MADERA 316 West Yosemite Ave. Telephone ORchard 3-3586 MARTINEZ 915 Escobar St. Telephone 1020 MARYSVILLE 715 Tenth St. Telephone 2-2137 MERCED 705 West Seventeenth St. Telephone RAndolph 2-2711 MODESTO 538 McHenry Ave. Telephone 3-9171 MONTEREY 520 Fremont St. Telephone 5-3138 MOUNTAIN VIEW 816 Castro St. Telephone YOrkshire 7-5674 NAPA 1405 Second St. Telephone 6-2071 OAKLAND 399 Grand Ave. Telephone TEmplebar 6-1900 OROVILLE 2811 Montgomery St. Telephone 1515R PALO ALTO 109 Florence St. Telephone DAvenport 3-3138 PETALUMA 110 Washington St. Telephone 2-8288 PLACERVILLE 266 Main St. Telephone 276 RED BLUFF 608 Main St. Telephone 191 REDDING 1525 Pine St. Telephone 292 RICHMOND 4113 Macdonald Ave. Telephone BEacon 5-4324 SACRAMENTO 2230 Stockton Blvd. Telephone HUnter 6-2871 SALINAS 201 John St. Telephone 4828 SAN JOSE 2145 The Alameda Telephone CHerry 3-1313 SAN MATEO 101 South Ellsworth Ave. Telephone DIamond 3-4558 SAN RAFAEL 1114 Fifth Ave. Telephone GLenwood 4-9194 SANTA CRUZ 1114 Water St. Telephone GArden 3-2150 SANTA ROSA 526 College Ave. Telephone 2323 SONORA 298 West Stockton Rd. Telephone JEfferson 2-4363 SO. SAN MATEO COUNTY (SAN CARLOS) 1500 Laurel Ave. Telephone LYtell 1-0761 STOCKTON 929 North El Dorado St. Telephone HOward 4-4817 SUSANVILLE 32 South Lassen St. Telephone 2373 TURLOCK 163 South Thor St. Telephone 4-5149 UKIAH 415 South State St. Telephone HOmestead 2-3861 VALLEJO 2015 Sonoma Blvd. Telephone 3-1581 WALNUT CREEK 2067 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Telephone YEllowstone 4-9758 WATSONVILLE 17 West Lake Ave. Telephone 2-2421 WESTLAKE (DALY CITY) 20 Park Plaza Telephone PLaza 3-5576 WILLOWS 258 North Butte St. Telephone 12 WOODLAND 818 Main St. Telephone 2-2896 YREKA Main near Miner St. Telephone 182 YOSEMITE VALLEY Yosemite Village (Summer Season Touring Bureau)

NEVADA DIVISION

RENO 111 West First St. Telephone 3-5169 LAS VEGAS 204 East Charleston Blvd.

Offices of AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Members of the California State Automobile Association, when touring in the thirteen southern counties of California, receive all services of the Association, including insurance claim service, from the offices of the Automobile Club of Southern California located in these cities:

MAIN OFFICE

LOS ANGELES 2601 S. Figueroa St.

OTHER OFFICES