Life — April 14, 1921 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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‘“Keep This Space Clear” By MONTAGUE GLASS RE you tired of scenery as scenery? Have you exhausted A the beauties of nature as a spectacle? Do you get no spiritual reaction from snow-capped mountains in the set- ting sun? Do you reckon the eternal hills in terms of gas, oil and tire consumption? Then make a motor tour of Southern ‘California. You've no idea how much the effect of a sunset is heightened for the jaded tourist by the knowledge that in pausing at the edge of the coast road by the wide Pacific while the horizon is filled with glorious tints of rose and purple, Traffic Officer Cyrus M. Jones is liable to ap- Of interest to the Eastern tourist in California are the ex. tensive oil. fields near the Puente Hills, which may be seen from the Whittier Boulevard in’ violation of Section 31416 of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Whittier, relating to the operation of automobiles and motor cycles within the city limits of said city. Section 89D will serve to cover your trip over the Turnbull Canyon. When you pause upon its summit, there will be spread before you over fifty square miles of citrus orchards and a summons to appear before Police Justice Le. ander Watson in the Magistrates Court of pear at any moment with a summons for violating Section 476 Sub-section D of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Santa Mo- nica, returnable before Police Justice Wilson on the following morn- ing. The fine won't be much—say ten dollars— money well spent, and when you reckon the spin down to Santa Monica in the brisk morning air along the Seaside Boulevard, cs- pecially if Motor Cycle Policeman Henry J. Studdeford is laying for you and hands you a ticket requiring you tc appear that afternoon in the Mu- nicipal Court of the City of Los Angeles for an infraction of Article 22 Section 511 of the Motor Vehicle Law of the State of California. ‘il La Ney. XN ’ : TF lilit td AMER MONTGOMERY FLAGC BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE In Jersey a singer named Jane Had a voice they could hear down in Maine. the City of Whittier in that you did unlaw. | fully and against the statute in such case made and provided and the peace and dignity of the State of Cal- fornia leave a motor vehicle with the engine running upon a street or highway of the said City, to wit: Turnbell Canyon Road. It is one of the finest prospects on the entire Pacife Coast and quite worth stopping to sec, even though stopping is pun- ishable by — imprison- ment in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles for not more than thirty days anda fine of fifty dollars or both. You will not care to miss the Orange Fair held annually in City of San Bernardi Motor tourists gather . . Her cat threw a fit, Then again there is the Foothill Drive in the City of Pasadena, a municipality which possesses some of the most amazing scenic views and traffic regulations of the Golden State, if not the United States of America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceanica. Between four and six in the afternoon the peaks of the coast range glow magnificently in the rays of the setting sun and it is unlawful for any person in charge of any motor vehicle to park such motor vehicle or to allow such motor vehicle to remain standing under Ordinance 1877 of the City of Pasadena amending Ordinance No. 1346 Relating to Traffic and the Use of Streets. In gazing upon this remarkable scene, nobody will begrudge Police Justice James J. James the nominal penalty of five dollars and costs, which he will inflict after Motor Cycle Policeman Kennedy has been duly sworn as the complaining witness, at the City Hall in said City on the following day at nine o'clock in the forenoon thereof or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard. And the furniture split, And the chandelier twisted with pain. there from all parts of the Pacific Slope to witness the attractions and violate the ordi- nances of what is so aptly called the Orange City. Every provision is made for this unusual influx of visitors Extra motor cycle policemen are appointed and the regukt police justices, assisted by police justices from Redlands, River- side and Pomona, sit day and night ordering, adjudging a4 decreeing that the said defendants be and the same are hereby fined ten dollars and upward together with the costs and dis- bursements of the said proceeding, Of course, these examples do not begin to exhaust the motor- ing possibilities of Southern California. One might spend several months in the neighborhood of Santa Barbara alone, exploring the wonderful drives around Montecito, where it # unlawful for any person to operate any motor or other vehicle upon any highway at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having regard to the traffic and use of the high way or so as to endanger the life and limb of any person comicbooks.com