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Show POLICE ill lUTOra&EIIS Testing of Headlights on Machines Instituted at Bonneville Park. Automobile owners, 1 lie lights on whose machines do not conform with the traffic ordinances pertaining to dim lights, tail lights and the use of only one light, will have, only this week in which to adjust tho lamps on their machines before the police tiegin rigid prosecution of all offenders. More than 3 50 automobile owners brought their machines to the testing place at Bonneville park last night, where the police, under tho direction of Traffic Sergeant J. 11. Warden, are testing the lights and giving advice lo the. owners. Nearly fifty per cent ot the owners who had brought their machines ma-chines for the purpose of testing the headlight were presented with a slip of paper ordering them to report to a repair re-pair shop where Uiev could have the lights a'd justed. Sergeant Warden said that there were nearly 10,1)00 automobiles automo-biles owned in Salt Lake and that should the owners cooperate nnd report to the police for inspection the entire number could be given inspection by the end of tin; week. The method of approaching for the headlight test as ordered by the police is to enter Bonneville park on the east side of Main street just Vclow Ninth South street. On coming within 1-0 feet of the board fence of the right field bleachers, the drivers are requested re-quested to slop and direct the headlight head-light to ascertain whet her or not the beam will carry the full distance. Following Fol-lowing this test the driver must drive within seventy-five feet of Hie icm and a test will be made whcllier the ray will carry the distance at a height of' not more than -t inches. Tlie failure of any ot lmhts to meet the law's requirements will earn for the owner a slip ordering him to a ejnraco for repairs, (la tlie other hand, a clearance slip will lie jjivim by the (esters fhoulil the lihls conform Willi the regulations. Should a motorist, on ri'mvinj n slip from tlie police statins: his headlights are ineonx-ellv fixed, fail lo have them adjusted, lie 'will he arrested ani the maximum penally for such an olfenso will be given. A method for cradicaliou ot uhirim: headlights thai, can he employed by all riitoniolii1.' owners is lo paint I he lower side of the li jili V reflector with lamp black, 1 hereby removine; the reflector of the liht which is throw n hii;li iulo the air. Chief of Police .I. Parley White says that automobiles o) . -r.'i I i n' on tlie streets must be equipped vv'th t"' headlights anil a tail litthl. The hcad-l'u'hts hcad-l'u'hts must conform with tin' a nl i;;lare ri'iilation and the lnil li)it must shine so it can be seen for a distance of i.vvcral hundred feel. |