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Show COULD CABBY ALL POPULATION AT ONCE I j WASHINGTON, lec. IS. There are enough motor vehicles In the United States to take the entire population of the country for a ride at the same time, says the bureau of public roads, jof the department of agriculture. At ithe beginning of 1922, there were 1.2 I motor vehicles for each mile of road in the United States One hundred and twenty vetrich B per minute was tb rat- at which motor mo-tor vehicles passed a bureau observing station on a trunk line highway In Massachusetts, recently. This rate was continued from noon to 10 p. m. A tourist recently driving through four states, was required to buy four i different sets of lenses to make his headlights comply with state regulations. regula-tions. In this the bureau sees great need for more uniformity in highway 1 regulations. I Federal aid highways placed under (construction in September amounted ;to 11S9 miles. |