Highways:
Eight Federal highways, six of them transcontinental or
with international connections. State highways connect all sections.
State police patrol highways. No inspection of cars into Oregon, but
cars from Oregon entering California undergo inspection for horti-
cultural diseases. Water or gasoline scarcity possible only in high desert
region of southeastern Oregon. Gasoline tax, 6c (for highway routes,
see STATE MAP).

Motor Vehicle Laws (digest):
No fixed speed limit, but no person shall
drive at a speed inconsistent with prudent control of car; "indicated
speeds," which are accepted as reasonable, are 45 m. p. h. on open high-
way, 25 m. p. m. in city residence districts, 20 m. p. h. in business dis-
tricts and at intersections where vision is obscured, and 15 m. p. h. while
passing school grounds. Speed in excess of 45 m. p. h. on open high-
ways permitted, but driver operates at his own risk. State licenses not
required of non-residents, but cars must be registered within 24 hrs.
after entry into state; registration may be made with secretary of state
or his agents, which include chambers of commerce and the American
Automobile Assn.; no fee charged. State police supply information;
they drive blue cars with state insignia on the doors and are easily
recognized by their blue uniforms.

Headlights must conform with 8-point adjustment system. Accidents
resulting in injury to person or property must be reported within 24
hrs. to nearest chief of police or sheriff. Minimum age for drivers 15
yrs., unless special permit has been granted. Full stop required while
streetcars are loading or unloading passengers, except where safety
zones have been established.

Unlawful:
To drive while intoxicated, to carry any person on any
external part of automobile, to coast in neutral, to park on paved or
main-traveled portion of highway, to carry more than three persons
over 12 on front seat, to pass streetcars on L., to display windshield
stickers other than temporary licenses and registration tags.

Accommodations:
Hotel accommodations are adequate; tourist camps
along all main highways; U. S. Forest Service camps within forest
areas; beach accommodations along US 101 at all seasons; eight dude
ranches, the four most elaborate ones being in Baker and Wallowa
Counties. At Portland, during Rose Festival in June, and Pacific Inter-
national Stock Show in autumn; Salem, during State Fair in