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Show SPEED LAWS Is:' BE ENFORCED SAYSSHERIFF Several Auto Speeders Arrested Ar-rested by City and County Officers. With the presence once more of warmer weather and a clear blue sl'v, traffic officers throughout the coiiiit.v are again zealously watching for the auto driver, who, filled with tlie exliilirating spring air and the hmivancy of rejuvenated energy, ! steps too hard on the gas. Ten speeders were arrested in Provo and in various parts of the county Sunday. Thousands of automobiles au-tomobiles traveled over the state ' I biiibW Sunday. To protect life ' (iiid property the traffic officers kept constant vigil for those who were inclined to drive faster than would be safe for themselves and , otters. Deputy Sheriff George II. Davis, who patrols the Utah county highways high-ways on a motor cycle, arrested four for' speeding and Traffic Officer Ed Van Wagonen notified six to report nt the police station for breaking the speed laws. Those arrested by Deputy Davis were: Joseph Rupper of Salt Lake City, A. Bmaort of Salt Lake City and W. D. Edy of Heber. Deunty ' Sheriff Karl Boshard arrested "Walter "Wal-ter Lawsou, G2S South First "West street, who was speeding between Provo and Springville. Among those arrested by Officer y , Van Wagonen were Attorney Henry 5 C. Allen' of Salt Lake City, Elmer Loveridge of Provo Bench. Clifford Olson of Lake View, Ferris Culli-more Culli-more of Magna, B. W. Foote of Salt Lake City and C. B. Allred of Provo. "We intend to enforce the traffic traf-fic ordinance throughout the county," coun-ty," said Sheriff Boyd in comment-jug comment-jug on the number of arrests made. "We do this to prevent accident both to the man arrested and other autoists who do not drive at a rapid speed. "Too many accidents occured on the Utah county highways Inst summer sum-mer and we are going to do every- thing in our power to reduce the accident ac-cident list this year. There is no necessity for speeding. On our rnjuls which are extensivelyl travelled travel-led every day it is extremely dan-1 ! porous to drive nt a rapid rate of, speed. I rested complained that they did not ( know that the county had started j to pick up speeders and thought that I notice should have been made in the i newspapers to that effect before nny arrests were made. That is pure child's talk and nothing more than' a straw by hich the speeders are trying to save themselves from a fine. "The traffic lows have been in ex-; ex-; istenee for a number of years and should be known to all auto drivers. In enforcing these laws we are just as much interested in the lives of the man nrrested and those riding with him ns we are in those whom' J he is constantly meeting on the road. "The speed laws and all the laws regarding the lighting of the car as i well as the conditions of brakes, ', will be enforced in Utah county. This should be welcomed by the auto drivers since they can rest assured as-sured that traveling on the state nnd county highways of Utah county coun-ty will be safe." Some of the speeders arrested Sunday appeared before Judge James B. Tucker Monday morning and were fined $15 each. Judge Tucker, in passing sentence, sen-tence, served notice that after Mon-3 Mon-3 , day the fines would increase to $25 where they would remain until it became necessary, in the interest of i safety, to increase them. "The city court will cooperate with the officers in every way possible pos-sible to decrease the accidents on our highways," said Judge Tucker. )e are going to begin early to ' Pive force fines for the violation of the traffic ordinances so thnt offenses of-fenses of that kind will be very rare as the traffic increases with the warmer weather." |