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Show GIRL INJURED IN CROSSING STREET Local police issued a warning this week in regard to children cross-t cross-t ing Main street against the red light, following a car accident last Thursday. Peggy Lucas, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Diamond W. Lucas, suf-t suf-t fered a deep laceration on her knee when she ran across Main street at the intersection of Main and ; Cnter streets against a red light and was struck by a car driven by Thomas B. Watt of Tillinook, , Oregon. The motorist was travel-i travel-i tag south and he picked up the y girl and took her to the office of j Dr. C. W. Judd for treatment. i Although the owner of the car was in no way responsible for the .- accident, he insisted on making a settlement for the injury, accord-tag accord-tag to police officers. ! v. Lucas S1 was wi'Ul a num" 0 ber of companions, all of whom were endangered in the crossing, -;: it was stated. Whenever possible, a lesson should be given children on the Purposes of the traffic signs and ;:' the danger of crossing highways, : Police officers explained. i : In. 1800, the per capita cost of :.; running our federal government i was $2.03; fifty years later it was In 1900, the per capita cost ' ad become $6.85. Today it is ; 71.15. ft,'1'0''8'1 federal expenditures in : the fiscal year 1930 amounted to M.440,269,000; in 1940, the total Was ?8,998,190,000. The 1946 cost Was 165,019,000,000. i I |