Show AUTO IN HI UTAH AU ABNORMAL A Rate for tor State Exceeds Exceed ed Average F Federal ec eral Figures es Rev Reveal al Utah t td statistics com compiled piled plc by tJ the e department oC cit r corn com coin merco merce had from casualties auto aut accidents n In or or a mortality rate ate from front this cause of ot 2 22 pc per population This was only a i. i little higher than cr a average gl thir- thir te- te teen of ot tho the four forty r states statta In In In-i eluded l tIc In the department of ot com com merco mer registration area exceeding dIng this mark California made mad the worst record for tor the year ear car with 1755 d deaths and nd a to mortality rate rate- of ot 8 per population Utah Utah's relative standing for 1929 however er will probably bo ho consid- consid higher as auto accident d deaths have ha been chalked d up thus thu far tar If It the tho present rate of o slaughter sla GiteL Gi ter teL is maintained during th the re- re of or th the year car the total will wll com como within two or three e ot and tIe Ue moi mortality rate will reach Teach approximately ap ap- tp proximately 30 per population tion Contrary to popular belief bene Salt Sal Lake City is not responsible for this this' Increase o In lr 1 auto killings i In lS 1025 tho the deaths in th the eft city totaled thirty against one thus far this year rho Tho remainder of r f th the zt stale tc had hial on only 1 five ninety fatalities lat last year ear but but this figure UlO has has' been been boosted to so so far at- at this 3 c car t The rue dep department of ot commerce loce statistics cr credits dU s Salt tt Lake e City with an auto aut accident mortality rate rata of ot per p population n for tot 1028 1923 but bul t this Js according to figurea fig fig figure ure urea ures- compiled locally is Js Incorrect ct The Tho late iato Is based on forty e deaths hl which h is for the thc entire county and not for the city alone llo Je |