Show AUTO TOURISTS URGE PROTECT OVE PREVENT DESTRUCTION Of MARKERS I Motorists C Complain of Acts of Vandalism l. l i Along Highway SAN tSAN iAN FRANCISCO Oct 2 is looking to rid the theo o of a class of vandals hp hit is as much of a menace to a agi gi as a band of bri bri- alias a The particular sort of ot culprits hat 1 the motorists are so so eager to eEf laced In confinement is the class hat hat hii has been making a practice of ot sting sing irig ro road d signs as targets and com- com t obliterating guide posts which r sit so much to the automobile tour- tour I present season has been a ard rd bre breaker ker in the number of ot mod mo- mo d drear drcar r tourists that lave Have visited the thet t and the prediction is freely t jatie that the su succeeding g years are areto to pile up still larger totals with the improvement of i 1 conditions along the Lincoln t hwa tad Jack of af Proper Signs I l 4 Ke e cO complaint that was was dwelt upon j e majority of ot the motorists motorist who me me this way war from the East is the theof of ot adequate guide posts beh be- be I pen h Salt Lake Lale City Jeno and San This particular stretch ch of ofie i been ie to ocean highway had been i I Iri ri h erly marked with the B. B f F F. Good- Good compan company's familiar road Issuers arters some three years ago in ads ad- ad s ti Yost hh to the highway signs Igns posted by t oma organizations in tn the three I II fi t 6 I a s ef to in n the complaint 1 jan rn n effort to follow fonow out ont the policy t te he I 1 e Goodrich company compan to have l maln highways throughout the ii d Stath States prop properly marked C. C 13 id ep coast manager of the dhe big rubi rub rub- i r j sent I e nt out a road marking e m to find out what had become of r. r markers and to set up new Q G la posts A report sent to Cook the man in charge of ot the road- road l king crew states that while some pt a signs have been destroyed by byl l inaction of the weather eather the major major- major major-I scot them have been put com com- 1 r lon ion b by the acts of vandalism on mt onI I part of ot people who evidently do p realize the value alue of ot the m markers l Sawed awed Off TV some instances the posts were qt ai led d off and carted away while in I of ot places not only in NeL Neda Ne- Ne L p i J da and Utah but in California Ne-I Ne ch prides itself on being an au- au C state of high standing signs have been used for tari tar- tar i tl practice to such an extent that extent that the lettering has been entirely shot shott t sir California there is a provision t t pe penal code which makes makE's the t of road signs a a. lr hor punishable oy Dy a fine and imp im- l If and the motorists who Ave av It suffered through these acts of at ar are now anxious to have hav j I the the- culprits punished to the lull full extent extent extent ex ex- tent of ot the law It ml might ht be a good Id idea a for the au automobile automobile automobile au- au clubs to take talc up the matter matterand matterand and offer a a. reward for tor the apprehension sion of ot the violators of ot the code and andA a a. few stiff stitt sentences night might put a stop I Ito Ito to this unwarranted use of ot road road signs I as tar targets ets JON ION OF ROAD SIGN |