Show Youths Begging Auto Rides Held Dangerous Play Police Chief Warns Boys and Also Advises Motorists to Discourage ge Practice A general warning was as issued Wednesday by Chief of ot Police Jo Joseph Joseph Jo- Jo seph E. E Burbidge to parents in general general general gen gen- eral and boys who are in the habit of hailing motorists and asking for rides upon the streets of ot the city The chief also pointed out the ingers in- in n I gers that might come to the tha motorist motorist motorist mo mo- who makes it a practice of ot picking up these boys and by so doing encourages them in a matter that may result in serious injury to them I It is not uncommon for a motorist motor motor- 1st to be hailed sever several l times in one evening by boys singly and in groups of two or three who ask for fora a ride Chief Burbidge said In Inmost Inmost most of ot these cases the tho boys are seen walking backward along a street so that they can face the traffic and better hail hall a passing auto The danger of one of these bo boys bogs s stumbling and rolling beneath beneatha a machine as It passes is great They may also come to grief by being struck by a machine turning in the middle of the street or hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of of- of other things might happen happen happen hap hap- pen that would result In injury to these thes boys while they are In the streetA streetA streetA street A word to the motorists many of whom are encouraging this practice practice practice tice among boys is not misplaced continued the chief The driver of a machine Is always in danger of being struck in the rear by a af f following l owing vehicle when he stops to pick up one of these boys Again no matter how v careful a driver one might be Je he or she might meet with an unfortunate accident while one of ot these boys is being given a ride resulting in Serious injury to the passenger and rendering the mOtorist motorist motor mOtor- 1st open to liability and criticism We Ve do not want to appear in the therole therole therole I IVe role of attempting to block anyone from doing a good turn or extendIng extending extending extend extend- ing a helping hand band but we are concerned concerned concerned con con- over the safety of boys who stand in the street and hail hall passing autos for fora a a ride Recently the mother of ot one boy appealed to the police to help her have her son returned to Utah from Colorado according to Chief Bur- Bur budge The lad had started on a hike with another boy with Provo canyon cany n as their objective On the road they appealed to a passing I motorist for a ride and during the travel Ute tIle boys learned that the was going to Colorado Springs When Provo canyon was reached the son eon of ot the tho appealing mother said he continued the Journey Jour ney with th the Too The other boy however left the I machine in the canyon and telephoned telephoned telephoned tele tele- i phoned back to his companions companion's mother that her son had gone to Colorado The police attempted to apprehend the over the curse course of hi his travel to Colorado but failed and the mother next heard from her boy in Colorado Springs when the lad requested assistance In Ia returning home borne |