Eureka Reporter | 1909-09-24 | Page 2 | The Useful Hen

the useful hen country constables who make a living arresting speeding automobiles t have halt half so much trouble stopping the scorchers it if they used a I 1 atle ingenuity says one pt pf the of fenders chains across the road and moving vans blocking the highba are all right to accomplish the purpose e but they re cumbersome my idea for causing a prompt slow up Is to scatter a lot of grain in a road and turn a lot of hens loose they would block the road all right and if there s one thing that will make a chauffeur slow up it a a hen dogs are bad enough but a I 1 en always runs the wrong way and it if the machine Is going at any speed usually ends up under the wheels hit ting a hen will sometimes throw the front wheels out of line and cause the car to swerve so drivers almost inva slow up and give poultry a chance to get out of the way A hen speed trap Is a great idea to ray my way of thinking and of 0 course it if one of the birds were killed the cost could easily be added to the driver drivers s fine