Show LAYTON B I AY A B ll p r BY LATEST DEATH Citizens Hold Mass Meeting and Threaten Short Line Company DECIDE TO INCORPORATE Will Take Measures to Force Railroad to Protect People F From rom Trains Republican Special Ser Service SerIce Layton Oct Oct- 14 With H.-With With the tho chief chloC ob object object object ob- ob of or obtaining some adequate protection protection pro pro- against the tho deathtrap crossInG crossIng crossing cross cross- ing of or the Oregon Orel Short Line railway tracks near here which has hns In th the past few months cost cost the lives cS o OL of nyc five people a movement mo was set on foot tonight to 10 have La Layton Laylon lon incorporated as a eft cli city Incensed h time the oC of C the hl by occur occurrence ren rence occident accident In lii W which Koy Hoy Sessions lo lost t his HC life fife and 1111 Leo Led Sandall Sandal was wag In Injured inJured In- In p perhaps fatally and with the memory of or the the- Kershaw Incident when practically a whole family was wiped out stilt still fresh freh some ome OO men gathered In the Farmers Farmers' Union hall this evening to see seo what could be done dOlle Someone suggested that it might Impress Impre s the time matter matte on the minds of oC the railroad officials If tho lie depot demot were destroyed seeing that ordinary protests protests pro pro- pro pro-I tests only onh led to inaction and for a time it Il as feared that the tho gathering would turn Into a riotous mob Intent on razing the local offices of or the time Oregon Oregon Oret Ore Ore- t gon In Short Line Calmer counsels prevailed pre pro however and the mee meeting re resulted re- re suited In the tho appointment al of or tw two committees com corn one ono to tal take e steps step towards the tho Incorporation o of La Layton ton and anil tim other to register an emphatic protest t with the railway officials Ii niL m Men temi There I 1 he meeting mooting nich lumen was one nf If f th thi mot most spirited ever held lucid In Layton Laton numbered among those who attended d District Attorney Gl George orge Hal n County Attorney William II H. Streeper and County Commissioners jo olIn olm n Walsh al 11 and M. M H. H Randall Some method of obtaining Immediate Immedi Immedi- ate relief from rein the Iho death trap which has been neglected at nt such a a. cost of human life was the sole ole topic dis- dis u ed Enra Enraged ed at their Inability to get fan any action out o of the railroad om after arler the fearful lesson le taught b by the tho K Kershaw disaster several of or the speakers speaker despaired of being able to effect ef ef- ef- ef feet an any ny remedy b by tho the ordinary means and anti in desperation cOlln counseled led some measure a against the railroad company compan For a time it look looked l' l las as I if the meeting meeting- would actually break up and the m u m-u n gathered there would set sel out for the d depot poL It was only with difficulty dIfficult tuat the cooler head hea re restrained re- re strained tho the gathering from irom sU such h ac ac- ac- ac I tion Lion Finally a n committee consisting of oC M. M I. I F. F Adams L. L IS H Ellison L L. S. S Haywood Haywood Hay- Hay I wood Hem Henry Ellis and R. R M. M Whitesides White White- sId sides was waH nn named nerl to prepare the I sary Fan petition and anti to take e the other sl slops ps required for the community to become a L eft city It Il was ns lucId held that Laton Layton Layton Lay Lay- ton will then thi-n be bo able to compel a proper prop prop- er observance of tho the sacrednEss of human life b the by railroads within its it's limits f To In Draft Resolutions Jf Jesse Joyse se M. M I. I Smith William N. N Nalder and George Maybe of Syracuse were appointed as a committee to draft a n resolution for presentation to the he railway rail rall- way vay officials demanding in the name of the sacredness of human life that some speedy measures be taken to protect travelers who have occasion to use the crossing cros Fooling ran high In Layton Laton three months ago when four members of the tho Kershaw KelShaw family were wei-o killed A A. meeting was held after that and rc reso reso- o- o presented to tho the railway but there lucre was no protection provided pro when Iho tho young oung man wa was vas killed toda today lh The people lucre hero are aru much exa per per- al d over or what shat the they think the ference on the h part parl art of oC the tho railway Recently Recently- it is in reported a settlement settlement settle settle- ment was Wa made with the Kershaw estate es es- es tate talc by hy the railway the company compan pay pay- lug ing the tho heirs |