Show I r HEROES RATED OVERRATED OVER RA TED 11 O 0 ONE NE E o ol 01 the banes of this motoring age ii is the contrasting sight of a hiker crossing the country in in the face of an anever ever thickening traffic of automobiles I It is is romantic and refreshing to hike miles on miles from town own to town and many there are who glory in it it But in in l I their heir anxiety to break records the youngsters who vho take to the road make driving a danger and a worry I For regardless of the automobiles on the highways they travel ravel these youths fare bravely branly into the midst of them They follow ollow the right side of the road rather than the left leCt and anti ando so o let the approaching motorist worry orr over the lives of ot the walkers C C. S. S Hoag secretary of the Lincoln highway deplores the fact act that these hikers are heralded as heroes wherever they the go rather than being sent home by the police polite It increases the he tramp clement in in the coming generation he argues I and adds that it puts many man a gray hair in in motorists who vho try tryo i to o avoid running over o the youngsters Motor organizations of the country are discouraging cross cross- country hiking because of the moral as well as physical danger to the thc hikers The way the thc individual motorist can help is by refusing rides to such youths |