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Show BiiiGiiiM mm STRUCK BY AUTO Paul Miller, 9 Year Old Son of Mr. and Mra. Albert Miller, Seriously Injured Wednesday Afternoon. Paul Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller of Lower Main street, was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon af-ternoon when he was struck by an auto driven by A .B. Casady, an employee em-ployee of the B and G. railroad. According to reports, Paul, who is but nine years of age, with two other playmates, was "hooking" a ride on a truck, and in jumping off ran in front of the Casady car, which was returning from Salt Lake City. At the hour of going to press, Taul was in a precarious condition, with a fractured skull, a leg broken and three fractured ribs, although late reports coming from the hospital stated that the unfortunate child showed an improved im-proved condition after the first night. In another part of this issue we have chronicled another accident in which a youngster was run down by a passing auto through his own negligence. neg-ligence. We have ended the story with a short editorial as to where to lay the blame. It has been said that parents cannot can-not watch every move made by a child, but we maintain that a severe punishment meted out to the offender would not go amiss. The old adage, "Spare the rod and spoil the child," could be changed iti Bingham Canyon to "Use the rod and save the child," that is, at least until the youngsters had been tauf-1it theii lesson relative to climbing onto moving mov-ing vehicles. A stitch in time save; nine. , ' |