| Show DEATH STALKS TIIE THE HIGHWAY for the past three years the red cross organization and various automobile associations and other groups have extolled the dangers of the highway have plead with motorists to be careful to drive slowly and keep cars in good repair prominent journalists have written word pictures of the horrors of automobile accidents best known among them being and sudden death which was printed in the standard several months ago and describes the brutality of accidents to its victims who are killed or left permanently crippled or handicapped in some other way but still death stalks the highway the number of deaths from automobile accidents increases annually and is especially high in the state of utah in the bast month the uintah basin has had more than her share of automobile accidents in last weeks standard one automobile accident was reported in which six passenger received bad cuts and orui cruises ses all requiring medical treatment A week or two before that three young people from neola were injured one of them is not yet recovered last saturday evening a fatal accident occurred on our highway 40 killing a young son of roosevelt and seriously injuring his father in law sunday everi evening ing a car containing three passengers hit a soft th shoulder of the highway overturned and injuring one of the riders horses on the highway have been the cause of several accidents between duchesne and roosevelt we believe that stockmen stoc kmen should be fined for permitting loose horses and cows to graze along well traveled highways but if nothing is done with the owners of stock it is up to the drivers of automobiles to proceed very cautiously on country highways such useless waste of life and property in accidents must be stopped must be careful must feel directly responsible for the welfare of his passengers himself and his automobile each driver must be certain that the way is clear not depend upon the other fellow take no chances with ith death on the highway |
