Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1912 — Speeding Fined By Dyer Justice of the Peace. [ARTICLE]

Speeding Fined By Dyer Justice of the Peace.

The little town of Dyer enjoyed a profitable revenue derived from speeding Chicago autoists last week. On Friday eight autoists were arrested by the town marshal, haled before a jnstice of the peace and fined. Each paid sls for the temporary pleasure derived from exceeding the speed limit. They are reported to have paid, smiled and promised not to do it again. Many of the autoists who went through Rensselaer hit it up at a high rate of speed, some going through Washington street at 25 or 30 miles an hour. Marshal Mustard stood on the street most of the time and his star served as a warning to a number but when they got a block away they Increased their speed in a very tantalizing manner. The drivers did not seem reckless, however, and no accidents of any kind occurred'in Rensselaer. The marshal is rather*between two fires in the fulfillment of his duty with respect to touring autoists. If a few of them are fined they are apt to boy cott Rensselaer and use their influence with others to select a different route. All of us like to see the big machines go 'through and their patronage is enjoyed by'gasoline iSeIP" ers, garages, hotels, restaurants, drugstores, picture shows and to a greater or less extent by many other, businesses. It is doubtful, however, whether these violations should be permitted in defiance of law. It certainly looks bad to local autoists who have been prosecuted or frequently warned and they are apt to wonder why the tourists come in for such favorable discrimination.