Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1916 — J. E. Miller Suffers Injury When Horses Scare. [ARTICLE]

J. E. Miller Suffers Injury When Horses Scare.

J. E. MiUer, who lives in the northern part of Union township, suffered a fractured bone in his left elbow Wednesday afternoon when his horses became frightened at a large auto moving van near his home and ran away. Dr. Gwin was called and set the broken bone. Mr. Miller is about 68 years of age and the injury wilj, probably go quite hard with him. The driver of the van stated that he gave half of the road and while he did not consider that he was responsible he would guarantee the doctor’s bill. The matter of using the roads for these great trucks is something that needs regulation. They enter into competition with the railroads, which pay enormous taxes while the truck companies pay practically none. The is not fair and in the readjustment of laws for the construction and maintenance of roads something should be done about the companies with the big trucks. They wear the roads appreciably and should pay for the right to run over them. The same applies in a lesser way to all auto-livery concerns and regulations should be established by the next legislature.