Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 219, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1916 — NORTH END CITIZEN MAKES COMPLAINT [ARTICLE]

NORTH END CITIZEN MAKES COMPLAINT

Says That Automobile Drivers Are a Reckless Lot and Something Should Be Done.

The following letter was received today from a citizen of northern Jasper county, complaining of the treatment of the farmer on the public highways and also scoring the chicken thieves. The letter is published verbatim:

In reading Tuesdays paper I saw an item_£rom Monticello Safety First. That is right there is going to be a lot of mischief done if their aint some regulations as to the speed and way the motors are rum Scant people jihink because they hate a car they own the world with a fence around it. What I saw and new last week: Two teams run into a valuable dog killed and old mans buggy tom up, him throwed in the ditch run into from behind just for fun they say, and -No. 2, of chickens and poltry killed. Now that poltry belongs to the farmers and at the price of poltry it is quite an item to the farmer’s wife to havf her chickens and turkeys To buy the winter clothes for self and children and then see some machine come along and run out of his way in order to see how many he can kill and if the dog happens to be following his master in out of the road to run him in the ditch in order to kill him and then laugh and sneer as they go by then ask the farmer to vote a tax and build a concrete road for them and if he and his wife start to town in a wagon or buggy he has to drive in the ditch or be run into and his rig tom up. Mr. Farmer The Democrat has howled all summer for a brick or concrete road. Gome along and pay the tax. Will you to go then your self into the ditch? That is good enough. Now every man should be duly instructed how to run ihs machine and a booze hister should not run one at all. A speed limit in the country, what side of the road to keep on and to keep his license number on the back and the front so as it could be plainly heard and to blow the whisle before he passes a team in the road._ Instead some have the number plate layed flat on the fender so no one can see it, and never blows behind a team, run up along side of them cut into the team run them into the ditch tare up the rig speed of cackle and laugh and what are you to do. Women and children has to stay off the road and if there aint some change made the men will to or go to carrying guns. Yes safety first and it must be attended to and the sooner the less is going to be done for the country people cant stand very much more.

In regard to the chicken thieves :n the Francesville Tribune. There is a big gang and going at full blast up in the north of this county and if some one will go out every reliable farmer will give from $1 to sls for a deteotive to catch them and put them to work this fall and then get a man on the bench that will give them the fool benefit of the law. There is a class that wont work steal turkeys and chickens till they are all gone then go to the trustee and lay in a sick plea and live on the county the rest of the time. Last winter to my nolage the counity kept 4 families that did not deserve one cent, could 1 of got work at from $1.50 to $2.00 per day and would not strike a lick. Such ought to be looked' into thoroly and not put extry tax on respectable people to uphold chicken theives, lazyness and low down women. P. S Now if you Junk this worUi your paper print it and maybe I will come again I am out for right and right rongs nobody. From the North End, MRS. EVA MYRES.