Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 19, 1923, Page 6

PAGE Six.” fhe Casper Daily Cribune The Casper Dally Tribune issued every evening and The Sunday Morning Tribune every Sunday, at Casper, Wyoming. Publication offices: Tribune Building, oppo- site postoffice. Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 1916, Business Telephones 15 and 16 Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments. By J. B, HANWAY MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. Advertising Representatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Blds-. chi- cago, Ill. 286 Fifth Ave., New York Citv; Globe Bids., Boston, Mass., 8 404 Sharon Bldg., 55 New Mont- gomery San Francisco, Cal. Copies of the Dally Tribune are on file in the New York, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco offices and visitors are welcome. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. ©.) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier One Year, Dally and Sunday — One Year, Sunday Only _--- Six Months, Daily and Sunday Three Months, Daily and Sunday . ass One Month, Dally and Sunday ~ a Per Copy - RISE. . By Mall One Year, Daily and Sunday —-- SH 4 One Year, Sunday Only ae Bix Month, Dally and Sur eee Three Months, Dally and Sunda: One Month, Daily and Sunday — ‘All subscriptions must be pata in advance and the Daily Tribune will not insure delivery after subscr!p- tion becomes one month in arrears. The Motorist Now Responsible The New York Supreme court has taid down a new principle of law with reference to the railroads. They have in that state what is known as the Disc Sign Act, passed in 1919, which gives the motorist ample warning of his approach to a railroad crossing in time to bring his car under control. Under this act a munici- pality or other public authority maintaining a highway crossing at grade must maintain a dis sign twenty-five inches in diameter, three hun- dred feet from the crossing notifying the motor- ist that he is approaching a crossing. It is then his duty to slow down so that by the time he arrives at the crossing he will have his car under such control that he can stop instantly if he sees a train approaching. A railroad train with its overhang requires only nine feet of the road to cross and’ the mo- torist has three hundred feet in which to slow down and give that nine feet. The court decision is good law. The motor- ist is perfectly aware of the element of danger at any railroad crossing and with the sign be- fore his eyes, three hundred feet back of the danger point, he no longer has the excuse that he came upon the crossing unawares or unex- pectedly. The ordinary “stop, look, listen” sign placed by all railroads at all road crossings over their rights of way should be sufficient in itself and doubtless would bé held in most cases sufficient warning of danger to the public, but New York has made doubly sure with its disc signs, and its courts have rightly placed the responsibility upon the motorist. Disregard of the warning of the dise sign is now deemed to be contributory negligence, and the motorist (or his estate) cannot recover damages if he is struck by a train. As the court points out, the law is not so much to lace the damages as it is to protect the motor- st from his own recklessness. Those who observe the law will not have to raise the ques- tion of damages. There are very few exceptions to the rule that grade crossing accidents are due to the carelessness of the motorist. If time is pressing, it is always possible to make up any loss caused by slowing down or stopping at a railroad crossing. It can only be a matter of a minute or two at most, and no one driving a motor car has the right to place human life in jeopardy as against his skill in driving a car. Abolishing the Long Vacation In some sections of the country, more es pecially those in which large cities and populous districts are located, the question of abolishing the long summer school vacation is been dis. cussed. The argument in such localities is largely in favor of contifiuous school session because the problem of the child upon the street is a vexing one to them. In the earlier days of the country, things were much simpler, and the summer vacation of schools is handed down from that period. Then boys worked on the farm all summer and went to school only in winter. But in the de- velopment of modern city life such a system, obviously, is out of place. The system does not fit. The result being that all summer long the big centers are full of children with nothing to do but play in the streets and get into trouble with a long season wasted that could well be giyen over to education, without any evil re. sults. In such circumstances, the all-theyear school with short vacations and the abandonment of the long summer vacation period, has a strong appeal. Saturday and a few brief holiday spells are perfectly appropriate and desirable, but the long vacation seems no longer to fit the needs of the growing generation; and if the old system was changed and the proposal, as sug gested, adopted, education would progress more rapidly and the millions of children who throng the streets in the populous centers would be better off and likely happier when they be come used to the change. Of course, in considering the all-the-year school, there is the bitter opposition that is bound to be encountered from numerous sources, No violent change has ever been made in the life and habits of the people without bitter op- position. A great deal of it sevseless. One of the opponents will quite naturally be the “tired” school teacher, who now has mor vacation than any other class of worker in the country. Jor instance the «teacher has every Saturday, every holiday and all summer off duty and gets, at the minimum fourteen weeks “rest” in the year. What other occupation af- fords this kind of consideration of its workers? The old practice of long vacations surely does not fit the modern needs, nor does it relieve the pressure on the American educational system. In the country and in the village the situation is comparable’in the relative number of chil- dren that are liberated with little or nothing to occupy their attention, to work off the animal spirits and propensity to get into mischief. Here too the continuous school would be a blessing in relative measure with the congested dis- tricts. > “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” is sure to crop up in the argument against any change in time honored custom. But would Jack have all work and no recreation? What does he have under the present vacation system. Surely, as schools are now conducted ample re- creation is provided throughout the nine months school is in session. It would seem that it is practically a fifty-fifty go with books and in- struction, when basket ball, foot ball, and athletics are considered. These and other forms of recreation encouraged in the schools would be the very forms selected by the boys and girls whether school kept or not. So argument of all work and no play would not be admissable. If there is sufficient relaxation from the grind as schools are now conducted for the nine months of the year there would be equally the same diversion if school held the year through. The proponents of continuous school are even now inclined to turn the Jack story the other way about—too much play and not enough work—and they believe it has some basis in fact. The country spends considerable tax money upon the education of its children. The chil- dren are entitled to the best that can be pro- cured for thie expenditure. An education is about all most of them may hope to get as a start in life. And after it is all said and done the mental and physical welfare of the children is of first consideration and if it requires the changing of any old customs to give it to them, what would be wrong with smashing preced- ents? When the parents of the school children rise up and say they want the year around school it is likely to come. If they do not, then we will continue along the old lines in both city aud country. The Typewriter and the Pen Fifty years have passed since the first prac- tical typewriter came into use and the writing machine has but lately celebrated the an- niversary. In that time the machine has been adopted the world over for most purposes of writing, of corespondence, bookkeeping, prep: tion of copy for ‘the press, making official re- cords and in divers other ways supplanting the work that the pen had done since time im- memorial. While it not pretended to deny the type- writer any of the blessings it has conferred upon mankind or to detract from its general usefulness in the modern world, yet it is fre- quently stated that writing done with a ma- chine differs in more than speed and legibility from writing produced in the old way—that there is a change of style, and one not for the better. Whether this is generally true or not nobody knows with any approach to certainty, but the charge most frequently made is that typewritten copy, perhaps from greater ease of its production, tends to contain many words, some of them unnecessary. Concision, and with it energy and directness, is said to decrease un- der this influence. If this be so the benefaction of the typewriter is less than its admirers claim for it. Still, there lingers the feeling that a personal letter’written on the typewriter lacks something of dignity and courtesy. Be that as it may there can be today but few business houses but have accepted the innovation and rejoice in it. The victory of the typewriter over the pen 1s by no means complete. There are more pens and different kinds of pens manufactured today than ever and the pencil has been affected not at all. Neither is likely to disapear any more than is the horse in competition with the auto mobile. ‘A Failed Venture It might have been known, the natural result of the Aquitania’s experment in installing a soda fountain. It was left entirely to the option of the passenger to purchase the refreshing an‘ virtuous beverages offered for sale. There should first have been a law to forbid its sale or possession” «ad then possibly the venture would have lastee icnger Wied wary are grower into a permanent institution. As it is the in- novation lasted about two round trips. Travelers who venture upon the yasty deep are bold and fearless by nature. to commence with. They could searcely be expected to gargle soda water in the presence of a ship-load of observant world tourists. Our bold travelers are fed up on soda water at home, When they are away from home, like all other yenturers they would rather be mistaken for “regular devils.” And regular devils do not drink soda water as a regular beverage. European patrons of the boat accustomed as they are at home to everything but soda water, could see nothing to this beverage except in its plain form as a chaser with their liquor, or as a sustaining force in making their highball high. So when our soda saturated Americans and our European friends, who have a penchant for stronger waters, both turned their backs on the soda fountain, it was without patrons. Any- thing without patrons does not long survive. So the next trip of the boat found the soda fountain missing from the palm room, and the old order with some variation prevailing after and before the three mile limit. What should have really happened on the Aquitania was a positive assertion of prohibi- tion instend of the negative. These objecting and sneering travelers American as well as European should have been compelled to swal- low for their own good at stated intervals dur- ing the and evening the drinks of pupity, innocence and tue, instead of permitting them to poison themselves with noxious libations to any such wayward deity as Bacchus. But, seamen, long wedded to their grog, have small skill in popularizing novelties. in the drinking line so the enterprise that would sup- | ply just w the traveler was thirsting for failed miserably, Che Casper Daily Cridbune Planning Forest Trails BUFFALO.—Last week J. W. Spencer, supervisor of the Big Horn National Forest passed through Buffalo enroute to his home Sheridan from a trip of inspection which took in the Cloud's Peak climb | and the trip to Lake Solitude. Mr. Spencer has expressed himself very much in favor of improving the trails through the Big Horns and hearty approval of those who fre! mer months, ment made by Mr. Spencer. He in the Big Horn forest will be im- Proved, and most of the money avail able will be used on the Solitude treil, and the forest reserve officers believe it is the most important. Mr. Spencer declared that the scenic beauty of Black Tooth mountain and Cloud's peak are the greatest in the Big Horn mountains. “The trail to these two points and the county between, the main artery of which is the Solitude trail are can be improved greatly, estimation of the supervisor, and improve them as much as possible next year, he said. New Parish House ROCK SPRINGS.—Actual work on the construction of a parish house for the church of the Holy Communion, will begin in a few days, when the present church bulld- lot to make room for the excavation for the new parish house. The con- tract for the work has been let to the Cofman Construction company. While the new building may not will be put in and everything will be in readiness for work when spring opens. Discussing Bond Issue THENNOPOLIS — The quite a number of those whose prop: issue. ascertain public sentiment and many cross-wise views were brought out Those favoring the issue contended that the improvement of the coun’ —a sele pont sal in| no doubt this will meet with the quent these trails during the sum-} According to a state-| said, “Next year the mountain trails | ing will be moved forward on the | be completed this year, the founda- called at the Liberty club rooms to| Knebel. consider the matter of bonding Hot/the little girl were but slight and Springs county for the purpose of/as soon as the doctor extracted a road improvement was attended by|few pieces of the cap from the calf erty would be obligated by the bond ‘The purpose of the meeting was to| hand | ee Matters and Things, of State-Wide Interest, Wired in, Telephoned in, Written, Grape-Vined and Some of It Purloined. !ronds would be well worth the cost, while others maintained that it is | time to take a vacation in the lavish expenditure of public moneys. Be- tween) these two views all shades of opinion were expressed. It was very | evident from the temper of the meet- |ing that a county road bond issue can not be carried at this time with- out strong opposition. Before the meeting adjourned a |motion was made and adopted to circulate petitions throughout the jcounty and if the required number | of signatures are secured the matter will be presented to the county com- missioners asking that a special bond election be called, Unique Fire Extin- guisher ROCK SPRINGS.—A peculiar fire occurred in a truck on the road be- tween Rock Springs and Eden. The milk truck was coming into Rock {Springs loaded with cans of milk, with D. W. Joslin, driver, and Al- |bert M. Stork as a passenger. In difficult, and will always be so, but|the rear of the ‘truck was a pack- | Druises. | in the|age of pocket knives having cellu-| jloid handles belonging to Mr. Stork every effort will be made by him to|In some manner the knives caught, |fire, presumably from the sun, and |quite a little blaze resulted. As the occupants of the truck hed no ex- tinguisher to put out the fire, a ten gallon can of milk was used for the purpose and {t proved very ef- fective, although quite expensive. ‘The cause of the fire and the method of extinguishing it are unique in the record of conflagrations. Children Injured BUFFALO.—Frank Bybee, 12, and {Carrie Bybee, 10, were injured in an explosion Sunday at the old |Ramsbottom ranch below Kaycee. which is the Bybee home. ‘The brother and sister and four or five other children were playing in the |kitchen at the time, Frank was dig- ging at the contents of a dynamite jeap with a knife and the cap ex- ploded. The children were brought meeting to Buffalo and attended by Dr. injuries recetved by| The -|of her leg she was little the worse off for her experience but her brother lost two fingers of the left at the first joint and the y| fingers of his right were badly torn but will be saved. The children i,were taken back to the ranch this morning. ion of ape woe th S erat eis per te S neth abun flavo the difcrence. Sustains Severed Jugular | ROCK SPRINGS.—A Japanese [miner named 8S. Hayasti {s reclin-| Hing on a cot at the Wyoming Gen-| eral hospital with his jugular jauto accident near Reliance. | The man was being driven to his work at Reliance by Charles Bal- com, a taxi driver of this city, and when approaching a bridge just after leaving a sharp turn going into Reliance a car driven by Carl Poulter, a candy salesman for Shupe-Williams, of Salt Lake City, hove in sight and a collision re- | sulted. Both ‘cars were turned ove- and Hayasti was thrown against |the windshield with much force, his | throat being penetrated by a piece of flying glass. The wound bled profusely and the injured man was | lrushed to the hospital in time to | save his life. | Both cars were badly demolished, but luckily for the other passengers, all escaped with but slight cuts and Hijacking The Honey | GLENROCK — Private yellow |Jackets, not built for making honey but well equipped for eating it, have invaded the bee hives of Howard Jackson and Mrs. John Morgan, kill- ing the greater number of the bees and devouring the winter food they had stored up through their in- dustry. As wise human thieves, the yellow Jackets used fine discrimination in selecting their victims, avolding the stands that were strong enough to show fight and devoting their atter- tion only to the hives that were too weak for successful defense. Mr. Jackson has kept bees many years, but he says that never before now has he seen yellow jackets move in on bees as they have done in this case. Unable to invoke the law on this class of thieves, Jackson armed himself with a shingle and seating himself near the bee colony, avenged the slaughter of the bees by spank- ing hundreds of the yellow jackets to death, Passing of Old Timer ROCK SPRINGS.— Another old timer of Rock Springs has passed to the great beyond, Frank Rukert, aged 60, who died after a week's illness of pneumonia, Mr. Rukert has been a resident of Rock Springs for the past twenty- five years, coming here from his old home place in Pittsburgh, Pa. He worked at his trade as painter and decorator, until about ten years ago, when he filed on government land and proved up on what is now known as the Six Mile ranch at which place he was engaged in the | poultry business. The deceased is survived by an {aunt, sister and brother, all resid- ing {in Pennsylvania, and many friends tn this vicinity. arrangements will be made until the relatives have been heard from. He wes never married. ! It Happened In Wyoming | Kinney Will Probated ROCK SPRINGS.—Salt Lake at- in| Rr Mon- Imost severed as the result of an| qv apes” thay, renresente ‘WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, mer resident of this city. proximately $200,000. under the terms of the will. No funeral the Utah Copper company, patina’ many years, but he was an active patt in the deve! of the western country. where they represented the , 1923 estate of the late Timothy Kinney, ploneer Wyoming capitalist and for- ‘The will of Mr. Kinney was ad- mitted to probate by Judge John R. Arnold. The estate is valued at ap- Joseph C. Kinney, a son, being made executor Mr. Kinney was a heavy stock- holder in the W. 8. McCornick & Co, bank in Salt Lake, and, time, was @ heavy stockholder in at one He was prominently known in banking cir- cles in Wyoming and interested fn large cattle and sheep ranches here. His home was in Rock Springs for known throughout the west, having taken lopment en Give the Kiddies Real Comfort This Winter You’ll be amazed to see how much Radiantfire heat will mean to your entire family in comfort, health and convenience. ~ When the youngsters comé in chilled and shivering or with wet feet, it will warm and dry them in one minute. On bleak winter mornings, they can dress in comfort before its cheery glow. And think of the enjoyment you will get from this beautiful open fire on chilly fall and winter evenings!) Radiantfire gives you instant warmth and leaves the air of the room fresh and cool for breathing. It means fewer colds —no more fussing to build fires and re- move ashes. 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