The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-07-21
NUMBER OF KILLED AND MAIN.
Ed IN OKLAHOMA CAUSES A
MOVE FOR REGULATION.
BRONCHO SHOOTER OUTCOME
Where Citizens Formerly Feared the
Frontier Desperate They hre no"
IN Constant Fear Of Reckless Au
tonoDIe Speed Flera.

Guthrie. Okla. July .o-m CRIES
and town. Nu,r. q fyW ytd.s ago
tu. Creates uiou,a5 uoins desp.l.
do Uas won, ou regular occasion,
to shoe, up rhe town. the residents
ar. now .u constant fear OF the
UrpDkl.ss automobile speed fioud
who seems to yalla human ilfe even
more lightly than his frontier pre-
dcccssor
So many persons have been killed
and manned for life in Oklahoma
within the past year by criminal
use OF the automobile that the city
authorities OF most oklahoma towns
hay" taken steps 20 curb the speed
mania
At Muskog,.. AN automobile oc-
Cupiod by chauffeur and two
women. while being driven at
high rate OF speed. ran down G.
Robin. 20 years OF age. Two wheels
OF the machine passed over his
body breaking three ribs and in.
juunc him internally. No arrests
were made at the time
At shawnee little Donald Abbot
was thrown from his sea. iu the
buggy OF his parents and injured
by tho collision of an automobile
with tine rig The automobile and
the porpo'rator OF the outrage was
never discovered.
Serious accidents from criminal
carelessncss OF Joy riders" have
been frequent In Oklahoma City
although the police have bet'rr con
troll over the situation at present.
Recently an automobile crashed
into a buggy there. wrecking IL
and seriously iniuring two young
women. Miss Tina Collivcr and Miss
Josephine Pope OF Oklahoma City.
Miss Pope told tho police that she
warned the drive OF the machins
before ne was within fifty feet of
them 10 stop, but hat he seemed 10
ignore her appeals and crashed INTO
Tho buggy from the rear. Both wo-
men We're thrown beneath t.. horses
feet and IL was considered 4 ilia.le
that they escaped death. Tho hauf-
fcur claimed that the brake re-
fused 10 work
\ machine driven by a physician
az shawnee was run down by a
small ~unabout driven by a woman.
The runabout was thrown against
tho curb and one wheel sma. he'd
and the doctors wife and baby who
were in his machine were badly
shaken mp
An accident which took on some
features Of humor occurred at Mus.
kog'r when John MHNn. who was
riding q bicycle. collidcd with an an.
iomobil". and was thrown to the
street strange 20 say. the bicyclc
was hoilv damaged but the rider
received slight injuries. Tho oc.
cupants of tho automobile placed
the cyclist IN their automobile and
rushed him TO doctor who pIo-
nouncod him none the worse for
the accident,
In Guthrie the city council has
adopted an ordinance requiring all
auto owners 10 take out a license
of $3.50 a yoar. register their ma.
chimes ana comply with certain
speed limits Similar ordinances are
no win effect I'm most OF the larger
cities of the state ~ Hobart re-.
Gently the city marshal and city at.
torncy Joined In published warn.
Ing 70 10y riders 10 desist or
they would De- arrested
As carly as tho first session Of
the stat" legislature I'm the fan of
l'oN an attempt was made To get
through state law regulating tho
speed of automobiles The proposod
law also required drivers To stop
their machines upon passing team
''''' f'''' 81 hllf team look
fright TO assist The farmer or other
person 10 hold his fractions ami
mails until he could get out of
range o' the 10y" wagon. Some
"ag introduced an amendment 10
tho bill requiring the driver of the
auto TO also give the farmer a chow
" tobacco. The bill was amended
and joked 10 death.
That the auto is an institution
10 be reckoned with in Oklahoma
Is shown by the fact that even
the small towns in the state can
count their machines by the score
Beaver City and Guymon, in the er
IRENE western frontier OF Oklaho.
ma, each have more than fifty su.
tomobiles. Cherokee. in Woods coun