The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-02
RULES SHOULD GOVERN
! THOSE WHO USE LEGS

1t is great wonder to everyone
who was on the streets yesterday
Afternoon that the payements of
Front street were not burned up by
the fast driving. Hundreds OF auto
mobiles speeded up and down the
street much OF the afternoon Why
a number of pedestrians were not
run down and injured is mystery,
and goes to show how agile these
people, who must content themselves
with walking, must be.
Mankato people are not the only
ones who have commented upon
this. Many out of town people who
We're in the city yesterday remarked
about the speed of the antoists. and
Fred f. Day OF Eagle Lake, in.
TO The Free Press
says:
Appeal to Legislature
after Witnessing the crowds of
people and the number of pedestrians
who were in Mankato on circus day
would it not be advisable for the
coming legislature TO enact law
governing pedestrians while on the
streets and public highways?
George Fitch has drawn up the
following rules which might be APP
piled on circus days.
Rule ]. Pedestrians crossing boule
wards at night shall wear a white
light in the front and red liehte in
the rear.
Give Three Short Blasts.
Rule ?. Pedestrians, before turn
ing 10 the right or left. must give
three short blasts on horn at least
three inches in diameter
Rule 8. Pedestrians must, when
an inexperienced automobile driver
Is made nervous by his presence.
hide behind tree until said auto
mobile is passed.
Rule 4. Pedestrians shall not car
ry in their pockets any substance
liable to cnt automobile tires.
Rule s. Pedestrians shall not in
lodging automobiles. run faster than
twenty miles per hour.
Rule g. Pedestrians will not be
allowed TO emit cigarette smoke on
any boulevard in manner offensive
TO passengers in gasoline automo-
biles.
Issue License Tags.
DIIa padaetrtanp ,,onct raoictat.
at the beginning OF each year and
pay license fee of S.. Numbered
license tags will be issued to them
and no rebate will be allowed If they
do not live through the entire year.
Rule s. Before license tag will be
issued 10 them pedestrians must
demonstrate before an examining
board their skill in dodgng. leaping.
crawling and extricating themselves
from machinery.
Rule g. Pedestrians not wearing
numbered license tags will be held
for all damages done 10
or their occupants in
collisions.
Possibly if this set of rules was
sent TO Theodore Roosevelt he would
adopt it as the missing plank in his
platform"
From Fridays Daily.
Several automobiles show the re-
suit of yesterdays busy hours and il
few owners are nursing broken axels,
bent tenders, etc. Walter Eckman.
while going north on South Front
street, struck one OF William Schwen.
der's cars, being driven by Carl llo
dapp, near the corner of Front and
Jackson streets about four o'clock
yesterday afternoon Mr.. Hodapp
says that the Eckman car was going
nearly twenty miles an hour, and
that the driver was on the left hand
side OF The street. He said that he
came with such force. it punctured
the front tire and broke the front
axel Ecknan, on the other land.
claims that he, was on the right hand
side OF the street. and was forced
III between two automobiles. He said
that the Schwender car struck the
rear axel of his automobile. which
proved that the Eekman car was IN
the right.
Lewis Busch. driving car near
the slough toward the circus grounds,
tore the rear wheel off a hack, being
driven by George BlatZheim. The
fender Of the automobile was bent.
Mr.. Busch claims that the hack
driver wanted over half of the street.
Charles CRAFTS automobile was al
so damaged slightly in an accident.
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Candidate For Commissioned.
From Fridays Daily.
l.. t. Silkey filed today on the
democratic ticket for county com