The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-28
BY THE GOSSIPER.

| E. r. Kindig of First avenue be-
lieves in protection. And this state
ment calls for an explanation. The
night of Christmas day there was
a strange, unwelcome visitor on the
kindig premises and the light of the
next morning revealed the fact that
the intruder had dug his way un-
der Mr.. Kindig's brooder, where he
had 20 chickens, ranging from eight
to ten weeks old, and that 10 out of
20 had been killed. This was a sig
nal for Mr.. Kindig to get busy, so
Thursday night he placed two steel
traps at the excavation and baited
them with one of the dead chickens.
Friday morning the intruder was
found with one hind leg caught in
each of the traps and he was dis
patched with charge of bird shot.
1t proved to be four-pound skunk
The efforts being made by the cit
liens and authorities in ST. Angus
tine to clean out the confidence men
and crooks and keep the city clean
Of this class of men during the win
ter season, should stir to action the
authorities of other cities along the
East Coast. 1t seems logical that
such an organization could be per-
fected among the police departments
of all the East Coast towns, with
the object of having description o.
every one of this class of men driv
en- out Of one town being immediate
forwarded to the officers of every
one of the other towns. In this way
these fellows could be kept moving
on. There is plenty of room to jump
off at the end of the line.
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By the way, what ever became of
the special committee appointed by
the president of the city council to
investigate the cost of an automo7
bile fire truck and the advisabilfty
of keeping one or two firemen on
duty at all times to keep such a
truck ready for immediate use and
handle it at times of fire? There
are many citizens who are strongly
in favor Of adding whatever tax is
necessary to purchase and maintain
such an acquisition to the fire fight
ing apparatus to guard against
serious conflagration and lessen the
H general insurance rates in the city.
The feeling of these citizens is that
it is better to make such provision
before than after a disastrous fire.
Let's have the committee report.
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| Recently The Gossiper witnessed
a near serious collision between
two automobiles at the corner of Fair
view and North Beach street, one
car gong north on Beach street and
the other east on Fairview, both
turning the corner at a speed which
could by no means be taken for
slow, and neither sounding a warn
ing horn before making the turn.
Both drivers were girls and the only
thing that prevented a serious col
lision was the fact that neither lost
her head, but swung sharply to the
right and the cars whizzed by each
other with an inch or two to spare.
Another instance of the necessity for
complying with the city ordinance
requiring the sounding of automobile
horns and whistles before turning
II corners.
This is Daytona, the Most Beau
tiful Winter Resort in the World. p"
Is the sign announcing this fact at
the F. E. c. railway depot to be neg
lected this season? This is the ques-
ton that is being frequently asked at
the depot Of late. No provision ap-
pears to have been made for the turn
ing on of the lights which illumin-
ate the sign at night, and the sign
itself needs some little attention as
weeds and vines are obstructing the
face of it. This is a matter that
should be given attention. The sign
is an excellent advertising feature
for the city and attracts the notice
of passengers on all trains and is es-
pecially effective when the lights are
turned on at night, as they should be