Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-08
CLEARING SIGNS FROM
 ROADS OF THE sTi
Touring Car of National Highway Protective Association Is on the Way.

A young man in a big red touring car Is covering all the roads of the state and proposes to leave them free of all advertising signs and advertise all the spring cleaning up roads in New York and is now busy in this state and anticipating Rhode Island. He is sent out by the National High way Protective society, the headquar- ters of which are in New York city charge of Colonel E. $. Cornell of New York. who Is secretary of the society. His sons are with him and also F. L. Brougham, who was the young man in the big red touring car which excited curiosity by being seen so much on the road. The Ma tional Highways Protective society has for it's objects really about everything which is of benefit for a highway. It does all 1t can to promote public safety on the streets and highways. It tries to get new laws to make the streets safer and also works hard to prevent dangerous legislation. It aims to procure better physical condition of the streets. It Is trying to eliminate grade crossings. IL gives itself to the promotion of sane. practical and uni form motor legislation, It provides children with safe and suitable places to play. It also enforces the law in regard to keeping the highways free of advertising signs which is what Mr. Brougham is busy doing in an eight or nine hour day.
 When the sign n-removing expedition with it's two autos has gone through this state, hundreds of people will know about this society who never heard of 1t and also of this law of illegal advertising in the highways.
 This Is the law which is being taught the citizens of this state:
 cf71 ,fT 7xy fr a nv tree. rock or structure, within the lim- its of a public highway. any paper or advertisement, other than notices posted in pursuance of law: or who shall aff1x to the property Of another without his consent. any word, letter character, or device. intended to ad- vertise the sale of any article, shall be fined not more than one hundred dol lars. or imprisoned not more than six months or both." Sec. 1245, General Statutes of Connecticut, 1902 revision
 As the society cannot cover all the roads everywhere. it asks everyone who is "interested in this work of preserving and restoring the beauty of our roadsides and preventing the injury and defacement Of the trees that line them" to help by taking down defacing signs. An automobiles can tear down lot in one day. Farmers can give a lot of assistance if they will. Anyone who uses the highways can help. New York, Con- necticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island all have this law now.
 The section in this state from the sound to Waterbury and Watertown on the north. from Danbury to New london on the coast, through Middle town, has beer well covered by the party now going through the state. F will take about two weeks to fn- ish in this state.
 Every sign on the fences and be- tween the fences which Is of advertis- ing matter comes down.
 The long nails in the trees are pad for them. Then cocoons get behind cordbcard signs and hatch all kinds of undesirable insects, and so help spoil the crops. As many as SS CO., coons have been taken from O card board sign only foot square.