Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-10
Safety First!"

:" vi Tie frisco, VIII SnOrtiy lSSu
" a book of about 20 pages, show
a. ing the picture Of some boy frol
n each station ON this division
showing his full name. age, resi-
dence, and what he has to sa,
with reference to train hopping
or riding cars through the yards
With this end in view he has
written to some prominent citi
zen in each town to name rep
resentative from that place.
In Mansfield ne addressed DR..
FIJI. Riley, whose reputation for
doing things is known wherever
the name of Mansfield is spoken.
Immediately upon receipt of the
request for him to Select a boy
from Mansfield. DR.. Riley got
busy and evolved an original
scheme for naming the boy.
When this plan was outlined to
| Superintendent Baltzell, the lat
ter received it with enthusiasm
and declared he would suggest
the scheme to the men chosen to
name the boys from the other
towns, and requested the doctor
to put his plan to work at once
and repor: results.
The doctors plan was some.
what of a competitive civil ser.
vice affair. Enlisting the assis.
tance of Superintendent Ia. Hyl
ton of the Mansfield Public
Schools, all the public school
boys between the ages of 10 and
16-the age limits as suggested
by Superintendent Baltzell met
in the school building, and DR..
Riley addressed them and read
Mr.. Baltzell's letter explaining
what was desired and asking
each boy to write short essay
on the subject. From these es.
says the one ranking highest
would be selected as the one to
be printed in the book.
Several boys took part and all
did well, but the choice of the {
committee chosen to pass upon 9
the essays = Mesdames w. b.
Hitchcock and w. A. Black
lected those of Earl Canble and
Dewey Edwards as most meri. /
torious, that of Earl Cauble be.
ing given first place because the /,
writer adhered strictly to the
form as outlined in Mr.. Baltzell's
communication, which showed !.
chat he paid strict attention to !.
the instructions given-a very
commendable trait in the busi-
ness world.
His article follows:
Earl Cauble, aged IS years.res.
idence Mansfield, Mo. Ny rea.
son for not hopping trains is
that | have seen enough accidents
from sucn to teach me that it is y
q dangerous, foolish and an un,
fit business for boy. ID
Earl's picture, together with q
his essay, will therefore appear s
In this book. "a
Superintendent Baltzell's let,
ter follows: 8
l am writing you this personal
letter to enlist your services in
securing for me, the name of one I
boy in your town, that does not :
make practice Of hopping the !
trains, OF play around the rail
road yards, taking chances of
getting hurt. l will abide byl.
your decision and want you to Sc
cure for me, a picture Of this boy
and send IL to me, together with
the comments Of this boy, in re
gard to hopping trains.
II am going to get out a book in
neat form of about seventy pages
that win show apicture Of some
boy land I would prefer to have !
these boys between the ages of 7
ten and sixteen years Of age I
from each station on my division. /
showing his full name, age. resi-
dence. and what he has to say /
with reference to train hopping, |
pr riding cars through the yaids. /
For an example: Dewey Allen. a
age fourteen, residence Thayer, {
Mo-. b
II do not hop the trains, or
try toride the switch engine too