The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-09-13
Be FIXED FOR
THE BIG FAIR
Instructions to be Fol
lowed to Save Ac-
cidents

We want to suggest that every
body make preparations for the fair
and fix their cars so that they will
be more likely to be free from acct
dents during the jam. We suggest
that you give your car the once over
to see if the horn, lights, brakes and
DINNERS are all in working order.
A large percentage Of the cars that
travel on the roads and streets have
something the matter with them and
during the fair it will be more dan
gerous than usual to be using car
that is defective in any of the re-
spects we have mentioned.
If your car throws very bright
light be sure that you use your dim
mers, If you have dinners, and If
you have no dinners, see If you can
have them put on. We don't want
anybody to be taken to the hospital
or to the cemetery just because
somebody has been careless in these
matters. When you get in to town
/ during the fair and find big crowd,
remember that the streets are paved
and the car slips along rather rapidly
and you may exceed the speed limit
before you know it. 1t is good plan
to put your gear on intermediate
and drive very slowly. While watch
ing for cars and people in front Of
you, do not forget that there are
likely to be cars coming along be-
hind you and il you stop suddenly,
somebody is going to get bumped.
Keep your muffler closed and be as
quiet as you can in the use Of your
car. If you are speeding it up to get
out of town at IL or / o'clock in the
morning try not to wake everybody
in the hotels or in blocks near you.
When parking your car be sure not
to put 1t within twenty feet of the
water hydrants. Do not leave it
more than eight hours in one place.
Keep some kind Of a mark or tag
on your car so it is easily identified.
When putting packages in your car
be sure and not put them in some
other fellows car that looks about
like yours or that is in the same part
of the street as yours. Be equally
careful not to get into some other
fellows car thinking 1t is yours.
Take look at the car and make sure
whose it is before you get in. Some
thing might happen to you If you
made such mistake. The Mystery
club has re-organized on larger
scale and proposes to protect people
, in the ownership of their cars and
to protect them also in possession
of packages and clothes left in the
cars. The fellow who goes up to
car and takes out coat or pack
age, had better be awfully sure that
it is his car, his coat or his package,
for members of the Mystery club
might have their eyes on him at that
moment and know exactly what to
do with him. When driving your car
thru town, try not to pick the most
crowded thoro-fare; take the more
quiet streets, 80 far as 1t is con-
venient. II you have to stop in the
crowded places to let passengers out,
or to take on passengers and pack
ages remember that somebody is
likely to want to pass in a second
Avoid such stops as much as you
can. It is dangerous to step out of
a car in the open street where cars
are passing.
When travelling the streets afoot
remember to cross the streets only
at corners and to go straight across.
Do not travel on the slant. There
is no law to prevent your crossing
the street and at any slant you want
to, but it is much more dangerous
for you and If you get hurt the re-
sponsibility all rests with you and
not with the driver that hit you. If
you do your street crossing at the