The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-02-08
KEEP CHILDREN Off
FARMERS VEHICLES
FARMER POINTS OUT DANGERS
TO CHILDREN WHO "CATCH
ON" TO VEHICLES.

! A prominent farmers living neal
Moscow, who comes to town frequent
| ly and as been bothered as has every
driver of a rig on Third street, by
! boys and even girls catching on
for a ride with their sleds or climb
ing unto his rig at the risk of life
or limb, has asked this paper to pub
lish warning to parents, teachers.
police officers and children. He wrote
brief statement of conditions as he
has seen them and asked that action
be taken to save the children from
being manned or killed. His state
ment follows:
Warning to Parents
| would, if it were possible arouse
every parent in Moscow to the danger
lurking in the pathway of their small
boy; yes, and l will say girl, too. 1t
is not necessary, or unavoidable
danger On the contrary, the children
have to go out of their way to meet
this danger
I venture to say, there is not a
pedestrian in Moscow but has noticed
the children overhauling the various
vehicles and demanding a ride; es-
pecially is this true on Third street.
Perhaps, this is more especially true
of bob sleds; yet they do not hest
tate to tackle buggies, hacks, and
wagons. In fact I think nothing
gets by free unless perhaps the swill
wagon. Now a great many farmers
would not mind giving the little fell
lows a ride if it could be done with
absolute safety, but such seems i'm
possible. One child no more than Sc
L. bn rid 20 O Ivy
than about a dozen apparently need
the same place, and a scuffle ensues-
Any moment, thereafter, one is liable
to fall under the wheels of the We
hicle; and to stop before running
over him, would be an impossibility.
Last fall, while hauling wheat to
town, passed up and down Third
street. The children, if, they were not
in school, would invariably cover the
wagons like a swarm of bees. | eau
Toned them, time and again, about
scuffling to get on the brake beam in
front of the wheel. | even ordered
them off the wagons; but, judging
from their actions, one would think !
.ha they did not hear.
Then another danger is their care !
essness about the horses. Only yes |
,efQay, ana JHlS Is WlldG pIoilpIeu LiS
20 write this article, little fellow
Jumped from my bob-sled and rush
I'd close by my big sorrel gelding to
overhaul another sled on which he
desired to ride l held my breath |
While the little lad passed. I am still
puzzled, as to why we have not a |
'uneral, to attend tomorrow; for
certainly would not take such liber /
les as that with the horse myself. I
The driver does not always know
What horse will do, because the
most gentle will sometimes cause the
most trouble. A week or two back |
aw team standing in front of Van
7ilborga and Oaks. A lettle lad had
lis sled hooked on behind, and was
landing up waiting for the team to
tart. Suddenly, something went
vrong and the team began backing.
When the horses were stopped and
he lads sled rescued, it was badly
mashed. The little fellow went up
he street crying as though his heart
yould break, becase he thought his
led was ruined Really | thought
hat he should have been uttering
rayers of thanks to think that he