The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-29
THE DANGEROUS SUMMER DRUNK.

A drunken man is a menace to the con1mun-
ity at any time, but when drunken man at
tempts to drive an automobile on crowded
highway on a hay Sunday afternoon ne be-
comes douby a menace not only TO hlmseH
and the people who are so unfortunate, TO rlde
with him, but to every other person who hap
pens to be driving or riding in an automo-
bile at the same time.
The opening OF the summer season has IN
creased materially the amount Of drunkenness
in the resort districts Large numbers of
people come OUT TO these districts from Chi
cago every Saturday afternoon with the idea
of spending Sunday in debauchery. They
either hring their own or find it easy to get it
from accommodating distillers who have flour
isncd III the western part of the county and
who nave been able to escape JAIL
These fellows load up with the liquor Satur-
day night and Sunday and are usually maudlln
drunk when they start to drive back to Chi
cago on Sunday night. The class is one pretty
well known to the riders of the roads and es-
pecialy the Geneva road.
It may be that it is impossible for Kenosha
county officials to prevent Chicago people COM
ing to this county and getting drunk, but they
can keep them off the road after they get
drunk An officer should be stationed at the
west end of the Geneva road with orders to
make an examination of the drivers of cars
as they come along. In lot of cases the eX-
animation will not necessarily be an extended
one. One look by a practiced officer will be
sufficient to show the condition of the driver
of most any car. These fellows who attempt
to mix mOonshine and gasoline to the danger
of every one else on the road should be halted
and told to sober up before they attempt to
risk fate on crowded highway. If this plan
foI1 IN of loo Of
one Chicago woman would have had chance
to be alive today and possibly Kenosha county
would have had at least one more deputy
sheriff. t.
There is no greater menace to highway
than a drunken driver, and it is menace that
tile other drivers on the highways can: not
properly protect themselves against. These
drunken drivers weave their way along the
road usually at an excessive speed. Kind
Providence has saved most of them from dis
aster, but even kind Providence is going to
fail to operate some time.s
Drunken drivers of automobiles are an ex-
cellent source of information for infractions of
the prohibition laws and if the men in charge
of safe guarding the roads would keep bet
ter tab on the rum-filled drivers it is not i'm
probable that the district attorney could have
a lot more prosecutions in the courts. If these
men come out from Chicago sober and get
drunk before they start home it is only fair
to believe that they must have found some in
] t9xicating stuff out in. Kenosha county. If
these men can find SO much of it the deputies
should be able to find some of it.. r
It's good thing to sound this warning be-
fore The coroner is called to make examina-
tions mensin4 various st. ) of intoXication
after some one has bee lied. Of course,
the drunken driver is when he is sober,
but at that time the lse is backing up to
some home to take 4 Il, the body of his vic
TIM
1t is to be that the courts here will
see their way d. to help in the crusade
against drunk>n ivers by imposing jail
sentence on every man arrested on. charge
of driving an automobile while intoxicated
When these fellows are allowed to be sorry
in jail for few weeks after they menace the
lives of people on the road, this particular
Sunday vacationing will not be nearly so prey
alent. ~n