Milford chronicle., 1926-11-12
MILFORD, FRIDAY, NOV. 12, 1926

at the invitation of Governor Rob-
ert P. Robinson, there to sit in con-
ference with the aim of devising
means and plans whereby accidents
in this State may be very materially
reduced. For months past a spe-
cial committee appointed by Cover
nor Robinson has been studying the
traffic, grade crossing and accident
problem in general. They have
reached some very interesting con-
clusions as to the best methods to
be pursued in handling the question
and at today's meeting their report
and recommendations will be read
to the delegates sitting in the Con-
ference. Already many Of the tenta-
tive changes to be suggested to the
incoming General Assembly for en-
actment into traffic laws have been
made public. They will be found
on the first page of today's Chron-
icle. Appalling increase in acci-
dents and loss OF. life in Delaware is
alarming and very drastic changes
must be made in the present laws
of the Commonwealth to protect our
citizenship against this death demon.
Todav's conference is a step in the
right direction, and it is to be hoped
that concrete basis and sensible
changes will be suggested and adopt
ed to be sent to the Assemblymen
for their consideration.
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TO ENCOURAGE boys and girls
forming thrift and gainful occupa-
tions, the Bankers Association of
Tennessee started a plan to furnish
boys and girls of that state with eggs
from standard bred fowls, to be
hatched and the chicks raised by
them For this they were to return a
pullet in payment. This was adopt
ed by many of the boys and girls of
that state, who have returned 1910
standard bred pullets to the Bankers
who supplied the eggs to them last
spring. The boys and girls became
members of poultry clubs conducted
by extension workers comparatively
employed by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, and these
pullets will be sold at auction by the
bankers to interest the farmers OF
the state in better poultry. This
kind Of work is carried on along the
same lines, but under regulations to
meet varying conditions, in the pig
clubs. in the "calf clubs" and other
activities in competition with the OBJ
iect to increase interest in produc-
ing the crops and business of agri-
culture in all the states. 1t may be
termed "frills" by some farmers; but
by the boys who get cash results
each season of from one hundred to
several hundreds of dollars, by pro-
ducing these different lines of ac-
tivity on the farms, it means prac-
tiical common sense. In most cases
the parents are cured of skeptl-
cism when their boys and girls have
demonstrated their ideas by pro-
ducing the cash results. 1t is true in
many cases in Delaware; but it is
true, that too many of the
parents fail to encourage their chill
dren to enter into the plans. When
the parents are more wise they will
recognize that they are standing in
the way of the child and helping to
narrow the ideas of the boys and
girls, as to what can be accomplish
ed by applying thought with intelli-
gent work, in making their home
farms produce more and better re-
suits. Encourage the children to
make a success of these poultry
problems, as we'll as the many other
club propositions. They are not
wasting time or effort. Help them.
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ONLY a relatively small per cent
Of automobile drivers are careless.
But they are sufficient in number
to make driving on the highways
hazardous. On a Sunday or holiday
many people refrain from driving
because of the hazard. 1t is neither
fair nor is it necessary that care
ess drivers should drive others off
.he highway, to which and on which
everyone has an equal right.
Automobiles are safe, highways
ire safe and driving practices must
be made safe.
An oil company, operating several
hundred trucks, has not had col
ision or accident on the highways
~ at railroad grade crossings for a
,umber of years, although during |
hat time it's trucks crossed railroad |
lacks more than 31,O0O.OOO times.
# selects its drivers with proper |
ore instructs them in safe practices
nd gives them to understand that
,a;1,re to stop, look and listen be-
.ore crossing a railroad rack, or