The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-09
(Official City, State and County
Newspaper)
Foreign Representatives
1 SMALL, SPENCER, LEV1NGS
& BREWER
(Incorporated
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
A Worthwhile Race

Announcement OF q contest TO pe
staged between cities and In which
everyone will win something worth
while II it makes a good record has
Just been made by the National
Safety Council.
The idea is to launch, January l,
D safety race" among the cities OF
the nation to determine which can
obtain the best traffic-law observ-
ance and enforcement during the
year.
Every city, town and village in the
country IS eligible and several hum
dred will compete for the honor OF
being called Americas Safest City"
Competition viii be between munich
palities Of similar size for lowered
traffic death rates through improved
law enforcement and public educa-
ton. Awards viii be made early in
1888 for the safest City" In each
group, for the best In all groups. and
for the states making the best ag-
gregate record.
It Is the first nationwide effort
to arouse In every community de-
termined stand against the increas-
ing highway death toll which will
reach its highest peak In history,
about $4,000, this year. The National
safety Councils experience In acci-
dent prevention over q score Of years
has shown that contests provide tre-
mendous stimuli in industrial safety
and the plan is now being applied on
q broad scale to the dangerous streets
and highways.
Cities viii compete by making
monthly reports Of their traffic IA
talities to the National Safety Coun-
Gil and by reporting their accident
prevention activities such as enforce
ment, regulation and public educa-
ton. The reporting body in most
cases will be the local police depart
ment, but it may be any local organi-
,zation designated by the mayor.
While lowered death rates over the
previous years experience viii be the
chief measuring stick, other factors
win receive consideration In the
scoring.
The only obligation city assumes
in entering the contest Is that OF
submitting reports regularly.
All cities will be divided into
groups according to population as
follows: Over 100000; 25o.ooo to 5oo.-
600: 100000 to 25o.ooo; $1,000 to 1oo.-
200: $4,000 to $4,000; under $4,000.
There win be no set rules which
cities must follow in carrying out
their safety campaigns. Local ini-
tiative will be the sole guide.
Handsome trophy awards will be
presented at some suitable occasion
in the spring OF 1888 to mayors. or
their official representatives. Of the
winning cities.
TO any citizen who has watched
the sickening totals Of death on the
highways mount, this contest COM
mends itself as one really worth
while. TO win it will be IN achieve
ment which win carry notable bene-
fits abroad and more tangible ones
ct home. The city which captures q
trophy in its class will have IN en-
yiable record and will receive wide
publicity. It also will have the deep.
rooted satisfaction Of knowing thai
comparatively few Of its citizens have
been offered as sacrifices on the al
tars of carelessness, speed and the
hundred other factors which make
our highways dangerous.
Bismarck might seriously conside,
entering this contest and making q
real effort to win it. Even II we lose
our participation should pay big divi-
dendS.