Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-11-28
SAFETY DRIVE
is effective
Police Officials, Sheriffs and
Courts Report Work Dur
ing September.
Period Shows Less Traffic
Deaths Than Same Per-
iOd Last Year.

report handed in to Governor
Floyd B. Olson this week by c. H.
Zealand, director of safety of the COM
mittee selected for making intensive
efforts at traffic accident reduction
during the month of September,
showed that much constructive pro-
gress was made. Detailed reports on
traffic law violations, warnings is
sued, arrests made, and penalties i'm
posed were furnished by chiefs of
police and municipal court officials
ifs OF 26 counties, and these were
combined with the report of activities
of the state highway patrol as sub
mitted by Chief John P. Arnoldy.
The proclamation issued by Cover
nor Olson urged that particular eff
forts be made to develop voluntary
observation of traffic regulations by
motorists and pedestrians, and that
punitive measures be invoked only
where warnings were disregarded or
where the type of traffic law viola
ton involved marked hazards to per-
various enforcement officials indicate
much safety educational work to have
been done during the month, partic-
ularly by the newspapers and schools.
Practically every newspaper in the
state carried the Governors procla-
nation one or more times, and in a
number of instances supplementary
proclamations were issued by mayors
and sheriffs. Safety exhibit booths
were maintained by local public safe
ty committees at majority of county
fairs held during September.
Report of Work.
A summary of the consolidated re-
port submitted to Governor Olson
shows the following as correctional
activities by police and sherifrs
forces and the state highway patrol:
Reckless driving-warnings given
1855, arrests 291, drivers convicted
220, number fined 2O9. sent to Jail II,
released without penalty "a: drunken
driving-warned SO. arrested III, con-
victed 1852. fined SO. sent to Jail 81,
released without penalty or put on
probation 10; incorrect lights-warned
5476. arrested GIT, convicted 296.
fined 275. released without penalty
459.
Defective brakes-warned 1928, ar
rested 539, convicted 496. fined 425.
released without penalty 1876; vision
illegally bstructed-warned 80, ar
rested 173, released without penalty
II; failing to give proper signal
warned 139, arrested 81. convicted II,
fined Z. released without penalty AZ;
failing to regard arterial stops
warned GIG. arrested 432. convicted
321, fined 81. released without pen
atty 1903; speed hazarding the safety
of others-warned 1921, arrested GIT.
convicted 300, fined 29O, sent to Jail
IA. released without penalty 90; mis-
cellaneous other traffic law viola
20. arrested "a. con-
victed Is, fined Is, released 3.
Totals: Warned 12,O85; arrested
2.7s1. convicted 1888. fined 1889.
sent to Jail S8, released 836.
Counties for which reports were
not received totaled 81 and included:
Aitkin. Anoka, Becker. Beltrami, Ben
ton. Big Stone. Blue Earth. Carver.
Cass, Chisago. Clay, Clearwater.
Cook. Crow Wing, Faribault, Fillmore.
Freedom. GoOdhue, Grant. Houston.
Itasca. Jackson. Kittson. Lac Out
Parle, Lake of the Woods, LIE Sueur.
Lincoln. Lyon. Mcleod. Mahnomen.
Marshall. Martin. Meeker. Morrison.
Mower. Murray, Nicollett, Norman,
Olmsted. Pipestone, Polk, Pope. Ram
sey. Red Lake, Renville. Rice, Sher-
burne. Sibley. Stearns. Steele. Stew
ems, Swift. Todd. Traverse. Wabasba.
Wadena. Waseca. Washington. Wato-
wan. Winona, and Wright.
Fewer Deaths.
Cities Of above five thousand popu
lation from which reports were not
received number six and included:
Columbia Heights. Ely. Little Falls.
Red Wing, Saltwater and Winona.
Had it been possible to include re-
ports Of safety activities from all
counties and all municipalities Of the
state Mr.. Zealand said, the totals
would be considerably higher and
show commendable work upon the
part Of the entire state to make
reduction in traffic accidents
during September. Comparative eff
fects Of the months efforts show 81
traffic accident deaths for Septem-
Der OF this year as against SO for the
same period of last year"