The Duncan Weekly Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1916 Page: 6 of 8
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GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENTS
Railway Commission Reports
6000 Tatalities Result of
Carelessness
The number of persons killed
at grade crossings and while tres-
passing on railway property in
the United States is about six
thousand annually This is sixty
per cent of all the fatal accidents
which occur on our railrways
and is double the number of pas-
sengers and employees killed
Most of the accidents of grade
crossings are due to the opera-
tion of automobiles and as the
number of these machines in use
is increasing enormously it is
apparent that more attention
must be given to this subject
The Railway Commission of
California has recently complet-
ed a thorough investigation and
some interesting facts and obser-
vations are given by Alex Gor-
don a member of this commis-
sion in a recent address before
the Board of Supervisors of that
state He finds that a large ma-
jority of these accidents are due
to the carelessness of automobile
drivers Out of a total of seven-
teen thousand motor vehicle dri-
vers who were observed at rail-
road crossings seventy per cent
look neither way before crossing
the track thirty-three per cent
looked in one direction only and
twenty-seven per cent looked
both ways Thirty-three hund-
red of the drivers ran over the
crossings at a reckless rate of
speed only thirty-five drivers
stopped their machines before
crossing tracks
and twenty-five
were broken by vehicles which
were driven into them while they
were down
Commissioner Gordon then
draws the following conclusions:
“Meanwhile the existing situ-
ation must be met It has been
suggested that the legislature
should pass laws requiring all
motor vehicles to come to a full
stop before passing over grade
crossings In the opinion of I
many such a law would be unrea-
sonable and because it was un-
reasonable would not be enforc-
kilU-d Last SvptcmU'r may be
taken as a typical month Three
auto drivers wen killed in the
state that month and ten other w-
cu pants of the automobiles were
killed as the same time Nine
drivers were injured and thirty
seven other occujant were in-
jured These other occupants of
the vehicles struck by trains
were in many cases -jiossibly in
most cases— relatives of thedriv
ere often wives and children
and if the careless driver when
left to himself so far forgets the
safety of himself and those who
are nearest to him as to jeopard-
ize their lives in this fashion it
is time for the law to step in and
tell him what he must do guard
them”
Proceeding to the subject of
trespassing Mr Gordon said:
“In 1914 53 persons were
killed in the United States and
6176 were injured" while tres-
passing on railroads and these
figures are about the same as
those reported for previous years
The grade crossing problem is
one which is met with more or
less in all countries but trespass
accidents occur only in the Unit-
ed States In Europe the prop-
erty of railroads is no more used
for public thoroughfares than are
the privately owned ranches and
farms in this country Even in
Canada with more excuse than
the United States for permitting
TWO SWINE FUTURITIES
FOR STATE FAIR
More Than a Score of Entries in
each event Cod Prizes
It U very evident that Oklahoma
U coming to the front aa a awlne
breeding atate Last year at the Ok
laboma State Fair the FolsndChlns
futurity was launched for the Unit
time kluch Intereat waa evidenced In
tlila affair It aa eo successful that
the American Foland-ChJna Record
Association under wfcoee naaplcea the
event waa ataged arranged the aame
futurity thie year Prlaea amounUng
to $600 are offered and twenty-two
breedera bare entered
Now cornea the National Duroc-Jer
aey Aaaoclatlon who announce their
II rat futurity at thla fair one of the
three In the United 8tatea to be ao
honored thla year
Prlaea offered In thla event total
$400 and twenty-three breedera have
made entry for the prlaea offered In
the varloua claaaea
With the Intereat that la being mant
f ex ted In hog ralxlng and the encour-
agement being offered by aaaoclatlona
auch aa tbeae It la no wonder the pack'
log houaea In Oklahoma City report
Increaaed recelpta of hoga from month
to month
State Fair datea thla y ear are Sep-
tember 23 to 30
AUTO SHOW SPACE
SOLD OUT-OVERFLOW
ed The city of Long Beach has
an ordinance requiring all jitneys I trespassing in and around railroad
to stop before crossing a railroad trackS has rigid anti-trespassing
a railroad track and it is report- jawa which are strictly enforced
ed to be very successful m its rhe companies are
operation but this is a different anxious to have strong anti-tres-matter
from requiring all motor I pas3 jawa and jn the few states
vehicles to stop at all railroad in the Eaat where there are guch
laws they do their best to en-
force them But they can not
keep people from their property
unless the laws have been passed
and unless when passed they
crossings in the state and the j
difficulties of enforcing it are
much less than they would be in
enforcing a similar law that was
state-wide in its application To
my "mind a better suggestion is aarg en forced
law requiring the drivers of mo- In Oklahoma practically every
tor vehicles to drive slowly when gnAe crossing accident or injury
approaching an intersection of a to a trespasser results in a suit
track and a highway Such a law for damageSf fostered by profes-
would not be unreasonable The I sional damage suit Iawyers and
law-abiding drivers and I be- in many cases juries assess large
lieve they form a large majority verdicts As all SUTna paid for
-would be careful to observe it damagea must come out of the
and those who would not other- earnings 0f railroads and ulti
wise respect it would be compel- mateIy from the of the
ed to respect it by the same of- public this subject is one which
fleers that make them respect the ahouldreceive thoughtful atten-
speed limit law tion-Adv
‘ ‘Personally I have not a great
The man who contemplate buying
an automobile thla fall should bo
pleased to hear that th Auto Show
conducted by the various dealers in
motor cars In Oklahoma City will bo
repeated at the Oklahoma State Fair
to be held from September 23 to 30
Events of this nature are established
in the larger cities throughout the
north and east It affords an Ideal
arrangement for the buyer to compare
the various makes of motor cars from
which to make his selection
That the dealers are enthusiastic
and anxious to point out the merits of
their various cars Is proven by the
fact that already every available inch
of floor space In the Automobile build
Ing has been reserved It wlU again
be necessary to provide outside space
for many firms who were unable to
secure space In the building but want
to be represented
deal of sympathy with the care-
less driver who gets hurt in a
crossing accident But our fig-
ures show t hat when a driver is
Five hundred : hurt or killed three or four peo-
crossing gates pie with him are also hurt or
You Must Get Satisfaction
Our one aim is to give you furniture that will de-
liver satisfaction not only now but in after years We
want you to say in after years that you made a good
purchase and that your furniture is lasting better than
you expected
The are no regrets when you buy furniture from us
We carry a stock that we can guarantee to give satis-
faction whether you buy something expensive or some-
thing inexpensive We carry both kinds to meet the
demand but you can rest assured that no matter what
the amount of your purchase you are getting the best
that we can find on the market for the price
We have a beautiful line of Lace Curtains and many
Rugs of distinctive patterns Also Linoleum Come
in any time and make yourself at home in our big
store
Goodman & Grooms
Furniture and Undertaking
Methodist Church
Sabbath school 9:45 a m
Public worship 11 a m ser-
mon by pastor
Epworth league 7:15 p m
Sermon at 8 pm by Rev C
F Mitchell presiding elder
This service will be held in the
open air
Quarterly conference Monday
10 a m
Prayer meeting Wednesday
j 8:15 p m
Choir practice Thursday 8pm
Special music by the choir and
orchestra at both morning and
evening preaching service
Everybody invited
R 0 Callahan Pastor
STOCK JUDGING NEW-
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
For the purpose of encouraging In-
terest in live stock and animal hus-
bandry and the study of this subject
among young Oklahomans two stock
judging contests have been arranged
at the Oklahoma State Fair to be held
September 23 to 30
The "school contest" will be open
to students representing any district
agricultural school or high school
Entries in this will consist of-a team
of four and the team making highest
aggregate score will receive cash prize
of $20 Three other cash prizes are
offered
In the individual contest any boy
or girl under 18 who has never attend-
ed any agricultural school or college
may compete The ten ranking boys
or girls making the highest aggregate
score in judging draft horses beef
and dairy cattle swine and sheep will
receive awards ranging from $14 for
first to $4 for tenth
For entry blanks or further infor-
mation write Secretary Oklahoma
State Fair Oklahoma City
1432 C E Frost service at jail
limy Ncws-Dispalch county supplies
2U22 C E Frost exjR-niM-a -
lx Marshall witne I) C vs Cheeve
2U2X llort Barrett 1 J I) C
2027 Walter Meek ”
2021) L W Florence witness D C vs Impson
Lira) Mr L W Florence 1
2101 I U Gossett ” “ vs Cheevea
2102 Arthur McAlister ” vs Chccves
2103 C C Bandy Exp In criminal case
2104 II L Deaton ” ”
2105 II L Deaton ” ” ”
1036 Henry Crawford Exn In crim cane
2(07 Hennr Crawford Crim fees earned
2(08 S M Vanderjrriff Exp In Crim cane
2(09 S M Vanderjrriff
2040 S M Vanderjrriff Crim fees earned
2041 O C Holder salary for June
20-12 N C William salary for June -
2043 E R Young Exp In criminal cae
2044 E K Young stamps
20-15 K R Young salary for June
2046 II L Deaton Exp in criminal case
20-17 S M Vanderjrriff Exp in Crim case
20-18 C T Lawrence salary for June
20-19 Itobt Frensley ”
2050 Elmer Mason “ ” - -
2051 J B McLendon “ ”
2052 A B Ferjruson ” ”
2053 L A Boykin ” ”
2054 II C Stephens ” ”
2055 C L Peters salary
2056 C R Bailey road dragging
2057 C R Bailey road work
2058 Mrs T L Garrison boarding jury
2059 Thomas 0 Talley registrar
2060 Abe Paul dragging road
2061 L H Myers dragging road
2062 Maguire & Johns plumbing work
2063 L L Erwin surveying road
2064 Worrell Mfg Co floor sweep
2065 W Nichbls hauling lumber
2066 Waeden Co supplies
2067 Warden Co supplies
2068 Dpncan Eagle county printing
2069 L H Hoskins Bal for boarding jury
2070 J A Fowler rent for county attorney
2071 J V Henson registrar
2072 Tom Reagan salary and mileage
2073 W H Rader salary and mileage
12074 Dr D Long house rent -
:2075 Farmers State Bank cash Adv road
2076 First Nat’L Bank cash adv road
2077 Bill Duncan freight and drayage
2078 W J Cook registrar No 1
2079 W B Tucker salary for May
2080 J U Neiweg medicine attentions
2081 J B Jackson registrar
2082 H R Lestie county surveying
2083 D N Doak burying dead mule
2084 W T Zachary salary and mileage
2085 Jno S Morton salary and mileage
2086 State Bank Loco cash advanced
2087 State Bank Loco cash advanced
2088 E J Leverett cash advanced
2080 Pioneer Tel & Tel C Stamps
2091 Frank Frensley salary for June
2092 J W Marshall salary for June
2093 E H Smith' salary for June
2095 G W Blackerby registrar
20 C G Pyron dragging road
2097 L A Morton stamps
2098 L A Morton salary for June
2099 J U Nieweg medical attention w
2100 C R Bailey bridge repairig 48 00
2101 A D Johnson P J D C 2 80
2102 F E Sampson sal sec election board 37 50
2103 R Johnson salary for June 40 00
14 50
135
450
935
21 10
300
455
47 83
50 83
10 00
383 00
258 00
429
485
41 67
550
7 70
350
500
48 03
20 00
270 00
180 00
20 00
260
154 16
170 83
75 00
215
15 00
4 78
116 67
1 50
2104 E R Young Exp in criminal case
2105 Duncan Banner county printing
2106 Ed J Leeman county printing
2107 E J Leeman county printing
2108 A S Peck dragging road
2110 City Steam Laundry laundry
2111 T J Stewart lumber No 3 l
2112 T J Stewart “
2114 T J Stewart lumber
P R Harris was in Oklahoma
City the first of this week at-
tending to business matters
Commissioners Proceedings
Monday July 3 1916
The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session at
8 a m this day with Commissioners Reagan and Zachary and
County Clerk McLendon present The minutes of the previous
meeting read and approved and proceeded as follows:
The matter of making Financial Statements showing the con-
ditions of Stephens county and the several townships therein for
the fiscal year ending June 30 1916 and the estimates of the needs
of said county and townships for the fiscal year ending June 30
1917 was taken up and laid over
On motion the Board took recess until 8:30 a m July 6 1916
TOM REAGAN J B McLENDON
Chairman of Board County Clerk
Thursday July 6 1916
The Board of County Commissioners reconvened this day at
8:30 a m with Commissioners Reagan and Rader and County
Clerk McLendon present and proceeded as follows:
The minutes of the previous meeting read and approved The
Financial Statement of Stephens county and various townships
therein was taken up and laid over
The report of Frank Frensley as court clerk for the month of
June was this day examined and approved
The report of J B McLendon as county clerk for the month
of June was this day examined and approved
The report of A B Ferguson county treasurer for the month
of June was this day examined and approved
The report of E R Young as sheriff for the month of June
was this day examined and approved
The Claim Calendar was taken up and disposed of as follows:
No Claimant For what purpose Claimed Ail’d Dial’d
57 C E Frost Exp as Co health officer $21 00 $ 12 00 $900
967 C E Frost “ “ “ “ 27 00 27 00
2115 Abe Ifaul road dragging
2116 J P Sampson J P 50 pr ct fees earn
2117 E B Nixon consaable 50 pr ct “
2118 J H Burgess bridge work
2119 J H Hennington surveying
2120 C D Cund mileage D C reporter
2121 R S Bristow road dragging
2122 D A Bridges salary
2123 J B Stone bailiff work — -
24 81
34 95
31 29
44 25
20 00
3 95
30 35
500 00
29 15
6 25
4 37
9 27
1 50
1 50
22 50
2819
170 85
5 00
14 50
135
450
935
21 10
300
455
47 83
50 83
10 00
383 00
258 00
429
485
4167
450
7 70
350
500
48 03
20 00
270 00
180 00
20 00
260
154 16
170 83
75 00
215
15 00
4 78
116 67
100
48 00
280
37 50
40 00
24 81
34 95
31 29
44 25
20 00
3 95
30 35
500 00
29 15
6 25
4 37
9 27
1 50
1 50
22 50
28 10
170 85
5 00
100
50
as fol-
Rocn Creek Township matters were taken up and disposed of
as follows:
21 Geo W Townsend road wprk 47 00 47 00
22 Geo W Townsend road work 44 00 44 00
23 R E Sharp & Co nails 2 05 2 05
24 Fred Haseley blacksmithing 6 65 6 65
On motion the Board took recess until 1:30 p m this day
The board reconvened this day at 1:30 p m and proceeded as
fullows:
The Fnancial Statement of the County of Stephens for the year
ending June 30 1916 and various townships and the estimates for
the year ending June 30 1917 was taken up and laid over
On motion the Board took recess until 8:30 a m July 10 1916
TOM REAGAN J B McLENDON
Chairman of Board County Clerk
Monday July 10 1916
The Board reconvened this day at 8:30 a m with Commission-
ers Reagan Rader Zachary and County Clerk McLendon present
The minutes of the previous meeting read and approved and pro-
ceeded as follows:
The matter of making the Financial Statements showing the
conditions of Stephens County and the several Townships therein
for the fiscal year ending June 30 1916 and the estimate of the
needs for the said County and Townships for the fiscal year ending
June 30 1917 was taken up and the following statements and esti-
mates made:
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Woods, Lee. The Duncan Weekly Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1916, newspaper, July 20, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1716481/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.