Hee Enrorce tHe Law. ‘Three pieces of legis- 
-lation recently enacted in this State are of special interest 
‘to every user of the highways,— | 
* (1) Horse drawn. vehicles, whether in the coun- 
try, town or city, are required to carry lights 
at night (hay and straw teams excepted). 
(2) Motor vehicles are absolutely forbidden to cut 
out the muffler in the thickly settled or busi- 
ness districts of a city or town, that is to say 
wherever buildings average less than 200 feet 
apart for a distance of a quarter of a mile. 
(3) Motor cycles, on and after January 1, 19165, 
must carry number plates. 
It is the manifest duty of carriage drivers to light 
their vehicles at night, not only for the sake of others, 
but to protest themselves. It is likewise incumbent upon 
automobile operators to discontinue the practice of open- 
ing the cut out, which investigation has proved to be of 
little or no benefit to the operators, but which is a con- 
stant source of annoyance to other travelers. With the 
motor cyclist, long an offender both in the matter of speed 
and noise, effectually tagged for identification, it is hoped 
that he too will pereceive the advisability of complying 
with the law. If the public wants these and other auto- 
mobile laws enforced, it must take the trouble to secure . 
compliance, either through appeals to decency, or by as- 
sisting the authorities in compelling obedience. These 
authorities are unable, owing to the magnitude of the 
automobile problem at the present time, to handle it 
without assistance of individual members of the public. 
It is the duty, therefore, of every person having the 
public welfare at heart to encourage and actively to aid 
the officers of the law in their insistence on obedience 
thereto. 
A Foreicn Vistror carefully noted the Manchester 
improvements, expressed an amazement at the low tax 
rate, paid a glowing tribute to the up-kept public works 
and said that while the American cities were to be sharply 
criticized, the American towns were making rapid strides 
as efficient municipal corporations. Any town may well 
appreciate a compliment. 
Tur Errorts Mang by a local clergyman to obtain 
employment for members of the Boy Scouts ought to be 
rewarded. The lads can render efficient service and their 
vacation money will go a long way toward meeting win- 
ter clothes’ bills, especially if the family be large. 
With A NEw Bou evarp through Salem in the re- 
mote future, and another well paved thoroughfare through 
Beverly, the motorists along the Shore will have little 
to complain of by way of. traffic accommodations. 
THe Mayor or BEvErty is alert to the fire prevention 
needs of the growing Garden City. . Manchester has long 
since learned to appreciate its motor apparatus. 
Capr Cop’s ‘PacEAnt has-been successful. Many a 
North Shore car wheeled the roads south to the historic 
shrines along the South ‘Shore. 
Tite New Haven Dirricuty is soon to be solved. 
A situation has arisen with the State of Massachusetts 
and the Board of Directors, but nothing of a serious 
character. ‘The message of the directors to their stock- 
holders declining to acquiesce to the demands of the State 
of Massachusetts is dignified and apparently without 
malice or insubordination. No attack has been made upon 
the sovereign rights of the people. The purpose of the 
road to be law abiding and meet the fair demands of the 
State are evident. If the corporation should be fair so 
ought the State. A disagreement has arisen and there 
is no reason why the difficulty cannot be easily adjusted. 
The present price of the stocks of the New Haven and 
the Boston & Maine are unjustly low and the end has 
come. 
back! 
Ir Was SomerHtnc More than a water fatality that 
stirred the interests of Manchester when the gardener and 
his nephew were found drowned last week. It is evident 
that Crowley had been aroused by a call for help and 
that he had lost his own life in trying to save the boy. It 
was a heroic death and his memory is worthy of record 
in the annals of any town. It would seem that he would 
be worthy of a Carnegie Hero medal had he lived and 
won. ‘That he failed and lost his own life adds rather 
than subtracts from the glory of the deed. The sympathy 
of everyone is with the widow in her task in caring for 
her fatherless child, but sympathy will not go far in meet- 
ing the stern issues of life. 
raise a fund ought to meet the prompt response of every- 
one, 
3EVERLY CONTINUES its systematic relief work for 
the sufferers of the Salem fire. Many help when the 
emotions are stirred, but weeks will pass before the real 
suffering will be over in Salem. Every little while de- 
serving sufferers were aided who have not sought help, 
but have been none the less worthy. The Red Cross 
Society has done valiant service. Under the direction of 
Miss Louisa P. Loring, Red Cross aid was immediately 
rendered in both Salem and Beverly. Miss Loring’s ex- 
perience in Chelsea served her in good stead in the 
Salem crisis. 
James B. Dow, who has proven his efficiency as a 
public-spirited citizen as assessor, school committee man, 
in public office and in countless services rendered as a 
private citizen, has entered the field as a candidate for 
the legislature in the Beverly-Danvers district. Mr. Dow’s 
public spirit, good business training and sound judgment; 
ought, in a contest for the republican nomination to assure 
him a place on the official ballot. His nomination and 
election should be assured. 
Wuart A CHANGE THE SUMMER SEASON has under- 
gone on the Shore? Not long ago the season was opened 
with the Fourth of July and ended on Labor Day. Now 
even in the hotel resorts the season runs from the end 
of ‘April to the beginning of October, 
Watch the B. & M. and the New Haven come 
The movement on foot to- 
