Arizona Safety Council Notes.

MRS. NANNIE WILSON, president of the Graham county safety council, has announced the appointment of her stand-ing committees and assures the state of-fice that Graham county has "gone to work" for safety.

YUMA COUNTY was permanently or-ganized November 16, at a meeting held in the courthouse, Yuma. Carl D. Farrar was elected president and O. J. Lovett, vice-president. Mrs. Eleanor McCoy was appointed as secretary-treasurer. Mr. H. Grimshaw, president of the state council, presided. Speakers at the meeting were Mr. H. Grimshaw, Mrs. Ethel Hickman, secretary of the state organization; D. L. Gogerty, insurance adjuster; E. V. Miller, state safety engineer; George B. Schaf-fer, district engineer, state highway de-partment; J. R. Van Horn, planning sur-vey engineer, state of Arizona, and Sgt. Wm. J. Dunne, Arizona state highway patrol.

AT RECENT STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE meetings, definite projects were decided upon and a committee ap-(Continued on Page 27)

WESTERN UNION MESSENGERS IN SAFETY CAMPAIGN

In an effort to train its 14,000 messengers to be "Safety Minded" and to adhere strictly to every traffic law, the largest employer of boys in the world, The Western Union Telegraph Company, has inaugurated a Safety Campaign in which prizes of $7,500.00 are offered to the messenger force, having the best safety record for each quarter during the year ending June 30, 1937.

The Phoenix messengers, numbering 24, won the First Prize in Group B, in competition with San Diego, Oakland, Spokane, Portland and Seattle, of the Pacific Coast Division, not having had any accidents in the past three months

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THE SAFETY PAGE, a regular feature of ARIZONA HIGH-WAYS, appears through the courtesy of the National Safety Council, Chicago, Ill., and the Arizona State Safety Council, Ethel Hickman, secretary. Address all communications to Mrs. Hickman, Arizona Highway Department, Phoenix, Ariz.

T-Men Will Report Traffic Violations

The Arizona safety council's newest offensive against traffic law violators who have aided in sending the state's highway death toll to an all-time peak, got under way recently with formation of a T-Men unit, Mrs. Ethel Hickman, announced.

The T-Men, a secret organization of safety-conscious residents, will be pledged to report to the council all violations of traffic laws which they observe, either on city streets or state highways.

In outlining the T-Men unit and its works, Mrs. Hickman said she is appoint ing certain key persons in the organization whose duty it will be to recruit responsible citizens. The names of members will be known only to those in the council's office, Mrs. Hickman said, and each will be assigned a number in order to avoid any embarrassment in reporting violations.

All members will be furnished with cards on which circumstances surrounding violations can be noted. Included will be the offending vehicle's registration number, time, place, and information regarding the violation.

This card will be mailed to the council's office and a check made through the files of the motor vehicle division of the state highway department for the person in whose name the offending vehicle is registered.

The registered owner, in turn, will be notified of the violation and the request made that traffic laws be observed more (Continued on Page 20)