Show To The Citizens And Farmers Of Manti M anti This is the time of year when people start to clean up around their homes and md fields and along along along a- a long their ditches In doing this cleaning never start a fire un unless unless unless un- un less you arc are prepared to take care of it and put it out within a short time Have water on hand before you start the fire or a few good goodmen goodmen goodmen men who can shovel dirt to control a blaze After you start a fire of any kind never leave it for any until it is completely out and no smoke or spark left to start it up again It is against the law to burn trash weeds paper old rags etc unless they are in proper containers so that they cannot spread Always stay around to see that the fire burns out and does not blow around around around a- a round and cause another fire Fires are started this way every year It was only a few years ago that the whole swamp was on fire Someone thought they could burn a few weeds but it got away vay from them and caused caused caused caus caus- ed thousands of dollars of dam dam- age Lets Let's be a bit more careful this year Edwin Carpenter Manti City Fire Chief |