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Show Fire Prevention and - Cleari-up Week. At a special meeting of the City Council, Wednesday Oct. 25th, it was decided to hold a clean up day Wednesday November 1st. On this day the city truck will pick up all refuse and trash pro-I pro-I vided it is in containers and in the street in front of the house. Accordink to Mayor Kohl, who has interviewed several merchants, the stores will cooperate by closing a few hours in the morning. Citizens are urged to clean up weeds and trash that may be a fire menace. Fire Chief, Bishop in explaining explain-ing the Fire Prevention Week to start Monday, October,30 said, It is hoped that the citizens of Duchesne will cooperate" during this week to remove fire hazzards. The fire department will aid in any way possible to show how to remove hazzards of trash, poor flues etc. The people should pay attention to the fire ordinance that says it shall be unlawful to burn trash, weeds etc. within twenty-five feet of any building. Also that ashes must be dumped into containers that are not con-bustible. con-bustible. It is within the rights of the city to condemn any place , that has weeds, trash etc. that ( may be hazzardous and there is j a severe penalty for those people , who will not voluntarilly remove the same. We hope that the citizens of Du- i chesne will help us out on this pro- i gram so we may be able to cut : down the fires in the city. The Fire Chief also cautioned the citizens about unnecessary calU for the fire department since i they are costly to the city. |