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Show ORGANIZE SOCIETY TO DO AWAY WITH EIC ill WASTE" For t be pu rpoe of org n i zi n jf state, association for the better protection pro-tection of life and property against fire, Willard Done, state eommisioner of insurance, in-surance, is corernuairatinif with pro mi nent business men and professional men of the sttae to get their ideas on the proposition. "Though our fire If fit in Utah are smaller than thoite of the country at large." aaid .Mr. Done this inniuif. ttere is .still room fnr improvement, and the awni'iation I have in mind has been worked out with success in other sections, it would be the purpose to teach . tha householder and the business busi-ness man a few emeriti) in the matter mat-ter of cantion against fire. Lists of suggestion ,rt. hong -in conspicuous places in the home and business houses where the association works it. other places, and such a plan could be adopted adopt-ed tn-advantage in Utah. Huch little details aa doing away with the nse of sawdust filled cuspidors, and inflammable in-flammable match boxes and attention in the matter of cleaning up litter and rubbish, often prevnt big lessee of fire. "The fat that thai annual fire losses in the United states are from five tp ten times as much aa those in foreign countries, where more attention is given fire prevention, where every family and business concern is really its awn fire department, shows that there is rwwn for improvement it. this matter in the United -States." Mr. Done says that' he has already received letters favorable to the prnpo-sitioa prnpo-sitioa from several prominent business men of the state, and he. is anxious to receive suggestions from any and all who are interested in such an association. associa-tion. Mr. Dona savs that Rait Lake City 's wide streets, regularly laid out. ita heavy natural water pressure, and the fact that' tbe high buildimra are comparatively com-paratively few, all go -towards keeping -the local' fire damage rate down to a minimum. I The fact that there are no great forests for-ests in this state as there are in many sttaes ia assigned aa a reason for comparatively com-paratively light fire lose in the state at large. |