Show FIRE SCHOOL HELD HERE TO BENEFIT LOCAL FIGHTERS Monday Nov was a n. busy day for the Duchesne Fire Depart Depart- ment Captain Piercy of the Salt Lake City Dept was here with Mr H H. H B B. B Gunderson of the Department Department Department De De- of Public instruction to hold a fire school The local department members were very pleased to have hae a man manof manof manof of Captain Piercey's ability and experience with them as an in in- in- in Captan Caplan Piercey while pleased and highly complimentary to the local firemen was very much put out at the condition of the city and the water supply He said If your water system was just one fourth as good as the fire department your town would be one hundred percent better off Every effort continued the captain captain captain cap cap- tain should be made to get ji D better water system for your city and your council and law officers should give you a lot better support support support sup sup- port than they are doing in cleanIng cleaning cleaning clean clean- ing up your city's fire hazards A fireman can make malte suggestions suggestion but he is not and will not be a policeman or other law officer an ana and anda a department can only be as efficient efficient efficient ef ef- ef- ef as its water supply The Thc day was spent in checking over the equipment of the department department department depart depart- ment and in local fire problems problem with their solutions In the evening evening evening even even- ing Captain Piercey gave an il il- il lecture to the public H He stressed the dangers of matches gasoline and amateur electricians electrician in the home and the sorrows an and losses they cause Five million millio dollars and fifteen thousand lives live are the annual fire toll each year yea in this country Both C Captain and Mr Gunderson were enthused one and pleased with the local firemen an and their department They were als also pleased with the enthusiasm of th the towns people in turning out fo for forthe forthe the educational lecture in the ev ev- ev- ev ening The Captain and Mr Gunderson were mutual in their feeling that tha the interest shown here merited another days day's work for Wednesday with the local on their pro pro- I I TIns Thus is a compliment to the city and the firemen In that tha it is an expensive proposition to the state and the time of both o of these men is very much in demand Captain Piercey is an instructor for the Salt Lake City Department and is a fireman of long exper exper- He Is also an officer in inthe inthe inthe the State Firemen's Mr Gunderson is an officer of the State Department of Public Instruction Instruction Instruction In In- in the Vocational fields |