Show the fires of 0 last week were forcible reminders that right now dow is the time of 0 the year when everything is so dry and the danger of conflagrations is the greatest at all times the utmost care should be exercise din keeping rubbish paper boxes and other material which usually finds its way to the back of oe business houses cleaned up all waste paper ought to be burned every morning and the best pl place ace to do it is in front of the store in the irrigation ditch if the water is not running some ot of the premises back of our business houses are strewn with loose paper packing boxes excelsior and other combustible combus table material which is a serious menace to the safety of the store one of our local firms received a letter the other day from the head office urging the utmost care in the premises of 0 the companas comp anys establishment in this city to prevent fire the warning can be sounded abroad and should be heeded by all of us each person owes it to his neighbor it if he be is himself careless careless in this respect to keep his premises free from amable material it is just a 1 I few moments fire can destroy what has taken a life time to build up |