Show GRIFFITH HOME BURNS TO kano county standard the citizens ot of were W ore awakened from froin their steel sloop ut tit 2 0 1 clock last friday morning april 7 with the th 0 cry C r y of fire I 1 flo tit a back part of tile tho homo home ot of mra airs lucy lue V Oriff griffith ith was tit in a blazo when it wua wits discovered by ivan henderson Hen dorson who was returning f a danco at fredonia Frel onla lie iio blushed into tho the house to wake mrs airs griffith who it Is said was unaware of tho the tiro fire until lion derson aroused bior ter with the assistance 0 of tile the men who had flad gathered most moat of 0 tile the furniture and household goods gooda were weib saved hut but tile the building ox ex copt tile the brick walls were burned to tho the ground although tho the house was only a few feet front from the highway garage and highway hotel neither building caught tiro fire it was hafl not definitely known how tho the fire started but it is thought that it was likely duo due to a defective flue in the altoon tho the house I 1 was insured kanab certainly needs some borne moans of tire fire protection rural fire protection needed A report by J R I 0 florin superintendent in of rire fire prevention ot of wisconsin on tiro fire loss in that state during atlie years 1929 1030 and 1931 1031 Is ig ot of exceptional exception jil interest lie ho observes that during most periods ot of depression there la Is a decisive increase in fit tire fire loss logs yet in wisconsin during the tha three years surveyed there was a slight de decrease creaso despoto tile the tact fact that tires fires of incendiary origin did increase where tho loss in cities and towns was wag moro more than in 1329 1929 it drop dropped poil to in fit 1930 and to in 1931 on farms on the other land hand the trend was precisely tho the opposite loss in 1929 was in each of tile the next two years it way was approximately mr florin glibow a sound rea son for thin in wisconsin nil all buildings in cities and tous towns aside front from interiors of private rasi residences are tile inspected in order to eliminate hazards adf and bring r ang the properties up to lawful standard cities and towns Ilka likewise wise maintain efficient tire fire departments with good water and alarm fit facilities aill on farina on the other hand there Is no official inspection too loo are grow because ot of ig ignorance Ign nornee or laziness in many instances there thera lg is no fire department ser service vicia whatsoever in others the alie department Is 1 distant or la Is inefficient if farmers aro are to conquer their tire fire waste which tor for the nation Is higher than the average they must learn and practice the fundamentals of tire fire prevention then than they must develop cooperative ire fire 1 departments equipped with first clase standard apparatus stationed where they can serve a wide surrounding community in a brief apace of time this has been done in n few states with remarkable results it should be done and done now in every state meltiar latch houle home tuesday from a vw its in aliz hiorth with hla his |