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Show VI RE "It costs too much to insure. And" besides, it'll never happen I'll take the chance." One presentation. "We are getting up a subscription for So-and-So who burned on' yesterday yes-terday what will you give?" The other extreme. So take your choice. If you don't burn, by golly you've saved a useless use-less expense. If you burn there are neighbors and you can start all over again, with nothing on hand but a few dimes in a hat. A brush fire got away from them at Holden Sunday, cleaned up in a headwind and destroyed a pile of property. A lot of grain in the fields which was ripe was burned, and a great deal of that which was shocken went up in smoke; besides that the fire licked up about two miles of telephone poles. The win shifted and it spread back down toward to-ward Cedar Mountain, and did a lot of damage there. . No insurance. Whatever the loss is, it Is a dead loss. On the other hand, Frank Heise, Jr., came into our office the other day and took out a thousand on some grain by the road side. He may not burn. That premium may be money spent. But by grUy if he does burn it was the wisest little chunk he ever invested. Business is always better after a fire. FRANK BECKWITH, Agent. Tnsure the Hartford way. It's a trifle tri-fle better. |