| Show i COStLY OSTI CARELESSNESS I Several subscribers have been generous enough to ment us' us U from time to time on the he ful a and d we Jye try y to pass pas s out to our motoring friends It s strengthens strength t ren hens ns us in our our belief that the vast v st majority of car owners are anxious to toJ J t safety and glad plad to have their attention called to waye ware ift they can do so sow Now that we are on the lt ml to t. add dd amand am- am M they her and one we re e believe v is js a amonA monA mon the ino most t import important nt of ot alt all That hat i is iR in reg regard rd to in lighted matches matche cigars or cigarette r-et r M from the car 2 ns It Is seceding p along the highway In fact t t p dangerous is f this practice pr that 28 23 states rate ha hare e. e paa p d Vs 1 providing TA aa pen Penalty for anyone an one cat t so o. o Investigations thra a i- i bons hove have hown th that t thousand thou of ot dollars debars d nr our of national fire fir lo each e h year e z can t he traced directly to thin cause The Th smoker r without any Intention of causing property china damage to tosses e a a match mt or lighted cigar or cigarette out of th the cir r. H n. n i i not riot in position to know the re result because he be I Is mn miles away caw r before a tiny spark spark grows p rk gros into a flame and that flame In scorer scores cor of cases caes e h becomes com a raving racing conflagration alon along the roadside be before before be- be fore if- if t i is di discovered co red Often it spreads to houses and barns bimi be before fore It can be placed under control It I Is a rood idea to remember this thi and to see ee that the th match i f is extinguished before it i is discarded or that t Cigar cigar or cigarette te n no do Innerer contains contins fire as Rs it is being heinu disposed di posed of Hund- Hund Hu nd t of dollars coa could ld he be saved annually if it everyone would do this And here won wouldn't then be any need to pa pass pis s S Jaws against such carelessness |
