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Show I GUARD AGAINST FIRES. "With water low and dry grass everywhere, please instruct the home owners and others to cut the grass from around buildings as a precaution against fire." This was the telephone call that came to The Standard this morning. morn-ing. The fire at the Everfresh Products Company plant late Friday afternoon aft-ernoon was traced to burning grass. With warm days, after a period of drying weather, conditions are favorable for fires and a little carelessness may start a blaze which might spread into a conflagration. All property owners should be deeply concerned in taking every reasonable precaution. We may be facing a period of incendiarism, which would make the watchful safeguarding our homes and business blocks imperative. Cut down the dry grass, clean up the back yards, sweep out the rubbish, get rid of waste paper. The city needs just such a clean up, fire or no fire. |