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Show . . . . Fire Chief Graves Urges Co-operation! of Ogden Citizens in Prevention 0! Conflagrations October 9 the anniversary of the great fire. in Chicago, has been adopted as Fir" Prevention lay throughout the entire cuuntry and is ijb.se r 1 by all up-to-date fire departments in the Unil id States Bu1 more attention. is paid to this daj in the west than in the east as the eastern cities are older and the systems of (-loaning th-' eastern cities have reached near-perfection The small1 iti'e" of the west have ' annual clean-ups' and on- "f the objects ot lhe strong fire prevention move-1 menl in the wesl is to create the spirit for ilaily cleanups, thereby keeping the citj clean all of the , 1 time Thomas 11 Ince, of tfcc luce Motion Picture mpanj in California, has offered a prize for the western oitj making the best showing for the yni The city or Ogden is entered in this contest Our system f inspections with the assistance of the Boy Scouts who have fire badges presented j by the municipality, is of material assistance iu this campaign and we are making a good show-1 j ing, Lasl var we had '."4 alarms from January 1 to October I This year we had rji alarms to October 1 and ur Losses have been ver) small Tiie month of September this year we had only nine alarms. 1 he sm&llesl Dumber for am month iii the past five years. Property mwihts in the (nited States are becoming better acquainted each year with fire Pre- volition ilav and its origin and purpose. Bu1 do the; avail themselves of the knowledge and putl int. practice the lessons which the day is supposed t teacht Unapplied knowledge is useless.! Hands and eyes thai do nol co-ordinate in the pemdyal of fire hazards are worthless, so far as fire prevention is concerned". Tlu greater number of Qur fires are caused by carelessness and we urge the people of this city tn develop S sentiment of personal responsibility toward the elimination of preventable fires and in favor of fire prevention The instruction of .ill the people of our city in fire prevention is. ! a very large order for the twenty-five men of tin- Ogden City fire department. But by keeping1 , constantly al it we are gaining every year and we ask every citizen to help us in our work. It i means the saving of homes, of business blocks, of factories, or public institutions, a saving that will : be ut In mill tn the entire community and to each individual as well. There will be s demonstration oi the working of the fire alarm system al the corner of Twenty-fourth street and Washington avenue showing both the sending and receiving of a fire alarm' and at 2 o'clock on October 9 a demonstration bj the entire fire department of the city G A GRAVES Chief Engineer i J |