Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-11-08 | Page 2 | Leaf Fires Left Burning at Night

LEAF FIRES LEFT BURH6AT fJIGHT I-Trc Chief Canfield states thai the fire department is suffering untoll annoyance because of the leaf fires that are left burning at night. He states that the department has been called to extinguish these fires a number of times, and that patience regarding the matter has ceased to be a virtue. The city ordinance forbids for-bids the starting of fires within the cltv fire limits, and the fire chief says that if It is persisted In he will be under the necessity of making complaints com-plaints to the municipal Judge. Mr. Canfield Bays ho appreciates the fact that leaves about tho city must be disposed of in 6orne way, and that tho burning of them is perhaps per-haps the mst effectual way. but those who start these fires he says, should not permit them to burn without a watchman near. It Is an easy matter to extinguish the fire before departing depart-ing from 1L