Show FIRE protection THE WEEK of 0 october 8 6 to 13 has teen been designated as hifue prevention week we believe that it Is a good thing to emphasize the need of fire protection our suggestion however would be that tills this week should be ex tended extended throughout the year nearly every day ve me read of 0 a serious loss by iare some farm home or dwelling house or business house has been destroyed this year millions of dollars of damage lias has occurred by alie it lie forest fires the season villen we will need it a fire in the home Is here have we checked carefully to see that the starting of a fire bre will do no dan damage inge does docs your chimney flue fine need cleaning better to be careful than sorry carelessness THE GREAT DESTROYER DEST ROrER TODAY i if this Is an in average 24 hours several score people will be killed and thousands injured in automobile accidents it happened yesterday slid and it will 1111 happen again tomorrow somebody turned inthout ahing a continued on page seven lmh 1 14 aitt j EDITORIAL im mi MM 5 ml continued from page fc four signal FIgl lal somebody was driving too fast somebody stop nt at a school district or a through boulevard insisted too much on right of way what lie conceived to be his privilege somebody lost ills his head in a crisis the result casualties and waste in lives and property that knowledge caution and fairness toward others would have prevented it should be a remon reasonably ably simple thing to observe traffic laws lai 9 to keep a machine under control to learn icam the written and unwritten rules of tile the road and to keep ones eyes open for the mistakes of others as well as ones own oiin yet millions of motorists tall fall to do so it should be remembered that every accident Is caused because someone was reckless incompetent careless or ignorant unpreventable accidents are rare and in this day of fast cars and congested traffic the poor driver Is 18 a menace to tile jafe and property of every altizen el |