Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-30
IOWA FIRE LOSSES HEAVY
Half Million Dollars Worth Of
Property Burned in Two Months.
FOUR HUNDRED FIRES REPORTED
Two of These Are IncendiRry and
Fifteen Others Probably Are
nuIIctin ON prevention
uf FIRES.


DIES MONIES. Ia, oct ce.-tSrecialD
over half million dollars fire loss
was reported 70 the state fire marshal
from Iowa localities for the months Of
August and September. The exact csti-
mate Of loss was sJS1.0l4. and this was
caused by 425 scpa rate fires that were
reported OF these fires the cause was
unknown in 100 cases. but lightning alone
caused III fires. Two were known to he
ncendiary and fifteen others probably
so. State Fire Marshal Roe has just
prepared and will soon send out to the
teachers OF the state a bulletin in re-
gard to fire and its prevention designed
as a text book in the schools. 1t Is is
sued under authority OF law and at state
expense for free distribution. The law
also requires that the subject shall be
presented 60 pupils in every school room
of the state at least once each term, and
the commissioner requests that It shall
be presented to pupils oftener. The
bulletin discusses every phase OF the
cause and prevention of fires. There
are also instructions for fire drills in
schools
The state will on next Wednesday OBJ
serve fire prevention day" and make
special effort to show the need Of
care in prevention Of fires. In this work
the insurance companies are co-operat~
ing with the state officers and mayors
of cities.
Change I'm Insurance Company.
notable change will be made soon in
the management of by far the largest
insurapce company I'm Iowa. This is the
10 nh 70 Hag foff huo
ness as an assessment company here
FOR many years and has upwards of 2OO-
900 members. The company will con-
tinue as a mutual company but hereafter
issue policies only with a clause provid-
ing for a reserve fund and payment on
a level premium. In this way the COM
pany will I'm time establish big re-
serve fund. For many years the COM
pany has been notable as the one great
example OF a strictly mutual assessment
company continuing to do business with
out changing its rates. The Old bust
ness will be completed on the basis on
which 1t was written, but the new BUSH
ness will be different. The company has
members in almost every town OF the
middle states.
Discuss school Problems.
have up for discussion this year some
important matters. When the council Of
administration meets on November ., it
will take up for discussion the admins
tration OF local units the township. town
or county organization, and also the gen
eral administration Of the state educa-
tional system 1t is expected that the
legislative committee will also present to
fh, To-,
line some radical reforms in regard to
the state educational system. The pro-
gram includes discussion of a great many
heavy topics. The entertainment feature
OF the association meeting will be a great
musical concert. ~y .
High schools and Colleges.
=. +. McClenahan, state inspector of
secondary schools, after a tour of the
state, finds that 1873 OF the accredited high
schools of the state, out of total Of 20
accredited schools. have sent honor stu
dents to the three educational institu-
tons under the control of the State
Board Of Education The high school
honor scholarship permits one student
from each accredited school to take
complete college course free Of charge at
any OF the three state institutions. He
finds that of the 153 students thus far
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St"te I"Nanie Property
The official amount OF the total ad-
justed taxable value OF all property in
Iowa was made public yesterday by State
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in the hi history of the state. This is one