The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-23
INSURANCE MEN
GETTING TOGETHER
Annual Meeting Being Held
at Fargo-Blue Goose
on Tonight

Fargo. n. D., Feb. 23.-The hotels
are filling up with state and special
agents of insurance companies this
morning and before the time for tho
afternoon meeting, which started al
2:30 in the knights of Columbus hall
the city was in the hands of those
prominent in fire insurance matters
of the northwest.
Fire insurance men are here from
North Dakota, South Dakota and Min.
nesota.
This afternoon at 2:30, President Z
G. Cooper called the s~emi-annual
meeting of the State Fire Prevention
association to order. This evening
will be entirely of a business order,
and 1t is expected that many plans
will be launched for the coming siX
months.
The North Dakota State Fire Pre-
vention association is recognized as a
live wire, all over the union. and its
work is being copied and quoted by
like organizations the nation yer.
Much work and good is being accom-
plished in North Dakota toward the
prevention of careless fires. the X
tinction of the incendiary and arson
tiend. and the saving of valuable re-
sources and human lives which are
annually given up to the fire demon,
and which can be prevented.
This work appeals to the property
owner as a business proposition. as
the only way to obtain a reduction of
insurance rates is to cut out the care
less fire waste. If the insurance rates
can be reduced one per cent in North
Dakota it will mean the saving of
thousands of dollars to u citizens.
Town and city inspection, which
have thus far been carried on by the
association have had wonderful re-
suits, and the cities inspected are
Very thankful for the work done.
1t is expected much more interest
before, after O.. NJ. Thurber, state Sec
rotary addresses the State Federation
of Commercial clubs at their annual
meeting in Grand Forks next week.
Mr.. Thurber is a recognized authority
on fire prevention.
Tonight at 1880 the Dakota Pond OF
the Ancient and Honorable Order of
the Blue Goose. will hold its annual
swim fest. This annual meeting is
looked forward to throughout the
year by the fire insurance men of the
three states. Minnesota, North and
South Dakota.
Wielder of the Goose Quill w. S.
Himmelwright Of this city says this
will be one of the largest attended
meetings in the history of the pond.
There will be much business to trans
act. after which the real fun of the
evening will come. when a nice flock
of innocent, unsuspecting goslings
will have their pin feathers plucked,
be ducked in the cold February waters
of the pond, take their first lessons in
swimming and become f%ull-nedged
soslings of the order. a banquet will
be served after the initiation.
The Blue Goose is simply a social
order for fire insurance underwriters,
1t has a complete ritual, the same as
any other fraternal organization-but
it differs from the fraternal in that
1t is purely social. and a ge~t-to-gether
organization for the underwriters.
There is a central organization and
national officers. The annual meet
Ing is generally held at the La Sale
Motel, Chicago, where ponds from all
over the United States and Canada are
represented.
The ritual of the association is
beautiful and helpful in every way,
II the association spells good fel.
lowship and a helpful. boosting hand
Tor every member"