The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-02-06
GAINING FAME AS
FIRE PREVENTER
Q. M. THURBER is FAST GAINING
NATIONAL REPUTATION AS ONE
OF BEST INFORMED AND MOST
ENTHUSIASTIC ANTI-FlRE MEN.
IN DEMAND AS SPEAKER.


One Of the speakers at the meeting
Of the North Dakota Commercial clubs.
which will be held at Grand Forks the
latter part Of this month, will be o. M.
Thurber Of Fargo. Mr. Thurber win
speak ON Fire Prevention The Prob
lem Of Nation. This subject is Of
vital interest to every commercial
club in the state and no one is more
familiar with 1t in all it's phases than
o. NJ Thurber.
Mr.. Thurber is secretary OF the
North Dakota State Fire Prevention
association which has it's headquarters
at Fargo, and which is doing wonder
ful work throughout the state. Since
Mr.. Thurber became secretary the as
sociation has become a power for
good under his leadership.
Not only is Thurber recognized as
an authority on the fire prevention
problem in this state but his ability
is known throughout the union. This
statement is easily proven when it is
taken into consideration that when the
South Dakota people decided to or
ganize South Dakota association.
Mr.. Thurber was called on to make
the trip to Pierre and help in the or
ganization. While at Pierre he was
placed as the advisory member on
every committee and in drawing UP
the resolutions of that meeting the
people of South Dakota had the fol-
lowing to say of him: Resolved, that
O. M. Thurber, secretary Of the North
Dakota Fire Prevention association,
this meeting assign to him the dis
tinction of being the most enthusiastic,
best informed and systematic in meth
cd fire prevention man. in attendance
at the meeting, in fact most have
ever heard or seen. Not to have
heard him, would have been followed
by the most profound regret, and
whereas, he has given us much in
formation needed, we thank him most
heartily"
The above resolution means still
more when it is understood that there
were men at the Pierre meeting who
were national workers for fire pre-
vention.
Thurber stopped off and delivered an
address to the firemen of Huron, S. d.
and of him the Huron people say:
"The address on Fire Prevention
given to the firemen of Huron by o. M.
Thurber Of Fargo. N. D. was one Of the
best and most helpful talks our fire.
men have ever had the pleasure of
hearing. Mr.. Thurber is a young man
and with his youth is capable of
shooting facts right home to his audi
ence in such a manner as to keep them
constantly alert as to what is coming
next. He is rapid speaker, but every
word is given distinctly. He can say
more in fifteen minutes than the aver
age speaker can get out in twice that
time. We would like to have Mr..
Thurber come back to Huron and de-
liver his address to the whole citizen
body of the city
Besides these meetings Thurber has
addressed citizens meetings at Bis
marclS, Devils Lake, Jamestown Wah-
peton and Williston of this state and
the Credit Mems association of Fargo
He has several dates to I'LL during
the coming year. Mr.. Thurber will
address the firemen at their state
meeting which viii be held at Willis
ton next summer. He will also adj
dress the Retail Merchants association
at Dickinson, and several South Da-
kota cities are endeavoring to secure
his services to deliver addresses
on the fire prevention question in their
cities.
Even from the far east, Thurber's
ability is recognized. Last week he re-
ceived a letter from Massachusetts
requesting information as to the best
way to organize and carry on the
work of State Fire Prevention asso-
citation. Massachusetts, is about TO
organize such an association. This
state is also the headquarters of the
National Fire Protection association ct
Boston.
Besides being speaker OF note on |
the subject Mr.. Thurber has the abil- |
ity to put his knowledge into writing
of the most interesting character. He
is managing editor of Fire Prevention
and Insurance Review, the monthly |
magazine featuring fire prevention and
building construction which is being
published at Fargo and is the official
organ OF the State Fire Prevention |
associations of North and South Da-
kota. This magazine contains from
twenty to forty pages each month and |
circulates throughout the northwest,
OF this periodical the editor Of The
Mutual Insurance Journal of PennsyI-
vania says: "The editor OF Fire Pre-
vention Is o. M. Thurber Of Fargo, |
N. D., state agent of the Security |
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and the |
Minnesota. Fire Insurance Co. of Chat |
field, Mimi, and the American Fidelity |
CO. of Montpelier, VT The associa-
tions are fortunate in securing the in
terest of one so able, as the contents |
are interesting and the whole make |
up Of the paper all that could be de-
sired"
Mr. Thurber is also a SneciaI contri- |