Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-09
FIRE Pr fVfNIlON TALK
BY Members Of Minn esota
s /. Fire Prev sntlon As
s. sociation -


not worse than many citles, were 5f,au
enough to recoive some sch0ice 7ex-
pTcssi0ns ut the meeting winch vas
.htlu tnat evening at the city nail be-
fore q fair audirnce. r ,; i
Wbllt. ire Otber members were on
their tour Of lnspecti0n. w. q.
sCbam b rtBln. Of Minneapolis, head ct
the state asscc,ati. A. spoke at the
differ ent public schuola OF the city. on
The subj ct OF ire pres Ell ton. -.
!: Many business men and pYoperty
sownc.s, who should be. interested IN
FIRE prevention and lower insu, ancs
rates., were very noticeable by their
sat'sence at the evening meeting.
: President Geo. Nj. Kiewel ut tho
.Schim mel, chairman of tho commit
I, 9, who explained tire origin and pur =
pose IT the association, stating that OF
conservation OF natural resources, pre-
.eerva1ion Of forests, etc, the need of
fire prevention was the erea'est. as fire
zohiiteraten entirely whatever it con-
ssumeu causing a great loss Of wealth.
Last year. he stated, the fire loss in
.the United States Was $234, 900 600. In
sthl, there aas an absolute waste of
1880. COZ, 600 OF property, bat TINS was
not all, as II necessltate0 10 To raised
lin Insurance premiums by the people
lanQtner 500. O0O. 600 and with The
amount that was invested for appara-
|tussuse,, in fighting these fires, the tc
stal cost o. the fire Losses FIR the YEAR
Scatde to the apalli,. & tignres of 81 ,OOO,
100000 The rMr capita fire loss in
the Uniten States he st ted, WAS s.. 40,
wn,ie in Enrique it was 33 cents ana in
Italy nat 22 c~nts. In Eurupe a pre-
Va, tanle nre is considered crime.
The fre less in Little Falls since
1903 to the present time, he gave as
$5b3 QUO. Inc net premiums collected
during, that time minus expenses,
were $3S7 UOO while the amount PAID
sshy thu Insurance comparies were
So, 600 In order to reduce insurance
premiums it is up to this city, he
stated, to lower its ire lusses. Tho
people Of the Uniteh States pay atout
twenty times trat paiu by European
people in premiums, nut when the ra-
itio fftiTesl sloeses are in rrcportion to
:th4tsof Pairs and Chicago, two cities
otsnbont the same population. where
the lstbors had q total sfite loss laSt
jRst 4G iimea. -. large ~ 4l1altnl3
6l = hat eelse sc5uh 10 Axpootas1.
3e19kRutedsah to- belonR~ to the assooia-
Sion a. there was noseost ocunected
jos. / King. state agent ,1a:s Of the Penn.
'sylvania Insurance company, said that
csrelessness ana dishonesty was the
cause Of mest of the fires. The keep.
ing If premises clean by the rem. wal
of rubbish, etc. would greatly reduce
fires. Whenever rascal Collected in
snrance, he stated it was the same az
rohbing each ot US. The cost OF fires
each year was about one-half of all
buildings erected; it was equivalent to
uipiEg out the years entire corn crop.
j There were II, 900 killed and s, ,OOO
injured through tires each year. Lack
OF individual responsibility he gave as
the cause of many fires.
i Mr.. Scnimmrl STATED that the fire
oss in Minnesota last year was q pei
capita of $4.2l mere than any othel
state IN The Union. he commended
Chief Emde1' s work IN the past thir.
teen years in trying to prevent anc
in fighting fires in this city.
w.. O. Cham bprlain stated that q
hummer Of buildings bad been in.
spected in the city and that a pumbel
would be Or.ered razed. He quoted
sections Of the 1911 laws giving the
fire warden the right to examine PRE-
punishment would be if not complying
to the law, $ 10 to $50 fine per day
against property owners as ornered
after insnect,on, and against officers.
q hne of SIS to $lO0 He stated tnal
,S~ nS%
ample OF caeelessness. Ordinances
xpressed the sanitary conditions o1
receptaclss tD place rubbish and s10p
business men should back the Officers
cf the law instead OF evading respon
sibllity. Too often, he sta'e was il
X the case that matches were left + z]a> inf
around in the reach of children wht
J, very often whan playing. started lire.
, to the bome.. He asked tho. CONNER
clal club to appoint q committee to Sc,
t1at the property owners Kept tn
: alleys clean. =:
tho Commercial >: club interest eacl
member in the matter Of .tire proven
tlon ard have = standing committee Il
took after this important matter. ::
; .Born-Io Mr.. and mrs. Mike Kprne
4 Thursday, February 8. a son. i.
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#. Born-To Mr. and: Mrs.. 4eore
Smith, February 2. a daugnter:s
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. t3eorg
, Smith Friday, February q daughter
4 II. Muucy has purchased an irteres
. in the Dana Brown dray line ana viii
take active charge of the business
{. mr.. Brown will DIVIDE his time be
J tween the dray business and som
, other business in which he is in
t telested. - 49, -.
Alfred Stoll. maua9er Of tho l,itti
Fails Hardware store. goes to st. :Gidu
Snndayiwher he will % . nomber {
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