The Green Forest tribune., 1913-10-03
FIRE PREVENTION
 DAY OCTOBER 3
GOVERNOR HAYS ISSUES PRoCLA NATION CALLING ATTENTION
 TO USELESS WASTE.
U. s. PER CAPITA LOSS S2.33
Chief Executive Urges School Teach CTS to Give Subject Their Es-
 pecial Attention.
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 Little ROck.-Gov. Hays has issued & proclamation designating October as Fire Prevention Day.
 The governors action in setting aside 6 day in which school children will be taught means to prevent fires and ill which celebrat tions will be held in many cities, it is hoped, was prompted by recent appeals to the states chief executive and the knowl- edge he had at hand of the observance ol the day in other states
 The proclamation follows in full:
 During the last few years public attention has been directed properly to the enormous fire loss which an nually takes place in the United States, and as a result strong senti- ment has developed in favor of better fire protection, as well as more eff cient means of fire prevention. Many states have made provision by law for the office of state fire marshal, whose duty it is to investigate the origin and causes of fires and to encourage. by educational and other means, their prevention.
 'The recent disastrous fire at Hot Springs, costing the people of that city approximately $3,000,000 in loss of property and untold suffering and hardships, still is fresh in our minds, and it is fact that during 1912 fires in the United States cost or people more than 1000 lives and $250,000, ,000
 When it is remembered that this represents property absolutely anni- Inflated, the economic loss to our state and country becomes more apparent
 That a large percentage of the fires which annually occur on that country may be prevented is shown conclusively by the fact that. while the per capita fire loss in the United States in 1911 was about $233, during the same time it was 81 cents in France, B censs in England and 21 cents in Germany.
 Tn the light of these figures, the question of fire prevention becomes one of the important economic prob lens of our time, and any movement having for it's object the lessening of the large and unnecessary fire waste in the United States should have the hearty suppor- of all good citizens.
 For the reasons herein set forth I have deemed it proper to set part a day to be devoted to the inspection of property and the education of the pub lie in the causes, dangers and proven tion of fires, and I therefore hereby proclaim Thursday, October g. 1913. as Fire Prevention Day, and I earnestly would recommend that upon that day the teachers in our public schools and educational institutions give special at tentlon to the causes, dangers and pre- vention of fires; that the meyors and councllmen of the various cities and towns give attention to the matter of better building regulations, better fire protection and better fire prevention, and that they see to it that all public buildings which are not properly euuip- ped with fire escapes be so equipped: :: that there be general cleaning up of all dilapidated buildings which are especially liable to fire. and that the owners of property give personal at tention to the removal of all rubbish and debris from their premises and make study of their chimneys, flues and heating and lighting appliances to the end of increasing their safety