Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-24
Machinery Men Clos. Meeting.

Madison--Ofhcers were elected a;
the closing OF the eighth annual meet
ing of the Wisconsin Retail Implement
and Vehicle Dealers association in
Milwaukee. The new officers are:
President. H Waite. Seymour.
Observation-Disclosures Victoria
Muscoda.
Directors-Earl B. Robbins, Eau
Claire; T. J. Williams, Randolph, and
John Du Bots, Green Bay.
F. r. Sebenthall. Eau Claire. was
continued in the Office of secretary
and was named a delegate to the ma
tional congress of retail dealers il
Chicago next week. which win protest
several bills pending in congress
tending TO the elimination of retail
merchants.
Resolutions adopted urged the
adoption of all possible measures
for eieVating the retail implement
trade urging manufacturers to refrain
from overstocking dealers and over
crowding territories. favoring the or
ganization of local clubs because, the
per cent. of the dealers misunder.
standing, indorsing the chataqua home
trade movement. and placed the asso
citation on record against special open
ing days. harvest market festivals and
similar affairs.
In talk 10 the convention, Secre.
tary Sebenthall highly praised the
Wisconsin railroad and warehouse
commission. saying that in every case
they have given the association a fair
deal. The association session closed
with talks from the new officers, in
which they rugged greater activities
against hostile legislation. =
Warns of Christmas Fire.
Every year in America many chill
dren are burned to death, or seriously
injured, through fires arising from
Christmas tree candles or the careless
handling of Matches says State Fire
Marshal Glen P. Host, in his annual
Christmas fire warnings issued. Some
of the reports of such fires coming to
this department are simply heartrend-
ing in the pathos of the sad stories
they tell.
Here are a few samples, in simple
terms of fire chiefs and town clerks:
THE house was all af1re from the
overturned tree before they noticed it,
Did not have time to save two small
children.
The mother had gone out to milk
the cows, and her little girl four
years old, came downstairs in her
nightdress. and, finding no one about,
climbed up, got. some matches, and
thought she would try to relight the
tree. In some way her nightdress
caught f1re. She ran upstairs and got
into bed, set the bedding On fire; then
jumped into another bed and set the
other bedding on fire. When the
mother came in, the clothing was
burned Off the little girl, and although
she ran for water and got the fire
out. the child sled
Mother was in back yard hanging
up clothes. Seeing the smoke coming
from the room, she ran in to save two
small children, who were found on
stairway leading to upper floor. All
three died from effects of fire.
This department, therefore, feels
that it is asking nothing unreasonable
when it publishes the following
'don'ts' at this season of the year:
DO not decorate your Christmas
tree with paper material Use metal
lie tinsel and other noninnammable
decorations only. and set the tree Sc
curely, so that the children in reach
ing for things cannot tip it over.
DO not use cotton to represent
snow. If you must have snow, use
asbestos fiber.
DO not permit children to light or
relight the candles while parents are
not present They frequently set fire
to their clothing instead. The tree
itself will burn when needles have be-
come dry.
DO not leave matches within reach
of children at holiday time. Candles
are meant to be lighted, and If the
children can get matches they will ex-
pertinent with them. They naturally
initiate their elders