Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-28
LioHrNiNo CAUSES GREATEST
DAMAGE DURING MONTHS OF
JULY AND AUGUST.
lEss REslsrANcE BECAUSE
or pRYNEss OF WEATHER
Feureh Of July Another Prolific Source
( o., Fire Damage twenty One Fires
On Fourth Of Last Ysar-state Mar.
shall Rec Says Day Has Come to Bs
Drsadsd BY Many instead Of Enjoyed.
special 10 rime.-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Motnes, June 2s.-Fires from
lightning are more prevalent during the
months Of July and August than any
other period Of the year according to
the records Of the state fire marshalrs
Office. It u during these months that
the most severe electrical storms occur
= q rule and the lightning seems to
do moro damage In this period than
at any other time. Especially is this
true II the weather is dry, for then
there Il not the resistance to the light
ming which Is present when the air Is
moist and the earth is full of OF
! moisture. Altogether last year there
were FL fires In Iowa caused by
/ lightning damaging property to the
extent Of 3403.6s3.
The Fourth Of July Is q prolific time
Tor fires. Last year there were twenty
one fires caused by fireworks causing
a property damage Of $4,119. The dam
age to life and limb Is not recorded.
state Fire Marshal Ole o. Roe calls at
tention to the great danger and dam
age done by fireworks on the Fourth
in his last annual report. He says the
Fourth IL invariably day when fire
departments in all OF the cities and
towns are kept on the run. He de-
clares that the Fourth is day dreaded
by many instead Of a day Of rejoicing
and gladness.
Most Of us do not realize the great
loss OF life and property every year
caused by fireworks says Mr.. Roe.
an eight years the loss by fire In the
United States as result Of the care
less handling Of fireworks amounted to
S2,5o0,000. A fire caused by fire crack
ers destroyed two-thirds Of the city of
Portland, Maine a number OF years
ago and burned property to the value
of $1O.0O0.000 From the same cause
Pittsburg lost $4,000 worth OF prop
erty in one Gay.
Fireworks may be divided into two
classes: those exploded In the upper
air as sky rockets and toy balloons and
those discharged near the earth. The
second class includes the small fire
cracker. the cannon or giant cracker,
the blank cartridge, toy pistols, pin
wheels, etc. Those discharged close
1t hand are the most dangerous"
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state Superintendent A. NJ. Deyoe
and others Of his department went to
aneS To-Day, Will q uOAAOc1 VI OluCA
educators from southern Iowa, and are
attending the annual state. conference
Of superintendent Of county schools
that. will be held there practically all
week.
The big question before these county
superintendents At the present time is
the method Of complying with the law
which requires the teaching Of
domestic science and agriculture in
every school Of the state. It will be re-
called that several years ago the legis-
lature decreed that after July / this
year every teacher securing certifi-
cate must pass examination in these
vocational studies. Then they must
be taught in every school after this
time. Now how can this be done and
to what extent shall 1t be required?
At first this looked like an unsolvable
problem ahead Of the educational in
terests Of the state. It seemed impos-
sible to require that every schoolma'am
should be able to tell the boys about
raising hogs and blowing for corn, or
be able to instruct in how to use the
tackplane and bucksaw: or that every
male pedagogue should be able to in
struct in making pies and sweeping
the stairways. A great deal Of thinking
has been done the past few years in
effort to arrive at q solution Of the
problem. AL those who have been do
ing the thinking viii 90 over the mat