The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-07
Chairman Committee on Fire
r Hazards( Makes Report
at Noon Luncheon
RENEW TROPHY PROMISE
FOR CLEANEST STREET
Highway Assn Representative
Tells Interesting Facts
r About Amendment

There can be no misunderstanding
as to whether or not the committee
on fire prevention of the Civic and
Commerce Association is going to &C
complish the task they set out to &C
complish judging from the talk H. E.
Reynolds gave at the Association
luncheon yesterday. If the ,desife
results cannot be obtained from the
citizens voluntarily they will have to
be obtained in some other way, was
the substance of Mr.. Reynolds re-
marks. There is nothing gained by
building a 100000 Armory and burn
ing up a 100000 hotel, he remark
ed: g.
l. The citizens are too busy with 9th
er things to pay attention to lire
prevention matters apparently. &C
cord to; the cooperation of the fire
prevention committee is meeting. AL
leys and back-yards. cellars and ba OK
rooms need a lot of attention and II
the owners do not give, them the at
tention. they should have. the fire
marshal may be asked to take hand
in 1t, is the opinion, of the commit
tee.s At any rate Bemidji is going
~ US ClCtucQ uP IL Ou .SAO oIdAO PoAAt
sof fire hazards, II
G, W. Harnwen, in q brief talk,
told Of the salvation Army drive to
be. started next week for the secur-
Ing of the annual quota to be used
for the work of the. Organization.
This is the. only! request that will
be made for this work for a year 50
far as the maintenance Of the corps
is concerned, The drive will start
next Monday, October II.
The reccomm endation of the board
Of directors relative to the DISPOSE
ton Of, the boat houses at the foot
Of Third street was referred to the
Association ais body and was &C.
cepted and ratified. +
DR.. Palmer asked the Association
complete it's promise of last spring
to furnish a suitable trophy to be
given to the residents Of the street
or avenue which showed the great
est Improvement in appearance dur
ing the summer. The committee ap-
pointed by the Women's Civic and
Community club, which fostered the
movement, will in the near future
make Its award. .,s<.;. .'.r
A. e. NlSSen, or the MlnneSOta
State Highway Improvement Associ.
alton, addressed the Association or
Amendment No. 1. Much ground was
covered by Mr.. Nissen. some of which
has been covered previously and some
of which had not been presented tt
the Association by any previous
speaker on the subject. a. -
One of the most j; striking state.
ments which Mr.. Nissen made was
the fact that if a strip two miles
wide on each side of the proposed
trunk highways constined in Amend
ment No. I. were to be mapped of
is would contain 80 per cent of Thu
population of the state. In othe1
words go per cent of the population
Of the state live within two miles OF
either side of one of the proposed
trunk highway. He also stated tina
it was intended by Mr.. Babcock ant
, others who were advancing the bill
that for the first year there woald b.
five miles of gravel road built fol
every one mile of concrete surface,
highway built.
Mr.. Nissen is doing missionar!
work for the amendment in the ru
raj sections of the county and is max
ing clear many points to the farmer
and rural people which have not beef
clear to them before.