Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-09-27
COUNTY SCHOOLS TO
Join STATE WIDE.
ANT|.F|RE DRIVE.
WILL OBSERVE OCTOBER 9TH AS
FIRE PREVENTION DAY IN RE.
SPoNSE TO APPEAL MADE IN
PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR
SMALL. -

La Sale county schools, both In OF
tawa and the other surrounding cities
and country will celebrate fire proven.
ton day" on October 8. In compliance
with Governor Len Small's proclama'
ton. Copies of his proclamation
have been prepared to send into every
school room In the county. where they
will be posted for the childrens In
spection and read In connection with
the fire prevention exercises"
The proclamations will be sent out
by County Superintendent Of Schools
w. r. Foster. II is hoped thru the
school children to greatly eliminate
the hazard OF bad fires thru the COM
ing year.
Gov. Smalrs proclamation reads:
"To the People of Illinois, greeting:
Fire losses In the United States are
continuing at the rate Of a half billion
dollars year Those of our state are
running at twenty million dollars a
year.
1T should be a cause Of concern to
every citizen not only that this enor
nous property value Is being wiped
out each year by fire, but that the
annual fire waste of state and nation
has doubled since the war. More IT.
reparable than the destruction of prop
erty Is the estimated loss OF 10000
lives by fire or burns every year in
the United States.
"A fire loss of this magnitude Is a
serious drain upon our resources and
an impeachment to prosperity. Burned
factories produce nothing, except idle
workmen. Burned homes bring desc
lation and misery, and often death OF
dear ones. The sum total OF the
economic loss is another burden added
TO our people, who must pay for II
both In prices of things they buy and
in the cost of insurance protection.
"The great majority OF fires are pre-.
ventable through the exercise Of or.
binary carefulness. Genuine co-opera
tion by our citizens along this line
would materially reduce this great
waste Of life and property
Therefore, appealing for this co,
operation by our citizenship, hereby
proclaim Monday, the ninth day OF
October. 1922, as fire prevention day.
II also urge that the week of DC,
tober 2 to be set aside as fire proven.
ton week and suggest activities along
along these lines.
THAT all premises be carefully ex.
amined and fire hazards removed Els.
peeially should there be a thorough
cleaning up and disposal of rubbish
repairing of defects in fues and heat.
ing equipment correction Of defective
electrical wiring and elimination of in
fiammable conditions generally.
That a rigid inspection be made
of schools. churches. theatres, public
and private hospitals and institutions,
hotels. stores and factories, and that
necessary safeguards against fire, and
adequate exit facilities in case of fire,
be provided.
THAT careful examination of fire
ordinances be made by local officials
and any deficiencies remedied.
81 urge every mayor to issue an ap.
propriate local proclamation. | sug.
gest that pastors may render great
assistance by pulpit appeals either on
Sunday, October /. or Sunday. Octo-
her s, for the practice of fire proven
ton.
Educational exercises should be
held in the schools to instruct the pu-
pills in the elimination of fire hazards
Fire drills should be held in
schools, factories and stores They
should be continued systematically
during the year.
Public meetings should be held
where possible to stimulate interest in
fire prevention.
Conservation of life and property
from fire is a patriotic duty. There
should be generous cooperation from
citizens individually and organized CO.
operation from Chambers of Com.
merce and all other civic bodies. The
press is earnestly urged to give the
Influence of it's active support.
"In witness whereof, have hereun-
to set my hand and caused the great
seal of the state of Illinois to be affix.
ed
Done at the city of Springfield this
twelfth. day of September, in the year
OF our Lord one thousand nine hun.
dred and twenty-five and of the state
OF Illinois the one hundred and third.
LEN SMALL
(SeaD Louis L. Emmerson, Secre-
Tor nf Ofoka