The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-10-12
FIRE PREVENTION
WEEK EXTENDED
INDEFI N|TELY

Although the week proclaimed by
the governor and other officials has
come to a close let's keep up the
good work and make this a fire pre-
vention year.
Winnemucca past history has
proven the losses from fire has
been tremendous, both to the city
and the property owner. This loss
is not alone a monetary one but
also an economic one; when the
alarm sounds business comes to a
standstill, people from all wallis
and vocations, go to the fire and
the questions are generally on every
lip. Where is the fire? how did il
start? is any one hurt? and many
others, that show the interest in
fires, and fire prevention, when oul
attention is wildly called to it by
conflagration.
The underwriters claim that &c
per cent of the fires in this country
are preventable. If that is the case
then the people themselves are di-
rectly responsible for the cities OF
country paying out vast sums OF
money, which they have collected in
taxes from these same people, fol
high-priced fire fighting and life
saving apparatus manned by officers
and men who are ready at any time
day or night, and go into youl
home and carry out some of yom
children at the risk of their own
lives, just because some one was
too careless with your common
enemy-fire.
General Public does not think he
will ever have a fire. "Oh, no,
am very careful" and at the same
time the very man who tells you
that will take his ashes out of the
stove in the morning, when they are
cold" supposedly, and dump them
into a wooden barrel setting next tc
a wood fence, near his house, OF
against hte woodshed where he has
his winter supply of fuel stored. He
will blow a fuse and to save time
and walk to the store, will put in
coin back of the fuse plug and
forget all about it until something
happens and that is generally a
spark from short circuit. He will
light his cigar or pipe and throw
the match anywhere, after shaking
it few times and never looking
to see it it is extinguished. He
will set up his stove this fall and
never think to look at his chimney
to see if the mortar is intact and
his chimney, spark tight. He will
let the leaves accumulate in the
cutters of his roof and make a
beautiful nest for some nice spark
some cold night. And his wife will
do some queer things, too, for she
vii leave her electric iron setting
on the ironing board until it heats
while she does something else. And
what happens? Before you go any
further go and look at your board
now and see if there isn't a brown
place there where you have left it
too long some time.) If you have
cleaning to do and especially silk,
don't rub that in gasoline" Burn
the house down, if you must; but
don't MAIN yourself for life by
burning your hands off that way.
You have done it, you say, and
nothing happened. Well, it will
only happen to you once and don't
invite it any sooner than necessary.
If you must polish your stove,
which some need at times, get some
polish that is not made of naptha.
gasoline, or benzine; and there are
many other things you would not do
if you would only stop to think and
to overcome those things which you
may overlook and bring upon your
self a fire some time at most
opportune time, get yourself some
kind of fire extinguisher and have
it handy. The best place to hang
it is just inside one of the exits of
the house, then if smoke runs you
out you can sometimes get to the
extinguisher from the outside.
Look over your home now and
see if you are like the big majority
of the General Public and, if So
get out of the rut and help make
this a fire prevention year instead
of a week.
Burn your trash and leaves in the
morning and on days when the wind
is not blowing.
GUY ASBURY,