The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-11
Joseph A. Holmes Safety As.
sociation Formed by us.
Representatives
PURPOSE OF BODY
Follows Visit Here of u. S,
Mine Inspection Car and
Activity of Attaches

| Bureau of Mines, it was announced
today.
The officers for the ensuing veal
! are as follows: President, Johr
| Hanwell, State Mine Inspector, Vice
Pres, Curtis Dirlam, Sec'y. and
Treas, Lorenzo H. Belk, Safety Di.
rector, Mark p. Wynk6op Educa'
tional Director, DR.. j. o. Arnson.
The purpose of the Joseph A
Holmes Safety ASSOCIATION is first
to give instructions in first and and
mine rescue work to any one inter
| ested; the promotion among its
members Of the Federal, State and
| local agencies in Vocational educa.
ton, in mining and metallurgical
work. Any person l6 years or over
interested in the prevention of &C.
cidents, Improvement o. health con.
dtions or the study and practice OF
mine rescue and first aid methods
can be member of this Chapter.
Invite Members
The officers of the B smarck chap
! ter invite the following organiza-
tions to join the Joseph A. Holmes
| Safety association, city officers, po-
lice, firemen, school board, Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts.
eve need your support in making
the City of Bismarck the safest City
m North Dakota" said President
Hanwell. ANY of the officers of this
Chapter will gladly give further in
formation to any one interested and
there VII also be notice in the
Bismarck Tribune stating date of
next meeting o. the Joseph A.
Holmes Assoeat on. Women are also
courteously invited to Join this as
ISOLATION"
The U. S. Bureau of Mines Car. 10
was in Bismarck from Dec. 10th
to January End and while the car
was in the city attaches gave train
ing m the latest methods of first aid
to the injured, to the Highway Com
mission, electrical workers and 9TH
err public utilities The U. S. Bureau
of Mines dates back to 1907. At that
time the late DR.. Joseph A. Holmes,
then Chief Of the Geological Sur
vey, conceived the iuea of forming
the U. S. Bureau of Mines and with
these ideas he approached the Pres
ident and Congress ask ;ng their sup
port and through his efforts a
branch of the Geological Survey was
formed. They started out with three
field stations. Most Of the employees
Of the Bureau of Mines at this early
date were technically trained men
and Their duties were to investigate
accidents, safety ..and health condi-
lions in the mining industry. At the
present time there are over 800 en-
ployees in the U. s. Bureau of Mines
consisting of Physicians and Sur
geons, Biologists, Eng neers, Metall-
urg SITS, Miners and othersI
Purpose of Bureau
The purpose of the Bureau is to
cooperate with mine operators, mine
surgeons and miners in bringing
about safer conditions in and around
the mining industry. The chief
means of reaching the miner and
interesting him in safety work is
through twenty safety stations;
some Of these are stationary build
ings and some are movable cars. The
stationary buildings are located
mostly in the coal mining regions
where the fire hazard is so much
greater than in metal mines. These
safety stations are equipped with
automobile trucks-wlth self contain
ed oxygen breathing apparatus, rea-
dy at all mes in case of a mine
fire or disaster. The movable cars
have a certain territory assigned to
them and move from place to place,
giving demonstrations in the latest
safety methods and first aid work.
Car No. los district covers the up
per peninsula of Michigan, W:scon-
sin, Minnesota and the two Dako-
tas.--Car. No. 10 has assigned to it
an engineer in charge, surgeon, a
foreman miner, first aid miner and
cook. The duties of the engineer and
surgeon are to confer with mine OPP
orators and to carry on research
work. Each car has foreman miner
whose duties it is to demonstrate
the latest safety methods and to We
training to miners with self contain
ed breathing apparatus. The first
Aid miners duties are to demon.
strate and give training of first aid
to the injured. The courses a.1en
by Car. No. 10 fconsist of five three
hour, periods, both in the apparatus
work and IN the first aid work. The
apparatus training consists of IA
miliariing the men with the breath
ng apparatus and wearing the same
in poisonous gases as near actual
conditions as possible. The First Aid
course consist of lectures on the
anatomy of the body, treatment of
wounds, burns. scalds, strains,
sprains and bruises, dislocations.
fractures and artific al respiration.
Men completing the course satisfac-
torily are given a U. s. Bureau of
Mine certificate. These cars are full
~ equ 'pped to take care of a mine
nre or disaster and is at all times
subject to mine fire call.
The personnel Of Car No. 10 is Mr..
Carr chs engineer in charge Of the
district, DR.. Merryweather, surgeons
NJ. bB. Orfald, foreman miner. B.
hfockband, first aid minerf Earl
Moore, cook: Car No. 10 is, now in
Zap North Dakota and will be pass
ing through Bispfarck en- route to
CHICAGO on Monday the 18th. Il is
well worth while for any one to 70
through this car. It is interesting
TO know what the ~. s. Bureau Of
MINES Is trying to'accomplish in our