The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-21
WHOLE FAMILY
LLOBSERVE
SAFETY WEEK
Parents, Children, Teachers,
Pupils, Preachers to Coop
crate in Work
PLAN SAFETY PROGRAMS
State Council Meets at MinOt
May Is and rs to Discuss
State Problems
PLAN SAFETY PROGRAMS

Parents and children. teachers and
pupils, preachers in their pulpits and
the people in the street will join next
Week in observing North Dakota's
first safety week, according to in
formation received here by officers
of the state safety council.
The object of the observance, pro-
claimed by Governor A. G. Sorlic and
endorsed by the mayors Of most
North Dakota cities, is to bring every
citizen to a realization of the fact
that safety is personal matter and
fundamental to his peace and happi-
ness, Frank Milhollan, president Of
the council, said.
Instructions have been sent out by
structiOn directing safety programs
10 be held in the schools with view
to impressing upon children the need
for safeguarding their own lives and
those Of others.
Service Clubs to Aid
Kiwanis, Rotary. Lions and other
service clubs have volunteered TO aid
in the work to their best ability and
luncheon meetings Of these Organiza-
tions this week will be given over, in
most cities Of the state, to considera-
tion Of ways Of promoting safety.
Hundreds of Teachers have prom
ised to make safety the subject Of
their sermons Sunday and others will,
iii addition. broadcast safety talks
over the radio.
IF we can induce every person in
the state to realize that this is not
Just another campaign but an effort
~ liu0 h,vn
dreds of thousands of dollars worth
OF. property we shall have taken
long step toward the goal of public
and private safety" Milhollan said.
"If we can get the people of North
Dakota to appreciate close connection
between safety. and happiness and
prosperity the efforts of the North
Dakota Safety Council will have been
repaid. Our goal is to reduce acci-
dents Of all kinds to a minimum
Success means that we will save
hundreds Of lives and prevent thou
sands of other lives from being
blighted by grief and financial dis
Scores. If not hundreds. of children
are orphaned every year in North Da-
kota as the result Of accidents which
take the life of the breadwinner, a
preliminary survey by the safety
council shows. In many cases it
means that counties are called on to
render aid to dependent Children and
others thus emphasizing the econ
omic as we'll as the humanitarian
benefits of constructive safety work.
Council Meets
The greatest safety observance this
week will be the convention OF the
k< IN Hall Mt
Minot, May 25 and 26. Approximate
" $50 OF North Dakotas business and
professional leaders are scheduled to
attend and Milhollan hopes to see
additional impetus given to the move
ment, launched a year ago at meet
ing in Bismarck.
Realizing the economic Importance
Of safety, scores of business houses
and public utilities are making it a
regular feature of their work among
employees, Milhollan said, and are
giving splendid support to the work
Of the safety council.
Although fully cognizant Of the
value of safety from humanitarian
standpoint their interest is. in the
main, financial, Milhollan said. They
realize that workman sound and
we'll is an asset. One who is injured
adds to their compensation insurance
costs and forces them to obtain a
less skilled man to take the place
Of one who is incapscitated.
Activities Not Limited
Activities Of the state safety couR-
ell will not be limited, as some per-
sons apparently believe, to an effort
tn reduce the number Of automobile
accidents. Milhollan emphasized. Close
attention is being paid to the prob
s lens presented by the large number
Of automobile accidents but the coun-
ell also is taking steps to launch
safety work along the lines OF fire
prevention and the prevention OF in
dustrial and other accidents. Incom-
plete statistics show that almost as
many persons are drowned in North
Dakota yearly o. are killed in auto
mobile accidents. About 16 are
burned to death each year.
In pamphlet prepared with view
to educating ministers to the aims
and purposes Of the safety movement.
it is pointed ont, and that the safety
movement is "spiendid example Of
applied Christianity" The church is
iftetested in safety. y - pointed out,
human welfare and accidents take
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!. The nations accident bill, y Is
pointed out, totals $500. 900 900 .
wear. not including delays and other
;ndirect costs. In lddition TO the
/. $4,000 killed about $1,000 persons
are injured each year, their injuries
being serious enough to keep them
from work for day or more. This
does not include an estimate Of aeci-
/ dents occurring in the home, al
though 10000 persons suffer fatal ac-
cid1nts in their own homes each year.
a preliminary study made b. DR.. a.
A. Whittcmore, state health director,
shows that North Dakota experiences
its proportiohate share Of the acci-
dents reported for the entire country.
He now 10 outliningJe = system which
ke hopes will be effective in provid-
Ing accurate statistics on the causes
and results .of accidents. This data
will Be turned over - the state safety
council, stA&e hiGhway department.
and other AGepfies iAt48ested ins safe
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