Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 22, 1912, Page 8

1 8 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1912. FIRE PREVENTION - IS CONSERVATION Continued from first page). f elothing and consume as food. It s deptorable that an agency which s 8o necessary ‘for our comfort and wappiness should also involve so nuch misery and destruction. A realization of e encrmous de- struction by fire of created wealth should cause every thoughtful Amer- can citizen to hang his head in shame. It is a blot upon our civili- zation. It means one of two things, ecither that the proportion of dishon- est individuals is very large, or that, as & nation, we are outrageously careless; possibly both of these as- sumptions might be held to be true. it i8 a sad commentary on our.na- tional life that the destruction of property by fire each year is about t0 one-half the cost of all the new buildings erected in the country. Ac- companying this waste, and due to the same cause is the loss of the lives of more than fifteen people each vear. Our average destruction each week is three churches, three halls, twelve theaters, ten schools, two hos- pitals, two asylums, two colleges, six apartment houses, three department stores, two jails, twenty-six hotels, one hundred and forty flat houses, and nearly sixteen hundred homes. In the year 1911 the value of prop- erty destroyed by fire was in excess of $234,000,000. The record of the year 1910 was approximately the same. For thirty-five years up to and including 1911, the value of | property destroyed by fire in this {country and Canada was far in excess of $5,000,000,000. The destruction of property in two years is about struction of the Panama Canal. With such an enormous drain upon our re- sources is it not a wonder that we are not in a constant state of panie? It should be borne in mind that this fire waste is an utter anq absolute wiping out of so much value, some- thing that in the very nature of things can never be replaced, it is absolutely gone forever. To be sure, by means of fire insurance, the bur- den is somewhat distributed, but nevertheless, the loss to the nation, to the people as a whole, is utter and irreparable. That to a large extent, this ter- rible waste'is due to the lack of in- dividual responsibility there is not NONE TOO EARLY to consider the purchase of Spring garments, the warm Spring days will soon be here. Why not enjoy them in a new suit or coat, at least allow us to show you some beauti- ful creations, the produc= tion of skilled tailors, from reliable materials. The price we ask should be attractive. Don’t for=- get the Shoes and Gioves. Store open tomor- night until 10:00 o’clock. ALARM By the HUNDRED. BEMIDJI is the way WE styi=s, makes and sizes, and sold with a guarantee. not sell a clock that we cannot | $1.00 o | $3.00 THE AUTOMATIC Alriius @ DAYS s CLOCKS DIRECT from the FAGCTORY to receive them. In all the best We do guarantee. If you wish to be called” on the dot every da’y in the vear, Buy one of our Alarm Clocks. To sleep late' is pleasant now and then, but make it Sunday. You can depend on our Clocks not mere- " ly to wake you on time but to -keep time and run a long time. 8-Day-*Automatic’’ . 1-Day-Big Ben, (Intermittent) . 1-Day-Junior Tattoo (Intermittent) i-Day-Day Light (Intermittent) H 1-Day-Wake Up . Any of these clocks sent to our out of town customers upon receipt of the price. We can sell much cheaper clocks but as we cannot guar- antee them we would not sell them. GEORGE T. BAKER AND CO., BEMIDJI, Manufacturing Jewelers, (116, 3rd St.) MINN. equal, to the entire cost of the con-: a shadow of doubt. We are a nation of lawmakers, but evidently we have a very poor apinion of our own han- diwork in that particular, as is ap- parent from the fact that we show those laws so little respect. The per capita fire waste in the United States is in the neighborhood of $2.50, while in Germany it is something like thirty-nine cents, and we com- pare no more favorably with other foreign countries. The fact that this waste seems to be increasing rather than diminishing cause the gravest apprehension. The attitude of government, federal, state and municipal, is to a large ex- tent one of indifference to the sub- ject of fire prevention. Where in this broaq land can be found evi- dence of an earnest determination to remedy the deplorable conditions to which I have alluded. We feel deep- ly affronted if we are accused by vis- itors from abroad of being an im- moral nation, but to burn up $25,- 000,000 worth of property every year indicates gross immorality and noth- ing else. It indicates sloth and care- lessness and these two make for im- morality. You may be inclined to suspect us of selfish motives in this agitation, In answer to such a suspicion T have only to remark that you are not burning up the money of the fire insurance companies; you are burn- ing your own money.’ Improve Local Conditions, A moment ago I compared the per capita waste of the United States with that of other countries. I would now direct your attention to the fact that while the per capita waste of the United States is about $2.50, that of Minnesota is more than $3.50 which fact would seem to indicate that we of Minnesota should give this subject the most thoughtful attention. Touching up- on local conditions, permit me to say, that while your municipality is in many ways entitled to credit for be- ing progressive, in this one particu- lar there is plenty of room for im- provement here as well as elsewhere. You must share the responsibility for this scandalous fire waste, and if the city of Bemidji is to measure up to the standard of what a clean. pro- gressive, moral community should be, you have your work to do here. In the days to come we shall hear from you through your responses to our notices indicating conditions that should be corrected. Our mem- bers individually will be continually visiting your city, and will have op- portunities to observe whether you are a community to which we can point with pride and hold up as ex- ample ‘of cleanliness and law obe- dience to other communities of the commonwealth of Minnesota. I have visited your city many times and have always met with courtesy and consideration at the hands of your people. T know that from henceforth your interest in this subject will prompt you, not only to exercise the utmost care on your premises, but also Lo watch each other as well, for that is your plain duty. Greatest Fires From Sparks. Ever bear in minad that the great- est conflagration must inevitably have its beginning in a tiny spark which only a cupful of water would be ample to extinguish. We have come here full of an earnest pur- pose. We want to fire you with the same enthusiasm. We want you to co-operate with us in removing from the fair name of Minnesota the foul blot that it now bears. (Signed) J. L. KING. SPEECH BY MR. COLBURN (Cortinued from rnrst page). to you that only 61 1-2 cents of each dollar received is available for losses you will see that the cuinpanies not only have not made any gains but lost 1 7-10 per cent of each dollar of | premiums. ~ On $17,193,633 ° this makes $292,291 which the companies were obliged to advance to pay Min- nesota losses. incurred in only two years. | From 1899 to 1910 inclusive, a| period of 12 years the premiums re- ported from this city were $348,197 with losses of $146,925 or 42 2-10 per cent, which certainly is a very good record according to present electric wiring, candles and kerosene lamps left in basements, incendiar- ism, and last but not least the form, of policy in use in this state which is of no benefit to the honest man but works in beautifully with the desires of crooks and fire bugs who have not been slow to take advant- age of the opportunities presented. Minnesota Policy Faulty. It would seem that sound business principles had been seduced by vin- dictiveness and the result an abor- should i ion known as the Minnesota Stand- ard Policy, which under its valued policy clause allows dishonest peo- ple to collect more than they.have lost and gives the fire bug ample opportunity to ply his nefarious traf- fic at your expense. Whenever we revert insurance from its proper channel of indemnity into gain we are placing a premium on arson. A few other states tried this law until they found how it worked when they promptly repéaled it and substituted instead the State Fire Marshall Law to discourage the criminally in- clined instead of encouraging them. What Can We Do to Be Saved?. Keep our premises in proper order at all times. Keep gasoline and oth- er dangerous commodities in safe places as far from any building as possible. Have the electric wiring properly installed and kept so, and do not let any loose wires come in contact with nails or other metal. Use safety maches only and as few of them as possible. Do not use match- es, kerosene lamps or candles in your basement but have electric lights in- stalleq with a cut-off switch at the head of the stairs where possible. Prevail upon your neighbor to do these same things and if_he won't, notify the state fire marshal or this association, because otherwise you will have to help pay his loss when the fire comes. Look upon the man who invites fires, or actually sets them, as an undesirable citizen and co-operate with the authorities to prevent him from collecting money from the insurance companies wthich comes out of your pocket. Request your members of the legislature to secure the repeal of the present Min- nesota Standard Policy law and sub- stitute instead the form known as the New York Standarq which is good enough for such states as New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Colorado, California, Ore- gon, Washington and many other states and should be good enough for the great state of Minnesota. All of its conditions have been passed upon by the highest courts of the land, its motto is the square deal and it favors the honest man against the dishon- est one. Secure an amendment to the co-insurance law of your state which will permit the man of mod- est means to secure the reductions granted for the use of this clause as well as the more affluent who have property in excess of $20,000 and sccure reductions of from 10 to 25 per cent when this clause is attached to the policy. The law as it now stands is class legislature in favor of the rich ®s against people of more limited means. As I said in the beginning, you are busy with your own affairs but I be- lieve now that your interest is aroused, you will realize that this is your affair, and am certain that you will join with us in securing a re- duction of the fire waste as far as lies within your power, feeling assured that when losses are reduced to a point where the insurance compa- nies can catch up and secure rea- sonable gains from underwriting op- erations your rates will come down to meet the new conditions. Rates follow losses in their movements up or down over a period of years. LE (Signed) E. L. COLBURN. MUST BELIEVE IT. When Well Known Bemidji' People Teli It So Plainly. \When public endorsement is made by a'representative citizen of Bemid- ji the proof is positive. You must believe it. - Read this testimony. Ev- ery .backache sufferer, every man, woman or child with any kidney standards in this country and the ‘trouble will find profit in the read- people of Bemidji are to be congratu- lated upon that fact. However, there is plenty of room for improve- ment, and we feel assured that you will not be slow to correct the de- fects found by the inspectors yester- day. Canses of Fire. ing. . Mrs. J. C. Titus, 602 America Ave., Bemidji, Minn., says: “I can recom- mend Dor’s Kidney Pills just as highly now as I did three years ago when they cured me of kidney trou- ble. There has been no return at- tack of my complaint. The failure Mr. King has already called your |0f my kidneys to do their work prop- attention to the fact that the per |erly made me miserable in every way capita loss in Minnesota is approxi-|and I was unable to find anything mately $4 against $2.50 for the en-|that would help me until I began tire country and an average of only|taking Doan’s Kidney Pills. ‘What | disposed of the pain and toned up thirty-three cents in Europe. They is the cause of this enormous waste |my entire system.” in Minnesota? Accumulations of rubbish in and around buildings, | cents. For sale by all dealers,* Price 50 carelessness with matches, storage of | New York, sole agents for the Unit- explosive commodities places, lack of attention to heating in . unsafe|ed States. Remember the name—Doan’s— apparatus, flues and stove pipes, poor 'and take no other. -] ., Buffalo, |- Foster:Miltuirng 0o, Bustaly, FOR RENT—Nine room house for selections. D0 YOU SING OR PLAY? We will have a line of Down=-to-Date Music to offer you next week. Save that order for us. will carry only the latest popular airs and opera ABERCROMBIE’S We The test of hosiery is in thew and rip. If they do after one WEDN N bunck. They 2 st ilaion s Your Hosiery, Madarm, Should Fit Snug—Hold Their Shape wear ’ e cheap in price, but poorin economy. : wfi Hosiery :o: Women i F. A, PATRICI Chitdren. % rearing. They must not stretch th <2 will wrinkle and are Kuit t¢ form to ey give only their shape. They con- m toc to knee, and 1y is required. of pure mercer- 1 hest spun varn with six Double so! i 1 ur-inch oac continuous, Dulua cturers of Garments for 00i Clolis and Blankes ar VW = ihastictisniiziol e aet : ¥ 5 % & 5 — p—: epartment The Pioneer Want Ads I CASH WITH ©COPY /é cent per word per Issue Regular charge rate 1 cent per word per Insertion. No ad taken for less than 5 cents. HOW THOSE W, ANT ADS DO THE BUSINESS The Ploneer goes everywhere so that everyone has a neighbor who | takes it and people who,do not take the paper generally read their neighbor's s0 your want ad gets to them all. HELP WANTED WANTED—Representative for se- cret service company. George A. Behn, 445 First National Build- ing, Chicago, Ill. WANTED—Woman for house clean- ing. Apply Hotel Rex. FOR SALE FOR SALE—Will sell or trade SE. 1-4 of the SW. 1-4 of section 27- 147-34 also NE. 1-4 of the NW. 1-4 of section 34-147-34, and the SW. 1-4 of the SW. 1-4 of section 5-146-34. Will sell reasonable or trade for income property. Geo. S. Gillespie, Sioux City, Iowa. FOR SALE—Pure blood Rhode Island Red and Barred Plymouth Rock «<ggs for breeding purposes. Jack Williams, 1015 America Ave. #OR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of « rubber stamp for you on short «otice. FOR SALE—Bemidji residence prop-| erty for sale or exchange for land. | %. T. Swedback. ¥OR SALE—Full blooded Golden Laced Wyandotte eggs., $1 for 15. 807 Irvin Ave. FOR SALE—At a bargain, a piano in good condition. Nicollet Hotel. FOR SALE—20 foot gasoline launch “Silver Heels.” Apply Barker's. FOR SALE—Portable steel garage. 14x20. Apply Schneider Bros. FOR SALE—Furniture at a bargain. Call at 916 Mississippi Ave. 15 Cent a Word Is All It Costs Phone 31 LOST AND FOUND LOST—Brown Spaniel puppy. four whité* feet, white breast; also tip of tail-white. Finder return to Jas. Cahu; 1006 Doud Ave. MISCELLANEOQUS ADVERTISERS—The great state of North-Dakota offers unlimited op- portunities for business to classi- fied .advertisers. The recognized advertising medium is the Fargo Daily and Sunday Courier-News, the only seven day paper in the state and the paper which carries the largest amount of -classified 1 advertising. The Courier-News covers North Dakota like a blank- et; reaching all parts of the state the day of publication; it is the paper to use in order to get re- { sults; rates one cent per word first | insertion, one-half cent per word { succeeding insertion; fifty cents | per line per month. Address the Courier-News, Fargo, N. D. i WANTED—100 merchants in North- ern Minnesota to sell “The Bemid- ji” lead pencil. Will carry name of every merchant in advertising columns of Pioneer in order that all receive advantage of advertis- ing. For wholesale prices write or phone the Bemidji Pioneer Of- fice Supply Co. Phone 31. Be- * midji, Minn. WANTED—$300 for two years on 120. acres in Northern Hubbard county land. C. J. Lybarger, 116 No. Van Eps Ave., Sioux Falls, S. 8D WANTED TO TRADE—What have you to trade for new standard pia- no? Call at second hand store, 0dd Fellows Bldg. FARM FOR SALE Improved, in city | BOUGHT AND SOLD—Second hand limits. Address H. Brakke, city. FOR RENT FOR RENT—Furnished room for rent. 917 Minnesota Ave. Phone 168. rent. 411 Minnesota Ave. 5156 Bemidji Ave. " furniture. 0dd Fellows building, across from postoffice, phone 129. WANTED—Sewing to do at home call at 208 Mississippi Ave., Miss Sophia Carsten. WANTED—To rent good piano. In- quire Pioneer. FOR RENT—One furnished room for TliY A WANT AD rent. Iie fos