Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 236, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1922 — Page 6

Opus Monday, October 9th '“'"-“I YOU Can Help! <lcsigtViting Monday. October 8 as , ■* national ire prevention day. The —■ - - r '_!__£ j __u -‘ i ~ fire waste in the United States, year , after year, the president declared. reaches appalling figures which are W •X* « T> X» W T fl fl T'* T\ Z 1* To Save Life and Property from Needless rire Destruction added, to minimize such losses. v x v Property values of about $7,869,000.000 were destroyed by fire In the United States during the 40 years ending with 1921. The loss owa during the last year of this period W— » was approximately six times as K M I ||l|l|VßHna great as that of the first year. In W-- J LAXmmM*. 1921 more than 15,000 lives were lost and property valued at half a billion dollars was destroyed by z*WRFZAZA AZA zA/AZA ZAZA • X .X™ ™ Fire takes an annual toll of nearly $500,000,000.00 in not the result of any great cofifla - f j ’”!X......» mo „ this country. If all the buildings burned yearly were placed uXw’ -X “ d d ° side by side, they would fill both sides of a street from Chicago to New York. After the House Burns It’s too late then to think about removing that Every household, every business, every building, paper in the attic or the rubbish in the yard, where the should be insured against fire; but HOW TO PREVENT fire started. Remember that a stray spark cannot do fires is what the insurance man talks about first. Clean harm when it lights on a clean surface, nearly so easily up and stay clean and help to decrease the nation s as when it drops in a pile of old rags, papers or dead $500,000,000 annual fire loss. Clean Up means fire preweeds., vention. Paint Up helps to keep clean. Clean Your Premises Correct Your Hazards Cultivate Carefulness Remove Rubbish • - * ' t Reduce your fire risk by cleaning up. We can help prevent fires as well as insure you against them. See us NOW —after the fire it f s too late. — — >1 American Security Co. John S. Peterson Decatur Insurance Agency F. E. Kolter, Ins. Mgr. All Kinds of Insurance E. W. Johnson, Mgr. Monroe Street :: Telephone 172 214 W. Jefferson St. Telephone 206 Schafer Bldg. Telephone 385 ■ ——) t „ X -—- V x . '■ •, ■ • • ■ .•' ' — — ' * Graham & Walters Lenhart & Heller • . K I General Insurance All Forms of Insurance South 2nd Street Telephone 239 157 S. 2nd St. Telephone 2

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1922