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A . PROCLAMATION W. Strart Edwards, Deputy Minister of of Justice, Canada. Whereas authoritative statistiecs comâ€" viled and published by the Dominion Fire Commissioner show that during the past nineteen years, eight hundred and sixteen thousand fires in Canada have destroyed insurable property valued at more than seven hundred and twentyâ€"six million dollars and that during the same period seven thousand seven hundred and twentyâ€"six persons have lost their lives and over twentyâ€" four thougand others have been serâ€" iously injured as the result of fire; And Whereas the waste thus occaâ€" sioned, represented in terms of human life, money, labour, time and natural resources cannot be reâ€"created but is an absolute and iwrevocable loss largely distributed over the entire population through the agency of fire insurance which imposes an inescapable and burâ€" aensome tax upon industry and thrift and substantially adds to the cost of living; 1. All public burldings, stores, wareâ€" houses and factories be inspected and cleaned of rubbish in order to reduce Pire Prevention Week has been obâ€" served in Canada for a number of years past. The idea behind it is to rouse the public ihterest aand effort to reduce the unnecessary lost of Hfe and waste of property from the ravages oi fires, mosgt of which are preventable. If the public really realized the extent of the life and property toll and the fact that by far the greater part of the loss might be avoided, the death and damage would be greatly reduced from year to year until eventually they would be practically eliminated. This is the idea behind Fire Prevention Week. It is interesting to note that communities like Timmins, Schumacâ€" her and South Porcupine where the ideas of| Fire Prevention have been given special prominence are outstandâ€" ing in the North for their comparative freedom from fire Fire Chiefs like Alex Borland, Maxwell Smith and Chas, Jucksch have done much to bring a large measure of safety from fire, and ,perhaps. their most valuable service in ‘this particular has been through winning a large measure of coâ€"operation from the public. And Whereas it is shown by reliable statistics that at least eighty per cent of the fires which occur originate either direetly or indirectly through inexcusâ€" able ignorance and neglect and are therefore preventable and that the exâ€" ercise of reasonable prudence and proâ€" per carefulness on the part of responsâ€" ible individuals would substantially reâ€" duce the losses occasioned by fire; And Whereas economic and humaniâ€" tarian considerations imperatively deâ€" mand that human life and material resources in Canada be so far as posâ€" sible conserved in order that the genâ€"s eral welfare of the people may be meaâ€" surably increased; And Whereas it is desirable that the attention of the public be directed to the extent and underlying causes of the preventable loss of life and proâ€" perty by fire and to the best and most practicable means for its control and that a specific period of the year be set apart and properly designate@ for the dissemination of such information; Now Know Â¥Ye that We by and with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada. have thought fit to appoint tb) improperily installed elec.rical cords and appliances: (c) inflammable rubâ€" bish in attic basement and closets; (a) gasoline ors other dangerous> volatile liquids used for cleaning purposes in the home; (e) the careless disposal Of cigarette and cigar stubs, and asnes from pipes: (f) ashes in wooden boxes instead of in proper metal containers; (g) the practice of allowing ~small children to play with matches. Fire Prevention Week is not ‘just another week." It has a definite meanâ€" ng and purpose. Not only has it the support of the Dominion Fire Comâ€" missioner and the Provincial Fire Marâ€" shal, but it has a dignity given to no Other special "week"â€"it is formally proclaimed each year by the Governorâ€" General. In a recent "Extra" issue of The Canapu Gazette the proclamation is given as follows:â€" PROCLAM ATION L. P. DUFF, ~CANADA George the Sixth, by the Grace of God of Breat Britain, Ireland and the Dominions beyond the seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emâ€" peror of India; To All to Whom these presents shall come or whom the same may in anyâ€" wise conciorn, Greeting. Now Know Â¥Ye that We by and with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada, have thought fit to appoint and do appoint the week commencing Sunday, the sixth of October, and endâ€" ing on Saturday, the twelfth of Octoâ€" ber, in the present year as "Fire Preâ€" vention Week," and we do recommend to all our loving subjects that at some time during that week as may be found most practicable; 1. All dwellings and their surroundâ€" ings be carefully inspected by| their occupants and all conditions likely to cause or promote the spread of fires removed, including: (a)> defective stoves, furnaces, pipes and chimneys, Deputy Governor General (L.G.) Fire in Past 19]Years Has Cost Canada 7,726 Lives and $726,000,000 Tisdale Observes Fire Prevention Week Oct. 6â€"12 For Fire Prevention Week, Fire CNAieL A. Borland has secured a number of excellent films to be shown at schools, service clubs, etc., to emphasize the value of fire prevention. These films will be a feature at the Kiwanis Club Iuncheon on Tuesday of next week, Oet, 15th. Fire Prevention Films Being Shown in Timmins 4. Fire drills be held for the children in all schools, for the inmates of all institutions and for the employees in all large stores. and factories in order that a greater degree of safety may be ensured by aequainting the occupants with the best ard most expeditious mode of exit in time of danger. 5» Bpecial instruction on the subject of fire prevention be given by the teachers and by municipal officials in the scheols and that such appropriate literature as may be made available be distributed to the pupils. Be sure your match is out luck won‘t be. fire hazards and maintain health and safety. 3. All hotels, thmeatres, asylums, hosâ€" pitals and other institutional buildings be inspectedâ€" and provision made for all changes necessary to protect the occupaunts from danger in the event of fire. * 6. Boy Scout leaders give instructions to the troops under their control as to the best means of coâ€"operating with municipal fire departments in the preâ€" vention and extinguisnment of fires and especially as to the desirability of qualifying for the Fireman‘s Badge. 7. All legislation and regulations enâ€" acted or issued by Dominion, provinâ€" cial or municipal authoritiee dealing with fire prevention be given publicity by municipal officials and that by pubâ€" lic meetings or otherwise as may to them seem most fit, they endeavour to impress upon the citizens the national importance of safeguarding life and property from loss by fire, and parâ€" ticularly the safeguarding of the lives of small children from fire. Of All Which Our Loving Subjects and all others whom these Presents may concern are hereby required to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly. In Testimony Whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto â€" affixed. Witness» â€" Our Right â€" Trusty â€" and _ Wellâ€"beloved Counsellor the Right Honourable Sir Lyman Moore Duff, a Member of Our Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and Saint George, Chief Justice of Canada and Deputy of Oour Déar Unclé, Ourâ€" Right Trusty and Right Wellâ€"beloved Cousin and Counsellor, Alexander Augustus Frederick George, Earl of Athlone, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, a Member of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Grand Master of Our Most Distinâ€" guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victoria Order, Comâ€" panion of Oour Distinguished Service Order, Colonel in Our Army (reâ€" tired), having the honorary rank of Majorâ€"General, one of Our Personal Aideâ€"deâ€"Camp, â€" Governor General and Commanderâ€"inâ€"Chief of _ Our Ddaminion of Canada. C Our Government House in Our City of Ottawa, this twentyâ€"first day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand ninge hundred and forty and in the Fourth year of Oour Reign. By Command, E. H. COLEMAN, â€" Underâ€"Secretary of State Gordon Block A. WILSON LANG Week, Fire Chief 28 Years Writing The Most Reliable Board â€" And Nonâ€"Board Companies so your Consult Us Toâ€"day About Your Insurance Problem Some years ago Magistrate E. R. Tucker, of Cochrane, chief coroner for Cochrane district, noted with regret the number of deaths in settlers‘ homes visited. by fire, As; coroner, he investiâ€" gated szcores of these fatalities, and in the vast majority of eases ie found that the trouble was due to minor matters that could easily have been adâ€" justed.: Defective stovepipes, unsafe chimneys, flimsy partitions too close to stoves, stovepipes not properly proâ€" tected where entering chimneys or passing through partitions, these were the chief causes of fires at settlers‘ homes. In mosit cases the trouble mighnt have been ~remedied at trifling cost. Slight alterations in construetion, in arrangement of doors and windows were among the . reasons for many of the fires in settlers‘ homes. In all} cases ;where Magistrate Tucker conducts inâ€" quests into deaths there is always the very fullest enquiry. Then with the facts ,gleaned., Magistrate Tucker is always anxious to give all the known facts in each case and also to make reports warranted by the particular case under investigation. In this way Magistrate Tucker gathered an unusually large amount of facts, and he urged the govâ€" ernment to extend the duties of all fire rangers to include inspection of all settlers‘ homes as well as the surâ€" rounding land. Up to that time it was the custom to have the fire rangers inâ€" spect everything about the farms in their areas, but that the inspetion should be stopped at the settlers‘ home. Any fire risk on the property was noted by the fire ranger and the settler urged to remedy it, The fire ranger, hnowever,. was not empowered to enter the house. There might be the most unnecessary and glaring fire risks in the settlers‘ home and not a word could be said. The result was a sad loss: of life and property. In most cases the lives of the settler and his family were endangered by the practice. Shacks with only one room and perhaps but one door in the cabin, were a genuine hazard for all concerned. Magistrate Tucker tried many plans to overcome the trouble. He believed that in most cases where there were unnecessary fire risks in a settlers‘ home, the settler would be glad to make required changes if he knew what they were. Most of the changes could be made without any particular cost. He sugâ€" gested that all settlers‘ homes be inâ€" spected and recommendations made for betterment in respect to guards from fire. This work, he pointed out, could be very well accomplished by empowering fire rangers to inspect the homes as well as the farms. The Adâ€" vance was one of the first newsipapers in the North to take up the question and give all possible support to Magisâ€" trate Tucker‘s plan. Literally, for years, The Advance hammered away at the idea. Eventually the government deâ€" cided to accede to the wishes of those who hated to see the needlesst loss of property and lives through fire. Eventâ€" ually, the government agreed to try the plan. The results so far fully justify the new plan adopted for the protection of the settlers from the danger of fire. The trouble with "smoking in bed is that you may cause more "smoking than you intended. Lives of Settlers and Their Families Being Protected Ontario Government Helps Settless â€" by Fxtenrhng‘ Fire Rangers‘ Duties. / GENERAL INSURANCE Timmins THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMMINS, ONTARIO The Dominion Fire Compmissioner makes a very telling point in favour cf Fire Prevention Week and every other method and plan designed to reâ€" duce fire losses and prevent fires, FEighty per cent of present fires could be avoided, he says. Most of them in fact are due to carelessness in the handling inflammable material or in permitting unnecessary fire risks. Tt is admitted that people are more careful to day than they used to be in regard to fires, but still greater progress 18 necessary in this line. If 80 per cent of fires may be avoided, it is up to every person to see that each one does his or her part to avoid the carelessness and lark of attention that is responâ€" sible for the fires that might be avoided. You can help along the purpose of TFire Prevention Week by cleaning up yards, vellars, attics and other premâ€" ises from old papers, rubbish and other waste. CLEAN UP. Get those fire breeders and germ breeders out of your store and off the premises. They belong on the dump héap, but will never get there until you start something. There is no reason for: A backyard full of broken bits of start them on the road to the dump heap. / packing cases. A basement full of old papers, boxes and ashes. A barn full of empty cases, packing material and old barrels you will never All the wrapping paper and old newsâ€" papers which blow around the premâ€" 1ses "Warning! The use of gasoline, benâ€" zine, naptha, or any other unauthorâ€" ized volative liquid for. spraying, deâ€" greasing and cleaning operations in this building is strictly prohibited. By order, Chief of the Fire Department. Fighty Per Cent. of Fires Migzht be Prevented Clean Un Yards and Cellars from Old Papers and Rubbish WARNINXG CARDS AGAINST GASOLINE IN CERTAIN SHOPS cards reading Copies of this warning must be prom * inently displayed in all public garages, machinre shops, etc." Fire .Chief Maxwell Smith, of South _ Porcupine, _ president . last year of the DominiOon Fire Chiefs‘ Association and one of the most active and interested of the growing company of â€" patriotic â€" citizens preaching "Fire Prevention." Fire Chief Borland has @a number south Porcupine Fire Chief Phone 295 Fire Prevention Week Again to Urge More Carefulness By Proclamation of His Excellency the Governor General of Canada, the week of October 6th to 12th has been set aside as Pire Prevention Week. This week provides an annual occasion to impress upon publis consâ€"iousness the enormous cost of the fire waste, to the end that conditions may be improved and fire earelessness reduced. The world has passed through a year of the second Great War and we have all read> accounts of the devastation and havoo that has been wrought by means of incendiary and high explosive tombs and we are shocked by the deâ€" tails of such acecounts. â€" Yet in the twenty years since Fire Prevention Week was first established in Canada, this country has recorded more than 800,000 fires involving a property loss of over $726,000,000 and a loss in human lives of morse than 7,700. Our comâ€" placency in this respect is only matchnâ€" ed by the complazency with which we watched Hitler attain power. Fire is no respector of persons. Every man has a responsibility towards his neighbours and that responsibility should eause every rightâ€"thinking perâ€" son to pause and consider what he owes the community in which he lives. We owe it to ourselves but in a greater degree to our fellowâ€"citizens to permit no condition to exist upon our premises that will invite a visitation of fire,. A great majorty of fires are so easy to prevent that it is certainly a moral crime to tolerate the things which bring them about. Cities and towns, like individuals, reap what they sow. To permit the erection of fireâ€"traps, to fail to provide an abundant and reliable water supply and means of using it or to fail to apâ€" ply the everyday rules of fire prevenâ€" tion, is to constantly face a menace of heavy fires and sweeping conflagraâ€" tions. Why tolerate a condition which not only levies tribute upon life and proâ€" perty but in effect imposes an added cost to the conduct of every feature of bustrniess activity and increases the burâ€" den of the people in providing the necessities of life. We cannot afford to go on and be indifferent to it all. Fire Prevention Week is a particular week set aside to call attention to the menace of fire. And just as we must throw our whole strength against the forces which aim to destroy our liberty, so should we be prepared to battle that other terrible demonâ€"Fire. The Dominion Fire Prevention Assoâ€" ciation in coâ€"operation with provincial fire marshals, local fire chefs, insurance organizations and other organizations of national scope is constantly working in the furtherence of the aims of Fire Prevention. Are you doing your part? These Things are Fire Risks as Well as Menace to Health. INSURANCE COMPANIES HELP IN FIRE PREVENTION In connection with Fire Prevention Week and other efforts to secure greatâ€" er safety in the matter of fire, the inâ€" surance companies have taken an exâ€" cellent part. By advice and publicity they have done much to impresis; upon the public the need for greater attention to fire prevention methods and greater care in guarding against fire, FIRE PREVENTION WEEK OCTOBER 6 to 12 TOWNSHIP of TISDALE Let us do our part, keep chimneys and flues clean. Don‘t allow inflamâ€" mable rubbish to accumulate. Be careful with gasoline and matches Careâ€" fulness can stop the fire toll. Nearly half the fires are preventable. Ordinary caution will greatly reduce this Township‘s annual fire loss. We have a very efficient and courageous fire department but they need your support. Help Keep Down Fire Loss in Tisdale Signedâ€"VICTOR H. EV ANS, Reeve Rouyn' Oct. s‘_m town ot mos UIAll ALYNC ib iA AV N â€" JAAA WE fire loss in the year ending October ist made a new low in municipal history , at $483. There were fewer calls than ALWAY®s DO THIS usual and some evidence that the 4 : townspeople as a whole are being more â€" Put lighted matches, cigarettes, etc., careful of fire. Municipal . chimney out before you throw them awas\'.' ROUYXN‘s FIRE LOSs®s LOWWEST IX HISTORY OF THE TOWN A HOME RUINED ! A HOMELESS FAMILY! Another house goes up in fiames . . . another family out on the street with a few pitiful ‘belongings that might have been saved. It‘s a sad story . .. and the only protection you have against such a tragedy is ample insurance. Call at J. J. McKay‘s today . . . let them explain the easiest and most economical way for you to insure your homeâ€" (Give your family the complete seeurity it deserves. INSURANCE 20 Pine Street N. 40 Main Street Our theatre is so constructed that the fire hazard has been reduced to a nrinimum.. Our patrons can enjoy the program knowings that their safety is assured, Insurance is Your Only Protection Against Such a Tragedy ! J. J. MeKAY artier Theatre REAL ESTATE TIMMINS SOUTH PORCUPINE cleaning, twice a year, is reducing the number of calls from that source. The per capita loss works out at less than five cents, a remarkable low point, Protection I,OANS Phone 1135 Phone 285