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B bot P ii. à T H U R S D A Y , F E B . 19, 1953 Wiring Found Inadequate In Many Houses T h e w izard ry of hom e appliance and gadget m ak ers th re a te n s to m a k e “o b solete” th e building tr a d e ’s m ost “m odern houses." T h e flaw, according to housing in d u stry ex p erts, is th a t th e new houses a re not fitted w ith enough elec trical wiring. T he w iring c a n not c a rry th e heavy load th ru st on it by the g re at v arie ty of elec trica l equipm ent pouring into A m erican hom es from m an u fa c tu r e r s ' p ro duction lines. T h is overloading co n stitu te s n o t only a d an g ero u s fire hazard h u t serious financial loss to the h o m eo w n er who m ust te a r down his w alls to rew ire his house ad e q u ately . T h e n a tio n ’s builders and tra d e p u b licatio n s, a le rt to th e prob lem , a re g e ttin g behind a cam p aign to pro m ote b e tte r planning of elec trical w iring system s to m eet t he increased electrical needs of the averag e home. E m p h asise Flaw A m ong th o se conti ibuting to th e d riv e is the N ational Asso ciatio n of Hom e B uilders which has u rg ed its 25.000 m em bers th ro u g h o u t th e co untry to help solve th e problem . T he associa tion is w o rk in g in p artn e rsh ip w ith tin* N atio nal A dequate W ir ing B u reau to help spread th e » w ord Also sup|M>rting the cam paign j is th e P ra c tic a l B uilder m ngazin* w hich is p rin tin g a series of a r ticles em phasizing the serious ness of tile flaw. Phe m agazine said m any of tin* 1,000,000 hom es b u ilt since W orld W a r II an» “doom ed to early obsolescence th ro u g h th e lack ‘of th o u g h tfu l I e le c tric a l p lan n in g .” T h e m ag azin e p rin ted sta tis- tics show ing th a t th e w ork load c a rrie d by th e “av e rag e incom e” hom e w irin g sy stem lias increased by leaps and bounds T h e 1910 av erag e was alm ost douille th a t of 1930. Phe 1951 a v e ra g e m o re th an doubled th e 1940 figure By I960 the total will be doubled again, th e m agazine fo reca st. It said th a t today 51 electrical ap p lian ces a re in "general u se” tin A m erican hom es, com part'd w ith only 19 in 1930 1 s t Ralph Do It RALPH A. YOUNG C u sto m F a rm T ra c to r W ork Kotovatcung Leveling ta w Plait To End Forest Fire P. O. Box 596 g en eral public.” E rum indicated O regon F o rest F ire A ssociation “as soon as we have had a chance and W ashington F o rest F ire A s to show it to loggers, fire fighter.^ sociation, an d p riv a te o p e ra to rs and fo re stry groups. Several w est of th e C ascades in th e tw> p rin ts a re being m ade and will bi states. --------»-------- av ailab le from K eep Oregon i G reen. O regon F o rest F ire Asso ciation, In d u stria l F o re stry Asso ciation, and O regon S ta te F o res try d ep a rtm en t. T he forest fire ‘ epic w as financed jointly by the A new m ethod of p rev en tin g forest fires will be tried th is y e a r by th e O regon F orest F ire Association, according to J. R. F rum , president. 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