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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.
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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.
A sjiectac u la r technicolor m o
tion picture. “T h e E nem y Is
E ire,” just released, will be show n
"T he E nem y Is E ire ” shows
th ro u g h o u t O regon to loggers, fire how a forest fire s ta rts , how log
protection
personnel, and
th e gers and fire fighters organize
general public in the next few’ a plan of action and how they
m onths in this fresh drive to p re finally conquer th e blaze and m op
vent m an-caused woods fires.
tip spot fires ah ead .’ It is th e first
Film ed here in O regon by Rai ig tim e the e n tire action of a forest
Motion P ic tu re C om pany of S e fire has ev er been screened,
attle , the forest fire gig an tic is 7 r u m stated , and a t its p rem ier
an all-n o rth w est product. A high- bow ing in P o rtla n d last w eek
pew ered technical co m m ittee of I aroused h e a rty acclaim from old-
loggers, fo re ste rs and o p e ra to rs tim e fire fighters.
in O regon and W ashington s u p e r
"W e will m ake th e film a v a il- 1
vised produci on oi ihe m otion able for w idespread use by t h e !
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