The Oregon daily journal., July 29, 1906, SECTION THREE, Image 31

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HOW would you lik to b on of
:th 17S men who fight flr
undr th direction of Chief
Campbell and hia assistant
chiefs, Leudenkloa, Holdea and Toungt
Carry a ladder to the dlssy heights of
a skyscraper and rescue people who are
- eat off from all avnus of escape T
Direct a stream through tho blinding
-smoke pouring' from an sight-story wln--dw,
and battle with flamao that scorch
hand and head? - Bo earrled Injured
from the post of duty, th hero of th
day. and to return to your station a few
months later forgotten by all except the
person whoso life you may hare oared T
' Face another fire and bo permanently
disabled and Mv the remainder of your
life on a pension of lit a-month and
dream of what might bare been bad your
efforts been on tho field of oonqueet
Instead of in tho oause of humanity T
Or, barring disabling Injuries, with th
esteem of your fellow firemen and th
eonsoiouaaess of baring done your duty
as your sol reward? And all at a rat
of oompensatlon leas than Is paid la
many pursuits where the physical labor
Is no greater and where th risk of
life or Umb Is absent?
' Ask thee questions of .on 'of Port
land's firemen and he will toll you an
' mrtsld job" Is better than a position In
th department, Th next minute, rn
though he may b on his vacation, he
will respond to an alarm of fire, and
leer you to think that the- man who
bellerea th outside Job to bo tho better
should not b la won a hurry to answer
a eaU to duty. , f
Tim He CaTJa Hid Own.
' The only time th fireman oaa eall
bis own Is th It days th department
allows him each summer, and yet there
Is no known Instance of a fireman, on
' leave, but la th city, failing to turn
out to a fir, and the. bigger th fir
th sooner he U on the spot. Th love
' of fighting . fires and incurring risks
seems to be lnbrd. and eren men who
bar left th department for good are
always ready t volunteer their serrloos
at a fir,-- '
Still, th fireman's statement that an
outside Job Is better than a place In
th department Is undoubtedly correct
Portland pay Its firemen III to 171
a month, according to length of serv
ice; lieutenant. 1 80, and captains, -8S
a month. Thee salaries are said to be
th lowest paid by any department In
th country.
"Other cltis said Chief Campbell,
"pay th ordinary firemen from til to
1100 a month. Th salaries hers cer
tainly should be Increased. Captains
should be paid $100 and lieutenants
90 a month at th very least."
Other people beside th chief hold
that opinion, and It firemen bar glrin
departmental expression to ' It ' by re
signing from tho department sine the
first of th year. Th reason given In
each case was that th man had ob
tained a bet tsr ' place. In -many In
stances th wages wer th same, but
th former fireman's work ended when
th day was don and his venlng were
bis own. In th department be bad
nly II hours a week off duty, and he
was supposed to re pond to alarms la
his district durtnt those If hours. :
Then there is another reason bark of
th re-'-tlor. That is ths exeeed
I 'y t 1 so i allowtl f -em en who
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their 'duty.- An Injured fireman ts
dropped ' temporarily - from th salary
roll and receives a benefit of only ft
a month from th relief fund.and out
of 'this h must pay for medical attend
ance. If a should die no provision Is
made for bis burial. - Th xpns must
be paid by bis family. If h should
contract any dlsess that might neoes
altat a ehajog of climate, h receives
only the sick benefit while away, In
stances of this sort occur miy too often,
and on was furnished by th Phoenix
Iron Works fir, or th second Standard
Oil fire, as It la generally knows. Frank
Balrd of engine 4, who was on duty IT
hours at that fir, sank to sleep la a
stat of sxhaostlon and la cloth sat
urated with water. Consumption was
th natural coneequence. Balrd was
sent .to. Artsona and dlsd there. Kz
cepUsg la th fatal result. Balrd'a case
has a aumhar of parallel a.
-But these1 ire nothing to th dangora
of getting burned alive. Such a fat
confronted Ooorg Stokes, captain of
truck 1, th two Hewstons, Rudolph
Camito, Ernest Darey and Walter Par
rlsh at th Wadnams Kerr Broa. fir.
Th men war penned la by fallen tim
bers., and saw death very near them
whea rescued by other firemen. Caauto,
Charles Heweton,' Darey and Parrlsh
bar sine left th department t accept
better positions. y
Plenty of Reslgnationa, , '
The four wr aot th first to leare
tho department; many reslgnationa pre
ceded theirs, and many hare followed.
Thirteen more left In June, and It seem
likely that th number wUl - show aa
Increase la July. Wholes! houses and
factories where men of strong physlqu
are needed seek them la th fir depart
ment They do aot bare to look far
ther, for firemen must b la fin physi
cal condition before they oaa pass th
rigid examination through which all
candidates for positions must go. . Thea,
besides,. strong., trained fireman Is
valuabl employs In a business heuss
lr tlm of fire. This is probably th
principal reason for. the Inroads mad
oa th department
The resignations of the firemen are
coming la Just at a tlm when th de
partment Is preparing to award gold
medal to men who hers risked thslr
lives to save others. The design of th
medal has not been perfected, but when
It is a number will be presented to fir
men. Only- two firemen bow - wear
medala ' Th Catholics of Portland pre-1
sented William Taggart, driver of truck
I, with a gold medal for saving th
life of the Rev. Father CestellL rector
of th Italian Cathollo church, when
th church was In flames. Tom Rloh-
ardson, manager of ' the Commercial
club, presented T. 1. Perkins, ladderman
of truck , with a gold medal for saving
his life at the Chamber of. Commerce
fir. Lieutenant Jan W. Stevens of
truck 1 and Charles Heweton, ladder
man of truck t, who saved lire at this
fire, will be presented with medals by
th department - Among other who will
receive medals are James Mullen and
B. T. Rablor, laddermen ot truck 1, who
saved a woman and .child at a fir at
th northwest comer of First and Alder
streets last fall; Wllford E. Darey of
truck 1. who savsd a man named Elli
son at th Cain met house fire, and Lieu-,
tenast A. J.- SteshHn. Daniel Penny. B.
3. Craig and Arthur Bonner, of th
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wagoa crw of th flreboat. who saved
lives at the lodging-house fire at East
Water aad East Morrison- streets on
February IS. AQ these ma bold cer
tificates Issued by the departmsBt la
reoognltloa of their brave acta. - - -
Medala for Life 8aving. '
Medals will be only for tho who
save IlTg at th risk of thslr own, but
dsvlse some way for the recognition
of firemen who save property at th
risk of their llvss. It mlgbt aot b out
of place to recognise th man to whose
Inventlv genius are due many Improve
ments la the? Portland department
Though not generally known, -Portland
was th first city la th world to hare
a flreboat equipped with a water tower.
"That water tower was derlsed by
Chief Campbell aad nly his modesty
has prevented th fact' from becoming
known."., said Battalion Chief Holdea In
speaking of the matter. "When the
tower proved a suoeess Milwaakee
copied It, and thea claimed to have the
only flreboat with a water tower. . Latr
th Wisconsin city limited its claim
to the only steel flreboat The hoae
wagons also were devised by th ehlef,
who draw ap specifications so that the
manufacturers of Oregon could bid for
the work. The result Is that all th
ho wagons are made In Portland.".
Among other inventions and device
are the Are hydrants the city I using,
a heeler for raising' th ladders of
trucks, a door-opener which Is attached
to the footboard of each piece of appa
ratus, a Are ladder adjoining the stair
Br escapes on buildings and a keyless
alarm box, th Invention of Battalion
Chief Holden. -The fir ladders will-be
of great aid to the firemen in tall
buildings, for any floor can be reached
by them In much less time than by the
track ladders.
Improvcmcnta In Department, r-.. ?"
- Many more Improvements may Bars
to b mad If th department is to keep
pace with fh growth of th city. Chief
Campbell and bis assistants see that,
and they will endeavor to secure new
apparatus next year. The. department
has nine anginas and Bin hose wagons
la service and two engines In reserre;
three hook and ladder trucks In service
and " two" tn reserre; 'two combination
chemical engine and hose wagons, four
Independent chemical companies, on
combination chemical ngln and book
and ladder truck, four Independent hose
companies and one flreboat and hoae
wagon, ' Orders bars been placed for
four new nglnes one for Portland
Heights, one for East -Twelfth . and
Powell streets, one for East Twenty,
eighth and Davis streets and one for
Grand avenue and Multnomah street.
A new truck has been purchased for
Alblna. A new flreboat la among- th
needs of th department
- "On flreboat Is aot nougH," said
Chisf Campbell. "Another should be
built, and It should be of eteeL At th
Union oil tank flr th burning oil ran
Into the river and blistered the hnu of
our boat A steel boaV fully equipped
and with three pumps Instead of tw
as on the Williams, could be built for
about 1110.000. The Williams cost 174,
000., A water tower also Is needed.
Dry' mains should be laid -on both stdas
of lb river for a distance of sU r
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seren blocks, so 'that th flreboat could
pump water In time of need.
"A great Improvement , will be the
proposed drill towers, of which there
will be two, one on each aide of the
river. A school for firemen will be con
ducted, and the men . trained to climb
with scaling ladders, handl life lines
and life nets, taught bow to shoot life
lines ' over th tcps - of scrapers and
siren opportunities to familiarise
themselves rwlth- all sorts of depart
ment work. "The life lines are new her.
They oaa easily be shot over a building
Ilk th - Chamber of - Commerce, -and
they afford a means of escaps to peo
ple cut off from the Are eecapea"
Th dasir of th ebisf I to gat th
department -Into' trim . for , any sort of
margency. . ,-. v ,
PAYING HER WAY THROUGH
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gregating 1140. representing a llttl
orer too hoars of labor. . ,., '
What this enterprising woman did to
secure money for the expense of her ed
ucation was stated In th various item a
Tutoring students led; from this work
shs realised about 175.- Sewing, princi
pally upon gymnasium suits for fresh
men, brought la about 1S,-and other
sewing of plain or fancy character soma
111 more.- - .
She acted as agsat for a hat store and
reaped over f 10 - la commissions; she
mended clothing and darned stockings,
distributed college magaalnes, sold
Christmas books and cards, tooth past
and other toilet articles, and - la this
way added to her Income. , -
None of ber schoolmates thought any
th less of ber because of these efforts;
tn fact, ah was on ef the moat popular
girl la college.
One - girl at Smith devised a eolleg
calendar that lmraeaaely pleased .the
other students. She sold enough of
them to take her half through th term.
Another, from pecan nuts and tlssus
paper, devised a set of football players;
for weeks shs could not make duplicates
of these figure fast enough to fill ber
order. ''" " ' "
A number of students make dancing
classes pay. : There are always number -of
freshmen recruits who know little or
nothing of the graces of - the - ballroom
floor, and they are glad to pay for In
struction. Th fee for each member of
the class Is usually small,- but th num
bers Joining mak th venture profit
able. ' i - ' . 1 -
One student of a practical turn - of
mind at .Smith offered, at the beginning
of a term, to keep the stockings of her
olassmstes In good condition for II a
year. She secured 10 patrons, aad th
ta thus secured . want a long way
toward providing for ber living ex
panse. .; ' -
Other girl at th beginning of a term
mak gymnasium suits for th newcom
ers. Students hare been known to real
Is 1100 from this industry each year,
but It la grinding work. .'
Bulletin boards In th Smith -eolteg
dormitories often bear - curious signs.
' "Had San Francisco Installed the dry
mains which for years It bad been agi
tating a great deal of property would
hare been saved from th flam." h
said. '"When th city mains broke the
department was left without water."
The Increase la th number of flr
necessitate a larger department Last
year th number of fires ran from SO to
0 a month. Thla year, Chief Campbell
sajfilianumber bi run fromIO to
10 a month. New companies,- h said.
ar absolutely necessary, and If th
wholesale houses and factories oontlnua
their inroads oa the department more
mea will hare to be trained for the
positions, . so that a reserre . list may
be maintained aad vacancies readily
filled. ;
but all Indicating that the American
spirit of self-help Is aa strong la the
young women of the land aa in the men.
'One placard announced, for Instance.
"Shoe buttons placed with patent fasten
ers, IS cents a pair." Another. "I will
make- your bed and dust your room;
terms moderate." Stlip another solicited
opportunities for "washing dlehea after
spreads" for a consideration.
Artistic girls take full advantage Of
holiday ; and apeclal seasons. For
Thanksgiving. Christmas, 8t Valentine's
day, Eastsr and th various school gala
days they offer unlqu and often meri
torious cards, which are sold at moder
ate price, but which result in consider
able sums. -
When springtime comes the maker ef
shirtwaists get busy. Tber Is always
a lively demand for these garmsnta, aad
th college maker Is usually able to pro
due fln.de slecle styles that please the
buyers batter than th more finished
products of city modistes. i .
Oberlln college, at th town of that
nam In Ohio, was one of th first to of
fer higher educational advantages to
women on th same term as men. Her
self-support has been Imperative with a
large number of th girls, who - bar
dauntlessly struggled . toward ' their
higher ideals.
. In that town many' oolleg girl rind
employment In the home of th
citisenavi . At limes they- ren rooms - In
private - bouses, -giving In exchange a
certain amount of labor la th house
hold. . - " "
- 'A similar solution ef th problem of
college maintenance has been found by
girl student at the University-of Cali
fornia. " Many - of th femlnln pupils
In that school find places in th private
famine . of . Berkeley. earning their
board and lodging with three or four
hours'' work a day. - t. ,
- Here, too, a sewing school ha proven
of great advantage. The sewing classes
ar directed by a seamstress of ac
knowledged ability, and girls comput
ing th course recotv .diploma.
, Each atudent 1 paid by th hour for
what ah does, and seme ef the work
Is so merltorlosi that it find a ready
market In tb large cities of th west
and ast" -.--. - . ...
At Bryn Mawr. , near Philadelphia,
th aim la to rerlev student of erery
suggestion of 'work, la order that they
may - devote themselves th mor ss
stduously to their studies. A a rule
tb Bryn Mawr girl comes of a family
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IN th British naval maneuver,
which approached mor nearly the
conditions of actual warfar than
any previously undertaken, the
commander la chief of th fleet which
ts supposed t be defending th coasts
of England against th attack of th
snemy is Admiral Sir Arthur Knyret
Wilson. Unless It be -Jackie" Fisher,
there Is no admiral on th adtiv Hat
better qualified for the task, even were
It real war ' Instead of make-believe
war. ' - -i - . . .- - - ,- .
Admiral Wilioa-is known la the navy
aa the man who never takes a holiday,
despite bis f years. .When en a cruiser,
he very seldom goes ashor at th
port his fleet or flagship visits, and
thea only to pay or return soms official
calL. When he comes home to England,
Inatead of going off en leave the first
thing, like the officers under him, he
stay quietly on board th ship" all th
tlm she i In port. - It Is not th test
of tb anchorite which guides him. for
be la no hater of the world, or, of the
pleasures of life and society withth
big 8." It Is simply that, being a
bachelor, 'he loves his profession mors
than anything els, and In his estima
tion, time devoted to any other pursuit
is time wasted. Consequently tber la
ne officer more- thoroughly up to date
In all -that pertain to naval warfar.
He has ben through the Crimean and
China wars, and the Egyptlsn and Sou
dan campaign. It was in the latter he
showed himself a fighter of th first
order and won the coveted -4 cents'
worth of bronx known aa th .Victoria
Cross with its hallowed legend, "For
Valor." With hi sword blad broksn
off at th hilt and his revolver; empty,
he pushed hi way through th squirt
at El Teb and went for th enemy with
hi bar fists. It Is a thrilling story,
but It Is on which Admiral .Wilson can
.ADMIRAL SiKfiKTHUR'WILSON
never . be got to tell himself, for like
nearly all brave and able men, b Is
a very modest oaa
Th new genersllsstme of Franc Is
General Hagroa, who becomes rice-prea-
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it" I" WINONAH 'VON OHL' of
IVI Willow Lake ranch. - Nw
I I Jersey, has developed such a
decided talent Tor creasing
and tralnlne- horses that eh means to
make a business of lVwhtenrorlfsHee
proven remunerative. - -.
On th wester plain ah ha con
quered and broken - bronchos that tb
moat hardy cowboy had given up as
hopeless. Th wildest most vicious
specimen presents no terror to ber.
For some years after h was IS Mis
Von Ohl lived upon a ranch la South
Dakota, At first th cowboys wsr
afraid to allow her to venture among
the wild horses and the cattle, but they
soon discovered that not only was eh
capable of taking car of herself but of
helping them as well.
She bad bo hore of her own and ah
wanted one. Looking ovr a lot of con
demned animal on day. shs saw on
that greatly pleased her a beautiful
creature, perfectly formed and with the
appearance of a thoroughbred. He had
been condemned solely because of his
ungovernable temper. , '
Miss Von Ohl, bowsVer, saw that he
was not vicious; was simply proud, high
spirited and Independent; that a ro
of meana and sh ts not obliged to seek
aid In maintaining herself during ber
college career. .,
Still. If necessary, sh msy find aid.
Sh Is supposed to us her head rather
than ber hands la working her way
through. ' Thar ar occupation!,' bow
ver, to which sh may turn within th
Institution. '
Tutoring Is mad a source of profit;
assistant la th chemical and biological
laboratories and In other departments
ar paid, as ar th assistant librarians,
th girl who - distribute , Utter and
other who turn Industry to account.
In almost every Institution- girls who
need money to help them through their
college career, ana wno ao not snrins
from any honorabl meana of Increasing
their Income, find many ways of ir
ald. - - '
Bom ar paid by th college author-
Mies -for - taking care-of llbrariea and
readlng-rooma during certain hour.
Laboratory assistant' are in - demand.
They wash bottles, put new material la
order and do other similar work, usually
at II cent aa hour.- -
Quit -a -number find typowrtttng -. to
do both for memberof tb faculty and
for- outside customer. Bom copy
theme for literary students and must
for tho la th literary classes. .
Some years ago the field of oppor
tunity ' for the girls of Radcllf fe eol
leg was widened fey. an appeal to th
employing - centers . of i Cambridge and
Boeton. --r -
Circulars war sent out stating that
th poorer students of th Institution
would be glad of employment in mend
ing, taking car of children. - reading
aloud, acting aa -shopping agents, doing
typewriting. . copying and other work
for a few hours eacn oay, :
. In response to this appeal, work was
found for a large number' ef students,
who were In this way enabled to gratify
their ambition tn to lin ef raoelvlrj
a higher education, .......
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General hagron
Ident of tb suprem council of war In
tlm of peace , aad commander desig
nate of th armies of the. northeast la
time of wr.
Oensral Hagroa was a prominent fig- -ure
In Parts during th presidency of
M. Carnot. aa a member of the presl- , .
dent's military household. As colonel .
of the lltth regiment of Infantry, to the
command of which he was appointed
In 111, bo developed those eminent quel-
Hies at a soldier whlea even then -marked
him as the coming man. Since
that period he baa been In command of
the Sixth army corps the Iron dlvlsloa
which guard th frontier and ha thus . v
aa Intimate knowledge of th point oft
concentration of the French armies In
case of mobilisation .As a member of ,
th oonaell superleur d la guerre and
destined to the command of an army,.
General Hagroa studied deeply th grav
problem of revlctuallng. He.bas also
Initiated the excellent practice of bring
ing together hla own staff and the
staffs of the various army corps which
would compose . his command ao that
they may learn to . work together and - .
b trained according to his ideas. Aa
anecdote gtres th measure of th man. :
It was la th eighties, whea Major Hag-.-ron
commanded a battalion of th lltth '
In garrison at Dieppe, . Th battalion '
saw vary llttl of Its quarters, for It-. -was
but marching and maneuvering th
livelong day.- and "Court-Bouillon" (aa "
the major waa dubbed no on appears ;
to know exactly why) waa always turn
ing up unexpectedly "in ""Impossible -
places. Well, It was on a march from
Dieppe to Pari via Havra - A hospital -attendant
asked th major whether th -ambulanc
cart ahould follow tb bat
talion. '"..-""...',. ''
."For what purpose?"' '"'; '"-'. r.- - - -
"If any of the LBa Jail ouJLfrem JU; ..
nsss or fatigue."
There will be no tired men, if there
Is no ambulance cart" -
And, as a matter-of fact, during the
whole march not a maa fell out. The
soldiers knew exactly what the major ;
expected of them, but they also knew
that they could reckon oa hfm for their
well-earned rest at tb week's end. H
had hia man la th hollow of hi hand,
and could do what be liked with them. '
They would hav followed him any
where. '
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sented abus and slavery aad would
fight to th death agalnat high-handed
conquest -
For some time Miss Von Ohl mad n
attempt - to get near the horse. She
stood off and taled to him, calling him
repeatedly by th nam sh had selected.
He would stand and tisteB, watching har as
though la thought
Finally ab ventured aloae Into the
Inclosure, talking to Charley all th
time. Getting near anough, ah oiik .
aged to rope him. This sent him Into
a roaring, plunging fit of anger, but his
captor stood fearlessly near, talking
soothingly all the while. Soon h stood
still and at last Miss Voa Obl got near
enough to lay bar band en him. Thar
were mor demonstrations of anger
but whea he found that aha meant ne
harm wished, rather, to be his friend
he permitted her care. .
Before the girl left the coral sh bad
stroked the once vicious hors from his
bos to his heels and, when sh went
out th now tamed and admiring Charley
foUowed her to the gate. Within a week
h waa following bar all orer th place,
and la two. weeks she was riding htm
to the amaaement of all th eowboye.
Miss Von Ohl never read a book on
hors training, never talked with a
trainer and bad never seen any at work
other than the cowboys, who conquer
by robe, whip,, spur and the battle that
lasts until the horse la exhausted.
She adopts a different method, how-'
ever. Sh rope a wild hors by the
forefeet so that It falls upon Its shoul
ders without being injured. , Sh never
blindfolds a ' horse; when ah get a
halter on It sh lets It up. If It pulls
away she gives plenty of rope It Is
resistance that worries a green horse.
Then sh begins talking, gradually ap
proaching until shs -. can strok . the
frightened animal.
- Thirteen-year-old Peart McDad of
Eeetobbga. - Alabama, - supports her .
family from th pittance a be receive
for carrying the mallbaga from that
place to McFall. a mil and a half away.
Too poor to owa a horse, th girl make
her tripstwo and somatlm three a
day on foot, carrying tb heavy mall
bag on her ahoulders. -'
Mil. Luis, a Belgian girt. II years
Old, has patented so invention which.
It Is claimed, will revolutionise many
kinds of traction. A turntable fixed
to any vehicle la th origin of ber Idea
and by means of ber devlc any vehicle
automobile, car. cart. tc drives by
any power, can at One reverse. Belgian
government engineers are eonal'Virlng
th young Inventor's scheme, with a
view to purchasing th rights fee dae
conntry. Excellent mariners ar recruited frort
th rank of woaien la Denmark. Nor
way and Finland. In Denmark wo- '
ar employed aa pilots They go ot t i
meet Incoming ships, climb nlntily o
th sides from small boat and e
th veaaels Into harbor.
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