THE OREGON SUNDAY JOUKNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, NOVKMBLR 21. 1000.
Fire Department An Agency foi; PuMic Protection,- Maintained at Great Expenses WKicK Demands Men of Courage and Efficiency and Sutjects TKem to Strict Discipline
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. !lif?ri4 , ' ' ' '' . . . ' 8 Chief Engineer David Campbell. , . . uim i iiTi"" ' - .', , Iff '",
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i- - . omeia, wnue me salary usis, wnica i asjsj,, Sai 'fill iaTS7 1
GF the several agenclea with which
the hundreds of thousands of citi
zens of Portland re constantly
served in an effort ta render each
and every one secure In his per
son and property,' none demands more
vigilance, discipline and faithful service
than the fire department. . ;
' For the most part the public Is quite
unmindful of the daily routine Indulged
in by this corps of approximately 23S
trained men employed at an annual cost
to the city of some 1300,000 who are al
ways on duty, always ready at a mo
ment's notice to risk life and limb In
the interest of the commonweal.
Most of us are so engrossed in the
performance of our every day tasks (
as to underestimate the scope of the
work of these guardians of our prop
erty whose chief stock in trade Is alert
ness, courage and general efficiency.
Cost Is Great. .
But when one considers that the city
of Portland maintains its fire depart-,
ment at an annual cost of practically
$375,000, the magnitude of the work
Is evident Scattered throughout the
city are 22 . fire stations dousing 14
engine companies, five truck companies,
five hose companies and three chemical
companies while an especially equipped
fireboat, the George H. Williams, is
ready to fight fire in the river and
' harbor district ; At the foot of Bast
Washington the fire boat is ever in
- readiness In : the adjdeent tower a
man is constantly on watch from 6
o'clock each evening until 8 o'clock in
the morning as an aid to the location
of fires, .
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Area of Fifty Miles.
"" The terltory over which the men of the
fire department stand guard comprises
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when reduced to acreage makes a for
midable showing, -the total area of the
city Including 32,586 acres of which 6920
acres are on the west side, and 24,272
acres on the east side, besides 1394
acres of water area outside the harbor
lines.
The efficiency of the city's fire fight
ing force can be traced back to the
organization by which it operates. From
his office in the city hall Chief Engineer
David Campbell, who entered the ser
vice in 1881, actively administers the
affairs of the .department as he has
done for the past 21 H years, being re
sponsible to an executive board of three
members at present consisting of John
F. O'Shea, F. B. Pier and Samuel Con
nell; while directly under him are W.
Laudenklas, his assistant chief en
gineer; Jo)m E. Yonng, B. F. Dowel! and
Jay W.' Stephens, batallon chiefs;
Charles A. Bavarian, superintendent of.
fire alarm telegraphy; Walter Phillips,
master mechanic, -and Milton W. -Weid-ler,
clerk, who are on duty there.
A Busy Life.
The fireman's life Is indeed a busy
one and far from the career of dreamy
idleness that one might imagine. In
the first place the need of efficiency
has decreed the advisability of placing
'the department on a civil service basis,
and accordingly thus removed from the
realm of politics membership therein
is dependent upon certain qualifications
physical and mental Thus It Is no
1 simple task to .break into the service.
How Men Are Chosen.
i From time to time 'applicants who
have passed initial tests are put through
a course of stunts, generally at Mult
nomah field, that test their abilities
as firefighters. Tests retiring
strength and courage are put before the
candidates such as jumping into a life
net, carrying a dummy , up a distance
of two stories and back again, climb-,
ing an aerial ladder extended 100 feet
into the air, etc. -while written exami
nations are awaiting those who survive.
At present the names of 35 applicants
are on the waiting list, the one time
dearth, of applicants being a ' thing of
the past. . r .""i
Lure of the Service. .
The element of danger and love of
excitement make the service fascinat
ing to many who are in it, and thus
atones for the monotony of the rigorous
dally routine. ThVeame charm eurea
others, while the salary lists, which
range upwards from $100 per month,
according to the 'grade of service, in
sure good material.
After the- newly .accepted man enters
linon hla dntfe A nrnhatlnnerv nerlnri
of six months precedes his final appoint- clses in laying hose, scaling fire escapes, worth of apparatus is drawn by soma
ment while a full year of service must tc,-ocour from time to time. An of- 120 horses whose total value approxi-
intervenes before he is eligible to take fleer from each station also makes fro- mates the 125,000 mark, and Jn addition
examinations for. promotion. Satsifac- Quent Inspections of buildings in his the department has on hand 30,000
tory service and good behavior lead to respective district, and files report of .worth, of hose through which to play
permanent employment- nls findings at headquarters. V water on fires if need be.,. A machine
., ', ' . These are but a few of a fireman's shop. Is maintained to keep the flro
Station House Routine. duties, but their mention may 'serve to fighting apparatus always in first class
-a.a .n fk.,j..(.J ki illustrate the constant caie exercised to condition. ;
Once enrolled in the department, thOifurnUh th0 cIty the maxlmuni fire pro- Such in brief Is a- recital of the safe-
fireman is assured busy career in the teotkn. v ' guards with which Portland surrounds
station house, to which ne is assigned. , - ., s Itself to ward off fire loss--that the
And in which he is to be found every Costly Equipment ' :--X measure-.ravwell taken appears from
hour of the day, save at meal time.- The - The fact that the equipment of the tne fact that of the S 250,000000 rep-
SvUV "SiSf. L"tJ tXS ala'm telegraph now In wwleo.t"""". iun J
by 10 o'clock, when" every man must . i. the rcity property,? and, the bulk of
appear to'untfonnwtoe.tn,pfflcerlnWwl!:-utto' ot,7. Hi.to. ,whlch l8 even exposed to total or par
charge reads two or three sections f rorii alcatlve Of Its Importance as Is the f aat tlBj de(Struction by f lrei the total loss .
the rule book, announces any special that during the year of 1908 over 811,- by fire In the year of 1908 registered :
orders and conducts a quiz on various 000 was spent on the maintenance and by 798 calls, was a trifle less than $800,
essential details in order that the men extension of the system. , - 000, Involving, roughly, $6,400,000 worth,
may ever be familiar with the appara- Real property to the value of over of property. - . ., '
tus at band. A weekly house drill is $300,000 is held in trust for the de Such is the essential work of the fire ,
held, while outside drjlls, including exer- partment, while the $185,000 and more department ;
HIS INTEREST IS COMFORT OF SOLDIERS
.ARIS, Oct 22. Henry Cheron.
t -otherwise- known ht-the- twe-ser-
vicea as "the good bearded fairy
A -, (Ja, bonne fee barbue)" is one of
, . ;. the most remarkable Frenchmen
of the younger generation. It Is no
torious that France is suffering; today
from a bad attck of the 'piston" or
graft and that this weakness in the na
tional character is the cause of endless
corruption and abuse.
When, however, a Frenchman does set
hiniBelt to redress abuses, few men, of
whatever nationality they may be, can
compare with him in wholehearted de
tot ion to his task. Nothing on earth
can hold him ' back. No one on earth
could bribe him. He will go through
with the work or die in the attempt
I Determined Worker.
Such a man ia Henry Cheron, whose
admirable activity .as under-secretary
f state for -war in ' M. Clemenceau's
ministry marked him as the right man
to tackle a rough Job. When M. Bri
nd, some . weeks ago, succeeded M.
Clemenceau as president of the council,
lie could find no rougher job for M.
Cheron than to create an under-secretary
of state for the navy, give the
portfolio to him and bid him set to
work to do for the navy what he had
already done for the army. ett.'
M. Cheron'l career, short as It has "V
been he Is -only 42 proves him to be
a man of wonderful energy. A bar
rister by profession, he became mayor
of Caen at the age of 27. Twelve years
liter he decided to rater parliamentary
I fe. He was at once elected deputy for
aen. Six etentbs afterwards M. Clem-fnc-aa.
a keen Judge of men offered
Mm the portfolio of under-secretary of
tt&te for war. This was ia 1906.
and SAILORS
Routs Army Grafters.
M. Chrto threw blroslf with char-
cterlctic roergy into Ms new work.
An srdrnt patriot tie fields that If it Is
ry ritisefl's duty "t pay tho blood
tat. ' It Is rouaJl'r the duty of his u
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It must not be thought that these re
forms were easy to effect The French
man is a born "blagueur," and M. Cher-
ual the regimental cook finds every on-was mercilessly chaffed and made,
possible-direction-as to how-to vary ,un-f n vel'y"vrietyta8 but M- -
the menu, and how to make the best Cheron is too much in earnest to heed VHh
use of the material placed at his dis- chaff. The man who for months would whi.
posal. A , similar manual is now in Pna .m nignts in a railway tram In
the possession of every ship s cook as order to pay a surprise visit to bar
well, , - racks all over the country so that ha
In the course of his visits to bar- mlst satisfy himself that his instruc
racks M. Cheron discovered that the ,tlon8 wer beln carried out. was not
soldier's beddin was of the most 11f t0 be turned aside from his path
primitive kind. A circular- was forth- ooa naturea raicuie. in time, now.
with issued to the generals com
lng divisions instructing them
. that the troops were provided with clean
and .comfortable sleeping accommoda
tion.
SOME RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF A MOTHER-
IN-LAW By Ella.: WLeeler-Wfl COX
1909, by American-Journal- own home, but not In it, the mother vice, sympathy and. counsel, glva It as
Examiner. . lifted her -voice in a loud wall of being Wisely as you can, but keep away from
QUESTION ' has been propounded "forsaken" by her own offspring, and such a position if possible. Pour oil on
to the editor of the magazine me majority of the public sympathised troubled waters ana aootne ana auay
'page which, he has requested me with her. wounded feelings when possible. Act as
to answer. Yet .tba daughter was right So is mediator and adjuster of difficulties.
The Question or series ofques- the husband right who takes a similar rather than the widening wedge, v v '
tlons pertain to the old, old subject stand when ho finds that harmony and And if. this attitude does not make
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ever, the scoffer ceased-to scoff, for it which has troubled the mind of man peace and love exist 1 his home when you a Welcome member of your child's
to was evident that M. Cheron was doing "fnca the beginning of creation, with the hls mother or his wife's mother is out home, find another homo as soon aa you
h .," a great and patriotic work. exception of Adam and Eve, . ; , ' lt nd tnat these elements of happi- can, and do not pose as a martyr. Tour
"c,rn . "1. Has a mother-in-law ' anv riehta ness are driven from the windows in own child will alwaya lova you, if you
1. Has a mother-in-Uw any riehta ne" re oriven rrom uie windows in own child will alwaya lova you, if you
Ever on the Alert. that a son-in-law, in honor, should re- affright when she enters at the door. -y- are lovable. We are not love for re-
of ttilfaSi Ho7- under-secretary of slate for th. a mothin-law and son-in-law marrie. a woman, their personal. : ' , ; S s
rifled! tolauBtour Md "aVy Cl'Le30n5a5. 4jr2,,dy don.a.1won.: have, had a bitter quarrel over domestic financial, domestic and sentimental f- . If your are not obliged to bo a mem-
VJrSlM ti !n'Ai ? J EtrUlmfv rff,r' h th. son-ln-iaw a moral fairs should be decided betwwn them ber of the household Of your married
tnmfclottlnS" r.!.!2ibi0; 'it to command his wife to cease all with . no intervention of a third party chli. do not be.. If you are. try to b.
them. The, soldier had to buy Ma own T aiTk wUh IrV.. Zl.. oc,1 loving Intercourse with her ubui war aw aiacfc , . ,; y. , an agreeable one..
socks, tne result being in a vast aum- aivf m nnn mihi nff tn Mai..
mother?
A, mother who is "old and alone" is
ber of cases that ho preferred to go SffieT called T the TrepMsenUtives of th. ' " tne wlfe through a mis- "01 essaruy lovame or in we rignu
without rather than soend his measer !! 1 !. sense of duty to her husband, to- A son or a daughter should look after
- at'a j - , oouvia uia m. v Biofrvfi uvi aw auvca, iuAS - . . - MM
pncaei money in Duying roem ior mm- at the maritime prefecture, placed them
self. Another circular; and every sol- In tin Bennr&te rooms. ai tnlA th.
oier now receives socks who nis uni- that a solution must b. found. Within
form- a tew hours the strike was settled.
-: Then - M. Cheron, instead of going
Provides Entertainment. back to Paris, aa moot ministers would
M. Cheron now asked himself what hv dne. P' a flying visit to a. ship
Business Is Business. .
VnAM . ,1.- tlAalAn TT.M
forever remain on terms of sundered the physical well being of such a moth- hurhAr Hlc to ahav. von
companionship with her mother, is she ana ahould be respectful in speech tq add unto his mite;
deporting herself In a proper or filial ' n1 'deportmenf; toward her, but to co The swimmer liken to save you"
manner toward her mother? v - inclde with all her whims and to adopt To 17iej,.al,bri1.t'..
.-4. If tha wife has a brother who be- " her pr-judlcea and to uphold her in T. "llar note' ,
comes a chum of her husband under the 11 nr Weaa Is morally .wrong. Th sneaker likes to tell you
state of affairs above mentioned, is that ' fcomeUmes the wife is in tha wrong. Th. way you ought to vote.
... M,M . , , , . k in harbor He scratinlsed tha men'a n ahowing a proper love or protecting sometimes a man marries a woman who m
LTk iuarihetchr. SS U spirit towar'd hf. pother, who 5. old an! narrow and o a.h and o Jcal--VT
To make his job complete;
he copper likes to Jui
To show he's on tha
Henry Cheron, Foe of Graft.
Inouirv oroved that th. "niou-Dlou" had "".!"' Y' . M' . .V - n. .hk i,...,,,: .k. .,..hA . Because 'twill do. you good:
. ' - - , ., 7, smeii tne unnea meat, sausriea nim- - . - .un(,h iibM n feil vou
no better way of passing his leisure eel f the lifeboats were in working order. The, questions are entirely too ab- mother her son s affection. ; "x, 1 tn rid of his food,
than to frequent the wineshop and tha and was off again before the caDta in. "tract to permit of a definite answer. Bomatimea a loved and cherished n,. footnad likes to nlur vou
music nail. A rresn circular was is- no had never seen such a thing in hla t all aepends on the nature of tlie quar- """fr marries a man so seixisn, so
aued urging the officers to provide Uf, had recovered from his atupefac -rel or mlunierstandlngi tyrannical that he wants to utterly ob-
means of recreation, and suggesting tkn. - - - ' If the mother has txen interfering literate childhood and girlhood from
that walks and excursions to points of , ' . ' -' with the dominlc affairs of the hoa- her memory and lnave only himself th.
Interest in the districts surrounding the Begins on Navy. - hold, end of firing unsolicited opinions- tyrant for the wife to think about
barracks, under the guidance of an offl- , , . - " . if Bh has been offlcloustr lntrualv. In ' But I must confess that I have seen
eer, non-com missioned or otherwUe, f"""':' which pertained wlelv to th.
who would act as cicerone, would b. an ' Kearfr afl hi. rlslt. wife, and which they could I seen 10 ,
excellent counter attraction, to cards naT homVltml. pearly all his yislto . titktwL. thfnu,irM- it .k mothers-in-law.
ieiia. ornciaia zz T. ' " "
advlsa that small parties might be no are caugnt napping:
The faker likes to lure you,
- You are his only grirt;
Th Hrtnr lika trk pure VOIl
but on. such wife or husband where To raise Ms batting list ;
I have seen 10 selfish and disagreeable The tailor likes to ha nt you. '
If him perchanee you owe;
and orica. M. t neron went so rar as to '-"-. . nniri vm.n. et... i
."f. ! -wrL " troubled waters, the Mother-in-law'. Portion.
;::z""r,s aunng th. ia.t f.w.mr.ib.t. . "-
vneron Decani , the terror or tna rnents
neeu lone mutinies sr. seiaom very . .. . .. . ' witons or your or uttttitr tnan
The undertaker plant you
To see hi harvest grow.
Madam. Mother-in-law, so far as your
that Xv might mrra T occasion- to constant motlnle featln that tola wif. choose between a rights are concerned, you bav. no more
lodged for a. night to baT which break out aboard tha ship, of tha bom mlUl '" '" mother. ,g, lo int-fer. with th. dome tic re-
'ovrl Origin of Xante. -Front
tha Detroit News.
Th. "Lor.. Star" moi of Texas baa
triors to s tt Ms lif. is iade ' " ' "7 lmVma are . aUonod Thu. th. well- trav. In them-elrec but they nearly inciter Of trouble. - ha. any stranger In your town., Tou.r. nieresriBg.angin, a oau cesiurr
to.,r.M. during tr. two or thr. yra " 'J?.",. r V"" ill? conducted aoldler might from time to "lw.ye for, therf cans, bad or In a wiother-ln-law has been kno.s to entlUed to lore, if you are loVable; t. " men's orercoats wer ornamented
r f miliary -trt. rroni th tnitset r ,n mollirr of hi. looa. grssted a pleasant holiday from uf"cJent food. It la significant that incite her daughter to Jealousy of a rep-rt ir jou tnak yeurelf wtthy of with large brats buttons. It happened
! trtv to tnsk. the oklr tot a 'rl0!'- thank, to his perfectly dla- lb monotony of barrack-room life, and toT "iva weeks past not a single ran. most faithful and kind hustwnd. If be It r.d t. rp4fu1 treatment at all that the buttons on the overcoat of
r r r one. Th. rurw of a aodlr en- Jf , .7" 'Ur? to . ' at th- same Urn. bar. his putrlotle th" n,U!I hab"" reported. Th. remained ta the office a half hour later fits on tajmanitarian grounds. , . Governor Smith, of Texaa. had th. 1m-
J?"' dlr,- MtlarWto IlVt or 1Z plrit k-"dle4 n,, bU miDi '"'octed . ' JJftk. n L''J lhn u'uil- ' h ch-nced to walk- a Tou are entitled t- care edro- preP of a five pointed star. For w.at
1. bad f-edmg. Md and ,tx,m "r h2I t .Sf , "1 T lng aatlonal monuments, art gal- th , f'lrT hl" oa t Hb an aaalnt- tctoa from your children, but thiols of i pf ' the, buttons was cut
: l' rntT i h. nT.T , K r, L " -- . etc, under internet the fleet as ho did over th. of the c,,,. th. mtb.r in- nt trHMn that they ehali always mak. If, Z tnST T -ner of"hT orerl
' 1 . , IJ.T. riT Kwuntty ted upon tor t or thre. twt oly prom-, but referm. ,he comfort of th. hoowh-m was de- they firw, I, m.re rclent car. fr .... chief ctecutlva ,t th. prorielo.al
- V IV; rttl r Initituttl Rtfontl. days lr a rrty of .oldlers ws-en- .trjIM l - y . el. Here: It doe. nt me., that rommt.t of Tel... which. In US...
m . tTJ S y . .1- , . , . .... , , ' countered betng. taken or.r th. .a.lon.l MeaIy. . Whrt Im ht, 9 anrrM t W i h. tbo- prtrlUs. of rriti. iMng t:, pr-rj tb de larattn of Independ-
T ! rl w ' . 1 , "' " ivt " rT h r'"rr powl.ln manufactory at Jerres by aa Of cootie Pvrty l bo dlirrsc. Kot a woenan cf crr-mo. a.a. and a. ) 0-., ara h-er.i wf Jhelt ltres en. r Tea aaatnat rrr end l.
' l"'T ' 1 r.Tr"b.r,i,,f, -r'il - Pro with a ttSr W commentarie. wer. being If. a meaaly shame whe. a homely w.ihle. Infcm tnevh-r I -at horn-. ii(rii' s at loder ndnre la l' bat-
r . is.med, a l-atab tneal. foery fcook. I. this latertte, m.a- U.t.nd ta with ..Weat lata aat.. v girl a face Is ber fortuaa. , r as. wo.ld au, port M, away from h-r If oa or Uaafhter aska ,W ad- Ua of San jitlrte cm ArrU It IMt