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Thm OEEGOII STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Sunday Morning, March' 23, 1941
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Hy drantsfAre Just Hydrants?
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But Anyway Progress Made Toward
Unifdrmity; iFire Defenses Showing
Progress but Room for More f
If Hitler doesn't interfere too much, further progress in the
improvement of Salem's , fire ' fighting equipment will be made
soon. Rather'extensive progress in the recent past, principally
in the matter of water supply properly piped to the points where
it is likely to be jieeded, is noted in the most recent report of the
National Board of Fire underwriters.
Oh, that about Hitler. No, we
do not suspect that fifth colum
nists' are tampering; with the fire
engines.- But if it were not for
Hitler there would be no war and
i no defense program, and factories
manufacturing the hydrant valves
which the Salem fire department
has "an order" might not be jo
far behind with their work.
Unlf yinr Salem's ."system" of
hydrants has been quite a chore.
There, are approximately 300 of
them and they have been pur
chased and installed ever a long
period of years Consequently
! they are of six different makes.
Time was when this fact posed
even greater difficulties than, it
i does' how. Even-) where the con
nections were j of four-inch size,
the threading of the outlets was
not uniform and extra couplers
! had to be carried along. Some
years ago the state fire marshal's
i office campaigned throughout the
state, backing up its argument by
providing equipment to do the
necessary job, so that the thread
ing of hydrant connections now
is uniform not only in Salem but
everywhere in Oregon. Salem fire
men called to any nearby com
munity which has hydrants, may
hook onto any of them without
fuss or delay.
But when it comes 'to turning on
the water, that's a different mat
ter. Because it isn't a wise policy
to build hydrants iri such. a way
that laymen and especially "lay
boys" can open them handily, it's
always necessary to have the pro
per wrench aboard the fire truck.
But the trouble is that with all
these different makes of hydrants,
several sizes and shapes ' of
wrenches were originally necessary-
Now they've gotten it down
to two one for the; hydrants in
which the flow is controlled in
the hydrant head, and one for
those in which the valve is still
in the base of the hydrant where
It. connects with the; main.
This -latter type presents addi
tional difficulties; there may
be ice around the valve control,
or at any time there may be debris
which . has fallen in by accident
or been placed there by mischiev
ous design. But in recent years
good progress has been made in
'Installing the other type of con
trol, and the equipment for chang
ing over a dozen more this year is
ordered and will arrive soon if this
business started by Hitler doesn't
interefere too much. !
The survey made for the Na-
tlonal Board of Fire Undewiit
ers reveals that In tests made a
few months ago, water flow was
Improved at each of the points
tested, the increase t ranging all
the way from 14 per cent to
1000 per cent. Out of 11 loca
tions where water i flow was
tested, four however still show
ed only 75 per cent of the 'Vol
ume desired. r ,
Improvements resulting from
construction of the Stayton Island
gravity system, installation of lar
ger mains and elimination of some
of the dad ends are noted, and
anticipated improvements to re
sult from completion of the Can
dalaria Heights reservoir. The
survey indicates that when the
system of mains mapped in 1938
is completed, the supply of water
for fire fighting will be "excel
lent." ;
The survey criticizes' the Salem
fire department's practice of an
swering calls to West Salem and
unincorporated areas in view of its
undermanned condition for pro
tecting the city itself; the inade
quacy of fire prevention inspec
tions, the delay in installing a fire
alarm telegraph system and ' the
laxness of the city building code,
particularly in the matters of area
limitations and leniency about
window protection. j
Regular building inspections by
fire department members, and; a
fire prevention ordinance to make
the inspections effective, are rec
ommended.
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Final Rites Set
For Mrs. Weis
MT. ANGEL Funeral services
for, Mrs. Joseph Weis, 71, will be
held from St. Mary's church Mon
day at 8:15 a.m. with interment;
in Calvary cemetery.
Mrs. Weis died at her home;
here Thursday night after a lin-j
gering illness caused by a braid
tumor. -
She was born Caroline Fried-j
sam, October 26, 1869 in Perhamj
Minn., and was married there td
Joseph Weis on June 16, 1591. Heij
husband preceded her in death in
1939. Of their seven children, si
survive. The family moved to Mtj
Angel in 1918.
The surviving children are Mrs;
Elizabeth Hassler, Mt. Angel; Al4
bert Weis, Philomath; Mrs. Emmi
Zodrow, The Dalles; Mrs. Antoin-f
ette Kuther, Ferdinand, Idahol
Ben Weis, Salem, and Mrs. Josef
phine Traviss, Mt Angel. Nineteen
grandchildren also survive.
Youth Day Announced
- SILVERTON The laymen of
the Salem district of the Metho
dist churches will celebrate Youth
day this Sunday in the March tp
Church in March campaign.
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By L1LLIE L. MAD SEN
Two or three requests have
come to me recently for infor
mation on this or thit variety of
viburnum. One
gardener wants
to know if it
would be a good
"plant to collect.
Does it offer
variety?"
Another grow
er sends me a
little branch of
Viburnum Carl
esii in bloom for
i d e ntifica
tion. Still an
other wants some
information o n
the high bush cranberry.
If anyone is serious about col
lecting just one family of shrubs,
Viburnums should offer plenty of
variety. L. H. Bailey describes
93 in his garden Encyclopedia.
These vary from fhe Guelder
Rose to the Wayfarfng-tree.
Most of the viburnums are
shrubs, a few are small trees.'
Most of them are handsome in
foliage and fruit hs well as
flower.
With few exceptions viburn
ums are of easy 5 cultivation.
Most of them can be increased
easily from cuttingk All like
a cool and deep loamy soil.
Leafmold Is liked y most of
them.
The Cranberry-busih is partic
ularly popular for tits berries.
These are a very bjught scarlet
and hang on the bushes long into
winter if the birds can be kept
away. The leaves of this also
turn a brilliant r?d in early
autumn. I
To me, there; is no flowering
shrub more ; beautiful than V
Carlesii, just now coming into
bloom. The i flowers, of apple
blossom pink; are very fragrant
The habit is a flattened round
cluster and the bushes grow from
four to five feet tall. When fully
open the blossoms turn a pure
white. But they remain in their
pinkish bud state a long time.
While the Carlesii is rather slow
to root it can be raised from cut
tings. The Laurustines has been a
very satisfactory garden shrub
until recent winters when it has
formed a habit of mildewing.
However, if it is planted in an
open space with a south facing
it is still one of our best shrubs.
It is evergreen and its flowers
come very early in the spring.
This year it has bloomed through
out the winter.
One of the most popular vi
burnums Is V. tomentosum.
This Is a large shrub, bearing
enumerable flat flower-clusters
In snow-white.
The Japanese snowball (Vi
burnum Plicatum) is fast replac
ing the old snowball. It is a little
difficult to ! establish, but once
established does very well, in-1
creasing in beauty from year to
year. j
Measles Impartial to Age
MONMOUTH Mrs. H. E. Gu
thrie, one of Monmouth's oldest
residents, says the three-day mea
sles has no; respect for age, for
she is just recovering from an at
tack and she is 82. I've had mea
sles enough 'times in my youth to
have been immunized, she declares.
West Salem Girls Basketball .
Team Has Successful Year -
WEST SALEM The girls of . the local grade school basket
ball team had a successful year with Miss Trula Grant, seventh
grade teacher, as their coach. They lost two games during the
season. The highest number, of
points made during a game by
one girl were made when the
team played Liberty - and Laur
etta Lemon scored 24 points! The
local girls played the ' following
positions during the season: for
wards, Frances Micheel, Pauline
Cutter, Jeanne. Eksman, Lauretta
Lemon; guards, Joan Lawrence;
Lois Jean Crump, Dormalee Mit
chael; substitutes, Lillian Turpin,
Norma June Boles and Irene
JDalke. -
New 1941 Pontiac Torpedo
WEST SALEM The Entre
Nous club met at-the city hall
Wednesday with Mrs. Robert For
ster and Mrs. Guy Newgent as co
hostesses. Mrs. William Kreuger
and Mrs. O. C. SchoCeld held
high scores for the ladies. Fred
Gibson and L. L. Sloper won high
for the men.
Special guests were Mr. and
Mrs. L." L. Sloper, Mrs. Robert
Pattison, Mrs. O. C. Schofield, and
Mr. and Mre.Trommlitz. Mem
bers were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Cook, Mr. and Fred 'Gibson, Mrs.
Charles Unruh, Mr. and Mrs. Har
ry Smarts Mr. and Mrs. William
Krueger and Robert Forsten' ,
WEST SALEM Mr. and Mrs.
D. I. Henderson left Thursday
evening to visit relatives in Ne
braska. They will visit Mrs. Hen
derson's parents, Mr. 'and Mrs.
D. E. Thompson, at Lincoln, and
Mr. Henderson's sister, Mrs. J. S.
Winget, and family at Superior.
Mrs. Robert Riewald and small
son, Ronald Charles, returned
from the Deaconess hospital the
first of the week and are staying
at the Donald Kuhn home.
Downward Tjlt
Shown on Mart
f Few Recoveries Seen
f as Pessimistic Week - j
" Has Many Declines
NEW YORK, March 22-(flVrhe
stock market today, ended a
slightly pessimistic week : on a
downward slant -
' While urgent selling was scarce
and a few .issues came out of the
brief session with advances, losses
generally ranged from fractions to
two- or more points.
...The list got off to . a hesitant
start and, on the whole, never
displayed real rallying inclina
tions; There were scattered recov
eries at the dose but the major
ity of prices finished at or near
the day's lows. '
Seeger Services
Are Monday at
Liberty Chapel
LIBERTY Liberty lost another
long time resident in the passing
of Mrs. Mary Seeger . Thursday
Although she had not been in ro
bust health for several years her
death is the result of a bad fall
she sustained about a month ago
at her home.
Mary Susan Schendel was born
October 5, 1871 in Wright county,
Minn. She married Fred Seeger
in 1905. The couple moved to Ore
gon in January, 1909 and bought
a farm in the Liberty district,
Maqch 17, 1909. Mr. Seeger died
here March 3,. 1910. Mrs. Seeger
belonged to the Evangelical
church for many years.
Mrs. Seeger is survived by four
sisters and three brothers in the
east;' three sons, Mervin, Roland
and Chester, Liberty, and four
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at 3 p.m. from the
Clough-Banick chapel with Rev.
G. F. Leining, sr., officiating.
Burial will be in the City View
cemetery.
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Funeral Rites
Sunday for
Mrs. Wixson
WOODBURN Henrietta Wix
son, 60, died at a Salem hospital
Friday night. Born in New York,
May 13, 1881, she had been a resi
dent of Woodburn for two years.
Survivors include her husband.
Hezekiah; three sons, Leo, Theo
dore, Woodburn, - and Mahlon.
New York; seven daughters, Ger
trude Crapo, Mable Tuttle, Mar
garet Bennett, Luella Mathews, I.
Champion, all of New York, Edna
France; Portland, and Irene But
terworth, Hillsboro. Thirty grand
children and three great grand
children also survive.
Funeral services will be at , 3
P-m. Sunday at the Ringo chapel
with Rev. Ralph E. Smith offi
ciating. Interment at Belle Pass!
cemetery.
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Lonr. wide and handsome Is the 1941 Fontlae Torpedo Convertible
sedan coupe. Its popularity enhanced by an automatic top (np or
dowa as the touch of a button), this Pontiae model is provinr
.. ranking favorite again this year. It Is offered on the de luxe wheel
base and seat five persons comfortably. . I
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Chrysler is buildinr a six passenger convertible this year for which It
claims the swank of a coupe and the spacious comfort of a sedan.
" The wide, permanent rear seat easily accommodates three persons.
An electrically-operated top that Is entirely Independent of the en
gine, and a flat floor are amonr the features. This ear comes in both
' the Windsor and New Yorker lines. A wide choice of upholstery and
trim Is available at the Salem Automobile company, Salem dealer.
Herrold Rites
Are Monday
CLEAR LAKE John Frank
lin Herrold died at a Portland
hospital JUarch 20 at the age of
73. He leaves a. wife and daugh
ter, Mrs. May Shigley of Walla
Walla, Wash., and a son, ; Floyd
Herrold Salem; : five ' grandchil
dren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services are to be held
at 10 a. m. ' Monday, .March 24,
at Bruning funeral parlors, Port
land. Interment will be at Clag
gett ' cemetery near Clear Lake
at 12 a. m. I.
Bethany Has Program
BETHANY Mrs. I R. Poverud,
Ben Sprick and Albert Overlund
arranged , the Bethany commun
ity program given Friday night at
the : Bethany school. Mrs. Henry
Sprick was chairman of ' the re-
ifreshment committee. . ' x
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size of natural teeth with new translucent
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