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. By PHIL SLOCUM
" Staff Writer, The Statesman
Two Salem fire captains have
vooled their know-how and in-
rented a new type of semi-port
able fire fighting unit aimed at
rivinz louers protection from
forest fires.
I' What's unique about their in
dention is that irs opera tea by
compressed air instead of a motor.
. Cautiins Robert Mobley and
John Stettler have been working
on the fire fighting unit for the
past two months in their spare
time.
; The State Forestry Department
me its stamp of approval Mon
day after watching a test opera
tion.
To Market Unit
; Mobley and Stettler, plan to
market the unit immediately
through the Instant Fire Protec
tion Co.
: Said Mobley, a captain at cen
tral station with 10 years of fire
Hehtiae experience:
"With the twist of a valve log
gers will have fast and efficient
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The two men got their idea for
the unit after the recent legisla
ture passed a law (which goes
Into effect July 21) requiring fire
protection in logging areas.
Build Test Model
; The two captains designed and
then ordered a 160-gallon experi
mental unit comprising two 80-
gallon tanks from Beal Pipe and
Tank Co. of Portland. The two
tanks are mounted horizontally
on skids and can be pulled by a
tractor.
. Connected to the tanks is a
standard compressed air bottle
holding 244 cubic feet of com
pressed air. This will deliver a
minimum of 55 pounds per square
inch of nozzle pressure, the in
ventors said.
It will shoot a stream 80 to
210-feet, lasting 10 to 15 minutes.
The entire unit weighs 800 pounds
empty and can . be adapted for
use on a heavy-duty pickup truck.
Uses live' Keel
-. A 500-foot one-inch booster
hose is mounted on a so-called
"live" reel. Mobley explained this
allows the hose to be, used even
when rolled on the reel.
Operation of the unit is based
on the theory of the hand, fire
extinguisher, such as the C02
type, said Stettler, fireman for
eight years.
: Patents are pending on the in
vention and plans are laid for
mass production.
' Currently 150-gallon and 300-
callon units will be manufactured.
The 300-gallon unit has two com
pressed air bottles and delivers
water twice as long as the smaller
rig.
Five hundred-gallon units will
be made if there is demand for
them, the captains said.
Many Features
Features of the fire fighting
equipment are these, according to
Mobley and Stettler:
No motor failure or fuel wor
ries; the unit is not a fire hazard
In itself; operation is simple; and
it meets the state safety code.
Its major drawback is that it
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Inventive Salem fire captains, Robert Mobley (left) and John Stettler, who have IS years of fire fight
ing experience oerween tnem, are snowa tesang tneir new invenuon: a forest fire fighting unit run
by compressed air which shoots: a stream of water St to 110 feet for 10 to 15 minutes, it's ready
for production. (Statesman photo.)
Polio Problem Still Pressing. Church Says
No immediate lessening in the
problem of polio is probable
either locally or on a national
scale, Elmer J. Church, chairman
of the Marion County Chapter of
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis, said Tuesday on
returning home from a regional
polio conference in San Francisco.
With him at the meeting were
V. L. Withrow, finance chairman
of the Marion County chapter,
and Mrs. Grant Rogers, chairman
of women s activities. Progress
of-the fight against polio was re
viewed for the 160 western vol
unteer workers in attendance by
Basil O Connor, national presi
dent of the March of Dimes or
ganization.
Ne Polio Vaccine
Emphasizing that no polio vac
cine is ready for use this summer
and that gamma globulin, the
blood derivative found effective
as a temporary preventive of par
alytic polio, is in critically short
supply, Church reported that:
"Polio probably will present
much the same problems this
summer as in the recent past"
He pointed out that national in
cidence of the disease this year is
already running about 25 per cent
ahead of the same period in 1952
the worst year in recorded
polio history, with 57.628 cases
reported across the country.
"Fortunately," he added, "we
cannot pump water from a creek
or pond, but Mobley pointed out
that many logging operations are
conducted some distance from a
water supply. "There is our mar
ket," he said.
Cost for the 150-gallon outfit
will be about $500 some S200 to
$400 cheaper than pump and mo
tor types. The 300-gallon unit
would cost about $600.
Public Meeting Set for Talks On Milk Issues
By LILLIE L. MAD SEN
Farm Editor, The Statesman
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Another public milk hearing
has been set for Salem, reports
W. S. Weidel, Milk Administrator.
The hearing will be held at the
conference room of ' the Oregon
Stat Library at 10 a. m. on truly
22, and while the chief item is to
consider . changes in marketing
areas in which market regulations
are established under authority
of the Oregon Milk Marketing
Act, other amendments and mat
ters contributing to the efficiency
of the administration of the act
will also be up for consideration,
says WeideL
A recent amendment- to the act
by the state legislature authoriz
ing the administration to estab
lish large marketing areas for
administrative purposes will occu-
are all so much more aware of land nromot treatment And many
polio symptoms these days that j cases will be 'suspects' or non
we can count on early diagnosis paralytic ones which often can1
be diaznosed and treated as well
in their own homes as in hospi
tals, thus releasing beds and pro
fessionally trained personnel
more urgently neeaea to care lor
the really serious cases."
National Foundation chapters
across the country, already carry
ing a heavy burden of continuing
care for an estimated 60,000 pa
tients stricken with polio in pre
vious years, must now make ready
for the unknown numbers who
will be added to the active case
load this year. Church empha
sized. "No one can foretell the actual
number of new cases that will be
added to the patient lists of our
own chapter," he concluded. "But
the National Foundation will not
fail any child oradult Who needs
help.-
py much of the discussion period,
it is believed.; . !
39 Areas Required '. !
More than 30 market areas have
been required under the law here
tofore. It lis planned to reduce
the number to a minimum of 10
marketing: areas based on geo
graphical regions of the state in
which production and market con
ditions are similar. This order
will also be considered at a meet
ing of the state board of agricul
ture, August 10.
The boaM of agriculture, under
whose jurisdiction the milk mar
keting rulings come, also an
nounced it would hold one more
hearing on the proposal 'to con
vert the Portland milk, market
pol into distributor nools. As a
large quantity of the valley's milk
goes into the Portland pool this
is of considerable interest in the
mid-valley section, milk produc
ers here said.
Portland Meet Set
The Portland hearing will be
held late in July with the board
to make its decision at the Au
gust 10' meeting.
Reports also indicated Tuesday
fixation showed the majority of
the industry did not want a redac
tion. !;: .- I- ' '
that Some" opposition had de
veloped, to the . distributor pool
proposal, ! which was made after
the legislature turned down the
idea tojgife the milk marketir
adminlstration jurisdiction over
Washington ilk processed here
for Washington "markets.
Injures Portland '
The ; 1 administration contends
the practice enables Washington
markets to use the Portland poo)
for a) standby supply, thus re
ducing returns to Portland pro
ducers. I r
: The board has Issued pricing
orders setting producer prices for
the Pendleton and Heppnerj mar
kets at j the same time as in the
new Portland order 76 cents a
pound butterf at plus $3.16 a hun
dredweight, j i
Butterfat content of standard
milk was also fixed at 3.5 to 3.8
per cent in both Eastern Ore eon
markets. The retail price was left I
unchanged at 23 cents in Pendle-'
ton, but it was raised 1 cent to
24 cents in Heppner. (
Request of an Ontario dairy toi
reduce ' the milk price in that
market was denied after an inves-
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