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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1955)
Fire Hydrants 'Pinpointed? t FPC Rejects Sfcrteinan, ScJeaau Ore TridaT Jem. 7rlS5S-(Sefe . "' Mw.ini.il mmnmmmmmmtmmmmmmmm " '!Nr T!, .... Fire Chief talsworth Smith, whe started his Slst year with the Sa ? lem department Thursday, stndies his office map locating Salem fire hydrants ajid water mains. Smith just finished a survey of the city's 576 fire hydrants, and is preparing a new list for each sta tion. (Statesman Photo) ; ' 4 , t i Chief Starts 31st Year With Fire Department ; : By YINITA HOWARD Staff Writer, The Statesman Fire Chief Ellsworth L. Smith started his 31st year with the Salem fire department Thursday and, although his 30 years' service makes him eligible for retirement, he plans to stay pn. the job. Smith, who became head of the Salem department in 1952, was persuaded to join the department in 1925 when he was 18 years old and just out of high school. He was hired by the then chief, Harry F. Hutton, who told him, Smitn recalls, "I don't know how long rouH stay, but you might as well give it a try." ' At that time, Salem's entire de partment consisted of 24 men and five pieces of equipment, all sta tioned at i the central station on Chemeketa street Today, 83 men, - nine pieces of equipment in ser vice, two in reserve, and four dis trict stations comprise the city's f re-fighting network. Change in Technique But Smith says the biggest changes he has noted during the years is not in equipment as much i$ in technique of attacking a blaze. In the old days, he said, i fireman didn't do much more than turn the hose on the blaze. New tools, ehemicals, and methods of applying water have revolutionized the work, especial ly since the war. Smith com mented. One development he tingled out is placement of water tn the form', of fog, created by high pressure, which provides better heat-absorption. , Another change, Smith noted smilingly, is aimed at eliminating the old picture of the "fireman : with his axe chopping everything tn sight" Old-time firemen pro ibly wouldn't believe it, he said, but we now carry sponges, mops,1 brooms and vacuum sweepers to flean-up after a fire." Public Relations an Important part of build W good: public, relations," Smith Mid. TAnd, as if to prove it a local resident whose home ; had been I ifnick by a minor blaze, arrived lust then to thank Smith for the :lean-up work the department IJd after the fire was out The Salem department answer ed 430 alarms last ' year, and Smith noted happily that alarms have been , reduced in recent years, despite the fact that Sa lem's growth makes the potential greater. This he attributes, in part, to increased fire prevention , education, and to the denart- rsent's inspection service which I was started in 1950. j Four other members of the I Salem department have records ol 30 years or .more in the de-J partment They are: Robert TLtilW a hilt.liAa -v.:. .. - i " uwuuu tuici wau lia5 been in the department 37 years; "Walter Edwards, a captain with 33 years service; William Hunt, battalion! chief, and Ray Me- Cauley, both with 32 year service records.. WASHINGTON l-The Federal Power Commission (F-P-C) turned aside Thursday, a move to reject plans for three private power dams in the Hells Canyon of the Snake River, where a federal project has been proposed. . It refused to dismiss applications of the Idaho Power Co., re quested by public power groups advocating the 400-million-dollar federal Hellr Canyon project in the deepest river gorge on the contin ent along the Idaho-Oregon bor der. ' ' -j : The dismissal motion "may be considered later," FPC said, but not until after ell briefs in the controversial case have been filed and an examiner's decision" has been given. ; j - The National Hells Canyon Assn. asked last month that the FPC: Either dismiss Idaho Power's ap plications to license; its proposed 133-million-dollar series of dams. or strike substantial portions of briefs submitted by the company and by the FPC legal staff. Briefs of the company and FPC Counsel John C. Mason, recom-1 mending construction of the three dams, "make a mockery" of the case, the Association said. . . ' Idaho Power replied that the mo tion was "sham and frivolous. a mere repetition of motions pre viously made .and denied," and de clared the Association "again seeks to confuse the issue. - Mason said -in his reply "the inadequacies and blunders in the motion are so numerous as to make it fall of its own utter lack of substance." ! , The FPC said the dismissal mo tion "requests the Commission to render a final decision in these proceedings" and "it is apparent the Commission would have to con- j sider a substantial portion of the I record in order j to determine j whether the motion is sufficient to justify such a decision." Under the circumstances, FPC said, "it does not appear a final decision would be warranted at this time." ", The FPC deferred action "until such time as the record is certi fied to the Commission for final action." This probably will be in several months, j ' - Examiner William J. Costello hopes to write his decision in the spring, possibly during April. The case then will be taken to the Commission itself and possibly to court later. .-. Plane Crash Victim Files ... . : Llama ge suit ROSEBURG Ufi I A. damage suit lias been filed: in circuit court here by the lone survivor of a plane crash in which three persons died southeast of Eugene last May. Wallace Asker, identified as be in t, known also as Olaf Larson, asks $50,000 general and $6,608 special damages. He says he was totally disabled and alleges that the pilot Orvall C. Mattoon, was grossly negligent in choosing the flieht route. r : ' Mattoon and Bernarr and Joy Asker," brother and sister-in-law of the plaintiff, were killed. The dam ages .are sought from Sylvia Mat toon, administratrix of the pilot's estate. " : The plane was being flown from Sutherlin to Lakeview - when it crashed May 9 in' the woods near Highway 58 in the Willamette Pass area.: - Michigan farms ' are 98 per cent electrified. f " - PEDESTRIAN DIES . PORTLAND l " A. B. Middle kauff, 93, died in a hospital Thursday,- raising Portland's 1954 traffic fatality toll to 41. He was injured Dec. 20 when hit by a car in front of .bis home. Third Year in Salem European Ballerina r r-Ulla.Fleinmlhg School of Classical, Toe, Character Saturday Classes Start K Jan. 8th. Register Now-Phone S-7475 Or Visit Saturday the Isaak Walton Hall, 500 S. Cottage Class Lessons: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Adults January .Clearance t Grange Favors Sales Tax for School Support tHOSEBURG tf The Melrose Grange here passed a resolution Wednesday night - favoring enact ment of a state retail sales tax. with receipts earmarked for school support. . : . -The action is contrary to the position of the State Grange, which . has been a leader in campaigns 1 which have defeated sales tax pro- . posals in five Oregon elections. The executive committee of the state group recently reaffirmed that position. 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