Fire Hydrants 'Pinpointed? t FPC Rejects
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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
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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
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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. '
The Melrose resolution criticized
the executive committee, saying it
"is not consistent in its. public
announced stand on the proposed
sales tax for the state of Oregon."
Copies of the resolution were
sent to other Douglas County;
orange noaies. ana me romona
(County) Grange will be asked to
approve a sales tax at its meeting
, h Roseburg Jan. 29.-
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