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About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1938)
V Uwaty TUE BONNEVILLE DAM CHRONICLE FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1938 THREE ELECTRIC SERVICE WITH SAFETY r it * The Importance Ol ruses The misuse of electricity is re sponsible for a s-mall percentage of the annual Are loss but this per centage can be reduced if proper at tention be given to fusing of cir cuits. Over-fusing and tampering with fuses is oue cause of electrical fires which can easily be overcome. The fuse is the safety valve of the electrical system. It consists of a small link of soft metal which melts when too much current passes through it. It has been said that a fuse gives up its life to save the cir cuit. If a short circuit, occurs any where in the wiring system, an ex cessive current flow’s through the wires and through the fuse, and if the fuse operates properly, it will melt, cutting off the current before any harm can be done. If the fuse fails to operate, the wires may be come hot enough to ignite the insu lation, possibly causing a fire. Be cause of the very important func tion that fuses have to serve, they should never be tampered with or their purpose will be defeated. Per sons who fail to realize the function of the fuse sometimes look upon its “ blow’ ing" as a nuisance, and some times try to defeat its operation by tampering—fixing it so that it can not Mow. ruses blow because some thing is w’rong. If the fuse is defeat ed a definite hazard will exist the next time the circuit becomes faulty, there will be no indication that trouble has developed until the circuit wires become hot and the in sulation starts to smoke. If this fails to attract attention a fire may de velop. Tampering with fuses is like putting a clamp on the safety valve of a steam boiler. Never permit the use of make-shift fuses or fuses of improper ratings. If there is any possibility of the fuses in your house having been tampered with, This is one of a series of articles prepared by the Inter- national Association of Electrical Inspectors to encour. age safety in the use of electricity in homes. it would be wise to remove them 1 blown out. and inspect the sockets and the con For those who prefer to keep a dition of the fuses. supply and change their cwn fuses Fuses have a second function. Be a word of advice i3 appropriate. It is sides protecting in the case of short very important, for the safety of the circuit, they protect in the case of wiring system, to use reliable fuses overload. If too man) appliances are w’hich will blow whenever the safe connected to one circuit, more cur current values are exceeded. As in rent will be drawn through the sup the case of the selection of flexible ply wires than the wires were meant cords, mentioned in the preceding to carry. Overloaded wires become article, it is wise to take advantage hot, sometimes to the point of in of the safeguards provide.! by the juring the insulation. When circuits Underwriters’ Laboratories and buy are overloaded, the fuse, if properly fuses which comply with safety selected, will melt or “ blow,” thus standards and which carry the Laboratories’ Inspection label. It is usually advisable to open the main switch before changing fuses, al though this will require the reset ting of all electric clocks through out the house. If fuses are replaced without opening the switch, all ap pliances should be disconnected from the circuit before the new fuse is inserted. Most house circuits are wired either with No. 14 or No. 12 wire, the latter being the larger size and having the greater current-carrying capacity as shown in the following table: Wire Size Look for this label on fuses. protecting the wires. When a fuse blows, a wire, an extension cord or an appliance is defective or there are too many appliances connected at the same time on one circuit. Find the trouble and remedy it, other wise wrhen the blown fuse is re placed the new one will also blow out Immediately. The power com pany maintains a crew of men to answer service calls promptly and restore service when fuses have saw the local squad in the lead 12-11. Steele, husky center, for the Ap ple-pickers, was high-point man with 12 counters, while Kavanaugh, Pen dleton center, led his teammates with seven points. Tommy Johnson! served as referee. The summary: (25) Pendleton The Hood River High School Ap Hood River (31) f 6 McKee ple-pickers emerged victorious Fri Carnes 7 Bentley 8 2 Mumm c day night over the Bucaroos from 7 Kavanaugh c Pendleton to the tune of 31-25, in a Steele 19 2 Miller basketball game played in the Hood j Herley 2 s 3 Granger River High School Auditorium. s 1 Lundell The Pendleton squad just didn’ t seem to be able to hit the hoop, MOSIER DEFEATS LOCKS though the floor work of the Cow The Mosier high school basketball Punchers was credible. Half-time team climbed to third place in the Oregon Trail Conference as a result of their 32 to 29 victory over Cascade Locks Bucaneers last Friday. The game was closely contested from start to finish. Mosier led 18 to 11 at the half. H. Brink of the Locks was high point getter of the evening with 18 points. He was closely followed by Webb of Mosier with 16. Lineups: (29) Cascade Locks Mosier (32) F L. Brink Webb. 16 Duvall, 1 F 18. H. Brink Huskey, 4 C Kyle G 2, Woodward Wilcox, 8 Morelli, 1 G 5, Smith Substitutes : For Cascade Looks : Murray, 4; for Mosier: Buce, 2; Ghol- N EW SPRING SUITS ston. Referee: Noble. N EW SPRING COATS Hood River Hi Tramples Pendleton e Advance Showing of 1938 Styles ready for your approval JANUARY CLEARANCE PRICES PREVAIL on all Fall and Winter Better Ready-to-wear D R E S S E S , COATS, HATS and all ACCES SORIES. 8.95 to 10.00 DRESSES-----5 . 0 0 12.45 4.95 to 6.75 DRESSES— 3.00 37.50 DRESS COATS----- 24.95 19.75 TRAVEL COATS— 12.90 14.00 TRAVEL COATS— 7,75 19.50 DRESSES - BROKEN LINES AT HALF PRICE PURSES—GARMENTS—HATS good assortments at real saving prices The Leonora Specialty Shop HOOD RIVER, OREGON All Plants Depend Upon Leaves to Produce Food Plant leaves form a direct link be tween nature’ s storehouses of food elements and the food requirements of plant and animal life. All ani mals are dependent on plants either directly or indirectly for their food, and plants depend upon their leaves to make food out of raw materials. Plants make many uses of the products they manufacture, the uses varying greatly with the kind of plant. The foods may be made into wood, gums, resins, flowers, fruits, or seeds. They may be stored away as starches or sugars to serve some future need of the plant or to be used in the growth of new plants. Ten chemical elements are re quired by plants in this process, notes a writer in the Chicago Trib une. They are carbon, oxygen, hy drogen, nitrogen, calcium, sulphur, iron, potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium. A few others usually are found, but most plants seem to grow without them. Nature makes ample provision for the two that come from the air—carbon and oxy gen. Soils often are deficient in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potas sium and sometimes calcium and sulphur. These are added to the soil in fertilizers. Current Capacity Proper Fuse Rating No. 14 15 Amperes 15 Amperes No. 12 20 Amperes 20 Amperes Unless some qualified person ad vises that the circuit wires are larger than No. 14, fuses used should be marked “ 15 amp.” It is frequently advisable to have the circuits supplying the laundry and kitchen, where the larger elec trical appliances are used, wired with No. 12 wire protected with 20 ampere fuses. More appliances or larger appliances can be connected to such circuits without overloading and without causing the annoyance of blowing fuses. Tracing the White Indians Definite indications that the m ys terious “ White Indians” of Panama are descendants of white men who came to America before Columbus are reported by an archeologist. Many scientists have held these peo ple were albinos. But albinos usual ly are childless, and when they do have children they also are always albinos. But there tvere instances where the “ White Indians” gave birth to brown skinned children. “ Sino” Combined With Japanese “ Sino” instead of “ Chinese” is combined with Japanese because it is more euphonious. It is derived from “ Sinai,” the Greek and Latin name for an Oriental people men tioned by Ptolemy, who lived in the Second century, A. D., and supposed to have been the Chinese. Some writers, however, prefer “ Chino” to “ Sino” and write “ Chino-Japanese” after the analogy of “ Russo-Japa nese,” “ Franco-Prussian,” etc. El Templetc in Havana El Templete in Havana dates from 1827 and commemorates the landing at Puerta Caranas of Don Diego Velazquez in 1519. An obe lisk bears an inscription com m em o rating the mass sung at the town meeting held at the time in the shade of a giant siba tree. A tree shading El Templete is believed to be a slip from the original tree, cut down in 1753. 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