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FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1938
THREE
ELECTRIC SERVICE WITH SAFETY
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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)
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6 McKee
ple-pickers emerged victorious Fri Carnes 7
Bentley
8
2 Mumm
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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-
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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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Political Red Herrings
Fingerprints used as signatures
A red herring is a herring that
has a red color through being cured have been discovered on ancient
by smoking. The Oxford dictionary Chinese documents.
has a quotation dated 1686, concern
ing the employment of a red her
A bass fishing club maintains a
ring in fox hunting: “ The trailing or pier on San Francisco Bay 2500 feet
dragging of a dead cat or fox (and long.
in case of necessity a red herring)
three or four miles and then laying
the dogs on the scent.” Just as a
dog’ s scent may be led astray by
drawing a red herring across the
track, so the public may be misled
in a political campaign by bringing
in a false issue intended to divert
attention from important questions.
will be open
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Captain Kidd Parson’s Son
One of the most celebrated pirates
of all time was the son of a Scotch
minister, according to the Standard
American Encyclopedia. He was
William Kidd. Kidd took to sea and
established himself in New York
City as a landowner and shipper.
Commissioned by William III in 1697
to suppress pirating, he met with
mutiny and discord on the way to
Madagascar and turned pirate him
self, to prey on commercial ships.
He was tried, found guilty and
hanged in London in 1701,
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It is believed by scientists that
the blue seen on mummy cases,
having lost nothing of its brightness,
must be either ultra-marine or co
balt. Modern analyses have shown
that blue on ancient pottery, both
Egyptian and Chinese, was some
times derived from cobalt.
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