Show FIGHTING FIRES BEFORE THEY ST START RT Duchesne City's fire file department was vas highly complimented com cor- this week by r officers from Salt Lake City who vho spent l Monday londay V with the department and worked with th them again Wednesday as a token of appreciation tion of the interest shown sho These men were ver high in their praise of the local department but not so favorably impressed with the conditions under which the department is working particularly with respect respect respect re re- re- re to the city's water vater system Most of us think of firemen only as capable firefighters firefighters fire fire- figh fighters tel's ready to dash in into to burning buildings to save lives and to direct powerful po streams of water vater against the flames How v far modern fire den denart- denart art ments have progressed from this is emphasized by b by Y three recent news ys reports In N New ev York City firemen installed several protective protective protective pro pro- devices and safety Ina materials in a condemned tenement house and in order to test them theIn set the structure on fire Although considerable able material had been distributed in the building and fires were started in different places the tenement refused to burn Automatic sprinklers and other safeguards put out the flames as fast as they were vere started In Indianapolis during Fire Prevention Week the fire department gave a demonstration of extinguishing extinguish extinguish- ing oil and g gasoline fires to show v that this type of fire should hould never be fought with water The fires were vere quickly extinguished by y the use of foam Another report tells of firemen who vho are attending attending attend attend- ing Fire College and studying fire engineering As many as enrolled for the courses this thi year Some of the subjects taught are chemistry poison gass gasses s rating and building codes All of this checks with reports received at the National Board of Fire Underwriters Under showing ving that firemen are coo cooperating I splendidly in efforts is to educate educate educate ed ed- ed- ed people to the danger of fire hazards They are doing their part to make America safe against fire and should have the cooperation of every r citizen ITS UP TO YOU NOW NOV Campaign intensity Final Election returns ns and ac ac ac- actions in in the National Capitol following ving those returns lead one to sense a feeling just a little different than the returns in themselves would indicate and there are indications that the President perhaps senses something of the same saIne sort- sort sorta a feeling of Weve Veve given iven iv- iv en you the reins rents Mr lVIr President its it's up to you now v. Much criticism of the N New v e Deal was vas i in n evidence during the pr pre election election campaigns and not all of it from staunch Republicans either but when the votes were vere cast they resulted in an almost clean sweep veep p for the Democrats and the New v Deal Where then were vere those who vho criticised Were e they just few v in in- num in-num nuns nuns- u hers bers with the ability to talk loud and ion long loner or of were vere many 01 ot them conscientious critics who vho when the time caIne came to vote decided it would be far better to strengthen the Presidents President's support than weaken it and let h him m finish out h his is term with its many ex ex- experiments unhampered by opposing laI g s. s We are inclined to favor the latter theory and believe believe be be- lieve in fact that the President must also be so inclined in in- dined as his latest moves instead of leaning toward vard the use of his new v support in in a radical direction are aare more nearly leaning back i in n a more conservative direction HALLOWEEN DEVILTRY In an editorial of two vo weeks week s ago tt we ve e predicted the soapy windows vs which are still greeting us from many manof many man- man y of the store windows vs on Main Street eel We did not however vever anticipate that they would go us one better bet bet- ter and break any of them It is about time some of this kind of deviltry were vere being curbed |