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Show VEBWAL VERNAL JAYCBE8 JAYCEES ' SPONSO SPONSCPlIUp FIJU JDEMONflTHATIOMTuesday : JDEMONflTHATIOM REMONSTRATION Tuesday Tqeliday evening ot of last week weekat . " fire tire demonstratio demonstration demonstrationbehind demonstratiobehind at 8 o"cl ocl o.cl ck lk a behind the Ule Main Theatre was wasprecoted , presented precoted $ by Chas E Riley of ofChcago < Chicago Chcago ! S ' ) < { rvice rVlce Repl'f-sentative Repl'f Replf sentative Repl'fsentativeof Repr ' - \ ? of the Pyli-nt Pyli nt Pyll - nt manufacturing C Cand o oand and Sid H II t < 1 I of the Bnggs BrIggs Kurtz Kurtzhardwar Kur z hardware hardwar ( ' C ( I > Grand Junctloi Junction JunctionColorado * Colorado wlio who 1the is 1- 1 - . the distnbutin dlstnbutmg dlstnbutmgagency 8 agency ( for or this tll1'l tll1l ' fire equipment equipmentFor For a d msiderable (1lISldlrablL 1lISldlrablL ( ( . time th thVernal the theVernal Vernal J JayCecs yCec . have been inves investigatlllg , ' tigating tigatlllg tilt th possibility po.slbility poslbility . of obtain obtaining ' Ing mor mort ulequate Hlequatt . fire prote protec protection protetion - tion fa facilities ( IlltlL for both bOUl Vernal Vernalcit cit > } an 1 I Uiittati UlIItah county Mem Members i bers of Hit th Volunteer Fire De Departmci D < partrnei partmci t l Alma Preece County CountyComml Comml Comnuss " " chairman -halrman halrman nhalrman n < . - and mem ! ber bers . of tl t ( Vernal Chat-riber Chat riber Cha'tnber Chatnber ' - of ofComprct < > f Comerc Comprct < w WI < re presentf preS'ntA preS'nt preSnt ( ' A pit tl t < n ( feet t'd td ' square filled filledwith d dt with oil 011 11 1/ 1 / 1Ii d Ii ha.oline haoline ta , . * > line was IIlgnlt IIlgnlted t ed md wd WI w > s . , extinguislied txtlngul"lhed txtlngullhed " with withmedlanl wit witmeeham meeham medlanl al \ flam f lam > an ) witlnn within a few fe set e < nds \ phoamaire phoamalre play pip plp < < - whl wlueh .h h < . is . a d , > special ptllul nozzle nozzlL that thatfit fit fits . , m J1 ! i 1 ordinary ordlllary fire hose hosemlxt mlxt mixes . , 01 Of I < gallon h.1llon h1llon . of Phoamalde * " sol 101 ltion iti n with II nmteen 111 teen gallons allons of ofw w Il > t ( r di dt ring rmg ( it 'llh llh ' h minute mlllute of use useand and ( consequently OnlQuult1y . , produces 350 350gallons u gallons ( f foam fOdm This foam foambl n bl ol mk mkets .1 1 < . ' > tlie tl1t fire fin and smother smothers smothersIt smotherit it without any resulting resultmg smoke . I IAlso Also I four pound and a fif fift t ttt < { n pound C02 ( Carbon Dion DIOX DIOXIdO Dionide IdO ide ) fire hn extinguisher was de demonstrated monstrated The carbon dioxide dioxideI I is . contained in a cylinder undo under undo3'iDO 3'iDO 3iDO 3,00 300 ' , pound pressure For de demonstratlOn ( monstration monstratlOn purposes gasoline on onan an automobile and ignited With in 111 three or four " seconds "econd econd < ! the fire firewa"l was wa"l wal " extmgUl extinguished htd with wlth the chern chernIlal leal Ilal gas ( r foam which Is emitte emItted emItted.1t ' . at .1t 1t freezln freezing ! { tt temperatures mpLratures > and Is Isnothmg nothing nothmg el else , ( but dry ice in a gas- gas - eous stateBoth state Both of thp tlw above describee described describedfire describeetire tire fire extinguishers extmgulshLrs are used a as as"tandard " standard "tandard tandard equipment on all army armycrash arm : crash trucksThe trucks The C02 Fire Equlpmen Equipment EquipmentCo t Co manufactures manufacture ' ! a trailer that tha may be attached to any vehicle vehicleand ' and carries a 160 gallon supply supplyapproxlmaldy suppi ; approximately approxlmaldy 2800 gallons of offoam r foam when use used d wit with h a aphoamalr iphoamaire > phoamaire phoamalr ( ' play pipe When this thissupply thi ; supply of water has becom become becomeexhausted < exhausted the trailer is eqUlped equipecwith With a gasoline gasollnt . ' air cooled pump pumpwhich pumiwhich which wil raise water fifteen feet feetfrom feefrom from irrigation ditches and wells wellsApparatus Apparatus able to make a littlewater httle httlewater water go a long way is exactly exactlywhat exacti ; ' what our country needs sIncelack since lack ot or orvater W \vater vater \ ter often spells spel Is doom |