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Show Sunday morning, November THE OGDEN 13, 1921. STANDARD-E- AA1 IN ER X Belgium'sEnvoy 1 Inspectors of National Board of Fire Underwriters Report on Survey Here; Many Recommendations Are Made Z3 - recommendations for the of fire hazards in Ogden made in the report of theon fire prevention and engrineering standards of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, which waa made up from an inspection carried on here during the last summer by fire underwriter representatives. Copies of the report have just been racelvd by J. Ray Ward, commissioner of public safety and the findings ex-of of the inspector are considered treme importance inasmuch as the fire Insurance rates ji Ogden are largely based upon the report. The report supercedes that made in 1909. M"ny ITRK HAZARDS. In summing up the tire hazards of Ogden the committee reports that in the principal mercantile district, the absence of protection to fl6or and window opening, and the number of large or excessive areas, together with" the weak fire department and inadequate water supply, makes serious group firea prooable, but the wide streets should prevent a fire from crossing.re- Minor mercantile buildings, the Btates, and manufacturing plants port present only local hazards. Several lumber yards would make serious fires expose the west end of the princi hazards are present in the residential ;aistncts, tne report states. f AA Xv. proved March 28, 1921, creates a civil service commission of three members to ,be appointed by th mayor and approved by the board of commission ers. The act provides suitable regula tions tor the appointment and promo tlon of the members of the fire de partment. exclusive of the chief. Alarms System. The fvyartem is of satisfactory type and under competent supervision. Headquarters equipment is well installed and m good condition. but its location in a fire station of construction Is most undesirable. The telephone facilities are Boxes are mostly of Inferior adequate. brush-brea- k contact type and are weight actuated. Box distribution in 0 s) ...J . non-firepro- of Rock districts is fair; elsewhera important it is very poor, many sections of the city being without fire alarm protection. Circuits are all overhead and mainly on poles with power circuits. Maintenance is good and tests are alr. The installation of the modern cen tral office equipment has greatly improved the system, but the small num ber of boxes In service, most of which are of inferior type, the total use of aerial circuits and the hazardous loca tion of the central office, result In the fire alarm protection being; Inadequate and only fairly reliable. p ip nogs 5 This gentlemaa wears monocle, plug hat and cane but he' not English. He's Baron de Cartier de Marchlenne. ambassador to the United States and delegate to the arms conference. , (O) .75 Per Ton for Nut Delivered Per Ton for Lump Delivered oo COVERS WATER SUPPIiY The report .also covers Ogden's wa ter supply system and declares that while the supply is procured from ade DEPARTMENT INADEQUATE. reliable sources the The report announces that the. fire quate and mainly is and the main excessive consumption of Ogden is etficient, but arteries ' department event of in the inadequate size a the tor is it that city inadequate fire. serious of Ogden and it cannot be maintained In reporting the water system, the on the appropriation made in the last summary trVid recommendafollowing a few years. In summary the Ogden tions are made: fire department is given this report: . Water supply source adequate; disThe annual per capita expense has tribution system weak; fire flows inbeen much below the average for cities ior hydrant hose streams, of this class. The methous of super- adequate to for engine supply. Fire American Heat Standards poor good vision and of malng appointments in men and pumping weak and promotions' are very good except department Declared Cause of Fire alarm system inadecapacity. withthat the chief may be removed effi- quate in extent. Sheer Waste out cause. The present force is There are no records of consumpgive proper tion. cient, but is too weak tobuilt-uThe average rate for the entire p area protection to the present is estimated by the city engineer year the for CHICAGO, Nov. 12 England has of the city. Tae arrangement to be about 8,0l)0,u00 gallons a day; taken is of great response of tne advantage of economies brought the summer months consump value and offsets in part the deficiency during to tion averages 11,000,000 gallons andd light under world war necessities, in manual strength. on the hlgnest day is about 19,000,000 has abolished obsolete heat standards NEED MORE ENGINES. gallons a day. ' Based upon an esti- and is making great strides in conser Additional pumping, engines are mated population of 33,5jG the maxi of coal and oil for her people.seriously needed, as tne water supply mum day rate is about 570 gallons vation AlfrnI lhiHtru i,t Via- Ynrlf trncannot furnish streams direct tromweeds Wn!C, engineer'of reat,ly the American Gas associa- the princi- ?lr.K,a' even in a tlon, who has hydtants for large fires in reasonaoie requirements, Just returned from an mercantilu district,, nor for even region naturally semi-ari'the city to the British Isles investigation man trip email fires in the residential and is divided into three districts, each of told the at its managing with sections. which Is allowed use Apparatus, water for sessions just previouscommittee ufacturing .to to the opening is in of the the exception pumper, sprinkling purposes for one and a half the annual convention of the asgood condition. Ladder service is fair- hours In the morning and one and a of sociation. half hours in the Immense ly adequate and chemical protection JVKV PROCESS THIO) on quantities are usdevening. la good. Minor equipment for lawh sprinklearned during the war "England lack but unlforii is and small gardens, and that a apparatus ling irrigating of the heat in gas portion great essential in a few the lack of meters falls to penalize went into the ing piece. sheer atmoaphere inadeare stream defective waste. appliances Heavy There waste," Mr. Phillips said. "Thea result plumbing and h is thought to be considerable under- Is quate. Thefe is ample supply of that fixed standards of heat have hose, well cared for and properly ground leakagebeen abolished. Instead the gas comone and Sourse of Supply. The city postested. Both the pumper declares the calorific value of pany sesses rights to ample and reliable hose wagon carry ZOO reet of it intends to deliver and the the gas a or sources size for an valuable which are being hose, especially supply, or Industrial user paya on householder to keep pace with the dedepending almost entirely department basis. Waste, either in produc that or on hydrant hoee streams." Repair fa- mands. in the money the uaar pays, la cilities are fair. Discipline appears exMain. The main arteries are wall tlon to the minimum. cellent. Drills are generally effective arranged and of lair Pile but addi- reduced "The will be effect lack tional supply mains and secondary and well handled, considering the in manufacture are beof a drill tower. Response to alarms feeders are. needed to strengthen the Developments made which are impossible under is well arranged. Fire methods are as system in the northern and southern ing our burdensome, obsolete and unscienlimof can the with the as be Qridironlna: is parts fairlv city. expected good tific restrictions. Several single stage in and incomplete men; closely built sections but equipment ited amount ofwork for completely gasirying coal is attempted but largely or small pipe; In outlying dis- processes 'little salvage been developed.- Steaming of recommendable efforts are made to pre-- x tricts are dead ends of great length. have is a proved success in England. vent water damage, tsunaing mspec-.tlon- s The interior Condition of mains is torts With either of these processes a low are frequent and fairly effective. good. are well kept, heating valuea gas is produced- InOn the CONCLUSIONS !jlecords and reports other hand, few companies EngPER VISION. sr The personnel Organization. of land, because of special local condiBasis. ORGANIZATION. Full the uepartment is capable and proI n tions, find it economical to produce 1 tm on basis gressive, since j, of 500 to 550 British thermal 19 20. UeeoitLs. Generally complete, ex- gas Uaeptember 1, under the units. This Is a high heat value for sugeneral Supervision. commissioner cept for consumption data. England though comparatively low of of the pubRECOMMKXD ATI OX'S pervision this for country. 1. That all officials and embim-lic safety and health, J. R. Ward, who HELPED ALLIES WIN" term expiring of the water, fire, building and elec was" elected for a war. the heating valua "Prior uecemoer laza. trical acpartments be placed under standards toofthe ' Offleers. 31,Chief England Graves suitable civil service rules requiring the same as In this were practically George ,A. country. England has been a member of the department 'proper qualifications, with removal made its discovery regarding heat for 11 years and has served as chief from office only for cause. 2. That alarms of fire be sounded values, when under war pressure It befrom 1902 to 1906 and from 1916 to necesaary to extract certain con date. He is a good disciplinarian, an from the central fire station, and that came stituents the manufacture of picric a and all cease experienced fireman, capable such signal. acid, T. for upon sprinkling T. and other explosives, N. 3. That an employe of the water officer. The office of chief is filled by which about n material re brought and commission the appointment by department, familiar with the loca- duction in heating standards. In this commissiontions of valves, respond to all alarms approved by the board ofserve Moulton Lord says that the respect to of ers, the incumbent to defire, with the fir during un the materials furnished by their pleasure. partment, and to open regulating dertaklngs for the makinr English of such ex Assistant Chief N. T. Moore joined valves time of serious fire. 4. That the ufts of meters be ex- plosives saved the allies from defeat the paid fire department in 1891 and was appointed assistant chief in 1907. tended until all domestic services are In the early days of the war. Aa the war went on the quality of coal deHe is in command of, the force during so equipped. gas oil became difficult to preciated, the absence of the chief. FIRE HAZARDS Inobtain,transportation The Total statement Membership. following of fire creased and because ofdifficulties membership, men of lack 26. 27: fire, force, hazards, building department and and materials to make exrepairs, plants recommendations are contained In the were In no Expenses. --The maintenance condition to operate with pense of the fire department, includ- report: Irr the principal mercantile district, the. efficiencies normally obtained. ing; the fire alarm system, for the reductions in heating value five has years past averaged $41,638. buildings are nearly all of Joieted Further imperative." .The maintenance expense in 1920 was DricK construction, with very little became OPPOSES U. S. RULES J&Jt872; this, based on an average protection against exposure fires the railroad and miners' a During are There of a is number of haxardous oc33,00, VJfypulation percapita ex following the war, standards of pense of $1.59; it was $0.79 in 1908. cupancies and serious fires are prob- strikes 460 British thermal units and even years little has able innoany of the blocks, hut nrtU. lower During the past-fiv- e fixed by the board of trade been spent for new apparatus. narlly, general conflagration should under were the defense of the realm act, An act: of the state legislature, ap result. In the warehouse and manuPhillips said. facturing sections, the hazard is local. Mr. Residential sections with shingle roofs ."Until American standards are nave tne usual nasard of flying brands made more modern and inflexible regaway with," he continiBe greatly increased during high winds. ulations done Tne ordinances governing tha In- ued, 'any considerable progress will stallation of electrical wirlag ara ba praventad. Tha gas industry in the but the conditions found and the United States should have far mora You Be! good inspections of inside-wiri- ng made in- liberty to develop and adopt new and cidental to this report indteata a lack improved manufacturing processes Calcium Wafers Have a Knack of adequate supervision and control such as will result in economy If the 'f.Stuart's of Making the Complexion the over tne new work. The city elec- best interests of the people are to be Kind You Rave Over. trician functioning also as building subserved, economies affected and and plumbing inspector has not the our fuel resources conserved." If after each meal you will take a Stu-ar- time to give proper attention to elecCalcium "Wafer there will soon be discovered the coming of a complexion trical work. Old work is in fair to PQor condition, but receives practically no attention, and shows the urgent need of relnspection and regular suITCHING BURNING pervision. Overhead wiring would not seriously hamper fire department Known damage from operations. electrolysis has been slight; no invesON FACE tigations are made by the city to determine actual conditions. GROSS FIRE 1OSS Festered and Scaled Over. Face The gross fire loss for the past five years, as given in the fire department Disfigured. Cuticura Heals. records, was 394,665, ranging bea tween 129,567 in 1917 and 1174,162 in A face waa almost corered with 1919. The average number of fires "Ufj ilea which fostered and acakd was 210, ranging between 1S9 in 1920. pimp cm. Tbey itched aod burned to and 209 in 1919, with an ervcixge loss per fire of $876, a moderate figure. that X coedd hardly stand tham, and Based on an average population" of roy fae waa ao dlaficrsred I waa 21.000, tha average number of fires tmafc to gn anywhere. X lst so per 1,000 population. was t. a. vrv nrech sleep that waa about craxy. high number, and the loas per capita "The troubla lasted two months. was a moderately hlarh flm r X started men using Ctrticara &oap and Ten should be added to the after had oaed two Ointment and event. department immediately and cakaa of Cvalcura &omp and will make you proud of yourself. ually the number of men be Increased. that can You wear your best gowns and hats Fire alarm headquarters should be of Cuticura Ointment for three to a removed I waa completely healed." weeks espefireproof building, All you need to do to clear the skin of to as constructed reduce' as cially far (Slnad) Wry Dorothy Dan Ids on, pimples, blotches, liver spots, blackheads, posaiDie an to of OalZt, naDiiuy interruption skin and Jackson, muddy complexion eruptions la service, in tha new location, all an- to use Stuart's Calcium Wafers. Theae OutkoraSoap dairy, wfch Ootkara troubles seek the akin as one of the nat paratus to be placed on incombustible Ointment no ural outlets of the body. And if you sup mountings, and occasionally, prwenta unnecessary com or other crsptlona. Thy are it with the proper materials the akin DUSUDies to ne permitted m fire alarm ply pimple will pass off impurities through the pores rooms. The new headquarters to have Cmtcara a Is to as alas pieaaera tas, of the akin instead of retaining them in the windows and other openings propTalcaxn for pecfeming tha skin. iorcn oi ugy accumulations, uet a Of Stuart's Calcium Wafers. In anv erly protected from exposures. -- oo , If i Km" F.U mwm . arur store ai eij cents. lou will then US writ. T 8ottB.Orf flows river the realise how easy it is to be beautiful. Mississippi along borders of ten states. yadrertisement. j v J ENGLAND SAVES he Lowest Prices in Ogden th Best Coal , IMG . GAS 6-- Two thousand pounds of real, sure fire coal to the tonevery ounce a heat producer", no waste or grimey dirt that's superior, isn't it, and that's Superior Coal mined in Rock Springs, the kind you want and - -- off-shift can only get from us. Buy now a full winter's supply at these, the lowest prices of the year. You will get the best grade of coal that burns to a clean, white ash. There is economy in buying coal quality in Superior Rock Springs at S7.75 for nut, delivered, and S8.75 for lump, delivered. - 1 or d, PHONE 1074 or 2822 HAW 24-inc- - da-volop- ed far-reachin- Local Distributor CITY COAL YARD AND PARKER COAL YARD Proprietor g. - 31 - 9 two-platoo- ; co-oper- ate 1 Beautiful, . Can ' i- - , fs PIMPLES .v.-.- ' J - HOME SHORTAG E; TO S AVE FOREST ' Conservation Plan Begun By Ford in Upper Michigan Great Building Revival pected If Costs Fall in Spring - ), ' ' ' ' 'v " ': IKON Mor.VTAIN. Mich.. Nov. 12. W. Mauhsn,' head of the Prlncrton arthl-- 1 who worked In JeTa:atd Hotf ROME, Nov. 12 - t "5v ' " , kU ' '? A plan for "harvesting of the for- who tects !" a opposed to Ihr prriKnt of of dsnudtnje the wood trsrm , observation tm his sums up France, thus ' A thl and othtr irtMrji nnd that. If It "7 on a tour of Italy: " .v'"'A s .) .A, "The houatng ehortai in the bla; proves advanUcou may revolution ' t u th lumber Industry of the T1 ;' In Home" the thehaa been rat .Mo mkuU jr.nr t 1 on a section of land about .vrr than In either two . . s . 4. " r. .i..n " ml'? from Fldnaw. Houghton MJch not It tount), has hut tm t ai v.w".-....i iig ztnalV0 yThf plan, that Is attracting conaid ti..(rf nhr L L i- -. mom lumberman. L ma for nouaing nave Kn un- - erable . attention the conwr its basic principle n" Buffered from not dertakein. Italy has f Michigan devaatatlo aa France haii. but ia In a DDly. ' r a ('. similar position to the United Mateatlmbr uwwr is ciiiiTi:fL. up and Enaiand In not having kept t iprl-mnThe section cbown for the the annual Increase In housing faciliv :: r l a part of Mr. Fird holdings v' ' ties during the war. ' In in th idea. The upper per.tnu'.a. BUILDING BOOM NKAIt. ' to remove from thla iract A flotilla ar full and every avail- - brief, la mature tfaes. Wk Lndrbruh rni . n 19 iua.LV U 'a llvlnr jw aa -sari m mwnr. with whom I "a architects but rations ar hav5 dl.cu..ed the matter, feel Once opon a tirce a watcraclon zreve in a ficUl, all tLnawsrf of protect tha rrmalntr.g tr In wy the ae a will change mainrr The trea .iT.Tl against younr to flr. the ways of the world. A bad man took the watermelon and pluR-!- t r. ivurv off'ce K?" nTSu!0.hir and filled it with a quart of booties hooch. Then he look the t.m. for aam a K'.J ZuT," him and aeize-- the melon. lion. . .v In Inrn .rill rr.elori to rr.nrkett but the revenucra caupht tit fh riTf rmn u -- -- i m k 14 - ' crun-UnlUdUS&- "n?tt nn ' ''' -- " , - 1 V.. ' x - ,vln fasl-dwlndU- 'a ' ' f I Vx f...bl. " : : ' a ' - ' -- -.- aa, . - - -- .. ;; imi a V:"" 'IS'Xi a-- Udy clerk at "Washington prohibition headquarters is ihown that the iv" yrs; but thla la due to tha factone pratir.ff the bad from the ptod. w.. eas now than worth la lire I sufficient spaca between ter of its normal par value of SOj1 o the growing young tre to perrr.Jt cthrr tra tbat t: .'gr.t rttara t.h cents. Uefore tha war me restaur10 thalr rapid dfTlcpmnt, lira growth cf tha yourr traaa ltft were ant chargingtwo aoi- and cafea tdrr.lt awoc!a!es Kord fn- - a h'.s Ir.g. Mr. of an and equivalent ml YV IS In Careless thla rAi:i t?.at l ha Frrd !r.trrrt ara cost tha that of now asking Shampooing wheraas tra thay rartrg lar. : do iiltta wUhout th eiuH"a-an bf tha eta way will to 20 lire for tha aaras food, greater than Spoils tho Hair txpr.m cf cbuinlnc lurnt--r- . batpfant lumbrlBg b dona iiefh point of thr lent of 7B cents to I. educational out corvatrratlon tintfsa that ramdls LYINO VOn TOUUMi. exists! v. -are aod: i. at onc tna ruiure win in j ,ra Thi la a. condition which j wnjth i'fcTM Jn th snouid ha very to trail biat are carsiu.jy r.d the in that Vi tia teaklng th9 and every),, f0rtla throughout aletlon. ciharm In th. f .ffort to Irt the futura wf.l T " Most aia n s U and kind of country cpt drly fy prspared lt Uast cond!-.at th that where. weniy ef rMt r.ufx. Sons ar. atfict.d Italy, znrr,nU-lnard TILUImn by th. high prlcaa ttl r'"r H. CI.UIM1SO a luly Klng.fnrd. a rnrrnbr cf bwitaerlsnd and auch cltlea aa rtn-- i VrVJinitaTr h-- rs T'b.en atarted. Thu TharVrVts mayiTfce n . period r,f ,Ad 1 - i ats-a- i- co-opara- ltrta. s &rk-rr.i- t MUan and Vanic. scale of prices. bare a much higher X X A HOOCHMELON FABLE HARVEST TREES ITALY SUFFERS t drtd i Tor concr--. wll concerning ths us. tura and Ua iwoy MuUif led oocoanut oil ahampoo (which . -- Mr. Ford rulbr.:tl.a: i thai tha'la pure and greaa.Uaa). and ia bt- pubUe mtfra.ta convinced a fundsfl.r.mii iter than anything: e.ae you can in rn.ntal cf oar, tratmart rhaega Ona or two of MuUi- Th fort IH i. II 1 M-?- X t HHS UU t.O - rtm V m ,,! cu, P x- ra imlr a rr'r.t tt ; f , Ii hLIKI O S Hll I ,I ri A " VtlT iXWA V p;1 1 n. wealth. ttajpoonsful lnvitafcU rasult friX?claanaa tha hair and acalp cj tha prsnt will ba dnud-- : tha bair,njf o our for.t Und. Aa thla d- - j (thoroughly. Simply moisten i- -; watar and rub it in- It mfi.nuiuCf fontlnuft JumW cfii w jwlthabundance i2 of rlrh. creamy lather, vanca ataadlly. nr.ally denudation! -r which rlnaes out raUr. ramortnr tk. flr-i irrrA wh rri lhav f,rsaaura oi ain. will ta to of.'enr of ramd!al tourirts influx dispose of na;nw4 the prti oil. MJ-- aiparun emi Um rc Quia At that Trvwhfr. yimUMi Bhopkeepars In MlUn. Van lea. Flor-- excaaalv. ana It laavae tha faraataUcn will ba tha only hep f&renca and Iloma boast of tha larga na m9nijf -- mmtnt nt hniinnu thv htT dona tt, ana ine hair flea and aJky. tn futurs.and thla la a alow and even during this, summer and look for bright, luatroua, fluffy and .say to pansir. procata. ward to tha winter for a profitable manui. Th. Aarvaatir.g of trees a prat Tou can get Molsiflad cocoanut oil tlcal aUerr.atlTe. In cur trade.' --oodl- hampoo at any pharmacy, it's very w. will cut trtes with a minimum V. ouncca a will Woolworth faw Tha great height of the r.pi't cf 10 to 13 lr.fht. cheap, and aapplr towar In New York afforda It an ax-t- avary mambar of tha family for only wll r.mova sH waataga frtm th , your drugglav gives Ue-ehour of auallght dally whlla tha montha. 8a aura felld to guard agalr fir, but j y u, ilulind.- - Advartlaemant. will cuf away all f tha blarca a&JJ reat of taa city U In ahadow. fld ill lw vin 'jmala. 7l.drtVi,it ina oeai tnm ior ! t 1 t- . -- f rtcjltail UJ 61 'i ulXvI l " "s"-- rrrilSTS LliViI CATARRH 4 tMi DLADDEFH an |