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Firemen's Assentation Coiiwntion Held nl Columbus, Nebraska, Jan. -O. Ul, 22, '14.
Fire Apparatus and
Supplies for Cities and
Towns
Estimates Furnished Upon
Request
Watch for Our Weekly Ad
In This Department
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Delegates and visitors were agreeably surprised upon visiting our exhibit, which was complete in detail and
artistic arrangement, showing the up-to-the minute Fire Fighting Equipment in Brass Goods, Rubber Coats, Boots,
Caps, Helmets and Bunker Suits, all manufactured with view of special service for Firemen. A large badge case,
showing showing every kind of badge imaginable, attracted much attention. Also a Siren Horn, which was some
noise maker. This firm handles everything from suspenders to a ten thousand dollar Pumping Apparatus.
Our company was represented by D. L. Cubberly and Jule Pearse, Jr., who were much gratified at the wide
publicity their exhibit received. All seemed to be anxious to see and become acquainted with the apparatus being
shown. Mr. Julius Pearse, Sr., the founder of this company, was for many years on the Denver Volunteer Fire
Department, afterwards becoming Chief of the Denver Paid Department, which position he occupied for some
eighteen years. .
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Four Hundred-Twenty-Five Delegates Who Attended Annual Con
vention Well Satisfied With Hospitality of Columbus,
Their Host Meet at Nebraska City Next Year
bers of the Nebraska City delepatioti
who dwlart-d they did not have ho
tel net onimodatlona sutticient to han
dle such an immense crowd, the del
egates voted to no to Nebraska City
next year.
'iilnj Session Tuesday I'.veiiinn
After devotinn the afternoon to
getting acquainted with their fellow
delegates, the firemen formally open
ed their convention at the North the
atre Tuesday evening. President W.
Four hundred twentjr-live dele
fcaten an1 n)enibern and 400 unoffic
ial vUitora attended the Ihirty-Mx-ond
annual comer ion. of tho Ntv
braaka State Volun'eer Fireman's
aBsoclatiou held at Columbui on
TueBday, Wednesday and Thursday,
January 20, 21 and 22. W? pre in-
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ChitrleB Sandall, of North I'latte; ' pome diligent campiiicnlnp in behalf
Kobert Lewis; J. 1. Hoffman, Ord; 'or C. J. Hulac, on of its members,
H. 11. Hurtling. Nebraska City; Fredund had secured George Howe to
li. Da via, of Madison. The first bal- J place name In nomination. As
lot failed to bring an election, iloff- soon us it wri done, the "Norfolk
man having 146; Frost, 67; Sandall, glee club broke forth In sons. As
40; Lewis, 32; Hurtling. 17; Davis, j the demonstration ceased. President
20. Hurtling and Davis . withdrew
from the race and the second ballot
elected Hoffman with 199 votes
against Frost's f3, Sandall's 32. and
Lewis 24.
Faithful service for a period of
fifteen years was rewarded in the
CHHe of K. A. Miller, of Kearney, who
was unanimously elected secretary
for the sixteenth time. Mr. Miller
has been a member of the associa
tion for twenty-four yerra and In an
other year he will be entitled to a
life membership. For the past fif
teen years he has held the job of
Kidgell turned the guvel oer to Mr.
IWrt J. fialley,
Coief CoUiuilm Fire lkit.
debted to the Columbus tiro depart
ment and Columbus Telegram for
assistance in securing a full report
of tl:" convention and for th n mm of
the ::t'-. of -.Meniljera of that depuit
Uiv':'. Ubed herein.
0orn,- Howe, of Fremont, first
Tic iret!.iHut during the past year,
irar unanimously elected president
Of Hi- N. S. V. F. A. for the year
39' '. Juut as unanimous waa the
rc. .otion of H. A. Graff, of Sew
r!. from the second to the Oral
ite-preaidency.
The flm contest of the convention
developed In the election of a sec
end rice president. Six candidates
were named In rapid succession,
Ttiey wert Ray Frost, of Stanton;
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Immediately after the opening
session, tne nremen were treated 10
a moving picture show at the thea
tre. The regular vaudeville as
supplemented by an exhibitU n of
gymnasium accomplishments by
Physical Director O. U. Anderson rf
the Y. M. C. A. and a troupe ot his
local acrobats.
The evening's festivities H j.-sJ
with a dance at Maennerchor 'in 11,
pronounced by the visiting firenx-n
to be the most successful affair of
the kind ever held at a convention
of the state association. Seenty
five young ladies were present to
help the local department enter'adt
the guests. No members of h
Columbus department took part in
the dance. They were content tc ap
pear In the role of hosts and see to
It that the visitors had a Mi'i.-.u yn
ly enjoyable evening. That the .'.ur
teBy was appreciated was clearly
demonstrated. Every man on the
floor acted the part of a perfect t,en
tlemau, and none there was so ua
gallant as to take advantage oi the
Informal order of the evening. Ai-
mltted by the chiefs of all the de
partments represented at the con
vention. On the committee were P.
E. Uomig, of Alliance; C. II. Fraz
Ier, of Gothenberg; II. A. Webbert,
of Kearney.
Lloyd Thomas, a member of the
XeN Nelson
Foreman Hose Co. Xo. 2
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iiuy M. I.itMin,
Prcsldclit Fire lk'pt.
Carl Iect.r.
Foreman Hose ."..
Graft, and placed the naiae of the re
tiring treasurer. Fred Alexander, of
ScottsbluiT, in nomination. Alexan
der was elected on the first ballot,
by a vote of 24 4 to 99.
Harry Houser, of Fremout. was
elected chairman of the board of
control, receiving fully forty votes
more than any other man nominat
ed for a position on the board. The
four other members elected were
Kay Frost, of Stanton: Jacob Goeh-
rlr.g. of Seward; K. V. Parkhurst,
of Lexington; Thomas Jeffrey, of
North Platte.
Only two bids for the 19 K. con
vent ion were received. They came
secretary and no ojie has had ground
to complain of his service. .
Nominations for treasurer brought
another bit of keen rivalry. ( The! from Nebraska City and Crawford.
Norfolk delegation had been doing . Despite the opposition of some mem
S. Kidgell called the meeting to or
der and then turned the gavel over
to President Guy Mitson, of the Col
umbus fire department, for the op
ening exercises. After a selection
by the North theatre orchestra, Hev.
Y. II. Xanders pronounced the invo
cation. File Chief Hert J. Galley
responded to a call for a few re
marks, and Mayor M. M. Uothleltner
then gave the formal address of wel
come to the visiting firemen. Mr.
Uotbleitner complimented the fire
men of the state on their untirlug
loyalty to duty and assured them
that the city was theirs during their
brief sojourn thre. President V.
S. Ilidgell responded on behalf of
the state association. He spoke of
the organization, Its accomplish
ments, its purposes and plans for the
future.
Accepting the gavel which was
then turned over to 'him by Mr. Mat
Bon, President Ilidgell proceeded to
the appointment of the committer on
credentials. ' As members he named
E. A. Miller, of Kearney; Guy M.
Matson, of Columbus; A. J. Shirley,
of Ord; K. E. Gregor, of Hebnu.
and J. ". Byron, of Ulysses.
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A. C. lioone,
Ast. Chief Fire Dept.
bert Uasmussen, W. C. Rector and
A. C. Boone constituted the Ikm!
committee In charge of the dance.
Firemen (Jet Down to Itiisim
The real business of the conven
tion was taken up when the first
morning session was held a' 9.3D
o'clock Wednesday. The conni'ittei!
on credentials submitted its report.
showing the names of the delegates
entitled to votes.
President W. S. Ridgell tlun ap
pointed a committee of three mem
tera to examine the reports sub
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A. J. Mason,
Forejuum W. Y. Hissel Hose Co,
Alliance delegation, announced that
he had a publicity plan for the con
sideration of the convention and
President Ridgell appointed Ray
Frost, of Stanton; C. R. Temple, of
North Platte, and Mike Bauer, of
Nebraska City, as a committee of
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C. K. Kttuw,
Sivtarj Fire Dept.
three to examine the proposition and
report back to the convention. Mr
Thomas, city editor of the Alliance
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