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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1914)
Interesting News for Firemen Alliance's New Truck Arrives ALLIANCE FIRE DEPARTMENT ENJOYING RESULT OF FIVE YEARS OF WORK NEW THUCK ARRIVED WEDNESDAY AND NOW 11EING DEMONSTRATED TO TIIK FIREMEN MOTOR TO UK HOUSED IN CITY HALL QUARTERS The new motor fire truck for the Alliance fire department arrived on Wednesday and is now being demon strated for the fire department by an expert from the factory. It is an Anderson Motor Fire Truck, manu factured by the Anderson Coupling A Fire Supply Company of Kansas City, and was sold by C. J. Andersen ef the Andersen Company of Omaha. The Alliance firemen are very lroud of their new truck, which will result In fire losses being reduced by reason of its ability to get to the fire in short time and will save ljsses by water on account of the larpe chem ical apparatus which is instilled on rhe truck. The picture of the truck shown herewith gives but a faint idea ol i's beauty. The motor and 'chassis f the truck were made especially ler the Anderson Company by the Kissel Kar manufacturing company, and nothing but the Kissel chassis is esed. The motor and chastls are of ji heavier type than the regular Kis sel stock cars. The balance of the ear Is made In Kansas City. Kansas, a the Anderson factory. Every de tail of manufacturing the cars is Uoked over and attended to by S. O. arpster, who has made this busi ness a life study. ! HERE WITH THE THUCK snVers of Fire Equipment and Sup ply Companies Are in Alliance Today Demonstrating S. O. Harpster, president of the Andersen Coupling & Fire Supply ompany, and C. J. Andersen, of the Andersen Company, 1115 Farnam street, Omaha, who sold the new fire truck to the city of Alliance, are in vie city today demonstrating the truck to the department and city of acials. The gentlemen expect to remain hi the city over Friday. They are extremely pleased to know that the aierabers of the fire department like she new truck and they will see that the flreboys are entirely familiar with Its operation before leaving the eUy. FIRE! FIRE I ATTENTION, FIREMEN I Whenever your city is in the market for Fire Hose or Equipment, you should at once write us, as it will be to your advantage. Also bear in mind that we sell Hand Extinguishers for automobiles, private houses, lumber yards and schools. ANDERSEN COMPANY 1115 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEBR. 1115 Farnam Omaha The Alliunce car is equipped with Goodyear Cushion Demountable tires. This tire is of dual construc tion, preventing the car from skid ding. The car carries a chemical engine of suitable size, made of the best Lake Superior copper, fitted with by-pass system and 200 feet of chemical hose. This hose is placed on a reel above the chassis in place of a basket shown on the cut. The car is fully equipped with all tools, ax, crowbar, lanterns, extra chemical extinguisher charges, and also two 3-gallon hand extinguishers, a very large searchlight, and two front liuhts, one tail light, all'of the lights being lighted by electricity from storage batteries. Extensive improvements and alter ations have been made at the city hall, where the truck will be housed. L. E. Pilkington, who has been em ployed as driver for the truck, will be on duty at all times, ready for in stant action when the alarm of fire is given. He has been given a nice ly furnished room just back of thf; truck room. Visitors are welcome to inspect the truck at any time. Fre mont, Columbus, Grand Island. Kearney and North Platte have equipments furnished by the Ander sen Company. In connection tilth the Catholic (julles' Bazaar at Alliance, there will Im a dance each night. Good music. Now the Hague peace palace would be useful to house refugees. In connection with the Catholic Ladle' Bazaar at Alliiinre, there will he dance each night. ood music. The picture shown herewith is one depicting a bunch of Crawford boost ers during their sojourn in the city of Alliance on Sept. 16. As will be noted by the sign on the front of one of the head cars in the picture, Craw ford is out for the State Convention of volunteer firemen for 1916. Crawford is a live little city of 2.000 people, located at the junction of the Burlington and Northwestern railroads, in the northwest corner of the Btate, twenty-one miles from the South Dakota line and about thirty eight miles from the Wyoming line. This little city is made up of a bunch of good fellows and good boosters, and if the volunteer firemen of the state of Nebraska conclude to accept Crawford's Invitation for their 1916 convention, they will receive a hearty welcome and will find Crawford to bw the "Biggest Little City on Earth." The new City Hall now be ing erected In Crawford the county seat of the "Land of Independence" will house the Crawford Volunteer Fire Department, which has a men - bership of sixty, and the entire build 1 ing will be turned over to the con ! ventiouists. With Crawford's two great rail Fire Department .Equipment AND BI-LATERAL FIRE HOSE NO CITY, TOW N Oil VILLAGE CAN AFFOKD TO HK WITHOl T A ('II KM ICAL ENGINE OF SOME KIND. WE HELL THE ANDEHSON MOTOIt THI C K, EOI IPPED WITH CHEMICAL ENGINE. CITIES AND TOWNH IN NEIIKASKA NOW EQUIPPED WITH MOTOIt AP PA HATCH ARE OMAHA, LINCOLN. FKEMONT, COLCMIIC8. Git A. Ml INLAND, KEAKNEY, NOHTII PLATTE AND ALLIANCE. WE HOLD ALL HIT TWO OF THESE CITIES. Street Nebraska State Volunteer Fire men's Association Fresideut, George Howe, Fremont. rst Vice President, II. A. Graff. Seward. Second Vice President, Jacob P. Hoffman, Ord. 8cretary, E. A. Miller, Kearney. Treasurer, Fred Alexander, Scottsbluff. Board of Control: Harry Houser, Fremont, chairman; Jacob Goeh rlng, Seward; E. W. Parkhurst, Lexington; Hay Frost, Stan ton; Thomas JefTrey, North Platte. A department devoted to the Interests of the volunteer firemen of the state of Nebrasak. Edited by Lloyd C. Thomas, state publicity chairman PUHL1CITY Albion H. E. Hallstead. 'lertrand C. H. Frakes. rtloomfleld Harry Henatsch. Franklin Alvin Bloedorn. (othenburg Arthur Johnson. Howells Frank Luxa. Kenrney E. F. Winn. Nellgh Jay Ames. Lynch A. C. McFarland. Hampton Alvin Gaussmann. University Place Leslie A. Thomas. Fullerton John C. Chapman. UlyRses B. S. Oglesby. It has been several months since a special edition of this kind was sent to members of the state association. This edition of The Herald goes to every member of the N. S. V. F. As sociation in the state. If any are missed we will be tlad to send them 'copies on request. Now that the fall , Is here, interest Is being aroused In the volunteer fire departments throughout the state and they are be i ginning to look forward to the state I convent ion to be held at Nebraska pin- ! ,. ,rt- 111 on ixi 'ii ihk, A let'er from the Nebraska City de- ipartment will be found elsewhere in I tills department. ii is inieresunc, land shows that plans are being made I to give the state association a royal entertainment. At this time of the year fires seem more numerous than usual. This is (Undoubtedly caused by the furnaces which have not been used during the ! summer and which are at times in poor shape, being started up without proper precautions being taken against fire, and that-fires are start ed In stoves without the Hues being properly examined. It 1b a good plan for chiefs of departments to have their local papers print warn ings and may save much property. Mice are often blamed for fires, particularly those In grocery stores and other places where matches are kept. We have always been rather skeptical of this until rceently, when we opened a drawer In our donk to get a match from a box kept there. Crawford Wants roads, running In and out of the city to the east, west, north and south, it gives excellent railroad fa cilities for conventionists and all towns and cities of northwest Nebr- aska are joining Crawford in their ! 1 1?ssS' ' '-rail if 4 fi it " ' ': I.. - .. -. - .:. ... ; :.. ....... - ' -' ' Andersen XMMITTEEME.N Nellgh Jay Ames. Ord O. P. Cromwell. Verdigre H. II. Bruce. Overton James M. Pullen. Schuyler F. W. Phonka, Jr. Snyder Geo. W. Meyers. Stromsburg Al Westenlus. Tllden K. G. Whitney. Departments ure requested to for ward names as fast as publicity man Is appointed. We found that mice had entered the box, had chewed several matches In to small bits and partly destroyed others, leaving what at first glance appeared to he fine shavings and which upon Investigation proved to be what remained of the match sticks. One or two matches, with harder sticks than others, had been partly eaten and then left. It did not appear that the mice had eaten the heads of the matches. The Osceola Fire Department wishes to purchase one or two hand hose cirts. If any members know of carts of this description for sale, kindly write to P. A. Nelson, Osce ola, giving him a full description and price of the carts for sale. I We recently saw a headline in the Fremont Tribune that told the whole story. The headline said: "Child ren. Matches; BulldingB Uumed." New departments recently organ ized are those at Brunswick and Ger ing. . The oflicers of the Brunswick department are I. P. Armstrong, chief; W. H. Kasmusser, assistant chief; .. T. Lybolt. secretary; L. C. Harbour, treasurer; C. A. Norrls, custodian of equipment. The officers of the Gering department are It. J. Schwendlman. chief; A. A. Miller, assistant chief; Otto Prohs, secre tary. A problem that always bothers fire departments is that of keeping people who are not members out of 1916 Convention efforts to secure a visit from the "Urave Fire Laddies" In 1916. With the present hotel facilities of that city, coupled with the turning open of homes for the reception of vi.iltors as is always done during fentivitles OI H CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT IS ACKNOWLEDGED TO HE THE BEST IN THE MAItKET. FOH TOWNS AND VILLAGES, WE IH'IUJ IIAND-DKAWN AP PA HATCH IN ANY SIZE TANK. WE ASK ALL FIKEMEN TO SEND TO I'H FOIt CATALOG. WE AHK PLEASED TO WHITE VOC AT ALL TIMES. Company Neoraska City Getting Ready IMMENSE MMIMCK OF FIUKMEN TION AT NEBRASKA CITY IN JANUARY PREPARATIONS HKINO MADE TO GIVE THEM ALL THE ENTERTAIN. MENT THEY WANT ALL SHOULD ATTEND Below Is given a letter and article from Frank A. llartllng, secretary of the Nebraska City Fire Department, telling of the preparations being made to care for the monster conven tion of firemen to be held there Jan uary 19, 20, 21, 1915. The letter says: "Nebraska City, Nebr. The Alli ance Herald, Alliance, Nebr. Gen tlemen: Knowing thnt vour paper Is the otlicial publication of the Ne braska State Volunteer Firemen's Association, and that the paper la belli sent to the several organiza tions over the state, the writer Is en closing herewith some items con cerning the preparations being made In this city towards entertaining the delegates and visitors to the next an nual convention to be held here. These Items may be of Interest to the readers of your department de voted to the interests of volunteer firemen throughout the state. Yours respectfully, F. A. 11AKTLING, Sec. The article Is as follows: A soliciting committee to secure funds from the citizens and business men of Nebraska City to help defray the expenses of the annual conven tion of the Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's Association to be held January 19 to 21, 1910, become very active after it was learned that this city was to be the next convention city, and In a short time met with such success that the State Associa tion olllclals were given assurances that Nebraska City would take care of the event. With the pledges for financial sup the road at fires. The firemen are often seriously impeded In their work by outsiders getting In the way. The David City department recently took up this question by adopting the following resolution, which could bo wisely done by other dep rtments: Resolution Adopt cl Whereas, It would benefit the Vol unteer Fire Department and the cit izens In general of David City If the people not members of the depart ment would stand back and not in terfere with the firemen In doing their duty; and Whereas, In case of the fire at the city waterworks there were quite a number of people, not members of (lit department, trying to give in- there, the city will be well able to comfortably house all firemen con ventionists. Lei's all join and boost for Crawford the "Biggest. Best and Largest Little City on Earth," for its desired convention of 1916. 1115 EXPECTED TO ATTEND CONVBT- port, secured early, and now viae, some few alterations and addltloae to the list, our department Is now getting busy outlining plana for the entertainment and care of oar guests. A general committee wH have full charge of the dutlea that are necessary In making prepara tions for this convention, and wilt appoint sub-committees to assist that will report to the general committee. There are many attractions In an about Nebraska City that should he a drawing card and Incentive far people out In the central and weal em part of the state to want to rlatt this town. It la different from aar other town In the state and cornea by It naturally. Situated aa we aae on the banks of the Missouri river, this town was one of the earliest set tlements in Nebraska, making it his torically attractive, and today these remains some show places that mailt tho ups and downs In the progress ef the "Old Town on the IUver." Far ther, the natural beauty of the sac rounding country with Ita wooded bluffs and hills of natural timber, and well Improved estates and faroas add to the attractiveness of the tow. Lastly, the hospitality extended e our visitors will be genuine and the opportunities for a good time of aM sorts are plenty, as some of the del egates to a previous convention heM In this city will recall. The olllcers of the Nebraska Clr Fire Department are: Charles Joha son, president; Frank A. Barillas;, secretary; A. H. Wilson, correspond ing secretary; S. H. Fields, treaier er; 11. 11. Dartllng, chief. st ructions and orders as to how to subdue the (James and protect the property; and Whereas, In so doing they hinder ed the firemen greatly in renderlax their best services and who were therefore censured for allowing the large belt from the engine to the generator to become, damaged Be yond repair; therefore be it Hesolved, that we advise all pee ple not active members of this de partment to stand back and not ia terfere with the firemen doing their duty, or take the consequences; aatf be It further Hesolved, that this resolution he published In both the David City pa pers. David City Fire Departmeat. In Alliance, when an alarm of ire reaches the telephone central, she ascertains the location of the fire a ad Immediately pushes a button whlcir rings large double electric gongs la the department headquarters and la' h city electric light plant, where the siren whistle is located. Tg Are bell In the city hall bvlfry J- kfsJ"-" flfariajrl ufiAr itAftffu? Kr.ijiia.t nn.ik. n urn u i ii i' i bo u nnui SB er electric button and is rung sale matically for several minutes. In or der that members of the department may ascertain the location of the Ure without delay. Chief H. K. Komig re cently published a notice In the lt papers requesting that no one but firemen call the telephone ceutiaf for a period of several minutes after the alarm is sounded. This allows central to answer tho culls of fi-e--men without delay. The request t being quite generally observed n'ld adds to the efficiency of the depart ment. Firemen throughout the state. Ir- j respictive of politics, were generally pieaseo to learn or tne re-election er Governor Morehoad. The governer has given special attention to flrcinea and has urged that legislation for their benefit be passed. No one caa deny that W. S. Itidgell, deputy state fire commissioner, has done a great I deal for the prevention of fire aa4 for the bettering of departments throughout the state. His familiar ity with the work to be done wlU uld zreatlv in the accomplishment ef j further Improvements during the I next two ytara. Farnam Street Omaha c