The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-06-19
At ASTORIA.
The state gIremen's Association and Toar.
mament.

morning Of last week, with baggage check
cd for Astori4. Ghief Engineer Hoffman
and the hoss team OF Albany Engine
Oomplny No | formed the principal ut
fractions Of the party. The hose team
started out with determination t0 win
for itself glory, II possible. the DEMOCRAT
man 10 spend weeks time as a vacation,
something he had not erJoyed for nearly
five years.
At Salem shout one hundred and fifty
excursIonist4. incl udinx the three hose
teams of that city, aud the Salem Band,
added spirit, life and splendid music To
the occasion. A continued whrl through
the msryelonsly line valley Of the Viii
| lanette, varied Dv sult4tantiai breakfast
| at Aurora. notice. sble for IT, old but ac-
ceptable bill of fare, cIn-isti1g Of liam,
| eggs, beofsteak, bitsui,s, cdf3e aud pam
cakes. brought us 10 Portland at 10 o'clGck.
Another fiftesn minutes a1l thres hun
drsd people bent oti pleasure the company
being joine by about 0ne hundred from
Portland aud other pl aess, were sailing
down the Willamette, beautiful river,
oregon's alone, IA honr and the najes
tic Columbia, grand, unsurpassed, was
reached. Down this river he''relsphone,"
splendidIy equipped, fastest rn01iug craft
Ia the Northwest, steamed at the rate Of
twenty ml,es an hour; but stoppagc ut
nearly every wharf wood pile and village,
including st. Helen's. Kalama, Itainer ,etc
on the two rivers, lenythensd the trip Of
one hundred miles intoa seven hoursr.Ge,
so tnat AstoriI wts not reached Ill 1870
front lined weh sch0oner4, briggs, barges,
fishing boats, etc., anu rs wiiafrs covered
with hospitab!e psopIe, with arms open
" receive us. Fa,ni .r faces of blue aud
red shirtsd nrsmea. wno visited oar own
city last year, iaimediateiy np ,eared, and
before We had fIrm,d Ia lins, ntDy An
assuring nod Was ex Slangel \ narrh
through the princspt streets Dr,uglt The
procession 10 the Parker House, where
Ben y Worsely, President Of he Associa-
| tiOn, received The visiting frsnisn, aud
Mayoi Geo w Hame delivered the address
Of welcome. Then the dllHsrsnt fire c1m-
panies were assigned thsir quarters, ,sa wing
/ @t haoNb&H VI EDAAhhtB0 A1 AhAfPAH HNRt~
orally occasloned whsa that Is left To In
divtduals Or companies. By 'tals ms ans
the Albany boys ware stationed WITH ths
Eugene firemsn al the Grant uou &c, a
| 81 Is place, run by two OF No. - fieeted
footed iremsn, one of them, Pete, win
ming the 80 yard foot raes dnring th o
tournament, Here we wera well treated
and got substantial dist, suitLo.e for a
running hose team.
| Wednesday aL 10 m. the State Fire
mems Association met In Pythlan Hall,
President Worsely In the char, about
thirty good locking representative dele
gates being present, Including Cnisr > n
Hoffman, q Foster. 4 J Cline, William
Miller (of No l's) and the DEMOCRAT man
from Albany. Meetings Of the Association
were held during Wednesday and Thurs
day, closing T,.ur-iay evening. Much
important business. which W. have not
space To enumsraes, bslng disposed OF
really the b)ns aud sinew or the whole
occasion; vet mtay hardly realized that II
was in session, aud, while hose teams bad
their fare paid. delegates bought their owG
licKets, indepsndsnt as CLAIMS.
"Wednesday afsernsn a grand procession
through all tie principal streets occurred
long aud tedious, but most successful, AT
event Witnessed by t:.rougs or people
Thursday morning At iO:31 the races be-
gan. being finished Friday At II o'clock.
They were pushed through In ? system
attic order, With little confusion, not much
kicking and with as much general salts
faction as is possible on such occasions
The following results wills cell the story
best:
Steamer race-s.oamer 100 yards, hose
teams 2OO yards. loo feat OF water. Reissues
OF Astoria, 3TH seconds; fIgers,ef salem,
52x seconds.
Heok q Ladder rAes, 900 yards man tC
top q: 81 foot ladder. Alerts, OF Astoria,
39H seconds, ,Alerts Of Salem, ,40k seconds
800 yard foot race Pete Grant of Astoril
No 1, 33X seconds, Geo Nnland, of Res
cues of Astoria, w Mciee, Of Eugene
Phil Mathews,of oscburg, in order nam
ed.
Dry test--301 yards and 100 yards o.
hose Kescues, of Astoria, ,l:0TK Eugene,
i:09; Capitals, OF Salem, l:O9j< Salem No
3, l:U9A Albany, No /, I:l2; Tigers, OF
Salem, l:2t1s /; Ne Is of Astoria, l.22H.
Tender race. 200 yards -Rsscues, of As
toria, % seconds; Salem, 2sM,
Mskeand break five ouplings-Rescue'
OF Astoria, l.3i5S; Albany No /, l:A21a
Eugene, I:43k.
Wet tsst--2oO yards, 100 yards hose
watar~Capitals, OF Salem, 5031 seconds
Albany No |. 54jS seconds; Eugene, 5;
seconds; Tigers, OF Salem, SIS seconds
No rs ct Astoria, 5T1s seconds; keScaes
of Astoria, l:0la; Salem No 8, no time,
New York championship race.--20O
yards, $50 fest OF hose, change Of third and
seventh sections, water.-Capitals, o
SALEM, l:2lk Rescues, OF Astoria, 1;2l4
! Salem, No. 5, l:5l2G Albany, no time.
: $50 yard foot race.--R ID Patton, of Capi
tails, 1875 seconds; Ferguson, OF Rescues
Coffin, OF Eugene, Notice, of Eugene. Fer
: Reed, OF Tigers, Frank MARSHALL, OF Al
bany No, /, Geo Wright of Ca pitals,
Patton, OF Salem ard Mulkey, of Astori,
In about order named, Time Of Stoves
l691 seconds,
As summary Capitals, of Salem, wo
2 three first prizes, including I50 yard foe
i race, amounting to $500; Rescues, of AS
a toria, four first prizes, and one secon
h prize, amounting to $425; &; Alert Hook an
Ladder CO., OF Astoria, one first priz'
SIS; Eugene hose team, one second priz
$50, Albany No. l, one second prize, IS
Astoria No, /, first prize, in foot race, $5i
Q Total, $IO50,
d. In New York championship rare Res
n cues, OF Astoria, filed protest against a
lowing time of Capitals. of Salem, claim
ing one of the couplings was not made
q the full, and tho III )ney was not paid Il
: Capitals. An appeal was taken to Il
Board of Directors. Asa matter OF ia
& the coupling was made 10 the full capac
,. ty of the hose, but tho bltts seemed to
or defective so that it was impossible to {
more. The directors, in the imparti
opinion of the DEMOCRAT man, will new
Z and should not, change the decision,