, 1888-08-18
GLORY and MUD.
What Cheyenne Firemen Mel With
at Fort Collins.
Organization of the New Associa-
acknowledgements Here.
Judge K%uykendall President. and L.
G. Jerks Secretary.

car Brant, VIM. Atkinson, Joseph Gran
ger, Jr., R. Ford, A. Cooper. al. Hen
derson and John Bergerman, returned
from Fort Collins, and with them Judge
Kuykendall and other Cheyenne fremen
not members Of the team. +. A. Roedel,
captain of the union team, was obliged to
return to the city on Wednesday as has
already been noted.
The boys were in excellent spirits on
their return last evening and spoke IN
commendable terms of the way they had
been treated by the Fort Collins firemen
and people of that place generally. The
tournament proved to be a great success
in all respects but one. and that was the
weather. 1t rained more or less every
day while the tournament was in pro-
gress, and the firemen were compelled to
contend with mud everywhere, and for
this the race course. which was one of the
principle streets of Collins, could not be
kept in very good condition. The at
tendance was quite large, and a consider
able amount of interest was manifested,
not only by the firemen themselves but by
all others in attendance.
The straightaway race, which was run
yesterday, resulted. Loveland first, Col
Inns second, Greeley third, Cheyenne
fourth, other teams coming in from a sec
ond and a half to three seconds behind
Cheyenne. Our boys had not expe cted
to win this race, and only ran in order
that it might be said all had participated
in the race, for the Fort Collins people
desired to have the tournament prove a
great success in every particular, and our
firemen did not desire to stand in the way
Of a complete realization of their wishes.
In the foot race, which was participated
in by a number of iremen from the vari-
Gus Colorado and Wyoming teams, a
Loveland man secured the first place, but
Oscar Brant of Cheyenne. one of the
members of the union team, took the
second prize, but there seemed to be some
doubt regarding the time made and it
seems not to have been kept very accura-
tely.
The great object for which this tourna
ment was held lay entirely in another
direction, however. and the races one and
all we're really but matters of secondary
importance. The LEADER has hereto
fore explained that a movement has been
on foot for sometime among the North
Colorado firemen to organize an inter
territorial or Interstate association and
for that purpose they sought an alliance
with Southern Wyoming iremen. The
result of this movement was that the vari,
Gus fire departments which participated
in the last tournament were invited to
send delegates to a firemens' tournament
to be held at Fort Collins during the pro.
gross of the tournament. These delegates
were sent and a list of those representing
our department have already been given.
The firemen's convention was composed
of two delegates from each department
proposing to join the association and their
names were as follows:
w. NJ. Boomer and Harry Cooper,
Greeley. L. i. Mckee and Otto Gramm,
Laramie City. w. j.. johnson and G.
Pease, Boulder. d. Barthoff and w.
Edmunds, Loveland. Il. Love and +. D.
Abbott, Fort Collins. w. L. Kuyken-
dali and John Nolan, Cheyenne.
The convention organized by the cleo
ton of f. l.. Mckee, business manager Of
the Boomerang of Laramie, as chairman,
and f. d. Abbott of Fort Collins as secre-
tary.
The nam of the new organization is to
be The Northern Colorado and Southern
Wyoming Volunteer Firemens' Associa-
ton, and it was decided to hold the next
tournament the second Tuesday in July,
1889.
Ga the question of selecting the place
the informal ballot stood Cheyenne s,
Laramie ., Loveland |, Evans l, and on
the formal ballot Cheyenne was the un-
animous choice. 1t was decided that
each company of the several departments
should hereafter have one delegate-in all
conventions. and bylaws for the govern
ment of the association were adopted. A
vote Of thanks was unanimously rendered
the firemen and people of Fort Collins for
their kind and courteous treatment Of the
visiting firemen.
There were six fire departments in all
represented in the convention, namely,
Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Boulder, Chey-
enne and Laramie. and a permanent or
ganization of the Northern Colorado and
Southern Wyoming Firemen's Association
was effected yesterday, although the pre-.
liminary work wa principally all done on
Wednesday and Thursday. Officers of
this new association we're elected as fol
lows:
W. L. Kuykendall of Cheyenne, presi.
dent; w. II. West OF Greeley, vice presi-
dent; L. G. jerks of Cheyenne, secre'
tary; T. p. Slower of Fort Collins, treas
urer.
Tho executive committee. of which