The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-16
BURIED The RATCHET
They Wanted to Send a Combination
Team &c the Anaconda Tourna-
ment But the Rules Won't
Permit Them to do so.
BY the standards special Wire.

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BUTTE, July l5.-The city fire depart
ment and the fire brigade buried the
Ratchet tonight at the city hall. The &C.
casion was a joint meeting of the two fire
organizations.
About & o'clock the hell of the city hall
sounded the alarm, but b companies
were not very swift in assembling, and
il was & 40 before the meeting was called
To order by s. w. Graves, the secretary OF
the city department.
Edward s Booth was chosen chairman
of the meeting. The chief business was
to make arrangements for the firemen's
state rnam to he held at Anaconda
on August Z.
Just before the meeting the Juvenile
Chemical boys had been in session md
appointed a delegate to represent them
i'm the meeting. He now arose and in
CURED il they were to be included in
the arrangements. They desired to- run
against the Juveniles of Anaconda, but
wanted some provision made for their ex-
enses.
A. ID. Cameron was called upon by the
chair To state what had been done already
towards arranging for the tournament.
lie did not know that anything had been
done The boys were willing to form a
hose team and practice for the run but
they did not propose to go and pay their
own way. Mr.. Cameron thought $50
would probably cover the expenses of the
trip. IL was intended to take III men and
provide them with suitable uniforms. He
favored taking the Juveniles along and
thought IL would not cost over $40.
Mr.. kessler was called upon To state the
plans of the fire brigade for the tourna-
ment He said that the fire brigade men
had intended To form a team of them
selves and to run alone but he thought
| fhRv NOW 0ppnrnllv falf fnyprnhlk dis
posed toward the scheme of forming a
joint team and running that instead of
two.
The chairman called attention to the
question Of the constitutionality sug-
gested by 4. B. Themes. Ii was doubtful
whether they had the right To form such "A
joint team. As the best way of disposing
of the matter the chairman suggested the
appointment of "A joint committee which
should determine this question.
Quite a large number spoke in favor of
the combining motion and il looked as IL
that were the thing to be done. when
the chair somewhat dampened the enthu-
siasm by reading from the rules govern
ing the tournament. The portion read
was section l, rule vii. This rule orbids
ny team running in the that
I has not been organized 30 days be-
fore. The team must also nave
no assistance from any other team.
Sworn aflidavits must be presented that
such parties rs enter were member of
the team during the 80 days proceeding
the tournament. The chair thought that
this wouId certainly comnel the CITY fire
department 10 RIM alone
Secretary Graves Thought that the heads
of the two fire departments might make
the required afiidavits but the chair held
that this would he impossible since the
fire department and the ire brigade were
separate members of the state organiza-
ton.
Mr.. Graves moved that a committee of
five, of which the chairman should be one,
be appointed first to determine whether
the Joint team could be formed without
violating the rules aud second, i'm case
this scheme had To he abandoned, 60 or
panize a running team or teams. The
members of the ioint committee who were
from the city fire department should con-
stitute a committee 10 organize the team
from No. 4,