The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
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: nehs 81 ~ q ey lring list
) ltle an an fhy purpose O.
eiectin. Ulcers for the ensuing year, and
lsteuilgzto the report ofthe chef There
was large attendance present and
everything moved as s,noathly tsrpilIa
he ,lesire,l. rhe following officers were
elected. all ofmer incnmheuts
excepting Rolsett Kells, who " 5 elected
treasurernl ptaes Of his brother, Luc.,>
Kels
Ch5ci--I Il. Coe
! First ASST 1T T. Murphy
Second ASST. Killren
Secretary George l. West
rreasurer--Rahert Kells.
1t was proposed that a man be selected
from each company to act as special
policeman, co serve at fires for the pro
lection of property and restraining tn,
unruly, without pay. Mayor Townsend
vas present and approved of the tea
promising to app'int whomsoever the
companies should select,
The secretary read the financial state
ment, the figures of which are given IN
the report OF the chief Chief Coc then
delivered hiSaunual address, which was
, puuctuated with frequent applause The
\ following is the report:
| Gentlemen of the Sank Centre fire de
parrment:
1t hardly seems possible that we have
I been organized as a department for MIN
wears; but this is fact In Novemh"r
1884 we perfected our constitution and
hvlaws and took upon ourselves tn.
| duty which belongs To nn other hut me
| who are brave and fear ess-men wht
| are willing to risk their lives to save life
and pr operty OF others. These nine years
of our duty have been attended with
many hardships and reVerses, but none
so hard but what we are Willing to con-
tinue the good work, although we re
ceive sneers and Jars from some and good |
words from others. You all know who |
your friends are, aud you have the pun
1shment of your enemies i'll your own
hands and trust in the future you will
use it in a manner that will make them
think 1t is better for them to keep their
mouths shut, or stay away from fires. |
In our ming years of service we have had
many pleasant meetings of SOCIAL
character that can never De forgotten,
We have been blest with more than an
average good luck, never having q mem
Der hurt or injured during his duty but
once And the chair that was never
vacant before at our animal meeting
makes 1T fresh in our minds OF the dlsas-
trous accident which made us bow our
heads in the dust and weepfor one whom
We all loved and respected. We trust
that our loss was his eternal gain. Let
us cherish the name OF J. L, Mullen for
yer, aud remember those that were
most near and dear to him. Let this he
striN..g lesson to us that one o! the
first steps OF our dut is to load our
selves with cautions and bear that in
mind that reckless running is dangerou:
and trust in your good judgement that
YOU will abandon it. Take moderate
pace when you are going to a fire and
YOU will be in far better condition to do
your duty than you would be ifyou run
the last breath out Of your body. and
then be compelled to sit down until it
returns to you. / trust, gentlemen. that
you will bear thisi in mind. for f;reman's
life is worth more than a dozen and
halt burned buildings. 1t is gratifying
to me to see the character of the reports
Of the several secretaries OF your last
years meetings, and / know OF yoar
determined effort to maintain a good
attendance at your monthly meetings. |
which is the only wav volunteer de-
partment can be held together.
IF the band insist upon blowing their
horns to you upon your meeting nights,
open the switch and sidetrack them and
turn the hose upon them; and If this will
not do. switch the general manager into
the lock up, for peace and harmony must
and shall prevail between the fire de-
partment and the band. -
Aetna Hose No. 1 has fifteen members
all IN good standing. Eight of these are
charter members In 1890 there were
twelve charter members.
The Clipper Hose No, 2 has fifteen
members all in good standing, and but
four Uf the charter members are left to
do service.
Aetna Hook and Ladder No. has six
teen members, all in fair standing with
but Aye charter members that answer to
their names-it they happen to be at the
meetings, and would suggest to them
to pass a resolution, the same as was
passed at the commencement of 1898.
making the fine for Icing absent FIVE
dollars instead of twenty FIVE cents.
The Hooks are all good boys, but little
slow, / belong to that company N.Y.
self. Our joint meetings have been Aye
With an average attendanceaof thirty |
our. Our irerecord for 1893 was eight
runs, Apr. 18tn. + p M. the old West
house.l loss $500; June 18th. at 4;30A.M
Zapp's bakery, loss paid $157; August
18th, p. n. Keisey'!s hoqse, loss paid
SIS; November 7th, the old Apfeld barn.
no loss; November 9th. 2 A. M. the Hall
barn. loss $500; November 23d, the
Irwin house, loss $1,000; December oath,
8 A.. NJ, A. IL. Pettit's house, loss $4,000;
the Baptist church the SANG day, loss
$1lO-total So, E37. The fetal number
of fires we have had since we have been
or .apzed is thirty-one.
The property involved in the thirty
one fires was $s1 ITO; apd the nsur-
ance paid on these losses $40 ,545. It is
very easy to be seen that we have sayed
something from these fires. 1 do not
make this statement SO much for your
benefit as for orr less informed citizens
who think that volunteer FIRE depart
rnent has very littleto do except to draw
its pay.
Our improvements for fhc last year