The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-01-25
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: lteh~ " ~ /. ~ ev anos lestr'
ne IS i, On ial rs purpose o.
electins Ulcers Tor the ensuing year, and
listening TO the report otstl,e chief. There
was large attendance present and
everything moved as smoothly ssrould
lie desired rhe following officers were
elected, all al ormer iucnmbents
excepting R9tAal KeIls, who US electe,
treasurer ia pace Of his brother, Lues,s
: Kells.
Chirt--L Z. Coe
First Asst IT I. Murphy
Second ASST. ]. Killeen
Secretary-George L West
Treasurer-R ebert Kells.
1t was proposed that man be selected
from each company to act as special
policeman, co serve at fires fer the pr"
lection of property and restraining the
unruly, without pay. Mayor Townsend
4 vas present and approved OF the l lea
promising to dppr,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 Coo then
delivered hSannual address, which was
punctuated with frequent applause. The
following is the report:
| Gentlemen of the Sank Centre fire de-
parrment
] 1t hardly seems possible that we have
| been organized as n department for MIN
| wears; but this is fact In November
1884 we pert, cted our constitution and
| bylaws and took upon ourselves TIL
duty which belongs to NJ other hut me
who are brave and lear ess-men VIII
are willing to risk their lives to save life
and p, operty OF others. These nine years
of our duty have been attended with
many hardsh1ps and reverses, but none
so hard but what we are Willing to con-
tinue the good work, although we re
ceive sneers andja from some and good
words from others. You all kaow who |
your friends are, and you have the pun
1shment of YOUR enemies in 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 thei, |
mouths shut, or stay away from fires |
In our nine 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 a mem |
her hurt or injured during his duty but |
once. And the chair that was never
vacant before at our animal meeting |
makes It fresh in our minds OF the dlsas- |
tr0us 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 thu name OF l.. Mullen tor
yer, aud remember those that were |
most near and dear to him. Let this he |
Il strik1..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 a moderate |
pace when you are going to 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 1t
returns to you. | trust, gentlemen, that |
d
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 I know of yo1r
determined effort to maintain good
attendance at your monthly meetings.
which is the only way a 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 harmdny must
partment and the band.
Aetna Hose No. 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 of the charter members are left to
do service.
Aetna Hook and Ladder No. has six
teen members, all in fair standing with
but FIVE 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 |
vith an average attemdance4of thirty |
Our. Our FIRE record for 1898 was eight |
uiiSi '1P''- AoN'' lin '''' 'N''
house, loss $500; June 18th, at 4;3OA. NJ
Zapp's bakery. loss paid $157; August
14th. P. NJ. Kelsey'ts house, loss paid
SIS; November 7th, the old Apteld barn. !
no loss; November 9th. 2 A. M, the Hall |
barn. loss $500; November 23d, the
Irwin house, loss $1,000; December oath
A. M, A. II. Pettit's house. loss $4,000;
the Baptist church the SANG day, loss
$1lO-totaI So, 237. The fetal number |
of fires we have had since we hav: been
or .aRlzed IS thirty-one. -. .s
The property involved in the thirty
one fires was $s1, no; and the msur-
ance paid on these losses $42, 54S. 1t is
very easy to be seen that we have saved
something from these fires. do not
make this statement SO much for your
benefit as for our less informed citIzens
who think that volunteer fire depart
ment has very little to do except to draw
its pay.
Our IN, r1rovenaentS for the 1ast wear