The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
A FORCE Of SIXTY MEN
Reorganization of the Volunteer
Fire Department..
DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS
Boston Heights Will Be Connected With
the City Systematic New Arrange
ment Gives Great Falls Ex-
cellent Protection.

Great Falls, Dec. 1.-THE action of
the city council in recognizing the vol
unteer fire department now Civ ta
the city a force of so volu1ts e.s he,
ing IL for each one of the districts into
which the city has been divided. AS
soon as money for the purp use is avsi'-
able a fire alarm box will be placed in
Boston Heights to connect with the
city system, and box and hose Louise
In the vicinity of Sev,lth avenue
north and Thirteenth street. Under
the system as laid down the city should
have as good protection against firc. IL
not better, than any city in the state.
Each member of the new fire con.pa lies
except volunteer fire company No. /,
within whose district FRI shall oc-
eur shall at once, and with all pos
sible dispatch, repair to the scene Of
the fire and report themselves Tor lrty
to the chief of the regular laid fire
department, or other officer who may
be in command. In the event II Il sec
ond alarm it shall then become the
duty OF all members - he volunteer
department to at once repair to The
fire and report themselves for service.
Every volunteer fireman If he dis
trct in which fire occurs, except els
trict No. l. who shall arrive at the
scene of the fire before tile rcGular
fire department, and every yolun' Ger
fireman who shall have been pvt to
work at fire in any iissr!ct oy the
chief of the regular fire depf ment,
or other officer in command, and nho
shall have conscientously perftilned
the work he shall have ceen 50 di"ect-
ed to do, shall be entitled TO the snm
Of SO for each such service So rem
dered.
Under the new system OF tie valun-
teer fire department the six districts
into which the city Is divided are as
follows:
District No. embraces ali that rart
of the, city lying south ana east of tie
Missouri river and within t. f. Lew
Ing described boundaries: beginning
at the north end of Sew 18th slreet
north, thence south m Seventh str, ct
to Fifth avenue north, thence east on
Fifth avenue north to Ninth street,
thence south on Ninth street TO The
south line of block No. 10, tl..,e vest
to the Missouri river.
Firemen-H. e. Benmer, r. : F u
gerald, NJ NJ. Lease, Frei Ncwbcld,
Fred Arthur, William Martin, 1am es
Gannt, Jack Carr, James Barnard and
Ed Wagner
District No. 2 embraces that part of
the city lying within the following de-
scribed boundaries: Beginning at the
north end of Seventh street iii,
thence south on Seventh street TO Fifth
avenue north, thence east on Fifth q, e.
nue. north to Ninth street, thence south
on Ninth street to First avanue r0rth,
thence east on First venue north to
Fourteenth street, thence Forth en-
Fourteenth street to the Mi," 'uri river,
thence west TO the place Of ieginI ing.
Firemen-W. T. Kennedy, l.. c.
Marsh. Andrew Rivers, J nm ol> can,
Dave Duncan, F. Fl. II. ~. Z. j.
Schultz, Frank Ferrow, Charles Guod
and Jacob spangler.
District No. embraces that part of
the city lying east Of -Four zen, h street
north of First avenue n nth, and west
of Twenty-ninth street.
Flremen-Frank Evans, Oscar Fri
dell John Hooda. Peter r, ose, Tneo.
Throuson. o. Huseby, Mick <ircftn,
John JOY, Gus Ander ;,n and Dan Zee !.
District No. embraces all that Fart
OF the city known as the Roston and
Great Falls and the f3lack Eagle Falls
additions to the city of G-nat Falls.
Firemen-John Brown. c. T. Jnel,
H. H. Black. John Jachsoa. A. Neil
son, Andrew Matson, 2obe"t Anderst n,
r. M. Mckenzie, Chattes Wilson and
Joshua Brown.
District No. embraces all that part
OF the city lying south IF First avenue
north and east of Ninth -t:aet, EXCEPT
the Black Eagle Falls EDITION
Firemen-George Andecs IN, George
Ryan. J. Mitchell. ALI Calvert. Jay
Moore, Bert Luther, r. 2 aichter, Tom
Mullegan, r. Skinner and A. Garfield.
District No. embraces all that part
Of the city lying west of the Missouri
river.
Firemen=-Fred w. Wright. William
Locker, Frank Bigman, John Goldie,
William Gilchrist, Albert James, Tom
Staples. George Bradford, Peter Holm
and John Yorrick.
1t Caused Trouble.
Great Falls, Dec 1.-THE excessive