The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-02-24
EXEMPT FIREMEN.
Members of the Neihart De-
partment Who Have Served
Five Years of Continuous
Active Membership.
CERTIFICATES TO BE ISSUED.
A Token of Merit Awarded TO Good
and Upright Citizenship.

and Upright Citizenship.
The Neihart Fire department was
organized February 4th, 1893, and
consequently has just rounded off
its seventh and entered its eighth
year. There was an organized fire
company here as early as 1891,
known as a bucket brigade, but the
present institution, an unpaid de-
partment, was Incorporated under the
laws of Montana, and equipped with
modern apparatus rs soon as water
vas turned into the mains of the
Neihart Water company.
1t has always been a lively insti-
tuition. Two companies have main
tanned their rivalry, each year vieing
with each other in a race for the
trophy, until today Co. 2 is the I'M
disputed possessor of the champion
ship belt and last year Co. l had not
even the courage to race for it.
At present the officers of the de-
partment are: VIM. Cragg, pres;
Dave Ledbetter, vice pres; Adolph
Heidenreich, Sec; Dan Redden,
treas; John Rabichaud, chief; f.
nance committee; P. Fake, w. A.
Spence, Chas. Swanson. Company
roster: No. LIB. O. Kempfer,
for; Alex Oriet, asst. for; John
Cody, sec. No. 2,-Joe Sylvester,
for; Fred D~anielson, asst. for; Pet
er Fake, sec.
This department worthily boasts
that after even years of existence
in a wooden town it has never lost a
building.
Under the provisions of section
1898, Political code of Montana any
member of an unpaid fire depart
ment OF company is entitled to ex-
emption from jury duty, and from
military duty except in case of war,
invasion or instruction. A further
provision of this section is that ev-
cry fireman who has served a term
of five years as an active member OF
an organized fire company is called
an exempt Fireman." and is so en-.
titled to a certificate to that effect
signed by the chief and secretary
which certificate entities him to al
future exemption from poll tax, jury
duty, etc, just as the fireman en-
joys while maintaining active mem.
bership.
A canvass of the membership lis.
of the Neihart department shows ter
members entitled to this exemption
as follows:
E. A. SHAW.
JOSEPH SYLVESTER.
) (. X. ABBOTT.
t DAVID SWEENEY.
ROBERT PARRY.
BERT MARQUIS.
w. S. JENNINGS.
WIN. p. TRIP.
CHAS. CRAWFORD.
GEO. P. MILLS.
All but the last named in this lis
are charter members, and have con
sequently served seven years. The,
have never been in bad standing
All but the last two are still mem
bers of record, they two havin,
dropped out last year. Jenning
and Trip are lately non resident
and will thus lose membership, blu
their period of active service accord
7 ing to the records covers more tina
five years. This list will shortly b
augmented by the addition of til
name of b. O. Kempfer who be
comes exempt May ID, 1900, an
a VIM. Schuman, ir., who rounds O
the quinquennial period on the 1St
t of next September. Reddel
4 Adams, and Lindquist, by faithful.
, ness will thus muster out June II
1901.
The department has just purcha'
ed a handsomely engraved "Certif
;. cate of Exemption" which names tn
holder, cites his continuous member
: ship and asserts his exemption az
cording to Sec. 1898, as mentione
above. This is to be signed b
the chief and secretary on the orde
of the department, and will be issue
{ at the next meeting.
Notice of Assessment.
s Office of The Ingersoll Mining G
Neihart, Montana, January %, 1901
Notice is hereby given that at
meeting of the directors held on til