Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-06-21
Fifth Annual Tournament
OF THE
Maple Valley Firemen's Association
An Immense Success.
Local Team Brings Home a
Fair Share of the Prizes,
But the Work of the
Team Showed a
Lack of Prepar-
atory Work.

Viewing the affair from any and
all phases the fifth annual tourna-
ment of the Maple Valley Fire
mems association, which occurred
in Ida Grove yesterday, was an
unqualified success. When the
executive committee at it's last
meeting decided that Ida Grove
should have the honor of enter
tanning the firemen this year the
progressive and energetic citizens
of that thrifty town commenced
making preparations for the affair,
and the manner in which the af-
fair was conducted yesterday
shows conclusively they have a
thorough understanding of all the
rudiments of successful fire.
mems tournament.
In the parade which occurred
in the morning we're teams from
almost every town of any import
ance in the Maple Valley and
country contiguous. The Logan
band of about twenty-five mem
bers was allotted the position of
honor at the head of the process
sion, and following directly be-
hind the band came the Logan
fremen. About twenty of the
uniformed members of the Logan
department, under the direction
of Charles Alexander, executed
numerous difficult drills with a
military precision and exactnees
that elected the applause of the
thousands of spectators. So ia
vorable an impression did the
Loganites make, the executive
committee awarded them the first
money for the best appearing
company. Following the Logan
department came the Missouri
Valley d legation under the lead
ership Of Chief Neufnd. Owing
to the late arrival of the train the
running team did not participate
In the parade. In all there we're
eleven different fire departments
represented.
During the early portion of the
day the sports busted themselves
picking the winners of the day,
and soon Missouri Valley and
Onawa were picked as the sure
winners, with Onawa enjoying a
small percentage of the favors.
About the only two diversionments
the people of Onawa have are foot
racing and politics, and foot racing
comes in for the lions share and
from the performance of the On
ava team yesterday there is an
excellent breed of speedy foot
manipulators in the vicinity of
that town.
The first event on the program
of the afternoon races was the
straightaway hose race, team to
run 200 yards, carrying the regu-
lation amount of hose. Missouri
Valley ran first and covered the
distance in "a, flat. This caused
the Onawa rooters to jubilate even
to excess, as they considered the
victory q cinch. N[apleton and
several other teams made the run,
but could not beat the 30 mark.
Onawa ran last, and when they
started the rooters from the town
up the road considered it all over
but the shouting. But regardless
of the fact they did not carry one
ounce of hose, they could not
beat the record established
by the local team. The judges,
through an oversight or for some
other motive, did not notice the
absence of the requisite amount
of hose on the Onawa cart and had
decided the race tie, but after
the vehement protests of Chief
Neu6nd and Secretary Burk. of
the Valley team, they reversed the
former decision and awarded
Missouri Valley first money, dis
qualifying Onawa.
The next race in which Missouri
Valley participated was the ASSOC
citation race for the belt, each
team to run 100 yards to hydrant,
lay 300 feet of hose, break
coupling and attach nozzle.
AS in the preceding events,
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