The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-08-10

THE RACES WERE SWIFT.
The Next TouroAmen, to Be Held al NssNunes
News Notes.

News Notes.
The seventh annual tournament of
The Upper Peninsula Firemen's Asso-
citation is now a matter ofhistory and
/ IL we 60 say SO. Crystal Falls must be
credited with managing the affair
better than the people about the
peninsula thought we could possibly
DO. There was an idea throughout
the whole oi the upper peninsula that
/ Crystal Falls could not take care Of
the crowd that would ne in attendance
aud that fear Kept hundreds Of people
away As il developed, wc were fully
prepared 70 take care Of a thousand
people more than attended the tour
nameut Hundreds Of cots provided
hy the association were unused
throughout the meeting
The teams began 20 arrive Monday
might the BeSSemer team being the
first to put III an appearance There
were about thirty men in the depart
mcnt aud they were quartered at the
Collins House Fhe copper country
and tie 500 boys sent word that they
would he in at $50 and when the st.
Paul train pulled IN from Charming
with five extra coaches, four hundred
people were dumped into the city.
They were from Calumet, Houghton,
Lake Linden, Baraga and the 500.
The latter town turned ont better In
proportion to distance than any in
The outside countless Nearly 100
people accompanied ay the band came
thfengl n special coach With presl
dent tau Wyck To Mr yanWyck
mus he given great deal Of credit
,or Ills Dirk III cudeaNoring TO make
our ourHImcut success and Crystal
Falls feels eroltly indebted 60 the
gentleman fdr the fayurs We received
at Ills ands. Tie remaining teams
came ID tile following morning, the
Northwestern bringing in the Nor
way boss and about 400 visitors and
the st Paul bringing in at 1880 the
Marquette, Negamee, lshpeming and
Mithigamme teams.
The parade was started AZ l.30
sharp lead by the 500 band with the
500 department following Then fol-
lowed in the order named:
Carriage with city officials.
Carriage with Firemen's AsSocia-
tion officers.
Carriages with ex-Onicers
Carriages With Tournament Associ
.atiou officers.
Lake Linden Band
Lake Linden Fire Department
lShpcming Band.
lshpeming Fire Department..
Marquette Fire Department.
Munising Fire Department
Michigamme Fire Department.
Bessemer Fire Department
Republic Fire Department
Iloughton Band
lIoughton Fire Department.
Hurontown Fire Department.
Calumet Fire Department
Norway File Department.
Crystal Falls Band.
Baraga Fire Department.
Crystal Falls Fire Department.
Amasa Fire Department.
The line of march was as follows:
Forming at he city fire department
headquarters Geo. +. Voos, the mar
shal Of the day, lead the procession
west on Superior avenue To 5th street,
north on 5th street TO Crystal avenue,
west on Crystal avenue To Maple |
street, north on Maple to Erie
avenue, east on Erie TO 7th
street. south on 7th street TO
Crystal avenue, east on Crystal to 9Th
street, south ON 5th TO Forest avenue,
east on Forest To 4th street, north on
4th street TO Marquette avenue, east
on Marquette avenue TO 3rd street,
north on 3rd street TO Superior avenue,
east on Superior avenue to Depot
street, south ON Depot street TO Mar
quette avenue: north on Marquette TO
LIST street, north on lst street 20 Sup
erior avenue and west on Superior
avenue TO the fire hall, where ranks
were broken.
Following the parade Mayor, Wehse
in few well chosen words delivered a
huge iron key TO President VanWyck
who made happy response, thanking
the mayor and the people OF Crystal
Falls generally for their kindness
This concluded the exercises for the
day.
The balance Of the afternoon and
evening was devoted to having a good
time by the individual members of
the different teams and, from the
antics that were cut up we should
judge that all succeeded In carrying
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