The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-25
che Committees
Who Will T lave Charge Of the
Coming Firemen's Tour
e
nament in August.
OTHER TOURNAMENT NOTES.

OTHER TOURNAMENT NOTES.
At a recent meeting of the execu-
tive committee in charge of the
coming Tournament the following
programme was mapped out,
prizes apportioned and committees
named for the Tournament to be
held in this city on Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday, August IL, 13
and IA:
Dress Parade-Prize SO.
Regulation Hose Race-First $25;
second SIS; third S.. -
Regulation Hook & Ladder-First
$40; second $40; third S..
Couplers Race-First $15; second
$40; third S..
Hose Race No. 2-Prize $15.
Consolation Hub and Hub Prize
$15.
Novelty Hose Race-First $50; Sec
ond 500; third $40.
Flag Race-First $40; second SIS;
third $40.
Novelty Hook and Ladder--First
$40; second $40; third $5.
Firemen's Foot Race-First SIS;
second $40; third S..
Regulation Hub and Hub-Prize
SIS.
Ladder Climbers Contest-First
SIS; second $40; third S..
Chiefs Race-First $15; second So,
third 81; fourth S..
Rescue Hook and Ladder-First
$40; second $50; third SIS.
Free-for-All Foot Race, 100 yard
dash-First $40; second $40; third S..
The Executive Committee, com
prising Chief Edw. Johnson, chair
man, A. +. Bickford, secretary, AN.
Thompson, Richard Baker and H.
J. Sigel, appointed the chairman
and secretary as committee to act
on all advertising, and elected A. E
Bickford as treasurer of the Associ-
alton fund.
The following subsidiary commit.
tees were appointed:
Reception-W. III. Eaton, chair:
man; W. F. Donnel1y, PRESIDENT
Thos. St. Cyr, vice-president; Aug.
ust Walberg, John Hovland. Louis
Cohen, H. J. George, Gust Johnson
n. A. Holmer, NJ. c. Palmer, w. b
Pratt, NJ. E. Tanning, Jacob Stein
E. J. O'Rourke, NJ. L. Fay, E. D. Par.
melee, T. J. Jones, A. B. Coates, B.
+. Smith, W. E. Hannaford, David
E. Cuppernull, W. J. Moore, John
Costin, Jr, r. E. Bailie, W.R. Byrne
Joel Tornquist, Elmer Matheison
Daniel Coffey.
Accommodation - Peter Byrne
chairman; Henry King, Axel Carl
son, c. w. Lundstrom, Nels John
son, Daniel Coffey.
| Decoration-E. II. Chittenden
chairman; B. Levin, J. o. Shadbolt
H. J. George.
Everything points to the Virginia
Tournament being the most enthu
siastic and largely attended of any
since the organization of the asso
! citation.
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The committee have decided to
run their races on Chestnut street
at appropriate points between the
D. N. & N. depot and Central ave.
nue..
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The kelley-How Thomson Co., o1
Duluth, have signified their inten,
ton of donating to the local com.
| mittee silver trumpet, properly in
scribed, which will be awarded tc
the winning team in the flag race
Chairman johnson states that do
nations to date aggregate about
30-and more coming.
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The committee has decided upon
provisional appropriation of $2oC
for the n. w. A. Band. conditioned
upon the organization comprising
as many members as were carried
at the time of the Hibbing tourna.
ment year ago-twenty-one.
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The w. S. Mott Company, of Min.
neapolis, has signified its intention
of presenting to the Tournament
Committee one of their large ma.
tional flags. This flag will be pre-.
sented to the company making the
most points in the Tournament
events. Points count as follows:
First, 4 points; second, 2 points:
third, point.
The program of the meet will
open on Tuesday afternoon. the pa.
rade being followed by an Address