Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-29
One of the Largest and Best
Tournaments Now In Prog
ress In Sioux City
CITY DEPARTMENTS TO COMPETE
Much Interest in the Various Events
cIinton's Department Not In IL
Jealous Husband Shoots Two At.
Iantio Residents-Death of Col. Dick
Root in Maine.

Special to Times Republican.
Sioux City, July 29.-One of the big
gest and best tournaments ever held by
the Iowa State Firemen's association Is
now in progress here. The parade to-
day was one of the features, and the
paid companies, with their apparatus,
from Des Moines, Council Bluffs
and Davenport, are attracting much at
tention.
Chief Templeton of Council Bluffs
arrived in advance of his men, who
came at noon yesterday. They brought
along brand new hose wagon and a
handsome team of bays, Jack" and
Major"
Sioux City will probably stay out of
the big free or-all and allow the Wis
itors to fight it out among themselves.
Corbett and Sullivan are ruled out of
this event, but they may run against
the record made by the winning team.
Davenport is mighty quiet, and evil
IDENTIFY has hunch that 1t will win, all
tho her men will not admit that they
are seeing things. The Des Moines
firemen went out to the track. tried the
bunk hitch few times and they return
ed to town seemingly confident in the
prowess of the team.
Yesterday was given over to the re-
ception of the visiting firemen, and hose
house No 1, the headquarters, was
auive with visiting fire fighters all
morning. They are all jolly good fell
lows, neat and well built, and while
they are generally serious their faces
are all wreathed in smiles. except per-
haps when they looked up at the
threatening rain clouds.
The board of control. composed of
President George Neibert. of Musca-
tine, Vice Presidents E. f. Parsons. of
Marion, G. b. Embree, of West Liberty,
l.. j. M5ssner, of Iowa City, Treasurer
f. 1. Alderman, of Marion, Financial
secretary w. j. Francis. OF Sanborn and
Recording Secretary l.. j. Koran, of
Muscatine. met in the afternoon at
hose house No. /.
Four departments, Davenport, Des
Moines Council Bluffs and Sioux City,
are matched in the paid department
events. Sioux City will probably run
two teams. Des Moines will use hose
wagon No. 1, of the Sioux City de-
partment. Davenport will use its own
wagon, and Council Bluffs is expected
to do the same. The wagons must
weigh 1880 pounds at least, and must
carry $50 feet of hose and the nozzle,
or pipe, as the firemen prefer to call it.
Y,ta
not lie with the volunteer events as
much as the races deserve, but three
fourths of the visitors will be volun-
teers and their part of the program
will be nothing if not interesting. Some
of the teams, and, in fact, all, for only.
the best have come, will do wonderful
work. Members of the paid department
generally admit that the volunteers are.
the fastest in fixing the pipe and break
ing couplings, and the latter have to do
this after a long breath taking run.
The Clinton fire department. present
holders of the championship belt, will
not defend title to the trophy at Sioux
City this ysar, and thereby hangs tale
of aldermanic war that is interest
ing.
Democrats and republicans are pref
ty evenly divided on the city council of
Clinton, and the republicans held ma
jority of one until quite recently, when
republican packed up and went to
California. This gave the democrats an
even break. and with democratic
mayor, they could rule things. But
the four other republicans packed up
bottles of bait and fish lines and hur-
ried over the river in Illinois on a
camping expedition, and refused to at
tend the sessions of the august body.
Regularly the democrats have got to-
gether and assessed 81 fine against the
republicans and have waited for one of
them to step foot on Iowa soil, but all
to no avail This is the present condi-
ton, and the barrier that prevented the
Clinton department coming to the tour
nament The council did not get to-
gether, no money was voted, and the
department was not authorized to send
the championship team.
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