Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-29
IOWA FIREMEN TO MEET
Tweuty-sevsnth Annual Tournament Will
Begin Tomorrow,
GRAND PARADE WEDNESDAY MORNING
Fifteen Hundred Fire Fighters, with
Many Teams and wagons VIII he
in Line-Onicial Program
in Full.

held In council BUNS tuesday, WedneS-
day, Thursday and Friday of next week
is attracting much attention throughout
the state, and providing the weather is
good an immense attendance is looked for.
The tournament will be held at the Union
Driving park, which has undergone ex-
tensive improvements and the track put
into fire class condition. In addition to the
firemens contests there Will be automobile
races and Barney Oldfeld, on two days,
will give exhibition runs with his famous
Green Dragon"
The opening day of the meeting, Tues
day, will not witness any races and will
be devoted mainly to business matters and
a reception to the visiting flremen. The
board of control of the state association
will hold a session at the Grand hotel,
where the headquarters will be during the
tournament. Wednesday there will be the
grand parade, in which every company en-
tering in any of the contests must par
ticipate. The parade is expected to be the
largest in the history of the association
and upwards of 800 uniformed firemen, 1t
is anticipated, will be in line, not counting
the large number of teams and fire fight
ing wagons of varied description. The
tournament proper will commence Wednes-
day afternoon, when the first contests will
be pulled Off There will be races and con-
tests of different kinds Thursday morning
and afternoon and Friday morning and
afternoon.
Meeting Thursday Evening.
A meeting of the Iowa State Firemens
association will be held Thursday even
ing at the Grand hotel. The officers Of
the association are: President e. E. Par
sons, Marion: first vice president William
Burnett, Des Moines; second vice presi-
dent, c. B. Embree, West Liberty; third
vice president, George NJ Kellogg, Sioux
City; treasurer, E. I. Alderman, Marion;
financial secretary W. J. Francis, San
born; recording secretary, Herman Grem-
mel. Muscatine.
The towns having membership in the as
socation are: Marion, Bell Plaine, West
Branch, La Porte City, Ida Grove, Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Des Moines, Cherokee, Musca-
tine Humboldt, Nicola, Knoxville, Winter
set, Sac City, Valley Junction, Waverly,
Tama and Newton. Other towns are
pected to be admitted before the first day
of the tournament.
The local committee in charge of arrange
ments is composed follows: f. w. Hart,
chairman; E H. Walters, treasurer; Louis
Zurmuehlen, jr., secretary; Fire Chief c. NJ.
Nicholson, corresponding secretary; James
G. Bradley, Mayor Macrae, Alderman
Thomas Maoney, B. NJ Sargent and George
s. Wright.
The railroads have announced the follow
ing rates for the tournament:
Rate of one fare plus 80 cents, except
where open rate Of fare and one-third
makes less, from points in Iowa to Council
BLUFFS and return. Excursion tickets will
be sold from points in Iowa from which the
more more than @ s5S on @ June ne '7 and and % from rs
90, inclusive, good to return leaving Coun-
ell Bluffs until and including June II Tick
day Of sale and for continuous passage in
| each direction.
The Program.
This is the complete program Of the fire.
mems contests:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE T.
1000 a. m.-Grand parade: Largest depart
barred, purse SIS, First prize, 500; second
I prize. $25. The best appearing company
E purse B s First TiH Prize ssc second PFize :
| 100 p m.-Straight-away hose race, hub
hgS Ss @ Frs FTe @ ysTSs
200 p. m"Novelty hose race, purse sl5O:
Pze fourth sS pfs SIS '1S Teams to 'hf1 raa
| with cart 300 feet to hydrant, lay 200
drop back and take out second section, put
In fourth section, attach pipe to end of
$50 p. m.-state paid fire department race,
purse 500. First prize, 500; second prize,
| $l25; third prize. SIS. Hitch to be made in
15O feet of hose, break coupling and put on
| pipe ready to throw water. Apparatus
hose and p out to weigh net less H thaS
800 p. m-Running coupling contest: Two
piPeman, value $50.
33O p. m--Hitching contest, purse $50.
| First prize, $50; second prize. $50.
400 p m,-Flag race, purse $50: First prize,
| S4O second prize, $50. This race TO be run
from two lines fifty yards apart; one-half
| of each team to be placed on each line, fac
| ing each other. The first man on the right
of the starting line 70 have flag and at the
| word "Go!" to carry and deliver it to the
| first man on the right of the second line
until each man has carried 1t his fifty yards.
| Team to be composed of eighteen men.
4:S0 p. m-Tug- war. purse $40 and rope:
First prize, s25 and rope; second prize, Sis.
IN In this contest each team is to be com
| posed OF not more than twelve men from
any one hre company, and must wear
| medal, value SO: Run fifty feet. climb
thirty-foot ladder, ladder to lay on ground
40 degrees; time to be taken when climber
StE reaches t; the top rnng' climber to hold rung
| lowed four men TO raise ladder
THURSDAY, JUNE s.
loo p. m-Amateur hose race; purse. sl2O
PIrst PIIcH PTze pr SC second prize 50; third
men who never competed in any race in
the State association.
| purse,
$3.50; Run 25O yards Race to be run hub
and hub.
| ESQ p. m.-First state race purse, $24O
including belt, 800: First prize cash, $50
ana and belt SloO; second prize, $780, third prize,
800 p. m.-Paid fire department free-for-
all, open to the world; purse. 500: First
Prize $500; second prize, $500; third prize.
$3.50 p m.-Hub and hub race. between
! two teams making slowest time in amateur
hose race purse, $50: First prize, S35 sec
| ond prize, $l5
400 p. m.-Fire company drill corps;
purse, $3.50: First prize, class l. 800: sec
ond prize, class 2, $50. Each company to
have twenty minutes TO drill.
| 500 p. m.-Leaders' foot race; medals,
value. SIS; First prize, gold medal, SIS;
| second prize, silver medal. $40 Two hun
dred and fifty yard foot race Every team
I must enter one man in this race,
T;30 p. m.-MeetinE of Iowa State Fire.
mems association at headauarters
FRIDAY. JUNE 9.
90 p. m.-Hose race, 40 class purse, $40:
First prize, $50; second prize, $40; third
900 p. m.-Second state hose race; purse,
S24o. including belt: First prize silver belt,