Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-09-12
CONVENTIONS
FINAL SESSION
Large Number of Business Men and
City Officials Listen to the Read.
ing Of Papers.
ALL VERY MUCH INTERESTED
Delegates OF for Home-Escorted to
Depot BY Local Department
and Brass Band,

The windup of the Firemen's con.
vention occurred Friday night, when
the coming closing session was held
at the council chamber. All the del.
egates were present, and the mayor
and members of the city council,
county officials and business men gen.
orally accepted the invitation extended
through the Argus to attend this meet
ing.
All the papers read at the conven-
ton have been of the highest inter.
est, but the four reserved for the
closing session were on topics that
were of especial interest to business
men and the city officials, and those
who attended the meeting gained much
valuable information. In addition to
this, the occasion gave the public an
opportunity to see the convention at
work, and the few who supposed that
this gathering was mere junket
found that they were wholly mistak-
en-. The subjects discussed were as
follows:
Kalispell- Municipal Cooperation
With Fire Companies"
Butte-"Fire Alarm Systems in
Large and Small Towns
Observation-Disclosures to Firemen
From Electric Wires and From Elec.
tricity Through Water and Nozzles."
Phillipsburg-"What conditions war
rant volunteer company in asking
for the assistance of paid men,"
Later on, all the papers will be pub
lished in pamphlet form, and will fur
nish matter for study in the various
departments of the state for a long
time.
According to the delegates from the
outside, the convention just closed,
has been one of the most profitable
ever held in the state, despite the fact
that the attendance was not SO large
as at many previous gatherings. The
delegates gave the convention work
the very strictest attention, there be-
ing full attendance at each session.
All of them take away pleasant recol.
lectiOns of the Lewistown meeting,
of the open handed hospitality OF the
Lewistown people.
The New Officers.
The selection of Hamilton as the
place for the next meeting gives gen.
eral satisfaction, and it is expected
that the convention next year will be
a record breaker in many respects.
Hamilton is easily accessible, and
has every facility for entertaining a
large crowd. The foremen are look.
ing forward to the meeting with great
interest.
The complete roster of the newly
elected officers is as follows:
President, Chief w. E. McMurray.
Hamilton; Secretary, Albert Hork,
Hamilton; Treasurer, George Lamp.
Butte; Directors, Chiefs May, Mis-.
soula, Sanger, Butte, and Clark, Big
Timber.
The list of vice presidents, repre-
sented all the departments in the
state, and is as follows:
Assistant Chief Jerry Shinnick,
Butte; Chief Robert Mentrum, Ana
conda; Chief AL May, Missoula: G.
J. Davis, Billings; Charles Lundwahl,
Bozeman; Bill Nye, Livingston; Chief
J. Frank O'Connell, Helena; w. P.
O'Brien, Hamilton; Assistant Chief
Alex Van Iderstine, Lewistown:
Chief Mel Murray, Walkeryille: VIM.
Mcdonald, Kalispell; A. A. Fairbairn,
Philipsburg; Chief George Lapp, A.
M. Co., Butte; Chief James G. Wal
ker, Virginia City; Thomas ]. Ross,
Red Lodge; Nels Lindquist, Williams.
burg: Chief ]. P. Clark, Big Timber;
Chief Thomas West, Havre; Chief
Joseph Stephens, Washoe Smelter;
Chief ]. E. DeCarl, Miles City; Chief
w. H. Wolf, Whitehall; Chief R. Lee
Kelley, Deer Lodge; Assistant Chief
F. H. Jones, Great Falls.
A Final Send.off.
The Lewistown boys do not do
things by halves. Having entertain.
ed their brother fire fighters from ali
over the state to the best of their
ability for week, they determined
not to let them depart for their homes
without final send-off, and the local
department assembled Saturday morn.
ing shortly after o'clock. With the
Lewistown brass band, which ten.
dered its services for the occasion
they escorted the departing delegates
to the depot, where the good-byes
were said. Bill Nye has taken such
liking to Lewistown that at the last
moment he decided to adopt the city
and a squad of firemen was delegated
to see that he entered the train. The
boys wanted to keep Bill. but realiz
ed what the loss would be to Living
ston, and in the face of temptation
did their duty and shipped Bill away
The delegates who left for home
were a highly pleased lot of men.
Real Estate Transfers.
Sarah w. Mathews and others. .o
Belfast, Me-, have sold to Henry B
Lapham, for 81 600 a 240 acre tracl