The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-28
ANNUAL OUTING OF
TWO DEPARTME NTS
Firemen of Bingham and Muir
ray Have Royal Time at
Celebration.
EXCELLENT PROGRAMME
OF SPORTING EVENTS
Bingham Men Score Final Vic,
tory in Warm HOse-String-
ing Race.

Wednesday was big day for the peo-
pie Of Murray and Bingham canyon. the
occasion was the first annual celebration
by the fire departments of the TWO to~E's'
The celebration took place in Murray.
and the various events were WttuesSeu ny
practically the whole of the town.
a special train was run from hins,tasr' tr
10 Murray at 10 o'clock IN the morning;
and the ten coaches OF TINS were wen
packed with the firemen and thor friends
out for n good time.
The first event after the arrival OF lhe
excursion train was the holding OF a big
parade, The departments of ooLh towns,
as well as the eNcursionists. took part IN
this. At o'clock the people, ABOUT -VVu
strong, went TO the baseball park %ncre
some very interesting events were heid;
4 ball game between the departments OF
In two towns was the big event tne
contest was rather one-sided. in favor ot
the Murray team. but the spectators
never once lost their keen enthusiasm.
The score after a nine-inmnS baille was
Il 10 4.
\ visitor calling himself King Rag
giles did some performing on a oicycIe
which was OF great merit. nc "ehl
through a long series ot lalr -raislrs k
stunts, which brought great cheering from
the crowd.
Something new I'm the way OF an at
traction was an exhibition OF %ll9 horSe
riding by George Watts. He had some
real wild horses and showed great skill In
sticking on their backs. He caught them
first and, after putting on the saddles,
mounted and dug IN hls spurs Whllc the
horse balllcA and kicked. His perform
ance Won laundering cheers from tne
crowd And, too. the balloon went np.
Professor Clotts called the king of the
air had his big balloon and took Jour
ney into the clouds. He claimed that he
went TO a height OF 5000 feet. His ascen-
sion was very successful, He al lighted IN
a field several miles from where he
started
A three-round boxing exhibition was
far from the duleSt number on the pro
graynme This was between Mantell and
Pete sullivan the pair which is Sched-
uled To fight in Murray on July A. Ihey
went a good stiff three rounds without
A Knockout on either side When this
event came TO a close n more enthusiastic
gathering of people than those In attend
.ance would have been hard TO lind.
Hose -Stringing Race
About { o'clock another interesting
event was held. This was a hose. string
The object on both Sides was 10 string
out and connect 500 feet of fire hose. The
Bingham men made aggressive by the
defeat in the baseball game waded in
With determine tion and won out. The
huskies grabbed the heavy hose and had
IL all ready for business in just 33l sec
The Murray boys were considerably
slower 1t took them q seconds longer
TO do the work, their time being II Sec
Grand Ball Given.
That was the end of the celebration
until o'clock in the evening when q
grand hall was given in the Trocadero
dance hall. There were probably 500 per
sons at this and all had a most Joyous
time. Held's band furnished the music,
and il was not until midnight that the
affair came 10 a close. AT that time the
special train from Bingham was sched =
ued TO return.
The day was a lively one for all. The
Binghamites were out for a good time.
and they joined hands with the people of
Murray and certainly had a red-letter
celebration. The affair will go down in
the history of Murray and Bingham as
one Of the biggest days in all their an
mails.