The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-09
Shows That Warren Took More Team
and Individual Firsts Than Any
Other Department.
NATIONAL MOVEMENT MAY BE
RESULT OF SPLITTING A HOSE
Couplings of all Companies Are Not
the Same-Effort to be Made to
Adopt Standard.

Secretary Cunningham, of the
Northern Minnesota Firemen's Tour.
nament association has issued a re.
port of the results of the tourn ament
held here this week. The report shows
that Joe Staske, of the Warren
department is the fastest runner
in the association as he took first
place in the 200 yard dash, the 100
yard for firemen only and the 100
yard free.for-all.
Warren won three 6rsts by max
ing the best time in the flag race,
the hose, hook and ladder, and the
hub and hub. Warren was unfor-
tunate in losing the races that had
banners for prizes and winning the
ones that cash up, 80 they had
no banner to take home.
Bemidji nosed Crookston out for
second place by winning the hose
race and the wet test. Crookston
had the banner in the hose race
last year, but the local team took
it away. Crookston promptly took
revenge by winning the new
banner in the hook and ladder
race. Bemidji also won chiefs
lantern by winning the wet test.
That the wet test is we'll named
was proved by the events Thursday.
When Ada made the run in the
morning, the nozzleman succeeded
very well in drenching a few BY
ISLANDERS and followed several, who
sought refuge in Schneider's store,
up on the sidewalk. The Warren
boys thought that they could drench
more and plotted to let the hose
slip as much as possible. They
succeeded and several light summer
suits had to be sent to the
cleaners as result.
The amounts of money published
yesterday and credited to the differ
ent departments were what were
taken home. The winnings of in
dividual members and the five per
cent tax to the association had al
ready been deducted. The treasury
of the association is kept full by a
five dollar due every year from each
department and five per cent of the
winnings of each department in the
annual tournament.
Following are the official results
in the order that the events were
run off:
Department having the most men
in line: Crockston and Ada tied.
Best appearing company, militia
barred: Hallock, first; Crookston,
second.
Society having the most men in
line: Presbyterian cadets.
Company making the best ap-
pearance: Company K.
Most comical costume: Jack
Wright, first; Mrs. Gamble, Sec
ond.
Best float: Mrs. Smart, first;
Mrs. Gamble, second.
Horse race: Wright, first; Coch-
ran, second; Sloan, third.
200 yard free for-all: Staske,
Warren; first; Hahan, Ada, second;
Helgeson, Ada, third.
100 yard free-for-alI: Staske,
Warren, first; Boyd, Crookston,
second; Dennis, .Bemidji,> third.
Ladder climb: Smith, Crookston,
first; Eklund, Warren, second;
Helgeson, Ada, third.
Hose race: Bemidji, first and
tine banner; Crookston, second;
Warren, third.
100 yard dash for fremen; Staska
of Warren, first and gold medal;
Boyd, Crookston, second and silver
medal.
Coupling contest: Dennis, Be-
midi, first; Schmidt, Crookston,
second; Snyder, Ada, third.
Hook and ladder run: Crookston.
first and new banner; Warren,
second; Bemidji, third.