The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-05-11
At BANQUET
GIVEN BY THE CHIEFS
CHIEF DOTY AND ASSISTANT
PRATT ENTERTAINED FIRE.
MEN, AND COUNCIL MEM.
BERs AT FINE BANQUET.

1t has been the custom for a num-
Der of years for the newly elected
and appointed fire chief and his as
sistant to entertain the members of
the fire department at banquet and
which was appropriately followed
Wednesday evening, when Chief
Doty and Assistant Pratt gathered
the firemen, retired fremen, the may
or and the members of the city coun-
city in the private dining room of the
Mitchell Catering Co., where a fine
menu was served. There were over
fifty men gathered around the hos
pitable board. and they found ample
cause for congratulation to be among
the number to participate in the af-
fair. The Catering Co. presented a
splendid menu and it was served in
the a way that impressed all with
their excellent service.
After the inner man had been
abundantly satisfied C. w. ellis, as
the POSTMASTER for the evening, call
ed the men to order and for an hour
or happy and delightful speech
es were given. Mayor Hitchcock
spoke in high terms of the members
of the department and of their
splendid record made in past years,
of their loyalty to the interests of
the city, and the great sacrifices that
are made to ave the property of
others. This, the mayor declared,
could not be one for reward in a
financial way, for there was but very
little in it in the course of a year,
and he could see where the men were
actuated by higher motives, and that
they We're in reality performing a
high public service. The mayor
knew that the citizens appreciated
the work being done by the volun-
teer department, and while they had
little opportunity to show their APP
probation he believed the men could
feel that such was the case. The ma
yor was followed in turn by Alder
mar Michels, Hardy, Mccartney, Nc
Dougal, Winsor, ami Walrath, City
Attorney Miller, Auditor Jensen and
Chief of Police Shade, together with
Postmaster Wells and F. j. Purdy,
each of whom spoke in the highest
terms of Mitchell's department, and
the reputation that is sustained else
where, one of the speakers stating
that a representative of an eastern
insurance company said that after
visiting all of the leading cities in
the northwest, outside of the paid
departments, the Mitchell volunteer
department was the best that he had
encountered, and further because of
the capabilities of the department
risks would be accepted on property
here which would be turned down
elsewhere. The closing speakers
we're Chief Doty and Assistant Pratt,
both of whom expressed their thanks
for being elevated to their positions
and assured the boys that they
would do everything in their power
to have the department maintain the
high standing it has acquired. Both
the chief and his assistant have been
associated with the department for a
great many years, and they have the
full confidence of the members, and
this unity of spirit prevalent among
the members was very favorably COM
mented upon by several of the speak
ers.
1t was after II O'Clock before the
company of men took their departure
and it was freely expressed among
the firemen that it was about the best
gathering ever held under similar
circumstances.