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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-05-18
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-02

FsS This association was organized
thirty-three years ago for the pur-
pose of getting acquainted with one
another, and so one company would
be taught by. the others as to the best
and quickest way to fight fire. And
in order to help pay the expense Of
the teams coming to these meetings
the city where held would put up
.Jron two to three thousand dollars
spFize money, and of course there y'ss
eA1l kinds Of jockeying to win the
sss10ney. II
Prize Contes That Are Past
1--WE had the old hand engine men,
sho would get the largest men in the
country, to work on the brakes, and
we had the fellows with the light
hose cart and the one that would cut
the other. fellows running harness;
2and we had the couplers, who, would
work for an hour (if you would let
him) on the coupling with his little
bottle of graphite before he would
make his coupling; and we had in
Ethe tug Of war the fellows with the
long spikes in the soles of their shoes
to stick in the ground so the other
fellows could not pull them.
And we had the fellows with the
steam engine that would doctor his
gauge to show 1875 pounds when he
had 200, and had the sausage skin
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-02
Several Contests At the Tournament.

quiry concerning the merits Of the
different kinds of fire apparatus in
use, the cultivation of fraternal
friendship between the different de-
partments of the state; and the de-
velopment Of machinery and appar-
atus and the methods of using same
to promptly ertinguish fires. 1t is
designed more especially for local or
CARNATIONS other than those whose
members who receive a salary or
compensation.
The extent of the organization is
indicated by the fact that any mem
Der of any regularly organized fire
department in any city in Iowa may
become member of his association
upon payment of the dues, but it is
understood that no one department
can have more than ten active men,
bers in the state organization. Any
fireman who has been member of
the State Firemn's association for fiji
teen consecutive years, or who has
become president of the association,
is entitled to 4 place on the honorary
roll.
Recording Secretary E. E. Parsons
of Marion was elected first vice pres
ident in 1902 was elected president
in 1908, and served two years as such.
de was elected recording secretary in
1905, and is still serving in that ca
|.pacity.
The annual tournaments were held
as follows: 1ss7-1sS8, Clinton; 1889,
Council Bluffs; 1890, Marshalltown;
1891, Cedar Rapids; 1892, Atlantic;
1893, Sioux City; 1894, Iowa City;
1885,. Vinton; 1896, Marshalltown;
1897, Iowa City; 1898, Muscatine;
1899, Missouri Valley; 1900, Cedar
Rapids; 1901, Marshalltown; 1902,
Davenport; 1903, Sioux City; 1904,
;Des Moines; 1905, Council Bluffs;
1906, Clinton; 1907, Sioux City; 1908,
Clinton; 1909, Davenport; 1910, Red
Oak.
|.A The paid department teams, run
ming teams, won as follows:
191OADes Moines, Fred and Mack.
Time, 1:16.
19O9-Sioux City, Dick and Dan.
Time, 1:15 2-5.
19o9-Sioux City, Paddy and
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-02

Thirty-fve hundred dollars in
prizes was the goodly figure of the
total offered for the State Firemen's
Tournament in Des Moines, July Is,
26, ~ and %, 1911.
For thirty-two years the members
Of the Iowa Firemen's State associa-
ton have held tournaments, and the
thirty-third tournament has entries of
volunteer and paid fire departments
from nearly every section of the state
in large number of contests, which
evinces that interest has not waned,
but it is on the increase.
The enthusiastic minds who control
the organization in the direction of
al its important functions have resi-
dences in the western, eastern, north
ern, southern and central portions Of
the state, so that hardly section is
found where there is not a certain
feeling of pride in its achievements
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-02

C. NJ. Nicholson, Third Vice President
Prince. Time, 1:13 3-5.
19OS-Sioux City, Paddy and
Prince. Time, 1:15.
1908-Sioux City, Paddy and
Prince. Time, 1:16 2-3.
1907-Des Moines, Jack and Jack.
Time, 1:18.
19o7-Sioux City, Paddy and
Prince. Time, 1:18 3-5.
Nicola team won the championship
belt three times, in 1904, 1905 and
1906, in succession and now own the
same.
The championship cup has been won
by West Liberty the past two years.
The Mentzer Hose company of Mar
Ion has been one of the leading at
fractions of the annual tournaments
since 1887, having been awarded
prizes for best in appearances and
drills at nearly every meeting.
w. ]. Francis, the financial secre-
1tary, writes the following concerning
the 6rsman's tournaments Of the
past:
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-02
humane iceIanders.
A woman from Iceland, the wife OF

A woman from Iceland, the wife of
a well known Icelandic scholar. was
spending a season in New York. Lo-
cal pride gave her no rest. She held
that day lost in which she had not
pointed out to some one something
that was better done in Iceland than
in the States One evening while she
was dining with friend the CONVEX
sation turned upon the work of the
S. P. c. A.
In Iceland" said the victim OF local
pride, 1--WE have no need OF humanita-
tan societies. Cruelty is unknown
among us. We are naturally race of
humanitarians."
''You are also great fishermen, are
you not?" inquired a second guest.
ooh, certainly" she cried, great
fishermen! You have no such expert
fishermen in the States"
But what cruel sport for an island
full of humanitarians!" cried the sec
ond guest.
mo, indeed" explained the devoted
creature without winking. "No, in
deed! In Iceland our fishermen all
bait their hooks with anaesthetics!.
New York Sun.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-02
George NJ Kellogg, President.

These members reside. in Atlantic,
Clinton, Clarinda, Council Bluffs, Des
Moines, Holstein, LeMars, Manning,
Marion, Newton, Red Oak, Shenan.
doah, Sioux City, Villisca, West Lib
erty, Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown,
Muscatine and Ida Grove. Local or
carnations extend the interest to
every municipality.
George M. Kellogg, chief of the
Sioux City fire department, the presi-
dent of this great state organization.
is fifty years of age. He has been
fireman for thirty years, the past
seven or eight years as volunteer
and the rest Of the time in the paid
department. Mr.. Kellogg, who has
been chief twenty-five years (of the
paid Department. is serving his Sec
ond term as president Of the Iowa
Firemen's State association and is
past president Of the International
Association Of Fire Engineers.
f. E. Lambert, irst vice president,
of Newton, is very enthusiastic
member of the local organization in
his home city.
Tom Price, second vice president,
has been member of the Clinton
fire department thirty-one years, and
as paid chief for sixteen years Of the
excellent department of that city has
been a strong factor in its upbuilding
and growth.
C. NJ. Nicholson, third vice presi-
dent, of Council Bluffs, Joined the vol
unteer fire department in that city in
August, 1872, and with the exception
Of a few years has been connected
with the hre department ever since.
He has been chief for twelve years.
Mr.. Nicholson attended the first tour
nsment held in the state Of Iowa at
Cedar Rapids in 1879 and helped win
the championship belt for Bluff City
hose company No. l. y4
Mr.. w. J. Francis, Of Des Moines.
the veteran financial secretary, joined
the association in 1SS1--thirty years
.oo. He has been financial secretary
for fifteen years and has the unique
distinction Of having never missed
meeting. A<at
The particular business and object
# the socisty is the protection and
promotion Of the best interests Of the
1remen Of Iowa; The collection of In
formation concerning theseracti
verkine II different systems Of or
sanitation: the examination and in
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-02

filled with the kerosene oil pulled up
in the flues when he was not allowed
to use it.
The Contests of Today.
Now we have the paid department
teams. Not so much chance to jock
ey there. Just little in the fellow
that will not lay down fat in bed and
the one that jumps up at the click of
the button before the gong rings.
A few years ago when the paid
teams were taken into the association
with the old timers, such as Billy
Burnett of Des Moines, with his Jack
and Jack; Geo. Kellogg of Sioux City,
with Corbet and Sullivan; Charley
Nicholson of Council Bluffs, with
Jack and jim, and Tom Price of
Clinton with Tom and Jerry (these
two were horses); when you see that
bunch around there was something
doing.
About the time the races were to
start you could see Burnett away off
to one side chewing cigar with a
lfar-away grin on his face. And Kei-
logg. His grin would start at the
Southwest corner of his mouth and
lend at the northeast corner of his
left ear. And Nicholson you would
find under the judges stand oiling
his stop watch. think that watch
registers l5Oth part of second; and
Tom Price would be of to one side
whiting stick and looking at the
ground. Now there is the bunch be-
fore the race. After the race Bur-
suett's cigar has almost disappeared,
and so has he. Nicholson swears the
time was not right. Tom Price is
loading up for home and thinking of
what he will do to Illinois when he
goes over there, and Kellogg is
aswelled+up like Russian prince with
Eorbett and Sullivan coin and beat
TIE woHld's record. But it was only
for a year. Next came our Billy with
a fresh cigar and Jack and Jack and
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-02

Lou and Herb. Council Bluffs.
one of the slickest little couplers in
Des Moines by the name of Brown.
And this year Kellogg lost his tail
feathers. Then Jack and Jack was
cock of the walk. But when it came
to the straightawsy, Nicholson can
clean them all out. His couplers
~ere no good. They live too close
to the Missouri river and there is
dust in the water.
Then when Tom Price goes home
he gets his revenge on Illinois by
going over there and bringing home
some Of their money. ha
So this is the ups and downs of q
6reman's ifA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
nt hrnnch or division of

other department, branch or division of the service
 'In outlining what the management Is seeking In the way of Ideas, the general notice has the following suggestions:
 Must contain ideas which will increase efficiency of operation. improve methods of operation, be beneficial from economic cal standpoint, increase safety and con- venience of passengers and patrons Of our company, increase patronage, pro- mote safety of employees; in any way promote the interests of the company, whether pertaining to improved mechan- ism. better office practice or other fea- tures.'
 This, the latest effort of the Pennsyl- vanla railroad to increase the efficiency of operation, has just been in augurated. General notices are being posted at va rious places along the Buffalo and Ale gheny Valley division, where the plan Is being tried All bulletin boards on the division will carry the notice in forming the employees of the railroad companys desire for ideas, which, when put into practice, will continue to in- crease safety and reduce the cost of oper- ation."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
Commission Government

President Lowell of Harvard and Gov. Woodrow Wilson have both re- gently indorsed the commission form of municipal government as the best possible flank movement against boss or aldermanic rule in Ameri- can cities. The condition of Ameri- can cities demands the immediate application of this reform and when such men as Woodrow Wilson and President Lowell unqualifiedly com mend it all may be sure it is rem edy that fits the case.
 Commission government is simply common sense government, and the draught upon common sense should be heaviest when the first commits sioners are appointed or elected. A mistake at the beginning in this re- spect would be a continuing mis- take.
 In this city the first commission CTS were appointed by the governor, and the chief executive got as far away from the old aldermanic rule as the terms of the bill would per init. He took MT. Weatherly from fine corporation practcie and Judge Lane from an eminently sat isfactory judicial position. Neither could have in all common sense en- tered popular scramble for a com- missionship. Neither would have considered such a proposition. for a moment. They were appointed and that fact turned the scale in favor of the commission form of govern ment.
 The moral of this story is plain. Get at the outset good commission CTS if you desire to make the com mission form of municipal govern ment an unqualified success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
UNDERWOOD

From the Green County Democrat.
 Keep your eye on Underwood He Is tie coming man of the south if he has not already arrived.
 Although he represents district direct iy benefited by a protective tariff, and though the moneyed interests of his dis trict tried to bluff him into cutting down his free tariff list of steel products. he rose bigger than his one locality and he never hesitated a minute. but showed he was true democrat in the doctrine of protection. +atst e.4
 He seems to have marked out his line and is sure of his ground, and is walk ing straight, and if he so continues, the farmers specially and we believe the other interests too will take care of him as far as future office-holding is con- cerned. to
 We have all been asking for a man who Is big enough to see what is best for the whole country without injury to any localities, and we have found such a man in Underwood. He Is the one man to whom the farmers may look for real leg islation for their benefit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
Colorado's Senatorial Deadlock

The fortunate ending of New York's deadlock should not lead any one to forget that a similar one still exists in the Colorado legislature. As in New York the trouble relates to a democratic machine. The democrats have 66 votes in the legislature and only 56 are needed to elect. The democratic majority is, however, rent into factions. The machine is one faction and it is determined to send to the Senate Mayor Speer of Denver. He has 28 votes behind him, leaving 3S democratic votes that are cast in scattering manner. The 39 members are, however, a unit in opposing the election of Speer. They prefer to see the seat remain thrilled than to see it oc- cupied by the Denver mayor. Speer is a machine politician, controlled as are all other machine politicians by the corrupting corporations. There is even fear that the state will be Lorimerized by turning republican members to Speer. The contest is exceedingly bitter and Speer will be elected if at all by republican votes. This would almost necessarily mean another Lorimer case.
 Between Speer on the one hand and Guggenheim on the other Colo rado is fully ready to vote for the direct election of United States sen. ators. In fact the actions of the leg. islatures of Illinois, New York anc Colorado in electing senators are in ducing thousands to support direct senatorial elections by the people who had not previously supported the new plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
MT. Taft and the Free List

In his address at the banquet of representatives of the Associated Press iR New York President Taft did incidently speak of the Free List bill, and the organs of the special in- terests say that in. doing so he plain ly indicated a determination to veto it. Were this conclusion fully justi- fled the insurgent senators could be trusted to support the Free List bill in order to put the President out of the running in 1912.
 But the conclusion in question has little to rest upon. The Presidents subject when he was talking to news paper men was Canadian reciprocity, and the references to the Free List bill were extremely incidental. "If we desire" he said, "to put meat and flour and other commodities on the free list for the entire world, that is l
 one thing; we can do it with our eyes open and with knowledge of what it entails, after an investigation; but to put such a provision in a Canadian treaty and then have it operate as free list for the entire world is leg islation necessarily ill-considered. Further on he said: "I think there is general sentiment now in favor of revising the tariff, schedule by schedule, and of making this revis- ion the pendant on exact information as to each schedule, gathered by inn partial investigators. To amend this Canadian contract and to make its passage the pendant on other tariff legislation is to continue the old method of tariff revision character ized, not without reason, as a local issue."
 This is the extent of the Presi- dents utterances concerning the Free List or other tariff bills that may be passed at the extra session. Possibly the sections quoted indicate vetoes, but the chances are that the Presi- dent will hesitate cautiously and wisely before he goes on record in opposition to lower cost of living. Between, however, an adverse Sen ate and an adverse President demo- cratic tariff bills have not a promis- ing outlook, but those tariff bills will at any rate show just where the par ties stand on the subject of prices to ultimate consumers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Confiscated Cotton Rushed

T noticed the remarks of Percy Clark in The Age-Herald in regard to the confiscated cotton in Alabama back in 1865" said Col. Sam Will John, formerly a citizen of Selma. He is right, for there were several fortunes started by carpetbaggers from cotton seized.
 T recall that one afternoon in Selma steamboat blew her whistle at the low CT sand bar and by the time she had her gangplank out at the wharf, a half mile from the signal point the army wagons had dumped about 100 bales of cotton to be loaded and continued with great speed to load cotton on the boat until after midnight. With full load, thls boat made a trip all the way round to St. Louis"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
TWELVE DOLLARS A WEEK

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 There Is a man in Boston who professes to believe that family of five can be sup ported in decency and comparative com fort on SIP a week, unless the Enlargement of the household finances is either ignor- ant or wasteful. His name is Magnus Alexander. He is a member of the Mass achusetts Commission on Workmen's Compens ation, and this same gentleman has further avowed a belief that Eff we should today advance the worker dollar or two weekly it Is doubtful if we should materially reduce his poverty, and it is more than likely that we would but add to his economic wastefulness.'
 That kind of talk Is enough to make sensible people very tired. Every one who has had any experience knows that the statement made by MT. Alexander is sim ply not true. It is unfortunately fac' that the earnings of a great many wage earners do not exceed the amount men toned. but 1t is not a fact that family oi five can be maintained with any approach to decency or comfort on any such suHi Where the husband cannot earn more than s10 or SIP the wife has to help ana so do the children as soon as they reach an age at which it is possible TOT them to obtain any remunerative employment.
 MT. Alexander seems toSthink that this is a normal. natural and satisfactory con. dition of affairs, but there will not be many to agree with him. Of course there are countries where the worker who earns as much as $10 a week is considered and considers himself very well off. and 1t Is rot necessary to go as far afield as China or Japan where the average man is lucky to make as much as s1o month. to fint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
THE CIRCUS GREEN ROOM

Harriet Quimby in Leslies.
 No circus artist, as far as my observa- ton goes, ever leaves the dressing room to walk out on the sawdust path that leads to triumphant applause without un- limbering bit. So the spectator who is privileged to visit the fascinating scene of animation. the dressing-room of the cir GUS, observes on every side the perform CTS taking exercise and putting their mus cles to the preliminary test. The circus women are almost invariably young and good looking If the circus rules were not so iron bound, there would be more stage Johnnies hanging around to admire the artists at close range than any theatrical production ever attracted. This, however Is tabooed not only by the performers themselves, but by the anagement, and all who venture into that mysterious realm-the other side of sawdust and spangles-must give a very good account of what they are there for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
sOUTH's ADVANCEMENT

From Leslie's.
 In growth of population in the past de- cade the south kept well up to the gener- al average of the country at large, which was 21 per cent. Some of the souths cities made surprising gains. The increase from 1900 to 1910 was 90 per cent for Ports- mouth, Va: 10S per cent for Jacksonville, Fla; 116 per cent for Dallas, Tex; 143 per cent for Tampa, Fla; 147 per cent for Fl Paso, Tex. 1s1 per cent for Huntington, w. Va; IA per cent for Fort Worth, Tex, and PAS per cent for Birmingham, Ala. Such gains in the south in previous decades were unheard of. And the future is still brighter with promise. A large part of the profit which the Panama ca nal will bring to the country will be reaped by the south. Although the south is to make a special effort to get an in creased number of settlers from the north. immigration from Europe is also beginning to move in considerable vol ume in that direction. With Its vast spaces only sparsely settled as yet, the south offers large inducements to young men of intelligence and industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
Receipts and Expenditures

The work of the legislature of 1911 is not particularly brilliant view, for it increased the states from strictly prudential point of appropriations to the extent of S1, ,13O,25 while it increased re- ceipts but s65,000. For the four years beginning on October 1 next the legislature appropriated S13,- 0O3, ,343 as follows: For 1911, s3,607, 1908; fdr 1912, s9,427,s45; for 1913, s3,427,s45; for 1914, sS,439,- 745.
 Expenditures were outrunning re- ceipts when Governor Conner went put of office, and what expenditures will do to the treasury under the ap- propriations of the last legislature is more easily imagined than de- scribed in definite figures. Some hope the revenue bill and othor sources of income will show hand some increases by or before 1914 and then, too, string is tied to ar increase of $250,000 in the public school fund, to an increase of $100,- and to various appropriations for the