Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-30
INTERESTING MEETINGS.
OF the League of Wisconsin Munich
palities and Paid Firemens' Asso-
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The annual meeting of the League
of Wisconsin Municipalities and that
of the Wisconsin Paid Firemens'
association, held in this city last
week, brought TO this city about
three hundred delegates FRONT all
parts of the state. The principal
business streets lad been decorated
in honor of the event and a very
fine program arranged for the Wis
tors, but the latter was somewhat
interferred with by the food which
made it necessary to cut out that
part of the program which was to
have been held at the Rothschild
pavilion. However, the visitors
understood the situation and took
especial pains to express their pleas
ure at the way in which they were
entertained. Owing to the wash
outs on the railroads some of them
were detained in Wausau longer
than they had anticipated, but
smilingly asserted that they we're
well pleased with the excuse thus
afforded for spending more time
here.
LEAGUE MUNICIPALITIES.
The delegates were welcomed to
the city by Mayor Ringle by a. char
acteristic speech of welcome which
gave them to understand that they
were for the time to consider the
city as theirs, and this was respond
ed to by Burt Williams, mayor of
Ashland.
The program, as previously pub
lished in the Pilot, was carried out,
interesting papers being read on
paving, disposal of sewage, commits
sion form of government, and other
topics, some OF which were rather
warmly discussed.
Neenah was chosen as the next
place at which to meet, and the fol-
lowing officers were elected
President-F. r. Crumpton, Su-
perior.
Vice-President = Joseph Fisher,
Marinette.
Secretary-Ford MacGregor, Mad
ison.
Executive Committee-B. G.. Ed
gerton, Oconomowoc: H. J. Horlick,
Racine; J. G. Schubert, Madison;
Harry Bolens, Port Washington;
Burt Williams, Ashland.
District Vice Presidents G. A.
Leicht, New Lisbon; John Dengles,
La Crosse; G. w. Starret, Plymouth;
]. M. Sarlie, Eau Claire: ]. T. Shee-
han, Waupaca; Edw. Luegger, Mon
roe; John Ringle, Wausau; III. G.
Braeger, Rhinelander; John Holton,
John Armbruster, Ce-
darburg; Fred G.. Simmons, Milwau-
kee; A. J. Caldwell, Oconto.
FIREMENs' CONVENTION.
Response to Mayor Ringle's adj
dress of welcome was made in be-
half of the association by President
Brown, of Milwaukee. Interesting
papers were read and discussed and
the scope of these was rather to-
wards the prevention of fires than
to their extinguishing. Chief Clan
cy, of Milwaukee, and others, cited
instances of where fires had origin
ated from hot steam pipes, where
conditions were favorable and sug-
gested that where such pipes we're
such pipes were in use and passed
through lathed and plaStered walls,
they should be carefully watched.
The convention also adopted reso-
luton calling for the enactment of
a law making it compulsory to give
instruction in fire prevention to the
pupils of the public schools. The
platoon" system was warmly COM
as under this plan there
would be two shifts of fremen on
duty for twelve a day each, instead
of as at present for twenty-four
hours.
Neenah was chosen as the next
place of meeting, and the following
officers were elected
Edward Hoffman, Ra-
cine.
President = James Feather
stone, Milwaukee.
Secretary-Ole Norman, Superior.
Treasurer-John H. Kratz, Mani
towoc.
COMMITTEES.
The committees were appointed
as follows
Legislative = Henry Forth, Mil
waukee; Chas. Colwell, Superior;
VIM Winell, La Crosse; T. Doonen,
Wausau; John Roster, Milwaukee;
James Cape, Racine; James P.
WEIGH, Eau Claire.
Topics-O. Johnson, Superior, 7.
A. Clancy, Milwaukee; Geo. Batch
elder, Marinette.
Educative-W A. Scott, James
vile; Fl. Faulkner, Green Bay; A.
Merrill.
A feature of the firemen's meet
ing were the memorial exercises
held Tuesday evening and at which
the memorial address was delivered
by Supt. S. B. Tobey, who paid a
glowing tribute to the memory of
those who had died in the service,
and called attention to the fact
that heroism was not confined solely
to those who had an opportunity
for spectacularly attracting atten-
ton, but was as much the property
of those who stood ready at all
times to perform their duty, even
though that performance required
them to face death in most OBJ
scure wav. The devotional exerci-
ses were in charge of Rev, Gould
and the music by a quartet consist
ing of Messrs. Gearhart and How
ard and Mesdames Boehm and How
ard.
The local committees had provided