The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-15
FIREMEN,DEC|DE
ITO ENTER TEAM
Laurium to Be Represented in
4 Tournament At Red Jacket

The annual meeting of the Laurium
fire department was held last eve
ming, and was well attended Officers
for the ensuying year We're elected, re-
ports read and other business trans
acted.
What is perhaps of as much inn
portance as anything transacted at the
meeting, was the decision to enter II
running team i'm the L. p. Firemens
tournament, which is to be held in
Red Jacket this summer \ commit
tee of five, consisting OF Joseph Wills,
president of the village; Joseph Bet
zler. ole olson, Charles Hilbert and
Harry Hermann was named to make
the necessary arrangements. The an
nouncement that Laurium will have
a running team will be pleasing news
90 the Red Jacket firemen, and also
the rest of the copper country 1t is
predicted that Mohawk, the South
Range. and Houghton ana Hancock
viii also enter teams, as well as Il
number of iron country towns. Sub
gtantial prizes are to b" offered for
competition.
The meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the L. r. Tiremcnu's assoc
cation will be held in Red Jacket ear
~ in March. At that meeting, dates
for the tournament will be- set, and
other business arranged
The officers elected last evening are
is follows:
Chef-Gus Preuss.
FIRST assistant George Kuhn.
Second assistant Joseph Bctzler.
Secrotary-John Knechtges
Treasurer--Joseph Bet2ler
Fire Losses Nearly $4,000.
I.aurum.
Hanscns Million Dollar bowling
team Of Laurium. will so to Mohawk
to bowl this evening.
The Brokers operators of Red Jack
Il and Laurium have organized a bowl
lng tenn ana are open To meet any
aggregation of bowlers i'm the copper
country.
The annual report Of the fire de-
partment which was presented and
approved at the iircmcns meeting last
evening shows that the total fire losses
in the village during the year were
Sy.iya.G! and that insurance paid
to SS.Gi9.67. The department
responded to 81 general alarms AMI
nine bell alarms, giving service at sev.
cnteen fires, twelve of which were ia
the village. three IN Florida location,
one in the G. n II. location and In
Red Jacket. The department travelled
eighteen and one hall miles in re-
spondihg To fires, and laid 9,iO0 feet of
hose.
a detailed statement of the fires fol
lows:
Jan. j-Nenuta residence, Seneca /
street, 90o feet of hose loss SOFAS, in |
surance $G7.45
Web. i--tIorida location, $500 feet Of
hose.
Feb. i,-Chimney IRE, G. ~ II. To-
cation.
March S-Bell alarm
April Bell alarm. false.
Apil 9--Bolrnan block fire. Rcd ,
Jacket. LEO feet OF hose
May lc-Rosch building, corner He
Ia and Fourth. i,50O feet of hose. loss
$500, insurance $500; Wal /
Ter Sanders. $1,000. Insurance. $500, /
John fonmn, Sl00, insurance 500.
e MaN Bell alarm. Florida Local
ion
June IL Ben alarm, Florida loca-
son
June 23-I.aurium driving park
;raudstand. l,i5O feet OF hose.
June 30-Burning sod on lot in Boil.
addition. 600 feet Of nose.
July , Tratnen residence. Pewablc
street M damage.
luly 90. h. Laundry. lake Lin
i,n avenue, 500 feet of hose LOSS SEA.
insurance see
July 2N-Ben alarm fire in old Col. +
ny. false
oct. e0-Residencc i'm Florida lcCa-
ton. 1000 feet OF hose
Nov Automobile Of Duminick /
Nairo. $50 feet of hose Loss Slf2 - 4
Insurance sl52s2
Nov. 9.-Chimney fire SEQ feet of