The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-09-09
NINE RESCUE AND FIRST AID CONTESTS
NEXT SUNDAY, TEN TEAMS TO COMPETE
NOVEL EXHIBITION SHOWING ATTENTION GIVEN
LOCAL COMPANIES SAVING LIFE AND CAR
MINES.


in the district next Sunday afternoon
} when teams from 10 Of the leading
mines in the district compete for the
prizes to be awarded the winners In
the mine rescue and first aid contests
The event win be staged on the
baseball grounds and will commence
at 1870 o'clock. The public has been
invited to attend and there will be no
charge. Never before in the history
of the district has a contest of as vital
interest to the miners and the opera
tors been planned The subject is one
of great interest to every mucker, min-
, er and operator in the district as 1t
has to deal with the saving of lives
and the relief of suffering.
The 10 teams to enter the contest
will come from the following mines
Success, Tamarack & Custer, Inter
state Callahan, Morning, Green Hill
Cleveland, Stewart, two from the
Hecla and two from the Bunker Hill
& Sullivan.
The contest Is held under the aus
pices Of the bureau of mines and was
planned by John L. Boardman. in
charge of mine rescue car No 5, now
at Kellogg, where 1t Is completing a
tour OF the Coeur d'Alene district The
mine owners have thoroughly endors-
boosting the event.
Sixty Trained Men to Compete.
The contest win be decidedly novel
and the spectators will see the men
engaged in the rescue of their fellows
and allevating the suffering Of men
supposed to be injured The contest
will be judged by body of surgeons
selected from Mullan, Wallace and
Kellogg.
The big prize will be a silver trophy
cup to go to the team taking first
place This cup will become the per-
: manent property of the winning team.
This was decided upon yesterday af-
; ternoon, the original plan being that
-. the cup should be won three times be-
fore it became the permanent prop
erty of team
The contest will include one-man
: events, two-men events, three e-men
events and team events, the teams to
be composed of men each. With
: 10 teams entered this will mean that
t so trained men will participate in the
$ contest.
Rescue Work at Bunker Hill.
The miners at the Bunker Hill g.
Sullivan are now putting on their fin
ishing touches for the contest, the car
completing its tour of the district at
Kellogg The interest there has been
so keen that it was decided this week
to enter two teams instead of one, as
at the Hecla, one being chosen from
the underground crew, with Thomas
Old as captain, and one from the mill
men and outside crew. with Jess
Alexander as captain.
The efficacy of the first aid work
has been recognized at the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan for three years, since
tlhC iilbl NlSll VI tIlt CdI, anu a ICBuIdI
crew of men has been kept at work
studying the methods under e. P.
Dudley for three years.
The big event Sunday will be topped
off by banquet to be served in the
evening at which time about 130 will
be present, including the contestants
mine owners, judges and officials
tickets to be issued to those expected
J The contest will mark the first OF
what will become an annual event in
1 the district. Not only are the miners
I enthused over the work but the mine
2 owners recognize the value of the
3 training as demonstrated during the
| past three years, the men injured in
I the course Of their work being brought
{ out Of the mine in much better shape
than before the training was started
I Prizes Offered.
In addition to the silver cup to 90
= the winning team, there have been
a number of other prizes offered in
8 Guiding the following:
? Bronze contest medals to go to each
member of the winning team, these
awarded by the American Mine Safety
I First association.
= Second prize-$5 umbrellas to eacr
rnember of the second team.
, Third prize-Gold stick pins to each
member of the third team
i Boardman on First Aid.
"These contests have been held ir
g every mining district of the country
this year." said John L. Boardman OF
the bureau of mines, "and they vii
: culminate in the national contest t.
be held in San Francisco Septembei
:. 1924. regret that the Coeui
d'Alenes will not be able to be repre-.
sented at the fair but this is due t.
the fact that our visit here was toC
!, late to enable us to perfect the plans
'The idea of the training is to fl