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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07
MAYOR NISSLEY EXTENDS
H|NDs RESPONDS
HEAVY RAINS AND STORMS
PREVENTS LARGER FIRST
DAY ATTENDANCE

: President ]. b. Campbell raped the
twenty.fourth annual convention OF
the State Press association to order
at 1890 o'clock Friday. The assembly
room of the lone hotel was well-filled
with visiting editors, but scores were
prevented from attending the first
session on account Of the storms and
rains of Thursday which blocked rail
traffic.
Rector A. d. Nicholas, of Trinity
Episcopal church, invoked divine
blessing on the meeting.
Mayor j. E. Nissley in a strong
speech welcomed the guests and ex-
tended the freedom Of the city. The
mayor interspersed his happy felicita-
tions with views and matters touch
| ing the newspaper profession and MS
remarks won hearty applause
TO the mayors welcome, Col. c. w.
b. Kinds, of the Hugo Husonian,
responded feelingly and rapturously.
Kinds was member of The Leader
staff three years. He speaks the
Guthrie language and was happily
equipped to do justice to his subject.
Annual Address Brief
The annual address of President
Campbell while brief, was surcharged
with good sense.
Following the presidents address
the regular program was taken up.
Members Of the "old guard" who are
generally on the firing line at all
initial sessions were absent, and
debates" of five and ten minutes or
so "appertaining to and touching on
nothing in particular" were not pulled.
f.. S. Bronson, of FL Reno, secretary
treasurer of the association, made
brief report Of the years business,
finances and membership and prom
lsed a more extended report later in
the session.
j. w. Kayser, Of the Chickasha
Star. scheduled to address the con-
ventlon on the Linotype" failed to
respond at the call Of time. 1t was %
golden opportunity for Kayser who
in times past has been prone to cayil
at the annual programs.
"The Railroads and the Newspa-
pers, q paper by J. w. Cornell, Of the
Clinton News was heartily received.
Cornell discussed the subject ABB
straclly and was inclined to defend
alleged errors filed against rail
traffic and management. He baked
at attempts to regulate the press by
commissions,
John w. Wilkinson, of the Oklaho-
ma Farmer, told about the Farm pa
per, while Ed Ingram, of the King
fisher Star, real an exhaustive and
paper on the subject,
printing the Paper" Ingram has
been in the game 20 years or more and
is amply qualified to give off correct
pertaining to his profess
sion.
The Oklahoma Methodist Quartette
broke the regular routine with two
stirring selections and responded to
an encore.
Views Of Gibbons.
j. Burr Gibbons. of the Tulsa
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07
CHARGED WITH WIFE
DEsERT|0N, ARRESTED

Sheriff Sherwood returned this
morning from Mulhall with Ed Downs,
charged with wife desertion. Downs
left his wife and three small child
rem several months ago and it is
charged has since that tim bpop
living with another woman lf vifs
made the complaint.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07
HOME: OF THE
PERFECT "336"
IS GUTHRIE
OWING TO MINERAL WATERS
NATURAL HAUNT OF TIE
SYLpH iS HERE

HAS Guthrie the secret of perpet-
ual slenderness? Apparently it has.
For If you look around you Will dis
cover that the number of girls. anc
their mothers 100. who run to embon-
points is almost negligible In o.ner
words here in Guthrie is the true
and natural haunt Of the sylph Here
all the girls are slender and willowy.
and as they grow into maturity they
lose none Of their nthesomeness.
There Is so much truth in all this
that visitors here often commen on
it as one OF their first observations.
Why. this is the town that poets
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07
RAIN FAILS To
DANPEN ARDOR
Of NILITIANEN
OFFICERS AT MINE II "A l.
WELLS PARK HOLD
SCHOOL IN PAVILION

After three days of beautiful
weather in which rapid progress was
made by the student officers Of the
oklahoma National Guard now en-
camped in beautiful Island park for
their annual tour Of school duty, the
weather chief Wednesday and Thurs
day turned loose a brand of rainy
weather rarely encountered in Ok
lahola at this season of the year.
Straight down it poured for hour af-
ter hour until Notwithstanding the
excellent drainage Of the park. the
water stood inchas deep over the
surface until the sun broke through
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07

Paris, May IA dispatch from
Rome says the Austrian ambassador
is reported to have handed to Foreign
Minister Sonnino, at Vienna, the
cabinets final proposals of Italy, con-
tanning extreme concessions the dual
monarchy is willing to make. 1t is
said leaders are losing confidence of
favorable outcome of the negotiations.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07

New York, May THE cablegrams
on the disaster made public by the
Cunard Steamship Line, read as fol-
.ows
1--WE received from the Lands End
wireless station news of repeated dis
tress calls made by Lusitania, asking
for assistance at once. The ship was
at a big list. Position was ten miles
south Of Kinsale We subsequently
received kilograms from Queenstown
that all available craft in the harbor
Lad been dispatched to her assist
ance'
Second message received reads as
follows
"a Queenstown wire says that about
twenty of the boats belonging to our
line are in the vicinity where the
Lusitania sunk
Third message; "The following
sent by the admiralty from Galley
Head at 425 p. M: Several boats
apparently with survivors, is at the
southeast, nine miles. Greek steamer
proceeding to assist
When the Lusitania sailed there
was nervousness, caused by the publ
cation in morning paper of Saturday
last, of advertisement warning the in
tending travellers that state of war
existed between Germany and the
Allies and that it was dangerous to
travel on enemy's ships. 1t was
signed Imperial German Embassy
The warning did not, however, cause
many cancellations. Vanderbilt tore
up the telegram of warning sent him
not to sail. Other prominent men got
similar warnings.
Late today hte Cunard Line officials
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07

Peking, May 7-Eki Hioki, japanese
Minister to China, went to the Chinese
foreign office between three and four
O'Clock thsi afternoon and presented
the Japanese ultimatum, which insists
that China must accede to the de-
mands presented by the Toxic gov
ernment.
Previous to this action by the min
lister, the secretary of the legation
visited the foreign office and inform
ed Vice Minister Tsai Yulin that the
ultimatum of the Japanese govern
ment contained certain notifications
of the twenty-four original demands
presented by the Toxic government
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07
lRx Associated, Press.l

London, May 1.-THE giant steam
ships .Louaitanla, ttfse pride of the
Cunard steamship line, one of tho
fastest and largest ships afloat, has
been sunk off Old Head, kinsae, by q
torpedo.
The vessel went down at 2:33
o'clock this afternoon and presented
of which there we're thirteen hundred,
including Alfred Vanderbilt, Ebert
Hubbard, and score of American
mlIcnaires, are believed to be safe.
Fiftasn steamers are rushing to
the scene.
Kinsae is seaport of ireland,
thirteen miles southwest Of Cork
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07
STRUCK BY GERMAN
TORPEDO Off OLD HEAD
LINER DUE IN LIVERPOOL
TODAY; MANY NOTABLES
ON BOARD VESSEL
BULLETIN.

LONDON, MAY 7.-REPORT AT
O'CLOCK SAYS LUSlTANlA HAS
DISAPPEARED UNDER TIL {
WATERS. OF 1900 PASSENGERS
IT is BELIEVED THAT 900 ARE
LOST.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07

Washington, D. C., May THE
United States, within the last "a
huurs, through ambassadors abroad.
has consulted England. France and
Russia as the allies of Japan, to learn
their attitude toward the present
status uf the Jspanese-Chinese nego-
tiations,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07

Toxic, May Baron Kato. Jap
Ianese foreign minister. is reported to
have notified the ambassadors OF
ether powers that the ultimatum to
China, which expires at six o'clock
p. ~. Sunday, was accompanied by
additional notifications of Japan's
demands; notably the questions re-
lating to mdniti0ns, which interested
the United States. 1t is the general
opinion in diplomatic circles, that
China will submit
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07
DAMAGE FROM
HIGH WINDS II
REACH MILLION
ENTIRE SOUTH VISITED: 21
DEAD IN LOUISIANA:
COLD RAIN HERE
tBy Associated Press.)

New Orleans, La, May 7.-Tht
death toll Of wind storms, which
devastated Acadia Parish, in south
western Louisiana, end Coahoma
county, northwestern Mississippi, yes
terday, stood today at .wenty-one; all
but one are negroes. Fifteen were
killed OF Pagan and Mermentau, in
Acadia Parish, and six near Clarks
vale end Jamestown, Mississippi.
Property loss is estimated at half a
million dollars. Wires are down and
details necessarily scant.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07
Torpedo
Hits Liner

| received a dispatch from Queenstown
stating that a large steamer ant
many small vessels and boats were in
the vicinity rendering assistance. The
dispatch follows.
"A large steamer has just arrived
in the vicinity and apparently is rem
dering assistance; tugs and patrols
are now on the spot, taking the boats
in tow. Motor fishing boats, with
two Lusitania boats, are bearing prob
ably for Kinsale."
This information came from Old
Head, via Queenstown.
The Lusitania is an English pas
senger ship of the Cunard line and
with the exception Of the Olympic
has the greatest displacement of any
ship afloat. $4,000 tons 1t consumes
900 tons Of coal in a full days run
The Lusitania was built in 1907 at
Glasgow, is 700 feet long and has
breadth of 97 feet When built it
was the largest boat afloat,
The Lusitania sailed last Saturday
from New York and was due in Liv-
erpool today
1T carried Alfred Vanderbilt, Ebert
Hubbard and many other wealthy
Before the vessel sailed scores of
passengers received warnings that it
would be blown up enroute
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07
COMING EVENTS


y COMING EVENTS
=! Militia Officers School, May .
81 II.
= State Missionary Meeting,
= May 81.
= Oklahoma City Trade Excur-
e sion, May Z.
a State Press Association, May
81, S.
81 Odd Fellows, May 10, II, u.
4 State Elks Association, May
r 10 and IA.
y State intercollegiate Track
= Meet, May 17-1S.
= Post Office Clerks State As
= sociation. May 81.
g ga e IS 81 s: IS s. s I. & :. % ::
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07

The storm in southern Oklahoma
was disastrous to property. 1t is esti-
mated that the loss will reach
100000. Ardmore suffered the
heaviest Many buildings were
wecked and several persons injured,
but none so far, have been reported
killed. S. r. Sciavlly, proprietor of
the Highland theater suffered a loss
at Ardmore; five residence proper
ties owned by him at that place were
damaged. q had fire but no tornado
insurance" he said today.
twenty-five houses were damaged at
Ringing, the Carter county oil town.
AT Tulsa the storm was terrific; two
5000 barrel oil tanks were struck by
lightning and destroyed. A cold rain.
by wind visited this
A slight frost fell in por-
Lions of the state.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07
Dispatch Confirms First Report.

DTspdtCTI CCTIITTTHs rTot HePOTt g
New York, May IA dispatch fron
London, printed on the Dow Jones
news bureau ticker, states that re-
port to Lloyd's says the Iusitania has
been sunk off Kinsale Ireland.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-07

lcontInued on Paga Elsht
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-18
COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO
RAISE HOSPITAL FUND.

The County Committee of the Y. NJ.
c. A. met at Middlebury in the Y. NJ. c.
A. rooms on Tuesday evening at seven
o'clock The following members We're
present: J n. Bass, Vergennes; H.
w Day, Waltham; D. L. Wells, Or
WELL L. NJ. Isaacs. Orwell; J. f.
Weeks, Chas. B. Wright, Chas. |.
Button, A. w. Eddy and w. N Cady,
all of. Middlebury.
At this meeting the following officers
were elected: Chairman, j. N. Barss;
vice chairman, w. ~ Cady; clerk.
A. w. Eddy; treasurer, d. L. Wells
Mr.. Morhous was engaged to continue
as County Secretary for another year.
At the conclusion of the business
meeting Hon J. f. Weeks named the
committee to be chosen by him to can
vass the subject and secure subscrip-
lions toward a fund of 800, 600 to $780, =
900 to erect hospital building, deter
mine site and prepare plans for the
organization of an Addison County
Hospital Association The committee
chosen were
Addison, Lee Tracy; Bridport, Cyrus
H. Smith; Bristol, F. r. Dickerman,
F. J. BRADY; Cornwall, A. W. Foote;
Ferrisburg, Joseph L. st. Peter; Lei
cester, Harry Huntley; Lincoln, George
A. Thayer; Middebury, DR.. f. H..
Martin, Rev. T. j. Leonard; New
Haven, W. N. Partch; Orwell, d. L.
Wells; Panton, William Noonan; Rip
ton, H. f. Day; Salisbury, NJ. A.
Thomas; Shoreham, c. H. Delong
Starksboro, F. N. Hills; Vergennes
c. H. Strong, A. w. Norton; Waltham
H. W. Day; Weybridge, Samuel James
Whiting, c. O. Church.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-18
A. Calhoun & Son sell it.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.

The graduating exercises of the Mid
dlebury High school will be held in the
town hall this evening. There are %
in the graduating class, II in the Latin
course one in the English and II in the
teacher training course The saluta-
tory will be given by Mary Bliss and
the valedictory by Jessie Marguerite
Dyer. Those who graduate with hon
ors are Mary Edith Bliss, Mildred NJ.
Day, Jessie M. Dyer Anna L. Novak,
Carotta NJ. Tracy and Mildred E.
Whitney.
The programme of the exercises t o
night will be in part as follows:
Prayer, Rev. Roy +. Whittemore
Sautatory and Essay, Forestry of
To-Day
Mary Bliss
Essay, "Parent-T Teachers Associations
Mildred Emogene Whitney
Essay, "The Self Supporting Woman
Mildred Myrtle Day
Essay, Juvenile Courts
Mildred Martin.
Essay, my Native Town,
Anna Lucia Novak
Essay and Vaedictory,
"Our Debt to the Immigrant
Jessie Marguerite Dyer
Presentation Of Diplomas
Awarding Of Prizes
Benediction
Vittum's Orchestra will furnish music.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-18

Rooms to rent in the Battell Block. Desirable
Offices in the new part. Attractive lodge apart
merits on second or third floor. Rooms for house
keeping Apply to Thomas f. Boyce, Battell
Block.
For Sale-Twenty-fve room licensed hotel. furn-
ished. Commercial and farmers trade. License
$50. Good bar trade Large barns and garden.
Would exchange for farm j. u. Shahan Port
Henry. y. y 23t3p
To rent-SiN large room flat, all newly papered
and painted, good cellar. all modern improve
ments. On street level adjoining fair grounds.
Rent reasonable. Apply at the Sargent House.
j. j. O 'ConneU 22tf
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-18
OLD ENGLISH HOUSES.
IN the Days of Wooden HUts, Thatched
Roofs and Clay Floors.

The habitations of English common
people Cor centuries consisted of a
wooden hut of one room, with the fire
built in the center. To this hut, If a
man increased in family and wealth.
lean-tO was added and later another
and another. The roofs were of thatch,
the beds of loose straw or straw beds
with holsters of the same laid on the
floor or perhaps eventually shut in by
a shelf and ledge like the berths OF
ship or by small closet.
The Saxon thane or knight built
a more pretentiOus "hall," a large open
room like the Roman atrum with
lofty roof matched or covered with
states or wooden shingles. In the CEN
ter of the hard clay floor burned great
fires of dry wood whose thin acrid
smoke escaped from openings in the
roof, above the hearth or by the doors
windows and openings under the caves
of the thatch.
By day the "hearthsmen" and visit
tors when not working or fighting, sat
on long benches on either side of the
fire and, as John Hay puts it, calmly
drinked and jawed' or, gathering at
long boards placed on trestles, regal
ed themselves on some sort Of pOrridge
with fish and milk or meat and ale
At night straw or rushes spread on
the floor formed beds for the entire
company in the earlier and ruder days,
when the "baSer sort" We're glad to
rbora thoir ctro W with tho COWS Ma.
tional Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-18
N. j. BOudreau

The Home of Good Coffee
A Little Farther but it Pays to Walk.
Phone 5-2 =. -. :. =.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-18
Business 11otices.

Notices under this head cents per line
first insertion; five cents per line succeeding in
sertons. Count seven short words to line or six
ng ones.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-18

Notices under this head cents per line
first insertion; five cents per line succeeding in
sertions Count seven short words to line or six
ng ones.
Mileage Books at Marshas.
Good cantaoupes at Calvi's
The best in table delicacies at Benedicts.
Dirt for sale pit nearby. Arthur Delphia. 2itf
For Sale-Iace curtains at As Court street. 21tf
Some very fine Azaleas at Hunts Greenhouses.
7tf
FouNp-A bunch Of keys Call at Register
Office.
Hats for boys and girls, 50 and Is cents. Gee
Sisters.
Wanted At once, bell boys at the Addison
House. 22f
Engraved or printed calling cards at the Regis
ter Office
For good printing of all description call at Reg
ster office.
Three strand switches "a inches long, $50.
Gee Sisters
Nice old cheese; rich. creamy new cheese at
Benedicts.
F. T. Bissett,
For SALE-Five weeks old pigs Edison Brown
Phone 12l-22. 23tlp
We serve the best and richest ice cream in town.
Concord Candy Kitchen.
For Sae-Several Beagle hound pups. Geo.
Noklow. Bristol Box a. 24t2p
Triola Sweets-one full pound for 80 cents at
Sheldon g Rexall Store.
Drink and enjoy Farrington's famous cotfees.
We sell them r. S Benedict
Haviland china. single pieces for Graduation
gifts See Sheldon's china window.
Cow, d,st for sale at my, sa,,, mill IN Case street
/ cent per bushcl. WI. Forbes 17tf
Wanted-Five thousand pounds of No. butter,
O. H Cusbman at Marshall's store 2ltf
Visit the demonstration on ''Kream Krisp" all
next week at Benedict's Grocery store.
For SaIa-Fortilizer for Iavns gardens and all
field crops Willis NJ Cady. loft
Wapted-Cirl in side room, steadv work and
GOOD wages. Tho Addison 1stf
T.. .,r lao, 80 roI coda. shi,,,as cotl
e. - ~ -, o.e
C,....,--- l,.c.- -. l,.-,,,..- 49,, w.
, - ~. ~ W. Gill - -, 70 III g.
Ina"
On1ce over n r. Joy store on Ma'hs street 10
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-18
COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY.

This year Commencement begins
Saturday, with ball game and open air
dramas. The hour for the matinee has
been changed to four O'Clock.
The Ben Greet Woodland players will
present "Twelfth Night" and "a Mid
summer Nights Dream tomorrow af-
ternoon and evening on the college cam
pus.
At 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning the
University of Vermont base ball team
will play Middebury college on Porter
Field.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-18
Cheap Paint

There are 1000 cheap" paints and a
dozen really good ones.
That double word "cheap" is the
cause of wasting more money than good
paint costs, two or three times over.
Cheap paint is good paint; there is no
other; no other is cheap.
The two words sound alike but their
meanings are opposite. Cheap costs
double. Cheap is DevOe.-adv.
DEVOE.
A. Calhoun & Son sell it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-18

R. D. Woodward of Warrensburg,
N. Y, is visiting relatives in town.
Joel John Lamere of Ludlow has been
elected captain of the track team of
Middlebury college for the coming sea-
son. He is member of the junior
class
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-18
Sand Springs Ginger Ale

Its elegant
If you want to enjoy yourself these hot days
you will want to have some Sand Springs
Ginger Ale in your house. 1t is the best Ginger
Ale on the market to day You will always find
good stock of the Sand Springs at Boudreau's
New Grocery Store.
We will make a special price on these goods by
the dozen or by the case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-08
BACkACHE KILLS!

Don't make the fatal mistake Of
negIaelag what may seem to be a
simple little backache." There isn't
any such thing 1t may be the first
warning that your kidneys are not
working properly, and throwing of
she Doisons as they should # this is
the case. go after the cause Of that
hackache and do it quickly. or you
may find yourself in the grip OF an in,
durable disease.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Cap
sules will give almost immediate re
lief from kidney and bladder troubles.
which may be the unsupported cause
of general i'll health GOLD MEDAL
Harlem Oil Capsules are imported
direct from the laboratories in HoI-
land. They are prepared in correct
quantity and convenient form 10 take.
and are positively guaranteed TO give
prompt relief. or your money will be
refunded. Get them at any drug store.
but be sure TO insist on the GOLD
MEDAL brand, and take no other.
Prices, 25c, 50c and $1.00.-( Adv).
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-08
ANTICIPATE THE
OUTCOME OF SUIT
Beliae Board Expects TO Force Pay
E.en, by Barber Decide
OH HepayiHg Fifteenth.

Decision vas reached this morning
hy the Moline board Of local improve
uea.5 10 start proceedings for the re-
paving Of Fifteenth street between
Eighth and Twenty-hfth avenues, with
6ack replacing the asphalt which has
been in the worst Of condition for the
last several years.
Suit of the city against the Barber
asphalt company will proceed and the
ordnance VIII be drawn up on con
temptation OF the outcome Of the liuga-
ton being worded to the effect that
ls The city wins the suit the amount
awarded by the jury will be distributed
among The property owners 10 be ap-
Piled on the assessment for the i'm
pro"emeHG. The city expects to effect
81 appreciable saving by using the
present concrete base, repairing it
wherever necessary to give it the pro-
per flling
& is the hope of Mayor NJ. r. Carl
son Il there are no objections to the
project, that it will be possible to let
the contract by Sept. I, and have the
new paving in before cold weather sets
i'd. The job viii require about two
months TO complete.
IT is the contention Of the city Of
Moline, in bringing legal action against
the Barber Asphalt company, that pro
per materials were not used and that
The job was not done according to
specifications.
The asphalt on Fifteenth street was
laid about thirteen years ago and the
contract called for maintenance of the
street by the contractors for ten years.
While the company has made several
repairs it was only after considerable
urging on the part Of the city authori.
ties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-08
l0WAT0URNEYTO
ATTRACT MOLINE
FiremeH Of That City May Enter An
nual Contest TO Be Held This
Year in n eighboring State.

The competitive events to be staged
during the Iowa hremen's tournament
at Iowa City, July 20, q and ., may
be participated in by Moline fire lad
dies NO definite decision to compete
has been reached but the matter is be
ing seriously considered.
Members of the Moline department
enjoy the reputation OF being a crack
one AT the big fire in Davenport last
winter the work of the Billtkins from
the Central station was such as to
arouse considerable comment in the
city across the river. The men feel
that they are competent 10 give any
outfit in the state Of Iowa or Illinois
d close run Tor a portion Of the $1,000
in prizes that have been posted.
The iowa firemen's tourney is an an
uuaI event which is participated in by
representatives Of various fire depart
meuts from Iowa and Illinois. Proba-
buiGes are That the Moline department
viii be represented by Chief Hawk Of
the Central station
Competitive events consist Of gen
eraI efficiency tests, such as speed in
setting up ladders. readiness in bring
ing out equipment and similar con
tests.