The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-07
HITEMAN WINS
,t IN FIRST AID
STOOD FIRST AMONG ELEVEN
COMPETING TEAMS.
WEATHER CHANGES PROGRAM
Events Had to be Pulled Off in Opera
House Instead of Fair Grounds
And Explosion of Mine
Was Abandoned.
WEATHER CHANGES PROGRAM

Hiteman's Iowa's First Aid Team,
representing the Hiteman Mine Work.
ers Organization, carried off the hon
ors in two out of three events of the
fourth annual First Aid and Mine Res
cue demonstration held under the aus.
pices of the United States Bureau of
urday afternoon. Teams from the min
ing centers of Iowa were entered in
the contests, and Hitemans delega.
ton were victors from a field of eleven
entries. They led in the Two Man
event, and in the team event. Winning
the Team event, Hiteman received
the beautiful silver loving cup offered
as a prize Tor a second time, and the
cup became the permanent property
of, the Hiteman First Aid crew. Hite-
the team event, and were forced tC
break the tie with the working out OF
&C ditional problems. The Hitemap
team led Boone by four points, and
won the event.
Des Moines Won First Events.
The First Aid workers from the Des
Moines local union, No. 1903, were vic,
tors in the One Man event. 1neir final
score for the three problems. was 296
points out of a possible 800 points.
Bixton's local Mine Workers organi
cation was second with 295 points, and
the team from the Bidwell local was
third with 294 points. A prize of $40
cash was given to the winner of first
place, and SIS in cash was awarded the
second position team.
Hiteman Made Perfect Score.
Hiteman, with a perfect score of soc
points, won the Two Man event. But
Bidwell and Buxton No. l mine tied
for second place with 297 points each.
After two trials, Bidwell triumphed
over the Buxton aggregation and was
awarded second position. Buxton cop
ped berth at third place. To the first
position winner, SIS was awarded, $lt
was given for second placing, and SIS
fol the third place.
Team Results in Tie.
The Team event resulted in Boone
and Hiteman tying fer first position,
with perfect counts of 800 points. Bux.
ton No. l Mine was third with 293
points. A fourth problem was the so
luton to the situation, and Hiteman
with another perfect score of 100
points for the problem. bettered the
Boone count of 81 points, and won
fret in the event.
lIany practictl demonstrations OF
First Aid treatment for the countless
injuries and wounds received in the
mine were given in working out the
contests of the afternoons program.
Three events were one man events, in
which the preliminary treatment was
administered by one man of the team.
II this rescue work the team number
rescued the wounded companion and
carried him to a place where care for
the injuries could be administered in
safety. The two man problem were
handled by two men of the First Aid
teams. The most complex problems
solved were the Team demonstrations
which called into action the five men
of the team.
Bleeding cuts were cleanseu and
bound, fractures and breaks were set
and bound in splints, mashed portions
Of the body were given immediate at
tention and all classes of injuries were
treated.
Some of the first aid work of the
miners teams equalled the best treat
Jnent of practicing physicians and doc.
tors. Members of the teams contesting.
Saturday have performed many diff
cult treatments of injuries occurring
in and about their respective mines.
Through this First AID work the per
centage of serious mine accluents has
diminished, for many minor wounds
have been prevented from becoming
serious by the treatment.
The teams in most cases were dress
ed in special uniform A number OF
the teams wore uniforms of spOtless
white, some were dressed in blue and
white stripes, few in the blue over
alls and jackets of the mine.
The work was practical, for the
First Aid aggregations have no com
plete medical cabinet with them. They
must care for their patient with what
ever material is at hand
The rivalry between the teams was
Intense, and every miner put forth ev-
cry energy to win for his team. While |
speed was an important factor, the
men did not slight their patient in the
treatment of each and every wound.
The judging was done by Oskaloosa
doctors who marked the teams close /
ly. According to Mr.. w. d. Ryan of the !
u. S. Bureau of Mines, who conducted
the demonstration, the scores made |
here were among the best received
in the contests held over the United
States.
The eleven teams, We're given posi-
tions on the stage of the Masonic The