Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-11
Enthusiastic Fire.
mems Meeting
Earnest Discussion of Better
Fire PrOtectiOn.-SelectiOn
of Village Ticket.

An unuSaliy we'll attended and en-
thusiastic meeting was held Monday
evening, at the Village Hall, by the
members of the Orofino Volunteer Fire
Department. After the transaction of
general business and the election of
new members, the organization entered
into discussion of endeavoring to i'm
prove the fire protection service. The
matter of mo Water" and disabled
pump, few days ago. was brought up
and was considered a serious menace
to the safety of the town from the fire
demon. Dissatisfaction of the handling
OF surplus water service funds, which
have been diverted to the street fund,
instead of being used for the improve
ment of the water service, was fully
discussed by the firemen. The meet
ing finally decided to appoint commit
tee of three to select five members
from the firemen's membership list, TO
be filed with the city clerk, as nominees
for the village council, to be designated
as the Firemen's Ticket. Dr. j. NJ.
Fairly, Prof. X. X. Richmond and H.
Walrath were appointed by chairman
of the meeting, Chief H. F. Ripley, to
make the selection and refer the names
to the meeting for final approval. After
some little time the committe reported
and presented seven names for action
by the organization. Fred Luttropp,
w. A. Wellman. Benz. Schmid, Samson
Snyder, B. Lomax, Charles Portfors
and H. F. Ripley were suggested by
the committee and were then balloted
on and the following five firemen were
elected as nominees of the Firemen's
Ticket: Fred Luttrop, w. A. Wellman,
Benz. R. Schmid, Samson Snyder and
H. F. Ripley.
This ticket was later filed with the
city clerk. While the ticket is com.
posed entirely of firemen, it also fairly
represents the business element of the
village. Every nominee is man of
considerable business experience and
is acquainted with the proper handling
of village funds. The personnel of the
ticket also very evenly represents the
different sections of the village and
we congratulate the committee in the
intelligent selection of representative
candidates. A fire department is one
Of the most important organizations of
tod 80
insurance are based on the efficiency
of the fire department and the fire rates
of Orofino are an indication OF the
confidence placed in the ability and
earnestness of our fire fighters.
A volunteer fire department is, par
ticularly, to be commended. They
work without pay. They don't hesi-
tate to rush into fire with their "Sun-
day suit on. There is no delay or re-
luctance about crawling out of bed at
all times of the night to answer the call
of the fire bell. There is no hesitancy
at rushing into danger to save life or
property and all these Inconvenience
and risks without thought of remunera-
tion. The Republican has heard of no
other ticket having been filed. as the
citizens, generally. appear to be salts
fled with the Firemeu's ticket
Later-The Citizens Ticket was nom-
mated at a later meeting and after the
Republican was ready to go to press.
The nominees are, F. A. Jones, B. j..
Kinne, Phil Canton. Nels Helgeson and
f. H. Atherton.