Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-06-30

ceive from the city water mains and
, with which they threw a stream Of
water over the top Of flag pole ITO
feet high.
| A short time after the truck was
| returned to the fire house, a real alarm
was turned in, and as only two Of
the Williston company were on duty
at the time, one of your delegates
with one of the delegates from New
Rockford had chance to ride on the
fire truck and to help to put out the
fire, which we did with the charge
from one Of the chemical engines be-
fore much damage was done. The
fire was caused by the explosion Of a
kerosene stove.
Tuesday evening, Memorial services
were held at the Congregational
church for departed brother firemen.
Wednesday morning, the convention
was called to order at 10 o'clock by
the president, and the report Of dele
gates to the international convention
was read and accepted, and OF 1ered
printed in the minutes.
The report of the committees on
Credentials and Legislation were read
and accepted.
A paper on Safety" was then pre-
scented by Henry Bernard, Of Grafton.
This was the best paper presented
during the convection.
A paper on "Fire Protection in
Cities" was presented by VIM. Hall,
Of jamestown. A discussion of
these papers was held, after which,
! the convention adjourned until one
o'clock, at which time all Fire Com
panies in uniform took part in a pa
rade, led by the band. The next
number was tug-of-war which de-
veloped into chewing match.
The convention reassembled, and a
paper read by the secretary, the sub
ject of which was observations dur
ing the past years in the fire service
Of N. Dak."
The roll call of officers was the had.
after which, the election of new of.
ficers was held which resulted as fol-
lows: For Pres, VIM. Hall, of James,
town; Vice Pre-, Henry Bernard, of
Grafton; Sec, H. L. Reade, of Bis
marck; Treas, R. c. Fuller, of
Beach; Statistical Sec., Taylor, of
Mandan; Trustees, Williams, of Lako-
To, Stevens, of Tower City, and STAN
ton, Of Souris.
Casselton was then chosen as the
meeting place for the convention in
1922, and Mandan asked for the con-
vention in 1923.
The convention then adjourned, and
cars were furnished by the business
men of Williston, and as many dele
gates as wished were taken out to the
government irrigation project. There
are, thirty-thousand acres in. the pro-
ject, 5000 Of which are now under
water. They have an electric plant
located at a mine three miles out Of
Williston, where they generate power
for the city, and to run the pumps
located on the river just across the
tracks from the city. They have 8
pumps here whose capacity is 1000
gallons per minute. They were using
only on of them, but were pumping
four million gallons day on June 7th.
They use about one hundred tons of
Ignite coal day, and mine it as they
need it. It costs the farmer about
$3.50 per acre per year for water
at the present time. ::
Wednesday evening free dance
was given to the firemen at the Ar
mory.
Thursday, after the usual band con-
cert, the convention was called to or
DER at ~ a. M, and after discussion
OF topics presented by delegates, un-
finished business was taken up.
One topic which had caused much
discussion in the first few sessions.
was: "Why had the state auditor held
up the warrants for money due. the
hre companies of the state and which
should have been paid June 1st?"
lhls money is used by most Of the
companies to pay the expenses Of their
delegates to the convention.
A telegram was sent to the state
auditor asking why it had not been
paid, and he replied that they needed
the money for current expenses. Mr..
II. =. Reade said that the state treas
urer's office had informed him shat
there was a half million dollars in the
treasury, and as soon as the warrants
Were issued they had the money to pay
them. It was stated that 200 dele
gates were prevented from coming to
the convention because Of not receiv-
ing this money on time.
There were various places of amuse-
ment. and some Of the boys nut on