The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-28
FIREMEN ANXIOUS
FOR TICKET sale
DESIRE THAT MOSCOW CITIZENS
SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION OF
SERVICE RENDERED

When danger is near
And fire is nigh,
God and the firemen,
Is the peoples cry.
When the fire is out
And all things righted,
God is forgotten
And the firemen sighted"
In these words Carl Smith, city fire
marshall, sums up the need of the
fire department to a city such as
Moscow and petitions for the earnest
and material support of the citizens
for the fourth annual firemen's ball
to be held at the University of Idaho
gymnasium next Tuesday night,
January g 1928.
A house to house canvass is being
made over the city this week end to
sell tickets to the ball the proceeds
of which go into the general fund for
the upkeep of the volunteer fire de-
partment. The funds Of the depart
ment have been depleted by the un-
usual heavy drain made this summer
by the purchase of new equipment
and the department feels badly in
need of money to finance the new
years work.
A careful diagnosis of the financial
phase of the department shows that
the services of the efficient city fire.
fighters is donated without cost but
that considerable money has been ex-
pended in bringing the department up
to the position it now holds. The
only remuneration that the individual
firemen get is an annual banquet,
which last year cost sSS.59 for hun
dred men. The expenses for the year
are given as follows:
Siren 93988
Banquet 1888
New coats ................ 44.42
Vacuum tank for No. 6 truck 1000
lOCd1 $1,Vo1.oJ
Out of the entire sum spent for
apparatus less than $50
was spent for the men themselves
md this was given them in the form
If a banquet which has become an
annual affair.
Dance Plans Almost Complete
According to Mr.. Smith, plans for.
he New Years dance are rapidly
aking form and an entertainment of
unusual merit will be available to
III who attend. The proceeds will
n the large part go into the general
unds of the department and aid in
-eeping the department on the high
,lane that it has attained through the
uilding up process that has been
making Moscow one of
he most immune cities from fire in
he northwest.
Teams have been canvassing the
ity for several days already but
hough the response has been fair,
he firemen report that many more
ales should be made in order to
i've the department the backing that
should have. To quote:
"a fire department such as Mos
ow has would, if a paid municipal
cost the city annually
thousands of dollars. But the Mos
ow fire department is run on the
olunteer plan and costs the towns
eople practically nothing other than
money required occasionally for
quipment
"a paid squad of firemen itself
yould cost at least $3.50 a month per
lulViuual Apout oiALceH iiSH Wouiu
e employed. That would mean
lonthly expenditure of more than
wo thousand dollars The volunteer
apartment has reputation as be-
lg one of the most efficient in the
inland Empire and it is only fitting
nat the townspeople should back the
apartment in any way"
The ticket sale will continue all
he week and vigorous campaign
ill be made to sell numbers. The
remen wish to refill their depleted
'easury and are giving the people of
Toscow this opportunity of showing
leir appreciation and gratitude for
le efficient service the department
as rendered in the past and will
)ntinue to render.