The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-01-04
City's 1889
Fire Losses
About$12,000
Officers Reelected At
Annual Meeting of
Fire Department
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Relief Association
Officers and Trustees
Reelected


year 1889 have been estimated at
about $4,000. a great increase over
1888, according to the annual re-
port of Chief George Fish, of the
Sank Centre Volunteer department,
read at the annual meeting held
in the Community Club rooms
Tuesday night. Included in the
amount were the losses in the Bel
mont Cafe, the Mcnamara home
and Barner's Inn.
Twenty-Five calls were made by
the department during the year.
Twelve of these were made in the
city and ten were country fires.
Country fires will bring 5000 into
the city Golfers, SITS of which is
to be turned in as yet. Chief Fish
said that the Northfork Insurance
Co. was going to turn in 500 and
that $500 would come from the
village Of Grey Eagle, for service
in recent fire. Fifty dollars of
the amount had been promised by
two farmers.
Annual reports, read by the Of
ficers, revealed a successful year
and a splendid financial condition.
The department at the close of the
year had $2,250.10 on hand.
In the election George Fish was
unanimously reelected as chief, and
Henry Thielen and d. B. Caughren
were unanimously reelected as Sec
rotary and treasurer.
Among the retired firemen and
guests who spoke at this meeting
and offered their congratulations to
the department members and the
Chief, were: City Attorney L. L.
Kells, w. M. Parker, s. G. Schwarz-
bauer, Ben Dubois, Mayor wager,
G. Hillerud, president of the
Water, Light & Power Commission,
Commissioner AL Salmond, City
Clerk J. A. Schoenhoff, Commits
sioner John Mondloch and Council
man Jim Kinsella.
Members Of the department vot-
ed to send flowers and to write a
letter to Jos. Miller, longtime
member of the department, who
submitted to an operation at st.
Mary's Hospital last Friday. Fol
lowing the transaction of other
business the meeting was adjourn
ed, and a meeting of the Firemen's
Relief Association was called to
order.
Chief George Fish was selected
as temporary chairman to take the
place Of Chas. Miller, president,
who was absent owing to the ILL
ness of his brother, Jos. Miller.
The report read by Treasurer
Ben Dubois showed that the as
ISOLATION is in excellent financial
condition, with balance Of ST.
237.85 in the bank.
Officers were reelected as fol-
lows: Chas. Miller, president; Fred
Walker, secretary; Ben Dubois,
treasurer. The board of trustees
is made up Of the following men,
bers Of the department: Jos. Mill
er, Irv Nelson, John Mondloch. e.
e. Taylor, Art MacDermond, Chief
Fish and the Mayor and City Clerk.
Upon question Chief Fish explain
ed that the Relief Association is an
auxiliary Of the State Firemen's
Relief Association, and that funds
for its operation are received from
fire insurance payments. Two per-
cent Of the insurance in the city
brings from $3.50 to $275 per year.
The relief association has been in
corporated for the purpose Of con-
trolling these funds, and the law
provides that the monies are to be
used for sick and disable firemen,
their widows and orphans. These
funds also can be used to purchase
equipment or benefit of the depart
ment. The association, in other
words, is handling this money for
the city, as where there is no such
organization the money goes to the
city, but it cannot be used for any
other purpose except that designat-
ed by law. From this fund is paid
the premium of $500 per depart
ment member for benefits under
the state association, which now
has a balance of $4,000 in the
treasury.
Following adjournment of the
meeting the guests and members
enjoyed lunch and refreshments.