Show f 9 salaa A bial la week f 0 r r ilia wa a r k C i t the volunteer state firemen k convention and to tournament u reame n t for 4 is now history und never was a three day session of the organization more successful or taught faught with greater pleasure or better attended than the meet in park city ir it was a success irom from start to finish fillish eshand and the park city volunteer fire fir department particularly the various committees having the da tails of the affair in charge are entitled to their full share of 0 credit in making it the great success it proved to be tile the rint day tuesday was the opening day ol of the convention at that time practically every business house on main Alain street was tastefully decorated and many private homes were be ba decked with tile the national colors in I 1 honor of the coming visitors the ju juvenile venile dand under the leadership of J C was on the streets early discoursing excellent music and winning many favorable comments on their attractive attract ie appearance and good marching tile tha band with a large delegation of ll 11 cal al firemen nere at tile the train to breet the delegates tile the latter were escorted up main alain street to society hall where tile convention was hell and after refreshments had been served and selections played by the juvenile band mayor P J tallon extended a cordial welcome to the visitors giving them the freedom of the city and urging them to have lave tile the time of their lives in the best mining camp in the state president J J fitzgerald on behalf of the association responded to the welcome expressing appreciation to the citizens of park city tor for the loyal support makaro it possible to hold the convention in our city after the appointment of a committee on credentials consisting of sullivan ef eureka wilcox of spanish fork and stoker of 0 bountiful a recess was taken until afternoon at the afternoon session secretary C J stillman of bingham and treasurer reuben simpson ot of salt lake read their annual reports which showed the state organization to be in excellent condition the reports of the standing committees were also read all being adopted it was decided to appoint an all ago age limit committee and president fitzgerald named 11 S townsend of park city W D wilson of 0 sandy and W J of bingham this practically concluded the business of the afternoon and an adjournment journ ment was taken the cities represented at it the first meeting were bountiful bingham eureka midvale provo prove sandy spanish fork Spring springville ville mammoth salt lake and park city the second day the juvenile band was on the street an hour before train time playing several selections marching to the train to meet delegates and escorting them to the hall the second days session was called to order by president fit berald it 9 a m and after a corret duet by the bircumshaw Lr others accompanied on the piano by miss ethel BI blackler ackler business busl nesa was as proceeded with reports of different committees vere read and adopted carrying with them various recommend recommendations athons there were interesting discussion regarding the future policy of the association details for tournament day were completed and the association decided that the city winning tle the sliver silver trophy purchased by park city department as a prize for tho the hose coupling contest against time should retain it the principal feature of the days session was the annual election ot of officers which aich resulted as follows L W booth of 0 spanish fork president win docio ot of bountiful vice president W S horan of park city second vice president C J stillman of bingham secretary hebben simpson of salt lake treasurer W T ayland of salt lake trustee tor for two year term before adjoining a vote veto ot of thanks than ts was tendered retiring president 3 J fitzgerald tor for his faithful worx end untiring interest tor for the year and halt half he had been in office an early adjournment nas as taken in order that the delegates might attend the baso base ball game the banquet wednesday evening a banquet wits was tendered the visiting delegates and their ladies by the park city fire department at the 1 I 0 0 F hall A number of park city non lion members mere invited making over two hundred jiuu that sat down to the elegant I 1 when the inner man had been abundantly satisfied henry welsh president of 0 park city commercial club as toastmaster tor for the occasion entertained with a pleasing address and called upon several f gentlemen who responded with pleasing talks all baving having kind words for park city its people and tor for tile the good time afforded the visitors those called upon were president C W booth of spanish fork I 1 vice president W S horan of park city secretary ecret ary C J stillman of bingham Ein ghim canyon treasurer dad f impson of salt lake Trust trustees ebs W J of eureka and W W wilson of sandy state organizer perks of salt lake james byrnes and jim don of park city mr stoker responded to the toast bountiful wm win waters midvale chief larson sandy it wa a decided pleasant event thoroughly enjoyed by everyone present der during the banquet charming music was furnished by the saxophone quartette ahe llio contest Conte bt the birst of out of the ordinary entertainments provided tor for thu the home people and visitors was t the he 0 round boxing boung contest which took place at the dewey theater tuesday night ight tho the promoters were hardy K X DoN downing Nning tind and ben harmon ot or salt lake and the boxers wera charles midkiff of salt lake and kid davis of ogden the crowd was as quite a disappointment to tile tho there mere only omy about in the house because of 0 this fact there were no preliminary abb the main bout however wab a i hun hummer iwer and notwithstanding that IL ii only lasted ten rounds these who chave lave for human gore got their moneys worth the fight was and furious lu rious first blood being drawn in the first round by midkiff and it il continued to flow for nine consecutive rounds thereafter davis fur ii shing the entire supply davis la is ii a game young fellow and put up the best there was in him but his opponent midkiff was too much tor for him and while the former gave the tha latter several hard pun punches clies he could i ot get in enough of them and midkiff gradually wore his ap don punishing him so severely that in the tenth round marshal mair ordered the bout stopped thus giving the tight fight to Mid kift it was well uell that he did tor for davis was practically all in and had lie he attempted to stay another round something might have happened that would have resulted bulted disastrously tor for davis the sympathy bym pathy apparently was with dalis he being the smaller and weaker of 0 the two ben harmon was re referee tile the ball gume game about persons attended the ball game wednesday afternoon ba tween park city and harmon club teams of 0 salt lake it was a fairly good game with the park boys coming out with the small end score scora 96 9 6 1 A grand ball was given wednesday evening in Ras bands hall wl chih illi diew a bi bla crow and an enjoyable thile was had the big day I 1 thursday was tournament day and it was a hummer it is generally thought that more people were in park city on that day than ever before whether this is right or rot not the record will not say but certain it Is that there was a big crowd and a crowd that one likes to lo run into because ot of the good ing and jollity existing the day was vas ideal and at 9 a in the juvenile band and park city independent band were on the disco discoursing good music ea enthusing the people A special train wita firemen and friends from sandy j midvale and salt lake carrying one hundred undred li and tilty fifty people arrived a little after 10 both bands were vere there to receive them A procession was formed headed by dr E P lecompte Compte Lc as standard bearer and marshal of the day then came tile the I 1 independent nde pendent band followed by members embers of GA GI A it in autos visiting delegates and their ladles ladies nearly a hundred outside firemen from arious or lr lius ious cities in uniform park city file department fifty strong in neat uniforms with the big chemical chemic pl drawn by four horses a burlesque tire ire department with bill collins colling is as the disguised chief driving a broken down horse surrounded by sixteen kid firemen juvenile dand heading at least children each ach carrying a flag the line of march was south on park avenue horn flom rio nio grande to woodside then orth north down main alain to city hall each child in line was given a nickel A concert was given by juvenile band from the band stand after the parade ad e sports at case base call ball grands at one p in headed by the lie independent band firemen and citizens marched to the ball grounds to participate in and witness the big program of sports as advertised it la is estimated that people witnessed tile the events while park city did not lot win in any of the fir emens contests ests it made a splendid showing and has nothing whatever to be ashamed of tho the winners of the various sports follows L r state championship race fire mans regulation hose race against time prize silver cup held la last st bear ear by spanish fork team won by eureka team time 24 16 15 1 6 5 seconds park city time 29 seconds single hose coupling contest against time prize silver trophy purchased by park city won by eureka hub and hub race yards park city and eureka eureka won in 11 15 spanish for fork it and sandy sandy won in same time as eureka eureka and sandy run to decide lie be continued on page two MX IA ss gala week in park city ci i continued from page one eureka being given decision single ladder climbing contest first prize 1000 1000 second burgess first wilcox second for tile the funniest stunt bill collins collina voa the prize the oldest fireman was R simp simi bon the handsomest handsom ost woman was mr E al mcginley the prettiest girl was miss flen elen cr wright the ugliest boy was win booth 0 of spanish fork tile the largest family was that of mr and mrs airs W J wright the youngest baby was that of mr air and mrs bud johi johnson ison 19 days day old the homeliest hom eliest man was dick squires tile the newest married couple was mr and mrs airs lloyd stanley prizes were viere awarded to all of the above VOT for the best decorated store W 5 sutton won the prize for the best decorated residence 1 I K campbell was declared the winner the judges deciding the above mere ere mrs airs 4 J P F welsh chairman mrs airs W D lewis mrs ulius julius frankel and john F welsh firemans foremans Fi remans race yard dash clash prize 1500 ross vincent sandy tinie time 10 seconds firemans foremans Fi remans race yards 1000 and prizes won b by ro ross ss vincent and W wilkins time rime 2 28 8 seconds relay race firemen only 2500 ross ingersoll of E euraka time 64 54 seconds free lor for all race once around the ball grounds prizes 1000 5 and won by dark clark of wyoming woods and burke of park city childrens races boys 1 7 to 12 years prizes and won by john ritter arthur hanson hansen and robt cunningham childrens races girls 7 to 12 prizes won by irene mcdonough marle marie mcdonough and catherine dark clark ch childrens lorens races boys 5 to 7 prizes 50 cents 25 cents won by irene ence tom cashill and ell ovy daniels ada neil won the girls race from 5 to 7 prize ladder contest prize 2500 salt lake won time 8 14 1 4 seconds twenty four foot ladder contest for men active run feet place ladder and one man man to climb to top against time prize silver cup presented by bywater fire dept supply company of salt lake spanish fork won in 7 2 25 5 seconds NOTES i it t was a great day and a great celebration 0 0 then visiting fireman and their ladies without a solitary exception had nothing but words of praise for the park city boys and the excellent excelle ut entertainment afforded they insist it was the best meet ever held by the association and will have a good word vord tor for park city henceforth and forever only one accident occurred during the day to mar the pleasures that vas A as in the hose coupling contest against time when george farns morth a member of the sandy team tripped and tell fell breaking his arm sincere regret was felt tor for him and immediately chief W H bywater of salt lake chief con galligher GalU gher of murray mr air trix of eureka and C i harwood of 0 salt lake passed the lat hat through the crowd and in a few minutes raised had the gentlemen nt lemen made a more careful solicitation ki tation at least double this amount could have been collected however tile the gentlemen named feel fed grateful for the liberal donation and returns thanks to every one who contributed later tile the 1750 offer co ca in prizes tor for a tree free tor for all that was not pulled off was vas added to this fund making a total of vr barnsworth the injured man keenly appreciates this kindness and degites to thank the donors through the c columns 0 ot of the record mr air far farnsworth its is a married man with three hildren children and the loss ot of work caused ly y the accident will mean much t to 0 lim him and family john martin the park city fireman who entered the single ladder climbing contest can undoubtedly tun up tip and down a mine ladder but when it comes to a firemans foremans fi remans ladier ladder le is woefully lacking ho he scored a elphee cipher but furnished amusement tor lor the crowd dick squires do does not nol feel the least bit offended offended at being adjudged it alie 0 homeliest hom lop eliest man on the ground sHe feels sorry however tor for the poor judgment of the committee and insists that any member thereof cluid could bave reached out in any direction in I 1 the vast crow croin d that day and grabbed i I 1 a man that for homeliness would have skinned dick an irish biocic dick thinks that jealously had a gloat gibat deal to do with the decision however lie he appreciates the elegant 1 pipe and bag of and intends to 0 o keep the shirt which was one of tle the prizes awarded him to be laid out jut in when lie he is summoned to climb the golden stairs to n mingle forever in p peace bace with the good and 1 beautiful good boy dick jim don was a busy man evy cay lie he was here there and everywhere here and his musical voice ma magnified through the megaphone an bounced the results of the contest I 1 ind end kept the selfish ones one who think nothing of obscuring the vision 0 of others seated jim Is always looking I 1 after the interest of others hence albence his popularity i 0 the independent band gave it a nice concert in the band stand thursday evening one tiring feature with tile the sports at the ball grounds was the long waits between events it would have been more pleasurable with more snap and less waste of time there were twenty five automobiles on the grounds thursday after day afternoon nearly all belonging to park city people 0 1 the record apar appreciated very much the serenade given by the juven juvenile ile band thursday morning it is simply astonishing the pi progress ogress th this young band has made during the few months of its organization leader is surely entitled to gibat g eat credit tor for ills his clever work in advancing tile the boys to their preset effic efficiency ency with the money received tor for this engagement the juven ile band will be entirely out of debt tor for their uniforms and will mill have a treasury of 2500 or tile the uniforms which cost was paid tor for entirely by the boys efforts which is commendable to say the least 0 the dinner served by the ladies of tile AT E church thursday day was fair ly well attended yet not so well as it should have been an meal was served tor for thirty five cents the ladles ladies cleared a little over expenses but not near enough to |