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Show LOCAL DEPARTMENT HIGHLY EFFICIENT Ameilcan Fork boasts of one of the most elllclcnt Hinnll flro dojinrtments In tho state. Ttccontly a test wns made ns to how quickly n run could bo mado from headquarters on church street to tho vacant lot oposlto the Grant hotel ho-tel on lower Main St., unreel tho hose, connect on tho hydrant and have the water jtlaylng on an Imnglncry fire A $.'.00 Jirizo wnB offered if could lie dene In 2 1-2 mlnuten Tim Lcs wero loafing around the department when soino ono turned turn-ed In the nlnnn at tho City Hall. In short order tho hoso enrt e.ni o clanging down Main Street, attached behind nn nuto colng 40 miles nn hour, nenchlng tho hydrant on tho corner of Main and 2nd West streets, two firemen mado the connection connec-tion whllo tho hose cart sjied on Its way. unreeling as It went. ' the time tho vncnnt lot wns reached, tho connection with tho hydrant wns made, nnd by tho time tho hose was out tho wntcr was turned and and had reached tho other end Just as the noslo had been scrowed Into pinto Tho wntcr wns extinguishing the flic In ono nilnuto nnd thlrt sreonds from the tlino tho nlarm wns first turned In O-ij - - |