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Show BINGHAM'S NEW FIRE TRUCK ARRIVES Dr. F. E. Straup, Mayor of Bingham with Marshal , Frank Thompson at the wheel arrived in camp on Saturday last with the new fire fighting equipment for the No. 1 Volunteer Fire Department. De-partment. The truck is a G. M. C. Chassis and was originally built by the Government as an airplane truck to be used in France. The motor is a red seal continntal and is easily capable cap-able of thirty-five miles an hour according to the chief. The body was built at the Salt Lake county's shop in Murray where over twenty coats of paint were applied. It is equipped with a large chemical tank also two hand chemicals, axes and everything every-thing necessary for fighting in Bingham, the high pressure of the city's water supply elemin-ating elemin-ating the use of a pumping apparatus. ap-paratus. The "Bingham News" congratulates con-gratulates the Town Board in its ability to secure such an excellent ex-cellent equipment at so little expense. |