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Show 'FIREMEN AT JOINT MEETING GIVE REPORTS ONVARIOUS ACTIVITIES Large Attendance Adds Zest to Discussic n Concerning New Trucks for No. 1 Reports from Committees Show Local Organization to be in Healthy Financial Condition Eat Committee Forces Everyone to Partake of Luscious Victuals. ' Every once in a while there comis to a town a newspaper man who insists on being late, and every oince in a while there is an able resident who is capable of taking hi place, and this is just what happened Tuesday evening of this week, when Companies Nos. 1 and 2 of the Bingham Canyon Volunteer Fire Department met in joint session at Fire Hall No. 2. - - Getting back to the subject mentioned in the above paragraph, the tardy newspaper man was the representative of the Press Bulletin Bul-letin who is supposed to "cover" thq firemen's meetings, and the able resident is none other than the genial joint secretary, Dan Fitzgerald, Fitz-gerald, who offered to handle this story for the Press-Bulletin, so from here on, the story is in charge of Dan, and this is the way he gave the story for publication: "O'course, the first thing to tell the people of the camp is that the Firemen met, which should be a news item in itself, as a lot of people in this here place think the only time the firemen meet is when there is a fire, which of course, is all wrong, but there are a lot of folks in this here burg who don't know that, so I am here to tell 'em. "When President Ernie Dean, pounded the mallet on the table to call order there was a large crowd present, which included such celebrities as Bonnie Jones and Jack Whittmore. Of course these two fellers attend most of the meetings, but it won't hurt to let the people know that they attended this one. Roll was called and then the boys got down to business. "The Dance Committee turned in its report concerning the finances of the last dance field, and then the Picture Pic-ture Show Committee told what they had accomplished, and the two enterprises en-terprises netted a goodly sum, which I would say is pretty good newspaper newspap-er wording, alth !gh I know of some better ones. : "Several other committees reported about one thing and another, which as secretary I was forced to put on the minute book, which shows that opinion of all that in a few years Bert should rate one of Bingham Canyon's leading photographers. "I suppose that 1 nave told all about the meeting as was, and of course there will be a lot of fellers who are jealous of me writing this article for the newspaper, and will state that I didn't do it right, but this here is my story of what happened at the meeting and I am going to stick to it." I know what a secretary is supposed to do as well as running a newspaper. The boys had quite a discussion concerning con-cerning the fire truck at Hall No. 1, and many members told about first the defects, and then the good qualities qual-ities concerning this part of the Bingham Bing-ham Canyon fire apparatus. One feller fel-ler stated that the truck couldn't go to CoppeTfieldlrt -"high"-" on a bet, and that neither one of the trucks could go up hill at the rate of 45 miles an hour. Then another feller said that there was considerable trouble experienced starting No. 1 truck .while another feller said that some of the firemen did not know how to "choke" the truck, which according ac-cording to my way of thinking may be right, as the only things I know how to "choke" is a human being who gets fresh. "It was also reported that a new siren was being tried out by the city to be used in place of the fire bell, and although no definite action has been taken (pretty good grammar, eh what?) most of the boys feel that the bell system is the best, as the siren is not quite loud enough to be heard in all parts of the camp." "A report was given stating that No. 2 Truck had been overhauled and was now in tip top condition. It was also reported that a G.M.C. truck man would be in Bingham Canyon Wednesday of this week and look over ov-er truck No. 1 to see what the trouble really is." "After the meeting had adjourned from its business session, the eating committee set the table and then the real thrilling part of the meeting was before them that was present. There was the usual pork sandwiches (some fellers call 'em veal) and the pork was roasted by Harry Garvin, who, I am told holds several world's records rec-ords for roasting pork, and he sure showed his stuff Tuesday evening. Then there was some real coffee, and soda water for the abstainers, some high class green and ripe olives for the president, Mr. Dean, who admitted admit-ted that he liked them. And then there was some cute little cakes, made by the Royal Baking Co., that had a B. F. D. on the top of them, making them quite appropriate for the occasion, oc-casion, as it was, and then there was some really high class music by the Apex String Quartet, and let me say' right here that these fellers know how to tickle those stringed instruments. This quartet is composed of Ray Ken-ner, Ken-ner, "Fuzzy" Prigmore, Art Cook and Mr. Fantazzi. I forgot to state in the fore part of my story that Art Cook made a clever talk thanking the firemen for their wonderful service two weeks ago, when his home took a notion that it wanted to burn down, and then when the gang arrived changed its mind. "Bert Hocking added much to the gaiety of the evening by showing the boys some of his work as an amateur ama-teur photographer, and it was the |