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Show Bingham Volunteer Fire Department Efficient The Bingham Fire Department baa had a very successful year. The Department consist of two companies of SS men each. These companies meet once a month In Joint cession and bl this means keep In close touch with each oth-! oth-! er and bar an understanding alike of the problems that come before them. A new chemical track waa purchased last gammer and has been Installed at No. 2 station, the big flretruek has bees overhauled and pat in first class shape. Two automatic elec- trie sirens have been InstaUed, station booses have been repaired and painted and all-in-all the department de-partment may be said to be In shipshape. ' Owing to the promptness prompt-ness and efficiency of the department, depart-ment, the lowest fire loss perhaps In the history of the camp, has occured during the past year. Twenty two calls were responded to daring the past year, with a loss -by fire of not to exceed $2300.00 dollars, of theae the largest was , the one which occured at the L. D. 8. Wardhouse last week. Through an ordinance passed by the city Fathers, the compensation compen-sation law has been made applicable applic-able to the firemen and wlU be lu effect should any fireman receive injury while la the discharge, of his duty as a fireman. The state ' Firemen's Convention, hied here last Angoat is a matter of hlst-,ory hlst-,ory and u without doubt the most elaborate event of the year. Many letters have been received from various parts of the Btate, thanking the firemen for hoepltal-itea hoepltal-itea exltended to the visitors. |