Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1911 — FIRE CHIEFS HAD GREAT TIME AT CONVENTION. [ARTICLE]

FIRE CHIEFS HAD GREAT TIME AT CONVENTION.

ports Big Show at Milwaukee— Much New Auto Apparatus. J. J. Montgomery, chief of the local fire department, had a great time in Milwaukee last week, attending the 39th annual convention of the International Associations! of Fire Engineers. Chief Montgomery has been regular in his attendance at these conventions ever since be became the chief of the local department and he IS thus able to keep abreast of the times in fire-fighting apparatus. The latest equipment, of course, was demonstrated at Milwaukee and was largely automobile . apparatus Thirty-two pieces of new apparatus were demonstrated. An auto truck, carrytng fire fighters and equipment was sent up hills that horses could not climb and It is plain that the auto, which has been in limited use for some time by lire companies, will soon entirely supplant horses ih the larger cities. . One of the. big men to attend the Milwaukee meeting"'was Edward F. Crbker, former fire chief in New York and regarded as one of the greatest fire fighters in the world. He is now engaged in a movement toward fire prevention and is making a great success in bringing the people into a closer knowledge of essential precautions to take against fires. On last Thursday night Jack attended a banquet given at trfe Schlitz palm garden by th§ Schlit? Brewing Co. It was called « bier-abend, which means beer-party, but beer was not the whole thing on the menu. One thousand covers were laid and it was a great banquet. Creatore’s band furnished the music. Jack brought home a suit case full of souvenirs, while his collection of badges received at the various conventions he has attended a display to feel proud of. The city paid SIS toward his expenses, and the money was well invested. *