Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1909 — FIRE COMPANY IN HOSE COUPLING CONTEST. [ARTICLE]

FIRE COMPANY IN HOSE COUPLING CONTEST.

< Chief Montgomery has arranged for a hose coupling centest Thursday night in which the members of the local fire company will participate. One division, composed of Capt. Orlan Grant and privates Earl Chestnut, James George, John Eiglesbach and Frank Kresler, will be under the command of the chief, and the second, with Rex. Warner, Tom Hoyes, Van Grant, Carl Wood, and Vern Robinson, will be in charge of Asst. Chief C. W. Rhoades. Y The race will be against time, from the engine house to the public library, where the hose must be taken from thewagon, coupled to the hydrant and the water turned on. The winner will receive a box of cigars from the Little Indian Cigar company.