ANNUAL BANQUET 
Manchester Firemen Had Gala Eve- 
ning at Park Hotel. 
An event long looked forward to 
and one that fully lived up to the 
expectations of all took place at the 
Park hotel, Manchester, Monday 
evening, the occasion being the an- 
nual banquet of the officers, mem- 
bers and ex-members of the Man- 
chester Fire Department, numbering 
56 in all. The affair took the form 
of a testimonial to Chief James 
Hoare and during the _ festivities, 
Past Engineer L. W. Floyd of the 
Chemical Company presented Chief 
Hoare in behalf of the department 
with a handsome watch fob with 
Masonic charm. The evening was a 
most enjoyable one, with a delicious 
banquet, fine speaking and music, 
while the whole hotel was turned 
over to the department for one big 
night. 
The charm presented Chief Iloare 
was appropriately inscribed, ‘‘M. F. 
'D., to Chief Hoare, May 4, 1914.’’ 
Mr. Floyd, who made the present:- 
tion, spoke in part as follows: 
“Chairman and Gentlemen:— I 
esteem it a great pleasure and an 
honor to present to Chief Hoare this 
token of our esteem. AS we go 
down life’s highway together we 
ean but feel our life is worth living 
when we have among us a man of 
such sterling character as Chief 
Hoare. He has been our chief for 
the past 19 years and has been a 
faithful fire engineer, and citizen.”’ 
Mr. Hoare responded by saying 
that were he to look through the 
dictionary of 600,000 words, he 
could not find any word more suit- 
able than the words ‘‘thank you.’’ 
Following Mr. Hoare’s remarks, 
George S. Sinnicks, who has just re- 
signed as one of the fire commis- 
sioners after 20 years’ service, re- 
sponded in a most pleasing manner 
of his 20 years experience as assist- 
ant chief. 
Following Mr. Sinnicks, Thomas 
Baker, the new member of the 
Board of Engineers, spoke in a most 
pleasing manner, and hoped that he 
pleasing manner, and hoped that 
the department would keep up its 
high standard of efficiency. 
Following Mr. Baker, Charles O. 
Howe, R. C. Allen, Samuel I. 
Wheaton and ex-Chief Stone spoke. 
Mr. Stone said: ‘‘Some 40 years 
ago, I became a member of the de- 
partment. It was in the time of the 
old hand tub Torrent, and the buc- 
ket tub. I was the man, I believe, 
who presented the name of Chief 
Hoare, whom we honor tonight, as 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
a nominee for the position he has so 
faithfully fulfilled.’’ 
Charles Dodge closed the even- 
ing’s remarks by going over the 
old-time fights at town meetings for 
more money, better apparatus and 
a new fire house. 
Following the spread—which was 
one of Chef Crombie’s famous cock 
JAMES HOARE 
Chief of the Manchester Fire Dept. 
stews—music and song brought the 
evening’s pleasures to a close. 
Mr. Scott, proprietor of the Park 
hotel, turned over the hotel to the 
department for the evening, and 
many thanks are due him for his 
kind hospitality. 
The committee in charge of the 
banquet was E. F. Preston, chair- 
man, Edward P. Flynn, treasurer ; 
Clarence W. Morgan, James A. Mur- 
ray, Charles W. Fritz, D. Elmer 
Butler and Thomas Baker. The 
committee deserves great credit in 
carrying out the plans in such an 
able manner. 
The election of officers of the M. 
F. D. took place Monday evening, 
resulting as follows: 
Hook and Ladder Company. 
Captain—Granville Crombie. 
Lieutenant—James A. Murray. 
Clerk—Charles W. Fritz. 
Steamer Company. 
Captain—Ellery H. Rogers. 
Clerk—George Hildreth. 
Lieutenant—Charles Sawyer 
A special meeting and try-out will 
take place on the evening of May 
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13 
CONGRESS ADDS TO NATIONAL 
FOREST. 
Nearly 17,000 acres have just 
been added by an act of Congress 
to the Caribou national forest, Idaho. 
This is one of the first of such ad- 
ditions through congressional action, 
and is the largest so far made by 
direct legislation. 
Those who have followed the na- 
tional forest movement in this coun- 
try will recall that most of the for- 
ests have been created through pres- 
idential proclamation, which. set 
aside, for timber growing or for 
water protection, certain areas of 
the public domain. In March, 1907, 
however, congress passed a law that 
no further additions should be made 
to the national forest areas in the 
states of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, 
Oregon, Washington and Wyoming, 
except through congressional ace- 
tion. 
Since July, 1909, residents of the 
city of Montpelier, Idaho, have been 
petitioning to have this 17,000 acres 
added to the Caribou national for- 
est, because the area includes the 
watershed of the stream which fur- 
nishes the city’s water supply. Not 
being within a national forest, the 
tract was given over to unregulated 
grazing and other usages which re- 
sulted in stream pollution and be- 
came a serious menace to health. 
The citizens of Montpelier, at sev- 
eral times subsequent to their first 
efforts in 1909, renewed their pe- 
tition; and the act just passed rep- 
resents the successful outcome of 
their efforts. R 
The G. A. R. 
. The first national gathering of 
the Grand Army of the Republic 
was held in 1866, and the order, 
which is now more than forty-eight 
years of age, now has five thousand 
G. A. R. posts throughout the coun- 
a 
The order reached a membership 
of 400,489 in 1890. Today it has 
been reduced by death to less than 
170,000. The death rate is becom- 
ing higher each year, for the vet- 
erans of the Civil War now have an 
average age of sixty-nine years. 
No Music for Him. 
William (who has been pursuad- 
ed to contribute to our annual con- 
cert)—Can ’ee tinkle ‘‘Varmer’s 
Boy,’’ Miss? 
Squire’s Daughter — Have 
brought your music? 
William—Musiec! I don’t sing by 
music, I sings by hearsay.—London 
Opinion. 
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