J. J. Keane, also a member of the council and a former chief of the fire department, thanked the department on behalf of the council for its admirable work and told of the necessity of getting the new pumping engine and hose motor cart.
Judge Adrian Nelson of the Latah county probate court told of the good work of the department and of how Moscow prided itself on keeping the fire loss at a minimum.
Tells of Water System
S. C. Bates, University of Idaho engineer, told of the new water mains laid by the university and explained to the department members how the university system can be connected with the city water system in case of a fire in the west part of town. The tables at the banquet were attractively decorated with flowers from the Roselawn Greenhouse company and the banquet was good and well served. All told the members of the department expressed themselves as well pleased with the success of the annual event.
Some 15 members of the Colfax volunteer association were expected and a committee went to the O.W.R. & N. depot to meet them. The O.W.R. gasoline car broke down five miles out of Colfax and the Colfax abandoned the trip, according to reports received in Moscow. Committees from each of the six individual fire companies were named at a banquet to make arrangements for the annual Volunteer Firemen's at the university gymnasium on the day night, December 30. 