The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-17

The Neeaunee Herald voices the senti-
ment oil Marquette county, regarding
county division, In the following
language: "Ihe proposition OF the peo-
pie Of Iron Mountain TO erect new
county from territory of Marquette.
menomlnee and Iron counties Is meeting
with determined opposition by the peo-
|plc of the counties whose domain IL
threatened. AT the last meeting 81 the
board VI this county Ton the 30th ult. 1,
resolutions were passed In opposition TO
the proposed detachment Of territory,
setting forth the injustice that would
follow such action, and calling upon the
representatives In the state legislature to
oppose Il. The people Of our county are
opposed to II, and should spare no
effort In its defeat. The expense OF
equipping new county with buildings
records, ETC., according To the Iron
Mountain idea, would be enormous, and
result In hardship To the taxpayers out
SIDE OF that municipality, where a few Of
them would reap the benefit. In any
View 81 tho project, the necessity is not
such ns to warrant the undertaking at
TINS time. From the present outlook,
there N little danger OF the creation OF
the new county during the current year"
Logical as ever, the Iron Mountain
Range talks thusly: "Of course, the
people of this range would be delighted II
any method could be devised By which
The county OF Quinnesec could be formed
without taking any territory from Me-
nominee, Iron or Marquette counties,
but the friends Of the scheme haven't yet
Deem able to figure out how that can be
done. We want territory for new
county Now, be reasonable, gentlemen,
nnd consent to our having something to
make a county Of
The excitable Republic Sun flies of the
handle with the appended burst Of elo-
Quence: THAT several pap-suckers OF
Wenominee are endeavoring to carve
out will die n bornin' IL our representa-
yves nt Lansing but do their duty. III is
tnid that one al our legislators there, for
private and personal reasons, is in.
cIiued TO look with favor on the project,
ana while he will not actively work for
the absurd BILL will do nothing 10 pre-
vent its passage. II this is the case. he
should be Immediately called to account
Tor hts knitting This is no time to
monkey with personal interests, es-
pecinIly when the most productive and
promising portion Of our township IN I'm
danger OF being stolen from US by high
way r0bbers."
TuE DIAMOND DRILL announces its
earnest opposition 20 the Quinnesec
county PROJECT, because IL Is proposed to
take into It's limits the settlements of
Metropolitan. sagola and Groyeland II
seldom anything is accomplished i'm
this world without exciting somebody's
opposition, and while we would be de.
Rhtel 20 have The Dull on our side. |
HevtIl have To- try and get along with |
out IT, Range. Glad you will "try" TO |
GET along without the aid OF TBE DIA-
No>D DRILL. IL is the duty OF this |
4 putnal TO work Tor the interests ~ Iron
county. but II compelled 90 labor for the |
\ <yrtton III Quinnesec county, it's SUD- |
~ I would be decidedly luke-warn.
N<he Marquette Mining Journal does
not approve OF saving limbs of Of three
counties and patching them together for
~ county Tor Iron Mountain, and saws |
its say AZ below "There are over 40 |
600 people in Marquette county who do |
not admit that there ought To be a new
county, composed largely OF territory
taken from this, and as there is ms de-
clded an objection IN Iron and Menomi- |
nee counties TO furnishing territory for
the new county as in this, il will take
more than the Ranges feeble tootin' to |
fetch IL. The proposal Of the Iron |
Mountain people TO have the counties Of
Marquette, Iron and Menominee furnish
them with territory, for which they will |
provide the county seat, recalls the story /
OF how the cooper became disgusted |
with his trade; Il alters thought twas |
~ mean trade, he said; but | never got /
entirely disgu-ted with IL until that |
ornery cuss, Joe Higgins, brought me a /
bunghole and wanted a barrel made 10 |
IL, an then gin IL up"