The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-11-28
ONE PATRIOTIC CITIZEN e
HEARD FROM
The People Of Crystal Falls do nos Relish sns ~
tempt of sore heads 20 Hesmifen ne"
Reputation in the Eyes q Peo-
nc of Foreign Rssidenee'

w.
ron county and the township q Crystal
Fals and generally xilifyine the officers
and cl,izeus oi our village, township nm"
county. While 1nE DIAMOND i'isii'L 'ec's
duty bound to SCI matters Alright ana
vindicatc The officers and citizens ~ the
minds Of the rorcg,, readers which ha'c
been po,soncd by the misleading state
,uputs oi ,ho aforesaid Iotter, ~ " coni'-
dent that the appended comm""-
ication from the pungcnt pen 81
patriotic citizen cannot he improved up
an. and viii therefore allow Il To voice
thc sentiment Of this journal Following
Is the letter.
Fn,rou pl,AsnNp Dl;llL:-ln the ISSUE
~ November 10th oi the Crystal rams
clippcr, as you are certainly aware, tl'ere
,ppears ii leading article over the s'sn'-
tnre ~ "t'litic,n placing the village ana
township Of Crystal Falls nnd county OF
Iro,, II, an ,,nIalr not to ray nncnvlab'c
light in the eyes ~ those readers remote
4 from Crys,ul Falls or not ia'n'l'nr WIZ
the tYuc stats ui affairs within the boui'-
ldnries ci this. our own bailiwick.
while thc list ol the "critic's' article
i charactc,izctl by ambiguity and either
! nu,o,tunatc ignorance or wiIIiul villainy'
i !, Few ~ the many viliiying statements
: ,y;l, hea, ana require contradiction. AZ,
b Tor instance: \. ~.
v,n ,,.,S, one ~ tie hest court houses IN the
l..a,r u,paia ior wc hasc one ~ the coN'es' ~
,t.lia n, the district unpaid for: We have "n'
y ~ Tho hest GRADED streets ~ the tpper fehlnS'"'
"A t,o,n me conrt house 10 the depot unpAu 'oSs
c- We have electric lights unpaid Tor.
i, v'hc Indebtedness incurred by thenbovo
su annro yements. IA every wcl-pnstcd ana
Il. .on.ille citizen knows Tor should blush
~ =, his iruoruncc) il i bonded indebteu-
~. ,ess ,he interest ON which ~ rtsu'a''s
nj. t;a,;.l,,tad IN accordance with the agree
il, ,ns,, and stipuations appearing on
lie Aoid bonds, and cannot place the v''"s''f
I'LL township or county in the light ~ pau, s
~. ne,ssm until their maturity, fifteen ""'
le s,v,ntv : Years hence. and not At that tune
,rk .ay,drl that they are redeemed, oiwh'cn
bv ,1,o,e ! not a scnbancc oi doubt Leu
lrc I'm a('ritc" show me, II he can, "f ~"
m inform. me Mr. Editor, oi any village ~
the .3tv within the boundaries ol our CONF
Ion. ,,o,wen,th or between the m'snN
oceans, il you viii, ~ q size eoln"'s'7"'. \"
hht ,tc with that Of Crystal Falls. WIN nv
,ccn modern improvements oi when our ~
the llacc boasts. and cnn substan''"" Wv
tthr ..nc. witl, lcsscr amount OF nun"s''
[, Il ,n,lo,,teelness than that under which ouF
eyi. ,,a,a.a cxjsts today. Arc AL 81 Wv ~
,uv villages living IN our own snusj
.,,;',,., ,,o,,nc,. ,ilavcs, as the Critic
that ilowcry outcrop OF anarchy, n'"o'k
ai,, ,n,l nssininity chooses to style ~
0'ns ,rASrr, Mr.. Editor; answer, Eeno' -
nm .wy ykmpody a q.
na"' And tht ~, make matters wo'rs' -
hNeu Dc,i,icp reflects tcsioufy upon '"c =
y" eurity ~ the TOWNSHIP - y g county '' ~
'nthF sers r,re,,inr signillca-e7 7to~- = 's''e3
ie y ,,d ;,,o 4he Tic treasury oithe eount
nuSea ualoon licenses and attempting 'o !"
W. l,.lu,lc lis readers with me "e" -" :,
: VIZ" ,,l, uonevs were sconred out "' =
nenily .,,l,e corle,s FOR the i,ttenins oi inc "
'",' yatc purse. such basc' vi,r' '"' ,''.,,
- and proundcss inrinuati"h y ~, "".'
i''f ,hle for evcn contradiction anu '"'''"
.n""'' nal ,ucyareator who allows sue" ~
hmiu ~. y, eseapc lis lipS y COO po''"s
hs WIZ n,,,;cc ou thc part 81 a rcr"ta"'
ilwau' ~ !, decent public, but ~ ~"
49, ,',,,, WIZ y, ,hc minds 81 non'rt
arrs,re '',, ,,.s. .,,,,emcnis have pcr'"'7'
y" MN. .,;.,,e,snl office, and must pc q
\, ,,,,,,c, 49, = .. .,,at our community ~
s"' ere taud oni,s just and mer'' ~,
n~ N.Y. not bc loukcd upon ~ = ecn''o !. \
,,,., XIV nollntion. tie s,rongou p o"'
n Nv ths h,o,,,p ana Il huthed ior e'''' ~ .
lie I'D. ,.nc !, i an indirpntablo i"c' ''''''
saidthat s'",N ...'.. s,nec the birth 81 Iron 81
~ . '',s' s,,y ,uod been ovcrdrawn'.
J Fnllr y ~, ",' ,'' .crookcsncssi
he city ~ ,,'a,. not being sufficient cv'"'
acd, not "'S''' ~ .,,,crc hut, ncvcrshc]e''-'
tops win W "'''s NM NM c,iortsarc being m de
reform most ns''',"''''. ,,or % and throul
Il net % 90 pf""V ~ ~
ise y m X. 49, nCri,ie" hrazenly alleges
m'nnu'e ~ a,,cinl purse, generally, y "n~1
roo, tic p,iblic cuiIera ana rr'''
~" ~ s,a,,ds N the pale lsht
,. "',','' ,'''.,,,n,; s and responds TO h'7 \
"'nN'o"'', ,,,. ~ approving "ainrl
''s 'a''s' '.,,s ,,,;rr ,lat ehe bits thenn''nr'R
..,l ~ ~ humble opinicn' Me. '.''1
VIZ ''' ...,st ,,,at il coincidcs Win <"s
'shny' oc' "'S' ',,,,n. '','N II yourself, our 4
lay, Irons Gus conv'c''o"' ,,,,,ty nrc health
M that o' township anu .ll survive N
" versus prosperous ~ IA contsnue ~ \
n,oringto mcccsH'"' 7e"e,'' ,he,r ,livorrelIo1
valued ai and fr"" w.. ...,.a and sc-n,rtef
'nely hart colossal "os'"'' .,,eh w,~l,y- vtS4
some very The ot's'h'V''s ,..,.,.,,ic,,,,c "so10
Flcwcllins porinss "n" y. ,,.ac,.i,,l alun.,I
ib Nosiar have bee" nv :, ',, nrotitAblo IN
welfare o. more p'e'''"s ',',' ,,xe,lct II m
~ on the 'rnea'" wv
. with thc Iearth. 49,. 4. VI Y
cnlv<olee Az 'n'"''''''' ,ra.t <
rlant, <Ihs ''s hope ~ .s s.'....,rlv vourn,
,;f:uit court .|