The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-07-13

The bic bills will be sent out Mon
day or Tuesday anc smaller ones will
follow soon afterwards
The tournament Is attracting much
attentionoutside as may be seen from
the following:
Wen. are you going 60 send good
delegation TO the tournament at Crys-
tai Falls next month";"
That's what we are, answered the
the Judge. "and we're doing al we
can do 10 boost the thing along and To
arouse some interest among The people
OF the town in the affair
well here's a check for s25 TO help
you out, said Mr.. Karkeek as he hand
ed the surprised treasurer the slip Of
paper. Mr. Brand was proiuSe in his
thanks but Mr.. Karkeek with don't
mention IL" walked away. The Judge
lost no time M letting other hremen
know 81 the donation.
The H0ugAton fremen Viii 20 to|
Crystal Fails next month and it Isl
now thought that at least twenty-five
or thirty will be numbered IN the
delegation. The expenses Of tile trip
viii be considered ahd will have " be
borne by the local fire recompany which
is IN need ~ funds for the Crystal
Falls visit The village will be asked
to help but the fremen would feel
much better II the citizens of the
village would come forward with
donations such as Mr.. Karkeek gave
yesterday By So doing Houghton
woulC show appreciation OF It's fine
tire department and the good work IL
has done Mining Journal
The hremen and citizens Of Negau-
nee viii bend their entire energies to
securing the nremen's tournament for
1902. They will go down To Crystal
Fails next month with the determine
tiCn % land IL and II they du not
succeed tney viii return a disap-
pointed delegation. For weeks the
soliciting committee has been at work
and the results Of It's labor show con-
cusiyely THAT the merchants are as
anxious as Tie tifemen to secure the
tournament
Ata meeting of the committee Mon
day evening IL was reported that
s2 300 has already been subscribed,
and thkg before the first OF August
tllis amount will be increased $1,000
0r mofe ,eacra wealthy men who
in the past nave been liberal donaters,
have set to be heard from II thirty
five hundred dollars is raised it is
thought that tile committee VIII
have little trouble in landing the
tournament When the question as
% whether or not Negaunee should
look tor the celebration first arose,
tile tremen refused g have anything
10 do with the man lgement Of tile
funds. They agreed 70 do anything
in their power TO get the tournament.
il citizens committee would look
after the financial id Of the under
taking. This was agreed TO- the COM
mittce was appointed and at once set
TO work. Mayor Thomas Connors was
elected chairman and under his
guidance the work has gone steadily
forward
Negaunee has every assurance that
it viii get the tournament If can
handle the crowd Ishpeming has
withdrawn from the race In favor Of
her sister city, and the 500 fire laddies
will 90 nothing TO antagonize this
city's chances. Unless some other
city tries to secure 1t these towns will
not go into the contest, AS long as
there is ghost OF show for Negau-
nee they will stick to her. Lake
Linden may try TO land the tourna-
ment but as IL was held in the copper
country a year ago her chances are
slight From the present outlook
Negauuee has praticallya clear field
However, the iircmen are not resting
ON their oars, but are working hard
and there will be no let up until the
convention decides the matter finally.
A running team will be sent down to
CRYSTAL Falls, and IL Is expected that
this aggregation will give good ac-
count of itself A citizens committee
will appear before the convention and
plead Negaunee's case and Fred Koch
and r. q. Jackson will do the active
husting among the delegates Be-
sides these two gentlemen, about fifty
fire fighters will 20 down To boom
Negaunce and 20 present her claims
for the tournament.
It is estimated that the tourna-
ment will bring about five thousand
guests 70 the city. Negaunee can
make ample provision for the accom-
modatiOn Of that number visitors.
Mining Journal.
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