The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-01-11
ASKS FOR $1,000.
With Which 10 Employ an Attorney 10
Prosecute ihe Bennett Case.
REQUEST WAS DENIED.
Supervisors Believe The Co II Of the Supeivi-
soss IL the ProprE Persons TO Try the Case.

Supe ryisors Believe the Co n 81 the Supesvi-
IL the Progrs Persons TO Try the Case.
There was a msssing Of the board Of
supervisors Of Iron county at the conrt
house last Tuesday The meeting had
been called. ostensibly. fer the purpose
of auditing b and. in ( .ct tn =
pose WAS the only specific one stated in
the call for the meeting bntit was know
from an ante-meeting canvass Of the
members OF the board that an Interior
purpose lurked behind that innocent
auditing OF bills. The meeting was
called TO order first in the forenoon at
II. 900 clock but. as there were but
four members there, an adjournment
was taken until the afternoon at 80
Promptly at the time specified the
chairman called the meeting 10 order
and the roll call showed all present ex-
cepting Mcneil. of the first ward and
Buzzo of Crystal Falls township. A
petition was presented to The board
from the township board of Crystal
Falls township asking that Thomas
Conlin be given a seat on the board
during the temporary absence of the
supervisor. As il was known that Mr..
Conlin was opposed TO the real purpose
for which the meeting was called. "a
stubborn fight was made against his
being seated. it being figured that
with the vote Of Crystal Falls township
ont the move was certain to carry
There was divided board and. as it
requires a majority of al the members
elect TO pass resolution the board wis
unable TO give decisive vote one way
or the other which had the same effect
as rejecting the resolution SO Mr. Con
lin contented himself with a seat on a
box of books over by the WALL The
minutes of the previous meeting WAS
the irst thing on the tnpis and Clerk
Wall occupied tho the attention. Of the
board for the next hour or two. Fol-
lowing the readings Of the minutes came
the auditing of claims and full spin
die told all present that Herculean
tasl was before thenl There WAS mar
mony until the second batch Of diph-
iberia bills were placed ON the plate
aud then some of the members began
10 gag as IL was evident that the claims
would aggregate 81, 600. These bills
came from Iron River and Hematite
townships The Iron River bills had
been before the board before aud were
turned down The Hematite claims
were the result OF the board, at a form
er meeting. allowing part OF the Iron
River claims. Supervisor Jobe figured
tat, as long as the county was paying
sle Iron River bills. Hematite might
as well come in for its share. After
reading all Of the bills, some Of them
for labor aud many OF them Tor grocer
les suggestion was made that n COM
nittee be appointed 10 pass upon the
bills and report TO the board The sug
gestion was accepted and committee
consisting of Messers Jobe Henley
and Lyons was appointed There
was some objection by Messrs. Jobc
and Lyons TO acting on the committee
as they had bills from their townships
but the other members were satisfied
that that was a good committee make
MP and the gentlemen set aside their
scrnples and tackled the work, tho
board adjourning for thirty minutes to
allow them TO do their work. Upon re-
convening the committee reported that
it one of the bills should be paid all OF
them should and that as the law re-
quires the county to stanu the expense
in cases of infectious diseases the com
mittee recommended the payment Of
all of the bills There was little
idiscussion in the board and finally q
resolution was passed allowing the
whole bunch In the mean time inter
est ran high at Iron River and several
telephone calls were made 10 ascertain
il the bills were allowed and IL is said
that bonfire was lit mp over there
when the news was broken to them.
The mine inspectors report was the
first thing that caused any discussion
after supper The report was read q
the board so az TO check up the expense
bill of that official. The principal
features Of the report was, first the
schedule Of the number Of men em.
picyed in the mines OF the county DUR
ing tho month Of December The
schedule is as follows;
James q
Hiawatha 20
Mansfield li0
Armenia 81
Gibson 90
Michigan 90
Hemlock i3d
Columbia ZIG
Monongahela 30
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