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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-10
BEAVER INCREASING RAPIDLY

- IL the trappers leave the beaver
alone until 1906 as provided for in the
law there will be lot of them around
here by that time. and close to the
town, too, said V. Carr. one OF the
best informed hunters and trappers i'm
the upper country, to reporter for
the Diamond Drill the other day. 81
know of several families about here
now and they are increasing fast.
There are several big families down
about railroad lake and one out on the
Michigamme road. 1 haven't noticed
that they have been disturbed by any
one, 81 far, and they have been there
about two years
Ed. Mitchell had an experience with
these little animals this fall that ILL
ustrates well the industry, persistency
and segacity of the beaver. His log.
ging ROAD paralleled creek for a long
way A family of beaver located on
the creek and every morning during
the months of October and November
the men had to break dam.
The dam was about twenty rods in
width and from one to two feet high.
The men would clear the whole sur
roundings Of the debris from the dam
and when they got out the next morn
ing, there IL would stand as large and
strong as ever, backing up the water
for quarter of a mile along the road.
IL invariably took two men two hours
to clear 1t away again. One evening
one of the fellows set trap 10 catch
one of the beavers and scare them
away in that manner. He placed the
trap very cleaverly, right in the run
way aud at narrow point where the
beavers had 10 pass through. The
next morning he found hie trap con-
.stituting portion Of The dam and, 30
carefully had the beavers handled IL, \
that It WAS not sprung. That ended
any attempt 60 scare tham away IA
that manner
Tbs heayera are coming back to this
country, now that extensive logging
operations are over with. The game
laws prohibit, the killing or taxing Of
these animals until The year 1905,
the penalty for violating the law being
hne Of $50 The provision is wise
one and II Is to be hoped that anyone
meddIing with the animals will lie
caught and prosecuted
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-10
NEW SCHOOL
BUILDING NEXT.
Crystal Falls Will Have to
Hvild IL ENcr,asc Keeps UP.

What this city wants next is new
school building. said member of
the school board to the reporter one
day during the week 81 feel certain
tnat the money expended each year for
additions ana renovations Of buildings
now used as school buildings would
more than pay the additional interest
on the money that wonld have 60 be
borrowed TO build the new building
with. This matter Of new school
building is one that has been perpIex
ing the board. for several years aId
no one appreciates the gravity OF the
situation until they get on the school
board and have the question Of school
room staring them in the face. II i.
a question that grows in aggravatior
with each succeeding year and the
longer it is lot drag the more stupend
ous II will get IS we have often said
about the ony recompenae residents q
this country have for living in fhis
neck Of the woods Is the education lha
they are able 10 give their chiidrci
and they are foolish that they dop
see 10 70 that the means are at mans
for giving their children all tho ad
vantages that are possible in this line.
la order to build a new school build
ing Ii will be necessary to bond the
district in the sum Of from $50 30 $40
900. There is a bonded indebtedness
on the district now of Sli. COO BY
the arrangement made at the time the
last bonds were refunded 81. 900 bond
is 10 be redeemed each year for the
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-10
THE NEW IRON RANGE.

We take the following regarding
the new iron range discovered by
Chase. 8. Osborn from "Soo" dis
patch 10 the Detroit Journal.
The discovery OF an immense iron
ore range has been made public
through the announcement OF the or
ganization of two new mining COM
panies, the Moose Mountain Mining
Co capitalized at 81 600. 0O0 and the
Hutton Mining Co., also with round
million dollars a. its capital stock.
The new range owned by those two
companies IN located in Ontario, di-
restly north Of sudbiry, and was
discovered some time ago by Railfoad
Commissioner Chase s. Osborn. while
on prospecting tour. Mr. Osborn
kept his own counsel until he was
satisfied of its geunineness and fortified
with sufficient data when he UNDER
took 20 finance the proposition pri-
yately, interesting men of sufficient
means 20 handle the project without
the floating ot any stock,
The interpretations Of both Of tie
mentioned which are Int
preliminary 20 the subsequent orgaui-
aztioe. are, Chass s. Osborn. Otto
Fowle pf the Michigan 500 aud Messrs
Hearst, Mckay and Darling Of the
Canadian 500.
Aside from Mr.. Osborn, those who
have financed the project include such
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-10
rHEY DON'T
TAKE TO 1T
S. Steel Company Employees
in This District not En-
thused Over Profit
Sharing Plan.

The local subscriptions 60 the stock
the United States Steel company by
Il employees of the company in this
|strict are being taken this week by
NJ officials at all Of the mines and
|nslderable interest is taken la the
|sult From present indications
bout thirty or forty shares win be
Inscribed for in the Crystal Falls
|strict. The officials expect that 100
ares viii be taken ID the Iron County
Bstrict-
] n the members Of the finance COM
tee Of the steel company were pre-
4 at the conferences between the
loves and the officials when this
4 subscription matter Is discussed,
would, without shadow of a
mt get some information on little
|;ctd that didn't occur to T. n
an H. scheme was mapped out.
Z srule. the plan is not taking
4 and the sticker is the fact that
mbscriber cannot pay outright
Y ia stock ana get it. Many Of the
4, are willing aud anxious to take
amount Of stock allotted them but
want to pay for II and get the
I,;ecate. This they cannot do.
nst nay in installments, said
,ants 10 be deducted from their
~ The men don't want 20 do
y = general rule. They say sup
~ mine shutS1down before the
4 ave years and we are thrown
work and cannot keep nip our
.,ntiona what then1 SUPPOSE
4 compelled by circum stances to
i after we have paid in part Of
sx,,estA what then2 Suppose
aftor ws have paid II ON cur
rs can better ourselves Aaterial-
tss employ OF some other concern,
~ 4 sacrifice ourselves simply to
nferior position.with.the steel
~ sacrifice our hard earned
acoepting another poitionf
the queries pointed in the ex..
multipIy from day to day, a
-, ,6as shows plaid1 that the work
MN are picking the scheme to
and the more they pick the more
4 Law bare the fact that the.plan is
advantageous. in its present
- the company than to the
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-10

next six years when the sum Of our
bonded indebtedness Will be reduced
to s.. 0)e The valuation Of the assessi- =
bic property in the school district is
81 800, 900 so tAat IL can readily be
seen that the amount necessary TO
build new school house will not
burden the taxpayers Of the district TO
any considerable extent.
When on the subject we wish TO
call attention to little editorial from
the Michigan Moderator which we
copied in these columns lately. That
editorial expressed the hope that the
present legislature will enact law
whereby the school authorities will be
empowered to provide for the trans
portation of children 10 and from
central school. We believe that III tine
Crystal Falls district had a good sized
central school building and then abolish
the small outlying schools, bringing
the teachers ana pupils into the central
building, il would repay the district,
pupils and parents one-hundred per
cent over the present arrangements OF
little schools scattered around at mines
and in Che woods The very worst
conditioaathat can be conceived of
are n existence at theseout.of-the- way
schools The environments arc any
hing but elesating aud the sooner
hey ere abolished The better for all
concerned.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-10
POOR COMMISSIONERS MEET.

The first meeting of the new broad
OF poor commissioners was held at the
poor farm last Monday. VIM. Greig,
the new member, was present and took
his seat on the board in place Of J.. Nc
Gillis whose term OF Office expired
Dec. al Mr. Greig comes from
stamhangh and IL "A pbneer farmer 81
the county, He promises to develop
into xaluale member The board
organized As follows
President Frank Erickson
Secretary Irving Il jackson
Physician Dr. g. r. Larson
The reelection Of Commissioner
jackson to the Office OF secretary WAS
deserved recognition OF n we'll per-
formed years work. He has been
secretary of the board ever since he
has bcen member and his work has
been good in every particular
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-10
ASK REFUND
OF 1900 TAXES.
Property Owners who paid
Under Protest Want Their
Money Back.

The city soupsil Is up against = pro-
position to refund the taxes OF 1900 to
the parties that paid under protest.
IL win be rememb barred that ths taxes
Of that year were void bec.uss- OF an
error made in sqnalizing the city ON
the county board 10 was The year
that we were visited by the tar COM
mission and the immense valuations
thai were placed ON abe mining pro-
perties together with the excessive
rate in the third wards lead all OF ths
mining companies and a number Of
the taxpayers 10 pay their t.x ander
protest This ''probest" 10 . saving
CLAUSE arrangement. by which the tax
payers 10 entitled 10 bring snit against
the municipality any time within fivs
years for the refund OF the tsx paid.
There was another class OF taxpayers
who refused 30 pay their haxes at ell
and after these taxes were returned
delinquent, the latter mentioned class
gave their taxes into the hands OF
Attorney Abbott who convinced the
Auditor General that the taxes were
void and that official simply swiped
the whole 1909 tax remaining unpaid
of the record 30 that these people got
out Of paying any taxes whatever.
Now. the taxpayers who paid ander
protest come in and ask a rebate of
the taxes so as 10 be eyened mp with
those who got ont Of pa, ing. The lat
ter class is represented by Attorney
Watson who appeared for them before
the city council last Wednesday even
ing
In addition 10 the two classes men.
toned there is third class who payed
their taxes just as they have done year
after year, and who did not put any
saving clause on their action. These
people have no legal right 20 come in
for rebate. A glance over the list
shows that, in the man, they are the
working people who own homes in tn,
city.
In oider 10 appreciate the injustic,
Of the matter, looking at il from I
purely equitable standpoint, Ii mus
be remembered that the amount of tn,
= lost by nou-payment in 1900 must b
made mp by heavier assessments i
subsequent years and that the ma
who paid his taxes without question
has got to help pay the taxes tha
were set aside, or in pain terms, tha
those who paid their taxes for 19O
have got to go down in their pocket
again and pay a share Of the taxes be
longing 10 the fellow VINO didn't pa
ana who, in every case, is more abl
to pay his taxes than they are.
When the matter came up. rebnt
was opposed all of the alderma
and Mayor Wehse, not because the
wanted TO be obstinate or because the
felt that the petitioners were no
entitled 90 it as well as the fellow
who got out Of paying but. pecaus
they felt that every person who pai,
taxes that year should get rebate |
one person does The matter was lef
in this shape until special meeting
which is called for tonight when thi
matter will be taken up and discussed
It il likely that petition will b,
presented from other taxpayers askin,
a rebate in case one is granted ant
there promises to be some doings il
the council.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-10


leading lights ia the financial worl'
as John w. Gates the Chic .go multi
millionaire; John j. Mitchell. presi
dent OF the Illinois Trust and Saving
bank OF Chicago: John Lambert. I
business associate OF John w. Gates,
also OF Chicago Charles @. Gates son.
Of John w. Gates James z. Hutchins.
attorney for the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank and American attorney
for the two new mining companies
Clair q Co.. the big New York bani
ing house Capt Jossph selwood. Of
Duluth. one OF the Lake Superior re-
gion. and many times millIonsire,
controlling over 10 mining properties
on the Mssebi. Gogebic and Minnesota
ranges. and jobs O.. spry. wealthy
lumbsrmAs Of Chicago.
sAlshonsh In order ~ psrtsst certain
businsu details preliminary orgsnixs-
sions have been effected. there 10 no
stock ON Tho market and none will be
offered for sale The proposition was
financed long ago ana will b privatsly
dsvsloped An offer. 10 10 stassd. Of
"a, 600. 900 for ths property has been
refused
The range 10 located aleng what
knows - the Moose mountains and
the iron formstion exssnds over 80 or
40 silss The prinpicAl discoveries Of
apparent greatest vAius have been
made in that portisn Of shs range
whiea 10 located along the west branch
Of ths vermillion river. prolonging
northwest aud southeast into the
township Of Hutton In the district OF
Nipissing. To the northwest the
range runs into an unsuvreyed terri
tory Of the Algoma diftrict.
The two companies whose organiza-
tion is just announced. control five
miles Of land along the formation. and
covering the largest discoveries made
up TO the present time.
The ore is hard magnetic. running
from go to 67 per cent metallic iron.
with much that is 10 low in phosphorus
as TO be Bessemer in grade. The ore
Is without trace OF titanium. the
bane of many Canadian ores, and is
lower in sulphur than the average ore
miued in Michigan and Minnesota
The ore outcrops in many places and
those outcrops are 50 large and OF such
clean ore that at least five Of then
will be shipping mines the moment
transportation is fnrnishd TO get on
the ore.
The range is 10 miles from the north
shore main lie OF the Canadian Pacif
but is reached now BY wagon roa'
from "A station 45 miles away. Tn
haul to water Is 20 miles. or neare
than the average haul of the MesaL
and vermillion range. The product
OF the range will reach water at o
near Killarney, ON Georgian bay.
The work done up to the preser
time has consisted of locating an
securing titles TO the properties, road
building, camp building. damon
drilling. trenching, cross-cutting an
test pitting. In this sort Of work alon
there his been expended over $i00, 00t
The rang Q is located geographical
on the elevation which forms the watc
shed of northern Ontario from whic
the streams to the north pitch int
Hudson's bay The range extend
through a rich pine region
Previous to Mr.. Osborn s discover
the region was wild unsurveyed an
unexplored wilderness far beyond tn
confines OF all numbering operations
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-10

Twins but horn In different years.
a. the unique condition of affairs mt
the home of Bernard sippel. a farmer
near Plymouth. Wis. The babes are
a boy and girl, one being born on the
night Of Dec. 81, 1909 and the other
making it's appearance half an hour
later but on Jan. 1, 1908. Thus they
are twins bat with birthday in differ
snt months
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-10
Wo0DMEN INSTALLATION.

The installation ceremonies Of the
Woodmen Lodge was held last Thurs
day and occurred at one Of the regular
meetings of the lodge; the occasion
not being chosen for any out-of -the-or-
dinary ceremonies Thomas Conlin
was chosen installing officer. The
following are the names of the officers.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-10
workingman.

workingman.
1t is probable that the scheme will
be remodeled as these points come TO
be carefully weighed by the head
officials and the Objectionable features
changed
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-01
Crime Statistics.
Columbia Cor. News and Courier.

Columbia Cor. News and Courier.
MIR. Thos. j. Lamotte has been
making a study of the records of the
daily newspapers IA to the crime at a.
tistics. He has gone over the files
of the News and Courier for the first
six months Of the present year, and
finds the records as published for
what he terms "volent deaths" to
have BEEN
From January | to March 81
Accident, 3; suicide, 10; homicide 3G.
Total, 40.
April l to June 30-Accident, II;
suicide, II; homicide, 81. Total 81.
Total for six months, 143.
MIR LaMotte states that in the
figures he has compiled for the
first six months of this year,
for THE State, five, who are reported
as dying of drinking, are classed us
suicides. The figures given under
the beading of accidents do not in
clude those killed in railroad acci
dents, nor does it include the deaths
in connection with tho floods in the
mill district.
Mr. LaMotto figures that the crimi-
ma! record of the last quarter over
the first shows an increaso Of 40 per
cent. which Is indeed remarknbIe.
Mr.. LaMotte finds that this ia a
great increase over the records of a
similar nature for previous years.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-01
UNITED STATES AND TURKEY.
Report that U. S. Consul at Beirut Was
ASSaSSinated Proves FalSe-U. S,
Squadron to Go to Beirut, However.

: Washington, August 28.-A dooi
cedly new turn in the case of United
States Vice Consul William q. Ma.
geisaen, at Beirut, Syrie, who was
reported to have been ,ssassinated
last Sunday, developed tonight, when
it became known that the report was
incorrect, aud that although Mr.. Ma
gelssen had been shot at, be had not
even been injured. This informa
tion came to the State department
to-night'in dispatch from United
States Minister Leishman, at Con-
stantinople, who SAID the mistake in
making the original announcement
was due to an error in the transmits
sion of the Cipher dispatch from Con.
sui Ravndal, at Beirut, in reporting
the incident to the minister.
The latest development in the
Turkish situation was discussed in
official circles, where the view is held
that denial of the report of the kill.
ing of Mr.. Magelssen relieves the
situation Of its Immediately awkward
and embarrassing feature, but will
not prevent our naval vessels contin-
ulng to the east.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-01
THE TRUST EVIL.
Subject Strong Committee Report
Suggesting Remedies.

The American Bar Association
met last week at Hot Springs, Va
The gathering was composed of the
country's most eminent jurists, and
the expressions of the Association
naturally carry great weight.
On Thursday the committee on
commerce submitted report which
dealt at length with the subject Of
trusts and combinations. The com.
mittee denounced trusts and combl-
natious as an evil and suggested
various remedies to suppress or con-
troll them.
Following is synopsis of the re-
port
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-01
Sick Headache.

"tor several years my wife was
troubled with what physicians called
sick headache of a very severe charac-
ter She doctorcd with several cmi-
ncnt physicians and at great expense.
only to grow worse until she was nm.
able to do any kind of work. About n
year ago she began taking Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and
today weighs more than she ever did
before and is real WE'LL" says Mr.. Geo.
y. Wright of New London, New York.
For sale by VIM. Il. Pelham & Son and
Prosperity Drug Co.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-01

a passenger train loaded with
soldiers collided with freight train
on Friday near Udine, in East Italy,
whore the king and queen we're re-
viewing the army. In the collision
twenty soldiers we're killed and
eighty injured, the incident cutting
short tho festivities at Udine i'm hon.
orof the king and queen.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-01
THE FOLLOWING REMEDIES:

"First: We can tax them to
death, or, If that il too radical a
remedy, we can tax them until their
growth and enlargement is impeded.
There are constitutional provisions
requiring direct taxatlons to be uni
form, and in view of these provisions.
it is probably Impossible to discrimi
nate in the matter of direct taxation
against corporations holding large
amounts of taxable property. There
is, however, franchise tax imposed
by most Of the States upon corpora
tona at the timn of their incorpora
t'on and annually thereafter. This
franchise tax is in almost all Statos
in some way graded 40 as to tax the
small corporation at a higher ratio
than the large one Tho first million
pays higher rate than subsequent
millions. In onr Judgment the de.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-01
THE MAN WITH TWO WIVES.
Both Signed Papers Not to Prosecute Him.
His Quasi Elopement With
Wife No. D.
The State.

The State.
Another chapter in the story Of
Dennard and his wives. He it is
who acknowledged in police court
in Atlanta that he had been married
twice, that both Of his wives are liv-
ing, and that from neither had he
been divorced. The latest feature
of this domestic drama is the quasi
elopement with his second wife.
1t WAS recorded in The State that
upon the reconciliation Of Dennard
and his first wife she withdrew the
charges which had been preferred
against him, and they left the At
lanta Jail together. She subse-
quently signed an agreement not to
prosecute him any further provided
he would support the three children.
This Dennard agreed to do
Dennard then came to Columbia
stopping at Cayce, just across the
river. Thursday night from his
headquarters in a swamp on this side
of the river Dennard sent word to his
other wife in the mill village that he
had come back to her, and wanted
to talk with her. At an appointed
honr she went to him, and there
they effected reconciliation. Den.
nard told her that if she would agree
not to prosecute him, he would 20
away with her and they would have
no further troubles. This she an.
sented to, forgiving Dennard when
he told her that he had thought the
Atlanta Mrs. Dennard was dead.
And thus closes another chapter
in the unusual story Dennard went
away to Augusta on Il night train,
and his wifeNfollowed. She did not
know Of the existence of another
Mrs. Dennard until the publication
of the news of the arrest OF the biga-
mist And yet she had been married
to Dennard three years, the ceremony
having been performed in Savannah
by Judge Orr. Her name was Miss
Lille Story. The first to share the
name and fortunes of Dennard was
Miss Ellen G. Cherry.
Dennard is man Of very good ap-
pearance, and about 33 years old. He
has been living IN Columbia four or
five years, has worked as a painter in
the car shops and has had other such
employment around the city. For a
few days prior to his arrest he had
been running on street car in Co.
lumbia. He got into trouble by going
to Atlanta on an excursion. Although
he claimed to have thought his first
wife dead, yet it is said that he has
taken other trips to Atlanta.
Dennard seems to have identified
himself with one of the churches in
the Olympia mill district and was a
member of the choir. And yet an &C.
qualntance says that Dennard is q
skllful artist at the great American
game Of draw poker and gambled
successfully.
Since the departure of Dennard anG
his second wife letter has come from
the wife in Atlanta to the wife in Co.
lumbia. The people who knew Den
nard during his residence in Colum
bla never suspected that there was
any past in his life, and his domesti,
relations were pleasant. The soconC
wife, who ls yet almost Il girl, is the
mother of q little ono just three week,
old. There is much sympathy fo
her.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-01
Cholera Infantuil,,

This disease has lost it's terrors since
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy came into general USE
The uniform success which attends the
use of this remedy in all cases of bowel
complaints in children has made it
favorite wherever its value has become
known. For sale by VIM. T.. Pelham
and Prosperity Drug Co.