The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-05-07
ATTEMPT. TO ROB
PERRY BROTHERS
OFFICER ASHELMAN CAUGHT A MAN
IN THERE THURSDAY MORNING.
ALL TEACHERS ARE HIRED
Board OF Education has Chosen a Full
Corps for Next year-Seversl
New Members.


An amateurish attempt was made TO
burglarize the saloon OF Perry Bros,
last Thursday morning about one
o'clock a. m. Policeman Ashliman
noticed flash of light In the building
and hastened TO the back door which
he found open. 1t was pitch dark in
the room and Mr.. Ashliman, hearing
noise within sang out, is that you
Harry" supposing that Harry Perry
was the person within. Immediately
man fastened TO the front OF the
room and smashed a light of glass out
Of the front. He attempted TO crawl
through and Mr.. AShliman realized
the intruder was burglar and ran TO
the front TO catch him. The burglar
was half through the window when
the policeman reached the front and,
seeing the officer he ducked back and
ran for the rear door. AShliman rea-
lized that he couldn't intercept him
SO he fired shot at the retreating
figure and then hastened TO the hack
TO follow him. He tracked him to the
railroad and there lost him, II being
pitch dark. He gathered in two sus-
poets later Investigation next
morning showed that the burglar or
burglars, for IL is thought that there
were several OF them, had visited r.
p. HoIlow's harness shop before enter
ing the saloon and had touched up the
till there for about 1850 Perry Bros
loss consisted Of a few liquors. the
burglars not having had time TO do
any more damage there.
The board of education has finished
the work Of hiring school teachers for
the coming year and the positions are
all filled. Several designations were
presented and accepted as is shown by
the Official proceedings below The
only increase in salary from that paid
the present term is in the case OF Miss
Wells who gets an increase Of $50 per
month. The official proceedings are
as follows;
Crystal Falls, Mich, April II, 1904.
Adjourned meeting of the Board |
held at the Clerks office. Present, |
j. +. Corcoran and A. Bjork.
j. f. Corcoran acted as Chairman |
and a. Biork as Secretary.
No quorum being present the Board |
ad djourned TO April 18th.
A. BJoRK, Temporary Secretary. |
Crystal Falls, Mich, April IL, 1904. |
Adjourned meeting OF the Board |
held at the Clerks Office. Present, |
j. III. Parks, j. +. Corcoran, "A. Bjork,
w. j. Richards.
Upon motion j. +. Corcoran was
elected Temporary Chairman.
Motion made by w. J. Richards,
seconded by A. Bjork, that we allow
not to exceed $4,000 for the expense OF
securing a speaker for commencement
exercises, Carried.
Upon motions duly made and I
seconded the following designations
were accepted
Lulu NJ. Smith, Laurl Hustled, /
Mary Brooks, katharine &. Nelson.
Upon motions. duly made and
seconded the following teachers were
rendered the following positions for
the school year l9Oi-5:
per month
Agnes Wells, principal. ....... 800 90
Edith Swinton, first asst. .. 65 90
Nellie Richmond, second asst. 90 90
Anna Richardson, Sth grade.... IS 90
Sarah Munns, 6th-7th grades. 80 90
Elsie Maxam, 7th grade. .... so 90
Mary Conlin, 5th grade. ... so 90
Jessie Hyslop, kindergarten. 55 90
Helen Parker, I'd grade. ...... &C 90
Margaret Ardis, lst grade .. so 90
Ellen Pitcher, 5th-6th grades. so 90
Nellie Morrisey, IA grade. ..... 10 90
Laura Hooper, 3rd-4th. ........ so 90
Mollie Gibson, I'd grade. ........ 500
Rachael Behan, lst-2d grades. so 90
Ray Morrison. 3-t-5th grades :. IS 90
Lizzie Gaffney. lst-2d grades. so 90
Sarah Liberty, Holkup school. 20 90