The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-17
PEERLESS ESTRANGES
BOSOM FRIENDS
POOR OFFICIALS SPRA6UE AND GRElC
\ ONCE FRIENDS NOW ENEMIES.
SUPERVISORS ARE APPEALED TO
Sprasus Objected to Grtis's Smoking
Peerless in House and the Latter Took
Onense Tries 10 Gust Sprssus.

There is blood on the moon ont to-
wards the poor house It's falling in
great drops and threatens TO drownd
out the whole poor farm unless the
flow is stopped II comes from row
between couple o. the poor officials
The whole story is an interes ting ro-
nance ia whicn Adams Peerless TO
bacco Il the william
a couple If ye.,rs ago the county
poor comni s8ioners were called upon
70 select "A man 90 till the place made
vacant by the resignation at Ole II.
Nelson as poor superintendent II was
IA difficult station to ill at the time as
the county board had disposition TO
find fault with the conduct Of the
county poor affairs The commission
ers wrestled with the problem for
many weeks Crystal Fails and the
whole east side was canvassed in
search OF man who could be depend
ed upon TO furnish Joe Lecture with
pie often enough in the year to be
reckoned in with the good feeders OF
the county but none was found Iron
River was gone over pretty thoroughly
bnt no one was discovered. Bates
people were all 10 busy on the town
roads at the time so il was mp TO Will
Jobe's baiIiwack 20 produce the goods.
And IL WAS equal to the occasion for
Commissioner Greig. a resident OF
tnst township. came Juggling along
candidate from beside the bonnie briar
bush on the Brule, that he WAS will
ing 10 stake his reputation upon His
name WAS Spragne and upon Mr.
Greig's recommendation he was hired
and put in charge His work was
|. good. from all appearances. The farm
work was taken up with a vim and
many complimentary remarks were
passed upon Mi. Spragusi- work by
passers 10y.
But. the end came. Sprague and
Greig fell out and instead Of the glad
hand they hal nothing better for one
another than the icy NIT and the
stoney stare. Complaints began To be-
made and things grew 80 distasteful
that the other two commissioners made
an investigation and concluded that
the whole thing was the result of a
grudge and dropped IL there,
Like Banquo y ghost, 10 wouldn &
down but, ever and anon, returned IN
is entirety 10 harrow up the souls Of
the commissioners, supervisors or any
one else who leant q listening ear.
Supervisor Lyons. on his rounds
through the village of Iron River was
appealed 20 go frequently by Mr. Groig
that he concluded 90 bring the thing
10 u head and las, Monday paCrd the
matter before the supervisors. Grcig
had made the formal complaint %
LYONS that when Jacob Fanst WAS on
his death bed ho requested the superin-
tendent 30 hayo the priest present AZ
his burial and that the superintendent
not only denied the request but took q
minister OF another ue''o'' i"''"" 70
conduct the services.
The supervi ,ors were compelled to
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