The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-03-31
FINNISH TEMPERANCE
SOCIETIES TO ACT
= Will TAKE A HAND IN ENFORCING
THE LIQUOR LAWS.
= BEGIN HERE ON MAY lsT
Mass Meeting Held in the Copper Country
Last sunday and Plan Of Action
Laid Out.

"A committee was appointed at the
Isst meeting OF our temperance society
20 prepare notice TO be published In
your paper notifying the saloon keepers
~ CRYSTAL Falls that after May !. the
liquor laws must be obeyed", said
prominent Finnish resident TO the
writer during the week.
"It Is not our intention 70 be IN
reasonable or 10 insist that every twist
and turn Of the law be lived mp @ bat ]
we propoee 10 see that the saloons afe
closed MP at night as required. that
children and minors are kept ont, that
saloons aro close ON Sunday. We VIII
insist that the saloons be- quiet and
that IL any persons arc admitted that
the saloon keeper keep things 80 quiet
that the public will know nothing q
Il. What wc want to prevent on sun
,iay Is the noisy saloons, attracting
saople from tho streets 70 their rooms
and 70 keep drunken men OF the
streets
Both the Swedish and Finnish
.ocieties have agreed on a program and
vVa mean business. II the officers don
heed our requests we propose 70 20
higher
oour reason for deferring this agita-
,ion until May lat is that the saloon
year begins on that date ana the man
who takes ont license on May hrst
Knows what he win be required 70 DO
IN this town.
uThis Is no bluff We mean business
and those who disobey tho law had
better heed the timely warning which
we intend TO publish
The Crystal Falls agitation Dy the
FinnIsh people IS but the reflection oi
)svhu, the Temperance Firms are doing
Al over the Peninsula Liquor mas
initiated greatly against the Finnish
people and the better element Of these
reople are determined 10 do all IN their
rt wer 10 eradicate this evil with their
own people.
In tho copper country the agitation
"a very strong AS may be seen from the
following account Of n meeting held at
Hancock last Sunday and reported IN
the Hancock Evening Journal
"a general meeting OF the Finnish
temperance people Of the county was
held yesterday afternoon in the hall 81
the North Star Temperance society ia
west Hancock This was the third of
similar meetings held recently, two OF
them having been held in the Hancock
Finnish Temperance hall and the other
in the hall Of tho branch society in
Coburntown Delegates were present
from the temperance societies in
Calumet, South Range. kearsarge
Oskars. Redridge. Mohawk and Han
cock. The purpose of the meeting was
10 consider steps toward bringing
about the enforcement Of the state
liquor laws In regard 10 closing on
sundays and holidays. and closing At
the hour required by law every night.
The result Of the meeting was vote
10 endsavor 10 secure the election of
candidates for county offices who would
pledge themselves 10 see that the liquor
laws were strictly enforced, and copies
OF the laws In question will be printed
in both the Finnish and English
languages and distributed throughout
the county. The movement which Is
being agitated by the Finnish Temper.
ance societies has been in progress for
some time past and last summer big
petition was circulated In Hancock and
signed by a couple OF thousand names.
The petition was presented to the Han
.>'Nsk council and accepted Now the
kcieties are seeking 10 extend the
movement throughout the county
generally
.'At meeting OF the North Star
society held last night officers were
elected for the coming quarter as fol-
lows; Prosident Matt Manners vice
president. Daniel Piippo; secretary,
Miss Hanna Siltala assistant secretary,
Maria KalliokoskI treasurer, Emil
Tiakkanen secretary treasurer Mix
olai Ojajarai; executive committee
Misses Katie Niemela aud jeinie
Nikula