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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
A Rumor Concerning Mr.. Cole

II Is rumored that President Thos
r. Cole, OF the Oliver Iron Mining
company. has resigned his position 70
accept the presidency of the Amalga-
mated copper company. So far the
report has not been verified but those
who are close 10 Mr.. Cole. would not
DO surprised IL the rumor proved true,
IL not Immediately, at some time in
the near future.
Mr. Cole has an ambition to be at
the head OF the copper mining in
dustry He is already very heavily
interested in some Of the best pro.
pertiea In the land and Is q recognized
factor in the copper world. Nothing
is more natural than that he should
eventually head the biggest copper
mining concern in the country.
Mr.. Cole has gone 10 the top OF tn,
ladder in the iron mining world.
There Is no postgraduate course fol
him In that line and being yet young
and active. the copper mining world
is naturally the next TO conquer and Il
he once invades IL, it goes with tn,
saying that he will win the topmos
round OF the ladder. Mr.. Cole is on,
of the big men of the United State
and the upper peninsula IL deaervedly
proud Of him.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
FORTY HOUSES FOR
CORRICAN-M KINNEY
CONTRACT LET TO ANDREW NELSON
LAST WEEK.
TO Be BUILT At ONCE
Probable that as Many More Will be Bull
Later on in the Year Bristol Con-
tract not lei yet.

"Mr. Nelson got the contract to
erect forty houses for u.s.. said
General Manager Richards 70 the
writer last Saturday.
Thus the people of the city have the
announcement officially of the inn
mediate intentions Of this concern rel
ative to house building. OF this
number. ten each will be built at the
Armenia, Great Western, Tobin and
Dunn. The material has been ordered
for some time for the Armenia houses,
those being the ones that the company
il most in need of. The decision tc
build at the Tobin and Great Western
was Of recent date and was made
10 cover the absolute necessity at thes,
properties
The chances are that. was the com
pany not 30 rushed with work just
now. this number of houses would bs
doubled but the Cleveland end figures
that enough work is already planned
for the year TO Keep the management
at this end exceptionally busy 10 &C
complIsh IT,
We know of several very important
pieces Of new work that this concerr
has decided 10 defer taking up thi
year because they have their hand
full. These new things will come
along in good time. just as soon "a tn'
company gets breathing spell, anC
Crystal Faila will then have bette
appreciation of the worth Of Corrigan
Mckinney e. Co. and General Manage
Richard 10 the community.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
COUNCIL TAKES
RADICAL ACTION
REpEALS ORDINANCE AND HIRES
STEpnANy.
THE MAYORS WISHES IGNORED
Superintendent Fitzpatrick Out and New
Nan viii Take Ills Place This
Morning.

The superintendent matter took a
summary turn in the council last Mon
day evening when that body, or "A
majority Of the members thereof. pas
sed an ordinance repeating the or
dinance providing for the appointment
Of superintendent OF electric light
and water and hired O. Stephany.
AS reported in last weeks issue. the
mayor advised the council that he
would approve the resolution for the
removal Of Fitzpatrick as soon as the
council found man whom he, the
mayor felt WAS good man for the
position. Accordingly the application
Of Stephany was accepted and his ap-
pointment referred TO the mayor.
The mayor started out TO make in.
quiries regarding the new appointee. to
assure himself that he is the man
wanted. 1t appears that the three
days, excepting Sunday. was not
sufficient for the mayor 20 assure him
self that Stephany is just the mar
wanted and when the council met OF
Tuesday evening there was no approva
awaiting.
No further parleying was allowed
an ordinance repeating the ordinsnc'
creating the Office had been prepared
before hand and II was offered anC
passed by the vote Of the four member
present. the members from the frs
ward being absent, and, immediately
following its passage. resolution wa
adopted hiring Stephany. This rosolu
tion was sent TO the mayor and 1
special meeting called for las
evening to take further action.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
POOR COMMISSIONERS
Met For First Time Saturday and
Organized

The board of county poor commits
sioners met az the poor farm last
Saturday and organized by electing
Olof Helgen.o chairman and Robert
Munns secretary, Vim. Lyons was
chosen supt Of the farm.
No further work was done at this
meeting. it being special called for
that especial purpose. However, lot
of work was talKed over and IL Is
certain that the coming summer will
see some changes az the fam.
In conversation with Commission
or Miller last week that official men
toned a lot OF work that is absolutely
necessary to be done in order to keep
the place from running down. Among
other things he mentioned the necessity
Of re-shingling the entire roof as IL is
80 defective as 10 make the place al
most inhabitable. An invalid's chair
is badly needed as the one in use now
, is an old rickety one and constantly
occupied by crippled inmate. A
number Of other improvements were
suggested by Mr.. Miller. all of them
+ inexpensive. but which will add much
10 the comfort and usefulness OF the
farm, showing that Mr.. Miller h d
made careful examination OF the
place and knows his business IN his
new line OF work.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03

To Genesee Falls lodge Of Rochester.
n. y. the largest Masonic lodge IN
the world. mas been accorded the honor
OF being the first recipient OF the
trowel The trowel as presented
the Rochester lodge. Dec. 7.
by committee OF Justice lodge,
and appropriate ceremonies were
carried out The principal address
was given by G. Fred Crosby, of New
York. who originated the idea Of the
travelling trowel.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
y Posfinasters Appointed

The political seas in the twelfth
district have not been entirely smooth
sailing for Congressman Young for n
fow months back. The agitation re-.
suited from the termination Of a
aumber Of important postmasters'
terms OF Office Several hot contests
were on for appointment but Mr.
Young seems 10 have sailed triumph
antly through the waves
IL is not likely that Iron County will
give Mr. Young any concern. The
Office at Iron River has already been
nlIed by the appointment Of Thos.
Barnum and Postmaster Ball has given
such excellent satisfaction In the local
Office that. when a petition for his re,
appointment was circulated several
months age. IL received the signatures
q almost all Of the prominent men OF
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
"A NEKtMINE IN
STAMBAOGH VALLEY
AtuT ON THE FoGARTy THAT
PROMISES BIG.
ANOTHER RECORD At ARMENIA
NJ was Dried in Twsnty-One Days
.-..cayatins at Dunn-Other Mine
News.

General Manager Richard policy
Of getting everything ready and in just
as efticieut condition as possible
before unwatering operations are start
I'll has bora fruit again. The Armenia
mine was emptied of all OF its water
in just 81 days from the time steam
was turned on.
The tirst record in unwatering was
made at the Great Western year age
when that property. which had always
consumed six months in unwaterinp
operations before that time. was
pumped out in the remarkably short
period of six weeks Now comes the
Armenia mine. which has always taker
from two 10 three months 10 unwateI
heretofore. and il Ia unwatered IN
three weeks. These accomplishment
certainly go long way towards es
tablishing Mr.. Richard = reputation Al
a manager of affairs Of the kind.
The Armenia has two large leyel
and a big open pit and is a compaTa
lively wet property The shaft is 300
feet deep. 80 that it can readily be seer
that considerable water was contained
therein.
The machinery end Of the operation
was managed by ]. S. Jacka, maste
mechanic for the Corrlgan. Mckinney
mines. assisted by Thomas Broad, wh'
was the man immediately upon th'
ground Superintendent Fraser anC
Asst. Supt Vivian gave the work thei
,ulose attention also and AL pulling to
gether brought about the dne results
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
Maccabees go to Ludington n,

The great camp officers OF the
Knights of the Modern Maccabees after
looking over the situation have
decided that the biennial convention
will be held there In June IA was plan
ned two years ago. Port Huron has
been trying to have Ludington side
tracked In It's favor. and came near
doing ~ but late effort behalf Of Lud-
ington blocked the scheme.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
Base Ball Again

Since the dropping OF Iron Mountain
10y the copper country league there are
rumors OF revival Of base ball in this
lcity and thu formation OF a league to
ny sstus Gay and Sunday ball along
jtke Menominee Range. Crystal Falls,
Iron Mountain. Norway. Menominee
and Esc'traba are the places mentioned
for clubs A halt has been called upon
the signing OF our last years players
with other clubs until the matter can
be settled. which will be inside OF q
few weeks Most Of the boys would
like 10 :. wess they have good jobs here
that Al Ut
Mod \ n- known OF the project
se1t
ES ---
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
The Trowel Starts.

Some time ago we made mention OF
the trowel which Justice Masonic
lodge, Of New York city was contem-
plating sending out on journey tc
every masonic lodge in the United
States.
The trowel has already commenced
It's long journey.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
Bristol Building Delayed

The contract for the ten double
houses that are to bc built Mt the
Bristol has not been let yet but II pro-
baby will be next week aud witt its
letting Crystal Falls 10 insured room
for sixty additional families
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
The Fosarty

This property, which was taken by
pirkands- Aather 81 Co several weeks
.go-Kiyes promise Of being an import
aut property. The drill that was put
% work cut ore two weeks ago and
passed through nice deposit The
ore cut in this hole Is q long distance
from the ore cut on the same property
by Geo. Mass and associates 20 that IL
it proves 10 bo continuous. the Fogarty
will be big property.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
The Dunn

Excavating for the new hoisting
plant is being pushed by Supt. Erikson
az this property The new men. i'm
ported last week, were put at work
digging as soon az they arrived and
already much Of the dirt has been re-
moved. It's removal il facilitated by
the building OF az inclined track over
which the oar Of dirt IL moved rapidly
by means Of a 'puffer' and cable and
dumped. The e1cavating will be
finished in another week IL no set. back
interferes and then the collecting OF
stone and the erecting OF the foundation
will commence
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03

Film Flammed Iron Mountain.
The magnates of the copper country
base ball league evidently worked a
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
SNEERS AT TIP; THRASHED
Waiter in Fashionable Hotel in ST.
Louis Thought Twenty
Cents Too Little
'pecial to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 17.-One hun
dred fashionable guests of the JeffeL-
son hotel cheered or fainted-according
to sex and emotional temperament
when Allen Hall, Il prosperous mer-
chant Of Fort Worth, Tex. pummeled a
saucy waiter who resented a 20-cent
tip.
Hall with party of friends had to
wait an unreasonably long time before
their orders We're takes. Hall spoke
to the waiter, Theodore Harris. about
this and received scornful smiles in
reply.
When the dinner was over the waiter
presented a check for $3.50. Hall tossed
him over So bill, telling him to keep
the change.
Regular Vanderbilt" snarled the
waiter as he pocketed the little tip.
Hall was white with rage in a moment
"I'll knock your block off" he cried.
"Come on and try it," said the waiter
Hall made good.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
"HELL OF A UNION DEPOT"
Even a Parrot Can't Refrain From Ex-
pressing DisapprovaI of KAN
sas Citys Terminal
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
KANSAS CITY, March 17.-It was
an unusually bright Poll parrot, re-
splendent with red and green plumage
and brimming over with knowledge of
profanity learned in a railroad grad
ing camp. 1t struck a popular chord
of universal sentiment of the popula-
tion of Kansas City when 1t remarked
in good, plain English, ITS a hell of
union depot" The parrot belonged
to a party of railroad laborers at the
Union depot last night. They were
migrating to a new job, and while
waiting between trains the parrot got
busy making friends with the children
who fed it candy, sugar and other
sweets, all of which the parrot seemed
to enjoy thoroughly. 1t chartered and
whistled for the entertainment of the
children, but when an overzealous lad
dropped a piece of tobacco into Polly's
cage and he bit into it he turned loose
a volume of the vilest invectives that
gave the air a sulphurous tint. The
swearing vocabulary of the parrot
would have made railroad section
boss or an old-time mule whacker en-
Vious. A woman who was with the
party tried to quiet the parrot and re-
bukingly said:
Hush, Polly; you mustn't swear
here. Don't you know we are in the
Union depot?'
"Well, It's "a hell of a Union depot"
retorted the parrot
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
PHONE HUBBY THRICE DAILY
Boston Court Says Law Gives Her
Three Talks Day and No
More
Special to The Herald.


BOSTON, March IA wife may, in
accordance with law, call her husband
up on the telephone three times a day
at his place of business, but three
times only, and she may visit him at
his place of. business once a week.
This is the substance of the agreement
reached in the celebrated telephone
case" of the Derby Desk company
against Mrs. Jennie H. p. Holton of
Cambridge, in which the desk COM
pany asserted that their business was
interfered with by Mrs. Holton keep
ing the wires hot at all hours of the
day.
The womans husband, George L.
Holton, is the superintendent of the
factory of the Derby Desk company in
Somerville, and the case was reached
in the equity session of the superior
court for trial yesterday. Though all
the witnesses were on hand, the agree
ment was reached by the attorneys
and the case was dropped.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
KEPT FROM CHURCH BY LAW
Injunction Issued Against West Vir-
ginlan and His Wife Who De-
clare 1t Not Gods House
Special to The Herald.

PARKERSBURG, w. Va, March H.
Judge Goss has issued an Injunction
prohibiting II. Wilson and Mary Will
son, his wife, from going to church.
They are charged with disturbing re-
ligious services at the Pleasant Home
Baptist church, and the injunction pro-
hibits them from going on the church
property.
The grounds upon which Judge Goss
.enjoined the Wilson's from going to
church was that they not only failed
to show the proper respect for the
house of God, but went SO far as to
assert that it was not Gods house, but
their own, claiming that the Pleasant
Hill church was built on their prop
erty. They threatened to destroy the
edifice and, it is charged interrupted
public worship on several occasions
with their threats. They then fenced
the lot in to prevent the further use
of the church and the church trustees
applied to the courts.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
WILL BOYCOTT FIRETRAPs
Campaign Starts in Chicago to De-
mand Safer Hotels for the
Travelling Men
Special to The Herald.

special 10 Inc Herald.
CHICAGOf March 17.-Western
travelling men has started movement
to secure safer hotels. Members of the
Illinois Commercial Mems association
have agreed to constitute themselves
a body of fire inspectors with rowing
commissions to see that fire regula-
tions are observed i'll all hotels in
which they stop, and to "kick' when
dangerous conditions are discovered.
The West hotel fire at Minneapolis
started this movement, and the Illinois
travelling men have already heard from
Iowa and other associations that the
campaign for safer hotels will have
the support of the travelling brother
hood everywhere.
the West hotel was of the so-called
"slow burning" order, but it did not
burn slow enough to prevent the death
of eight people, six of whom were
travelling men. 1t is not this sort of
"fireproof' hotel that the commercial
travellers demand. They promise their
patronage to proprietors of the steel
and fireproof type. In view Of the fact
that travelling men form the largest
element in hotel prosperity, it is not
unlikely that their campaign will be
the beginning of an era of fireproof
building, such as no other agency has
been able to bring about.
"In any hotel fire most of the people
whose lives are endangered are travel
ing men," said the president of the Illi-
nois association. I'VE spend most OF
our nights in hotels and have a right
to demand greater safety. Possibly
many doubt If there Is sufficient need
for such a radical movement. OF three
or four hotels in a good sized city, it
will be difficult to determine which is
the least protected. The rule obtains
the country through, even in states
where strict laws covering this subject
are found on the statutes. There are
now laws enough and it is up to us to
stir them into action. Already the
campaign has won it's converts and in
Gividually the travellers will boycott
hotels that do not provide protection"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
SHOE SALE TOMORROW
The Selling of the Pomona Stock Will
Be Lively Tomorrow
SHOES AT HALF AND LESS
The Bargaiu Tables Tell the Tale-Ladies' $3.50
and $500 Oxfords on Sale for 9Sc-Men's
Shoes for 81 Pair at the Mammoth
Shoe House, $40 S. Broadway

The big sale of the Pomona shoe
stock, formerly of 227 West Second ST.,
Pomona, Cal, which was purchased
by the Mammoth Shoe House at lit
tie over half the regular price, will
be in it's height tomorrow. Thousands
of pairs of the choicest styles of shoes
for men, women and children will be
thrown on the bargain tables to be
sold at a fraction of the regular price.
Persons contemplating purchasing foot
wear cannot afford to miss this excep-
Ional opportunity. These shoes are
mostly this seasons styles. The Nam
moth bought them at about half price
and can sell them in like proportion.
These opportunities don't present
themselves often. Come in the morn
ing if possible You will be able to
get the better assortment and by noon
many of the smaller lines will be closed
out. The Mammoth's usual methods
will prevail. All shoes fitted and ex-
changed and money back. Extra help
will take care of your wants quickly
and everybody will get splendid bar
gain tomorrow at $40 South Broad
day, between Fifth and Sixth streets.
NJ "'rnOth Shoe House,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
MONKEY SCARES A BELLBOY
Keeps His Master Busy and Affords
Amusement for Patrons of
Palm Beach Hotel
Special TO The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
PALM BEACH Fla, March IT,
Considerable amusement has been af-
forded patrons of The Breakers by
trained monkey recently purchased by
William Gould Brokaw of a hand
organ man for $500.
Mr.. Brokaw thought it would be a
capital mascot for his yacht. and
smuggled the monkey into the bath
room of his suite the first night and
shut it there. When the bellboy ar
rived with pitcher of ice water the
monkey thought he was being visited
by his italian friend and sprang upon
the boys shoulder, and a lively scene
followed.
The monkey was put to bed again in
a corner, but the new owner was dis
turbed several times in the night when
the monkey turned on the water to
take drink. 1t has since been kept
in the baggage room and receives visit
ors every day. A new suit of clothes
is being made for the monkey by
local tailor
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
PLUCK DUCKS BY ELECTRICITY
Stroudsburg, Pa, Ben Franklin Grasps
Idea When Bird Gets
Fatal Shock
Special to The Herald.

STROUDSBURG, Pa, March IL
Hereafter ducks will be plucked by
electricity. The invention of two young
men, Lee Tyerman and Benjamin H.
Hursh, will, it is said, do away with the
tedious process of dry-plucking" the
birds by hand.
Tyerman conceived the idea. He saw
a bolt of lightning hit telephone wire,
run down the pole and electrocute a
duck. Every feather in its body was
loosened.
IF the lightning can do it," he
thought, "why won't an artificial cleo
trical current answer the same pur-
pose?"
The scheme was tried and worked
perfectly. Under a high voltage the
feathers of the duck are loosened, but
it is said the meat is not at all injured.
Dry-plucked ducks bring 8 cents a
pound more than ducks treated by the
scalding process. Duck farmers in these
parts already consider Tyerman as
great a man as Isaac Newton or Ben
Franklin.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
HIGHWAYMEN ARE TWO GIRLS
Black Faces, Wear Mems Clothes and
Carry RevoIvers-Whole Town
Is Alarmed
Special to The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
PHOENIXVILLE Pa, March H.
Kimberton. a quiet country village just
north of this place, was "terrorized"
by two negro highwaymen Friday
night. Shortly before 10 o'clock the
door of cigar store was quietly
opened and a number of young men
gathered about the stove playing
pinochle were ordered to throw up
their hands. All responded except one
and he fell from his chair in dead
faint. This startled the hold-up men
and they hurried away without secur-
ing any booty.
A few minutes later two big revolvers
were showed under the nose of Simmie
Harris, a farmer, on his way home.
The frightened farmer, taking
chance, turned and ran. Two citizens
of the village were chased down the
main street. When the farmers formed
d searching party they could find no
trace of the desperadoes.
Today it developed that the two "high-
waymen" were two nervy young
women, members of prominent families
of the village. CARRIED in mems attire,
with faces blacked and with unloaded
revolvers, they had created all the
scare. They are. however, congratu-
lating themselves that none of the
victims Of the Joke" happened to be
armed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
UNITED STATES
HOLDS AL0OF
WILL NOT INTERFERE IN THE
FlNSTED CASE
State Department Reports That 1t
Finds No Indication of Denial
of Justice In the Mexican
Courts
BY Associated Press.


WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE
state department has reported to the
friends of Finsted and Cougener the
Americans just sentenced at Chihua-
hua to twelve years imprisonment for
the killing of the Americans. Ruther-
ford and McMurray at Diaz, that it
has found nothing so far in the pro-
ceedings before the Mexican courts to
indicate that there has been any denial
of justice, and on no other ground
could the department undertake to in
terfere with the execution of the sem
tence.
The fact is that Finsted, in whose
case many Californians, including the
two United States senators, have in
terested themselves, is not an Amer
lean citizen, but a Norwegian, and
the only reason for action on the part
of the state department was found in
the American citizenship of Cougener.
alias Shorty" who was a servant of
Finsted So the department instructed
the American consul at Chihuahua, and
the second secretary of the American
embassy at Mexico City, to watch the
developments of the trial and to keep
the department informed. duty which
they have faithfully performed.
The prisoners have taken an appeal
to the supreme court of Mexico, and
the further proceedings will be kept
under observation.