The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-09-22


there but Bob thought that would be
! an awful waste and asked permission
} q take Il home % do up pickles in.
he was told To take il ami was sub
iect Of lot Of kidding over his saw
} ingness.
He loaded the jar into a rig and was
very solicitous about il until he got 10
the rough road ont south OF the Hope
} mine where the rig tipped over spilled
Bob and the jar out and broke the
latter into pieces so Bob will have TO
do his pickles up in fish kit this fall
+" The Trials Of an Automobilistf
would be good title for volume that
| could write about trip that / made
from Stambaugh TO Norway with DIR.
McBurney' said Ellsworth s. Coe. 10
the writer the other day Doc and
] started from here in his Auto about
200 O'Clock p. m. and went 10
Crystal Falls sailing Mansfield was
easy reaching and so was the balance
OF the road 10 the Sagola township
Ike but as soon as we struck Diclin-
son county our troubles began. And.
while I'm on the subject want to say
right here that Iron county has Dick
inson skinned an hundred ways for good
roads, but that is another story.
Well. we shambled along until close
TO Granite bluff when our machine be-
gan 10 show the effects OF the rough
road and it bucked frequently At the
phone station at the Bluff went in
and called up DR. McIndo. found
him at Iron Mountain He had Just
got there and was ready to eat supper
and | asked him If he would not run
out to meet MS as we might meet with
some trouble
T" Sure, he would I'm just eat
bite-it won't taken me more than
minute and then go right out
so we started our machine again
and had hard climbing up big mill
south Of the BIuff When we got on |
top one Of the straps that held the
engine o. the frame broke, let the en-
CINE tip over and smash hole
through the side Of the case, We were
up against it but consoled ourselves
by the thought that doc
would be along soon We walked
ahead ways and met farmer
looking for his COW. After a little
persuasion McBurney induced MIN to
bunch the COW hunt and to hitch up
his team and tow us Iron Mountain
ward. He came out with lumber
wagon hitched on and we started off
merrily and were just getting settled
down when of came one OF the wheels
from the farmers wagon. The burr
had been loosened, unawares, and we
had to hunt that up jack up the wa.
gon and replace the wheel
After an hours delay we got started
again. II was dark now and we won
dered IL Melinda had gone back on his
agreement. AS we rode along we
peered out into the darkness expecting
him TO loom into view any
minute Finally, as we gained the top
of the hill near Twin falls, we saw
Docs lights and we gave whoop.
However we didn cut loose from our
farmer friend The lights seemed
and IL finally dawned upon
us that he was in trouble, also.
Sure enough. when we got TO the
foot of the big sand hill, we found that
his auto had swerved from the road
and was buried mp above the chains in
sand. Doctor WAS digging with all
bis might with screw driver and
jack knife trying 70 dis-entomb his
Maybe he wasn't pleased to see us
'or he had been over an hour at that
point
His machine was dashed onto the
wagon and pulled into the clear and
hen we started again; the farmer
eading us mp the big hill and on to
within half mile OF the Mountain
Whom McindO's machine got working
again and we cut lose from our farmer
riend
We got into Iron Mountain nc II 80
md. hungry we'll you should have
iecn us eat After attending 10 the
nner man we started. in tow OF
Mclndos machine. for Norway where
be arrived 40 Q 80 a. m and found a
Fl Ni 0U' whiting Tor a. n seems
mat McIndo had phoned Dick
that we were In trouble and
he sat up until past midnight expect
10 call to come to our assistance
We found THAT Norway has the auto
disease bad. Why, even Mt that hour
Ii Gle morning the enthusiasts stood
Il groupes in the streets discussing the
merits Of the several machines
We had 10 leave the machine there
Is certain part had TO be ordered
rom the factory. and returned on the
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