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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02
WHAT ONE MERCHANT DID
Correspondent Of Home Trade League Testifies
to Value Of Publicity

One country merchant writes the
Homo Trade league as follows
"since I have adopted the city idea
OF advertising new goods
with prices, and at the same time
making known what | desire 20 dis.
pose Of at or about cost TO make room
for new goods-my sales have not
only increased very largely with regu.
lar customers, but l have secured
many new ones Not only this-in-
stead OF the farmers wives spending
from half to an hour and a half look
ing about the store 10 see what there
IS IN stock they may want and aEing
the clerks time who otherwise would
have chance to sell goods to several
other customers. they come In and
ask for the very articles they have
seen advertised and which they have
already decided they do want from
seeing the advertisement IN this week.
~ paper, and the result IS have been
able % dispense with one Of my clerks
70 whom ! was paying $500 per yeaN
This merchant further SAYS that
this saving Of clerk hire expended hi
this same kind Of ADVERTISING during
the year Will. he Is confident. increase
his trade SO per cent and thai, he can
already name 2S customers who hut
very recently have been buying heir
goods almost entirely from Chleago
catalogue houses.
This experience without doubt can
be duplicated by thousands of other
men in business throughout the loun-
try II 81 TO be feared that the aver
age merchant IN the smaller towns has
allowed himself to get into "a rut and
II Is ono from which he must swiftly
emerge If he has any desire TO stay
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

in tie game" The methods OF a gen.
GRAFTON ago. II must be remembered
are not necessarily adapted TO the
conditions OF to-day
By the persistent and perscvering
Hse OF every device for publicity the
catalogue houses have built up their
present enormous trade II is not roa.
sonable 20 suppose they can be dis
lodged from the position they occupy
Ia position, as has frequently been
pointed ont, that theeatens the we'll
being II not the existence Of every
small community throughout the coun.
try-unlesa they are opposed with
something like their own weapons a
fayorlte phrase much In use to-day IS
Get business and 70 get business
YOU must 50 after II is ST reasonable
10 expect II 1ne to YOU I'M,
Sought
Take the experience or this Home
Trade league Correspondent as 4
guide. lie had the goods lie wanted
70 sell shem Hts prooecdlns was
simple Through publicity. which In
his case simply meant attractive and
truthful advertising. he broughe the
goods and the people together, Re
suits We're never in doubt
To sum M, successfully to compete
with the powerful catalogue houses
Of the cities the country merchant
must In a measure adopt their meth.
DDS They have won by publicity
Meet them on that ground Match
advancement with advancement You
have the medium In your local paper.
Let your advertisements say some.
thing, and mean what they say. Let
the people know what YOU have 20 sell,
and depend upon f. they viii come to
buy
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

5 The Finnish dia, dp Monday adopted
-OI votes To at the proposed appro.
priation Of 81. COO coo as biannua com
pensation to the Russian government
Tor the exemption OF Firms from ser.
vice in the cars army. AT the same
time 10 plainly intimated that no fur
ther money for this purpose would bt
forthcoming, and it urged the emperor,
as grand duke Of the province, to re-
establish the national army of Finland.
1t is understood that the emperor grand
duke insisted personally on this pay.
ment, to which he considered that
Finland faith had been pledged.
When the Russian government in
1903 yielded TO the stubborn resistance
Of the Firms and abandoned conscrip-
tion. the diet sanctioned compensa-
tory payment which the government
understood was intended TO be perman-
ent. The Firms later obtained autom.
omy and there was considerable op-
position to the payment Of the Install
ments due in 1906 and 1907
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

II is to be hoped that the people of
the state will peer through the veil
which political maneuvering at Lans-
ing has hung about both sides to the
fractional fight new being waged in
Michigan politics Boxer" is only
a term intended to prejudice the minds
of the people against an element in the
legislature that has dared to assert its
convictions contrary to the will of the
administration Likewise the deroga-
tory terms applied to the followers Of
Governor Warner are calculated to pre-
iudice the other way. There are good
men on both sides az well as bad men
and if they were put in a bag and
shook up together they'd average mp
about alike
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

lows the frauds 10 succeed. There Is
magic in the sowething for nothing
deal. II is a bai1 that catches people
in every rank and walk Of life. II
often Is the cause Of the downfall OF
men who have all the abilities to sue
coed It is a fallacy that tends 10.
ward evil There can nothing be
gained without adequate compensa.
ton. The something for nothing is
an ignls fatuus that the wise viii
avoid
D. NJ. CARR.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02
A Skating Rink.

Take me to the roller rink viii
soon be the request in order in Crystal
Falls for we are TO have "a full iiedged
rink very soon
I. NJ REM. VINO with Ed. Breggar,
owns the Lessee upon the onera house
informed "a reporter last week that all
preliminary preparations have been
made and thRt very soon-in fact rs
soon as the music can come the rink
will he started
1t will of course, he in the opera
house aud viii alternate with shows,
and other attractions at the house. The
exact date Of the opening will be an-
nounced later
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

Senator O. 3 Fuller of Escanaba
has announced his candidacy for audi
tor general and il is meeting with
enthusiastic support from all over the
upper peninsula. iron county will bt
found in the Fuller ranks in fact in
the ranks Of any upper peninsula can
didate, for we get but little up here at
the best Senator Fuller would Ger.
tainly make an ideal auditor general
and we hope to see him land.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

A Detroit paper in noting the cleo
tion Of Charles II Watson Of Cry stal
Falls, to the honory position of vice
president OF the constitutional c0nveu.
tion. says he was not known to pro-
badly more than dozen when he ar
rived in Lansing. II Is certain that
Mr. Watson will be well.known to
every member of the convection before
the sessions are concluded The mem
bers will not only know him Well but
they viii like him and esteem him
highly Few men I'm the convention
have more grey matter than Charlie
Watson. Iron Mt Press
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

Mucit- loiAh +''N''tA
and Mrs. Erikson.
Scene 3 In the Rose Garden
sInsic. Piano Mr.. Russell Richards
scene 4. The Answer to Burgundy
sgrsic. piano Miss Godshall.
Scene 3. 1--WE speak to men,
This program will be given Monday
evening Nov. 9TH, IN the Justified
hall. under the auspices Of the Lady
Maccabees. Good music Tickets only
35 cents
The great drama, IF We're King
win. be given by Osceola Pooler
woman Of unusual culture and
thorough college training, graduate
Of the Soper School of Oratory, Mrs
Pooler comes well recommended She
Is considered one Of the best entertain
ers on the lyceum platform. She, not
only delights but uplifts and btneft
her hearers.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02
pay, . kesp the rown Nsa,.

The streets OF town oyergrown
with weeds never makes a good i'm.
precision on the stranger Good side
walks. well-kept streets In the resi-
dence and business portions OF n
place always speak well for the hab.
It's OF its residents.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

Ted Sullivan who was to pene-
trate the dark countenant embraced In
the base ball world in the upper pen.
insula has hunked Ted evidently
knew what he was up against
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

Yes thank 20. We're doing very
well in the upper peninsula A candi.
date for secretary 81 state, auditor
general, superintendent Of public in
structions already full grown, not 10
mention the others that are yet sprout.
ing.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

"Will' stahnard has formally an
nounced his candidacy for the Office OF
secretary Of state and stands mighty
fine chance Of landing the prize His
candidacy will be unanimously sap.
ported throughout the peninsula. not
alone because Of sectional loyalty but
because be will make an excellent
on{ciaf
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

Parents should 20 10 that their children have one
natural, easy movement Of tho bowels each day
DO not dose the child with salts or gripping pills. ~
they are too powerful IN effect. and literally tear
their little insites 20 pieces, leaving tho bowels
weakened and less able 90 act naturally than before
Laxative Tron-oE Tablets tone and strengthen
the bowels and stimulate all the little organs 90
healthy activity. Chocolate coated tablets easy 20
take. never grirc or nauseato. 100. ESQ szd ti.co
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

For Sale:- The house hold
Furniture of Lon Harding.
Inquire of Otto Carlson.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02
HtWere King.

Scene l. Fircone Tavern.
Music Piano Miss Alice Brann.
Scene g The Coming Of Katherine
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-11-02

Terms: So rar yea IN Advance
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31
ARE ANIMALSABLE TO COUNTY
Experiences Of sportsmen III Many Parts Of
the World.
IONS THAT KEEP TRACK Of THE DAYS
Power az ReckOning Time shown by
q Dos, an Elephant and n OrOcO-
dne-COuntinE by Moose
and Salmon.

HULL, Canada, March 29.-Here are
some stories told by sportsmen who hap
pened to drift into discussion Of the ques-
ton, Can animals count7
you knew l got my hound oscar back
again, didn't your said one. "oh, yes, IL
was true enough about my losing him up
the Gatineau.
HE never could pass by a fresh deer
track and never knew when 1t was right
20 give up a hunt l was up above the
Basoatong bridge in the autumn Of the
year before last, and when the team came
to bring down my dufie Oscar was away
ON a hunt.
Last fall went back to the same camp
at about the same time in the beginning OF
October. Just one day earlier than last
year, boss. the teamster said as he helped
me put up the tent long after dark
Next morning l was getting out with
the setter to look up the partridges when
all OF a sudden Oscar, fat and frolicsome,
was capering about me. Curious, wasn't
at1
You know that large farm near the odd
lumber depot2 I came home that way
Well. we were just passing the house when
out Oscar leaped and went playing and
jumping about man in jeans near the
door. was starting on agin with Oscar
vhen the farmer roared out;
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31

his second month"; and had brought him
his chupattie ration, old Chubdnah knocked
him over with sideiong blow of his trunk
and then deliberately crushed him under
foot The other elephant tenders made no
fuss about 1t as soon as a subordinate ex-
planned the mahouts treachery. OF course
he could expect nothing else, they said, for
certainly Chubdnah counld count his cakes
and keep track OF the days as we'll as any
other member Of the battery.
Poor old chap, he was court-martialed
and punished on the same footing, too. It
was six months solitary confinement for
him, prison fare. with hard labor piling
teak logs, after regular work was done.
He got to be as thin as rake before it
was over. The day after the six months
expired the old fellow pulled up the pegs
he was tethered to, smashed out Of his
Jail, and stumped of gravely as possible
down the lines to his regular quarters. A
young, half grown elephant stood In his
place. but it was only a minutes work for
Chubdnah to pull him out and send him
packing.
''Then some one brought It to light that
sixteen years before the old rascal had
been sent down for six months, and all the
mahouts agreed that he must have re-
membered that fact and kept accurate
count Of the days until the same term had
again expired. II an elephant can keep
count that way. why not a dog?"
Moose ReckOns PursuerE.
"of course, you know a moose can
count?" broke in the doctor, "If ever you
travel on the track of cute old bull, you
will notice how he stops now and then, and
looks back TO take stock of his pursuers.
| AFTER he has sized up the party, he tFots
ahead as hard as he can go for. mile OF
so, and then takes a prodigious jump to
one side down the wind. He may on a
slope clear thirty feet. Then he doubles
back a few hundred yards parallel with
the track and lies down till the hunters
have passed.
There may be a dozen or them. but the
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31

much about 1t, but kept on sentencing
prisoners to take the fatal trip month after
month. freshly arrived young officer
would sometimes object and volunteer to
clear the road OF the black-maned MUIR
derers. More than one was lost while
acting as substitutes for the carriers, and
the lions usually escaped through their
cunning and agility.
Once one Of them was killed by a cor
poral who followed behind the two post
men, But by the next month the survivor
had found another mate and when ! left
the precious pair were adding a French
soldier to each monthly ration with fair
regularity.
mo one there ever doubted the reckon
ing power Of the lions in fact. fancy
that most animals like the migratory birds,
have a very fair idea OF time and probably
know much more about keeping count than
we have any idea Of
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31
Its origin unknown.

What is the origin of the "cock and bull''
story? 1t is the despair of all those who
Of long ago which has managed to persist
into present speech, just as we may imagine
our present "23'' will puzzle a later gem
Fable" explains IL is a corruption of a
"concocted and bully story" Evidently
recognizing that this is scarcely satisfac-
tory, he prosecuted his researches into by
gone religions, dragged up Nergal from the
Phoenicians in the representation OF a
rooster and from the Egyptian Osiris, typt-
fled by bull. From all of which disquisi-
lions II Is as clear as may be that no one
really knows anything about the story OF a
cock and a bull The French have 9
precisely similar expression in cog-a-P ane
and equally they do not know It's origin
New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31
through the customs of the place so far as
to change the time for the wash"
Iionn md The ARM


II remember that in Algiers they used
to take a curious kind OF advantage of the
counting powers of the wild beasts" said
the doctor, who saw service in foreign
lands in his early years ION the first day
Of every month a file Of soldiers was sent
with dispatches some seventy or eighty
miles to where detachment of troops was
stationed.
TT was a nasty trip, through a broken
wild country, anyway, and when 1 was
there It was always men under punishment
for serious offenses who made 1t. "A couple
Of black-maned lions had found out the
date Of the through mail and lay in wait
for 1t.
These creatures are supposed to prefer
the flesh of Europeans to that of the ma
tives. Possibly, however, It was the regu-
larity Of the supply which captivated this
particular pair of handsome brutes.
"Of course, the command having gone
forth from those in command, military
propriety would not permit the date Of
the dispatch of mail carriers to be changed.
So every month the lions leaped out,
dragged down one criminal and his horse
and sometimes, indeed. devoured both of
the soldiers.
Time and time again expert shots went
out to beat up the murderous lions. But
they never found them nor did any one
see them in that section, excepting on the
first or second of the month, when the mail
carriers had got well along on their trips
THE authorities did not seem to worry
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31
Say. where be you a-tal.ing that ere

Say. where be you a-talxing that ere
dorgT
Home said 1. He's mine. why2'
"'Only because he's been living along
of ma. for about a year until he lit out one
morning three weeks ago
81 made It all right with the farmer after
bit and showed him that the dog had not
the slightest wish TO remain with him, but
had made a convenience OF his hospitality
until the time came for his owner to re-
turn. But 1t bothers me to know how Os-
car figured It all out, to content himself
at the farm house until the right day came
to take that thirty-mile trip to meet me on
the old camp ground"
Elephant Kept Count.
Don't you think it possible that your dog
kept track OF the seasons or OF the days?"
said an Anglo-Indian. "Out in India there
was an elephant battery stationed near my
place
There was one elephant which had lost
his regular mahout by death, and until a
proper person could be obtained some of
the underlings attended to him for month
about. He was grand old beast. having
served through the mutiny, and was quite
the pet OF the battery,
AT last a cunning old Hindu gunner
came on to attend to the elephant. 1t trans
pired afterward that from the beginning he
cheated his charge out OF part Of his fa-
tons He drew every day some seventy oil
seventy-five chupatties. or cakes made Out
of oltah, a kind OF crushed wheat, and kept
half dozen OF them or so to sell to out.
siders as a private graft
"old Chubdnah knew It at once and sci
up a fierce screaming, for which in his ig'
norance fool sergeant put him under dis
clpline. After two or three days he KEEP
quiet. Apparently he reasoned 1t out thai
the gunner would only be on for his foul
weeks, as the others had been, and 1t NIGH
be as well to put up with this thing for I
BIT
But on Monday. when the man begar
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-08-10
Headache
Sufferers

Do you want relief-in
Just a few moments and
no bad after-effects.
If so, you have only to
take, DR.. Miles Anti-Pain
Pills.
If subject to headache,
have them with you al
ways. No harm can come
from their use, if taken as
directed, as they contain
no opium, choral, NOR
phine, cocaine, chloro-
form, heroin, alpha and
beta eucaine, cannabis in
dica or chloral hydrate, or
their derivatives.
Ask your druggist about
them.
'Tt gives me great pleasure to be
able to refer to the DR.. Miles Anti
Pain Pills as the best remedy we have
ever had in our house for the preven-
ton and cure OF headache. My wife
who has been a constant sufferer for
years with the above complaint joins
me in recommending DR.. Miles Anti
Pain Pills, hoping they may fall into
the hands of all who suffer"
j. /. BUSH, Watervleit, N. Y.
DR.. Miles, Anti-Paln Pills are sold by
your druggist, who VIII guarantee that
the first package will benefit. II II
falls, he will return your money.
rs doses, rs cents. Never sold In bulk.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-08-10

The Bonner Water and Light
Co. is getting lumber on the ground
to construct a house around their
two $4,000 gallon water tanks.
The tanks will be entirely enclosed,
roof and sides, to protect them
from the sun, and the water from
anything that might get into the
tanks to pollute it.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-08-10

John Schnoor, the cottonwood
buyer, is making good progress
with his negotiations. He will
have no trouble, it appears, in
securing the necessary options to
justify him in putting in a plant.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-08-10
Lost.

Somewhere between E. Edwards
and my home a Pastors Vest
Pocket Record. Anyone finding
the same will please return to me.
E. r. HENDERSON.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-08-10
-Died-At the Combination


was the daughter of Everett Tren-
ter and wife. Death was due to
after effects of measles.
The Hoosier Boy Gold Mining
Co. have closed down operations
at the Buckhorn mine. Foreman
John Breckenridge will take charge |
of some other property owned by
the company. Frank Rabdau is
home by reason of the closing
down.
"A tree fell across the electric
light line last Friday night and
put the wires out of business for
the balance of the night. Mr.,
Gale went out Saturday and re-
paired the break, so that the lights
came on Saturday evening at the
usual time.
Why not cover your floors
with linoleum ? II is cheaper
than carpet and~ lasts ten times as
long. Alexander's is the place to
buy it.
w. w. Ferbrache is constr uct-
ing bridge for the county across
the Bruce slough, on the North
Side, about two miles below town.
The river bank washed away at
this point few years ago, leaving
the county road impossible for
several months in the year. The
bridge is about 300 feet long.
Don't forget we're still in the
business, painting and paperhang-
ing. Interior decorating a special
ty. Otto Brown.
The water company have sue
ceeded in stopping most all the
leaks in their mains and tanks
and are now in a position to sup
ply water to order. Even the
weather man recognized the futility
of further opposition, as the wea
ther turned cool about the time a
full supply of water was available
for sprinkling.
Bargains in Mems Suits.
Bargains in Mems Pants.
Bargains in Summer Hats.
Bargains in Shirts and Summer
Underwear.
Also bargains in Shoes and OK
} fords at Hollinger's.
Commissioners John P. Dunr
WAS notified late last week by
County Physician Page that ther,
were seven cases of small pox il
and near Standpoint. AS the case
: were in the city, Mr.. Dunn CAV
!, instructions that the city shoulc
care for all its own patients, Will
the county would stand the ex
pense for the others.
4 Frederick r. Jordan has pun
l. chased three acres of w. T. Nc
il Near, paying $500 therefor. Th
d land lays facing the county roac
east OF Mr.. McNear's residenc,
-. Mr.. Jordan intends building
3 residence upon the land. Mr.. Joi
s dan is engaging in the bee bus
ness and now has over fifty hive
II in his apiary, and reports tina
" they are doing fine.
n AT Hollinger's Dept. Store thi
g week will be found Surprise Bal
! gains in Ladies Corset Covers
Shirt Waists, ladies' and children
Summer Underwear, Silk an
b Sateen Underskirts, tailored Whit
: and Denim Skirts. EverYthin
e goes at Surprise Bargain prices.
4 "A. ]. Kent has been appointe
guardian of Wayne, Mable an
$ Elmer Neyberry, minor children {
/ T. w. Newberry, deceased. TIL
!, children are at Bland, Va. tt
e estate in Idaho consists of 20
: acres of valley land in the Koo
+ enai valley. Mr.. and Mrs. New
berry resided here few years age
It They returned to Virginia, wher
n they both died.
George T. Brown and E. N
Brown have taken lease on tn
Hotel Casey at Boomers Ferry an
~ will try a hand at catering to tn
y public in that popular hostler,
The nropertv belongs TO 7. "A