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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-08
personals

County Agent o Brien has lost his
reputation as Splinter. Mr.. o'Brien,
who in addition 10 being the guardian
OF all bad boys and girls an the
county. is also editor Of the Iron River
stambaugh Reporter and can generally
ego some He met q tartar. how
ever, in Fred Nicholson. whom he ac
.companied 10 Lepeer last Friday.
When Mr.. o. Brien and the boy alight-
ed from the bnss at Lepeer the former
took his attention'off Fred long enough
to>hand bis hand bag 10 the driver.
The interval was sufficient for Fred 10
get about ten yard start ana the race
that he lead Pat. through the streets of
Lepeer was certainly "A fast one.
I Finally Mr. O'Brien concluded that
the boy was the better Splinter OF the
two and hailing long legged country
boy Pat engaged him ''fur considera-
ton" and the boy ran Fred down aud
turned him over 20 the perspiring
editor who came mp with the fee with
ont any hesitation.
A party u Florence ladies paid Mrs
A. J Hockings visit last Tuesday.
t. They came up ON the morning passeng-
, or and spent the day with Mrs Hook
ings returning in the evening. Those
present from Florence were Madames
t. r. Wilcox. T. S. Evans. Rob Holh-
day, Sindars, Dave Clary, Mary Sund-
quist, Chas Van Marter, Olin. Fred
perenboom, Frank Eckert, a. Brasky.
g. II. Noyes, Miss NJ. Sherwin and
Madames e.. V. Hoard. Alfred Lust
Held, Jennie Justified, Wm. Holmes,
Herman Holmes. A. Bjork, Q. Gree
ton. and Mis- Remer from Crystal
Falls
DR.. A NJ. Darling paid visit TO
Chicago, Milwaukee and several other
cities during the week Doctor wanted
the reporter to keep mum on lis trip
and ntimated that he WAS i'm quest Of
some fleet footed stock 10 enter IN the |
race the Fourth OF July. When we ac-
quainted Robert Munns with our sus
picions the reply was 20. Doc likes
10 run a blutl
The Maccabees hold ,heir memorial
exercises tomorrow morning They |
will meet at their lodge room at 500
O'Clock and march 10 the cemetery
who're the graves Of the departed bfe-
thr.n will be strewn with flowers.
They will then march 10 st. Luke's
church where, sermon will be preach
ca them by Rev wf Poyseor.
Mr4. August tiriskson aud ber
auag4ter Mis- Violet from Sullivan |
Ohio who ha- blen yis lipg her pareuts
nj. and Mrs Alfred Gri6ble. for the
pmt two weeks left Monday morning
fof fsw dnss visit ~ stsphensDn.
Mill then they leave for Marion. n.
nss,, 70 m ", EEFi'hfoR YaF" t1sy
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-08

The q. q ". w haze two gravel
mains At WORK hllinK In the trestle
work ~ the Paint river bridge and
also filling iu the approaches 10 the
HemIope river bridge a. Amasa.
Tho gravel j. now being dumped be.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-08
NOTICE.

You are hereby warned not to
dump refuse at other points than the
regular dump grounds. Anyone yio-
latlng the ordinance IN This particular
viii be prosecuted
Dr. A VI. Darling,
Health officer
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-08
Lodge Officers

The following officers We're elected
by Crystal Fails Lodge / O. o. r. at
its meeting last Monday evening.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-08

"a Them by Roy NT. Poyseor. =
MA A6snst friskson aud Der
Ms VOL et from sulllvaa
Ohio WHO hs- pAen yisi tipg her parruts
MI. and Mrs Alfred Gri6ble FOR the
,lmt two weeks left Monday morning
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-08

Dapiel Manning and wife ~ Ne.
gannee Gre expected here today 20 visit
their fpn. Patrick Manning, They
will'remain inaLryktal Falls = /. couple
OF months
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22

sometimes did so at the expense of
stultifying himself He was not
naturally of the Roosevelt school
of thought. Northumberland,
historic, constitutional, legal, polit-
ical-too firmly dominated his mind.
He was sincere enough, no doubt, in
his efforts TO adjust himself to the
new order of things; but it was inn
possible. He could not remain in
the Senate and resign his post of
party's mentor. So he retired, TAX
ing his self-respect with him, and
turning his splendid abilities to
other purposes.
This is the explanation of Mr..
Spooner's appearances of late as
the critic of the Administration. He
is now saying what he believes, not
what an artificial and unnatural re-
lationship forces him to say. He
is now seen in his true light as the
frank and unsparing critic of the
Administration, whose spokesman
so recently he was.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22
In the Steerage.

Among the immigrants huddled in
the steerage of the Allan line steam
ship Laurentian the other day was
a little girl, who had set off, with
her mother, for the great New
World where the father had gone
to make a home for them. In the
middle of the ocean, the peasant
mother became i'll and was taken
from the steerage. The child
looked on dumbly. A little later
there was a commotion on deck and
a long box was lowered reverentIy
into the waves rolling evenly past
the vessel. The landing was at
Boston, Mass. There the little
girl met her father alone-pitiably
lonely and mystified.
1t is a plain and simple story Of
common people which shames the
greatest tragedy. There is more
pathos in it than in the best senti-
mental novel or play that ever was
written. These latter owe their
appeal TO the fact that they are
near or like to such real stories as
this. And Yet, every one of us
from the jaded who count it an ex-
perience TO be moved by a printed
page or an acted scene to the re-
sponsive who sniffie and weep at
every Saturday encounter
like that of this little
girl every year of our lives and steel
ourselves against feeling the first
impulse of that pity which is akin
to love and is the touch of God
Himself
We are apt, some of US, to call our
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22
No Longer New Englaad'S.

Thanksgiving used 10 be called a
New England festival. 1t is now a
national holiday, levying on every
section of America for its feast.
Put it to the test here in Washing
ton.
First, there is the turkey brought
TO market from nearby Maryland or
Virginia. Then comes the cranberry
sauce made from the bright red
marbles shipped from Cape Cod.
Always there are sweet potatoes,
from Georgia or Alabama or Texas.
Celery is brought from Michigan
and Wisconsin. The white potatoes
come down from New York or east
from Colorado and Arizona. The
onions for the turkey dressing may
come from any one of a dozen direc-
tions, and yet all have been grown
in the good old Z. s. The preserved
peaches were grown either in the
nearby tidewater or in the fruit belt
near the Mississippi Lettuce and
caUlifOwer come fresh to our mar
ket from North and South Carolina,
Georgia, and Florida. If you have
plum pudding, omniscience would be
required TO tell where il comes
from. but if you have oranges and
nuts aud raisins, as many do, your
mind can rove the South American
plains or dwell on the harbOr of
New York, but il cannot skip Cali
fornia and Florida, where the yell
low fruit is packed as carefully as
eggs.
As we consider all these things,
we shall not wonder that the merry
making has become general, that
Americans, wherever born and
however placed, look to the last
Thursday in November with in
creasing appetites. Nor, when we
reflect how much of this toothsome
dinner is native to the United States,
viii we wonder that so far Thanks
giving Day has been marked in red
almost exclusively in American cal
endars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22
To the Y. M. C. A.

With the impression of its hand
some new buildings, athletic equip
ment. and educational opportunities
still fresh in the American mind,
it is good to welcome to Washing
ton 1000 earnest sons OF the Young
Mems Christian Association conse-
Grated 10 the spiritual labors of
that body. Religion put to work is
the Distinguishing feature of this
organization; that is the quality
that has given it life, continuity.
and strength, and has carried its
influence literally to the corners
of the. earth. Without its Christian
faith the association is a secular
club and a failure, in spite of all its
buildings, gymnasiums, and curric-
ulums. To this meeting, therefore,
the American Capital looks hope
fully-that it may quicken the re-
ligious life of the city in which this
thirty-sixth session is held, Of the
delegates themselves, but, most i'm
portant, of the great and practical
institution which they represent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22
SDOOneT in His True Role.


The reasons Why Senator Spooner
wanted to resign from the Senate
grow palmer day by day. The stu
alton in which he found himself
was intolerable. He resigned be-
cause his self-respect would not
permit him longer to play the role
of a progressive when, in truth, he
had small sympathy with that role.
As a great lawyer and a genius
for constructive legislation, Spooner
had won mis- way 10 the undisputed
intellectual leadership of the Senate.
His word carried more weight than
that Of any other man IN the body,
because his knowledge o. laws and
constitutional and legislative his
tory gave him equipment unsur-
passed. He had become leader
under Mckinley, and was the legal
light of the Misunderstanding regime.
When Mckinley was succeeded by
Roosevelt, and Hanna passed from
the stage, Spooner continued in the
position of leadership he had
earned. Then began that evolution
toward progressive policies. which
has so strongly marked the Roose-
welt domination of the executive
department. Spooner gradually
found himself in the position Of a
leader who had reversed his course.
Rooseveltian ideas and policies had
become dominant in the party. If
Spooner should continue leader, he
must take up these and advocate
them.
The change was slow and gradual.
BY degrees the Wisconsin Senator
adjusted himself to the new order
ps best he could. He was a loyal
party man, and tried to serve the
party, though without doubt he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22
PHILIPPINE IMPORTS
100000 LARGER
Bureau of InSular Affairs
Issues Report on Com
merCe.

In the opinion OF the Bureau OF IN
sular Affairs or the War Department.
under the direction Of which a state
ment Of the commerce OF the Philippines
has been issued. the most noteworthy
feature is an increase Of nearly 10000
IN the value Of imports OF that island
This seems even larger waen compared
with the exceptionally small trade OF
1876. other features thought well worthy
Of mention are the continued reduction
in foreign rice purchases and an eX-
port trade that IS the maximum IN the
history Of the islands.
Total imports viii Teaca a value Of
SIS, is, $50, and, though this has been
exceeded IN earlier years. Il is to be
borne in mind that the larger figures
were coincident with heavy imports Of
rice.
Exports reach value OF So. rs. 357, or
more than half q million dollars in eN-
cess OF any previous record. The cotton
trade is the most conspicuous part OF
the Philippine imports, and In Il are
found the largest increases OF the year
The total imports Of the United States
amount 10 s.. 100, $50 an increase Ss21, rs,
most of which IS 70 De found IN cotton
goods. In the favorable showing IN
the export trade the largest increases
are TO be found in hemp and tobacco.
The sugar industry makes the least fav-
orable showing. and a reduction OF
S92s, 400 is recorded for the year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22
BilIboardS in Other Capitals.

Bilboards have figured lately in
two reports made to Washington.
Major Sylvester, as superintendent
of the local police, comes out
strongly for the regulation of such
advertising in his annual statement
to the District Commissioners. Con-
sui General Anderson, writing from
Rio de Janeiro, told at some length,
not long ago, how the Brazilian
capital has outdone Washington by
supervising the boards, censoring
the posters put upon them, and
taxing the advertiser as well as
the owners of the stand according
to the size of the displays.
Now comes a third lesson. 1t is
set forth in the business circle of
the Circle for December, as follows:
Billboards for advertising purposes
are prohibited in Berlin. Their place IS
taken by pillars or columns erected at
street corners. These columns, which
are usually of wood and iron, are about
twelve feet high and three feet IN diam
eter. Built at the edge Of the sidewalk,
they form a conspicuous feature OF
street life in that city. 1t is interesting
TO note that the matter displayed on
these columns is more In the nature or
reading notices than of pictures
Manifestly, this method has many
advantages. The boards are kept
from undesirable positions; their
size is limited; their color is made
to contribute to the kaleidoscope of
modern city life instead of dominat-
ing il. But this is not all. As in
Rio they yield a considerable rev
enue. Here is the scheme:
The privilege of erecting and using
these advertising columns is awarded b.
the city 10 the highest bidder. Accord
ing 10 the terms of the lease now IN
force. the city receives an annual rental
of about So. 200 but cannot grant
similar privilege to any one else. The
NE OF the lease IS ten years. The price
which the successful bidder NAV charge
Tor space is regulated by the Berlin
authorities All posters before they are
put dp must be approved by the police
EXCEPT N special cases, the advertising
space Is awarded according 10 the
order or application. The city reserves
the right to demand the posting OF its
notices free.
Washington will waken some davI
and take its place alongside the
newer capital of Brazil and the old
er capital of Prussia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22
LORD FAIRFAX
ON WAY BACK
American Who Holds Title.
Returning to Wall
Street Office.

NEW YORK. Nov. 22.-After several
years Of INDIGESTION between remaining
plain "AIr Albert Kirby Fairfax, L. s.
A." or taking the title OF Lord Fairfax.
twelfth Baron OF Cameron. Lord Fair
fax has chosen the title and is return
ing on the Adriatic, which left South
anptOn last Wednesday, 10 resume his
business in Wall Street
Lord Fairfax is a member Of the bank
ing firm OF William p. Bonbright & CO..
and has been representing tne firm in
its London office for a year
When he returned from England In
1904. after having attended the corona
ton OF King Edward as peer, he stiu
declared he was as profound an Ameri-
can as ever before. and remarked that
his baggage would always be marked
"A K Fairfax, New York, L. s. A"
Members Of the firm Of Bonbright &
Co. said that while II was true that
Fairfax had become a British subject.
IL was also true that he was Just as
good an American at heart as ever, and
would continue &c do business in this
country.
Lord Fairfax inherits the title from
his father. DR.. john Contee Fairfax, OF
Calvert county. Maryland. Wno. ike
his American ancestors, declined 10 ac-
cept his rigntful title ana always re-
NAMED plain Dr. Fairfax. The family
has been prominent IN the South. es-
9eciaIy in Virginia. for more than two
centuries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22
CANNON WILL ALLOW
CURRENCY LEGISLATION

Speaker Cannon, who has arrived in
Washington. declares that the masses
OF the people in the United States were
never SC rich as they are to-day. ari at
the same time says that he will sand
with President Roosevelt for any cur
rency legislation which may be needed
for the adjustment Of business condi-
tions
The cotton, tho corn, the wheat and
the meat produced this year and now
waiting 10 be marketed" said the
Speaker, ARE Of the value of at least
ten billion dollars and the people who
produced them are substantially out Of
debt These products cannot start 10
market because Of the currency famine
They will begin TO go to marks. the
minute the banks resume payrrenr of
their obligations
Questioned as 10 the currency iagfsIa-
ton, the Speaker said:
] am in favor OF enacting as oJicL,lv
as possible all the legislation the c5IIn-
try needs. But there are a great many
measures proposed for the treatment ~
the currency. We shall have 10 bser
what is suggested by the President a1d
the Secretary of the TREASURY. Tbs1
much VIII DEPEND upon what NAV be
suggested by the Committee on Rsniy-
ing and Currency, when it Is formed. .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22

as we might have expected. virtue gets
Il where turkeys viii next week. Moll
Is accused Of being a bad. wicked, IN
scrupulous woman. To add 10 her woes
the barkeeper won't believe a word OF
Moils story that she done it for tFc
best He tries 20 choke the lies down
her throat Poor Moll, she des'prit.
Pretty-good lady gone, landlady mad.
lover gone. What is there in the world
for her. Nothing but that bottle OF
foolish water on the table. Here goes.
Moll is ready 10 stray from the road
when mlrabile dictu-! II the reader
will refer TO the opening lines OF
the para graph before this one Re
Mon 2 metamOTphosis was accomplish
ed You fail 10 see-why that religious
picture is the answer Yes. Mol sees
that picture and Immediately her tn k-st
is 'squenched." None Of the fire water
for hers- She's going to live an up
right life no matter what happens
Something does happen. PTetty-gOOd
lady comes back the next morning and
shuts herself up IN tie closet 70 see IL
she can hear what is being said in the
room. You see that's the way Mol said
she found out when pretty-goOd lady
was coming. and that was the reason
she let william kiss ner when she did so
that pretty good lady could be saved
from the fortune hunter.
Pretty-gOOd lady didn't have any cot
ton III her ears so Mol was indicated.
Hurrahi
MOlIs heavy now returneth filed with
contrition and booze.
Decadeuce Of the drama2 All tommy
rot my boy, all tommyrOt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22

brand Of whisky she was drinking, any
how.
Who is this tall. Amazonic figure robed
in celestial white? Why that's Mol
. Hara IN the second act. Yes, MC..;,
Tor sure, and she's going TO NARY the
gent who graoes the saloon ct the cor
ner, the guy with the danger signal tie
and the dinky straw lid
But hist. The villain approached.
Who would have suspected that that
fellow with the patent leather shoes, the
diamond stud, and the crafty walk was
a villain? But ne IS. Watch hing tIy
10 kiss Moll. But MolI's a lady, she is
She spu-urns his Infamous advances
But villain Will not take no for his
ansWer-yes, he will, for pretty-gCod
lady appears. left center Villain. you
see. is engaged 10 be married to pretty
good lady, for she has plenty OF coin.
Immediately he accuses Moll OF making
love 10 him and pretty-goOd lady be-
Neves him. You see, II she hadn't be-
Neved him, there wouldn't have been
any play. Why do women trust mel
on such occasions, anyhow When !
get to Congress 1 am going to introduce
bill making u a capital crime for
woman 70 believe a man when such
plays as these are the
Well, as / was saying when you inter
I wandered from the straight road and
took something 70 steady my nerve for
the great third. Being as how that one
was necessary 70 make me stay the
limit. that one didn't count
Third act: A bed. a table, and a reli-
giOus picture. The girl who lost her
rats and switches IN the first act wants
a nickel Mol gives her twO-bits Don't
ever say again that prosperity makes
one hard-hearted. Pretty soon in comes
villain with the foolish water. He locks
the door. but Moll is crafty. She knows
what's what. She's read about the de-
signs OF wicked men She unlocks the
door on the sly. Things are working
beautifully, thinks MoIl Here's the vii
lain making love 10 her. and pretty soon
pretty-good lady, who has done so much
for her. Is going TO come in AMI find
villain making love TO another woman.
and then pretty-goOd lady will realize
what a dirty dawg villain really Is, and
MOll will get a picture card with
motto on Il for her goodness.
Pretty-goOd lady does come, but just
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22
Lesson From the Other Side.


1t is apparent that the proposal Of
re-estabhshing the Bank of the
United States, which Andy Jackson
put out of business, is fast gaining
ground in this county. 1t is not
necessary to discuss now the qGes-
ton Of whether Old Hickory did
right when he smashed the institu-
ton which Hamilton had founded
and which, on the whole, had done
splendid service to the young ma
ton. There VIII never be agree
ment on that point.
Things have changed since that
time. There are thousands of
earnest students of financial prob
lens who agree that Jackson was
justified, and yet who believe the
bank should be re-established.
It is urged in behalf of this de-
mand that the great quasi-Govern-
ment central bank Of issue is the
enginery of finance which has in
many countries demonstrated SUI
perior adaptation TO the necessities
of present-day conditions. For the
United States TO hold ont against
the system which experience has
proved so useful in other countries,
is provincial, insular, and an evil
dence of ignorance and prejudice of
which the American people should
not be guilty. The opponents Of
bank should present better proof
of their case. They must explain
away the banks of England, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan; they must
show why such a bank would lead
to the creation of a banking
trust" a money monopoly such
as they pirate SO much about, but
which has not grown out of the
central bank plan in other coun-
tries.
The ease with which other coun-
tries handle themselves at this time,
through the financial machinery
which their central banks place in
their hands, is certainly well worthy
study. London, Paris, and Berlin
are concerned, indeed, over develop
ments in the United States; but
they are able TO take care Of them
selves and TO help us. Could the
United States do as much for them
if conditions were reversed? We
believe not; instead, the United
States would almost. inevitably be
drawn into the maelstrom Of their
troubles.
The time is past when sounding
invective and ignorant prejudice viii
serve as. conclusive arguments
against a modern and enlightened
financial scheme for this country.
We need real study and honest con-
illusions as to our situation. Unless
these are given, there viii be an
other decade Of makeshift policy,
with certainty of disaster sooner
or later. There may be substantial
against establishment Of a
bank: there may be a better plan.
In view of the case made out in
favor of such an institution, the op-
position is at least called upon to
give good reasons, If il has them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-22

Beneath the softly swaying trees
love to dream about romance,
And eat the various kinds OF cheese
From France.
And while I'm there. my folks in mobs
Come gaIloping across the lea.
To OFFER simply splendid Jobs
To me
Clerk in a famous downtown bank,
Cashier in Broad street-same in
Wall
Scribe. editor-I merely thank
Them all.
and then in anger most profound.
In ire that really is the goods.
They gaIlop round and round and
round
The woods.
They quite forget reserve and tact,
They wave their arms like weather
vanes,
And yet, in spite OF all. the fact
Remains
Beneath the softly swaying trees
I love TO dream about romance,
And eat the various kinds of cheese
From France
Thomas Z. YbaTTs. IN The Circle.