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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-01-18
WILL ASK TO BOND
COUNTY FOR ROADS
To Submit Proposition to Bond For
100000 For County system.
VOTE on II NEXT spRlN6
County Board Of Supervisors Cleaned up
Last Years Business at Last
Saturdays Session

There was little business done last
saturday at the meeting Of the board
OF supervisors but there was much i'm
portant business talked over and one Of
the most important items was com
munication from the board OF county
ROAD commissioners asking the views
Of the supervisors on proposal TO SUBJ
init to tho people at the spring election
q proposition bond the county for the
purpose OF building roads.
The matter was talked over in an in
fomal way and the supervisors express
cd their willingness TO have the ques-
tion submitted to the people and 10
will in all probabilities be done.
While no definite sum was set. yet 1t
is thought that the correct figure would
be somewhere about 500, 900 and 1t is
probable that the electors will be asked
to allow the county TO bond in that
sum.
The road commissioners will get TO
work on the matter and when they are
ready TO make formal proposition 1t
will be acted upon formally.
The supervisors decided to be repre-
sented at the session Of the state super
visors which Will be held at Lansing
NEXT month and VIM. JoDe was chosen
. representative.
The officials proceedings are as fol-
lows
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-01-18
PAT o.salen ~sruNo"
Burglar Entered Hh House and Stole Tw,
Pocket Books Last Monday.

Focket oooks LAST mohuaN
Our genial editorial friend on the
west side OF the county has blood In
his eye for the fellow that stole pock.
ct book belonging to Mrs O'Brien and
one belonging TO Miss Bernioe voos
from his residence last Monday.
The two books were lying in draw
ers'in the respective rooms Of the two
ladies. Miss voos had 81 In her pocket
book and Mrs. O'Brien $40 in hers.
Miss voos went to get her book TO gC
shopping and couldn't find IL. A long
search failed TO bring IL into view and
then Mrs. O'Brien decided TO look al
her book. That had also disappeared,
Mr.. o'Brien was notified and he start
ed ont on a search for the burglar.
All the detectives on the west side
of the county including BILLY" Sui
Iivan are on'his trail and he will prob
ably be before Judge Beis very short
ly for n severe slap on the wrist.
Brother. o Brien has our sympathiel
and we are certain that the rest Of the
press gang will bow their heads II
grief when they learn OF Mr.. O'Brien'l I
loss and at the same time exult tha
the lot Of the average editor Is not such
as TO attract burglars TO his home.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-01-18

The iron age says: The movement
In the financial situation is reflected
by better feeling in the iron trade but
as yet there has been little buying ex-
cept In pig iron, The cast iron pipe
manufacturers east and west have been
buyers on a fairly large scale. The
offerings OF southern iron at si3 for
No. 2 Birmingham. do not seem to
have ceased entirely. New orders for
finished iron and steel are still coming
In slowly, but there is more interest
in the markets and better things are
hoped for in the near future.
THE steel rail business is light and
contractors for structural material are
still holding back. The plate mills are
only slightly employed ana there il
shading of prices going on.
I'm the bar trade the reduction of
iron bars to the 1. 40 cent base, Pitts
burgh, is creating uneasiness. particul.
arely since that base price has not been
adhered to. The recent reduction in
the price OF sheets has led 10 an only
moderate increase In the sales. while
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-01-18
HURON MINING co.
HAVE CUT ORE
On Mcdonald Forty North Of the
Armenia Mine
IRON BUSINESS PICKING UP
Money Situation is Easier and
Many Furnaces and Mills are
Resumins Bushes.

Reports from the exploration Of the
Huron Mining company north Of the
Armenia mine say that the DRIFT. he.
penetrated body of ore and that the
indications all point to a mine being
shown upon this property.
This Is the exploration which Albert
Drake has charge of and the one the
Buffalo q Susquehanna company re-
leased last year after drilling it,
Mr.. Drake sunk the old shaft dis.
tance of about forty feet and then
started drifting. The ore that has
been cut is Of good grade and gives
great encouragement to the operators.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-01-18

had been aroused TO warm up the par
tisians and ward of the chill winter
day winds
After the start the thing was easy.
Tufts took every heat and was never in
danger Riendl's horse showed great
deal Of speed on each start but invar-
liable broke and host out.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-01-18

Treasurer Hollow reports one the best
tax collections recorded in many day.
Last Saturday night he had less than
%, 600 left to collect out OF total Of
$3.50. 90. He estimated that at least
~ 900 OF the taxes remaining win be
paid before..he makes his return which
will be ON March I.
This leaves but very small portion
Of the taxes TO be returned deliquent
and this fact Is more surprising because
OF the extra high tax and the tight
times.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-01-18

The constitutional convention is far
behind its uwork. The proposals on
home rule and municipal ownership
have not yet teen considered and they
are matters that will take some time
as they do not present such we'll defin-
ed issues. owing to the wide differen-
ces Of oponion that exist Taxation
matters have not been touched at all
and there are large number. of other
proposals yet 10 be considered. IL will
be utterably impossible to finish the
revision by the end of the month and
give adequate consideration to the pro-
posals. At the same time the pay of
the delegates will cease on January III
and after that date IL will be labor
OF love.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-01-18

Victor Benson services as sup. 1898
w. ]. Richards services as sup. 312
Edw. Scott services rs sup. ll.60
Jas p. Edwards services as sup. 4.92
H. j. McLaren services AZ sup. 3.96
w. II. Jobe services as snp. LEO
Diamond Drill pub. proceedings Al. 50
Diamond Drill supplies for clerk 2.5o
Wm- Moss taking man 10 jail 40
VIM. Moss taking man poor house 10. 90
w. X. Dawson justice fees l2.00
Parks Hwd Co supplies for sherf 3.6s
Dr. A. NJ Darling fumigatins
at Bristol 1000
DIR. A. M. Darling services n
diptheria cases 1850
Pat Manning watching in dip.
liberia cases 100
Christopher Larson services In
diptheria cases 1870
Albert Kremode watching In
diptheria cases 1900
Jno Trombley attending court 750
DR.. A. NJ. Darling services In
diptheria cases 1870
Mike Cunningham watching
indiptheria cases 80. 90
L. A. Henry curtains for CT.
honse 1890
A. Lanfenburgh wild cat bounty soc
Ed. Scott justice fees 600
Jno Counihan constable Fees 1919
DR.. A. NJ Darling fumigating
Ross 800
Margaret Alexander taking
testimony 400
]. f. Corcoran Premium OH
insurance 400. 90
It was moved by Bjork and seconded
by Dawson that the report of the aud
iting committee be approved and ac-
cepted and the.clerk and chairman In
tsructed to draw orders for the same.
roll called on the above motion ss fol-
lows Benson yes. McLaren yes. Ed
wards yes, Bjork yes Carlson yes,
Dawson yes. Richards yes. Motion
carried
II was moved by Benson and second
ed by Dawson that W. J. Jobe be ap-
pointed TO attend the meeting OF ..the
state association OF supervisors TO be
held at Lansing February As and 9Th
1908. Motion carried.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-01-18
CRYSTAL Falls Michigan.
January ll. l9Oe.

january III, loVo.
Adjourned meeting OF the Board OF
Supervisors of Iron County. Michigan,
held in the Supervisors room in the
Court house. in the city OF Crystal
Falls. this 18th day Of January A. ID.
l0cS.
The meeting was called TO order by
w. J. Richards. chairman, with the
following members pre- snt. Victor
Benson. II. j McLaren, James T. Ed
warde. Arvid Bjork, W. j. Jobe, Will
liam Carlson. Edward Scott ..Jno. Daw-
son, w. J, Richards Absent Christie
pher Rowe.
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read and approved. The auditing com
mittee made their report to the bos-d
as follows
Richmond a Rackua sunnlies
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-30

The real estate agent not being literary man
was unacquainted with the words of the late Sir
Walter Scott
Il don't know there's any tonight
said he, and Melrose Station amt the Hud
son River road, it's on the Harlem line
Yes. yes exactly, said the old gentleman,
coughing Let's so at once
II don't bleve you'll like it," said Pratt
Suppose you allow me to judge for myself on
that point. sarcastically observed MIR Drake; and
so they set off without further parley
Desperation Hall three miles off the
high-road-a long gray stone house big enough
for barrack and lonely enough for prison 1t
stood the very brink of brawling stream
shut in by moss enameed rocks, and overshad-
owed by dense growth of Norway spruces, ce-
dars, and dropping hemocks. Most of the win,
dow-panes We're broken: green mould covered the
doorstone, and as YOU entered the porch
OF chill seemed TO descend you, ii You We're
passing under the arch OF vault. In the center
OF the weedy garden widowed statue had
tllmbled down into the box border. and broken its
most prominent features, sun-dial sunk in
onesded mbecility in a wilderness of ranligrow-
ing blue rises and struggling rose-trees had woven
succession OF man-trapS across the path
'De-llghttul! said Mr.. Drake eXultantv he
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-30

Lets 90 IN, said Mr.. Drake. You've GOT
the key haven't you?'
I'm afraid the house is damp sir said his
ccerone, With evident reluctance.
Well, we'll we won't stay long said Mr..
Drake, his joyous aacrty increasing with every
step. Il shall have roaring wood fires upon every
hearth before I've been in possession twentyfour
hours. Thirty OF woodland with the place,
think you mentioned? Dear me. wood will be
consideration at all So this is Desperation Hall.
is ii? But why Desperation '?9-stopping short in
great empty room whose fireplace was like
cavern, and whose foliated plaster colnice, once
deliberately wrought, crumblng away.
Il don't know, sir said the agent. The coun-
Try people took to calling il so. Because 1t looked
gloomy, suppose.
All" said Mr.. Drake with chuckle. Gloon
is elevatng. Any stucco bird-house the top
of hill can look cheerful but it takes
combination OF circumstances to make place
thoroughly gloomy
The real estate agent began to feel little I'M
easy If the gentleman crazy-and it
tainly began look a little like tit was no
very comfortable thing to be shut up with him
in a solitary house deep sunk in glen, with
nearer neghbor for three good miles than the
owls and the foxes He put his hands in his
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-30

pockets, and drew his head turtlewise down into
his coai collar as he sded toward the door.
Hadn't we better be gong?" said he.
Nice bic roons,' said the old gentleman look
ing around Wide hall with plenty OF for
an oaken settle and pair of deers antlers. Dear
me, couldn't have suited myself better Now
ii could only be certain of ghost
"Of aw hat?" said Mr.. Pratt, with a nervous
start, as piece OF plaster dropped with hollow
sound at his feet
old gentleman, suddenly button-hoing the agent
and speaking with extreme earnestness. whether
any died suddenly in this house? Or
If there ever was murder committed here?"
No sir, | don't" said Mr.. Pratt. vehemently
struggling to escape
Nh We'll, it don't matter, said the old gentle
man. Only | should have liked ghost. You
must know. my good friend. he added compla-
Gently. that | author. | WELD the gray
goose he, he he. And if could once see
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-30

looked al the browning gray FACADE OF the house
one side the boodred glimmer of the twilight
the other, and listened the restless roar and
rush OF the chatting stream and the sorrowful
murmur of the pines overhead
Tastes differ said the real estate agent, with
a little shudder. he buttoned his coat closer
why didn't YOU bring me here before" said
Mr.. Drake.
Didn't suppose the place would suit said the
agent.
1T suits exactly. declared Mr. Drake Here
find everything that | require-the Mysterious.
the Uncertain, the Possible the"
Its very much out of repair, sir, suggested
MI. Pratt, poking with his stick loose stone
in the cellar wall.
That signifies nothing cheerfully uttered the
old gentleman. Ruin suggests antiquities. What
Would Thebes be without its ruined columns Rome
without its Coliseum"
I'm sure | don't know sir" said the real es-
tate agent.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-11-15

cal change. Such washes are not sue
cessful and should not be tried. On a
large scale the sulphur-lime wash is
boiled by live steam. The main adj
vantage of this method is that no stir
ring is required. When small amounts
are needed the wash is usually pre-
pared in an iron kettle.
Precautions.
Never use a copper implement In
preparing sulphur-lime. 1t will be
quickly corroded. Similarly the wash
corrodes and furnishes silver jewelry.
# lime-sulphur comes in contact with
any lead paint it will blacken it. This
discoloration can be bleached by wash
ing with hydrogen peroxide, but that
is rather expensive. The bleaching
will also be effected by the air, but it
will require several months to do So.
The pumps used with sulphur-lime
must be washed out each night after
using. The pumps with brass working
parts will have a scaly crust formed
over the brass after continued use.
Brass nozzles are eaten out by sew
eral days spraying, and sufficient
supply should be kept on hand to re-
place those worn out. Sulphur-lime
will keep for several days. 1t is not
necessary to use 1t fresh each day,
but it is advisable not to keep it too
long.
The horses as we'll as the men who
spray should be protected from the
spray during the time of application.
This is done by blankets and hoods
of gunny sacking or canvas. Sulphur
lime is caustic to the skin and may
produce ulcers 1t is good plan to
anoint the hands and face with vase
line before spraying.
Notifications.
Originally the formulas for the wash
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-11-15

is much cheaper than flowers of sui
phur. The disadvantage of using
birthstone is that it takes longer to
boil the wash, and long boiling is det-
rimental.
The mixture of lime and sulphur
should be briskly boiled with little
water until the sulphur is no longer
visible, when the wash has become a
reddish yellow color. This should take
from thirty minutes to one hour. 1t is
not advisable to boil longer than one
hour, for a chemical change takes
place on continued boiling which low
ers the insecticidal value of the wash.
Sulphur-lime wash may be boiled in
any iron vessel. The usual custom is
to provide a long narrow wooden vat
with a sheet iron bottom. This is
bricked UP for firing beneath and is fit
ted with a chimney at the rear end
This vat should be covered as much as
possible during cooking to insure
greater uniformity of the wash. 1t is
well to stir the ingredients occasion
ally, especially at the beginning of
boiling.
When sufficiently boiled the con-
tents of the vat should be strained
into the spray tank and diluted with
enough water to complete the formula.
Straining is very important as it pre-
vents clogging the nozzles. A wire
fly screen will answer for the strainer.
1t is not necessary to heat the water
for diluting, as the wash is just as
effective cold. The hot wash sprays
somewhat easier, but is more corrosive
to the spray-hose, and is more danger
Gus to the operator in case of acci-
dental uncoupling of the hose.
Many attempts have been made to
prepare self-boiling wash by using a
large excess of lime and depending on
the heat of shaking to effect the chemi-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-11-15

Fruit pests have come to stay,
but not to conquer. They mean
ceaseless and vigilant warfare on
the part of the fruit raisers, but if
this warfare is waged our fruit
will be as good as any in the world.
That is the burden, the gist of the
lesson l am trying to teach to the
people of the state. An orchard
may be cleaned of scale, or moth,
until it's fruits will be of first grade,
and the pest apparently gone, but
the fight must be kept up, for there
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-11-15

will always be some infected dis
trict to spread the disease. The
pests can be conquered. Our ex-
periments at the college have
solved the questions. 1t is simply
a matter of knowing when and how
and with what to spray I am try
ing to interest the people of the
country in the need of their aiding
with intelligent effort the struggle
for the protection of the orchards
and fruit against our imported
pests.-Prof. A. B. Cordley.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-11-15

San Jose scale, oyster shell bark
louise, elm bark louise, blister mite,
any scale insects or bark lice-spray
any time during dormant season.
Red spider, green aphis Of apple,
plum aphis, elm leaf louse-spray
any time during dormant season. This
treatment is for the eggs. 1t Is more
effective than to wait until the insects
appear and then to spray with kero-
sene emulsion before the leaves curl.
Cottony scale-spray during DOR
mant season. In some sections sui
phur-lime is reported as not fully ef-
fective.
Bud moth, peach twig borer, or
peach moth-spray just as the buds
swell in the spring. This will destroy
the half-grown wintering worms when
they open their cocoons on the twigs.
Woolly aphis- spray whenever in
sects are noticed, preferably during
dormant season. For the root form
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-11-15
SOC per Year, 10c the Copy
WINTER SPRAYING WITH SULPHU R I'M

contained salt This has no other use
than to cause the spray to adhere
little longer. Portland cement is some
times used for the same purpose, as
is also an excess of lime. Such ad-
hesives should generally not be used.
Often it is an advantage not to keep
a coating on the twigs during the
summer, since scale insects then To-
cate on the fruit and foliage in pref
erence to coated twigs. But if the
trees bear no fruit this coating might
be advantageous because any scales
locating on the foliage would die at
winter.
The so-called Oregon winter wash Is
an endeavor to combine Bordeaux mix
ture with the sulphur-lime. The addi'
ton of blue vitriol to sulphur-lime de-
stroys sulphur out of the wash in pro-
portion to the amount of vitriol used.
This of coursesreduces the value OF the
wash. Sulphur-lime should not be
mixed with paris green, arsenate OF
lead, or Bordeaux mixture.
Cold sulphur-lime is rapidly decom-
posed into chalk and sulphur by car
bonic acid When boiling hot this does
not take place. Hence the wash should
not be used in a gas spraying ma
chine when it comes in contact with
carbonic acid gas unless it is kept hot.
Sulphur-lime wash is sometimes
used stronger, as 1:1:3, or weaker, as
.1:1:5. The stronger wash is used for
moss on tree trunks. There is no need
of using the stronger wash for scale
1.1 ,o,11o icS
pletely effective. For even the San
Jose scale solutions weaker than 1:1:5
have been used with success.
For chemical considerations alone
but one-half pound of lime should be
used for every pound of sulphur. This
makes a clear liquid which is just as
strong, but which scarcely shows up
after the spraying. The 1:1:4 formula
doubles the necessary amount Of lime
to whiten the spray. In case of scales
locating on the fruit of whitewashed
trees the chemical 1:k:4 formula
would be preferable, but requires more
watchful spraying.
Applying the SuIphur-Lime.
The sulphur-lime wash is a winter
spray. 1t should be used only when the
plants to be sprayed are dormant. If
applied while trees are in leaf the
foliage is burned, but will usually re-
cover. If applied at the beginning of
blossoming it may stop the setting of
fruit. Sulphur-lime spraying after
growing has begun is not completely
effe ctive for the San Jose. scale.
For such insects as the San Jose
scale which is a formidable pest be-
cause of the rapidity of it's breeding,
every pinhead of surface on every twig
and branch must be covered by the
spray. If even few insects are
missed the pest may quickly develop
as numerous as before. To insure
thoroughness of application some
growers spray twice - sometimes In
fall and repeated in spring, and some
times twice in spring. Ordinarily with
care single spraying can be so thor
ough as to kill every scale insect
1t is customary for most growers to
spray during February or March.
Many scales live in cracks in the bark.
Such places are difficult to reach.
Therefore pressure spraying with Bor-
deaux nozzles is better than the low
pressure mist obtained with Vermorel
Continued on Page 15)
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-11-15
Spraying Calendar for the Sulphur Lime WASH

only; uncover the roots and apply to
the soil.
Flat head borer, peach tree borer,
bark borers-spray in early June be-
fore the eggs are laid. Repeat II
washed off. Use with a great excess
of lime so as to whitewash the trunk.
Red spider-use a summer spray
Dilute to 1:1:6.p
Moss lichens spray when the
leaves are off the trees. Most grow
ers apply the wash stronger than the
usual formula.
Apple scab, pear scab-frst spray
when blossoms show pink but have
not opened. Second spray as soon as
fruit has set. For the second spray
ing use 1:1:5. This treatment is still
in the experimental stage.
Leaf curl of peach, peach mildew-
spray just before the buds open.
MiIdew-spray when it appears on
rose, booseberry, etc. Use 1:1:6 for
mula for summer treatment.