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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19
TIMBER AND STONE CLAIMS.
Washington Wires Land Office to Suspend
Action on Filings.

SSboO on FHVke
The Marquette land Office has receiv-
ed instructions from the department OF
the interior at Washington TO suspend
action on all timber and stone filings.
The order came by wire and there were
no instructions or explanations given.
The local land Office officials, however,
are of the opinion that the govern
ment's action in suspending filings is
for the purpose Of having new ap-
praisal made OF the lands which have
heretofore been subject TO timber and
stone entry.
The new appraisal of the lands is
deemed expedient because of the many
complaints that have been recently
filed with the Inferior department
charging certain persons with scalp
ing, that is, buying in the land from
the government at the rate OF g. 80 per
acre and immediatly disposing Of the
same at advances which in many cases
represented several times the amount
paid for the lands. In many instances
fraudulent practices have been indulged
in and 1t is probably with the end in
view TO put stop to these abuses ana
TO secure for the government price
more in keeping with the value OF the
land that the new order has been
promulgated
The act Of June 3. 1878 under which
tile departments are now working, pro-
vides that lands which are proven to
be more valuable for the timber and
stone which they contain than for az
ricultural purposes shall be sold at the
minimum price of 81 80 per acre. All
such lands have heretofore been soll at
Hat rate Of 81. so per acre. Under
the new regulation such lands will
have TO be appraised before they can
be sold. Some lands are much more
valuable than $2 80 per acre and il is
for this reason tnat the secretary Of
the interior has made the new ruling.
The order recently received at the
Marquette land Office does not apply to
filings made before December /, 1908.
Action on these filings will proceed as
usual.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19

was loaded and the trigger cooked. He
rested the stock OF the gun on tho
ground and placed his hand across the
muzzle.
One OF the boys struck the trigger
causing the gun 10 be fired. The
charge entered the hand at the root OF
the third aud fourth fingers and these
had TO be amputated.
He was taken 10 DIR. Larson's hos
pitaI and is fast recovering from his
sad experience.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19
HIGHLY coMPLlMENTED
Iron County National Bank Receives Special
Compliment From Official

George +. Luther, national bank ex-
aminer, was in the city Thursday max
ing an examination Of. the affairs Of
the Iron County National Bank. Mr.
Luther made searching examination
and had a session with the directors
as is required by law. He was so
mighty pleased with conditions that he
expressed his appreciation of the affairs
in no uncertain term.
This high regard for the manner in
which the affairs Of the Crystal Falls
bank is run is not shared al )ne by the
inspector but comes direct from the
department at Washington which has
expressed itself very favorably upon the
careful and consistent banking policy
pursued by the Iron County National
Bank.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19
Machine to Distribute Letters.

A letter distributing machine that is
heralded as one of the greatest labor
saving devices Of the age is being
tested with favorable results by the
government, and eventually may be
installed in the larger post offices ia
case of its adoption by Uncle Sam.
A demonstration OF the workings OF
the machine. witnessed by several pro
minent postal experts not long ago
elected their unbounded surprise and
admiration. They were filed with
amazement TO see letters disappear
from the table and turn up in no time
in their proper pigeon holes by the
simple act Of lingering keyboard re-
sembling that of a typewriter.
The operator Of the machine sits be-
fore a lettered board. much the same
Ms typewriter. the operation OF which
Is not considered especially difficult.
The letters are placed in pile on "a
platform on top of the machine. A
letter Is caused 20 descend from this
pile to place in the machine where
the operator can see the name and ad-
dress after which he strikes the key
corresponding TO It's destination This
causes the letter 20 pass on belt at
high speed to its proper pigeon hole.
Letters Of All sizes can be handled by
the machine with equal facility
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19

At last the City of Crystal Falls is
rid Of the Falkenau Construction COM
pany aud there is no one sorry az their
departure, not even the aldermen who
we're responsible for their return tor
while the latter kept IN upper lip
right along and braved IL through, yet
there were many signs that they rec.
ogpized the bunder they had made.
SIR Strauss came up here last Wed
nesday He rode around in livery
rig looked at the mess left in the
shape Of flooded Golfer dam made
out his bill for $5l. expenses OF his
trip, and departed on the evening train
without meeting the council in open
meeting
Mr. Walker appeared al the meeting
which was called TO settle up and had
in the bills amounting to g. 500. Mr..
Nesbitt asked if Mr. Strauss had
brought along his vouchers to which
question Mr. Walker replied in the
negative.
Alderman Scadden then took up the
argument and asked why the vouchers
had not been brought; that member
Of the council had asked for them two
weeks ago and that Mr.. Strauss had
had ample time in which to fetch
them. A little more by-play resulted
in Walker stating that duplicate bills
were all In the city clerks ofiicewhere-
at the trend Of the conversation turned
to placsble one. Mr.. Nesbitt made
a motion that A. l.. Robbins and John
McGillis be appointed committee to
check uD the job and that the Falkenau
people be required 10 produce all their
vouchers. time books and pay rolls.
The mayor stated the motion that the
committee be appointed TO check mp
the bills on file. Mr.. Nesbitt objected
stating that he would like 10 have all
OF his motion included. stating that
his original motion required the Fal.
kenau people to produce their voucn-
ers. pay rolls and time books. Mr..
Scadden said he didn't think the latter
part Of the motion necessary as the
duplicate bills were on ile 40 the mo.
tion finally simmered itself down to
one appointing committee to check
mp the bills ON hle and see what the
plant cost
The matter OF the Golfer dam was
brought mp ana Mr.. stephony reported
that he intends to start raising 1t just
as soon as the ice is strong enough 20
allow the work TO re done thereon,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19
Lodge Elections.

Crystal Falls Lodge l. o. o. Y.
elected officers last meeting as follows
Charles Dawson N c.
Joseph Brooks ". q
William Watts Rec Sec
Thomas Conlin- Financial Sec
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19
DECEMBER TERM PROMISES TO BE
AsnoRT ONE
FIFTEEN CASES ON THE DOCKET
Work viii Be Closed up to Allow Judge
and Aiiys. to Go Home for the
Holidays.

The December term of the circuit
court for Iron County will be held at
the court house next Monday. There
are fifteen cases on the calendar but IL
Is probable that many of them will go
over as the term is so close 10 Christ
mas that work will be hurried along
10 allow Judge Stone and the attorneys
to p4urn to.their homes for Christmas.
TIE docket in full is as follows;
The People VS. Emil Irk and Louis
Myers. AssanIt with intent 10 do
great bodily harm less than the crime
of murder. Chas III. Watson, prose-
cutting attorney.
The People VS. Alfred Roselind bur
glary. Chas H. Watson, prosecuting
attorney.
The People VS. Geo. Premo. violation
Of the game laws, Chas. II. Watson
prosecuting attorney.
ISSUES OF FACT TRIALBY JURY
Felix Pykosz VS. The Chicago. Mil
waukee a. St Paul Railway, Geo. ).
Power for complainant and Chas h.
Watson for defendant.
Otto Kumunen vs. Hemlock River
Mining Co. A. g. Jurma for com
plainant and A. b. Eldredge for res
pondent.
/. W. Byers VS. Lafayette McQuown
Isaac W. Byers for complainant and
|. M. s. McDonough for respondent
TISSUES OF FACT TRIAL BY COURT
Cryus b. Wakefield. ct al. vs. Susan
Poisson, Eldredge q Miller for com
claimants and Isaac w. Byers for res
pondant.
William W. Heaton and Frederick r..
briggs VS. Township of Hematite, John
F. Carey for complainant and NJ. ID.
Moriarty for defendant.
Elizabeth Campbell VS. f. q. Hood
&.Co.. George s. Power for complain
|.sC pa M $. McDonough for respon
dsht
Elizabeth Campbell vs. f. q. Hood
a. Co, Geo. 5. Power for complainant
and NJ. s. McDonough for respondent
CHANCERY
Patrick Fogarty VS. Ida May Brugg-
backer, John Power for complainant
and August j. WaGen for respondent
Patrick Fogarty vs. Jonn F sner-
rard, John Power for complainant and
Isaac w. Byers for respondent
G. +. Sanborn q Co VS. Alexander
Patterson and Duncan McAlpine. Isaac
W. Byers for complainant and George
Nj Clark for respondent
Verona Mining Co vs. John Swan
son. ct al. W. r. Belden for complain.
ant and Cook and Pelham for respon-
| dant
Henry EKola vs. Josephine Ekola,
Chas II Watson tor complainant and
George Power for respondant
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19
A Shooting Accident.

Little Herbert Mimmack lost several
Ingers Of his right hand from gun
hot wound last week. Hsand some
ther little boys were hunting and
Herbert had stopped % rest The gun
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19

The young men who have been
erecting the Gre escapes at the several
school houses left yesterday for their
homes In Ohio.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19
BUT IS ADRoITLY slDETRAcKED RYA
MEANINGLESS MOTION
FALkEnAU PEOPLE HAVE GONE
Coiferdsm Vas Suddenly Flooded Before
Much Timber Could be Taken
Out.

Mayor Webb received message
from the Chicago Office OF the Falkenau
people Thursday afternoon stating that
their attorney mad advised them not
TO allow any of their receipts and
vouchers TO leave their Office and that
II the committee wished TO see the
vouchers the members would have TO
come TO Chicago.
Later -
A message from Chicago yesterday
saws the vouchers will be here today
The above message was received a
short time after request had been
wired to have the vouchers sent here
and reply messai had said that the
papers would be 80 sent.
II the council members responsib BILE
for the continuance of the Falkenau
people Oh the waterworks contract
thought that they had an immunity
bath committee in John McGillis
and A. f. Robbins they know better
now. Mr. McGilis has been through
4 checking too many times TO be fooled
and Mr.. Robbins, as council member.
is anxious that the people shall know
every iota of transaction that has gone
on IN connection with this waterworks
deal
The committee commenced work
Thursday morning The bills on file
were arranged but the committee want
ed to zee the pay rolle, time books, etc.
and called on Mayor Webb for the in
formation. Mr. Webo sent Walker
around When the committee went at
Walker for the vouchers he object
ed strenously stating that the company
had given bond and that il any man
had not been paid or hac neglected 10
cash his check the bond was holding
Mr.. McGillis was insistent that he
should see the vouchers 80 that he could
determine who got the money and how
much was paid for each item with the
result that the above mentioned tele-
grams were sent
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19

Columbia Encampment /. O. @. +.
held its election Of officers last Thurs
day evening with the following rosnlt
David Sander q p
o. +. Larson II T.
" Fl Bregger 3 w
Alfred Haley j. "
Thos. Conlin Scribe
r. = Hollow Treas
p 'Brien ist Rep.
w G. Eldred 2nd Rep
J +. Udd-ist Alter
r. p. Hollow -2nd Alt
+. l.. Johnson Trustee
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19

The above message was received a
short time after request had been
wired TO have the vouchers sent here
and reply messai Q had said that the
papers would be so sent.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-12-19

A message from Chicago yesterday
SAYS the vouchers will be here today
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04
FARM NOTES.

See that no one disturbs the birds
on your farm. They are your best
friends.
Sell OH few of the common rams Il
you are raising sheep and invest tho
money in one good animal.
While blackstrap molasses can be
safely fed to grown cattle. or horses,
care should be exercised in feeding i
to young stock. ...
Flies in daytime and mosquitoes at
night make stock lose flesh. Stables
can easily be screened and at nominal
cost.
Sunlight and air and cleanliness are
the cheapest of all disinfeotants.
Black knot in plums and apple can
ker can be cured. by judicious pruning
and spraying.
Keep the garden free from weeda
until after frost. .
For the protection OF the weaker
members of the flock grain should Be
we'll scattered when feeding fowls.
Clean up the poultry houses and
whitewash them before frost.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04
RAMSHACkLE DAlRYlNG,
Il 10 the Kind That Does Not Pay
Get Good Cows.

No one would keep a hired man
who insisted on earning less than
half Of his wages, yet it is fully as
un nbusinesslike to keep cows that will
not pay for the food they consume, de-
clares Farm and Home. Many of us
just aim to keep a certain number
of COWS. When we dispose of one we
purchase another to fill the vacancy.
She may be better than the one sold,
but the probabilities are that she is
not 80 good.
AS to breed, some are Durhams,
some Herefords, some Jerseys and
some grades. We breed one year to
a Durham, the next to a Jersey and
the next to any mongre1 that happens
to be convenient, because the service
fee is less. Each breed has it's merits
fully admitted by all fair-minded men,
but one of the greatest evils against
which we have to contend is the tend
ency to cross the breeds. In pioneer
days 1t was often unavoidable, but in
this day it is entirely wrong.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04
DAIRY SCHOOL COURSE.
It ls Absolutely Essential to the Man
Who Would Run Creamery.

The day is past when a full-fledged
butter or cheese maker could be pro-
duced in two or three months, and
even an apprenticeship of a year In
a good factory is not any longer con.
stdered sufficient for the man who Is
to take charge of creamery or
cheese factory, and do the right thing
by his employer. In these days of
Strong competition, It is absolutely
necessary for the butter and cheese
maker to be as well informed as it is
possible for him to be in order to
hold his own, and a course at one
Of the dairy schools will mean a
great help to him; in fact, he is
seriously handicapped without such
a course. That is not saying that
the old butter and cheese maker, who
never went to dairy school, is not
in many cases as competent as the
one who did, says the Northwestern
Agriculturist, he oftentimes is, and
sometimes a great deal better, but it
should be remembered that he
started in VIXEN the factory way of
making butter and cheese was quite
new one, and by keeping his eyes
open and doing more or less ex-
perimenting at the expense Of his
employers, he was enabled to make
Of himself q f1rst-class man. Many
Of his: class to-day realize the i'm.
portance Of dairy school course,
and. as Of late years, a goodly mum.
Der of the students In the school this
winter will be found to be old, ex.
perienced makers. Surely, II such
men can and do derive any benefit
from a dairy school course, the
younger men derives still more.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04
Saving Choice Seed.

have found it good plan to save
my own vegetable seed. One not only
saves many pennies, but knows just
what he is planting. The finest choice
tomatoes, cucumbers, etc., are saved
for seed. Seed cucumbers growing
near the roots produce better and shed
less of their blossoms. l never pick
bean to use of of hills kept for
seed and those beans growing farthest
from the main vines are rejected. The
result is beans from the roots to the tip
ends of the vines. Cabbage, beets,
radishes, turnips, etc., are planted out
early in spring to produce seed and
the tops are staked to prevent falling
TO the ground. T.. Pill "
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04
ofLINoPu BLlc ROADS.
Proving One Of the Best Means 81
Producing 1. Dustlsss iotway.

The application Of crude oil to dirt
roads has been experimental with in
several states and it is now agreed.
that it affords one of the best means
of producing q solid, dustless highway
that will not break through in wet
weather. Where the roads are very
sandy, an application of heavy loan
or clay Is necessary.
The road is graded and we'll firmed,
being first plowed and pulverized to
depth of four or five inches. Oil is
applied with a sprinkler and harrow
follows the sprinkler to mix the soil
and oil. In tests in Kansas, says the
Farm and Home, heavy oiling was
given about October to the amount
OF about one gallon for each square
yard. The road was narrowed after
the sprinkler and week later 12-ton
steam roller was run over the road
several times, making it thoroughly
firm.
After being closed one week, the
road was opened to all kinds of heavy
traffic and proved to be firm but not
dusty. Fast horses did not tear up
the soil with their shoes. This road
was not affected by winter freezing,
the coating of oil keeping the road dry
and preventing heaving by frost.
The following June the surface, on
becoming dry, carried light coat Of
dust which required one-half gallon Of
oil per square yard to thoroughly set
tie. The road stood heavy traffic dur
ing the entire season and was prac.
tically free from dust. Light applica-
tions of oil after merely grading up 4
road with the scraper and later roll
ing it down heavily have given ex-
cellent results, the most satisfactory
features being that these roads wero
almost entirely dustless.
The oil used on the tests in Kansas
cost one and one-half cents per gallon
at the refinery or three cents when ap.
piled. The cost of grading and oiling
the road varied from $500 to $1,000
per mile, according to distance from
shipping point, cost Of labor, etc.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04
ROADS ON HILLS.
How They May Be Protected from
Outlying.

Where the road is built on a steep
grade some provision should be made
to prevent the washing of the cutters
into deep gullies. This can be done
by paving the bottoms and sides of
the cutters with brick or field stones.
In order to make the flow as small as
possible in side bitches it is often ad-
visable to construct frequent outlets
into the adjacent fields or streams, or,
If possible, to lay underground pipes
or blind drains with screened open
ings into side bitches at frequent in
tervals. The size of side ditches
should depend upon the amount of
water they are expected to carry. If
possible they should be located at
least three feet from the edge of the
travelled roadway.
All side bitches should have a grad:
ual fall of at least half a foot in
every 100 feet. Their sides, parttcu.
lariy those sloping: toward the, road
way, should be broad and flaring, 10 as
to prevent accidents as we'll as the
caving in of their banks. Their bot
toms should be wide enough to carry
the largest amount of water that ia
hkel to flow through them at any one
time. Sometimes the only bitches
necessary to carry of the surface
water are those made with the road
machine. The blade of the machine
may be set at any desired angle, and
when drawn along by horses or by a
traction engine cuts into the surface
and spreads the earth uniformly over
the travelled way.-Bulletin Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04

grtndstone crank on one end and q
pinion on the other. Two strong posts
were set in the ground and the barrel
hung over two pieces of round iron
driven into the posts, says Farm and
Home. A square hole was cut on side
Of barrel and covered with a piece of
sheet iron hinged and a button to
fasten.
The sand and cement were damp.
ened, shoveled into the barrel and q
boy turned the crank. The mixing
was done as fast as two men could
mold. with boy to sprinkle the
brick to prevent drying too fast
Enough brick were made in two days
to build shed 16x16 feet. The cost
was not half that of lumber. The
bricklayer who laid the brick said
they were the best he ever laid.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04
Treat Smutty Seed Wheat.

II it Is necessary to SOW seed wheat
from crop which has been attacked
by sinking smut the seed should first
be treated with formalin. One pint
Of formalin In 40 gallons water will
treat so bushels of wheat. Spread it
out on clean, tight floor previously
sterilized with the formalin solution.
Sprinkle thoroughly until every ker-
mel is wet. Sprinkling should be re-
peated until at least three quarts of
solution per bushel of grain have been
absorbed. Cover the pile with cloth
or canvas for two hours, then shovel
the grain over at intervals to dry it
and SOW at once. All bags and shovels
used in handling the grain must be
carefully disinfected. @s.-.&... 4. T.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04
Guard for Neck Yoke,

tapering, while the end In front OF tho
neck yoke should have a shoulder one
inch long 80 the neck yoke ring can
pass under in case Of the tugs becom-
ing unfastened.
This safety iron will catch the ring
every time, yet the neck yoke can be
put on or taken OH over it in ordinary
cases where rings are of the usual
size. We consider this a better ar
rangement, says the Prairie Farmer,
than springs or loose bolt through
the tongue that will get bent and
make trouble.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04
Handlina the Straw Stack.

Have the stacking yard as near the
barn as possible and fence it off from
the barnyard. Clean up around the
bottom of the straw stack 80 the stock
will begin to eat there. Do not allow
any stock to. sleep in the stack yard
Ut night. BY keeping it clean around
the stack the cattle will lick up all
the chaff and grain and at night you
will have about enough loose straw
to bed down the stock, which will
leave the stack yard clean for the
next morning. There is no waste OF
straw by this method aud it is con
verted into feed and manure with no
extra labor.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04
The Low-Down Wagon.

shown. For the platform, explains
Farm Journal, two poles IL feet long
are used. At two feet from the upper
end holes are bored and the poles are
pinned to the crosspiece, the ends rest
ing on the bolster about two inches
from the standards. The rear wheels
are Is inches in diameter, put on an
iron axle,
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04
Good Butter in Demand.

The average country storekeeper
can hardly get his hands on enough
good butter to supply the demand.
There was a time when country but
ter was drug on the market, but
that time has passed now. Perhaps
the buying and shipping of cream
Is in a measure responsible.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04

GUARD AGAINST FALLING TONGUE
Good Way to Prevent a Freqeunt
Cause Of Trouble.

To prevent the wagon tongue that is
not bolted to the neck yoke from fall
ing down when the tugs come un-
h1tched or the doubletrees or single
trees break causing runaways or other
trouble, simply drill holes through tho
end Of the tongue irons and bore out
the wood. Have narrow piece Of iron
one-half inch thick made to At on the
lower side of the tongue with holes
to correspond with the holes in the
tongue irons.