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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16
Try This in November.

Thousands upon thousands OF fam
ilies Who have not been regular eat
ers OF Quaker Oats will begin on the
FIRST Of November and eat Quaker
Oats once or twice every day for thirty
days Of this month; the result IN
good health and more strength and
vigor VIII mean that every other
month In the year viii find them doing
the same thing.
Try iti Serve Quaker oats pionti.
fully and frequently for the thirty
days OF November and leave on cor.
responding amount OF meat and greasy
foods. You'il get more health. more
yigor and strength than you ever got
IN thirty days OF any other kind OF
eating.
While you are trying this see that
the children get full share.
Quaker Oats Ia packed In regular
size packages and large size family
packagcA
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16
Michigan has few National Banks

a curious fact 10 the treasury off :
cials il that so large and..prosperous a
state a. Michigan pays 50 little atten-
ton 10, and takes so little interest In,
national tanks the total capital IN.
vested in national banks in Michigan
Is only 81 p9 600. which IL scarcely
half OF Oklahoma's showing, and only
third OF that .of Missouri, while Cal
itornia, Illinois and Ohio each have
practically four times "a much in this
business as Michigan.
Michigan has only 10 OF the smallest
national banks. those having capital
Of S2h 600, whereas Iowa has i0e. North
Dakota ii3 Illinois l4G, Minnesota 1879
and Oklahoma PES Michigan has only
100 national banks OF al sizes. and in
this respect j. far outranked lbs every
otrer state in the union Of anything
like the same population Michigan
has nad, IN her time total Of 9O6
national banks but OF these Is became
insolvent and 81 went into liquidation
Only seven states have sent more az
these banks into liquidation than
Michigan
OF al The national banks In the
country Michigan has only one seven.
tieta, there being IOl9 such banks ~
all And Of the capital invested in
running them Michigan employs only
one-one hundred and ninety second
part
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

Lower peninsula political writers
warn the upper peninsula that Chase
5. Osborn 5 entry into the gubernatior-
ial fight will mean the tonnage tax
night next year instead OF some time
later on. And, II it does what mat
ters it, If, as is intimated, the lower
peninsula farmers want a tonnage tax
they are going to impose one just as
quickly as they can whether they take
the Gull by the horns and oppose an
upper peninsula candidate in the open
IN order 70 strengthen their position or
whether they slip one over on us after
they have scared us out Of the COVER
norhip Now il the time to fight out
the tonnage tax and fight 1t Ia the
open.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16
CAN'T WITHDRAW NAMES
Once Signed to Local Option Petition II
Must Stay There.

Must Stay There.
II has been the opinion Of many
lawyers that any person who may
change his mind and wishes to with.
draw his name from the dry petit.
tions may do 80, IL the request is made
prior to the filing of the petitions by
the county clerk with the board o
supervisors
II is understood that number Of
those who signed their names to the
lngam county dry" petitions nave
had a change OF heart and desire great
ly that their names be stricken from
Ga list Prosecutor Walter 5. Foster
declares that their names cannot be 70
moved unless they can prove that their
names were placed upon the petitions
by fraud that is il they were signed
without their knowledge or consent,
and the prosecutor cites decision Of
the supreme court in the compiled laws
of 1905.
In the case of John Koerber against
the county board OF supervisors Of
Ionia county the supreme court affirm
cd the decision Of the circuit court
Judge that no person could remove his
name from such petition unless he
could show that it was fraudulently
placed theru
Koerber began mandaulus proceed
ings in the circuit court Of Ionia
county TO compel the hoard of super
yisors to reconvene and take testimony
and determine the question Of whether
AL application for submitting the ques-
tion Of prohibiti2g the sale Of intox
icating liquors in the county had been
petitioned for by the requisite number
TO put the matter to a vote.
The question Of the withdrawal of
names WAS then brought up. there hav-
ing been 597 applications for with
drawal from the petitions that had
been signed out OF the 4, 05e names reg
istered Koerber's attorney also con.
tended that 200 Of the signatures were
not complete and that these should also
be- thrown out
The circuit judge OF the county ruled
that person could not Withdraw his
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

Congressman Chas E. Townsend,
the active contestant for the senatorial
position held by Julius Burrows. is
on a visit TO the upper peninsula. He
started his trip nj the 500 and will be
at Iron Mountain tomorrow. Mr.
Townsend visit TO this section is I'M.
doubtedly for the purpose OF looking
the political field over with weather
eye open TO his own chances OF getting
support from this section. Mr. Town
send As generally regarded as "pro-
gressiye' in the present groupings
made within the republican party aud
as snch will have the sympathy. II not
the active efforts. Of those OF that lean
ing in the peninsula.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16
Terms: So per year in Advance
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1909.

Details or the plan for d central
bank which President Taft has approx.
ed upon the public platform and which
the monetary commission Is expected
to recommend 70 congress have been
made public These show that the
institution ID TO be ess sntially bank
or s bank, doing business with other
banks alone. and not with individuals
Care has also been taken 70 carefully
exclude politics from the management
Of the institution
II IL planned that its chief function
is 10 act as the fiscal agent Of the gov
eminent, and through its large, note
issuing capacity come to the aid Of
other banks in times .of stringency
The stock OF the proposed bank is to
be apportioned among the national
banks of the country ON the basis Of
their capital, with proyis ons prohib-
iting any individual voting rights in
'excess OF its quota The stockholders
~
qoard Of directors by territorial dis
tricts, thus giving 70 every section OF
the country representative on the
board The bank will also have a
board of government directors made up
from the leading officials in the treas
ury department Thus. II is planned
TO provide joint control by the govern.
ment and the national banks Of the
country This feature It il claimed
has contributed chiefly to the success.
ful operation Of the Bank Of France
and the Bank OF Germany.
The Offices II the bank are 10 pe Sc
lected for life, or during good behavior.
Tie purpose OF this proposition is to
eliminate politics and prevent any
syndicate from obtaining control The
central hank Is 10 issuo its own notes
which a. the United States b0nds "a.
cured national hnnk notes are retired,
are gradually 70 supplnnl them. TIL.
notes 81 the central bunk arc 10 - se.
NAtA'' 'f t" t"ANN NhiA ANrHlAt NNI I'm
gilt-edgod commercial paper This
feaJurr ~ the new bank Is more ~ less
radical aud will doubtless provoke
much discussion Il viii however.
permit hat elasticity which Is IS d..
siratle aud 90 lacking iu our present
system
The profits Of the central bank are Ia
be divided between the stockhol iers
and the government 10 is claimed FOR
sucn nm institution that ii woul1 give
the banking system Of the country
unity and cohesion which it sadly
lacks nov, and would serve ia much
the same capacity for the country u.
n whole rs the clearing house now
serves for the banks in every locality
While sucn a plan contemplates rad
ioAl and revolutionary changes IN our
currency system, changes Of this char
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

name unless he,eould prove that II had
been placed upon tine petition by
frapd
1t was contended that when a person
placed his name on a petition OF such
a nature Of his own volition that ended
il and that it could not be withdrawn !
thai TO start thing that was % be put
10 a vote Of the people was not hoy +
play but required money and laws 60
govern the methods, etc, 70 make such
a thing an issue.
Furthermore the law provided for
the posting Of the petitions in public
place that every person or qualified
elector might see whether his name
had been fraudently signed to such
petition that they might nave their
name stricken from the lists did they
appear as fraudently signed The cir
cuit Judge contended that while proyi-
sions had been made for the with
drawal of names fraudently signed, no
such arrangement had been made for
the withdrawal Of the names of persons
who had signed the petition Of their
own yolition.
The circuit Judge in whose court the
mandamus proceedings were begun
determined that the action Of the board
Of supervisors in determining and de-
claring by it's resolutions that an cleo
ton had been prayed for Nv the res
quisite number Of ELECTORS was conclu.
sive and final under tho laws of the
state aud could not be reviewed by the
conrts
When the counsel for Koerber took
the matter to the supreme court on a
writ Of oertiorari, the supreme court
affirmed this decision
Rooms 20 rent in my home on Filth
Street. Mrs Chas, $. Henry
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16
Reviow Of the Metal Trades.

The Iron Age says.
The heavy volume Of orders which
Is being placed with the steel works Is
reflected in further buying 81 raw ma.
terial by some Of the leading indepen.
den, works Steel founders are In tho
st. Louis and Chicago markets for
large blocks - basic pig FOR next wear
while one steel mill Is out with an in !.
quiry for 10 900 70 Il. 900 tons Of low
phosphorus iron.
Tue east iron pipe makers continue
20 be persistent buyers bnt find the
market bare of low grades A leading
interest Is seeking relief abroad and
has bought one cargo Of from 600 70
5000 tons Of Middleaborougn No for
delivery on the Delaware river at pri-
vate terms. A large Chicago founder
Is in the market for 10 600 10 20, 900
tons and there ara intimations that ag-
ticultural implement manufacturers
would take from 30. 900 % 40. 900 tons
OF foundry iron for tie balance ~ thia
year and for the first part Of 1910 at a
satisfactory price good share of
the business pat through during the
week has been taken by furnace men
who have been satisfied to put back
log orders on their books for delivery
during the first and second quarters at
the present level Of prioss -
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16


A nasty piece of business is the
legal definition Of the purchase Of any.
thing for low price and the selling
Of IL 10 the government for much more
than the price paid for it. This detn.
ilion was applied in the decision OF
Judge Anderson at indianapolis in rul.
ing on the application the U. 5. gov.
eminent for the removal of the pro.
prietors Of the indianapolis News Il
the District Of Columbia. there to be
tired Tor libel The government ap.
plication arose from the charge printed
IN the News that certain persons had
purchased the securities Of the French
Panama canal for sl2. 900. 600 and solo
them to the L. 5 Government for
$40 900. 900
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

The sensation Of the week in federal
political circles was the announcement
that Charles Il. Crane was recalled
Just as he was about 20 take ship a.
San Francisco for China as representa-
tive OF this government at the court Of
Pekin. The recall OF Crane was oc-
casioned by his talking too much a
fatal defect in diplomat The speci
nc charge is that he disclosed TO a
newspaper correspondent the attitude
ot the American government ON Ger
tain questions Of Chinese policy thus
uncovering the governments hand to
the other powers and allowing them to
forestall this nation in the policies to
be pursued
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

Every upper peninsula paper we
have read this week thar deals al al
with tue ANIMAL meeting Of the super
visors % the counties mentions The
fact that taxes are much higher than
last year It's consolation 10 know
TINT we're not alone ia misery so our
ieaters when they get their TAX r..
eeip. tu's wlut can console then
selves with The thna,htthai thoy have.
M any worse aosa than the residents
OF other counties.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16
Beware of Ointments for catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense OF smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans. as the damage they will do is
ten fold TO the good You can possibly
derive from them. Halls CatarIh
Cure. manufactured by f, J. Cheney
Co. Toledo, o., contains no mercury
and is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure You get the genuine. II
is taken internally and made in Tole-
do, Ohio. 10y F. J. Cheney q Co Tes-
tmionials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c per
bottle
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16
RowETT WON MATCH
Threw Tim Harrington Of Butte Last satur-
day AZ Calumet.

- ON'HNfNh
BY defeating Tim Harringt ton. Of
Butte. Mont, at Calumet, last Satur-
day evening, John Rowett OF Bessemer
moved one peg nearer the title 10 the
world = championship for the Cornish
style wrestling, ziehr being the only
other claimant
Rowett won tn" first ana third tails
OF match as hard aud carefully
fought as any ever witnessed i'm Calm
met He outwe ghsd the Butte man
about twenty pounds. going on the
mat at 1874 II was undoubtedly his
cleyernoes and great strength, how
evur, which won for him Harrington
seemed quick and nervous in his work.
appearing to be overtrained, and did
no, wrestle with the same vim, and
dash after the cond fall which ne
won, Tia, charai termed his work In
the first paet Of tie evening.
The Besscmer iHan at al times ap.
peared cool ana !, rested the steadier
game Benedttin, by what he hao
heard Of the Ziear- Rowett match In
Calumet several months ago. wnen
Rowctt worked only on the defensive.
Tim started in 20 be the aggressor
from the irst.
Harrington threw Rowett In the first
hitch, but u was OF the mat aud cal.
led no tail. "a ror agreement Referee
Morgan stated that ha lid not believe
i was quite n fall anyway In the
second Hitch. Rowett pnt Tim two
points down with crook ana almost
got him again in the nfth with fore.
hip In the eighth Harrington went
to bis knee aud WAS cautioned by tho
referee, IN the ninth Rowott got Har.
ringtoa two points down again.
In tho eleventh hitch. Harrington Sc.
cured good hold On the collar and left
back OF itowetts jacket but Rowett
held ont until ne found his opportuh-
ity. aud suddenly threw Harrington
with an inturn heave for the tirr FALL
When the men came on tine mat
"h"'Nf AAHAAANhANN AfHAIhtl IT'S hNItt~
sive tactics, but honors were about even
until tho sixth hitch. Then narrlng.
ton got fall with back heel. On
the third appearance, Rowett changed
his tactics md became the aggressor,
surprising the fans with his exhibition
of speed The fret hitch amounted 10
nothing, beyond showing that Rowett
had his man and IL was not until the
third that he could got his hold. He
threw Harrington for the second with
back beave.
The match was witnessed by large
honeo aud everyone appeared we'll
pleased with the exhibition. Calumet
was about evenly divided. Louis
Morgan refereed.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

We are informed that Hon. Angus
" Kerr Of Houghton county who Is a
candidate for the shoes Of Congressman
Young will make an extended trip
through this section in the interests of
his candidacy later OF. IL begins to
look as il there is going to be some
little excitement in the 18th district
the coming year.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

Editor Frank w Knox Of the 500
News states emphatically that he Is
not a candidate fer the iob left vacant
bv ths late Cad smith Mr.. Knox
was the original VIM Alden Smith
man in the upper peninsula and should
he seek the reward his untiring effort
in Senator Smiths behalf should bring
him no one would have cause 10 com
plain.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

Mrs Ruth Bryan leayi.t has i'm.
nouuced herself as candidate for con
eress from the first district Of the state
% Colorado women having the PRIV.
iIege Of voting aud holding Office IN
that state. Mrs Laayitt is said to
have a strong backing in her distric;
ard, with her father prestige to back
her confidently expects to win ont.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

Our Gogebic neighbors have local
option fight on their hands the coming
spring, according to decision recent
ly arrived at by the dry forces to pc
tition the supervisors for an election
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

Peary's "eyidence that DR.. Cook
didn't reach the pole disclosed nothing
that was not known and had not been
anwsered by Cook before the labo-
riously prepared epIstle mad been given
TO the public II will take more than
that 70 shake the confidence Of the
people in DR.. Cooks story.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

acter must necessarily be made If the
business Of the country is not to be
longer handicapped by an obviously
imperfect and deficient system Of cur.
rancv
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

In reporting the circuit court pro-
ceedings last week we mixed names In
two eases The person convicted OF
granddaughter was Joe Dascols and
DoxamloEof was the man whose case
was qusshed.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16
HAVE YOU HEARD TIE
EDISON PHONOGRAPH
PLAY AN AMBERoL REcoRD7

You can do this.at store. When you come
note the longer playing time of Amberol Records
playing twice as long the STANDARD Edison
Records) note the Amberol selections not found
on any other Record Of any kind; note also the
reproducing point Of the Edison Photograph that
never wears out and never reeds changing; the
motor, that runs as silently andas evenly as an
electric device, and the special horn, shaped that
it gathers every note or spoken word and brings it
out with startling fidelity, 1t is these exclusive feat
ures vital to perfect work that should claim your
attention sold by
--=~ N~H~l
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-16

Rooms 20 rent in my home on Fiitl
Street Mrs Chas s. Henry.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-06
SCHOOL OF BANKERS
CONVENES AT SULPHUR
RESPONSE TO ADDRESS or WEI.
CONE BY WOMAN BANKER
LARGE ATTENDANCE.

sulphur. Oka.. Dec G.-More than
tNo hundred state and national bank.
cr are in the city today lttrndin4 Be-
.n.,i1l soa ion Of tho bankers OF the
Fifh state District This dlsui., tn.
cudcs AN the bankers from the SAINT,
rc cast to the line of Arkansas and
from the C.eali1n to the Texas line.
besides the Oklahoma bankers pres
nn' 'h.rn are several from other
states.
President g. l. Brmdagc Of Tlsh-
,mnso called the session to oro,.
this morning In his address ne az
yIscd an attendants t'at session was
more for a school on bank ng. to con.
verse among themselves and with the
state and national bank examiners
and no politics Of any nature must
creep iu'o the proceedings.
The welcome address was made by
C. B. Emanuel In his usual eloquent
manner. The response was made BY
Miss Oct1yil Lcssour of Ant'ers. Miss
Lcssur is the daughtor OF \. a. Les.
scur. who for fourteen years was the
treasurer of the state Of Missouri and
later editor OF the Kansas city Times.
He g. now I'm the banking business a
Antlors state Bank Commissioner 4
VI. Young and VI. X. Sturdiyant OF st
Louis as well as other prominent
men of the banking world addressed
the meeting The session viii close
tonight with big ball
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-06
In Police Court.

Judge salt WAS 40 ut the busies
man I'm town for few hours thi'
uC,unr. There were eleven cases
IN his court nine Of the accused
v,r, charged with being drunk oni
two were charged with lighting. All
.u.yr,l peas of guilty aud were fined
the usual fines for such cases. Six
OF the crowd paid their fines AMI
three will DO ten dollars worth ot
work for tho city IN improving the
streets Judge Gait thinks that
probably the sudden change In the
weather Saturday night caused the
boys" to drlnk too much. They no
douN thought that a little liquid fire
v nd help them to pass the time
away more pleasantly. And It f.
said that they were getting along
E'c,ly until their pleasures were In
torfcr d with by the police.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-06
TWO EYE WITNESSES
TO SPRINGER KILLING
AFTER TRIAL HAS BEEN FINISH
Ed MEN MAKE STATEMENTS
TO SEEING KILLING.

The county attorney has received
word from Springer that there were
Two eye witnesses to the killing OF
John Finley uy John Reeves " lch oc-
CURED ON the 3lst of last May near
Springer. The greater part Of the
district court last week was devoted
10 the tr al Of this case and there
we're no eye Witnesses to the otfensc
examined. After the jury had return
ed a verdict Of guilty OF mans'aughter
I'm the first degree II seems tina, two
men who nvc IN the Springer com
murity have made stltemen that
trcy were witnesses 10 the murder
hut declined to mention It to anyone
until after the trial was over The
information WAS phonod to Mr. Math-
crs by brother-in-law OF the dead
man. MIR Mathers was somewhat sur.
priscd 10 hear that men would witness
deed Ike thlt and refuse to .
themselves be kn0wa AMI force the
state 20 try the case upon the circum
stances and the statements OF the de.
fcudaut.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-06
Paetcr MAY Resign.

DR.. c. c. Weith VIII prob1bly re
eign from the pastorate OF the First
PRESBYTERIAN church. His resiSnat on
was submitted and then withdrawn
md wiz probably he presented a'ain
this week. Mr.. Weith's people are op'
posed to his going away and unless
ne olrcrs very plausible excuse M
rcsignation " Il not be accepted. lie
states that he has a can to New MeNi
co and wants to go there on account
OF the fl health OF Mrs. Wei.h. Mrs,
Neitn wls In sanitarium the great
er part Of the summer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-06
PROTECTION GIVEN
TO DRINKING MAN
INDIAN COULD NOT DRAW HIS
MONEY WHILE SMELLING LIKE
DiSTlLLERY.

An lnGim WHO lives near mere ap.
piled II District Agent David Kc.slc,
% receive something Ike a thousand
dollars which the arent has his
possession for the Indian. No sooner
hnd the red man entered the orlic.
OF the agent until 4 was orsarvei
that the fumes OF bootleg whsle,
filled the room and the Indian was l.
a poor preliCament to tlke care O.
his money. Realizing that the none
would be wasted the agent refuse
To pay out the money. lie viii dev
some means OF placing II with the In
dian I'm a manner that he will be less
likely TO spcrd II for worthless ..
hurtyul things. Most likely It will b.
turned over to the wife OF the Indian
and Il will land I'm one OF the looli
banks 10 her credit. One pc 'Il,ar
characteristic OF this Indian said the
agent IL that when he is drinking he
cannot be induced II sign his name TO
any kind OF paper and when the non
ey IL placed II the blnk he VIII 10.
sign a check To draw It out when n
is under the influence or drink.