The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-04-09

the Osborn club. attended meeting
Of Osborn supporters at Marquette last
evening. The party consisted OF presi-
dents OF Osborn clubs and newspaper
men of the peninsula. The meeting
was attended by abont.-lO0 supporters
from all over the district. Plans and
suggestions were made for getting tho
voters to enroll at the election on Mon
day. In order that they.might be able
to vote at the primary in September.
Pat Gallagher. who has been woods
foreman for f. q. Hood a. TO-, for
number of years, has accepted simil-
ar position with the Won Platen inter-
ests and expects to begin work about
April 10. Whether the company locates
its mill here or not its logging head.
quarters will probably be located at
this point which viii continue to
make Pentoga one Of the busiest points
along the line.
The temporary engine and boiler
house at the FOLLY exploration was
burned to the ground the first OF the
week. The bre caught in the roof and
gained Roadway so rapidly that the
engineer was unable TO get out his
clothes. containing his watch and other
articles OF value
Stambaugh township has nlore-high
way improvements to look after than
any other town in the county. II has
in the neighborhood of twenty differ
ent highways to keep mp. which, with
the Improvements to be made oontin-
usily In the several mining locations,
means q large expense. which requires
careful judgment In handling in order
that il may not become too heavy q
burden on the people. The fact that
there is no opposition TO the present
administration would indicate that 1t
must have conducted the affairs Of the
township in satisfactory manner.
Emil.Brusseau got it into his head
last night that he was a bad man and
proceeded to act accordingly. He te-
gan by abusing his wife and followed
by attempting to strike the baby, His
wife resented this and knocked him
down a couple Of times with the stove
poker. Brusseau obtained possession
, OF the butcher knife and threatened tc
carve both wife and child. John Hell.
gemo, who lives nearby. tried TO act as
peace maker and received a severe
bang on the head with the butt end Of
revolver For his pains. Marsha
Amsbury was summoned and tried L
pacify Brusseau. He appeared willing
! TO talk matters over and promised Il
be good. Happening to strike match
the marshal found himself looking
down the barrel OF big revolver
a With wonderful presence of mind b.
4 said, "You have got me all right thi
A time. DO good Job OF it and blow
q my head clear off, for If you don't
& may come back and If do I'll get yol
q good and proper. Amsbury's nerv
A was too much for the Bad man an
u he wilted He was arrested ana place.
under bonds to keep peace.
Some months ago the Munro Minin
B company took an option on the More
y property, northwest quarter Of sectio
a o. 1874. and put down two drills al
\ most to the ledge. Before reaching Tia
III - ..,o.iv ,raa dtaoopfsunaI aud IA
N option finally turned over TO Geo. II
St. Clair, who this week started tw
a churn drills on the property and ez
poets TO coon strike the ledge. If tn
n ledge proves satisfactory, work will
continued and the property proved az
Il The Oliver Mining company hs
started operations at the Michigan
4 mine at .Amasa. which has been id
for the past four years. The mine
dry and hence ii will only require
few days to got it in shape to begi
= hoisting ore. III. G.. Morrison. VIII
has been clerk at the Hiawatha min,
4 will be clerk at the Michigan and wi
begin work next week.
8 Several OF the mining companies
z this vicinity are planning on moyin
ore TO the docks at Escanaba In ii
next ten days, IL the weather continu,
favorable. This end Of the county wi
probably ship fully 1900, 900 tons tn
season. which will be considerably
excess Of what was shipped last season