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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24
News Snapshots
Of the Week
Commencement Exercises

The annual closing exercises OF the
Crystal Falls schools were held during
the week beginning on Tuesday even,
ing when the Senior Glass held Glass
Day exercises in the assembly room or
the high school. There was large
number OF patrons present to listen to
the exercises which were quite lengthy
owing. to the large number OF pupils
in the class
The music WAS under the direction
of Miss Vandswater and was we'll rem
dered She was limited in the number
of voices on some Of her choruses.
which were quite heavy and lacked
volume but the pupils carried the parts
we'll and showed that they had been
carefully trained
In depth of thought. the orations
were about on par but in delivery
some Of the pupils were much better
equipped than Others. Miss Emma Saw
Ian has voice that is heavy and well
modulated and her delivery wsssby
far the best Of any. John Cassidy
came in for considerably favorable
comment. his subject being a current
one and quite interesting and his de.
livery was good. Miss Ella Corbett
was another that won out on her deliv.
cry, also Miss Gertrude Schroeder.
The commencement exercises were
held on Wednesday evening and very
fine audience greeted Mr. Keeler and
listened to fine address.
Prof. Hill presented the members of
the class with their diplomas and the
class OF 1911 severed their active con
nection with the Crystal Falls schools
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24
Meet Next Monday.

On next Monday the supervisors will
meet at the court house TO equaliZe the
assessments between the townships and
city in Iron county. The equalization
will be somewhat more difficult this
year than in previous years as there
has been revaluation all over the
county and every roll totals more than
the roll for the same assessing district
aid last year
The equalizing is being done so early
this year, because OF the meeting OF the
state board OF equalization at Lansing
in August. This board is made mp OF
a number OF the state officers and they
equalize between the counties of the
state much in the same manner ~ the
supervisors equalize between the town
ships of the county.
1t Is expected that determine cd
effort will be made by the lower state
people to add very materially to the
upper peninsula assessments this year
owing TO the agitation over mineral
valuations.
The experts who have been engaged
to spprsise the mines OF the state will
have their report ready by thar time
and upon that report will depend a
great deal the amount that will be
added II any.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24

The plumbing shop OF Joseph Brooks
was set on fire last Thursday evening
about 1880 O'Clock in some unknown
manner and before the flames oonld be
quenched stock to the value of s7OO.wus
badly damaged besides the damage
done the building.
Mr.. Brooks thinks that someone must
have been in the shop while he went
into his house to eat supper and either
dropped a--match or left lighted cigar
stub around. He saw the flames before
they.had'gathered any size or force and
rushed into quenoh them but some oil
or gasoline was reached by them just
at that moment and flames burst ont
all over the building.
Mr.. Brooks had no Insurance on his
stock or building.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24
OFFICERS CAUGHT
IN A CRAFT NET
IN CONNECT CTloN WITH VISIT or CIR
Gus TO IRON MOUNTAIN
WERE HERE LAST SATURDAY
Circus People Claim to Have Them Foul
But the Accused Men Deny the
Charges

Crystal Falls was surprised to learn
from Marquette THAI serious graft
charges had been made against Deputy
State GameWarden Andrews and Head
Policeman Larkin Of the Oliver force
by the management OF the Yankee
Robinson circus.
Both men were in Crystal Falls last
Saturday and were singing the praises
of the circus management here TO all
parties. 1t is evident that they per-
formed here for hire, IL the charges
against them in connection with their
work IN other places are correct.
The story of the alleged g.afting.is
given in tull in last Thursdays Mining
Journal from which we take the fol.
lowing
Shortly after the arrival OF the
Yankee Robinson show in the city yes
terday morning. an interesting confer
ence was held in the mayors office In
the city hall. The meeting was called
at the request Of Colonel Buchanan,
owner and manager of the circus. and
there were present Mayor Jacobs, City
Attorney Brown. Marshal Manning.
Sheriff Lehman, Deputy Sheriff Nancy,
Mr.. Buchanan. Mr. Andrews. his con
fidential agent and Deputy Game War
den Andrews. of Iron Mountain.
Mr.. Buchanan requested that De-
putty Warden Andrews attend the meet
ing. and right off the bat upon his ar
rival, the show man accused him of at
to hold them up for money.
which. they alleged. he had done in
Iron Mountain. The deputy warden
Indignantly denied the charge and de-
clared that he had come to Marquette
on purely official business, However,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24
GRAND CHAPTER MEETING
Will Be Held at Marquette Next Tuesday
and Wednesday

For the drst time in it's history th,
Grand Chapter, K. A. NJ. will meet il
the U. p. at Marquette next Tuesday
and Wednesday
II is expected that at least 800 Ma
sons from all parts OF the state will be
in attendance
On Monday night, meeting of the
Grand Council will he held, and the
Grand chapter meetings will be held
Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday
morning. Tuesday night the order OF
High Priesthood will be conferred. +.
Plans are now being made for the
entertainment OF the visitors while in
Marquette, The amusement will in
clude automobile sightseeing tours 10
all points Of interest in and about the
city, and il is likely that picnic din.
ner will be served in the island on one
OF the three days. probably Tuesday
evening This dinner will be similar
TO that given the Detroiters on the oc-
casion OF their recent visit.
The Grand Chapter has sacrificed
considerable In order TO meet in Mar.
quette this year and an extra effort is
being put forth to show them good
time. This Is not only the first time
that the Grand Chapter mas met in the
upper peninsula, but with one exoep.
tion, is the first time that any OF the
Grand Masonic bodies have met north
OF the straits off Mackinac. The other
was the grand commanderY which met
at the 500 tour years ago
The DELEGATE from Crystal Falls is
Frank Scadden. M. b. McGee, who is
a past high priest, will attend the
meeting in his capacity as a past officer
of the body.
At this meeting H. F. Brown of Iron
Mountain will succeed 10 the Office of
grand high priest, having worked his
way MP through the line OF Offices.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24
Mrs. McCourt Dead

a message was received here las
Friday saying that M.s. Jas. McCourt
died at her home at Centralia, Wash
at $50 that morning Mrs. McCourt'.
death had been looked for daily as she
had been very low for number OF
weeks and her sister. Mrs. Geo voos
went west two months ago expecting
her to pass away at that time.
No word has been received from the
west since the message telling OF the
passing away OF the sufferer but IL is
very probable that she will be buried
out there.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24
Masonic Officers Here

Franz o. Gilbert. grand lecturer. and
Jas f. Dillon. Grand Master OF the
grand lodge of Michigan, F. a. A. NJ.
visited the local lodge last night.
A large mebmership was out to vel.
come the visitors which includedrmany
from Iron River and surrounding
towns.
Work in the third degree was exem.
plitied followed by banquet.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24

John Psro. an old resident OF the
community. died at his nome in Maple
Grove last Tuesday.
Mr.. Paro was over eighty years OF
age and had been ailing for a mum her
OF years.
He Is survived by a wife. two daugh.
ters Mics Ida and Amelia Paro, and a
son, Mr. Chas. Paro.
The funeral wac held on Wednesday
from the Swedish Lutheran church.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24
Mendelson's Store Robbed

Someone broke into A. Mendelson'
store last Saturday night and helped
themselves TO lot OF clothing, shoes.
ETC.. and about S4 in change that was
left in the register.
Entrance was effected through the
rear basement door aad the intruder.
once within the basement, found the
trap door leading to the upper floor and
had an easy time getting aiong.
The thief hepled himself TO a lot OF
knee pants three pair of shoes. several
pairs OF rubbers, several suits, pants,
etc The knee pants were recovered
later on and the rubbers were found in
barn back of John Palm place.
1t is evident that the burglar was
one well acquainted with the lay of
the land. He seized upon the oppor-
tunity' the circus being in town, TO
throw of suspicion. Mr.. Mendelson
mas an idea as to wtom the offenders
are and Is satisfied that they live in
Crystal Falls.
Supt w L R;.basd, - f,L m
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24

supt. W. J. Richards and Chas. H.
watson left last Sunday evening fol
Cleveland on business trip.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24
Former Pastor Honored

Crystal Falls people OF all creeds will
BE- pleased TO learn OF the honor confer.
red upon Rev A. A. haywood, a for.
mer pastor Of the M. +. church OF this
city. The degree OF Doctor OF Diyin.
ity was bestowed upon him Thursday
OF last week by his alma mater, Albion
College.
Rev. haywood is now pastor Of a
church in Jackson. in the lower penin.
sula and is one OF the most popular
preachers OF the state.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24

Meet your friend. at the Iron Comfy
Fair
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24

The members OF the Crystal Falls
team are W. ID. Hill, Jas, r. Flood,
Joe Cheney. O. Croghan. Geo. K. voos,
X. f. Beach. Fred Hunt, Geo. Myer.
Art Geske. Ell. GesKe. Alfons Spanner.
Laurence Larson. Will Lynch, John f.
Mason. Chas. Anderson, wm. Nesbitt.
q. V. Hoard.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24
Crystal + alIs Won

The degree team of the Crystal Fall:
X OF r. carried off the honors at Me.
nominee in the competitive degree con
test and came home with the silver
cup. great honor as the competition
for this prize is very keen.
The degree which was worked was
the third and seven teams were entered
and took part in the contest Crystal
Falls has been In the contest for three
or four years and always pressed the
winners very hard. This year they
had clean cut lead the standing of
the teams bainv aa follora
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-06-24

Continued on Page a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
SPECIAL RATES
 Via

Special Homeseekers' TSatcs Co point. in the west and northwest. Tickets on gale first and third Tuesdays of each month, limited for return 20 days from date of sale.
 Winter tourist rates to many points in the south and southwest. Tickets on sale until April 30, 1911. Good to re- turn to May 31. 1911.
 One way second class CoIonist Fnres to the West and Northwest. San Francisco and Los Angeles S3f5O Portland md SenttIe ...... s44. ID Also to other points in proportion. Tickets on sale daily March 10 to Ap- Til 10. 1911. inclusive.
 Mobile, Ala, and Return. ..... sS, ,35 Account Alabama Educa tional asso- citation. Tickets on sale April II. 19 and IS, limited for return until April 2O,1911.
 Jacksonville. Fla, and Return. sf3.25 Account Southern Baptist convention Tickets on sale May 15 to 19, .in- elusive. Limited for return until May 31, 1911, and can be extended until June 30, 1911, by personally de- posting with Special Agent, and pay ing the sum of s1 on or before May 31, 1911.
 For further information call on or write to r. Sid Jones. 2. P. A.. both phones g77. Birmingham. Aia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
AILMENTS OF MEN HAPPILY OVERCOME SUCCESSFULLY TRIED BY
 MANY

Undoubtedly the following pre- scription will work wonders for that great class of men who. through dissipation of their nat aral strength, find themselves i'll their "second childhood' long be- fore the three score and ten al- lotted to lifes pleasures and en- joyments are reached.
 It is presumed to be infallible and highly efficient in quickly restoring in nervous eXhauS- tion," weak vitality, melancholia and the functions.
 First get fifty cents worth of compound fluid balmwort in one-ounce package, and three ounces syrup sarsapartlla com pound; take home, mix and let stand two hours; then get one ounce compound essence cardiol and one ounce tincture cadomene compound (not cardamom). Mix all in a six or eight ounce bottle. shake well. and take one tea spoonful after each meal and one when retiring followed by drink of water.
 By mixing it at home no man need be the wiser as to another s shortcomings, and expensive fees are avoided.
 Lack of pOlSe ana equlllDrluln in men is a constant source of embarrassment even when the public least suspects it. For the benefit of those who want a re- storation to full, bounding health, and all the happiness accompany ing it, the above home treatment is given. It contains no opiatcs or habit-forming drugs whatever Mix it at home and no one will be the wiser as to your afflictfon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
S3.5O Recipe Free
 For Weak Men.
Send Name and Address To- day-You Can Have It Free and Be Strong and
 Vigorous

have in my possession a prescription for nervous debility, lack of vigor. weakened manhood. failing memory and lame back. brought by excesses. un- natural drains. the foes of youth. that has so many and right in their own homes-without any additional help or medicine that I think every who wishes to regain his manly power and yirility. quickly and quietly. should have copy. So I have determined to send copy of the prescription free of charge. in plain. ord- mary sealed envelope to any. who will. write. for it.
 This prescription comes from physician who has made special study of men and convinced it is the surest-acting combination for the of def- cient manhood and vgor failure put together.
 think owe it to my fellow to send them a copy in confidence that any anywhere who is weak and discouraged with repeated failures may stop drugging himself with harmful patent medi- cnes. secure what I believe is the quickest acting restorative. upbuildlng. SP0T-TOUCHING remedy eY- devised and cure himself at home quietly and quickly. Just drop line like this: Dr. \. E.. Robinson. 4sO2 Luck Building. Detroit. Mich. and will send you copy of this splendid recipe in q plain ordinary envelope free of charge. great many doctors would charge SSOO to $500 for merely writ ing out prescription like thisbut send it entire ly free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Dry Batteries

From the Outing Magazine.
 The average dry battery, when new, should give a current of from 20 to 90 amperes, and should have a pressure of 11a volts. These measurements may be made by means of a pocket volt and am- meter, which should be part of the equip ment of every autoist whose car uses dry batteries, and tests should be made frequently. When any battery fails to deliver more than six or seven amperes, that cell should be discarded, as it will serve only as resistance in the circuit and will do more harm than good.
 The cells should be connected in series; that is, with the positive of one wire to the segative of the next, and so on; in this manner the amperage of one and the voltage of the total set will be obtained Six cells to a set have been found to give about the best service, and if two sets are used, each on alternate trips, one will be given a. chance to recuperate while the other is at work. A dozen batteries used in this manner will last much longer than would be the case were one set switched on until worn out and then the other connected in it's place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Where Obedience Was Easy

From the Boston Transcript.
 Mother (reprovingly)-Willie someone else may like the tender bits of celery besides you Why do you always pick them out when the dish is passed?
 Willie-You said, ma, that I must never take the biggest pieces when things are passed to me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
FRANCE IS FRIEND OF UNITED STATES Despite Recent Activities
 of Yellow J0urnalsts A LANGUAGE FOR ALL Admirable New System Proposed by Frenchman Would Necessitate
 Memorizing of Only about
 S,00O,000 Numbers
Ry GEORGE DUFREsNE

Paris, April 1.-(Special )-The recent mobilization of the greater part of the American army along the Mexican bor- der has given new impulse and life to the general idea here that Uncle Sam is suffering from swelled head, and some of most hot headed journalists have tried to convince the people of France that the Monroe doctrine as now interpreted in America is a danger to Europe, which the powers ought to make a strong pro- test against The attempts have been anything but successful, as France has really no interests in the western hemis- phere, and the people here have the strongest admiration for Yankee pluck, and should the United States some day decide to bring the whole continent from Alaska to Terre del Fuego under the Stars and Stripes they will have the French peoples best wishes of success, though our diplomats may take diff ferent view.
 There is one American peril the peo- pie of France do believe in but that is an economical rather than a political one. American visitors of course spend enormous amounts of money here, and are large buyers dlSO at 0Oilo OI T iSilSh industrial products, but that does not prevent French manufacturers from feel ing the pinch of American competition in certain departments, particularly in shoes and agricultural machinery. In the wheat plains the Beauce- you may sonnet times see half a dozen American reaping machines at work in one of the great fields. American shoe stores are scattered on the boulevards and appear 10 do a thriving business. despite the tariff. In life insurance the American companies have a great hold. It has often been proposed to form union of European states against the union of American states, a union which would have an economic and industrial mean ing, as well as political one. It will be realized no doubt on the day of the France German reconciliation so elo- quently advocated in La Revue" by the Baron d Estournelles de Constant, sena- tor for the Sarthe and pacifcst for all the world, but even should this happen the people of France will always have a tender spot in their hearts for the peo- pie of America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

France has had the cleverness to get the dare devils of the world to fight her battles. Whenever a little war is on there the gentlemen ranker, broken in fortune and often in reputation, is fighting for his neW-found country. The large proportion of this famous corps is Alsatian. These inhabitants of the ancient province of France have elect ed to serve on the French side of the Nosges, rather than under the imperial eagles. They make the most tractable material in the legion for the reason that they have joined for patriotism and not for other motives. Generally speaking the well behaved soldier finds he is eXcellently treated by his officers 1t Is only the wild, insubordinate fel- low who gets himself into trouble and spreads unfavorable reports abroad az to the disciplinary terrors of the Devils own Regiment
 When one comes to think of it there is something particularly intelligent in employing the "mauvais sujets" of na- tion to fight its battles It is surely more useful to give the. Apache chance in the bat de Af' than to look him up in a penitentiary. setting him to impossible tasks and degrading his already degraded moral sense. On the face of 1t the untamed creatures finds a difficulty in respecting conventions of civilization. He is just the man one needs in the army; that is to say in the real, fighting arm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

The seekers after a universal lan- guage have not yet given up the idea of discovering the linguistic Utopia. The latest among them, M Joseph Or sat, who proposes that each word should simply have a certain number Thus the word fattery would be number 10,243 in all languages. Assuming for the sake of argument, that each lan- guage has about 100000 words repre- sented in the dictionaries, and that with the declensions, conjuations and other variations the sum total is multiplied about 20 times, we have only to fix in our heads the numbers to which the S,000,000 words correspond, and we shall be able tq make ourselves un- Gerstood and to understand all the civ lllzed lanSuaes and even some of the uncivilized ones. The dictionary for the new language has not yet been drawn up, nor has the inventor begun to memorize the first million.
 The Naundorff question is once again coming to the front and it will be very interesting to see what the result of this new move will be. It has been raised by petition from Charles Louis de Bourdon," who claims to be the grandson of the poor little Dauphin, Wno was believed to have expired at the temple. This petition has been ex- amined by the Senate's committee which deals with such matters, and it's chair man M' Bolssy dAnglas, who has long been firm believer in the right of the Naundorffs to call themselves the descendants of the son of the illfated Louis XVI, has drawn up a favorable report, which l have just received. It is very voluminous, and treats exhaus- lively with the whole matter As the Senate's committee supports the peti- iop, the question can no longer be set aside.
 Of course, this has nothing to do with any special protension under this re- publican regime. All that the Naun- dorffs ask is that their claim to call themselves Bourbons may be legally recognized, and also that they may be admitted to Franch nationality as a logical consequence of such recogni- ton. They go no further than this nor, on the other hand, it is their pretention, if it is acknowledged, like ly to create any tremendous trans formation scene in the ranks of the lingering adherents of monarchy in France. Charles de Bourbo" has long been resident in Paris He is a quiet and amiable man, who keeps very much to himself, and certainly has no idea of emulating the "Camelets do Roi'' in the way of causing any trou- ble to the authorities. Only he should bear in mind that if he gets all that he wants he lays himself open to ex- pulsion some day as the direct. descen- dant of king. This is about all that the newly acquired hohor-if=indeed. hs succceds-is likely ever to bring him.
 Electric carpets for heating rooms are, according to La Liverte, shortly to cor1e into fashion in Paris.
 The under side of the new carpets consists of a network of steel wires forming a contact and insuring that the current shall be equally distributed in all directions.
 It is said that the cost of the new system of heating will be less than that of any known system.
 1t is estimated that a room fitted with one of the new electric carpets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
WASHCOATS

For autoing-dusty days and extreme warm days call for these linen or chambray Goats. Priced at $295 to $8.50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Auto and Polo Coats
 $6. 50 to $22.5O

Pongees, Mohairs, Sicilians, Serges, black and white check, novelty suitings and mixtures. The great number of coats bought from sample racks of New York manufacturers gives you chance to choose such as you would expect only of New York stores. Saks of Birmingham will make you prices tomorrow that will rep- resent only small part of the actual price Value
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Gorgeous Dresses
 At $2O.OO

Compare dresses elsewhere at $3500 and $4000, then you'll understand why the Saks store prevails on you to call here Monday and buy your Easter dress.