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ceived are true. the meeting was very
much OF izzle The fact that two
officers or rival society were promin-
ent agitatois in the meeting seemed to
have disgusted large number OF the
honest Woodmen present, who were
there for the purpose OF making an
earnest protest against what they be-
lieve 10 be undesirable changes In pre-.
sent rates To these loyal Woodmen ID
looked like pretty small business for
officers Of rival society to attena
Modern Woodmen meeting and attempt
to stir mp strife among the members.
Therefore. these members are not to be
blamed il they judged that the presence
OF these two men. especially, were not
in fhe interest of the society, but TO
further the interests OF their own little
society, and IL reports are true. the
aiura OF the meeting was due more 20
the activity Of these officers of rival
society than 10 any other one cause IL
is said tnat many went away dissatis-
fed with results Certain members OF
our society may not favor adequate
rates, but they do not believe in mis-
representation or such work as is said
to have been attempted at the Chicago
meeting
No fair minded man can reasonably
object 10 as many OF our memtefs AZ
may desire 10 do so gathering at dit.
ferent points throughout the jurisdic.
tion to discuss the proposed changes In
rates; 20 CLEAN all the information
possible. go that they may know tc
their own satisfaction whether or moi
Il IL necessary that any change what
ever be made. but when agitators-
mon with malicious intent only-or
officers Of rival society, take promi.
nent part In such meetings, then snch
officers and such agitators have only
themselves 10 blame IL the meetings
prove To be izzles and loyal Woodmen.
who, no matter how much they may
protest against any proposed. change.
] still believe that the officers and mem
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13

Cne would almost suppose that there
was something the matter with our
courts. that they haven't hcen giving
the people square deal. Judging from
the criticisms leveled At them, hrst by
radical critics and now by President
Taft. Col Roosevelt and Gov. Wilson.
The presidents message urged re
form of the Judiciary ia vague way
Col. Roosevelt comes forward In tins
weeks Outlook with u suggestion that
the people he given referendum on
decisions when declare statute TO oe
unconstitutional. popular vote six
months after the decision has been rem
dered. THE people should have the
right. if tney SO desire, IN a case 70
vote finally as to whether or not the
decision is to be accepted as binding
the colonel says. This is an applica-
ton OF the initiative and referendum
to constitutional decisions. rather than
a resort to the recall OF judges
Gov. Wilson. in his new message to
the New Jersey legislature, urges the
elimination OF technicalities, and the
adaptation OF the courts TO the needs OF
the poor. He hut recognizes the
patent fact that a poor man cannot APP
peal his case to higher court. nor fol-
low il there. where its status depends
upon technicalities conJuied up by
high priced lawyers. Ohio has sum
moned constitutional convention tc
sit this spring. A majority OF the del
egates are pledged to the recall OF
judges.
We note this movement, from Maine
to California, from Debs TO Taft, each
uttering common cry-reform the
courts. Well. il a conservative admin
istration does not reform the judiciary
doubtless a radical administration
will. Certainly the judiciary 10 in NJ
fair way to reforming itself. inasmucl
as it is the victim of its own prece
dents. Detroit News.
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13
Ladies', AID

Ladies' Aid. Please take notice
The payment tor the month OF Jan
1912 being the first collection for our
calendar plan Is due Jan. 23rd and will
be called for at the residence of Mrs
Erikson at the Dunn on tnst day.
This gives us about 10 days in which
to make our collections The Presi
dent. Mrs Scaddrn or the Calender
President. Mrs Fraser. will gladly
answer any questions AS to the work.
AS the society this year depends for
its finance on the Calender plan. please
make an effort to secure success We
count ~ week in year collecting at
the rate OF 90 cents a month per mem
ber.
The Dunn ladies. few In number,
have undertaken n month and the
forthcoming i0ct socisl is to help them
fulfill their obligation.
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13
W. c. T. Y.

The saloon men said
.'If the saloons were voted out OF the
counties. there would be no market for
the farmers corn.
liz ID truel
: Saloons are now banished from 80 of
our Michigan counties, yet corn has
never been so high in many years as
today
The saloon men said
That if county prohibits saloons,
the taxes would be largely increased In
that county, also very heavy burden
would be placed on the taxpayers.
Is this true3
In not one OF those 80 counties have
the taxes been raised dollar. dime
or n nickel.
The local w C. I. u. workers have
secured the signature of several chill
dren and young people OF the city to
temperance pledges. Have you no boy
or girl whom you would like to per-
suade to this important stepf
The hearts OF most mothers and
fathers are apprehansive lest the wolf
of intemperance invade their home cir
Gle. A youthful pledge taken, followed
by earnest tenn perance teaching will
bar the door in the face of that dreaded
foe. Second the Efforts Of our w. G.
7. u. women by coming Yourself and
bringing with YOU the children you
love to promise abstinence from drink.
This will help to fulfil the wish Of
your heart. IL Is me wish OF all par
ents hearts. TO see your boy and your
girl. better, smarter brighter. more
loved and honored in a better position
every way than you are yourself.
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13
IRON ORE IN 1911
Estimated Production According 10 United
States Geological Survey.

Preliminary estimates of iron ore
sold in 1911 were sent TO the Geologi
cal Survey by 26 of the largest iron
mining companies in the United States
at the close OF the year. The combined
output OF these companies represents
more than 80 per cent Of the total pro.
duction of the United States. From
these returns IL is estimated by f. K
Burchard, of the Survey. that the total
quantity of iron ore marketed in the
United States In 1911. not including
43. 600. 900 and 40. 600. 900 long tons
This quantity represents a decrease OF
90 to "a per cent of the sales for 1910
which aggrega ated SO. ss9 734 long tons
The output Tor 1910 was the largest
quantity OF iron ore ever marketed in
single year In the United States, and
according TO the present estimate the
quantity prodrced in the year 1911
will take fifth place. being exceeded by
that OF 1910. 1907, 1909. and 1906 in
the order named. Ii is estimated that
OF the ore produced In 1911 between
80. $50 900 and az, 900. 900 long tons was
red hematite. the remainder consisting
OF brown hematite. magnetic. and
iron carbonate ores According 10 the
returns received the Lake Superior dis
trict. in Minnesota Michigan and
Wisconsin. apparently produced be-
tween 33, 600. 900 and 35 600. 600 long
tons OF red and specular nematite.
which represents n decrease OF 23 20 y
per cent compared with the production
OF 1910-46. 32s, 743 long tons.
In tho Birmingham district, Alaba-
ma. the second largest iron. mining
center. the production Of iron ore ap.
parently decreased ~ to 20 per cent
from that OF 1910. the estimated pro-
duction for 1911 being between 3. 0J0, :
900 and 3. l25, 900 long tone, compared
with 3, S02. li5 long tors in the preced.
ing wear The ore mined in the Birm-
ingham district consists of red and
brown hematite In the proportion OF
about 4 to l..
rhe production of iron ore in Ten.
pesses aud Virginia apparently de.
creased only sbout 10 per cent accord
ing to reports from the principal pro-
ducers In those States
As the production OF pig iron for
1911 may exceed 23, 500. 900 tons. n lar.
ger production OF iron ore might ap-
pear to be required than has heen esti-
mated above. bnt II must be considered
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13

Immediately following the fire of
Tuesday night there was lot or talk
about establishing hre limits. We have
heard this talk before and have hepled
to push IL along only to be defeated by
those VINO cannot see far enuogh ahead
10 know that this town deserves bet
ter class OF buildings on it's main street
than IL has now. An ordinance should
have been passed long ago establishing
lire limit within which only brick or
stone buildings may be built We
hope that the council will wake ny
aud do something along that line.
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13

We understand that number OF our
mining companies are seeking legal
means to escape the payment OF the
taxes that have been levied against
them this year We would admonish
our mining friends that it's just that
kind of a policy that brings on tonnage
tax agitation General property has
stoo an unequal share OF the tax bur
den for these many years. TO the advan-
tage Of the mines, in silence. Now that
the mines are pinched and we are
frank TO say they are getting an un-
equal share just now-they seek to q.
wade just what others got and bore.
The mines need the friendship OF the
people Of the community In which
they are just as badly as the people
need the mines and any policy which
tends TO ALLEVIATE that friendship is a
very short sighted one.
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13

Congressman Young is said to be al
vocating strongly the building Of a
f0nrth lock at the 500. The third lock
is not yet completed but it Is figured
that the increase in business through
the 500 locks is such that by the time
bill is put through Congress and the
lock built, period that is estimated
at i've years. tte traffic through the
locks will have increased to such vol
ume that the fourth lock will be an
absolute necessity Some idea of the
imlnen,e traffic passing the 500 can be
got from this statement
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13
The Western Securities Co.

AS a sample OF what this big concern
is doing tor tue development of the
upper neninsula we take the following
from a recent issue of the 500 News,
the article telling of biz excursion
which was run from Minneapolis and
St Paul carrying prospective settlers
THE most interesting part OF the
trip was that Of Friday when the party
was taken in sleighs to the scene Of the
companys big drainage canal opera
tions by which 100, 600 acres of muck
lands are TO be reclaimed and made
possible for cultivation. The first OF
these canals will be five miles long,
one half the distance being already ac-
complished The outlet is the Manis-
tiaue river a big Fairbanks dredge
is employed on the work and operations
will be continued all during the win
ter. This ditch or canal is 20 feet
wide at the top, l6 feet wide at the
bottom and feet deep with a fall of
o feet to the mile.
The engineering plans call for two
similar canals paralleling the one now
under construction, each five miles a
part. and with sufficient laterals to
drain the entire tract lt is expected
that work on the second OF these canals
will start within the next few weeks
and that sufficient territory will be re-
claimed TO allow of actual cultivation
to the influx OF new settlers to whom
land has alreay been sold and who will
arrive in the spring The drainage
project il on more extensive scale
than any similar reclamation scheme
ever before attempted in Michigan and
calls for an expenditure running into
thousands of dollars
The plans of the company for the
town Of New Seney are made on an
elaborate scale The town site is beau
tifully located about a half mile west
of the South Shore railroad tracks.
The residence portion of the town is on
hill, which has a gradual and easy
slope TO the business district. The
streets as laid out are wide and will be
graded and macadamized during the
coming summer. Several new resi-.
dences and business blocks have beer
erected. the foundation laid for $50,
900 hotel and large number Of other
buildings viii be begun as soon as the
weather will permit in the spring
Neither old or New Seney at present
affords sufficient room tor housing the
population, with the result that in 4
number of instances two and thre,
families are living in building barrel,
sufficient tor one, while others ar,
making shifts "a best they can unit
spring AS al instance OF the condi
tions that now prevail il may be men
toned that one family is spending thu
winter in what was formerly wood
shed and, stranger STILL are apparent
" enjoving their environments ant
suffering far less hardships than ar,
many families in the large cities
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13
HOW WEAK WOMEN
MAY Be Made Strong at Small
Expense and No Risk

There are hundreds or women In
this vicinity, weak. thin, rundown.
tired out and nervous. Such women
need vinol just as much as did Mrs.
Jane Pepper. OF 2307 Howard street,
San Francisco, Cal, who says:
II have used vinol for some time
with particularly gratifying results.
was run down, weak and debilitated,
and my appetite was gone. After taxi
ing several bottles OF vinol found
my condition greatly improved. and
do not hesitate TO recommend vinol
to anyone similarly affected"
vlnol Is not n secret nostrum. but
a delicious cod liver and iron tonic
without oil. which viii create an APP
petite. tono up the digestive organs.
make pure blood and create strength.
Try a bottle OF vinol with the un-
derstanding that your money will be
returned II II docs not help You.
REzrN's DRuo STORE
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13
Marquette County Roads

A recent publication OF the state
highway department dealing with the
county road system contains the fol
lowing from the pen OF V. ;. Hillyer
engineer for the Marquette county road
commission, epitomizing the road i'm
provement work done in that county
since 1905. IL is as follows
"The county road system was adpot-
cd in Marquette county in the year
1905 The first commission was APP
pointed and organized IN the fall OF
that year and the first work was done
In the summer of 1906 Since then
there have been completed 1873 miles
OF macadam road and 1875 miles of
earth road and at this time. Novem
ber, 1911, some sixteen miles OF earth
read are contracted for. about three
miles OF which are practically com.
pleted.
"The macadam roads nave been the
standard water bound macadam and
this county has not vet done any ex-
perimenting with artificial binders or
dust preventatives. Tne macadam
roads have been built fourteen feet
wide and six or seven inches thick,
with three-fo shoulders. making a
total width of road OF twenty feet. The
cost of these roads. including admins
tration, engineering. bridges and cul-
yerts, has been about 81, 200 per mile
! Up 10 this time, the cost of mainten-
ance has been nominal. less than 500
per mile. This cost OF maintenance
will increase az the roads grow older
and the traffic increases.
Part Of the earth roads constructed
have been rebuilding old roads and
part of them through new country
where there have been no roads This
country being very rough, consisting
OF swamps and hills alternately. the
cost OF earth roads and grading fol
macadam roads is high as compared
with the cost Of grading in the lower
peninsula. The average cost OF eartf
roads. including administration, en-
gineering. bridges and culverts has
been about -, 400 per mile
THE earth roads are built twenty
three feet from center Of side ditcnes
Tis distance was chosen so that when
ever standard macadam or grave
road is built, il can be made twenty
feet wide and still give the usual sid,
bitches
"The average crown OF our macadan
roads has been four or five inches 70
the full width of macadam and abou
nine or ten inches Tor the full twenty
foot road. The crown OF our eartl
roads in excavations and small fills ha
been made one and one.half feet 70
the twenty three foot width and on
foot crown where the hlls eros
swamps Recently we have adopted
plan of banking all curves on roads
that is, raising the outside of tn
curve The amount OF raise on tn
outside of the curves is variable an,
depends on the degree of curvature
We have varied II from four or tiv
inches ON fiat curves TO twice as muc
on sharper curves While banking tn
curves makes ii easier for the automo
. biles to maintain speed. II does no
seem to be OF any advantage to tn
!, road, so tar ss distributing the trsfi
Is concerned. as the automobiles per
!, sist in travelling in the same rut In &c
ing around curves.
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13

w. J Bryan and Sen. LaFollette
had conference Mt Washington las I
Saturday and immediately the politi-
cal tongues were set wagging about a
new party. II is but natural that like
should seek like Senator LaFollette
is preaching the doctrine that W. j..
Bryan first put before the American
people and If il is good doctrine from
LaFollette why IL il not good from it's
fountain head. Mr.. Bryan IL the
American people are to swing TO "a
platform based on that doctrine they
ought, in all fairness to give MI.
Bryan the call.
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13

Baltimore is the place and Juns 25th
the time for the holding of the demo-
cratic national convention Many his.
toric democratic conventions have been
held In Baltimore Will the next one
bs numbered as OF especial historic in
terestf Time will tell.
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13

tiles found in the Upper Peninsula.
There seems to prevail! general feel
ing of satisfaction at the work 80 far
accomplished and there will no doubt
he large attendance at the annual
meeting to listen to the details of the
work that has been done
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13

Captain w II Johnston. n member
Of the board OF control Of the upper
peninsula branch prison says that
James Russell is one of the best war
dens, not only In Michigan bat in the
United States Anyone might have
guessed as much from the knocking ho
gets occasionally.
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13

careful study. and full discussion OF its
work, and we may reasonably nope
that it will result in the enactment OF
good compensation law
The diamond drill., 1912-01-13

That concrete furniture ides Of
Thomas Edison ia pretty cold pfopo.
sition
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MRS. LANGTOA
BUYS PARADISE


For about a. minute yesterday. Bob
Breckons. Uncle SANS law oracle,
Wyoming colony chief. Republican
politics big jnjuH and all-round phil
osopher and friend. was sole proprie-
tor of the Paradise of the Pacific PEI
riodical and its plant.
Two bills of sale of the even date
of October rs were executed. ins one
of which. for the consideration of one
dollar. William NJ. Langton and Elinor
A. Langton sold to Robert w. Breck-
ons the entire property of the Para
disc printing, engraving, publishing
and binding business, situated in the
Wayerley block, at Hotel and Bethel
streets, also the lease of the second
story of that block held by w. M.
Langton from w. Mulch.
In the second bill of sale Mr.. Brock
ons, for the consideration Of fifteen
thousand dollars, conveyed the same
property and lease to Elinor A. Lang
ton, referring for description thereof
to the other bill Of sale of even date.
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THE PRESS and
the PEOPLE
THE LATEST TRIUMPH OF
SURGERY.

We may with justification rail now
and then at the appendix-hunting doc
tor, and In the consciousness of pro-
fessional over-zeal, we may hold that
the surgical fraternity makes griey-
Gus mistakes: but occasionally there
must be acknowledgment Of genuine
triumph in this field. d.
Such an occasion is recently of rec
ord. The thing achieved was the
transportation of healthy bones TO
the permanent curing Of club feet, an
operation performed at Waterbury,
Conn, by DR.. Frederick H. Albee. a
young surgeon Of the Post Graduate
Hospital, New York. 81
To the lay mind there Is something
Of q gruesome aspect to the case. The
bones transplanted were secured from
the feet OF two healthy children who
had died by strangulation. They had
been procured by the surgeon to pro-
vide against just the sort OF. profess
sional contingency which arose, and
had been kept healthy by cold storage.
The bones were reshaped to fit the
feet OF the crippled patient, little 2
year-old boy. There was careful
splicing with all anti-septical precau-
tons known to modern surgery. When
the operation was completed the feet
were enclosed in plaster casts, which
were broken when the bones were
fully knitted together. According TO
the report OF the case the feet OF the.
child. who otherwise would have
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actual pedagogy that I met with In
the United States. Now can any one
tell me- began the mistress. dor.
en- arms Of boys and girls shot up with
excessive violence. and, having shot
up they wiggIed and waggled with
,fcrocious impotence In the air; twas
. miracle that they remained attach.
ed to their respective trunks: it W.
assuredly an act Of daring on the p1rt
ut the intrepid mistress to choose 5e-
tween them. 10
How children have changed since
my time!" said to the principal aft
erward. We never ed to fling up
cur hands like that We just put them
up. But perhaps it's because they're
American" .,.4.~-
It's probably because of the ventila-
tion." said the principal, calmly cor
receive. I'VE never have the windows
open winter or summer, but the venti-
lation is perfect" ~,@
/ preceiyed that 1t indeed must be
because Of the ventiiation.--Arno'd
Bennett. in Harper's Magazine for
October.
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AN UNDESIRABLE BARGAIN.

Mr.. Hargreaves of London offers to
trade the British colony OF Honduras
for the equal treatment Of British
ships with our own In the Panama ca
nal. We decline without delay
In the first place, England has no
substantial grievance In the matter Of
the Panama tolls--only q mere form
Of one. The preference which we pro-
pose to give is to vessels engaged in
the coastwise trade. English yes-
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ROOSEVELT.

s4# hOO6EtEL1. 90. =.
The first twenty five presidents of
the United States possessed talents in
varying degree. Some were less
torceful, some less courageous. some
less broad-minded. some less far-see-
ing than others, but all were conscious
of the dignity OF the great position,
all we're deeply impressed by cogni-
rance of their grave responsibilities
all recognized their own limitations,
all were appreciatiye of the influence
for good or III Of their personal ex-
amples. all strove assiduously and
successfully 10 exemplify the quail
ties which inhere In men, Of honor
and breeding.
Roosevelt was the first president
whose chief personal characteristic
was mendacity, the first to glory in
duplicity, the first braggart, the first
bully, the first betrayer of friend
who ever occupied the White House.
1t Is with distaste amounting almost
to nausea that we are forced, in per-
f0rmance Of public duty, to recall his
breaking of his solemn pledge to the
American people to observe the most
vital of their great traditions; his
disingenuous evasions; his brazen
disregard of his own written promise;
his blatant professions of exceptional
probity at the very moment when he
was bartering his official influence
for large sums Of money to be used
In the corruption OF voters; his bois-
ferrous and profane denials of accusa-
tons which he knew to be founded In
fact; his precipitation Of panic by
unconscionable mouthings: his cyni-
cal rejoicing at pecuniaryF losses
which he had brought upon q few
without heed Of the havoc which he
had wrought for the many; his hasty
and affrighted yielding to pressure ex-
erted by interested persons when he
became convinced that common ca
lamity was impending: his fragrant
violation of his oath OF office when
he agreed to suspend the enforcement
of specific laws; his deliberate stop
page Of prosecution of trust which
the official inquiry ordered by hinl-
self had shown to be guilty. at the be-
hest of one who had added the saw
ings of the. poor to his corruption
fund and who continues to be his
chief supporter Col. George Harvey
In North American Review.