The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-08-24

Anlasa, Michigan,
August 1912.

Crystal Falls, Michigan
Dear Strive note that your contri.
button Of last week. under the caption.
lis Amasa in the United Statesl''. was
intended modestly and In an extremely
lady like manner TO answer the ques-
tion for all time. Before such logical
answer 10 the question we can but bow
our heads. rdt In despair. but in an
effort to hide our smiles for the reason
that IL is impolite to laugh in a lady's
face
Let us, however, offer our assistance
In the answer TO this question is
Amasa IA The United Statesq' OF late
this phrase seems TO have caught the
popular fancy and we hear IL morning,
night and noon. In other words IL has
become by word in Amasa. Even in
the big cities TO the south and west Of
Us the appearance OF one Of our towns
men seems to be the signal for numer-
Gus repetitions Of the much mooted
question. Unless II is settled definitely
within a short space OF time those OF
us whom an unkind fate has doomed 10
a life OF penal servitude In the town Of
Amasa, will he forced TO remain with
in the prescribed limits Of Hematite
Township rather than 70 60 forth and
'ace the snoering attitude of the world
at large with the question ever con
fronting us Is Amasa In The United
Statesf'
We feel then, that our efforts 20
answer the Interrogation will be direc-
ted along the right lines and that fla
ture generations 10 come will appre-
ciate the labor OF our hands even it'the
present generation does, perhaps,
smile at our handicraft. IL may even
be, dear editor. that in the world 70
come we may be judged less harshly
tor the fact that we tried TO settle the
argument. 1t is our proud boast that
we have donned our twenty league
boots and at one step advanced twenty
five years in civilization. We can afford
TO wear digniiied air and smile a
disdainful smile as your cities of Crys-
tai Falls and Iron River, your villages
Of .Stambaugh and Pentoga and your
towns Of Mansfield and Balsam pass In
review before u.s. We predict with all
the assurance of the prophets of old
that within ten years Crystal Falls
will be dry. Within fifteen years
Iron River will follow suit And with
in twenty five years Iron county will
be under the Warner Champion local
option act, adopted by munificient
and benign law making body, by name
the State Legislature OF Michigan
And then, dear reader, what shall we
do for drink
Yea. verify Amasa Is in the United
States. But 50 are the Beet Trust. the
Oil Trust, the Steel Trust and all ia,
other trusts So are those nuisancei
we call mosquitoes when in the presenc,
: of ladies' and DIN pests when we
aint So are Theodore Roosevelt and
! John V. Debs. So are Pound Masters
Tax Collectors and Bills Payable.
Should you 90 50 far as to still bar
! Dor doubt after we have thus mad,
the matter clear 10 you come 20 A mas
f, and you will be convinced III for nc
/, other reason then for the fact that yor
> may see with Your own eyes the deeply
worn trails made by the politicians Of
! Iron county as they pursued the fee
! footed but terrified vote hither and yor
! over the principle thoroughfares OF the
town You can see the marble shaft
surrounded with an iron railing bear
! ing the inscription on bronze tablet
!, Here Observation-Disclosures fell
I Poor fellow He was surrounded By
the entire eight candidates for sheriff
He was voter but understood not q
word Of English and they simply talk
ed him to death. Now. put the ques
ton TO you frankly, dear reader, would
. these candidates come up here and looE
for our support II Amasa was not IL
the United States and II they did moi
need our votesg Why, last week alone,
there were among our guests sever
, candidates for sheriff, FIVE candidate,
, for Judge of Probate ard at least one
representative OF each OF the other
, county offices to be filled at the nexi
election Well I guess we are in the
J United States Uncle Sam has still
, GOT ma tucked away in one of his pock
cts even if ne has forgotten which one
And some day well emerge like q
, newly Matched chick and somebody
will get IL where the chicken got th'
, axe We are not dead we are bul
sleepy. A snort somnolent period Of q
few months will help us dry tear
and save drunkard" will Danish
from our sleep those Nightmares where.
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