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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-13
I. o. o. F. TO Iron Mountain

Columbia Encampment. I. .. o. +.
will 70 70 Iron Mountain on the even /.
ing of April 20 TO assist the Iron
Mountain brethren TO institute an en-.
campment at that place The Iron
Mountain Odd Fellows have been under
the jurisdiction Of the Crystal Falls
encampment and large membership
from there belongs here but recently
the Iron Mountain fellows have decided
that they are strong enough TO support
an encampment OF their own so they
have petitioned for one and their petit
zion has been granted.
The Crystal Falls and Iron River
members will 20 to the range metro.
polls to assist in the work Of institu.
tion lt Is probable that large mum.
ber will take advantage of the oppor-
tunity TO VISIT their Iron Mountain
brethren and good time j. promised
90 all
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-13
CUT TO TWELVE SALOONS
CITY Council Reduced the Present Number
by Ten Monday Evening.


A revolutionary cut was made In the
number OF saloons TOR Crystal Falls al
the council meeting last Monday night.
Under the advice of the city attorney
the number of liquor licenses was re-
duced from - TO IL. This cut is main
ly due TO the recent decision of the
supreme court which Interpreted the
Warner. .Cramton law As meaning that
when a license holder fails 10 apply for
a renewal Of his license. the number Of
licenses allowable must be held to be
reduced by one until the number Of
saloons reaches the proportion Of /
saloon to each 800 of population.
Having decided upon twelve as the
number of licenses to be issued the
council members then applied them
selves 10 deciding upon whom the
twelve should be- II took two hours
20 arrive at this conclusion, the merits
and demorits of the 81 applicants being
canvassed in all their phases.
nv oppiiNahNN Aoi llhtuHtS Nlb were
successful are Ms follows
Paul Schook. John Bauer. Gust LIth-
en-, Terry Behan, Nathan Warshawsky,
Frank Simeoni, Charles Carlson. Joe
Blttner, Jr.. Matt Kangas, s. Challan-
Gin, r. Notes and Alex Dalpra
Among those 10 whom licenses were
refused Is John MoDerg who has been
in the liquor business in this city Tor
20 years. Chas Lee and Joe Gress are
other property owners TO whom Licenses
were denied aud Paul Schcok had one
vote against the issuance OF license 10
him. The failure of these APPELLANTS
and the vote OF the council in other
cases illustrates the power which city
aud other municipal boards have over
saloons and IL behoves those in the
business 10 walk the chalk line IL they
wish to keep in good standing and get
licenses renewed year in aud year ont
A liquor license mas come 10 be
of considerable value and
like all other valuable pieces OF proper.
ty will be cared for instead OF abused
by its owner
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-13
NOT A CAN NDlDATE
Osborn Declares He viii Not Be Candidate
For Election.

In statement given ont on Monday,
Gov. Chase $ Osborn announces he
will not be candidate this year for
reelection. The statement of Gov.
Osborn reads, in part
] will not be candidate this year
tor governor II seems necessary tor
me to make this statement at this time
| do not desire the Office | have'at no
time thought Of going or nave spoken
voluntarily to anybody Of going az a
delegate 10 the Republican national
convention. have at no time thought
of being candidate tor vice president
In other words, | am in exactly the
frame Of mind that was on Dec. 9th.
1910, when answered would not be
a candidate for second term.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-13
REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS
Cards and Dancing May be Sanction 6y
NJ E. Conference.

Rev. James +. Pascoe, of Hancock.
and Richard Quayle. of Quinn, will be
the upper peninsula delegates Of the
Detroit Methodist Episcopal conference
to the general church conference which
will be held in Minneapolis next May,
commencing the first OF the month.
The Detroit conference will send i'm all
sixteen delegates and the Michigan
conference will send like number.
Half of these delegates will represent
the church pastors and the other half
the laymen. This conference will be
made up Of delegates from the Metho-
dist churches all over the world. Mat
ters OF much Importance will he dis
cussed and acted-upon at the meeting.
Several revolutionary ideas wilt be
introduced, among them the annulling
Of the rules against dancing and card
playing. These measures have the
support OF the younger aud progressive
element In the conference Another
matter that concerns the working of
the church directly is the time limit Of
ministers and the limiting of the bish
ops to certain disrtiut for numbe
OF years. These questions have been
brought up before. but will probably
be decided forever at the May confer
enoe.
~ think it would be "A good thing
to have the bishops districts clearly
defined and to have them limited TO
them for period OF years says one
OF the church representative The
question OF time limit on ministers is
an old one
Regarding the time limit another
says
TO pat the time limit on ministers
in force again would be step hack.
ward do not think that will ever be
done. There are few OF the older
persons who want it, but the more pro-
gressive of the delegates DO not. Under
the time limit "A minister could stay no
longer than n certain time in any one
pastorate.
Now no minister Is appointed for
longer than "A year and at the end Of
every year he is reappointed. To me
the limiting and defining OF the bishop.
rits seems reasonable and desirable. II
surely would centralize their work and
help them 20 understand the needs of
their district better than now.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-13
The Eagle Membership Contest

The Eagle membership contest came
TO close last Tuesday evening. they
having initiated ~ members
This was very friendly as we'll as a
lively contest and the captains and
members showed 10y the number and
tho makeup Of the candidates that
none were roosting around the nest bnt
we're continually on the wing. bringing
home that which they sought namely
tie applications signed by some appli
cant.
There were 63 candidates gathered
in, but owing TO iome outside business
i've of them Were out of town.
The members Of the r. D. r. can
certainly be proud Of the fine show ing
pade, both in the lodge room, and at
the banquet room. Owing 10 the large
attendance it was necessary To have the
banquet at the Diamond Drill hall.
wnere two large tables were spread
with an abundance Of everything that
the market afforded The committee
is TO be congratulated upon the 6ne
n amer in which the large delegation
was served.
After the banquet Past President l.
n. jackson, acting as toast master
made speech which was we'll received
by all present and was responded 10 by
DR.. &. F, Larson in his usual forcefuI
way. Mayor Bjork, $. G. Chadbourne
and several others also responded and
their remarks were all that could be
desired. Everyone present enjoyed
Themselves to the limit and il Is hoped
that another contest will soon be in
augurated. to keep the good work 90.
ing.
Brothers, let as build hall that will
be monument to the city and Aerie
No. l4i0
We were pleased 10 see number of
our Iron River brothers with MS. Come
again.
Later The membership contest has
been extended 30 days when another
large class Will be taken in
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-13
Many Motorcycles

10 Is expected that there will bo
many motorcycles in evidence about the
city this year During the week Fred
Roberts and John Meyers received
motorcycles through the agencv OF the
Wills Hdw Go. They are OF the In.
dian make, have two cylinders and
a horse power engine. The Go. re-
ceived several other orders for motto.
cycles during the week
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-13

Chief Deputy Game Warden HarrinR.
ton has been spending the week in the
city and vicinity While at Powers
last Monday he captured two beaver
hides The hides were enroute from
Crystal Falls 10 Becker Bros. Chicago
dealers in furs. Harrington left last
Tuesday afternoon tor Crystal Falls.
where he expects TO arrest the shipper
OF the hides Iron Mt. Press
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-13
Gard Of Thanks

We take tins meana Of thanking the
manv Kind friends who assisted ne IN
our late bereavement and for the many
beautiful floral offerings.
Oliver Wells ana family.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-13

Today Is pay day a. all of the mines.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-13

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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-13
Death OF Mrs. Oliver Wells

Mrs. Oliver Wells passed away last
Monday at the family home in Maple
Grove, after an illness OF about six
years. Cancer is given as the cause OF
her death.
Together with her husband she came
10 Crystal Falls in the early days and
has resided here since She was 55
years OF age at the time of her death.
Besides her husband she Is survived
by two children, oliver and Dolia
Wells. both of this city.
The funeral was held Wednesday
morning from the church OF the Guar
dian Angel, with interment ut the
local cemetery
All ladies who have prepared articles
Tor sale nc the Methodist fair. April %,
please bring them 10 the church on
Tuesday next or leave them at the par.
sonage any day before Saturday. DO
not bring any articles with you 20 the
iair. IL Is impossible TO make good
sale on such.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08
MONDAY READING CLUB
HOLDS WEEKLY SESSION

The Monday Read ns club met this
week with Mrs. NJ. NJ. sheetz. with
the president. Mrs. Elizabeth Collins,
in the chair. Mrs. sinden read from
the Bay View Magazine. Calcutta. the
imperial City" Mrs. Baker read chap
ter ] and II from Indian Life In
Town and Country" giving IN account
CT India as It Is"
During the social hour coffee and
doughnuts were servei.
a letter was read from Mrs Sadie
Smith. thanking the ladies for flow
ers sent and attentions shown her
during her recent Illness; said lsr
health was Improving and she hopsii
to be out and attend club mcetln ys
soon.
The topic OF conversation was the
meeting for next week. II being the
anniversary OF Lincoin's birth. a
special program has been prepared b.
a committee OF which Mrs. Baker is
chairman. She is also hostess for the
day.
Members are requested TO let Mrs
Baker know II they are unable to bs
present. Each one is expected 10 hrIag
some story or incident connected
with the life Il Lincoln. They are also
asked to bring thlmbies The meeting
is called for / o'clock at which time
a luncheon win be served.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08
PRAISE PICTURES OF
SCEaERY.AB0UT CANON

Capt. B. f. Rockafellow receiv.d
three letters this morning from widely
separated portions of the country all
OF them praising the pictures he had
sent them of the mountain scenery
about Canon City. One OF the letters
was from Hudson. New Yofk one Yrom
wilkesbarre. Pennsylvania, and an
other from Sacramento. California.
One OF the writer's stated. "Thc
views of Canon City, and its environs
you favored us with arrived yesterday
and we took great pleasure in looking
at them. To live In the midst of such
grand and beautiful natural scenery
must be a perpetual treat" The Will
kesbarre correspondent says: "f was
more than pleased to receive from you
by the early mornings delivery OF
mall today the beautiful chain OF pho
tographic views OF Colorado. The ar
tistlc beauty OF the cards attracted me
at once and am studying the grand.
magnificent and charming scenery
which surrounds you with wonder AMI
delight. 1t has never been my pleas
ure before to look upon such rugged
beauty, made still more beautiful by
the progressiveness and fine taste dis
played by the people of your home
town. I am more than interested IN
the view showing Canon City and the
orchard district Prom the skyline
Drive" From Sacramento came the
statement: II received the post cards
you so kindly forwarded to me and ain
enjoying them very much. They rep
resent the finest work of the kind |
have ever seen and depict to excelle 1t
the magnificent scenery OF
mountain and valley by which you are
at Canon City"
Capt Rockafellow recently received
from his famous kinsman. John d.
of Tarrytown, New York,
4 similar compliment on the great
natural beauty which surrounds Can
on City.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08

where. nothing but ocean shifting
from green to blue as it rolls to the
Gulf stream on the one hand, and
melts into the western sky on the 9TH
er. A passenger on train crossing
the Long Key viaduct may be lucky
enough to see a school of flying fish
skitter past and aaporpoise or two
hurtling in chase Of them. The cost of
this link between the keys was mil
lion and half dollars for two miles
of construction, but unless ferry is
operated so that the traveller may see
1t from a distance. he VIII miss any
adequate view of this noble and i'm
pressive structure.
While the prevailing shallowness of
the water has made It; possible TO
throw up mile after mile of embank-
.n,ent. It has made the problem scf
transportation Immensely difficulty It
was found impossible to approach.
even in light-draft launches. many OF
the keys, on which. hundreds of men
must be camped and fed. A fiotilla OF
stern-wheel steamboats, from the In
diana river and the Mississippi. re-
puted to be able to navigate in
heavy dew. was imported to operate
on these lagoons. but they ran hard
aground miles from the places they
sought to reach.
When ]. r. Parrott, reported to II.
NJ. Flagler that there was no room foi
deep-water terminals along the har-
Dor front at Key West. he was told to
go ahead and make enough dry land
to serve his purpose. This in itself
was a princely undertaking. for it
meant filing nearly two hundred
acres of salt water, a good-sized town
site, with material dredged from the
bottom. Suction dredges pushed their
tentacles far out to find mud enough
to feed their hungry maws. and an
army of men built sea-wall of rock
to contain this filing.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08
ANNUAL MEETInG.oF
ROYAL GORGE FRUIT 4
- GROWERS ASSOCIATION

The annual stockholders meeting cs
the Royal Gorge Fruitgrowers' asso-
citation was held in the district court
room Monday afternoon and was
largely attended. Reports were made
by the various officers and the organ
ization shown to be in excellent con-
dition. The association now has a
membership of about one hundred
and twenty-five and is an important
factor in the handling of the horticui-
turai products OF the Canon City dis
trict. During the past year It handled
approximately ONE hundred Car loads
Of apples and other fruit-nearly one
third of which IT, marketed in New
Yort, f.ity. gri..es ~ ~ ss=>ssr 80
The board of directors elected at
Monday afternoons s meeting consisted
of J.aC. s.awells. K. R. Ralston; W. b.
Rowland. William Gooddfng and A.sw.
Lucas. which was subsequently or
eanized by the selection 9r.. ~. D.
Rowland. president. - ssns. : walls.
vice presidents William Godding.
treasurer and W. J.. carnstt as sec
retary and manager.
Plans for the coming year were dis
cnssed and approved unanimously.
During the past twelve months the
association handled twelve car loads
of crate material.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08
ANNUAL MEETING OF H0RTI-
CULTURAL SOCIETY::SATUROlY

The annual meeting OF the members
OF the Fremont County Horticultural
society was held in the society's room
at the court house last Saturday after
noon and was well attended. Phil
Sheridan was elected PRESIDENT A. s.
Taylor. vice president: T.. r. Arthur.
secretary and NJ. Z. Snow treasurer
for the ensuing year. The various
committees were continued and will
make their reports at subsequent
meeting. Various matters were dis
cussed at Saturdays meeting and the
organization OF the proposed pest
district" by the horticultural inspector
unanimously concurred in.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08
CANON CITY An UNUSUALLY
HEALTHY COMMUNITY

Frasn the vital statistics gathered
by the county health officer II is
shown that Canon City Is an excep-
tionally healthy community and has
materially improved in that respect
during the last few years. There were
fewer deaths here during the year
1911 than In any similar period since
1898, when the population was con-
siderabiy less than " is Ht present.
The death rate has been gradually
diminishing here since the installation
OF the sewerage system eight or ten
years ago. The construction Of the
new water system has also teen fac
tor In the increasing healthfulness o.
the town. which is rapidly establish
ing an enviable reputation Ia that re.
spect. There was a smaller number Of
deaths In Canon City and its imme-
dlate surroundings last month than in
any corresponding period In the cal
endar for more than a decade.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08
HAVE WORKED OUT
PRACTICAL SYSTEM Of
WIRELESS TELEG2APHY

The Canon City Wireless association
is the corporate name of a local Or
ganization for sending and receiving
aerial messages by means of an elec-
trical current. The company, accord
ing to its letter heads. is capitalized
at $4,000 and has for its president w.
A Sanford with Will v. Norris as sec
retary and treasurer The apparatus
used for the transmission of messages
differ somewhat from 1.-The Marconi
system. although a ~similar code y
relied upon for their interpretatioa.
On the roof of the City Book 4 Curio
company's store at Soc Main street.
where Mr.. Norris lis empioyFt as q
salesman. receiving station has been
established and a connection male
with the ingenious. but necessary,
electrical plant on the first floor of the
building Tor its operation. The plant
is not yet in perfect working order.
but enough experimental work has
been done to insure its feasibility for
actual service. A few messages from
Colorado towns have already been in
tercepted at the local station and 1t Is
expected that within a short time 4
better mechanical equipment will en-
able it to detect electrical waves in
the atmosphere that are imperceptible
there at uresent. Mr. Norris stated
this morning that he was able to send
aerial messages a distance Of one
hundred miles and intercept those
that were dispatched from point n
thousand miles away. Victor FIanni-
gan. who is interested in the plant II
SOC Main street, has a successful
branch station at 1121 Macon avenue.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08
RETURNS FROM FATHERS
FUNERAL IN IOWA

Mr.. r. B. Thompson arrived home
Monday from Corning Iowa. where ne
has been attending the funeral OF his
father who died recently. Mr.. Thomo-
son reports that his mother who was
quite sick at the time OF his fathers
illness Is much improved. Mr. Thomp-
sons father would have been 81 yes
terday and his mother is just the same
age.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08
ovER-SEA
RAILROAD
Continued From Page One)

tides, to provide the greatest possible
wave resistance along every foot #
the way, to study and tahulate the
data recorded of every West Indian
hurricane that has swept the keys
since records have been kept, and to
lift his work wholly out of the field
of experiment. Having satisfied him
self that his work would stand the
test, he made the plans for his mighty
yiaducts, and the foremost engineer
ing authorities of this country looked
them over and said they we're flaw
less.
Then Mr.. Meredith began to build
his railroad by the upside-down pro-
cess OF digging more than thirty miles
af navigable canals through the Ever
gIades which barred his progress from
the mainland to the keys. These ca
nails were dug by powerful dredges.
which were built in holes in the
ground. Then water was let in to
float them and they began to eat their
way toward the sea, throwing up the
mud between them to make a rail-
way embankment and leaving two ca
nails in their wake. The grading OF the
arst seventeen miles was accomplish
ed in this fashion. The bed rock was
so near the surface that the dredg.s
sometimes stranded and could no
longer dig their own way. But pres
entity Engineer Meredith evolved
system of locks by which the stranded
dredges were floated over the barriers
Of rock.
Meanwhile. Mr.. Parrot was assemb-
ling men and material Tor the inva-
sinn of the keys. At one time he had
undsr charter every available freight
steamer flying the American flag o1
the Atlantic coast, and. stfll being
short of vessels. he had to import ce-
ment from Germany to get bottoms to
carry It. The crushed rock ordered for
tha viaduct construction filled eighty
tramp steamers, 100000 tons of co1l
freighted another imposing fleet. and
the eargoes of steel, lumber and sup
niles hammered the sapphire sea with
the smoke streamers of deep-laden
uamps- Camps and a transportation
system had to be arranged to care for
5000 men far from the mainland,
along hundred-mile fringe of keys
with no more than two deep-water
barbnrs in this distance.
Efficient labor was in demand the
country over, and good men did not
want to fight mosquitoes, In the isola-
tion of the Florida keys. Thousands
Of good-for-nothings the dregs Of sod
den and broken humanity. had to i,e
shipped from northern cities out OF
sheer necessity. Negro labor could not
be obtained in such prosperous times.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08
GRAND MASTER UF
COLORADO |. 0. 0. :. .
VISITS LOCAL LODGE

The official visit to Canon City
Lodge, No. Z. Independent Order OF
Odd Fellows by Grand Master J. i.
Shook. OF Greeley. Tuesday night. was
one OF the most pleasing events in
the recent chronicles OF the local
brotherhood. There was large at
tendance and the gathering was one
OF the utmost Interest to all. Among
those present in addition to Mr.. Shook
were Past Grand Master Lyman 1.
Henry. OF Pueblo. Past Grand Master
J. d. Cummins OF Florence. Past
Grand Masters Chas. E. Waldo and
David Ringle OF Canon City. Grand
Conductor Howell OF Rockvale and
Grand Junior Warden Edwards OF the
Florence Grand Encampment Follow
ing the business session the members
OF Harmony Rebekah lodge served
ham sandwiches. pickles. celery.
cake. peaches and coffee. The latter
feature OF the occasion was n sur
prise. but was none the less enjoyable
on that account.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08

Mrs. Carrie p. Dawson of Denver Is
visiting here as the guest of Capt. and
Mrs. II. F. Rockafellow at 121 West
Main street. Mrs. Dawson came down
from Denver to attend the dinner of
the Canon City Dickens club at the
home Of Mrs. T. M. Harding commem-
orative OF the birth of the great Eng
Iish novelist from whom the club
takes Its name.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08

Memphis, Feb. 7.--seven masked
bandits thi smornIng held up Rock
Island passenger train near Hurlburt.
Arkansas. thirteen miles from here.
Two charges of dynamite failed 70
open the express safe and the bandits
fled. One report is that they got loot
valued at six Thousand dollars. but
this has not been confirmed. The rail-
road company declares that they got
only one package Of registered ma;L
which contained nothing valuable. !,