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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

We hear much these days of the So
cial evil and the way to stop it. That
the social evil is growing is evident
90 every side and much of its growth
~ due to changed regard which the
nen of the day have for woman. In
the days gone by. boys were taught to
respect woman while today the spirit
II the times is the other way. We hear
rauch OF the double standard of moral
ity one standard for the woman, an
other for the man. One would sup
POSE, from the legislative proposals,
that this is matter that can be cured
BY legislation. Deep down in the
heart OF the community lies the solu-
tion or this question not in the legis-
latures SO long as 'Society" wlnks
Il the immoral so long as the boys and
girls are taught laxity in moral con-
duct so long as mothers and fathers
fail 10 instill into their BOYS proper
respect for woman, just 30 long the so.
sjal evil will continue TO grow. IL the
women who spend their time discus
sing the social evil at their clubs
would devote portion of that time 10
she companionship Of their children.
directing them all the time towards a
higher regard for purity of conduct
and thought il would do more to solve
she social evil than all the 'olLb
remedies that can be conjured up
Look over your community: over your
nwn family have the boys of this com.
muuity the respect for woman that
abey should hayeS Has your own boy
shat respectS Why nots
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

fertilizer orders are still open Mr..
Hoopingarner is glad to help You ont.
Better talk your spring seeding pro-
blems over with him.
A good number of farmers are avail
ing themselves, in all parts OF the
county. of this opportunity TO get i'm
proved and tested varieties or strains
for improving our farm crops When
compared with our home varieties we
may then get the proper ideas concern
ing local strains
very important step is being made
as indicated by the amounts OF clovers
peas, vetch and other legumes that will
be planted this year Many do not. or
have not used these valuable crops but
when their value is shown. and that II
is cheaper to grow them than TO buy
them as high priced feeds in the form
of bran, middlings. etc. We are glad
that the farmers are taking heed. and
starting in with more cloyers. especial
ly those that have cows.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
Notice

wish 10 announce to the voters of
the 2nd ward. that | am candidate
for the Office Of supervisor / am bar
red from place on the Progressive
ticket on account of the 10 per cent
clause in the primary law and will
make the run on slips unless n favor
able decision is received in time for n
ticket be had from the Supreme
Court where that clause OF the law has
been taken for final opinion as to it's
validity. solicit the support OF the
voters of this ward and thank You in
advance for same and il elected 1t will
be my aim to he fair and squarento all.
am very truly yours,
James Il. Flood.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
Political Announcement

wish to thank the voters for their
hearty support extended me at the
primary election ON March 5tn, which
resulted in my nomination for alder
man of the second ward on the Repup-
lican ticket | further hope you will
continue this support at the spring
, lection which will be held on April
eth. | have faithfully served my ward
for the past two years and, ON every
occasion. have tried 10 do my ICON.
scientious duty and IL reelected will
continue to serve my city as faithfully
in the future as | am sure | have
tried 10 do in the past.
Very respectfully yours.
Sam Runback
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

Tho semi monthly pay day bill Is a.
bout ready to be put through the legis-
lature Here is the class of Employers
who Will be required TO pay their help
pwice each month
Every manufacturing. mercantile.
street railway, telegraph or telephone
company, or corporation. incorporated
water company, and every contractor.
person or partnership, engaged in any
manufacturing business, in any of the
suilding trades. in quarries. upon pub
tic works, or in the construction or re-
pair of railroads. street railways, roads
bridges or sewers, or Of gas. water or
electric light works; and every rail.
road express and mining company.
No corporation, contractor, common
carrier Wy railroad, person or partner
ship shall by special contract with its
employees or by any other means exempt
himself or itself from the provisions
~ this act
Any employer herein specified who
refuess 10 pay his help twice monti
after the law goes into effect can b,
compelled in court to pay each employ'
sve per cent more wages
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

The experience Of the government in
the matter of irrigated farm land goes
to show the great current for intata-
ton that is flowing among the Ameri
can people. The great bulk of the tel
lows who have purchased farms in the
irrigated belt want to sell out right
aaav at profit. Like the msgnate
who buys the controlling stock in rail
road, these fellows want to pump some
water into their valueg Our people
want to get rich quick they cant wait
and build up a competency as the years
90 by.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

The attorney general has advised the
council at Newberry that an additional
license fee may be imposed by that
body on the liquor dealers OF the place.
We are told in Crystal Falls that the
$3.50 added by the council last spring is
illegal It's funny how things are
legal everywhere excepting in Crystal
Falls. There mast be something wrong
with the legal END of our local govern
ment or else this illegal gag Is be-
ing worked overtime as bogy.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
Young. Macdonald election contest.
Isn't il time to call haltf

The investigation which committee
Of the state Legislature is making into
the affairs Of the rere Marquette road
show thar this system. which was ap'
praised ~ Prof Cooley for taxation
purposes at sss cu0. 600, had on Ian. !,
1900 bonded debt OF s25. 2s5. 900. 1t
became the loot ball OF high financiers
soon after that and today its debts have
increased 10 500 G55. 900 without any
increase endorsements and 1t IS IN the
hands OF receiver. Atty. Stevens Tor
the road wants the Michigan 2-cent
fare law repealed so that the people
may be made TO pay the interest ON
this hcticious debt to the Wall Street
men who have pumped the water into
this road through various sales. com
binations and extractions.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
Less Forest Fires

Tue Department OF Agriculture has
been figuring up the Losses by hres on
the National Forests tor the calendar
year 1912. and finds that they were the
lowest OF recent years. Less than one
acre 10 every Thousand OF timbered
lands was burned over. and the total
damage--is estimated at $40. 200. or less
than one dollar TO every 1000 acres Of
area.
The good record is attributed to,
first. favorable weather conditions In
most localities, and second, the IN
creased efficiency of the fire lighting
Hnorgization. AS Congress makes a.
valuable the means for extending the
system of communications ON the Ma
tional Forests, the equipment of trails.
roads, telephones. and lookout stations
is yearly enlarged and the fires. il il
said, are discovered more quickly and
tonight more rapidly.
An especially good showing was
made by the Forest officers last year in
extinguishing fires outside the Nation
al Forests before they reached the For
est boundaries. Such fires constituted
more than one-sixth OF all fought by
the Forest rangers and guards. About
nine tenths were extinguished before
they touched the Forests. OF the fires
within the Forest boundaries more
than Is per cent were on lands in pri-
vate ownership. Nearly one-fourth of
the extra expenditures due to lighting
tires that is, expenditures outside the
time of the regular Forest force was
incurred in fighting these fires
Lightning caused more fires than any
other agency, followed by railroads.
campers. and incendiaries, in the order
given. The greatest losses occurred In
Arizona, Arkansas, and California. in
which States there was also the largest
proportion of fires caused by lightning
and by incendiarism. About % per
cent of all the fires were started by
lightning. and about 80 per cent were
due 70 carelessness. The proportion in
each case was practically the same az
in the previous year
The total number of fires was 2. 472,
as compared with 3, $50 in 1911. They
burned over, in the aggregate. 2O3. 00t
acres as against $50, 900 in 1911. Cali
fornia led all States in total number OF
fires, and in the number caused by
lightning. Arizona stood second II
both of these classi6cations Arkansai
stood fourth In total number of fires
and first In those of incendiary origin
with California second The one Ma
tional Forest in Kansas had only on,
fire, which burned over less than tel
acres and cost Sill to extinguish
North Dakota had no fires on its on
small Forest.
OF the s.472 fires. over rs per cen
were put out before 10 acres wer
burned over, and nearly 80 per cen
before oe.quarter of an acre was GOV
cred. Only 10 fires caused damage 0
more than 81. 900 each.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

A report emanates from Lansing 10
the effect that there is strong proba-
bility that Gov. Ferris will call an eI-
ira session of the Legislature next fall
to consider a lot of special legislation
that he is not urging now because he
does not wish to mix II with general
legislation. The report 10 not verified
IN any way and from the way the leg
islature is grinding ont stuff IL does
not look AS II there is any specisl need
for an extra session.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
Heart to Heart Hint to Hematite
Number 8

Number 8
Don't loose any sleep over what the
opposition is saying about your plat
form.
If they have their hammers ont it's
sure sign that they are worrying a
hout 10
People don't knock about ANYTHING
unless it worries them. And IL is well
to remember that knocking is form
of spite. IL lis a peculiarly diseased
mental condition and as a rule it's
chronic A good citizen should never
get the habit It's bad for it poisons
the mind.
Ard don't forget. either. that the
old trite saying Every knock is a
boost is still apt.
Knocking belongs to the dark ages.
Let 10 remain there.
Knocking never gets anybody much
Of anything. The moment you start
10 knock Won be-little yourself and
whatever IL is that you are trying TO
boost
A thing should stand on it's merits.
Your platform will stand on it's
merits
That platform is the beacon light OF
n new era in Hematits. II IL direct
appeal 10 the people and it's aim il 10
protect the people IL is the Erst logi.
cal step forward that Hematite has
made in n good many moons. II deals
directly with the future and disregard'
the past. You can't change what has
already been written in past history.
We must confine our future dealings
with the "auick', not the dead.
Just remember that Monday, April
9TH. will be the day when all roads
lead to the polling place. And Amasd
expects every man 10 do his duty.
THE voice of the people Is the voic,
OF God
Signed, l. L.. Y,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
Letters of Exhonoration

We mentioned. last week the letters
written by A. q. Peterson TO the
Youngs Mining Go. accusing Mr..
Drake and Otto Brown with grating
on the company. In justice to the ac-
eused gentlemen. whose names have
thus been brought before the public in
an unfair manner We publish the fol-
lowing letters covering the matter
Crystal Falls. Mich. i,
March "a. 1918
Thos. Conlin. Editor Diamond Drill.
Crystal Falls. Mich.
Dear Sir
enclose you copy Of letter charging
me and MIR. otto M. Brown of graft.
also copy of one vindicating as signed
by Mr.. A. G.. Peterson and another
letter 10 the Mining Corporations and
Public at large to establish again our
honesty and integrity. as before those
charges were made against us. and AK
your kindness for space In your paper.
that it may be printed correctly.
Yours Respectfully.
Capt Albert r. Drake
Crystal Falls. Mich.
March "a, 1913
To sham IL may concern
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

The following letters relating to pro.
cesdings taken in conrt to hive myself
and otto NJ Brown vindicated OF char
yes of grating by us on Mcdonald
Mining Co and dishonorable methods
of management.
These letters are published with no
malice 70 Mr.. G.. A. Peterson. but 70
establish cur honesty and integrity be-
fore the Mining Corporations OF Iron
county. AS before these charges were
made. and TO the public at large.
Very truly you're,
Capt. Albert Il. Drake.
Otto M, Brown, CLERK.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
ANG0RAS IN THE PARCEL POST
Cats Shipped by Mail TO Aid Fund For
Wisconsin Girls School.

Cats Shipped by Mail TO Aid Fund For
Wisconsin Girls School.
Shipping cats by parcel post is the
unique development In the endowment
fund campaign for Grafton Hall. pre-
paratory school for young women con
Quoted Mt Fond du Lac. Wis. by the
Episcopal dioceses. The cats are two
valuable Angons. The shipment was
made from n friend of the school nc
Jonesville. the proceeds OF the sale OF
the cats 10 be added to tho fund.
The cats Travelled 200 miles and
were shipped In basket which con-
tanned box OF food for them. the out.
side OF the parcel bearing the inscrip-
ton. Postal clerks may feed the cats
II they cry"
One OF the Angoras sold for 500 im
medlately upon reaching its destina
ton.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

We are in receipt OF Vol. !. No. OF
the Crosby Crucibe. a weekly paper
published at Crosby, Mimi. by q, nj.
and Marc Atkinson The paper is, like
all OF Mr.. Atkinson's publications, a
TASTY and we'll edited affair. Crosby
ts a growing town on the Guyana
range with a good future ahead of it
and the place Is fortunate in getting
such thorough newspaper man as Mr..
Atkinson TO advertise IT 70 the world.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
Menominee Range Young
Peoples Union
Yours truly,
A. q. Peterson.
The Hermansville Rally. March 2s. 30,
1913

The Hermansville Rally. March 2s. 30,
1913
The quarterly Rally of the Menomi-
nee Range Young Peoples Union will
be held on Friday and Saturday of this
week, at Hermansville. in the frat M.
+. church of that place by invitation
of she Christian Endeavor society. Del
egates will plan to arrive on Friday
evening, when registration will take
place. foIIowedsby a very short devo-
tional service. The following is the
program for Saturday:
Saturday Morning. March 30.
90 Praise Service-MT. Edwin KEEL
ly. Palatka
9:l5-- Morning Watch and Quiet Hour
Key. s. II. Berry, Hermansville.
9:i5 Organization appointment com
mittees, etc.
10 :00-Recess.
WEAK Spots :
Rev S. bookings. Palatka.
II 90 Business Session.
Recess-Noon.
Saturday Afternoon.
:30-Song Service Mr.. Kelly.
45-"The Model Business Meeting
Hermmansville G. T.. society.
. :3O--Question Box Conference-M Mr.
q M Case, Hermansville.
0 ;0O-Address, followed by Every
body's Devotional Services Key
l. W. Wsstphai. Iron River
4 90 Recess
Executive Committee Meeting.
Saturday Evening.
Z ;3O-song and Praise Service Mr.
Kelly.
8 :Oo-AddresS THE Successful Man
-Supt. II. NJ. Armstrong. STAN
baugh.
) Instrumentation service Rev. VIM
Roberts, Iron Mountain.
Delegates will return ON Sunday fore
noon aud it is hoped that Servic
may be held on the train. between lroi
Mountain and Hermansville.
This Is going 10 be the best Rail,
ever held on the Range. Several ney
things have been brought into the pro
gram; an excellent speaker has beel
secured by the Executive Committee
and much earnest effort has been exevt
ed TO get program which will be In
teresting, helpful and inspiring.
All OF the sessions are open to every
one. and all are urged 20 attend any o
all of them.
We believe that the Young People
work Is worth while. We believe tina
there Is chance no one can afford 3
miss We know that without the IA
slstance Of every man and woman o.
the Menominee Range. We cannot a
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

The case of Justice Steer Is one that
sught TO make thinking people pause
and take stock OF what Is going on.
We all KnowJustice Steere in this upper
peninsula as man thoroughly clean
and honest. No man has ever pointed
the finger of Suspicion at single one
Of his private or official acts. He has
grown 20 be aged and honored among
rs and we have looked up to him as a
man for our boys 70 pattern after.
Now. comes Theodore Roosevelt to inn
pugn the motive and smirch the char
acter OF this man beeanse the supreme
bench. OF which Justice Steere Is o
nember, refused to NEEDLE In che
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

The attention 81 the electors Is Icing
called TO the fact that although there
are 80. 600 women in the City of De-
troit who could have turned out to the
primaries and helped 70 select the
nominees for the school Offices only 1874
actually participated in the primary.
u would seem from this that the wo-
men as rule are indifferent 10 the
balJot question. We have always
maintained that the only right way to
answer the question Ct whether or no
the women want the ballot Is TO sub
init the question TO the women them
selves, with a provision that the women
must actually turn out and express
themselves on the subject. If, in such
case. u majority of the women should
my that they want the ballot we would
kold up both hands in favor of giving
II TO them. We do not. however. think
that the men are qualified to pass upon
the question at all.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

The democrats and bull moose sue
ceeded in blocking the bill to make
state central committees more resppn-
sive TO the will Of the people. The ex-
cuse given was that the opposition
didn't want to help the republican
party to purge itself of the undesirable
timl er. And. still our bull moose
friends say that they want TO reform
political methods Consistency
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
TO MEASURE ESKIMO MINDS.
Psychologist to Accompany Stefsns-
son Expedition Into Polar Region.

son Expedition Into Polar Region.
The University of Iowa VIII send the
first psychologist to be member OF a
polar expedition north this spring with
vilhjalmar Stefansson. Luther IL
Widen OF Iowa will accompany the ex-
petition with a complete laboratory
outfit OF psychological apparatus to
measure the efficiency or the Eskimo
mind He will make n special study OF
the blond Eskimos discovered by Ste.
fansson.
The testing instruments TO be car
ricd by Mr.. Widen will be the first
ever tried on primitive race. He be
lieves that data OF great value may be
procured by comprehensive study OF
the mind OF the wild Eskimo. practi-
cally the only race which has not felt
the influence OF the white man.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
HELP THE SUFFERERS

The Diamond nrill will receive and
transmit contributions from our oiti-
zens to the food and fire sufferers OF
Ohio and to the tornado striker people
u Nebraska. Any person having a
mite to send may leave it at this office
and il will go TO the proper authori-
lies. The Diamond Drill will start
me subscription with donation.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

Australians and New Zealanders are
the greatest meat eaters In the world.
The former eat 262 pounds OF meat
year each and the latter PIP pounds.
while Americans eat 1873 pounds ana
the British only 100 pounds.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

the work we would like to do. We
lnow that the need is great; the causv
is Right, and that with long pull. a
strong pull. and pull all together. the
ends toward wnicn. we work will be
reached.
Will Y D q be one 10 HELP
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

An interesting item OF news from
Penzance. Cornwall, met our eye the
other day. IT is that the town council
has decided 10 invest 7.000pounds IN
the erection of houses in certain por-
ton Of the town. That sum will build
33 houses and equip them with sewer
age and street service. These houses
are rented at charge of 5s per week.
The city wanted a certain portion OF
it's territory for park purposes and De-
fore the higher authorities would al
vance the money necessary TO acquire
Il. condition was imposed that a
sufficient number OF workingmen q
dwellings must DO constructed to take
the place of those removed by the pub
lie Improvement
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
Curious clowworm.

A mammoth glow worm has recently
been found In the Santa Cruz noun
tains The specimen is about four and
half inches In length. and when
placed In the dark the rings encircling
the body produce gorgeous effect.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
louans 10 vots on suffrage.

The Iowa state Scnato passed the wo
man suffrage amendment recently by
vote OF 81 10 -. Having passed
both houses. woman suffrage now win
be submitted 20 the people.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
A. G.. Peterson,
Crystal Falls, Mich.
Box ss3.
Crystal Falls. Mich
March IL. 1913.

Mr.. ID. NJ. Youngs
Iron River, Mich,
Dear Sri -
On March 18th. 1918 l wrote You q
letter In which made certain charges
against local management of the Nc
Donald Mining Co, in charge of Cap
tain Drake. rejecting on the honesty
and integrity of said management.
When wrote this letter | acted on
the information received at various
times by Mr.. Otto Nj. Brown the time
keeper and warehouse man of your
company.
then fully believed the statements
contained in my letter and gave you
the information TO enable you to sift
the charges down for the purpose OF
placing the responsibility where II be-
longed il the investigation established
such facts
am satisfied that all the missing ar.
ticles were then and are now properly
accounted for and that misunderstood
the statements made by Mr.. Brown
and as far as | know no graft or other
dishonorable methods were employed
by the management OF the Mining
Company or by Captain Drake.
Yours truly,
q patarson
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
Seed Movemsnt Encouraging

The time for the formal closing up Of
orders through the County Agricultural
Dept for seed oats. wheat. barley.
clover and grass seed, ended this week.
Alfalfa, vetch, corn, potatoes and
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
Crystal Falls, Mich
March z. 1918.
ID. N. youngs.

ID. NJ. Youngs.
Iron River. Mich
dear Sir;
Enclosed please find time ok. as
have NJ time to present il at your Iron
River Office.
hope you will send me ok. for same
by mail.
Mr.. Youngs have been employed AT
the mines for Is years but this is the
first time did not get the wages that
] was promised before commencing
work, but am not getting stung any
worse than your company is at this
mine. Write Mr. Otto M Brown. this
gentleman can inform you of the most
wonderful system of graft that is used
at this mine.
A. G.. Peterson,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

One very good measure proposed In
the legislature Is to forbid the sale OF
liquor" on tick by saloon keepers in
amounts less than one quart II has
passed the senate and should become n
La " ak onca
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29

To whom Il may concern !