The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-10-18

mas been Oucftu q pOnltlOu on thipoH1
ter boss at Bristol mine. one OF the
biggest mines In the Crystal Falls dis
trict IL is operated by the Common
wealth iron Go. and is superintendent
by Arvid Bjork at n time located in
this city. Mr.. Benson has for years
worked with the Arsgon carpenter
crew and would fiji the position credi-
tably. He is bordering over the pro-
position and IL is expected he Will
acepk il. Norway Currens.
Mr.. Sarah Wills OF Crystal Falls.
spent Thursday at the home of her
sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Oliver. Brown
street. She returned home yesterday
morning. accompanied by Mrs. oliver
and daughter, who will remain until
Sunday evening. Current
Mr.. and Mrs. Arvid T.. Asp returned
Wednesday from a visit Of four or five
days duration to friends at Crystal
Falls. Current
Mott ces were sent out last week by
the beet sugar factories of the lower
peninsula hat the price of beets next
year will be - so per ton against 81
| per ton paid in former years. Ii is
understood that this cut is the first
result OF the change in the tariff Oh
sugar. AS the full tariff reduction
does not go i~nto'affect for "A year or
two yet. growers will be able to get a
good idea of the effect of the change
on the beet growing industry as time
passes.
Lou Barber came down from Duluth
last Saturday 10 look after some busi-
ness matters in this community. Lou
has severed his connection with Flick
a. Co. and is now in the construction
business on his own hook. He will
spend a great deal Of his time al Du-
luth, for a while at least.
The butcher at the Coz Operative
society store. while cutting mp \
critter that had been secured from
the Stowell farm settlement, ran
across a bullet imbedded in the heshy
part Of the mock. The bullet had
evidently been in the critters neck
for a long time
Miss Shedd and Miss Erikson. Of
Crystal Falls. who attended the Teach
ers Institute. at Ishpeming, spent the
week end as the guest of Miss King at
the Probs house and returned 10 their
homes last evening. - Marquette
Chronicle
Senator Moriarty returned from
his visit to the lower peninsula last
Tuesday. He spent most of his time
at his old home at Hudson where his
sister is 40 very i'll that her death was
looked for. She was somewhat i'm
proved when Mr.. Moriarty left for
home.
Here is what John Johnson Of
Mastodon did in a farming way this
year. He threshed 307 bushels OF oats
from 81 acres put in and measured
with Empire seed drill, and 53 bu-
shells of barley from | acre. II anyone
can peat that record let him stand
mp and be counted.
q. A.. Gustafson, the contractor
who has the Job of building the
Alpha school, has just abont complet.
ed a SEQ. 600 school building for the
Iron River school district at the
James mine. The building Is OF
brick construction and modern in
every way.
"Wilse Youngs, son of Geo G..
Youngs of Florence has been promoted
from mail CLERK on the Isnpeming
and Chicago run to head mail clerk on
trains No. i0l n l09, same route.
Mr.. Young has many friends here who
are glad TO learn Of his promotion,
The village Of Munising Is 10 vote
on the proposition to raise SEQ, 600
for the purpose Of installing a sanitary
waterworks paint. Munising was Wis
tied by a great deal Of typhoid during
the Summer which is the reason for
the election.
Chase Webb Of Antioch, iii brother
OF r. y Webb, and a former resident
OF this city. was a visitor here on We'd.
nesday last. MT. Webb is a leading
business man of Antioch and says that
business In his part of the state is the
best that IL has been for many years.
Carl Lehto che well known upper
peninsula Finnish athlete. has purchss-
ed a farm az Rudyard and will get his
parents over from the old country and
place them on IL Lehto Is quite well
known in Crystal Falls.
Byron Hicks Of Norway was in the