The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-08-23
Done The Proper Thing

The last weeks issue of the Iron
River Reporter came out with an srti
Gle under the head of. WHO'S Who In
The Iron River Fire Department.
The article went on TO criticise one OF
Iron Rivers prominent officials just
because he took the proper stems TO
sound the fire alarm TO notify the citi-
zens Of that city that two children
were reported lest. II Is always case
in every small town to sound the bre
alarm when they want TO call the oiti
zens together in hurry, therefore we
see no reason why Prosecuting Attor
ney Waffen of that city should receive
unjust criticism We reproduce here.
with the letter which followed the
article in the Reporter, and which was
sent in by the Chief of the fire depart
ment
Iron River Stambaugh Reporter
City.
Gentlemen A false fire alarm from
box 10 corner of Genesee and First
street. called out the members of the
fire department on Saturday morning,
August 9th, 1913.
Upon investigation il was found that
the mayor had been prompted TO call
ont the department through the sense
less argument of rattle brain citizen
who stated that somebody near Iron
Lake, four miles out of the village,
had lost two children on the road be-
tween Iron Lake and Goldman Brothers
Circus and that turning in OF false
fire alarm would be the means OF loca
ting the whereabouts OF the lost child
rem Immediately after the blowing of
the fire whistle the missing ones were
found
"Nothiig il more demorsliing TO a
volunteer fire department than the
turning in of false alarms But this
matters little as long as the whims of
few are satisfied
(Signed j. x Henley, Chief
A representative OF The Diamond
Drill called on Mr.. Waffen and he
stated that the day that the Ere de-
partmeut was called out ne was husily
engaged IN his office when Cyrus Sensi
ba. member of the police force OF
Iron River came To the office and mott
fed Mr. Waefen as prosecuting attor
ney. that two children were lost and
had been lost since the morning OF the
day before and no trace Of them has
yet been found, stating that one of the
children was three years old and the
other FIVE years old and asked Mr.
Waffen what 20 do Mr. Waffen told
hi M that there was only one thing 20
do and that IS TO call out a mass meet
ing and he thereupon called mp the
fire department and notified Dan Var
Wagner the fire man IN charge that he
would turn la al alarm whereupon
Mr. VanWagner told Mr. Waifen that
he had 10 see Jim Henley first Mr.
Wa Ten then went to the village presi.
dent and talked the matter over with
nim and both Mr. Watfen and Mr.
Kelly. the village president. went 70
the fire station and in the IRE station
Mr.. waffen rang up the water works
and requested him 10 blow the fire
whistle in order to get the people TO
come 10 the village hall 20 attend q
mass meeting In the village hail Mr.
Wafsn announced 20 the people the oh
I iect of the call and Thomas Sensiba.
the father % the officer who notified
Mr.. waffen. was the FIRST one to volun
teer 20 make search. Mr.. Waffen
then went TO his Office 70 get ready 10
90 TO Iron Lake TO the children = home
to make further investigation wnen
on the way 10 the Office Mr.. Sensiba
and the village marshall notified Mr.
Waffen that the children had just been
located at Saunders whereupon Mr..
waffen instructed the police to investi.
gate and find out II any one had taken
the children down there with mali
cious intent
Under this statement of facts. we
fail 10 see where any error has been
committed by the prosecuting attor.
ney