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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-09-19
Council Proceedings

Crystal Falls, Michigan, Aug 1, 1914
An adjourned regular session Of the
common council was called TO order on
the above date at s o'clock p. NJ. by
the Mayor the Hon. j j. Gaffney.
Members present Thos. Penglase,
NJ. j. Shells, Sam Ronback, Axel
Axelson and John Klesges. Minute
of previous session read and same APP
proved.
Moved by Penglase and sec by
Shells that the CITY Clerk be instruct.
ed to attach the proper certificate to
the Diptheria bills presented to the
City Council and the said bills be
referred to the County Board of Super
visors for payment. Carried
The following resolution WAS offered
by Penglase who moved its adoption
sec by Axelson
Whereas the City of Crystal Falls
has advertised for bids for the con-
struction of the Trunk sewers in Dis
trict three Of the Crystal Falls sewer.
age,
And Whereas ID. +. Boyle q Go.
submitted the lowest bid conforming
with the plans and sp cihcations.
Resolved that the contract for con-
structing said Trunk sewers lie award
ed to d. f. Boyle q Co. and that they
be paid Tor said work at the sales as
itemized in their proposal according
to the estimates Of quantities made by
the City Engineer as per plans and
specifications attached to said proposals
said payments to be made according
to a certain contract TO be made and
executed by said ID. +. Boyle d Co.
and the City Of Crystal Falls.
Resolved Further; that the said ID.
H. Boyle q Co. provide a good and
sufficient bond in the sun Of $4,000. 00l
fifty five hundred dollars acceptable
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-09-19
LIFE AND ITS TENACITY.
Plant Germs That the Most Intense
Cold Could Not Kill.

In reply to a number Of questions
regarding life and its ~tenacity, here
are results Of biological laboratory ex-
periments made by DR.. Paul Becquerel
Of Paris university:
Seeds and spores of plants were
sealed In glass tubes. All air was
removed TO the extreme modern vacu-
um limit. and then the tubes were sub
merged In liquid air during three
weeks at the temperature OF $40 de-
grees below zero Il. and under liquid
hydrogen at the temperature OF 41S de-
grees during seventy-seven hours. Aft
er a year some of the spores, and aft
er two years all Of them. terminated
and grew.
This Is n remarkable fact-that is.
some of the spores required two years
to awaken from their sleep OF apparent
death in liquid hydrogen.
Life seems therefore, at least In the
case OF these seeds and germs, to be a
chemical ~process-the activity Of chem
ism was suspended or stopped by the
intense cold.
Go put your finger into liquid air.
The cold kills the flesh and the dead
part must be amputated. But life in
seeds and plants, whatever 1t may be,
survived. Humans have no clew TO
the nature of life. Calling It a phase
OF chemism does not help. since none
knows what that Is.
My theory is that chemism is a mo-
ton Of and readjustment In atomic
states OF electrons. These are cleo
richly. But what electricity is Is I'M
known.-Edgar Luclen Larken In New
York American.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-09-19
Karnak's Sculpture.

or all the villages OF Egypt, Karnak
is most noted for its architectural an
tiques. 1t Is situated on the bank OF
the Nile and built over the site OF
Thebes. The buildings date from 1900
b. @. and some contain mural decora.
tons that give interesting views OF
those ancient times. Many interest
ing colored marbles were also used In
the decoration OF these huge temples
and much sculpture is still to be seen.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-09-19
Don't Oil Razor strops.

Never put oil on a razor strop,"
said one OF the largest dealers In bar
bers' supplies in New York. ut spells
1t for sharpening steel. A new strop
should need no attention for a year at
least. If 1t begins to get dry just take
a little ordinary lather on your finger
and rub It we'll In. This will soften ii
again and nothing more is necessary"
New York World.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-09-19

to the City OF Crystal Falls for the
faithful performance of the above
mentioned contract. Carried.
Moved by Penglase and sec by Kles-
ges that the certified checks presented
with bids for the Crystal Falls
North District No. 3 be returned back
70 the unsuccessful bidders. Carried
The following re solution was offered
10y Penglase who moved rs adoption
sec by Axelson.
Resolved that the City Of Crystal
Falls purchase a right-of-way for an
eight inch main sewer line through
Lot numbered eight Of the Maple
Grove Land and Improvement Com
pany, First addition TO the City OF
CRYSTAL Falls according 70 the record
ed plat thereof for the sum OF seventy
five dollars. Carried
The following resolution was offered
by Klesges who moved its adoption
sec 10y Ronback.
Resolved that the City Of Crystal
Falls purchase a rIght-ot.way for an
eight inch main sewer line through
Lot numbered forty six Of the Maple
Grove Land and Improvement Com
pany's First addition TO the City Of
Crystal Falls according to the recorded
plat thereof tor the sum OF fifty dol
lars. carried
Moved 10y SHELLS and sec by Axelson
that the bond OF John Peterson AS
principal and Hans Poul ,en as surety
in the sum of 500 90 be approved.
Carried
Moved by Klesges and sec by Axel.
son that the claim Of Aryo Feryonen
amounting to ga. so for damages sus-
tanned by water in basement be allow
cd. carried.
Moved 10y John Klesges and sec by
Thos. Penglase that the bills be allow
ed as audited By the auditing commit.
tee and the City Clerk be instructed to
issue order, for same. Carried
GENERAL FUND
DIR. a. A. Metcalf health officer II 90
Robt. NUNS City Treas. Al 60
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-09-19
60 Get Into a sorans.n

ie expression ito get into a scrape"
rred at one time to any one who
into a deer run In the forest.
en- deer run wild in the forest they
uently cut deep gullies among the
s, due to their constantly running
kward and forward over the same
md The cuts so made In the for
were known as deer scrapes,"
II sometimes happened that a
dsman fell into them, to his great
ger.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-09-19
Very Rriaf laaaon.

armer Ito country boarders)-Sor-
that you young folks got stung.
E'd II happenf Spokesman-Well,
see, we were standing beside the
hive wondering how the bees made
ey. / guess they must have over
I'd us, for they came out and gave
4 few points.-Boston Transcript
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-09-19
She Won't Believe Il.

'e don't suppose that 1t will ever
possible to convince a woman that
eat little round hole in the sitting
N rug, where n small amount Of
tied tobacco happened TO fall, mere
eryes to make the place look home
.-Ohio State Journal
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-09-19

obody ever yet looked for griev-
es without finding them or fancy
they did. and nobody was ever
pier for such finding.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-06-10
Speech That Won the Girl

]. B. McGhee of Roswell, N.
NJ, writes to tell of a negro girl
who had two "cullud" suitors,
says the Kansas City Star. One
was a hard working negro who
always had a job, but was a little
short on style. The other never
worked, but Wore fine clothes and
adorned the street corners, and
was without money most of the
time. Both wanted to marry
the girl and she. although strong
1y in favor of style herself, had
a strong hankering after the one
with a steady job. So she de-
cided she would invite them both
to dinner, wait on them herself,
and the one who had the best
manners she would accept. Ac-
cordingly they came to dinner.
She first waited on Jim, the
hard working negro, and said:
Have sugar and cream in your
coffee, Mr.. JIM" Cream only,
if you please, ma'am," replied
Jim.
Then to the stylish sutton
Have sugar and cream in your
coffey, Mr.. Sambo?" Both if
you please, Miss Dinah," said
Sambo, and he added: Miss Di-
nah, you knows de homojonah.
raiikal, tragical, incomprehensi-
BILE, compound extract of de root
a toot-toot oh de sugar, mixed
wild de double distilled compound
discombilities OBJ de cream,
makes de coffee obsquob."
He got the girl.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-06-10
Kentucky Fair Dates.

The following are the dates
fixed for holding the Kentucky
Fairs for.1914, as far as reported.
Officers of fairs are requested to
report to us.any omissions or cor
rections of dates:
Mt. Sterling, July 21-5 days.
Harrodsburg, July 28-4 days.
Berea, Julys29- 8 days.
Taylorsville, Aug. 4-3 days.
Mt. Vernon, Aug. 5-3 days.
Leitchfield. Aug. i'll days.
Perryville. Aug. l2-3 days.
Vanceburg, Aug. 12-4days.
Columbia August lS-4 days.
Hardinsburg, Aug. 1873 days.
Shepherdsville, Aug. l8-4
days.
Stanford, Aug. 1913 days.
Lawrenceburg, Aug. 19-4
days.
Elizabethtown, Aug. 25-3
days.
Grayson, Aug. 29-4 days.
Shelbyville. Aug. 26-3 days.
Frankfort, Sept. IA days.
Alexandria, sept. Is days.
Barboursville, Sept. 2-3 days.
Tompkinsville, Sept. "a days.
Hodgensville, Sept. 8-3 days.
Scottsville, Sept. 1913 days.
Kentucky State Fair, Louis
vile, Sept. As days.
Horse Cave, Sept. 23-4 days.
Pennyroyal Fair, Hopkinsville,
Sept 29-5 days.
Glasgow, Sept. 80 days.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-06-10

Laurence Sterne, that every
time aman smiles but much more
so when he laughs it adds some
thing to his fragment of Iife."
Last of all may be cited the
verdict of Oliver Wendell Holmes
given with his own inimitabie
humor, 'The riotous tumuIt of a
laugh, | take it, is the mob law
the features, and propriety the
magistrates who reads the riot
act. The Sunday Magazine.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-06-10
OF Interest to Farmers.

The average prices of live stock
on the Chicago market last week
as compiled by Drovers' Journal
were: Cattle, $40; hogs $40;
sheep, $3.50; and lambs. $8.25,
On the corresponding week of
last year the averages were: Cat
tie, $50; hogs, $3.50; sheep
Sc, O5; and lambs $7.85.
The War Department has ac-
cepted the bid of an East St.
Louis, ILL.,, commission firm to
furnish 995 horses for the caval-
ry and artillery. The prices
range from $l61 to $l65 a head,
and the total price will be about
$165 600. Bids for 25O mules at
5000 to $3.50. submitted by an
East st. Louis firm. were reject
ed because the prices were deem
ed too high.
A good ration for a horse that
is troubled with indigestion is
mixed as follows: Ground oats
and corn, five pounds each; four
ounces of oil meal, two ounces
of salt, a desert spoonful of pow
dered gentian and a small tea
spoonful of dried sulphate of
iron. If the animal refuses the
ration a little starvation will
make him taste it when his dis
like will cease. Begin with a
small quantity of this ration for
each meal and increase it grad
ually until e full ration is being
fed.
The Secretary of Agriculture
has issued q call for a public con-
ference interested in the sheep
and wool industry, to be held in
Washington, June 2, 8 and 4.
Among the topics suggested by
the Secretary for discussion are
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-06-10
Additions to Cookery.
He got the girl.

Skinned figs put up in heavy
syrup are among the delicious
new conserves. They make an
excellent dessert with whipped
cream.
If you want a touch of bright
green in the salad shred a dozen
or two of the sailed pistachio
nuts and sprinkle over it.
Among the new desiccated
fruits and vegetables which in
clude all kinds from cabbage
and spinach to the berries, there
are raspberries which have re-
tanned their color and flavor and
which are delicious for pies, pud-
dings and sauces. The desic-
Gated soup greens are useful to
have in the storeroom and so are
the parsley and celery which are
so often wanted for fiavoring.
The fruits and vegetables need
to be soaked for two or three
hours before being cooked. But
the soup greens and fiavorings
may be putin and be cooked with
the soup or stew.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-06-10
Paid Tribute to Laughter.

The value of a good-natured
laugh may be rated low by some
people; but many writers have
attested its worth in no measured
terms.
It is not surprising that Chas.
Lamb sould have said, "A laugh
is worth a hundred groans in any
market" but from the lips of
the somber Carlyle one is scarce
ly prepared to hear, mo man
who has once heartily and Who'll
ly laughed can be altogether or
irreclaimably bad"
1t was Douglas Jerrold who
boldly stated that, What was
talked of as the golden chain of
Love was nothing more than a
succession of laughs, a chromatic
scale of merriment reaching from
earth to Olympus"
II am persuaded" wrote
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-06-10
Can't Keep 1t Secret.

The splendid work of Chamberlain's
Tablets is daily becoming more widely
known. No such grand remedy for
stomach and liver troubles has ever
been known. For sale by PAUL Drug
90. AID
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-06-10

the m a n u f acturing value OF
American woods, the improve.
ment of farm and ranch methods
of handling woods; the possible
adaptation of foreign methods
to American conditions; the
Standardization of the wool clip,
and the prevention of damage
by dogs and predatory animals.
Announcement of the dispatch
of mules to Mexico do IS not i'm
press the imagination like adds
patch of warships. One dread
noughtcarries more.of pomp and
circumstance than!does any num-
Der of mules: yet,:in .:Mexico is
the mule the more important war
maker of the two.
If the campaign opens widely
and our troops leave the cities by
the sea to enter upon the,moun-
tain-climbing marches toward
Mexico, it will be the mule that
will carry the m u n:i t i o n
and til e h owitzersa an d
the baggage. He will:treadIwith
safety the narrow trails along
the side of precipices, he will
drag the heavy guns up thelsteep
heights, he will share in the bat
tie and then he will haul the
wounded to the hospitals.
Along the frontiers of the
world, wherever there is a war
there is demand for the mule.
Compared with him the much
Wanted war-horse is a vanishing
fl gme nt of the past. His
strength, his sureness of foot,
his wariness of eye, his ability
to endure, hardships and hard
work on little food and!with lit
tie care, have made him inval-
liable as a campaigner, whether
in deserets or mountains.
The mule has seen the camel
and the elephant disappear from
armies. He may see the horse
vanish. He has seen the motor.
cycle and the motor car come in.
He may see the aeroplane num-
bered by thousands. But it is
not likely he will ever see him.
self superseded in his own line
of work. There may be mules
without war, but probably never
a war without mules.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-06-10

foot cord wood wanted at once at
brtckyard, Columbia, $3.50 per cord.
w. 81. Simms.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1914-03-05

|
him to learn and earn each "a
hours. Educational methods are
broadening eAthat necessary craft
macs ship can be acquired where
mannal dexterity must supply the
means of existence.
Frederick G. Howe, in his book,
The City, expresses his belief
that the real advance of society will
be made along these lines. He
says:
The same motives that have
opeued up breathing spots in the
form of parks, as we'll as public
baths and gymnasiums, in the
crowded quarters, will, in time,
lead to the esta blishment of city
club houses, winter recreation GEN.
ters, where such advantages as are
now found in the social settlement
will be offered. About these CEN
ters the life of the community will
focus for study, play, recreation
and political activity. Here cou-
certs, lectures and human inter
course will be offered.
A sense of the city as home, as
a common authority, thing to be
loved and cared for, will be de-
veIoped. In the city club the sa-
loon will find rival. From such
centers charity work will be carried
on. Here neglected children will
be cared for, here the boys and
girls will find an opportunity of
escape from the street, and the
mother and father common meet
ing ground which is now denied
them.
For city life not only destroys
the home of the poor, it promotes
divorce. The tenemet drives it's
dwellers to the streets and to the
saloon. Private philanthropy has
done much to relieve this condi-
ton through the settlement, but
the service it renders is as much a
public one as are the parks, the
hospitals or the schools. For the
settlement is the equivalent of the
outdoor park. Even from a Pc
cunlary point of view it is good
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1914-03-05
Thoughts Worth While.

This extract is taken from
speech delivered by James Keeley,
editor of the Chicago Tribune at
the Prosperity Dinner in Memphis
some time ago, and which we clip
from The Commercial Appeal. OF
course it's discounection from other
parts of the address will take from
it some of its conclusiveness and
interest, yet that part to which we
give space is so thought productive
it is worth while, and worthy of
that consideration which takes
hold. He spoke as follows:
"With the growth of cities in our
own land has come problems un-
dreamed of when the COWS of the
Pilgrim Fathers laid out the streets
of Boston. The thin trickle of
immigration which was blown
across the Atlantic under sail
swelled with the coming of steam
into a food which up to the end of
last year has poured over 100000
aliens into the eastern gateway.
No wonder the COW paths began to
be crowded and problems came to
face those into whose hands the
task of government was placed.
Everywhere the problems have
been the same. Swiftly inrushing
population has as swiftly raised the
price of land. The cottage with
trim front garden, and Kitchen
garden in the rear, has been re
placed by rows of human packing
cases, one behind another, two or
three on the same lot. Or the cot
tage has been torn down and huge
barracks of tenements erected in
it's stead. Thousands of families
have been forced to live in dark,
damp cellars, or squeezed into a
single room where all the func-
tions of fa amily life are carried on
in the presence and sight of all the
family circle. Thus the slums
have developed.
Science, with the discovery of
germ disease, spread through the
community by personal contact,
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1914-03-05

of filthy human warren; sociology
with its terrible demonstration OF
the certainty with which the slum
turns out physical and moral de-
genera IS to become an expense
and IN 9nace to soclety-thls point
ed the danger, not only TO the slum
dwell9c but to every me % Der of
the community, rich and poor.
Personal discomfort bred per
sonal d iscontent; that in turn TO
mented agitation, and peace and
prosperity fled before the agitator.
It was when these truths began
to force themselves upon the think
ing men of the country, when they
learned that real success could not
come, and real prosperity could
not exist on percentage basis
-95 and 5-that the country be-
gan to waken to the fact that each
man had some obligation to his
brother Some call this new spirit
"social Justice" 1t is, but it is
something more. 1t is common
horse sense and good business.
Breaking down the bitter class
feeling, based largely on mutual
ignorance, is difficult piece of
work, but it is being done and the
job is paying handsome dividends.
The rich man has his private
library and his private art gallery.
Today in large number cities the
the poor man has access to books as
good and pictures as beautiful as
those of his wealthy fellow citizen,
and he has an ownership, too, as
citizen. Don't forget that public
gardens, as beautiful, and often
better, than those belonging to in
dividuals, are his property also.
Today equally as skilIful medical
and surgical attendance can be had
at the public hospital as can be
purchased by the man who willing
ly pays $4,000 to have his appen-
dix removed.
The poor man now has the neigh
borhood center as his club; public
baths and bathing beaches his
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-12-08

pounds ol lin" dust within lfy
minutes ENCOURAGED by Thompson q
su,cess. br he NOync installed an
improved inciueratOr IN q small one
story brick structure On hin over
looking The town ot Washington
Three year AFTER his pioneer ere.
nation De died aud was cromatcd In
bis own institution
To-day about ! per cent of the no.
100000 individuals who die M the
United states annually are incnerat-
od iu the thirty or more crcmatOr-
lums located leo more than half OF ia"
states Ten years ago the ratio was
about one-hali OF one per cent The
movement toward universal crcml
ton is gradually prcading through
ON the world Europe has nearly %
10 iudir, i, Ualoriums. Germany ID
posing Of S.NaN bodies by cremation
iu 1879 Conceded To De the place
of resurrection of the ancient prnr
tiDc. italy leads the world In percent
age of crcmations. while during 1871.
the city OF ST. Call. switzerland. rc.
ported that of tho bodies OF $3.50 ,n.
dINiduals who died there, 2ol were
thus di pOscd of England Is lou
ING toward Che praDtic, Tho "iI'.
! lti"- of Westminster Abbey. the rc
p1tOr for Great nriiaiu'- heroes
recently prohibited the burial 1l
more bodies tlcro They must bo
rrouaied Cremation is becoming a
. necessity. especially around the large
,ontcrs OF population. declare ado
Gates of the practice AZ the rate u.
which ccmeterIcs are incrcasul
around such cities a. Nev YORK 1u.
London, each ol which roqu.r. about
20 acre. ol additional land annual,
Goo bury Doe dead DO uas been pre-
oiDtei THAT fbo cities CO.. the Twins
s.iI. bo HrrHblr ourpmpasscd o.,
r.to. oI Iuo dead humanity U
reluctant fo ly, up the age IONS
practice u. uhUmauon. some anti
,f.lutiDuHs declaring that "VhcI
tho body B. consumed Ur heat th.
uW 100 fur sam, time destroyed .
loH1l. minded ohicrfors ALSO point
0.I chat % destroys 900 evidence OIL
.D.m' whore murder D.. poison rl,
been committed lu rho reply 'h,
rr,uHrpuiet. argue .fhJt cremation
%. tho only uvgeui. sanitary aud
. DDnnm. method U' dIepu..ur of 01I
lH1
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-12-08
CREMAT ION As A
PRACTICE CROWS
FIRST SCIENTIFIC CREMATION
~ UNITED STATES EIGHTY.
THIEF YEARS NGp

Tmrty-ciRht years ago today the
first scientific cremation BOO tho
United state took ppcc NJ wash
.urtou. Pa. The pioneer crcm1tDt
was Dr p. Julius I.c Moync, and the
ubIcct YVES the bots of Baron &C.
Palm nut 'ho American prcce Tenn
had be- set eighty three Year, be-
tor, when under penalty of lops'1J
"a lera s. OF 60.0uu pounds 81 b' woe
fused tr, son ol irury luurus
ulh Carolina .oyOlutionars I1.
riot. CONSIGNED Dol. father body 20
% funeral pyre The CHASTITY cVpr..
fence OF seeing b.s infant child come
To- life just before burial In the earth
Be- said 10 have been responsible for
Lauren demand Co Doe crcmat" T.
The origin of cremation is lost boz
the DAYS OF uurecordod history r.
} was ptuciiced spOradicaIly hy th" pre-
Christian civilizations except boz
those countries whose roh-on. jn.'
as do some rslgious tosat forahlc
/ iis practice Tho parsccs wore W1r
shippers 90 fire. hui prohibited
nation bo,ru.c o' the opinion t...
: the tire Uss thus polluted Th.
/ GrcoFs r fhc Romans practI.ri
Dromaton while the Egyptians D.
/ sidorcI 90 au act Of On auisw a.I
dI posed of their dead ,y oor'H l.r
.Hl Tho revival of tho practice o.
t.ro.o iu 'Ie O., century so. srH.
od .iI horror by tho medieval pp.-