The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-08-01
THE DEVELOPMENT euREAI


motive, in denying request of the
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
for assistance. has evidently stirred up
the question OF the utility OF the
bureau. The press of the peninsula is
turning it's attention TO the question
and a discussion of the bureaus utility
is now up. The Menominee Herald
Leader very frankly says:
Right OF wrong, the U. Pen. Develop
ment bureau is coming in for season
of panning What the ultimate effect
win DO is difficult TO forecast, bat il
may cause the bureau TO take an in.
ward look and ask the question il all
institutions in Cloverland are being
treated by the bureau with the con-
sideration which they have accorded
the bureau.
The element Of selishness, innate
in all Of us. is more or less in evidence
In this question. IL is, OF course, un-
fair TO charge the bureau with being
Of no benefit TO this county because no
settler has been located in Bates town
ship during the past year or two. The
Bureau is not designed to bring about
local results but rather to bring about
conditions so that localities may get
results. Have they brought about such
conditionsf That is fair question and
the only one competent az this time.
The Diamond Drill has contended
from the start that the bureau has not
done this very thing that it spent
too much time in footing the horn of
Cloverland instead of furnishing the
elements whereby Cloverland each
and every section of il, could foot its
own horn.
In this connection we beg to call at
ention to the position taken by orr old
friend George Newett on the stump
question. He has contended we
have held with him in our feeble way
that the first necessary requisite to
the regulating Of our wild lands is to
get those lands into condition so that
a man can make living on them
while he Is cleaning up a farm. Forty
acres Of ,tumps is mighty univiting
dish TO hand out 10 man for breakfast
the fret morning on his new farm in
Cloverland, and il is this fact and the
additional fact that there are no loan
able funds available in this section
that is keeping our lands from being
colonized. II 500, 600 were available
In Crystal Falls today for development
purposes we could put hundreds Of
p sople on lands in this vicinity: not
people from other states who come
here TO speculate in lands and hold
them in wild state but actual settlers
who have been acclimated here. The
bureau has aone lot of advertising Of
Cloverland; ID has tnrned the attention
of Some to this country but il has done
nothing that we know Of to assist the
fellow in Cloverland 20 make this SEC
ton u section Of homes
In this correction we want 10 call
the attention of our friends on the bur
eau 70 what our Wisconsin neighbors
have done The writer had the priv
lege recently Of talking with one OF
the southern Wisconsin mon who ac-
eompanied the Wisconsin bankers on
the tour that was made through north.
ern Wi ,consin ana he said 10 me. II
want 20 say to you that what we saw
In the north was revelation to M
and you can rest assured that every
sfort will be made TO complete the
plans, made on that trip, TO furnish
The northern part Of this state with
funds think that | represent the
sentiment of our bankers when saw
that il Is our purpose to see that no
legitimate request from tho men who
are making that section OF this etate
productive will 90 UNDECIDED in the
future. " That's what they are doing
over in Wisconsin and our bureau
could do just as efficient work IN this
state IL IL would cease spending its
money for advertising and spend a lit.
tie in rounding up the money that lies
in lower Michigan looking for safe
Investment.
The lands of this upper peninsula
are held manly by foreign corpora
lions, some Of them drawing immense
revenues from the minerals, so that
they don't care very much whether
their lands are settled or not. Again,
the most fertile and promising part OF
Iron county is held today In sort Of
fudal estate that can't be bought.
So arrogant are the owners that no
answer will be given to prospective
purchaser. The lands will be held
intact until someone with millions
comes around and lays the millions
on the Massachusetts tables Of these
fudal lords. The dollars that the
bureau IL spending in telling the
good points of ClOvorland Il MI ~