The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-04-25
co. TREAS. ENJOINED
BY LIQUOR DEALERS
THOSE REFUSED LIcENcE IN IRON
RIVER TIE Up PROCEEDINGS
CLAIM BONDS ARE IMPERFECT
Clarence Dwysr. as Attorney For Those
Refused Licenses. Is Directing the
Legal Battle For Losers

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There was something more to talk
about in. Iron River last Wednesday
than Mexican wai and the great
amount of ore in the vicinity. The
Reporter, which has been issuing
"Uxtras" on the war abroad. had TO
discard foreign news for tidings of the
civil war in Iron River This civil
strife commenced with the refusal of
liquor licenses 10 four old dealers by
the new council and their palces flied
with new dealers
The big guns OF the contesting
.dreadnaughts were turned on the
brewery combination by the insur
4 rectoes and on Wooster by the regulars.
The insurrectoes claimed that the de-
nying of licenses to four OF the saloon
keepers was the result of brewery
agent scheme whereby Licenses were TO
be given only to those willing to buy
beer from certain persons. The reg
ulars claimed that Wooster, the present
owner of the Boyington house, is per-
soma non graft with the big bulk of
the people of Iron River and that the
refusing of license to him was but
carrying ont the wishes of the ma
jority.
However. let be as it may, the
dealers VINO were refused license
came TO Crystal Falls and hired
Clarence Dwyer to poke holes in the
proceedings and Clarence Immediately
armed himself with a crow bar and
started his battering ram at work.
The vulnerable portion of the ''regu-
lar fortification was found TO be the
bonds which we're presented and &C
cepted by the council last Wednesday
evening Mr.. Dwyer was present
Wednesday ana bad his eagle eye open
all the time. He tried first to pre-
vail upon the council TO change its
position but that body Immediately
proceeded to sit down on Mr.. Dwyer
so hard that his hat was crowded down
over his ears. 1t was the place of
statesmen and Legislators, not lawyers,
so Mr.. Dwyer was told.
Some time in the wee hours of the
night Mr.. Dwyer retreated TO his own
Notifications back of Chicogan creek
and prepared his heavy artillery for
a resumption of the battle at day
break. The first move was to send "A
detachment to capture the county
treasurer Office. Armed with an in
junction from the circuit court COM
missioner, Mr.. Dwyer sent his corps
commander. Sam Jacobs, to take the
place and he took it just in time TO
prevent it's falling into the hands of
detachment Of Iron River regulars who
made the trip in an automobile so as
to surprise the enemy but who were
themselves surprised and compelled TO
retreat.
As the war now stands. the
county treasurer is prevented from is
suing TO the dealers the necessary red
cards The next move must be made
by the council and the select among
the warning dealers for unless they
move, Mr.. Dwyer and his clients have
IS days in wnioh TO serve their papers
and that will bring the date after the
first of May, the date on which the
new year opens in the liquor dealing
world
: shonld Mr. Dryer succeed in knock
ing out the action OF the council it
will me9t that the city fathers will
hav9nothing 10 say as to who shall or
who'shall not have licenses in Iron
River but each applicant must be
taken in turn as his application was
filed aud Mr.. Dwyer made sure TO
have his clients first four ON the list
20 II will be devil take the hind
most" shonld the scramble start