The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-12
DRY PETITIONS
NOT ACTED ON
ONE WEEK FROM NEXT THURSDAY
THE BOARD WILL DECIDE
CERTIFIED COPIES FILED
attorneys For the Vets Got Poll List
Duplicates and Filed Them as
Part of Original Petition

eAboNA lHdl Htlh
assembled at a meeting OF the county
board of supervisors in many a year
was present when the meeting was
called to order last Saturday at the
court house The delegation included
almost all of the prominent dry
advocates in the county, the very
large proportion of the attendance
being FROM the west side of the county.
Prominent among the members present
were Supt. Chss. f. Lawrence,
Gen. Mgr. G.. l.. Woodwork, Supt.
ID. II. Campbell, Nels Fisher /. W.
Byers, olof Helgemo. L. S. Coe, Mr..
Sopher, Mr.. Hane and other west
side and d. M. Ross. Andrew Os-
trand, Rev. Coombe, Rev. Davis.
Ole Oss, Isaac Anderson and many
others from Crystal Falls.
The petitions asking for the submis-
sion of the question OF local option
TO the vot-rs at the April election
was filed at 4 30 p. m. Friday night
oy Mr.. Lyon, an attorney associated
with Mr.. Byers at Iron River. The
petitions showed 9sl signers az fol-
lows:
Second Ward. Crystal Falls City 1l2.
Precinct No. ?, Twshp. Crystal
Falls ~.
Precinct No. /, Stambaugn 143.
First Ward. City Crystal Falls g.
hemstite Township "a.
Precinct No. /, Twshp Crystal
Falls 67.
Precinct No. 1. Twshp. iron River III.
Precinct No. 4. Stambaugh 9s.
Mansfield Township H.
Third Ward. CITY Crystal Fails 30.
Precinct No. p Twsp. Iron River 30
Mastodon Township 4G.
Bates Township l57.
Clerk Wall reported to the board
that the total number of ballots cast
at the last general election was 2,246
and the board figured out that the
number net sary to Cause an election
TO be called was no Chat K 40 i..sza
arity was found with the petitions
they would have TO call an election.
On motion committee consisting
.of Lyons. Rowe and Benson was
appointed to look over the petitions
and report to the board If everything
was regular. The committee was on
It's way ont OF the room to begin it's
lahors when Clarence ID. Dwyer and
A. Frank Dixon, attorneys foi the
vets, appeared and upon ascertaining
the steps taken they asked TO be heard
so the committee was called back and
the fireworks turned on.
Mr.. Dwyer called attention 20
bundle of papers lying on the table In
front OF the clerk and asked Nj Wall
IT they had been presented TO the
board as a part OF the petition Mr.
Wall said that 10 had not as the paper
bad just been discovered 10y him that
he didn' know ITS contents but that
he would right then and there file II
and the document became part OF
the proceedings and very important
one Now, t seems that the language
ot the statute is that the petitions
shall contain the names Of the qualified |
electors Of the election district as
shown 10y the poll lIst of the last
preceding election and that IL snail be !
accompanied 10y "A certified copy of the |
lists il one can be secured. The drys I
didn. secure the poll lists and there |
tore the certified copy did not accom-.
pany their petition. probably upon |
the assumption that such copies |
couldn't be secured
The vets had anticipated this and |
had secured copy of the poll lists OF |
the county and in the name IF II. n.
Webb, one of the signers of the dry
petitions, asked that il be considered
as n part OF the petitions.
The point is this. II the certified
copy OF the poll lists we're filed IL
would be, according TO the statute.
the duty OF the county clerk before
presenting the petitions to the superyi.
sors to compare the names on the LISTS
I'll ID with those on the poll lists.
The attorneys for the vets main.
tained that the paper flied in the name
of Mr. Webb constituted part or The
petition, that Mr. Wall had not
done as the statute required IN snch
paQog and tlorafora fho m efit iopo xv ~. /
not regularly tefore the board.
Mr.. Byers and MIR. Lyon for the