The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-03-28

was read by Mrs ID. M Ross at the
Woman's Club meeting held at the
home OF Mrs Herman Holmes. We'd
nesday. March H.
The city Of Crystal Falls was
really created in tine fall of 1850. by
George RunlSel and Mr.. Hollister, who
secured the land npon which the city
now stands. They purchased the land
from Gnido Pfister who had bough
directly from Government. and in 1881
began to lay out the town lots. The
population began with about 300 with
an increase of about 5000 at the pres
emit time.
The city was divided into 3 wards
Ths general Impress as TO the purity
of the governments OF the city Is good
morally so. and is generally conceded
one of the purest on the peninsula.
Very soon, during the next 80 days
the American housewives will be busy
at their annual house cleaning. hus-
bands may flee home, sons threaten
departure for the wild west, but spring
house cleaning goes merrily on rising
superior to all masculine objections.
In the end both house and household
are the better for the literal shaking
up they get. even the husband and
father feels glow OF pride as he set
ties back into his new sanitary and
shining home, and gazing on the
cleanliness wrought by his wife. he
wonders why the cleaning force in his
Office building, store, or factory and
the city csnLot take Lessons from the
eminently efficient housewife. She
could show them the right way TO run
cleaning force TO clean up the city
streets, she, with her knowledge of
sanitation, should not be confined by
the four walls of her home. The
municipality and the state need it and
the home will be the better when the
town as well AS the home is kept
clean. What use is this desperate toll
of women for 1, 2 or weeks that per
house may be fair within, If without
the Lefty is incompassed with munich.
pal neglect. what would happen II all
the efficient housewives were TO rise
zen masse" tomorrow and say TO
their easy going city officials Gentle
men, next week, begin my annual
house cleaning. Ii is duty owe my
family, means of preserving the
health of my household We the wo-
men of our town. the wives of the
men. who have placed you In Office.
demand that you give the city the
same sort of thorough cleaning. We
point out to you the following danger
spots IN this city. disgrace TO our
citys fair name What do you think
would happent Why not start thi Is
year to give our city its first Clean up
day, It's first taste OF municipal house
clesningy Like the woman of North
Yakima, Wash. checked the cruel
spread of typhoid fever, how the wo-
man of New Orleans raised the assess
ed property value in that city from
one hundred and fifty million to two
hundred and fifty million just by re-
ducing epidemics through municipal
sanitation, How the woman OF Kirk
Vile. Mo. secured street cleaning
when the city officials had no money
with which to hire white wings or buy |
brooms, shovels or wagons how Mrs.
Caroline Crane of Kalamazoo, Mich. |
is in demand among city officials as an
efficient expert in sanitation for cities
with sGall funds at their command
We demand "A clean street in front OF
orr home. we know the adjoining
streets and alleys must also be clean
thus the desire for cleaner town
creates circles as pebble tossed into
pool The circles reaching to the
extreme corners OF our city This ma y
be a novelty in unr town, Woman and |
men like novelty, they will nelp FIRST,
perhaps just for fun, next, because
they believe in Clean mp Day Let us
preach the gospel OF every day cleauh
ness and put II into practice everS day
a single day of cleaning up and S64 OF
Indifference will work no SAM airy
marvel in our town. The woman who
deliberately losses dish water Ia the
alley or empties her dust pan over the
back fence cannot complain il the city
officials have not street cleaners. City
ordinances are all very we'll but the
example of the home maker is far
effective We can control conditions
and arouse public sentiment by set
tag a good example. How can we
but create n demand for municipal
cleanliness for Clean up Day in our
town. First by feeling II ourselves.
The American man is notoriously care
ieaa abouf the condition of afraat -.