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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-02-20

Instructions: Make cross (X)
in the square In front of the name OF
the persons you favor for commits
sioners at large Vote for four only
Make a cross (X) in the square in
front of the name of the person you
favor for commissioner from your
ward. Vote for one only.
II you wish 10 vote for a candidate
not on the ballot, write or place the
name of such candidate In the blank
space under the name Of the office,
and make a cross (X) in the square
at the. left of such space.
Before leaving the booth, fold the
ballot so the initials of the inspector
may be seen on the outside.
For Charter Commissioner, at large
Vote for four only
(Name) ................,...
tName) .....,......'.''..''.. ..',.'...''',
BLANK space ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
... Ward.
For Charter Commissioner.
Vote for one only)
(Name) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
(Name) ........t....,...
BLANK spaced ..........,..,..,...
(Naysl Penglase, Shells, Axelson,
and Klesges.
(Ayes) Ronback, and Miesler.
Resolution Lost.
There being no further business on
motion meeting was adjourned, to
the 18th day Of February
A. y. 1915 at 8 o'clock p. M.
w. Gribbie,
City Clerk
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-02-20

We have a nice lot a. dry pine wood.
just The thing FOR your range Phone
PCS, Enterprise Lumber CO. adv.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-02-20

Third Ward. Carried
The following Resolution was Of
fered by Meisler who moved IT'S adop-
ton supported by Ronback
Resolved. That the council OF the
Fcity OF Crystal Falls, does hereby de-
clare for general revision OF the
charter OF said city; and
Resolved. That the question OF
having such general charter revision
shall be submitted to the electors OF
said city for adoption or rejection. by
ballot, at the next annual city election
TO be held in said city on the FIRST
Monday OF April. 1915: and
Resolved. That at said election a
charter commission for the general
revision OF said charter shall be elect
ed consisting OF one eIector from
each ward and four electors elected
at large: and
Resolved, That the Official ballot TO
be used at said election for the pur-
pose OF voting on said question and
such commissioners, and the instruc-
tions thereon, shall be in substan-
TALLY the following form; viz;
Official Ballot
INSTRUCTIONS you wish TO vote
in favor of a general revision of the
charter of the City of Crystal Falls,
make a cross (X) in the square at the
right of the word Yes" opposite the
question to be voted upon below.
II you wish to vote against a gem
eral revision of such charter, make a
cross (X) in the square at the right
of the word no" opposite the ques-
ton TO be voted upon below.
Question TO be voted on.
Shall there be General Revision
OF the Charter OF the City OF Crystal
Falls!
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-02-20

December 5, 1914.
Meeting of the County Road Com
missioners Of Iron County held in the
Countyroad commissioners room in
the colsft house In the City of Crystal
Falls This 9Th day Of December, 1914,
Chairman w A. Holmes being
absent meeting was called to order
by Jas. $. Wall
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved
Moved by commissioner Wall and
supported by commissioners Gibson
that bills. payrolls and estimates be
allowed as read.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-02-20

(FIrst publication Jan. 30; last. Feb.
20, 1850
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
noNT,s FOR Grprs WHO SWIM

In the July Woman's Home Companion appears a page devoted to the outdoor girl. It includes five short articles-one about the girl who swms, another about the girl who goes camping, another about down-east clam balle another about a honeymoon tramp and another about the girl and the garden.
 In the first article appears the follow ing donts for the girl who swims
 Don't use a bathing suit which is more stylish than comfortable. Bathing suits should be loose, especially about the waist and legs. Bathing corsets. if worn, should be supple and not tight. Tights or woolen knee. trousers are better than baggy leaving the legs freer. Don't wear a round garter. It may lead to cramp. If l a shoe must be worn, let it be a simple loose canvas slipper.
 Don't enter the water an inch at a | time, if 1t is cool. Run into surf and plunge under, quickly If a pool or river. jump or dive in so as to get wet all over at once But don't jump or dive into .eep water unless you know its temperature Unexpected cold sometimes paralyzes. Don't swim or bathe when tired or for longer time than the body is con- fortaby warm. It lowers the vitality. Don't let anyone entice you to do , what you are afraid to do, whether it be dive, long swim, or contest with heavy surf. Fear of the water is natural;
 conquer 1t by degrees and quietly, never by the sink swim method.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
Interest in the Summer School

Only a few years ago the summer school as a feature of university and high school activity was new in many sections of the country. In the south with commencement over all instltu- tions of learning were closed until the fall term began. The summer was a season of idleness with large per centage of undergraduates. College bows from the farm were expected to work in the field during vacation, but the majority of city boys, whose parents could indulge them, put in their time having fun.'
 Every faithful instructor and every youth who has been diligent at study is entitled to a seasonable amount of rest between terms, but no member of the student body needs three months of it. Too much rest is bad for him.
 The summer school is filling Hong felt want" There are now many such institutions in the south and it is en- couraging to know that the attendance ;;ss ;ss increasing every year. All am bilious young persons who can afford the small cost and all those who are striving to qualify themselves for the teaching profession or some other in- tellectual calling will be found en- rolled in one of the summer schools.
 The summer faculties are, as rule, exceptionally strong, and the summer school work is greatly enjoyed. Here in Alabama all the educational insti- tutions have made wonderful progress within the past five years. Their courses have broadened and their faculties have been strengthened. And never was there so much enthusiasm among the students, so much eager ness to acquire knowledge, as we find at the present time.
 The summer school must get credit for large part of the steadily grow ing interest in education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
Obey Voice of the People

The Age Herald takes little stock in the report that the legislative delegation from this county will ig- nore sthe vote of the people in the referendum election June 28.
 It is true that the report has gained ground, and it is true that Mr. Shapiro has stated boldly that unless certain conditions presented by himself are acceded to he will not be bound by the mere result of the three or five commissioner fight"
 However, The Age Herald is con- yinced that irrespective of the feeling which at present animates the breasts of the local legislators, in the end they will admit that even greater than they are the people who clothed them in the sable robes of high office
 The five-commissioner bill of Sena- tor Judge is so fraught with peril to good, sane and honest government that the commission would have been derelict in the performance of its duty had it not named date on which the people might express their verdict. The bill intends simply to open broad opportunity for the acquisition of fat jobs by certain individuals who have constantly longed to sit in position of authority over their neighbors, the people. There is reason to believe that these individuals, were they put into office by the delegation, would, in imitation of the example of the mem- bers of the board of revenue, periodi- cally and with fine success urge the legislature to increase their salaries.
 The delegation was determined to put the bill through the legislature, so determined that in acquiring strength, various compromises in the form of amendments, were made. There was no other recourse open to the commission, therefore, save to call upon the people.
 The people will express themselves vigorously and the intimation that the delegation will ignore that expression is the merest twaddle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
Unto the Least"

A remarkable party of forty chil- dren, chaperoned by Mir. and Mrs. Charles Page of Tulsa, Okla, will visit the San Diego and San Francisco ex- positions on trip which will begin in July and cover month.
 This remarkable family represents the older children adopted by Charles Page, the multimillionaire, and his wife. Page has adopted 800 children in all. Many of them are now living at the Sand Springs home of the Okla homa philanthropist.
 The Sand Springs farm comprises six thousand acres, and will eventual ly go as an endowment to the home for children, whkh this modest man of wealth has established and supports.
 Charles Page began life in bitterest poverty, and now that he has ac- quired millions, it is his aim and pur- pose to help those who need practical help, especially children. He is not endowing massive public buildings to perpetuate his name, but he is gath ering in the homeless, fatherless chil- dren, and not only providing for their every material need, but giving them a fathers love as we'll Every Sunday Page spends the day with his children, as he calls them, and there is almost a fight to see which one of them shall sit upon Daddy" Pages knee.
 The children of the Sand Springs home are given every educational ad- vantage, and are sent to musical con- servatories, if they show any especial talent for music.
 It is just characteristic of this big hearted man, that he should want to see the exposition, not selfishly, but in company with a swarm of joyous children, who but for him would be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
Snare the Rod

Children learn very rapidly ob- served a bachelor who lives at family boarding house. q remember when l was a boy my father licked me. The thrashing was not what hurt so bad and ranked so deeply as the fact that he would not let me cry. I soon learned to dry my tears although bleeding in ternally, so to speak.
 At our house there is a little boy probably a little more than two years old, who is fast learning to obey his father under fear of punishment swift and severe. Sometimes the little chap will get up on the wrong side of the bed and nope around the house all day until he has succeeded In drawing down the wrath of his father by his peev- ishness.
 And so there is an interview with c switf, the man telling the child to laugh and enforcing his command It is comical and at the same time pa thetic to see the little fellow open his mouth and give vent to a hollow 'ha, har with the tears rolling down his checks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
A Cannon Hospital"

A correspondent writing from Ber- lin describes a visit he made recently to cannon hospital" on the German frontier of France, whose exact loca- ton, for obvious reasons, he is not all lowed to reveal. In the early part of the war the Germans sent damaged artillery, both their own make and captured guns, back to Germany for repairs, but the great works at Essen and elsewhere were already working overtime making new guns. It also re- quires time and labor to transport cannon any distance. To overcome these disadvantages the Germans es- tablshed a "cannon hospital' in a French foundry and machine works, which was convenient and adapted to the work.
 In three weeks the plant was put in operation, under the direction of an expert engineer who was captain of reserves. He soon gathered together several hundred highly skilled ma- chinists and since then wonders have been accomplished. All kinds of guns are repaired in AS hours and made lit erally as good as new. There are huge howitzers that hurl 42-centimeter shells, machine guns, mine throwers, field pieces, cannon and mortars, dam aged in every conceivable way. An interesting feature of the work is making over captured English and French guns to fit German shells. Ma chine guns lend themselves readily to this sort of repatriation" It is com paratively simple matter to change the allegiance" of captured guns. The soldier workmen at the hospital" are aided by old civilians who were for merly employed in the factory. These receive 10 cents an hour for eight hours day.
 The foundry can make something besides cannon. Iron hospital beds are it's by-product. The victim of Ire juvenated" cannon may convalesce on bed that was made at the same time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
A Human Paradox

Nothing is more contrary than hu- man nature. A paradox in human form has been brought to light in Chicago by the so-called police graft case"
 Nathan Steinberg is quoted by newspaper reporters as saying that he has never drunk liquors, smoked nor dissipated, and has made it custom to pray twice day. Yet this man ad- mits that within the last ten years he has stolen million dollars worth of property and disposed of it.
 Such a contradiction is incompre- hensible except when viewed in the light of human inconsistency, and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
TREATING THE NEW CAR RIGHT

By H. w. Slauson in Leslies
 An experienced motor car builder who has made a pronounced success in his field, urges upon the purchasers of the eight-cylinder model that he has brought out in addition to the previous Four" that they should never under any condi- tion drive their car faster than 30 miles an hour for the first 20 miles. This means that the purchaser must forego the temptation to test the hill-climbing abil- ity of his car on high for the first two or three weeks, and should be content to shift to a lower gear on any grade that he might hope to ascend with ease when the motor is eventually thoroughly worked in.
 Aside from the mechanical consdera- tions that render such conservative op- eration advisable, there is the common sense which says that the driver of any car with which he is unfamiliar should exercise due caution in its operation To handle a car with a maximum of safety and comfort. the different controls should be very part of the driver himsef. and such familiarity cannot be obtained in a few miles, Furthermore, any weakness which may be inherent in that particular car or model will be brought out with due warning and may be remedied before serious damage is done It is far safer, as well as more economical. to dis cover weak steering gear or an ab- normally tight bearing when travelling at 20 or 25 miles an hour than would be the case were the car pushed to it's limit and the weakness asserted itself at 4C or 90 miles an hour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
HOW MILLIONS ARE WASTED

From Leslie's.
 This is the age of commissions. Both of the old parties have been only too ready to appoint commissions on every conceivable subject, spending millions of dollars of the taxpayers money, oft- en to no purpose. These commissions have always been one-sided affairs, too, as George W. Perkins brought out in recent address. Not one single commis- sion," said he, has been appointed and not one dollar has been appropriated to study the economic side of the indus trial development of the age not dol- lar to find out whether any of these large interstate concerns have found a way to improve. the relations existing between capital and labor to improve the conditions under which men and women work, to increase wages, to economize in output, to save the waste; not a dollar has been appropriated to
 find out what other countries are doing along similar lines.'
 A striking example of this sort of folly is the commission appointed to make a physical valuation of the rail- roads. This stupendous undertaking will cost at least $12,000,000 and cover a period of eight or 10 years. The result Of this long and expensive inquiry will be the discovery that the railroads of the country are today not over capi- talized. We has $12,000,O 900 for this sort of work but not a dollar for the con- structive investigations referred to by MT Perkins. Germany, appreciating, as we have not, the evolution that has been going on in modern industry and commerce, pursued for 20 years a col,- structive policy of centralization and CO., operation, securing for herself Ire. mendous increase in foreign trade and bringing prosperity to her people. Isn't it time for the United States to learn this more rational method of dealing With the trusts and corporations?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
The Cotton situation

A prominent New York cotton broker age house in its Saturday review said in part:
 The cotton market has presented a firm undertone all week. notwjthstandinr the uncertainty over the international sit uation and the consequent indisposition on the part of traders to make any new commitments for the time being. While many interested in the cotton trade con- tend that with the Presidents last note the crisis has been passed, they still be- heve that 1t is wiser to make haste slowly untli the political atmosphere Das be n cleared. Furthermore. the market is be- ginning to come under the Influence of the forthcoming government reports whlch are due on July 1. These will be most important documents, with a prob able far-reachng effect on prices. The general feeling now is that the acreage decrease will be a little larger than re- gently estimated, and will on the average be about 15 per cent. From present indi- cations it will probably be shown that the biggest acreage curtailment is in .he southwestern portion of the belt. pnrricu- larly in Oklahoma
 Merchants in tte export divjsion of the trade are speaking optimisticaliy and i, Is believed that big strides haze been male in developing new markets at-tid It is to be noted that inquiries are begin- ming to come through from Italy for goods suitable for var purposes such as cotton duck. and it seems reasonable to expect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
Indication of Business Improvement

There are indications of general improvement in the business situation in all parts of Alabama" remark ed Dan B. Williams, travelling representa- tive of the Wimberly & Thomas Hard- ware Co.
 My territory extends throughout the state and I make small as well as large towns and cities. Business for both May and June has been as good if not bet ter than that for the same period of last year and this is saying a great deal considering the depression which has prevailed in the cotton market. "speaking of cotton, there has been indeed much diversification this year.
 A large amount of grain is now being grown in this state and this is calcu-
 lated greatly to benefit the producer. Naturally the rural sections of the state
 have felt keenly the financial loss which has been incurred by everyone who has depended to any extent on the cotton crop; and a valuable lesson in husbandry has been taught which will probably never be forgotten. Towns and cities have also been affected by
 this state of affairs. But agricultural
 and financial affairs have now been | practically adjusted to a decreased val
 nation of cotton products; and there are some live towns in this state In his connection let me say a good word foi Gadsden. This city, indeed, Is one | of the most progressive industrial and
 agricultural centers to be found any | where in the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
WHAT MOTHERS NEED TO KNOW


 Tn the better babies department of the July Woman's Home Companion appears the following Mother Calendar for July:
 I. Have clothing loose and light The child two years or more needs nothing but sandals and rompers with a this knitted shirt, low-necked and sleeveless, if there is tendency to bowel trouble.
 II.
 Babies require only knitted belly bands. shirt and diaper. with plain plain slip if desired. For cool nights and mornings add lightweight kimono, nightdress ar sacque of Shaker or outing flannel. 'On very hot days give baby a cleans- ing bath in the morning, a cooling bath before bed time. When baby is feverish eight ounces of alcohol may be added to one quart of warm water and used as | sponge bath.
 When the baby suffers from prickly heat do .not use soap. but put a cup of bran meal in a cheesecloth bag ana stir this in the bath water until the water takes milky hue.
 V.
 Never expose the baby to the sun In hot weather. If protected from the flies by mosquito netting the baby may take an outdoor nap in the shade of the porch or tree."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
IN>HOTEL LOBBIES
No Talk of Deprc..ion Now

From the beginning of the European war until late in the fall. the business oi this country was. believe, more demor- alized than ever before, but, thanks to the federal reserve board and the big bankers of New York. the tide was stemmed.' said Alex T. Gardiner of hil- adelphia.
 improvement in business, slow but sure' began to be apprecable just iefore the holidays, and there was marked im- provement in February.
 Business recovery has been rapid with In the past four or five weeks, and one seldom hears talk of depression in any trade or manufacturing center.
 This year will be remembered as a year of splendid crops The billion-dollar wheat crop in sight is already stlmulat- ing trade and the souths crop diversifi- cation movement is regarded in my part of the country as of incaculabie alue Cotton will bring a good price and the south's future was never as bright as 1t is now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
remarkable power of self deception of which many people are capable.

remarkable power of self deception of which many people are capable.
 Just as ones own troubles seem to be harder to endure than those of anyone else, so his own sins are more easily excused by the misdoer.
 Not very many people see them selves in an honest mirror-if indeed they ever indulge in self examination Palllating excuses are readily found for self. It is not probable that within the last ten years, during which period 1t is alleged he committed his thefts, Nathan Steinberg looked at himself occasionally while he pro- nounced the reflection "a thiefo-it is more likely that he consoled himself that he was merely "grafting" as many another supposedly honest man was doing.
 II the practice of self-examination
 AHOic ScHeIdl, there would be less drifting into wrong paths. If men stopped to get their bearings and re- allze In what direction they were go- ing, they would many times call halt, before it became too late. The history of many downfall may be summed up in the erroneous theory of Steinberg, who says:
 Tt Is easier to be crooked than straight, and more profitable. got Tn With bad gang, and here I am.o
 Stop and ask yourself, whither are you going?
 Are you putting forth all your ef- fort in the right direction?
 or' are you drifting with the crowd?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15

deprived of all the advantages and pleasures which are now theirs.
 Pages gift to the world is doubly valuable. For this quiet, retiring man is giving not only of his wealth, but giving of his time and accompanying the gift with all the tenderness and af- lection of big hearted man.
 "The gift without the giver is dead" But the Charles Page brand of philan- thropy is alive-it is an outpouring of wealth, affection and genuine sympa- thy for the children of poverty and misfortune.
 Page is building a monument, not of stone and mortar, but of useful, helpful human lives.
 That is the type of public spirited ness which is needed!