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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-02
WHERE JAMES STANDS

Congressman James seems to have
adopted a policy OF coming right out
and telling where he stands on vital
questions. II is an attitude, says the
Calumet News, which will appeal
strongly to his constituents, for the
people like frankness and degree OF
independence in their representatives.
In the matter OF military prepared
ness for defense and woman's suffrage
Congressman James has expressed
himself for both of them. He also is
opposed to the continuance OF Fort
Brady at the 500. taking the larger
national view that the fort is use
less institution. no longer needed and
a drain on army funds. The congress
man thus shows he knows his own
mind and has the courage OF his con-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-02
REPORTING LAW VIOLATION

In Los Angeles rather unusual
system OF enforcing the law is being
tested The chief OF police has issued
general invitation TO the public to
report traflc and speed law violations,
And why not? Assuming that the
testimony thus gathered is competent,
an automobile or carriage driver who
neglects TO observe the rules of safe
ty first" could soon be brought TO Jus
tice. Other cities will be interested
I'm the success or failure which shall
follow the experiment in Los Angeles.
Complaints will be received by tele-
phone at police headquarters. and no
tice will be sent each time to the al
legged offender The idea OF gathering
such evidence is good. but telephone
reports may be untrustworthy.
Some may think 4 novel procedure
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-02

Several old farmers, while waiting
at city station for belated train,
fell to a heated discussion as to what
sympathy really is. Finally one said !:
wal, I've never heard any one as
was able TO tell jest what symp'thy
was, an l don't think any one kin"
At this juncture, a dude, thinking
he'd have some fun at the farmers
expense. spoke up
IT think l can illustrate exactly
what sympathy is" said he.
AT a questioning look from all he
began:
"The other day while out in the
country / saw cow with her calf
standing along the roadside. Wishing
to show my respect to the animal. ]
stepped up and patted the calf. Then
that old COW, turning two loving eyes
upon me, licked my hand tenderly.
Now that is what l would call genu-
inc sympathy"
RI M lnht WASH syWpalhS' iHo'
was instinct" said one OF the farmers
looking him over
"why, how do you get instinct out
Of that" asked the dude.
"Why, that old COW had twin calves
and she thought you was the other
one" said the old farmer. amid roar
.of laughter from the bystanders.-
Ex
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-02

The Iron County Welfare Associa-
ton published big three column six
teen inch ad last week in the Crystal
Falls Diamond Drill, headed Local
Option Enforcement Law in Iron
County" 1t was slam" at the
Iron County officers. the county
board and Editor Pat O'Brien, Of
the Iron River Reporter, 1t seems
that O'Brien has criticised, editorial
ly, the action of the above associa-
ton in bringing specials" from low
err Michigan TO secure convictions
and to act as witnesses IN local OPP
ton cases, thus making an expense
on the taxpayers. We don't often mix
in controversies I'm other counties. but
when II affects good fellow like Pat
OBrien, we are not going to pass IL
by unnoticed. We have been acquaint-
ed with Editor O'Brien for many years
and value his friendship highly he
is upright in everything. honest and a
good American citizen. His paper has
never been tool for anybody. has
stood always for law enforcement and
has boosted the city and county in
every way possible and In the local
option fight last spring did not take
either side, We hope that none ofsthp
Iron County fellows who often slip
down here quietly to get their little
nip" are not members OF this great
moral welfare organization. You can
rest assured that o'Brien will have an
answer to the article this week, and
that it's dollars to doughnuts that he
won't come out OF the small end OF
the horn" either. Florence Mining
News.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-02

70 make each citizen OF Los Angeles
a traffic policeman. Yet such always
should be the case. On the part Of
most persons. however. there is dis
inclination TO make trouble" by re-
porting an offense. Such reports may
SAVIOR of "tattling" But what OF H.?
Suppose, for example. the passengers
on street cars would note and report
to the police the number of every auto
mobile which fails to obey the regula-
tions regarding corner stops. In few
DAYS time the county prosecutor
would have enough evidence to keep
him busy for a month. There Is Iule
that vehicles shall not drive past 2
street car which is receiving or dis
charging passengers unless there Is a
six foot clearance. II is only rarely
that this regulation Is obeyed. Con-
tinued violation is source or trouble
and often OF danger 10 pedestrians.
The trouble with such popular
system of espionage is not with the
yeracity OF witnesses. for this could
easily be established. but with hest
tation on the part OF individuals to
share in the necessary notoriety. IL Is
one thing to grumble to the police.
giving the number OF an automobile,
and quite another to appear in the
police court as a prosecuting witness.
Los Angeles expects fewer prosecu-
tions, as notice OF each complaint will
be sent to the alleged offender. As
suming that these complaints are just,
such notice should soon prompt the
motorist to mend his ways.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-02
ton of Michigan.
FISH COMMISSION
viii Visit Upper Peninsula In The
Near Future

II is understood that all four of the
members of the Michigan fish commits
sion are heartily in favor of the locat-
ing in the upper peninsula OF Michigan
OF the proposed state bass hatchery,
for which the next legislature will be
asked for an appropriation. II is pro-
posed TO establish at least one bass
hatchery during the next couple OF
years, perhaps more than one, and
there has been strong pressure
brought TO bear TO have that hatchery
located In Houghton or Keweenaw
counties, where very favorable con-
ditions. perfect water and weather
conditions and other advantages are
to be found.
John G. Mann, OF Hougnton, prop
rietor OF the Douglass house, Is
member of the fish commission. The
other members are Fred Postal, OF
Detroit, w. l.. Hunsaker. OF Saginaw
who is president OF the board, and
Seymour Bower, Of Detroit.
The fish commission will visit the
upper peninsula some time next spring
according to the present plans. to
look over the sites and advantages
offered for the location OF the proposed
new hatchery in this part of the state.
Several sites have been proposed In the
copper country, II is stated, among
them locations both in Keweenaw and
Houghton counties that offer peculiar
advantages desired or necessary. All
OF these sites will be investigated
closely.
/ Pure and uncontaminated water,
railroad transportation advantages.
natural park privileges and the like
are among the advantages asked by
the fish commission. These advan-
tages are to be found in many places
in the copper country.
Dress-maklng, 1T 504, 9TH 81.
Mrs. A. Mayors.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-02
ORE RECORDS SMASHED

All previous existing records In the
history OF the ore shipments from the
Chicago & Northwestern docks al
Ashland were broken last month, when
7i9,4 ass tons Of Gogebic range ore were
dumped into the ore pockets. This
shipment not only exceeds the tonnage
for any other month In the annals Of
the iron shipping, but II Is equal q
twenty-five per cent Of the entire
amount OF ore sent TO the lake port FOL
the whole season OF 1914
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-02

Dress-making. at 50i, 9TH 81.
Mrs. A. Mayors.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-24
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd OF neighbors invade
county judge and eccentric recluse, fol-
lowing a yelled woman who proves TO be
the widow OF q man tried before the Judge
md el-gfrucGted for murder years before
Her daughter IS engaged 10 the judge
-ou. from y nom he is cstrduEef. but the
murder is between the lovers. She plans
to clear her husbands memory and asks
the judges aid. Deborah ScoSllle reads
me newspaper clippings telling the story
- the murder OF AlgvruOn Ethrrldge by
John Scoviile IN Dark Hollow. twelve
'slrs before The judge and Mrs SEQ
"lIle meet at SpeDcer's Folly and she
SHOWS him how. on the day OF the muir
der. She saw the shadow OF a man, whit
ling stick and wearing long peaked
cap The Judge engages her and her
daughter EeGther o. live with him In his
mysterious home. Deborah and her law
Yer, Black 20 to the police station and
see the stick used TO murder Etherldge
She discovers broken knife-hlade point
whedj-d IN It Deborah and Reuther go
10 live with the Judge. Deborah sees
PORTRAIT ~ Oliver. the Judges son, with
black band painted across the eyes That
night she finds. IN divers room, cap
with peak Ike the Swallowed one, and
A knife with a broken blade point Anon
Nfuous letters and n talk with Miss
Weeks Increase her suspicious and fears.
She finds that Oliver was In the ravine
oH the murder night Black warns her
ana shows her other anonymous letters
hlntlEs at divers guilt
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-24

area. All the navies in the world
could float on it's surface, and its
safety against attack may be judged
from the fact that the only entrance
to it is through a narrow neck three
miles long and hardly more than wide
enough to allow vessels to pass
through.
The naval station occupies square
mile of land, and is one of the most
completely equipped in the world. II
is provided with a first-class ship-re-
pairing outfit, including the largest
dry dock in the world, and has a
coaling plant that cost nearly $1,000.
900, with a magazine for naval am.
munition that tapped Uncle Sans
pocketbook for 100000. There are
five tanks for fuel oil, four of them
containing 100000 gallons each. and
one with a capacity of 100000 gal
lons-such provision being necessary
in view of the fact that our newest
dreadnaughts burn oil fuel
Such Notifications, so manned, with
strong navy, will afford San Fran
cisco even more protection than guns
mounted about the Golden Gate.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-24
Dinerentiatins DirieibIes.

The London crowd which gapes
cheerfully at the army airship maneu.
vering over the city always asks itself
whether it is looking at friendly yes
sci or a Zeppelin. 1t is apparently
ignorant Of the difference of design,
and so free from nerves" that the
doubt does not disturb it. Probably
If a Zeppelin really did come the av
erage Londoner would crowd up for Z
good place to see the bomb dropping
The instinct for front seat seems to
be stronger than that of self-preserva
ton. The Schutte-Lanz airship Is no.
unlike an ordinary nonrigid airship in
the shape of the balloon. 1t is NOT
cylindrical. but whale shaped. like q
submarine. But in construction 1t IL
like Zeppelin. with rigid aluminium
framework. It is evidently considered
a successful type. for Germany has
been building as many Of the Schultz
LAM type as of the Zeppelin. The
name is a compound of the names oil
designer and builder. The inventor
was Schultz, and LAM is the name Of
the firm that constructs them.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-24
JUST WHAT is A GENTLEMAN?
Many Definitions Given, But None
That Can Be Said to Be
Satisfactory.

From more or less successful efforts
to define the snob and the bore there
is only step to the more or less I'M
successful efforts to define the gentle
man, says writer in Scribner's. The
bore and the snob are accusable crea-
lures, plain to the view Of all men and
reducible to formula. But the gentle
man is intangible and ultimately indie
Unable The bore and the snob are re-
vealed by their words and their deeds,
whereas the gentleman can prove him
self only by his spirit. 1t IL no won
der that the multitudinous definitions
shot at this shining mark have failed
to pierce the center, even if one or an
other may now and again have hit the
margin of the target.
One OF the more obvious reasons for
this diversity of definition is that the
word has changed it's meaning and is
likely to keep on changing it as We ad-
vance in civilization. Once upon a
time it had clear and sharply limited
legal content recorded by Blackstone
in his commentaries; the great lawyer
defined a gentleman as one who bears
coat armor. the grant of which adds
gentility to ones family" This is still
fit definition of the gentilhomme in
France; it is probably not now fully
satisfactory definition Of the gentle
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-24
CHAPTER XII.
1.-THE Misfortunes Of My House"

Schooled as most of them were TO
face with minds secure and tempers
quite unruffied the countless surprises
OF a courtroom, the persons within
hearing paled at the insinuation con-
yeyed in these two sentences, and with
scarcely the interchange of glance or
word. drew aside in silence which no
man seemed inclined to break
AS for the people still hudiled in the
doorway, they rushed away helter-skel-
ter into the street. there to proclaim
the judges condition and its proba BILE
cause-an event which to many quite
one which had Just released t. free
dom man seemingly doomed
Few persons were now left in the
great room, and Deborah, embarrassed
to find that she was the only woman
present. was on the point cf escaping
from her corner when she perceived a
movement take place i'll the rigid form
from (which she had not yet withdrawn
her eyes, and. regarding Judge Os-
trander more attentively he caught
the CLEAN OF his suspicious eyes as
he glanced this way and that to see II
lis lapse of consciousness had been
noticed by those about him
Wherever the judge looked he saw
distracted faces and busy hands. and
taking heart at not finding himself
watched he started to rise Then
memory c.me-blasting. overwhelm.
ing memory OF the letter he had been
reading; and, rousing with start, he
looked down at his hand, then at the
floor before lin, and. seeing the letter
lying there, picked it up with a secret
sidelong glance to right and left,
which sank deep into the heart Of the
still watchful Deborah.
If those about him saw, they made
no motion. Not an eye looked round
and not head turned as he straight
ened himself and proceeded to leave
the room. Only Deborah noted how
his steps faltered and how little he
was to be trusted to find his way I'm.
guided to the door. 1t lay to the right
and he was going left Now he STUN
bles-isn't there any one to-yes. she
is not the sole one on watch. The
note and then dropped it within reach
had stepped after him, and kindly, II
artfully. turned him towards the
proper place OF exit. AS the two dis
appear. Deborah wakes from hel
trance. and. finding herself alone
among the seats. hurries to quit her
corner and leave the building.
The 1pro-tho n0iso ~ Tho ccuar o
az she dasnes down into 1t seems fol
the moment uncomfortable. The push
ing. painting mass Of men and women
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-24

Morning passed and the noon came,
bringing Deborah an increased I'M
easiness When lunch was over and
Reuther sat down to her piano. the
feeling had grown into an obsession,
which had soon resolved itself into a
definite fear. She found herself so
restless that she decided upon going
out. DOMINIC her quietest gown and
veil, she slipped out of the front door,
hardly knowing whittier her feet
would carry her.
They did not carry her far-not at
this moment, at least. On the walk
outside she met Miss Weeks hurrying
toward her from the corner. STUN bling
in her excitement AT sight of Debo-
rah's figure she paused and threw up
her hands.
"Oh, Mrs Scoville, such a dreadful
thing!" she cried. Look here." And,
opening one OF her hands, she showed
a few torn scraps of paper whose
familiarity made Deborahs blood run
cold
On the bridge" gasped the little
lady, leaning against the fence for
support Pasted on the railing Of
the bridge. | should never have seen
it, nor looked at it, if it hadn't been
that l."
Don't tell me here" urged Debo-
rah. Let's go over to your house.
See. there are people coming"
Once in the house. Deborah allowed
her full apprehension to show itself.
What were the words? What was
on the paper? Anything about"
The little woman's look OF horror
stopped her.
IT'S a lie. an awful, abominable lie.
But think of such lie being pasted
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-24

man in Great Britain, and 1t never has,
been an acceptable definition of the
gentleman in the United States. To an
American there is a pitiful snobbish-
ness in Ruskin's remark that the prin-
ciples Of education propounded by
Plato apply only to 'the persons we
call gentlemen-that is to say. land
holders living on slave labor Yet
Ruskin is only putting forth little
more extensively than others an opin-
ion often held in England. This opin--
ion is most concretely expressed in.
the tabled dialogue between the Eng
fish lord and the American girl which
begins with his tactful assertion that
there are SO few gentlemen in Amer
lea, to which she RESPONDED with the
question: But who do you call gentle
mem" And when he explains that
gentlemen are men who do not
work." she retorts swiftly: But we
have lots of those in America-only we
call them tramps!"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-24

Of which she has now become . part
closes about her. and for the moment
she can see nothing but faces-faces
with working mouths and blazing eyes
Thick as the crowd was In front, II
was even thicker here. and far more
tumultuous. Word had gone about
that the father of Oliver Ostrander
had been given his lesson at last. and
the curiosity of the populace had risen
to fever-heat in their anxiety to see
how the proud Ostrander would bear
himself in his precipitate downfall
They had crowded there to see and
they would see.
He was evidently not prepared to
see his path quite SO heavily marked
out for him by the gaping throng; but
after one look, he assumed some show
of his old commanding presence and
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-24

advanced bravely down the steps, aw-
ing some and silencing all. until he
had reached his carriage step and the
protection of the officers on guard.
Then a boot rose from some far-on
quarter Of the square, and he turned
short about and the people saw his
face. Despair had seized it, and il
any one there desired vengeance, he
had it. The knell OF active life had
been rung for this man. He would
never remount the courthouse steps.
or face again respectful jury.
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-24
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RN THE past few years the United
States government has spent over
$4,000, 900 in making Pearl Har-
Dor able to offer adequate re-
sistance to attack from land and
sea. The work is nearly finished
now; and when it is done the United
States will possess as formidable and
as important a fortress as any in the
world
Before the steamer approaching
Honolulu from the southwest is a mag
nificent concave sweep of land rising
above the clear blue of the Pacific, and
covered with gigantic trees. Backing
up the whole is long ridge of rugged
and tumbled rock. In the center OF
this Titanic sweep nests Honolulu.
To the east, the sweep is terminated
by tumhled mass of rock-an ex-
tinct vol.ano, known as Diamond
Head. 10 the west the view ends
with frowning mountainside that
hides beautiful little lake which
nestl.s behind it, reached from the
sea through narrow passage, like the
neck OF a bottle-the lake named
Pearl Harbor. Nowhere in the world
is a scene more beautiful and impress
sive.
Death in the Midst of Beauty.
Uncle Sans task has been to con-
cesl, in this wonderful Is miles of
beauty, death-the flying, screaming,
hellish death of flame and steel and
Explosive. He has packed the hollow
cup OF the peaceful, somnolent old
Diamond Head crater full of coast-de-
tense mortars, and the volcano may
renew its activity with the eruptions
OF flame and steel that belch forth
from the molten interiors of these
squat. grim engines of destruction.
Hidden among the green of the trees
are cement pits. from the depths of
which long. trim, coast-defense rifles
rise and peer about, seeking marks for
the tons of steel and guncotton they
are hiding. Beneath, keeping com
pany with the fishes, are hundreds of
steel cans the size of barrels, and con-
tanning high explosives, ready to de-
stroy any vessel riding above them
when the man on shore chooses to
launch their power.
lmpregnable Oefenses.
The Notifications extend along the
coast for a distance of Is miles, from
the volcano on the east of Honolulu
to Pearl Harbor. nine miles west of
the city, and consist mainly OF Sc
ries of powerful batteries occupying ce-
ment-lined emplacements beneath the
level OF the ground. At the base Of
the volcano is group OF such en-
placements called Fort Rugger; at the
other end, guarding the entrance to
Pearl Harbor, is Fort Komehameha.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-24
PART OF PEARL HARboR

Those defensive works cannot even
be seen from the ocean, and it would
be almost impossible for any hostile
fleet to destroy or capture them, be-
cause there is really nothing above
ground to hit.
The landward defenses, now nearly
finished, consist OF series Of formid-
able earthworks, and extend in the
form OF a crescent from Pearl Har-
Dor on the west, where the naval base
is located. to Honolulu. From Homo
lulu to Diamond Head on the east
runs q mountain wall, affording a
natural fertilization that can hardly
be surmounted by an enemy, in the
face of the batteries of guns which
have been established on it's highest
submits. The mortar battery in the
volcanic crater thus terminates the
line of landward defense as well as
the line to the seward.
The four mortars mounted in the
volcano are stated to have an extreme
range Of nearly nine miles, and can
carry accurately for six miles. They
fire 12-inch shells weighing 700
pounds, and carrying loads Of high
explosives. Within the last few
months they have been established in
the crater, and they are now ready for
business.
All the seacoast defenses are COM
pleted, and the guns mounted. except
one 14-inch rifle, which will be
shipped to Honolulu during the month
of July. The carriage for it is ready
and in place. One million dollars
worth of ammunition is stored in mag
azines on the island, and the forts are
supplemented by complete system of
submarine mines controlled by cleo
tricity.
Pearl Harhor.
Pearl Harbor itself is a landlocked
sheet Of water covering II square
miles, and with depth Of something
like sixty feet over nearly all OF this
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-09-24
Divorce Problem in Tennessee.

Divorce Problem In Tennessee.
The office of the circuit court clerk.
where divorce suits are filed, was on
the fourth floor of the court house
and the elevator was not running.
Among the early shareholders was a
big black nanny OF nearly 800.
pounds weight, and pulled along BY
the trousers a shriveled, shrinking old
black man
At the top of the first flight of
steps. which was unusually long, she
stopped and exclaimed, between puffs
and blows: Look a-here, niger, 1
amt a-gwine one step fc'ther! Use
drug you thu forty-fo' years O. mat
rimony, an Use drug you up all desc
here stairs. Ell dat elevashun was
a-runnin'. I'd git dat divo'ce dis mint:
but ! amt gwfne drag no runt of a
niger up to de fo'fe 10 O. dis here.
cote house, jes fur de 'ficial disruption.
o de ties o. matrimony. bless Gawd!"