The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-16

and ~ hours of All supplies, food
and other materials must be brought
into the trenches at night and the
dead are buried and wounded remov-
ed under cover OF darkness, also.
! Mr.. Porter spent much time in the
hospitals in his capacity as Red Cross
! agent and had much of interest TO tell
I Of what he saw there.
The Porter Library
In turning over the Porter library
to the people OF Alpha. Mr. Porter
stated that he was assisted in the work
of selecting and financing the library
| by his sister. Mrs. Isham and by his
brother, II IT, Porter He suggested
that the library be taken in charge
/ by a committee, on which several wo-
men should be appointed and that
/ the said committee give the subject
/ Of making the library room the gem
1 eral meeting place of the village II
was the intention of the doncrs TO
/ make the library a common meeting
place for the people the forum for
1 public discussions, the cradle for
mothers conventions, the meeting
place OF the boys and girls, in short
the public mould for the forming Of
the habits and customs Of the people
/ Of the community
Others On Program
Mr.. Porter was introduced by John
/ Erikson, secretary of the school board
/ in a neat little talk in which was out
/ lined the efforts OF the board in bring
ing into being the fine school building.
Mr.. NJ. r. Richards, for the people
! of Alpha and the Judson Mining in
terests, gave a very interesting talk
| plcdging the interests with which he
Is connected 20 careful study OF the
interests of the people in their EN-,
ploy The Judson people believe in
/ giving their people some of the en-
joymcnts of life The Porter school
/ lis but a beginning OF what may be
! expected of them in public way.
Supt Bishop replied 10 Mr. Porter's
talk. accepting the school building in
behalf OF the people of the district.
Mr.. Bishop is deeply interested in the
/ schools of Mastodon township and the
beautiful building at Alpha IS an in
eentiyo To work on his part and on the
/ part Of his corps Of teachers that has
not been overlooked
County Commissioner Mason fol-
lowed in brief talk in which ne cal
led particular attention TO the product
Of the "old school" the log buildings
of our ancestors and he expressed the
wonder II the new school, would pro-
duce as much genuine manhood as has
been turned out OF our old schools.
PROT Armstrong Of stambaugh
township followed in an address on the
New school Mr. Armstrong is al
ways a forceful speaker and Is mas
terly. in discussing school matters
/ He dwelt az length upon tile raw mat
erial Of the new school the boys and
girls who enter the hopper TO be turn
ed out men and women in the finished
product escapement Mr. Armstrong
is deeply interested in his boys and
dwclt al length npon the formative in
nucnce necessary for the new school
TO turn out a finished product IN keep
ing with the "old school" Of by-gone
days
The Musical Program.
The music OF the evening was fur
nished by the Alpha band and by Miss
Flora Grattan fundamentally and
Mrs. Bishop. vocally The band boys
have made wonderful progress in the
short time that they have been prac-
ticing and performed in q manner that
did them great credit The instru
mental work Of Miss Grattan and Mrs
! Bishops solo were greatly enjoyed