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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-10-13
persollals

W, II. Jobe returned Wednesday
from Chicago where he combined bus
iness with pleasure and took in the
worlds series.
Don't be bothered with your dirty
kids. Well aean them for Is cents
per pair. City Laundry and Cleaning
Works.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess lessen drove to
Ironwood last Sunday 10 visit with
friends. They got back Monday and
report big snow storm up on the Co
gebic range.
The Crystal Falls high school dis
missed the pupils last Tuesday even
ing until Monday, the recess being
caused by the attendance OF the teach
ers at the upper peninsula teachers
association at Escanaba.
George McCallum OF Sault Ste. Ma
RE who Is now with the ID. NJ. 4 NJ.
Co. was in Crystal Falls several days
this week accompanying Mr.. cotter-
rell on his rounds This was Mr.. Nc
Callumns first visit In his capacity
as an Official OF the D. NJ. 4 M. Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Herman. Miss
Harriet Redline and Miss Kate Hocf-
oil OF Green Bay motored TO Crystal
Falls Friday and were guests OF >
s. Jacka and wife At the Great West
ern location. On Saturday the entire
party motored TO Mr.. Kernsns hunt
ing lodge at Armstrong Creek, Wis.
Mr. f. r. Cotterrell OF Detroit who,
for many years has been land com.
missioner for the ID. NJ. & NJ railroad
company, was in Crystal Falls last
Wednesday on a business mission
Mr. Cotterrell's health has not been
the best for some time, and so he has
not visited US frequently as he used 10.
Mrs. John Mason and Miss Alberta
Bonsanko left last Sunday night FOR
Detroit TO attend tie annual meeting
OF the Grand Chapter O f.. S. This
is the 50th anniversary OF the insti-
tuition OF the order and one of the
attractions OF the session was to h.
the putting on Of the work in the way
that Il was originally put on
VIM. Thomas returned from Chicago
last Wednesday with the report that
he passed his examination for emit
rance to the aviation service OF the
II. s., and he is now ON the reserve
list and under pay. Just when he
will be ordered to report, he knows
not. but II will undoubtedly be soon.
Mr.. Thomas says that so per cent Of
the men examined passed
Hon. Frank James came TO Crystal
Falls last Sunday In company with
Mr. Trebilcock OF Ishpeming. While
motoring north OF Sagola their engine
went wrong and they telegraphed for
assistance. James X Flood answering
the IS. O. s.. sent over the wire, AZ
tor getting their auto attended TO then
continued on to Iron wood. returning
here Tuesday
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-10-13
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To Editor Diamond Drill:
In answer TO an article which ap.
peared in your issue OF Oct. 8 r..
garding the lack OF cooperation Of
the women OF Crystal Falls in the
work OF the Red Cross would say
that much work has been done by the
women OF Crystal Falls. through or
ganizatiops in no way connected with
the Red Cross society.
The woman's Relief Corps and the
woman's club have both been bus
making supplies for many months
past
The woman's club has completed r
large box OF surgical dressings AMI
sent II 20 the Milwaukee base hospi-
tai and lts receipt he's been thankful
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-10-13

Jas. Il. Corcoran returned Wednes-
day from his trip TO Chicago where
he attended the worlds series games.
Let us dry clean your Mackinaws
IL will make il look as good as new
We call for goods and deliver. Phone
%. City Laundry and Cleaning
Works.
Judge Dawson is the first Crystal
Falls man to take up knitting He IS
progressing right rapidly in the work
and says that he can knit without
dropping any stitches or splitting any
yarn.
SupL Aryid Bjork left for Wauke-
sha last Wednesday night aecompah-
led by Miss Rose, who will be placed
in a sanitarium at that place whose
work Is especially directed 10 the
cure Of persons afflicted as Miss Rose
IL. The physicians there gave Mr..
Bjork a great deal OF encouragement
Mr. and Mrs X. +. Mcdonnell re-
turned during the, week from an ex-
tensive visiting trip They were yis-
ltors at Menominee, Marinette, Mil
wsukee and other cities in wIscon-
sin. and report having had very
pleasant and profitable trip
To Whom il May Concern: shall
be out OF the city for ten days. If
anything is wanted, please telephone
the general hospital. and. according
to previous arrangements. any calls
viii be answered by Dr. Darling, OF
his assistants. A. A. Metcalf, health
officer
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-10-13
MUST BE READY BY OCT. %.
Red Cross Quota Must BE Shipped BY
Then 10 Get TO France for Xmas.

II Crystal Falls is TO get its quota
of Red Cross work 10 France SO that
our soldier boys can have It for use
by Christmas Il must be shipped out
OF here not later than Oct. 9th
Miss Bessie Holmes who has been
laboring day and night in this work,
so informs The Diamond Drill and
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-10-13

STRAYED Bay horse; both hind
feet white; small star in forehead.
Reward offered for return Left Flood
strands pasture near river last Fri
day. Notify Joe Girolman. Phone 70.
or this Office. 1t
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-10-13
NOTICE.

All coal orders taken after octo
Der i. will be subject TO revision, &C.
cording to the regulations recently
issued by the II s. government
IRON co. LBR. g. FUEL co.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-10-13

iting with Mrs. Keast this week
The Mystery Club met with Mra.
Charles uren last Thursday after
noon
Mrs. Captain Greer is home again
from the Darling hospital where she
had been for several weeks.
MIR. Thomas Blackney and two
sons OF Iron Mountain visited his
sister, Mrs. Keast, last Sunday.
Mr.. W. A. Holmes has been con-
fined to his bed this week due to ILL
ness. At this writing we understand
that he is much better.
County Commissioner Mason Is at
Escanaba this week attending the
teachers association. Mr.. Mason Is
treasurer OF the association.
On account OF the teachers con
vention at Escanaba the high school
closed Tuesday night for the remain
der of the week, giving the teachers
who wished an opportunity TO attend.
Examine your last winters suits
and overcoats and see If they need
fixing Our French dry cleaning and
careful pressing will make them feel
and look like new ones. We clean
everything cleanable. Phone 70 and
our car will call. City Laundry and
Cleaning Works.
While moving his household goods
with one Of Herman Holmes teams
last Wednesday George Cody was in
jured when the team ran away and
the wagon passed over his body, For
a time II was thought that he was IA
tally injured. but later developments
show that he will recover without
any serious injury
A letter received from Mrs ~ War
shawsky from Mrs. Phillips who Is
now living in London, says that that
city Is full Of American soldiers. One
day recently one. OF the Phillips boys
yelled out as a big parade OF Ameri-
can soldiers were marching by, rs
there anyone there from Crystal
Falls and one soldier yelled back,
There's no one here from Crystal
Fallss but I'm from Iron Mountain =
So the world isn't so long after all.
The teachers of the high school Of
fered their services Que night week
to the Red Cross They are doing
splendid work making surgical dress
ings Those in charge would apprec-
late ii II some local ladies would Of
fer their services and also more OF
the high school girls Those knitting
are now doing we'll
GLORIOUS girlhood, gorgeously
gowned" might aptly be used to de-
scribe tue NHoIuS Oh w men DltdulN
Come True" at New City Hall theater
on Thursday, Oct 18th. The girls
are all young and pretty and the cos
tuning IL said TO he the most elab-
crate that ever graeed a musical com
edy.
A Florence gentlemen tells us that
a bunch OF prominent Florence men
were rounded up by Secret Service
Agent Rosin at Florence this week
and accusd OF making seditious re-
marks. The trio was thoroughly
grilled and let of with q severe rep
rimand One OF the party was placed
on his good behavior to such an ex-
tent that be can travel only between
Crystal Falls. Florence and Iron
Mountain until further permission IL
given him The secret service man
says that he IL confident there will be
nothing further heard at Florence
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-10-13
WATT FOR THE BIG SHOW
SUNDAY OCT. 2Sth.

First OF the Helen Holmes fiye-part
feature. DO not fail TO see this SER
les
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Phone your orders for Schlitz beer
to the Alpha hotel, Alpha. Mich.--Adv
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-12
A oIimp.. of III. Russian Peasant.

Russians are very methodical I,eO-
pie even In their crimes They do not
get excited when anticipating an act
against the law; they just make up
their minds quietly and freely. as the
following story will show:
A man arrived one day at village
where he commenced to lecture that
nll men were equal and that no gov
eminent had the right to exercise any
authority. Thinking to add more pow
err TO his views. he decided to begin
by disproving the existence OF God.
Taking holy ikon. or sacred picture.
he said: There Is no God. | will
prove IL Immediately. ! will spit upon
this ikon and break 1t. If there Is a
God he will send fire from heaven and
slay- me; II there is not. nothing will
happen" whereupon lie took the pic
ture and carried out his threat. saying
when he had done so. "You see. Gn,l
has not killed me-"
His audience talked quietly among
themselves for a few minutes, and then
one Of them got up and said mo. God
has not killed you. but we willw And
they did without the slightest COM
junction. London Standard
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-12
Treatinu Electric Shock.

How to treat person who has re-
ceivcd severe electric shock Is best
described by quoting from the Scien-
tillc American the account Of how one
man did 1t to workman who had
touched wire carrying a current of
$500 volts and was apparently killed.
"A lmcman Immediately took told of
the ankles of the limp body. lifting 1t
until the whole weight rested on the
neck and letting II fall. He'shen took
pair Of councillors and hammered the
soles of the injured mans feet without
removing his shoes. Another llneman
opened the mans mouth. pulled for
ward the swallowed tongue (Which &C.
ours In electric shock) and was about
to begin the Schaefer prone method of
resuscitation when the man returned
to life. He was removed to the hos.
pital and ISM we'll. though suffering
very severely from his burns"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-12
PONTIAC s. owoSSo RAILWAY

Work has been begun, according to
a Pontiac dispatch, on the work of
grading the right Of way for the Pom
tiac and Owosso electric railway, west
of Pontiac. Promoters say that
through cars to Owosso will be oper-
ating next summer. ~ 8
1t is stated that the new line, which
presumably is routed via Durand, will
operate over the tracks Of the D. u. R.
from Detroit to Por tiac. From there,
it. is asserted, the new line branches
off on4a private right of way, extend
ing the full So miles to Owosso, paral-
leling the D. G. H. and M. tracks to
Durand. 1t is said that more than
80 miles of the right Of way west Of
Pontiac have been surveyed, and that
construction work, done this fall, will
expedite the laying of rails and opera
tion of the road. It is hoped to have
the bridges, which will be Of steel and
concrete, finished, and all clearings on
the first division completed before cold
weather sets in, the promoters say.
Power will be furnished by plants now
existing in the territory. AS the
franchise rate permits fare Of two
cents mile, financial men interested
in the road predict it will be divi-
dend Garner.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-12
General
Farm Topics
THE ASPARAGUS BED.

Good Growth Of Foliage Means a Larger
Crop Next Year.
Don't ignore the asparagus bed now
that the cutting season is over. 1t has
given you it's food contribution; now
see that 1t has plant food to make a
good growth Of foliage. .Fertilize and
cultivate well now to insure that
strong, healthy growth which is essen
tial 10 a good yield Of shoots next
spring.
After the cutting season the ridges
should be leveled and the asparagus
bed thoroughly cultivated, says the
writer of the bulletin. A high grade
fertilizer then should be applied at the
rate Of 1000 to 1900 pounds to the
acre. A fertilizer containing to 4
per cent Of nitrogen, 6 to 8 per cent Of
phosphoric acid and to 8 per cent Of
potash will give good results. Muriate
Of potash and kainit are preferable to
sulphate of potash. Where the land
is already heavily MANFRED the nitro
gen may be left out of the fertilizer
mixture The fertilizer to be applied
should be distributed broadcast over
the bed or i'm strip on either side Of
the row and thoroughly mixed with
the surface soil by narrowing or cult
walton. Flat cultivation should be
practiced after the cutting season.
In many sections the asparagus
plants are cut down as soon as the
berries turn red. and after drying sufli
GENTLY they are burned to destroy any
disease germs or insects that may be
present. In regions where severe
freezes occur it Is doubtful whether
the cutting and burning OF asparagus
tops are advisable. The old tops hold
the snow and prevent deep freezing
and the blowing Of soil. Some grow
srs thoroughly harrow the bed after
the tops arc removed; others throw a
slight ridge over the row, but ridging
Is not necessary unless there is danger
Of injury by severe freezing during
the winter. Where land Is inclined to
wash. cultivating and ridging In the
fall are Objectionable.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-12
MANURE VALUABLE.

Jan Replace Effectively the Costly
Commercial Fertilizers.
Can barnyard manure be worth So
to so q ton for use on farm crops? At
present prices for commercial fertiliz-
ers It has had this value In tests cen
Quoted by the Ohio agricultural expert
ment station.
Eight tons Of manure REINFORCED
with 800 pounds Of acid phosphate have
been as effective In increasing crop
yields as the same quantity of acid
phosphate mixed with $50 pounds Of
nitrate Of soda and 260 pounds of mu-
rate of potash In tests covering TWEEN
ty-years at the experiment station at
Wooster.
Nitrate Of soda now costs nearly 4
cents pound and muriate Of potash
20 cents. At such prices the eight
tons of manure has had replacement
value Of at least $40.
Every pound of manure saved and
used with the utmost economy will re-
lieve the fertilizer situation next year
and put crop yields on a higher Level.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-12
SELECTING SEED CORN.
Ears Should Be Chosen From the Field
of Standing Grain.

Ears ShouId BE Shosen FROM the REID
of Standing Grain.
Seed ears for next years crop, IL Sc
lected I'm the field from standing corn.
may be chosen more wisely, be stored
more carefully and will then produce
larger yield In return than If picked
from the shock or crib.
Corn yields have been increased
three and one-quarter bushels to the
acreh at the Ohio agricultural expert
menN station by selecting seed In the
fall from standing corn. The best ears
grown under average conditions Of
stand and fertility can be picked out
by such field selection. A good ear
chosen at husking time or from the
crib may owe its excellence to espe-
cially fertile soil or to the fact that
only one stalk grew in the hill.
An ear equally good, but grown on
average soil and with three stalks In
hill, will likely yield more when plant
ed the next year. Such an ear may be
marked in the field by a little paint or
a string and then separated from the
others at husking time.
Corn left in crib over winter Is fire.
,quently injured by weather conditions
and terminates poorly the next spring.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-12

The Young Ladies' Missionary Cir
Gle of the Congregational church met
in the church parlors Wednesday
evening. Officers were elected as fol-
lows for the ensuing year: President,
Mabel Morgan; vice president, Julia
Hoyt; secretary, Gladys Dershem;
treasurer, Margaret Mccormick.
Plans were made for the winters stu
dy and work, following which very
interesting paper on Argentina was
read by Mrs. B. G. Evens. Solos by
Miss Julia Hoyt added to the pleasure
of the evenings program.
George Tillotson was fined $40 and
costs and Charles Eastake $4.95 for
being drunk when arraigned before
Justice Friegel Tuesday.
The Owosso high school foot ball
team defeated Ovid Wednesday 70 to 0
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-12
Notice Of Letting Of Drain Contract
for Constructing arsha No. Drain" Residence Of Dennis
McCafrey in New Haven Township October Is. 1917

nrs are 90 links left OF the center line OF the
drain going upstream from the outlet,
The width OF the bottom OF the drain shall
be as follows: Five fe-t from sta 0 to sta q
plus % and four feet from sta AZ plus 90 to the
terminus
The slope OF the banks shall be one foot hor
izontal to each foot OF depth.
The width OF the top shall be two times the
depth added to the width ofthe bottom.
The depth OF the drain shall be 0 43 100 feet
or less TO De taken from the profile or grade
table which are herewith returned and made a
part OF the survey records
Between stations the drain shall be dug to a
true grade. based on the depth at each grade
hub.
All measurements shall be from the tops OF
the grade hubs or bench marks.
All angles not affecting the highway or at
the face q culverts shall be turned on an easy
curve. beginning and ending not less than two
rods each stue OF the angle stake.
The right of way required for the drain shall
consist OF strip OF land 80 feet wide, 40 feet
being on each side OF the above described
rou e, which shall be the center line OF the
drain.
be removed from the right OF way far enough
from each side of the center line so that tn g
tull width OF the drain a good clean btrm OF
9 feet and the spoil banks shall be In the
cleared area.
All work shall be done In a good and work.
manlike manner and shall be approved bv the
Drain commissioner, or his repre- sentative,
before being considered completed
Surveyed and leveled August 10 and IA, 1916,
by order OF
ALONZO GRIFFIN,
County Drain Commissioner of
Shiawassee County.
BRUCE ROBINSON,
Surveyor.
Bids will be received for constructing one
cement retaining wall and one cement catch
basin.
Bids win b. received fer furnishing and
delivering:
Pa inch corrugated pipe.
-36 inch corrugated pipe.
Bids will be received for furnishing ard
delivering:
20 rods "a inch No. 1 sewer pipe.
Said Job will be let by sections. The section
the remaining sections In their order up
stream, In accordance with the diagram now
on file with the other papers pertaining 10
said Drain In the ONCE OF the County Drain
Commissioner OF the County OF Shiawassee,
TO which reference may be had by all parties
interested, and bids will be made and re.
ceived accordingly reserving the right TO let
IL IN one section. Contracts will be made
with the lowest responsible bidder giving
adequate security for the performance OF the
work, In sum then and there TO be fixed by
me. serving the right to reject any and
all bids. The date for the completion OF
therefor. shall be announced at the time and
place Of letting.
Notice is Further Hereby Given, that at the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-12
Raisin Bread.

Incorporated with bread raisins con-
stitute valuable diet and help out
the meat problem. II Is stated that
the raisin contains nearly per cent
protein and over GO per cent carbohy.
tlrates and therefore is a very impor-
tant energizing food. For invalids and
children raisin bread Is invaluable. says
a food expert. The simplicity Of the
loaf makes II an ideal substitute for
the lard. butter, sugar. egg. cream and
citron laden cake. 1t Is therefore an
important addition to the domestic
menu. and the woman who has her
children's health at heart will see that
at each baking two or three loaves are
well filed with raislns. kneadlng them
In Just before the loaves are put into
the pans.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-12

time and place OF said letting, or at such other
time and place thereafter to which the
acjourn the same, the assessments for benefits
to the lands comprised within the 'Marshali No.
Drain SPEEDS Assessment District" and APP
portionments thereof, will he announced by
me and will be subject to review for one day,
from nine o'clock In the forenoon until five
O'Clock 10 the afternoon.
The following is o description OF the several
tracts or parcels OF land constituting the
Sp' cal Assessment District OF said Drain,
VIZ: II,
The Township OF New Haven at large and
the following described lads In said Town
ship:
sectIon No: 4-swSa of e u ofsw u; sw
40 a OF 4 OF ~.
S, ciit n No 5-S 9 5 a OF n a OF G II OF 8 e Nj
e OF u OF Q u ofseA
Section No. S-W X OF G a OF u exc W
and W 10 a;e 4 Of Il OF n e u; Is of
n Q d OF q Il; Q b u OF offs u.
Section No. 9-That part n OF highway and
W l5 OF that pit OF highway OF W a OF W
OF n W "a; 4 OF a VI W d OF highway;
y ole II OF n W An OF Highway; n W 2 a OF
4 ofsw 4 exc n o 3 a: 10 a OF 9 x Of sw
A;sw u Of S SO q OF 8 n
Section No. l6-N Il ofnw ~; n W 10 q of
sw oinw w4eaofn oine A;.e OF
sw4 OF u and a OF W " OF Z u OF a Q
k;eh OF n W a OF sc NJ; u OF 8 o A;s Q
OF 8 e u exc 10 a; W u OF e 4 exc
nw5a
oecuon NO I'm "a OH q OF NJ u. u
All in rs N r East.
Now therefore, all unknown or non resident
persons. owners and persons interested in
the above described lands and you, Warren
Doane, supervisor, and w j. Williams. high
way commissioner OF the Township OF New
Haven, "a
And you. VIM Benes, Pat German, Perry
Wardwell. Walter Stewart and wife, Forest
Market, Ed Springer, Dennis McCsffroy,
steve McCsffrey. Claude Mallory, Geo. Stat
ford, Claude Chamberlin, j. X. Cham
berlin, henry Marker, Frank Mlnarik. Rufus
Dygert, Anton Vogel, Jerry Buckley. O. w.
Herman. Louis Defroen, John Buckley, ST.
Dan Buclley, n Hanifan, are hereby notf A.
ned that At the time and place abort said, or 81
sucn other time and place thereafter 10 whlou
sa'd nearing may be adjourned, shall proceed
10 receive bids for the construction II gaia
Marshall No. Drain" In the manner herei1<
before stated, and also that az such.
time OF letting from nine o'clock In the for4
noon TO i've o'clock In the afternoon, tn
assessment Cor berehts to the lauds con-
p 'tsed within the "Marshall No. 2 Drain
Special Assessment District" will be subject 70
review, and you, and each of you, owncr1<
and persons interested In the aforesaid lan01.
are hereby cited to appear AT the time a1Q
place OF said letting as aforesaid. and 10
heard with respect TO such special asSeo91
ments and your interests In relation thercto. ~
you so desire, ~
Dated this 10th day OF Sept, A. D. 1917. MI
ALoNZo GRIFFIN. u
County Drain Commissioner Of k(<
County Of Shiawassee. ~
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-12
Order of the Thistje.

The Order Of the Thistle, the Scots
equivalent Of the Garter, Is supposed
to have been founded by King Achaius
in 7S7 A. ID. 1t was revived by james
III. in 1857 and re-established by Queen
Anne Dec. 81, 1903.
The insignia Of the Office. Is silver
star In the shape OF st. Andrews cross,
with other rays issuing between the
points Of the cross. In the center on a
gold background Is a thistle enameled
in natural colOrs, surrounded by a green
circle bearing the Inscription, memo
me impune lacessit" Ono one Injuries
me with impunity" ).-London Globe.