The diamond drill., 1917-08-25

! led by Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Lowe and
family. motored to Green Bay last
Saturday morning and visited friends
and returned Monday morningschrd
and returned Monday evening.
w. A. Holmes OF Crystal Falls Wis
tied with twin city relatives recently.
He is a son Of Mrs. William Holmes
OF Menominee and brother OF Guy
Holmes OF Marinette- Marinette Eag-
le-Star.
The ninety-third session OF the /.
o. o, r, grand lodge will be held in
Louisville, KY this year The dates
have been set for September 1920.
This will be the first. meet held in
Kentucky.
Crystal Falls and vicinity theater-
goers will have an opportunity TO wit
ness some high-class attractions the
coming season. Manager ST. Arnauld
will book all the leading shows thru
out the season 1917-191s.
Art Hurja arrived in the city last
Sunday morning from Chicago on
short visit TO his parents. Art re
ceived his commission as second lieu
tenant while at Fort Sheridan lie
left again yesterday to join his COM
pany
According to the T. S. Department
OF Agriculture about 10000 deer are
legally killed in the United States
each year. These produce nearly TO-,
O00, 900 pounds OF venison The sea
son ranges from four days in New
Jersey and six days in Massachusetts,
and Vermont to two months or more
in some Of the southern states.
AS the outcome of a wager last
Tuesday evening between Olof Crog
han and Charles Uren the latter has
agreed to drive his Buick automobile
backwards from here TO Fortune
Lake. Mr.. Uren has set no date or
time as to when he will perform this
remarkable feat, but We understand
1t will be pulled off some time next
week
The Michigan State Telephone Com
pany unloaded three carload Of poles
here this week They are going TO
change the telephone line between |
this city. Crystal Falls and Iron
Mountain, putting It on the new coun-
ty road. The line now to the Fall9
runs north on the old road past
Washburn's farm Florence Mining
News.
The entire GS7 1000 composing the
tirst increment OF the draft forces
will be under training before Octo
ber Is Under orders issued recent
" thirty per cent Of tile quota OF each
district will begin entrainment for
cantonments September 3 The next
thirty per cent Sept. Is. And the next
thirty per cent on September 80 The
remaining ten per cent will be mobil
zed as soon after that date as posi-
BILE
We are pleased to note that Editor
Guck has returned to the helm OF the
Mining Gazette, not that Editor
Youngs did not make good in the alb
sence Of Mr. Guck. nor that Editor
George did not make good while spell
ing for brother Youngs, but we hate
to see the family OF copper country
writer's broken up Mr., Guck took his
turn at the officers Training Camp,
but suffered a sunstroke, which pre-
vented his making the army, which
was his ambition.
The next bi-monthly meeting Of the
Upper Peninsula Development Blu
reau will be held in the 500. August /,
30 The meeting place was decided
upon some time ago, but the date was
left open. TO be set by the officers
when convenient The meeting will
be short one, there being but one
afternoon session planned Efforts
are being made to bring out a repre-
sentative attendance, and there is a
probability that most Of the upper
peninsula counties will send dele
gates
William ST. Arnauld, manager of
the city hall theater has succeeded In
signing up the play "rhe Soldier
Girl" a musical comedy The exact
date has not heen made public as yet |