The diamond drill., 1918-01-05

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house December 81, and January 1.
Twenty Iron River boys met at the
Iron River st. Paul station and hiked
with Secretaries odgers and Sopher
to the Caspian club house. where the
Stambaugh. Newtown, Palatka and
Gaastra boys had gathered.
AT 8 p. m. LOG boys had assembled,
while more came in later The pro-
gram was started with patriotic
songs sung by the boys, with Mr..
| Trestrail as leader. Did you ever
hear 100 boys sing "The Star spangl-
ed Banner or America Well, say,
If you had heard those boys sing you
would say they were the best yet.
When you want boys to sing, have
Trestrail lead them. Fred Cpx. with
trombone and Walter Bath with
cornet helped out lot.
+. J. Cox then read the history
and composition OF the American flag.
with instructions on how and whel
to hoist the flag; also the respect we
should show the American flag. Then
followed the flag salute, Il give my
head, my hand, my heart to my coun-
try; one Country, one God. one Flag"
The salute was given by over 100
boys OF all nationalities
A period of group games with
everybody playing the same time
was enjoyed by all During the inter-
mission between games q discussion
was started between the boys who
were trying to determine which town
had the best wrestler. Ii was finally
decided Ia have wrestling matches tO
determine who was the best Emil
Schubert, representing Gaastra con
tested to a draw with Ted Peterson,
of Stambaugh Barber" LeClair of
Palatka and Herbert Juneau Of Iron
River, staged the classiest match OF
the season. with Juneau carrying off
the honors.
Mr. II NJ. Armstrong Of stambaugh,
gave the address Of the evening at
l1:45, his subject being Resolutions"
His talk was the cause of many good
resolutions being made for the New
Year.
At a. m, the boys turned in for
some sleep. Beds were made from
the chairs and tables While there
was little sleep until about 4 O'Clock
in the morning, every boy voted the
slumber party a great success.
First Annual Winter Camp.
The first winter camp for boys
was conducted by the Iron County Y.
M. c. A. at Chicagoan lake, Decem-
Der 81, 2S and 20, under the direction
OF ]. G. odgers, assistant county Y.
NJ. c. A. secretary.
There were twenty-six boys who
attended and voted the camp sue
cess. Forty-three OF the Crystal Falls
boys and twenty of the Stambaugh
boys were busy during this time earn
ing money for the army Y. NJ. c. A, so
could not attend.
The Iron River, Stambaugh and
Palatka boys met at Proesser's store
in Gaastra Thursday morning AMI
hiked to the lake The supplies and
blankets were hauled to the camp by
Frank Nelson in Mr.. Lawrence's Ford
and Mr. sopher in the Y. NJ c. A.
Ford
Reddy Harris Of stambaugh plan
ned to be chief rabbit hunter and
started out with a double-barrelel
No. s shotgun, two dogs and two
rounds OF ammunition. He planned
to have the small black spaniel chase
an the rabbits out and then have
/ Ranger" his hound, drive all the
rabbits into a trench Tor runway,
then Reddy. with two shots from his
trusty No. would Kill all tho rab-
bits at two shots Here Is where the
story starts The dogs, knowing
Reddy's plan. since he had conhded
in them. took French leave" SO
Reddy turned cool, and camp jester
Dick Anderson and ID. NJ. Ross
cottages were used for the camp. The
weather man was IN sympathy win
/ the camp, so he sent good supply
of cold weather Thursday night "a
below, as reported and "a below for
Friday night. You see. the advantage
OF this was two-fold; First, every
body had 70 cut wood, and second, by
having four watches during the night
everybody took his turn standing
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