The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-05-04
WAS UNANIMOUS CHOICE OF THE
BOARD FOR FIFTEENTH TIME
STAMBO PETITION ACCEPTED
That Village viii Now Vote on the
Question Of Extending its
Boundaries


OF supervisors was called 10 order IN
the supervisors room OF the court
house last Monday morning at ten
o'clock by John Wall, county clerk.
A call OF the roll showed that all or
the members were present.
The first business 20 come up was
that 81 selecting chairman, and Su-
peryisor w. j. Richards OF Crystal
Falls township was chosen by unan-
imoug vote 10 fll the position Tor the
fifteenth time.
Mr.. Richards thanked the members
for the courtesy shown him and an
nounced that he would make his com
mittee selections later.
There having been no auditing com
mittee the question OF allowing the
claims was put over until the next
meeting
Must Finance Poor Maintenance.
The matter OF financing the main
tenance OF the poor under the present
county arrangement was the first mat
ter taken up. Mr. Richards said that,
according 20 his understanding, there
was a quasi arrangement 10 allow the
old order OF things 90 run along until
the supervisors az their next annual
meeting could provide funds for the
new arrangement.
After great deal the matter was
left IN a rather indefinite manner, the
inference being that after the $4,000
widows pension money Is used mp,
the county will arrange TO have the
warrants taken care OF until the an
nual meeting
Suggest Meat Inspection.
Supervisor Counihan brought up
matter that originated in Iron River
township that Is worthy ol "a great
deal of investigation 10 is the Ques-
tion of meat and milk inspection.
Mr. Couuihan said that the VIII
lago of Iron River has appointed a
meat Inspector and has gone at the
question in a thorough and lair way
but that q is intimated that yiolators
arc keeping out OF Iron River and
marketing their diseased stuff in
other places and he wanted 10 know
If there isut some way by which
county uniformity may DE secured.
The matter was talked 2Eer ar Ercnt
length An recognized tno value and
the necessity l1r preventing Che ale
OF diseased meats and milk. but the
proper way TO stop 30 without Great
ing an expensive county Office and
laying the county open to a liability
couldn't be figured out
AT Mr. Counihana suggestion
the matter was left over until the
next regular meeting 40 chat the
people may have time to consider It..
The Stamhaugh Petition.
...a4.4 tf.g.tvg rv,a
days previous from Stambaugh signed
by VIM. Young and l0l other resi-
dents Of the village and township was
then taken up,
Prosecuting Attorney O1Iara stat
cd 20 the board that he had investi-
gated every feature of the petition
excepting the checking Of the names
with the poll lists TO ascertain il the
sgncrs are qualified voters; that he
couldn't say 20 the board that they
are, but that should the board order
an election by accepting the petition,
all question Of the suiiiciCncy Of the
petition would be cut Of according to
the statute.
Attorney L. c. Caswell. who repre-.
sented some Of the taxpayers affected
by this proposed change talked
against the adoption Of the petition
until such time as IL was fully ascer-
tained that Il is regular I'm every way
He said that there Is a serious ques-
tion as TO the method 10 be pursued /;
whether the extension must be made
by the board instead OF being put up
TO a vote, but that question Is one
for the courts 20 pass upon. The suf-
ficiency OF the petition, however. Is
one for the supervisors 10 pass upon
Prof Armstrong of Stambaugh
speaking for a delegation OF about a
dozen prominent citizens and taxpay-
ers, said that he could see no reason
for delaying the election thirty days
90 examine the qualifications Of the
signers 10 the petition for the reason
that the matter Is 20 go 10 vote ol
the people OF Stambaugh anyway, and
'ftambaugh people ought TO be al
lowed 10 run their own affairs In their
owa, way that If a majority OF the
vo4u Stt. pred the extension II woult
Ger sdoyt oDe evidence of the will o
ti@S- ~ ] OF the territory affected
and that N a majority Is against II tht
question is settled and no one injured
Mr.. Wanzer also spoke in favor d
immediate action upon the petition.
Supervisors Counhnihan and Udt
expressed themselves as ieing in "a
vor OF letting Stambaugh run hel
own affairs and OF giving them IN,
opportunity 70 do so without any de-
lays or restrictions. II seemed 70 b
the opinion OF most of tho member
that such a policy should be followc'