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The diamond drill., 1918-02-23
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
February l6, 1918.


Regular meeting OF the Board OF Ed
ucation held at the office OF the secre-
tary on the above date.
Present: j. II. Corcoran, Herman
Holmes, Sam Bridges and William
Poyseor.
Moved by Bridges. seconded by
Holmes that the reading OF the min
utes OF the last regular and interven-
ing special meetings be dispensed
with. Motion carried.
Moved by Poyseor, seconded by
Holmes. that Bell telephone be in
stalled in the Forest Park school on
trial Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Bridges, seconded by
Holmes. that the following bills be
allowed and orders drawn for same :
Joe Brooks, plumbing .s 1876
J. Bauer & Son. repair, sup. 492
Wills Hdw. Co, repair ... 1000
Badger Eng. Co, repairs 49,. 1900
C. Falls Coop. Soc. supplies. SO
c. Falls Lbr. Co, fuel ...... S71.25
r. s. Bridges, treas. wood 80. 1880
Charles. Lind. wood ...... 1880
w. A. Jarvis, wood .......... $500
Sam Rentola, wood ........ 5000
Lyons & Carnahan. books -. 1900
ID. G. Heath & Co. books ... 1926
II
G. +. Merrill Co, books ...... ZIG
Henry Perry. dom. SC. sup. 1.30
Finn. & Swed. Nero. Assn. sup 24.2S
Hollister Mining Co. water -. 40S
c. OF c. Falls. power, its -. 1857
Iron Co. Lbr & Fuel Co, sup. 1853
Hammacher, Schlemmer Co.. 2165
John Mason, books ..,....... $40
A. c. McClurg & Co., books. 49,. 2263
Ernest Walback, labor ....... 400
G. Falls Livery Co., livery. 1900
Mich. State Tel. Co, toll -. 1247
A. b. Dick Co, supplies. ..... S24
A. Flanagan Co, supplies. 40
Shaw Walker Co, supplies 7.70
Marshall Paper Co., supplies. 5000
p. Gross Hdw. & Sup Co, keys 7.2s
A. f. Richards, labor ...... 500
Eberbach & Son Co. sup. 80. 7lO
Nation carriad al vnttnn so,,o,I -
The diamond drill., 1918-02-23
ROAD COMMISSION. REPORT.

Meeting OF the Board OF County
Road Commissioners held in their Of
fee in the court house at the city OF
Crystal Falls, Michigan, this 9Th day
OF February, 1918.
Meeting was called to order by Will
liam A. Holmes. chairman. Present
Commissioners j. S. Wall, J. T. Glib
son and William A. Holmes.
Moved by Commissioner Wall and
supported by Commissioner Gibson
that all bills. payrolls and estimates
be allowed as read:
The diamond drill., 1918-02-23

A special meeting Of the stockhold
ers OF Hemlock River Mining Com
pany will be held at the Office OF the
company In Palatka, Michigan, on
March 2e. 1918, at IL o'clock a. m
for the purpose of acting upon reso-
lutions providing for the continuance
OF the corporate existence of the com
7. my for thirty years from April 13'
1918. when II present existence will
expire, and OF transacting such other
business as may properly come be
fore said meeting.
BY order OF tho Board Of Directors
Dated February Is, 1918.
Feb2s-4t Amasa Stone Mather Sec
The diamond drill., 1918-02-23

An indictment charging eight mem
bers OF the Milk Producers associa-
tlon, which supplies the Chicago dis
trict, with conspiring TO hx the price
OF milk. was returned last week.
The diamond drill., 1918-02-23

Paterson. N. J.-In an explosion at
the Dupont Powder company plant at
Wayne, n. j., recently. four employees
were burned. Two buildings were de-
stroyed and third was partly wreck
ed. Friction was considered TO be
the cause.
The diamond drill., 1918-02-23
There is but one RIGHT WAY Of

There Is but one RIGHT WAY OF
doing any kind OF work,-and repair
work is no exception to that rule.
Please bear in mind that your satis-
faction goes with all work We do,
either upholstering. grinding. filing,
repair work, etc. Better be safe than
sorry. When in trouble don't fail 10
come and see us. Ask your friends
and neighbors-they KNOW.
II CITY REPAIR SHOP.
The diamond drill., 1918-02-23
REGISTRATION NOTICE.

ITO the qualified electors OF the city
OF Crystal Falls. Michigan:
Notice is hereby given that for the
election above designated, the Boards
OF Registration OF said city will be In
session from eight o'clock In the morn
ing until eight o'clock in the afternoon
of Saturday, March 9th, 1918, at the
following places in the several wards
of said city OF Crystal Falls, as indi-
Gated below, viz:
In the First Ward, at the Cap
tain's Office mt the Great Western
mine.
An the Second Ward, mt the base
ment OF the Lockwood House.
In the Third Ward, Mt the base
ment'of the City Hall.
For the purpose OF completing the
lists OF qualified voters; during which
session shall be the right OF each per-
son then actually residing in the ward
and who at said election may be a
qualified elector, and whose name Is
not already registered, TO have his
name entered In the register OF such
ward.
ANY qualified elector may be regis
tered and eligible to vote at said cleo
-tion II prior TO said 9th day OF March,
1918, he shall appear in person before
!, the City Clerk and take the oath re-
quired as to qualification for regis
tration and request that his name be-
registered. Blanks for this purpose
can be had at the City Clerks office.
WOMEN ELECTORS. The board u
registration OF said city will register
the names OF all women possessing
the qualifications OF male electors
who make personal application for
such registration; provided that all
such applicants must own property
assessed for taxes somewhere within
the county in which said city Is situ-
ated except that any woman other
wise qualified who owns property
within said county jointly with her
husband or other person, or who owns
property within said county on con
tract and pays the taxes thereon shall
be entitled TO registration.
Dated February Goth, 1918.
w ]. GRIBBLE,
Feb. 23-3t. City Clerk
The diamond drill., 1918-02-23

motloH Carried, all voting aye up
on roll call.
Movey by Poyseor. seconded by
Holmes, that the following school
taxes for 1917 be refunded:
Mrs. Matt Pozesky. lot 120, J. b.
Swartz addition, $l042.
Mrs. Theo. Spanner. lot $50, village
OF Crystal Falls. sS9S.
Motion carried all voting aye upon
roll call
Moved by Bridges. seconded by
Poyseor, that the old resolution limit
ing the use of school gymnasiums for
dance purposes 10 informal affairs
and limiting participation in same 10
students and teachers OF the schools
OF Crystal Falls and visiting athletic
teams, be reaffirmed with the single
exception that the alumni OF this city
may be allowed to participate, at the
discretion OF the school authorities
In charge. Motion carried.
Upon motion the board adjourned.
VIM. POYSEoR, Acting Sec.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-08
The Boy-look.

EDMUND VANCE COONE
Bud, you are against the hardest game
That ever may buck
l want to call you the old chum-name
And l want to wish you luck
It's just plain hell you'll be going through,
But if you outlast the muss,
There's something, Buddy, I'm asking you,
A something to brng-to us.
1t isn't feat of arms, | ask;
1t is more of the heart and head;
It's sort of token to show your task
Is the work of thoroughbred
o, you'll smash the German! The German yields
In fair fight, line to line;
You will drive him back from the fair French fields
You will beat him beyond the Rhine
But when you have triumphed by sword and gun
And our proud cheers ring like mad
Bud, bring me back not the head OF a Hun,
But the heart OF Yankee lad.
No matter how proud your martial art,
No matter what else the prize,
want the American hope in your heart
And the clean-keen look in your eyes.
have seen men march to the wars and then
| have watched their homeward tread,
And they brought back bodies of living men,
But their eyes cold and dead.
So, Buddy, no matter what else the fame,
No matter what else the prize,
| want you to come back through The Flame
With the boy-look still in your eyes!
tcapxught lslsl
The Washington herald., 1918-04-08
No Spectators Gallery.

Lets sit on the fence and watch the show go
by
Though not put in hghbrow vocabulary that
has been considered very hghbrow philosophy
live by.
Persons who think that they think, pcssimists
who have discovered that lie is joke, poets dis
appointed in love genuses who dwell the
relation OF the universe themselves, students who
read more than their minds can digest, chidlcss
rich women past middle life, half-educatcd reform
crs-oi this ilk anybody spot at least one
sample Usually they feel quite superior to the
They call it mans supreme folly
Such persons consider themselves futurists
rather than modernists. They say isn't human
ity amusing" while common folks with only COM
school learning tell them that Shakes
peare, three centuries ago, put the same thing
his way: What fools mortals be-"
Persons who the common lot would not
oe at all important except that they are evcrlas-
ngly influencing other minds That's their one
occupation and today it is evil job for it kills
enthusiasm in the OF our arms, and thereby
t greatly comforts enemy.
Formerly nobody cared If superior persons look
ID lie as a circus performance invented for
-.hcir private entertainment In fact, from their
elevated positions, watching the show" they were
at least out of the way of useful humans. But
oday the world is far from being amusing and
there is place it any more for spectator S
gallery.
The unbured dead on the field Of battle cry
aloud for the victory OF right wrong. The
blood OF every unknown hero dying there rebukes
al who watch the war go by convinced that
hey cannot help it, anyway.
He that is not with is against mep
Whoever stands aoof from the hard human ex-
oerience OF today, aids and abets the enemy. No
body can feel superior to the without CHASING
himself with the Kaiser and his Gott
So If you find friend occupying position OF
detachment OH some intellectual fence, matter
row highbrow his philosophy, give him jolt and
<nock him off.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-08

American nor the British record has been salts
factory in this respect. The United States took
long time to realize the need. and was ham
pered by continuing dissentions among the tech
nical authorities at the top. In this country we
have been very much delayed by the conservatism
of shipowners and shipbuilders. who have indulged
their natural preference for good-cfass types like
ly to command good prices after the war, instead
of falling in with the national need for stand
ardized emergency ships and for quantity against
style and appearance. We have also been him
dered by decided failure of labor in the ship
building yards to realize how far the whole ed-
fee of the nations effort stands falls by what
they do.
There is certainly matter for grave thought in
the figures given by the ministry of shipping
this week as to the great falling off in the output
of British shipyards during January, followed as
they were by Mr.. Barnes intmation that Feb
ruary would show no better results. Mr.. Bonar
Law promised that so far as the falling off has
been due to local strikes, lost time and slack
work land there is no doubt ,that these have had
much to do with it), an attempt would be made to
check it by giving the workmen fuller information
to the shipping position. This is sound line of
policy, provided always that the information is full
enough. The essential thing is that the workers
should be given specific figures and should be told
month by month what is the tonnage of allied
and neutral shipping sunk, and what as against
it is the tonnage completed.
"In this way each worker could be made to
exactly what his contribution to the was,
particularly if, in addition. the
pleted by particular yards and districts de-
layed with view to healthy rivalry. 1t will be
said, of course, that this would mean telling the
enemy good deal; but the more reflects
on it, the more we think it will appear that the
gain to would greatly outweigh the gain to
him. Only there will be gain to from half
lights; the policy that greatly affect the
case is the publication of tangible and undoctored
figures"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-08
It's Good Business ALI Through.

The Third Liberty Loan bonds pay Ala per
cent interest, semannually.
II you invest sIoo OF your savings the govern
ment will pay you S425 every year until it pays
hack to you the SIoo
II you put that government-paid interest into
savings bank every six months, getting per
cent interest it, compounded every six months,
you will in seventeen years have SIoo in the
ings bank. which represents what the government
paid you Tor the of your original SIoo plus the
compounded interest which the bank will pay.
And you still have the SIoo liberty loan bond,
drawing interest
Thus in seventeen years your SIoo has become
$500 1t may be more, for American experience
has been that government bonds bearing high
interest rate these liberty loan bonds sell above
par seventeen years after the which they
financed is ended In fact. United States bonds
bearing less interest have sold as high as SI25
While bonds OF the First and Second Liberty
loans now sell in the bond marts at a trife below
par, the Third Liberty Loan should drop in
market value. They are to be protected by a )
per cent sinking fund which the United States
Treasury Department intends using lever to
keep them at par.
1t is highly important that these bonds be
bcugh: and kept by the millions OF small investors.
the and women who have from $50 to ST 900
to invest, rather than the banks. The bonds pur
chased by banks would. naturally enough, go to
Federal reserve banks and an increased flow of
bank would further initiate currency. That
in would make for cheaper money and by
the same token, higher prices Therefore, it is
good business investment for the average Ameri-
citizen make-to buy liberty loan bonds
His money is doubled in seventeen years. His
curity is the best in the world He thereby helps
to strengthen the foundation stone of American
fnancc-our currency. There are. OF course, other
reasons why he should invest-rcasons tremendous
ly bigger and more important and more patriotic
than these OF business. but going to
make mention OF them now, for started out to
prove that liberty loan bonds arc good business
investments. They areI
The Washington herald., 1918-04-08
Tell the Truth.

The following editorial from The New States
nan, published in London. England, and entitled
Looking Ahead" will be read in America with in
erest-and trust with profit to ourselves:
Preparation for prolonged has its
:erial as we'll its moral side. We may shape
our plans to it, well resolutions. On
his side perhaps the most vital subject is ship
building. The whole possibility of bringing the
American resources to bear upon the struggle is
contingent it. Already the production of
American war material readyto be shipped to
Europe has far outstripped the tonnage immedi
ltely available to carry it. The size of the Amer
armies which can be employed on the West
front is entirely a matter of shipping trans
port The only way in which the war effec-
lively be shortened without being lost is to ex-
7edite the day when the construction OF allied
tonnage exceeds the snkings, and then push along
he upward path until there is ton
mage available for extras"
During the past twelve months neither the
The Washington herald., 1918-04-08
Tired of FRAGMENTS.

Reference at a social session made to the
patheticaly small portions that fall to the lot of
the diner in many cafes these days, when an in
cdent along that line contributed by Repre-
sentative Seward H. Williams, of Ohio.
One evening a man rambled into city cafe and
ordered broiled lobster, but when the crustacean
finally served the diner noticed that one claw
was missing.
Come here!" he heatedy exclaimed calling the
waiter to his table "Why is it that when order
lobster in this place l always get one with a
missing wing?"
at is this way, SIR easily explained the waiter.
"Lobsters are great fighters, and in scrapping they
often lose claw, sir"
as that so?" was the quick rejoinder of the
diner, as he pushed the plate aside "Well, then
take this away and bring me winner."-Phil-
adelphia Evening Telegraph
The Washington herald., 1918-04-08

was said that IL the German Ian
guage Is continued in some of the
grade schools of the country Mr..
Claxton will be to blame-while some
of those who have been urging the
abolishment OF the language in all in
stitutions of learning are deeply dis
appointed that the President himself
did not come out nat-footedly and
tell where he stood. and not leave his
Commissioner of Education to bungle
the matter.
Representative Billy Mason. OF IL
linois. took Tom Hefiin. OF Ala
bama, to verbal cleaning Sat-
urday. which surpasses any we have
heard since the war came on. 1t
was filled with enough wit to make
1t entertaining, and yet contain
ed enough good sense to make it
suggestive to the members to not
depart from some of the advice
offered by the genial Illinoisan.
Such an affair is occasionally for
givable, even in Congress.
The Nautical Gazette makes a
serious charge against Mr.. Hurley,
and we hope the latter will en-
deavor to straighten it out and
give us the truth-and keep on
giving it right along. The Gazette,
which speaks with the knowledge of
an expert, says: ship production
in the United States is exaggerated
as compared with the tonnage de-
stroyed. The American people have
been told that the losses due to
submarines in 1917 aggregate some
100000 tons and that the United
States will turn out some 5000, 900
tons of new ships this year. 1t
has not been brought home to them,
however. that the 100000 tons
which we hope to build. will only
offset 100000 tons of the ships
destroyed and that the Washington
authorities have been willing to
take advantage of the popular mis-
understanding of the situation. &. . .
While the British admiralty and
our Bureau of Navigation have
been reporting shipping losses and
the new tonnage construction in
gross tons. it now appears that all
statistics from the Shipping Board
are in terms of lightweight tom
mage. 1nasmuch as dead-weight
tonnage is. in a majority of in
stances. twice as large as gross
tonnage. the two kinds are not at
all comparable
What have you to say for the edi-
fication of Congress. Mr.. Hurley?
someone there is apt to ask this
week.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-08
THE COLORED PEOPLE

II was amusing and refreshing 10
hear them 20 on why, we think the
negroes are delightful" said the wife,
and the husband chimed In: I'VE
were estonished to ind 90 many nero
soldiers. They told us down there that
the negroes made excellent hghters.
II they are going to help to make the
world safe for democracy should
think they might be interested 10 know
what they are going to get out Of Il
for themselves. VIII the war make
democracy any safer for the negroes7'
They spoke OF the horror they felt
when they heard the terrible stories
about lynchings and burnings.
Some of. those scenes seem TO be
, worked UP for the sake Of providing a
Roman holiday" said the husband.
They told me about cases where the
men were held till word could be sent
to the country round and people had
time to come by train. Fine situation
don't wonder the Germans are using
IL as an argument against the spread
OF American influence"
One Of the saddest features about
the prejudice against the negroes 10
that IL extends TO themselves. But this
hllo Vi COTllTdQlCnOu - 70 Dt lOunQ
among all the peoples that suffer from
prejudice When a negro wants TO be
particularly hateful to another negro
he will call him "a dirty niger" or
use some worse expression meaning
virtually the same thing
Perhaps there really isn't a CONTRA
diction here. Prejudice il a convenient
weapon and there Is a pitiful weak
ness among human beings for using
weapons on one another. any weapons.
There are negroes who. like the
woman ! have referred to. could pass
for white Some Of them do. They
go over the line. They turn their
backs on their own race. One can
hardly blame them. II must take q
great deal OF courage to bear that
burden OF prejudice when the burden
can be escaped. And then there 10
the argument that they are not really
colored, that they are virtually white
/ imagine there are few so cou-
rageous as that woman who scorns
deceit except where it protects her
from determination that involves
both inconvenience and shame, and
I who finds her life richer beca use OF
her loyalty TO the colored race and
whose exceptional gifts enable her TO
make friends among both races.
In an American city where there
I are many colored people the social
distinctions are said 10 be very
marked among them, based mainly on
shades OF color and associated. Curl
ously enough. with religion. One
church is attended almost wholly by
those who are nearly white. Another
church draws those who are a few
shades darker. Stin another church
is favored by the frankly black
1t lie easy TO smile at this kind os
discrimination. But it finds parallels
in all our life. just as absurd.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-08

A great American woman who lived
more than Q hundred years ago and
who is now a distinguished figure in
history, had q son.
As the son grew into manhood he
became interested In q beautiful girl
who was colored. one Of his mothers
maids. She bore him a child His
mother did what's could to give the
girl protection.
In q great American city, famed for
its enlightenment. there lives a wom-
an with q dark beauty that often
causes her to be taken for an italian.
II she did not prefer to be known for
what she is she would pass for q
white woman. She Ia a direct descen-
dant Of that great American lady by
way Of that son and the colored maid,
and she is very accomplished and she
does q great deal for her race.
Some time ago this woman was
travelling In a Pullman, In q State
where Il was illegal for anyone with
colored blood 10 travel In a Pullman.
Among the passengers there were
two women who knew the woman by
sight and knew all about her. They
told the conductor she should be put
out.
The conductor approached the wom-
an and quietly asked her to leave.
She replied in Italian: II don't un-
derstand."
The conductor let the matter drop.
He knew how expensive it might be II
he were to make the mistake OF treat
ing a white person as colored.
The woman had long before pre-
pared for this kind OF emergency.
A few weeks ago a rich man came
to Washington and looked about for
a house where he could live with his
family. He couldn't find what he
wanted. Then he conceived a daring
idea
He consulted with a friend about Il.
DO you suppose 1t would create an
uproar IL 1 were TO take a couple of
houses now occupied by negroes and
break doors in the walls that separate
them and make them over into q
place where We could live"
The friend was a man who admired
courage in other people. He said he
thought the experiment would be very
interesting and he doubted IL the So
cial damage would be serious.
Those two houses are now being
turned into d quaint and an attractive
mansion. Washington has not been
greatly upset and attention has not
been perceptibly diverted from the
war.
/ met two English people here the
other day. husband and wife. They
had never been in the United States
before this visit. Their travels in the
south had made them greatly inter-
ested in the negroes. They had heard
of the American prejudice: but they
had not realized it till they met it. so
to speak, face to face They felt nc
prejudice whatsoever themselves. On
the contrary. they were interested in
the negroes as human types new to
their experience.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-08
The Sultan's Friend Bill.

German autocracy threatens to give Prince
Lchnowsky, former German ambassador Lon
don warm spanking. Swedish newspapers are
publishing extracts from Lichnowsky's memoran-
d. written just before outbreak of the 1t
appears that England and Germany were about to
close deal dividing Asia Minor into spheres Of
interests" to be controlled by the English and
Germans.
German autocrats think that it will not please
their beloved ally, the Sultan of Turkey, to learn
that his territory about to be carved up in the
interest of his Christian Dog brother the Kaiser.
Lchnowsky seems to be the legitimate goat