The diamond drill., 1918-05-18
THE GREAT LEAvENER.

In his effort to misrepresent and
eyade, our brother OF the Iron River
Stambaugh Reporter sets himself up
as a regular yeast cake. Here is
what he gets off: "The Reporter may
not have been yelling the fact from
The house tops, but the leavening has
been actually working" This in Jus
tifcation OF his effort to consolidate
Iron River and Stambaugh by stirring
up hate in the two places against
Crystal Falls.
Great leavener, that boy. Great
boy with substitutes, too. 1t doesn't
bother him any TO bake war bread
Crystal Falls is always a substitute
Tor him TO use in any dish OF Jealousy
that he may be cooking up. We sug-
gest that he lay off on Crystal Falls
awhile; long enough to at least
drop a little OF his leayen into the
holes on Carnegie avenue and bring
them up even with the high spots. 1t
Will De uOihb MS pSopiO HiNNA b~N'~'
service and at the same time will af-
ford an outlet for any excess OF yeast
that he may have on hand.
No, brother, we're not driven into
corner by any means, and II we should
be in the future we'll borrow that
yeast cake OF yours and rise right
over the top. Takes more than a
statement from the Reporter to put
us into corner, especially when we
have the figures to refute with
The attack of the Reporter upon the
county road commission was wholly
uncalled for, unjust and without any
foundation In fact. If the leaven that
the Reporter has working on his
metropolitan city" stunt Is of the
same composition as that he used on
the county road Wen bet he has sub
stituted sour grapes for hops in its
making and dressed It of with q
squirt OF "dago red" so that he might
sec the right color when mixing that
loaf that he tells us Of,
But then. what's the us trying to
talk sense TO one with crouch
n ~ pa
The Iron River Stambaugh- -Repor-
ter tells Of the catching OF an Iron
River boy red-handed in the act OF
stealing from one OF the Iron River
stores. The Reporter In its mention
of the affair, says that other Iron
River boys are headed in the same di-
rection towards career OF crime.
The statement OF the Reporter can be
duplicated in speaking of certain Crys-
tai Falls boys. IL is time that some
attention was given this matter by
the people OF both places in the way
of drawing official lines tighter We
know that public officials are piled
with every kind of influence to let
these offending boys off with parole
or slight punishment. Influential cit
izens who ought 20 know better, In
tercede in their behalf and II Is no
wonder that officials yield to the in
nuence to extend leniency. All the
other people are overlooked in mis-.
taken effort to keep bad boys where
they can stay bad. One bad boy al
large will continue in his bad ways
while one bad boy properly taken car,
OF will save the dozen whom he con
teammates and stand show Of be
ing made into useful and hC les
citizen There Is too uch "sobbing
over these boys who arc known TO b,
headed wrong by people who ought I,
know better. a boy with waywar,
tendencies is much better off In IN,
Industrial school; has a ten-to-on,
chance TO become a better boy an
Nwill save other boys parents many
heart ache. It's time that tho line
were drawn tight and the count.
weoded OF boys who are known 70 b.
headed towards n career OF crime. w
have some right here in Crystal Fall
whose being at large is corruptinI
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