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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

front, leaving the heel curved o- straight, as desired. Other machines perform all the delicate operations relating to parts of the uppers. the putting in of the eyelets and finishing the shoes in the complete form which the army specifications require
 The government is very rigid in it's requirements that the shoes be made just right. and that they conform exactly to the rules laid down by the government The specifications for the new Pershing shoe are s5 many that they would fill three or four columns of this newspaper; ana the government has had it's inspectors in every factory to see that every b.t of the shoes is properly made Th ~ shoes are watched as they go through the machines, and inspected before they are packed. At present very few are rejected The machines do the work exactly, and the factories are so efficient in their operation, in cluding the labor, that the percentage of poor work is exceedingly small In a recent order for 450, GOO pairs of shoes made by the McElwain com pany only IS were rejected. In other words, there was only one pair of shoes in every S4.000 that did not come up to the specifications in every re- spect.
 Copyrighted. 1918, by Frank G.
 Carpenter)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
THE SHOE OF THE SOLDIER-By Frank G. Carpenter

and awl. Roger Sherman, the signer of the Declaration of Independence, made sisQes in that way, and Henry Wilson, afterward vice president and also chair man of military affairs in the Civil war, studied statesmanship while he worked as a cobbler at Natick, Mass Wilson made twice as many shoes in a day as the ordinary workman. He labored all day and far into the night. He once tried to make 50 pairs of shoes, a weeks work, without stopping to sleep But the job was too great. and he dropped off when he was starting his forty-seve enJh pair In 1856 there was a shoemaker at Lynn who was able to average over 15 pairs of shoes in day and his wages were s. 50. Like all the early cobbers, he made the whole of the shoe from start to finish. 1t was all done by hand.
 The army shoe of today takes thel la bor of over 2U0 men and women on it's way from the skin to the soldier and it takes 75 different machines to make 1t. In all more than 100 machine operations are perf 3rmed and the work of the shoe maker, to large extent, is pressing the button and allowing the machine to do the rest. As to the output, the factory 1 visited here is now making about 6O0a pairs of shoes a day and its product is steadily increasing.
 The, big factories which are now work ing on soldiers shoes cover many acres and they employ thousands of hands The buildings are made of iron and glass. Those at Manchester are of four or i've stories, and they have the best of light and ventilation. They include many buildings, all of which are filled with ma chirery each being devoted to it's own special work. There is one large es- tablishment where the leather is cut. This is done by what is known as click ing machines, by which eight pairs of soles can be cut a minute. The opera tors are skilled men who have to get atf they can out of each hide, and that with out waste. The leather is cut by steel dies of the shape of the pieces needed for the shoe. The dies are twisted this way and that to save leather. They are laid on the leather and the operator moves swinging beam over the die, which presses it down so that it cuts out the part. Every bit of leather is saved, and the smallest scraps are carried away to use in other parts of the shoe. h some of the rooms l saw girls cutting up the scraps into large and small pieces so that all the waste might be saved.
 Several parts of the shoe are often cut in one place and sent to another place to be assembled. The estab- lishment here does the cutting for a score or more factories, and is now shipping a carload of parts day and one carload of uppers to each of it's factories here and there over New England. It ships out three carloads of heels every week. Each part of the shoe has it's own price, and the quartermaster general buys parts for the army shoes. l have a list of awards made not long ago to certain leather companies which make parts Among them are 9,000,000 half soles,
 n a
 hundreds of thousands of other parts, each costing from to 65 cents ac- cording to the part of the shoe for which it is used
 The shoes for the soldiers are sewed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
Hubby Waxed Eloquent phila !,

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
 Speaking at dinner. Congressman Joseph J. Russell. of Missouri, referred to the glory of feminine fashions and fittingly related little story along that line.
 Recently Smith and Jones met in a restaurant, and while daintly manipu- lating the abbreviated bits. their talk turned to comparison of domestic expenses. First it was beef, next it was butter. and finally millinery came up for a few sightful remarks.
 You should have seen the peach of hat my wife toted home few days ago." said Smith. A"It was all plumes and other embellishing things. and, after telling me it was standing against my account at fifty dollars, she sweetly asked me what I thought of it.
 Il see.' was the smiling response of Jones. .Of course you told her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
Truth About the Hun
Hudson Maxim. in Leslie's.

I1uuSOH MdAliil, III l<SSilC ..
 Who and what are the Huns?
 As far back in ancient history as we have any record, there is frequent men, tion of fierce, nomadic, shepherd race, roaming the vast pasture lands north of the Caspian sea, and north of the Central Asian mountain chain. These tribes are generally mentioned as Scy thians or Cimmerians. These were the forebears of the Huns. They had no fixed abode whatever, but moved with thelr flocks and entire possessions from place to place, according to the seasons and the condition of the grass.
 Their social order was peculiarly adapted to fit their nomadic life and to the nexorable requirements of com munity owership in their flocks and herds It was absolutely necessary that all such property should be owned in common because it could be cared for and safeguarded only by complete CO., operation.
 There was no such institution among them as marriage. Consequently, there was no such institution among them as family. The condition of the Scythian women was that of slavery. Women were treated as beasts of burden, and they were esteemed only in terms of qualification and drudgery. They, like cattle, were owned absolutely in com mon. There was no such word as wife in their language. No Scythian father knew his own children, and the only parental word was mother. No man ever heard himself called daddy or father
 Ages of nonuse of those lobes of the brain which are the seat of the noblest passions of mankind, and even of most dumb brutes, had rendered those facul- ties entirely atrophied or rudimentary in the Scythians. Connubial love with them was marked by a depression and not by bump.
 Today no phrenologist can find on the head of a true descendant of the Hun bump of love of wife and family, while the bump or organ of amative- ness, or lust, is hugely developed. Con- sequenty, the back-head of the Hun IS flat His neck is broad and short. Stand Hun with head and back against a wall and the back of his neck will also touch the wall.
 The real Hun can conceive of nothing incongruous or ghastly or brutal in cut ting off the hands or little child just for fun, for to him it is real fun. To capture young, pure and innocent maiden, ravish her, and then mutilate her body, in true Jack-the- Ripper fash ion, is to the Hun-mind a real prac- tical joke played on the young woman, and the Huns in the present war are more than ever convinced of the inabil- ity of the English to see joke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

shoes They are the type known as the Goodyear welt, the parts being sewed by the Goodyear welt sewing machine Three different soles are sewed together and the uppers are pulled over and sewed to the soles by a complicated machine that works as though it had human fingers and, you might almost say. a human brain.
 Machines here do all the work that the eobblers of the past did by hand The leather is rolled by machinery and shaved to the right thickness be- fore the dies are used. This rolling takes the place of the lap stone of the cobbler. The shoes are lasted by ma chinery. and the heels, after they are nailed on in the rough. are trmm ed into shape and fipished by revolving knives which will trim 1900 pairs of heels in a day. By the welt machine in a day The old cobbler could not do fifteen pairs in that time. 1 saw soles a half inch thick sewed together in IS seconds.
 I was interested in watching them put the nails into the heels They all go in at one time, being pressed an elinched by the machine, and tha- with single movement of the hand of the operator. The old cobbler had to drive each nail separately and he clinched it by pounding 1t against a tool of tough steel. Very often the clinching was not properly done and the nail prodded the flesh of the wearer
 With the modern hee1ng machine one man can put in over two thou sand pairs of heels in one day. The nails are fed in from a hopper and they drop into holes in a plate which corresponds roughly to the shape Of the heel. The operator pulls the plate forward and then places the heel in the machine and the shoe on top os the heel He then moves a lever and the ten nails are driven in and clched, holding the heel tightly in place. Aft CT the heel is trimmed antoher ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

/From kffrr 10 Dr. Caldwell written byN
 Mrs- John w. Christensen, eos So 2nd East, Brigham City, Utah
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

The shoes for the soldiers are sewed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
Special Sale Lace Curtains
Mahogany Lamps
7Ae Ps,5sctL Laratrve

Beautiful mahogany table lamps, with silk shades of rose or gold, worth r7 En 1000, special at U6 .JU
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
White Goods at Less Than
 Prevailing Market Prices

Every woman knows that white goods have very rap- idly advanced in price during the past six months Ow ing to the fact however that placed large orders last year, have been able to sell at less than prevailing prices Sometimes Gas in the of the Remnant Sale Monday 25 yard cheaper, but more generally 09 and 10 yard cheaper in the of Indian Head and of white Gaatea Monday.
 Remnants of white goods-thousands of yards 40nch sheer lawns batse and nansooks values to 50 yard per yard .25
 Genuine Indian Head full yard, 1oyard limit customer, worth 36la at the mills, per yard .3O
 Beautiful quality white Galaea, for mddes skirts romp- CTS, boys suits etc. regular price .35, special .25.
 9-4 Union linen sheeting, 1.25 quality special .9S.
 18x36nch bath towels, 25 value special 19.
 18x36nch red border huck towels .25 value, special 19 Ox42nch Turkish bath towels, .39 value, special 29.
 S1x9O Ironclad seamless sheets, special 1.39.
 81x90 Wearwell seamless sheets, special 1.55.
 81x90 aundry-proof seamless sheets, special 1.49
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

We just received a shipment of white linen, Cuban heel oxfords and white kid OK lords with Louis heels. As these are very hard to get, and few stores have them, we could readily sell them for $50 and 1000, but in or der to get some compliment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

chine SCOUTS 1t with sand paper
 and a knife descends and chops off the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
Some More Reductions on
 Summer Wash Goods

We won't go into detail because you pretty well fa miliar with the high character of wash goods that Bur gers sel and it is pretty generally known too, that in style Burgers wash goods of the superior type We, therefore, content ourselves with simply stating what they sold for, the immediate and the present price.
 4Onch voes that sold to 50 yard reduced to 19
 40nch voes that sold to .35 yard reduced to 19
 lawns that sold for 25 per yard reduced to 15
 27nch lawns and voiles that sold to .19 yard duced to O9.
 Our fall goods pouring in steadily. We have re- ceived New Devonshres for rompers dresses etc., 32 inch gnghams, 27nch gnghams in all of the large pads Would suggest that you them before the line de- pleted
The evening herald., 1918-03-02
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

During the past week the Home
Demonstration agent and the Coun!
~ agent visited the garden clubs at
Armenia location. Mansfield, Pento-
ga, South Brule. and Iron River
Grange Project report blanks We're
given out. which the members are
to I'll out as a part OF their seasons
work. When that is cleared up, the
matter OF winter clubs for the boys
and girls will be attended to, sewing
and hot lunch clubs for the girls and
handicraft clubs for the boys.
One OF the county stump pullers
aided in doing a nice bit Of land clear
ing on the farm OF Emanuel Erickson
at Fortune Lake. The puller Is now
at work In the Mansfield district.
Potato digging has commenced over
the county The results of the June
frost are evident in many places, the
potatoes being small. In many fields
the average number Of potatoes in
hill IS small, but as a whole, the yield
for the county will be fair. Potato
crops in many other sections of the
United States are poor and 1t looks
as though a fair price would prevail
for the tubers.
Word has been received from Fed
eral Food Administrator Mccormick
that farmers may get as much wheat
as they wish ground into -four at one
time, up to a years supply. They
must, however, get the required
amount of substitutes, one pound for
each four pounds OF -four.
All blowing should be done this fall
il possible. 1t saves time in the spring
and leaves the ground open to the
action of the weather during the win
ter, which makes it better for plant
growth in the spring.
Several fields of winter wheat have
been found in the county. 1t will re-
ceive a thorough trial this winter and
If It turns out well, will be another
good crop for us here.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05
MANSFIELD NOTES.

The following pupils have received
100 per cent in spelling during the
week: George Alto, Frank Stream.
Elma Perry onnie Hendrickson, Mary
Anesi, Kathryn Anesi, John Perry.
Rose Anesi.
Lawrence Alto. onnie Hendrickson,
Tyne Alto, George Alto. IVA Alto.
and Ella Kallio have been neither
tarady nor absent during the FIRST
school month.
Hilda Hager had her tonsils remov-
ed at the Darling hospital this week
and is doing nicely at this writing.
Miss Ida Hager returned to her
school duties at Ann Arbor on Monday,
after spending two weeks vacation
with her parents at Mansfield
John Hendrickson OF Caspian, was
a Mansfield business visitor Monday.
Mrs. William Rosenquist spent the
week end at Iron Mountain visiting
friends.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05
START FLY OFFENSIVE.

Now is a good time TO kill off what
might be so million flies next summer.
Don't let any escape and crawl into
some nice warm nook to winter over
and crawl out next May, and lay few
hundred egges each. They will If
you don't stop them. Now is the
time. Swat every fly you see. 1t is
easier to swat one now than 100 next
spring.
"a stitch in time" applies here az
always. Let each pick up few Of
the stitches.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

Adolph Johnson, from Houghton
training camp. was given a few hours
furlough last week to visit relatives
before leaving for points farther east.
Mrs, Frakey and daughter, made a
business trip TO Crystal Falls.
Mrs. Kermeen returned to her home
today after having undergone a SER
ious operation
The work OF tarring the Iron county
road has been completed.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Wellendorf made
a trip to Crystal Falls Monday
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

The following letter sent US b.,
Mrs. J. p. sturman Of Iron River,
Will be read with pride by her nus
bands many friends In Iron county
Am Exp. Forces.
August 10. 1918.
To Private Joseph r. sturman,
am directed by the Division Com
mander to inform you that your con
duet, while in action on July 30, 1918,
when under enemy artillery and ma
chine gun fire, you did display extra
ordinary heroism, by voluntarily car
rying IN wounded, not only from your
own, but from other organizations,
and that after your own company had
been relieved and had retired from
its position, you did voluntarily remain
caring for and carrying wounded to
first aid station, has been brought to
his personal attention and he consid-
ers your performance of duty on this
occasion worthy Of the highest com'
mendation.
He regards your actions, in the face
of the enemy, gallant, an example TO
your comrades in arms and character.
istic OF that splendid standard upon
which the traditions Of our military
establishment are founded
WALTER L. POWERS,
Major, n. A., Adjutant Gen
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

In a letter to his sister, Mrs Frank
Slmeoni, JOS Calotto writes on Aug.
2Sth. from Somewhere In France;
Just got back from the firing line
and am glad to have been a participant
in Americas biggest battle of thd
year. Came ont of the mixup unhurt.
for which | thank the Almighty. We
are now showing old Kaiser Bill the
stun the Yanks are made Of, and he
had better sit up and take notice"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

Complying with many requests, the
Mckinney Steel band, wisl give a
dance In the city hall on Friday eve
ming, October 18th. Dancing from
$3.50 10 1890 Admission soc per
couple
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

3 A stalwart volunteer returned to
camp after a trip to town with very
gloomy air. What's eatin' we, Jim p"
his partner asked. You look up
against it," he said, "if you'd seen a
Stacker smuggling up TO your best girl
in box at the movies and fannin'
her with his exemption card"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

The local draft board last week re-
ceived notice from Provost Marshal
General Crowder cancelling the call
for the thirty-five drafted men who
were 10 report for entertainment be-
tween October 18th and 18th. These
mcn will not be called until the cpl
dernic OF Spanish influenza is check
ed.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

Miss Mary Gaffney departed Mon
day evening for Rochester, Minnesota,
where she will submit to an operation
for the removal of goitre. Her many
friends hope that she will soon be
able 10 return home.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

LOST Athletic pin, basketball de-
sign, with initials "a. i A.; also
owners initials III L." Finder please
leave at this office
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05
THE CHURCHES.
st. Marks Episcopal.

The nineteenth Sunday after Trini-
~. 80 -st,.s'-' '"sns, .-n
l0-Sunday school
:30-Eyensong and sermon Sub
ject: brighter Days Are Coming. :"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

Ed Fedrizzi and Emil Lahti OF Iron
River, came 10 Crystal Falls Tuesday
for short visit With relatives and
friends.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

ROOMS FOR RENTAL modern
conveniences. Mrs John Peterson.
Fourth street. Phone 100.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

HOUSE FOR RENT-on Marquette
avenue Inquire OF Mrs Lydia Pierce
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

FOR SALE-Two COWS; will be
fresh in Nov. and Dec. Inquire Louis
Roth.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05

Subscribe for The Diamond Drill.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05
BOUQUET FOR THIS OFFICE.

James j. Gahney, democratic can
ddate for state senator, has letter
from II. S. Powell, Iron Mountain
making inquiries as TO who the PRINT
er Is that turned out Mr. Gaffney's
nifty campaign cards OF course. they
were printed at The Diamond Drill Of
flee. and we just can't help but APP
preciate the implied compliment,
The courier-index., 1918-05-31

Henry J. Bellew and Mrs. Sudie Edwards were married Sunday after noon by Rev. J. B. Easley, pastor Of the Christian church. Mir Bellew IS a we'll known young citizen of Mari anna and is a plasterer by trade His bride is employed as an operat- or in the local telephone exchange.
The courier-index., 1918-05-31
Now That the Kaiser Is Here
 How Do You Like Him?

Take another look at Emperor William. We are beginning 10 see great deal of him. It seems to me Sthat run into him everywhere 1 go And whenever him find that he has lot of instructions to give me-orders to hand out-thngs that shall or shall not do.
 few weeks ago thought I would go up to the golf club and get little exercise. When l got there found that this bird had preceded and closed up the place The clubhouse looked like Belgium, cold and desolate No coal until further notice@by order of German Willie.
 It's the same way home-heat turned off, lights turned down, sugar nearly gone. And the Emperor at the bottom of it all. If it weren't for his ambitions things would be back where they
 Al the restaurant where eat my lunch, William has taken charge of the kitchen and the dining room He tells what can have and what can't have mostly what can't have He has lowered the quality of the food raised the prices and fixed it have to yell my head off to get anything at all Aside from that he's perfect host.
 The old boy follows to the office Say, William; have heart! It would require couple of hundred thousand words to describe the help he is to in my businesswith all that he is doing to upset the malls, the railroads and the process of manufacture and de- livery On the whole it is fun to sit at home and shver these days han go down to business and sweat
 Yes sir the Emperor is with every waking mom- ent It took quite long time for him to get over here established personal relations with each one of us We having extensive dealings with him. and are not finding the relationship very satisfactory. Hes dom neering dicatoral nuisance. He's also extravagant His present schemes have cost us about seventyve billion dollars and four five million lives He the @ promoter type % hh gets it's h n "ne but ae rid of him. If we let hi mhave his way now he VIII go right rocking the boat He loves authority, hkes 10 boss. Give him rope and there will be more Wars-ahu
 Uncle Sam has set out to fire this main. And we agree that the thing must be done 50 rake ana sc{ape every penny you find and put it in toward finishing
 All join in the chorus-W-E DON'T WANT T-H-I-S GUY! We have had taste of him and we don't like his work. We may have been monkeys once. The scientists tell us were But let's not allow ths kind of a specimen to make monkeys of us again.