The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-08-09
DIAMOND D. SCRIBE MADE SHORT
TOUR or TOWNSHIP
DEVELOPMENT ASTONISHING
An Example Of What A Poor Man
Can do is Shown in the Late
Alex Nyquist's Case

It's an old saying that familiarity
breeds contempt" That is true In
the case OF men working in hazard
Gus occupations. A man accustomed
because OF daily familiarity with
danger pays no attention to II. It is
true in the case OF our natural beau
ties. We are so accustomed to them
that things which tourists from 9TH
er places rave over. we hold OF 40
account. We drive our autos to 9TH
er places to view things and we talk
about the great development In those
other places that are really nor as
great nor as beautiful or as Interest,"
ing as are the things that lie righr at
our door.
Burn Gasoline On Side Roads. 2
Il Is unfortunate that all OF our
main trunk lines don't pass along the
side OF our biggest mines, our finest
timber and most advanced farms, but
they don't. In fact the best OF most
OF our upper peninsula counties are
on side roads. II certainly Is the
case In Iron county and Iron county
autoists can proftably burn little
gasoline travelling over these side
roads and getting acquainted with
what this county really has to offer.
One township In which some time
can prontably be spent in is STAN
baugh. Most OF our we'll informed
people know that Stambaugh town.
ship pays the biggest tax OF any town
ship in the county. They know that
she has the biggest mine in the coun~
~ and the biggest mining district In
the county and that she has the most
people OF any township In the county
Few know that she has the best agri-
cultural prospect in the county. the
most township roads, the finest farms.
the best farm buildings and. we be-
lieve. the best country roads OF any
OF the other townships. In short.
Stambaugh township Is "some town
ship"
II you don't believe II, burn lit
tie gasoline in the county and show
UP something better. Stambaugh has
behind its minerals wealth OF rich
lands and timber that gives Il the
premier position.
A Diamond Drill scribe spent a day
recently In riding around Stambaugh
township just to look II over II was
The first time that we had been about
the township 10 any extent since we
visited country schools some twenty
years ago. We had visited the mialng
frequently and. like many
others. had somehow formed the opin.
on that there was not much worth
seeing elsewhere.
Well, we were very much mistaken.
township has much u
'how. and will have far more TO Slow
n the next ten years.
Great Agricultural Activity.
We were very mucn surprised az
he agricultural development we saw.
We used TO think. twenty years ago.
ghen our horse plodded along weari-
y through the mud for half an hour
etween farms that there was AZ
mazing lots OF farms In the township
ut now We bowl along over welt
nrnpiked and graveled roads w',a
arms rarely out OF sight II Il realty
revelation to one TO ncto the g.ses
hange In these years
II Is well known fact that fully
per cent of the agricultural "a
anccment of this county has brr
ladc within the past three yeas
he high return from aEricuIf
roducts has done moro to develop
loverland than any other agency anf
as brought about conditions ia
w years that It wonld have taken
ecados 10 bring about.
The DAYS when ''homeetoaderzr ran