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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26

n Great BTLH1. IHaL IS I6 UB " -.
fact. In all Of our dealings with foreign peoples and governments we are
handicapped because we do not use the same system OF easuremeh
American scientists were compelled long since to adopt tn metric system,
with the result that many Of their publications are incomprehenshpe. I"
the war has convinced thousands Of persons of the necessity TOT usns I'M
universal language Of measurement In this country. VIII Inc resnt ual
the meter has many new and influential hackers
aThis country has Jagged behind the rest i n worioD y neg gns :. -
adonta system OF quantity expression SO simple that the average cnld OF zen
can learn its essential features In ten minutes" is the way = !. upD
N of the experts OF weights and measures at the bureau OF STANDARDS
puts 1t. 44e& s tssWa g4 - .os,oua, srstor,
He also says that our failure to cast aside q clumsy meuhevat system
sr ana that IL modern and practical has greatly handicapped vi In business
abroad and at home. I'll, $3.50. 49,. ~.
o6Beials Of the United States bureau OF standards ei certain nat MS
eauutry viii ultimately use the metric system.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26
Hotel Chateau Thierry.

There is said to be a plot on foot for
a large American-managed hotel at
Chateau Thierry. If it is built a small
bet might be placed that the services
Of a German-speaking clerk will not be
required there OF the opening day.
Their memories of that section will
not be so keenly pleasurable that Ger
mans will return there in great num-
hers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26

and Senate BdHkIGdu, TVIITIHS CIdII-
man of the senate committee on post
offices and post roads, that they stand
for national highways tremendously
strengthened and probability of pass
age of the Townsend bill at the extra
session of congress" says David Jane
son, president of the American Auto
mobile association.
"a national highway system can
be kept within 3 per cent Of the total
mileage of highways in the United
States and still serve our fundamental
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26
Whisky Still Found
in Top Of Huge Tree

Knoxville. Tenn.-It is moth
ing unusual TO find Illicit distil-
leries hidden in caves, cellars or
In dense undergrowths of noun
tain laurel, states T. B. WINS,
veteran moonshine raider of the
internal revenue department.
But to find one perehed In the
top of a towering oak tree is
quite a novelty, he says.
Mr.. WINS located a large cop
per still in such q place when
conducting a raid in the famous
old Tenth district, or Sewer
county, Tennessee. The outht
was dislodged and destroyed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26
Rhetorical spendthrIfts.

"How's politics coming out your
wayT
ut isn't what 1t used to be. Every
time anybody would think up a good
husky epithet he'd use 1t on the Hohen-
sollerns instead Of saving 1t up for the
local campaign"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26

IOruS OF tHt DISITICL UI OUIuHUIH anu
says if they persist in gouging the pub
lie after wartime legislation restrain
ing them becomes imperative, he will
"up and move the capital westward
to grow up with the country. Wash
ington never was a good place for it.
anyway, he insists.
But the Illinois senator does not
even have his own state or its metrop-
oils in mind. He suggests st. Louis
as the probable place he will pick
for tho futura c9nitaI of the nation,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26
Ten Tons a Day Being Made
When the Armistice Was
Signed.
DISCOVERED BY PROF. LEWIS
Ten AirpIane Loads of This Super
Poison Sufficient to Have De-
stroyed All Life in Berlin
Known as "Methyi."

Washington.-At the educational ex-
position, illustrating the wartime n
reconstruction activities of the depart
ment of the interior now being heid
there is being shown under guard a
sample of the most terrible super
poison gas known, the discovery of
Prof. w. Lee Lewis while in the en-
ploy of the bureau Of mines at its
American university laboratories.
This gas, formerly called "Lewisite,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26

CARNATIONS in all parts of the country
has been started to accomplish this
change. And the meter propagandists
have made q strong case The chief
reasons why we should abandon our
system for the metric system are that
the latter is much simpler and easier
to learn, that 1t is more accurate, and,
above all, that 1t Is now the compul-
sorry system in every civilized country
In the world except the United States
and Grant britain That Is the big
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26

ners with such data as will enable
them to navigate the waters under its
Jurisdiction with the greatest possible
safety. The obligation has not been
discharged by the United States.
Many lives and property worth mil
lions of dollars are lost annually be-
cause the task of charting the coastal
waters of the United States and it's
Possessions has never been completed.
4 Now that the war is over, the fin
Fishing of this job is n of the most
oroec;rr panoccitioc which thp nation
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26
KIM Albert to Visit AnerIc.

Paris.-King Albert Of Belgium il
expected to visit Washington, to at
tend the initial meeting of the league
OF nations next October.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26
Adoption Of a National Highways Policy Likely

nTHE adoption of a national highways policy by the United States Chamber
! of Commerce at its annual convention, coupled with recent nounc
ments by Senator Penrose, the next chairman of the senate nan commttee'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26
HEARD and SEENH
at the CAPITALS
Saws He'll Move National Capital to ST. Louis

Observation-Disclosures Sherman of Illinois threatened the other day to
w have the capital of the United States removed from Washington to the
middle West. The senator is still on the warpath against prohe@1ng land,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26
Do You Know Meter and Liter? Better Brush Up

IF YOU do not understand the metric system Of measurement look it up
j and learn it, For there are strong indications that the meter and the liter
will soon disphce the yard and the quart in all your dealings. A movement
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26
Dangers Of the Uncharted Seas Move Uncle Sam

MERICA is Just now embarking upon a great career IS a maritime nation.
"A It is spending billions for ships and bidding for men to enter the merchant
MARINE One of the first duties of every maritime nation is to furnish mari.
The Lamar register., 1919-02-05

you've called the turn, Billy. She is
the other one"
HIN; chasing you up?"
"Oh, no; 1t was just one Of the
near-miracles. She didn't know I
was here. and l had no hint that she
was coming"
"All right: it's your roast; not mine.
But I'm going to pull one chestnut out
of the fire for you, even II I do get
my fingers burned. This Miss Rich
folks has had only one day here In
Brewster. but she's used 1t In getting
mighty chummy with the StantOns.
Does that figure as news to your
"It does" said Smith simply; and he
added: 81 don't understand it."
Funny" remarked the ex-cowman.
at didn't ball me up for more than
minute or two. Stanton fixed 1t some
way-because he needed to. Tell me
something John: could this Miss Rich
GARDEN help Stanton out I'm any OF his
little schemes. II she took a nOtiOnf"
Smith turned away and stared nt the
blackened square of outer darkness
lying beyond the office window.
'Slie could. Biliy-but she won't" he
CONTINUED Next Week)
The Lamar register., 1919-02-05

the cab rank he found the motor cab
from the hotel. Climbing in. he gave a
brittle order to the chauffeur. Stimuli
taneously man wearing the softest
Of hats lounged away from his post Of
observation under nearby electric
pole and ran across the railroad plaza
to unhitch and mount wiry little cow
pony. Once In the saddle, however
the mounted man did not hurry his
horse. Having overheard Stanton's
order giving. there was no need to keep
the motor cab In sight as 1t sputtered
through the streets and out upon the
backgrOunding mesa, Its ill-smelling
course ending at lonely rOadhOuse In
the mesa hills on the Topaz trail.
When the hired vehicle came to a
stand In front of the lighted barroom
Of the roadhouse, Stanton gave n wait
Ing order to the driver and went In.
or the dog-faced barkeeper he asked
an abrupt question, and at the mans
jerk Of a thumb toward the rear, the
promoter passed on and entered the
private room at the back.
The private room had but one occu-
pant-the man Lanterby, who was sit
ting behind round card table and
vainly endeavoring to make one of the
pair Of empty whisky Ilasses spin In n
complete circuit about a black bottle
standing on the table.
The hired car was still waiting when
Stanton went out through the barroom
and gave the driver his return orders.
And, because the night was dark, nell
ther Of the two at the car saw the man
in the soft hat straighten himself up
from his crouchIng place under the
backroom window and vanish silently
In the gloom.
The Lamar register., 1919-02-05
"what a strIkingly handsome

tion. "What strikingly handsome
couple" said a bejewelled lady who
sat at the table nearest the door; and
her companion, a gentleman with rest
less eyes and thin lips and a rather
wicked Jaw. said: "Yes; don't know
the woman. but the man Is Colonel
Baldwin's new financier: the fellow
who calls himself John Smith,"
The bediamonded lady smiled dryly.
"You say that as If you had a mortal
quarrel with his name, Crawford. If
were the girl, / shouldn't find fault
with the name. You say you don't
know herT'
Stanton had pushed his chair back
and was rising. ''Tnke your time with
the ice cream, and I'll join you later
upstairs. I'm going to find out who he
girl Is, since you want to know
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auins. Neitner am 1 the judge and
Jury to put you in the prisoners box
and try you. suppose you knew what
you were doing. and why you did It
But do think you might have written
me line, Montague. That would have
been the least you could have done"
For some lime afterward the talk
was not resumed. Miss HIGHLANDER was
apparently enjoying her dinner. Smith
was not enjoying his, but he ate as
troubled man often will; mechanically
and as matte, of routine. II was not
until the dessert had been served that
the young woman took up the thread
Of the conversation precisely as II 1t
Ind never been dropped.
Il think you know that you have no
reason to be afraid OF me. Montague; |;
but ! can't say as much for father. He
will be back In few days. and when
he comes It will be prudent for you to
vanish. That Is a future, however"
Smiths laugh was brittle.
We'll leave II a future. II you like.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof"
"oh; so you c,ass me as an evil. do
your
"No; you know I didn't mean that
i merely mean that it's no use crossing
the bridges before we come to them.
Eve been living from day to day SO
long now. that am becoming hard
ened TO It,"
Again there WIS a pause. and again
1t was Miss Richlander who broke 1t
The slow smile was dlmpling again al
the corners of the perfect mouth.
"You are going to need little help
Montague-my help-aren't your II
occurs TO me that you can well AFFORD
TO show me some little friendly atten
ton while am Robinson Crusoed here
waiting for father to come back"
LET me understand" he broke in
frowning across the table at her. "Yor
are willing to ignore what has hap
pened-to that extentf You are moi
forgetting that in the eyes Of the Law
i am a criminnlf'
She made faint little gesture of i'm
patience.
"Why do you persist In dragging
that inf / am not supposed to know
anything about your business affairs
with watrous Durham or anybod,
else. Besides. no one knows me here
and no one cares. Besides. again, an
a stranger In a strange city and we ar,
or we used to be-old friends"
Her half-cynical tone made hin
frown again. thoughtfully. this time.
''Women are curious creatures" h,
commented. II used to think I knew
little something about them. but
guess 1t was a mistake. What do 20,
want me to do7"
"oh. anything you like; anything
that will keep me from being bored I,
death"
Smith laid his napkin aside an,
glanced at his watch.
"There is a play OF some kind on a
the opera house, believe" he said
rising and going around to draw he
chair aside. "If you'd care to 20, II
see II I can hold somebody up for
couple of seats"
"That is more like II. I used to b.
afraid that you hadn't drop of sport
ing blood in you. Montague, and an
glad to learn, even at this late day
that I was mistaken. Take me up
stairs, and we'll go to the play"
They left the dining room together
and there was more than one pair o
eyes to follow them In frank admire
The Lamar register., 1919-02-05
CHAPTER XIV.
A Niuht Of Fiascos,

n Ntoht OF fiascoo.
Smith had seen nothing OF Miss
RIchlander during the day. partly be-
cause there was forenoon meeting of
the High Line stockholders called for
the purpose of electing him secretary
and treasurer in fact of the company.
and partly because the major portion
Of the afternoon was spent In confer
ence with Williams at the dam.
Returning from the dam site quite
late In the evening, Smith spent hard
working hour or more at his desk in
the Kinzie building offices; and 1t was
here that Starbuck found him.
"Whatf' said the new secretary.
looking up from his work when Star
bucks wiry figure loomed In the door
way. II thought you were once more
a family man. and had cut out the
night prowling."
S;arbuck Jackknifcd himself com
rortably in chair.
II was. But the little girls run
away again: gone with her sister
Maxwells wife. you know-to Denver
10 get her teeth fixed: and I'm foot
loose. Been butting In little on
sour game. this evening. just to be
doing. How's tricks with. you. nowf''
Were strictly In the fight de-
riared Smith enthusiastically. 1--WE
closed the deal today for the last half
mile OF the main ditch right OF way.
which puts us up on the mesa slope
above the Escnlante grant. If they
knock Us out now. they'll have to do
II with dynamite"
'Yes." said the ex-cowman. thought
fully: "with dynamite" Then: "How
is Williams getting alongT'
"F'lnei The water is crawling up on
him little every night. but with no
accidents. he'll be able to hold the
Hood rise when 1t comes. The only
thing that worries me now is the tim,
limit"
THE time llmltf" echoed Starbuck
Whats thntr'
the originnl company. Certain state
rights To the water were conveyed IL
the old charter. on condition that tn,
project should be completed, or ut least
10 far enough along to turn water into
the bitches. by n given date. This time
init. which carries over from Timan-
vonl Ditch to Tlmanyoni High Line.
spires next week. We're petitioning
"r an extension. but II we don't get
wafer up sn that 1t will flow into the
'wer level OF dlfches by next Thurs
": that Is. barring accidents"
Yes: with no accidents" unused
tarbuck. Cant get shut OF the If
way nor shape. can we? So that's
by the Stanton people have been
'hting 50 wolfishly for delay. Is II?
I'm. this Is wicked. wicked world
hen he switched abruptly. "where
4 you corral all those good looks you
ok to the opera house last night.
imp
Smiths laugh was strictly perfume.
nry.
Tint was Miss Vera RIchlander, an
'd friend OF mine from back home
he is out here with her father, and
he father has gone up into the Topaz
pnntry to buy him "A gold brick"
mot In the Topaz" Starhuclk struc'
loyalty. "We don't make the brick
'p there-not the phony kind. Bul
t that go and tell me something els
, while back. when you were givin.
10 little song and dance about the
"lonefs daughter. you mentioned an
ther woman-though not by name. IT,
'ou happen TO recollect. I was hlSi
wondering II this Miss Rich people. ~
whatever her name is Isient no tht
other one"
Again the new secretary laughed
THIS time without embarrassment,
The Lamar register., 1919-02-05
Daily Thouuht.

No man can justly condemn or CEN
sure another, because, indeed. no man
truly knows another.-Sir Thomas
Browne.
The Lamar register., 1919-02-05
Fresh.

Fish Dealer-Fresh. mum? Why,
the unfortunate fish breathed his last
Just as 1t saw you comin'.-Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
The diamond drill., 1919-09-06

Crystal Falls. Michigan. August. 1918.

Crystal Michigan. 1918
To The Board or City
the pei 1917 March 3ls 1913
attempted give more than merely mass ~ o.
which generally pu e
without study than the
subject The
described detail and hope in such way as 20
appreciation Tor the
results set forth the
80 f.. Ga cty Manage
The diamond drill., 1919-09-06
Creating street districts.
Regulating trafic on sidewalks and crosswaiks.
Regulating water and plumbing

ReEusins water and plumbing j III - LA . -
either ior tie any
Under
@ q quickly @ sna any & mssnsa ss from s
The e G Srnsy s" hs s9n Mining % y % % i S @ a @ he ne
Mckinney Steel made under the old char
by Township
ss city
that @ s yS wr1s s ass o@ any
% q Sss ws ass as SEE sss repss, % q W. %a e % % more details
Damage Claims
Dsas
This claim grows alleged injuries BY
high tension home; attempting
The
Three claims for % the flooding Of
advice
$4,000
Mrs Charles nsa g0rsman snns damage n to basement 5000
the
City and the Board o. Review and the pro ecu Of Cran ain
mas S % ana ne results Obtained ana h
Police Department.
ss s aas sss ssS @ @ arsS @
the a%as @ this ds ps under the direct supervision Of the
Mayor
Very little work was undertaken the past year
Michigan distance 252 feet
a distance Of 800 feet at cost Of s5is97
Fire Department
appointed
better the Department consists paid and volunteer @
THE s s' a @ S" 5 am fer fer % % % sq % % % %
AZ calls who sleep At @ the @ hall night nights
members paid at fi per
ana Es Ss s,ss Ss ~
Fi,sss Fs' s" aa. were %srs BOX snna.y sas@' nr..
ons ons eall calI f1y aoyesi sIafs; ass
Three calls sparks chimneys the
One One ssI ss1I ssfsssys de iays explosion s'p'os
ONE ONE ss cs ssssV sSmos s%si.
Two fall alarm
amount % nsaase nsss % pa % was s s s co. 0 the year " r
Gs9fea @ saS a % as@a @ feet anS w Oe sas Laid a %
oa s life feet s % sa 5 m T % @ asd ps distance @ Of - miles was travelled
Very little
the hreh hydrant painted
w An NJ @ Was entered ss 5 with the CRY Crystal Falls
To be % paid rS o ns nmsn ns @ service e ws oO %
mailed out with our electric light bills re-
aueins have their
chimney much money
street Department
S s % that s ,Ss sns Of % %
$1,000 Collecting a ana nSs as M n
saving in all other classes of
Considerable culvets were ne
y track distance eleven hundred au and % s raes est e se i N @ os
~ na 1 wss a S @ n S @ s @ %
ncni The Bristol HIN had
Several new galvanized installed
Of the bridge
~ r =. 4s-'
sidewalk one hundred and
all the pasty
Ford
addition OF a o reat yaIu -l
possible Improve
* r.
Health
DR. hasfu fulfilled his
e' 10 the general satisfaction o. the public His
The health still
mere an appalling amount OF educational
ulness by
win previous years we have truly made
The diamond drill., 1919-09-06

The q
said State revised the Charter OF @ y Oh
on April 7t following elected without ppos
commi years Bk Commissioner for one
The nrst meeting OF April 22nd ss
y found necessary D ,ne mna M the amairs Of the
the decks for action s . 49, ha,a a.
meetings the Commission were appointed " = ~ "
on third Monday OF the month
ended the city finances were areuy s
accomplished almost entirely with the regular IN
y was necessary 70 @ borrow s0O0 % nae ~ ~ ~ M W
on 1918 Of sls2sol7 This sum
Water earnings all there was e work on un m
bonds had TO be retired and about e
w IN % connection should also that
eliminated from the business q the
material had increased about
previous more work was ana
made for the amount OF money expended as IN any year
pr Commission taking hold
and current increased sss2SSS during
The Light and water Department s7s7sSs
the profit made in 1917 as shown by the Following o
disbursements SssSas
Ner ,,,s sront Tor year
:sssss sssss.ss s
lSssssa Ssss %
of the Crystal Falls
Township City considered sSsSs was
tax. entirely the effects Of the Commission
following table win the approximate amount money
Net gain in profit department s5sss SO
School Taxes SSsSeo
contracts
Agreement township onehal 800 800 90
Tfriur % and checking compensation nuranie
compensation insurance policy ea4s
peninsula hospital account
for city hall soooo
sss5s.sa
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Among other osas disease hospital y needed
s s To s sis
$ % a d. a % ossS % % @ ns 1 s @
's sss as city
ssisasass. -
only N n ss ss1a q % % q % city 1S Ss T %
one ar " s
y deaths reported to the health department during m
This death i2S
There nne,slsh birth returned the DsalA
per- g popaaen ''''
as ups and % n % IS @ @ e N extensions @ new % m
Installed
On
since that s
forty Gao, charge Tor o
the Town
qIs "a aS s'iss l'''''
& Per s al al sss sss.s 200 5's Nh
%Ai e per- s rates 1Gs s as s fGsri sls @ s''f
iS' Al n ossP ssS'sS sSo X v ~ J. :
{: e 'sf 'Ss asss 5es
The Commission also established cooking
weather the past winter ~aS kee0o
a @ @ % S This department There pipes
Numerous pipes throughout below the usual
put 'T as Ts % %s started S %sssD q s 7s
a "s % s aSS S a 80 This viii all
The attention OF the Commission fact that two water
ne ei and the Mckinney Steel city and that there ~aa
Unes for his opinion and The commssio
and the Commission to noy bo
drafted '"' s discarded and new contracts the
n une m the terms Of the old Mining Company was
n b point near the Carpenter Mine this pipe
@ ang mena OF the for water sum
The cost % Of @ p n e @ Inl such time as the entire
ma similar contract with the Mckinney Company started from
map streets The odgers Mine amount
c s ooth new contracts the City pipe line TO the
l so,a q sa1 the n Mining m c Company NJ % beyond y that
the cit, lm,s requiring the Mining Company build from
and so following meter rates for water the contracts
srt 1000 cubic feet 1o
s.ee second 1000 cubic feet &c 100 feet
All Ai over ys 2ooo 1000 cubic feet Be feet
wears ps e" was renewed the past period Of ten
Cemeterv nen.rtm.- - .~~-
than the Commission oo e n oven made
condition from M sn wsa , for the
the weeds and loot ana remove the entire
Alleys laid lines were run ana .. ,.,
more roads laid entrance
changed SO that the public from s w
making @ % run m on the sariaee temporarily Of
nlsce % sn si started TINS year small house giving the sexton
ve trees planted the rodwav ana
driveway Vu and intention s also 70 plant
p o N time making Of the Cemetery spot instead OF
We found i made placing All Or b M
eessary to have ery OF the bur so s, me-
giving Complete record % se ea c u s c card ard system
buried ~ the Cemetery In records was e people
70 nase cement markers made for single grave on whic
'hs s sexton on during % the winter months "' a0ns IN
single lots .s2050
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