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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12


IL did not need a prophet to fore
see that long before these new mills
and railroads could be brought into
operation that the war would be over
In fact, when the armistice was de-
clared the mills that were ready all
the time TO produce spruce were pro-
ducing Il so fast that there would not
have been room in the air OF France
for the aeroplanes that could have
been built from the lumber.
This worse than reckless expendi-
ture OF money, carried on with utter
disregard for business methods, and in
many respects for ordinary common
sense, Went on when such men as Dan
Kern, who SO successfully built the
great jetties that have deepened the
water TO 40 II az the mouth OF the
Columbia and such other important
work; the Weyerhaeusers and many
other great concerns that could have
delivered all the spruce needed and
forgotten about II. and without ex-
pending a cent for new mill. railroads,
logging equipment, etc. by simply
using the plants already In operation
and the ones that were idle. These
men were powerless any objection or
criticism on their part as to the meth
DDS used by the colonel would have
been considered treason by the adj
ministration.
After an expenditure Of probably
S25,Q0O,O00 there was ready for the
scrap heap when the armistice was
signed, about eight acres of logging
equipment In Vancouver. Wash, which
cost $l0.000,000 or more; a sawmill
az Port Angeles, Wash, with a ca
pacity OF 100000 feet a day-90 per
cent complete; a sawmill at Toledo,
Oregon, with capacity Of 100000 feet
~75 per cent complete: about $50 mi.
of railroad and equipment; about
500 100000 feet OF standing timber
steamboats, and tugs everything the
most expensive that money would buy.
being offered for what il will bring,
ana for which there Is no demand.
ann satisfied that the government
would have saved this $25.000.0 900 and
obtained more spruce II Col. Disquc
had never gone to the coast. and
spruce production had been left TO the
lumber producers. They could have
begun production within a week with
their own equipment and with labor
already IN their employ. The manu-
facturers OF machinery would have
kept producing war material SO bad
ly needed. instead OF being compelled
10 build equipment for the colonel
which was not needed M all. and the
market would not now be glntted
with this secondhand logging and
railroad and sawmill equipment now
offered for sale by the government.
The Canadian government knew
how TO obtain spruce and placed their
production In the hands Of an expert.
enced American lumbcrman, Frank
X. Pendleton.
7 believe IN publicIty--in this way
! only can we profit IN the future by the
mistakes made In the past These
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Freeval and Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Anderson. who have been
guests the past two weeks az the home
OF Mrs. John Anderson IN this city.
departed Sunday for their homes In
Chicago. Mr.. and Mrs Anderson
were on their on their honeymoon,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12

Upper peninsula aeroplane vent
urea don't seem TO pan out well. The
Marquette plane was wrecked on IT'S
first trip 10 the copper country and
during the week a plane at Manisti-
que, the second venture In its line IN
the peninsula, was wrecked on It's
first attempted flight We understand
that through an effort OF the success.
ors to tn firm with which Or. Haight
hargained for his plane to raise the
price, there II hitch in the coming
of the plf-e intended for Crystal
Falls.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12

Mr. and Mrs. willard pearce OF
Chicago, who have been visiting
the past ten days at the homes OF
Mrs. Pearce's mother. Mrs. Kiuttig
and other relatives. departed Thurs
day morning for their home
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12

The appointment of William Kelly
of Vulcan on the advisory board OF
the state highway department is
pleasing to all the peninsula Mr..
Kelley is amply qualified for the posi-
ton having been chairman of the
Dickinson county commission for
many years. The other members OF
the commission are: William II. An
derson OF Grand Rapids, John S.
Haggarty Of Detroit: William Loutlti
of Grand Haven and Frank Hamilton
of Traverse City.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12

The total Of all appropriations
made by the Legislature for the bien-
NAL period iole-192O totals well up TO
Sa5,OoO,ooo we are told Governor
sleeper is reported to be surprised
at the total Of this appro-
priatlon and well he may be- The
re-adiustment Of things 70 meet the
new level OF prices aud wages Il
responsible for most OF the increase.
The war activities that we entered
into so heartily account for the bal
ance.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12

mistakes have cost our country bill
lions and while mistakes are unavoid-
able, the greater part were made by
placing small and inexperienced men
in important positions, from the sec
rotary OF war down.
Col Disque. by-the-way. Is the man
who ran Jackson prison for a while.
He's regular army man.
A gentleman who was In France
and who observed the way the peo-
Piles money was spent. said to us a
short time ago: THAT regular army
bunch has no conception OF business,
nor thought OF reason in spending
money. They look upon the govern
ment as sort OF fountain OF funds
in which they can wallow without
limit or restraint. Their mission was
to spend all the money appropriated
and spend they did in the most reck-
less way imaginable"
All these things are pertinent To
the present condition OF affairs In bus
mess and politics, Are the American
people going to follow Woodrow VIII
son and his bunch Of incompetents
blindly in peace as they did In war;
Has the presidents stewardship dur
ing the war been such that he can be
safely trusted now that we are able
to look over the record calmly and
with an eye to the future?
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12

The Department Of Agriculture says
ahat the meat prices are not justified.
Will the department tell as any prices
that are Justified these days
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12

Casey Eldred had bis wrist broken
last Tuesday evening while cranking
Ford car. lie will be laid up for
several weeks as the break Is had
me.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12

FOR SALE-Ford car in fine con-
dition Phone 273-J or p. O. box 953.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12

Word received from Capt. A. l..
burridge says that he LEFT Sunday for
washington to look after the inter
ests of the state OF Michigan in the
matter OF turning over the equipment
by the federal government to the
state OF Michigan.
Capt Burridge expected to be mus,
tered out OF the army on Monday last.
and we expect that by this time he
Is mere civilian.
We expect to see Mr.. Burrldee hack
IN this country before very long.
-- fAug. at Iron River) D
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12

LOST--Package containing trousers
between Fortune Lake and city. Find
er please leave at this Office and re-
ceiye reward
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12
PUBLIC FORUM

Crystal Falls, Mich.
June 80, 1919.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12
SCHOOL ELECTIONS.

Soldiers Welcome Aug. 81
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12

Aug, . at Iron River)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20

is working his way eastward on foot
along the route of the northwest pas
sage on the northern rim of the con-
tinent, according to word received
here. He expects to reach the Hudson
bay country and civilization some time
next summer.
Storker Storkerson, formerly second
in command of the Stefansson party,
who arrived recently from the far
north, said that Noice accompanied
only by Eskimos, is proceeding
slowly and mapping portions of the
coast lines as he goes. A stretch OF
the coast line of Victoria Land, here
tofore unmapped, is being charted by
Noice.
Noice may visit the interior of Vic
toria Land, which, according to all
reports, has never been explored by
white men. All explorers, traders and
trappers who have touched Victoria
Land have only journeyed along its
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20

wages and working conditions. This
commission would have a number of
subordinate, regional committees for
prompt settlement of local disputes.
On the vote on final adoption of the
anti-strike provisions, Senator La Fol-
lette, Republican, of Wisconsin, alone
dissented. A poll ordered of absent
members, however, was expected to
develop a few other opponents
The committees anti-strike clauses,
which now are expected to retain in
the bill as reported out next week,
follow those in the original Cummins
bill, except that the penalties against
interference with interstate commerce
would apply to those who foment rail-
road strikes, such as outside labor
leaders. as well as to the railroad em-
ployes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20

shores. Stefansson found the tribe of
"blond Eskinos'' in the Victoria Land
country.
Noice has no ship and but few sup
plies. He depends almost entirely upon
his gun for his living. Stefansson. his
former chief. who is noted among ex-
plorers as being able to live off the
barren white lands of the north, prob
ably taught Noice how to get about
without carrying many supplies.
Noice'S parents live In Seattle. The
explorer is young in years, having
graduated from a high school here
about eight years ago. He went north
In 1912 with Captain Louis Lane on
the schooner Polar Bear. When Stef-
ansson purchased the Polar Bear from
Lane. Noice shipped as a member of
the crew. Later, when Stefansson de-
cided to return to the outside world.
Noice left the party and remained in
the North. His parents expect him to
return to Seattle next year.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20
"ONLY one THING
BREAKS MY CLOD!
That's DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry for fifty years
cOld-breaker."

Nothing but sustained quality and
unfailing effectiveness can arouse
such enthusiasm. Nothing but sure re-
lief from stubborn old colds and on
rushing new ones. grippe, throat
tearing coughs and Group. could have
made DIR. Kings New Discovery the
nationally popular and standard rem
edy it is today.
Fifty years old and always reliable
Good for the whole family. A bottle
in the medicine cabinet means a short
lived cold or cough. Coo and $1.20
All druggists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20
yTRINCENCY Is
DEVELOPED In
STOCK MARKET
TIGHTER MONEY WAS WISELY
THE BIG FACTOR IN WEEKS
TRADING ON STOCK EXCHANGE.
INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS I'M
PROVED.

New York, Oct. 20.-Tighter money
yas the governing factor OF the active
ut irregular week on the stock ex-
hange, obscuring all other Develop
pents, even the improved Industrial
ituation.
Scarcity of funds seemed to exert
ions OF pools in various specialties,
mus, while various obscure stocks
made gains of to 20 points.
Reasons for the money stringency
vas found in the tremendous expan-
sion of brokers' loans and last week s
.eport OF the clearing house. actual
oans and discounts of that institu-
lion exceeding all records.
There were occasional spurts in high
grade industrials and rails, but the
movement as a whole suggested an
over extended bull position, which
evoked warnings from conservative
interests.
Speculative conditions were offset
70 a degree by the more hopeful labor
outlook, sustained investment inquiry
and favorable tenor of general bust
atss advances, although retail trade
in certain sections suffered a moder-
ate setback.
The one distinct retrograde move
ment was in foreign exchange. vir-
.ually all forms of remittance work
ing against London and continental
Europe. Little was heard of foreign
loans, it being understood that their
outcome depends upon events al
Washington
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20
LOOK! HERE is
GENUINE ASPIRIN
Safe, proper directions in each
"Bayer" package.

The "Bayer Cross marked on tab
lets means you are getting the genuine
"Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin" proved
safe by millions Of people.
II the Bayer package are proper
directions for Colds. Headache, Tooth
ache, Earache. Neuralgia, Eheuma-
tism, Lumbago Sciatica, %eur3tlE and
for Pain generally.
Handy tin boxes of IL tablets cost
only a few cents. Druggists also sell
larger Bayer packages. Aspirin Is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of
Observation-Disclosures of Salicylicacid
ADV.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20
SENATE TO HEAR NEW
RAIL CONTROL BILL

Washington Oct. 19.-After adopt
ing provisions to end railroad strikes
by penalizing employees who go on
strike, or others who foment strikes.
the senate interstate commerce com
mittee today completed the draft of a
bill to establish a permanent rail-
road policy. Government control and
operation of the roads would end in
thirty days after enactment of the
measure.
Provision was made for the estab-
lishment of a federal commission on
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20
FREE TICKETS

Call, write or telephone for free tickets
of admittance. They will be issued in
order of application.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20
Regular Bowels Is Health

Bowels that move spasmodically-
free one day and stubborn the next
should be healthfully regulated by DR..
Kings New Life Pills. In this way
you keep the impurities OF waste mat
ter from circulating through the sys-
tenn by cleansing the bowels thor
oughIy and promoting the proper flow
of bile.
Mild, comfortable, yet always relia-
BILE, DR.. .Sir IS New Life Pills work
with precision without the constipa-
ton results of violent purgatives. Csc
as used at - ,1ruggists.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20
FIRST BAPTIST BOYS
FORM SCOUT TROOP

Boys of the First Baptist church
met Friday night and organized a
troop of boy scouts TO be known as
Troop No. 4.
z. L. Smith is scout master of the
new troop and seventeen boys are
members.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20
PASSES NOT NEEDED
TO ATTEND AUCTION
Mcmillan Auction Company Will Sell
Autos at Fort Barrancas.

Prospective buyers who wish to at
tend the auction sale of used auto
mobiles, trucks and motor cycles at
Fort BarrancaS sat 8 o'clock this
morning, will not be required to have
passes to enter the reservation.
The sale includes a number of pas
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20
Watson, Parker Reese Co

senger cars Of various makes, as well
as trucks of assorted capacities. Sew
eral motorcycles, both with and with
out side cars, are included in the
collection.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20
NOICE
EXPLORER ON
UNUSUAL TRIP
TRAVELLING hFoOT WITH FEW
SUPPLIES, YOUNG MAN UNDER
TAKES LONG JAUNT IN THE
FRIGlD NORTH.

Seattle. Oct. 2o.-An American ex-
plorer. Harold Noice, formerly a MEM
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-20

New York-This IS Mike Gilhooley's
fifth attempt to get into the United
States. They call him the champion
stowaway. Mike Is being held at Ellis
island and in the meantime is appeal
Ing to Secretary OF Labor wilson.
He came over from Brest, France.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-11
HER ATTITUDE TOWARD MoNGO-
HANs HAS DIsQUIETING EF-
Feet AT CONFERENCE
SECRET TREATIES ARE STOLEN
Taken From Chinamen's Baggage
While Passing Through Japan.
and Latter Threatens War

Washington. Feb. i1.-Japan's at
titude toward China In the peace
conference is causing grave appre-
henslon among the other powers.
Japan virtually has threatened war
II China makes public the secret
treaties between the two countries
and falls to carry out her agreement
10 make Japan the successor OF Ger
many In rights. property and conces-
sions held by Germany at the out.
break OF the war. official informa.
tion says.
China is relying on the peace con.
ference where her delegates have
made an excellent impression, and
Fshe is seeking support OF the United
States and England.
When the Chinese delegates arriy.
ed at Paris they. reported theii
copies of secret treaties were stoier
from their baggage while passing
through japan. consequently the,
could not make them public at the
conference.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-11
.O.A. c. ESTABLISHES
THE THREE-TtRM BASIS

Corvallis, Ore, Feb. 11.-"Semes-
ters" are ended at the Oregon Agri-
cultural college and the old-fashion-
ed terms" begun last fall, are here
to stay. At least for while.
Both high schools and colleges in
Oregon have been run on semester
or half-year basis for many years.
When the federal war department
virtually took over the management
Of the colleges to speed up the pre-
paredness program, the colleges
were put on the three-term plan. The
o. A. c. faculty, having tried it out
and found 1t to possess many ad-
vantages, have decided to continue
it.
The plan provides for more inten-
sive work for the students. It brings
the first inter-term vacation on the
Christmas holidays and, the second
In early spring. It has also beer
adopted byimany leading education
al institutions OF Oregon and th'
United States. S S Nsl
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-11
woRKIN0MEN WE'RE MIsLED BY
ALIEN AGITAToRs, DECLARES
sBATTLE's MAYOR
KEYNOTE WAS REVOLUTION
Says Seattle Has Nothing 10 DO With
Shipyard Workers' Strike, But
Government Must Settle That

Seattle. Wash. Feb. lin u
statement issued late yesterday
Mayor Hanson expressed no surprise
that the general sympathy strike has
como 10 an end. nor any feeling
save that OF good will for the men,
bers OF organized labor. who he de-
clares were misled.
THE attempted rebellion is over"
said Mayor Hanson. THE misled
union men and women are going
back to work. They struck while
under the influence OF men who be-
iieyed frightfulness would terrorize
Seattle. We have no quarrel with
them. We are all for them. We be-
lieye In the rights OF Its workers.
Personally. have always stood for
the rights OF labor. Every enemy !
have In Seattle was made fighting
their battles.
II fought this battle for the de-
cent labor OF the country. They
struck this city PROSTATE for no fault
OF Its own. The shipyard workers
strike does not and cannot enter In
TO the controversy. That IN q strike
between the shipyard workers and
the United States. Seattle could not.
n II would. grant their demands. The
leaders believed that with the city
helpless, the Industries and enter
prises Of Seattle would one by one
be turned over to the soldiers. sail
ors' and workmen's council.
They we're mistaken. Thank
God. Seattle Is American through
and through and not ignorant Rus
sia.
Without a single United States
soldier on our force, without a shot
being fired we policed the city. con-
trolled II every hour OF the day and
ran our industries"
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-11
Or CONDUCTING WAR
REAL CAUSE. Of GERMAN CATASTROPHE

Munich, Jan. 16.-(Correspon-
dence of the Associated Press.) -
THE purely military way of think
ing which plunged us senselessly In
to this war" says Professor F. w.
Forester, Munich university profess
sor and now Bavarian minister in
Switzerland, "had, as consequence,
also method of conducting the war
which was bound to end in a German
catastrophe.
with blindness bordering on
insanity we called all the means
military necessities which, step by
step, were sure to call the whole
world into arms against us-where-
by 1t came to be evident that our
disdain OF all political and moral
scruples was a shortsighted calcula-
tion, even from a military stand
point.
"To what dire need did our So
called act OF necessity in invading
Belgium bring us? Those military
ways of thinking also bear the prin-
cipal blame for the prolongation of
the war. II is impossible to con-
ceive that we, at several turning
points during the last few
years, could not have had an un-
doubted honorable peace II we. in
stead of making general proffers
had suggested honestly and concrete
ly the individual solutions which, In
the Wilson sense, would have put out
the old fires in Europe. The mrli-
tary people and the military way OF
thinking, however, would not admit
OF such timely and unequivocal
concession. That is all as clear as
the sun now.
"Why not therefore admit this
undeniabIe German national confu.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-11
SUPREME COURT AFFIRMs
TWO judges DECISIONS

Salem. Ore, Feb. 1.-The SUI
preme court has affirmed the deci-
sion OF Judge Davis In the case OF
John w. Sweeney vs. Jackson Coun-
ty In suit for accounting relative
to road construction on the Pacific
highway In Jackson county. The
court also affirmed the decision OF
Judge Kuykendall In the case OF the
Klamath Waters Users Association
ys. s. d. Martin, In klamath county.
In a suit to foreclose lien given In
connection with subscription to capi-
tai stock.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-11
COMPULSORY SERVICE
LOSES OUT IN CUBA

Havana. Cuba, Feb. 11.--Obliga-
tory military service, always bitterly
opposed by the majority Of Cuban
citizens OF all classes and ages, is
now thing Of the past in this re-
public.
A bill passed by congress repeals
the military service law which made
military service compulsory on the
part Of all male citizens, of ages 81
to 2S, inclusive, and does away with
the office Of provost eeneral The
measure also grants amnesty to all
Cubans Of military age who fradu-
lently evaded military SERVICE as
well as to their accomplices,
The monthly wage Of the line SOL
der Is fixed at $50.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-11
CONTRACTOR SCHElL
$ PREPARING FOR WORK

s. s. Schell. who was awarded the
contract for paving from the bridge
at Grants Pass to the Jackson coan-
ty line. is now in the city making
preparations for the work. His first
business is to rig up the Schell rock
crusher ON the river bank half mile
from the bridge. The machinery Of
which has been in storage for the
past three years will be oyerhauied
and put In position.
Mr.. Schell states that he expects
to commence active operations on
the road in 80 to so days, depending
upon the weather. He viii COM
mence at the bridge and work south
for the first mile, and then will prob
ably commence at the county line for
the next mile. It is expected to COM
plete the entire distance, 6M miles
by September l..
The contract, which amounts to
$11S,717, specifies asphaltic-concrete
with sh inch mixed base and / y
inch asphalt top, 16-foot road bed
with two feet Of gravel on each side.
Mr.. .Schell expects to employ about
25 men besides several trucks.
Other road work in the vicinity
Of this city will furnish employment
to many more men.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-11
GERMANY WARNED BY
NOTES FROM ALLIES

Copenhagen, Feb. 11.-England
and France have sent notessto Err
berger, president of the armistice
commission, dealing with Germany's
failure to deliver the locomotives
and agricultural machinery as agreed
to in the original armistice terms.
The notes are reported to virtually
constitute threat to Germany. A
similar note is expected from the
United States.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-11
WOULD APPROPRIATE
sSO,0OO, 900 FOR RECLAMATION

Washington. Feb. 11.-Senator
Borah Of Idaho gave notice In the
senate today that he would seek to
have the rules set aside in order to
add to the rivers and harbors bill
when 1t is called up an amendment
appropriating $4,000. 900 for the
resumption Of work on reclamation
projects in western states. suspend
ed during the war.