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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

Hasty Increase IN Toll and Phone
Rate Causes Connenk

The Michigan Telephone Company
issued notices last week that certain
increases would be made in their in
.er-station toll rates and In the rental
for phones on the exchange. The
haste in which this increase was ac-
complished--the increase took place
las, saturday--was the result OF the
Federal supreme court decision to the
effect that the Burleson order was
,N-alld. The postmaster general had
surrendered the telephone and tele-
graph lines back to the owners before
the decision was rendered and It
was apparent that the company fear
"a restraining orders from the state
body.
The increase caused great deal OF
comment, and most Of the comment
was adverse to the company. The
people are, as rule, fair and willing
10 pay when increased costs make 1t
necessary for more toll money, but
there is a lurking suspicion in the
case OF the telephone company that
their help hasn't been increased suf-
ficiently to give the patrons OF the
company good service.
Certainly Crystal Falls Is not get
ting the service that II Is paying for,
and the same complaint comes from
almost every other town. The stu
alton brought on a threatened strike
at the 500 where the girls OF the ex-
change notified the manager that they
would not come to work the follow
ing day unless their wages were in
creased. The conditions at the 500
are indicative OF conditions all over
In the 500 exchange the toll opera
tors, one OF whom has been, with the
company for six years, received an
average wage of So to SO a week.
they ask $12 or s1s for each toll OBJ
orator per week.
The days shift call for about eight
hours work from each girl, Some
operators work from to IL in the
morning, and from 1 to in the af-
ternoon. Others work from IL a. m.
to D. m. and from to 10 p. m, and
still others work from to IL a. m,
and to D. m. The night operators
are at the board from 10 p. M. to :
a. m, and answers all calls whether
1t be for a party in the city, for in
formation. chief operator, or some one
in Purdue or Oshkosh. in fact, this
operator is long distance as well as
local operator
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

Miss Mothsrway left last night for
her home at Even. Michigan.


Miss Mothsrway left last night for
her home at Even, Michigan.
Miss Little left hast night for her
home at Peshtigo, Wisconsin.
Leigh Caswell returned Thursday
from business trip to Chicago.
Joe sturman has accepted posi-
ton as dry cleaner for ]. r. StoIberg
Mrs. VIM. Clemets left last night for
Claiming where she will visit with
friends.
Mrs Win. Holmes has gone to
Wakefield to visit her daughter. Mrs.
Abe Mathews.
Mr.. sheldon who has been barber
ing at the Wilson shop for several
days. left yesterday for Iron River.
Clara Nolenberg and Walter Promo
OF Iron River. motored here Tuesday
night for the senior class exercises.
Lydia Osterberg returned this
morning from Ypsilanti whore she
has finished her school duties for this
year
J. Ruwitch and Bert Bait OF Norway
spent Tuesday at the Ruwitch home
ard motored back the following morn
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Paro are tia
proud parents OF baby boy, born
Thursday Mother and baby are do-
ing well.
Carl and Agnes Soderberg OF Iron
River spent Tuesday evening here.
coming over to attend the senior ex-
ercises.
Mrs. Luber OF Florence entertained
Crystal Falls friends Thursday In
honor OF her sister Miss Constangy.
OF Atlanta, Ga. .
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Frankal Of Mil
waukee and Miss Susie Frankal OF
Eagle River. spent the week at the
Ruwitch home They motored back
Thursday.
Robert Nylund came home from
Newberry last Thursday to spend
couple OF weeks vacation with his
folks here. Robert Is an attendant at
the state hospital
The grocery. stores Of the city will
be closed next Tuesday. Mid Summer
Day. The day Is holiday In many
OF the nations OF Europe, especially
the Scandinavian peninsula
o. b. Johnson OF Alpha has been
added TO the engineering force OF the
county road department Mr.. Johnson
was engineer at the Judson mine be-
fore 1t closed.
The Standard Oil Co, will erect q
brick station AZ iron Mountain cost
ing $4,000 Some few years ago tht
company wanted 10 construct a frame
structure in Crystal Falls and was
refused permission by the city coun-
Gil. They then built wooden struc-
ture In the township and now must
move off the property as It will be
needed for mining purposes.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

Clarence Kearns Of Norway has ac-
cepted a position in the Iron County
National bank. Mr.. Kearus Is well
known in Iron county He came TO
the county several years ago 10 take
the cashiership OF the First National
Bank at Alpha and went from that
bank to the Miners State hank al
Iron River where he held the cashier
ship until he entered the army. Mr.
kearns has had many years experi-
ence in banking and will add very
much to the Iron County National
bank force.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

Miss Sadie Fraser and Mrs. DR..
Sethney speat Saturday and Sunday
At Palatka with DR.. Sethany.
Mrs. Fred Pfeiffer was taken to the
Darling hospital yesterday where she
will submit to an operation today.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

A message received from A. L, Bur
ridge yesterday says that be arrived
AZ Charleston. 5. c.. on Thursday:
that no will so 10 Fort Jackson and
from there 70 IT. Washington. D. c.
He viii be mustered out In very
short time.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

The hoard of supervisors will meet
on Monday to equalize the rolls Of the
county The meeting Is in anticipa-
ton OF the coming equalization OF the
state by the state board OF equaliza-
tion. The latter work will be done in
August.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

During the summsf VIII close my
once at I o'clock each day Of the
week excepting On Saturday when
my ONCE will BE- closed at noon.
Junlf-st F. p. MOVES.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

Miss Olive Wills left Thursday eve
ming for Kentucky to visit her sister,
Mrs. Thos, Brooks.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

House and lot located near C. 4 N.
W. depot. Inquire OF VIM. y. Bosan-
ko. Junef4-3t
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

HOUSE FOR RENT-1nquire OF
Mrs. John Anderson
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

BY orderf the General schedules of for
telephone toll calls became effective IL 0 June 13h 1919
Under these schedules station rate is the
base upon which oil for the various classes OF
offered computed This rate determined by the air
line distance between toll points and computed for the initial
period the basis of for miles up "a miles and
Sc for each miles beyond that distance.
For toll calls calling party specify partc
uar to be reached the called telephone the station
station charged This method provides the cheapest
and quickest form Of telephone toll service
Station station calls should be made as far "a possible by
giving the telephone of the called telephone Where
the number known telephone directory information
is available the address under which the tee
phone listed together with the inforuaon that It
station station call should be given the toll operator
For toll calls where the calling party specifies particular
be reached the called telephone and the connection
established and held with that person.
person person rate charged As this service requires
greater operating effort the for such calls
about onefourth than the Station station rate
Minimum person to person rate l5e)
For toll calls person basis where the calling
pnrty placing the call degnates definite time which
he will talk and the conversation held tho appointment"
changed As this service involves the making Of the
appointment addition to the operating effort necessary for
person to person call the appointment rate is about
half greater than the station station minimum
appointment rate 20c)., -
For toll calls made personsto person basis where
senger service required attendance Of the dcsg
mated person at the called telephone the messenger call rate
applies This the the appointment rate, plus
any necessary charge for messenger service,
In connection with all toll calls other than those made
station station basis where the connection established
but the conversation held because Of beyond
the control or the telephone company "report charge
equivalent fourth OF the staton station
rate minimum report charge" &c. maximum 5000.
Reduced Supplying only to calls made "staon to
station basis quoted foro service between the hours
Of $50 and430 The rate between 8 80 p and
IL midnight tevenng rate Is about onoha the station
station day rate and between IL midnight and 80
.ngh rate fourth the station to station day
rate The minaum night 25c. Where the station
station day BOO or less reduction il made for
ing night serYicee..-~
The which connection Is established originating
point the rate determining whether the day. evening
night charge applies station to station" service,
Day apply all calls other station
station basis whether they made during the day
ing night
Collect Calls calls for which the charges reversed
collected from the subscriber the called aton)
,lowed only in connection with person person calls
f1CHTCAN STATE TETEpHeTr COMPANY
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

Many OF the teachers Of the present
JPforce are leaving 10 take positions
elsewhere and supt. Hill Is finding II
hard to fll his corps.
He was thirteen teachers shy last
week. but had few applications
from which to select some OF that
number. Prof Hill says that he finds
all OF the normals and training
schools with slim attendance this year
owing 70 the great demand for girls
in the trades.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

Don't pity this Poor Fish. 1t serves
him Right for coming home without
Copy OF this popular Family Jour
nal for Friend Wife. Eleven times
has he been Warned. and now he is
Going After II. Ladies'. IL your hus-
band is an Absent Minded Man. show
him this iii Picture.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21
CLASS OF 1919.
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American agencies in this nation
that seek to weaken the influence OF
the United states. II was easily seen
that there was no Pro-Germanism
about him. some OF the measures he
advocated being regarded as quite ex-
IRENE, even IN punishment for the
great ofrenses that the Germans have
been guilty OF.
Following the address Of Or. Brad
ley the diplomas were given the
members of the class by Prof. w. ID.
Hill and the class Of 1917 passed out
OF the active life OF the Crystal Falls
high school.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-28
"Y" CAMPAIGN STARTS.

Columbia, Oct. 21.-The state
wide campaign of the Young Mems
Christian Association for q fund Of
$4,000 with which to very greatly
enlarge the work cf the organization
in South Carolina, began this morn
ing. The opening of the. campaign
finds the officials of the association
and the district and county chairmen
throughout the State very confident
of success.
Every county in the state has been
thoroughly organized for the cam
paign. The state has been divided
into seven districts and each district
has chairman and capaign direc-
tor. A chairman has been appointed
for each county.
At the head of the campaign in
the whole state as state director is
T. B.. Lanham, state secretary of the
Y. M. c. A; w. L. Chandler, cf the
International committee of the Y. M.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-28
:, A. is associate state director.

c. A. is associate state director.
The campaign has been under the
general supervision of state Y. M. c.
A. committee, which is composed of
DR.. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, chair
man; T. Hal Dick, vice chairman; !;
T. S. Bryan, of Columbia, Treasurer,
Thomas M. Lyles, of Sparanburg, re-
cording secretary; John B. Adger,
Bolton; C. H. Baldwin, Columbia; B.
E. Geer, Greenville; Allen J. Graham,
Greenville; L. L. Hardin, Columbia |;
j. Wilbur Hicks, Florence; S. T..
Lanham, Spartanburg; Richard L.
Manning, Sumter; C. A. McFadden,
Manning; w. H. Mixson, Charleston; :;
Henry E. Raines, Charleston; H. E.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-28
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Miss Mary Carlisle died at her
home about 500 o'clock Thursday
morning, Oct. 16, 1919. The deceased
was about 6.years of age and is sur
vived by her only child, daughter
Miss Jennie Carlisle. She was faith
ful member of the Presbyterian
church of Lowndesville, and was laid
to rest at the Presbyterian cemetery.
The funeral was conducted Friday
morning by her pastor, the Rev. ). A.
Clotfelter.
Private Leftridge C. Manning, very
much to the delight of his many
friends and relatives, has returned
home. He has been with the U. 5.
army since July, 1913. We are glad
to have him back.
Mr.. John w. Carlisle, our Oldest be-
loved neighbor, had the misfortune
while coming from the gin last Thurs
day morning to break his arm. He is
doing fine now.
The Rev. and Mrs. Fletcher Ander-
son came by from his appointment at
the Ridge Sunday A. M. and spent
a few hours with Mr.. J. d. Carlisle
and family. calling on Mr.. Carlisle's
father on his way back home to
Lownsesvile.
MIR. and Mrs. J. A. Morrow dined
with Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Carlisle and
daughter, Sunday. .
Mr.. John Burriss and four sons
Messrs. John Frank, Charles, Albert,
and James spent Sunday afternoon
at Mr.. Hugh Schumpert's.
Mr.. T. J. Bowman. was called to
the bedside of her sister, Miss Rosa
Wharton Of near Iva Saturday night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-28
RIcH-wERNo ENTERTAINERS.

Miss Rita Rich and Miss Laura
WSrno, who entertained and delighted
Lyceum audiences as members Of The
Killarney Girls company, have been
engaged by the Redpath Bureau to ap-
pear together as a new company to
be known as the Rich-Werno Enter
tainers. - Z ~
AS the Dublin Girls, Miss Rich and
Miss Werno have just recently toured
one of the big Redpath Chautauqua
circuits and their programs have ev-
erywhere been most cordially received.
In selecting q name for these enter
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-28
SIPS For Plumbing Bills"

eve couldn't tell what was clog
ging up our toilet and drains. We had
to tear up floor, pipes, etc., found a
rats nest in basement. They had
cho!ied the pipes with refuse. The
plumbers bill was $125. RAT-SNAP
cleaned the rodent out" Thre sizes,
Csc, SOC, $1.00. Sold and guaranteed
by P. B. Speed and The Rosenberg
Mercantile Co.-Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-28

tainers it was at first thought that The
Dublin Girls should be retained as
title, but because their program in
cludes songs, stories and impersona-
tions Of many other peoples besides
the natives Of the Emerald Isle, 1t was
decided that the company should de-
rive its name from It's own members
Miss Rich and Miss Wefno.
Miss Rita Rich Immediately wins
the hearts Of her audiences. She is
well known for her impersonations Of
children and also as an impersonator
of the grown.ups Of many countries.
As a singer, in appropriate costumes,
Of the folk songs Of various nations
she wins enthusiastic commentator.
Miss Laura Werno. reader. pianist
and singer, has appeared In public
ever since she was eight years old 90
a reader Of dialect selections. She L.
q clever pianologist and her character
songs always win q hearty reception.
The coming together Into one com
pany Of two>such entertainers assures
to their audiences a thoroughly de-
lightful program. a program which
sparkles with fun and liz enriched with
good music. 70 ...,
The Second Lyceum Number to Be
Seen at the Opera House, Friday
Night, Oct. 81, Bene6 Of County
Memorial Hospital.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-28

Ravenel, Spartanburg; Julian c. Rog-
ers, Columbia; ]. W. Simpson, Colum-
bia; Reed Smith, Columbia, and A.
E. Smythe, of Charleston.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-28

Use Our Store
As a meeting place with
friends. Have your pack
ages sent here. Use our
phones and any informa
tion we can give you.
Tn fact, just make your
self at home here.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-18

which buyers are more than will
ing to pay top notch prices, and
come and get it.
Touring around to the south
and east of town for miles the
same sight greets the visitor
and the beauty of it all is that
the possibilities for new invest
ors is everywhere evident. On
one side of the road will be the
most intensive cultivation, corn
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-18

growing from IL to Is feet high
with long, green ears looping.
down from the stalks, potatoes.
Strawberries for which this ser.
tion is famous, and other frnit
and garden truck; while on the
other side will be that barren
sagebrush desert. Queer the diff
ference a road makes. But M
we judge rather that, it's the
water - r.. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-18
The Salvation Army

army trained, equipped anu
modified ready for active ser
vice. That army was the Saliva
ton Army. It went overseas and
nobody knew of its going. Its
embarkation was heralded by no
fanfare of headlines nor broad
sides of publicity. In fact 1T
was not generally known that
the Salvation Army had gone to
war until there began to whisper
back little life stories of good
deeds, loving service and self
sacrifice in letters of soldier
boys who had found humanity's
friend on the battle fronts.
The Salvation Army came
back from war wreathed not
with the halos of rehabilitation,
but wearing modestly the we'll
earned plaudits of a grateful ma
ton. It had met the exacting de-
mands of war service because it
was trained for service; because
its workers were enlisted in
service not for adventure, re-
muneration or romance, but be-
cause of a pure and simple love
of service. The war called them
to new fields but to no new serv-
ice. To serve was all in the days
work. Theirs was to administer
to humanity in the depths. 1t
mattered naught to them wheth-
er the field of that service was
the gutter or no-man's-land. or
whether it was a sordid and re-
pentant humanity facing a cold
shouldered society or courag-
eous tho homesick humanity
facing cold-blooded foe. The
results were the same. The Sal
walton Army went to work,
quietly, patiently, simply, lift
ing, cheering, stretching dimes
into dollars with an efficiency SO
remarkable as to be well nigh
mysterious.
The Salvation Army is COM
ing before the people today
in no spirit of boastfulness
and with no promises of new
and greater service. 1t is
coming not so much of its own
volition as because of the fact
that the American people are no
longer thinking of the Salvation
Army in terms Of the bass drum,
tambourine and bonnetted bri-
gade, but as a great and Vita
agency for social uplift. The war
led men of big affairs and or
ganized business methods to dis
cover the Salvation Army and as
a result the-blue-bonnetted lass.
les are to be relieved of enforced
and frequent financial pilgrim
ages to keep the wheels of the
rescue, relief and corps work go.
ing round.
The drive which is to be put
on next week means just this.
We are asked to consolidate out
contributions and give for the
year instead of for the occasion
The Army is asking forsno more
money than it has always had
all it asks is that it be relieved
of the work and expense OF col
lecting it, thereby releasing the
collectors for other endeavors
and giving greater efficiency and
economy to the Army's already
wonderfully efficient organlza-
ton. The Army promises to 90
no different york than it has al
ways done. it, only promise is 70
send no co ectors out for a pc
Rod of a year and to lift the Il
nancial burden from its offlcers
and workers that they may give
their entire time in the minis
tries for With they are trained.
The time If giving is next
week, "Oppo,tunty Week. =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-18


in Yakima and that the whole
blamed shootingmatch are go
ing to strike in October. Really
this is quite a striking old world
and will probably be pretty much
out of joint as long as it has to
put up with the high cost of
striking.
w w
X OMER A. POST, editor of
the Inland Motorist, re-
Gently made an auto trip thru
Kennewick and in the September
number of his journel he tells
of the surprises that awaited
him here. He says:
ITO the average traveller who
has made the trip thru Benton
county on the train, the sugges-
ton of an auto trip thru the
same section for the purpose of
sightseeing will seem preposter-
GUS, such is the view of the coun-
try and its wonders that one
| gets from the railroads running
away from the Columbia river
there. / refer in particular to
the view Of the country irnmedi-
ately surrounding the town of
Kennewick from the CIV. r. &
N, for if ever a town and it's pos
lsibilities are misrepresented to
train passengers it is this one.
Coming thru this place by au-
to, however, one gets an entirely
different idea of the country.
The apparent lifelessness and
barrenness which one notices in
the yelled view from the train
| is suddenly transformed when
he rises up over the slope rum
ming from the railroad tracks
along the shore of the Columbia
to the south. The traveller sud-
denly comes upon sight which
judging from the sagebrush and
sand along the railroad route, is
well night unbelievable. Yet
there it is, before the eys, an alb
solute living, existing fact - a
beautiful, thriving community
with such an evident, progress
i've, systematic government, as
shown by paved streets and like
work under construction, ,as
Iwould make many a larger town
lfade in the glimmering. And
1.-THE sagebrush and sand seem to
have vanished also, for stretch
ling off to the west and south OF
the town are. vast fruit and al
falfa farms which are further
proof of the thrift, enterprise
and stability of the community.
ssAnd this is the desert seen
from the train. Lean only pray
that the Almighty will curse
this country with thousands of
a,,oh sdoserts'-and put Column
bia rivers nearby to water them.
eve take trip out of Kenne-
wick to the west. No sooner
have we reahced the limits of
the town than we plunge into a
forest of fruit trees and vines all
bending down with peaches, APP
piles, prunes, plums, pears, and
grapes. Why, you Michigander,
You're home again, aren't you?
Wonder of wonders! AS you
pass along, you see these farmer
/ folk walking down toward the
Columbia river all decked out in
CAV bathing suits for their af-
ternoon swim. No, you aren't
/ in Michigan and this stretch of
| blue water seen thru the trees
Isn't Lake Michigan. You are
| in a southeastern Washington
desert and the strip of blue is
the Columbia river. Looking
over the bluff of the Columbia,
the sightseer sees on the other
shore long vistas of alfalfa fields,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-18

budget is small, our debt to the
Army great and our duty plain.
@v 1r
n enc ]. sue of a daily news
paper we read that the pc
licemen have struck in Boston,
the caddies have struck in Cali
fornia, that the news writers
have struck in New Haven, the
Indian hop-pickers have struck
in Yakima and that the whole
blamed shootingmatch are go
ing to strike in October. Really
this is quite a striking old world
and will probably be pretty much
out of joint as long as it has to
put up with the high cost of
striking.