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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1920-04-24

a very enjoyable occasion occurred
at the Eagle Hall last Tuesday even
ing. After a short session at which
time several new members were ac-
cepted TO membership in the w. II. G.
Lodge. card party was held. About
20 ladies' we're in attendance. A nice
lunch was served and around the
hour OF 1900 they departed for their
various homes, each declaring that
they had enjoyed a very pleasant ev-
ening. and hoping that the time was
not far distant when another OF Ike
Importance should be enjoyed.
Nettie Arnold.
Corps Correspondent.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1920-04-24
RESOLUTION DIRECTING DELE
GATES TO so ACT APPROVED
&C. BOWERS FOR DELEGATE
List Of Delegates to District and
State Conventions Chosen and
New Secretary Chosen

The convention of the Republicans OF
Iron county was held In the court
house last Wednesday afternoon al
which resolutions endorsing the can
/ didacy OF Senator Johnson for presi-
dent were adopted and E. c. Bowers
and o. c. Davidson were endorsed for
national delegates.
The convention was called 10 order
by county chairman Bowers at 200 o.
clock In the court room and on mo-
ton Mr.. Bowers was made chairman
and |. III. Jackson secretary.
The committees were appointed as
follows:
Credentials. permanent Organization
and order OF business: :-C6nlin, Perk-
ins and O'Hara.
Resolutions-O'Brien, Jackson and
Coe.
The committee on credentials repor-
ted the following representation.
Bates-Not represented.
Crystal Falls Township-Charles
Uren and Thomas Conlin.
Hematite-Char1es r. Hughes.
Iron River--P. 0'Brien, Dan O'Hara,
c. III. Sensiba and Guy Cox.
Mansfield represented.
Mastodon-Dr. j. p. Edwards and
w. j. Perkins.
Stambaugh-E. c. Bowers, +. S.
Coe, Homer Laviolet. E. Peterson,
Ralph Antonelli and II. j. Wanzer
Crystal Falls city. III. Jackson, w.
J. Reynolds, Frank Koob and John r..
Stolberg.
The temporary organization was
made permanent and an order OF bust
ness adopted.
The resolutions committee reported
a resolution endorsing Senator John
son for president and instructing the
delegates chosen to use their influence
to bring about his selection.
II. G.. Bowers OF Iron River and o.
c. Davidson OF Dickinson were endor-
sed for district delegates and the del
egates TO the d istrictconvention re-
quested 10 do everything in their pow
er TO bring about their selection as
the representatives of the 18th district
in the national convention
The following were chosen as dele
gates TO the state convention:
Il. c. Bowers, A. r. Dixon, p. o.
Brien. NJ. H. Moriarty, Ben c. Neely
and Charles II. Lawrence.
The following were selected as al
ternates: Il. S. Coe. Ole |. Lundin,
Guy Cox, Herman Holmes, A. l.. Bur-
ridge and VIM. McBurney.
The delegates chosen TO the district
convention are: w. j. Reynolds,
Thomas Conlin. I. II. Jackson p. o.
Brien, ID. j. f. Edwards and +. $. Coe.
The alternates are: John Wall,
Charles Uren. Homer Laviolet, Dan
j. O'T1ara and T.. J. Wanzer.
The state convention will be he'd
in Kalamazoo on May 5th. The dis
trict convention Is being held at Ish-
peming today and the delegates were
10 have driven up II the roads were in
shape for the trip.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1920-04-24
GoeEBIc MINING CHANGES

Superintendent Cullen Of the New
port mine has severed his connection
with the company and left Ironwood
to reside In Milwaukee. He is sue
ceeded In his position Of general man
ager OF the mines OF the Tube A.
Steel Co. (the schlesinaer interestsl
by Alex ID. Chisholm who was assist
ant 10 Mr.. Cullen.
II. p. Zinn who had charge OF the
surface operations at the Newport,
succeeds Mr.. Chisholm as assistant
manager.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1920-04-24
GET YOUR BAIT READY

Fishing season opens I'm Michigan
ON May /. one week form today and
many Crystal Falls devotees Of Isaac
Walton are getting their apparatus
oiled up and making their plans to
whip the streams OF Iron county on
that day.
The trout season is an unusual event
that Is looked forward to by all true
lovers OF fishing. The streams north
OF Crystal Falls. In the vicinity OF
Amasa and on the upper waters OF
the Fence and Deer are fayorite places
for brook trout.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1920-04-24

Captain Holman. who was located
at Alpha several years came here on
"a visit during the week, Mrs. Holman
accompanying him. lie Is engaged In
sinking shaft 10 open up salt de-
posit in Louisiana on which we will
have an interesting article next week,
MIR. Murray RiddeIl OF the Mckinney
Steel Co is assisting him for q time.
w. II. Taylor and r. y. Proctor OF
the traffic department Of the 81. Paul
road were in the city several days the
past week looking over the business
situation.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1920-04-24
LOUIS BOWMAN POST ENTER
TANNED COUNTY IEcIoNERs
FORMED CO. ORGANIZATION
Committee From Each Post Win
Meet Soon to Perfect 0rgsniz-
alton Of all Co. Posts

Last Saturday night at The Dia-
mond Drill Hall was held the county
banquet OF the American Legion. All
the Posts OF the county were the
guests of the Louis Bowman Post No.
"a and the attendance was far beyond
the expectation of the committee in
charge.
At seven-thirty about 200 ex-service
men sat down to a regular feed and
to say that they did full justice to the
food is putting 1t rather mild. The
following is the menu:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1920-04-24
EAST SIDE MUNICIPALITIES SAY CO.
MUST SHOW ENERGY FIRST
MANY SUPERVISORS OPPOSE
Say Sheriff IS Getting Paid For the
Work and He Must Show Them
Extra Help is Needed

In another column OF this issue ap-
pears communication from Pros
Atty. McDonough in which he pro-
poses patrol system for stamping
out the white mule traffic in Iron
county.
Mr.. McDonough said in his COM
munication that he was 10 take up the
proposal with the local officials Of the
different cities and villages OF Iron
county in an endeavor to get them to
aid in the project
Mr. McDonough did communicate
with the several municipalities. a.
mong them the city OF Crystal Falls
and the village of Alpha. In his let
ter the prosecuting attorney asked
that the police be put upon the patrol
system with a check in between the
hours OF eight o'clock D. m. and one
o'clock a. m
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1920-04-24

There were about 100 men from the
Iron River and Stambaugh Posts and
also quite number of the Alpha Post
Commander A. L. Burridge. acting
as Toastmaster, explained 60 the men
that this was a get-to-gether meeting
and that the prime object was to start
county organization OF the ex-ser-
vice men through the several Posts
of the American Legion. He showed
that where there is Union there Is
Strnegth."
Hon. Pat O'Brien OF Iron River was
present and was called up to speak.
In introducing Mr.. O'Brien the Toast
master said that the American Legion
Fosts OF Iron county hoped TO present
to this gentleman q copy OF the Wis
back 20 Lansing with him. Mr. o.
Brien's remarks were brief but said
that he would be more than glad to
take the matter up and do whatever
he could for the ex-soldiers. His re-
marks were met with hearty applause
and especially those regarding the
bonus law in this state, as all the men
realized how slow Michigan has been
in this matter.
Vice-Commander. DR.. l.. Il. Bovik
was the next speaker. AS Or. Bovik
Is the acting Asst Surgeon to the
United States Public Health Service,
he explained to the men what the dis
abled soldier had coming from the
government and what he could expect
and how 10 get it At first, he said
the service was very poor, this being
due to the fact that too much work
was crowded on only a few men but
now with more help the situation was
great deal better and that cases
were taken care of more promptly.
In addition to compensations, medi-
cal, surgical and hospital care are
given the men. when their case de-
mands Il. As further convenience
Civil hospital have been selected by
the government so that the men may
be taken care OF close TO their res
pective homes-the Crystal Falls
General Hospital being the one select
ed for this county. He further
touched on some OF the more Inn
portant points OF Vocational Educa-
tion, which was at first rotten but
was slowly becoming better, and men
were getting the training they desir-
ed and for which they were best htted
MIR. Burridge then gave talk on
what this county organization would
mean to the County as whole as
well as to the ex-service men and
called upon Commander Guy Cox OF
the Iron River Post for his ideas An
the matter. Mr.. Cox said that he
thought this organization could be
made the biggest factor possible 20
Boost iron County" lie thinks that
we ought 10 have lsome factories In
the county SO that some OF our natural
products, such as timber. could be
made up right whore II Is produced.
Mr.. Cox's remarks shows that he Is
not only booster for the American
Legion, but for a bigger and better
Iron county.
MIR Looney. Commander Of the
Continued on page
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1920-04-24

system with q Cneck In between Ine
hours OF eight o'clock D. m. and one
o'clock a. m.
City Opposes the Move.
Mayor Bridges says that the Crys-
tai Falls police has always been on
the patrol system, especially at night.
Our night policeman carries a clock
and he Is required to punch the clock
at different stations and times during
the night.
Undoubtedly what Mr. McDonough
had in his mind was the putting on OF
additional patrol men whose duty It
would be to cover those parts Of the
community where the blind pigs ex-
fist.
This means the employing Of extra
men, and in some places many of
them, whose sole purpose would be
10 stop the visitations TO blind pigs
by the thirsty.
When asked II he favored that plan
Mayor Bridges said that he did not
nnleas Il could be shown the commits
sion that some results could be gotten
from the extra expense. that he con-
sidered II up TO the county authorities
to show that they could do something
worth while before the city should go
TO any extra expense.
The Alpha people say that no patrol
IL needed in their village; that the
place for a patrol in their neighbor-
hood Is at the Dunn location and that
Il is entirely up to the county sheriff.
Supervisors Oppose Plan
When approached upon the subject
several OF the supervisors were OUT.
spoken against incurringfurther ex-
pense unles the sheriff gets busy and
convinces them that he needs the ex-
ira assistance.
AS one supervisor said, We are pay
ing a sheriff several thousand dollars
each year. we are paying two dep
uties, one $3.50 per month and the
other 1926 per month TO police the
county and we cannot see why we
should pay them and then hire other
officers 10 do their work for them. II
the sheriff will get busy with his dep
nties and show us that he really
means 10 Go something, then we may
listen 20 some such proposal but we
will put no more good money after
bad
From the above interview II can
be plainly be seen that the supervis-
ors and city and village authorities
are going TO make the shriffs office
show its hand before any more money
will be appropriated The sherif's
force is regarded as fully ample to
handle the question. II he finds it
beyond his power there Is another
remedy that will undoubtedly be put
into effect.
Call In State Police
Several OF the supervisors and large
taxpayers have already expressed
themselves as In favor OF calling In
the state police for the purpose Of
cleaning up the county. AS one gem
tieman from the Dunn mine expressed
Il. Il IL folly TO expect the sheriff and
his deputies TO clean up the county
when some OF the officials are fire.
ouent visitors 70 places that are
known to be blind pigs. He further
Continued on page
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1920-04-24

Roast Beef Roast Veal
Mashed Potatoes Mashed Turnips
Brown Grevey.
Celery Ripe Tomatoes Pickles
Bread and Butter
Ice Cream Coffee Ast. Cake
Cigars. Cigarettes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
Member of the Associated Press
EDUCATING MR.. WARE

CNOW, said Mr.. Ware, made the streets
~ dirty.
That is an alluring theory. 1t should
interest the astronomers.
If the heavens rain tin cans and offal
and ancient vegetables and mud we are
in bad way.
The fact is that the Wares in the days
of their arrogance forgot some of the
fundamental rules Of decency. They per-
mitted dirt to imperil the health and the
lives of children in the very regions that
once gave them their majorities. That is
one Of the reasons why South Philadel-
phia turned upon them.
A terror-stricken Mayor has made
room for one who knows what he wants
and how to get it. "No work, no pay" is
the common rule in business. 1t is rule
in life. 1t is fair rule and Mr.. Moore
will be heartily supported in his deter
mination to apply it to the street-cleaning
contractors.
Senator Ware is another of the poll
tcians who need to learn that the past is
one thing and that the present is another.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
PEACE ABROAD, WAR AT HOME

EUROPE, save for its volcanic Bolshev-
- ist area, enters season of peace with
the interchange of treaty ratifcations in
Paris.
The major nations of the continent can
now turn their attention to reconstruction
and to the enforcement of the terms of
the pact of Versailles, including the dis
armament of Germany, the collection Of
the indemnities and the establishment by
plebiscites and commissions of boundaries
of new or made-over states.
But war exists in the nation which
did so much to end the actual strife on
the battlefield. The Senate subscribes to
war. So does the Democratic party. For
this grotesque and sinister absurdity pol
iticians, corroded by prejudices and gov
erned by pique and hatred, are chiefly
responsible. The public has been be-
trayed by the practices of perverse par
tisan leaders in both of the great parties
The nation has been shamed and insulted
before the world,
Ignominy reaches a climax when, in
the absence of any instructions from
Washington, Hugh c. Wallace, the Amer
lean ambassador in Paris. returns his
invitation to the ratification ceremony
and we are without a single official rep
resentatiye at the epochal proceedings
at the Quai d'Orsay.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
Our Shipping Department

Lark Merrill writes us that last fall he
signed aboard n fabricated cargo steamer
as an ordinary seaman. He says, after de-
scribing some conflicts with the French
police:
The real adventure came on the way
home. Nautical men say that our fabri-
Gated ships were built in ninety days to
last ninety days, and although it was the
maiden trip of the WaXahachie, most of
her allotted span had been spent tied up to
q French pier. At any rate, her engines
gave up the ghost just thousand miles
from nowhere in the middle of an eighty
written during the eight days which
happen. | won't vouch for their poeticar
quality, but they certainly came from the
heart.
Not to keep you in suspense | will add
that we did get back. But it was only after
having patched up the turbines and limped
thousand miles toward New York, and
then having the boilers explode and leave
us in an absolutely helpless condition that
we We're finally picked up by a lucky chance
and towed into Boston. The captain, being
a frugal SOUL had not provided his ship
with wireless operator. If you hear or
any proposed legislation which will make
it incumbent for every ship to be equipped
with such a dignltary, please let me know.
| am heartily in favor
Lark has written a cheerful chantey about
the voyage, which we shall have to postpone
FOR lack of cargo room.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
NEW HOPE FOR THE TUBES

TT is not only the Chamber of Commerce
for which William S. Ware has spoken
in introducing into the House bill pro-
viding for the restoration of the pneu-
matic-tube mail service in Philadelphia.
The proposal is of general civic concern
here just as the abandonment of the
tubes in 1918 was subject of general
civic dismay.
The Burleson substitutes for the tubes
have not been popular. Reckless driving
has characterized much of the motor mail
service in this city. Prompt delivery has
become, in many instances, a mere rem
iniscence.
Philadelphia needs the tubes. In Paris
= they make for expedition in the local
postal service in way which delightfully."-
startles our natives abroad. But they
are less indispensable in the French cap
ital, with its wide avenues and boule-
wards, than in checkerboard Philadelphia
with its narrow streets and increasingly
congested traffic.
The sooner the perverse act of suspend
ing the tube deliveries is nullified the
better for postal system that has been
ruthlessly shedding its medals through
out the Wilson administration.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
BETSEY TROTWOOD'S CAT
I'VE IOoEed Mt Oue another

I'VE looked at one another and
tcent into the sitting room. What was my
amusement to fnd of all people upon earth,
mn aunt there, and Mr.. Dick! Ny aunt
sitting on quantity of luggage, 1Uith her
t,ro birds before her, and her cat on hen
knee, like female Robinson Crusoe, drinking
teu.-"Dauid Copperfeld.
YES, love cats, l don't deny,
i And Betsey Trotwood loved them;
Have always liked her, too
So sharp of tongue and so austere,
SO rigid, grim, and yet SO dear,
SO tender and so true.
The victim of designing hate,
She did not weep or rail at Fate,
But played plucky part,
And though herself turned out of home,
She never left her cat to roam
She had too good a heart
That dear eccentric was too kind.
She couldn't leave her cat behind,
I'm very sure of that.
And when she met Misfortunes frown
And gravely hied to London town,
She took along the cat
To darling David, Mr.. Dick,
When they were in the very thick
OF trouble and despair,
She was a tower of defense,
For all their woes n recompense
To that unlucky pair.
To Agnes, the Micawbers, too.
The Peggottys, she was "truc blue
Wen all agree to that;
But / have always loved her--ycs.
The truth l might as well confess
Because she loved her cat
-Louella G. Poole, in the Boston Trans.
cript.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12

it appeared that Roosevelt had received
the support of 447,000 Pennsylvanians, a
vote greater than was polled for the
great Progressive in any other state in
the Union. We are not going to turn
back the wheels of progress whatever
else may happen.
UnlessVhe state leaders have lost their
political cunning way out will be found.
They cannot afford to line themselves up,
part backing the manufacturers and part
backing an administration of the state
committee against which serious COM
plant is made. Senator Penrose is not
going to risk his chances of reelection
by assisting in any serious break in the
party this year. And the other leaders
who realize the importance of electing
Republican President are not likely to
countenance any ructions which will give
any Democratic presidential candidate
fighting chance to get the thirty-eight
electoral votes Of the commonwealth.
Many things can happen before the
Democrats hold their convention in San
Francisco on June 2S. One of them will
be the nomination of Republican presi-
Dental candidate in Chicago three weeks
earlier. By that time even Mr.. Palmer
will have clearer understanding of his
strength and his weakness than he has
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
THE CHAFFING DISH

thought the movie producer would have been
loyal enough to give it a chance. If we re-
member rightly, Mr.. Conrad described it as
quite an impressive group of foliage, and
said that "Heyst's smile lurked in it like
. shy bird in the midst of thicket.'
Unhapply, Jack Holts little, carefully
barbered scrap of stubble, scarcely more than
a. doormat for his nostrils, did not seem at
all adequate to us. Reluctantly we had to
transfer our enthusiasm to the volcano, which
the producer played up far more than Mr.
Conrad did in the story.
Jacks Chaplinesque hairloom was too
carefully combed for him to look like Il
bcachcOmber
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
MOTORS ON PARADE

A AUTOMOBILE, to any one who
Knows how to make the best uses of
it, is open country, blue sky, freedom,
moonlight on vast landscapes and much
of the other stuff Of lyric poetry. 1t is a
thing that has been crowding the family
dog pretty hard in the mystic esteem Of
millions of people. Long ago it sup
planted the family cat in the regard Of
children. All who do not own motorcars
hope to own them il; happy future, and
that is why the annual gasoline salon,
which is on this week in Philadelphia al
ways draws a crowd that on successive
days is as fashionable as the frst-night
crush at an Academy Oil" and as var
ious as an audience at Shibe. No one who
is not hopelessly preiudiced or old-fash-
ioned will deny that devilwagons deserve
all the honors and all the success that
have been theirs.
Nowadays every automobile goes. And
it goes in spite of the efforts of the multi
tudes of amateur tinkers who NEEDLE
with its sensitive insides Give it water,
gasoline and oil and let it alone and you
will be happy.
The motorcar of today is, in it's best
forms, peculiarly American. At the be-
ginning it owed much to the French. In
this country engineers were obsessod
with the desire to build horseless car
riages-and they clung to the form of the
old-fashoned buggies until foreign en-
gineers suddenly brought the whole
machine nearer to the ground. American
builders, besides contributing vastly to
the refinement and efficiency of the auto
mobile, have carried it to degree of
development that has left the old world
far behind. Here the 1notorcar is an
everyday convenience for everybody.
Abroad its use,is still restricted.
Native ingenuity and quantity produc-
tion in America, as well as the enlight-
ened business policies expressed in guar
antees and ''service," have put the auto
mobile at the constant service of a ma
| jority of Americans and actually broad
ened the life and understanding of the
| time. American cars are the most beau
tiful in the world. Foreign makers know
! how to make fine and handsome machines
| by spending and asking lot of money.
| Their inexpensive motorcars continue to
! be ugly and, to the American eye, old
! fashioned. The good roads and careful
| driving of Europe are responsible for the
belief that the foreign cars are more dur
able than those made in this country. The
fact is that only the best automobiles
turned out in Europe would endure the
| hard driving and hard usage that even
| the littler and lighter machines of Amer
leans withstand for season after season.
If for the time the league of nations
and the brawl between the Mayor and the
Wares and the issues of politics are for
gotten by multitudes in this city, it will
be because a good automobile appeals
definitely to native impulses in almost
every American. 1t satisfies general
! hunger for diversion and, as fine bit of
mechanism, it intrigues the interest of
nine men out of every ten who are
mechanics at heart. And any average
! automobile is more faithful and patient
and has altogether a more cheerful dis
| position under stress than the majority
: of humans.