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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04
Making Country Life Popular.

There used to be an old phrase, used
in regard to excessively quiet Will
ages, that in that town "they go to
bed when it is dark under the table. ="
Hard working country people, who
have labored all day uutiI their mus
cles and nerves are pretty we'll ex-
hausted, frequently have little energy
for social exeitements in the evenings.
Bat how about their young folks?
These modern youth begin to feel
restless about the time the lights come
on, and they demand something doing
They get restless in town where
most of the people go to bed early and
little diversion or social life is offered
one of the greatest needs of country
life is to lind some healthy outlet for
the spirit of fun and frOlic that young
people desire to satisfy in their even
ing hours.
If the life OF their home town does
not seem as active as they desire,
many fellows go chasing around the
country ia automobiles, attending all
the dances within many miles, call
ing on distant girls, etc. Some of
this excitement may be harmless.
But careful parents prefer to have
THEM young people attending soclal
gatherings in their own community.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04
A LITTLE TALK ON THRIFT
By s. W. STRAUS
President Of American Society for Thrift

The foremost problem before the
world today concerns methods of eff
feeting world sterilization 1t is a
fundamental truth that billions of
dollars in capital and millions of
human lives cannot be sacrificed with
ont mourning an economic debt that
all humanity must share. And since
all humanity must share in this
burden, as events since the end of
the war have proved, it follows quite
naturally that all humanity must
share in the restitution of these de-
strOyed values.
What is needed is greater practices
/. of thrift throughout the world, and
no plan of world wide sterilization
will be successful that is not based
on these practices.
There is much technical discussion
of the problems, and numerous plans
are being formulated, but that none
of these plans can be brought to sue
eessful conclusion unless the people
in the nations involved practice thrift.
Wherever evidences of returning
stability and industrial activity are
manifested, it is found that these
conditions had their inception in the
will of the people to work and save
+ What is essentially needed, therefore,
is a great world wide revival of the
( thrift spirit.
( In our personal lines there are no
shortcuts by which we can build
ourselves up excepting through the
orderly processes of working and
saving. And exactly the same rule
holds good with nations.
Not enough is being said about
thrift throughout the world. Not
enough of it is taught in the school
room. Not enough is preached from
the pulpits and through the press.
More intensive practices of thrift
would form background that would
prove of incalculable value in bring
ing to successful elimination such
plans for worldwide stabilziatioG as
may be worked out by statesmen and
economists.
If each individual who reads these
lines will take these thoughts home
to himself and do what he can to lend
impetus to thrift, splendid start
will have been made toward the re-
storaton of worldwide prosperity
and good. viii.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

Barron financial writer, wonders
what has made the United States de-
yelop In less than two centuries from
a wilderness to the greatest nation
on which the sun has shone" II isn't
territory and fertile soil, for Africa
beats us in thar respect II isn't
wheat-rnlsing area, for Canada beats
us there. II isn't education for we
are far behind Germany, where 9S per
cent of the population can read and
write Freedom has something TO do
with It. But the great force that
created Uncle Sans empire was plain,
oid-fashioncd hard work a yogabond
now held generally in contempt
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

Forty per cent Of the land In the
United States Is nontillable. Tie pro-
portion classified as swamp or marsh
lands is large. Every acre Of 1t could
under proper control be made at small
expense to produce returns through its
possibilities for game conservation.
Areas on which Wild fowl shooting
could be had during the open season
would he valuable for every commun-
ity In the United States has its con
tlngent Of sportsmen. Other nontill-
able land outside the inaccessible ter
rltory IN mountainous regions might
be used for the production Of nut
crops Once nut bearing trees are
established the matter of land deteri-
grafton ceases TO be problem. Far
less labor Is required IN the care Of
the trees than for the cultivation Of
grain crops
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

Steel makers over the world are
watching an experiment which a
Frenchman is making with process
by which he asserts iron ore may be
directly convert . into steel II this
process is practical, the intermediate
step Of converting ore into pig iron
will be eliminated The cost Of pro-
duclng steel will be reduced material
ly. The amount of capital invested to
make pig iron from iron ore is tire
mendous, all of which would be re-
leased for employment in something
else. Time and money In vast quant-
ties will be saved to the world when
this Frenchman or some other in
ventor achieves the goal he is set
upon.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

The long winter evenings create a
problem for the young people of any
town. If left to themselves, they
often find amusements that are not
helpful or desirable The practical
result in the majority of rural COM
munities, has been that the young
folks got disgusted with what seemed
TO them the monotonous life of their
home place, and were led into that
restless frame of mind when any kind
of opportunity TO earn a living in city
life looked good to them. Elk.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

From time to time scientists an
nounce they have discovered new
method OF lighting old age, or wrest-
ing from time few more years to
add to the span OF life. In some In
stances It Is preparation OF milk
that VIII confer semblance of i'm
mortality on man Ia his mundane
form. Again II is the transplanting
of glands; now II is substituting new
cells for old We all want 10 have
longer lives. says the New York Her
aid. Many or us think Of life chiefly
In terms of this one dimension. but
what the world needs most is wider
lives and deeper lives, widened IN
our sympathies. interests and reallza.
ton Of great basic principles aud of
the eternally great values OF life
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04
cAANcE FoR eooo spELLgRs

NfFlNGE Sh wv - - -
II anybody considers himself a 100
per cent speller try him on this SEN
tence. which several colleges have
found only 10 per cent Of their stu
dents could spell correctly: 1T IS
agreeable 10 view the unparalleled en-
barrassment Of a harassed peddler or
saddler sitting on a cemetery wall
gaugfng the symmetry Of a skilfully
peeled potato" DR.. Johnson or Noah
Webster might go down on that. If
the truth must be told, It IS really
doubtful whether anyone knows how
to spell all the words in the sentence,
says the TOrrington Register. Take
"sklHully," for instance. Some people
would put two "Ts' in the first syl-
liable, and some dictionaries would
uphold them. 1t seems to be purely
q matter Of choosing your authority.
Then take ''peddler" You can find the
word spelled Tor spelt, if you prefer
"peddler" or ''pedlar" in many old
books, and the latter spelling Is said to
be current yet In England The simple
fact Is that for scores Of English words
there Is no established standard.
Wherefore there are no 100 per cent
spoilers, except possibly in communi-
ties that have only one spelling book
or dictionary.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

OF unusual interest Is the derivation
Of the word sterling" as applied to
something that is genuine. pure, IN
adulterated. or Of excellent quality"
The original form of the word was
Clustering" The Easterllngs were
the north Germans, or the merchants
OF the Hanseatic league, the original
"moneyers" Of England The name
OF these merchants came to be applied
10 coin or goods of fixed standard
value, answering all tests. In the
time Of Edward / we find an English
coin issued OF the designation Of n
dinar or dlnarius. cale9 sterling.
Since that time the word Sterling
has been applied TO the English pound.
which before the war was regarded as
the best value In the world
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

A total Of II, 10000 acres has been
sold to settlers In Alberta ana Sas-
katchewan under the Dominion lands
act. according 20 the minister Of the
interior or this acreage, 4,155, T3S
has been patented ana 8oS.t34 acres
was not yet patented. The amount
paid in Tor lands pre-empted was Sl4.-
S60od7, and there was yet unpaid ap-
proxlmately H2o00o00 Purchased
homestesds totallng 1922, $40 acres
had been sold In these two provinces,
on which the revenue was SS.274.2 800,
and on which approximately $500 10
was yet unpaid.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

Next time you are near big mu-
scum, especially the American Mu-
scum OF Natural History In New York.
be sure to see the reconstructed skulls
Of primitive men Instantly il viii
strike you that modern man. compared
with HIS ancestors, Is IKE beauty
alongside the beast Man is losing his
ferocious head as he loses his fero-
clous disposition Progress is certain.
II slow. and the primeval skulls prove
il.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

A great many localities report la
Dor shortage, but 1t isn't that there are
not men enough for the Jobs. says the
Houston Post The trouble Is, the
Jobs are unsatisfactory, most of them
being out In the sunshine ANA away
from softdrink stands and minus the
comforting presence of Il tlapper ste
nogropher and a machine for clipping
coupons,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

Despite our great Indignation mt the
suggestion that uan was descended
from lower animals, We are compelled
70 confess, remarks the Houston Post.
that he is the worst behaved 81 an
the animal species now inhabIt.ug the
earth
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

The author of "The Star Spangled
Banner would never have succeeded
in securing such wonderful results if
he had been Obliged 70 sat his rhythns
TO modern Jazz tune.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

The Ohio State Journal recently
printed long editorial ou hootiacks.
but failed TO explain 60 The younger
generation that a boojack is nothing
like the automobile Jack which IS the
only kind they know.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

The national debt now amounts to
SIS, t45,O00,0eo aud fnsneia, au-
thority says 1t IS now In a state Of
permanent decline, Permanent Is right
"a sum ike that viii have 10 decline
forever before It gets wiped out.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

Cheer ZIP. the days may be getting
longer hut even the hottest day has
only - hours.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04
Custom aiming

Let us tan your hides and skins
and make them into Coats, Robes.
Gloves, Vests, jackets and Ladies
Fine Furs. We also tan hides into
Harness, Sole, Lace, Glove and
Indian Tan Buckskin.
Our prices are the lowest. Our
work is the best. A trial shipment
will convince YOU. All kinds of
taNidermy work done.
Send for brice-Iist on ready made
Ladies Fur Garments We can sGue you
money b. doing so.
FREE Send for Free Cotalog. Sam
pies, Tags, etc.
Stevens Point Tannery
In business 81 years
STEVENS POINT. WISCONSIN
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-04

Authorized by and inserted in behalf of
Robt. Erspamer. Hurley Wis. Amount
to be paid, $500.
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INFORMATION DEPARINNA
Commercial inquiries ansrs1dI.1 answered 4,
information gladly furnished Win.
cost. Address any firm abovs
To Go to Higher Court.

DEMONSTRATIONS for an iuivp,.,
against the Moffat tunnel commi,s.,
will be heard in the District Cou- n
Golden, Aug. 2S, and will be cans|
Immediately to the Supreme Cont NJ
the loser in the case. The case WI,
set by Judge Samuel W. johnson n.
Gently when he granted the petitions,
continuance of three weeks. NOrn
Montgomery, the tunnel commlssjmt
attorney, said that the case can n
carried to the Supreme Court and ii.
en- immediate hearing if completed n
Sept. l.
John X. Smith, attorney seeks q
injunction on his own behalf and d
the Wolfe Brothers Land Company
Attorney Montgomery urged uy,
the court the necessity Of quick settA
ment of the case, in order that ti.
work of tunnel construction may sat
mt the earliest possible moment. Bas.
upon the proposed rental Of the tln
mel for S5OO,UO0 a year, delay is COsinl
$1,000 n day, he said.
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THE INDIAN DRUM
By ey,illiarn MacHare and Eds0in Bal"'er
yB B1

gan sounding last night. and that at
first II sounded for only two lives; IL $
kent on beating. but still Is beating
only for four. There were thirty-nine
on the ferry-seven passengers ana
thIrty-two crew. Twelve have beeh
saved now; so until the Drum raises
tie beats TO twenty-seven there Is sun
a chance that someone Will be saved.
Constance watched him with wonder
at the effect of what she had toiu'
The news of the Drum had shaken
him from his triumph over Alan and
Uncle Benny and over her. 1t had
shaken him so that, though he re-
mained with her some minutes more,
he seemed to have forgotten the pur-
pose of reconciliation with her which
had brough. him 10 the house,
She dIned, or made pretence OF din
ing. with her mother at seven. Her
mothers voice went on and on about
trifes. and Constance did not try TO
pay attention. Her thought was fol-
lowing Henry with ever-sharpening ap-
prehension. She called the office In
mld-evening: 1t would be open. she
knew. for messages regarding Uncle
Benny and Alan would be expected
there. A clerk answered; no other
news had been received; she then
asked Henry's whereabouts.
"Mr. Spearman went north late this
afternoon, Miss Sheriff." the clerk
informed her.
North. Where7"
1--WE are to communicate with him
this evening to Grand Rapids; after
that, 10 Petoskey."
Constance could hear her own heart
beat. Why had Henry gone, she Won
dered; not, certainly, TO aid the
search. He had gone to-hinder lt7
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The steamer Number - ralnIneu
proyed 10 have been the Benton. he
told her. THE men are all from her.
They had abandoned her in the small
boats, and the Solwerk picked them
up before the ferry found her"
He was not asking her 10 congratu-
late him upon the relief he felt; he
had not so far forgotten himself as
that. But It was plain TO her that he
was congratulating himself; II had
been fear that he was feeling before
fear. she was beginning to understand,
that those on the ferry had been saved
Horror and amazement flowed in up
on her with her realization of this In
the man she had promised to marry.
For an instant she stared at him, all
her body tense; then. as she turned
and went out. he followed her, calling
her name. But, seeing the seamen In
the larger Office, he stopped, and she
understood he was not willing to urge
himself upon her in their presence.
I'm willing to go home now. mother,
If you wish" she said steadily.
When they had gone down to the
street and were in the car, Constance
leaned back, closing her eyes; she
feared her mother might wish to talk
with her.
Toward three o'clock, the Office
called her, but only to report that they
had heard from Mr.. Sheriff.. He had
wired that he was going on from Man
istique and would cross the straits from
St. Ignace; messages from him were to
be addressed to Petoskey. There was
no other report except that vessels
were still continuing the search for
survivors, because the Indian Drum,
which had been beating. was beating
short" causing the superstitious TO
be certain that, though some of the
men from Number 25 were lost, some
yet survived.
Constance thrilled as she heard
that. She did not believe In the Drum
at least she had never thought she
had really believed in 1t; she had only
stirred to the idea of It's being true.
But If the Drum was beating. she was
glad it was beating short. 1t was
serving, at least, to keep the lake men
more alert.
A little later, as Constance stood at
the window, gazing out at the snow
upon the lake, she drew back suddenly
out of sight from the street, as she
saw Henry's roadster appear out of
the storm and stop before the house.
She waited in the room where she
was The strain he was under had
not lessened, she could see: or rather
If she could rust her feeling at sight
of him. 1t had lessened only slightly,
and at the same time his power to
resist It had been lessening too.
~ thought you'd want to know. Con-
ME-" he said. $50 1 came straight out
The Richardson's picked up one of
the boats of the ferry"
Uncle Benny and Alan Conrad
were no. in it." she returned; the tri-
umph she had seen in him had told
her that.
NO: it was the first boat put off by
the ferry, with the passengers and
cabin maid and some injured men of
the crew"
Were they - alive?" her voice
hushed tensely.
"Yes; that is, they were able to re-
vive them all; bu. IT didn't seem pos
sible to the Richardson's officers that
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who's HereW She Cried. "Who
HereW

en- Alan and Uncle Benny; she had
imagined only vague interference and
obstruction of the search for them;
she had not foreseen that he could so
readily assume charge of the search
and direct, or misdrect, T.
At the Point she discharged the
sledge and went on foot to the house
of the caretaker who had charge of
the Sheriff. cottage during the winter.
Getting the keys from him, she let
herself into the house. Going to her
room, she unpacked heavy sweater
and woolen cap and short fur coat
winter things which were left there
against use when they opened the
house sometimes out of season-and
put them on. Then she went down
and found her snowshoes. Stopping
at the telephone, she called long dis
tance and asked them to locate Mr.,
Sheriff., II possible, and instruct him
to move south along the shore with
whomever he had with him. She went
out then, and fastened on her snow
shoes.
Constance hurried westward and
then north, following the bend of the
shore. The figure of a man-one of
the shore patrols-pacing the ice hum
mocks of the beach and staring out
upon the lake, appeared vaguely in
the dusk when she had gone about
two miles. She came, three quarters
of mile farther on, to a second man !;
about an equal distance beyond she
found third, but passed him and
| went on.
Her legs ached now with the unac-
customed travel upon snowShoes; the
cold, which had been only a piercing
chill at first, was stopping feeling, al
most stopping thought. She was hor-
rified to find that she was growing
weak and that her senses were becom-
ing confused. She had come, In all,
perhaps eight miles; and she was
playing out" She descended to the
beach again and went on; her gaze
continued to search the lake, but now,
wherever there was break in the
bluffs, she looked toward the shore as
well. At the third of these breaks
the yellow glow of window appeared
marking house in hollow between
snow-shrouded hills. She turned ca.
gerly that way; she could go only
very slowly now. There was no path
at least, If there was. the snow drifts
hid 1t.
She struggled to the door and
knocked upon 1t, and receiving no re.
ply, she beat upon 1t with both fists
"Who's hereT" she cried. "Who',
herer
| (To BE CoNTINuEDo
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Horny feared? Alan had d"scrloee
the man to her; that description ,'",
NOT had meaning for her oetofe' pu'
now remembering that Description sue
could think Of Henry as the only one
who could have been in that mouse
Henry had fought with Alan 'ne'.
Afterwards. when Alan had been NJ
tacked upon the street, had Henry
ANYTHING TO do with that7
Henry had lied % her about oe',s
1, Duluth the night he had foush'
with Alan: he had not told her tne
true cause of his quarrels win olci'
BENNY; he had wished her to oel'e'e
thar Uncle Benny was dead when 'he
wedding ring and watch came to her
the watch which had been oaptn'a
S.afford's of the Miwaka! Henry il"u
urged her TO marry him at once was
+bo+ because he wished the security
thot her father-and she-must give
her husband when they learned the
revelation which Alan or Uncle BEN
ny might bring? -
At Petoskey she went from the Tram
directly to the telegraph ohiee'
Henry was in Petoskey, hey woulu
know Mt that office where he could De
found; he would be keeping In touch
with them.
Mr.. Spearman. the operator said had
been at the office early In the DAY
there had been no message for nm
he had left instructions that any
which came were to be forwarded %
him through the men who, under his
direction, were patrolllng the shore
for twenty miles north of Little Trav'
erse. watching for boats.
Constance crossed the frozen edges
of the bay by sledge to Hnrbor
Point. Her distrust now had deep
ened to terrible dread. She had NOT
been able before this to form any deli
mite idea of how Henry could threat
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Shot While Playing William TELL

Ell Paso, Texas.-Capt. RObHt'
Bravo shot and killed Mrs. ROmela N
La Rosa at Santa Rosalla, Chlhuahll
while playing William Tell, accordii
to travellers who reached Juarez is
Gently. The captain snapped tee
phone wire with bullet from bis ps
tol, shattered an electric light gsA
and shot glass from Mrs. De La 10
sa's hand. Lets see sou shoot tai
hat off my head" said the vonii
placing the captains cap on her hsia
according to the story. Ihe cap'aa
pulled the trigger and the woman iaA
with bullet in her brain Ihe olnea
was arrested, according to lniofnaa
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impression To herself. When she had
opened the door and come in. he had
looked up In dread. as though prepar-
ing himself for whatever she might
announce. Now that the door shut
them in alone, he approached her with
arms offered. She stepped back. In
stinctIveIy avoiding his embrace; and
he stopped at once. but he had come
quite close TO her now.
As she stared at him, the clerks
voice came to her suddenly over the
partition which separated the office
from the larger room where the clerk
was receiving some message over the