Crosby's Independent Band. The following have been identified: August Ulvi
nen, second in the back row; William Laine, fourth in back; Matti Suvanto,
fifth; Arne Pelto, first in middle row; Isaac Talvitie, fifth in middle row;
Frank Lehto, drummer; young boy is foster son of Frank Lehto; Eero Matara,
center, director.

finished, however, there was a split within the group, and the majority resigned, set up a Workmen's Hall Company, and took over the unfinished building and other assets. This majority group also refused to follow orders from the Finnish Socialist central body and was refused the right to vote in regional conventions. Instead of coming to terms, the Crosby group, leaning more and more to the support of the IWW industrial union movement, declared itself in 1917 the Workers' Club. It developed into the strongest organization in the Cuyuna region and did not come to an end until 1952. Within the Club, there was an active program of dramatics, with plays being produced regularly over a 25-year period, its own brass band (the instruments were owned by the Club), and its athletic teams. When the society finally terminated its existence, the hall was sold to the Masons, and the

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