Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1881-09-08

tllet ldCllitale tne iOdulllp ana SIT lpfflent
of ears, Sailing, Hanson e. Co. have
entered into contract with parties who
are cleaning out the swale, or low piece
of ground between the bridge and the
mill.
Our station agent and operator,
Mr.. Hiram Lamport, has been granted
a months leave of absence by the
company. and has embraced the op-
portunity to take his family on a tour
of pleasure and recreation among
friends in Southern Michigan. Mr.,
Fred Avery, of Dansville, Ingham
county, is performing the duties of the
Office i'm his absence.
-FoR SALE CHEAP.-The under
signed desires to sell house and two
lots, situate in the village of Grayling
The house is well finished and i'm a
good state of repair, with well of wa
ter on premises. The greater part of
purchase money can be secured by bond
and mortgage on the premises. The
above property is good investment, and
will be sold for half its value, and for
the best of reasons. lie: expect to re-
move soon to another State.
ia. GEORGE NICHOLS.
Col. George Fuller has made the
largest logging contract this week with
Sam Sias, of Midland, ever made on
the Muskegon, or any other stream.
Sias is to put in 300, 600, 900 feet of logs
this coming winter, for which he re-
ceives 800, 600. 1t will require at least
400 men and 1z0 teams to do the work.
Mttskegon NeDs.
Mr.. III. Marvin, from Ovid, Gin
ton county, was in town this week. and
is looking for desirable place to To-
cate, and go into the small fruit grow
ing business, of which branch of in
dustry he is thoroughly conversant.
tie speaks quite favorable of Crawling
and vicinity, and has about made up
his mind TO locate.
S. Vaughn, of Oscoda county, has
recently started "A new lumber camp
over on the North Branch of the Au
Sable, and is putting in logs for s. p
Bliss, of Tawas City, and of which he
intends to put in 1000, 600. They are
now hauling their supplies from this
place, and intend soon to erect ware
house near the station for the storage
Of supplies. The camp is about Is
miles from this place, east.
Did you ever think how inconsist-
ent you are in criticising newspaper
You take it as a natural duty of the
paper to boom the town, note the inn
provements, speak of your own ex-
ploits often and in flattering terms.
You expect this as naturally as you ex-
pect your meals. But let even one
line appear that is contrary TO your
own idea, and you condemn tho paper
in unmeasured terms. A newspaper
should be treated in the same way you
treat your friends. Separate the good
characteristics from the bad, and act
sensibly and hnpartially about it.
Our latest exchange, the Big Rap
ids Current, is an enterprising sheet,
replete with spicy local news, and
clean looking ads, and does credit to
its proprietor, V. w. Bruce, who is
bound to make it a success, if push
and good judgement will do it, and is
being rewarded with liberal patronage
by the merchants and business men of
that commonwealth, who recognize in
il valuable assistant, not only as an
up-builder of trade, but as a medium
of great good in all that portends to
the general welfare of the surround
country. Long may it flourish i'm dis
seminating knowledge, vaunting that
which isgood, and condemning what
seemeth bad.
"A Western constable held an exc
cution against a farmer, and when he
called for settlement, the agricultur-
list took him out into a big pasture and
pointed out a wild steer as the partic-
ular piece of property that should be
levied upon. The constable chased
the steer around for awhile, and then
sat down, and taking out his book, be-
gan to write. "NVhat are you doing
therer asked the granger. Charging
mileage" replied the constable, with
out looking up. do have it all to
payl" gasped the rancher.
'You bet"
''Then take this tame heifer here. ]
can't stand any such game as that"
-''What great country you have
in Northern Michigan" exclaimed a
traveller to us yesterday. "When that
Northern road is finished and the
country opened up, you can almost
boast of having the Empire State.
The beautiful inland lakes, the fish,
game and the country itself, will make
Northern Michigan the home of the
pleasure seeker i'm all seasons of the
year. The game laws prohibiting the
removing of deer from the State / be