The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-01-21

Louis A. cInpp. <<e manages - thin
hotel Is dandy with = blx a NE, y 4
hotel man second ~ none any where.
lin calling IL hotel kueinte- and he Was
born Tor j1st thatont purpose and Is not
fitted fir much "A anything else. Ia
securing ihis gentleman - take change ~
the hotel airi IT. business Mr. thellew
did the crownine act iff ~. great work.
Mr.. Ciapp wins born At Cleveland, Ohio,
May II, 1866 and Ii now thirty-f~o
years old and well preserved for man
~ hir years. When hour YEARS 81 ae. he
went 10 live with his grand parents. Mr..
and Mn. q. u. Clapp. Il BoNnfon Springs.
Saratoga county, New York Prom
there he went 20 Tcoy, an t>,e s.lmt state,
and resided with hib parents who bad re-
moved there, and thf following eleven
years were taken uprith school matters
he IA that time obtaining An excellent
education and fitted himseh ior a bust
ness life lie pat IN year or 80 IA tik
Adirondack country and fhHn with his
parpnts removed f0 NanisfiQuc, Mich,
where he wnA employed IN responsible
capacity by the Chicago Lslmher 90.
llis hther still resides thcre and has inll
charge and general management ~ that
cnmpnnyr merchandise business and y
large share holder IN the concern. In
1879 Lou went to Escannba, where he
secured Il position a. head elork IN Y. y.
Car1oxc's clothing and dry goode house;
he remained III the store but q short
time gtnd went railroaiing IN the capacity
~ fireman for tile Chicago A North
Western Railroad Co, and later held n
position Ia the mcfchandieedock at that
place In 1881 he bEan his hotel work
and haA been 40 II ever since Cine year
he III company with another gentleman
did business Tor themselves IN the Ild.
ingtun house and later he took charge of
the Oliver house, which position be re-
sighted III the spring ~ 1887 and went 70
CRYSTAL Falls where heiill,d the clerkship
~ the Lockwood house and remained
until he received neal 70 the Commercial.
house he was married 10 Miss Nellie
Stonelouse, one ~ EHcanabas isnr and
popular young ladies on September /
1883 and one son, frankie, has hleesed
The union and h chip "a The old block.
With Mr. Clapp az It's manager the suc-
crss of the new hotel h practically asstir-
"a - lac iA Well known and great illNofite
with the travelling public.
Pitt Drake, 81 the firm Of r. Drake <
Co., owners. Or the bar businere, II q real
character. he Was born at Sandnsky,
ohio. Decamber %, 1888, and at an
ter az that place as devil" and re-
manned there until he became a printer.
He served Ia the hate war enlisting AZ
Buffalo. ia the 1925 New York Iufantry
and served two years under Gen. Shcr-
man and waH With that warrior on his
famous march, and was brave soldier.
After the war be returned to the fcases'
afnd driftcd.al oGef tho country, having
lseeu VA every city OF any Importance
ia the United States except Boston and
San Francisco. He az one time tired 81
ne on land and applied TO a vessel
master az New York Tor place before
the must aud on little inquiry discoy-
ercd that the master 81 the vessel was
'0ne 81 bis old friends and schoolmates
and instead 81 going before the mnst he
wae made m equal by the captain and
made two trips 81 long duration lie
landed and drifted about the country
until he struck Chicago where he got
cases on the fnfcr-Ocean and remained
There until his nealtli Became SO poor
that "A move vas recommended and ne
got d lenve a absenee for three months
and came to the Men0minee range which
wae just then attracting 80 much attcn
ton, arriving at Qninnesec ia 1881, whore
he put ia has time at various vocatiuns
and his health improved To such an *
tent that he concluded Go make the range
his home IN 1881 he removed 20 lIron
Mountain and took charge ~ the Jenkins
house sample ruom, remaining there I'M
I'll 1856 when he went into business for
himself III the Siebert block. His place
became very popular aud he built up a
good trade which has followed linn TO the
Commercial house. Ten years ago ho
Wis married to Miss julia A. Mcrrymnn,
"A refined and accomplished young lady
81 Detroit. Previous toshin marriage he
was not unlike the majority ~ printers
and usually on a Saturday night he laid
In a good supply az red paint and several
brushes and decorated things until time
% 20 10 work on Monday morning, but
ten years ago the Odd ~ lstst month lie
stopped all ~ hia youthful follics and
turned liu mind IN a better channel. Or
the tenth anniversary " his quit he ten
dercd banquet 10 a nnnbcr "a his
friends ia honor ~ the occasion lie was
working on the Chicago Times when Will
her r story bought IL and held cases
while Governor nwineford, of Alaska, did
"adhing." lie spent one year Ia Wash
ington IN the interest al metropolitan
daily Newspaper and numbered all 81 the
statesmen from the president down "a
his friends. tie has a great memory and
rs illuminated encyclopedia "a all ~ the
political aud sporting events ofthe past
quarter 81 acentnry HeMweIl read, has
a splendid education and Il n man Of the |
world IN every hensc, and man you
don't meet every day. fIie memory il Il |
little ut iauit, however, when hc states !
that there are pnly three great events l
that he can recqll AMI tL0egpecur on the /
twcnty-fhird, twenty .iourfh and the I
twpnty.fiifh Of UefffIf,nf Ia e,lssh wear n M 4
arg his blrthdaf anniversary 81 his tot.ll |