The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-05
Land or Wafer? Which

Does Lake Cora" mean land or
waterg If the 104 citizens of west Paw
Paw who signed the Lake Cora protest.
"have become morbid on the subject,
others are afflicted with the same dis
ease, as it is prevalent in other town
ships; in fact, all over the county. And
its cure is simply the removal of the
cause.
We do not question Mr.. Ihling's right
Che being the principal in the case) to
"control" his grounds and property
adjoining -Four Mile Lake. But his
control ends at the waters edge. He
says the knights templar at the open
ing of the property named the hotel
Peninsular and the station Lake Cora"
We were not present on that occasion,
but learned from some that were that
the spokesman for the knights, after
naming the hotel "Peninsular," said in
substance this: What more appropri
ate name can we give Tor apply 10 this
beautiful sheet of water than that of
the fair daughter of our host, Cora"
Hence we have Lake Cora. Further
more, not one among the l04 who were
so morbid" as to sign that protest but
what believed the name Cora" applied
to the lake. Is any one simple enough
W DtlltNt lllil i<slht NOtiN nav ptth
applied to the station had there been
no lake thereg
Moreover, some old citizens of fifty
years standing who were present at the
opening of the grounds, were very
much displeased Il might say mad at
the attempted change of name. Had
we been there, we should certainly
have strenuously objected to such u
measure. When we read of excursions
TO Lake Cora and eXcursionists sailing
or boating on the lake, we are to under
stand according to Mr.. Ihling's version)
that lake" means "station" and, of
course, the boating was not on the lake
at all, but on his grounds Mr.. lhling
further SAYS, 1--WE attach but little inn
portance to the name of any property"
etc. We do, and would rather our old
farm should be called Woodlands farm
as long as we own it, and our boys bear
our name, than to have some new and
strange name substituted for them.
Would Mr. Ihling tamely submit to a
change of the name of his railroad to
that of somebody's girl or boy?
David" has resided in the vicinity of
Four Mile Lake for fifty years and
owned lands adjoining it most of the
time; he has never aspired to the honor
of having his name or that of one of his
children applied to land or water not
his own. If a change had been de-
manded, perhaps David" or Wood
man" would have been quite rs accept
able to our people rs that of some non
residents daughter. But there was no
such demand or necessity; everybody
was satisfied with the dear old name,
Four Mile Lake; il had become famil
lar household word; our children had
grown up and settled around it, and if
our lovely lake and our persistency in
retaining its time-honored name is
called "morbidness, we care not for it.
We do appreciate the railroad com
pany's efforts" and are willing to award
them all the credit their due. We
would not detract one iota from it,
We admit they have fine hotel, nice
grounds, and that they pay taxes and
all this. We wish them success in all
their honest undertakings. But the
railroad company should remember
that the tax payers of this township
have gone down deep into their pockets
and brought forth nearly 100000 Gn-
Guiding INTEREST," to aid the road; they
usually pay for riding over it and for
moving their freight We ourself have
paid hundreds of dollars in the shape of
taxes to aid this road, and have given
our mite to aid in its extension to South
Haven. In closing his article, Mr.
Ihling says tastes differ and it is use
less to undertake to please all" As a
rule, this may be true, but this is an
exception to the rule. Mr. Ihling can
please everybody in this case, if he will,
by removing the cause of complaint.
Then CRITICISMS" would cease, every
body would be pleased, and our lovely,
| sparkling lake would continue to bear
its old name of sixty years standing.
DAVID.