The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-30
Saturday last sale was closed by which
a Detroit capitalist secured for $40, 600
forty acre tract upon the shore which
will at once he ulatted and sold for build-


|, forty acre tract upon the shore which
will at once be plated and sold for build
ing purposes. The railroad has already
}. secured ample and wide terminal
facilities. Depot grounds, yard room,
water front for dockage, and other
privileges for such large enterprise.
The same authority states that ground
is to be Immediately broken for large
furniture factory and wooden wlre con-
cern, and that Detroit banker has
decided to at once open bank in town.
Thus it is that all aronnd the head of
the bay bright hopes reign supreme.
What strikes first the notice of strang.
er upon getting off the cars ut L'Anse
and leisurely strolling up the town to
the hotel is why did those in power in the
early days allowthose mill establishments
to be built so far apart, and their in
fluence dissipate MS il were by distance?
Had the Baraga and Pequaming mills
been built at L'Anse thriving city
would have been the consequence,
instead Of rs now struggling fishing
hamlet with Gcourt house set on y
clay hill to give legal light on the
surrounding country. TIL ere is gain
which tendeth to poverty. as no doubt
the land owners around L'Anse know
by this time. Still the future can in q
measure remedy this by large and
liberal land policy for Keweenaw bay
has by no means reached its maximum
growth. Cities and villages as well as
individuals have their idiosyncracies.
L'Anse is peculiar in its clay hills,
gullies, abandoned ore dock, entire alb
sence of manufacturing excepting
beer-although there is harness re-
pairing shop, cobbler's bench and
rudimentary. tin and soldering establish
ment, large quantities of stages and
fine breed Of dogs. The village is not
dead at all for there is q large livery
barn going up and the meat market is
putting in new front. Broadway,
nice graded and drained street, carries
the broom, and points with pride to its
well rounded surface with perfect
drainage on either side; no street runs
five hundred feet without butting up
against the ubiquitous clay hills and
thousands of cubic yards cf soil are an
nually carried to the lake by the spring
freshets. Chess PLAYING is largely in
dulged in as also are checkers, but an
Isehming gent cleaned out the crowd ON
checkers, while a tramp pencil pusher
made draw on two games of chess.
1t is but fair, however, to state possi-
bly, the best L'Anse chess timber was
notat the hotel that evening. Editor
Kinney, who made fortune "home-
steading", is fitting up printing house
Of large dimensions on Main street,
while he has a handsome residence pro-
perty on Lake street, overlooking the
bay. Arvon, on Huron bay, is only
few hours walk from the place where
DR.. Houghton made the initial gold
discovery Of Lake Superior. This
spring, owing to the railroad building,
land and lumber lockers are in the
woods pretty thick. They have all
with one accord have weather eye"
out for quartz leads and it need surprise
no one il something interesting is re-
ported from Huron Mountains this
summer. A number Of amateurish
geolosists are preparing for summer
cruise in this region also.
The usual Indian legends
exist here MS elsewhere upon the lake.
That old Indians frequently in years
back brought in great specimens of
gold in it's native purity but refused to
state Just where it came from, owing to
the wrath OF the Great Spirit should
they disclose the location Of the metal
to any white man. These legends are
circulated at Ontonagon, Ashland,
Houghton and the entire extent Of both
north and south shores of Lake Super
Tor. Certain it is that the natives have
found gold frequently and they have
used it for personal adornment for cen-
turtles. The only question is, where
did IL come from? This summer may
solve the mystery. There are Indian
schools at L'Anse directly under con-
troll Of the Indian department at WASH
ington, but the workings Of these
schools are not satisfactory in their re-
suits. Civilization. as applied to In.
dians, kills them of and the few CEN
turies Of white man influence in their
behalf has resulted in death. and death
only for them. Whether civilization
will exterminate the free negro remains
to be seen. Our deepest thinkers
claim IL will result with them as with
4 the Indians. In slavery the negro was
fos cred and c,red for, in freedom he
1 takes his place in the struggle for ex-
istence and will be found not equal to