Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01

Yea. lombrred on cf&ua An1
Rouge rivers almosl before the inci&ns
we're here said George W. frasnt Of
Nuskegon N tne Clarendon yesterday.
We used 10 raft oug lumber down 10
Grand Haven in those days. There
were large number OF ss~ mills scat
tered along the Grand and Rouge. some
of the finest s.ne that the Almighty
ever created grew along the hanks OF
those two rivers. Mhen l think how
Ne buschered IL, il makes me sex. We
used 10 run the upright JAWS thea
They went up one cay and down tue
next. The saws were extremely thick.
After the slabs we're taken OF, the prln-
cipal part of Inc log WAS converted into
sawdust. We generally cut 1000 or s.
900 feet Of lumber . day. Finally We
cot 60 We couid eau 1900 feet. and
when We got Up 10 5000 and 5000, We
thought We haa reached The climax.
When Ne had sawed . fairy good
sized cargo Of lumber We would RAFT IL
down to inc Haven. Ia the spring when
the water wss deep, the rata would be
twelve or fourteen courses thick, IN
the summer only five or ak We gen.
orally managed Go get from 5000 10
u 900 feet IN . RAFT We usco 20 shoot
the rapids here with our rafts of lum-
Der. Someumes they broke up and
frequently the shaved shingles were
washed off the top. What the indians
didn't steal We gathered up. After We
got below the rsplds Ne bound the
RATS together and toak them 70 Grand
Haven In Q bunch. Then the lumber
was loaded on boats and taken 70 Chi
cxgo. We dldn't set very good prices
for il either. | sold one cargo there
for IS q thousand. Nlchigan's lumber
DAYS are over nov. Even IN the upper
peninsula. where ] have been for the
past eight years. the pine is getting
| thinned out, and II is only Question
Of time until We old fellows who have
spent our lives IN the lumber business
Will have TO leave the state or GO 10 do
ing something else."
Help He's dying" shrieked a
well dressed young woman IN front of
the Bridge street house Yesterday sf-
ternoon. The guests rushed from tie
| Office and found the young woman
wringing her hands convuislvely and
lowering over the PROSTATE form OF
pug dog that evidently had serious
trouble somewhere IN his internal
economy. "Get away from him and
give HIM air." she yelled savsgely at
the crowd. Ii numbered loo by this
time. "D'ysz want de ambulance
csliedT satirically inquired rude
eoulless spectator, but the Ggonlzsd
young woman took no notice of BIS
| brutal remark. "Won't somebody go
to drug store and get HIM some
th.ngr' pleadingly inquired the pug's
mistress. One man volunteered 10 go
and the crowd coareeiy jeered. cot
him q boz of pills;" Caster OIL aud iur-
pen-Moxie's what he needs"-.'use
Redway's Ready Relief" and more in
| the same rude. vulgar strain. Finally
| the man returned with . bottle. But
the dog Was dead. A policeman or
dered the crowd TO move on, and the
young woman hired . boy to carry the
dead body OF her poisoned pet home.
"Of course we are anxious 10 zee
Jay Hubbsll elected 10 the United
States senate" said S. +. Penberthy OF
South Lake Linden IN the Morton
house yesterday. Eve think the up
per peninsula deserves recognition in
the senate. The wealth Of Michigan ls
concentrated there. The great lum-
Der, copper and iron industries are To-
Gated there, and they are the things
that have madc Michigan. Ii IL no
1
represented. No man in Michigan hns
had more experience or understands
more intimately the needs of wesiern
and northern Michigan than Mr.. Hub
bell. His republlcanism has never
been Questioned, and the upper PENN
snla Will throw her entire strength TO
secure his election"
"My name 10 mud" smilingly re-
marked Col. J. II. Bennett of Muske-
gon IN the Morton last night, when
| questioned concerning bis candidacy
for inspector general OF the state
troops. "Yes, SIR, that's it-mud," be
continued. my friends were conn.,
dent that / would secure the appoint
ment, and l myself felt comparatively
certain of il, but IL IL definitely settled
that II will 20 20 Haynes Of Port Hu-
ron, who was aide-de-camp under Gov
ernor Luce. l don't know how this
will affect Mr.. Whites candidacy for
quartermaster general. but IL seems as
If western Michigan ought 10 get some
thing out of the administration"
81 am democrat, but hope Sen
ator Ssockbridge will be returned"
said the Hon. l.. q. Mason Of Musk
egon in the Morton yesterday. lido
not wish TO cast any reflections upon
any of the other candidates, but knew
Senator StockbrIdge so well that ]
doubt seriously If any improvement
could be made in any way by elecung
any other man 10 succeed him. IL q
certain that nobody has ever found any
fault with Senator stockbricee from
an Official standpoint. he has die
charged the duhes OF his Office faith
fully and we'll, and If we must have
republican, by all mesns let IT be be-"
The Hon. J. W. Moon, congressman
elect from the ninth district, was
| o,,.st IN the Marian yesf<rdav.