CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-12-16
FOR A NEW STATE
Plan to Out q Slice from MinhiGaz
and Wisconsin
Prsiinfnary steps Have AiresAyp Pee.
Taken-The New COnnonwea1th
idea IL Favorably Re-
cofyea.

An attempt is to be made to create
a new state at the next session OF con-
gress. If the plan succeeds the new
commonwealth will be called Superior
AID il will be composed of the northern
ssninsula of Michigan and that part Of
3 Wisconsin lying north of q line drawn
.rross the state from Green Bay vest
/. ard and little downward to the Mis-
issippi river.
For long time the people OF the
orthern peninsula of Michigan have
cit that they did not receive the same
.ifention and advantages as the people
# the lower peninsula. Besides that
iEey claimed that they were farther
north and subject to different climatic
l3ws and that. therefore, they should
ot be treated the same as the lower
Michigan people. To settle the dispute
here have been negotiations pending
,or some time to make this peninsula
into different state. and in order to
give it proper size to cut a slice of
Wisconsin, this slice to be added to the
peninsula.
The proposed new state Of Superior
would have Lake Superior on the north,
axe Michigan on the east, and on the
west Minnesota. the Mississippi river
and little of Lake Superior.
rcsides the magnificent location the
tate would start with population of
carly 100000 people. Its size will
bout correspond to that of Kentucky,
which il also resembles in shape. II is
's-cil watered by many small rivers and
contains a coast which is second to
other state Besides this. Superior
as an inexhaustible mining supply. 1t
pnfains iron and copper enough. were
$ output fully worked. TO supply the
hole world. and its building stone is
ennrkable all across the country. Its
mining facilities make it a Klondike in
copper.
Its cities. though not as large az
hose of the lower peninsula, are very
ourishing. and West Superior. which
IN he the metropolis of the new state,
considered finer in its possibilities
an any other city of the central
niicd States.
The way in which Michigan came TO
have an upper peninsula and the man
ser in which II was divided is very in
'errsting. Michigan was the 18th state
Omitted into the union. and came In
act of congress in January, 1887. IL
siended further south than IL now
>cs. and westward TO the Missouri
irer. but owing 10 some political deal
its admission. part of its southern
7rdcr was cut on and given to. Ohio.
strip had also been given to Indiana
few years before After Michigan be-
ausc fully settled as . state the gov
rnor Of Michigan made grret fuss
ss.s,Sas t:scse ribces that bad t,s-s. e6s On.
I'd so. 20 quiet him. what il row known
rs the upper peninsula was granted to
him. This made state that WIS sep
lrated by n great body OF water. but
notwithstanding this obstacle, Michi-
an has always ruled both its upper and
c,ver peninsulas as well.
OF late. however. the people of the
apper peninsula have felt greatly
slighted at times They think that,
with Lansing and Detroi, in the lower
PENINSULA. the laws of the state were
aade more for the part containing the
afltal and metropolis than the part in
ghieh they were living. They have
oiatcd to their beautiful islands, the
.rcatest of which is the Isle of Royal.
\ Lake Superior. and have pointed out
heir beautiful harbors and their OPP
,ortuni,ies for commerce with Ontario.
and have at times made requests of the
Michigan legislature. which they felt
aould have been granted
Another reason for making a new
state out of the peninsula is that Mich
an is state of great climatic differ
r,sccs. The climate of the southern por-
Son is warm. but that of the northern
s rigorous. Take Detroit, which has .
rcan annual temperature of 4s de-
res. and that of Sault Ste Marie.
hich is 40 degrees. This is differ
rcc Of eight degrees between the diff
crcnt parts of the state Along the
oTthern part there is a great deal of
pple raising, but in the peninsula
here are vineyards. and, of course, the
same agricultural laws cannot apply
to both of these.
II Is said that all the preliminary
wcrk of making this state has been
gone through with and will be settled
when congress reassemblcs. The con-
-rcsSrnen of Wisconsin and Michigan
are both said to be in favor of ii, and
such lobbying as must be done in WASH
ington has already been attended to.
The lower Michigan people are said
to be in favor of losing their upper
-cninsula, because they feel that IL is
20 rart Of them. while the upper penin-
ula certainly feels that IL should be in
dependent.
When congress assemblies and the
matter really comes up a, Washington
there may be new points brought out
that win prove 10 the legislators that
2. Is not best TO divide Michigan. but
unless this happens and the new points
arc shown and well maintained Uncle
sam is likely to add another star TO his
iag.-Chicago Chronicle.