The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
And Unite liz to HOughton.
mat keweenaw Taxpayers 10 Not
Wish 1t Thus-Who Originated
the MOyeF-LocaI Laconics.

- true, are evidently not believers in
home rule, although, judging from his
name, one OF them should be.
TIE News Is in rapport with very may
residents Of old keweenaw, but never
having heard any of them express de
sire tor the Reorganization OF their
--sEnty, was surprised TO hear that such a
1Rove was on foot and that it originated
=aad was backed up by residents Of
SfOughton county, but what concern il
sEas ~ theirs was az first hard 10 under
stand. Ga enquiry, however, the News
heard the report that the movement was
started by Supervisors Parnall and
StSaton, backed up, it is understood, by
another resident of Houghton, who is
agent for large land owning corpora
Tien. Ii should be understood that Mr..
Psnall represents the interests OF the
9geIow syndicate, who own the Ahmeek,
The Seneca and the old Cliff properties.
while NJ. Stanton virtually represents
che Allouez and Central properties
10 order, il possible, TO ascertain the
News forwarded TO very many OF them a
circular letter. OF which the following is a
copy:
CALUMET, Mich, January IS, 1897.
To
DEAR SRA great deal is being said
sust now H. Ia the proprety of vacaring
the county of keweenaw and lining the
territory 90 Houghton county. The
eqeestion is, do the residents and taxpay-
4ers OF Old keweenaw wish such to take
piece? la order 10 ascertain the ceiling
Of the people upon fhe subject, have for
gSrded this note 70 YOU and many Others
aud trust yOa will favor me with your
personal IDEAS. so that when The subject
"a brought up IN the legislature. shall be
-Sb'e tn voice the wishes of those most in
az1ecasted ia the matter. Trusting You
~ Rtayor me with AN early answer,
] remain yours faithfully,
FRED MACKENZIE
70 which, at the line Of writing, many
answers have been received, all Of which
are ertsgonistic TO the movement. One
at the Rnsw-rs says: The taxes are
AtghpeDough now, but if we were joined to
Houghto2 believe they would be high.
e-.' Letters we're sent TO the agents of
the Lllouez, Central and Copper Falls
lniRes from whom, so far, no answers
have been received.
Thefact, il il is one, that the Bigelow
and stanton parties, together with the
other agent, appear to have pooled thur
IssEes, would make it look as If their
rsuE nj Co. ha;r
'lstred'to see the Reorganization of old
ke~eenawcarried through, even ii it were |
againet the wishes of the actual
residents OF the county, many of whom |
ARE taxpayers themselves; all who, so far.
nave written to the News are
Many OF the residents in Keweenaw
Douucy have resided there for very many |
years, having resided there when the
county was the seat OF the copper indus
try on Lake Superior. great many |
were born there and although the bust |
tsessaos the county is now at low water |
nack, the people have firm belief that |
Old a. eweenaw will ct return to it's past
stiTe glory and would almost fight II !
rGher county name was taken from them. |
Whatever may be the wishes of the com
panies, it is generally understood that |
me resident officers at the mines do not |
'avOr the movement, but have To push |
their personal wishes aside perhaps at |
requests from headquarters, aud this ap- |
llies TO several other residents, who. for |
reasons a. their own, do not care to pub |
liely run contrary to the wishes of the !
powers that be.
TIE NEWS is informed that the county
IS oct 81 debt and that, notwithst anding
the present small population, the taxes
ne Ca pita are smaller than any other
rounty in Nj ,higan, not even excepting
the prosperous aud rich county of
tHoughtOn. II this il the case, what OBJ
lect, unless there is colored gentleman
IN the fence, would be gained by disor- |
gsniEing the county, which very many |
old residents still have faith in, believing
as they do that it will yet rise, like the |
Pb9 nix, out Of its ashes?
IL would look, therefore, that there
should b. some greater reas n given
than the desire OF few non resident min
iag and other superintendents before the
county is disorganized. Governor Pin
gree. when he knows the facts of the
ease, would certainly never allow the
wishes OF these few people or corpora
vti"as to override the wishes OF the tax
payers generally; that il, u his speeches
and the contents OF his message were
rneaat for anything more than political
t6uucombe.