West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-10-21
THE NEW STATE OF SUPERIOR.
Another Star To Shine In The EeaV-
tnly Blue OF "Old Glory"
The Comisg Congress win BE Asked
To Create A New State By Divi.
ding Michigan,
BON do New York Iournal.

From the New York Journal.
Uncle Sam proposes to make him.
self Christmas present OF new
State, says the Kansas City World.
Christmas he will hang up his
stocking, as all good old people do,
and when he Wakens, unless some
disappointment oSertskes him--he
will find, away down in the toe of
his stocking, a gold star, which,
unless calculations miscarry, he
will highly prize.
This star will present the forty
fifth State in the Union, and the
name is to be "The State Of Su-
perior."
1t will como into the Union, not
as Other States have come, in an
unsettled condition, but it will
arrive as Minerva stepped from the
head of Jove, beautifully equipped
with everything necessary for
highly prosperous worldly existence
For many years-in fact, almost
since its admission to the Union in
lS37-Michlgan has been divided
by Lake Michigan. Michigan is
cut IN two little more than mid.
way to the north. The upper part
OF the peninsula above the lake is
known in the State as the Upper
Peninsula. The lower part is the
Lower Peninsula.
OF course, Michigan has been
under one Governor, but for
very long time the people or the
Upper Pcuinsula have felt that
they did not receive the same atten.
ton and advantages as the people
OF the Lower Peninsula. Best les
that, they claimed that they were
further north and subject to differ
ent climatic laws, aud that there
fore they should not be treated the
same as the lower Michigan people.
TO settle the dispute there have
been negotiations pending for some
time to make this peninsula into
different State, and in order to give
it proper size, to cut a slice off
Wisconsin, this shoe to be added to
the peninsula.
Now. to determine just what the
new State will be. draw u line from
Green Bay westward and q little
downward to the Mississippi river,
and then take all that lies above it
as far as Lake Superior, and you
will have the new State Of Superior
as correctly as can be drawn now.
or all the States in the Union,
this State stands about the best
chance of making It's mark. 1t has
Lakes Superior and Michigan on
the cast, on the south Wisconsin
and Lake Michigan, and on the
west Minnesota, the Mississippi
river and little Of Lake Superior.
Besides this magnificent location,
the State Of Superior starts In with
population Of nearly 900, 900
people. Its size will about corres-
pond to that of Kentucky, which it
also resembles in shape. 1t is we'll
waterod by many small rivers, and
it contains a sea coast which is sec.
ond to no other State.
Besides this, Superior has an In.
exhaustible mining supply 1t con 2
tains iron and copper enough to
supply the whole world, and its
building stone is remarkable all
across the country. It's mining IA.
cilities make it a Klondiko in
copper.
Its cities, though not as large as
those Of tho lower peninsula, are
very aourIshing,and West Superior,
which will be the metropolis Of the
new State, is considered finer in its
possibilities than any other city Of
the central United States.
The way in which Michigan came
to have an upper peninsula, and
the manner in which it vas divided.
is very interesting. Michigan was
the thirteenth state admitted into
the Union, aud came ia by au act
Of Congress in January, 1887. It
extended further south than it now
does aud westward to the Missouri
river, but owing TO some political
deal on its admission a part OF It's
southern border was cut of and
given TO Ohio. A strip had also
been given to Indiana few years