The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
lauriumiteS Intend to
Celebrate the Fourth
of July.
To Entertain Residents and Visitors
ON Monday Next-Other Items
From the Neighboring city.

Preparations for Laurium's celebration
next Monday are going on apace and
nothing has been left undone to make
the day huge success and the celebra-
ton bigger and better than any ever held
in this hustling town. The idea of the
com mittee in doing away with the cali
thumpian parade seems TO meet with the
approval OF most people in the village,
as this part of the days doings has come
to be looked upon as a sort OF worn-ou
affair and good deal OF chestnut.
There is always lot OF money given
away with very little return for it. The
committee this year decided to put more
cash into the sports and give better
prizes and have more events. In this
way the races will be much more inter-
esting. The sporting committee also
announces another change which will IN
doubtedly meet with popular approval
and that is TO give all prizes in orders
for merchandise instead OF cash in order
to foster the spirit of amateur sport in
the races and so asnot TO encourage pro- |
fessionalIsm, This is good thing for |
the athletes who are to enter, as they |
will not be barred from future amateur
races.
Attorney Joseph Ivey, OF Portland,
Oregon, who has been here on short
visit with his sister, Mrs. Walter Wilcox,
left yesterday for his home. He received
word while here that he had been ap.
pointed to government custom Office in
Alaska and he had to cut his visit short
in order to return and make pref ara
tions TO go to his new post. Mr.. Ivey
was born in Keweenaw county and had
not been here for long term OF years.
He had not seen his sister for eighteen
years and in the few days he spent here
he renewed many old acquaintance.
The changes that have taken place in
the copper country since he last saw it
were wonderful to him. When he left
there was no Laurium or Calumet Vii
lage and the great Calumet and Hecla
was not Of the magnitude it is today.
Attorney Ivey had been praticing law
at Portland, Ore, for the past eight
years and was actively interested in the
last campaign.
Work on the extension OF the water
mains is being pushed by the Carlton
hardware company and the mains have
already been laid IN several of the streets.
And still the building boom IN the Flor.
da addition continues and little city
has sprung up within the past few months
where there we're but three or tour houses
his spring. Nothing like the building
boom which has struck Florida has ever
been known here and Laurium has !
suburb OF which it may justly feel proud. {
The merry-go round which was stu
tied IN Red Jacket for the past few weeks
set up for business here yesterday and
vas literally patronized during the even
NC, A crowd OF Youngsters hung around
he place all day holding down the seats
% as TO get free ride when it started. +
1t is stated on excellent authority that E
he Bosch brewing company intends to 8
rect a large warehouse and office in I
; ollmann's addition. The present quar-
ers are not large enough to accommo.
late the constantly increasing business OF
his firm. q
The road between Laurium and Flor C
da addition, where the bicycle races will
occur next Monday, will be cleaned and !
)ut in excellent shape by Saturday.
Welded Last Evening