The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-01-30

| NOssN~ 49, s'bitoOlC iONdii'J bho thO Ci
forts of THE SENTINEL S correspond
ent are richly rewarded.
Past experience teaches us that
our fond hopes will not be realized
il we place reliance in the policy
pursued by the last session of the
legislature. The dude, doing the
500 rapids in dug -out,is about as
near his calling as the incapacious,
unacquainted southern commits
sioners who hastily glance at the
prominent points of interest in their
hurried trips when delegated to
select a site for state institutions
in the northern peninsula. The out
rage perpetrated on the peninsula
people by the last state board is
fresh in the minds of our citizens.
If we would avoid something akin
to the chateau d-if" act near the
celery swamp 1t is high time our peo-
pie were on the ''qui vive. IL
would avoid witnessing repetition
of board s action such as side
tracked a state institution for the
personal gain of selfish senator,
let the taxpayers of the 18th con
gressional district unite-form q
solid phalanx and strenously op-
pose the appointment of non-rc-
sident commissioners. Our coun-
ties contain numbers of COM
petent and capable men fitted for
any Office in the gift OF the governor.
men--devoting i lifetime
in developing our industries-men
whose names are connected and as
sociated with various noted public
and private institutions = and
familiar with our towns and the
wants Of the people who inhabit
them-thcse are the men whose
names should appear on the roll of
honor in establishing commission
board for the Superior district.
Let the solution OF the state
normal locality rest with the intel
ligent, impartial upper lake
and L'Anse-the ideal
point of this peninsula, whose merits
will bear the closest investigation,
and equipped with all the necessary
ualifications-will prove field
favorite in the summer send-off if
the legislature does its duty. True
we have not in our village limits the
busy streets, excitement, hustle and
business some Of our neighboring
towns boast of. Neither had
Princeton, Harvard, Ypsilanti and
scores of other famous cities when
the corner stone of their college
were covered. These
are not essential in the
training. We have,
however, the natural advantages of
. central location, a superior har-
Dor and healthful hamlet.
Like the mellow studded sapphires
that surronnd the brilliant are the
ron-oolni, copper lined counties of
Houghton and Iron, that
,ncrcle and border the lines of
Baraga. Less than twenty miles
listant from our county lines is the
furtherest of the several rich and
prominent counties OF the peninsula,
one hundred Thousand
people. The valuable mines OF thes,
counties that have 1en 'iched many
and furnishes sustenance t.
more were discovered aud dc\ elop
by the early pioneers, eX.Josej
10 dangers aad pr.vations
while traversing and exploring an
and trackless wilder
ness. To the memory of these de-
voted developers whose untiring
energy disclosed considerable pr
ton OF the worlds wealth, shou d
be erected ii monument-nD 1t tn, tall
towering, gray granite shaft that
will crumblc into dust-tut the
normal educational institution,
whose teaching and training will
endure forever.
Let il be erected on historic
ground, where the refuge harbor af-
forded shelter to the early missioner,
mariner, miner, trader and trapper
--on the brow of the beautiful hill
bearing the name of Mesnard-near
the shore where Marquette, the
famous French missionary and ex-
plorer planted the cross, in the
county that boasts of bearing the
name of Baraga, near the ruins of
Astor's ancient trading post, where
tented the talented Hougbton and
Hubert, Douglas and Deleno, Paul
and Parker, Sheldon and SHAVER,
Edwards and Emons, Burt, Brock
way aud Bendry, Crebassa and
Coburn; where the footpaths trodden
by these renowned and historic
characters are yet visible.
Should the assemblymen in their
deliberations accidentally disappoint
the deserving people OF the state sap
pendage by opening their hearts and
making liberal appropriation, the
writer would be pleased TO present
for the consideration OF the govern
or the names of a few OF our citizens
as a sample of the timber available
to select from:
Longyear, White, Russell. Mar
quette; Ncwett, Jones, Braastad,
lshpeming; Maitland, Anthony,