The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-02-19
Rich Copper and Iron Ranges
Bordering the Bay-Entance
to HarbOr Guarded by
Granite Sentincls.
Congressman Sheldon Authority
On SuperiOr's Coast Sur
vey and SOundings.

5 The solution of a problem that ha
puzzled the minds of our people fo
nearly quarter of century wa,
/ partially solved by the receipt of ,
communication short time age
from the Hon. S. l.. Smith, repre-
sentative of the townsite S interest
The import of the epistle was
that Mr., Smthhad not only ten.
dered sufficient acreage at L'Anse
for the location of the Armor Steel
Plant, but would also supply
gratis, y in the eastern portion OF
the county,a valuable developed iron
mine.
While endeavoring to land at this
point the huge plant that would
signify the making of metropolis,
the manifest activity of Mr.. S. in
his operations leads the average
citizen to believe that he was indlf-
feFent as to the locating of lesser
Industries at this point during
/ former years.
| Approaching the liberal distribu-
ton of natural advantages showered
on this place, now nothing short of
massive, mammoth workings that
will furnish the din and roar OF
busy and restless city must adorn
the shores of our beautiful bay, in
the estimation of ambitious Mr.. S.
That the fond hopes entertained
by the gentleman may be realized
and the future foundation OF the
peninsula's Chicago" assured, it
is necessary that all available as
sistance in the power of the citizens
should be rendered, to aid aud en-
Tighten the congressional committee
while competing with rich and in
fluential cities of almost all states
in the union who are striving to
secure the colossal enterprise. The
liberal inducements of cash offered
by several cities would lead one to
believe that the undesirable an inn
perfect sites were subject to remedy
by the indiscriminate coating and
covering OF cold coin, and that the
weaker stations, shy the necessary
wherewlth, are wasting energy in
useless task, though endowed with
all the natural advantages and
necessary qualifications that an
economical government should covct
and embrace at this particular time.
The time has been, indeed, when
the minds of our public men were
prejudiced and poisoned by the
power of wealth. But happily for
the American great change has
taken place in this respect. Public
opinion is rapidly gaining ascend
ancy and curbed are the corrupt
practices by the entrance of the |
popuist statesman, whose early |
economical educational training is
discernable in the cereal deposits,
mistaken by the elements, still |
clinging to an unkept toilet. Aided !
by other equally inclined economical
statesmen, this vigilant element !
whose advocacy of measures have |
been favorably considered by con.
gress, will never tolerate the reck-
less expenditure of government
moneys in moving mountains and /
mines to the mills and furnaces of |
distant cities.
In view of the dcfenseless condi-
tion of the coast lines on the great
lakes the government should favor
the Michigan members as contained
in reiterated reports, by the
award of a coveted prize plant,
the redeeming features
OF the different places will be thor
oughly aired by the organs of the
localities. No COM
mandatory notes are needed to