The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-01-20
LOCAL ITEMS.

evening. m
DR.. j. G. Turner, of Arcadian,
spent few hours in town Wednes-
day afternoon.
John d. Rowland, who removed
to Ishpeming last fall, is visiting
friends in town.
John Sterk, Jr., came down from
Hancock Monday to visit his par
ents for few days.
r. c. Williams transacted bust
ness in copperdom and at Ontonagon
part of the week. Y
Alfred Scheurman, Of Saginaw,
is visiting at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Geo. c. Jackman.
Mrs. Charles Chappell, of Mar
quette, and Mrs. II. c. Guck, OF
Calumet, visited their mother, Mrs.
G. F. Beehler, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elzior Belanger re-
turned from Munising Saturday last
where they had been called by the
death of Mrs. Belangers mother,
Mrs. L. LaChance.
Alex. G. Shields went to Lake
Linden Wednesday to visit Mrs.
Shields who has been undergoing
treatment in the hospital for q
number OF weeks.
Harry C. Work, the genial repre-
sentative of Woodward & Stone,
confectionery dealers of Watertown,
Wis, was in town Thursday for the
first time since he joined the army
of benedicts. Harry received
hearty congratulations from his
many friends.
Matt Hansen, who has been clerk
ing in Martin Berg's store at Bar,
aga for the past five months, went
to Hancock the first OF the week
where he has secured similar
position in Wendell Il Schultz s
general store. Mr.. Hansen expects
to remove his family to Hancock as
soon as he can secure a dwelling
house.
sTuesday Mr., and Mrs R Frenette,
of Baraga, were driving to l. 'Anse,
and when near town the horse be.
came frightened and started on q
brisk run The cutter was upset
and the occupants thrown out, but
fortunately escaped with only few
slight bruises. Mr.. Frenette is 6
good horseman, but it is understood
he did not have hold of the reiL:
at the time.
George Olson, clerk in Jacobson
q Lcvitan S store, drove to Skanee
the first of the week with load o
goods While on the way h'
firmly decided that he woulc
sell good supply of goods at th'
first place he would stop, and while
his mind was thus engaged, it ap
pears the horse turned of from tn,
main road and the first thing
Olson knew the animal had stopped
at the entrance to the graveyard
Olson says he can talk bargains Il
the living, but when it comes to tn
dead, he has TO take a back seat
He acknowledges that lisa horse
on him and is inclined to blame tn
animal for the whole affair.
Lumber operators in this county
and Lin many other counties through
out the upper peninsula, are becom
ing anxious over the shortage O
snow. The soft weather is playin,
havoc with their operations. Tn
weather has been too moderate 70
the successful building OF ice roads
The water that is put on the roa
runs off before freezing, thus max
ing roads only more soft and slip
ping exceedingly poor. Som
operators already predict short
age Of the log crop, the extent g
y such shortage depending on IL
length Of time before genera
freexe-up sets in. The month {
January is now nearly gone, and tn
loggers say that the best they ca
hope for is thirty or forty days G
sleighing. Logging so far this sea
son has been much more expensiv
than it would have been if the usu,
heavy snow conditions prevailed.