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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
NOT THE SOUTH SHORE.
Agent Deli Says Their Trains are
Not to be Blamed For
Being Late.

Agent Deli, of the South Shore
road, says that their road is not to
be called to account because of the
delayed trains during the past week.
lie says that most of the delay is
below the straits Of Mackinac and
that the Michigan, Central trains
into Mackinac are all late since the
deer hunting season opened and the
South Shore trains have to wait for
them.
"Why, the South Shore trains
could be on time just as easily as
not, he said. "but they would have
to run out of st. Ignace without
waiting for the Michigan Central,
and then the mail wouldn t come
through at all. In order to get the
mail through, the South Shore trains
must wait for the Southern Michi-
igan connections. F."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
PRIMARY SCHOOL MONEY.
Amount AppOrtiOned to Baraga
County is $2,3O5.O5-Largest
In History.

Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Jason e. Hammond made the
semi-annual apportionment of the
primary school fund of the state
Saturday last The apportionment
was made at the rate of 81. .65 per
capita, and was the largest appor-
tionment ever made in the state. 1t
required 81, ,175, ,66295 for the ap-
portionment. Last May the appor-
tionment was 30 cents per capita,
thus making rate OF 81 for the
present year, being the largest rate
ever paid. There are total of
1883 children of school age in
cluded in the apportionment.
Following is statement of the
number of children reported by the
boards of school inspectors of the
several townships in Baraga county,
as residing in the respective school
districts, and entitled to share in
the semi-annual apportionment of
the primary school interest fund,
made Nov. 10th, 'at the rate Of 81. IS
per capita, as per instructions from
the state superintendent of public
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
LOCAL ITEMS.

The first quarterly conference
meeting of the M. E. church was
held Thursday afternoon at 2
O'Clock, conducted by Rev. C. M.
Thompson, of Marquette, the new
presiding elder of this district.
Rev. FIR. Sauriol, recently of Ne
gaunee, has been assigned as per-
manent pastor Of New Sacred
Heart church in this village. Ser.
vices will be held tomorrow as
usual, at 8 and 10 O'Clock a. m.
Vespers at 3 o'clock.
Charles II. Kelsey, formerly con-
nected with the Marquette Mining
Journal, now managing editor of
the Houghton Daily Gazette, was
united in marriage Wednesday, at
Marquette, to Miss Elizabeth F.
Werner, third daughter OF Peter
Werner, the ceremony being per-
formed by Rev. FIR. Pinten at the
residence Of the brides parents.
The SENTINEL joins with their hosts
Of friends in wishing them happy
and prosperous future.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items Of Interest Taken From
Our Exchanges and
Condensed.
DIED AT CAPE NOME.
Clark YOungs, a Prominent Resi-
dent of Marquette, Succumbs
to Pneumonia.

| Word has just been received thai
Clark Youngs, prominent resident
OF Marquette, died at Cape Nome, ol
pneumonia, Oct 21st. He went
north Aug. list, representing a
Marquette syndicate. He took a
gasoline power pump, intending to
do contract work for miners owning
shore claims. Little had been
heard of him since he reached the
gold fields. There is much grief at
his death. Those who had money in
the venture are losers. Over So, 900
was put into it.
Over 1,150 deer licenses have been
issued in Marquette county to date,
compared with 1907 for all last sea-
son. Since hunting was legal the
ground has been covered with snow.
and in consequence game is suffer
ing severely. Hunters report that
at least twice as many deer are be-
ing killed every day as year ago.
Ii the present weather continues the
slaughter will be unprecedentedly
large. Deer seems to be very
plentiful.
Hon. Joseph A. .Stcere, of Sault
Ste. Marie, Judge of eleventh judicial
circuit, has presented each county in
the circuit with a gavel made from
oak taken from the wreck of the
steamer independence, which was
the first vessel to ply on the waters
of Lake Superior. She commenced !
doing business in 1S45, but was
wrecked in 1853. Part of the wreck
was found in 1899 third of a mile
above the entrance of the 500
canal. The boats boilers exploded.
William Lane, employed under
ground in No. shaft at the Tama-
'ack mine, Houghton county, was
accidentally killed Wednesday.
For Snla-Goo1 tuo ;.al -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
We sell Myers shoes. The VIM
kitz Co., Baraga.
Shrubbery i'm Bloom.

Prof. Smith, of the agriculture;
college, Lansing, received last week
from Supt. Geismar, of the upper
peninsula experiment station, a box
OF raspberries which ripened in open
air at the station grounds at Chath-
am, within ten miles of Lake Su-
perior. Supt. Geismar reports that
there has been no frost at the sta
tion up to Nov. 9th, and that fruit
trees and shrubs of all kinds were
in leaf and blossom. In consequence
grave fears for the next year S fruit
crop are expressed.
Bargains ~ underwear at The
VIM. Kitz Co., baraga.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
NEW DEPOT.
VIII be Erected About a Quarter
Of a Mile West Of the
Present Site.

THE SENTINEL is informed that
the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
railway company will not erect a
new depot until next spring, in
place of the one demolished at the
time OF the wreck, last September.
The new structure will be located
at the new siding, about one-fourth
OF a mile west of the present site.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17

Motion of Boucher, supported by
Girard, that Joseph LeDuc be giver
the contract for delivering II ,0OC
lineal feet of timber at seven cents
per lineal foot, and seven hundred
piles at five cents per lineal foot, as
per specifications on file with the
county clerk, which motion was
carried by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Girard, Boucher,
Shields and Ryan; nays-none.
Claims from the village of Baraga
for contagious cases to the amount
of 81 ,Ol3 were presented, and after
due consideration, and arguing the
matter, and also considering the
fact that the same claims had bee n
rejected by the former board at its
meeting of October 10, 1899, there
fore, on the motion of Girard. sup
ported by Boucher, that the above
claims be allowed, which motion
was lost by the following vote:
Yeas-Girard and Boucher; nays
Anderson, Shields and Ryan.
There being no further business
the board adjourned subject to
call Of the chairman.
ALEX. G. SHIELDS, Chairman.
G. o. BEEHLER, Clerk.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
Bullet Passed Through a Deer
and Struck an Iron Noun
tain Man.
WHEAT CROP DAMAGED.
lfavages of the Hessian Fly Said
to Be As Serious AS
a Year Ago.

While hunting deer near Saunders
distressing accident occurred
which resulted in the death, Wednes-
day night, of Fay Shaddock, of Iron
Mountain. Peter Webber, friend
who was with him, fired at a deer.
but unfortunately his shot passed
through the animal and entered
Shaddock's side, producing a fatal
wound.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
Crop Report.

The Michigan crop report for
November says that the weather of
October was fayorable for farm
work and for the growth of wheat.
very large acreage of wheat has
been sown. The Hessian fly, how
ever, has been active, and it's
ravages are nearly as serious as one
year ago. 1t is impossible to fore
tell the ultimate result, since favor
able conditions hereafter may result
IN fair harvest another year. The
report says:
The condition of wheat, as com
pared with an average, is sc in the
state, 80 in the southern, 95 in the
central and SO in the northern
counties. The area sown to wheat
this fall is smaller than usual. In
many cases rye was sown instead.
All wheat sown before the last days
OF September is full of fly. Many
fields that look green and are well
covered with thrifty growth of
plants, are literally alive with tho
larva OF the insect. Some fields of
wheat have been cultivated and re
sown to wheat, while others will
SOW clover in the spring and let the
crop mature if possible. Wheat
sown in October is in measure free
from insects. In some cases early
sown rye is full of insects, and whelt
sown later in adjoining fields is not
infested. Methods like this must
necessarily be adopted if the work of
this insect is to be controlled SO
that the wheat crop of this state
will not be damaged yearly.
The total number of bushels of
wheat reported marketed by farm
ers in October at the Touring mills
is 229,679, and at the elevators
l66 500, or total of 396, ,279 bushels.
The estimated average yield of
corn in bushels is, in the state, 36;
~ the southern counties, 49, in the
counties, 33; and in the
1orthern counties, 20. The acreage
'f cloverseed harvested as compared
With average years is, in percent,
n the state, 10, in the southern
counties, n, in the central counties,
'3, and in the northern counties 82.
The average yield per acre in bush
lis, is, in the state Lac, in the
outhern counties 1.32, in the CEN
raj counties 1,83, and in the north
TN counties 1872.
The same conditions which enabled
irmers to grow a large corn crop
made large potato crop possible.
n some cases the crop was injured
y blight; in some parts of the state
was cut short by drouth in August,
'hile in some lowlands it was dam
ged by two much rain. The esti-
lated average yield per acre in the
tate, in bushels, is SO, in the south
rn counties 50, in the central
ounties 100, and in the northern
ounties 40.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
800 Men Out of work.

The Detroit bridge and iron works
was gutted by fire Wednesday morn
ing causing loss OF 100000. Five
hundred men are thrown out OF en-
ployment.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
TO FACE. PUNISHMENT.
AbscOnding Quartermaster Gen
eral White Returns.

William l.. White, absconding
quartermaster general of the Michi-
gan National guard, who disappear
ed a year ago, returned to Grand
Rapids Wednesday.
1t is understood his relatives have
made full reparation for the alleged
defalcations and that White will
plead guilty and throw himself upon
the mercy Of the court.
Preparations for his bond upon
arrest were made by his friends in
advance of his coming.
Since mis- disappearance White has
been in South Africa and England.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
Head Cut of.

Chas. Bevin, driller on the
water power canal at Sault Ste.
Marie, was run over by work train
on the canal Monday afternoon and
instantly killed. Bevin's head was
nearly cut off and he was badly
mangled. He had lived at Sault Ste
Marie for ten years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17

We show very fine line in dress
goods, prices ranging from l2l cents
to 1926 per yard.
The WV. KITz Co., Baraga.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
Population of the State Now
2,421.OOO, an Increase
of 15.6 Per Cent.
IsHPEMING LEADS IN U. p,
With 1925 People-HOughton
Has 1850 and Hap-
cock 4,O5O.

Washington, Nov. 15.-The popu-
lation of Michigan, as officially an
nounced, is 2,42O, 1892, against 2, 193,-
sS9 in 1890, an increase of 1876 per
cent.
The population in incorporated
cities and villages of more than 1000
and less shan $4,000 in Michigan is
as follows:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17

None better made than ''The Myer
Shoes. " Sold only by reliable deal
ers. +. MYER BooT & SHOE Co.,
Milwaukee.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17

We have secured the sole agency
for the American Belle" ladies
$3.50 shoe, positively as good as
many other makes offered at 90. 90
and $3.50. The Wm. Kitz Co.,
Barags, Mich.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
LOCAL ITEMS.

spent Monday in L'Anse.
John Campbell was at Houghto
Friday.
Nelson ]. Mallott left Tuesday 70
Detroit on business trip.
F. Conta, OF Lake Linden, visite,
friends in town Wednesday.
Mrs. J. B. Belanger visited rela
tives at Lake Linden Sunday.
A. Forrest, of Sault Ste. Marie
was L'Anse visitor this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Menge visited
friends at Keweenaw Bay Sunday
Horace Trethewey is down from
Lake Linden on weeks deer hunt
ing trip.
]. A. Holland, of Grand Rapids,
transacted business in town Tues
day.
Herman j. Seifert was confined
to his home this week by touch of
the grippe.
Miss Sophia Novack returned
Tuesday from a weeks visit at
Houghton.
Henry Mclaughlin has been con-
fined to his home by sickness for
number of days.
The "Spinster Club" will meet
next Wednesday evening at the
home of the Misses McGrath.
M. l.. Hudson and CB. Hodgdon,
OF the Hines Lumber company,
were at Houghton Wednesday.
Miss Annie Murphy returned Sun
day from a visit at Hancock. She
has been i'll for few days past.
Walter Edgerton and family are
expected from Houghton next week.
They will spend the winter here.
Mrs. Mary Young and Miss
Adeline Beehler, spent part of the
week at Lake Linden and Calumet.
The Misses Clara and Zenaide |
Paquette and Matte Gultsch spent
Sunday visiting friends at Calumet.
The fire hydrants about the vii
lage have been enclosed in order to
protect them from the frost during
the winter.
The board of county canvassers
met this week. The official canvass
OF the recent election will be pub
lished in The SENTINEL next week.
Mrs. W. ]. Steele and son Leonard,
of Detroit, arrived in town Friday
OF last week to reside. Mr.. Steele
is employed by the Hathaway
Graphite Manufacturing company.
Several fine deer have been
shipped into town by hunters since
the season opened. Last Saturday
four were brought down from the
Summit, all of them being killed
oy CdulpOell MORAN.
John Nester, Jr., of Lake Linden, ;
came down for deer hunt and was
fortunate enough to shoot four.
He says he shivered when he got
married, but it was not equal to
the shivering he underwent when
he experienced the "buck fever"
j. F. Kenney has resigned his b
position as operator at the South @
Shore station and removed to his
home at Evart. He is succeeded I
by ID. J. Lewis of Bay City, who
will take up his residence here. :,
Mr.. Lewis formerly worked for !,
The Michigan Central. r
South Shore train No. 3 arriving v
u L'Anse at 9:45 Wednesday morn u
ng had very much the appearance v
Of being a new train throughout.
t was just out of the shops at Mar n
luette, and was making its first run +
'ver the road. In appearance the :,
,ars have been very much improved :,
md as well in comfort. ~
Rev. d. A. Curtis, of Petersburg, "
Mich, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. "
ohm Campbell. He has been a fo
lethodist minister many years. re
'orty-five years ago he came here T
S missionary, and twenty years OF
ater returned as pastor of L'Anse al
4. E. church. He is now nearly 80
ears OF age. Tomorrow evening =,
e will preach in the M. E. church. .. ?.
,et all turn out and baor hin, e'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17

Bargains in suits and overcoats
and boys REFERS, at The VIM. Kitz
Co., Baraga.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17
supervisors Meeting.

At an adjourned meeting of tn,
board OF supervisors for the count,
OF Baraga, held in the Office of the
county clerk, in the village OF
l. 'Anse, in said county, on
Thursday, November 9th, "A. d.
1900, there were present su.
pervisors from the several
townships as follows: Charles HI.
Anderson, Arvon; Peter Girard,
Baraga, Arthur Boucher, Covington
Alex. G. Shields, L'Anse; Joseph
Ryan, Spur.
The meeting was called to order
by the chairman.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and on motion approved
as read.
The following claims were pre-.
sented allowed and ordered paid bv
the following vote: Yeas-Anderson
Girard, Boucher, Shields and Ryan:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17

For Sale-Good two-inch hem
lock planks. Inquire SENTINEL office.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-17

WISCONSIN has 1867 Indians not
taxed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-16

managed to find machinery to help him
out with the result that this branch to-
day Is one of the most important OF the
American toy trade. The metal pieces
are still all east by hand In brass and
steel moulds. The pieces come out 81
these moulds in the nat, ana are 'hen
passed into stamping machines that pro-
ducc at one stroke perfectly shaped
rocking chair or sofa. upholstered tn the
most gorgeous fashion. The for
eigners stu stun their upholstered toys
with sawdust. The American has In
vented a machine that shapes piece
of straw board into swelling cushion
The same action Of the machine that
shapes the board also covers 1t With
plush. The inventor o. this machine re-
ceived 81 90 for his patent. The chief
pewter-toy establishment IN America and
the world Is conducted today hy the de-
scendants Of the Italian who brought the
art over here Their factory II located
in one Of the most cOngested districts az
the lower East Side IN New York II
employs over dxty-fiye people. and dur
ing the rush period this force h often AZ
work from o'clock In the morning rn-
I'll midnight Almost everything under
the sun Is produced There are pewter
baby carriages. doll swings, go-carts. ice-
water sets and a host u others. Casters
form one Of the staple articles. Thaa-
sands upon thousan ds OF these are turned
out every year for the holiday trade.
They are perfect ~ every respect The
glass bottles areA accurately stoppereE
the stands are carefully polished Yet
some OF these casters retail for as little
as 10 cents, which means that the man
ufacturer gets about cents. A SET 81
dishes comprising a half dozen small
pieces. is rctailed at ; cents and bring
the manufacturer ~ cents. In spite Of
this there must be fairly good profit in
the trade. as all the hands seem % enjoy
a reasonable amount of prosperity Ii Us
estimated that the total production Of
pewter toys amounts to about $4,000
year This represents an output In round
numbers OF 100000 or snoo. 90 pieces.
The total value of trade IN toys has
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growing more and more contracted
American tin toys are now produced
about as cheaply, thanks to the improved
appliances. And they are much more
durable and better finished in every way.
The two principal tin toy factories In
the United States are located In Greater
New York. One Is In Crosby street. Just
back Of the site where Niblo's Garden
stood, al Broadway and Prince street
The other Is over in brooklyn. These two
concerns produce annually millions Of
separate pieces. and they are able, de-
spite the wages they pay. 10 sell them a,
figure that makes the German toys look
almost expensive by comparison. Sets Of
1--WE and six pieces packed in pasteboard
box. retail Tor cents The manufacturer
gets about cents for his product.
Wooden toys toe. are now made almost
exclusively over here. The only notable
exceptions are the N0ah's arkE with their
weird-lookug occupants. The ark people
and their animal friends are whitfield By
hand by German peasants and the dwell
crs IN such towns Nuremberg They
come here by the hundreds Of thousands
each year. So far no machine has been
Invented that can compete with the hand
work on a satisfactory basis The more
substantial articles however. such as toy
wash sets. furniture hobby horses, etc,
are now made exclusively in America
Inc pieces are cut out by machines anu
put together hy deft hand workers.
Probably the most wonderful results
are achieved la the creation Of pewter
toys There are pewter psrlor suites,
wonderful creations. upholstered I'm plush.
and stamped with the most elaborate de-
signs. They are sold at prices low
that 1t seems incredible that any profit
can be made either by the manufacturer,
the Jobher or the retailer. The pewter
toy industry was introduced in this coun-
try fifty years ago by an Italian named
Pia. who learned his trade In Swltzer-
land. lie started out in small way
and for long time was unable TO make
any progress against the foreign pro-
duCtion, owing TO the difference In the
pricA OF labor, Gradually. however. he
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shrill and deep-toned blasts. These come
from the attendants who test the trum-
pets before they are thrown IN a towering
heap.
In Europe there has been very lit,le
change In the process Of toy manufactur~
ing There practically everything is stih
made hy hand The workers earn sums
as pitiful as did their predecessors The
American toymakers, on the ether hand,
earn very fair wages. A singie adult here
will make twice as much Ia week as a
whole family OF Igylnakers get on the
other side.
II is only through the introduction Of
machinery that the American has been
able 10 compete with the foreigner and
lis handiwurk. The development In this
machinery has kept pace with the gen
eral development OF mechanical appli-
ances on this side OF the water, and the
result is that the trade has learned TO de-
pend more and more upon local produce
ton Only few years ago comparative
Is all the toys sold in the American mar
ket We're imported from Germany. Switz-
eriand and France. To-day the importa-
tions are confined 10 Noah's arks. dolls a
cheaper class of china dishes and a few
other speciaities. Some tin toys are still
brought over. but the market for them v
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and II so China will be profitable field
for the public works promoter and specu-
lator The municipalities are now prac-
tically free from debt. There are cities
here ranging from 000oo to half a million
in population which do not owe a cent
They are without water works, sewers.
gas. electric lights or street cars. They
should be improved and bonded so you
see the field for the financial missionary
is large.
The same methods that are used In the
United States for getting concessions and
working the municipalities win avail here
The influence of most of the officials Is
for sale, and the man who expects to sue
coed must spend on the lobby. Fie viii -
wise II he handles most OF the money him
self, for some of 1t Is sure to stick to
every Chinese hand through which It
passes. Every official will expect his
squeeze As an instance. take the con-
cession of the railroad from Chinkiang
to Tientsin. distance OF four or five hun
dred miles. which was granted to Yung
Wing, Chinese capitalist educated In
Boston. Yung Wing agreed to pay his
influential hackers S200,000 at the start and
to give the government q per cent. OF
the gross profits after deductiny running
expenses. He was 10 raise the money for
building the road and was to run It, and
at the end of thirty years was to give II
TO the government for nothing. He prom
Used so much. In fact. that he was unable
to place the property in the United States.
as he had expected. and when the officials
demanded their 100000 he did not have 1t
to give. They were very angry, and ] am
told that II was only by the connivance
of the interpreter of our legation in Pc
king that he got out of the city alive.
| cite this to show that the Chinese have
a high idea of the value Of their services
In such matters.
Such corruption Is found in the very
highest circles. Take HUI. who stands
next to Sheng as the chief railroad man
of the empire He was recently accused
by the censors of stealing 400.000 taels
(abeut $300,000) out OF the 100000 taels
that the Picking Tientsn' line was to cost.
How he explained the deficiency do not