The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-11
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items or Interest Taken From
Our Exchanges and
Condensed.
A BIG DEAL IN ACRES.
Detroit Tie Company Puts
e87 900 Into Land Near
Munising.
A BIG DEAL IN ACRES.


troit, has made a purchase of 1000
acres OF cedar land near Munising
for $67, 900. Manager B. A. Scott
has gone from Detroit to Munising,
to confer with Davey 4 Co., owners
Of mill and town site near the ce-
dar tract, aud to determine whether
to buy from them or to erect new
mill. The cedar will be cut into
ties and shingles. The Standard Tie
company has ageneral store and two
mills at Leota, on the Muskegon
river and the Harrison branch of
the Pere Marquette. The company
has enough cedar in sight at differ
ent points on the Muskegon river to
keep its mills in operation for five
seasons. The Standard company is
also operating along the Tennessee
and Cumberland rivers and will cut
more than $4,000 white oak ties in
those districts by Jan. l. Frank G.
Andrews is president and Charles
L. Palms secretary and treasurer Of
the company.
Captain James Dunstan, OF Han
cock, one of the oldest residents OF
the copper country, died suddenly
Monday morning at few minutes
of six O'Clock. Captain James Duns-
tan was born at Camborne, Corn
wall, in England, December 5, 1927
He began life working in the mines
and followed that business in his
native country until 1853, when he
emigrated to America, coming di-
rect to Lake Superior. The SUR
viving relatives are his wife, Mrs.
James Dunstan, his son, Hon. T. B.
Dunstan, and four grandchildren,
Cadet Roy Duhstan, of West Point,
James, of the Trimountain, and
Misses Helen and Emma, who are
now home on their vacation from
college.
Receiver John Jones, of the gov
ernment land Office at Marquette,
Monday received Instructions from
Washington to transfer his federal
accounts from the Miners National
bank OF Ishpeming to the First
National at Marquette. Including
the postoffice, customs, land and
other branches of the government
service in this section of the country
Uncle Sam does big business,
which from now on will be divided
between the two banks.
Assistant Superintendent T. w.
Smith, of the d., S. S. A. was in
Houghton Monday. He announced
that the two new vestibule trains,
to be put on between the 500, Du-
luth and the copper country, will
be received this month. Mr.. Smith
also said that the two new engines
for service in the copper country
would arrive this month. The
locomotives will be shipped from
the Brooks Locomotive works at
Jersey City, N. Mining Journal,
Grand Island, Lake Superior, is
to be wire-fenced seven feet high by
the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., to pre-
vent the game of the preserve from
getting away. Added to the elk,
deer and other game animals will
be delegation OF reindeer and also
a number OF moose. 1t is not ex-
pected to restrain bear or wildcats,
but the hoofed herds are in for it.
VIM. Davis committed suicide
Monday by shooting himself through
the brain, at Swanzey location,
twelve miles south OF Ishpeming,
where he had lived for some years
past. A letter addressed to his
wife indicated that Davis was tenn
porarily insane. He was 35 years
OF age and is survived by a widow
and two children.
Buildings costing more than a
million dollars were erected in the
copper country the past year, and
from present indications this record
will be greatly exceeded in 1902.