The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-04-19
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel McKindles
visited among friends and relatives
at Houghton Sunday.
Miss Elsie McKernan returned
Monday evening from few days
sojourn at Houghton.
It takes "sand" to propose to the
average L'Anse girl, but it takes
.'rocks" to marry her.
Mrs. J. L. Sturtz and sisters, the
the Misses Pearl and Opal Cole, left
for Green Bay, Wis, Sunday, where
they will remain for about three
months.
Tom Hazel, who will be remem-
bered by many residents OF L'Anse
as the fellow who was arrested here
for land trespassing three or four
years ago, was burned out at Han
cock Monday morning.
Ceridon Johnson was at Hough-
ton Monday securing the services Of
competent engineer for the tug
Richard F., Of which Cord is cap
tain. The tug went into commits
sion this week.
Just deposit one cent in the
bank, the next day two, and so on,
doubling your deposit every day.
At the end OF year you will be sur
prised to learn that you will have
over five million dollars to your
credit. What scheme for the accu-
mutation of wealth..
The NJ. e. Mission band has rented
the Town Hall for the evening Of
Of Friday, April 25th, and will give
concert to which small admission
will be charged to defray expenses.
The musical program and other par
ticulars Will be announced later,
through posters which will be is
sued next week. 1t is possible that
dance will be given after the en-
tertainment.
County Clerk Geo. o. Beehler was
at Covington Tuesday. His mission
was to issue papers to
those who desired to de-
clare their intention OF becoming
subjects of Uncle Sam. Mr.. Beehler
issued first papers to twenty-four
residents of that township, most Of
the applicants being Firms. A large
per cent of the people of Covington
are OF that nationality, the large
amount of work in the woods there
getting out cordwood, giving en-
ployment to many.
Prof. v. V. Phelps, OF Chicago,
has been engaged as principal OF the
Pequaming school. The professor
is young man % years OF age, and
is training himself as professor
in history, taking a course in
the University of Chicago. He ar
rived here Thursday of last week
and Immediately left for Pequaming
where he is now in charge of the
school as the successor OF Clarence
Foster, who resigned to accept a
position with Chas. Hebard Il Son.
About two months of the present
school term remains.
The Mascots, OF the Houghton
Light infantry, baseball team com
posed of boys from Is to~19 years
. old, arrived in L'Anse Saturday
evening, and game was played
with a local team composed Of boys
of the same age. The L'Anse boys
won by a score of "a to Is. The
Houghton Gazette of Tuesday said
the L'Anse team was composed of
men. The reporter was certainly
misinformed, as both sides were
of equal size and age. OF course
the Light Infantry "kids" had to
have some explanation to offer for
their defeat.
We have received the nineteenth
annual report OF the state bureau OF
labor and industrial statistics. The
book contains much valuable matter
regarding the industries Of the state.
The report OF work in the upper
peninsula, which comprises the
seventh district, is very thoroughly
and systematically given by the
deputy inspector for the district,
John B. Wilson, Of Marquette. Bar
aga county, which comes under the
jurisdiction Of the seventh district,
Is credited with twelve factories or
other industrial institutions, giving
employment, at the time OF the
deputy 8 inspection, to total OF
b98 people. Baraga village, with
its lumber mills, employs 313 Of this