The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-05-10
LOCAL ITEMS.

/ W. AiooEuVou Souuty 10 S6.lO u'iCS'
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Chaput Friday of last
week.
Col. VIM. Coach attended the
tax sales at the county treasurer S
Office this week.
Manville jerks, of Ishpeming,
one of the state tax commissioners,
was in i 'Anse on business Monday.
Miss Della Menard went to Lake
Linden Wednesday for a brief visit
with friends.
Mrs. Sam. McKindles left for the
500 Monday morning to visit rela-
tives and friends for q couple OF
weeks. She was accompanied by
her son Leo.s
Archibald Mcdonald aud Miss
POissant were united in marriage
at Lake Linden last week. The
bride visited in L'Anse at the home
of the Misses Menard few days
ago.
A party of young men from
Houghton were visitors in town
Saturday and Sunday. While here
they were the guests of Will and
Russell Smith The party went on
fishing expedition to the Slate
river. Those present were Larry"
Croze, Michael Foley, e. F. Remer,
Will and Russell Smith.
A number of families living in a
settlement near the Summit have
petitioned the L'Anse township
school board for the establishment
of school in that vicinity. 1t is
said there are about a dozen fam
lilies residing there, and that from
fifteen to twenty pupils would take
advantage of school privileges if
offered them. The board is cor
sidering the matter.
One of the gravest crimes anyone
can commit is to rob child of his
school days. Don't keep boy out
at home to work a week or two or
month after school begins and thus
greatly discourage and handicap
him when he begins. If there lis
anything in the world man can
afford to sacrifice for, it is the edu-
cation Of his children.
Chas. r. Mccormick, one of the
Mccormick brothers, lumber buyers
who made their headquarters in
l. 'Anse for year or so after the
Ontonagon fire in August, 1896, is
forging ahead ia the west. He is
now general manager OF the Ham
mond Lumber Co., with Offices at
504 Hayward building, San Fran
cisco.
Yesterday-Friday, May 9th
was the sixth anniversary of what
is remembered by residents of this
village as the "big fire" A large
part of the business section of the
town was severely lashed by fire,
which originated in the L'Anse
Lumber Co. sawmill Stocks OF
lumber and shingles, tramways,
docks, ETC., all went up in smoke,
the burning embers flying over the
town and setting fires in half-dozen
places at once.
Wendelin Krisch, or the hermit
"Honnis, as he il more familiarly
known, is doubtless entitled to more
credit for the preservation of deer
during the past season than all the
game warden machinery that has
been set in motion. The wolf has
long been known as the deadly
enemy of the fleet deer land many
are the bleaching bones OF the latter
that have been found each spring
throughout the forests OF the PENN
sula that had evidently fallen the
victims of the willy wolf. Wendelir
killed 10, for which he drew $304
out Of the Baraga county treasury
in the form OF bounty at SIC each
besides the value Of the pelts, which
was no small item. In addition t6
this he killed about 80 lynx and wilt
cats, for which he received a bounty
Of s. and 90, so that with the other
fur bearing misunderstanding, marten
muskrats and beaver, he has made
an exceptionally good year Of it,
perhaps something like $1,000. Il
is likely he has killed more wolves
than any man that stands in shoes
and the particular cause Of his sue
cess is the fact that he holds captive
q live she wolf, which the others arr