The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-02-07
LOCAL ITEMS.
The season OF Lent begins this
year on February 25th.

Miss Rose Bankenh orn returned
Sunday from an extended visit with
relatives and friends in Milwaukee
and Chicago.
The logging industry in the upper
peninsula Is wonderfully active this
season considering the fact that the
industry is dying out as compared
with what it was few years ago.
The cedar branch OF the industry,
which has received much more at.
tention the past year or two BY oil
operators, is being pushed as never
before.
The general agent Of the Fidelity
Accident and Protective society, Of
Saginaw, has been canvassing in
this vicinity the past several weeks,
and about fifty persons whose homes
are in this village have taken out
accident policies in the company.
DR.. ]. o. Zellen has been appointed
special agent for L'Anse.
The "snow shoe club" was out for
tramp two or three evenings this
week.
r. c. Williams, agent for the
Detroit Graphite Manufacturing
company, shipped two carloads of
Lake Superior graphite Wednesday,
from the mine about Eve miles south
of L 'Anse, to the compauy's works
in Detroit. Two more carloads are
being loaded and will be shipped in
few days.
Louis Oleson, August Koppana
and Chas. Robin, who were mem
bers Of the party of L'Anse and
Pequaming gentlemen which left for
the Pacific coast four weeks ago, ar
rived home Wednesday evening.
The rest of the party are expected
home in few days.
The L'Anse village officers and
members of the common council
were rendered an invitation to at
tend the hockey game ut the Hough
ton rink Wednesday night by Mao
ager Mcnamara. The invitation was
issued generally to the officers of AL
cities and villages in the counties of
Houghton and Baraga to give them
an opportunity Of meeting the legis
lative party.
1t is stated on the q. t. that the
feminine mind is already turning TO-
ward the Easter bonnet.
II you tell the truth sll your life
you need net expect much of crowd
at your funeral.
A new school house will be built
at Herman, eight miles south of this
village by the township school au-
thorities. A postoffice was recent
ly established at the settlement.
ID. w. Bennett, who has been at
Lake Linden for the past few weeks,
arrived home Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Bennett is still at the Lake
Linden general hospital, where she
is gradually improving from a sur
gical operation she underwent sew
cral days ago.
d. P. Baldwin, of Marquette
transacted business in town Wednes-
day.
Rev. b. f. Lewis was visitor IN
Iron Mountain this week, where
he assisted in conducting revival
meetings.
An editor out west told his sub
scribers to help edit the paper, said
he: IF you get married send in the
particulars. II baby arrives at
your home send it in.'' Tkree days
after the paper came out two babies
were left in front of his sanctum.
A bill has been introduced by Sena-
tor Moriarty to authorize the coun
ties of Alger, Baraga, Dickinson,
Iron and Marquette to construct or
purchase, own and maintain one or
more hospitals, pest houses or quar-
antine buildings. The Detroit Free
Press says the bill was rushed
through the senate upon motion OF
Senator Moriarity, without consult
ing the representatives. and that
Representatives Knight, Byrns and
McEachern, whose counties were af7
fected, read Moriarity hot lecture
on his impolite treatment OF them
selves. Moriarity got warm. and
told Knight to take himself and his
county to a climate warmer than the
upper peninsula, and when the bill
came up in the house it was tabled.