The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30


evidently experts and the work was
so well done that some fourteen hun
drcd dollars worth of the bogus checks
were cashed by the Northern National
bank before ii was discovered that
they were forgeries. AS soon as this
discovery was made all the banks i'm
the district were notified. but II was.
found that before this was done a
large number of the checks had been
circulated. Just how many OF the
checks were circulated at Ironwood is
not known, but IT is stated that num-
Der of citizens-prlncipally saloon
keepers-have been separated from
some of their good money. The checks
were made out for amounts ranging
! from SO to $50. 1t is thought that
: the forgeries are the work of a gang
Of professionals
Railway Won Case
The case of j. I'll. Worden Lumber
* Cedar company vs.. the 500 Line.
tried i'm circuit court at the 500. came
to an end when the jury agreed upon
verdict Of no cause for action. From
a financial standpoint this was the
most important case of the term. The
Worden company brought action
against the railroad to recover $4,000
damages alleged to have been suffer
ed as a result of a fire caused by
sparks from n 500 line engine.
Change in Hospital Management
DIR. J. w. whtesde will have sole
management Of the Oliver Iron Min
ing conpanys Union hospital at Iron
wood after Jan. 1. This announcement
was made a short time ago following
the death of DIR. John r. Moore. DR..
Whiteside who is one of the most
successful surgeons in the northwest.
has been engaged in the practice Of his
profession in Gogebic county for near
ly twenty-five years. DR. Slocumb will
continue as member of the hospital
staff. and Or. Gus OBrien Of Besse-
mer. who has been member Of the
Gogebic hospital staff at the county
seat ever since his graduation from
the medical department OF tho Univcr-
sity of Michigan. will be connected
with the Union hospital after Jan /.
Iron Mountains Grievance
A Green Bay paper contains the In
teresting information that the st. Paul
road expended over $4,000 in improv-
ing the depot grounds in that city
during the past year, comments the
Iron Mountain Press. In Iron Noun
tain the st. Paul road expended about
s133.30 in repainting the old shack
doing service as a depot and in build
ing n sand sidewalk. The painters
and materials came from Green Bay
And the painters were housed in cars
on provisions bought in Green Bay.
The answer to all this is that Su-
porintondent Hastings resides in Green
Bay. And in the meantime iron
Mountain pays into the treasury of the
st. Paul road more dollars than Green
Bay.
Fall on Sidewalk is Fatal
Rocl<land people have learned WIN
regret of the death of Mrs. j. Il. Naus''
of Milwaukee. formerly resident Oh
the Ontonagon county village. 1t APP
pears that Mr.. and Mrs. Vause hau
lust started out from their home 'fl
Thirty-fft street. when Mrs. NauSe
slipped on the icy sidewalk ANA lei"
She was carried into the house ana
physician was summoned. IL "''
found that her hip was fractuFeL
combinations set In and she passed
away Mr.. Vause was mining enSi"e'
at the Michigan mine at Rockland l''
some years. Removing first to lowe
Michigan, and thence TO MilWauh'''
he entered into business In the lat'''
CITY and at present Is secretary treas
urer of the wisconsin Specialtles com
pany.
Injunction Stops Railroad Work
Alois Dober. now residing at Pross-
or. Wash, recently sent instru 'l'"''
to A. ]. Waffen Of Iron River to SUP
the construction of siCetrack Over
what are known as the Dober ia'l''''
on which is situated the Dober NM.
Under contracts between the ohN'
Iron Mining company and Mr.. popei
the oliver company hasa righ'
maintain tracks and switches TOT ''
p,lrpose of operating the Dober pro-
erty. Tho Northwestern ka'i"p'
company. however. II Is UNDERSTOOD
laying this track for the p'nposo
handling the Caspian and Fogarty orr,
as The present track to those i''i'
beloaging to the Verona Mining co,"
pany\ is on land that will soon DO MI"
I'd urIder the caving system II IS ~"
of the complainant 'na' -.
company not haV,"s
neen Able to make a settlement WI"
Mr.. Daber for different railroad traoN
IN his Nands. obtained the conse"'
the oliyAer Mining company to lay ~"
tracks extensively for Dober mine pu-
,osas hit in fact for the accommoda-
ION % 1.-The Verona Mining COMPANY
. temn,brary injunction was grant.
,v make Cooper. restraining w
yorthwettern company from -comple
rn or lsfng the railroad tracks :"
,ues,,on | and all further work n''