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WATERBURY CENTER.

Mrs. Matte Huse nd her mother, Mrs.
c. A. Banns, who have been spending
the winter in Athens. Mich, has return
ed home DR. f. J. Foster was in North
Calais Friday evening where he gave
m address on Abraham Lincoln 10 'he
G. A R.-Tnteresting Lincoln services
We're held in the Baptist Church sunday
morning when the "wo churches united
and the secret societies attended in
body.-Mrs. Lutheria Stcarns returned
from Prookline, Mass, Saturday-Sev-
cral from here attended the Pomona
Grange meeting IN Morrisvilc Wednes-
dav. among those being Mr.. and Mrs,
Don j Adams and Mrs. f. Z. Towne
ard son. Robert.-The promenade and
box supper by the NJ. W. A Friday even
ine was an enjoyable affair,
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PROCTOR

q. 7. Thompson was in Burlington
Tuesday. Mir and Mrs W. +. Donahue
are parents Of a son. born Monday
Stanley lpolds has given up work for the
Vermont Marble Co, and has gone for
Chicago-Mrs. Bridget Nuley died Sun
day afternoon. Mrs. Nutley was IS years
old and n resident of Proctor for 10 years.
She leaves a husband and three sons.
The funeral was held Tuesday morning
at St Domincs Church Mrs. r H.
Baldwin is spending the week with her
sister in Brookline. Mass. Mrs. Joseph
Wright and child are visiting relatives
in Boston.--Mr and Mrs. r. G. Maynard
OF Hospital hin are parents Of a son
borr Monday
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.
MONTPELIER.


At a meeting Of the city council held
Wednesday Feb 10 the mayor was au-
thorized 70. purchase for the city the
Henry Reed farm situated near the out
let or Berlin pond. BN the purchase OF
this small farm IL" city secures control
of the stream that runs into the re-
servoir and will be enabled to Keep con-
Eliminating substances from H.
George Wiley or Berlin was seriously
injured Thursday morning "hlie gettihs
load OF WOOD "u' OF MS Sieu. ne WIS
caught between tne sea an" " p',''
or'aKihe sew" lbs anu >V'' i''''''
costing MN ms me-
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t., >-.}.,o,, "a
a"pPo' ", .
IL II "IIr7Tu N'"' ne "'E '''t ''F
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c'". ''a' '' ""9 ie,r' ~ ,s,
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''' - 80,
'E '"''i" u'"s ''ie ,"1' ,.-..
'"e ''N' ~
stewart an" '"""N'' ""S ''e''" '''"'
morning III Guy V""i' ~ '""He '''' ~,
ms Is II c"sT 81 'oN''' T'"Io' ~" N','''''
ne p"'o"as'n Su'"r No'' 49,.
darts ana pay lor II anu ,''"' ~, ''"
ing Drawn Pa'' o' II '"es N'"'' i''
"'o" M" ~ XVI ''''
was leSe'Feu' -, o,o
rave pee" - '''' ''.7' '.'e "''''' "''
OPERATIONS al ,"e
inc CITY nan ''''i''''.' ma
or,er annual report winch N'o''' as '''
lows; Your committee 'He'c'"' fepor.
that they are ready ~ once ~ P'oNee'
to tho completion oil 'he'r "o'N "S s"o'
as the voters give the Guy co"''1" ""-
thori'y to issue whatever amount or ths
$4,000 bonds auth'rl2ed ~ the Lesls'a-
ture At the lA't session may he neces-
sary.'
The Young Woman's ChriStlan As'o'>a-
ton OF the colleges or vermont VIII hold
2 three days convention In this city
February 26. y and - Among the speak
CTS will be President j. NJ. Thomas OF
NJ ddlehury College and the Rev II. a.
Flint OF this city
DR.. s. NJ. knauss, formerly an osteo-
pathic physician In Montpelier has To-
Gated at jersey City. y. j. His health
has much improved since he left here,
John Lease, n well Known and re-
spected citizen Of Montpelier, died
early Monday morninr of heart fail
ure after an Illness of several weeks,
aged "A years. Mr.. Lease was horn
| in Johnson but had lived practically
| all his life in Montpelier, He was a
harness maker and at ono time was
| associated with the late y. Tryon
| Knapp in that business. His wife
died IS years ago. lie Is survived by
ono daughter, Miss Evelyn s. Lease.
| who has tendcrly cared for him in his
| declining years, and by one son, Clar-
| ence J. Lease, teller In the
porro Savings bank. His funeral was
,e,d "Wednesday afternoon nt lis
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MIDDLESEx.

waterbury with relatives The funeral
or T.. Daniels was largely attended We'd
nesday at his late home. The Rev. MI
Kellogg of Waterbury officiatcd. The
hearers were his brothers. Henry ana
ierhert Daniels of this town. and his
prothers-in-laW. G.. G. Graves Of Water
pury ana Frank Nichols of this town
Johh Alexander has taken boy from
IN" Home to assist in his work. Henry
hro'hcrs was in Barre Wednesday
George Alexander and Mr.. ana Mrs.
'ohn Alexander spent Sunday in Mont
pelier.
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GREENSBORO.

The ladies Of the Home Circle will
serve conundrum supper this
evening at the dining rooms OF tho Con-
EDUCATIONAL Church from $50 20 $50 A
short entertainment will he given after
the supper.-Mrs. William Young who
has been critically III, IS slowly improv-
ing The oyster supper s!ven by the
ladies OF Caspian Lake Grange Thursday
evening was well attended. Miss Winni-
fred Clark closed a successful term in
school No. IA FridaY and returned to
her home In st. Johrsbury The school
at No. taught by Miss " II. Chase
closed Friday with exercises in com
mcmorative of Lincoln.-The forthcoming
report Of the town viii show that the
public schools have cost s37s2s9. while
the school fund is &,s193G leaving a
balance OF s2047 unexpended
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MORGAN.

Terry Pave has built dry house for
bobbns at his mill at the center.-Frank
LeClair and Harrison Johnson have each
young son.-N's. s. G. Wilcox has
been called TO Barton by the death OF
sister Arthur Burroughs and la
Pomeroy were married February To-
Miss Florence Cobb, having finished n
successful term Of school in Charleston.
has gone 10 Derby 30 finish on. term
thers FOR another teacher.
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rORESTDALE

Peter Nicklaw is seriously i'll with
pneumonia The Woman's Auxiliary mot
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. G. II.
Churchill The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Clarence Collns.-C. w Smaley
has returned from Rutland where he
underwent a operation upon his face.
Mrs. frank Shore, ST. died Sunday
night. aged 20 years. Mrs. Shore suffer-
I'd etroke of paralysis last summer
from which she never recovered. The
funeral was held Wednesday morning,
ut St Mary's Church at Brandon with
interment in St. Marys cemetery.
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BROWNINGTON.

MIR. Chamberlin has sold his farm here
and bought one in Sutton. T. O., where
he will move the first of March.-Mrs.
a. NJ Lang has returned home. accom-
I snicd by her sister. Mrs. Riggs, Of
and Mrs Fred Dan
forth are parents of n daughter, born
February s.-'rhc body OF n little son OF
MIR. and Mrs. John Collins was buried
February 10. He died from diphtherla.
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FAYsTON.

William Brown and son. Charles. of
Eerlln visited their cousins, \. y. ana
+. A. Bragg, last week.-As John small
was going down the steep hill near
school house No. with a heavy load of
logs, Saturday, the horses lost control
o; the load and were thrown on the ice
One horse had his foreleS broken and
had to be killed.-Mr. and Mrs V {.
Pierce we're in Montpelier saturday,
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EAST BRAENTREE.

with his grandparents In East Brook
ned-Mrs. Emma French Is at home
from Randolph Miss Anna Eastman Of
the Randolph sanitorum, is helping Miss
Jud care for the sick at Fred F1int's.--
Marden Stokes who has been very III.
IL slightly better.-The ladies' Aid will
meet with Mr.. and Mrs. ID. l.. Fisher
Friday.-Harry Jones of Brookhed has
been cutting ice for the farmers on Ban
isters pond. large supply Is being put
up,-Bass Bros, are filling their ice house
preparatory to starting meat market
another summer
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SOUTH WOODBURY..

John Morse is ill.-Gadys Goodell il
spending few weeks with friends In
poston and vicnity.-The Ladies Aid
will meet with Mrs Warren Goodell
Wednesday afternoon and .vennE,-Mrs
Burt BENJAMIN who has been Ill. is i'm
PROVING Charles Farr lately visited at
Frank Ratohelder's Mrs. Leonard Wells
is soon to be taken to the Holden hos
pltal for terntment.--Alhort l3urnham
has returned from Bristol.
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HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT
tContinued from 3rd PageJ

met with Mrs. George Keller February
10 and voted To serve dinner and supper
at Mrs. Frank Milers town meeting
day March . A regular meeting OF the
society in the afternoon.-Mrs. Dan Nor
gan Is spending n few days with her sis
ter. Mrs. Henry Stafford, at Winoosld-
r. W Beard has moved to Worcester,
Mass where he has employment
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WARREN.

The dance at tho town hall Saturday
night was attended by about 90 couples
Mrs. o. H. Van Deu.en was in Hancocf
Sunday.-Ceorge Trask. who has been
i'll, Is batter Miss Electa Lyford has
been very II al her brothers, H. w.
Lyford. wher- she makes her home
Mrs. Frank page was in Watsiield FRI
day and Miss Florence Carpenter was
tbpra sunday
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EAST WARREN.

John English. who has been In
Ireland for thre~ months. has returned.
Neal Moulton has purchased a farm OF
Pliny Parker formerly known as the
Chester Williams farm; considera ton.
N.5oN-Mr. and Mr.. Fred Elliott spent
several days in Hancock the first OF last
week.-Mrs.. Bert Neil has gone to
BURLINGTON hospital for Treatment.
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Tho village schools will close this week.
Misses Dora Wheeler of Newport and
Eva Gilpin, the teachers, had a pretty
little Lincoln exercise Thursday. Town
Clerk II. T.. Hitchcock reports for the
past year seven births, five deaths and
t,pp t,nrrin pcs I'm This iovp
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LOWELL.

Tho students from Brigham Academy
werc home n few days last week.-Mr.
and Mrs Jesse Blay we're In Derby
over Sunday with relatives.-Miss Mar
garet Ansboro of Albany passed last
week with Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Finne-
gan.-Mr. and Mrs Chauncey Crocker
Of North Hyde Park were guests last
week Of Mr.. and Mrs. V. NJ. Parker. 49,
A. j. Miller OF Newport was In town
Thursday.-Milo Hines and John Murphy
were in Barton Saturday
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RANDOLPH CENTER.

The students OF the normal held val
eptine party at normal hall Saturday
evening" large number Of the students
OF the normal attended the concert by
the Northheld cadets at Chandler music
nall, Randolph, Friday evening. There
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WESTTIELD.

The Rev. Fred Williams. who attend
d the Newport Center revival meetings
riday evening, and had charge of the
music Ia suffering with quinsy and was
'rsble to speak Sundny.--Th Rev. NJ
=, Farman preached at Barton sunday
in the absence OF the Rev. W. Warner
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ORLEANS COUNTY.
NORTH TROY.

The young child Of Edgar Sails. who
was terribly burnt a few days ago. died
Saturday.-Mrs. Hardy and Mrs. Mary a.
Elkins are III.
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That Lame ba( * Means
Kidney j -sease
And to Relieve & am and Aching Back,
Won Must T: est i 81 we the Kidneys

There is no question soJpf tha !:
ut all-for the lame a :. achin
back is caused by c az ! CO. :
dition Of the kidneys d J do T..
1t Is only common sen-e, r W y
that you must euro |ond.t IN
by removing the cers5 re on
dition. And lame ~ LAC oack
are not by any ca. rho only
symptoms of d. 'c. ent x the
kidneys and b .-dei TIL sc are
multitude of WE'LL ow' and un-
mistakable indications 81 more or
less dangerouo CO. tito Some Of
these are, = :. tanc Extreme
and unnatu. IL lassitu, and weari-
ness, nervous irritat .ity, heart If
regulari nerves i edge" sleep.
lessness a. 'nabr ty to secure
rest, scaldir5 alton and sedi-
ment in the urine, Inflammation Of
the bladder and passages, etc.
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills are an exceptionally meritori-
GUS remedy for any and all affec-
tions or diseased conditions of
these organs. These Pills operate
directly and promptly-and their
beneficial results are at once felt.
They regulate, purify, and effec-
tually heal and restore the kid
neys. bladder and liver, to perfect |
and healthy condition-even in
some of the most advanced cases.
For Sale by Pal;
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turned the letter face downward and
went on with the meal
n did not know that your mail
came to the club" said Mcrrihcw.
1T doesn't. Only rarely letter
drifts this way"
We'll go 90 and read II, Don't let
me keep you from IT, Some charmer.
I'll wager. Here ! pour all my adven-
lures into your ear. and | on my side
never 30 much as get a hint OF yours
Go on. read H."
Adventures fddlesticks. The letter
ean wait II Is probably BILL
"A bin IN fashionable envelope like
thatY'
Hillard only smiled. tipped tho era.
die and retilled Merrihew's glass with
some excellent Romance Cont When
does Kitty sailY' be asked after awhile
Of silence.
"A week from this Saturday. Feb. 2.
What the deuce did you bring up that
fort I've been trying TO forget IT,
Where do they landy'
NAPLES. They open In Rome the
nrst week In March. All the arrange
meuts are complete" After coffee
Merriaew pushed back his chair. "I'll
reserve a table In the billiard room
while you read your letter
-i'll be With you shortly" grate-
fully
So with the Inevitable black cigar
between hts teeth Merrihew sauntered
on toward the billiard room. while
HBlard picked up his letter and
studied Il. His nugers trembled slight
ly as he tore open the envelope. The
handwriting. the paper. the modest
sire. all these pointed 10 woman OF
culture and refinement. But subtle
spirit Of ircny pervaded IL all She
would never have answered bis print
I'd Inquiry had she not laughed over
n. for pinned 10 the top OF the letter
WAS the clipping the stupid. ba pal
clipping -Nili the lady who sang
from Nine. Angot' communicate with
gentleman who leaned out OF the win
dows H.. Burgomaster club"
There was neither a formal beginning
nor a formal ending. only four crisp
lines. But these implied Que thing
and distinctly 1.-The writer had no de-
sire for ferther communication with
gentleman who leaned out q the win
dow He read and rerend slowly:
am sorry to learn that my singing dis
turbed YOU There was a reason. AT that
particular moment was happy.
That was ali II was enough She
had laughed She was lady humor-
ousiy inclined. NOT to say nischievous.
comic opera star would have sent
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For Sale by Palace Drug Store
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boyish tone of It. Nothing vulgar
Did he really love music? He must.
for II was not every young man who
could pick out the melody Of an old.
forgotten opera Rather than tempt
fate she decided not to answer this
letter 1t would be neither wise nor
useful.
Romance! The word came back to
her With an unmusical laugh she
stood up. shaking the letter TO the
floor. Romance. She was no longer
girl. She was woman of five and
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bquetLt-u lutU tue fO0tn' II 10 D".nuI
full. beautiful. TO sing like that!
There will be kings and dukes at your
feet!'
Enough
Pardon. signora. l forgot. But lis
ten. | bring Il message. A boy came
to say that the rehearsal will be at
this afternoon. 1t Is now after II"
$50 later We must be of"
"Apd the letter upstairs on the 1oor?"
Some day, Bettina. you will enter
the forbidden chamber, and l shall
have to play Bluebeard. This time.
however do not mind. Leave 1t there
or burn IT." indifferently.
Bettina knew her mistress. She
thought best to leave the letter where
1t lay. forgotten for the time being.
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unhappy. II only might meet you
VIII you not do me that honor? Isn't
there just a little pure. healthy romance
waiting to be given life? Your voice
haunts me. out OF every silence II comes
to me-"Shs Is so innocent 80 youthfulr
JOHN HlLLARD.
The letter fluttered into her lap. She
leaned on her elbows Ii was not
bad letter, and she rather liked the
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GRAlH

her press nseit rounu 10 see what nd
vertlsing could be- got out OF the incl
dent: prlma donna would have APP
penied 10 her primo tenor for the
same purpose. A geutlewoman surely:
moreover. she lived within the radius.
the official radius. OF the Madison
square branch Of the postoffice. for
such wns the postmark. Common
sense urged him to dismiss the whole
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Continued next week.

A few hours barefoot parade every
day will save enough wear and tear to
wipe out the tariff duty on stockings
and, If DIR. Kneips theory is correct,
also Danish medicine and doctors.
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Real poets cannot aspire to the own
ership of aeroplanes, but all the same
they take high flights when singing
the praises of aerial navigators.
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Lincoln was man of many sorrows,
but he escaped the grief Of knowing
the kind of one cent piece his head
would some time adorn.
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Some statesmen who settled the tar
III at Washington went home to find
1t living local issue.
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CHAPTER III.
hhE. ANooT.

"HREE nights later, as Hiliard
aud Merrihew were dining to-
gether at the club. the stew
! ard came Into the grill room
aud swept his placid eye over the
groups OF diners Singing out Hi
lard. he came solemnly down to the
corner table and laid blue letter mt
the side Of Hlilnrd's plate,
Il did not see you when you came
In. SIR" said the steward. his voice an
solemn M his step The letter arr
rived yesterday
Thank you. Thomas" With nd
small diligently Hiilard composed his
face and repressed the cngerness In his
eyes. She had seen; she had written:
the letter lay under his hand. Who
said that romsnce had taken fiightr
True. the reading Of the letter might
disiiiusiou him. but always would
there i@ that vision and the voice com
Ing out OF the fog. konchalantly he
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| cooad The nerest chance had own
Tho original ,noulrv nnder her ,tIce.
rar answer was IN ,moulsa to .hlcb
a.. hod s,ven M sacond tbou. tIll
roo toto sba ought RI have T. ored
- pnt she wac lonely. the peou she
Lna,, NOR. ont ~ town and TN g. 81
Itch, o,,nse bar
This man was In ali probabil.
g.n,leman since no was memb.
. ,an,Iemen,s cIuh I'm, second rho,
.onr,ncad her thar this nroved noth
Mo-, are often called gentlemen GU
commitment 70 their ancestors.
n this man opiy saw the affair f,
nor anple of vision. the crotesoue
NOR az n and not the common vuI;
intrigue, She besitated. M well
mich, Sunnosino TINT eyenrually
never never do. No one must knc
that she was In America. about 10 st
INTO the widest of wild adventure
M. she must not be found out. TT
king. who had been kind to her. an
rho court must never know. FroI
their viewpoint they would have d.
cIared that she nyas about to tarnisl
n distinguished Wame. to outrage the
oldest arlstocracy In Europe. the
- ~. ~. 80 H.. orr,
opInion; what she proposed to do was
In itself harmless and Innocent. But
~ 80 - -, -. ~
e"iN st ~, 80 49, otoh
m'noD" ne ""1 go - W.
n",e no, 49,, t., -. eash
w i",' ''F '''u :" 'na, - a.,
VI ~" no
~ ''Nn ~ -
'ht hSn' !" w." "t"', - ."
su""'. ''e'"' '''9p, uuus
ne iaoe ""''"',''' '''''"u'",e
Sne uhu s""s "''""'s- ''e u"u 49,
IMPLY u"pp' 49, '"'' ',"'"' n'p
pineSs "u'e" a. ''',''' ""' ~ To- 80.
oouiu sue ''r. I'uHp """'ue' ''"n "
ms ,ooss sur p'i'eseo "o.. ~"
sue nnu 'up' ne '"in' od'eie"u
gN'ne on"Se a'iu 'n' jury
acr"SS rue S''rs''
she stepped down from tue aicoss
wound the gray ven rounu tue r'uins
crop ana lossPu 'nf'h ihio coruel
ooi'euo" '" '". ua'
was gohf iroui nis ia'e' io' 'he
recognized him that first day In the
mark He rode well She touched q
-, oa
oeh. n'"iu aPp'"
"Bettina. you VIII go to the ONCE OF
this newsnaper and iuouire for letter
-
iuuEvSSeu 10 Mule. Ahso'' Anu "
luick, for ! may change my mind"
Tho maid xvas hsck In 81 half hour
.,,n, -, m,
mere WIS letter' tuen Aho
points were dancing again In the blue
,,as
49,
lou may 80. ferhaps' auu Det'F
ms mistress smiled-"perhaps | may
or Won raad n and answer II after I
-. a, ,r,,,. ,o,,,a 10
- ,t"
n,, ,,.,., -
lug sisn' nou was -.
he maid went about ner duties, Wnicn
we're not many ip This house
,,o,hu, .ha ,,dv ,.ith tho yena-
p'ean ""'f. nv "uv l. -,
Ian hair toyed with the iettef. CiuO
PAPER, Evidently be was not AFRAID to
,,,st nor pnt vo,,ld he amuse her?
luS' nei' u' "o"'' e
The contents gave ner a genuine sur
rise. She ran to the window. ltal-
49, 7. ,os yrittan In Italian with
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-09-30

Harry Thaw wants to devote his fu-
ture to literature. He is missing his
calling. He should become a medical
expert
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Even dry moon has been known to
get full
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-12-03

President of the Northern Michigan
Press club and a consistent boomer Of
the fruit growing possibilities of west
ern Michigan.
$4,000 in any good-sized city in the
state. In Montmorency county, also
reached by stage drives, are similar
farms and dwellings,.
There are no paupers among the
bona fide residents in these deep-hid-
den farm communities Around Hill
man, in Montmorenci, is one of the
finest strawberry regions in the state,
but not until next year will the ber-
ries figure to any extent in the mar
ket. Next year the u. &c M. will lay a
spur from its new Hillman branch and
put in station and car refrigeration
plant for the sake of this strawberry
trade alone. Glover, potatoes, grain
and apples are borne in actually amaZ-
ing crops, and the biggest apple or
chard in Michigan-that Of the Ward
estate, which this year bore it's first
CROPS located in this very pine bar
rem district"
The natural resources, such as rock
salt and limestone and other stone
quarries and minerals, are untouched,
except at few points like Alpena and
in Pressure Isle. In Presque Isle coun-
ty there are roads of solid limestone
rock few inches IF earth only hav-
ing been removed, while along the
Lake Huron shore the hills in many
places show bare pure limestone cliffs.
Lumber-tLe only Industry that has
been developed in all this region-is
good for many years to come because
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Secretary of Northern Michigan
Press Club.
of the utilization OF hardwood and the
lower grades left after the "barons"
took out the finest pines. IL is capable
Of still further development. although
practically all the lumber is held by
mill owners, who are cutting their
own holdings.
The definite purpose of the project.
ed organization is to build up good
sized fund by contributions from all
over the northeastern section of the
state, TO be used in advertising and
legitimate expenses In inducing cap
italists to come in and develop the in
1ustria! prospects. A widespread cam.
paign to attract farmers from the
steady stream to the Canadian prov
inces and the irrigated land districts
In the west will also be made. Where
expenses are the same, comparison
with the results from the irrigated
western lands shows far more returns
from pine barren farms.
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