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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
PERSON has A FINE RECORD
OF VICTORIES ON THE MAT
Wrestler Who Will Meet Demetrai Here
Saturday Night Has Not Been
Idle the Dozen Years He
Has Been in Game.

The hardest match that Person has
Defore him will be the one on New
Years night in Hancock, when he Is
billed to meet William Demetral, the
Greek Demon" says the Duluth News
Tribune. This Demetral person has
cut something OF swath in the ranks
or the mat fraternity since he came to
the hospitable shores OF Uncle Samuel
He has Topped some of the best men
this country has to offer and got
draw with kid" Cutler of Chicago,
who Gotch predicts will be the next
worlds champion. He won a match
from Rough House" Anderson in easy
style in February OF this year and has
victory to his credit over Mahmout.
Person has not been what one might
call idle In the dozen years he has been
wrestling. He claims to have one fall
to his credit over Frank Gotch and is
one of the few men who have this dis
tinction. Gotch won the match. but
was unable to prevent getting thrown
one fall himself. 1t was after this
match that Person trained with Gotch
for two years. during that time meet
ing Dan Mcleod and defeating him.
In the Klondike, Person met and con-
quered Tom Davis and Bob Swanson
Returning to the states he threw ole
Marsh and Bert Shores in North Da-
kota; Oscar Wassem, Jack Downes
and Billy Woodruff in South Dakota:
George Dion and Frank DeBray in Ne
braska; Joe Carroll and Charles Deli
Duck in Kansas and voorhees,, Jake
Snyder and AL Christensen in North
Carolina.
Last october he defeated Bob Quinn
in fierce battle at Fort william.
ont, and at Wichita, Kan, in what
was described as the best match OF
the year, he was the victor over Chas.
Posti Of Buffalo.
Richard Callahan of Hancock, the |
promoter who is staging the Person
Demetral bout, has hopes of persuad-
ing Carl Lehto, the copper country |
Finnish champion, to meet the winner. |
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
FINNISH LUTHERAN CHURCH
ANNUAL MEETING JAN. 9Th
0'neers Will be Elected and Date Will
rrooab'y be Fixed for the pedica.
ZION Of New Church Which is
Now Completed.

Ihe annual meeting OF the Finnish
rutherah church will be held on Sun
"ay' January 8, in the basement ~ the
new church at which officers win no
e'ected' II Is probable that the date
aor 'he dedication will be fixed also
me contractors. Lakso & Co. have
completed their work. and the ediAco
Is now ready for occupancy with the
exception of the pews. which are ex-
pec'eu within a week. They were or
uered from Minneapolis but shipment
was delayed owing to the switchmen's
strike. .
The church building cost abopt ten
thousand dollars and is a very hand
sumo structure, occupying the site of
the old church on the east side NJ Res
erVation street, north of the Scott no.
TEL The building is OF handsome de-
sign built Of white and colored brick
Veneered, from designs by Mas Bros.
OF calumet. The basement. which Is n
part OF the old building left unimpaIred
oy the fire of March IA last. is NJ red
portage lake sandstone, and sand
stone is also used in the trimmings OF
the church. An ornamental tower &C.
cuples the southwest corner whore
the entrance is placed. and in the tow
er Is the old bell which did service in
the old structure. The interior is
neatly and beautifully decorated and
lighted with electricity, the wiring for
which was done by Edward Cuff of this
city Beautiful windows Of art glass.
three in number, are placed i'm the
walls. and several smaller windows AL
so OF stained glass are used for light
ing the building. They were made by
the Milwaukee Art Glass company and
the total area of the windows is about
$50 square feet.
Ihe parish over which Pastor John
Back has charge is one of the largest
IN the copper country embracing all of
Hancock, Quincy, Franklin, Dollar Bay.
Houghton, Jacobsville. Hancock town
ship, and parts of the south side of the
lake including Oskar. Mr.. Back is one
OF the busiest clergymen in the county
performing more marriages, burlals
and christenings perhaps than any 9TH
er minister in this section.
The dedication ceremonies will be of
an elaborate nature and will take place
at an early date, to be announced as
soon as the date of arrival and install
lation of the pews is assured. The
people of the church have been hold
ing meetings since the fire, in various
places, including the West Hancock
Finnish Apostolic church, the North
Star hall, the Finnish college and the
basement of the old church. 1t will be
q source of much satisfaction when
the congregation is again worshiping
in its new church, which is an edlfice
pf which the city as well as the con-
may well feel proud.
Finnish Lutheran services will be
held at Coburntown at 10 o'clock Sun
day morning and at Dollar Bay at
lis p. m. Services at Hancock Will
be held at $3.50 and at Isle Royale
location at $3.50 p. m.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
MEETING POSTPONED.
Church Organization Effected and Ad-
iournment Taken.

The annual meeting Of the Congre-
gational church society for the pur-
pose of electing and hearing the reports
of the old trustees which was to have
taken place last night was adjourned
until Thursday evening, January 10
when the business to have come up
last evening will be disposed of. The
meeting was called to order and or
ganized with c. A. Wright as chair
man and j. II. Gillespie as clerk.
The annual meeting of the church
for the election of church officers, and
receiving Of reports from the pastor
clerk, treasurer of benevolences, Sun
day school superintendent, Woman's
Missionary society, Ladies' Industrial
society, and Kings Minute Men, is to
be held this evening. one of the mat
tiers TO come before the meeting will be
the presentation by the pastor, Rev.
j. S. Gould, of recommendation for
certain changes and improvements to
be made to the church building. These
changes include the addition of n
reading room, rooms for social occa-
sions. and alterations to the Sunday
school rooms In the basement.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
TORCH LAKE BRCvITIee.

The progress with the open rink a.
Hubell is very satisfactory. The rink
will be ready for use in a few days
with good ice IL the present cold
weather continues.
"The Climax" will be seen at loca
theater next Sunday evening. This is
considered one of the best plays COM
ing to copperdom this year.
A large number from the Torch
Lake towns will go to Calumet this
evening to attend the big dance at the
Calumet armory for the benefit of the
Associated Charities of Calumet and
the Houghton County ti-TubercI-
losis society
The funeral of the late Mrs Joseph
Refs, who passed away here this week.
was held this morning at nine o'clock
with services in Holy Rosary church.
The second production of the Real
Santa Claus a pretty Xmas cantata
will be given this evening at the Tam
arack Mills school house. 1t will be
given under the auspices Of the Sab
bath school.
Miss Cecil Savard and friend, Miss
Laura Mutard, both OF the 500, expect
to return next Monday TO resume their
work at the Lorette convent.
The local lodge of Maccabees are
planning for big time for their first
meeting in January. The new officers
will be installed by ]. II. Wilson. Fol
lowing the business session luncheon
will be served.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
TORCH LAKE NEWS
Hu6eELL CHURCH PASTOR.

announcement Is made by the Hub
bell Congregational church officers thai
Rev. Edwin c. Colbeck of Rochester
n. Y, has accepted the invitation ex-
tended to him to fill the pulpit of that
church, and that he will assume
charge on Sunday. January 9. The
appointment win undoubtedly be for
six months and is likely to continue
much longer.
The members of the new Hubbell
church will appreciate the appoint
ment of regular pastor, as the church
has been without a minister since the
resignation Of Rev. c. II. Harger, some
time ago. The new pastor is a grad
uate from the Moody institute of Chi
cago, having completed the course last
April. He is a single man and has
been stationed at Rochester, n. Y, for
several months.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30

Riggers were having trouble with |
safe suspended in midair in front o
Park Row building yesterday morn
ing. and IL attracted the attention o
the aristocracy filling the benches IN
City Hall park. Dirigible Smith
having talked one man off his bench
started in on a newcomer, says the
New York Tribune
"They oughter have buckskin tackle
for that" said Diriglble, nodding in
the direction of the safe.
Hey what? Buckskin? How's
that?" asked the new one.
"The hot sun coming right after
rain so, If they'd had buckskin there
wouldn't be no trouble about h'istin
that safe" continued Dirigible.
81 don't savvy." said the transient
seeker after light and learning.
"Well. you would If you'd been
brought up with me out in the Sim
nemahoning valley i'm Northern Penn
sylvania," said Drigible, as the knot
OF listeners increased.
"There amt nothin' like buckskin
for lifting weights. especially when the
meteorological conditions are right"
resumed Smith pausing to let 'mete-
orologicar' soak into his listeners.
"Gosh." said he with near-enthusi-
asm, 'Tll never forgit the way old
Jim Spafford cleared off his stump
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lots with buckskin. Old Jim was a
cute old cuss as ever lived. He knew
all about the weather, and If he'd lived
till now he'd probably been called
either a great scientist or a nature
faker
But he wasn't a fakir. no stree. Old
Jim was all right. He knew how to
use his head. Deer was thick around
him, il bein' new country. and he
hunted good deal. Tanned the hides
and druv quite a business trappln'
When it cum time to clear up his wood
lot he said he didn't need none of
them new-fangled stump pullers.
80 All l want is plenty of rain and
hot weather. Gimme the right kind
OF weather and I'll show you how to
pull stumps scientifically said old
Jim.
well, after his spring plantin' the
weather sot i'm wet and hot by turns.
and Jim got busy. / went up with the
Skeels boys and Uncle Bill Rood one
mornin' to see him operate It was
just 'Hibusu TdlIllu Wncn we got Llefe,
and Jim had the queerest git-up / ever
see. Had a lot of buckskin ropes
hitched around a string of stumps
and the ends Of the ropes was hitched
to big white oak tree near the
house.
1--WE thought he was plumb crazy.
He set down on the stoop and cooked
his eye at the weather. In about an
hour the sun came out bllsterin' hot
Well there was somethin' dom TO
wonst. Them buckskin ropes was sop
pin wet when Jim hitched them to
the stumps but as soon as the sun
struck 'em, my sakes. how they did
begin to shrink and draw Purity soon
them durn stumps begin to crack and
heave, and one by one they wuz pull
ed out by the shrinlIin. of them buck
skin ropes. 1t wuz as easy as rollin'
off a log.
THAT same night i'm rained more,
and old Jim repeated the operation. He
used them buckskin ropes every time
it rained, and hang me If he didn't
clear up a three-acre stump lot in tho
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30

Few travelling men have visited the
city during the past week, most Oh
them being absent during the holidays
at their homes in various parts of the
country, while numerous others who
make this territory are attending con-
ventions and roundups of representa-
tives OF business houses at Duluth
Milwaukee and other points.
j. II. Jasberg leaves this afternoon
on a business trip to Duluth
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
CHILDREN ENJOY PARTY.
Christmas Festival Given YESTERDAY
Afternoon at Odd Fellows Hall.

The children's Christmas party CIV
on Yesterday afternoon at the odd
Fellows hall on Hancock street under
the auspices of the Holly Repekah
lodge. No. $40, was great success
there being over eighty children pres
ent TO whom were distributed gifts
and candles. The fete was arranged
for children under IL years OF age De
longing to the families of the members
of the Holly lodge, and to witness tneir
Measure all the local odd Fellows ana
their families were invited. There was
a total attendance Of about two hum
dred. including the children. The iat-
ter we're made happy by the presenta-
ton Of bags of popcorn. as they
marched around the room, surrounding
a beautifully decorated Christmas tree.
Again they were marched around ana
TO each was given some small gift. "A
number of songs and recitations were
given by the little ones, several re-
peating the pieces that had been spo-
ken at the closing exercises of the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30

month of July, 1868.
After he got the stumps all out he
took il into his head that he didn't
want that old white oak tree in his
front yard, as the shade rotted the
shingles on the roof of the house. He
was TOO lJzy TO cut ii down, and be-
sides hv wanted TO show all OF us that
his bucgshiu method defied all the laws
Of natural science; and he done II, by
gum, he done IL!
For a long time he was stuck for
something to hitch to, the old white
oak bein' the biggest tree anywhere i'm
sight He tried one or two bitches on
other trees, but pshaw! the old white
oak never budged. The other trees
were ripped out, that wuz all. We all
thought we had the laugh on old Jim.
and that nettled him. for he didn't
like to be made fun Of.
Probably Jim was a good deal like
the boss of that gang h'isting that
safe. He didn't like to be beat out
one night in August ii rained good
and hard and old Jim passed the word
around that he would move the old
white oak next morning II the sun
came out. Well, old Jim made good.
but he had 10 resort to certain n.y.
! draulic principles before he done it.
when we go down to Jim's place
at 10 o'clock he had double buckskln
ropes runnin from the old white oak
to the well, the ends of the ropes bein'
clear down to the bottom of the well.
Well. sir il worked like a charm. The
sun came out good and hot, the usual
shrinking took place. and that old
white oak was yanked out by the
roots in 20 minutes by the clock. 1t
worked slick as grease"
"Why didn't the ropes pull out Of
the we'll leavin' the tree?" asked the
newcomer.
THAT" said Dirigible, "wuz just
what we asked old Jim, and old Jim
laughed at us, pityingly."
whats the answer" demanded tho
new bench warmer.
why" said Dirigible, "any one but
a natural darn fool knows that you
can't pull the hole out Of a we'll"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
BENEFIT BASEBALL GAME.
Indoor Match Contemplated for Benefit
of Catcher Butch" Stack.


Plans, are being considered by the
Hancock for game to be played next
week for the benefit of Butch" Stack,
catcher OF the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians team, who is suffering from
infiammatory rheumatism and who will
leave next week for Mount Clemens
for treatment. Two all star teams will
be selected from the best players in
the league and the match will doubt
less prove a very interesting contest.
The games scheduled for Friday eve
ming will take place tonight on account
OF the Germania hall being engaged
for the Maennerchor opera and dance
Friday night. The Elks and Eagles
game 1t is probable will be played first,
as some Of the players in the Elks team
will wish to attend the smoker to be
held this evening. The other game
scheduled is between the Hibernians
and the Foresters. Next Wednesday
night the Hibernians and the Calumet
Y. NJ. c. A. will play an exhibition
game, which will be the first of the
season with an outside aggregation.
John Keyes, who is one OF the promo
ters and organizers of the Indoor
league. has returned from a trip to the
iron country, where he met a number
Of indoor baseball men and talked over
plans for arranging a series of games
at Ishpeming and Negaunee with the
Hibernian team. No dates have yet
been fixed but it is expected that ne
gotiations will shortly be conducted by
which the Hibernians will take a
transforming trip to the iron country
and play games with the teams Of both
the towns mentioned.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
cIIoo to Inherited Tongue.

After years OF effort TO spread the
English language. the home tongue
of the full.blooded Hawaiian is HIS
aboriginal jargon- Exclusive Of the
half.whites in these islands there ia
but one family that talks the English
language in its home. All the rest
are as true to their inherited tongue
as they are to their racial hue.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
SMOKER THIS EVENING.

The Hancock lodge of Elks VIII hold
smoker this evening at the lodge
rooms. which will be preceded by
hr,ef business session. The meeting
is in the nature OF a greeting TO the
members who were injured in the re-
sent accident Messrs. stevenson nav,
r,s Curzon and Bloomfield all Oh
n,h,cb are now able to be out again.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
NEW GUNS FOR RESERVES.
Local Jack Tars to Have More Thor
ouch Shooting Practice.

With view of procuring a higher
degree of proficiency among the naval
militia of the various states. Acting
Secretary of the Navy Winthrop mas
directed that four inch gun, equipped
with Norris tubes, be sent to each Oh
the naval militia armories throughout
the country. The recruiting officer In
the district in which each armory Is
situated will be ordered to superintend
the practice. This is done with the
two-fold object Of having the practice
conducted along proper lines and Oh
making the work OF recruiting more
successful. Armories in twenty-three
states are affected by this step.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30

A number of ice boats were OUT ."
,ho lake this week, notwithstandins
that conditions were not very iaVor
oh,e there being too much snow cover
,ng tho ice to make II possible TO at
tain much speed. and in fact some ~ ~
the boatmen were obliged at times -
cot out and push their craft 'nrous"
the drifts,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30

public schools. Numerous songs were
sung, with piano accompaniment. and
a variety of children's games added
to the pleasures OF the afternoon and
contributed towards making the occa-
sion a most pleasant and successful
one.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
Daily Thought.

Az the rose breatheth sweetness
from its own nature. 90 the heart Of
a benevolent man produceth good
works.-R. Dodsley.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
Hurry Ends
in Indigestion

Use your teeth on your food oryour
stomach will suffer. Quick lunches
hurried eating, boiling food, are sure
to end, sooner or later, in some
form of indigestion, more or less
troublesome.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30

Leo Sezak, the tenor sings for you the Edison
monograph the famous from the Grand that the
New York audiences pay S50 hear Just how great
singer Sezak told in the following remark quoted from the
New York World the morning after recent appearance of Sa at
the Metropolitan Opera House: 'Caruso has rival
Slezak has made records for the Edison comprising the
principal songs from the prominent roles of his repertoire
so that while the New York opera goe pays seat to hear
Sezak in OPERA with the Edison Photograph and Amberol
Records Sezak his best in his roles including
Oteo Lohengn IannhauScr, Rhadmes in Aida Rodoo
in La Boheme
Only on Ambcro Records you get full length rendering Of
these asand only the Edison Photograph you get
Anbero Records Hear these great Sezak Records at any Edison
dealers today
EDISON standard Records
National Photograph LAk tide Avenue Orange
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30

News Want Ads. pring results.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
coURpEsy ON STREETC4RS.

Mr. Nhitrdge who has so many ideas Of his
own about the way TO give the public a salts
factory traction service that the public Is al
most reconciled to having the Third avenue sys
tenn split off from the Metropolitan merely be-
cause he has had a chance to show what he
could do with it is inviting the cooperation
of his employees In making his lines more popu-
lar He is doing more than inviting that CO.
operation; others have done that before; but
he has begun 10y making it worth their while TO
cooperate Having installed mutual benefit
association among the employees, to which the
company makes a contribution equal to that
made by the employees themselves, the only con
sideration he asks of them is that they shall
do their best to make the public like 10 ride
on his lines.
"I hope that you will feel that this" he says
referring to the road contribution 10 the
benefit fund "is an evidence of the desire Of
''the companies to do as well by you as they
"caf and hope you IN your turn will do every
thing you can to make the service on the
Third avenue line popular with the people
"who use it, and that l have said to you
before, you Will show to the people more
patience, politeness and consideration than the
people show to YOU
That is a true shot, in which he implies
that the courtesy he asks from his employees
toward the patrons of the road will have TO be
one-sided. 1t is too bad that the mutual benefit
society idea could not be extended to cover the
patrons of the road, so as TO offer them also
some inducement to he courteous to the en-
ployes and to each other If Mr.. Whitridge
could carry his improvement in traction condi-
tions so far. he could not run cars enough on
persons who would prefer them to the other
lines of the city
New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
,r-on TIL. Tribune Bureau.l


1r,..b;,g+on Feb 1O-There were a number OF
dinner parties tonight Senator and Mrs MnlnIop '
Murray Crane Miss Mabel Boardnah' bIts0I ~
General and Mrs. Henry G. Sharpe Csp1aAA 80 80
Mrs Summerlin and Major Oelie13 anu
Sanger being among the hosts -,
vice-PresIdent Fairbanks was entertained az oln-
mar tonight by Senator and Mrs Scott VINO ln'i'eu
70 meet him Senator and Mrs Elklns' Seha'ol am
Mrs Burrows, Senator du Pont' ex-senator anu
Mrs Faulkner and others to the number OF t0IS-
The -President-elect and Mrs James D aheI-
man were the guests Of honor at a dinner
,vitb Representative and Mrs James X Mann @s
hosts. In the company were Keprssen'a NJ
Mrs Herbert Parsons. Representative anu ~ 80
Tarrke Representative and Mrs Hepburn fIePl
sentative and Mrs. Stevens. Justice and nIS 81
derSon Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reid hoseIS' MIS-"
Maths and Frederick Bancroft .
Representative and Mrs. Broadhead invited sues's
- ,nsat Mrs Sherman Hoar. Of Massachusetts, at
dinner tonight In the party were RepresentauVs . .
90 Mrs James Breck Perkins, Representative ana
Mrs washburn. Mr.. and Mrs -LL McNIlli'OeA' '-'S'
r3roadhead Mr.. Gmour and Mr. RerIeS.
A. the marriage OK Miss Shelby Converse daush-
.a- ~ Rear Admiral and Mrs Converse ana fiunt
,npton Wolcott Jackson, on Thursday ah.eiu @ -
February 49, the Rev Roland Co''oH oiii'ii ~
o9ctate Paul Townsend Jones, OF New YORK.
ii, 30 hest man and Charlton Henry and j. for-
svth Meigs Of Philadelphia; Edmund FaIEAaA. u
New York: Thomas Riggs. Jr. William /. 0lhS g
ham and Walter Tuckerman' OF Nasnins s'o" "'''
be ushers- o.. -r,.h
engaged the attention OF the younger set OF SO
cletz tonight, being preceded by number OF an
ner parties The committee ia charge lnciudeo
C,artain G. T. summerlin. Major William Il Horton'
T,I,,..re,+ II W Osterhaus. Captain F. W. Sladen'
Cantsin I. NJ. Gulick, Lieutenant Percy W. Foote'
lieutenant shackford. Jerome Bonaparte' MT
bingham and Fred Faust. There were valentines
c,,njds hearts and other appropriate favors- MRS.
Bulner received the guests anu NJ
the cotillon. ,,
Medical Director and Mrs. Boyd gave snaH
saroa ar Rauscher's tonight for their deoutante
daughter Miss Alice Boyd.