The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-06-09
CHASE S. OSBORN THE MAN.
Something About the Candidate For
Governor.


Governor.
Chase S. Osborn is man OF won
derful activities. or a versatility amaz
ing even to his closest friends. lie
been an untiring student for years
has a library in his home at Sault
Ste. Marie which is without an equal
In the state. and his long travels in
foreign lands have given him a wealth
OF information ON every conceivable
subject.
One night some months ago Mr..
Osborn was the guest OF small din.
ner party in Detroit. At the table
were gathered a steamboat operator,
all OF whose life lad been spent on
the lakes; a lawyer. whose hobby is
ancient Greek history; an official who
was formerly a newspaper reporter,
man strong in the labor union move
ment and business man who is an
ardent fisherman.
When the coffee and cigars were
reached the talk ABOUT the table be-
came general, of course, and Mr.. Os.
born was the center of il all With
out any apparent labor he discussed
the mechanical side of the develop
ment OF the great lakes freight with
the captain, argued point in Greek
history and compared Athens of today
with the Athens OF long ago with the
lawyer, exchanged tales of newspaper
experiences with the former reporter,
took up phases OF the labor move
ment with the union man and com.
pared trout fishing on the north shore
with fishing in this state with the
business man.
IL was a wonderful revelation to the
men about the table and impressed on
them vividly the experience with all
walks and conditions of life which
Mr.. Osborn will bring to the execu-
tive chair in Michigan.
And yet this general discussion rep
resented but small fraction of the
knowledge possessed by Mr.. Osborn.
His book on South America, "Andean
Land" has already become a text
book on the great country to the south
of ours and is a standard in the H.
braries through out the country. 1t
was his knowledge of minerals that
lead TO his discovery of the Moose
Mountain iron range in Canada, the
richest iron nicanrarx, in,
Chase Salmon Osborn was born in
Huntington county, Ind, on Jan. %,
1850. Both his father and mother
were physicians, and it was their wish
that he also embrace medicine as a
profession. Mr.. Osborn was educated
in the public schools of Lafayette,
Ind, and Purdue university. He took
up the study of medicine. but soon
dropped IL as uncongenial and on leav-
ing college became a newspaper man.
starting as & reporter on the Lafay-
cite Home Journal. He soon sought
the larger field of Chicago and from
there went to Milwaukee, where he
was identified with several of the pa
pers. He was married in 1881 TO
Miss Lillian G.. Jones and two wears
later went into the wilds of northern
TO become editor of the
Florence Mining Journal. Florence
was bad" town in those DAYS. and
IN a campaign for reform which Mr..
Osborn carried on his life was sew
eral times treatened In 1887 he took
possession Of the Sault Ste. Marie
News and conducted it for a number
Of years, finally disposing of the pa
per to w. Frank Knox, the present
publisher Mr.. Osborn retains his In |
.erest in the newspaper field by act |
ng as president OF the Courier-Herald |
company of Saginaw.
Throughout his life Mn Osborn has
aiken great interest in politics. He
vas postmaster ut the 500 from 1889
o 1898 and has served as a delegate
% countless conventions of the Re-
publican party. He was one of the
original Pingree men in the state.
Using the influence of his paper In be-
half OF the famous governor when
Mayor Pingree became a candidate
or governor, and under Governor
'ingree he served both as game war
len and as state railroad commits
Toner
His record In these two Offices gives
lear indication OF the character of