The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-12
UPPER PENINSULA
Trouble in Luce County

Trouble in Luce County -
The board of road commissioners
came in for some rather sharp criti-
cism at the recent meeting of the Luce
county supervisors. 1t appears that
the road commissioners, without hav-
ing the proper funds voted by the SUI
pervisors and without having held
legal meeting to authorize the pur-
chase, entered into a contract with the
Austin Western company for the pur-
chase of new stone crusher. The
supervisors adopted a very tart reso-
luton repudiating the action of the
road commissioners. and declaring that
under no circumstances would the
board vote funds for the payment of
this Indebtedness If the road commits
sioners persisted in their action. The
clerk was also instructed to serve a
copy of the resolution upon the Austin
Western company.
Boyne City's Revival
NJ. ]. Fox, a prominent citizen of
Boyne CITY, Mich, and who is inter-
ested with the Won Plattens in a large
acreage of timber lands in Wisconsin
was a visitor at Pentago, Iron coun-
ty, the other day. Mr.. Fox is very en-
thusiastic over the wonderful pro-
gress made by Boyne City the past five
years. From an apparently dead town
of $500 inhabitants IL has grown to
5000 and is recognized as one of the
most wide-awake and hustling towns
in the northern part of the lower pen
insula. And it has all been brought
about by the business men and citi-
zens getting together and boosting for
the upbuilding of their town. They
have landed manufacturing establish
ments one after another. and are still
boosting. A business mems organiza-
ton such as exists Aat Boyne City is
a live wire and q wonderful asset for
any town.
Propose to Organize Village
About fifty French and Polish fam
lilies who have located on the State
road in Menominee county have ap-
piled to hav. tiClr settlement incorpaI-
ated as a village under the name of
Jsnow. The settlers have made their
homes In the locality for the last two or
three years and have built church,
sc hool, house and other buildings The
place is in fourishing condition.
Fur Buyer is Fined
NJ l.. Smith. of Dayton, Ohio, rep
resenting a Dayton fur house, was
arrested at Trout Lake. Chippewa
county, this week by State Deputy
Game Warden ]. Il. Eddy. Smith
was charged with buying beaver skins
and is said to have had one green hide
and number of tanned ones i'm his
possession when placed under ar
rest. He was taken to the 500 tried
i'm the justice court and paid a fine
and costs aggregating $3.50.
Sanford Proctor, who was arrested
by Deputy Eddy at Strongs. Chippe-
wa county. charged with having bea-
yer skins i'm his possession. stood mute
i'm court and his case was laid over
for three weeks. His wife Is sick and
he was allowed to go on his own
recognizance. IL was i'm his talk with
Proctor that Deputy Eddy got the clue
that led to the arrest OF Smith. He
learned that the fur man had been
at Strongs and had gone west on
the train. Mr.. Eddy got busy and
caught his man at Trout Lake.
Victim Of Cruel Joke
IL has developed that william Hunt.
who was taken to Escanaba with his
feet badly frozen. was cruelty desert
ed by a woodsman while on his way
TO a camp nine miles from Hardwood
and that he was made the victim Of
a practical joke which nearly cost
him his life. While unused TO work
In the woods and without any know
ledge OF the country. Hunt arrived
at Hardwood from Milwaukee, 10 work