The Calumet news., 1910-05-28
BIG DELEGATION
OF DETROITERS
The Steamer 0ctorara Arrives at
Houghton With jolly Party
of Visitors.
GREETING TO COPPER COUNTRY
Wholesalers and Manufacturers of
Metropolis of State Come toxin
tertain and Chat With Lo-
cal Business People.

The Anchor lines finest steamer,
the Octorara, with about two hundred
people. members OF the Detroit Whole
salers' and Manufacturers association
with their ladies, came up through the
Portage Entry and through Portage
lake early this morning, tying up at
the Copper Range dock. All along the
water front the big s,eamer was greet
ed by blasts from the whistles of other
steamers in the !IarOor, as well as
from those OF the factories along the
.hore. The steamer is gayly decorated
with flags and bunting, inside and out
Among the first of the visitors to
leave the boat were Philip Breitmeyer,
Detroit's genial chief executive, and
with him was President NOack of the
association and also Secretary Leek.
These, with many others from the boat,
called on nearly all the business pla-
ces i'm the two towns, shaking hands,
telling little stories and always invit-
ing the business men to come to the
reception aboard the boat this evening
and to bring their wives and families
Tonight there will be splendid enter
tainment i'm addition to the reception.
The entertainment consists of several
musical numbers and Il sort of vaude-
willie performance.
Are Pleased With Towns.
"You may say" SAID president No
ack, when asked by The Calumet News
for a statement that we are all very
well pleased with the manner in which
we have been received in all the towns
of the upper peninsula. l will state
frankly that we are most of us amaz-
ed at the thrifty and prosperous APP
pearance of these two cities on the
banks of the Portage lake. We want
il strictly understood that we are here,
with our wives to entertain the busi-
ness men and their wives. We want
every business man who can to come to
the Octorara at some time during our
stay here and we want him to brins
his family with him."
Rev. DR.. John w. McCarroll of De-
tfOlt, canon Oh tnc EpiSNoPai N''NN"'
of Michigan, is aboard the boat and he
viii conduct services tomorrow morn
ing. During the service the Octorara
will leave her dock and steam out ol
the upper end of the canal, making a
trip along the shore of the Keweenaw
peninsula and returning to the dock AT
about noon.
Greetings to Portage Lake Towns.
In the mornings issue of "The Oc-
torarian," the little rally paper being
published aboard the boat, there il
printed greeting to the towns of the
copper country from the association
1t Is as follows:
Correcting to those who, in the wrest-
| ing from Mother Earth her copper
have created great and lasting Indus
tries. and substantial wealth; Greet
ing. all We good citizens of the copper
country who through your enterprise
| loyalty and intelligent cooperation
have developed it beyond the most san
guine dreams of our forefathers. 1t Is
a pleasure for us from Detroit to come
among you, so many of whom VII
probably visit at the Elks' convention
with your well known hospitality yot
have welcomed us In thus gettint
closer together the copper country''
fair cities will become more closel,
sympathetic commercially and social,
with Detroit. the Metropolis OF th'
| state which through this greeting eX
tends the right hand of fellowship"
Early this afternoon n special trail
left Houghton and Hancock, taking
the Detroit visitors to Calumet.
The Yarmouth and Lowestoft her