The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-01

I visor OF the census for the upper pc
ninsula district, was in the 500 this
week and was interviewed by a re-
porter. Said he: 81 am. not authorized
TO give out any figures, but you should
be able most any time now TO secure
the population of the 500 by writing
the census department at Washington.
can say this. however. that Sault
ste Marie viii show as healthy an in
crease i'm population as any town In
the lower tier of counties. You may
saw for me-" ne added, "that II you
have any knockers in the 500 they will
no doubt be surprised when they get
the figures that they had best begin to
boost from this on" From Mr.. Ben
netts talk IL is inferred that the 500
will show material increase I'm popu-
lation over the last census, and IL is
the general opinion that the number OF
people is i'm excess OF 10000.
Plans War on the House Fly
While dairymen catering to the
wants of 500 people have done much
OF late toward making their places
more sanitary there is another phase
which has not yet received attention
and one which it is the purpose of the
board of health to commence imme-
date battle against, and that is the.
little but dangerous fly. The board is
securing material for a campaign
~ yafngt thfo inGaaf and nFnnnSRq
shortly to go before the dairymen with
facts. 1t is proposed to advertise the
dreadful ravages of this little fellow
and TO send circular letters to the
milkmen. In these letters will be con-
tanned information how to fight the fly
how to screen the milk houses and
take other precautionary measures.
Plans Active Canvass
Hon G.. T. Werline of Menominee
county candidate for the Democratic
nomination for congress from this dis
trict will start his political campaign
about the middle of July, possibly right
after the fourth. He has done very
little campaigning but he has visited
Delta, Dickinson, Iron and Marquette
counties, and at every point of his
visit he has been given n hearty recep-
tion. At the present time Mr.. Wer-
line is i'm Marquette, where he is on
the jury in the United States court. |
and he will probably be held there |
until the first OF July, when his time |
will be his own and he will have plen-
ty of opportunity of getting out among |
his friends and electioneer for himself. |
In the twelfth congressional district |
there are fifteen counties and Mr.. |
Werline will endeavor to cover all of |
them in his campaign.
School Teachers are Welded
In the presence only of a few close
friends Miss Estelle Deroche and Fred /
rick W. Mackenzie were married at |
Escanaba, the ceremony being per-
formed by Rev. p. b. Ferris of the |
First Presbyterian church. The bride |
was attended by Miss Ruth Syverson
as maid of honor and George p. Ed
monds attended Mr.. Mackenzie as
groomsman. Following the ceremony |
dinner was served at the Syverson |
home, after which the newly married |
couple left for Boston where they will |
visit for several weeks. The bride
has been engaged for the past two
years ais teacher in the Escanaba
public schools. The groom is princi-
pal of the high school, having served
in that position for the past year and
having been engaged for the same
post for next year. While 1t has been
known for some time that the couple
were to be married the exact date of
the wedding was known only to their
most intimate friends and the cere-
mony came as a surprise To MANY