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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03
VILLAGE ATTORNEY LOOKS
INTO THE GAS FRANCHISE

The question of whether or not inc
franchise granted the gas company OF
lHoughton makes provision for "A mini
mum rate of 20 cents, was settled 10
day by Village Attorney who stateu
that no such provision is made. Nha'
will be done regarding this at the
meeting of the council this evening is
mot known. MIR. Hambitzer investigat-
ed the matter and called on the gas
company for an explanation. The OF
ficials stated il is the custom for all
| lighting companies, both electric ana
gas, To charge a minimum rate ana
that If the franchise does not make
provision for such a charge they would
Immediately petition the council for
the insertion of such clause, that II
such clause is not i'm the franchlse'
il had been left out by mistake. The
franchise allows the company TO
charge all consumers maximum rate
of $1.5O. but the officials OF the COM
pany stated that they are now charg-
ing the residents of Houghton only
S180 per thousand cubic feet
Rev. Fr Rezek, who has signilied his
intention TO be present at the meeting
of the council this evening, states that
this is not the only matter about
which he has complained TO the Village
council. The question of minimum
rate, he asserts, is not the main point
of his argument. When the minimum
rate is paid To the collector, the meter
according To the statement of FIR. Re
eek, is not turned back. but when II
reaches the 1000 cubic feet mark the
fun rate of $3.50 is charged, so that the
consumer actually pays twice for the
use of the gas The gas company
agrees to a settlement of this matter
according 20 the wishes of FIR. Rezek,
as there are very few consumers who
do not use more than 25 cents worth
Of gas a month.
The officials of the gas company
state that minimum rate of 20 cents
must be charged to pay for the expense
OF sending a collector around each
month. a meter reader. the expense of
opening an account with the customer
and the expense of installing the me-
ter, and that a minimum rate of 30
cents would not be eXorbitant consid-
ering the trouble and expense involved
in taking a new customer.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03
PORTAGE CANALS
MONTHLY REPORT
TONNAGE THROUGH PoRTAG {
SHIP CANAL DURING OCTOBER
SHOWS DECREASE FROM
ONE YEAR AGO.

Supt George II. Banks this morning
gave out the following report OF the
commerce passing through the Portage
canal for the month of october. The
tonnage of the vessels passing through
the canal last month was less than
that of September, and compared with
last October, the tonnage is about
10000 tons less.
a marked decrease is seen in the
number of passengers carried COM
pared with October of last year, and
while 6.676 passengers were registered
during the month of September bound
down, the October report shows that
only one passenger was carried on all
the boats bound down.
The coal shipments were less last
month than for September and for the
corresponding month of last year.
Following is the report;
Tonnage and class of vessels passing
through Portage Canal during Octo-
Der. 1910.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03
More APPLES This Year.
HARVEST FESTIVAL.
Atlantic NJ. {. Church TO Give Enter
tainment Monday Evening.

The following is the program which
has beer arranged for the concert e
be given Monday evening at the At,
lantlc NJ. +. church:
Prayer-Rev. w. II. Collycott.
Solo-Miss Fern Juliffe.
Reading Mrs Holman.
SOlo-Wallace Polkinghorne.
Guitar solo-Rev. w. II. Collycott
Solo-Miss Holmlund
Address--Rev. w. II. Collycott.
Solo-Miss Gladys Cole
Address-Mr. HOlmlund.
Quartette-Trimountain quartette.
The entertainment Is IN the nature
Of harvest festival which will COM
mence on Sunday evening
The Sunday evening service will con-
sist OF addresses by Wilf-ed Holman
Of Trimountain and Frank c. Waters
Of Atlantic, solos by Miss Cameron Of
Hancock and Bernard Stephens %
Baltic and a special anthem by the
choir. The church viii be tastefully
decorated
After the concert Monday evening
refreshments win be served for which
the farmers in the vicinity Of Atlantic
have donated farm produce.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03

OF Cuticura Resolvent together with the Cuti-
cura Ointment. my sores were nearly healed
over, and by the time ] had used the third
bottle. | was entirely well | had a good
appetite and was nesher than ! ever was.
To any one who has any skin or blood disease
j would honestly advise them 20 fool with
nothing else, but 20 get Cuticura and get we'll
MY hands, cured by the use OF Cuticura. have
never given me the least bit OF trouble up 10
now. | cannot recommend Cuticura highly
enough, II has done me and my family so
much good. Ny daughters hands this sum-
mer became perfectly raw with eczema. She
could get nothing that would do them any
good until she tried Cuticura She used two
bottles OF Cuticura Resolvent and one box OF
Cuticura Ointment and in two weeks they
were entirely cured. ! have used Cu,icura
Tor other members OF my family and Il always
proved successful. | recommend u 10 any one
with eczema. After once using II YOU viii
never use anything else. Mrs NJ. T.. Faln,
speers Ferry, Va, Oct. 10. 1909"
Cuticura Il the most economical treatment for
affections % the akin and scalp a rake Of Cutcurs
SOAP and b0x ~ Cntlcura Ointment are often
Chem Corp Sole Props. Boston.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03
GRAPE SHIPMENTS SMALL.
Shipments This Year About Half
Those of Previous Years,

The grape shipments received this
year Boz the copper country are about
ope-half those Of last year. 4 few
more cars are expected over the Cop
per Range railroad and the season for
wire making will come 10 a close. only
forty cars 81 grapes have been sold in
the copper country this year whereas
I'm former wears from - 10 so cars
have been disposed OF. The reason as
signed for the great reduction I'm
vine-mal<ing is the fact that grapes
are little more expensive this year
than ir other years. Many Calumet
wine makers have not attempted to
make any wine this year and as the
greatest part OF the grape shipments
into the copper country go to that
place the total consumption is reduced
considerably.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03
MILLION GALLON
TANK COMPLETE
PIPE FITTINGS EXPECTED THIS
WEEK MUST BE PLACED BE-
FORE WATER is RUN IN
TO RESERVOIR.

Houghtons million gallon reservoir,
which was built this summer. is now
complete and all ready to let the water
into it. The only thing that delays the
filling Of the large tank is the non-ar-
rival OF number of fittings for the
suction pipes. The fittings were ship
ped from Chicago ten days ago. As
soon as they arrive the pipes will be
| laid and the tank filed.
The reservoir was recently washed
out with a hose and thoroughly scrub
bed. Several formations extend across
the floor OF the reservoir and the
workmen uncovered a fine looking vein
OF conglomerate rock which gives the
reservoir beautiful and substantial
bottom. A mixture of soap and alum,
making a composition to MI the pores
Of the cement walls to protect them
| from the action of the water and keep
the walls from leaking, was recently
applied. The mixture is insoluble and
does not affect the taste of celebrat-
ed Huron spring water.
Unlike the other reservoirs owned by
the village the new one is open, with
only a railing around the top of the
walls to keep people from falling into
the tank The tanks of all large city
water systems are open TO the air. The
snow falling into the tank will be cas-
ilv dissolved and the running water
will not freeze.
Prepared to Fight Fires.
When the new reservoir is filled with
water the village of Houghton will
be prepared to fight fires Of any size
Superintendent OF public works, Mar
tin Foley states that should a serious
fire threaten the village Of Houghton,
the two pumps at the pumping station
could be kept working from eight TO
ten hours and throw any number of
streams from the reserve supply kept
i'm the reservoirs. The supply OF water
is unlimited All the new additions of
Houghton have been laid with water
pipes so that fires in any part of town
can now be reached with strong
streams Of water.
The new reservoir Is an addition to
the old one. which holds 100000 gall
Ions, so that together the whole tank
will hold 100000 gallons. This wa
ter comes from four springs running
down the hills back of West Hough-
ton. and the water is pumped from the
reservoir TO Hurontown where grav-
itv sends the water 10 the highest
buildings i'm the village.
When the new tank is filled, the
combined storage capacity of all three
reservoirs owned by the village will be
$500 600 gallons. Mr. Foley states that
the trouble with the water system of
Houghton before this tank was built
was that the village never had any re-
serve water to draw upon i'm case of
fire and that the supply i'm the reser-
voirs was hardly adequate to supply
the needs of the residents.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03
~~~~~~~.~ NEWS FROM HOUGHTON =
Marine SEASON
TO CLOSE EARLY
ALL BOATS ON GREAT LAKES
WILL TIE UP FOR WINTER,
NOVEMBER 3o-No lNsUR-
ANcE EXTENSIONS.

c. o. Berglund. agent for the Anchor
line and the Western Transit company,
stated this morning that the naviga-
ton season on the great lakes will
close about two weeks earlier this
year than last This is due 10 the
change I'm the marine insurance. This
year the insurance on boats will expire
one week earlier than i'm other sea-
sons and all boats on the great lakes
viii tie up at whatever ports they find
themselves on November 80. In other
years extensions Of time were some
times given by the Insurance compan-
les but no extension may be expected
this year. Last year the boats of the
Anchor line tied up at Chicago, De-
troit. Erie, Duluth and Buffalo.
In and Out of Houshton.
The Schuylkill left Houghton yes
terday east bound. with a cargo Of
copper and the Tionesta departed, west
bound with cargo Of package freight
The coal boat, Harold Nye, win arrive
in Houghton tomorrow with a consign-
ment of special coal for the Michigan
smelter. The coal boat, Maruba, left
yesterday after unloading a cargo Of
coal at the Copper Range dock for the
Winona mine.
II Is expected that this week will
see the retiring of large number OF
wild carriers. Their season is prac-
tically over now as they can get but
few cargoes this month. Several large
freighters will be kept at Duluth for
the storage Of grain during the winter,
although It is said that few have re-
ceived charters for this storage as yet.
Some OF the boats now at the lower
end of the lakes win be sent here with
coal.
More Apples This Year.
Mr.. Berglund reports that the ship
ments Of apples from New York and
Southern Michigan ports viii this year
greatly exceed those Of previous years.
The apples already received into the
copper country exceed i'm quantity
those received last year. Many of the
apples are stored by the wholesale and
produce houses for the winter trade.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03
WEATHER STATISTICS.

The highest temperature for the
month Of October as shown in the
meteorological statistics for the month
OF october issued this week by Wealth
or Observer Cowdrick. was on the sew
enth Of the month, when the thermo-
meter reached the So mark, while the
coolest was 26 degrees on october %.
light frost fell on the last day of
the month. There were thunderstorms
October 10. sleet fell on the twentieth
and fog was visible the thirteenth.
The total precipitation was 2.3i inches.
The snowfall reached only four inches
and no snow was on the ground Mt the
crd Of the month.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03
DEMAND FOR BRICK.
St. lsnace Brick Company Will Build
Four New kilns.

The demand for brick in all parts
Of the upper peninsula has forced the
st. Ignace Brick company. a com
pany organized and financed by copper
country people TO sell more shares in
order to raise money for the erection
Of four new kllns. The shares are now
being sold in the copper country and
the kilns will be built this winter so
that by spring the company will be in
q position to handle all orders for
brick
The Van Orden company recently re-
ceived four carloads Of the brick which
Is Of a buff color and declared to be
the equal Of any building brick. Sew
eral copper country contractors and
builders are shareholders in the com
pany
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03

The INDIAN MEDICINE MAN

can produce roots and herbs for every
ailment, and cure diseases that battle
our most skilled physicians, who have
spent years in the study of drugs.
From the roots and herbs of the
field originated Lydia p. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which for thirty
years has proved more potent and CHI
cacious in curing female ills than any
combination of drugs known.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03
ECZEMA ON HANDS
FOR TEN YEARS
Were Raw All 0ver-Was Spreading
to Body and Limbs-Used CUT
cura and was Cured Also
Cured Daughters Eczema.

ct had eczema on my hands for ten years.
A. FIRST II would break out only In winter
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03
WILL ORGANIZE
A BOYS CLUB
MOVEMENT LAUNCHED FOR THE
RETIREMENT OF HoUGHToN
BOYS, PHYSICALLY AND
MORALLY.

A movement which has the backing
of influential Houghton citizens, was
begun yesterday il being the plan to
~ out a gymnasium so the boys may
be kept Off the streets. II is to be a
sort of a substitute for a Y. NJ. c. A.
The need of just such a club is APP
parent to all thinking citizens of
Houghton as there is at present no
place for boys to spend their even
ings, and they roam the streets. The
success of the club recently organized
At the Trinity church and the interest
taken in il by the boys shows that a
on-scctarian club of similar aims
would prove of great benefit.
I'm a few days some prominent BUSH
ness man will be appointed to receive
furds for the proposed organization
aud all the citizens so far interviewed
have promised their support.
{. II. Moss of the Citizens Natnoual
Bank agreed this morning to act as
receiver of all contributions from 81
up for the promotion of the Boys club.
Donations win be received at any time
from now on.
Furniture for Houghton club.
The first shipment Of furniture for
the Houghton club arrived yesterday
and will be installed i'm the new build
ing at once. The furniture. represents
an investment of several thousand
dollars. When all the furniture and
equipment for the club is installed the
investment will total over $4,000.
The members of the club hope to be
I'm the building by Thanksgiving when
they will celebrate in a fitting manner.
The carpenters have practically com
pleted their work and the painters are
staining and vanishing the wood
work.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03

A marriage license was this morning
Issued 10 George Kodric and Katharine
Takljovic both Of Baltic. and another
TO Hjalmar Pietila and Selma Niemi.
both Of Osceola.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03
GETS 30 DAY SENTENCE.

Henry Higgins appeared before JUS
tice Little this morning, charged with
a horse and driving away
with il. He entered a plea of guilty
and was fined $50 and costs, with the
of ninety days at hard Ia
Dor i'm the county jail. He took the
la
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03

Then Il hnally came 10 stay.
j had three good doctors TO
do all they could but none
OF them did any good. /
then used one box OF Cuti-
cura Ointment and three
bottles OF Cuticura Resolve
ent and was completely
cured. My hands were raw
all over. inside and out, and
the eczema was spreading
all over my body and limbs.
Before ] had used one bottle
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-03

From . to 10 o'clock we
place on sale 100 small sized
blankets at each Doc
The sea coast echo., 1910-10-01

to improve on the plow, it is said,
and in 1855 a patent was taken out in
England for a castiron ploWshare. La
ter still came the case hardening or
chilling.
Among those in the United States
who contributed to the development Of
the pillow were Thomas Jefferson and
Daniel Webster. Webster, it will be
recalled, took a great interest in things
agricultural and often went into the
fields of his own farm and held the
plow handles behind yokes of oxen.
Although better ploWs were then
available. in slavery days in some por-
tions of the south a plow comprising
a blade shaped not unlike a fattron
was attached to the end of a sort of
tongue. At the other end Of this
tongue was a cross-stick which could
be used by two men in drawing it. Be-
cause of the sandy soil the work was
not particularly laborious.
The plow shown in the accompany
ing cut mas no iron in it except the
plowshare and the bolt pinning it. The
framework is all fastened with wood
en- pegs. This relic is owned today in
Housewife, n. Y.
The sea coast echo., 1910-10-01

the plaster cast, represents the naY1-
gator seated in a heavy chair He
has a noble, intellectual head and a
fine dreamy face. He is attired in
knee breeches and dressing gown OF
ample folds On the right knee is a
large volume, intended, no doubt to
represent his great work to naviga-
ton, with his right hand resting upon
it. At his left, besides the chair. is
globe and sextant. On the other side
of the chair are more books The
base bears this inscription: "Execu-
ted by Ball Hughes, 1847."
Ball Hughes not only modelled the
first statue to be cast in bronze in
America, but he is said to have carved
the first portrait figure sculptured in
marble in this country. This was a
statue Of Alexander Hamilton erected
in 1885 in the rotunda of the New
York Merchants Exchange, which was
destroyed eight months later by fire
Among the priced relies in the Boston
Atheneum, carefully guarded in an up
per storeroom of the Beacon street
library building, is the little model of
this historic work.
Nathaniel Bowditch, who was ma
tive of Salem, died in Boston in 1888.
For some years before his death he
and the sculptor Hughes were close
friends BOwditch was an eXtraor-
binary genius. At ten years Of age
the straitened circumstances of his
parents forced him to leave school,
and from twelve to twenty-one he
Was an apprentice in a ship chambers
shop. Then he passed nine years at
sea finally becoming master Of
ship After quitting his nautical life
he made his home in Boston and de-
voted himself to learning and science.
He gained a pretty full knowledge of
the Latin, Greek, French, Italian, Por-
tuguese and German languages, made
himself the most eminent mathemati-
clan and astronomer that America had
produced. and did more for the repu-
tation Of his country among men of
science in Europe than had been done
by any other man., except perhaps
Benjamin Franklin.
The sea coast echo., 1910-10-01
THE BOWDITCH CAST
Original Design From Which
Statue Was Made.
Counterfeit Presentment of the
American Navigator is Real Modei
of First Bronze Statue Done
In This Country.

Boston-In the spacious yesuDule
of that venerable and interesting insti-
tuition, the Boston atheneum, the
city's oldest library, with its wealth
of literature and art treasures, IS d
seated figure of large proportions
that is the first object to attract the
eye of the visitor as he enters. Thls
figure, seated there so calm and re-
poseful, is the counterfeit presentment
Of a noted American, son OF MaSsa-
chusetts, and as such it is interesting
but aside from the great man that II
represents the statue has an historical
significance, it's chief claim to distlnc-
tion lying in the fact, as the visitor
may learn by reading a small inscrlp-
ton attached to it, that it is the orig
inal plaster cast OF the first bronze
statue made in America.
The figure is that Of DR.. Nathanlel
BOwditch, the great navigator, and the
renowned mathematician and astrono-
mer. The bronze statue of which this
is the plaster cast, stands in Mount
Auburn cemetery, surrounded by an
iron fence, one of the most conspicu-
GUS pieces Of sculpture within that
beautiful city Of the dead. Ball
Hughes was the sculptor. The plaster
cast is also his. He was an English
man, who came. to this country in
1929. landing in New York A little
later he came to Boston and settled in
Dorchester. where he made his home
The sea coast echo., 1910-10-01
Southern Methodists Wealthy.

Nashville, Tenn.-In the uniyersi.
ties, colleges and schools under the
Jurisdiction of the Methodist EpiscO-
pal church, South, the church OWNS
property to the value of over $4,000
600, Vanderbilt university represent
ing more Of this amount than any
other institution The sixteenth an
nual report of the board Of education
Of the church, just oil the press,
gives the complete statistics OF tho
churchs educational interests and the
reports OF all matters OF the board
and bodies subordinate to it,
The sea coast echo., 1910-10-01
Waldorf Salad,

Take a cupfuI Of celery shredded,
two cupfuls Of apple cut in dice, a
half cup nut meats. Mix all together
and serve on lettuce with a mayon-
naise or q boiled dressing.
When making apple pie put the
apple without any sugar or season
ing into the crust and bake as usual.
Slip a knife around the edge and re-
move the top crust; now add sugar,
butter and nutmeg, seasoning to taste;
put back the crust and serve. This
method saves the loss of sugar and
juice by boiling out in cooking.
Another nice way to serve fried
apples is to core them, cut across,
making circular slices, put in a pan
with a very little fat; sprinkle with
sugar and cook slowly.
A nice apple dumpling which is such
a favorite with the children is made
by preparing a biscuit dough; roll and
cut in pieces large enough to cover
a cored and peeled apple. Bake in
4 moderate oven and serve with sugar
and cream.
The sea coast echo., 1910-10-01

Sewing Machine of Fifty Years Ago.
years ago. and like so many other in
ventiOns, 1t was an American product
More than three-quarters of a century
before that there was a machine pat
ented in England for use in sewing en-
broidery, and in 1870 an improved ma
chino for the same purpose, followed
by another for sewing leather gloves.
Still others performed crochet work,
but none was really intended for the
work of the sewing machine which
came yet later
Elias Howe set the ball rolling in
1916 when he took out his patent for
the needle with the eye in the point
and the shuttle for uniting two edges
IN a seam, the stitch being made by
interlocking two threads Like so
many inventors of that time he had
much difficulty in enlisting the neces-
sary capital to place it on the market
But in the introduction of it the at
tention of scores of inventors was
turned towards the usefulness and
necessity for sewing machines, and
patents by the hundred subsequently
were secured
The plow has - more ancient his
tory than any of the articles men
toned. While the one shown IN the
illustration goes back nearly a cen
tury and a half, the first plows date
back to the days before Christ. In
fact, the very earliest records speak of
the Elow On some of the monuments
of Egypt a pIoW made from the limb
Of a tree is shown. In Palestine, three
sticks arranged to support each other
were long used, one of them being
sharpened to a wedge. This same type
of plOw is used today in Ecuador. In
some countries camels are used to
draw practically the same kind OF
plow.
In the early part Of the eighteenth
century in Europe progress began to
be made in the construction of plows,
the first one coming from Holland to
England, where deep tillage was be-
ing practised. A Scotchman was next