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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-23
A Diversity of Opinion.

The fifteen hundred delegates pre-
scented a great variety of opinion rela-
tive to the best materials and methods
for road construction. so that to weigh
and digest the suggestions offered by
the various speakers was n matter of
considerable difficulty. says Mr.. Nc
Lain. Fori Instance, one expert would
speak enthusiastically in favor of tar
oil bound macadam roads, such as
those built last year near Mesnard by
the Houghton county commission,
while the next speaker would take a
directly opposite view and endorse
some asphalt preparation TO be used in
constructing what is known as water
bound macadam highway. 1t was stat
ed at the convention that IL had been
found during the past two years that
the oil-tar leaves the surface slippery
and muddy after rains, and following
"a prolonged dry spell a brown, dis
agreeable dust, rises from It, and the
surface does not stand up well. The
best preparation for the water bound
macadam highway, according to oppo-
of light, or medium, asphalt oil, COW
cred with small stone screenings This
method of improving the surface of
the highways has been used with good
success.
In regard to the statements relative
to the after-action of the oil tar prep
aration Mr.. McLain says that the
Houghton county commission has had
no opportunity TO make any obscrva-
tions owing to the recent construction
of the roads, one section of which is
still unfinished, due to the work hav-
ing been delayed by sixty days of rain
at intervals during the time the con-
struction was in progress.
Ideal Concrete Mixture.
For the reason that it showed a IT.
tie every day while he was i'm Roches-
ter, to the extent of hiding the road =
ways under a light covering of snow
observation and study of the roads
around Rochester was not feasible. Mr.
McI1ain while i'm Detroit on the return
journey, however. inspected some roads
built Of a sort Of concrete, which De
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WHAT COUNTY ROAD COMMITS
SlONER M'LEAN AND ENGlN-
EER MARTIN oBSERV-
ED THERE.

r. j. McLain, of Quincy, chairman Of
/ the Houghton county road commits
sioners, appointed 10y Governor Osborn
as delegate TO represent the state Of
: Michigan at the convention OF the AM
erican Road Builders association at
/ Rochester, and County Road Engineer
Martin have returned home from their
"trip. and report the gathering To have
been highly successful and the dis
cussions of a most practical nature
Three days were devoted 10 talks by
/ practical road builders on methods and
materials of construction and another
three days was given up to relating
mistakes that had been made in the
experience of some of the experts pres
ent. There were over fifteen hundred
delegates present. most of them from
New York state including a large num-
Der Of officials and experts Of the New
( York state highway commission, which
has absolute control of highway build
ing i'm that state and the expenditure
Of the immense sums appropriated for
/ road construction. Massachusetts was
| next TO New York in representation
and of all the other states Michigan
ranked the highest with a total OF
twenty-seven representatives.
No time was wasted at the conven-
tion, Mr.. McLain says, in any general
talks on the good roads movement Of
/ the necessity for having good roads
AN those matters were taken for
granted and every bit of the time was
| devoted TO practical talks on construc-
/ tion. durability Of materials, suitable
lily of various materials for different
kinds of roads. and the maintenance Of
/ highways subjected to excessive or or
binary traffic or motor cars or other
vehicles.
Many of the prominent superintend-
ents Of road construction, as well as
members of highway commissions, etc,
| presented some interesting facts as to
the manner i'm which they were con-
Quoting their work, also providing con-
siderable interesting data as to the cost
of construction and maintenance.
There is no state i'm the union i'm
which road construction has been con-
Quoted along as extensive lines as in
| New York and Monroe county alone,
/ in which Rochester is situated, has
completed, or has under construction,
20S.S6 miles. the cost OF which has to-
tailed s1,874469.19.
The absolute control Of the New
York road building by the state corn
mission has a serious drawback, in the
opinion of Mr. McLain, i'm its political
aspect, which involves the employment
or removal OF engineers, officials and
employes according to the mutations
/ of politics, there having been almost a
complete change of personnel after the
/ election Of Governor Dix. Many hun.
| dreds Of miles Of road are constructed
every year however, and an estimate
was made this year involving az OK
Ipenditure Of So, 100000 to extend oy er
a period Of years.
State Bonded for $5oooo,ooO.
A few years ago New York state is
sued bonds in the sum Of $4,000 600 to
/ be used for road construction and
/ maintenance. Under the state law. the
counties and townships combined pay
about 80 per cent of the cost the state
ma vino tho balance Tho toyvnsbinc noN.
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PRESIDENT KAYE HERE.

a general meeting OF the teachers
of the Houghton schools will be held
tomorrow afternoon at which time
President Kaye Of the Marquette Nor
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EXAMINATION OF
HENDRICKSON
WITNESSES TESTIFY AS TO HAP
PENINGS AT ST. MARY'S ON
DAY THAT MRS. KAARELA
WAS KILLED.

The examination of Matt Hendrick-
son or Ankela. charged with the muir
der OF Mr.. Ida Kaarela o"cug'ed the
entire day before Justice of .h- Peace
Little yesterday The first witUCssts
were the Jacobson's, father ANA son.
who live I'm the basement ui tie hUid-
ing IN which Mrs Kaarela resided. and
which Mr.. Jacobson owns. Their tes,i-
mouy related TO incidents of the after
noon and early evening previ as 20 The
discovery of Mrs. kaarela's body lying
ON the floor. Mrs. Jacobson was the
first witness after the noon recess, and
she was followed by Mrs, Erickson, a
neighbor An of these witnesses had
previously been examined at the i'm
quest and the questions asked by At
torney Corrigan for the defendant
w re i'm the nature of cross eNamin-
alton upon the testimony taken at that
time.
Huja Kaarela, a daughter OF The
dead woman. was a new witness. She
testified 10 returning home from "a visit
TO Coburntown, reaching home az
about ten minutes 90 seven o'clock,
She remained about five minutes and
then left to go after her sister Jcn-
ME. who was out visiting. leaving Hen
erickson and Mrs. Kaarcla alone
When she returned she heard that her
mother was dead and she went 10 the
Erickson home instead OF 10 her own,
sitting with his head i'm his hands and
she thought ne might have been cry
ing. Some keys that had been found
ON the floor were shown the witness
and she said one of them looked ila,
that Of her mothers trunk but wit
ness wasn't sure. She had never seen
a pistol in her mothers room or In
Heudricksons
No Evidence Of Pistol.
Much Of the examination was de
rccted towards ascertaining If any OF
the witnesses had ever seen Hendrick-
son with a pistol. none having done so
however. Chief Thor OF Hancock
testified 20 finding some keys and cart
ridges on the floor alongside ueadriak
sons pocket Four cartridges were
found altogether. and I'll bullet hole n
the wall over the place where Ms
kaarela was lying. The u5Ir iu the
wall appeared t0 nave entered obllaIe-
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Visit Most Beneficial.

Altogether the visit To the conven-
ton was a pleasant and beneficial one,
resulting in acquiring ideas which Will
be of value in the future work of the
Houghton county road commission.
Besides giving careful heed to the
papers and discussions at the sessions
OF the convention, Engineer Martin
mingled freely with the experts and
engineers present, by whom his stand
! ing i'm the engineering profession was
readily acknowledged and by whom he
was warmly greeted, and from his
Conversations acquired many sugges-
tons Of value. An amusing incident
was the meeting of Mr. Martin with a
representative of an asphalt concern,
who had some time ago sent him a
sample of asphalt with careful and de-
tailed instructions how to go to work
to build a road. Failing to receive any
! further attention the man in charge of
the correspondence suggested to a
salesman of the company that he visit
| Houghton county, and see what sort of
roads they were building here. Intro
ducing himself to Mr.. Martin he was
informed that his stuff wouldn't do as
| it didn't meet the specifications. what
specifications" the agent inquired.
Mr. Martin showed him. "Who made
those for you. the engineer was asked,
and when the agent was told by Mr..
Martin that he made them himself and
further informed the asphalt man what
the extent Of his experience had been,
the mortified and chagrined agent
wrote back to the firm that he guessed
that the Houghton county engineer
didn't need any primer on first lessons
in road building. The man who had
sent Mr. Martin the samples and the
instructions happened to be at the con-
lvention in Rochester, and on meeting
Mr.. Martin the two had a good laugh
over the matter.
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II DEER BROUGHT IN.

Seventeen deer arrived at Houghton
Yesterday. this number representing
the skill Of only eleven hunters. The
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-23

Local Office u. S. Weather Bureau,
Houghton. Mich, Nov. %. 1911.
Forecasts Till p. M. Friday;
Copper Country: Tonight snow and
much colder Friday clearing.
Upper Michigan: Snow and much
colder tonight, cold wave in East por-
ton. Friday clearing, colder in ex-
trcme East portion.
Lake Superior: High northwest
winds this afternoon and tonight
Northwest warnings A. NJ all ports.
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approximately 80 per cent, wni.a the
county pays 30 per cent.
IL will thus be seen thar New York
is paying a much larger sum proper
tionately than in Michigan for road
construction. In this state a reward of
$1,000 is paid on each mile of crushed
rock macadam road built. while a $500
reward is paid on each mile of gra, cl
road. The rewards received by Hough-
ton and other counties in the upper
peninsula on their macadam highway
construction has amounted 10 between
10 and Is per cent of the total cost.
Iron, Dickinson and other counties
which have been building roads Of sim
liar character in recent years, have re
.ceived similar rewards
Under the state law granting re-
wards To the counties for new road
work, which was enacted some six or
seven years ago, no aid is given for
the construction of dirt roads. some
of the counties I'm the lower peninsu-
la, which have constructed grave.
roads since the enactment of the law,
have received larger rewards from the
state than the roads actually cost
them. If gravel was used in the con-
.struction Of highways built of dirt liz
this section, the cost would be much
greater per mile than in the lower
peninsula, owing to the scarcity of the
gravel. In many places it would have
to be hauled several miles. so that it is
not practicable to build gravel roads
through some districts in Houghton
and other upper peninsula counties.
Expects Federal Aid.
According to Mr. McLain the opin-
ion was freely expressed at the con-
vention that within the next five or six
years the national government viii be
assisting i'm road construction through
out the country. He said that public
sentiment is growing SO rapidly in ia
vor of good roads that Congress un
doubleday will be asked to pass a bill
.appropriating moneys TO be used in as
sisting the various states i'm their
highway improvements. There has been
an enormous increase in the mileage
.of new roads constructed during the
past few years and there is now reason
to believe that the work along that line
will continue TO increase at even a
higher proportionate rate during the
next ten years than in the past ten.
The roads i'm Monroe county, as well
as those in other parts Of New York
state, are used more than are the
streets Of the average country town.
The highway between Rochester and
Buffalo, which are siXty-fivc miles
apart is a very busy one, as hundreds
of farmers, as well as thousands of
pleasure seekers are constantly using
III. While at Batavia, which is about
midway between Buffalo and Roches-
ter the proprietor of a garage told him
that the daily average number of auto
mobiles passing over the road was
5000, and that an average of 500 teams
drive over it. AS a result the cost Of
maintenance in Monroe county is about
6 per cent per annum of the total cost
per mile.
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testimony Of VIM. HauppaIa.

one OF the chief witnesses OF The
afternoon was William Hauppala OF
Painesdale, q former boarder at the
Kaarela residence. Hauppala said that
he had left ST Mary's some months
ago but had visited at Mrs Kaarela's
|ou several occasions. The last time
WAS on the date of the shooting, when
he arrived on Saturday afternoon,
slept with Hendricksou and left for
Paiuesdale at about half past one on
Sunday. He had stayed in his room
at Painesdale from supper time to time
for retiring. about ten o'clock. He had
had some conversation with Hendrick-
son before going TO sleep concerning
some accusations that Mrs Kaarela' S
son-in-law had said Hendrickson had
made i'm regard 20 his. the witnesses,
alleged relations with Mrs Kaarela,
Hauppala had told Hendricllson to De
careful what he said Witness recalled
a previous visit TO st. Mary's last
spring He stayed at the Jacobson's
i'm the basement Of the Kaarela house
and ne one morning heard loud words
upstairs between Hendrickson and
Mrs. Kaarela, in which Hendrickson
referred TO Hauppala. He had gone Ia
see what was the matter and asked
Hendrickson 10 go out with him. Wit
ness said Mrs. Kaarela had called TO
him to look out as Hendrickson had a
pistol Attorney Corgan objected Ia
the latter as hearsay.
You don't like Hendrickson very
Wen, do YOU" he asked the witness.
NO not very much" was the reply
-Four witnesses were examined this
/ morning in the Hcndrickson case, but
/ at noon an adjournment was taken
until Nov. %, to allow for the trans
was brought out today.
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regards as an ideal pavement for
heavy traffic. but an expensive one
costing about $4,000 a mile. 1t is not
smooth like the concrete sidewalk or
the granitoid, but is made with mix
ture of rocks of various sizes which
can be seen imbedded i'm the mixture
and which give it a rough appearance.
Such road is more liable to wear
from horses hoofs than from the tires
Of automobiles. as there is no loose
stuff to be worn away by the suction OF
the tires, while the sharp hoofs OF
horses are liable To break out particles
of rock. Such road, Mr.. McLain
thinks. should be practically indestruc-
tible and permanent.
The road builders i'm New York state
have been experimenting considerably
with different materials, one stretch
of thirty miles having been treated
with calcium chloride, which is giving
excellent satisfaction. Another ma
terial that is being tried is Kne-
lucky asphalt, which is sort OF
sand stone. or sand impregnated with
asphalt This has not been extensive
Nv used. but where 1t has been tried 1t
has been found most satisfactory. one
stretch of seven miles, which is used
very extensively by automobiles ana
teams. has not been repaired in seven
years, and is still in fine condition.
In connection with the convention
there was an exhibition of road build
ing accessories and equipment such as
rollers. wagons, rock crushers, mixers
etc, which was visited by Mr.. Mclean
and Mr. Martin, it being one object Of
their trip to look into the various
makes of rollers and crushers, the pur-
chase of which was authorized recent
ly by the board of supervisors, who
voted an appropriation of $4,000 for the
purpose
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Houghton Department

ly from about the height of mans
shoulder. An the bullets were of 32
calibcr and those shown as exhibits in
the case were Identified by Mr. rbor,
who said that he had marked them ami
then turned them over TO Unie; Sher-
in sheridan. lie had searched for a
pistol but had found none.
Conductor Mitchell OF the Housh:on
County street Railway testified 90 ear
ying Hendrickson ON his car ON the
afternoon of November from the rail-
road crossing i'm Hancock TO s. Mory's
reaching 81 Marys about four o'clock
Hendrickson remarked that he had h9d
trouble with two conductors already.
The witness inferred from the mans
conversations and actions that he was
intoxicated
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State Bonded for $5o,OOo,Ooo.

A few years ago New York state is
sued bonds in the sum Of $4,000 600, to
be used for road construction and
maintenance. Under the state law. the
counties and townships combined pay
about 80 per cent of the cost, the state
paying the balance. The townships pay
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-15
DOUGLAS CITIZENS ID
 TRY ARTISAN WELL

number of citizens of Douglas, headed by C. A. .Goode, Drs. lick man, Vanneman and others, during the spring. just after the first ar tesian flow was announced in well lat San simon station. made a trip to the valley and made filings on lands there and determined to put down a well in the vicinity. Now arrange ments have been made to start work on this well MT Goode is at San simon and will have general direc- tion of the enterprise. Concerning this well. known at San simon as the Douglas We'll" the Artesian Belt, published at San Simon, says:
 'On Monday F. O. Mackey moved | from Carr's well to the site of the Douglas well, two miles north of | Olga and about eight miles from San simon; and he began moving to | this site Tuesday his rig, which has been at Olga for the past three or | four weeks. This rig will be placed in position a5 quickly as can be, and drilling ccmmenceA To place the rig, have everything in condition and be ready to commence drilling twill require two or three weeks time, it is understood, so that 1t is not likely the drill will commence dropping before the first of July. However, work is commenced, and from this time on Mir Mackey will devote all of his attention to this
 we'll
 Tn assisting MT. Carr in the drill ing of his well, Mir. Mackey had a good chance to study tlie formations and indications in this belt: and the result is that he is well pleased with the valley, and thinks that his
 efforts to bring in a flow will be successful on attaining the required depth"
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-15
TROOPS MAY COOL OFF
 AT SUMMER RESORT

FL PASO, Texas, June 14-There is a possibility of the Fourth cavalry being sent to Cloudcroft for the sum mer-withdrawn from the heat of the border and given a chance to rest meath the pines in the shade at the top of the Sacramento noun tains.
 Lieut.. GardenhiTe. quarteTmaster of the regiment, has been at Cloudcroft looking for a prospective camp for the regiment and if the permission | is given for the regiment to move, lit will soon pull up stakes and hike, The regiment is at present stationed along the river stretching from Co lumbus, N. Nj. to Polyo, Texas. | Down at San Antonio. where it gets much hotter than here. the war department has already ordered the idisbandment of the big camp at Fort Sam Houston and instructed the sol. idiers to move to the mountains dur ing the hot weather. It Is believed orders will soon come for the Fourth
 cavalry to move from Fl Paso to 1 lCloudcroft. close enough that the | troopers could be returned to the
 border at once if needed, and yet a
 much cooler place than along the
 sandy banks of the international boundary stream.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-15
GREAT OCEAN LINER
 OLYMPIC STARTS OUT
Biggest and Best Passenger Steamer Now on Way
 to New York

SOUTHAMPTON, June IA Amidst loud cheers from a large as- semblage that Te-echoing across the water must have been an enthusias- tie bon voyage. the levialhan Whife Star liner Olympic. Captain Smith, R- N. k. sailed out from this port today on her maiden voyage to New York. The event was a notable one and thousands of persons assembled 10 witness the departure.
 The Olympic, which is a triumph of marine architecture. sailed grace fully out of the harbor, carrying a complement of passengers. 1900. be sides a crew or 80 officers and sea men 36 engineers, 36O men m the engine room and stokehold, a chiei cook and forty assistants and innum erable other employees.
 The Olympic is unapproached mol only in size bu'l in the matter of lux uTious appointments. In every re specu the big ship is a floating hotel
 Dancing Uooms, smoking rooms cafes. library and even gardens arc among the features of the big vesse There are a cool avenue of Orienta AldliAAss BEuS Ol AOSSS anu I1lA ndlACA7 and arbOrs skillfully contrived b! i expert gardners. Among other in | eresting innovations are a swim
 ming bath, sufficiently deep for div ng. and a skating rink.
 The suites of cabins are in thei ! designs and fittings equal to thu rooms of the finest hotels in Europe ! There are many dining rooms, thi yrlncIpai one of which is elaboratell | deccra. ed and seats no fewer thai SIX hundred. Those who wish to talk aheIr meals on deck can do so at
 -'yerandah cafe" situated on one O she upper decks fifty feet above tn ! level of the water
 Another novelty IS a grill room
 The cabin suggesss an old Englisl
 -nopnouse. with high packed stall ] of ancient oak and broad low tables
 t VIII be possible, at any hour O the day or night for a passenger t
 ase the grill room. The palm garde
 s still another refuge for those wh weary Of the confines of he ship dui
 .ng passage.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-15
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