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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03

al Ann Arbor, to spend her vacation
at her home IN Hancock
Mrs. A. B. Scott entertained the
members uf the Hancock chapter OF
the order Of the Eastern star to a
ride to the canal on The steamer Uar-
da on Saturday night
J. H. Hicok left Saturday FOR q
business trip to Pittsburg lie expects
to return by July 10. the date of the
school election. at which Mr.. Hicuk
viii be- candidate for d position on
the board OF education.
j. Frank quinn, manager of the
home coming celebration, left on sat
urday for a trip to Chicago. 90 make
final arrangements relative 10 attrac-
tions for the celebration al the driving
park. and on route he stopped al Bar
aga on business.
Rev. FIR Arthur Dcschesne of Mon
treal. who addressed the ST. Jean
Baptiste societies OF Hancock and
Houghton at 81 Ignatius church on
June IA. was rendered reception at
the Rouleau hall in Hancock ON Satur-
day night and presented with "A purse
Of gold.
Il retire from Office without any
sore spots whatever and with nothing
but the best OF feelings towards the
citizens OF Hancock with whom nv
relations during my fifteen years In
Office have on the whole been most
pleasant and congenial."
When Judge olivier completes his
course OF law studies. he win locate
in the copper country again and prac-
tice his profession here. ''They can't
lose me-" said Judge Olivier this|
while engaged i'm packing his
files and the dockets containing the
records of the past fifteen years. The
copper country is the only country
where want TO live. / feel greatly
indebted to the people of Hancock forI
the kind treatment and support given
me. and am thankful for the many
received.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03
is PAINTING REcToRY.

ing the residence OF Rev Il. j. Atfield
pastor of st. Patrick's church There
has been a widespread effort made by
residents of Hancock this spring TO
improve the looks Of their dwellings
by new coats OF paint, the activity
noted among the local painters hav-
ing been unusually marked during the
past couple of months.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03
LIKE A WORLDS FAIR.
Hancock Homecoming will Attract
Many from This City.

Many from This City
Hancock is the first city in the up
per Michigan to construct an exposi-
ton grounds after the fashion of the
large worlds fairs. Every one Of the
handsome buildings which are being
erected at the Hancock driving pork
for the celebration OF the citys semi
centennial, July 17-22, is of a perma-
nent nature: and will remain as a
stable monument to the greatest cele-
bration in the history of the Copper
Country.
There will be seven handsome thea
ters. artistically designed and execut-
ed and seating each 700 people, in adj
dition TO the large Temple of Tab
leauX" and a German Village" which
will cover an acre of ground. The
Temple of Tableaux' and the Ger
man Village" are especially striking
The former presents the appearance
of a large stage. TOO feet in widtn and
nifty deep and is fitted with all the
scenic effects. curtains, drops. etc, Of
the regular theater. Here will be
staged during the week mighty spec
tacles of rare beauty The German
Village" follows as closely as is posi-
BILE the design of a Swiss hamlet
perched i'm shelterng crags. 1t pre-
sents striking bit of realism as to
exterior. and the interior is even more
attractive
The Greater Hancock club will be. in
direct charge of every amusement en-
terprise at the park during the week,
and will insure the cleanliness and
high standard of all attractions. Con-
tracts have already been closed with
the various companies, and the home
coming visitors are assured a higher
class OF entertainment than has ever
before been offered i'm the Copper
Country.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03

"Uncle Joe" Cannon, at a dinner in
Washington. said Of a piece OF tariff
revision that he opposed
1T is useless for the foreigner and
no good at all for the American pro-
Queer The whole thing is a costly
error like the case of Slanks hired
man.
"Slank. for a June treat. set before
his hired man "A nice mess of fried
soft shell crabs. The crabs were to
do for the cook and stable boy as well,
but Shank happened in on the hired
man in the middle of the meal ana
found the cooks and boys prospects
looking very dark.
why said Shank reproachfully
you are eating your soft shell crabs
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03
SIDEWALKS ARE DAMAGED.

Many of the sidewalks on Quincy
street have been badly damaged dur
ing the hot spell of the past three
days the heat causing the cement 10
expand and bulge. raising the walks
a foot or more in some places. and
making large cracks in the paving ma
terial.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03

saves his money SO that he may pay
his own way. be generous to those I'm
need and helpful to worthy objects.
Tie may give his services for pay, but
must not receive tips for courtesies or
good turns.
10. A scout is brave. He has tne
courage To face danger I'm spite OF
fear and To stand up for the right
against the coaxings of friends or the
ieers of enemies.
II. a scout Is clean. He keeps clean
In body and thought: and stands for
clean speech. clean sport and clean
habits.
10. A scout is reverent. He Is rev.
erent toward God and respects the
convictions of others I'm matters OF
custom and religion.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03
weRpER LOSES YACHT.

Commander Werder of the Ashland
Naval Reserves came to Hancock Sat
urday and took the cruise on Lake
Superior with the Michigan Naval re-
serves on the Yantic. Mr.. Werder' ;
yacht, the Crest" well known i'm To-
cal waters by reason of frequent Wis
it's, was burned at Ashland last Fri
day night. the loss being about $4,000.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03
EXTENDING TRACKS.

The Houghton County Traction COM
pany has begun work extending the
safety spun track on Ingot street as
far as the Mineral Range crossing,
leaving but short distance TO be
walked by homecoming visitors be-
tween the terminus of the car tracks
and the driving park gates a cement
walk will he laid this week from the
gates To the tracks.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03
WILL VISIT PARIS.

partment store. will leave this week.
probably about Thursday for a trip to
Europe. He will be accompanied by
Isidore Krolik of Calumet. and will
spend considerable time in Paris where
Krolik i'm charge
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03
TO BE Welded JULY is.

Walter Larson, violinist, who has
been located at Marinette, Wis, has
arrived home. TO remain through the
summer. His sister, Miss Elizabeth
M Larson. is To be married July Is,
and he will attend the wedding
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03
Fisherman's Luck.

A monster trout weighing ninety
three pounds was landed by q Bel
fast angler the other day. The fsh.
an ordinary brown trout. is the largest
trout caught in Ulster within the
memory of the oldest Waltonian By
rod and line.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03
Unreal Nalue.

In the loss of an object we do not
proportion our grief to the real value
IT bears, but 10 the value our fancies
set upon Addison.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03
HANCOCK BRIEFS.
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Miss May Coon OF the postefiice stan
is taking two weeks vacation
Miss Rose Chamberlain has returned
home from the nurses training school.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03
without bread.

without bread
Well boss replied tho hired man.
as he thrust half q crab into his
mouth, them wot can't eat good rich
crabs ike these without bread de-
serves 10 go hungry
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03

Attorney John Kiskila has returned
from trip to Denver and Telluride
Colorado.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-03

From a Gravestone.
/ expected IT, but ! didn't expect IL
quite so soon.-Life.
49,,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24

D PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-The recent
raids on opium smugglers made
In New York and other cities by fed
eral officers are preliminary to a ma
tion-wide crusade by the authorities
in Washington to check the ravages
Of the opium habit.
Government statistics reveal that
more opium is consumed in this coun.
try per capita than in China. Four
hundred thousand pounds of crude
opium are imported annually and the
raids show that vast quantities are
smuggled. The population of the
United States is 100000. The an
nual consumption Of opium in China
In all forms is 100000 pounds.
China's population is more than four
hundred million.
One of the largest importers Of
opium In the United States called the
attention of the National Civic FEEDER.
alton to the frightful growth of the
evil. "The figures speak for them
selves" he said in an address on the
subject at banquet of druggists in
Philadelphia. unless an effective
check is put on the opium evil it will
sap the physical as we'll as the moral
strength Of the nation.
Germany, with a population of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24
Uncle Sam Would Have Us Eat Venison

The flesh of young antelope is said
to be much superior to ordinary veni-
son. That of mature animals, particu-
larly the males, has a strong flavor:
but this may be greatly improved by
domestication. A full grown prong
horn weighs from 100 to 125 pounds,
and will dress from IS to 80 pounds.
The deer family stands next to the
cattle and sheep family in general util-
ity. The flesh is valuable food. Ven
ison was more common than beef on
the tables of medieval Europe and was
the flesh most commonly eaten by
early settlers and frontiersmen in
North America. It's dietetic value is
enhanced by the fact that it is espe-
cially adapted to invalids who re-
quire a nourishing. yet easily digested
food.
The American elk, with all its
claims of attention, is fast disappear
ing from the earth, with scarcely an
effort for its preservation or domesti-
cation, the department declares. By
domestication it does not mean SIM
ply tanning, but a course of intelligent
breeding and protection. A series OF
experiments has furnished the sci
entists with sufficient evidence to
say confidently that this business
may become of great Importance to
the country.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24

w ASHINGTON.- fact that con-
W gress continues to nurse various
projects for artificial waterways may
probably be taken to indicate that
sooner or later some of these canals
Will be constructed. The rivers and
narbors bill, as amended by the senate,
and as it will probably stand when
anally passed, directs the national wa
serways commission to make a careful
study of the advisability and feasibil-
Ity OF the proposed canal from Lake
Erie, by way Of Fort Wayne, or by
some other direct and feasible route.
20 the southern end of Lake MICHIGAN.
and of canal from the Ohio river. at
4 point near Pittsburg, to Lake Erie.
The commission is also directed to
ook into the feasibility and practfca.
bility Of canal to connect the Ana.
costa river, here at the national cap.
ital. with Chesapeake bay, or some
tributary of that bay.
In the case of the proposed cana;
rom the Ohio river to Like Erie, the
dill provides that the expense of in.
1estigating as to its feasibility and
'racticability shall be borne by the To-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24

D HOEN1X, Ariz.-Come to Arizona
to die and get buried cheaply. The
Mar1copa county board of supervisors
has just closed contract with local
undertaking firm whereby those who
die in such circumstances as to me-
cessitate burial by the county will be
laid away decently at the expense of
one mill per person. This includes an
upholstered redwood coffin and full
funeral service.
Four firms bid for the county busi-
ness, and none may be said to have
sought to exact an exorbitant stipend.
The highest price asked per corpse
was $425, while one firm offered to
do the work for 10 cents each and
another for one cent. The firm bid
ding One-tenth of a cent was the low.
est responsible" bidder and got the
business
1t might be gathered from this that
Maricopa county is such healthy
place that no one ever dies But not
only do persons die here, but they die
by scores.
The county burial bill, even at one
mill, will in the twelve months for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24
Have Hopes for Lakes-to-G Gulf Canal

cal interests affected. No such provi.
sion is put in with respect to the inves-
tigation of the proposed canal connect.
ing Lake Erie with Lake Michigan.
BY the terms Of the new rivers and
harbors bill, the waterways commits
sion is to have two years from the
4th of March In which to investigate
these projects. In making the investi-
cations the commission is authorized
to call upon the engineer corps of the
army to furnish data.
Nearly every observer with large
range Of vision is convinced that soon
er or later, a canal connecting Lake
Erie with the lower end of Lake
Michigan will be built, and that
canal will eventually connect Lake
Erie or Lake Michigan with the Ohio
river. Persons who have devoted some
study to this subject of artificial water
ways are disposed to believe that
when the country is ready for canal
connecting the Ohio river with one
Of the great lakes the demand will be
for a canal extending from Lake Mich
igan, through Indiana to the Ohio
river.
There are many reasons for believ.
ing that as soon as the Panama canal
Is completed, the building OF artificial
waterways here at home will be under
taken on large scale. 1t is generally
assumed that the lakes-to-the-guf wa
terway will be the first of the projects
put through.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24

r HIS is the land Of the free and the
home of the brave. 1t is the haven
Of the down-t, odden and the hope of
the oppressed. 1t is the asylum Of the
homelesy aid the opportunity Of the
willing. Millions in overcrowdec Eu-
rope cast longing eyes hitherward and
annually hundreds of thousands sue
coed in reaching our shores. We have
room fer them. There are work and
opportunity here for each of them-if
they ale of the right sort Our broad
acres and our prosperous cities can
care for another hundred millions as
easily as they support those who are
here. All we ask is that they be
earnest in the desire to be good Amer
teams capable of self-support, healthy
OF mind and body.
But, unfortunately. in our generous
hospitality we are imposed upon. This
great country of ours in fairness to
ourselves should not be made the
dumping ground of the mentally in
competent, the physically incapable,
the morally perverted, and against
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24

N CIV YORK.-That New York City
~ has nearly reached its maximum
OF growth and will find its supremacy
as the biggest city and the most i'm
portant commercial center in the west
ern world threatened by competitors
during the next thirty years Is the be-
lief of Walter Laidlaw, secretary of
the New York Federation of Chris
tian Organizations and a census ex-
pert of note. Dr. Laidlaw frankly sets
aside as preposterous the commonly
accepted estimates of the tremendous
growth Of the city in the next three
decades and prophecies that In 1910
the population will not exceed $780,
900.
In long report on New York's
Future" DR.. Laidlaw notes that the
two greatest causes of the city's rapid
rise to pre-eminence were the build
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24

Uncle JIM WILSON, OF the depart
~ ment of agriculture, hopes to put
venison, that luxury of the rich, on
he table of every citizen in our coun-
Try, and at less cost than that of beef.
He aims to accomplish this by con-
vincing farmers that they can raise
small herds of deer or elk or antelope
IN land that is at present absolutely
7alueless and with practically no
attention after the start is once
made.
In many parts Of the country there
Ire tracts of land which can be more
2rofitably used for raising venison
han any other purpose.
The propagation of game is as legiti.
nate business as the growing of beef
>r mutton, and, according to the de-
oartment, the producer should be per-
nitted under reasonable regulation, to
dispose of his product at any time,
other for breeding purposes or for
tood. This some of the state laws
low prohibit
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24
Men Hold Trump Card in Social Game

picking and choosing, and each dear
man will be fdgeting properly as to
) whether I'll choose him or his brother.
Turkey for me! The men here are
spoiled foolish. To be sure, you have
enough of 'em and to spare; the only
trouble is If they are so generally will
ing to consult their own convenience
without regard to the anxiety they
cause the women who entertain"
This baroness enjoyed the reputa-
ton of soaring the wits out of the 9TH
er danes who were contemplating din
ners or dances.
For PHYS sake" they used to wall.
docs anybody know II the Baroness
Blank has any notion Of doing any
thing such-and-such a night? If she
has, away will flock the men to
her side-it will never do to pick
the night she hits upon for any Of her
doings."
Wherefore, putting two and two to-
gether, the baroness departure was
not accompanied with more grief
than one could weep forever though
she did do things up so beautifully.
and besides was very kind and
considerate parsonage when the
debtantes and near-debutantes were
concerned
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24
Gotham May Have Reached Its Growth

ing of the Erie canal and the immense
immigration, and be declares that
there are now certain factors working
against continued increase.
In the first place, DR.. Gaidlaw sees
a continuation in the decline in the
share of New York in the foreign
commerce Of the nation. IN the last
thirty years it has fallen from 54.8 to
ATT. Canada Is becoming an import
ant competitor and other American
ports are doing their bes: 10 overhaul,
the metropolis. Providence, Boston
Baltimore, Philadelphia and othe,
ports are formidable rivals. The pro
posed intercoastal canal. the develop
ment Of the Mississippi the compile
ton of the Panama Canal and the
favorable positions OF cities to the
south Of New York City 20 engage in
trade with South America, all will
tend to dwarf New York.
Other factors are the decline Of i'm.
migration. the diminishing export
trade with Europe, tbs awakening OF
China and the increasing importance
of Pacific commerce. The Pacific
coast, the statistictGn thinks, is bound
to run the East hard fur it's present
supremacy
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24
Threat to Sing Duet Wins Judgment

Lament" after which he would recite
excerpts from Ter Flights In a Bar.
room," thereafter lernng the jury do
eide without furthee argument.
Murdoch and Panac7ast stated their
willingness to submit the case without
argument, but before doing so they
wanted permission to sing a duet. A
settlement was reached by conference
and substantial judgment agreed
upon in favor Of the plaintiff.
Murphy one year ago won an i'm.
portant suit by singing to the Jury
after he had completed his argument
He sang a few stanzas of a famflia,
old song. Without leaving the boz
the jury returned verdict for hi,
client. Opposing attorneys appealed
alleging that Murphy In singing wenj
outside the record, that his conduct
was improper and that having a fin>
and well-trained voice. he took undue
advantage Of counsel on the othe,
side. The Supreme court held with
Murphy, deciding that an attorney
could talk or sing his arguments tc
the jury and that there was no statute
against such proceedings.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24

THERE is story abroad in Wash
/ ington, whether true or not, that
the pampered men of the capital go
about accepting invitations and then
at the last moment turn f1ipnap II
they get a card from hostess where
there is apt to be more fun going on.
Anyway, it is the men OF Washington
who hold all the trump cards IN the
social game, as one may infer from
this declaration of a dashing young
American baroness who left here not
4 great while ago:
Sorry to go to Turkey? Sorry to
set up housekeeping in CONSTANT.
nople? Not bit Of it! Why, my
dear, things will be changed complete
!y. Over there will not have the deliri-
UNI fdgets wondering whether I'll have
men enough to go around II l give a
dance or dinner-no, indeed, 1t will
be Just the other way about. I'll be
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24
Burials Cheap in This Arizona Town

which the contract Is made, run up
into several dollars. This Is due to
the fact that Phoenix, the seat of
Maricopa county, is famed resort for
tuberculosis victims.
Behind the bid lies the reason. It
is worth something for the undertake
ing firm to get it's name in the local
papers every time pauper dies. At
the same time, one can never tell by
the appearance living man presents
what his estate will divulge. It has
been demonstrated that not only do
the undertakers who have the county
contract not lose money, but actually
make good profit in addition to the
advertising
1t frequently happens that one case
makes up for the losses on a whole
years contract and leaves many other
cases of supposed indigents to create
a handsome profit for the business.
The contract at one mill per corpse
means that the dead wagon must 20
for the body and remove it to the I'm.
dertaking establishment There 1t
must be prepared for burial, the firm
supplying all the essentials. It must
then be transported to the cemetery
and inferred.
There have been cases where under.
takers have kept bodies for six months
while they sought throughout the
country for someone who would pay
a fair expense bill for the funeral. In
most or such cases they are ultimately
successful
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24
Country Aghast at Opium Consumption

about 100000 consumes only 10000
pounds, as against the 100000 pounds
actually accounted for In this coun-
try; in Italy, with a population Of
81, 100000, the consumption is about
5000 pounds; in AUSTRIA Hungary,
whose combined population is nearly
50,000,000. the annual consumption
does not exceed 1000 pounds; Hol-
land. with population of 100000.
consumes 5000 pounds annually.
In Europe there are 145,00o,0oo
people who consume annually only
about 10000 pounds of the drug, while
our population of 1o0,000,000, by i'm.
times that amount, to say nothing Of
the vast quantity that is clandestinely
brought into the country"
President Taft urges immediate &C.
ton to check the growth of tho evil.
There is now pending in both
branches Of congress a measure,
known as the Cullom-Foster bill, to
control the traffic by subjecting it to
heavy internal revenue taxes. The
bill also provides for a practically
prohibitive tax-$200 pound-on
smoking opium. The control of other
forms, principally morphine. will be
more difficult, 1t is conceded, although
it is said that in that form the drug is
most widely used
The highest medical authorities es-
innate that $4,000 pounds Of opium
should suffice for the medical needs
of the United States yearly, and that
fully IS per cent Of the 100000 pounds
imported is manufactured into NOR
phine.