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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14
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Louis Beiring and family are spend
'ng a few days In Koweenaw county.
Mrs. l.. f. Ursin and son Ben, of
Laurium. expect To leave shortly for
Duluth, To join Mr.. Ursin.
Frank Mossner and Martin Munich
OF Laurium. have returned from a
visit to Detroit and other cities.
Mrs. Herman Broukhouse OF Laur-
ium, left yesterday afternoon for her
former home at Somerville Mass.
Louis I.aFortune of East Houghtor
was i'm Calumet yesterday. the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Kehl of
First street. Laurium.
Mrs. c. l. Bashore and daughter
Elizabeth. arrived home today from a
three weeks visit at Ada. O.. and other
cities She was accompanied by her
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14
CIRCUS a GOOD ONE.

The 800" News has the following
to say of Sun Brothers show when
appeared there Monday and which VIII
show here July II.
"The sun Brothers show moro than
met the expectations of all who saw
il yesterday Large crowds attended
both performances on the East Portage
avenue ferry grounds. Good order pre-
vailed all day long and the entire SHOW
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14
TORCHLAKE
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY,

Homer Roy of Lake Linden enter
tanned a large party of friends at his
home last evening, the occasion bong
the thirty second anniversary of his
birth. The marty included large
number from out OF town, as well as
Torch Lake friends. The Lake Lin
den band undcr the leadership of Hem
ry Gillette rendered n choice program
and luncheon was served. The even
ing proved very pleasant.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14
TORCH LAKE BREvITlES.
49, ***+%**** 49,

The steamer w. II. Dratwick is in
port
:. -. Crary and family arrived home
this morning from short visit to
Marquette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Derrick arc the
parents of son. born wednesday AT
the Lake Superior General hospital.
James Opie of IIubbell has purchas-
ed the home of Jacob Miller on Front
street a new heating plant viii be
installed in the building by Macdonald
brothers of Hubbell
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14
STREET WORK PROGRESSING.

The matchmaking Of First street,
Laurium, is being pushed and within
a few days the road bed will be ready
for the tar dressing. \ steam roller is
In commission between Hecla and
Kcarsargc streets Iroquois street, from
Second to Third streets, has been mae
adamized and a tar covering applied
In will be thrown omen for traffic
within a day or two.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14
Lonned.For Opportunity.

Juggins-"Who was it said If he
could make the songs OF the people he
wouldn't care who made Their lawsY
Muggins-"Dont know. Butif he's the
chap who's making the songs OF the
people nowadays I'd just like to have
the making of the laws a little while!
That's all."-Red Hen.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14
would Be Raek. All Rlaht.

"Out to luncheon-Back in i've min
utes," read the sign on the door. Are
you sure he will get back that soonY
asked the anxious caller. "Yes'm,"
said the wise office boy. He amt
got the price of a ten minutes lunch
in his clothes"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14

mother, Mrs \. +. Price, who will WIS.,
1t at the Bashorc home i'm Laurium
for several weeks.
Mrs. Martin Prisk, ST" ana Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II. williams left last evening
for their home at Ely, Mimi, after
visiting at the homo OF Village Clerk
Martin Prisk of Laurium.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14
MANY WILL ATTEND.

The designation OF next Friday as
Torch Lake day at the Hancock semi
centennial celebration struck re-
sponsive chord i'm Lake Linden ana II
is likely that large number of the
local residents will attend. 1t IL pro-
rosed TO take the Lake Linden band TO
Hancock on this occasion.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14
SHOOTS GREAT SNAKE.
Reptile Five Feet. Ten Inches Long in
Hecla Cemetery.

Reptile Five Feet. Ten Inches Long IN
HecIa Cemetery.
while returning from his work on
The Hccla and Torch Lake railroad
last evening. sandy" Gibson of Laur-
ium noticed a large snake i'm the Hcc-
la cemetery lie prepared TO attack it
with stones but upon noticing its inn
mense size he changed his mind and
went home, returning later with a shot
gun. He experienced no difficulty In
finding and killing the snake which
measured exactly five feet, ten inches
and probably is the largest ever re-
ported here. The species of the rep
tile is not known. but it is thought
likely that it escaped from the Pattor-
son Shows while they were i'm Laur-
ium last week.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14

was free from circus thugs, graftors,
fakrs and immoral issues Ii was i'm
deed high class one ring show and
the attractions offered were Of the
best"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14
SOME DOUBLING THoMAsEs.
They Do Not Believe Miss Walks
School Will Be Success.

Miss Maggie Wall of Calumet is an
'nterprislng woman, says the Mining
Journal editorially. She achieves her
purposes. more often than not, by tc-
racity that is almost masculine Ac-
cording TO reports. she has advanced
the project of making the Hotel SUI
peror at Marquette a servant girls
training school so far along on the
road to success that she has the mon
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-14
Extraordinary


WE have just secured from large importer
V and manufacturer of plumes 80 dozen genu-
inc MALE AFRICAN OSTRICH and WILLOW
PLUMES at a remarkably low price. These plumes
will be on sale Friday, Saturday and Monday, and
will interest everybody who needs plume now or
later, every one of them to be sold at about
half their regular value. Not more than plumes
are of better grade than can be manufactured dur
ing the fall rush You will be astonished the low
prices we offer them at.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-12-14

| | therefore again commend to the
| favorable action of the congress the
enactment OF law applying to the
diplomatic and consular service the
principles embodied in section 1853
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States, in the civil service act of Jam
uary Is, 1883, and the executive orders
of June ~, 1905, and of November &c.
1909 In it's consideration of this inn
portant subject | desire to recall to
the attention Of the congress the vary
favorabie report made on the Lowden
bill for the Improvement Of the foreign
service by the foreign affairs commit
tee OF the house Of representatives.
Available statistics show the strict
ness with which the merit system has
been applied to the foreign service
during recent years and the absolute
non-rartisaA selection of consuls and
deed far from being selected with any
view to political consideration have
actually been chosen to a dispropor-
tionate extent from states which would
have been unrepresented in the for
eign service under the system which
it is to be hoped Is now permanently
obsolete. Some legislation for the per.
petuation of the present system of ex.
aminations and promotions upon mer-
1t and efficiency would be of greatest
value TO our commercial and interna.
tlonal interests.
VIM H. TAEE.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22

against the plan were soon among It's
foremost advocates.
New Jersey began state aid with an
appropriation of $4,000 per year, this
sum was soon increased to Ave times
the amount. The state aid plan OF
road building spread from state to
state. until now fully half of the states
have adopted it, and it has everywhere
proved popular and successful. 1t is
the plan that gets the roads and so
distributes the burden that the taxa.
ton is not appreciably higher than 1t
was before. State aid would have
been impractical in the early days Of
the republic, but now under the coun
try.wide plan of distribution of food
products and the factory output and
the enormous amount of city and cor.
porate property, all Of which Is
benefited by good roads. The plan re-
moves a heavy burden from the farm
ers, by requiring all classes of property
to stand its just proportion of the cost
New York presents a striking exam
pie of the growth of the good roads
sentiment and the possibilities of road
construction. This state began state
aid with measly appropriation Of
$4,000. but in FIVE years by heavy
majority voted a constitutional amend.
ment authorizing the issue of $50, OO0,-
600 Of bonds for state aid in road
building. Thus the wave Of progress
goes on with increasing momentum,
and 1t will eventually sweep the whole
country.
When one looks back over the cam.
paign for good roads in any community
he finds that when the subject was
first brought up scores OF good PEG.
pie became frightened at the ex-
pense, and they were loud In denuncia-
ton of the proposal, saying and be-
lieving, that 1t meant the confscation
Of their property. That they never
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22
MAKING GOOD ROADS
UNITED STATES AWAY BEHIND
REST OF THE WORLD IN
THIS WORK.
EVOLUTION OF THE HIGHWAY
Awakening of the People to Necessity
for Road improvement Slow Pro-
cess-State Governments at Last
Areused-Vote Money for Work.
Nv HOWARD n. GROSS.

Is 1t not strange that in this coun-
try, where we have the largest aggre-
gate OF wealth that the world has
ever known and where we have
achieved the greatest success in hu-
man history along certain lines of en-
deavor, that we have failed to keep
pace with the march of progress, and
that we are century behind the rest
of the world in the matter of handling
public roads?
The conditions Of the highways in
American are a great surprise to the
foreign traveller, who has been used
to smooth, hard roads throughout his
land. Upon his arrival in New York
he is overwhelmed by the immensely
OF the buildings and the gigantic scale
upon which everything is done. A day
or two in the metropolis prepares him
to believe that Americans can do
anything and accomplish anything.
The resources of the country seem to
be boundless. In this frame of mind
he starts his journey westward, and
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22
Utilization of Waste.

A distinguished chemist once OBJ
served that my lady writes tender
sentiments to her lord with ink made
from an old copper coffee pot on paper
made from old collars" The utiliza-
ton Of waste products, which is add
ing so enormously to the wealth Of
the world, furnishes many such fan
tastic adaptations.
Give me-" DR.. Long said, ''ths sew
age of New York, and | will return
you yearly the superior milk of 100, 900
cows" The waste soapsuds from
WOODEN factories which used to pol
lutte hundreds of rivers, is now precip-
itated and the coagulum is pressed
into bricks and converted into supe-
rior Illuminating gas. These are only
examples Of the ingenuity of man.
That the field is far from exhausted Is
instanced in the estimate that from
800 to 1000 tons Of fine coal are
thrown away every day in the ashes OF
New York. 1t is not impossible that
some one will shortly invent a pro-
cess for retaining this wasted ma.
terial.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22

duces a milk that lie peculiarly adapt
ed to the hardships of railroad trans
portation. As for cheese making
Holstein milk lie popular for the rea-
son that the fat globules are readily
retained In the curd.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22
Teaching School Girls to Swim.

In the apparatus in use In Ger.
many for teaching school girls how to
swim the pupil is supported in such
position as to leave the legs and
arms free to perform the motions
of swimmer. The body is hung in
a wide belt, suspended from az over
head rail, while the feet are attached
to pair of ropes running over pull
leys and adjustable to various re-
quiremepts.
The pupils thus suspended are then
taught how to perform the movements
of the breast stroke until the action
becomes Utmost instructive. There
is a decided advantage In teaching
these movements in sue q way in
stead of in the water, for the pupil
is not distracted by the fear OF a
ducking. 1t is not at all easy to learn
the swimming movements even out
of water, hence the advantage of ac-
>quiring this knowledge until 1t be-
comes almost instructive before en-
tering the water.-Scientifl Ameri-
can
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22

ing tissues Of both scion and stock
cannot be too strongly emphasized,
for upon this alone the success OF
grating depends. To make this con-
tact of the growing portions doubly
certain, the scion is often set at .
slight angle with the stock into
which It is inserted. In order to cause
the growing portions of the two TO
cross.
After the scions have been set, the
operation Of cleft grating is COM
pleted by covering all cut surfaces
with layer of grating wax.
Cleft grating is particularly adapt
cd to top-working old trees, that IL.
changing them from undesirable to
desirable varieties. Branches too large
to be worked by other methods can be
cleft grated. Sometimes several va
rieties are grated on a single tree.
The best time for cleft grating Ia in
the spring just after growth has be-
gun. Wood for scions is usually cut
In the fall tied In bundles, and bur-,
led in sand to protect them from ex-i
tremes of heat and cold until they
are to be used.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22

The best cows are the ones that the
careful dairyman raises for himself.
The best favored butter in the
world is made in private dairies--
and the worst, too.
To produce their full milk giving
capacity, cows should be kept az free
from disturbance as possible.
The silo enables the farmer to
carry more head Of stock than he
otherwise could be able to do.
Care and feeding the first two years
with the calves and heiters is where
many men succeed in raising stock.
Some don't seem to realize the Inn
portance of manipulating the udder
with the hand at the same time they
are milking.
No one man can develop q COW into
a high producer unless that cow had
an inherited quality of development
to start with.
Success In dairying demands that
a man breed and develop his own
cows as far as possible, and buy, IL
he must, wisely.
The cow with good appetite In
apt to be the cheapest butter pro-
Queer. Cows that are "fnicky" are
not apt to be profitable.
A man should have . good strong
hand, and he should know how to
use 1t in ords: to get milk out of the
udder and get it out rapidly.
Few COW keepers know anything
about the theory Of dairying, but !
good one has got the practice down
fine, and this In what counts.
Have some lard or vaselins handy
10 anoint sore teats. Some teats ana
a tender udaer often made the COW
kick when otherwise she would not
do 90.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22
TRAINING THE YOUNG TREES
More important Than Pruning ana
should Consist Mostly In Keep.
Ing Plant Balanced.
(By w. ]. aREEN.l

Training the young orchard IL more
needful than pruning, and should
consist mostly in shaping the trees or
keeping them in form and properly
balanced. Very often the side OPP
posite the direction from which the
prevailing winds come, becomes
heavier than the side towards the
wind, and the removal Of some Of
the branches and heading In or others
becomes necessary.
Some shoots become too rampant
and need checking to reserve the
balance OF the tree, and others can
be bent and tied TO I'LL the open
spaces. Work OF this kind and the
removal Of water sprouts may be
done In the summer.
A bushy or clustered habit Of
growth is not uncommon even In
quite young trees, and needs to be
corrected by the removal of surplus
branches.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22
METHOD IN CLEFT GRATING
Scion Should Consist Of q Portion oa
the Previous Seasons Growth
of the Tree.

To make a cleft graft select q
branch one or one and one-half inches
In diameter and sever 1t with a saw.
Care should be taken that the bark
be not loosened from any portion Oh
the stub. Split the exposed end with
a broad thin chtsel or grating tool
Then with wedge or the wedge
shaped prong at the end OF the graft
Ing tool spread the cleft so that tha
scion may be inserted.
The scion should consist of a por
ton of the previous seasons growth
OF the tree to be propagated and
should be long enough to have two
or three buds. The lower end of the
scion, which is to be inserted into
the cleft. should be cut into the shape
or wedge, having the outer edge
thicker than the other. In general
II Is good plan to cut the scion so
that the lowest bud will come just ut
the top of this wedge in order that It
will be near the top OF the stock
The advantage Of cutting the wedga
thicker at one side IL illustrated
showing how the pressure OF the stock
Ia brought upon the outer growing
parts Of both scion and thock, where.
as were the scion thicker ON the In
ner side the conditions would be 70.
versed and the death of the scion
would follow.
The Importance OF having an In.
innate connection between the grow
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22

could stand the tax and that good
roads spelled ruin. In every case, how
ever, where the plan was proceeded
with by state aid, the people were sur
prised that they had the roads and
that they did not feel the tax,
that, in fact, more and more roads
were demanded, up to the lawful limit.
Thus 1t has ever been, and probably
will be, for years to come.
Good roads mean more social life,
more pleasure, less drudgery. They
mean better schools, a more enlight-
ened and intelligent citizenship, they
mean progress and civilization.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22

from the railway window he can see
roads that are practically bottomless
and teams struggling through the
mire that is nearly knee deep. He is
perfectly amazed that such conditions
should obtain. He cannot understand
why 1t should be so in a country that
has such marvellous resources. The
fact is that America is the only coun-
try in the world that is rich enough to
stand the drain, handicap and the
losses that bad roads impose.
Again, may We ask, why Is it that
In this land, where so many great
successes have been scored in so
many fields that we have utterly
failed In dealing with the highways?
In the writer's opinion the reason will
be found in certain fundamental mis-
conceptions. They date back to CO
loniaI times. In the early days the
people settled along the water courses,
in the valleys. Farming was done in
! a primitive way. 1t was the day OF
the homespun. The hand loom and
spinning wheel were found every
where The people lived very simply;
they ate, they raised. The community
was self-centered and had very little
to do with the settlement over the
hills in the next valley. The spirit of
home rule was everywhere dominant.
The roads were regarded purely as of
! inc
roads as the people cared to build,
and whether good or bad it was no
ones business but their own.
Thus the concept that the highways
we're purely a local matter and did
not concern any one outside of the
immediate vicinity became firmly es-
tablished and held undisputed sway
until about 20 years ago, when a New
Jersey man made a discovery that
was far more important than finding
the north pole, and that was that the
roads were public property-they be-
longed to all the people and as such
it was the states duty to take up the
question of highway improvement and
not leave the whole burden upon the
township where the amount of taxable
property was Omitted. 1t was shown
that the worlds food supply had to
pass over these roads and that bad
roads increased the cost of delivery
made the food supply intermittant in
stead of constant, and that bad roads
produced heavy burden to every one
and was a serious economic error. A
movement was started for state aid
in road building. 1t met great oppo-
sition, and principally from those who
would most greatly benefit from it
the farmers They feared it was q
scheme to take the roads out of their
hands, and no telling where they
would land or what taxation would be
put upon them, but the movement
grew because Il was right. In two or
three years after the people had had
the experience Of building roads I'M
der the plan, had used and paid for
them--they found 1t was a splendid In
vestment and that instead of adding
to their burdens the good roads took
many burdens OF. The plan became
80 popular opposition died out and
those who ~ azst Wasa ESzonkas
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22

Prompt removal of all dead and do
caying portions of fruit trees, imme.
diately burning the same. will lessen
fungous diseases of fruit trees OF all
kinds. In the case of IRE blight, a
disease common to pear and apple
trees, the removal and burning OF all
affected parts is the only known rem
edy for curing tree or holding the
disease In check. 10 chemical rem.
edy has yet been found that will kill
the spores Of the blight disease.
In similar manner it is always
q good plan to promptly remove all
defective fruit from the orchard.
either when the defect 10 caused by
fungi or insects.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22
MILK FROM H0LSTEIN COWS
One Of Qualities Claimed 10 Small Fat
GlobuIe-Preferrec by Some
and DIsIlked by Others.

One of the qualities claimed for
Holstein milk 10 the small fat glob-
ule. Some prefer 1t this way, others
dislike it. For butter making 1t L. q
drawback, but for shipping or for
cheese It is a decided advantage
When milk IL shipped over q long dis
lance the fat rises to the top of the
can or other vessel in which it Ia
transported. With Jersey or Guern-
sey milk this Dreaming takes place
very quickly, but with Holstein milk
the cream rises very slowly. For
shipping to market this breed pro.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22

placed in position with the short leg
in the milk bottle and the long leg
in the cup. BY squeezing the rubber
bulb the cream Is sucked up and
pumped into the cup. II 10 neces-
sary, OF course, to watch the line of
cream so that the pumping can g
stopped as soon as 1t Is removed.
This method 10 big Improvement
in Swimming the milk with a spoon,
a proceeding which cannot be done
II the liquid Is in bottles
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22
REMOVING CREAM FROM MILK
syphon invented by New Yorker WIN
Do Work OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Bulb 20 Pump IL Out.

A New York man has devised o
syphon particularly for the purpose Of
removing cream from milk, no mat.
ter what kind of receptacle the milk
is in. The syphon comprises an en-.
larged chamber with two straight
pipes diverging from II, one of them
longer than the other. At the top
of this chamber Is a rubber bulb To
remove the cream q cup Is placed at
the side of the pitcher or bottle con-
taining the milk. The syphon 10 then
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22
Cost Of Spraying.

It costs about 10 cents per tree to
spray an orchard three times, with
80 trees to the acre. This cost In
cludes both spray material and labor.
but does not cover the cost Of ths
spray machine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-22

"A fool and his money are soon
parted" quoted the bunko steerer.
'Yes." replied the green goods
man. but the trouble Is that fool
usually hasn't much money to start
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