The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-27
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PLAN OUTLINED
MINING COUNTIES OF THE UPPER
PENINSULA TO BE SET
A ART IN NEW
THIRTEENTH.

Michigan's legislature soon will be
forced To turn its attention to con-
gressional reapportionment. The COM
mittees which will have this directly in
hand long have been at work on the
scheme and Senator Weter, chairman
of the apportionment committee, has
completed a bill that is said to be sat-
isfactory.
The Weter bill comes nearer, it is
said, to putting the counties whose in
terests are similar into districts of
equal population than any other. The
extra or thirteenth congressman for
Michigan is given Detroit. The upper
peninsula is divided so that the agri-
cultural counties are linked with the
northern tier of counties in the lower
peninsula i'm a single district. The old
eleventh or "shoestring" district is
broken up and ottawa is taken from
the fifth and linked with lake counties
whose interests are identical. The dis
tricts are completely changed and
and shifted. only four are. left intact
territorially and even these have diff
ferent numbers.
Following are the districts as pro-
vided in the Weter bill together with
their population:
Under New Districting.
First-First, Second, Fifth, Seventh,
Ninth Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth
and Seyanteanth wards ranraoantino
the east half Of the city of Detroit.
Population 245.419.
Second-Second, Fourth, Sixth,
Eighth, Tenth. Twelfth, Fourteenth
Sixteenth and Eighteenth wards, rep
resenting west half of Detroit. Popula-
ton, 22O.S47. These two formerly
were the First district
Third-Monroe. Washtenaw, Lena
wee, Jackson and eight townships in
Wayne county. Population 212,7SS
This is the old Second district.
Fourth-Hillsdale, Branch, Calhoun,
Kalamazoo and Eaton. Population,
202,S 1884, This is the old Third district
intact.
Fifth-St. Joseph, Cass, Berrien. Van
Buren,, ottawa, Allegan. Population
217050 This is the Fourth district
minus Barry county, which is added to
the new Sixth district and with Otta-
wa sdded from the Fifth.
Sixth-Kent. Ionia and Barry coun-
ties Population, 215.32S. This is the
old Fifth minus ottawa. which goes to
the new Fifth and with Barry from the
old Fourth added
Seventh-Ingham. Livingston, Gene
see, Oakland and six townships in
Wayne Population. 217.177. This is
the old Sixth district intact.
Eighth-Macomb, st. Clair, Sanilac,
Lapeer Huron, Tuscola. Population,
214,5S1. This is the old Seventh with
Tuscola taken from the old Eighth.
Ninth-Saginaw. Shiawassee, Gin
ton, Gratiot and Montcalm. Popua-
ton, 206,554. This is the old Eighth
minus Tuscola and with Montcalm and
Gratiot taken from the Eleventh.
Tenth-Midland, Bay, Isabella. Me-
costa, Glare, Gladwin, Arenac, Iosco,
Ogemaw, Roscommon, Missaukee. Kali
kaska, Crawford, Oscoda, Altoona, OF
sego and Montmorency. Population.
1854. This is considerable portion
of the old Tenth. Four of it's north
ern counties are cut out and it takes
seven from the middle of the old Elev-
enth or "shoestring' district. Emmett,
Cheboygan, Presque Isle and Alpena
are taken from the old Tenth, together
with Charlevoix and Antrim from the
old Eleventh, to make the lower PEN
insular portion of the new Twelfth.
Observation-Disclosures Newaygo. Oce-
ana, Mason, Lake. Osceola, Wexford,
Manistee, Benzie. Grand Traverse and
Leelanaw. Population 215,313. This is
the old Ninth, with Grand Traverse
county added. Grand Traverse is a
part of the old Eleventh.
Twelfth-Alpena. Pressure Isle, Che
boygan. Emmett, Charlevoix, Antrim,
Mackinac, Chippewa, Schoolcraft, Del
ia, Menominee, Luce and Alger. Popu-
lation, 212,333. This is the district
made up of the agricultural counties
Of Mackinac, Chippewa. Schoolcraft.
Delta, Menominee, Luce, Alger, to-
gether with the upper tiers of lower
peninsula counties. 1t includes por-
tons of the present Tenth, Eleventh
and Twelfth districts.
Thirteenth - Marquette, Dickinson
Iron, Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw,
Ontonagon and Gogebic. Population.
215,791. This is the western half of the
upper peninsula. 1t is largely mining
country with interests apart from the
eastern end of the peninsula, which
under. the new bill would be put i'm
district with the upper portion of the