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The Falls City tribune., 1911-01-27

The list of those signing for a
Boosters Club" has already grown to
liberal dimensions. Now, to get to-
gether and work cut the idea in act
ual practice. The scheme is a good
one. II it is properly launched and
capably differed and then pushed ag-
excessively and persistently. it is
bound to become n source of much
advantage 10 Falls City and her in
dustries. The art of Boosting home
industries though perfectly legitimate
is almost entirely neglected. or il
it is attempted At all it is done in
too Indifferent a manner TO be effec-
tive. Therefore a strong organization
is greatly to be desired, that has for
its object the advertising of home in
dustries and local opportunities. If
we wish to win recognition from
the world at large we must challenge
she attention of the public by pushing
ourselves and what we have that is
worth while upon the notice of others.
Shis calls for agitation of a live and
The Falls City tribune., 1911-01-27

getthere sort. The passing of reso-
lutions and the blowing off of certain
measures Of hot air will not ac-
complish It..
The Falls City tribune., 1911-01-27

Never before in the history of our
city vas the need of houses so keen
ly felt as just now. There is not an
available room any where but 1t is
at once sought after by scores of ap-
plicants. The Demand upon the ho-
tells aud boarding houses has been
so great as to compel those institu-
tons to raise the already high price
of board and lodging. In many
rooms the beds are worked double
SHIFT. The day men using them at
night and the night men using them
by day. Every kind Of device Is re-
sorted to. to enlarge the limited and
o~vererowded accommodations and the
end is not yet. the congestion in
creasing.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-01-27

lutions and the blowing off of certain
measures Of hot air will not ac-
complish it.
An accident like the one Tuesday
night. when all unexpectedly the
electric current failed and the lights
went out. leaving the town IN dark
ness, tends o awaken a sense of our
dependence upon the care and skill
of others. 1t also helps materially to
increase our appreciation of things
which because of their very common
ness We are wont to regard as a
matter of course. II is remarkable
to what an extent we are at the mer-
ey of our systems. \ broken wheel,
a slipping belt, or a loose connection
and a whole town is suddenly left in
darkness. or in any one of a score Of
predicaments, equally awkward and
disconcerting. Such an experience
helps to emphasize the truth that, mo
man lives unto himself but we are
all dependent upon one another. One
mans mistake may e%ndanger the lives
of scores of others. When We stop
and think along this line it helps us
To appreciate the meaning of our re
possibilities. Our work may in it
self seem trivial and Of little or no
consequence. But when We come TO
think how many people may be put 10
Inconvenience aud actual discomfort
and loss through our neglect of that
particular work it is different. The
man who is faithful in the fulfillmont
of the humblest duty should hold the
regard of all. lie is a benefaetor.
Let him know it for his encourage
ment.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-01-27
Our System of Han
ding Immigrants
Poorly N1anaged.
By JACOB A. RIIs. Author.

TXEE DO NOT WANT IMMIGRATION THAT
A "a "A CLINGS TO CITIES. WOULD LIKE 70
%%% SEE A LABOR BUREAU ESTABLISHED
THAT WOULD BE AS COMPREHENSIVE
IN HANDLING THE LABOR PROBLEM AS. THE
WEATHER BUREAU IS IN HANDLING IT'S DEPART.
a MENT
Let the gate be on the other side and let them
knock, and il they say that they want to come in to
tins country to do a certain work let us look at the
map and see WHERE THAT PARTICULAR KIND OF WORK
Is NEEDED.
If the knocker says he can dig, all well and good; let US send him
somewhere that a DIGGER is needed. But, on the other hand, if he
says he can write in a ledger, let us say to him no, WE HAVE
ENOUGH HERE ALREADY WHO CAN WRITE IN LEDGERs.
" t. -
When I was abroad and witnessed as in one particular case the
fruits of one tenant farmers tol-namely, a bag of wheat, which was
his SHARE OF 4 YEARS WORK-my heart cried out:
"Open the gates and let them in"
But when I was on this side Of the water and considered the case
of the murder of Petrosini and thought of the supineness of the SicH-
ians, the connivance and weakness behind the act, an act which baf-
fed the police of two continents to discover the perpetrators, then my
heart cried out to CLOSE THE GATES.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-01-27

Progressive republicans at Washing
ton have organized what promises to
become an organization OF great sig
nificance in national politics. 1t is
The Notional League of Progressive
Republicans. The ayowed purpose oil
the League is not to form a new par
ty but to popularize government. In
other words to place the reins OF
government in the hands of the peo-
pie where It rightfully belongs. That
the gentlemen at the head of the
League have undertaken a big prop
osition, we must admit. Nevertheless
1t is one that should interest every
freebooter in America at this time.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
PURPOSES OF COMMISSION.
Significance of Appointment Recently
Received by D. n. Ball.

Lansing dispatches recently an
nounced the appointment of ID. II. Ball
of Marquette as a member of the COM
mission TO promote uniformity of leg
islation. This is new commission,
provided for by legislation enacted in
1909. The duty of this commission is
20 examine the subjects OF marriage
and divorce. insolvency, the descent
and distribution of property, the exc
cution and probate of Wills, and other
subjects upon which uniformity of
legislation in the various states and
territories is desirable, but which are
outside the jurisdiction of congress.
The commission is then to confer
with similar commissions from other
states and with them to consider and
draft measures to be presented to the
different state legislatures for approval
and adoption. The members of the
commission receive no salary, but the
commission may draw 5000 per year
Tor actual travelling and other neces-
sary expenses incident to the work
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01

Very few of the thousands who an
nually make up the rush to Europe
ever fully realize what a gigantic
structure they are floating on. Even
while on board the leviathan of steel
and iron it is hard to conceive how it
was ever built. And those who have
never walked the length and breadth
of its decks can realize still less it's
magnitude or how il was constructed.
So when the famous ship building firm
of Harland & Wolf, Ltd. Belfast,
Ireland, was given the contract two
years ago to plan and construct ship
that would dwarf all others ever
planned by man. Lyman II. Howe also
did some planning on behalf of Am
erican stay at-homes.' He arranged
with the ship-building company for
special permits TO photograph at var
ious times during the two years every
stage and development Of the largest
vessel affoat-the White Star Liner
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
TO PLAY CHICAGO HOCKEY
TEAM FEBRUARY 1911

Manager John Croze OF the Portage
Lake hockey team received a COM
munication from the Illinois Athletic
club last evening stating that ar
engagements had been made for two re-
turn games with Portage Lake on the
nights of February 10 and IL. Ar
rangements were begun this morning
for the trip and a large party Of hockey
fans will accompany the team TO the
Windy City"
The team will leave on Tuesday. the
day after the game with Mohawk at
the Amphidrome. Capt Under will
take along eight players as well as the
manager and trainer of the team. 1t is
not known whether or not Chicago
has strengthened its team but one Of
the hardest fought games ever seen in
Chicago is sure 10 be the result of the
meeting of these two sevens.
Considerable interest is being mani
tested in the coming hockey contest
with Mohawk at the Amphidrome next
Monday evening. The Portage Lake
seven is still ahead in the scoring, the
result now being To 8.
The game which was TO have been
played last evening between the Michi-
gan College of Mines and the Hough-
ton high school teams was postponed
until this evening
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01

Olympic" Then Mr. Howe assigned
one of his best photographers to
photograph each phase of this huge
creation Of mans genius from the
laying of the keel to it's launching
All these scenes will be reproduced in
the Calumet theater next Saturday,
matinee and night, and Sunday even
ing. So for the first time the imagin-
alton can grasp not only the tremen-
dous proportions of the vessel, but
also the grace and beauty of its lines
as it glides majestically into the sea
without hurry-without pause.
TO see the enormous vessel ear
ly fifth of a mile long-slowly seek
ing its abode in a sea like a living
thing endowed with life. and yet all
under the direction Of one man, may
seem like a fantastic tale Of the Arab
ian nights. But this imposing spec
tacle of mans achievement is only
one of the many new wonders includ-
ed in the new program.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
RATS AND CATS.
An Interesting, II True, Study in Up
per Peninsula Natural History.

The Duluth News Tribune is author
ity for the following contribution TO
upper peninsula natural history:
Some eight or ten years ago. when
the Nester estate was logging along
the shore of Lake Superior, the COM
pany was confronted with a PROPOSE
ton. There were so many rats about
the camps after two or three years oc-
cupancy IL became necessary TO hold
council of war. Either the rats had
TO so or the company would have to
abdicate i'm favor of the rodents. The
decision was that the rats would have
TO go, and the next thing was to either
kill or Danish them. The representa-
tives OF the estate considered the vari-
Gus means of fighting rats in numbers,
and decided on cats. So an advertise
ment was inserted i'm the newspapers
Cash was offered for mousers delivered
at the office of the hester estate.
Needless to say that the response to
the advertisement was prompt and
sufficient. The cats were delivered i'm
numbers to the camps and the rats
were put out of business so quickly
and thoroughly that the representa-
tives of the estate wondered why they
had not done il before. There were
cats enough around the camps to sup
ply a good sized town, and after the
rats were killed off they had nothing
to do except multiply and kill squirrels
and rabbits. by the time the camps
were abandoned the logging outfits
were as glad to escape from the cats
as they were from the rats. After the
food supply at camp was cut off the
cats took to the woods with true back
to-nature instinct, and they or their
many descendants are now scattered
all over the country. The wild life i'm
the woods has produced a cat that the
former owner would never recognize.
The young cats have grown to a size
grodigious for the house cat and they
have sleek coats and such aggressive
manners, that city hunters who fire.
ouent the woods in that part of the
state return home with stories about
the great number and ferocity of the
wild eats"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
STEAM LOG HAULER.
Harmon Lumber Company Uses an
Ingenious Arrangement.

The Harmon Lumber company. own
er of a largo manufacturing plant at
Foster city is employing about one
hundred and fifty men i'm logging op-
erations i'm the northern part of Dick
inson county this winter. Two camps
are operated. The input of timber is
not as large as usual, due to the fact
that the company had 100000 feet of
loss i'm stock at the close of the log
ging season. However. it is expected
to bank 100000 feet of logs, 100. 600
cedar posts and 5000 ties. In addi-
ton to the foregoing the company will
cut $4,000 ties for the Chicago &.
Northwestern road. The Harmon
company employs a steam log hauler
with great success in its operations.
This hauler has sufficient power to
haul from fifteen to twenty sleigh
Loads of logs scaling from 10000 to
10000 feet at each trip Two round
trips are made daily from the camps
to the mill and the hauler is doing the
work of more than a hundred horses
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
Upper Peninsula
OF INTEREST
RECEIVES A NEW CALL.
Escanaba Pastor May Go to Laros
Moline, lll, Church.

Moline, ILL.,, Church.
Rcv. G. a. Lund. pastor of the Swed-
ish Lutheran church of Escanaba ana
president Ct the Superior conference
Of that church, has received a cali
to become pastor OF the First Swedish
Lutheran church of Moline, III. Mem
bers Of the congregation AT Moline
unanimously voted To extend a cau In
the Escaraba pastor and a strong hone
is held there that he will accept.
The First Swedish Lutheran church
Of Moline Is one of the largest
churches Of that denomination I'm tho
synod and 60 he called as it's pastor 10
a particularly nattoring honor and one
that win DC appreciated by all of Mr..
Lunds many friends i'm Escanaba.
The Moline church has over LOO
commuricant members and total
mcnlNorship OF over 1000. Being al
most IN the shadow of the great Swed-
ish Lutheran college at Rock Island,
the pastorate Is made o most impor-
tant as well as a Congenial one.
Rev. Lund has not vet decided
whether or not the nattering call win
be accepted but probably will submit
his answer to that congregation with
i'm the next two weeks.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
CREAMERY IN DIFFICULTY.

1t is announced at the 500 that a
sheriff's sale of the Rosedale cream
cry will take place March IL to salts
~ the demands of creditors. The
creamery was built last season at
cost of over $4,000 and on which there
is now said TO be an Indebtedness Of
between 800 and $500. 1t is said that
Gissension among the stockholders is
responsible for the present condition
Of affairs and 1t is the general belief
that everything will be satisfactorily
settled.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01

Samuel f. Byrne left yesterday af-
ternoon for Chicago.
Six births amffsix deaths have beer
reported to Township Clerk Little foi
the month OF January.
A civil examination of applicants foi
clerical and sub-clcrical at the Hough-
ton postofiice positions will be con-
Quoted Saturday morning at the Cen
tral high school building by Miss Re-
gina Martin
i. r. Fovargue Of the Peninsula
Wholesale grocery left yesterday foI
Chicago on business.
Deputy Fred Rogers returned today
from Newburry where he took an in
sane patient 10 the upper peninsula
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Rice left this
week for Chicago, wherc they will at
tend the auto show next week.
The basketball team of the Michigan
College of Mines is trying to arrange
games with Crystal Falls and Mar
quette.
The common council of the village of
Houghton viii meet Thursday evening
in the regular February session.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
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HoUGHToN BREvITIEs.
:. :. :. :. :. . = :. J. :. !. :. :. :. :. !. ::

Frank Hildebrandt MS returned from
the state of Alabama where he has
been looking over land interests.
Napoleon MERCER of Freda, who re-
Gently underwent an operation at st
Joseph's hospital is reported much i'm
proved and recovering.
The Houghton public library will
hereafter be open evenings from UNI
til Q o'clock.
County Clerk Kaiser yesterday issued
and Susan Lahti of Kearsarge and "a
nd Susan Lahti Of Kearsarge and. tc
BANNER Jarkvich and Louis Lenzi OF
Calumet.
] Miller proprietor Of Millers store
is in Chicago on "A purchasing trip.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
Houehton Department

officer of the Yantic ever since IL was
assigned to the Hancock division.
about four years ago.
The officers present and voting yes
terday were as follows:
Hancock dlvision-Lieut. Henry
Hecker. Lieut.. Charles McDougall, En-
sign James Ryan and Ensign Jos,
Raymond.
Escanaba divislon-Lieut. c. ID. Ma
son. Lieut.. w. L. Wells and Ensign
Clyde Hewitt.
Or. r. II. Banks OF Escanaba, for
merly of Hancock. executive officer OF
the Yantic. attended the election.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
cHAs. &. MARKHAM DEAD.
General Passenger Agent Of Anchor
Line Dies in Buffalo.

News has been received here of the
death OF Charles e. Markham, at his
home in Buffalo. Mr.. Markham, as
general passenger agent of the Anchor
line Of steamers. was we'll known at
nearly every port on the Great lakes
and had friends residing in this city
who will be panied to learn Of his
death
He was a S3rd degree Mason and
for a number of years he had been
secretary of the Scottish rite bodies
and was a member Of the imperial
council. Mr.. Markham was So years
OF age and his death was caused by a
complication Of diseases. He entered
the employ Of the Anchor line when a
young man. His ability soon manifest
ed itself. and he was rapidly advance
ed. A wife and seven children sur
VfVe
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
FOOT AMPUTATED TODAY.

An operation was performed this
morning on Pembroke Hennessy, a
Houghton youth who was injured in
a coasting accident last week Young
Hennessy's foot was amputated just
above the ankle. He is resting as
easily this afternoon as might be ex-
pected. Every effort was made to save
the foot although it was badly crushed
but after a consultation Of physicians.
ii was decided necessary to amputate
in order 20 save his life.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
SEEKS HOMES
FOR CHILDREN
MRS. WALKER, SUPERINTENDENT
OF GOOD WILL FARM, STATES
FARM is NOW OVER
CROWDED.

Does any person in Houghton coun
~ desire to adopt a bright child? This
is the query sent out by Mrs. q. NJ
Walker, superintendent OF Good VIII
Farm, who stated in an interview that
the Good VIII Farm is over-crowded
with children.
Mrs. Walker says that during the
last month such number Of children
have been sent TO Good VIII Farm from
all parts of the upper peninsula. that
the quarters are now crowded to the
limit. There are forty-two children
being taken care of at Good win Farm
and the attendants are doing their
best 10 give them the necessary care
and treatment. -Four children were re-
Gently received from Ironwood and
this week five children were brought
to the Farm by Marshall Truden of
Red Jacket
A half dozen applications for chill
dren would be welcomed by Mrs.
Walker at this time. In speaking of
the adoption of children by Houghton
county residents Mrs. Walker said:
Il always have a number of applica-
lions on hand for very pretty little
girls but those / am not able TO fill.
There are always people looking for a
perfect child which they would like to
adopt as their own but these excep-
tional children are always picked up
by relatives of neighbors A pretty
child never needs worry about a home.
But the common children are always
passed by and the boys are not wanted
under any circumstances. If those
people who are looking for children to
adopt could see the beautiful sides of
the children as / see them they would
Jump at a chance TO secure one as
their own. When a couple come to
the farm looking for a chance to get a
child as their own, they do not seem
to want real boys. What they want is
a mollycoddle. a pet. a sissy boy. A
boy who runs around like a race horse,
delights in having a dirty face and
dirty hands, who likes to fight with the
other boys and who shows a tendency
to disregard the finer points of the
English language, is passed by, but in
my opinion these red blooded boys are
the ones that make the best men. They
should be given a chance as well as
those whose only asset are their pretty |
faces"
Mrs. Walker was i'm Houghton this |
week looking after a matter in law. !
The recent opinion of the state board |
of corrections and charities, making
Good viii Farm a state institution
to which children from the juvenile |
courts of the upper peninsula could be
turned over, will probably receive its |
first test at this time. A family Of |
children were received this week at
the Farm whose father is now in the |
serving time for wife de-
sertion. His wife was unable to sup
port the children and the children have |
been turned over by the juvenile |
court Of the county to the care OF |
Good Will Farm. Whether or not the |
mother will lose all right 10 the chill |
dren by this act was the information |
desired by Mrs. Walker in her visit to
Houghton this week. The names Of |
the children nor the result of Mrs. |
Walkers search for information on
this subject have not yet been made
public.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
KILLED In A WRECK.

Cliff MINIS, a former Iron Noun
tain man, was killed i'm a wreck on the
Wisconsin Central division of the 500
line late last week. He was employed
as conductor. He is survived by his
wife, a daughter of Captain f.
Smythe of Iron Mountain, and one
child
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
BERT HAAS A BENEDICT.

Word was received in Houghton to-
day announcing the marriage of Bert
b. Haas, formerly OF this city. and
Miss Lillian Berger which occurred
last evening at Plttsburg. The groom
is brother TO Herman, Ed. and Ike
Haas Of Houghton and is well known
in this village, while the bride is a
Fittsburg young lady.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
LoNDoNER BUYS STOCK.

An order was received this morning
by the Houghton County Loan and
Investment company from resident
Of London, England, for 100 shares Of
stock. The purchaser had never lived
in Houghton or Houghton County al
though he has relatives here.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
A. r. REEFS is COMMANDER.
Houghton Attorney is Elected Head OF
Naval Reserves Battalion.

Pursuant 10 an official call from the
state military board, an election by
the division officers Of the upper pen
insula battalion OF the Michigan Naval
Brigade was held In Douglass House
at 4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. when
Lieutenant Allen i. Rees, 10 give him
his official title. was elected comman-
der Of the battalion succeeding Capt
n. S. Goodell, whose time has expired
and who expressed wish 10 retire
BY this election Mr.. Rees becomes
commander Of the l.. $. ship Yantic
stationed at Hancock. He will have
the courtesy title Of captain and the
rank Of lieutenant commander in tho
navy. Mr. Rees has been navigating
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
The Difference.

flows the patient this morning7 i
heard he was in semi-conscious con.
dition from toxic food" mot that OK.
actly; doctor said he was in a cata
NOSE condition from potamaine poison
ing"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01

ARE YOU WEARING THE LATEST
Aviation knit caps i'm all colors. The
rage just now. See our line. Eliza
beth Leary at Vertin Bros. ~
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01

Earl Brewer of Clarksdale. who is
the first to enter the race for the gov
ernorship of Mississippi this year, was
an unsuccessful candidate for the
nomination in 1907.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
An Obedlent Son.

Tho prodigal son entered the old
homestead through the kitchen win.
dow. Father can't say that dis
obeyed him." he soliloquised; he
warned me never again to darken his
door and I'm needing his good advice. IS
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01

Moses T. Clapp, reelected to the
senate from Minnesota, Is an orator Of
ability and is familiarity known as the
"Black Eagle OF Minnesota"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01

Red hair is of that color, says a
scientific journal, because it has in
its composition a large proportion of
sulphur.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
Beat Him to II.

Census Man: How old are you,
madam? Lady: Twenty-Five Census
Man (gallantly): You could easily say
you were five years younger than you
are. Lady: Oh. I've done that al.
ready.-Boston Transcript.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01

February Victor and Edison rec
ords now on sale at Grnnell Bros
Music store, Calumet, 11s 5th St. ( .