The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14

accompanied him. remained in Butte
having taken employment there.
J. {. Cannon. head OF the Cannon
Grocery company OF Marquette, for
merly OF Houghton. is here.
Guy Siller. son OF Mrs. Nellie Siller
is improving satisfactorily after an op-
Grafton for the removal of an OBJ
struetion In one OF his ears.
Walter Jaehnig of Lansing. son OF
Capt Arno Jaehnig OF Franklin. was
business visitor at the Register OF
Deeds office In the county building
yesterday looking up records for the
state board of assessors.
A naturalization petition was post
ed I'm County Clerk Kaiser's office
yesterday for Kelle ojala of Ripley, ar
irving from Finland at the port of Ne"
York in 1901.
The false front which has masked
the front of the New odd Fellows
temple during the progress OF buildinl
operations has been removed by Con-
tractor J. j. Michels. For the first
time an idea OF the splendid appear
ance OF the new building is conveyed
IL Is a most attractive addition to the
building frontage OF Sheldon street.
A delegation from Pilgrim lodge In
dependent order OF odd Fellows. visit
ed the Mystic lodge at Hancock last
night and on Thursday night the South
Range lodge will be visited. These
visits are for the purpose OF carrying
out the intention OF Pilgrim lodge "a
interest every lodge in the forthcoming
dedication of Pilgrim lodge temple
April 26.
County Clerk Kaiser this morning
posted the naturalization application
of Arthur Lachapelle OF Freda, Ca
madam arriving at the port of Detroit
Sept. 10. 1856.
The bowling team of the Mitchell al
leys of Hancock will come TO Hough-
ton tonight for the first of series of
three games with the Houghton bowl
ing team.
A fire test was held in the Copper
Range railroad yards yesterday. Gen.
Manager McKeever, who has been
visiting Houghton for the past few
days witnessed the test, which was
for the purpose of giving him an idea
OF the work of the railroad fighters.
The employees OF the company re-
sponded TO the alarm like regulars
and were highly praised by Mr.. Nc
Keever
The East Houghton Ski club are
dispondent. The warm weather of the
past few days has forced them to give
up all hopes of another run on the
wooden blades and the skiing trips
have come to an end.
The annual meeting of the Hough-
ton Gun and Rod club will be held this
evening in the Houghton village hall
in anticipation of the opening OF the
fishing season May 1. Plans will be
discussed for the coming season and
arrangements for fish fry to be plant
ed will be made.
Wick O'Connell, head OF the Hough-
ton contracting firm, arrived home
yesterday for a visit with his family.
He is operating big lumber camps
near Winton, Mimi. and is digging a
tunnel near Duluth as an approach to
that city for the Canadian Northern
railway. Work on both undertakings
is progressing rar.dly and favorably.
The tunnel contract Is a $780, 900 job,
and the firm also will get out 5000, 900
feet of pine .t.
The continued mild weather has
rendered the ice on Portage Lake UNI
safe and people are warned to be very
careful in making n crossing. The ice
bridge is still safe but other parts OF
the lake. which have been little used,
may be full of air holes or weak spots,
and proper precaution may save lives.
The Knights of Columbus basketball
team of Marquette, champions of the
iron country, will meet the Michigan
College Of Mines varsity at the college
gymnasium next Saturday evening.