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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23
Weather Conditions.

With the exception of two small
areas Of relatively low pressure, the
one over New England, the other over
the southwest and the west gulf coast.
the barometer is high over the entire
United States and Canada this morn
ing AS n result fair. cool weather is
reported from all sections, the only
pf note being local
showers along the eastern Rocky
Mountain slope and In the extreme
southeast. Temperatures at z A. M.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

are below 20 degrees at all points west
of the Appalachians and north of the
Gulf States. and below 60 degrees
throughout the Lake Region and thence
southwest to Arizona and west to the
Coast except for few points in west
ern Oregon and Washington. Frost is
reported from North Dakota and Sask
atchewan. Fair. cool weather will con-
tinue in this vicinity during the next
SO hours. Moderate northwest TO north
winds. becoming light and variable,
are indicated.
III. II. Cowdrick,
Official in Charge.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

A pearl weighing forty seven grains,
and said to be one of the largest gems
of its kind i'm the United States, was
found by negro pearl hunter few
days ago on Lake Rioteneau, and sold
here for $3.50. and later, it is said. for
$1,000. A Commerce street merchant
bought il from the negro and then sold
ii To Il pearl buyer. 1t was examined
by a number of local merchants and
jewelers., and some placed its value at
$4,000.
The finding of pearls i'm mussels
along the shores of the lakes north of
Shreveport has attracted a good deal
of attention for more than year past.
There are two or three buyers who
have motor boats on the lakes, and
pearl hunting has become a lucrative
occupation for a number of people. es-
pecially negroes. Most of the pearls
are bought up at from So to 5000 each,
and sold to New York dealers in whole
sale lots.--New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23
COMP ANY MUST
FURNISH GAS
.lUS HTON COUNCIL TAKES
PROMPT ACTION ON PETl-
TON 1T RECEIVES
FROM RESIDENTS.

Iu.a petition presented at the spe-
si1G Meeting of the Houghton village
.RaAtil yesterday afternoon seventeen
Eesidents Of Calverley and Edwards
,trcets. West Houghton, in the newer
portion OF the village complained that
the Horghton County Gas company
had for "a period of nearly two years
kept them waiting for gas after they
had asked for 1t and had made all ar
rangcments for the service. They ask
ed that the council take action.
Trustee Hartman explained that the
gas companys franchise compels IL 10
furnish gas under certain conditions
which conditions have been complied
with by the present petitioners. He
contends that the gas company has
been holding these people up because
il is averse to going to the expense OF
digging trenches for n distance Of two
blocks. necessary in this case. by res
oution Village Clerk OSullivan was in
structed to write the gas company and
urge immediate action on this matter,
with an alternative Of stern measures
ON the part Of the council,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

forty-eight degrees. and no signs of
frost in sight. -Four degrees. lower,
says Mr.. Cowdrick. would have pro-
duced frost i'm the Portage lake vi
entity. and ii is not impossible that i'm
some sections back from the water
there may have been indications of a
very light frost. Today the weather Is
reported fair all over the country with
out a single storm area In sight any
where
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23
ON INSPECTION TRIP.
Chief Engineer Skunk Here on Gov
eminent Yacht Vidette.

Colonel Francis r. skunk of Duluth,
engineer I'm charge of the Lake Super
Tor district. succeeding Col. Graham
ID. Fitch, who was recently transfer
red, arrived at Houghton this morn
ing on the steamer Vidette, of the
engineering department, on his first
official tour of inspection since its APP
pointment.
on the way down, Colonel skunk
visited at several ports along the lake
including the canal breakwater where
Powell & Mitchell are at work on taeir
contract Colonel skunk will prob
ably spend the day here and will then
proceed to Marquette and Grand Ma
rails.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

Australian farmers have taken 10
breeding oppossums for their fur. by
way Of utilizing timbcred sections OF
their land which have little value 9TH
erwise. IL has been found that the
animals can be bred to produce white,
gray, brown or black fur.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23
Little Thlnus,

Life is made up, not of great sacri
fices or duties, but of little things,
of which smiles and kindness. and
small obligations, given habitually.
are what win and preserve the heart.
Sir Humphrey Davy.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

Local Office u. S. Weather Bureau.
HOughton, Mich. Aug %. 1911
Copper Country: Fair and contlnu-
ed cool tonight and Thursday.
Upper Michigan Fair tonight and
Thursday.
Lake Superior: Moderate northwest
TO north winds, becoming light and
variable.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

Chairman Haas of the finance COM
mittee presented a special report on
the finances of the village. without
going into details, the report shows
that the village has $4,000 to carry II
till the opening of the next fiscal year,
March l. 1t also shows that with the
end of the present year the village Will
have reduced its debt by $4,000 after
paying much interest and doing many
costly improvements.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23
HERE AND THERE.

IA Poet and a Patriot" is the title
slowed upon Mario Rapisardi, the VEN
cradle author of 'Lucifero," the work
which. when it made its first appear
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23
JUST ESCAPES FROST.

Temperature This Morning Was Forty
Eight Degrees Above Zero.
1t looked last night TO We,fAer OBJ
server Cowdrlck as though there might
be some frost this morning, but his
were not realized. al
though the temperature came almost
low enough 10 produce a light frost.
However, at o'clock this morning, the
instr vents AT the local weather bu-
reau ton showed a temperature of
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23
Houehton Department

ably will be located on Montezuma
street but definite action was not
taken, Mr.. Hill and his committee be-
ing given further time 20 make a de-
tailed report.
Trustee Hartman brought up the
questi' of dogs. He said that there
are e any dogs in Houghton, that
their owners should pay license on
them or kill them. Attorney Hambit-
ger dug up a dog ordinance and Mar
shall Voetsch was instructed 10 enforce
il and kill all dogs on which license
has not been paid at the expiration
OF 80 days. A dog tax has not been
in Houghton since 1898, that
being the date on the last official IL
cense tags in possession of the village
clerk.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

Trustee Hartman averred he does
rot think a board of public works ne
cessary, that its app ntment belit-
ties the council, that H village work
is not on a sufficient ale Of magni-
1ude to require an advisory board.
Engineer Fesing, a member of the
board. explained that as the board has
not even organized, has never had a
meeting he could not see where a MEM
bcr Of the council could find occasion
10 object TO IL.
Trustee Hndebrandt fought that
either the board Of pa works or
something else had so interfered with
the work Of the council that q trustee
is only a fgurehead. Il don't think
I am anything here nc cad.
President Bawdcn said thaS as the
board has done nothing he could ad-
vance no argument in its defense and
sc might ne found Necessary TO dis
solve the board If It did not prove it's
Tue very soon.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

President Bawden opened yesterday
afternoons meeting with speech. lie
expressed his appreciation Of the sue
cess Of the recent Michigan College of
Mines celebration. He said Il was a
matter i'm which the municipality might
take much pride. one i'm which every
citizen might feel that he had share
in making n success. He read COM
munication from Or McNair of the
college. in which he thanked the viii
lage for its share in the success Of the
reunion.
The report Of the executive COM
mittce of the celebration showed to-
tai expenditure of S1,292.O9 out Of the
s., 900 appropriated by the village a
showing which greatly pleased the
council.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

but sparrows remain a staple food. for
there is an abundance of them. ac-
cording to the keeper.-New York Tri-
bune.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

Trustee Hill brought up the market
ton again and the council seem
Gu. rs a unit in favorlng it. IL prob
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

Twenty little anacondas in the rep
tile house i'm Bronx park had their first
meal since they were born on June 9.
There were twenty-five little brothers
and sisters of those fortunate serpents
which were not permitted to take in
the feast, for they are shedding their
skins. All told forty-two anacondas
are children of Big Annie, who came
here from Trinidad in the early sum-
mer.
"Talk about appetites," said Charles
Snyder keeper of the reptile house.
chose anacondas are going to send up
the cost of living If they keep on"
Small rats and sparrows were the
tidbits that made the young anacon-
das. who average about three feet in
length, glad they had come to BRONX
park. Eventually they will be put on
a frog diet when the rats get scarce
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

ance was ordered to be destroyed by
the church authorities of Messina.
Rapisardi was for many years n tea
cher but recently i'll health made work
an imposslbility. His friends and
neighbors at Catania, "in appreciation
of worth and patriotism and as an ev-
idence of their love-" bought his Ii
brary for $4,000 lire with the promise
that II be left Intact and with it's
present owner and eventually TO be
turned over to the city archives" The
poet agreed to the contract and i'm
mediately gave one-fourth of the am
cunt received as nucleus for tuber-
culosis hosptal.-New York Tribune
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-06

bit Of blue ribbon tied to an article
in itself may not be Of much value
still IL will doubtless mean better work
in the country another year, condi-
ton greatly to be desired. The farm
er who has made success Of his work
should display the fruits Of his labors
in order that his less fortunate brother
may profit by his knowledge. Tn,
farmer who has not succeeded. should
visit the fair try to discover the reason
that he failed and avoid such failure
another year.
Aside from the material benefit, is
the social side, and this alone is worthy
Of the consideration of every farmer.
These gatherings take the mind from
the daily routine Of farm duties and
prepares it for renewed duties and
obligations.
AS the oasis refreshes and stimulates
the weary traveller in the desert, thus
giving him greater strength for the
hardships of the journey before him,
50 do these social gatherings refresh
the farm laborer and encourage him to
undertake greater plans for the inn
proyement of his home, his country
and his state.
There will be departments for all,
the men, the women and the BOYS and
girls. 1t is to be desired that the peo-
pie OF Beaver county will rally to the
support of this worthy cause. II you
are not member of the Farmers In
stitute send 80 cents to T. p. Shilling
burg, Pres, Beaver. Okla. or to W. A.
Coldwater, Sec, Floris, Okla, and
secure n membership certificate. Let
us all do our part and lend every en-
ergy to make the Second Annual Insti-
tute Fair Of Beaver County, not only a
credit to our county but to our state
as well
Don't forget the date but be on hand
for three days of pleasure and profit.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-06
Cardui Worked Wonder S

McMinnvile, Tenn Mrs. Ocie Jett
OF this place says: 81 don't believe
would be living today, il it hadn't been
fer Cardui After treating me twenty
seven days, my doctor advised an oper-
alton, but would not consent. Instead,
took Cardui, and now ! am doing my
work-even the washing Cardui work.
cd wonders in my case, am in better
health than for five years" Cardui is a
strengthening tonic for women 1t re-
heves pain, tones up the nerves, builds
strength. You Deed Caruui. Try it.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-06
Second Annual Fair of the
Farmers Institute will be
Held at Beaver, Okla,
Oct. 4, S, 6, 1911.

Prominent educators and thinkers in
this state and others have generally
conceded that the Farmers Institute
is one of the leading factors, today, in
awakening greater interest in the
agricultural resources Of the country
l is indeed a travelling school of in
formation weere the farmers and the
farmers wives may meet in social
gatherings and gain truths concerning
the latest methods of farm industry
stock and poultry raising, domestic
science and art and kindred subjects.
Here the best product from the farm
and home will be on display and while
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-06
Official County Estimate


June BOTH 1872 by the Board of
held the first Monday july 1911 provided House Bill No H. of the
legislature 1910 This advertised by publication
Beaver Oklahoma
July l9 and certified
completed by having filed with the clerk
Sd day July 1911
by members of the board;
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-06
Public Sale

We will offer at public sale at l..
Fishers farm, o l-2 miles north of
Beaver, / l-2 miles east of Floris and
mile west and miles south of Hat
ten, on
THURSDAY, JULY 10. 1911
The following described property,
to-wit:
HORSES
| bay horse, 4-year-old, weight ll5o
| black mare, l2-year-old, weight $50
! line brood mare, S-year-old, wgt 1900
CATTLE
3 good milch cows
? No. | milch cows, 5-yr-old fresh soon
HOGS
shoat, weight 100 pounds
FARM IMPLEMENTS
! Turnbull 3-inch wagon in good shape
sulkey stirring plow
| 2-section harrow
| walking lister and drill
! riting attachment for plow
feed grinder
| cultivator
| buggy
Webber wagon
3 good sets Of harness
CHICKENS
. dozen chickens
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
! Kimball organ, good one
sofa
, bureaus
3 stand tables
rocking chairs
? bedsteads with springs
2 bedsteads, springs and mattresses
8 good dining room chairs
4 stool chairs
? kitchen cupbonrds
kitchen cabinets
3 good heating stoves
| cook stove
| steel range, good as new
| gasoline stove and oven
! extension table
! New Home sewing machine
| new keg churn
| cream separator
| ice cream freezer
! washing machine
other articles too numerous to mention
TERMS-All sums OF $40 and under
cash. Sums over $40 a credit of l3
months will be given, purchaser giving
note with approved security. No in
terest il paid when due. If not paid
when due 10 per cent interest will be
charged 10 per cent discount for cash.
bunch on the grounds by the Ladies
Aid Society.
l., FISHER and
DAVID MARROW, Owners
WM. WooLERY, Auctioneer
Henry NICHOLS, Clerk.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-06
Hi---rl-Ss i0oa ~ W. y u1

A good nine-year-old Horse for sale.
Broke-single or double. Will sell ON
time. See
6-22 II A.G. THOMAS.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-06

w. commissioner and A. A. Haskell commissioner,
H. Wright clerk all of the
hereby certify each himself and
county and were made at meeting July
s NANDEBURGH,
A.A. HASKELL, Commissioner.
A. II.
GEO. II WRIGHT County Clerk.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-06


On motion the commissioners adjourned July TO- 9
GEO. H. WRIGHT, County
certify
GEO. H. WRIGHT, County Clerk
The Prescott daily news., 1911-05-27
,tI FEE is jest, and all things show

CT FEE is jest, and all things show l thought so once. and now I know 1t" sang the poet Gay; and although the president appreciates the necessity of upholding the dignity of the chief exec utive, still, like Oliver Cromwell. he "loves an innocent jest"
 He was to attend a fashionable ba. zaar held at the New Willard for sweet charity's sake, and started out accompanied by Capt. Butt and two secret service guards, Messrs. Sloan and Wheeler writes Joe Mitchell Chap pie in the National
 The party was cordially welcomed by the reception committee, and were about to be permitted to enter the hall when the president whimsically de- cided to pay his way in like the other patrons of the charity. Walking up to a desk where the tickets were on sale he inquired: How much are the tickets?"
The Prescott daily news., 1911-05-27
TO EAST

return Is obtained with less effort.
 A case in point, which is typical of hundreds that have come under the notice of Major Riddle, is that of a man named Douglas, who gave up his farm in Chenango county nearly thir- ty years ago to to settle in western Nebraska Two months ago he sold his farm there, and for half what he received bought a farm of equal size in New York. He maintains he will get better income because of his proximity to markets.
 Advance agents for fifty Swedish families, all of whom settled near one another in Nebraska many years ago. will soon be at work on as many un- used or unoccupied farms. These people have sold their Nebraska lands for $150 an acre and have bought farms in New York at prices ranging from $5 to $20 an acre.
 As a matter Of fact, there are no abandoned farms in New York. That word abandoned" has done much to injure agricultural interests in this state in the mind of the outside world. The word was overworked five or six years ago. when the legis lature was being scared into voting money for the establishment of farm bureau. There are. however many unoccupied farms. and a much fewer number of absolutely unused farms.
 In the whole state there are 226.- 620 farms, averaging slightly more than 100 acres each. Five thousand of these are now unoccupied and may be bought for song But there are nearly 75,000 other farms also in the market. now held by men past their prime, not able to work them to advantage. It is one of the misfor. tunes of farm life that good hands are hard to get.
 Statisticians of the department of agriculture have learned that half of New York state is still in wood and swamp and waste. but all of it is usable.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-05-27
HEALTHY BOY is A SAVAGE
Too Much Bible Reading and Confine- nent at Home Tends to Make
 Him an Anarchist

Chicago.-"Force a healthy boy twelve years old or whereabouts to re- main at home Sunday afternoons read ing the Bible and you encourage that boy to become an Anarchist at heart"
 Tell lad of the horrors and pen. altiss of sin and he wants to try them just to see if you know what you are talking about"
 These pointed statements were made the other night by pr. Winfield Scott Hall of Northwestern university in an address before the Austin Par ents' club in the auditorium of the Austin high school.
 "A growing boy Is at heart a say. age," Doctor Hall said. If the father would on Sunday afternoons take his boys to the woods and there roast po- tatoes and strips of bacon in true In. dian fashion such as Is dear to the lads heart. he might gain his conf. dence."
The Prescott daily news., 1911-05-27

WY TASHINGTON.-Ill still holds w the national championship for long distance statesmanship in con gross. The complete congressional record for the last session just issued establishes the states claim to this distinction beyond any doubt
 No other delegation even approach es the mark set by Illinois in the mum. Der of congressman absent at all times, the number of roll calls missed by each and the total number of days each was away during the session.
 While none of the Illinois represen- tatives achieved the distinction of rep resenting his district without once ap. bearing at the capital, there were sev- eral who outdid all former feats and approached remarkably close to this goal. Unfortunately they were handi- capped by the provision of the law for the payment of mileage.
 A member may draw his salary of
The Prescott daily news., 1911-05-27
As Breeding Ground for Alaska

instance, and the question is whether hardy, cold-restraint varieties could not be produced by selective breeding that would give Alaskans all the fresh luxuries from their garden that the states have.
 There are farms in the Colorado mountains near Denver that have an elevation of nearly 10000 feet ana the conditions at this altitude in Cor orado are almost identical with cohaf tions at 1000 feet elevation near 'ne arctic circle. That is the days arc warm and sunshiny, but the nlgh.S are almost cold even in summer, wn'ls the severe winters are apt to XII a" but the hardest perennials
 A bill was recently introduced in'o congress for the establishment ol 'a'' such work in Colorado and also ,o' experiments that would breed drougn' resistant vegetables for the deserI
The Prescott daily news., 1911-05-27
Lack of Horses Alarms Officers

United States army, prepared Dy Cap'' Casper H. Conrad of the Third cav. airy and published by the departlnen' of agriculture, doubt is expressHu o' the subject.
 In 1908 the government estapisneu the system of remount depots TOT 'n' army. Under this system the govern ment buys the horse young, a1 'n,eo to four years old. and after prean,us na,s them issues them to the troops. ins system has been found preferaoie v purchasing the animals when matureu. But what the army officers want anu also the department of agriculture <, a system of government supervision - the breeding of horses for the @".'
 Chief George M. Rommel of the an, nal husbandry division of the oui.aa an of animal industry. has devised t.ad p. whereby from 2.O00 to g,5Oo welio.s .ss animals would be available TOT eu, @ army every year. This would apos' supply the demands in time or pea'e'
 It is proposed to divide the cou"a. ,,a.. into four districts and to rear LA. gans. thoroughbreds. stanoaiu'. ..re and saddlers. In time the pest VI" would be discovered.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-05-27
"SMILE" OFFICE IS OPENED
inspired by American Example, Lon- doner Sets Up Joy Dispensary
 for Down-Hearted.

London.-ynspired by American ex. ample. professional worry killer, an earnest apostle of cheerfulness has set up in the smile-dispensing trade in tiny office within a stones throw of the Victoria railroad depot.
 The probability is that as a result of his efforts there will soon be thriving smile club in the metropolis with set of jolly maxims for mem. bers, calculated to keep demon worry at bay.
 Ihls lively innOvator is university graduate of 25, endowed with a prI. vate fortune, country mansion and heart full of optimism. He declares ne Is not out for the dollars at all, and Will be we'll satisfied if he can pay ex. penses- At present he is running the cheer-up office single-handed. coming to London every morning from the country to attend to corresponding.
 Before starting on his delicate task ne raises his eyes to the framed le- gend above his roll top desk, If you are worrying about any one or any. thing, think of something pleasant and smile" Then he takes off his coat In an endeavor to infuse little happiness into lives saddened by troub;es-whatever their nature.
 London needs to be educated up to the American standard of the cult of cheerfulness," says the English apos. tie. Pain Is not so terrible when you realize that all human beings bear and share It. The world is a strife for harmony. If you are not success. ful in vanquishing your disharmony s1ngle-handed. and you cannot discuss matters with friend, complete stranger may be able to help you. Let me try"
 Already one or two doctors and law yers have rallied to the cheerful apos. ties side, and when disheartened Lon. doners get to hear of the smile beget- ting bureau. the apostle will have to engage several merry-hearted coadtu- tors.