The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-28
Much Enthusiasm Shown at Meet
ing Of Workers of Bureau
at Marquette Last
Evening
STIRRING ADDRESSES GIVEN
Thornton A. Green, President of Or
qanization, George w. McCor-
mick and Others Heard.
Many in Attendance.

Marquette, Mich, April 29.-Over
100 men representing nearly every
county i'm the upper peninsula sat
down to the banquet at the Hotel
Marquette last evening. given by the
Commercial club of Marquette to the
executive committee of the Upper Pen
insula Development bureau of Michi-
gan. A bountiful dinner, followed by
a number of excellent speeches, served
10 arouse enthusiasm in the upper
peninsula and it's interests to a high
pitch and the gathering was a sue
cess, far beyond the most sanguine
hopes of its promoters
While a large number of speakers
Wc.e called upon i'm the course of the
evening TO make short talks, the prin-
cipal addresses were made by Thorn
ton A. Green, of Ontonagon, president
of the development bureau; George w.
Mccormick, one of the officers of the
Menominee River Sugar company, and
Frank Knox, editor of the 500 Evening
News, who is chairman OF the publicity
committee of the development bureau.
Mr.. Green outlined the movement
which led to the formation of the Up
per Peninsula Development bureau at
Menominee about two months ago and
what had been accomplished since
then. He stated that although no
money of any consequence had been
expended as yet, already results were
being obtained, "a contract, for exam
pie, having been signed between one
of the large land owners and the Cath
Ollie immigration organization, where
by the latter was to place several hum
dred European farmers on upper PEN
insula lands within the next five years
Represents No Special Interest.
MIR. Green stated that IN some GNc
tons the development movement had
not met with the enthusiastic support
he had hoped for, but that distr1st and
doubt were rapidly being removed and
that he believed that in the near flu
ture all sections of the peninsula
would be united solidly back of the
movement He stated that the opin-
ion had frequently come to his ears
that the bureau was created to exploit
some special interest or interests. This,
he declared. was a suspicion without
foundation, as the only object of the
bureau was to promote the interests of
the entire upper peninsula in every
way possible.
That the upper peninsula was un-
known, except by reputation as tn =
land of ice bergs and snow balls, was
one of the points brought out by Mr..
H. Green. He emphasized that one of
the things to be accomplished by the
development bureau was the removal
Of this wrong impression of the eli
mate of this district, which could only
be brought about by a systematic and
organized advertising campaign.
Mr.. Green stated that the experience
OF farmers who had settled on the
lands of his company in Ontonagon
county had demonstrated clearly that
there was as good farming land in the
upper peninsula as is to be had in the
United States. Several instances were
cited where farmers had started out
with nothing six or eight years ago
ana today not only owned their farms
nut were comfortably well fixed. Mr..
Ireen is most enthusiastic upper
peninsula booster and his enthusiasm
could not but be contagious.
Possibilities Of Development.
George w. Mccormick, of Menomi-
nee made one Of the stirring addresses
ol the evening. At the beginning, he
tod OF the land show at Chicago last
lall, the greatest land show in this
country, at which the farm products of
almost every state i'm the union were
ulsplayed, but at which there was nc
eNhiDit from the upper peninsula and
the counties north of the straits were
lett Off the map of Michigan, which
was distributed by the organizations
uisplaying the products of the lower
peninsula. In the lower peninsula there
are three organizations similar in pur-
Pose TO the Upper Peninsula Develop
heht bureau and every one of these
had an attractive exhibit of the prod
ucts grown in its part of the state
put there was nothing at the show I,
ihulcate that there was any uppe
peninsula of Michigan in the United
States.
10 cap the climax. Mr.. Mcconnell
stated that in the wisconsin exhibit
was showing of apples from a farm
IN Menominee county which apples
nad taken the gold medal at the 81
louis Worlds fair. and also n displa,
Vi sugar beets from Menomlnee coun
W MIR. Mccormick declared that tn
upper peninsula could grow and wa
growing In small way as fine lookin,
ana better tasting apples than an,
o'her section OF the country, and tina
The sugar heets grown In Mennmine.