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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

his head is a turban of soft white ma
terial. The letters are concealed in
the. folds of his robe. CELEBRITY and
haste are not characteristics Of the
Egyptian postman. He ambles leisure
" along on hIs route. stopping fire.
quentIy 10 poke his head in the open
window of some house to chat with the
inmates. When he has finished his con
versation it probably occurs to him
that he has letter about his person
for some member of the household, and
Just before he leaves he fishes out the
missive and delivers 1t with an air of
condescension
A novel contrivance is employed by
the Japanese rural carrier FOR trans
porting the mail, This consists of a
yoke about four feet long, suspended
from either end of which is a sort Of
basket with wooden bottom. The lid,
sides and ends of netting are made Of
heavy cord. The carrier places this
curious yoke across his shoulders and
delivers his mail on foot, usually run
ming the entire length Of the route, In
carrying the mail to far inland points
in Japan the carriers employ small
hand carts, the carriers being obliged
to perform the double duty of a horse
and postman In the cities of Japan
the mail is carried in small canvas
sacks
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21
Benefits Farmers Wives,

This is only one case in thou
sands. SAID Mr.. De Graw "L be
lieve the daily delivery of letters,
newspapers and periodicals has cut
down the cases Of suicide and insanity
among farmers and their wives more
than 90 per cent
The farmers mail delivery service
has been In operation about fourteen
wears, In 1897 eighty three routcs were
established There are now in opera
ton throughout the United States A.
lis rural roptes, served by 42,033 rural
carriers. Postmaster General Gary, in
his report for 1897, said:
SIT may be difficult To point to any
like expenditure Of public money which
has been more generally appreciated
by the people or which has conferred
greater benefits in proportion to the
amount expended -
These sentiments arc doubtless
echoed today by more than twenty mil
non people who are now the appre.
cIativc recipients of the rural delivery
service.
The. work of the rural letter carrier
is probably one of the last occupations
in the world one would think a
woman would engage in, but it is
nevertheless true there arc now about
2?o women in the rural delivery ser
wee who do the same work as men
carriers. 1t seems n carrier is Obliged
TO have substitute under bond like
himself, to deliver the mail when he
is Ill or away from home. Ordinarily
he appoints his son or his wife Here
tofore. if he died and were destitute
the substitute was often given his
place In this way it happens that
women are now carrying the mails for
Uncle Sam In various parts Of the
United States.
"I'here is no prejudice against
women" said Mr.. De Graw, Nbut be
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

John D. Rockefeller would 4
if be should spend his entiro
trying to prc-are a better
than Chamberlain's Collie. Chol
Diarrhaea Remedy for diaFrho
entery or bowel complaints. v
ply impossible. and so says ev
that has used it. Sold by all q
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21
Airship to Mount Blan

GENEVA. May 20.-Not to u
Lucerne. the Geneva authorities
dered an airship station TO be ere
summer. The airship will carry
TO places of interest around the
will also undertake trips TO Mon
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21
Bells in India.

The costume of the rural carrier in
parts of India is similar 10 that worn
by the Congo carrier, merely a cloth
about the loins. The Indian carries
long handled spear across his shoulder.
with the mail sack tied to the staff,
after the manner In which ''Wauder-
ing WillIe' carries his lunch in a
bandana handkerchief. Near the point
of the spear are four or FIVE bells,
which are supposed to announce the ap-
proach of the mail man.
When the streams are flooded the
rural postman in India floats down the
stream astride a log, steering it into
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

The everlasting girl question
and entirely solved by the insc|
a little want "ad' in The y
Bell phone $500. Ind. $50.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

Carried IN Many Countries; Reindeer in

unique looking individual. He
brown linen costume with ~.
brcro. and Travelled through ths7
astrido 4 pack mule hardly lar
n burro. On either side Of IN.
saddle was quite large trunk 4
with a paddock. The paner
carried in one trunk and fhe II.
the other With the cstahlish(
American civilization. howFvt
Curious feature of the mail sery
discontinued II
There are many stories told
cost OF mail service bv private
localities difficult OF access or h.
by the various governments I'M
of the communities, In the ear
Of the gold seekers rush Ia,
the cost OF letter postage from,
Inlet 20 Nome by private ro
something enormous. At that 4.
United States mail boat made 4
trips year, the last boat
Nome about the first of Novemb
Private Mail Carrier.
An enterprising young fellou
lished a mid. winter private no,
Cook g Inlet TO Nome, a dist
about 1900 miles by the route, (
About the first of January Ia
start north from Seattle. collecj
ters from that point to Cook
making the trip on any vessel a.
10 stop at Sitka, Douglas Island.
/ and all other points Of any imr
along the coast. His enteruf
neither recognized nor promotad
United States government.
Only letters were carried. AZ
were obliged to be written d
skin paper. for bulk was a eo
ton of great Importance, since
was so much per pennyweighf.
the carrier arrived at Cook g
packed the letters in tin boz
structed 10 conform to his body
into the lining Of his coat. d
an Eskimo costume aud carrie
of matches. gun and severf
Of ammunition. Along the emit
he touched AT no man s hut OF
but he had studied the country.
oughly that he knew where
game aud firewood. His avera
travel was about forty miles
shoes. and at night after cool
eating his supper, would roll
up in his fur sleeping bag al
until morning. The most d
obstacles encountered were the
whose currents were so rapid {
Knocked at the powers of cold
them. These he was obliged
carving his clothes in a bund
his head.
His route was the longest OF
ricr's route in the world, and
of delivery WAS the highest
world. The thinnest letter 1
the route cost the sender SO, {
that mp to $50 or moro. He
made but one trip each winter,
season ne made two. being alb
dogs and sleds part of the wa
second trip. Each delivery
nctted the carrier something o,
profit.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

cause of the exposure and hardship CON
nected with the work men are pre-.
ferred. Many instances have come
under my observation in the time |
have been connected with the service
where women have proved themselves
10 be The most honest, courageous and
faithful of any of the department s
employees.
conc case happened not long ago,
when a woman mail carrier, while ford
ing n stream on horseback, was thrown
in the fast running current. Her mail
bag hoated away. She didn't scream
or drown. but, by swimming and wad-
ing, mostly swimming. She overlook
the bag. and getting ashore, mounted
her horse and rode about her duty. The
department is rather proud Of It's wom-
en- carriers.
Mr.. De Graw asked woman carrier
one day what she would do if she
Should be ordered to get a Uniform.
She replied: 81 d get the finest and
best tailored outfit that could be pro
duced in Chicago"
In the postal service OF every gov
ernmcnt the work performed by the
carriers is one Of the most important
features of the system In the carrier
service of the world. and particularly
the rural service, there arc employed
many unique methods. The costumes
worn, devices employed and the prac-
tices relating to mail delivery obtain
ing in the various countries are Of no
little interest.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

bank AT various points, while he dis
embarlSs TO deliver mail 10 the houses
along the way. There is also camel
post in India. the carriers being attired
with a scantlness similar to the foot
postman.
The German carriers outfit consists
of leather bag and portable writing
table. with pens and ink. in order that
he may make ont and deliver money
orders. The carrier cashes the money
orders and frequently carries large
sums of money for this purpose.
Sleighs and Dogs.
The Turkish letter carriers wear the
Oriental costume of red, with tight ft-
ting coat and baggv trousers. Their
headgear consists of a tasseled fez. In
Kamchatka the carriers arc clad in furs
and drive slcighs drawn by dogs, rein
deer, and occasionally a team of
moose. a semi military uniform is
worn by the carriers in Italy, Spain,
Portugal and in some countries of
South America
One of the interesting features of
the Chinese rural mail delivery is the
packet boat service. Along small
streams in thickly populated portions
Of the country a special mail boat plies
back and forth along the stream. the
carriers leaving the boat TO deliver mail
to the houses along tn, route.
In some parts Of the Sahara desert
and in wild and little frequented parts
of Asia, where outlaws and brigands
abound, the government sends an escort
Of soldiers with the rural mail carriers
bearing registered packages. In vast
number of cases the cost of the escort
is greatly in excess Of the value of the
packages to be delivered, and it would
be ruinous to the recipient were he
obliged to bear the expense of the de-
livery. The government, however, re-
lieves the citizen Of this expense.
During the Spanish reign in Porto
Rico the rural mail carrier there was a
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21
Congo Mail Carriers.

Decidedly unique in comparison with
the rural carrier system of the United
States is the method of delivering let
ters in the Congo Free State. Africa.
The Congo letter carrier is usually an
exceedingly black negro, His uniform
consists only Of a breech clout, with
not even necktie to accompany this
singular wearing apparel. When he
is given Letter to deliver he fastens
il TO the end of long staff, and hold
ing this in one hand high above his
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21
Of Rural Delivery; How Mail Is Carried IN NJ:
Russia, Stills IN France; Private Service at $40

PETER VoRhEES DE @nM
SooSTh RSS'sTHNT POST
F1AS 'EtS GENERAL
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-29
PLAN TARGET PRACTICE.
fant'e's Crew Will Spend a Day Wit.
the Guns in Sept.

IL was stated yesterday by an Office
vi the Hancock division of the Nava
reserves that day would probably h,
devoted to target practice sometim,
during the month of September, thi,
feature OF the summers work havint
been omitted during the recent cruls,
to Port Huron.
There Is probability that the yam
TIC VIII be sent To Toledo, this fall [,
nave new boilers installed, those n
present In use not furnishing steam
enough to realize the most speed pos
sible from her enginesn If II SHOULD
De decided To take the boat To Toledo
she viii be left there all winter. the
crew returning to Hancock by rail.
Robert Derby, who wa injured al
the 500 by being struck In the eve viii
n tackle block while hosting a boat
aboard the Yantic, returned SUNDAY
from the hospital at the 500 and has
resumed his duties as seaman on the
Yantic. Holappa, who was the more
seriously injured. is reported to be
recovering nicely and will be out of
the hospital at the 500 In q few days.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-29
HANCOCK BRIEFS.


Miss Sarah Chamberlain and Miss
Kate Birk have returned from a two
weeks stay at Eagle River.
Mrs. Albert Lieblein and daughter,
Bernadette, returned this morning
from Ashland, where they have been
visiting
Mrs w. C. Stern and children re-
turned today to their home In Cleve-
land after visit at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Baer.
The funeral of the infant son of Mr..
and Mrs Frank Pera of Ripley, whose
death occurred Sunday. was held this
morning from st. Joseph's church.
Mayor Dodge. DIR. @. f. Gallen and
A. L. Levy are enjoying a trip I'm DR..
Gallen's boat to Port Arthur and 9TH
CT points on the north shore of Lake
Superior.
The funeral of Myra, the infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Rodda
of Hancock, was held yesterday after
noon. interment taking place at Forest
Hill cemetery.
Henry Becker, a nephew OF the late
Mrs. Catherine Lieblein, arrived yes
terdav from Chicago to attend the flu
neral of Mrs. Leblen, which takes
place this afternoon.
Richard Rourke' ST.. and a party Of
friends have returned from the Rourke
homestead at Elm River. after spend
ing week fishing and camping.
The Quincy public school will reopen
for the fall term on Tuesday morning
next. and teachers meeting has been
called by Prof. Johnston the principal,
~ take place on Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. c. II. Repath and children, who
have been visiting with relatives in
Hancock for the past six weeks, left
today for Los Angeles. Cal. where they
will reside. Mr.. Repath. who Is con-
sulting engineer, making a speciality of
smelling plants. is engaged on work
for the c. & A., Miami and Inspiration
mining companies, and has recently
opened an Office in Los Angeles.
Mrs. Edward Wrempelmyer arrived
home yesterday for visit with her
mother. Mrs. william Crosse of this
city. Mr.. and Mrs Wrempclmyer have
lust returned from a honeymoon spent
| I'm Chicago. where they were married
on August 8. and after short stay at
Marquette, Mr.. wrempelmyer will join
his wife here. after which they will
leave for Denver. Mr. wrempelmyer
ls a mining engineer, graduating this
year from the Michigan College OF
Mines
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-29
RIPLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Committee Appointed Last Evening t.
Select Twenty Men.

"A meeting was held last evening "a,
the Ripley school house for the pur.
pose of taking preliminary steps to-
wards organizing an efficient fire com
rany for the protection of the property
OF the locality which contains n mum
Der of manufacturing industries ano
large plants of various kinds. The
meeting was called to order by Will
lam Grosnick, and William Madigan
was chosen temporary secretary.
"A committee Of thre9 consisting
of Arthur RENTS, August Koppleman
and Edward Madigan. was appointed
To select twenty-three men to form
the membership of the proposed fire
company Another meeting will be
held Thursday evening when officers
of the department will be elected.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-29
BOARD OF PUBLIC! !!8 u! !, WORKS q
SUGGESTS COAI:CONIRACI
FAvoRs ACCEPTANCE OF BID ne
COAL AND DOCK COMPANY.
Inspect Premises to Look for ws,.r
Waste, Leakage and Fraud.

The regular monthly meeting M IN,
Hancock board of public works wa
held yesterday afternoon, with Henr,
l.. Baer, chairman and Messrs. Mette
kauth and Rouleau present.
the board voted to recommend Z,
the council the acceptance of the hi,
OF the Portage Coal and Dock com.
pany for furnishing the city cargo
of coal The bid of the Portage Goa
and Dock company was $2.65 and. and
that OF the Peoples Fuel company nj
Hancock $2.5S. but the board favored
the former on the ground that the
coal purchased last year from the
same firm was of such good quality
and gave such excellent satisfaction
that IL was desirable to continue H.
Both bids were on Island Creek Coal
W. G. Kauth was authorized by
the board to make a personal inspec-
ton, accompanied by competent
plumber of any premises in the city
using water, where II was thought
there might be waste or leakage or
where pipes might be I'm use that were
not connected with meters. 1t has
come to the attention of the board
heretofore that there were a number of
instances I'm which meters were not
being used In places where they
should be installed and that the city
was losing considerable revenue as n
result.
no hnn rI 10.
fencing in both OF the pumping sta
tions, favoring the use of wire fenc-
ing with cedar posts. Engineer Stock
ly will be asked TO make a sketch plan
OF the proposed fences. The iron rail-
ing received some time ago for the
top of the reservoir on the hill is to be
put In position. w. c. Kauth, chair
man of a committee appointed to
gather up city property. sucn as pipes.
hydrants, etc. scattered about the wa
ter works tracts. reported that all such
material. together with the small
pump formerly used at the No. 2
pumping station, had been taken to
the No. pumping station and stored
away where 1t viii be accessible II
any of II is required for use.
The engineer of the pumping sys-
tenn was instructed to make records OF
the amount of coal used and the guam
tity OF water pumped, and report to
the board.
A number of claims relative to dis
puted meter readings were adjusted
and the meeting adjourned
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-29
ROLLER IN ACTION AGAIN.
No Worse for Its Recent Runawa,
Escapade in Houahton.

The gasoline road roller belonging
to the city of Hancock was put into
commission again yesterday afternoon,
and showed no effects of its recent
runaway escapade on Isle Royale
street I'm Houghton, when 1t dashed
into the front of the McKernan store
and then turned turtle on the side
walk. Street Commissioners Hosking
had the machine brought over yes
terday from the garage in Houghton
where II had undergone repairs. and
put II To work rolling Front street
and Reservation street. where n sur
face of crushed stone is being laid
The roller is in charge of George
Payne, who has operated it for the
city during the past two years.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-29
I. o. o. r. GRAND LODGE.
Local Representatives Will Be Present
At Saginaw Oct. 16 to 10.

T. j. Gregory, representative of Mys-
tic Lodge /. O. O. H. to the grand lodge
of the order and a member of the
grand lodge finance committee, has re-
ceived copies of the program for the
convention of the |. O. o. f. and the
Rebekah assembly To be held at Sagi-
nav on October 16, II, is and H. H.
+. Key will be present as the other
Hancock delegate. The sessions of the
Grand Lodge will all be held at the
Auditorium and those of the Rebekah
assembly at the Masonic Temple. There
will be reduced rates to Saginaw ON
all lines of railroad. The program for
the convention is as follows:
Monday. october 16-Welcoming ana
reception of visitors at Hotel Vincent,
which will be headquarters for grand
lodge and Rebekah assembly oiiicers'
8 %. M. Grand lodge and past ofiiciai
degrees will be conferred at auditorium
and Rebel1ah Assembly degrees at Ma
sonic Temple Star lodge No. l56 oil
Saginaw will exemplify tho second de-
gree at odd Fellows hall on South
Franklin street.
TUESDAY, October 17-S .. m. organ
recital at auditorium; 8 a. M. introduce
tory remarks by James y. Harris'
chairman: invocation, Rev. j. Am
brose Dunkel; welcome In behalf OF the
CITY of Saginaw. Mayor George w.
Stewart: welcome In behalf of Saginaw
lodges Judge William II. Kendrick;
response I'm behalf of the Grand lodge
Charles II. Ganschow grand MASTER
response I'm behalf of Rcbekah assem-
bly,, Hattie jackson, president; pene-
diction, Rev. S. Waite Phelps, grand
chaplain. 1890 a. m. GraNu Louse
and Rebekah assembly convene In reg
lar session. 1880 u. m. Grand Rapius
lodge No. IL will exemplify initiatory
degrees at Masonic Temple; Garland
Rebekah lodge No. 359 of Detroit VIII
exemplify Rebekah degree at AUDITOR
ium. $3.50 p. M. grand coihpiiinen
tary ball at auditorium, admission by
ticket.
Wednesday, October Is. 300 a. M
Regular sessions Grand Lodge ana he-
bckahs. 8 a. m, at auditorium Diain-
ond lodge 4s9 Detroit. Will exempi'iS
the first degree. followed by exem-
pliAcation of third degree by Riversiue
lodge 900, Detroit. At Masonic tenn
pie. reception and entertainment ior
members of Rebekah assembly.
Thursday, October 19-Grand puse
and Rebekah Assembly in regular ses-
sion.
At this convention Grand Master
Charles +. Ganschow, who was presen'
at Houghton last April In his ofi'c'h,
capacity to dedicate the new odu
Fellows temple. will retire. and VIII
probably be succeeded by Mr.. nam
burger, although this 1t not a certainty
as It is understood there VIII DC an
other candidate for the office.
Visitors From Painesdale.
The degree team of Painesua''
lodge. No. 100. Independent order o.
odd Fellows. will be the guests o.
Mystic lodge, l. o. o. f., OF HahcooA
next Saturday evening. when OH
meeting will be held at the Odd re''
lows temple on Hancock street. In'
Painesdale team will confer initia'o''
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-29
Hancock Department

uesree work ON a class of several can
didates and afterwards will be enter
tanned at u social session and lunch.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-29
More Hancock on Page -Four.

Cinematograph theaters are very
popular all over Great Britain. The
United states supplies so to 75 per
cent. Of the films used.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-29
The Cable Co.
Guarantee

goes with EVERY piano included in
this stock. Pianos are warranted to
be in perfect condition, new, and will
be exchanged for other instruments of
similar style if any defect in work
manship or material appears in ten
years from date of sale ..
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-29

Our business in Calumet has always
been of the highest class and we are very
proud OF it, but our officers recently de-
Cided that we could do still better work
if we were closer to Detroit and the clos
ing of this store and removal of the
manager and sales force 10 lower Michi-
gan is the result of that decision.
We will still maintain an office in
Calumet where all payments can be
made Miss Wrobleski, our present
cashier, will still continue to have charge
of this branch of our business.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-06-16
CARRIE NATION DIES
DEATH ENDS CAREER OF WOMAN
WREckEE OF SALOONS.
Prohibition Worker, succumbs -
Paresis in sanitarium at Lesv-
enworth, Kan.

Leavenworth. Kan.-Mrs. Carrie K.
Nation of Ratchet fame. who devoted
her life to fight on the sale OF liquor
and cigarettes, died in the Evergreen
sanitarium here of paresis. aged six
ty-six years. She had been suffering
from a nervous breakdown since Jan
uary last.
Although it has been reported sew
eral times since ghe came here that
she was deaG. her death was not ex-
pected until several days ago.
Mrs. Nation in the sanitarium was
incapable of even managing her own
business affairs, all trace of the bold
prohibition worker had disappeared
when her iron constitution began to
fail, and she spent the last five months
of her life in seclusion, no one but
relatives and hospital attendants be
ing allowed to see her. When told
several days ago that she would die.
Mrs. Nation made no comment Only
Dr. A. l.. Suwalsky and nurse were
with her when death came
Mrs. Nations entry into fame was
made at Wichita, Kan, several years
ago, when she demolished a saloon
with a Ratchet Later she repeated
the performance on several other Kan
sas towns. Kansas, however. was too
small for her proclivities and she car
ried her sensational fight against the
saloons into some of the larger cities
of this country.
Washington. -The will of Carrie A.
Nation was filed in the probate court
here. 1t was dated in 1907 and in it
Mrs. Nation declared herself resi-
dent of Washington.
1t is estimated the estate disposed
of by the will is valued at $40. 900, CON
sisting of houses and lots in Guthrie
and Shawnee, Okla, an account of
$1,000 in an Alexandria (va.) bank.
and life insurance policy
To the Woman's Christian Temper.
ance union of Kansas Mrs. Nation be-
queathed her Book of My Life" and
all rights Hereunder Charlton A. Nc
Nab, her only child, is bequeathed $50
month IL not in an insane asylum
After the death of Mrs. McNab her
children are to receive $500 each The
remainder of the estate is to be given
to the Carrie Nation Home for Drunk
ards Wives and widows at Kansas
City for home for children; twelve
years old and under.