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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-12-21
Board of
Supervisors Meets.
official Report OF County Board Meet.
ing Held, Tuesday, December 8.

A special meeting of the board of
supervisors of Baraga County, called to
be held at the court house in the village
of L'Anse, was held in the office of the
county clerk of said county on Tuesday,
December 3rd, A. d. 1912.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman John .. Maxey who stated
that the purpose Of the meeting was to
consider matters in connection with the
construction of new county Jail and
sheriff's residence and to take action
upon report of the books and records
of the Baraga County road commissions
ers by an expert accountant and to
transact such other business as may
properly come before the meeting.
The following supervisors from the
several townships were present: Au-
gust Paulsen, Arvon; Fred w. Schwalm
Baraga; Anton E. Erickson, Covington;
John 0. Maxey, L'Anse and Max Beau
prey. Spur.
On motion of Paulson, supported by
Erickson and declared carried by the
vote following, the following report
was accepted and the following resolu-
tons adopted.
The Honorable Board of Supervisors
in and for Baraga County, Michigan:
Gentlemen:
Your committee heretofore appointed
to consider and pass upon plans and
specifications for the new county Jail
building, do hereby report in favor of
accepting and approving the plans and
specifications prepared by Messrs. Charl-
ton and Kuenzli, copies of which are
filed herewith.
Yours very truly,
August Paulson
Max Beauprey
Anton E. Erickson
Committee.
1t is resolved, that the report Of the
Committee heretofore appointed on
plans and specifications for the new
county Jail building, be and the same is
hereby accepted and ordered placed on
file; and
1t is further resolved, that the plans
and specifications accepted and recon-
mended by said committee. as furnished
by Messrs. Charlton & Kuenzli. be and
the same are hereby approved and &C
cepted. bf
1t is resolved, that the bond issue Of
fourteen thousand dollars ($l4, 0O0)
heretofore authorized by vote of thu
electors Of this county, be issued II
sums of one thousand dollars eaci
$1,000. payable annually, beginning
with the year 1914. and that one Of suci
bonds mature in each year thereafter
until the full amount has been paid, to
gether with interest thereon at the rat
of FIVE per centum per annum. payable
semi-annually.
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appointment, take and subscribe the
constitutional oath of office and file the
same with the said clerk. Each and
every county road commissioner shall
be required to execute and give official
bond in such amount as the board of
supervisors of such county may deter
mine. the expense of securing such
bond, if any, to be paid from the coun-
ty road fund.-
Upon investigation / find that your
commissioners have never been placed
under bond, although it was the duty
of your board to specify the amount of
such bond, and require each commits.
sioner to furnish same. While the COM
missioners have subscribed and filed
the constitutional oath of Office, they
have grossly violated Sdch oath in max
ing the office position for personal
gain.
/ Section 10 of the same chapter reads
as follows Neither the clerk nor any
member of the board Of county road
commissioners shall, directly or indi-
rectly, either personally or as men,
Der of any firm or stakeholder in any
corporation, be pecuniarily interested
as contractor or employe in any con-
tract entered into or work carried on
by or for such board, or in property
purchased or sold by or for such
board"
Although the language of this section
is unquestionable, find nevertheless
your commissioners have personally
benefited both directly or indirectly to
about the sum of SIC, 761. OF, or nearly
SO per cent. of moneys charged to road
improvement.
further find your commissioners
have violated tqeir official oaths in dis
regarding that portion of Section Is of
the same chapter, which provides, that
in case of discontinuance or abandon
ment of any road adopted as courty
road the vote of the commissioners
page 2
shall be tax en- and entered at large on
the records of said board Of county road
commissioners.
also find your commissioners have
violated their oaths of office in disre-
garding that part of Section 10 of the
same chapter, reading as follows:
'Tn all cases involving the expendi-
ture of an amount greater than $4,000
for the building, rebuilding, or repairing
of roads or bridges, the board of county
road commissioners shall advertise fol
sealed proposals for such work. The
board shall have the right to reject any
and all bids and may do the work BY
day labor, purchasing the necessary
material and employing the labor there
for: provided, however. in case the
board shall decide to do the work BY
, labor, the plans and specifications to
gether with all bids received thereon
!. and the reason, in writing, for not let
ting the job by contract. shall be filet
in the Office Of the county clerk"
Since the adoption Of the county rot
system your commissioners have ex
|, pended $5S510.s9 divided as follows
See Sheet "A". page ~
: OF the amount charged to road i'm
} provement, s17S41. %. practically, one
third was expended on the L'Anse ami
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And that this board hereby offers said
bonds at par to the Baraga County
National Bank and the Baraga County
State Bank, they being the two banks
with which Baraga County is now doing
business, privileging each bank to take
/ the whole or any part Of said bond issue.
The chairman of the board and clerk
are hereby authorized to execute such
bonds and interest coupons, to be at
tached to the same, to conform with
the method of payment above men
toned. The bonds to be payable the
first day of February in each year and
the interest coupons the first day of
February and Of August in each year.
The form of bond and coupon to be
such as is agreeable to bank or banks
purchasing the same, defining the pur-
pose of the issue, the amount, place
and time of payment. and shall be SUBJ
stantially in the following form:
United States of America.
Stdle OF michlRan'
County of Baraga.
Baraga County Jail Bond.
No. $1,000. 90
Know all men by these presents. that
the county of Baraga, state of Michi-
gan, acknowledges itself indebted, and
for value received hereby promises to
pay to bearer on the first day of Feb
ruary, A. D., H., the principal sum
of one thousand dollars Isl, 100000, to-
gether with interest thereon from the
date hereof until paid, at the rate of
five per centum per annum, payable
semi-annually on the first day of Feb
ruary and August of each year, which
interest Of the principal is evidenced by
and payable upon presentation and sur
render of the annexed interest coupons
as they severally become due. Both
principal and interest of this bond are
payable in lawful money of the United
States of America, at the Baraga Coun.
ty National Bank, in the village of
L'Anse and st tie of Michigan. For
the prompt payment of the principal
and interest of this bond as they re-
| spectively become due, the full faith,
credit and resources of said county are
irrevocably pledged.
This bond is issued for the purpose of
building Jail for the county of Baraga,
at its county seat, in l. 'Anse, Michigan.
and is issued pursuant to the affirmative
vote of more than a majority of the
electors of said county voting at spe-
cial election duly and legally called and
held for that purpose and pursuant to
resolution and proceedings of the coun-
ty board of supervisors duly passed, APP
proved and adopted and under and by
virtue of and in strict compliance with
all the requirements Of the constitution
and laws of the state of Michigan.
II ID hereby certified and recited.
/ that al acts, conditions and things re-
/ CURED by all Of the different provisions
Of the constitution and laws Of the state
of Michigan to exist, happen and be
4 performed precedent to and in. the is.
suancs Of this Bond, have existed, hap.
pened and been performed in regular
and due form, time and manner as re-
quired by law, and that the total indebt-
edness Of said county Of Baraga. includ.
ling this bond, does not exceed any
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Clerk.

1t is resolved, that Messrs. Charlton
& Kuenzli be directed to forthwith ad-
vertise for sealed bids for the construc-
ton of county jail at the county seat
in L'Anse, Michigan, according to the
plans and specifications heretofore
adopted. Such bids to be subject to
usual requirements, and with the reser-
walton that the board can accept or re-
ject any bids submitted. and to be
opened January End, 1913 at one o'clock
of that day.
Yeas-Paulson, Schwalm, Erickson,
Maxey and Beauprey.
Nays None.
The following report was read.
Note. The pages of the report are
numbered in the columns, that reference
es may be made.)
page y
To the Honorable Board of Supervis-
ors of Baraga County, Mich.
Pursuant to resolution of your hon
orable body authorizing committee to
secure the services of disinterestet
party for the purpose of checking the
books and records of the Baraga Coun
ty Road Commissioners, was engaged
to do the work and respectfully submit
my report herewith.
This report shows conditions just al
/ found them, and If at times criticism
seems severe it is nevertheless merited
find that the commissioners hav,
iagrsntly Violated their official OATH
and openly disregarded the laws as Sc
forth In the statute, and it would seen
that your honorable body is also oper
to, some criticism in the matter.
Section z, Chapter 4 Of Act No. 1s3
p. A. 1909, reads as follows: ian!
person elected or appointed county roa'
commissioner shall, within ten days af
ter being, notified in writing by tn
clerk Of such county, Of his election o
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constitutional or statutory limitation.
In testimony whereof, said board of
supervisors for the county of Baraga
has caused this bond to be signed by
its chairman and clerk, and its corpo-
rate seal to be hereto affixed, and has
caused the annexed interest coupons to
be authenticated with the original or
fac-simile signatures of said chairman
and clerk, who have duly adopted such
fac-simile signatures as their own, and
this bond to be dated the first day
of ..............A. D.. 1912.
(Seal) Observation-Disclosures.
Chairman.
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Clerk.
Form of Coupon.)

On the first day of February
August A. D., 49,. :.
County of Baraga, State of Michigan,
will pay to bearer the sum Of twenty
five dollars, lawful money of the United
States of America, at the Baraga Coun-
ty National Bank, in the village of
L'Anse, Michigan, being the seminar
nual interest then due on its county Jail
building bond.
Dated, january. A. D., 1913, No..
.....'''.. -
Chairman.
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S HER son.
RICH YOUNG WIDOW PUTS TEMPO
RARY END 70 ROMANCE.
Young Couple Had EIoped and Think
ing Mother" In Good humor. They
Confessed Bridegroom and We'd
ding Ring Thrown Into Street.

Clifton Heights. Pa.--Mrs. Martha
Derrtck, who was held In 5000 ball by
Magistrate Grifith for blacking the
eyes OF her six-day son-in-law was not
IN penitent mood the other day. She
says there is but one way to handle an
lunwanted son-in-law, and that is to let
nim know he is not wanted right or
the bat" 50 as not to give the neigh
DORIS chance to talk about that ter.
rible mother-in-law."
Martin Adams. "a, tall, strong and
athletic. Is the son-in-law who took
the beating. Marion Derrick. daugh-
ter OF the well-to-do widow, is now
his wife. She is Is. Marion had been
the telephone girl at the local ex-
change until Mrs. Derrick gave Adams
the beating.
Adams and the young woman eloped
to Wilmington. where they were made
man and wife by the Rev. George
Wolfe. the marrying parson." They
returned to their homes and said moth
Ling about the marriage ceremony for
lseveral days. Then Mrs. Adams thought
the time propitious to break the news
to mother"
! Mother is in splendid mood" she
;telephoned to Adams. Better come
over" .s
/. Adams arrived. With his bride he
faced Mrs. Derrick. He held out a
piece Of paper for his mother-in-law. to
read It was the marriage certificate
The reading didn't take long. Then
Mrs. Derrick pointed to the door and
told Adams to 60" Adams failed to
go fast enough. The widow grabbed
him by the arm, whirled him around,
landed with left jab to the nose and
a right swing to the eye. She repeat
ed, landed her right on the other eye.
Adams fed. Mrs Derrick then noticed
the marriage ring on the hand of her
daughter She grabbed the ring and
threw 1t into the street, after which
she locked the bride in room.
Adams swore out a warrant. charg-
Ing his mother-in-law with assault. At
the hearing Adams acknowledged he
was divorced Mrs. Derrick was re-
leased on bail. You might as we'll
make 1t $4,000 as $780," she told the
magistrate. I've got It,"
Mrs. Derrick still has her daughter,
and Adams is wondering how he is go
Ing to get possession Of the bride. The
bride cannot be SEEN Her mother says
she will do the talking for and the de-
/, Tending of the family
Mrs. Derrick is quite prominent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09
MUCH DAMAGE DONE TO CORN
By BORING OF CATERPILLAR
Any Method which Insure Complies Destruetion %
Over Winterin1 Larvae. II Persisted An wan
EffectuaIIy Preclude Serious Injury
From This Little
(By GEORGE q. AINsLEE- !

(By GEORGE @. AINSLEE.)
In many cornfelds, especially In
the South, 4 heavy wind late in the
season. before the corn is matured,
does great damage by breaking the
plants on at the surface Of the
ground. thus running them.
An examfnation Of these broken
stems will In most cases show that
they have been greatly weakened by
the burrows Of a caterpillar known
as "the larger corn stalk borer."
Its work is largely within the stem
Of the plant. and Is SO concealed that
In most cases, unless weather condi-
tons make it conspicuous, the pres
ence OF the insect passes unnoticed.
This insect seems to have been
originally an enemy of sugar cane
and to have first transferred It's at
tention to corn in the southern part
OF this country, where corn and cane
are grown over the same territory.
1t occurs In many countries where SUI
gar cane is the staple crop, and has
caused great damage in the West
Indies, British Guiana, Australia, and
Java. The bulk OF the evidence goes
to show that it was first brought into
this country with the importation Of
sugar-cane cuttings from the West
Indies and Central and South Ameri-
ca. where, since early times. it has
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Larger cornstalk borer. a. Summer
formed larva; BIC, alternating forms;
de-f-g, Abdominal segments.
interfered with the production Of
this staple.
Corn is damaged by these caterpil-
lars in two ways. First, In the early
part of the season, while the plants
are small, they work in the throat"
of the young corn, and If the tender
growing tip and the protecting leaves
are once damaged all chances that the
plant will become normal produc-
tive specimen are gone. In many
sections this is commonly known as
"bud-worm" injury, and though there
are several other insects which cause
a similar mutilation of the leaf, q
very large proportion of the so-called
"bud-worm" damage may be charged
to this insect.
The other form of serious damage
chargeable to this pest occurs later
in this season. The larvae, having
then left the leaves and descended to
the lower part of the stalk, tunnel In
the pith. If the larvae are at all
numerous in the stalk, their burrows
so weaken the plant that any unusual
strain will lay it low and destroy all
chance of its maturing. While fire.
quently ten or more larvae may live
and mature in one plant, it must be
remembered that any infestation,
ho,uevor@ 1iUht ui1l 1occon in Some de-.
gree the vitality Of the plant and
cause a corresponding loss in the
quality and quantity of the harvest.
Immediately upon leaving the egg
in spring the young larva Of the first
generation, spinning a silken thread
behind it, wanders down into the
throat Of the plant as far as the wa
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male; c. Pupa.
plugs the burrow below with digested
pith, and in the chamber thus Gre
ated slowly changes to the next or
pupal stage.
Seldom Is the stalk damaged above
the third joint from the ground, al
though the larvae, when small, are
found in the large midribs Of the low
er leaves and later in the season.
when the food supply is restricted,
even in succulent nubbins farther up.
They sometimes also penetrate the
underground part of the stalk in feed
ing and enter some of the larger
brace roots for short distance.
The larvae of the second genera
ton work in similar manner, ex.
cept that at the time they appear the
tassel has been formed: hence the
damage is now confined altogether to
the lower stalk. Thus, instead of ar
ranging to pass the pupal stage In
the upper stalk, they penetrate to
the root to hibernate and there, as
larvae, pass the winter in a quiescent
state.
Rotation is one of the best gener-
al preventives of injury from insects
affecting field crops. Experience has
shown that where corn has followed
itself upon the same field for two or
more years there has been much
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09
SHOOT MAN LOCKED IN ROOM
Texas Officers Forced to Stay AIaba-
milan Believed to Have Been
Temporarily Insane.

Cleburne. Texas.-Locked in HE
room in the Cleburne hotel, H. p
Hayes OF Vernon, Ala, was killed by
City Marshal A. C. White, after he
had, fired two shots through the door
to prevent the entrance Of officers.
Hayes was well known here and his
wild actions which led to the tragedy
are believed to have been the result
Of temporary mental arrangement.
His actions had terrified other
guests Of the hotel and these reported
to Patrolman James Hughes that
Hayes had kept them awake through
the entire night by yelling and slam
ming the furniture around in his
room. Employees of the hotel also re-
ported that Hayes had refused to adj
NIT them to his room, though he had
conversed with some of them through
the closed door.
When Officer Hughes was notified
he went to Hayes door and asked him
to come out There was some parley
and then Hayes agreed to come out II
he were shown Hughes was an officer.
The policeman started to climb up to
show his badge over the transom, and
Just before his head reached the glass
q bullet crashed through it and an
other passed through the door and
through the officers coat. Hughes re-
treated and summoned City Marshal
White to his aid. The two men re-
turned to the room and ordered Hayes
to come out. He refused again and
the officers started to break down the
door. Shots splintered the door from
the inside at every blow OF an axe
that the officers used. but all passed
harmlessly.
AS the door crashed in the man con-
tinued to shoot, and White. who had
his revolver IN his hand. shot three
times. Every shot that the officer
fred took effect. two Of them in
Hayes head and one In his neck. The
man lived an hour.
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greater loss from the borer than
where an annual change of crop has
been practiced. This is especially
noticeable where stalks or stubble
from the previous year have been al
lowed to remain undisturbed through
out the winter. The moths, upon
emergence In the spring, finding
themselves surrounded by the young
corn, commence egg laying at once
and escape the dangers encountered
in searching for another field Of
corn. A forced journey in search OF
young corn results in many Of the fe-
males being eaten by birds or being
destroyed because Of rain. cold. or
failure to find the object Of their
quest. A few moths will always sue
coed in their search, but the success
full proportion will be greatly de.
creased by persistent crop rotation.
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Arrests Own Son.

Springfield, Mo Sheriff John s.
Hufft az Laclede county arrested his
own SON on charge Of selling rent
ID team of horses and buggy pro-
c,,red from q liveryman Of Lebanon
The sheriff and his son. Opel Hunt.
q have gone to Lebanon. where the
lad viii be bound over to the Grim.
inal court. The father said &c had
trsi,Ad the boy through several coun-
Hes 81 southern Missouri since ne ran
avay. about month ago.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09
Foolish WalsxInq Contest.

An extraordinary waltzing watch n
which eight couples competed took
part at Allessandria. Piedmont, Italy.
The dancers commenced at 10 o'clock
IN the evening Of the 18th instant and
did not cease until they were COM
PEELED to do so from exhaustion. At
midday on the 10Th, when there re-
manned only two couples in the con-
test, the jury ordered the termination
Of the match, which had lasted IA
hours, and Regaldi, who was adjudged
champion. tainted Immediately after
ward.
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Get His Knowledge First Hand.
Benson ]. Losing, whose historical
collections were sold in New York
city recently, was historian of the
old school, whose methods were yet in
way up to date, not to say journal
istic. He Travelled many thousands Of
miles in gathering material for his
books, conversing with old settlers
and descendants of revolutionary he
roes and making sketches on the spot
Of battlef1elds and scenes OF historic
interest.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09
Peculiar Case Of Poisoning.

Metal poisoning from handling cop
ner coins was the curious cause for
death recently assigned at West Ham,
England. The deceased, age twenty
seven. had been employed to collect
coins from penny-in-the-slot gas me-
tiers, and his physician testified that
the coins were often green with YER
digris, which remained on the collec.
tors hands and was absorbed through
his habit of curling his mustache with
bis finger.
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Chinese Children Like Paris.

Chinese Children Like Paris.
Recently number of Chinese chill
dren have been found In the streets OF
Paris and taken before the magistrates
as vagabonds. These children were
brought to France by showmen to per-
form as acrobats. After few months.
their performances having lost their
novelty and ceased to attract, the man.
ayers abandoned them. They have
been taken to the Chinese legation to
be sent home. But they don't want to
go home. The beautiful city Of Paris
is more to their liking.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09
Queer Counting of Distances.

In the rural parts of Schleswig- Hol-
stein people do not measure distance
by miles, as We do, or by hours. as
In other parts OF Germany. They say
that place is pipe, or two pipes,
or three pipes OF, according to the
number of pipes one could smoke
while walking there. Shorter dis
tances are reckoned by dogs barks;
village under mile away would be
>wO or three doee' banks.
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Clocks


Fans actuated by currents Of air
have from time to time been used as
motors for running clocks. One, by
Lepaute, Is In the Louvre, Paris. Ben
jamin Hanks, Of Litchfield county.
Connecticut, patented one in 1888. In
q more recent patent the weight is
wound up by the current of air in g
chimney which is stopped by self
acting brake as the weight nears the
top Of Its course.