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The Calumet news., 1912-06-07
TEACH PUPILS TO
PREVENT FIRES
COMMISSIONER PALMER SAYS
LOSS IN STATE IN YEAR
REACHED S4,445, i8o.

Although IL was only year ago
that the legislature OF Michigan Great
ed the state fire marshals depart
ment, Insurance Commissioner PAL
mer says that the showing has been
highly satisfactory
Michigan's loss from fire waste from
May /, 1911 TO March 81 OF the pres
ent year was s4445.lSO.2s. Commits
sioner Palmer says that the past yeaI
has revealed defects In the law, ano
in his report to Gov. Osborn, he makes
recommendations for legislation that
viii increase the efficiency of the hvS
department.
II was evidently the intention Of the
legislature To give the fire marshafs
department an appropriation Of $lO,-
600 per annum. but the attorney gem
eral has held that under the terms OF
! the present statue the department is
/ not entitled to more than $4,000 un-
iii the next legislature grants relief.
"Another matter that should be
considered by the legislature in this
connection, is the question OF COM
pensaticn of deputy fire marshals,"
! said Commissioner Palmer. Under
! the present law there Is no provision
| Cor the payment of services rendered
| by individuals who. by operation OF
the law, are made deputy fire mar
shals. Certain public officers. suc h as
fire chiefs. presidents and mayors of
! villages and citfes, township clerks,
etc, are required To perform various
duties in the matter of reporting fires
ana inspection of risks, such services
TO be performed without compensa
ton.
"As q great many of these officers
are inadequately paid for their regu-
lar duties. it is a hardship upon them
| that they should be eliminated, to re-
auire compliance with the fire marsha
law. without compensation. At the
present time insurance companies pay
into the state treasury over S20O,OO'
per annum and less than $4,000 i
devoted TO the insurance business o
this state,
! "Firmly believing" he says, tina
the fire marshars department has
vast field of usefulness before 1t. am
that it's usefulness may be greatly
enhanced by permitting the work e
enlarge along the lines which present
day experience would indicate. an'
the greatest benefits in the form o
reducing IRE waste may, be obtained
II submit the following recommends
tons: The adoption of uniform
building codes. such codes to contain
regulations for electrical heating ant
lighting appliances; the adoption
regulations, prohibiting the use an
aaIe OF parlor matches; TO provide 70
the teaching for few minutes ever!
week in all our public schools. on tn
simple elements of fire danger an
fire prevention. under a system SIM
lar To that now In use I'm ONO; tina
the regulations adopted by the hr
marshal to regulate and prohibit tn
unnecessary accumulation of vast
and rubbish. whereby so many hre
nre started and quickly spread beyon
control. be enacted into law by tn
next legislature; the fire marshai'
department should be provided Wit
suaiciont means and assistants to ei
fcctively carry out its work.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07
YOUTH ATTACKED BY BULL.
yict;m scrambles to Safety After Be
mo Severely Gored.


Marouette-Hjalmar Bergh. son oi
Hilmer Bergh, the dairyman near IN
rair grounds. scrambled away from an
inruriatcd bull on the farm Wednes-
day after he had been Sorcd throueh
the body and tossed over the bulls back
escaping second charge oi
the animal. He is now in a precaiiouS
condition at st. Luke's hospital
MIR. Bergh is youth of about TWEEN
ty -onc years of age, and had just az
rived home for the summer vacation
from the Adclphus college AT Rock Is
land. Ills. lie was leading the bun to
water ,ate in the afternoon when ne
was attacked The bull ran him into
a corner OF the fence where Berg was
helplcss The horn penetrated the abb
dominal wall the first time, iniiictirS a
frirhtful wound and tearing out part
of the intestincs. In the next dash the
bull got his horn into Bcrs's hip ahd
threw him over his head. BcrSh man
aged TO scramble to safety before The
next dash OF the bull in spite OF his
mutilated condition.
He was rushed to st. LuSe's hos
pitaI. where an operation was at Cnrt
performed Dr James said "Wednesday
evening that he has fair chance Tor
recovery unless peritonitis sets IN.
The bull has not been known to at
tack another person. and none of the
children was afraid of HIM. IL is be-
lieved. however. that Mr.. Berghs ao-
sence had made him practically n
stranger. ana that the bull attacked
him for that reason.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07

Law" In Quarantine" and several
other good films are also exhibited.
The ST. Clair Sisters. at the Crown,
are dainty and delightfully."- enter
tanning couple. Their songs and
dances are clever and original.
The Lure of the Pictures" Boys"
and "A Bad Investment" are the best
OF the films exhibited In Boys" John
Ilansey and James Tannura are the
trouble makers. while Herbert Prior,
as the dentist and father of one or
the youngsters adds just enough com
edy to his portrayal of the part TO
tighten II without going to extremes.
Mabel Trunelle, as the mother of the
other boy. is delightful. The dentist
has woCed the widow and She sends
her son TO him with note saying that
he may call that evening for an. am
swer. The boy steals the doctors for
ceps. That evening the pair become
engaged and shortly after marry. But
the dentist has failed Ia tell the bride
of his own son, and the meeting OF
the two boys is anything but joyous
as they fight from the start. When
put To bed the widows son extracts
tooth from the sleeping son of the
dentist and Il riot ensues. II ends by
| the widow taking her son home anc
the dentist reverting TO single lif'
again. The boys have caused still
more trouble by one bribing the othel
10 take a note TO the school maste
which bids him give the bearer
/ sound whipping. and the innocent on'
gets It. Later they meet on play
\ ground when one has a bag of cand!
which others try to steal, but the Tor
n,er enemy comes TO the rescue ant
they swear eternal friendship. Firs
they go TO the widow and make peac
! with her on behalf OF the unwittlnl
father. and then they go TO him, re
turn the forceps. and lead him to tn
widow where all is forgiven and
happy home is the promise of the fu
ture. The scene in the dentists Of
flee and i'm the waiting rooms anus
ingly depicted There is bit @
travesty on modern painless den
tistry which is minus any unessen
tial burlesque that might mar III
story or lead away from the actlo
of the photo-play.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07
FOURTH O. july MEETING
ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY
RoUSING CELEBRATION OF THE
DAY IN LAURlUM is
ASSURED.

A meeting of Laurium residents tC
make arrangements for the annual
celebration Of the Fourth Of July VIII
be held Monday or Tuesday evening
next week. according to President JOS
eph Wills II is planned to hold =
rousing celebration and work along
that lire has already been carried Oh
by a number OF prominent residents OF
the village.
Subscriptions have been solicited
and have been given with a lavish
hand With the Mazeppa. or Great
United Shows carnival company COM
ing TO Lauriun,. a parade that would
do credit to larger cities, baseball
game I'm the afternoon. sports, fire
works. etc, proper and fitting cele-
hration is assured
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07
LAuRIUM eHEVirIEs
=. Observation-Disclosures:

William Tresiddcr left Wednesday
for Baraga county where he will spend
q few Gays fishing.
johnson vivian Is expected home
this afternoon from Bette Girls. whore
he has been spending q few days at
his summer home.
Harry Newman left yesterday after
noon for Chicago, where he may &C.
eide to locate.
Ferdinpnd zcmlak. ana family, ot
Osceola. have left for Butte, where
they will locate.
John Lake. of Osceola street let
last night for DulGth.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07
THE HARDER TASK.

Mayor Park of salt Lake city. apro-
pos of the divorce evil, said the other
day:
~ young man announced To me last
week that he had just got married.
Yes he said. complaccntly, Min
ME and / surprised ali our friends by
slipping oft quietly and getting spdiced.'
"'And now said I. it's ur to the
pair of you TO give your friends real
surprise byj staying spiced. "
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07

Among the men prominently men
toned on the Taft side for permanen
chairman of the Republican nationa
convention is Congre ssman Augustu
=. Gardner of Massachusetts. M
Gardner is son-in~law of Senate.
Henry cabot Lodge. other possibili-
ties for the chairmanshiD are Senator
Clarence ID. Clark of Wyoming, who
has occupied seat in the senate since
1895. and Senator Charles T.. Town
send Of Michigan. Mr.. Townsend
served in the house from 1905 to 1911.
when he was elected to the senate
10 succeed Senator Burrows.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07
TO HOLD SOCIAL TONIGHT.

The Plus Ultra class OF the Llur-
ium NJ. e. Sunday school will enter
tain this evening with a strawberry
social. A short program will be Civ
en-. Following are the numbers:
Piano solo-Leslie Lobb.
Recitation--William Lobb.
Duct--Hcbcrt and Bergman.
Reading--Melvin Rowe.
Duet-E Daume and Bergman.
Song-Class.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07
ELECTRIC PARK PROGRAM.
Calumet g. Hecla Band Will Play There
Sunday Afternoon.

The following splendid program has
been arranged bp Director George d.
barnard of the Calumet &c Hecla band
for the Electric park concert Sunday
afternoons:
March. Iron clad .... ....Trown
overture, King Of the DWarfs Adam
Valse Suite, In Loves Domain (New)
..,..... .s..... '''' '''' ''''' 'i''i ="
Selection from "rhe Pink Lady Calyli
Maryland Variations for Different
Instruments 80. .,.. ..'-. snort
Grand selection III Trcvatore' (by
rcquesO ,...... .... -. .'Nerdl
lntermission.
Overture, Fest ...... .... 80. .Leutnel
Euphonium Solo, Selected. d......,...,
Harry r. King.
llemfclSs Hotsf12 80: ..,.,. Lanipe
Floral suite .... '... 49, 'behuN
(a) Roses.
(b) Pansies.
(c) Lilies.
td) Daisies.
March, "Interna tional Review".....
...... .,.. .... .sss' s'''N 'Nti'i WI
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07

The woman who marries for cOnvcn-
fence soon discovers there is no con
venience in marriage.
Water gas contains 40 per cent OF
carbon monoxide Coal gas has but
shade over six.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07

We have plenty OF croakins friends,
in public and private; but although II
has been all up with the country for
many years. the end is not yet.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07

Barnum's circus lost big top
feature act when they let Carmen and
Roberts disconnect themselves from
the big show This couple appeared
at the Peoples last night and pre-
sented their act to packed house. 1t
IL a corler
"The Pensioners" "On the shore
"rhe Thespian Bandit" ana "Billy's
Grip" is indescribably funny so we
wont attempt it; Tho Pensioners" is
worthy of comment The unexpected
happens in this rural photo-play and
the development of the characters is
unexpected. making 1t interesting be-
yond TIE usual measure.
The old veteran is just such a char
acter as all of as have seen time and
again and his continual flights over
old travelled roads f'he war times
recalls many n recital from the lips
Of those like himself. In plot the play
is of the sdGerent' sort The pen
sioners are an old couple, the husband
being a veteran of the Civil War. and
the father of two sons. one. of whom
~ the happy go-lucky sort. generous
when luck is with him. selfish when
the mood SO rules. His brother, q
lazy, careless mortal, good at heart
suddenly develops into what promises
to make manly chap of a good-for-
naught. The daughters of an old
friend come TO live with the family
onJ tho sisters resemble the brothers
--one selfish. the other the reverse
With the influence of the girls the
characters OF the brothers assert
themselves, the good heart fclio"
showing his real worth and the other
His inner self The latter is infatuat-
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07

Two slslcIS, lIlt OlileI dulllllcS llt
worth of the unselflsh girl. The self
ish couple elope. leaving the old folks
to exist on the small war pension. and
the other brother comes to the fort
and shows promise of real manhood.
Tonight the Royal shows a Pathe
film that Is just a little bit better
than the average weekly. Scenes in
come 3tion with the Titanic disaster
open this series commencing with
views of the enormous vessel leaving
southampton on the start Of her first
and last voyage; the arrival Of the
Carpatnia in New York is we'll taken,
while picture of Ernest Gill. the sea-
man who testified regarding the
steamship California having seen the
rockets from the doomed ship closes
this subject A horse trotting race over
The snow at Moscow, Russia, is inter-
esting, inasmuch as an American
horse won the event, \ recent big
FIRE i'm Brooklyn. n. Y, is good, several
fircboats being shown in action. The
picture OF Secretary OF state Knox,
taken while he was visiting at Hava =
ma, Cuba, is followed by series OF
views I'm connection with the event
At Tripoli a fleet of dirigible balloons
are shown in action. An auto AMI
aerial race at Birminghom Ala, is n
distinctivcly interesting feature that
is well worth seeing. ~ iIanle'w
China the REVOLUTIONARY soldiers de
stroy a large part of the town. the
views being wonderfully we'll present
ed and at very close range The un
yelling of the statue 10 Admiral John
Paul Jones at Annapolis. Md, by a"
miral George Dewey. with speech
bv General Horace Porter, is all event
well worth recording and which the
Fathe reople have done ample justic,
10. The arrival of the LaFrance In
New York harbor marks the latest
achievement i'm ship building. except
ing the ill-fated Titanic, this yessel
being 732 feet long Paris hat fash
ions close the film.
"The old Actor" According to
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07
Land 81 ElowerIna Plants.

New South Wales is said to contain
more kinds of towering plants than
all Europe.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07

Five first-class films are shown at
the Lyric tonight, They are "The Boss
of Lumber Camp, No. T." The Devil,
the Servant and the Man. The
Ghost of Sulphur Mountain" "a Has
~ Honeymoon and "a Trip to New
educational picture.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07
MOTION PICTURE REVIEW
AND VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS

NEWS OF THE WEEK IN THE PICTURE WORLD
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07
Crhls column appears every Tuesday and Frlday)

Ball and Marshall, presenting va
riety of entertaining features, are the
attraction at the Grand. An excellent
program of pictures will be exhibited
this evening.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07

Law" In Quarantine" and several
other good films are also exhibited.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-07

March. international Review".....
80. .AthertoI
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-17
THE PIPE DREAM THAT WENT TO OUR HEAD AND
HOW 1T Planned OUT

day on account of our eyes, but
everybody says it is, so we're
willing t. believe it.
First thing we found out about
this being a newsboy stunt was
that getting to be one was Just
like having your fortune told by
a gypsy:
You know this old gypsy gag.
Any gypsy will tell your fortune
any old time, but their telIing-for-
tune machinery doesn't work
worth a whoop until. you cross
their palms with silver-or gold.
Getting to be a newsboy in Chi
cago's something like that. Reck-
on you'd have to be making $20,-
600 a year to afford it.
We decided to get a station in
the loop first. Figured it'd be
easy there, because we'd been
reading about how the trust
newspapers and Andy Lawrence
and the police had taken all the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-17

tinued investigation of murder of
Charles T. Reuter-. Mrs. Reu-
ter, who claims that burglars
killed her husband, came to court
with two children, Mariella, I,
and Johnnie, 3.
New York.-Mrs. Arthur L.
Holland, today gave a luncheon
at Hotel Vanderbilt in honor of
her prize-winning Royal Per
kinese dog.
Eight of Mrs. Hollands friends
were invited with their own little
nouns"
We are told, with considerable
pride, that Mrs. Hollands dog
has won 81 ribbons.
Minneapolis. = Now they've
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-17

brought progressive and
conservative" fight into the
Methodist general conference. l
suppose we'll soon see venerable,
old bishops ''honey-fugling" one
another from every pulpit in the
country.
San Diego, Cal.-Reported
that the l. w. w. is coming here
to avenge the treatment accord
ed Ben Reitman. All members
of the organization who are out
on bail will be- surrendered,
bondsmen having been notified by
vigilance committee to withdraw
bonds. 20 will betried May %,
charged with conspiracy to vio-
late law.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-17
Well, we're back on the job

@7J -
again.
You remember? Yesterday
we quit, and were going out to
become a newsboy and sell $4,000
papers a day and make $4,000 a
year, just like the Examiner said
newsboys did.
Oh, that Examiner pipe dream
went to our noodle all right. Had
picture of ourse1f doing the
chorus-girl-lobster palace joy
ride stunt, and maybe committing
murder or two just like the reg
ular monied ginks do when they
can't get publicity any other way.
Well, we tried, but we didn't
make any $4,000 a year gait.
No, sir ! We made two black eyes,
and a skinned nose, and a cut lip.
That's why we're back on the
job, this bright, beautiful spring
day. We can't tell whether or
not5it is bright, beautiful spring
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-23
PARKINSON AGAIN.

II. J. Parkison. the Portland law
yer who is the 'man behind the gun
In the university referendum, is out
again In another series of letters ad-
vertising himself and opposing the
appropriation. As usual each news
paper in the state was undoubtedly
favored with a copy of Parkison's
screed and. as usual. The Observers
consignment found its way into the
nice wire waste basket reposlng at
our elbow. So far. We have found
but one newspaper which has paid
any attention 20 Partison. The Cor
Wallis Gazette-Times publishes his
stun In full. and then hlIs another
column for doing so.
Parkison advocates consolidation
OF the state university and the agri-
cultural college but the Gazette
Times, printed In the home Of the
latter institution. declares in the
opening paragraph OF its labored ed
itorial defending its publication OF the
Parkison letters. that IL does not be-
heve In consolidation OF these schools
az Corvallis OF Eugene" Yet later
In the editorial. the paper saws:
However, II in the end. there must
be consolidation. the Gazctte-Times
wants the combined school located at
Corvallis"
The CT. SAYS Il prints the Parki-
son letter merely as a matter OF
news" II such stun Is news" the
other article must have been sailing
under false colOrs an these years.
The Observer fails 10 see how the
expression Of any mans personal
opinion can. by any twist OF the i'm
agination. be designated as news " /
A careful reading OF the Gasette- /
Times editorial. impresses one with /
the belief that the editor Is really /
In favor OF consolidation but hasn't |
the nerve 10 say 30. ''Of course. al
u must come. etc. ETC." Is a clever
way % side-stcpplnE the real issue.
Il win b useless for the CT. 20 de-
clare that q does not support Parki-
sons vieES n Il didn't believe On
hem surreptousiy. there would new
~ exist the wild idea IN the mind q
ts editor 10 print them ss -newH-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-23
THE DECISION.

SO the highest judicial tribunal III
the land has placed its seal of ap
proval upon the Oregon system and
settled for all time a mooted question
in the minds OF some, at least. With
out attempting a defense of the sys-
TEN, we may say that, any other de-
cison would have been in the nature
of a public calamity. There is much
about the oregon manner of hand
ling matters of public policy to COM
mend it. Theoretically, the primary
aim of the plan is meritorious, for
ii vests the power of government
solely with the governed, 1t provides,
or at least aims to, a way for each
voter to have as much to say as any
other voter in the settlement of the
public questions and the election of
officials. But, does it? Aye, there's
the rub. If 1t were possible for ev-
cry voter to be fully informed upon
all questions on which he is asked
to make a decision, If every plan was
understood by every voter, and If he
were permitted to exercise his own
ideas at the polls, the initiative and
referendum would prove an ideal
form Of gOvernment-there can be
no question about 1t. But the great
trouble is the men do not so inform
themselves. The voter who takes
the time to study all public questions,
and form opinions of his own regard
ing them, may go to the polls and
vote his sentiments. yet the Ignorant,
degenerate, may also exercise his
right of suffrage following the In
structions Of some unprinclpled
scoundrel, as he does so. When any
man casts his ballot upon any pro-
posed law. he owes It to himself to
know what he is doing. He also
owes 1t to his neighbors and the peo-
pie OF the entire state to fully inform
himself, for he is voting upon ques-
tions which affect every citizen.
But, with all its drawbacks and its
advantages. we believe the Oregon
system is a step In the right direct
ion, and whatever It has gathered of
opprobium. WILL with wise and judic-
ious legislation, entirely disappear.
We have aways believed implicitly in
the great heart OF the American peo-
pie who, II left entirely to their own
resources, seldom make mistakes;
therefore, the defects of the present
Oregon laws will, We believe. entire
ly disappear with time.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-23
GREAT RECORD.

The current issue of the Glacier,
published at Hood River, Oregon,
contains more than AZ columns of
advertising, bought and paid for by
the wide-awake and enterprising
merchants of Hood River. This
equals more than 1000 inches of
home advertising and is probably un-
equalled by any other city of similar
size in the United States. This is
sue is just an ordinary one, too, the
same record is made week after week,
and month after month, and has
been true for years. The business
men of Hood River believe advertis-
ing pays and they are competent
judges, because they have immense
stocks and their stores are modern
and up-to-date. Hood River is one
of the prettiest little cities in the
West and is noted for it's enterprise
It's people have made Hood River a
household word throughout the Unit
ed States and they have reached that
end by continued and consistent ad-
vertising. They have ignored the
"knocker" if they ever had such an
individual there, which we doubt. No
body has whitfield a dry goods box
in a Hood River store, squirted to-
baccO juice through his whiskers at
a rusty stove standing on three legs
and a brickbat and opined that you
kaint make no fruit countery out o.
this yere." This isn't an invitation |
for anybody to move to Hood River
from the Willamette valley-it is |
simply reminder that other towns
could profit by her example and |
hereby give their own prosperity |
boost.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-23

Although, as a class, the business
men of Dallas are not the liberal pa
irons of newspaper advertising space
as those of many other towns, Dallas
possesses "a rarity in that it has a
church organization which carries
regular advertising space in the Dali
las newspapers. That fact has been
largely commented upon throughout
the state and the church organiza-
ton in question is known far and
wide as a progressive, religious or
ganizatiOn. Time was not so many
years ago, when an advertisement of
this nature would have shocked the
ultra-religious sensibilities of a large
number of the more devout. But
ideas change as people become broad
er in their views, and the world has
come to realize that there. is no
ethical provision in the lexicon of
salvation which forbids an invitation
to the saint and sinner in display
type, through the medium of the
press. Business men who assert that
advertising doesn't pay" should
gather a lesson from the Dallas
church. The fact that this identical
organization is famed throughout the
state through its advertising. is am
pie evidence that advertising does
pay When it doesn't, it is the fault
of the advertiser and not of the me-
dunn he employs to reach the peo-
pie.