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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23
Hancock Department

awarded. The stories will be pertinent
TO the work OF the Scouts.
Honorary membership will be con-
ferrod with medal on such men OF
women, boys or girls. not eligible as
active members. who shall have per-
formed such service as would entitle
an active member TO state award.
The scope of the organization,
however. Is broad. II will afford all the
outdoor life Of Boy Scouts. but there
will be no uniform or equipment as
sessmcnts.
"Reforestation and game and fish
preservation will be the next in inn
portance to fire protection with the
Scouts w. r.. Mershon. OF Saginaw
With Theodore Roosevelt and other
members of the advisory committee
of the American Game Protective as
ISOLATION, have proifered medals TO the
Scouts for stories relative to game
and fish.
L. L. Wright Assures Support.
superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton l.. l.. Wright, has promised the
cooperation of his department. 1t is
proposed TO organize one or more
Scout companies in every school dis
trict in the forest country. The gem
eral scout district will extend north
from Arenac county and embrace the
upper peninsula.
when organized the Scouts will
be under the immediate supervision
of the deputy state forestry wardens
of their districts. A deputy will be
selected for general charge of the field
IL will be the duties OF the deputies
to acquaint the boys with their own
knowledge OF forestry and fire fight
ing and to chaperone them on forest
expeditions. Care will be exercised
that the young boys will be exposed
to no danger to life or limb by reason
of their aIlliation with the Scouts.
The gold medal Hero" awards will he
given for informal voluntary work i'm
the protection of frontier life and
property"
Will Minimize Fire Losses.
Forestry Warden oates predicts that
the loss by fire during the dry season
viii be minmized through the surveil-
Hence of the Scouts. He melieves that
the practical reforestation can be soon
made apparent by the work of the
boys.
Scout companies are to be commits
stoned first at Oscoda, Alpena, Che
boygan, Grayling, st. Ignace, the 500.
Marquette Houghton. Ironwood, Man
istique, Menominee, Petoskey, Muske-
gon and West Branch.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23
THIRTY-FIvE TO GRADUATE.

The class of 1912 of the Hancock
high school will include about thirty
five students. according To a statement
made yesterday By Supt. e. A. La
Rowe. 1t is possible that even a
greater number of sheepskins will be
handed out. The first semester of
school work will come to a close on
Feb 5. and the students in all grades
arc now working hard TO be ready for
the examination which will be held
at a later date.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23
READING WATER METERS.

Water Clerk V. A. Fredd is engaged
i'm making the quarterly readings of
water meters, preparatory to sending
out bills for water service for the
quarter which will end on January
81. Consumers will then have twenty
days in which to make payments and
receive the regular ten per cent dis
count.
AS result Of the action taken a
short time ago by the board of public
works I'm having Alex Seigel shut Off
water of delinquents a large number
of those who were behind in their pay
ments have called at the clerks office
and settled, in consequence of which
the amount outstanding has been ma
terially reduced
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23
TORCH LAKE
PUBLIC INSTALLATION.
Foresters Of America Install Officers
For ENSUING Term.

For Ensuing Term.
At the regular meeting last evening
the members Of Court Golden Eagle
No. %. Forestcrs of America, officers
for the ensuing term were installed.
The gathering was public one an
the wives and friends of the members
were present Following is the program
rendered:
Speech-Sem w. Frank James.
Photograph Selections.
Recitation-t'rank Richardson.
Solo-Mss Ruth Juliff.
Speech--Dr "A. r. Fischer.
Solo-William Capped.
Tumbling-Oley and Wilmer.
Quartet-Selected
Recitation-Mable Galloway
Indian club swinging-N. Hendrick-
son.
Phonograph selections.
Speech-Richard Hawk.
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$4,000 STOCK TO MATURE.

Stock in the Northern Michigan
Building and Loan association which
will mature next month, amounts "a
$4,000 and that amount will be dis
tributed among the holders. bringing
them an aggregate profit of $33,196
The total number of investors is 40
of whom ~ are from Calumet, 6 from
Houghton. 3 from Franklin, from
Jacobsvillc, 10 from Lake Linden and
Hubbcll, from Dollar Bay, s from
Hancock and 10 from the South Range
towns. other disbursements will be
to stockholders residing outside of the
copper country. To date 3,717 shares
in the new series have been sold.
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BOYS HELP TO
PAROLE WOODS
GAME WARDEN OATES is ORGAN.
lZING FOREST SCOUTS TO
HELP PREVENT
FIRES.

Major William r. oates, state game,
fish and forestry warden. arrived I'm
Marquette this morning and freely dis
cussed the Michigan Forest Scouts"
a statewide organization OF school boys
residing in the wooded districts Of the
state. who are now being mustered in
companies as auxiliary fire wardens. e
under his direction, says the Mar
quette Chronicle OF yesterday. A com
pany of scouts is shortly to be formed
in Marquette. according to Mr.. Oates.
as wei as IN many other towns of the
state. Commenting ON the organiza-
ton of the Scout companies, Warden
oates said:
The Scouts are a synonym for a
big educational movement. The pri-
mary object OF the organization is the
dissemination of knowledge of the inn
portance of the prevention of forest
fires to the boys and girls of the state
Governor Osborn endorses the measure
as an innovation that will put Mich-
gan In advance of other states
Rules for conduct and service are
rccltcd in a text hook compiled by the
department which provides medal re-
wards for boys i'm medals of three de-
grees. Further salary provision is
made for the older boys when exigen-
cies call for actual fire lighting service.
Age requirements for active Scouts is
from to Is years, inclusive
A coeducationaI Movement.
That the movement may be coed
ucational and metropolitan ali girls
and boys OF the public schools of the
state viii have competitive rights in an
annual story contest under the super
which medals OF three degrees will be
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23
Your Druggist Stops That Itch

II you are suffering from Eczema.
Psoriasis or any other kind OF skin
trouble. drop into our store for instant
relief. We viii guarantee you TO stop
that itch in two seconds.
We have sold other remedies for skin
troubles, but none that we could rec
ommend as highly as this a mild wash
of oil OF Wintergreen Thymol and a
few other ingredients that have
wrought such wonderful cures all over
the country.
This compound Is known as y. ID. j..
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23
HIsERNIAN INSTALLATION.

The installation of the officers Of the
Hancock division OF the A. o. ii. will
take place Saturday evening next, Jan.
%, at n joint meeting of all the divi-
sions of the county, to be held in the
dining room of Germania hall, which
will be followed by dancing. Music
will be furnished by the I<lingkammer
orchestra. An effort is being made
to have the NJ. r. train held Sat
urday night for the accommodation of
those from Lake Linden and Dollar
Bay.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23

cool and heal the itchy, burning skin as
nothing else can
A 25c trial bottle viii prove it.
OF course all other druggists have
u. -. y. Prescription-go to them If
YOU can't come to us-but don't accept
some big profit substitute
hut If YOU come TO our store. we are
so certain OF what ID. ID. ID. will do for
YOU that we offer YOU full size bottle
on this guarantee:-If YOU do not find
that it takes away the itch AT ONCE
II costs YOU not a cent.
Eagle Drug store Calumet; Laurium
Pharmacy. Laurium.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23
GOING TO MOHAWK.
Templars Of Honor Will Visit Advanc,
Temple Next SATURDAY..

Members of the Columbia Temple of
Honor of quincy viii go to Mohawk
next Saturday evening to attend a
big gathering of all the temples of the
county as guests Of Advance temple
OF Mohawk. The Columbia, Trimoun-
tain and Calumet Templars of Honor
also will participate. The Hancock
and Trimountain delegations will,
leave Hancock on the o'clock car
and on returning at night the last
Calumet car will be held at Albion in
case the Mohawk car should happen
to be delayed
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23
NEW LOCKER ROOM.
To Be Fitted Up in Armory for New
Naval Reserve Division.

Arrangements are being made for
fitting up and equipping u new lock-
er and commissary room in the Ger
mania hall FIR the use of the fourth
ly organized here. An order has been
placed for sixty Durand steel lockers
which will be arranged in a room
twenty feet long by twelve in width, in
the attic of the armory i'm the Germa-
MIA hall. The commissary room will
department and will be used for the
distribution of supplies to the divi-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23
FUNERAL HELD TODAY.

The funeral Of the late Mrs. Frank
Jarvi Of Franklin was held this after
noon, services being conducted by
Rev NJ. Pesonen OF the Hancock Finn
ish Lutheran church, and lnterment
took place at Lakeside cemetery. Mrs.
Jarvi was as years of age and Is sur
vived by her husband and several chill
dren
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23

believe 1 can safely
say now that / am a
well woman. ! was
reared on a farm and
had all kindsof heavy
work to do which
caused the troubles
that came on me la
ter. For five years
during the Change of
Life / was not able
to lift a pail of wa
ter. / had hemor-
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sion. New flooring will be laid AMI
the walls and ceiling finished. similar
a. the locker room OF the first divi-
sion which II will adjoin. Getchell 6
Leach will furnish the lockers.
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Mitehells

A junior league game win be bowled
this evening at the Dee alleys in
Houghton between the Hancock and
Houghton Junior league teams.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23

Why is a clock the most persever-
ing in creation Because Fl is never
more inclined to go on with it's business
than when it is completely wound up.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23

A signal will pass over the 200
miles Of the Atlantic cable in three
tenths Of a second.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23
TRAVELLING FOR COD.

Trawling is the most common way
of taking Goldfish, says the Edison
Monthly. Two men put out in a dory
and anchor pair of buoys a short dis
lance apart. a little further on they
set second pair
A line or trawl is stretched between
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23

Mrs. Paul Swift left on Sunday for
a visit TO Chicago.
Hugo Field of Hancock and his
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23

why Is an orange like church
steeple?-Because we have peel
(peaD from IL.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23

What is the riddle of riddles Life.
Because everybody is obliged to give 1t
up.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-23
CRITICAL Time
OF WOMAN'S LIFE
From 40 to so Years of Age.
How 1t May Be Passed
in Safety.

Odd, Va. :-"I am enjoying better
health than / have for 20 years, and
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1t was hastily sketched, and
occasionally he was incoher-
ent. | needn't go over much
of it. His father had left him
a substantial fortune, which
he was not able to manage in
diligently, being too much of
an artist; but he fancied that
its loss was due to another
cause.
"As l have said, he was in
clined to be superstitious, and
he had an idea that luck had
turned against him because of
the loss of a talisman that
had been in possession of his
family for several generations
back. 1t had been given to
one of his ancestors who had
saved the life of a priest some
where,-he thought it might
have been in India,-and as
long as the Howes kept it
good fortune was to be with
them. 1t was Winthrop
Howe's father who had given
up the trinket and thus Of
Tended Fate. He had been
travelling in Italy, and in the
interior of Sicily he escaped
from bandits owing to the
faithfulness and bravery of
his guide. This guide had
noticed the talisman, and,
having expressed a desire for
it, received it as his reward.
From that moment the Howes
began to be unlucky. My
friends father died soon after
his return to America, and the
fortune he left at once began
to dwind.
at had been the artists
purpose to regain possession
of the talisnan for Bertha's
sake. With it he believed her
success would be assured.
Without it he feared only mis-
fortune would be in store for
her. So, when he realized that
he was dying, he made me
promise to recover it for his
daughter. He had written
; he could get from his father
whom the trinket had been
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down all the particulars he
concerning the guide to who
given and where it might be
possible to get on his trail.
These papers he turned over
to me, explaining that Bertha
had a copy of them; and then,
as if feeling that everything
had been satisfactorily ar
ranged, he calmly went to
sleep forever. :.
II wrote to Bertha inform
ing her of her fathers death
and explaining that l had at
tended to his burial, and she
replied at once, thanking me
in a long letter that had been
splashed with tears for what |
had done and giving directions
for the disposition of the few
things he had left. l suppose
| ought to have written about
my promise concerning the
talisman; but l didn't, and
when / reached Paris some
months later, intending to see
Bertha, | was unable to find
her. She had gone, nobody
knew where"
HE ceased talking and looked
= at me, as if to discover
whether l happened to be in
terested in his story, and for
the purpose of assuring him
that | was | said:
at was rather strange, after
what you had done for her
father, that she didn't leave
directions for you, or a mes
sage of some kind"
at was my fault" he re-
sumed. Certain complica-
tions developed in my own
affairs, just after Howe's
death, and for several months
l was so busy getting them
untangled that l forgot to
answer Bertha's letter, So |
suppose she concluded that |
had no further interest in her,
and naturally she dropped me
from her mind. But l soon
began to hear about her. Amer
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HE began, after we had taken possession of
Il Portable corner, by asking how long had been
away from home, and when had confessed to having
@done Europe" in two months he said
Tomorrow shall see my own country for the first
time in nearly two years.
For little while he blew out rings of smoke and
thoughtfully watched them float upward. l did not
urge him to proceed Evidently he deciding where
and how to begin his story At length he touched the
scar on his cheek saying
Il suppose you have noticed ths?'
"Yes," admitted, Il have been wondering how you
got it,
should have declare to the customs officers 1t
not among my possessions when left America One
morning nearly six years ago awoke-not to find my
self famous but to realize that alone in the world
My father had managed to leave me in comfortable cir
cmstances,-not rich but with an income that suf
fcent to relieve of the necessity of becoming
breadwinner. So decided that would be an artist.
1t easy. Many another young has made the
decision 1t when | fanced that was pur-
suing art that fell in with Winthrop Howe He was
old man, real artst-and failure. He had given up
the idea OF securing fame for himself and 1t had become
his ambition to live the day when his daughter
Bertha should charm the world with her voice.
when became acquainted with him Bertha in
Paris under the of aunt pursuing her musical
studies. For three years l received instructions from
him and furnished most of the funds that forwarded
to Bertha. As worked he told anecdotes of her,
told them and times, he read her letters
to me- and had his word for it, repeated thousand
times, that her beauty sublime. At fifty he had
married young woman. Bertha the child of his
old age, and made such allowances / considered
reasonable in the circumstances. He had peculiar
ity in connection with his worship of Bertha. Perhaps
should call it superstition. rather than popularity.
He had portrait of her When she had gone abroad
he had destroyed every photograph of her that he pos
sessed and burned beautiful painting that he had
made. He had an idea that if he kept picture of her
he would never get her back Poor old mani He might
have saved his pictures. In spite of their destruction
Bertha never came back to him.
"The illness that carried him off came suddenly and
very brief There time to send for Bertha and
it fell to attend him during his last hours earth
@Just before he died he gave outline of his life.
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1 WdS III tilC SlllohillS lOOlll lliC lilSllt
before we were to reach New
York that Beeching became vol
uble. We had been far from our native
shores, and we expected when we
looked out in the morning to see our
own country again. This may have
caused him to feel the need of express
sion, to become articulate. Perhaps
the good cigars we had lighted were in
a measure responsible for his recovery
from the taciturn mood that had
seemed to be upon him during the
voyage. In any event, he was disposed
now to talk, and the concert that was
being given in the saloon made it pos
sible for us to have the smoking room
to ourselves.
/ had been interested in Beeching
from the moment he had come aboard
at Cherbourg. There was something
about him that made me think he
had hidden away within him story
that would be worth hearing. 1t may
have been the scar which ran the length
of his left cheekbone that caused me to
surrnise that he might have undergone
unusual experiences. The scar did not
cause serious Disagreement. 1t rather
added to Beeching's general look of
distinction. In way it aided him to
command attention, although he would
not have been likely, without it, to pass
unnoticed. His height was not much
greater than that of the average man;
but he seemed to be tall, and his every
movement suggested power and agility.
He had a trick of letting lock of
brown hair hang over his high, white
forehead, a Ia Napoleon, and he had
spent most of his time during the
voyage looking back across the water
toward France. We had sat side by
side at the purser's table; but our
conversation had been limited to few
commonplace remarks concerning the
weather and the ships run from day
to day. Now on Our last night at
sea his manner had suddenly changed.
1t was he who had furnished the cigars
we were smoking, and it was at his sug-
gestion that was missing the concert.
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thusiastic applause; but after
the moment during which we
gazed at each other she
seemed to avoid looking in
my direction.
AT the conclusion of the
performance | went out into
the street and walked about,
wondering whether it had not
all been a dream. / turned
over in my mind a hundred
schemes whereby | might
secure a meeting with the
beautiful young singer, and
when | went to bed at last it
was to see and hear her in my
dreams. 1t was nearly noon
the next day when | awoke,
still thinking of her. at
once set out to find, if pos
sible, where she was; and you
may judge what my feelings
were when | discovered that
she had left Palermo, giving
no hint as to her destination.
Nowhere could / find out
anything about her. The
manager of the opera COM
pany was ignorant concerning
her history. She had APP
peared when one of his singers
had been suddenly taken i'll,
and he had been glad to en-
gage her. He had never seen
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BY S. E. KISER

leans whom I in Paris gave me understand that
her fathers enthusiasm concerning her beauty and her
talents had been fully justified They predicted spcn-
did for her. With her extraordinary personal
charms and her glorious voice. her they agreed
assured Of course said nothing them about the
talisman. 1t had been merely superstous old mans
idea that she must have 1t order to ward off evil
hunted the famous with whom she had studied
and she enthusiastic She regretfuly informed
me that Bertha had been compelled, when her income
from America cut off, to give up her studies; but
where she had gone what her intentions were-she
gave her shoulders artistic shrug and permitted
to draw my conclusions
IL had learned that the aunt who had been with
Bertha in Paris had home in Baltimore somewhere
in the South and the general opinion among the people
who had met them that they had returned to Amer
lea; So with definite purpose in mind, went on to
Rome. | suppose had actually decided to undertake
the recovery of the taisman but did not at that time
admit it, even to myself However, it was Just as well
that had not mapped out plan of procedure l fell
i'll of fever in Rome, and when first set foot on the
island of Sicily Winthrop Howe had been dead for
than year. By this time had ceased to try to deceive
myself fairly started upon the business of full
filling my promise to Berthas father. l had intended
to proceed at to the place described the papers
that had been left by my friend but week after had
arrived at Palermo the talsan had ceased interest
me- and my plans for recovering it at standstill
A WOMAN had INTERVIEWED young woman; she
was hardly more than girl She had thrown
Palermo into state of excitement. Unheralded, she
had appeared in performance of 'Mignon taking the
lC
was of the minor parts that fell to her; but her
beauty and her voice had created immediate
ton. single performance to be given after my
arrival, and l attended it.
"When saw Signorina Bertoni readily understood
why her advent had not been allowed pass unnotced
am not naturally emotional; but when beheld her
seemed to fall under spell of enchantment. Her
beauty thrilled me, and when she sang should have
been glad to lay at her feet all that possessed do not
mean to say that her voice the grandest in the
world Critics might have found fault with it; but
there something irresistbly sweet and appealing
about it. As sat there seeing and hearing her forgot
everything else. Her acting unfinished amateursh;
but one forpave that Her youth her beauty her In.
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down all the particulars he could get from his father
concerning the guide to whom the trinket had been
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studied innocence and the Charm OF her Voice,
at once made her the center of attraction
knew the moment saw her that she was not
an Italian. Though her hair and her eyes were
dark, l felt sure that she was no daughter
of Italy. My first thought was that she must
be an American; yet | conceded that she
might be Irish or English, or possibly German
or French, but with her complexion l was
sure that she could be neither Italian nor
Spanish.
"Once during the performance she looked
directly at me, and fancied that she seemed
to be startled. Perhaps her expression was
merely one of surprise, due to the presence in
the audience of one who must have been OBJ
viously foreign in appearance. l suppose /
had attracted her attention owing to my en-