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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
NOTICE OLE ELECTION.

NOTICE or ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that an an
nual election will be held in the Viii
lase Of Red Jacket County of Hough-
ton, State of Michigan. on Monday,
the 18th day of March. A. ID. 1912. For
the purpose of electing the following
village officers. to wit:
one President for one year.
Three Trustees for two years.
one Trustee for one year (to I'LL va
Cancy)
one Clerk for one year.
One Treasurer for one year.
One Assessor for one year.
The Lolls of said election in the
Village of Red Jacket will be held in
the Red Jacket town hall The polls
will be open at ca seven in the fore
room of said eleventh day OF March,
a. ID. 1912 (or as soon thereafter as
rossiblc) and viii. be closed at 60 five
o'clock In the afternoon of that day.
JOHN j. ELLIS, JR
Village Clerk
Dated at Red jacket, Michigan
March 1, 4. D. 1912. 9
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
AVOID HARSH DRUGS
Many csthsrties Tend TO Cause Injury
20 she Bowels.

MANY CsthartIes Tend TO Cause Injury
70 she Bowels.
II You are subject tp constipation
YOU should avoid strong drugs and
cathartics. They only give temporary
relief and their reaction is harmful and
sometimes more annoying than con-
stpauon. They in no way effect a
cure and their tendency is 10 weaken
the already weak organs with which
they come In contact.
We honestly believe that we have
the best constipation treatment ever
devised. our faith in il is so strong
that we sell Il on the positive guaran-
tee that il shall not cost the user a
cent If it does not. give entire salts
faction and completely remedy const-
patton. This preparation is called Rex
sll Orderlies. These are prompt. sooth-
ing and most effective in action They
are made Of a recent chemical dis
covery. Their principal ingredient Is
odorless, tasteless and colorless Com
bincd with other wcll-known ingedi-
Cnts, long established for their useful
ness in the treatment Of constipation.
IL forms a tablet which is eaten just
like candy. They may be taken at any
time. either day or night, without fear
Of their causing any Inconvenience
W hatever. They do not grippe. purge,
nor cause nausea. They act without
causing any pain or excessive loose
ness Of the bowels. They are ideal
Tor children weak delicate persons
md aged people. az well as for the
most hearty person.
They come in three size packages -
ablets. 10 cents: SO tablets. IS cents
10 tablets. 90 cents. Remember. you
an obtain them only nj our store
The RexalI store. Vastbinder & Read
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Aviation.

A Russian aeronaut is operating his
aeroplane on the basis of taxlmeter
and is doing such a business that he
will extend by securing more machines
for the purpose of taking passengers
on short runs.
Excursions to the Black forest and
the Rhine valley are now made daily
in Zeppelin airship from Baden
Baden. Passengers pay 200 marks
(S47G0) for a trip lasting from one and
a half TO two hours.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
LEGAL NOTICES.

Feb. 10. 20; Mar. 4. IL.
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
The Probate Court for the County OF
HQughton.
At a session OF said Court. held at
the Probate Office, in the Village OF
Houghton, in SAID County. on the
10th day of February 4. d. 1912.
Present: Hon. Geo c. Bentley, Judge
of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Peter
Lahti, deceased.
Elizabeth Lahti having filed in said
court her petition praying that the
administration of said estate be grant
ed to herself or to some other suitable
person.
1t is ordered, That the 14th day of
March a. ID. 1912. at ten o'clock i'm
the forenoon, at said probate office,
be and is hereby appointed for hearing
said petition:
Ii is Further ordered. That public
notice thereof he given by publication
of a copy of this order. once each week
Tor three successive weeks previous to
said day OF hearing. in the Calumet
News, newspaper printed and circu-
lated i'm said caunty.
(SeaD GEO. c. BENTLEY,
y true copy. Judge of Probate.
Lillas G.. Mitchell
Register of Probate.
Galbraith e. Mccormack,
Attorneys for Estate.
Business address:
Calumet, Mich.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Pert Personals.

DIR. Cooks Eskimo has declared
against him. Doc is now the only one
on his side.-Detroit News.
"Kubelik, the violinist, values each
Of his fingers at $4,000" Plays a
pretty big hand, all right,-Richmond
News-Leader.
Mr.. Rockefeller has n new way OF
shaking hands. Instead of giving the
ordinary clasp. he keeps his hand
closed, as IL in the act Of holding on
to Washington Star.
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over at Houghton for a short time to-
day on his way To attend circuit court
an Ontonagon as court stenographer.
Ernest Westcott left this morning
for a business trip 10 the iron country.
Marriage licenses have been issued
to Arthur Blom and Lilly Olson OF CAL
umet and TO Alex Pesonen. south
Range. ami Amanda Wyrynen of Tri-
mountain.
Miss Caroline Ehlert, who has been
visiting nurse for the Houghton Coun-
~ Anti-Tuborculosis society. has as
summed her duties as superintendent OF
the new sanitarium. To which she vas
recently appointed.
\ caucus OF the Republican voters of
Portage township will be held this
evening at the village han TO elect dele
gates TO the county convention az
I.aurium Thursday afternoon next,
March Z.
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NOTICES TO THE VOTERS.

Village Clerk O'Sullvan this morn
ing caused to be posted notices of the
registration aud election for village Of
ficers The registration takes place at
the village hall March ., from a. m.
to p. m. and election will be on
March II, with polls open from n. m.
to y. m.
Township Clerk Little is posting no.
tees of registration for the township
election which takes place April 1. At
tention is called in the notice TO the
change OF registration date from the
first Saturday TO the second Saturday
before election day, so that this year it
will be held on March %. The regis
tration places are the Hurontown fire
hall, Houghton village hall Amphi-
drome and Nelson's hall at otter Lake.
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LOOKS FOR LATE OPENING.

G. @. Bcrglund, Portage Lake agent
Of the Anchor and Western steamship
lines. loft sunday afternoon for a visit
To Chicago. Mr. Berglund does not
look for the opening of navigation here
before the first OF May The ice is
very thick and the present weather
conditions are favorable FOR further
freezing, so it is Impossible 10 fore
tell how long the breakup may be de-
layed. W lille the ice is very thick,
however. il is only partially clear
Ice. the upper layers being OF such n
nature that when il Begins TO melt it
VIII honey comb rapidly. Under any
circumstances the boats of the Anchor
and Western lines never start out be-
lore about the fifteenth of April. when
the marine insurance goes into effect.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
A Feat With the Feet

Place a corl, upon the floor Meas
IRE four lengths of your foot from IL
and. standing at this distance. attempt
with one foot TO kick the cork over
and recover position Goth feet togoth-
err so that the foot that does the kick
ing does not touch the floor till It has
returned to its mate. The efforts OF
any one trying TO maintain an equilib-
rum in performing this stunt will
arouse considerable mirth.-Womans
World
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Tales of Cities.

st. Louis is the fourth largest manu-
featuring city in the United States.
The population of Paris within the
Notifications that encircle the city is
2,S47,0O0. With the suburbs It num-
bers about 100000.
Constantine in 32S removed to Con-
stantinople the seat Of the eastern en-
pire, which ended in 1853. when the
city was captured by Mohammed ii.
Threadneedle street, i'm London, is
supposed to have gained it's name from
the Three Needles. which used to be
the sign of the Needlemakers' COM
pany.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Household Hints.

Much time and labor will be saved
with oilcloth.
Paint your tin wash basins on the
inside with n good white enamel paint
If you would prolong their usefulness.
A feather brush is the best to re-
move dust from gilt picture frames.
On no account use linen cloth, as II
wears the gilt off and deadens its
brightness.
Washing lamp chimneys by miners
ing them i'm hot water makes them
very brittle. A safer way TO clean
them is to hold them over the steam
Of teakcttle and polish with an old
soft linen cloth.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
MANY STRANGE BEDS.
Stranger Meets Variety in Japan, Ger
many and France.

many and France.
Habit conceals all sorts of absurdi-
ties. IL makes one ache to see an IL
lustration OF Japanese sleeping block,
followed out just enough to permit Of
the neck being adjusted thereto. The
Germans notion of night repose does
not come much nearer our idea of
comfort. There are many i'll made
end unsatisfactory beds (from the
American point of view to be found i'm
the kalsers dominions
German beds, almost without excep-
ton, are single-so much SO. indeed,
that the occupant. If he attempts to
Geviate an inch or two from his posi-
tion. finds himself sprawling on the
floor. The sheets. bed blankets. etc.
are made just to fit the beds and are
never wide enough to tuck in They
are seldom more than an inch or two
wider than the mattress. and it re-
quires the skill ana experience of an
acrobat, especially in the case OF a
foreigner, TO keep the bedclothes
evenly balanced over one
Many OF ire German hotelS use the
French pillow, which is about half the
size Of the mattress and stuffed out sol
hard and plump that about the only
benefit the tired traveller gets from
II is to have it serve as a rest for his
back while he sleeps I'm a sitting po-
sition The majority Of pillows found
in Germany, however. are wedge
shaped, of the same material as the
mattress, and come TO a point near
the center OF the bed. on these the
sleeper df he sleeps rests on an in
clined plane. and looks like a body on
one of the narrow planks at the NOR
que in Paris, with a sheet thrown over
it.-New York sun.
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Current Comment.

If broom corn keeps on going up we
shall have TO economic by not clean
ing our pipe even as often as we do
now.-Ohio State Journal.
One of Uncle Sans customs men
found thirty pockets in n woman's
skirt. Now let the women forever
hold their tongues about not having
equal rights with men. - Milwaukee
Journal
Now that it is determined by the
customs hair splitters that books may
be leather goods, on account Of the
bindings, will boots and shoes be class
ed as human beings because they have
soles ?-Providenc Journal.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
MeNAee CASE SETTLED.
Action Brought by Houshton Woman
Satisfactorily Disposed OF.

Action Brought by Houshton Woman
Satisfactorily Disposed OF.
The suit OF Mrs Ida McNabb against
Paul Schook for injuries received in a
runaway accident near the Dunn mine
about two years ago was settled out OF
court during the week aud a discharge
entered says the Crystal Fails Dia-
mond Drill.
Mrs. McNabb is a collector for the
Good win Farm and year ago last
December hired rig at Mr.. Schook' s
livery barn one day 20 be driven to the
Dunn mine TO collect from the men for
the support OF the home. ON the way
the horse ran away. threw Mrs. Me
NabD out and against barbed wire
fence She sustained severe injuries
and was in the hospital several weeks
before fully recovering from the cucc;
OF the accident
She brought suit against Mr. Schook
through her attorney. Geo. $. Power.
and the case has been pending since
early last summer.
The settlement was satisfactory TO
both sides and ends the affair
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
REGIsTRATIoN NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the boar I
OF registration OF the Village OF Red
Jacket viii meet for the purpose of
completing the list OF qualified voters
OF said village and of registering the
names OF all persons who shall be pos
sessed of the necessary qualifications
OF electors, and who may apply for the
purpose, on Saturday the 9th day of
March. a. d., 1912. at the place desg-
mated below; Red Jacket Town Hall.
And that said board of registration
win !" IA session on the day and at
the place above mentioned from .
o'clock in the forenoon until o'clock
In the afternoon OF that day for the
purpose above specified.
BY order OF the hoard Of registration
II the village OF Red jacket.
8 John J. Fills. Jr Clerk.
Dated at Red Jacket Michigan, March
LIST, A. d., 1912.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Political Quips.

Horses that are spotted like leorards
are common in China, but we have
stranger species over here. Politicians
that are spotted like the mischief are
common in this country.-Exchange.
1t is said that the new congressman
will cost the country 100000. That,
Of course. is merely an estimate on
salaries Their real cost we hesitate
even to contemplate.-Philadelphla In
quirer.
The national campaign has advanced
to the point where the leaders will
soon have to bring out their slogans
and their shibboleths and the ham,
mers with which they nail the cam
paign canards and lies.-Boston Globe.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
German Gleanings.

There are 1,001 streets in Berlin.
Germanys list of newspapers is the
largest in Europe.
-Four million German women are
wage earners as well as housewives
and mothers.
Germany has no law which express
ly authorizes or forbids the formation
of trusts. The law guarantees to the
individual the right to engage in trade.
but does not withhold from him the
opportunity TO combine with any or all
Of his competitors.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Short Stories.

Brahmanism was introduced into In
dla In 400 B. @.
Gun riding in the United States no.
gan at Boston in 1884.
Anglo-Saxon codes ordered womo,
convicted of theft to be drowned.
The pedigrees of some of the herds
OF cattle in Holland can be traced bacl,
for centuries.
Ladislaus. king OF Bohemia. in 1A7,
made the peasants serfs of the soil nv
prohibiting their leaving the places
where they were born.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Houehton Department
BASKETBALL vlcToRs.
M. {. M. Defeats Marquette Normal.
Hancock Girls Defeat Lakes.

N'eHNONN oNla 0OINdh LdNCos
The Michigan College OF Mines five
defeated the Marquette Normal school
basketball team. and the Hancock high
school girls won from the Lake Lin
dens, i'm the double-header exhibition
AT the mining school gymnasium Sat-
urday evening. The college team took
the Marquette students into camp by
the score of As TO IL. the score at the
end of the first half being 25 TO s.
Harry Sparks OF the college team was
the star player his basket throwing
being a feature of the game.
Points were scored as Follows; Coll
lege-Perl,ins. IL; Schaber u; Sparks,
IS; Newklrk, 4. Marquette--Catlin,
A; Lindstrom. a. Byrnes. 3.
Applegate OF the Calumet Y. NJ. c..
\. was the referee. The game settled
the claims To the basketball champion
ship OF upper Michigan.
Hancock Girls Win.
The Hancock high schools girls
played one of the best games of the
year i'm their match at the mining coll
lege gym. in which they defeated the
Lake Linden team by the score of 70
10 IL. The game was fast and eNcit-
ing and the result was in doubt up 10
the blowing of the referees whistle at
the end of the final half. The score
at the end of the first half was TO 7.
by winning this game the Hancock
girls cinched the title 10 the girls in
terscholastic championship of the cop
per country.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
State Lines.

In Georgia these days life is Just
one good road after another.-Atlanta
Journal.
A Massachusetts man has invented
an electrical bell which rings when II
rains. Such an invention may be
needed In Massachusetts. but here in
New York people know enough to
come in when it rains without being
summoned by bell.-Rochester Times.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
THOUGHT MAN WAS FROZEN.

The sheriffs office was called up
Saturday night asking that someone be
sent 20 the farming community of Le-
minga. 10 look after man who was
supposed 10 be frozen. Under Sheriff
Sheridan went to the place and found
Andrew Kipula the man who was
thought TO be frozen and started with
him for Houghton. when the bridge
vas reached It was found the man was
all right and that nothing was the
matter with him.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
A Parsons Three Prices.

A good tale is told of an old Welsh
minister i'm the sixties who when writ
ten 10 as TO his terms for officiating at
a special preaching festival replied
that he had three prices: "For 10
shillings ! will make all the people
laugh, for sovereign ] will make
them laugh and weep alternately,
while for 30 shillings ] will mako
them jump on top of the benches
Cardiff Western Mail.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Foreign Echoes.

"The sick man of Europe" is report
ed n little worse.-Detroit Times.
"China is to have new and genuine
navy" AS we remember, her old one
was Japanned. Richmond News-Lead-
er.
The more or less esteemed car of
Russia has issued a ukase permitting
Russians Of noble blood to marry be-
meath them. Seems impossible.-St
Paul Pioneer Press.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
TO ASK NEW TRIAL.

Attorney corgan Will Seek Another
Chance for Matt Hendriekson.
The case of Henry ]. Levy versus
Henry f. obenhoff to recover possess
sion of farm. was heard in circuit
court this morning. The plaintiff is
represented by Stone & Weber and
Burritt & Burritt appeared as attor-
neys for the defendant.
Attorney Harry Corgan announces
he viii ask for a re-trial OF the case
of Matti Hendrickson, who was SEN
fenced at the present term Of court for
the murder Of Mrs. Ida Kaarela. The
grounds on which the request for a
new trial will be based will not be Civ
en- out until Mr.. Corgan has obtained
n transcript OF the testimony taken
at the trial.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
a Confirmed Taste

'1'm blest If | can see what Blab-
kins finds to admire in that Miss Jor-
kins.'' said Hinkleigh. "Why, she's
wholly made up"
"rhat's II. guess" said Harkaway.
"Blabkins always was crazy about nc
ton. "-Harper's.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Vertical Versus Horizontal.

"Nfy wife is very strict on vertical
etiquette"
Vertical etiquette! What do you
mean?"
"Why. in an elevator with her she
insists on my removing my hat, but on
a train or street car she doesn't
Boston Transcript.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
DEATH OF MISS sTRoeEL.
Well Known Houshton Lady Expires
at Trinountain HospitaI.

Well Known Houghton Lady Expires
at Trimountain Hospital.
Miss Barbara Strobel died yester-
day afternoon at the Trimountain
hospital after an illness OF about two
years. She was born i'm Houghton in
April. 1869. and had lived here all her
life. making her home with her mother
Mrs. Barbara Strobel. who survives
her, together with -four. brothers and
two sisters The brothers are Joseph
Charles. Will and John Strobel Of
Houghton. The funeral will probably
be held on Wednesday morning from
st. Ignatius church. with interment
in Forest Hill cemetery.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
That Held Him.

A Yankee clinched his heated argu
ment with an Englishman as to the
relative size of the Thames and Mis-.
sissippi by saying:
''Why. loo, mere, mister, there amt
enough water in the whole OF the
Thames to make gargle for the mouth
of the Mississippi"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
BRAUN RE- NOMINATED.
Chosen as Candidate for President 81
Village OF South Range.

a caucus was held Saturday night at
South Range for the nomination of VIII
iage officers Louis J. Braun, who was
elected some months ago to nil the
vacancy resulting from the resigna-
ton OF Jacob Jarvis. was re-nominated
by a majority OF twelve votes over
Henry Haapanen. Emil Hendrickson.
defeated Jacob Tolonen for clerk by a
vote Of so 10 10. Sakris Seppula was
named for assessor over William Hen.
Erickson by ten votes. Trustees san
tori, Ollila and Tauralnen were re-
nominated without opposition and G.
u. Dienert was chosen to hll the va
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
That'e wbu

Patience-He promised TO take me
out for an automobile ride, and he
came around today to say he could
not. Patrice-Did he seem embarrass-
ed? Patience-Yes; guess that was
the trouble. He seemed financially en-
barrassed. -Yonkers Statesman.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
sTRATToN DEAL CLOSED.
Turning Factory Will Be Moved to At.
lantie About May /.

Turning Factory Will Be Moved to At
lsnte About May I.
ID. a. Stratton, OF Grand Rapids, has
returned home after closing the deal
for the removal OF his turning plant
az Tower TO the copper country. II
"ill be located at Atlantic and moved
here about May /. II will manufacture
axe handles and handles for other i'm
Elements. besides portions OF chairs and
other articles Of furniture. and employ
at the start about fifty persons. in
Guiding the forces that will work in
the woods getting out material. The
reason for the removal Of the plant
from Tower is that the supplies Of
hardwood in that vicinity are becoming
exhausted, Mr.. Stratton has secured a
large tract Of hardwood close TO the
Copper Range. sufficient 10 keep the
factory in operation FOR years
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cancy created when Braun was ohos-
en- president at the time Jarvis re-
signed. 4 straw vote taken after the
caucus gave Roosevelt. Ga. LaFonette,
6; Taft Wilson, z; Dobs, Z; Pro-
hibltionist. >.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Husbands.

"The majority of husbands complain
that their hands are always in their
pockets"
''They do, do they? Then why don't
they find there the letters they have
forgotten to mail for their wives?'-
Baltimore American.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Seeking an Expert

''How are you at picture puzzlesY
pretty fair"
maybe you can put together these
forty odd parts have taken out Of my
automobile. Washington Herald.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Pulled Him Throuah.

Eyes. the doctor has pronounced me
cured"
"What did he treat you for?"
"a small bank account. "-Life.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
Society Climbers.

"The Notmuch family are just wild
about society. aren't they?'
"Why. my dear. they are such climb
ers that they have even named their
youngest daughter Ivy."-Exchange
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Conseieree.

There are moments when the pale
and modest star, klndlcd by God III
simple hearts, which men call con-
science, illumines our path with truer
vght than the flaming comet OF genius
on fits magnificent course. --Mazzinl
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04
The Reason.

THAT lawyer used to be a milk
man"
THAT accounts for the way In when
he pumps his witnesses."-Baltimore
American.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-04

GeradIne--whatd did pa say TO you!
Gerald-Wcll. he didn't send for the
mayor OF the city to make an address
Of welcome to ne New York Press