The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-20
j. P. NOT COLD
Wild COUNTRY
People From South Are Wrongly
impressed

a typical example If the impression
many people living south of the south
ern boundary Of Michigan nave of the
upper peninsula can he found in the
November number Of the Ladies' Home
journal. ON the editorial page of the
publication, the editor proudly prints
a letter from Il young wife, evidently
living III Il part of the country where
nature is less begrudging of her smiles
and blesscs the people with warmth
and sunshine "A large part of the year.
In her epistle, the woman informs the
editor that he will find money fer a
subscription to the !nagszire, not that
she has just begun to read IL, but that
she and her husband are about To
move to the Geld, wild numbering dis
tricts of northern Michigan and she
will he So far removed from her moth
or's home that it will be inconvenicnt
to procure her mothers copy Of the
Journal as she did while living a few
doors away
Wanted TO Cheer Home.
cle,u that the writer had An idea she
VAS moving tar, far away from the
center of civilization, 10 a land Of
everlasting winters The editor must
have had that impression also. Judging
!rum his comment The article stated
that ii was seldom that such a letter
was printed. bat this was evidently
such a spontaneous outburst meaning
So much i'm commentator of the mag.
a%ine that II was worthy spoce The
young woman stated that the real
reason for wanting the magazine sent
t. her was that she might use it's help
ilil suge cstions To bring cheer To their
little ar-northern home. A reader not
familiar with the uprcr peninsula
would get the impression that the
young wife was giving Up all that was
dear to her To come To- a lonesome.
bleak wilderness, where her husband
would struggle - 'Trcst fortune from
The natural resources of the region.
There is plenty of work ahead nf
1--we organization, that will boost the
upper peninsula for what ii IS, To re.
veal to the nation the actual conti.
tons here. 1t has often beer told
that Il person from the south whJ
'an stand one winter here and re-
mains the following summer is con-
tent t. make his home here the resi- OF
his hfe Frequently pers 1ns coming
to the region To- follow agricultural
pursuits have arrived IN TIE lat. fall.
spent a disheaItening winter, faced
the discouraging prospects of an UNI
certain spring and in the midst Of the
break. ap have packed their 90 DDS ana
gotten cut of the country as fast n,
railway facilities would let them.
These are the people wno spread the
terrifying reports uf the inclcmepcy o.
upper peninsula climate However no
onr who has experienced az upper
peninsula summer has ever registered
1 complaint on the climate.
What She Will Find Here.
The upper peninsula represents ev
erything in modern progress. In edu
'dticn, sCientinc industrial enterprise,
ana social advance II ranks high with
The East Astounding possibilities cf
success IN every line of activity pre-
sent themselves t. the newcomer at
every turn. And there is nothiI z in
accessible. cold. lonesome or blea',
about tho territory. Ar overnight
trhin-ride with the excellent railway
service prevalent throuehopt the pen
nsulg will bring the discontinued to
he very centers of civilization"