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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
LOCAL eREvlTIES.

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Belopavlovich
formerly Of Calumet. now I'll HibbinG
| are the guests Of local friends for a
few days.
Miss Gladys Mechin has left for her
home IN Elkhart, Ind, after visiting at
The home of her brother, :. J. Mechln
of Oak street.
Charles Wadstern has arrived home
from Marinette, where he represented
the local lodge at the district meeting
ot the Nasa Order Of America. Mr..
Wadstern was honored by being Sc
lcctcd as trustee for three years.
Perso Messner, formerly of Mohawk,
has taken a position at the Ahmeek
mine office.
Mrs. Richard Tohin has arrived
home from visit to Detroit.
Mrs. A. L. Ongie is entertaining
Misses Margie and Adele Unger Of
Iron Mountain.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Daigle and son
left Yesterday for Muskegon, where
they will visit with Mr. Daigles par
onts.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Smith
OF Rockland street. son.
Ii is stated the G.. & II. and other
mines of this vicinity will square their
monthly payrolls on Saturday, July L.
Mrs. Nan Pryor and daughter Ruth
of Duluth will leave Thursday for Du-
luth to visit Mrs Pryors son, Roy.
Stanislaus Blinstrub. violinist at the
Royal, has resigned his position and
gone to Chicago, where he will con
tnue his studies and work.
The funeral of the late Martin Con
nors. who met his death Thursday
night as result of an underground
accident. was held this morning
Services were held i'm Sacred Heart
church, Rev. Fl. Bede officiating
J. o. Kinney of St. Paul is the guest
of friends here.
l.. Marshal of sidney, Ohio. is visit
ing with Calumet friends
Tim A. Harrington of Redings store
has gone to Butte where he will visit
for month with his brother Cornelius
Charles Ahern of Detroit is regis
tered mt the Central
Henry Treverrow of Negaunee is
visiting with friends here.
r. n. Christian and wife Of Detroit
are visiting in Calumet.
Calumet Lodge No 271, +. e. A. NJ.
will give n basket picnic and dancing
party in the Electric Park Friday af-
ternoon and evening.
Fifteen births and four deaths were
reported in Osceola township during
the month of June
Miss Genevieve Condor Of Osceola
left this morning for Marquette where
she will enter the Normal school.
The ladies' of the Presbyterian
church will give basket picnic at the
Electric park Tuesday afternoon. All
ladies' and members OF the church are
invited to attend.
Dan Cusick will leave this week for
Duluth. where he will visit for n short
time before departing for Laurel. Mont
where he expects to make his home
with his son.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Barney of South
Hecla announce the approaching mar
riage IF their daughter. Miss Nellie to
Ward VI. BENEFITS. which will be sol
emnized on July %.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
TOURNEY COMMITTEE.
Meeting Will Be Hold in tho Red
Jacket Town Hall Wedpesdav

There will he meeting OF the ex :
ecutive committee in charge of the
plans for the fire tournament this
month in the Red Jacket council cham
Der Wednesday evening. Reports will
be received from the soliciting and
ether committees and other details will
be taken up 1t is probable a report
will he presented by the committee
which has been arranging for accomo-
dations for the visiting fremen. While
all of the subscriptions towards the
tournament fund have not been paid
the committee feels confident it will
have enough money when collections
are made.
The work of decorating the town
likely will commence about the mid
die of next week, when long stringers
Of incandescent lights will be festooned
and strung throughout the town.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
FOURTH OF JULY BABIES.

Two births were reported in Calu-
met on the Fourth, daughter To Mr..
ana Mrs Charles Yercle of 5l4 Cedar
street and a son to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Luksic1 of 1925 County road. The lat
ter is the eighth child born to Mrs.
Luksich, who is twenty years Of
age. Mr.. and Mrs. Firmmo Paglia OF
3245 Eleventh street are the parents OF
q son and Mr.. and Mrs. Alex NJ David
son of 2644 Union street the parents Of
a daughter
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07

Harrison. Ind. il about tn celebrate
It's Tooth birthday.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
ZIEHR TAKES FIRST PRIZE.

wrestler. formerly of Calumet but more
recently Of Detroit, is visiting among
old friends and acquaintance here.
Ziehr participated i'm the Bcssemer
Cornish wrestling tournament on the
Fourth and won first prize. There
were sixteen entries. Ziehr's hardest
was Switzerland, who
weighed 227 pounds. The latter took
fourth place in the tourney. Iron
Mountain and Bessemer men getting
second and third respectively. Ziehr
will remain in the copper country
about two weeks.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
VERDICT is RENDERED.

Coroner Fisher this morning con-
Quoted an inquest into the death Of
Steve Tomalka, one of the village EN-
ployes, whose death was reported
last week After hearing the testi-
monv the jury agreed death was
caused by a broken neck. received in
falling Gown "A stairway, and was ac-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
AHMEEk WANTS GAME.

The Ahmeek team Of the G, e. ".
league rs seeking game to be played
~ Ahmeek next Sunday. Swedetown
or the Laurium independents are pre-
forred Games may be arranged by
tolephoning John g. BENEFITS at the
Ahmeek mine office.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
STATE MISSIONARY

+. VI. Lake. state secretary Of Bap-
fist Missions for Michigan will be pres
mt AZ the regular PRAYER meeting at
the Calumet Baptist church which will
he held IN Thursday evening instead Of
"Wednesday evening this week He will
give an address.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
LAURIUm CUBS WIN

Tho Lsurium cubs won an interest
ing baseball game from the Incline
team sunday by the score Of 6to 3.
Tn" battery for the Laprium cubs was
Harry Trathcn and Joe Jukno and for
the Incline team Joe Vidosh and Walt
flnLI.N
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-24
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
Her Visit to the Country.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write you a story about the good time I had in the country.
 l went to the country last Friday af- ternoon. Saturday morning I played around the house and had a good time
 Sunday Rover the dog, kept looking in the wall. After awhile we saw 8 little woodchuck. The dog parked loudly and papa made long wire hook which was awful sharp. He saw the woodchuck in the wall and he got hold of him and pulled him out
 The dog grabbed it and shook it until it was dead He ate a little and then buried the rest. He ate that an- other day.
 Next door they keep a great many turkeys and geese. I was afraid of them at first but not now. These tur- keys are tame. You can pick them up, even. When you whistle they will all come running to you, thinking you have something for them to eat.
 They had a good many chickens around, too.
 Where I was staying they had three cows which were named Blacky, Reddy and Spot.
 I went huckleberrying one afternoon and got two quarts.
 One night, after supper. my cousin took her bicycle to have me learn 10 ride. I can ride quite well now had a lovely time in the country.
 LILLIAN J. BREWSTER, Age II.
 Norwich.
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkES.
Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln was born February F, 1909, on a lonely little farm in Ken lucky. Abraham never went to school but few weeks, as his father wanted his help at home.
 His first teacher was his mother, who taught him to read and write.
 Lincoln had but a few books. They were Robinson Cruso,'' Pilgrim s Progress "Aesop's Fables" the Bible, '"Fhe Life of Washington" and small history of the United States. Abraham read these books over and over until he knew them by heart
 Nights after his mother and father had gone to bed Abraham would sit in the light of the fireplace and work problems on a snow shovel with a piece of charcoal. When the side of the shovel was covered he would shave them off and begin over again.
 When Abraham's father would com plain of the shovel being too thin Abe would go out in the woods and make another
 By the time Abraham was IT he could write a good hand, do hard ex- amples and spell better than anybody in the country.
 At 1g Abe had reached his full height, He stood nearly feet inches, bare footed. No one in the neighborhood had his strength. He could lift a bar rel of flour into q wagon without help.
 After awhile Abraham began study ing law and afterwards became a law yer.
 At last Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States. While he was president he freed all the slaves in the Union.
 Lincoln was killed by a half -crazed actor by the name of Booth MYRTLE FRANCES SWAIN, Age Il.
 North Stonington.
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Polly Wants to Go to Detroit.

Poll Parrot belonged to a lady in Detroit. She lived in a great house on Woodward avenue.
 Polly was a favorite. All the nice little children on the avenue knew and loved Polly. On their way to school they would stop to say:
 Good morning. Mistress Polly" and to offer her a bit of cake, or a crack CT from their lunch baskets. For these friendly offices they were amply repaid by the quaint sayings which were sure to follow from the glib tongue of Polly.
 Sometimes in answer to cheer full Good morning, Mistress Polly!' the bird would drawl out:
 "G7o-o-d m-o-r-n-i-n-g, Polly's sleepy!"
 For the next it might be, Good morning, don't bother a bird,"
 Polly's mistress lost the bulk of her fortune and went to live in another city. When she was ready to move a change came over Pu\y. She grew moody and silent To her little friends greetings she would scarce deign a reply.
 At her new home her mood changed but alas! not for the better. She now complained all the time, and the bur den of her cry was ever the same: Polly wants to go to Detroit! Poor Polly wants to go to Detroit!!" So sad was the birds moan that a lady who lived across the street had to close the front doors and windows of her house and retire to the rear that she might not hear it. For fourteen days the poor creature
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What She Saw at the Circus.


 Dear Uncle Jed: Last Tuesday I went to the circus. I think it was very good for so small a circus.
 Before going into the large tent I saw the animals. There were seven elephants. five big ones and two little ones. One of the big elephants said Papa"
 In one of the cages was a leopard with two little cubs. They looked liked kittens.
 Tn other cages were monkeys polar bears, lions. tigers. cockatoos, reindeer and zebra
 The animals outside the cages were the elephants, camels and kangaroos.
 After looking at the animals 1 went inside the big tent and saw all the funny clowns and the acrobats. Also the bareback riders.
 Five of the elephants did lots of tricks Then came the cowboys and Indians. The cowboys showed the way mail was carried in '49, and what the cowboys would do to horsethief. There were lots of other things too.
 After the circus was over l went to a side show There were two freak animals One was an animal with five legs He walked on four and the other hung off his shoulder. The other freak was a pig The man who showed it to the people said it was born so and lived ten days. and had been taking a long alcoholic bath ever since. It was kept in a jar of alcohol and it had two bodies, six legs and a perfect head.
 I had a very good time and expect to go to the next circus.
 CATHERINE DESMOND, Age 12. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-24
THE GOOD THE BIRDS DO

The London Daily Chronicle of June 14th gives an extract from a paper read before the members of the Royal Colonial Institute on the pre- ceding evening by MT. James Buck land. in which some notable state ments were made as to the danger to plant life throughout the world by the wanton destruction of birds for the sake of their plumage.
 The speaker said that few people know how enormously fast the des- tructive insects increase in number and what almost unthinkabIe damage they would do to all plant life if 1t was not for the birds who are living on them, and who devour enormous quantities of them. Here are some ex- amples; first as to the multiplication of insects:-
 "The hop vine aphis. for instance, produced 13 generations in one year." and each female of them produced on the average 100 young ones. which would bring ten sextilliOns of these insects into the world in one year, if not checked by the birds! A single pair of the gypsy moth, if undisturb- ed, could produce caterpillars enough in eight years to eat up every green leaf. every bit of foliage in the United States that is. you must remember, in a untry nearly twenty five times as large as the British Hes! And again "A single pair of Colorado beetles with out check, increase. in one season to 60, 900, ,ooo." TsS.
 ; Now much. do some of these
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creatures eat? According to the lee turer a caterpillar's daily ration in leaves is equal to twice the weight of feed at the same rate he would have to eat a ton of hay every twenty four hours"
 As to >our friends and allies, the birds, whose chief diet is insects, we read: Tit mice have been seen to make Otto 50 trius an hour to their nests with their peaks filled with all kinds of insects. Other birds will consume 10000 tree-lice in day, others again have been seen to eat 35 gypsy moths a minute, for IS minutes at time, while 30 grass hoppers and 250 caterpillars have been found in the crop of a single cuckoo"
 When we hear things like these we realize anew how valuable and how absolutely indispensable are the birds in the great plan of Nature; and we rejoice that even Congress is taking steps for their protection in the Bird Protection Bill now before them.
 Every reader of The Wide Awake Circle should do everything he or she can do to prevent the killing of birds. De 1t Tor the sake of their beautiful pluinage or for the even more cruel purpose of eating their dear little bodies, for the punishment for such wicked deeds will have to be borne by us all through an enormous increase or destructive insects to the harm of our gardents, fields and woods and thus of ourselves
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-24
Norwich
A Bows Ride.

Dear Uncle Jed: During my exam nations at school I had to write sew eral stories, but was given the title and an outline, and had to make up a story.
 As my teacher thought this story was very good, l am going to write 1t for you.
 4 Boys Rde-During the winter of 1876 in Montana a messenger boy was sent on horseback to General Custer, who was fighting Indians near the Big Horn river.
 The boy was warmly clad as the wind was cold and the snow was fall
 The horse had beautiful black silken coat.
 The letter which the boy carried was in a sealed envelope.
 The night was dark and cold and the moon was not to be seen.
 The woods were full of wild animals. The grOan of Clusters men and the fighting Indians filled the air
 At last the boy met General Custer and gave him the letter; Custer gave him @ letter to take when he returned. At four o'clock in the afternoon he started to go home. At midnight a storm came up and the boy grew frightened as he passed a~cave full of wild animals
 The horse was given to him when he arrived at Montana. He named it Custer in memory of his ride.
 JESSIE l.. BREHAUT,
 East Norwich. N. Y.
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UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE.
 AWAKES.

Watch the birds, learn to know them by their pIumage and their song, and you will not want to rob their nests or hurt them.
 Uncle Jed has always liked the birds, and when he was 8 boy he knew where there was a pewee's nest with four little white eggs in it on the edge of a tiff four miles from where he lived in the woods, and he used to go there and look over the edge to see the eggs. It builds it's nest of mud, like swallow, is a little larger than a, sparrow, and t has two puplar names-Pewee and Phoebe-both representing it's cheery calls: but Uncle Jed never heard it say "Phoebe!" He was delighted with it's pleasing way of repeating ~Pe- wee!"
 The more you learn about birds the more you find pleasure in their pres ence in the garden trees and shrub bery, and when you come to know them by their song it seems like an old friends greeting.
 They are faithful insect destroyers, and they do beneficial work which the hired man cannot do. You know it has been said, Two toads in the garden are equal to hired man." so great is their work in destroying insect pests. When we know that, we are glad to see the toad in the garden. and we take care not to disturb or in1ure him. The Wider Awake you keep the more you will enjoy life.
 It Is just play to study nature, and when it becomes confirmed habit it is continuous source of delight
 To be cruel to the birds, to rob their nests and shoot them, is to in the end hurt ourselves. Without the aid of the birds man could not live on the earth.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-24
FIRST COAL DISCOVERY.
Richmond Basin in Virginia Prodsoed
 Fuel Century and a Half Ago.

The presence of coal in the Rich
 mond Basin of Virginia was known as far back as 170o and mines were opened and worked at as early a date as 1750. In 1780 shipments were made to some of the Northern States. In 1922, according to R. c. Taylor, in his Statistics of Coal" the production amounted to 54,000 short tons. For nearly a century the Richmond Basin maintained some prominence as a coal producer, but in 1882, when the Poca- hontas district was opened, followed shortly afterwards by the development of the New River field in West Vir- ginia the mines in the Richmond Ba- sin were put at a disadvantage ana operations were for many years prac- tically suspended.
 During the last four years, how ever, new life has been introduced into the Richmond Basin areas by the re- opening of the old -Gayton mines in Henrico County For many years after the opening of the southwestern Virginia and the southern West Vir- ginia coals the mines of the Richmond Basin lay idle or were worked only for a restricted local market The Richmond Basin is the only area pro ducing free-burnings coal which lies immediately adjacent to the Atlantic seaboard.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-24
LARGE ACREAGE RESTORED TO
 PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Six Millions Acres of Withdrawn Land Classified by United States Geological Survey and Restored to Entry


 Geological Survey and Restored to
 Entry.
 Six millions acres of withdrawn public lands were restored to entry during the months of May and June upon approval by the Secretary of the Interior of the recommendations of the United States Geological Survey. This action was the result of exalnin- ation and classification of the lands by the Survey. those restored either having been found not to be valuable for power sites, reservoirs. coal, phos- phate, or potash deposits or having been definitely valued as coal lands. and rendered available for purchase under the coal-land law.
 Of these lands relieved from coSrs withdrawal nearly 1-2 million acres were in the State of Colorado. Five and a half thousand acres were also withdrawn in Colorado as water pow sites.
 In Idaho 100000 acres of coal and phosphate withdrawal were classified and restored. and for water power sites approximately 10000 acres were withdrawn and about the same acre. age restored. In Montana 25O, 900 acres were re- stored as being noncoal-bearing and about 1000 acres as not valuable for water-power sites, while about 150 acres were withdrawn for that pur- l pose.
 In North Dakota nearly 1,4OO. co acres in coal withdrawal were elassi- ] fled and restored.
 1 In Oregon approximately r 5 poo acres were restored as nonoil- bearing lands l and about 12,060 acres were with 1 drawn for water-power or reservoir sites
 In South Dakota over 3SO,O0o acres were relieved from the coal with ] drawal.
 In Utah about 1.5oO acres were with drawn for waterpower sites.
 In Wyoming over 47,O00 acres of i coal withdrawals were reopened to 1 entry and purchase; approximately 1 S7,000 acres were withdrawn for clas- sif1cation as to whether they are oil- bearing lands, and about BOA 900 acres were restored as nonphosphate lands. For all States the total withdrawal 1 during the months of May and June were over 116.000 acres, and the total restorations were over 6,000,00e acres. l The total outstanding withdrawals on July 1, in all the pubhe-land States amounted to 68, 6O9, 289 acres, of which more than 5S million acres are in coal land withdrawals.
 1 These lands are held pending elas- sifcation by the Geological Survey 1 and as rapidly as they are found to | be mineral bearing they are either l valued and placed on sale Gas in the ] case of coal lands), definitely reserved pending appropriate legislation by Congress to provide for their dispo- sition Gas in the case of potash or phosphate lands), or held subject to l development under departmental reg | ulations Gas in the case of water pow 1 CT or reservoir reservationsl or if l they are found to be nonfn2neTel in character they are restored to public 1 entry This work of ClaSSif1n2 t1On and valuation is being prosecuted by the Geological Survey as rapidly aS the l appropriations provided by Congress will permit.
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 and water near where the mother bird could get all she wanted.
 One morning when we were dress ing we heard a great deal of noise among the birds. and going to see what was the matter saw a large black cat only about a foot from the nest.
 My brother and I each got a broom and chased her away and we thought we would never see her again, but evening just at dusk who did we see coming but the same black cat. This time we gave her a cold water bath and two or three of them
 For almost a week we saw no more of her, but Fourth of July morning we got up only to find the nest torn to pieces and our little birdies gone. suppose the black cat had them for her breakfast and we have not seen her since-good thing for her, if we don't catch her.
 EDWARD G. MORAN, Norwich
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Makina Dresses For Her Doll.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write and tell you and the Wide Awakes what I've been doing for my dolls. Mother showed me how to make hems and to do feather stitching SO I have made quite a few dresses for my dolls, and I feather stitched a petticoate with canary colored silk for my best doll.
 This morning I am going to finish a rag doll. As one of my friends is coming to see me and play awhole berries and have some cake and sur prise her.
 My sister and I have a real nice playhouse and we fixed it nearly all ourselves with a little help from our brother; and we have some good times in it. I guess we will have a party in It.
 FLORENCE WHITE, Age g.
 Wi1linantic
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-24
Havino Time,

Dear Uncle Jed: It Is having time and the farmers are taking in the hay. There is not so much hay this year because it was so dry. I think the farmers should take in all they can. The horses and cows want something to eat. Don't you and the Wide AwaIles think, so, too?
 I would like some of our southern Wide Awakes to tell us how crops are down there
 The early apples are getting ripe and
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-24
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Earl Johnson, of Worcester, Mass: I received the book and was surprised to get 1t. I am much obliged for it.
 Stanley Dickinson, of Norwich Town: Thank you very much for the prize book you sent me It came just in time for l am going camping next week
 John F. Barnett, of Jewett City: I thank you very much tor the book that you sent me I have read it and found 1t interesting.
 Lillian 5rehaut, of East Norwich, N. T.: I received the prize book you sent me entitled Wild Kitty" 1t is very nice and I thank you very much for it.