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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21

Warren Carpenter, "a
years OLD. an Ann Arbor railroad
brakeman. fell under the wheels of -
freight train in Shepherd Tuesday
morning and was SO badly manglcd
that he died a few hours later. His
parents live in Pellstou, Mich.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21

CADILLAC-Mayur Johnston has
rcappointod W. w. Mitchell, Dr. G. f..
Miller. lcldon l.. Metheany, library
commissioners, to succeed themselves.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21
FREIGHT Train Hits Baby

Dorotbv. eighteen months daugh-
ter of Clarence Burns of Baraga, mar
rowly escaped death when she was hit
hy n freight train and thrown from
the track. The younSster was playing
on the track and had just stepped
by. hitting her and throwing her at
least twenty feet. Her injuries were
slight and she is ON the read To recov-
cry.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21

GRANT-Aftcr abandonment for
- years the Danish college one mile
south of this village, was opened Tues
day with an enrolment of 30 students.
Leading Danish educators from all o. er
the country were present. The build
ngs haze all been rcmodelcd. Rev. y.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21

GRAND LEDGE-Nathanicl He
cultivating corn on his farm in oneida
township, where he had lived since he
was 10 years old.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21

Washington is said To- have fewer
flies than any other large United
states city.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21

Kalamazoo. September T. Marshall will
send four special ears of Pythians TO
kalamazoo.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21

Rasmussen. of Fresno, Cal, will occu-
py the presidents chair
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21
JUST DOPE
"A Little Awful Stuff by tho Staff

grows, We suggest the title. "The
Hound of Baskcrvillcs."
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21
Railway investments.

wide trade She liz said To be worth
SEQ 0cO, zoo.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21

Santa Monica, CAT. bars public tan
20 dancing,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21
Rail and Lake or All Rail Trips
ALWAYS SOMETHING SPECIAL

WEEK END EXCURSION FARES
Via ST Ignace and y q G. Line from
Calumet 10
Port Huron and rcturn.........$lS.Oo
Detroit and return..............SlH.Oo
Toledo and return. $lS.So
Cleveland and rcturn...........$l9.So
RurraIo and return. $3.50
Tickets on sale every Friday in
August, limit 80 days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
Information Wanted.

Tho Industrial Editor frequently re-
ceives letters from people in the West
and Northwest making inquiry about
:iTginia. These Inquiries are made
by men who contemplate moving to tho
South. Not being in the real estate
or the manufacturing business the In
duStriai Editor cannot answer all of
these letters as thcy should be an
swcred The inquiries viii be printed
in this or some other column OF the
Industrial Section under the head OF
Information wanted THIS will be
done with the hope that interested
parties vii write 10 the people who
arn seeking information and whose
addresses viii be given The inquiries
below came in few days ago.
J.. Mccoy. Bittcudorf. iowa. wants
reliable Information regarding lands in
virginia. cropz. soil types. products.
climate. etc
T.. r Rowck. 1870 Barker Avenue.
Peoria. III. wants 20 know the char
ac,er OF the soil in tho vicinity Of
Williamsburg. Va. Is truck farming
paying Industry "a a commercial
way Is fertilizer used as necessity .
can good crops he raised without fer
fiiizatfou- Is tho labor done BY col
ored labor What IS the population
what portion 90 the state Is considered
best Tor truck farILingg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS
Winding Up Business OF Old
Year-Clearing Decks
for the New.
NUMEROUS CHANGES MADE
Transactions OF the Week al on
the Small Order-New
Firms.
NUMEROUS CHANGES MADE

1t is a ts,ne-honored custom in kich-
I0ond. and ought 10 be everywhere
to wind up as far as possible one
years business before commencing on
that Of another. This rule is adhered
TO very closely by the real estate
men. They dislike very much 10 carry
over to the new year and unhnlsheu
business from the old. and so II was
but natural and proper enough tha'
all of the agencies spent pretty much
all OF last week cleaning up their
desks so as 70 make good ready Tor
the wear 1913 a year they all believe
< going TO be a record breaker so faT
as the business OF buying and selling
Richmond. suburban and. virginia
realty generally. is concerned Many
leeds were completed and signed up
last week. deeds to property that ma"
already been sold and reported; the
finishing touches were put upon numer-
Gus deals that had been hanging on
that grapevine. and incidentally the
foundations were laid for much future
business and not a few things were
nunr upon the string for future con
sidcration.
or;y Small transactions
And 80 II happens that none cf The
.Scuts ~ The buyers or the sellers
or the investors or the Spectators
cave the usual amount OF their at
sention during the week 10 actual
,.u,-tng and selling However. there
is aivra.s something going on IN tht
ceiling Iine-;herc's no way 10 stop 1t
and Guess there is hardly an agency
IN the city that made really no sales
III closed ID something here -fna
,hcrc. and I hear u whispered about
,ha, as many a. a half B dozen fairy
i,rc. deals wer. practically consuu-
.,sf.d but the interested parties re-
fused TO give out any particulars TOT
tn. prescui. which may mean that Az
Of IN. finishing touches have not DC"
r.ut 10 the transactions.
Nevertheless. those things 10 ="
show that tho nov year - staFtinE
90 IN q way that MAKES All or the
,verfs and al - the people who ar
dealing IN real estate in Nichmoud. and
ali OF the builders and contractors
very optimistic.
Notwithstanding She high winds that
prevailed on Friday. and r"twHh-
standing tho general dissgreca 'icnesS
90 the dsv. there were a Few strag
Cling rrospectors and buyers out IN
inc West End. and one agency that
minds not the weather sold Tour
r:oulevard lots az figures that made a
Continued on Second Psge)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05

in strawberries IN one lucky season
1t is not everybody that makes
bale or Two of cotton per acre. III
bushels OF corn per acre. or from $3.50
to $500 an acre in berries and truck,
but farmers have proved that IL can
be done. and the right kind are doing
IL every year.
When this country is intelligentIy
and systematically advertised. we Will
find an influx OF people here 10 pur-
chase our lands and make them bios
som like a rose. Eight hundred thou
sand Americans have gone TO Canada.
but they would have come south had
we let them know the opportunities
going begging in the Nations Garden
Spot"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05

We frequently Hear 7~orle talking
bout tho cheap lands ~ The south
Tho Wilmington ~. 60 star rather
rcsents ne partially nfsicsding 900
tation. and declares there are mo- cheap
lands IN Di1ta. and that is true No
GOOD farmer would regard - cheap
.arrI which will brine from WV
10 800 bushels 81 corn 20 the acre or
,.r,.dr.-. on ,ns acre from $3.50 90 $50
worth ~ truck ~ from $3.50 - 5000
worth ~ alfalfa hay. virginia 81 fun
~ that kind The star argues a. FOL
lows.
Lands arc 80 priced IN fhe south
because they are plentiful. bot those
seho 10 not buy before they are AL
taken up VIII Ind prices pretty suf
IN The NEXT few years IN the sunny
south Colony ~ ChaGho1rn. there are
settlers whose crops paid Tor the'r
lands tho first ye,s. and that is not
hard ~ cxri-in when a farmer told "a
yesterday he nettcd $1,000 on t~o acres
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
CHANGE NEEDED IN
BANKING SYSTEM
Present Methods Result
in Increase in Cost
of Living.
EUROPE is NOW
FAR IN ADV ANCE

Modified Agricultural Credit Is
Impossible With Existing Fa-
cilities in Acknowledgement
and French Farmers Bor-
row at Much More
Reasonable Rates.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
a Hint 90 Norfolk.

Norfolk does not Ike 20 be lecturef.
especially hv Richmond. but Norfolk
may not mind ~ "a Is offered mild
suggestion. ~ would be well for Nor
folk business men 10 send delegation
10 Richmond 20 learn the value ~ p
nrst-ciass Chamber % Commerce and
10 ascertain at the same time what =
valuable a. well 49, pleasant thin< ~
il % haze scvcrai trade and commercial
organizations IN live town pUliiue
together IN utmost peace and perfect
harmony for tho good Of the Aforesaid
live town. Norfolk. has what the local
papers are pleased a. term "A Board ~
Trade problem 10 seems that the
(Continued on second Pase)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
PURE BREOCH|
VERSUS M0NGRELS
Paws Farmer Who Raises Poultry
for Market to Investl-
gate Little.
COST OF THE BETTER FOWLS
Poultry Shows and the Good
They Are Doing in
Old Virginia.

The writer was talking TO q Virginia
farmer the other day. who for some
years has paid particular attention 10
the raising Of pure-bred poultry. his
speciaIties being White Holland tur-
KEYS and White Ply mouth Rock chick
ems The gentleman in question has
never had any trouble in finding ready
sale for mis- surplus stock, and al suca
prices as paid him for his work OF
raising also including newspaper ad-
vertising. His experience now covers
many years labor in this particular
branch OF farming
Poultry raising is. or should be.
very important branch Of farm work
The farmer. as well as other busine IS
men. naturally wants to know IL a
thing will pay. Therefore. If he has
been in the habit of raising fowls OF
mixed breeds cor no particular breed
at alb and you advise him TO send
hts lot Of mCngrcls TO market, dispose
OF them AZ market prices, and then
invest in some pure-bred fowls, he may
cornba; the idea with the question.
..yViU q paw" What ne really means
is. what extra money will he get II he
dfsnoseS Of his flock. let us say Of a
cross OF A<~-Api - A-'R-~H $3.50
barn ward fowls with probably a
dash Of Rhode Island Red blood Ga
mixture truly. and in place Of this
lot Of mongreis. buys. sy-a zoo hens
and i've cocks of some particular
breed.
This outlay VIII mean the expenci-
tire Of about si2s. providing he pur-
chases general utility birds. trusting
that blood will tell and that in buy
inx this flock OF pure-breds ne will
al least stand a chance 20 raise some
extra fine specimens. watch. when sold
later on TO breeders. Will bring paying
prices.
Hfxh~r Prices.
In connection with the business fes-
lures of poultry raising. 70 may be
safely said that there Is decided
prodt in shipping eggs Of uniform
~izr. color and weight This one par
ticuIar feature Of the business IS wcii
worth considering. for q must be re-
ue,nbcrcd that an advance 81 even ?
CENTS per dozen over the regular mar
Net price wear IN ami year OUT makes
a great difference IN THE farmers re-
ccipts. especially ~ he Is large ship
per Of eggs.
Then there are the really good BIRDS
who in developing into fine specimen
Of their particular breed. may be placed
CONTINUED on Second Page)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
VIRGINIA HOLLY
AGREAT INDUSTRY
Many Carloads OF Gorgeous
Green Cut Down
Every Year.
GOOD WAGES COME IN SEASON
Virginians Should Place Higher
Value on the Evergreen
in Their Forests.

To many Virgin!ans the holly tree
is a pest They see nothing commend
able in its dwarf. stubby habit. or in
the spires on the leaves. which. when
the leaves dry up in summer. make
walking in bare feet difficult. sooner
or later nearly every Soufh~-ncr goes
barefooted in the vicinity OF holly
trees. some travel shOeless constantly
Others acquire antipathy toward the
holly around the "ole swimming ole
or during fishing or outing excursions
on the whole. so far as ! have been
able to learn. the holly is not an es-
termed wood in the South. Neverthe-
less it is one Of Americas most inter-
esting. and. in some sections. impor-
tant trees.
Go back West and North TO the coun-
try around and beyond the Great Lakes.
60 North along a gradually widening
Eastern tangent Go anywhere. in
fact. where snow is generally on the
ground at Christmas time and holly
does not STOW. and the status OF the
holly will be no longer vague. The
indifference 20 the holy IN tho south
the beauties OF Il. I should say. not
the thorns SIS merely another Instance
OF tho prophet being without honor in
his own country.
Back in ;nc Great Isx~s country a
sprir OF holly IS - welcome an add
ton 10 one Christmas haberdasnery as
a hi. OF green is 10 the Uibernian on
March = custom does up. demand a
large display Three leaves and 2
cluster ~ y rries pinned upon the coat
lapel OF stuck under the hat band j.
"a effective and popular an evidence 81
yulc.sde cheer re your heart as the
Ra~ehanaiian odor which many resi-
dents ~ the sections where holly -
dcspiscd wear az Christmas tails
man.
What 2. HoIiSr
Drowning into arhoroioEv. we I'M
tha. tho holly we use Tor Christmas
decorating u ono species Of large
family 81 trees known 20 scientific
pcopic ~ Hieiseoe. There arc about
$50 species IN this genus. aud th"ir
habitat extends nearly All over the
world. There are possibly three other
varit!ea fn North america besides the
one We know - well - harbiuEer
Of Santa Claus large number Occur
In tr-orfcaI America and the warmer
narfs 81 Asia = few ~ Australia. and
one only a surviving native ~ Europe
Europe. however. - presumed 70 have
been more abBndantiy peopicd With
Continued on second Psge)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
BY FRANK S. WOODSON,
Industrial Editor.

This column open contributors who have something to
willing make hints and
looking better development OF the good old States
Virginia Virginia and North Carolina and who can hold
their suggestions down words
Such communications Industrial Editor will
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
The English Sparrow Problem

a paper devoted entirely TO agricui-
ture says.
The English sparrow is good food
bird That's all he Is good Tor IN
ScrfpturaI times the sparrow was usc'i
for food. and in - Matthews day two
were sold for farthins- The De
nartment Of Agriculture, In a recent
bulletin. tells how to catch. cook and
serve them. This food use may solve
the problem" J. would certainly solve
the problem for the English sparrow.
hut I am harasscd With doubt as 10
Tn, advisa hiii;v OF desirahility of max .
Ing food use Of the wretrhcd ana
Industrious uttie scavenEcr. and the
only one - she recipes sent out BY tn
government. I venture O. recommend.
IS tho ouosfhat gives tho method cf
scratching and killing tho WINGED beast
am willing 10 ssve the rest 70 the
hogs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
ceive prompt attention.
Right start for the Yea

The turn OF the year, says tht
Hartford Courant. suggests how much
life is like walking on the sidewalk Al
these sidewalk goers can be dividec
into two classes-those VINO know
whittier they are going. and those wht
don't Those who don't know don
go. They linger and loiter and dTiZzle
along. without a purpose and without
an OBJECT. and very often are gooo
deal OF an obstruction But those wno
know shoot along ike a bullet from q
well-afmed rife Their Muscular pow
ers are directed and driven by def
mite intellectual intent. These are the
persons who get there"
\ very good start for the new year
is TO make Up your mind a. to whittier
YOU are going. and then make a STEADY
push for it. This good rule applies TO
the city as well as 10 the CITIZEN.
whittier is Richmond going this year
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-12
BETTER PAY-RETTER MEN.

The people nf this state are t0 vote on 2 constitutional amendment on the first Monday in October which if adopted, viH increase the salary of members of the legislature from S300 e $500, and allow mileage each way ot 25 cents a mile fer the regular ses- sion.
 Doubtless much of the grating in legislatures is due to the inadequate pay which has been given the mem beFs- Three hundred dollars for five maaths' attendance al Hartford is very far from being a liberal allowance and Is insufficient te secure represent tatiye men to give their time and minds to state affairs. An addition of forty per cent to the salary world result in the procurement of representatives who are capa-ble of taking care of the affairs of state and reRdeYing effective service iD the interests of the people.
 It Is well to make slle paY an amount equivalent to the duties required of the me.nbera, and then to expect of them as good service as theH are will ing to render private corporations for ample compensation
 Under present allowances we can expect nothing of members Of the leg isiature. and that Is about what we realize From their presence in Hart ford.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-12
GOOD NEEDS WEEK

dens,' he explained and yesterday ! thought I'd feed the eat So Nora wouldn't have te and it was the break fast meat I gave her, and tie dog grabbed it from her and they mad an awful fight The memory of It i frightened him little. Mother didn't
 like me te help Nora again" he re- sumed
 But that isn't all, Aunt Louise. The day went on your errand, -hefe ms eyes fell-''I saw deaf Mrs Ray pull ing her garden hose round the. corner of the house, and it caught on the rose-bushes each time. So l touched her on the arm, and she turned so quickly l got all SQaked-from the nozzle. She was scared and couldn't
 make her understand about it." lie cast a mournful look at his aunt.
 You certainly have tried hard" she comforted, batting the hand on her chair, "so don't worry. dearie."
 But that isn't all, Auntie. got all wet, you see, and -and-I forgot your errand."
 Aunt Louise's hand tightened on his. You didn't take the letter to MT
 Stevens house she demanded, new
 note in her voice.
 Nom" walled Freddie, with sob, T just took it now. before came here"
 ~oh, Freddie. you little lamb, just stop crying at once, pet. Auntle lsn y,
 gathered the little figure into her l~-s
 He said he'd be right ovet, whis-
 pered Freddie loudly, when his voice returned
 Who. dear?''
 Mister Stevens" answered Freddie,
 what I took the note to- And he
 slid out of the protecting. arms as a
 sound of footsteps on the veranda
 again announced visitor.
 His aunt turned hastily to see John Stevens, hat in hand, beside them. T thought I would answer your note
 in person" he smiled, as Freddie
 peered anyiously out from beneath the wide hat to see if all was we'll
 Freddie told me he had just deiiv- cred it. said Aunt Louise brightly,
 and there was so good reason for his forgetting it, last week, that 1 know you will not mind not receiving 1t in time
 "B'reddie," sad MT. Stevens careless ly. do they have good ice cream at the drug store on the newt corner?
 I saw Johnny Roberts going in as ] came along" and a shiny new dime
 was shut in F'reddte's palm. The little boots clattered down the steps, the gate banged, and the two groWnups looked at each other and laughed
 T do mind" he said finally, because I couldn't understand what I had done to be ignored by sucn a lovely lady After all. you had a pleasant even ing, though" said Louise. Evelyn Thayer is a very charming girl" John Stevens smiled tenderly as he heard the little note of Wistfulness in the voice
 "she is" he asented, land am happy 10 say that she is engaged to my cousin, Phil Stevens, and they are to be married in June" "Ah," said Louise gayly, now I un- 1 derstand completely" And the clouds faded out of sight and mind as he took the seat beside the hammock which Freddie had ejected.-Boston Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-12
SCIENCE NOTES

Transportation of live t.s.a is ezpehs- i've because it requires from one to four gallons of water to each D04ln d of fish. Much more economical is te freeze the live fish ih blocks of ice, The fish are at first contained iR & large amaut of water, the wfie the tank is placed in a eesei space, oxygen under pressure arrives upon the water so that tha greater part caa now he drawn off and the fish remain iR good condition in q very small aa0unt of ! water. as the oxygen supplies their respiration. Freezing is now done by plugging tha vessel with the fish into refriserating tank and iR this way | an ice biack is obtained in which the
 fish are frozeR bat viii come to life again WheA tAawed out. tIuon arrival
 at tfeiE destinatioR the fish are put
 through a Very slow thaWing process, which last for about ten hours
 To swell the horrors of sea dis
 aster at night the lights are apt to be
 put out by tha hooding of the electric
 gepefatiRg plant. Experiments are be-
 lnS made now eA arge British Yessel th2f l6 under epns truetiDp, with .
 gasoline electric plant that may Us
 placed on the hg%dge aecl Thia set will not eplN supply the Ieht but the
 wireless telegraph apparatus as well,
 until the very EaoFq ent of copoEIeta sA D. mefgenGe of the vessel. This geae
 rating set will be used on}y in eInerg- eneies,
 That ana!ne eolors have a naarlse q
 action unnp various kinds of. microbes
 appears to 9e establishea, t is dis , covered that anilias compounds in 1 general aet to destroy mipobes, exen
 In greater degree than does phenic aeia. Cf the different bacteria. exam inea the typhps bacillus is the most reaaily affected
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-12
NOT THE REMEDY

Ii fs well known that free trade is not promotive of stock-raising in this country. but is rather a check to it.
 The old Wilson tariff. which was two per cent. higher than the proposed new tariff. reduced the sheep in the country 10 the extent of sixteen mil-. lions in four years, because of the free wool clause which is again about to bs re-snacted OF from E 2.O00, 900 to ss.0oo oo0. Such a reduction as that doesn't tend 10 make the price of lamb and mutton cheaper except tenn poraTily. fer the lessened supply under every rule of trade must work the other way
 This country is not producing enough beef by third to meet the demand and all agencies are at work to in- crease American herds and to reduce prices by meeting the demand for fresh meat. Free foreign meat will reduce prices for awhile. and also remove the incentive for increasing the herds in this country: or in other words it will reduce the home supply and make the situation eventually worse than it is today.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-12
MUNICIPAL oGoons.p

When it is said that city has good markets everybody sits up and takes notice wherever the statement is made for markets which are so gauged that they please the seller and the buyer are real city up builders.
 Good roads are always a recommen- dation of a city because they mean cheap hauling and excellent pleasure riding to business and society: and good sidewalks by their breadth and levelness and cleanliness contribute to the good name of the city, and this is why property owners should be quick to respond to the effort of Mayor Mur- phy to have the walks of Norwich in ffrst-cIass condition on or before the first of September. The Rose of New Eneland wants both.
 Then there is good water. good fire protection and good police service, good schools. good libraries. good churches which give a golden glow to the reputation of any city, and Nor wich has them all.
 We may add good shipping faeiii- ties. good wages and good fellowship, are three other good things which never come aniss in the upward trend of leading community.
 Norwich wants all the good things and should do all she can to procure them.