The L'Anse sentinel., 1913-04-12
Brief News Notes
- Of the Michigan
Upper Peninsula

state lacking a workhouse for short
term prisoners, Chippewa county has
hit upon a scheme to keep its Offend
ers employed at least eight months
OF the year. The men will labor on the
farm maintained at the aims house.
The scheme has been authorized by
the county board and will be put into
effect at once. A board OF control
consisting of the sheriff, prosecuting
attorney and superintendent OF the
farm will direct the operations. The
prisoners will be In charge OF u do
putty Houghton county last yea
adopted the plan Of working its Of
tenders on the public highways. Odd
jobs about courthouses and grounds
had afforded work for few men
and the others have been maintained
In idleness. 1t is likely the example
set by Houghton and Chippewa will
be followed by other counties this
year.
= lshpeming- the last cleo
trical storm, lightning entered the
house of Ernest Klein, Via the electric
light wires. Part of the electrical
fixtures in the diningroom were melt
ed and some of the solder fell onto
the tables, setting fire to the table
cloth and damaging the table. Tho
fire burned itself out, causing little
damage.
Marquette.--James Russell has
left for Lansing to discuss the prison
labor problem with Gov Ferris. The
overall contract at the prison will ex-
pire on May /, at which time employ
ment must be provided for some 200
men now employed in the overall
shop.
Menopinee.-A big lumber deal
has just been completed through the
sale of u large tract OF timbered land
in Iron county, Wisconsin, to the
Vans Harbor Land and Lumber conf
pany of Vans Harbor, Mich,
Houghton.-Th season Of naviga-
tion through Portage lake waterway,
| which cuts off Keweenaw Point, will
| be unlikely to open this year before
April Is, making one of the largest
openings in the history of the water
way. Navigation from the 500 to Du-
lSth probably will commence about
| April 8, as the locks Mt Saults Ste.
Marie, both American and Canadian.
are now being prepared for the open
ing. The ice in Portage lake is still
very thick, as the winter has been
unusually cold with severe weather
right up till March Is. There has
been but one thaw since early De-
cember, although there are usually big
thaws during January and February.
This month is the coldest March on
record in the local weather observa-
] tory.
| Calumet.--With no rail communica-
ton and only intermittent and uncer.
tain wire service, northern Michigan
Is shut or from the rest of the world
because of the blizzard which sprang
up following heavy rainstorm. All
| business of the district is at a stand
still. No cars are running and the
people of the district use snowshoes
and skis to travel the streets. Twenty
six inches of snow fell i'm nine hours.
Drop mail boxes are showed under
OIL the main streets.
| Observation-Disclosures Of persons are
leaving the dozen towns of the Michi-
gan copper country, Houghton and
keweenaw counties, weekly, the great
er number going to Detroit, where
they seek employment in the automo.
bile factories, and to the Sudbury and
Cobalt mining districts of Ontario and
the mining and farming districts OF
northern Minnesota. Repeated ru-
mors of coming strikes among the
mine employees of the district have
caused many to leave this county. al
though many going to Minnesota and
the west are planning to take up farm
| Ing lands. There are in the city of De-
troit alone close to 500 copper coun-
| try young men, most of whom are
employed in the automobile factories.
Norway.-E. Bergeron, proprietor OF
movie" theater here, thinks he has
the finest little collection Of criminal
suits on his hands of any man In
Michigan. Bergeron has a fight on
with several ministers of the city
who are trying to close the saloons
and theaters on Sunday and continues
to operate his theater each Sunday.
The ministers are led by the Rev. Mr..
Bird and each Monday morning Berg.
eron Is served with new warrant
charging him with keeping his place
open on Sunday in violation of law.
He has collection Of twelve suits
facing him now. A petition has been
presented to the Norway council ask.
Ing that the theater's license be re-
voked, but It was tabled. The admin
istration is said to be with Bergeron.
Calumet.-The labor troubles OF the
Mohawk mine have come to an end
and all the striking trammers have
returned to their work. The output
at this time for the month of March
I'LL H.