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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
PUBLIC LIBRARY ALREADY
NEEDS MORE SHELF SPACE
ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS NEED
OF ROOM FOR BOOKS That
ARE COMING.

Miss Grace WHARF, Librarian Of the
Houghton public library, in her report
to the school board for the past year
takes occasion TO call attention TO the
lack OF space available in the library
for the housing Of new books.
The report on this feature is as fol-
lows
The library is crowded for shelf
room both in the adul, and juvenile
departments This impedes the work
q the Ianitor in keeping the shelves
cleaned and busted, tends 10 disarder
shelves ON the part Of the public and
hinders library neatness on the part
II The Librarian and her assistants. The
present condition allows no division Of
the classification OF books, while cata-
Logging cannot possible serve the work
II the coming school year.
We cannot affort 10 place our
bound magazines where they viii be
oat Of continual supervision as already
the library has noticed that some few
~ the recent bound magazines have
been NUT lated even under constant
watchfulness from the desk. The only
possible suggestion To relieve this
present crowded condition would be TO
have radiators Of low style placed
above the shelving, stained a suitable
wood color 30 os not TO attract undue
attention, but giving the same amount
Of radiation in the room, thereby re-
lieyiug six sections with twenty-four
shelf spaces. Then if the space under
the main windows were utilized there
would be five sections of three shelves
each which would add some shelf space
10 the main floor. With the return of
the work from the bindery in the fall
we vii! have some PAS volumes of mag
azines and books 10 place on our
shelves and We lack the space.
The report presents a number Of fig
ures on the periodicals in the library
now. This shows that there We're 63.
bound copies in the library at the be-
ginning Of the year and that 29S were
added during the year. This gives the
library 800 complete volumes with 2S5
complete duplicate volumes that can
be sold or exchanged with other Ii
braries.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
SPEND QUARTER
MILLION HERE
Improvements In Phone System
to Serve 5000 Subscribers

Whcn contemplated changes are
made in the Portage Lake system OF
tho Michigan Telephone company a
plant costing upwards Of a quarter Of
million dollars ana serving $500 sub
scribers viii have been provided.
Additional armored submarine cable
Of the largest size viii be- laid across
the Portage river. and additional un-
dereround conduit is 10 be laid both
!u Houghton and Hancock, carrying
additional underground cables Of large
size.
The present aerial pole lines viii be
dismautled and removed from the
business sections Of both cities and the
Ions distance pole line viii be changed.
Practically all the cross arms viii be
removed from the remaining pole lines
aud mconspicuous lead cables and
small cable boxes viii take their
place. Many Of the distributing poles
win bee removed from the downtown
alleys, and the business houses Will be
reached by twisted insulated wires
sur Ii' iliAf-A AlbAtt l'aA NtAAA1 t'iaN - 49,
The reconstruction work in Hancock
includes am extension 10 the present
underground conduit ON quincy street
running westward 10 Elevation street
and across the railroad tracks. a 400
wire UNDERGROUND cable viii De pulled
into this conduit and aerial extensions
VIII run west on quincy street and
Corey and north on Birch and on Scott
with numerous branches. There Will
De- branches southwark from Quincy
at numerous alleys. At the eastern
end OF the present conduit there Is "a
demand for more cable than can be
supported aorially and hence conduit
VIII be laid from Tescucu street on
Quincy to West, thence 10 Hancock
and eastward on Front street 10 the
new branch aerial cable viii be run
no wbrauch aerial cable will be run
eastward, three miles 10 Dollar Bay
Probably 1000 wires in two cables viii
be laid in this conduit.
There are already three armorcd
submarine telephone G ables of 400
wires each connecting the two cities.
An 500 wire cable Of similar construc-
ton VIII bee added.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
EGGS AS GERM DESTROYERS.
Why the Waite Is Good Protective
Dressing For Wounds.

Are eggs untiscptici Can they kill
the ubiquitous microbe? If so why
do they spoil 50 soony Some expert
mcnts of DrS. l.. +. Rcttger and Joel
\. Spcrry In the Sheffield laboratory
mt Yale seem To prove that the white
az well as the yolk of eggs has some
power to Kill bacteria of various kinds
including some that produce serious
diseases. such rs typhoid fever and
other intestinal troubles.
1t Is known that bacteria will soon
penetrate the shell of the egg. espe
cially If it has been cracked or washed
which latter seems To remove a pro
tective coating which the egg pos
scsses when laid
In order to confirm or disproye tho
findings Of the Russian scientist, who
first announced that eggs had antisep.
tic properties, they opened fresh eggs
under sterile conditions as follows.
The eggs were soaked I'm alcohol and
then one end was passed through n
flame, the end opened with sterile
scissors. the contents. removed nv
means of sterile tube. put into sterile
test tubes, inoculated with pure cul-
lures of various bacteria and then
placed In m incubator mt body heat.
They then examined the cultures ot
various intervals. In all instances OK.
cept one the number of germs progress.
sivcly decreased, and I'm some I'm.
stances the tubes became sterile nj.
most Immediately. This explains why
the white of egg makes good pro-
tective dressing for wounds, burns.
etc. ....-....-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
SINGLE Davit For Lifeboats

A new type of boat dayt has recently
been tested and approved by the Brit
ish board of trade. II Is single davit,
which suspends the boat centrally by
means of Il sling, insuring raising and
lowering on an even keel. Automatic
disenguging gear unships the sling ms
soon MS the boat reaches the water
The operating gear is mounted on n
self contained derrick of steel lattice
work construction designed to handle
boats of any size. This davit requires
no guys, is self swinging ana locks It
self in either the inboard or outboard
position. Only two men are required
to operate it,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
CON CON GUESTS
HERE TOMORROW
Band Concert win Feature First
Day of Meeting

The members oi the Michigan Con-
s,itutional Conventional association
will arrive tomorrow for the annual
meeting 10 be held here Saturday. The
arst feature OF the meeting here Will
be the band concei, 10 be given At the
corner Of Isle Royale and Shelder
streets tomorrow evening. Conductor
Clarence Cook. Of the Calumet Il Hecla
band, has arranged a choice program
Of concert numbers for the occasion
including a solo by Harry X. King, Civ
en- by special request.
The concert will be given from the
street corner. II the weather viii per
nit, but II unfavorable weather pre-
walls, the concert will be given from
the Douglass house loggia.
This will be the only feature OF
Friday, but Saturday promises To be a
day replcte with entertainment, Pres
ident Calverley, the president and by
custom, the host OF the visitors, is not
yet ready To make public the full dc
tails OF the entertainment.
The business sessions viii come on
this day as will the banquet which is
To be held at the Houghton club in the
evening. The ladies will be entertain
ed during this time on Allen Rees' pa
latial yacht, the Sea Fox" and with
EXCURSIONS to the Oaigaming and Other
clubs.
President Calverley has announced
the following program of toasts Cor the
hig banquet 10 be given at the Hough-
ton club
Address OF welcome and introduc-
ZION of toastmaster-May f. j. BaW-
den.
Toastmaster--Hon. Richard c. Elan
nigan, Norway.
The Copper Country'-Hon. Gordon
X. Campbell. Calumet.
Music-Calumet x Hecla orchestra.
Constitutional Limitation - Hon
Victor Hawkins, JonesVille
Music-Calumet & HCcla orchestra,
Some Problems Of TaXation"-Iion
George y. Horton, Fruit Ridge.
Music--Calumet x Hecla orchestra.
The Iron Range"-Hon. Charles III
Watson, Crystal Falls.
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31

pcfhturcs continue throughout the
central Valleys. Chicago reports n
with a minimum of so degrees during
The night \ large field Of very hlgh
prcpHurc covers the north Pacific
goaat. northern Rocky Mountains ana
the Great Plains. the crest OF the wave
being located over South Dakota. Ne
braHkn and wyoming. II has brought
with 1t much cooler weather, In some
aarrn a drop of lG degrees from the
sHfpr hour yesterday.
TbundcrHqualls are probable In this
yiriHity this afternoon. followed pS
rirafing aud cooler weather tohisn'
FRIDAY viii be- fair.
n. u. COWDRICK.
Observer
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
Houghton Department
REAL TORNADO
STRIKES COUNTY
Boats Torn From Moorings and
Stats Blown Over

Houghton county was in the throe'
Of severe storm for 25 minutes this
morning, the velocity OF the wind be
ing greater than ever recorded AT IN,
local weather bureau.
The storm. a regular tropical lorna
DO began at 1855 and lasted for %
minutes The evening had been a
suluy oue ana when the storm broke
so degrees was recorded. In five
minutes. the temperature oroppet
10 "a degrees, a decline Of three de-
grees minute.
The wind attained an average veloc-
ity OF about so miles Per hour but the
sharp gusts were much stronger thar
this. The affair was real tropical
tornado. according 90 the Houghton
weather bureau, the fist ever recorded
here.
The flag pole ar the county building
enc Of the highest around here went
down during the storm. The pole fen
to the Eorthuard and in falling car
ried with 1t dfty feet Of the iron fene-
ing that surrounds the yard and about
twenty feet OF retaining wall. TIL
pole took all wires down in this neigh
horhood but phone communication
was restored here by seven o'clock
\ tree near the county building, in
side Of the grounds. WIS carried away
by the wind and so were trees in other
parts Of the town. 4 fine big maple
on College avenue in front II Or
Hardness property was among tha
victims.
The big plato glass window In %
Gately- Virgins store went out and So
did o window in the Calverley build
ing al the corner Of Isle Royale and
Sheldon streets.
In various parts Of Houghton small
chicken coops and other similar struc-
lures had their roofs removed In
some cases the missing 'oofs were
found many feet from the place the
wind picked them mp
The steamer Livingston was tied at
the Van Orden docks She broke loose
while the storm was ~ its worst ana
bore down on the county bridge at a
high rate Of speed. The entire crew
worked frantaally and succeeded in
getting the anchors over and stopping
the vessel within fifty feet OF N"
bridge.
Fifteen windows in the city pumping
station In Hancock went ont and dam
age was done 20 trees and signs
throughout the city The waves came
mp over the Copper Range dock in
Houchton, the first time this has ever
happened
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
LOCK NEAR COMPLETION.
Nearly 100000 So Far Expended on
Work at 500,

Work at 500.
Excavation work on one section of
the new third lock at Sault Ste. Marie
is nearly completed and one-half of
the lock masonry is in place, according
to the report of Lieut.. Col NJ. NJ. Pat
rick, district l.. S. engineer at Detroit,
for the year ending June 30.
The total expenditures on the new
locks To June 20 were S2,6S7 507.2G, of
which $1,359. 0c5.7O was expended dur
ing the fiscal year. The estimated cost
Of the new Jock is $5,7OO,O00.
Excavation to rock work has beer
done IN rhe new fourth lock, which is
To cost $3,275,OOO, the work so far cost
ing the government $222,55S.45.
Maintenance and construction of thu
channel on the Great Lakes between
Duluth, Chicago and Buffalo has cos
1885, 1913 To June 30, of which $15,-
1913 was used for maintenance the
last year.
For the operation and care of thu
ST. Mary's Falls canal. since 1881, t.
June 80, $2.2G4. 1929 has been eNpend
ed. The cost of operation for the iisca
year was $151,7iS13.
The IT, =. canal was open 2i3 day
of the fiscal year, during which l1,24
vessels were locked through in 1926
lockings. The Canadian canal wa
open $50 days the passages being T.
934 vessels in G,323 lockings.
m ~ IL. thrnnEh
Canadian and u. s. locks for the iisca
year aggregated 72,472,676 short tons
| the largest amount on record.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
FIRE IN TIE STREET.
Gas Main Breaks and Catches Fire
AGAIN on Blanche Street.

The village road roller was put al
work again on Blanche street this
week by the Village authorities and
Yesterday afternoon broke one II tbs
gas mains on that street
The escaping gas caught fire acct
dentaly and the unusual sight 81 'h'
street burning was again displayed
The gas company sent a force II mer
out 10 uncover the pipes and the nrt
was extinguished during the after
noon. This is the second time that the
mains on this street have been broken
by the village road roller and that the
escaping gas has been ignited.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
Popular Mechanics
A SHIP WITHIN A SHIP.
II Requires 1,tUo Persons to Handle tho
Giant lmperator.


The Imperntor. the new crack ship of
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. line, which re-
Gently reached New York on her
maiden trip, is practically ship with
in a ship.
4 series of coal bunkers along the
sides, in conjunction with the double
bottom, gives the lmperator double
skin. so to speak. The forward or col
lision bulkhcad extends through the
first deck. The single amidship bulk
head weighs alone siXty-sX tons. There
are thirty-siX water tight doors in the
bulkhead. controlled automatically from
the bridge.
The ship is the first of three sister
vessels To be built for the Hamburg
American line, each with displace-
ment of 10000 tons.
The Impcrator is 90 feet long. %
feet beam and 90 feet deep She has
nine decks. the boat deck being 100
feet above the keel. while the height of
the mast trucks from the keel is o4f
feet. The three tunnels are each 90
feet long. and the oval openings meas.
ure - 10y Is feet The rudder alone
weighs 90 tons
The ship will accommodate n popu.
lntion Of over 1000 this including Il
crew of i.luO persons The ship Is
driven by quadruple turbine engines
of 1000 horsepower, designed to de
velop an average speed of 22ia knots In
crossing the Atlantic One of the bic
rOtors weighs l3J tons and develops
over 22,OOO horsepower. The rotor cas-
ing is ~ feet in diameter 10y - feet IN
length. The shafts are IL inches IN
diameter aud the four bronze pro
pellcrs are IL feet In diameter
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
Steel Beats Wood For Mine Timberine

BY the use of steel in place of wood
for mine timbering waste due to decay.
framing and fitting, fire and insects
Is overcome. says the Coal Age. steel
mine timbers also call for less cxcava-
ton. cost less to erect. have greater
tilation. While the first cost Of steel
Is nearly twice that of the wood used
for timbering. the ultimate cost is low
or, as steel lasts much longer II can
be used again and again. and If crush
ed IL has salvage value.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
Safeguard For Chimney Ladders.

The u shaped metal rungs fastened
into large brick chimneys To form a
ladder may be safcguarded by fastcn-
Ing other u shaped pieces of such size
as 10 permit the body of the climber
TO pass through them. The larger
pieces may be fastened into the brick,
alternating with the smaller ones. or
, take the place of every third rung, as
the builder may see fit. The climber
can face outward If he likes In climb
ing, as he can use the large pieces or
rungs as handholds.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
vULcAN1zER IN OPERATION.

plates, gives uniform temperature
over the entire surface of the plates,
one of which has Il fiat surface. for
use on the clamping board when re
pairing inner tubes. The other plate
has concave surface for use in re-
pairing the casing while the tire is on
the wheel. The complete outnt con
slsts of the vulcanizer, fifteen feet Of
flexible wiring, rhcostat attached to
a clamping board, two canvas attach
ment straps ana u thermometer
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
PoRTAKE TOWNSHIP BIRTHS

Township Clerk Jake Romph has
filed the following births from Portage
township: Daughters TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Slcimle Of Superior and Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Pope Of Isle Royale.
Sons 10 Mr.. ana Mrs. Peter Encr!Co,
If superior; Mr.. and Mrs. John Litila,
or Isle Royale, and Mr.. ana Mrs. Abel
Ilouyueu of Tapiola.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
ELECTRIC VUlCANIZER.
Portable Outfit For Making Tire Re-
pairs on the Road.

A portable electric outfit which
makes the vulcanizing Of cuts and
tears i'm the inner tube and Of bliSters
and cuts in the outer casing n com
paratively simple matter wherever
electric current is available is on the
market.
The heating element, which is in
sulated between the two vulcanizing
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
FRED MOYLE BURIED.

The funeral of the late Fred Moyle
was held this afternoon from the HUI
rontown NJ. r. church, Rev. Prout Of
ilciating. Houghton lodge of odd Eel
IN attendance.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31
Additional Houehton on Page Three.

Boston's city expenses for the first
five months of this year show an in
crease of 100000 over the correspond
ing months of last year, totaling So
1Sh,1S2.5i.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31

Wilson campaign
NV
a Mr. Wick Is
a He OF the Original Will
nh
committee Washing
ton
and a
treat
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31

gs0fge Kearney, of philadelphia has
started out with 81 In ms poche' ~
uyBf The world.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31

oil that works well as fuel I'm en-
sines of certain types has been pro-
duced in Sweden from shale and slate.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31

T.. 4. Mccullough. of Savannah, Ga
offers 10 sell his body to disectors.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31

produce and ship large quantities ot
cherries.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-31

New York hotels refuse male guests
wearing shirt waists.
The Ocala banner., 1913-10-24
THE CASE or THOMAS {. WAT.
SON ATTRACTS BIG CROWD
,By Associated Press. }

Augusta, Ca, Oct. 21.-The an.
nouncement that Thomas e. Watson
who is on trial here on the charge e
sending obscene matter through the
mails, would plead his own case, NJ
ed the United States court room to-
day. The rumors of a demonstratios
for Watson prior to the opening q
court proved unfounded, however. and
the crowd was quiet and orderly. y
appeared this morning as if the triz
might end before night.
S. G.. McClendon, attorney for wa
son, announced that he would go in1
all phases of the case, so that 1t couh
be taken to the supreme court If ns'
cessary. He declared that the fedef
al law under which Watson is being
tried is unconstitutional
Federal Judge Rufus E. Foster
however, quashed the indictmen
against the famous Georgia editor,
and big demonstration followed.
Watson pleaded his own case De
fore the jury.
The Judge held that as the articles
alleged to have been sent through the
mails were extracts from complies
article, the indictment could not hold
He said the court could not pick out
a few paragraphs and convict war
son, declaring also that if such ?
course was pursued anyone could %
prosecuted for mailing a copy Of the
Bible, because it contained obscens
passages.
The Ocala banner., 1913-10-24
CHARGE or BLAckMAIL IN MARY
PHAcIN MURDER CASE
(BY Associated Press

Atlanta, Oct. 21.-Detectives In Ar
lanta and Birmingham are working @
uncover an alleged blackmail plot u
connection with the Mary Pnas'n
murder case. The arrest last nignt q
Ira W. Fisher on libel charge IS &
pected to be followed by other
rests.
Fisher made the sensational chars
that an Atlanta merchant had NJ.
dered the girl, and said that Leo p
Frank, who had been sentences
hang for the deed. was entireV
nocent, and that he would prove ma
the other man had done the sias'ns'
The Ocala banner., 1913-10-24
KILLING FRosTs EXPERIENCED
IN SOUTHERN STATES
(By Associated Press.)

Atlanta, Oct. 21.-The entire south,
east of the Mississippi river, shivered
this morning in the grasp of cold
wave. The weather was the coolest
in most of these places ever known
this early in the season. Killing
frosts are reported in parts of Ala
bams. Georgia. Tennessee and South
Carolina.
The Ocala banner., 1913-10-24
SAVES DAUGHTER
Advice Of Mother no Doubt Pre-.
vents Daughters Uninely End.

Ready, ky.-" was not able 10 dc
anything for nearly six MONTHS" writes
MRS. Laura Bratcher, OF this place, ''and
mas down in bed for three months.
cannot tell you how | suffered with
my head, and with nervousness and
Uomanly troubles.
Our family doctor told my husband he
could not do me any good, and ne had
90 give Il up. We tried another doctor,
but he did not help me.
AZ last. my mother advised me 20 take
Cafdui, the woman's tonic. | thought
4 was no use for was nearly dead and
aothing seemed to do me any good. But
took eleven bottles, and now am able
% do all OF my work and my own
washing.
think Cardui is the best medicine In
the world. My weight has increased,
and look the picture OF health. /"
II you suffer from any OF the ailments
peculiar TO women, get a bottle Of Cafdui
Today. Delay is dangerous. We know
Il will help you. Tor IL has helped SO
many thousands OF other weak women
in the past so years.
At all druggists.
MN, 70; csssrreora Medicine Co. LADIES'