The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-07

The mining camp of Lucky Gulce
was Il much more peaceful place than
could be found ia those early days amy
where in the gold districts Of Colorado.
The reason OF this WAS that many of
the miners We're married, and their
wives exercised Il sanitary Influence Oh
them and the other inhabitants. But
one day the habitual quietUde Of the
place was disturbed 10y the arrival of
big man. who announced himself rs
mailing from the state Of OHIO, and he
soon made il known that he WAS quite
able To take care OF himself" which
meant that he carried q chip on his
shoulder ana invited any one and every
one to knock Il OF
He had some money, with which he
bought claim, and, having built him
self Il cabin, proceeded 10 dig for a for
tune The shortening of names was 4
feature IL the mining camps Of those
days. aud the big fellow SOON came to
be known rs ohio.
From the moment lie came into ,he
camp the peace ana prosperity that
had peryaded 1t gave place 10 Mill.
tant condition The men were much
the same rs the gun population of new
countries. but had been Modified by
the women ohio threw them back
into their primitive condition.
The result was that very soon every
married man was trying To prove that
| he was AT the head of his house, which
meant that he was excessively dis
agreeable Where peace and good will
had reigued Ia the cabins angry voices
| were heard and occasionally sound
| indicating that some heavy missile had
! been thrown and struck wall instead
of an intended victim.
AS was to be expected the women Of
| the place soon came e. consider ohio
their natural enemy. Word was pass
! ed among them one morning after the
men had gone to work that there would
! be a meeting in one of the cabins to
consider methods OF getting rid of the
| trouble maker. Some dozen wives got
together, but il is questionable If wo.
mans greatest strength lies in deliber-
alive assemblies At any rate, in this
instance great deal of time and talk
| were expended in suggestions that We're
| absurd One woman proposed that they
pour boiling water on Ohio, another
that they attack him with hatpns,
another that they refuse Ia speak to
him. The latter of these propositions
was voted down on the ground that ne
wouldn't care whether they cut him
or not. but the real reason was that il
Is natural for woman 10 admire power
Ia man. and some OF those present Sc
cretly admired the disturber
At last Mrs Mulligan said "Ledlies.
| don't see as We can do anything AT
all, at all. Before married my Mike
| give 'em rope enough to go all over
the world ii lie wanted TO- He got to
thinkin' he wor prize at a county fair
| jist let i'm go on in that comfortin'
delusion I'LL after we was married
and thin brought i'm To his senses
at the first crack % the whip II yaus
want 10 lasso Ohio. my advice 60 YOU is
for some - you's to marry him "
The only drawback to this plan was
that there was no unmarried woman
in the camp such rs had come there
from time 10 time were not calculated
to increase the resppctablity OF the
camp, and they had been warned away
10y the wives-a warming the iattci
seemed To- be able 10 make effective m
dealing with their own sex Therefore
though all the ladies' agreed that Mrs
Mulligan's plan WAS the only plun II
could not be carried ont IN this ease
for the want ct material
So the terror OF Lucky Gnlch cOntin
ued 10 bullduZe the men and tn sci
them against their wives Every day
the condition Of the camp grew worse
Some whose holes In the ground wcr,
not panning ont we'll, urged by theil
wives, who had suffered under the ma
Ign Influence that had come upoI
them, gave mp their ventures and NOV
ed away. Others began to talk OF fol
lowing. and IL looked as though Luck,
Gulcb would be abandoned and forever
afterward known as Unlucky Gnlch.
About this time Ohio announced tba
be bad reason to believe he had strucl