The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
TO MEET WITH
POULTRY men
Judge Harrison of henominee Ex.
pected Here This Week

w. j. Reynolds of IauIium. presldcu,
of the Upper Peninsula Poultry Assoc
citation which this year plans 10 con
Guct the state show for Northern
Michigan in the Light Guard armory.
has been advised by Judge f.. T. Har-
rison OF Menominec. one OF the fore
most poultry breeders la the peninull
that the latter will De here probably
this week, to meet and confer with
local poultry men frelatiyc TO their
show. meeting Of the local ossooia-
ton will be held the evening or judge
Harrisons visit and the whole situa-
tion viii be c4nyassed
1t was Judge Harrison. who is rec
ognized as one of tha counrys fore.
NOSE poultry experts, chat first offered
the local association encouragement IN
the matter of expanding. His euthu-
siasm is contagious and the copper
country men adopted the suggestions
he made that the scope of the cxhibi-
ton be extended SO MS 10 embrace the
entire northwest. lie personally prom
Used 20 make an effort 10 secure ont
sid" exhibits for the Calumet show. H
view Cf his experience IN this line.
the Upper Peninsula association ma
turally looks 10 Judge Harrison for ad-
vice.
The thing that is troubling local
poultry men is the str.ks If this were
out Of the way there could be- nu
doubt this winters show would bc the
biggest ever held in Che northwest. .Ns
it is, however the members OF the as
ISOLATION Jan To GO ahead with their
plans na{nake the best Of tho situa-
ton, Q
After next meeting Of the assoc
citation o. preparation Of the annual
cataloe r'ill be begun. Already some
cutsid. ADVERTISEMENTS have been re-
civeJb' this issue and encourage
mene been received from other
sour ST,
wI,oJ sic county, Penn. -Four years
80 bowel to Rock Island. H.
NJ r.. no work i'm q lumber yard. /
He 70 e. : b, foreman lie saved a
little money and, with his hrothcr-in-
law, f. c. A. Dehkman, bought q small |
mill. They did not have enough To- (
pay for it, but had to give their notes. (,
Weyerhaeuser did the buying for the
mill. lie was shrewd and prudent. The
firm prospered It's business broaden
I'd, ana gradually the partners ac-
uired pine land. Within fifteen years /
1f-th" organization of the firm it WAS /
doing the largest lumber business m
he Mississippi valley. In 1896 iti
bought out the &. \. Nelson Lumber
'ompany at Cloquct, Mimi, and ac-
iuircd nUt only a great lumber plant,
'ut ,sIo, 100000 feet of standing timber
To-day Weyerhaeuscr controls NO.
'nly a big share of the lumber BUSH
less Of Minnesota, Wisconsin. and III
nois, but through his purchases of
imber land in the Appalachian caun-
ny and various other parts of the
United States, ne owns more standing
imber than any other man in the
world. He makes his headquarters at
e. Paul. He lives simply 80 one
would suppose from his qpiet, modest
manner that ne is enormously rich.
ZEN years ago his wealth was csti.
mated at $3O,OOO,00O Since then the
aluc Of lumber has increased greatly n
lie may he worth forty million fifty
million, or sixty million dollars today.
lie has no fads. Work is his recrea-
ion. one of the queer things about
lr Weyerhaeuscr is that he never lost
dollar IN a lumber deal and never
made q dollar i'm any other business i'm
which he invested money one of the
okes he tells at his own expense has
o do with the purchase Of bank stock.
}efoye he> got To be very rich ne was
Induced To take an interest in various
mall banking concerns. Not one of
hem succeeded Since then be- has
tuck to lumber.
Comparatively few men knew Jules
Weber. lie is the king of the llitch-
ms. He came 60 America from France
when ne was mere lad. He got work
n the OLD Astor house. lie was the