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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
CONSIDER WATER SYSTEM.
COUNSEL Ascertans Old Reservoir Can
Be Restored.

With the prospect of considering
rev contract for water supply for the
village of Lake Linden, the council
will be in possession of figures which
represent the cost of maintaining Il
municipal system. The old cistern
situated ut the apex of the hill, west
of Lake Linden has been out of com
mission for number Of years since
the installation of the Gregory sys-
TEN. though il is in an excellent state
If preservation and can lie restored at
Il minimum cost such tfat the board
may be justified in again using this
reservoir. At any rate, ii the Gregory
contract is rejected and the board de-
Cided To again operate the village
pumps, this cistern can be relied up
On The mains to the reservoir are
i'm good condition and the elevation is
such ,hat sufficient pressure would be
obtained for fire protection.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
COPPER COUNTRY FAIR OPENS
New Gestures in Evidence at Exhibit
ton This Year.

The eleventh annual Copper Coun-
try Fair opened this afternoon at
O'Clock. The fair this year is marie i
bv many new features. such as the
automobile show and the potato and
corn growing contests The fireworks
exhibition will be one of tine greatest
free attractions ever shown in the
copper country, and the other amuse-
ment features also are sure to please
The fireworks exhibition will take
place tomorrow night and Friday
evening. Thursday afternoon there
will be q daylight exhibition this day
having teen chosen because it will be
childrcn's day.
There will be special low rate serv-
ice on al the railroads running into
the copper country. The Houghton
County Traction company will run eX-
ira cars every day Of the falr Specia!
attention will be given to street car
service during the fair dates and spe-
cial cars will be run every night after
the fair closes.
All entries for the several classes,
except 1--we stock, closed II noon today.
Live stock will be taken until tomor-
row noon JudSiug will begin tomor-
row afternoon 1t > o'clock.
Some of the new attractions this
year will be an exhibit by i. NJ. Gels
mar of the Houghton county farm
bureau, showing the growth OF plants
with ana without fertilizer. The. ID.
:. :. 4 \. farm demonstration train
will be AZ the fair grounds Friday ana
SATURDAY. II. Il. Coydrick of the To-
cal weather bureau will have an ex-
aibit cf instruments
Cattle for the fair arrived all day
Yesterday and more are expected to-
day. ana by tomorrow afternoon all
the cattle viii be entered. The grain
department is the best ever and par
ticular attention is called To this de-
partment. The vegetable department
IS also above The average.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
BOAT employees
HANGING TO JOBS
Increased Wages Effective on
Oct. ! One of Chief Factors

Deck hands. iiremen, oilers and
watvhmen on the ore. coal and lum-
her carriers of the great lakes are
more pltntiful than at any time dur
ing the season because of an increased
wage scale. effective oct l. Approach
ing winter is also factor in keeping
the men on the boats, say officers.
While earlier in the year II was
seldom that deckhands made two sue
cessive trips abroad the same vessel,
changes have been few, comparative
IL. during the last month. Firemen
ana oilers now being paid $500 and
SIS monthly viii receive SEQ and 500
after the first of the month. Deck
hands are To be raised from $3.50 10
$40 monthly.
As a result, stragglers are becom'
ing daily more uncommon along the
dock fronts of the various harbors,
and men lucky enough To have jobs
are taking good care of them. Others
less fortunate. unable TO secure work
on the boats. have resorted To other
employment.
The increased wages will be paid
until the close Of navigation for the
season
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Thiel Robertson left yesterday for
Menominee and Marquette on bus
mess trip.
Miss Lucy Sterk left FOR Marquette
yesterday where she will resume her
studies at the normal.
Marriage licenses were issued yes
terday TO Frank n. Moreno OF Mexico
City and Miss Anna Gauthier of Han
cock and 10 Michael Gea and Marian
ma Genta of Calumet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur KrellwiZ ot
Chicago ale visiting relatives IN
Houghton for two weeks.
Mr.. ard Mrs. w & Douglass have
left for Denver, where they will spend
several weeks visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marquardt are nome
from GI,en Bay.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il. Pelmcar have
gone TO Detroit for the winter
DR.. and Mrs. l.. l.. Hubbard have
issued invitations for the marriage of
their daughter. Miss Julia Hubbard. To
Plat Adams, of New York. oct. -, at
Trinity church.
The Houghton Presbyterian church
will entertain next week two prom
inent divines. Rev. Frank +. Knowles
pastor OF the church was advised to-
day that Rev. Atwood of New York.
general educational secretary for the
Presbyterian church i'm the United
States and Rev. j. NJ. Rogers of lsh-
pemins, synodical secretary for the
upper peninsula. will be here next
Monday The clergymen are coming
here for the purpose o. holding an in
stitute for Sunday school and mis-
sion instruction There will be two
sessions, afternoon and evening.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
TRAINS FOR HuRDLiNC

New York. Sept. Boston has a
strong candidate for the i00-metor
hurdle race i'm the event that this foa-
turc is included i'm the program for the
Berlin olympic games. as seems most
likely at the present time Bin McaniN
the former Colby college athlete, who
ii now Il student at Harvard Univcr-
sity and also a member of the Boston
Athletic association team. is going to
make n speciality of the quarter-mile
hurdle race as soon as it is officials
placed on the Berlin program.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
PAID FOR SCHOOL WORK.
Gary Qnd.) Pupils Show Zeal to Gain
School Currency.

Pay in school currency has been
adopted in the vocational schools OF
Gary. Ind. aS-a substitute for the uSu-
al school credits" Instead Of getting
a percentage mark the students re-
ceive check on the vocational credit
bank" and deposit it. When they have
saved up $50 in checks they are enti-
tied to one full course credit.
The plan was devised 10y G.. Il. Wul-
fling. vocational director. rs part OF
the business management Of the school
and as an incentive to further work.
The success of the experiment is shown
by the fact that the slower students
are pulling out Of the 80 cents an hour
class into the 60 cent class, the high
est awarded. They want the maxi
mum wage scale
Miss Rose Matthews is director OF
the bank. and makes up II daily report
for the bank examiners. She has her
deposits verified by the student time
keeper All the officials are students.
The school does practical work. The
cooking class conducts the school cafe,
turns out one cent meals. The paint
class decorates the schools of the city.
The printing class supplies the board
stationery The drafting class prepares
plans and blue prints for the school adj
ditions Some of the iron and steel dc
tails were used 10y the American Bridge
company in making forms for school
use.
The vocational work is designed
chiefly to fit students for immediate
SELF support. Instead of delaying work
Of this sort until the child reaches high
school age. the courses include study
which may be started in the fourth
and fifth grades. One of the principal
aims is that of supplying fairly skilled
labor FOR the big mills in the city.
| There are special courses in business.
qualifying boys and girls for Office
/ work at the steel plant.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30

Local Office e. : Weather Bureau.
iioushtou Mich sept. 80. 1913.
Low pressure persist over nearly all
SECTIONS of the United states three
ocuters &C disturbance are noted. one
iu the vicinity Of Winnipeg. another
over Iowa AND the third in the extreme
southwest. Fog is reported at a num-
hor of stations. overcast weather is
general east of the Rocky Mountains
and showers have occurred at "A num-
hcr OF points in the east and south.
The barometer is high in the st. Law
renee Valley and over the Pacihc
northwest, the latter field being OF
considerable intensity and large extent
Fair. cool weather prevails over West
oru canada and the northern ROCK!
Mountains Cloudy and unscttico
weather viii continue I'm this vicinity
this afternoon and tonight. there WI
probably be showers tonight or Wed'
ncsday forenoon. II Is expected th'
clear weather will follow by Wedpe'
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30

we want all skin sufferers who have
suffered for many years the fortunes OF
disease ana who have sought medical AID
in vain. to read this.
We. as old established druggists OF
this community. wish to recommend 10
Nou Il product that has given many re-
lief and may mean the end OF your
AGONY The product is a mild. simple
wash, not patent medicine concocted OF
various worthless drugs, but sciehtinc
coinpouud made or well known antisepttc
ingredients 1t is made in the ODD.
laboratories of Chicago and Is called the
Odd. Pres ription for Eczema.
This is n Doctors special prescription
one that has effected many woHderful
cures.
l.aurium Pharmacy
Laurium.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
Sentenced BY Classmate-

Jack, Bum" Ryan. former inmate
of the Marquette prison and of numcr-
GUS other prisons and jails, and who
says he was Il Classmate of Judge Con-
molly in the Detroit college and a stu
dent at the University of Michigan,
was convicted in Judge Connolly's
court at Detroit last week. and MAY he
sent to Marquette again. Ryan, who is
a confirmed cocaine ficnd. and who has
spent some twenty-five years of his
forty six years of life doing time. was
arrested for having coke" in his pos
session illegally. His arrest for that
offense occasioned no surprise among
the convicts at the Marquette prison,
for Il convict recently up from Detroit
reported that Bum" Ryan had set up
as "a coke" vender at Detroit. ON on
former occasion Judge Connolly sent
Ryan to the Detroit House OF Correc-
ton for a similar offense but he was
shifting coke again the day after he
left the prison.
The jury recommended Ryan to the
mercy of the court. but TO assure its
members they were making no mis-
take in convicting him the judge al
| lowed them TO read one of RAan's old
| police records on file in the court. The
record shows thirty-onc arrests and
| many convictions FOR various oifenses
| from Aug. II, 1897, To January. 1906.
| Ryan has served time in Jackson,
/ luna, Marquette and the house of cor
rcction for various oifenses. including
drunkenness, disturbing the peace,
| picking pockets, burglary and assault.
\ case pending against Ryan for ear
rying concealed weapons was dismiss
ed Aug. . Ryan snapped "a revolver
at Harry Thompson, Il Pontiac negro,
| at Bcaubicn street and Gratiot avenue,
Detroit. The revolver was worthless.
The latest case against Ryan was
| weak, but the jury quickly convicted
| him after Assistant Prosecutor George
| Kelly pointed across the table where
Ryan sat and said. Gentlemen. YOU
nave before YOU "a living example of the
cocaine iicnd." Ryan, who had been In
Jail "A month without the drug, was
shaking as If he had the aguc lie
| tried To hide his hands beneath the
table, but the jurors could still see
| them shake.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
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LAKE LINDEN BREvITIEs.


Mr., and Mrs VI. j. Shcchan VIII
leave today for New York whore they
will visit for several weeks before r,-
turning To their home in Butte, Mont
Henry Corgan, lightkeeper AZ Con.
per Harbor, was a Lake Linden visit
or yesterday.
William Greene, 81, is i'll at his
home n Lake Linden.
Thomas II Harris will leave the lat
ter part of the week for Los Angeles.
Cal, after visiting his father, Anthony
Harris. who has been seriously iu.
Tony Harris who also was called home
by the illness of his father, left today
for Butte, Mont.
The Hubbell council will meet 90
morrow evening to dispose of routine
business.
Miss Angelina Perault has returned
80 her home after brief visit i'm Lake
Linden.
Lake Linden cXhbitCrs to the Cop
PER Country far this year are numer-
Gus AMI products from farms in tho
Torch Lake district will be conspic
uous.
An informal meeting of the Torch
Lake Athletic association will be held
in the clubs quarters in the Prince
building at First and Calumet streets
tomorrow evening. \ smoker will Dee
followed by q business meeting.
\ three-days' mission, marking the
silver jubilee IF Holy Rosary church
will open Thursday evening, in charge
Of Rev. Alfred Hermann. Services vii
bc held Thursday, FriGay aud Satm-
day, morning and evening.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
Mysterious Slab Of Stone

During his wandcrings about that
city some time ago \. j. Gcnnell. real
estate agent. of st. lgnace, picked up
a slab of stone bearing on its surface
many curious markings and charac-
ters that bore evidence of having been
carved i'm prehistoric times Recently
he desired 30 learn more concerning
his find and had "A photograph taken
OF the slab. This was forwarded TO
the Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton, ID. c. In reply he received the fol-
lowing: The photograph transmitted
with your letter has been examined
both In the department Of anthropul-
ogy and the department of geology and
the significance of the markings on the
specimens shown cannot he determ-
ined by the picture. If your specimen
weighs less than four pounds, and you
| care to forward Il for examination. a
report will he made to- you concerning
| IT," a frank for the free transporta-
tion of the specimen was enclosed I'm
the letter. Mr.. Gcnncll forwarded the
slab TO Washington and is awaiting y
report
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
MAMMOTH DREDGe ARRIVES.
Reaches Here After Nineteen Day
Journey from Grand Haven.

The mammoth steel drcdgc which
was erected at Grand Haven Tor ;hc
Calumet II Hecla Mining company. ar
rived here Sunday, in tow of the barge
Albert Soper. The machinery Tor the
dredge will bc constructed by the Blu
bc shipped here shortly
The Grcdge is IL feet i'm length and
- in width. making it the largest of
it's kind i'm inland waters. The daily
capacity of the lift is 10000 tons.
The Crcdge will be used To raise the
sand deposits from the hugh dunes in
Torch Lake to the regrinding plant,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
RECORD BREAKING CARGO.
Is Carried to Duluth by the Anchor
Line Steamer Octorara.
%, Duluth News Tribune say ;:

The Duluth Tribune SAYS:
Caulaiu J Martin of the Octorara,
one of the largest and most modernly
equipped passenger steamers on the
great lakes arrived in port yesterday
with record breaking load of mer-
ohandise
The traffic done ON the great lakes
this year by far eXcels that Of any
previous year, said the captain. This
IS especially true of the amount done
around D4luth Duluth has more OPP
portunities than any other city in the
nor Invest and 10 is bound TO be one
of the largest cities in the United
States
Captain Martin has had charge of
the best boats ON the lakes for 20
Years Usually ne is the first captain
Of any new boat built 10y the Anchor
line.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
Houghton Department

The activities OF the firm. apart
from the activities OF it's two corpora
tions. include its securities depart
ment, which finances it's properties;
It's expert department. which conducts
examinations and makes reports; it's
industrial department; its laboratory,
chemical ana accounting departments,
and its library
The Engineering Corporation designs
and constructs street and interurban
railways. light and power plants
transmission systems and buildings of
steel and reinforced concrete. Within
very recent years it has constructed
power plants developing many hundred
thousand horse power aud has built
many hundred miles OF trolley lines.
I'm t1l1 this corporation expended SsO,-
100000, and ON its books il had un-
completed work amounting To S2i60O,-
GOO The Great Mississippi River
Power Company. near Keokuk. Iowa,
" here a dam nearly a mile long, AZ
feet wide. and 52 feet above the river
bed. has been constructed, to develop
ultimately 10000 horse power, is one
of it's recent large undertakings.
The Management Association,
with headquarters in Boston, provides
a local manager for each property, a
district manager over each group of
local managers, and finally board of
directors with president and four
vice. presidents TO coordinate the
whole At the service Of all the prop
critics The association puts an auditing
department. and centralized purchasing
departments In 1907 a year of panic
and depression. fourteen stone x
Webster companies showed an increase
i'm gross earnings OF 1873 per cent over
the previous year while 1874 other COM
panies, which might DE fairly COM
pared with them showed an Increase
of ~ per cent
The securities department drcaugcs
the financing. Al the end Of 1912. "Ignt
years after jhis department was cstab-
lished, the capitalization OF the prop
critics handled by the manaeement as
ISOLATION had grown from slightly un-
der 81 million dollars, to over l7S mill
lion dollars. The scope of the opera
lions of the securities department is
indicated 10y these figures.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
JENNINGS PICKS ATHLETICS.
Tiger Leader Says World Series Will
Be Closely Contested.

Detroit, Mich. Sept. 3O.-Hughey
Jennings. leader of the Tigers, cano'
see anything but an Athletic victory
IN the coming WORLD. series. "he ser
les should he close. he said today, but
the american league representatives
will win
Jennings conceded that the Giants
ne believes this advantage will be moro
than Offset by the Athletics ajsht
better outfield and their "immeasur-
ably superior tirst and third base
men
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
STONE-WEBSTER
GREAT CONCERN
It Has Accomplished Much With
Very Little Noise

Tho story of the Stone x Webster
mm, owners of the Houghton County
Traction Co. and Houghton Com-
Is Electric Light Co. which
BIAS played So considerable
part u the dcN glopmeut OF electric
railway. electric liehtiug. gas and wa
ter power properties an over the Unit
90 states. acquires considerable inter-
est from the fact chat one rarely finds
d. great business organization which
has accomplished SO many things with
quite $50 little noise says the United
Sutes Investor ON the Pacific coast,
m Texas and Florida, ON the Missis
suppl river, and in the east. the u0mc
ul this firm is synonymous with cape
,h.e muuaGement and skillful engi-
neer.n- but it is doubtful if there are
many firms which have sought less
publicity for their accomplishments.
10 began m 1889. when Charles ~.
Stone and Edwin 5 Webster. recently
graduated from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology began busI-
ness as consulting electrical engineers
i'm two small Office rooms, with
steuographrr and one or two drafts
men Tor their complete force. Today
the firm directly and throJsh its en-
Euecriug and management cmp1>s
About 10000 Men,
occupy "a home office huudu- of their
own ~ eight stories, and have e. hive
several floors i'm two adjacent office
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
Skin SuffererS-Read!

The effect OF n. n. n. is TO soothe IN
stantly, as soon as applied; then 1t pene-
trates tho pores. destroys and throws
of all disease germs and leaves the
skin clean and healthy.
We are so confident OF tho marvellous
mower Of u. u. d. that wo have taken
advantage OF the manufacture guar
antce, to offer YOU n full-sizo bottle g,
trial. You are 70 Judge the merits OF
the remedy in your own particular case
IF ~ doesn't help you, it costs you
nothing.
Odd. Soap is mado OF the sa'ho
healing ingredients. Ask US about IT,
NIstbindcr a Read, Druggists,
Calumet. Advertisement
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
COAL RECEIPTS
NEARLY NORMAL
Copper Range Consolidated Sup
ply Will Be 10000 Tons

The Copper Range Consolidated
companies. including the Copper RanSe
mines. the Copper Range railroad ana
the Michigan Smelling company has
received it's annual supply of coal
with the exception of about three car
goes which will bring the total TO APP
proximateIy 10000 tons. The carsoes
were discharged at the Copper Range
coal docks where this morning, the
following table was complied:
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
ATTEND STATE MEETING
Miss Alice Mckernan Delegate to
Eastern Star Convention

Miss Alice McKernan. past worthy
matron of the fIoughton chapter. Or
Ger OF Eastern Star. has been named
q delegate from the chapter TO the
grand chapter meeting To be held I'm
saginaw, oct and 9.
Miss Mckernan will be member of
the copper country delegation. Mrs.
Fox viii represent Hancock chapter
MIS- George Ross will go from Calu-
met and Mrs. u. H. Tenant from
Lake Linden. Rockland and ontona :
ron chapters viii alec send dolcratcr
~ the meeting
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
cHASSEll MAN IN TOLLS.

Tony Francincovich. charged with
Andrew Kotar with assault end bat
terry, was fined 50 and costs by Jus
ticc O'Sulivan yesterday afternoon
struck him during an alteration at
Chassell July 2S, and The climax came
yesterday when they again met. The
difficulty is the outcome of dispute
over fence line on the complainant's
farm.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP

Count Clerk Kaiser posted the fol-
lowing names for citizenship papers
yesterday:
John Best, England. Houghton, 500,
1906.
Kuzma Butkovich, Austria, Paines-
Gale. New York. 1899.
Oscar kanganranta. Sweden. South
Range, Boston 1901.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
Eua.nics Conference at New York.

The international permanent cugen-
les committee at Il meeting just held
IN Paris accepted the invitation of the
American delegates to hold the next
international cugeuics congress at New
York i'm 1915.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
Lake Linden--Hubbell

recently completed by the Calumet A.
iiecla company The dredgC will de-
post the sand into an intake from
which 1t will be- conveyed 10y suction
tod an endless belt and thence up am
incline into the bins in the recrushlng
plant.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30

The cargoos yet to be delivered the
Cocks viii amount To about 10000
tons. This is close to the normal re-
Ceipts for the season ana the consump-
ton bv the companies Is about nor
mai i'm spite of the strife.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30

day afternoon or night and the remain
der Of the week should be fair Light
To moderate variable winds are iu-
dicated
Ii. h. COwDRICK. Observer.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30

10 save the time taken for blue
print camera has been invented for
rapidly producing prints from original
drawings.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30

France has spent sS5.ooo,ooo In
PLANTING trees on the w1tcrrhel- Of i'm.
portant streams
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-25
GUY BATES POST Is FOND
OF HIS EGGS MEYERBERE"

Guy Bates Post, who is one of
the most popular leading men in
the country. can be depended
upon, in nine cases out of 10, to
order Eggs Meyerbere for his
breakfast, and he usually tells the
chef how to prepare them. This
is the recipe as told to Caroline
nCoe:
Break two eggs into an indi-
vidual baking dish; put over the
top teaspoonful each of chop
ped truffles, mushrooms and to-
matoes that have been sauted in
a little butter. Cover with dress
ing made of cream and butter
thickened with little flour
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese
and paprixa. Put in a hot oven
and bake until the eggs are set,