The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-12-05
GlEANER|s PLAN
ANNUAL meeting
TWENTIETH CONVENTION WILL
BE HELD IN THE cAPI.
tai CITY.
GOOD PROGRAM is PREPARED

Federation VIII Open In Lansing
on December and Close the
Following Day.
Lansing Michigan Cleaner
Federation, in the twentieth year Of
its organization, will this year hold
its annual meeting In Lansing on De-
cember and 3. A program brimful
Of valuable and practical discussions,
and entertaining social sessions as
well. has been prepared. A federation
banquet on Thursday evening and an
Ingham county rally at the close Of
the session will be of especial inter
est.
Temporary officers for the state fed
Grafton session will be chief cleaner.
]. M. Hoxie, Clinton county; vice
chief cleaner, Paulus Halter, Antrim:
chaplain, Mrs. C. c. Sayles, Montcalm;
secretary-treasurer, w. L. Cliff. La
peer: lecturer, Mrs. Sarah Hanna,
Genesee; conductor, Fred Bierman.
Lenawee; conductress, Clara Meyer.
Midland; inner guard. Emil Adolf,
Newaygo, and outer guard. Hugo Kuhl-
man, Ottawa.
The convention call states the aim
of the federation as follows: Mich
igan Cleaners propose to make the
State Federation meeting at Lansing
one Of the most interesting and bene-
fetal meetings ever held by the ag-
riculturists of the state. The theoret-
ical will be eliminated, so far as pos
sible, and the practical will be en-
phasized In every number on the pro
gram. Live topics will be handled
by live wires.' and every phase OF
farm life will be considered"
The Thursday forenoon session on
December will be demonstration
day devoted to discussions of grading
and shipping instructions and mum
Der OF valuable exhibits are also an
'nounced to be held in connection with
the federation.
Invited to Settle Land In State.
Michigan may harbor several hun
dred Belgian refugee families, estab
fishing anew their industrial independ
ence II plans of the Petoskey and EN-
NETT County Improvement association
mature. G. G. Quinlan of Petoskey was
in Detroit discussing the plan with j
Lee Barrett Of the Detroit convention
bureau.
Michigan has 100000 acres of un
developed land, and below the straits
in the northern part of the lower pen
Ursula q movement has been In prog
ress for six years to develop thou
sands of acres. Representatives
working principally through the Catho
lie church, have brought several thou
sand families from the tenement sec
tons of Chicago and st. Louis to this
district. and have provided for then
until they were able to support them
selves.
AS result many thousands of acres
are now producing three crops OF al
falfa each year in this district, whole
sections are devoted to cucumber
which ne. profit Of $50 per acre, ant
there is steady influx Of new resi-
dents.
This is Michigan, and not De
troit proposition" said Mr.. Quinlan
in discussing the subject. "Some time
ago there was formed Michigan AS
ISOLATION Of Commercial Executives
of which the secretary of the Detroi
board Of commerce, Byron H. Gitchell
is president. We have been plugginl
many years to boom the land up ou
way. and we have the plan that Il
producing direct results.
I'VE hive had men in Chicago, 81
Louis, indianapolis and elsewher
who are fostering the Back to tn
Land movement. They obtain fam
lilies from the tenements, men usual,
recommended by priests. often mel
who originally were farmers. w
don't care whether they have an,
money or not II they are willing i
work. We finance them, aid in build
ing their homes, provide food. an
they work out their own salvation
And as last summer was particularly
profitable all our colonists hav
money.
There Is no reason In the worl
why, II the Belgians come to this cour
try, we cannot take care of them
There are many Belgian gardeners
and they did much intensive cultivs
ltion In their native land, so that GU
proposition should appeal to them.
Our land is rich and our countr
lis prosperous. Soil that will produc
great trees. with proper cultivatio
will grow anything else. We prol
ably will work through the Belgia
consul In Washington to bring tn
fsfugees to America to our territor!
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