The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24
LOTS or TIMBER
IN THE COUNTY
Survey Proves Lumber Is vaIu-
able and Plentiful

Secretary George l.. Price of the
Copper Country Commercial club has
received from several large wood
working factories during the past few
weeks requests that he furnish them
with information as 10 the adyisability
of locating their plants in this section.
For some time under the direction of
the local club, an industriai survey Of
the timber i'm iIoughton and kcwcenaw
counties has been conducted ana one 81
the best informed lumbcrmcn in the
copper country estimates that there
are 3S4. $50 acres of standing timber ia
Houghton county, which means that
Approximately 3,4G3, 900 feet Of lum-
her is available. In KeweenaW county,
outside of the holdings of the mlnin"
companies. the estimated acreage uf
timber lands is 81. 900 acres, which will
IN oduce $40 million feet of lumber.
This does not include cordwood, pulp
wood, cedar poles or railroad ties nor
does il take into consideration $1,000
acres of timberlands controlled by cor
porations which do not offer the same
for sale. In Keweenaw county there *
n large amount Of oak while 10
Houehton county, Eastwood, birch and
elm are obtainabIe. There also are
quantities of maple and poplar, the
| latter being considered the finest ana
cleanest woods for making excelsior.
The report is favorable and should
induce factory owners VINO have writ
| ten for statistics, to locate in the cop
| per country.
For Educ ational Eetterment.
: Secretary Price has been mailing t.
| the members Of the club, at the request
of the Upper Peninsula Educational
association, a little booklet which con
tans question regarding the educa-
tiona methods pursued in the locll
schools These booklets have been dis
| trihutcd with n view To getting the lay
mems idea of what is going wronS
with the present public school SYSTEM
Members of the club are requested t.
answer and return the booklet to the
secretary of the commercial club.
The Good Roads Movement.
| The trunk highway plan which was
proposed by the commercial club, has
gradually taken hold and now nearly
every village or city (which is likely "a
| be along the route is doing all in its
power to assist in lettering the roads
Secretary Price has received word
from several Chicago men that they
are planning to make the trip To the
copper country in their ears next sum
mer ana when the roads are in excel
| lent condition, about next June tho
people or this district Will no doubt see
tourists journeying from the windy city
to the extreme north of the peninsula.
The citizens of LAnse are boosting
the movement to the utmost and rs II
is probable that the center of Baraga
county will he one Of tie main stop
ping points along the re.
Officials Of the counties along The
route are drafting maps of their re-
spective districts whicl will be for
warded to the Copper Country Com
mercial club and large map of the
route then will be made. Several oI
the officials from the various counties
have already turned in their malN an'
the others are expected within a shor
time. Under the direction of the Com
mcrcial Club ~ map of IIoushton. ke'
weenaw and baraga counties will b,
prepared