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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
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ROADS AND POPULATION.


As Il general rule county that has
good roads is a prosperous county, in
creasing i'm wealth and population. The
United tSates office Of public roads re-
Gently presented some comparative fig
ureS Illustrating the influence Of inn
proved roads ON county progress. In
twenty-five counties, taken at ran
dom i'm twelve states. the number of
Inhabitants from 1890 to 1900 decreas-
ed 1928, an average decrease of more
than 5000 for each county. The road
improvement in these counties was
only | 5-l0%. in the same states
twenty other counties where the
road Improvement was 40 per cent
during the same period We're chosen
for comparison. II was found that
these had increased in population 49,
3S3, an average of nearly $4,000 i'm each
county. The figures show that the
counties which have built good roads
have gained heavily i'm population,
while those which have neglected their
IiEllNhNS lllNt lbSis i-bSSlblN llltl'
were other influences which contrib
uted to the gain or loss of populat ion
but il seems entirely reasonable 90
believe that the roads were the chief
factor especially as the office of public
roads makes the claim that IN other
respects the two groups of counties
Were about equally matched. 1t is not
surprising that county which has
no good roads should lose population.
Progressive farmers are more likely
TO move away from such counties, and
progressive farmers from elsewhere
are not likely to take their places
Homeseekcrs want the advantages cl
good roads ana investors cannot DE
interested in land that is miles away
from an improved thOroughfarc. Land
values increase where there is proper
highway maintenance. They either
decline or stand still i'm localities
where road Improvement is ignored.
No county can expect continued pros
perity if it ncglects it's roads.-Louis-
Vile Courier Journal
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
HOUGHToN BREvITIES.
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Members of the Houghton club will
entertain Wednesday evening with a
dirucr-daucc. All members are cor
daily invited to attend.
The committee which has been col
.,ctin@ contributions for the relief of
sufferers from the Italian hall disas
ter at Calumet, has announced that
only ten per cent of the contributions
will be used, the remainder being re-
turned
The petition for naturalization of
Jacob Wcclanti. of Hancock, has been
posted by County Clerk Kaiser. Wee
lanti is a native Of Finland and has
lived in the copper country for several
years
Miss Marie Manderhcld left Friday
evening for Lapcer, Mich. where she
has accepted a position as supervisor
Of music and drawing in the Lapeer
public schools
About thirty young people from
Houghton and Hancock enjoyed them
selves very agreeably last Saturday
evening with a sleigh ride to Calumet
They were chaperoned by Mrs. Henry
krellwitZ and on their arrival at Calu
met were entertained by Miss Marion
Larkins.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
LAKE LINDEN sREvlTIEs.


The funeral of the late Rapsome ].
TAYLOR was held yesterday afternoon.
Services were conducted at the resi-
dence and the body was shipped 10
Sturgeon Bay, Wis, for burial. A del
egation of members Ct Lake Linden
aerie of Eagles, attended i'm a body
Miss Sarah Kessler of Butte. Mont.
is visiting in Torch Lake towns.
Lawrence Lanouettc has returned
from Cobalt. ont. where he has been
located for the past three months.
Mrs. August Boudrcau entertained
at surprise party at her home last
evening.
The marriage of Miss Anna Lepagc.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Adclorc Lee
page, and Joseph Paquette. will be
solemni2cd in the chapel of st. Jo-
scph's church tomorrow morning at :
o'clock. Rev. y. Y. Raymond will Of
ilciate.
Mr.. and Mrs. William y. Kirschncr
and children, who hay" been visiting in
IIubbcll for the past month, left yes
terday for their home in Buffalo.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
COLD SPELL ARRIVES.
Weather Observers Prophecy Fulfilled
With Vengeance.

Cold weather mas arrived with Il
vengeance, just as Weather Observer
Cowdrick says it would. Two degrees
above zero was the lowest reading
yesterday and degrees below the low
est today.
The coolest weather experienced in
the copper country during the pres
cnt winter was in December when the
thermometer registered degrees below
zero at o'clock In the morning. That
SOFT of weather refused to remain,
however and TO date the winter has
been one of the mildest experienced IN
the copper country for many years.
The snowfall also has been very light.
only few inches having fallen.
Weather Observer Cowdrick report
ed this morning that for the first three
weeks in January the temperature av-
eraged eight degrees above normal II
was an exceptionally warm initial
month as in other years the tempera =
ture usually went as low as 10 de-
grecs below zero.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
GREEN IN NEW VENTURE.
Ontonagon Man to Devote Time I
land Business.

Ontonagon Man to Devote Time to
Land Business.
At the annual meeting of the Green
wood Lumber company. held last
week., Thornton \. Green, of Ontona-
gon, rendered his resignation as man
ager and sold his interest in the COM
pauy to G.. II. Worcester, who has been
associated with him since the summer
of l9UN. Al the same time Mr.. Green
purchased Of the company all OF it's
many thousand acres of cut lands and
lands Co be cut over i'm the future. 1t
is Mn Green's intention TO 20 into the
land and timber business exclusively.
Mr. Green took charge of the saw
mill of Is. r. Mcmillan ana brother
iu the fan Of 1900. The mill had just
started and was one of the first TO
saw hcmlock lumber I'm quantities in
this district The firm name changed
n 1900 To- G.. v. Mcmillan and Brother
and few wears later To the G. v.
Mcmillan COMPANY, at which time Mr..
Green bought "a quarter interest in
tAe business and became its treasurer
and manager The Ontouagou rail-
road was built by him and his assoc
uiates IN 1903.
lie has been its prcsidcu, and gem
crai manager ever since and will suu
remain as president of the road. In
1890, Mr. Green bought out the Nc
MILAN brothers and reorganizcd the
company under the name of the
Greenwood Lumber company ana at
tha. time 6. II. Worcester of the Wor-
Dostor Lumber company Of Chasscll
bnr1me interested with him. Mr.. Green
then became On" secretary and gem
rHd mauagcr which position he is
noH rc'ir,u- from Under his man
agemru' the business employs over
400 men, aud owns over $4,000 acres
ui land u Jutouogon and Carp Lake
fD#usUIDe
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
Upper Michigan Winners

Schuolcraft county won one of the
prizes in the Christmas red cross seal
sale, according to the count which has
Just been made by the state secretary
Of the Michigan Anti-Tubercuolsis as
sociation. AS result the visiting
nurse, which is to be supported by
funds from the state association for
one year, Will be sent into Schoolcraft
for one months service free of charge
from the county. Wayne county sold
the largest number of seals of any of
the competing counties, q total of
iO3,22@, but the number of sales per
capita upon which the free nurse
prize was given, was only 1887. Kent
county won first place in the contest
With total sale of 30. 800 seal sales,
a per capita sale of 1859.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
First Ice Is Cut

The first ice of the season cut in
the Escanaba harbor was harvested
last week by the Flath Ice company
for emergency use. Although the bay
is not entirely frozen over the ice was
eight inches i'm thickness and free
from slush or SNOW. 1t was taken
from a point in the bay opposite the
merchants dock and several hundred
feet from the shore. Until ice has al
tanned a thickness Of at least eleven
inches the regular ice harvest will not
he started here, but the fact that
eight-mch ice is already found in the
bay is considered remarkable, in view
Of the uniform high temperatures that
have prevailed.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
Banks to Operate Under New Plan

Both the Escanaba National bank
and the First National bank will make
application for the right to operate
under the new federal reserve banking
plan, as provided by the currency bill
recently adopted by Congress. The
directors of both institutions have re-
elected officers for the coming year.
Those of the Escanaba National are:
John j. Stack president; J. &. Kirk
patrick, vice president; NJ n. Smith,
cashier, and L. J. Noreus, assistant
cashier. The officers of the First Ma
tional are: f.. ii. NanClevc, president;
c. G. Royce. vice president; Leslie
French, cashier, and T.. G.. Royce, as
sistant cashier.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
KIDS PLAY FAST HOCKEY.
Central Houghton Youngsters Win
from West Houghton, to o.

The hockey team representing the
central part of Houghton defeated the
team representing the western portion
of the town Saturday afternoon by the
score of to o. The game was fas;
and the kids showed class as hockey
players, following in the steps OF the
portakc Lake team.
The teams lined up as follows;
Cen;ras- Goal, Rogers; point, H.
Ihynoweth; cover point, Shields; row
or Miller, center Luud; right wing,
anderson; left wing, Mahan.
Wcst-Goal, R,idy; point, Kinnec;
cover point Bcchlcr; rover, Des-
Horhicrs, center, Cundy; right wing,
M.tormick: left wing Ingram.
The teams will play another con .
test To- decide the championship of
lIoughton in the near future.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
Lake Linden--Hubbell
CONTEST ENDS THIS WEEK.
Enrichment in Athletic Association
Shows Big Increase.

The membership campaign which
letic association recently, is already
productive Of results and big in
crease in the enrolment is apparent.
To stimulate interest i'm the clubs ac.
tivities, the membership fee has been
reduced to 81 and the admission fee
of honorary members has been plac-
ed at So.
The campaign will conclude with n
banquet at the Lake Linden hotel at
which the hosts will be businessmen
who arc interested in the work of the
association.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
WILL ENTER A
STRONG TEAM
Local School to Be Represented
in Basket Ball League

Candidates for the Houshton high
school basketball team have been prac-
ticlng diligently for the last few weeks
under the direction of Coach Wagner
and Captain Chynoweth in anticipa
ton of the opening OF the lnter-schol-
astic basketball lcaguc.
Glass games nave been played for
the past few weeks and the candi %
dates have been weeted out until only
few who have a chance Tor the high
school five. remain The class teams
selected some time ago have about
concluded their schedule and the ac-
tual drilling OF the players To repre-
sent the chool viii begin this week.
The class games this year were very
interesting, the play demonstrating
that several good basket tossers are
available. novel manner of naming
the teams was accepted this season, the
following titles having been chosen:
Misnt Army JEFF, Mutt, lch-ca Bibble
and Gout-Gettcrs.
Captain ChynoWeth, veteran guard
of last years quint will again play
enc of the guard positions, but Daley,
Baudu, SuasscT Anderson, Worthins
and Geisiug viii have To work hard 10
capture the other positions. With these
men i'm the lineup Coach Wagner and
Hought1u fans feel assured that
Houghton VIII Ice strongly represented
I'm the high school league.
First Game February 7.
The first game which will be played
by the local team in the euterscholas-
Tie basketball league viii be With the
Calumet qujut February. in the Amphi-
dTome.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
PENMANsHiP AWARDS.
Pupils Doing Excellent Work in Free
Hand Writing Last Week.

Pupils Doing Excellent Work in Ere
Hand Writing Last Week.
The following pupils have done sat
isfactory work in penmanship and de
serve this mention.
Central School.
Norman Uren, Edward Rompf. Grac,
Mass. Florence Walls, Florenc,
Brmacombe, Rudolph Boss, Willar'
Nancorrow, Helen Rompf, Taylor Me
Namara. frances MASS. Lillian Wv,
ian, Albert Curnow, Sparta Willmes
Beda Heikka, Dorothy Meugebauer
Dorothy Strobel.
Jay A. Hubbel School.
John Marshall Mary Messner Rob
ert l'ogg, Dan sullivan, Helen Ross
catherine Hennes, William Uren
Grant McCalum. Marion Haas. Ralph
Simon, Charles Simons, Dorothy Van
Orden Clifford Krellwitz, Ellen Har-
rington.
Douglass houshton School.
Lorne Johnson, Maud Huntsinger,
Eileen Mooney, Mamie Hanson, VIII
mann tA'iStll A&iltti NlN'lls men .
rietta Thomas. Lily Dobbin, Helen
Baird, Katherine Arend. Velma Pick
EFT, Sadie lcoyitz, Army Corbett, En-
lily Edwards.
HLrontowr School.
David Herviate Kathleen Sampson.
Milford Biscomb, Roy Sampson. Har-
ny Jenkins, Hilda Arvo, Ellen Visit.
Matte Saari Mervin Wilmes, Olga
Sarr Walter Summer, Harold Bis
comb.
Stamp Mill School.
Irene Gravier, Mary Johnson, Mac
Mandcrtield, Esther Aho, Harold Sher-
man.
Isle RoyaIe School.
steve Stmac. William Hratt. Mar
Ven Narcotic, GWendoline Chapple,
Rose Hutschicd, Helen Koski. Helen
Jokcla.
Superior Mine School.
Annie Stork, Frances Marine, wal
ter Sleeves, Steve Stayduhar. Michael
Lelly, Kate Marine, Helga Pippo, Hoo
mer Rruneau.
Dodseville School.
Joseph Matdja, Albert Smell, Ray
mond Smell Priscilla Miron.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
Smallpox Case Concealed

1t was discovered by Health officer
Griffin, says the 500 News, that l..
Fleming, 500 yesterday avenue. has
been practically isolated i'm his home
since the first of January with a case
of smallpox. of which he is almost
convalescent now. The health author
tiles are indignant over the fact that
cases Of this nature are concealed.
Health Officer Griffin declared today
that persons should report cases of
symptoms as soon as they appear. lie
said also that the store of Mr.. E1em-
!ng might be closed for a time.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
DISTRIBUTING TAX BLANKS.
Deputy Revenue Collector informed on
Income Assessments.

Deputy Revenue Collector John H.
Macdonald of Hubbell has received a
supply of income tax blanks which
are being distributed to persons whose
income rs sufficient to come within the
provisions of the act. The blanks must
he returned To the collector before
March /. the penalty for failure To
comply with the order being a fine
from $40 To $1,000.
The return must be made b. every
person, whether citizens or alien,
whose income is $4,000 or over for tn"
taxable year and also by every nom
resident alien deriving an income from
property owned and business, trade
or profession carried on i'm the Unit
ed States by him.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
The PRICE SHE PAYS.

There is hardly an American woman
nowadays who can keep pace with the
demands made upon her time and
energy without paying the penalty OF
ill-health. IL may he that dreadful
backachc, dragging pains. head aches,
nervousness or the tortures of a dis
placement. II is the Price she paws.
To women i'm this condition LYDIA f..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound comes
as boon and blessing. \ simple
remedy made from roots and herbs
which brings glorious health To surrer-
ilkp,lAplnen, advertisement.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
WINTER DISEASES
Grippe Colds and Other
Like Ailments

exposed to measles or any of the other
| so-called 'children's deases, which I'm
some cases are more dangerous than
smallpox. II should be remembered
that many OF the diseases which oc-
cur more frequently i'm winter are
spread by mouth secretions, and for
this reason ali persons should guard
against the use of the common drink
ing cup, which IS frequent carrier
of the germs of these diseases. Keep
the children away from parties where
they are likely to play 'postofiice' or
other kissing games. Children are the
most common swappers Of germs in
the winter. and in the school the use
of lead pencils and penholders which
are often put in the mouth frequently
accounts for the spread Of colds, diph-
liberia, pneumonia ana other diseases.
Promiscuity of this kind should al
ways be guarded against carefully.
Lastly, among all the other winter
diseases, watch out tor the common
cold. Colds cause a greater economic
loss in this country than most con-
tagious diseases. because of the many
persons who are compelled to lose
time from work ON account of them.
\ severe cold also lowers vitality and
power of resistance. and sometimes
acts as the forerunner of pneumonia,
tuberculosis or some other dangerous
disease"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
Upper Peninsula
Foreer at the 500

Checks presented 10y a stranger and
cashed by 500 merchants have proved
To be bogus, The business men are
out a total of $500. The biggest check
called for the payment of 500. All
were drawn on the Pennsylvania Steel
company, which is operating at the
ship canal locks and presumably were
issued TO George r. Potts. The forger
is believed 10 be veteran at the
business.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
REVENUE CUTTERS SAVE 3a7.

Washington. Jan. 26.-The revenue
cutter service salvaged property val
ued at $l0,6o7,71O and rescued 327 per-
sons during the fiscal year ending June
30 last. according to an annual SER
vice report made public today.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
FIGHTING WITH REBELS.
Raoul Modero With VilIa-Father Did
Not Know H.

SAYS 81 New York dispatch:
AIirr members of his family here
had cuIcayored for months to prevent
him from learning that his son Raoul.
was fighting with tho Mexican
rc'cl army under General villa. Fran
cisco Madcro. father Of tho murdered
president of tho southern republic. saw
the boy in action in a film show here.
reached his arms ont Co him as he
dashed up ON a spirited horse and then
fell back in his chair, overcome with
emotion.
"AlphDnso, another son put his arm
around his father.
we knew" he said. But ii was
ono Of the worries We tried to spare
YOU"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26
To Cure a Cold i'm One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMO QUININE
tablets. Stop the Cough and Headache
and work off the Cold. Druggists re-
fund money IL il fails to cure. L. w.
Groves signature is on each box. 25
cents, Advertisement, AZ -.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26

Phillipsburg, n. j.. Press has gone
into bankruptcy because it tried to
sell for cent a copy.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune has
reduced its price from two CENTS ia
one cent copy.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26

q. T.. Crandall, "a, Of Norwich. Conn,
believes he is the oldest surviving
stage driver In the United States.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26

Albert Berry. Of Brooklyn. y. Y,
his raised Ia his greenhouse IA lemon
weighing IA ounces.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26

Philadelphia board of education is
advertising for pupils for evening
studies in one Of the city's high
schools
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26

G. ". Mcdonald. who has founded
a school of biography I'm Carmi, ILL.,,
Is an expert operator though totally
blind
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26

Salisbury, Md, has "A crusade
against vicious resorts started by an
EVANGELIST
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-26

Much is heard from some persons
about the danger Of draughts. The
chilling caused 10y draught when
ones resistance is lowered merely
makes it possible for the germs of "a
disease to attack successfully a per-
son who with full power of resistance
would throw them off. Everything
should be done therefore. to increase
ones power Of resistance To inure
ones self to cold weather, as some
people sometimes say. Automobile
riding serves well for this purpose, but
those who have not yet acquired ma
chimes may have their power OF re-
sistancc raised by walking in the open
air as much as possible. and. in "A way,
this beats automobiling. for one gets
fine exercise at the same time.
During these cold winter months
parents should take every precaution
ard protect their children from dan
gerous diseases II the child has never
been vaccinated. then now Is the ac-
copied time. because smallpox infec-
tion is most common during the win
Ter months. ChldIen should never be
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-08
LIGHT ON BATTLE PSYCHOLOGY.

A question frequently heard nowadays from people
who have been reading of the detailed accounts
of the battles taking place in France Austria is "How
can human beings endure without going mad the sights
and the almost more dreadful sounds the constant expec
aton day and night for weeks of violent DEATH the agon
of equally prolonged hardshps that mark these coos
sal struggles?"
The inquiry is natural enough as is the implied dis
belief of those who make it that they could not themselves
long stand such frghtfu strains And not all the soldiers
either side do stand them for there have been not few
references in the dispatches to thus driven insane
while considerable number of letters from those newly at
the front have been printed that showed the writer's then
shaking in the grasp Of Just such horror as we home
think would feel if there The subsequent experience
of the great majority, however is presumably that re-
counted by Russian soldier in one of the PetrOgrad pa
pels
He says that the roar of battle no longer troubles him
any more than did the ncessant city sounds with which
he was familiar that he is so wOnted to the spectacle Of
fields strewn with dead and dying that it exctes in
him strong emotion that the dangers which fill all his
hours have no effect him than the petty pers of
ordinary life He not little to admire in the
ebb and flow Of battle and all his standards of what
should and should not do have for the time being at least
been changed
This not evidence of an acquired caousness or even
of wars brualizing influence it is simply an illustration
Of the fact known to every psychologist that to any stm
ulus continuously or frequently applied human nerves
to react react only weakly Every doctor
develops and to be of any must develop like modfi
cation of sympathy as regards the suferngs Of his pa
tients and the nurse who fans at her first operation
soon views them with composure specifically much like
indifference The Russian soldier shrewdy notes. too that
he views as commonplace deeds that formerly would
have stirred him deeply as noble or heroic He has
to expect such things from everybody instead of seeing
them as exceptional and exciting