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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03
Skanee Notes.

Mrs. Dan Newman has been called
to L'Anse by the illness of her hus-
band.
George Loosemore. Jr., wasa business
caller in L'Anse last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Shovan and
family have moved to L'Anse, where
Mr.. Shovan is employed as blacksmith
by the Stearns & Culver Lumber Co.
o. w. Been was busin; SIS caller in
L'Anse Tuesday.
Ivor and Ernest Won Zellen we're Wis
itors in L'Anse the first of the week.
The young ladies' of Skanee will give
free dance at the Town Hall Satur-
day evening, February 10th, the public
being cordially invited to attend. Good
music will be provided.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03
Commercial Club Meeting.

A meeting of the L'Anse CONNER
cial Club will be held at the Town Hall
in the Village of L'Anse Monday even
ing, February 9Th, at 8 o'clock. All
members are requested to be present.
as important matters will be taken ur.
A cordial invitation is given to all
citizens of L'Anse who are not men,
bers to join the club and particularly
to attend the meeting above noticed.
H. ]. SEIFERr, President.
J. ]. O'CoNNoR, Secretary.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03
Peqaamina Notes.

Mrs. Frank Miron entertained the
Catholic Ladies Aid society at heI
home Thursday.
Mrs. Ella Proctor, postmistress, is
able to attend to her duties after two
weeks illness.
No successor to G. B. Heughens has
as yet been named to run the Club
House, but B. P. Allen and Emil He'd
man are in charge until arrangements
are made for new director.
VIM. Fecteau and family returned
last Saturday from the copper country.
S. S. Sawyer was a L'Anse caller
Wednesday.
]. A. Hickey was business caller
in Houghton yesterday.
Miss Anna Jouppi arrived Monday
morning from Finland TO keep house
for her brother Emil.
Mrs. Harris G. Smith and son Har-
ris, of Laurium, arrived Monday and
are visiting Mrs. Smiths mother, Mrs.
Proctor.
Herman Koivula, for a number of
years clerk in the store here, resigned
Thursday and left for his home in
Michigamme where he expects to
farm.
Miss Esther Lofquist has been en-
gagged by Mrs. Proctor as assistant in
the postoffice to succeed Miss Hicks,
resigned.
F. w. Hebard returned Thursday
from a weeks visit in Ann Arbor with
Mrs. Hebard and children.
Alex Giroux, paymsster at Camp IL,
was here Monday.
Master Mechanic John Lofquist was
business visitor in Houghton Tues
day.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03
Election Notice.

To the Township Clerks and Electors !:
You are hereby notified that Cen
eral Primary Election will be held in
the several Judicial Circuits of this
State on Wednesday. the seventh day
of March, 1917, for all political parties,
for the purpose of nominating candi-
dates for the Office of Circuit Judge, as
prescribed by Act No. 281 of the Public
Acts of 1909, as amended.
In Witness Whereof, ! have hereto
affixed my signature and the Seal, at
L'Anse, this 18th day of January, in
the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred
seventeen.
HOMER j. PENNoCK,
Sheriff.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03

The several jobbers are taking ad.
vantage of the ideal winter weather
we've been enjoying by rushing their
logs to the banking GROUNDS. The Bar.
aga Lumber Company has rbout three
million feet cut already; Fred Urqu.
bardt is banking at Brehnan's landing
nerr L'Anse, Peter Foss is banking a,
Skanee and the balance is being decked
at the head of the bay. Though mer
are scarce, all contractors expect tc
make cleanup of their cut.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03
Buys Business Place.

Henry A. Johnston, the Railroad
street grocer, on Monday purchased
the building occupied by him from
Eustach Duchenno. Mr.. Johnston will
make number of permanent improve
ments to the building as well as
enlarge the present room occupied by
him as store. He also contemplates
a number of improvements in his groc-
cry department.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03
Gard of Thanks.

We take this means of expressing
our sincere thanks to the many neigh
bors and friends who assisted during
the illness and after the death of our
husband and father. Your many kind
words and deeds will always be re-
membered.
MRS. CHARLOTTE WEsTRoM.
PETER G. WEsTRoM.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03

Centipedes ana scorpions are 5cea-
sionally found on the desert by turn
ing over large stones or poking into a
mass Of rotting wood. They may be
seen also in old adobe houses around
chimneys and fireplaces. The fond
relative at home imagines venomous
creatures wriggling all over the land
scape, but 1t is not so In reality. More
over. their sting is not so deadly as to
cause one to be singled out as hero
for having been bitten. Unless ones
blood is In very bad condition it causes
little more Inconvenience than a bee
sting.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03
Notice.

l will be in L'Anse on Thursday and
Friday of each week after December
10th for the purpose of collecting the
township taxes. All mail should be
addressed to me at Pequaming, Mich.
JENs THoREsEN,
12-2-tf. Township Treasurer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03
Sheep Killing Dogs Cunning.

7 According to Rev. DIR. Andrew
Schriver, the sheep-killing dog will
travel long distances In search Of prey.
and after the slaughter will go to the
nearest brook and BY the light Of the
moon comb the telltale fleece out Of his
paws, carefully pick his teeth, wash
his jaws and then come into public
view with an aspect Of supreme limo.
eence.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03

County Clerk Martin voetsch was in
Houghton Thursday.
w. J. Richards left yesterday to in>
spect timber on the Mineral Range for
the Steai ms & Culver Lumber Co.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03

Walter was on his new bicycle, which
he did not manage very well, and so
he ran into the schoolmaster, who was
going along the street, reading q
book.
"Sec here, young man." exclaimed
the teacher wrathfully, "why don't you
60 to the rightr
Walter pondered moment and then
said, with q smile, "Tm left handed" :
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03

While employed on the slasher at the
mill yesterday afternoon, John Mayo
had his right foot cut badly. He was
given immediate surgical attendance
and will not lose the foot.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03
For Sale.

A II horse power gasoline engine,
horizontal Zoos type, in good condition.
Will sell for $50, one-half Of actual
cost. Inquire at Sentinel Office. II d-
vertisement. l2-30-tf.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
New York

Business Concerns Asked to Antici-
pate War Taxes.-New purchases of
United States Treasury certificates Of
indebtedness amounting to Sl,O25,OOO
were announced yesterday by the Lib
erty Loan Committee. The United
States Mortgage and Trust Company
bought S525,OO0. and the Chase Ma
tional Bank, for the account Of the
United Verde Extension Mining Com
pany, subscribed for 100000. These
certificates are designed to provide big
taxpayers with a means Of paying their
war taxes to the Federal government
in advance Of the time they are due
on June 10, 1913.
Benjamin Strong. governor OF the
Federal Reserve Bank Of New York,
has been circularizing the business
and financial interests of this district
with view TO obtaining a wider dis
tribution of Treasury certificates in
anticipation of tax payments.
Martin Vogel, Assistant United
States Treasurer and a member of the
iaAbfAAs Ivan 'bAAAllAhAfNf s1AA sN"FNA-
day:
"1he offering Of the United States
certificates of Indebtedness is, in my
opinion, a happy solution for avoiding
the financial strain which would other
wise be caused By the required pay
ment within a short period of the huge
;um OF money for taxes that would be
due and payable June 10, 1918, esti-
mated TO be in excess of S2,000,000, 900.
| call it happy because it is of benefit
20 the government, as it may in this
manner borrow money in advance of
the tax day for needed war expendi-
lures. and at the same time it avoids
the strain on the financial world, and,
therefore, on industries of all kinds.
both large and small, and, further
more, gives the taxpayer safe and
secure medium in which he can
temporarily invest the funds which he
is accumulating for payment Of taxes,
bearing interest meanwhile at per
cent per annum."
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

In the face Of the heaviest profit
taking witnessed for a long time,
some Of the active stocks displayed
a reactionary tendency yesterday.
But the restoration Of confidence in
values has been so sweeping that
even those stocks which were under
pressure sustained relatively slight
losses, while, taking the list as
whole, gains outnumbered and out
weighed declines. The selling was
largely of a professional character,
while a large part of the demand
came from investors, so brokers re-
port. That is the most encouraging
feature Of the market, for the heavy
declines in the last two or three
months have been due quite as much
TO the absence of demand as to sell
ing pressure. 1t frequently hap
pened that stocks broke a point or
more between sales of 100 shares
because no one was eager to buy at
any price.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Relevant Comment
Labor Market in November

November geturus as 70 mantfactur-
ing activity in New York State reveal
a continuation of the increases, notice
able since Angus Of this year, in both
the number Of employees and the total
amount of wages paid. These results
arc indicated by reports received from
large number Of leading factories,
including all of the important manu-
featuring industries and localities in
the state. The grand total Of the
eleven groups into which the industries
Of the state are classified shows that in
q comparison of November with Octo-
ter there were increases Of l per cent
in the number of employees and , per
cent in the aggregate of wages paid.
All of the groups except one-clothlng
had more employees and greater vol
ume of wages than in the previous
month. The coal shortage has made
itself felt in four groups-stone, clay
.nd glass products, paper, textiles, and
food, liquors and tobacco. As COM
pared with the same month one year
ago there were in November, ! per
cent more employees and II per cent
more wages. Corresponding increases
over November, two years ago, were
- and 81 per cent, respectively, and
over November, three years ago, 80 and
81 per cent. respectively.
Due to the establishment of rev
wage records for nine of the groups,
the average per capita earnings for one
week in November, 1917, for all work
ors, including men ard women, in shops
and offices. was Sl7.69, or 36 cents more
than for the CORE spending week in
October, 1917, and S2.j3 more than for
the corresponding week in November,
lp1F
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

When the Presidents plan is laid
before Congress it is to be expected
that some opposition will develop.
Already several Congressman are
quoted as saying that the President
should not have taken over the car
riers without consulting Congress.
That is absurd, of course, for the
most vital factor of all is time, and
it is probable that if the matter had
been left to Congress several months
of squabbling would have ensued,
as was the case with the tax law.
1t is likely that the result would
have been equally unintelligent; and
it has justly been stated that the
excess profits tax law is the most
stupid and vicious piece of legisla-
ton enacted in a generation. But
the Presidents railway plan has the
enthusiastic support of the country,
and the chances are that opposition
will be overridden and that his
recommendation will be enacted
into law without serious modifca-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Traction Notes Offered

approximately half of an issue O,
Sl,5oO,OOO collateral trust 6 Der cent
gold notes OF the Manchester Traction.
Light and Power Company, offered ina
TINS market by William A. Read & Co.
Yesterday, had been sold up to the close
OF business. The notes were offered
at 70 and interest, 20 yield over : Der
cent They are secured by the deposit
as collateral Of 81 500 900 of the com
pahy hrst refunding mortgage 8 per
cent ponds. due 1852. The proceeds of
=, sHe new new notes viii be used to refund
Sl,GOOO00 OF per cent notes Sae Jnne
next, and 20 provide for new cor.
struetion and water power improve-
ments already completed by the com
Pany, which does the entire electric
llght. power and gas business in Man
chester y. H., and operates interurban
roads from Man chester to Nashua.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Use Of Automobile on
Increase in Hong Kong

The use Of motor cars in Hong Kong,
writes George I. Anderson. American
Consul General, IS comparatively limit
ed, but at present there may be said
TO be almost an automobile boom in the
colony. The colonial government, rec
ognizing the increased demand for au-
tomobile roads as a means OF healthful
recreation, and also as means Of
opening up residential sections not now
in use, has announced comprehensive
policy of road building and road i'm
provement, which, in fact, already is
under way. Several enterprises are on
foot in the colony which demand in
creased and improved means OF trans
portation 10 and from the outlying dis
tricts. The wealthier Chinese residents
have taken 10 automobiling most en-
Enthusiastically, and are by far the best
customers Of the public garages. The
use of automobiles by private owners
also i generally ca tie insyaa1a
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Many Year-End
Changes in Stock
Exchange Firms

Numerous year-end changes in wall
Street brokerage firms were announced
yesterday in tho weekly bulletin Of the
Stock Exchange. Gonzales, Stafford &
whitehead will dissolve partnership to-
morrow, and q new firm, under the
name of Gonzales & Whitehead, viii
continue The business after January /.
Burke. Hord 6 Curtiss and c. ". Mac
Quoid G co. will also dissolve partner
ship. c. ". MacQuoid will head q new
partnership Of MacQuoid g. Coady. The
other partners are {. y. Coady and IL.
ID. Lockwood.
Warren a. Lamson, /. /. Gates and
II. ii. Lobdell comprise the'new firm OF
Lamson Brothers & Co. The firm OF
Scholle Brothers, which expires by linz
itation Friday, is continued. with Alex
ander Herman as the only member. Al
bert ". Scholle died during the year
Other changes include the following:
Jerome Hill will be admitted TO kean,
Taylor K Co. on January /; Julien n.
Ripley retires from Harris, Winthrop
& Co. tomorrow, and Walter ii. VIII
son will become general partner;
Arthur V. Fry and Eugene A. Day will
be admitted to Carlisle, Mellick & Co.
on January !; d. Raymond Noyes will
retire from Jackon & Curtis to-mor-
row; August Graf will retire from
Jacquelin & De Coppet tomorrow;
Ernst 4. Tiefenthal will retire from
Feuchtwanger, Calm e Co. tomorrow;
Samuel A. Walsh, jr., will retire from
Emanuel, Parker Company on January
., and Claude c. Pinney will be adj
mitted; Edward b. Swinney, general
partner of Gilchist, Bliss & Co., will
become a special partner tomorrow;
A. ". Bell will retire from Holmes,
Bulkley & Wardhop on January 1; En-
len NJ. Drayton will retire from Dray-
ton, Pennington g. Colket tomorrow;
Edward b. Archer has retired from W.
4. r. Smith & Co.
With the winter season now on, sew
era! firms have opened branch offices
at Palm Beach, Fla; Pinehurst y. C.,
and Augusta, Ga.
Announcement was made yesterday
that the Stock Exchange membership
of the late Grant b. Schley has been
transferred 10 Warren A. Lamson, the
floor member of the firm of Lamson &
Bros. Claude c. Pinney has purchased
the seat of Daniel A. Loring, ir., and
Alexander Herman has taken over the
floor membership of his deceased part
ner, Albert ". Scholle.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Dollar in Foreign Exchange

The week in the foreign exchange
market was one Of the quietest in a
long time, rates fluctuating within q
narrow range on small volume Of
business. Despite the temporary halt
in the Russian peace negotiations with
Germany and the continued chaotic
conditions within Russia. exchange on
Petrograd held fairly steady most Of
the week around 13 cents to the ruble.
Rates on London and Paris were
steady az the so-called peg levels.
Bankers quoted S4.76 7-1G FOR sterling
cables. Francs were held at 5.73. A
slightly easier tone developed in Ital-
ian lire following further minor Ger
man successes in Northern Italy.
j. you calculate the cost of the dollar
in terms of foreign money at par value
that Is, as if you were buying dollars
with pounds, marks or francs - its
value at the close Of last week, ms com
pared with n year ago, would be about
as follows:
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Big Purchase Of B. X. L. Stock

Purchases in the stock market re-
Gently Of about $500 shares of Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company stock were
reported yesterday 10 have been con
dueted By c. d. Barney & Co. for the
account Of the Anthony y. Brady in
terests, who are already large holders
of b. K. T. shares. The stock thus ac-
quired is believed 10 have been part
OF the holdings OF former Governor
Foss Of Massachusetts. whose affairs
were placed in the hands of a special
committee several weeks ago. The Foss
holdings at the time of his assignment
were estimated az 5000 shares. About
20 900 shares were said 10 have been
dumped on the market by brokers and
institutions that held the stock as col
latsral tag laAnA
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Exchange Rates In Honduras

During September and October. ac-
cording TO consular report, the banks
IN the Puerto Cortes district purchased
the Guatemalan. Ilonduran, Salvadoran,
Peruvian and Chilean pesos Of local cir
culation at rates ranging from 46 to so
cents. and in turn sold the same coins
at rates ranging from 4Gla 70 81
cents. At the end Of October they were
offering 80 cents for these coins and
selling the same at 50 cents, with but
few transactions at either price. it
being difficult 20 secure the coins at
rate below 55 and the selling pric. Of
- being nominal instead Of an actual
rate
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

It is an interesting fact that the
change in the outlook for the rails
has apparently brought about a res
toration of confidence in the indus
trials, too. Naturally, railroad
stocks have improved considerably
more than the industrials, but the
latter are now selling at prices sub
stantially higher than those which
obtained last Wednesday. This IS
not surprising, because a great many
industrials obviously were selling
far below intrinsic worth. Some Of
them were valued in the market at
but little more than the current
years earnings, with no account
taken of asset values at all. More
over. it is now believed that many
industries will benefit quite as much
from government operation of the
carriers as the railroads themselves.
Possibly they may reap even greater
benefits. 1t is true that taxation and
price fixing have greatly reduced the
earning power of most companies,
but even so earnings recently have
been at a rate which is more than
satisfactory when compared with
any year preceding 1916, and they
would certainly have been much
larger had it not been for the short
age of transportation, which not
only has made it necessary for
scores of plants to suspend opera
tions temporarily owing to lack of
fuel, but has also made it impos-
sible for them to ship finished goods.
If traffic congestion should be great
~ reduced under government opera
ton, as is generally expected, then
industry will be relieved Of these
handicaps, and that would be re-
flected in better earnings state
ments. In turn, industrial stocks
should improve.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Liberty Bonds as Currency

Bankers expressed the opinion yes
terday that the efforts being made bv
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo 10
discourage trading in Liberty bonds
and their acceptance by dealers In nav
ment for merchandise are aimed. for
one thing, at checking imitation II
was pointed cut that the use OF Iib.
erty bonds in paying for merchandise
II done on any extensive scale. would
IN a way put the bonds in the same
class with currency. Secretary Nc
Adoo's statement emphasized the TACT
that the use Of the bonds in conner.
cial transactions tends 70 throw tbem
upon the market, thus lowering tho
market price and tending TO defeat the
thrift idea. VAC
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

Not much change in the price Of money
90 ordinary borrowers is expected,
either up or down. or outside the
recent range of 5is 10 6 per cent. Bor-
rowing demand by corporations has
been heavy, except in the cases Of
those having large cash surpluses 70
employ rs working capital or those en.
gagged in non-essential lines. Some Of
the latter have had to curtai drast-
cally or close down, but the primay
cause was lack of fuel, which also
caused partial cessation Of Operations
at steel plants and furnaces.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
New Banks in Venezuela

The National City Bank Of New York
Las opened o branch in Caracas, as mas
also the Banco Mercautil Americana de
Caracas, which is a subsidiary of the
Mercantile Bank Of the Americas, Inc,
OF New York. These two institutions,
in connection with the Royal Bank Of
Canada and the Venezuelan banks, ac-
Cordng TO a report from Homer Brett,
American Consul 40 La Guayra, give
banking facilities for all commercial
business in existence or in prospect.
The opening OF the two latest Comers
comedies with the sharpest CONNER
cial depression that has existed in Ven
cNela since the early days Of the pres
cnt European war.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Reserve Bank Dividends

The Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
has declared a dividend at the rate OF
. per cent from July /, 1916. TO De
cember 81. 1917, thus fulfilling its full
dividend obligations 20 date.
The Minneapolis Federal Reserve
Bank has declared dividend, payable
January /, at the rate OF per cent a
year for an eighteen months period.
The bank paid its first dividend Jan
period; paid another in July last, COW
ring twelve months, and now pays
covering period from July /. 1916, to
December 81, 1917, making full 6 per
cent dividends for three years
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Alien Arrivals Exceed Departures

Although the war has greatly re-
duced the stream of immigration into
the United States the arrivals of aliens
continue larger than departures. The
October bulletin of the United States
Department of Labor shows the admis-
sion Of 1858 immigrants during that
r-onth, against 9,S9S aliens who left
the country. From July TO October. in
elusive, the tctal inward movement was
5000, against departures Of 1858
UeryOue
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Dividends Declared
Marren Hfofhsr,

Warren Regular quarterly diyi-
dend Of IL per cent on the first preferred
and ia per cent on the second preferred
payable January % stock Of record Deem
Der -.
Ohio Cities Gas.-A dividend Of per cent
on the common stock. payable in stock. Feb
ruary 10 stock Of record January l5.
American Multigraph.-Regular quarterly
dividend Of Ia per cent on the preferred
stock. payable January % stoct - record
December 20.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Extra Dividends

Company have declared stock divi-
dend Of 2ie per cent on the common
stock In addition TO q regular semi
annual dividend of $3.50 share. a
semi-annual Of So a share on the
preferred stock was also declared. All
these dividends are payable January
10 10 stockholders Of record Janu-
airy =. Di1ectors Of the Bush Terminal
Buildings ] Company have declared a
dividend Of $1.7j per share on the pre-
ferred stock of the company for the
quarter ending December 81 10 stock
holders Of record az that date.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Current

The above rates express the cost OF
foreign money in terms of the Ameri.
can dollar You buy an English pound
sterling at. say. t8.75is. The intrinsic
parity IS si.S6ss per pound. Thus, you
saw either that pounds are at discount
or that dollars arc nj n premium, which
il owing 10 the fact that in England
tho demand for dollars with which to
a,ttle accounts in this country is
greater than the demand in this coun-
try for pounds with which to settle
accounts in England.