The diamond drill., 1919-02-22

quette county. this historic land
fraught with legends OF the red
men, and hof his predecessors the
prehistoric cave dweller. and
there isn't county in the penin-
sula with more attractive scenery
than this, or one with better high
ways. All the way north from
Menominee, where Michigan soil
is first encountered by the visit
or, there's a wonderful wealth OF
forest and stream and inland
lakes. Marquette holds much the
automobilists will enjoy There
are splendid roads to all portions
OF the county. Marquette has It's
Presque Isle, the beauty spot OF
this entire region, with its wild
life, its beautiful woods, its rug
ged scenery, the great lake fondl-
ing its shores or beating in wild
rushes against its firm rocks
according to its moods. We have
Lake Michigamme, the finest i'm
land lake in the northwest, more
than fifty miles around, filled with
game fish, the shores being heavl-
ly covered with forest growth in
which are game birds and deer and
other wild animals. We have a
wonderful Iron Cliffs drive than
which there Is no more attractive
in all Cloverland. We have the
Dead and Escanaba rivers holding
brook trout and black bass. We
have mines OF iron ore, quarries
OF beautiful marble. From here
one gSes So miles to Munising
where there's a wonderful harbor
in the entrance OF which is Grand
Island, the finest game preserve
IN this region. A wonderwul ISL
and twelve miles long. The road
from Ishpeming is OF the best. A
fine road leads to Gwinn, the mod
ell mining location in the United
States. A fine road TO Escanaba,
65 miles distant, another leading
to Gogebic, 165 miles distant. the
Cloverland Trail, so-called, and
interesting every foot of the way.
There's a grand road to Iron Riv-
er and Crystal Falls, and to Iron
Mountain, Norway, Vulcan and
Niagara
And when we get that proposed
new road constructed around HUI
ron Bay, via Big Bay, Skanee and
other places 1t will be the finest
scenic way in all this northwest.
All OF this Cloyerland is great
place in which to spend a portion
of the summer. The autoist de-
lights in good roads. He can find
them here, the very best In the
country, and more of them with
each succeeding year. He can
find complete rest here and
climate that no other portion of
the United States can equal.
It's the duty OF every communi-
~ to present its attractive feat
ures just as Mr.. Guck Is doing
through the Gazette. Houghton
isn't to have any monopoly on
feeding scenery TO the world. We
have a great surplus OF it all
through this upper peninsula.
And the good roads are going
to be a wonderful aid in attract
Ing people to this region. The in
vestment now proposed to make
through fund Of s5O,0OOOOO to
be expended in the building OF
trunk lines will be a great help.
This fund is to be spread over a
number OF years so the burden
will not be felt by the taxpayers.
The return will be liberal for this
expenditure because II is going to
bring thousands OF visitors all OF
whom will spend some money and
do their share in advertising our
facilities for growing sheep and
beef. This is great grazing
country. II is ideai Tor dairy
purposes, and we are going to
profit immensely because OF this
in the years to come.
1t pays TO advertise. Good roads
are the very best kind OF advertls-
Ing.
Mr.. Newett is right. 4 Is the dut
OF every community OF Cloverland
capitalize the scenery, the good road
the climate and every other featul
OF Cloverland. or course. we all ha,
our local leanings; that's natura
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