The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-08
PEQUAMlNG MILL SOLD
Deal Concluded This P. N. Which
Will Mean a Great Deal to
Baraga County

Another large deal which asures
greater activity and prosperity for
Baraga county, was concluded this
afternoon, when the Ford Motor COM
pany announced the purchase Of the
holdings of Charles Hebard & Sons,
Inc, of Pequaming. In the deal is
included the large double band saw
mill, lath and shingle mills, 10000
acres of land which it is estimated
will cut over four hundred million
feet of timber, thirty million feet of
manufactured lumber on the docks at
Pequaming, three million feet Of logs
ready to cut into lumber, the town
of Pequaming, with its 105 dwellings,
office building, electric light and wa
ter pumping plant, club house. two
tugs, the Daniel L. Hebard and Jay
C. Morse, besides the large scow Pc
.qnaming, which is used to haul hard
wood logs to the mill, standard
gauge logging railroad fully equip
ped, a general store we'll stocked for
the peoples needs. telephone line
to L'Anse and everything required to
conduct the company's business.
There is also a large schoolhouse to
educate the young, the Odd Fellows
hall for amusements, and two church
'es. The entire business Of Pequam-
ing's people has been transacted
with the Hebard company.
Herman Hartt will have charge of
the operation Of both the Pequaming
and L'Anse mills.
The Ford Motor company will take
active charge of the Pequaming op-
erations some time next week.
In announced the sale, Mr.. Kings
for issued the following statement:
Negotiations have been closed for
the purchase by the Ford Motor Co.
of the location known as Pequaming,
in Baraga county, Michigan, including
j1the saw mill, railroad, towing outfit
and water equipment, lumber, logs,
logging equipment, timber lands, and
substantially all Of the interests Of
Chas. Hebard & Sons, Inc, in the
counties Of Baraga, Ontonagon
Houghton and Marquette"
The plant is two band saw mill
with a lath and shingle mill, the
yearly cut Of lumber being twenty
five million feet. About seven mil
lion lath and seven million shingles
are manufactured yearly.
This vast amount of timber pur-
chased will be all cut under the Ford
plan, the larger trees being taken out
the brush burned and the small trees
preserved.
The Ford company now owns ap.
proximately 175,000 acres in L'Anse
township and will pay about three.
quarters Of the taxes, being the larg.
est single taxpayer in Baraga coun-
ty.
This makes three saw mills that
Ford now own in northern Michigan
besides the Imperial mine in Spur
township. With the saw MILL, dry
.kilns and body plant at Iron Noun
tam, the Imperial iron mine at Spur
and the saw mill and dry kilns Al
.L'Anse, he has created and made ovel
Cities and towns. Iron Mountain
(which before his entry was a large
sovergrown town, has become the bus
lest center Of industry in northern
Michigan. Its people are happy ant
prosperous. Nearly $500 are EN-
ployed in the various Ford plants
new business interests have entered
many new homes have been built an
fhousands Of tourists and visitors ar
drawn there, all because Of Ford
entry.
e. G. Kingsford, the guiding gem
us Of the Ford activities in Glover
land, il to be credited for locatin
the first Ford unit IN Iron MountaiI