The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-31

per cent ~ our population
Like Buffalo. Cleveland owed It's
early greatness % q creek. Chlr
secretaries. high up In thc 100 foot
loner ~ Cleveland Union station.
io"k down IN spirit as in truth on
Ca}ahosa FLATS
From a tower owned by rallways
they can easily identify The site %
q canal bed buried under n railroad
risht % way. In the most striking
uuli - Clrvcland's ambitious city
Within = City" they survey the ugiy
valley which Interrupts the plateau
along which the city sprawls
The Cuyahosa Is hut one of many
crooked. slow. sllmy. smelly little
rivers. ir.desceut with ogl. edged
with rust. and crossed hy duu
black bridges. which obsequlousiy
enter the Great Lakes
Hui hack of these homeiy lltfls
creeks, reGectlng prosale chImncys
and velled iu smoke. are heart stir
ring symbols ou ticker tape. 81.
elusive homes on many Lake
Shore drive. bridges on the Eu-
phrates and the lrrawaddy. pipe
lines across the Syrian desert. and
chemical works as efficient and
ndnruus as those of the Huhr.
Theoretically. the best place to
study lake shipping would be from
viewing stand Of Alpeua. with
most of the 250O Great lakes yes
sells. nEwresatlhg 20o0.00 toms ca.
paciiy. weaving a fabric % tratllc
up and down the lakes
Eui The actual erandgaud. n one
likes npen-water perspccIiyes better
than the $500" locks. Il the lawn ~
Deiroii's exclusive old club. ln ST
Clair fats. 10 1929. agurlug On an
eIght-monih season. 80 tons %
traffic passed the old club every
minute ~ the day and night-more
than $40 times that carried through
the Suez canal during the Same
period.
What city has Influenced modern
mankind more than netroltf It's
hnslnessllke stoves aud oilburulng
furnaces have supplanted fhe 70
mantle hearth. It's drugs have aid
ed healing around tie globe It's
electric refrlgerntors have helped
hanlsh the iceman. Most revolu.
tionary of all. II put horse power
under the feet Of man.
Where Automobiles Are Made.
Most OF Americas automobile fac.
tories are adjacent TO the Great
Lakes. With 5n.Oo0Oco tons a year
Of iron ore and coal being borne
south and north along the Detroit,
water front. and millions Of tons OF
limestone from Caleite and Alpena
passing It's wharves. Detroit seems
the natural center for automobile
production. But the motor mag
mates emphasize the human side.
In King. Olds. Leland and Ford. the
city had a group OF ingenious. rest.
less brains whose value was Inn.
measurable.
North OF Detroit. there is lime
stone and salt. and enough fish 10
fll solid cars. which are rushed
through 10 Chicago and New York
There are even az times special
whitefsh planes which fiy the food
- distant cities Rut with such ex-
ceptions as Port Heron. nay city
Alpena. Calciie. Muske.on. AMI
Gary. the lake shore In summer Is
largely a playground.
Thanks to the tempting influence
OF Green Pay. over whose portage
Father Marquette and Joliet arst
reached the Mississippi. Door coun.
" Is wlsconsln's cherryland.
In the canning factory at Stur-
geon Pay neatly aproned operatives
wait for the red cascade ~ cherries
10 come pouring down Into their
AAAssA#AAttf@ " tAAA hfARtfn ANEIEGEs
aud summer resorts. Door county Il
a busy place. and from the observa.
fion towers OF Peninsula and Poto-
watomi State parks one looks down
on a wonderland of forest and wa.
ter. tourists resorts. and cherry or.
chards decorated with signs read.
lng. Pick your own. one cent a
pound"
Il Is long jump westward from
Cherryland 10 Duluth-Superior ths
huskiest twins on the lakes. Their
rivalry keeps alive local spirit but
their combined strength Is OF world
wide Importance.
Two sand pits enclose the most
picturesque and remarkable ha-bor
OF all those around our inland seas.
with 40 miles Of frontage and Il
miles OF dredged channels. To the
northwest a bluff rises so steeply
from the water that those who ap-
proach over the two main highways
suddenly look over the edge OF the
plateau upon this expanse OF city
and harbor.