Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 43

THE DETROIT REE PRESS Soon Now a Clear Stream Will Run Through Port HE IS A PRODIGY this woman will manage ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLAN! AT CALCULATION Huron in Place of the Unspeakable Black River I Is SUPERIOR SOON of John Brooks of a as a a uc of the canal already are 1 Su nd ind Hll oi? inn his ew John tv if brooks rom Kiris two the Handed Him One over ARTHUR MOLE donterey and was present Pitulntlon of the City of property project to And in favor and carried into of them realized enough and was the the the all at I many rare things in old been proved to the satis Mlss Julia Emery now a the publlo schools of Sag had part in his bearing dispatches jt Ixike away begln latest in est 22 The 15 year nd nv be ob mah And Knockers Argmmesta been the boosters and ever since the canal Well mom CARNEGIE HERO MEDAL SOUGHT OR BOY WHO SAVED TWO LIVES MANIGOLD rill ire uf metamorphosis a canal from Black river a mooted many ill tin ell ain eland County Has Been Most Remarkable One a United Galveston mind he can handle make a mistake Numbers to him axe cession of figures as a very good season ry Blasted BOOK BARES YOUTHUL DREAM 24 ht 12 the Tunnel City may take showing to their friends cleansing river thoughts will not be organ so that its plainly felt on the the same time he in the left ankle and remained in the a month after his mustered out As are the contractor finished in Li in this John company Beard Charles 22 Women have invaded many fields once men but it haa remained for Mrs Rosa the pioneer in one that sems most peculiar few days ago for Klamath alls Ore ADVENTURE HAS ILLED HIS LIE In all operations He adds columns of figures Instantly uses only addition and multiplica tion To subtract he adds enough to the subtrahend to make it equal the minuend the amount di vided being the remainder To di vide he multiplies the divisor by a SUNDAY OCTOBER 23 1910 TINY CRAT MADE TRIP ROM SAGINAW TO NEW YORK AND BACK IN SEVEN WEEKS nnthreak of enlisted in just will bo no SOLVES PROBLEMS WITH LIGHTNING LIKE SPEED We have nothing to say In a com mission Despite the fact that over $100 000 has already been spent on the canal Aid O'Sullivan who is a big opinion the work should be com pleted "There are two reasontr why the work should not be given up" said this gentleman is that so much money has been expended on the canal and the other is that it would take a large sum to fill in that portion dredged" Some of the There have the knockers was started the latter being great ly In the majority and one of strongest arguments against feasibility of the project is that sand banks will not remain at solid especially at the angle which they are dug One man says there will be a sandbar formed at the Intersection of the canal and the Black river and farmers living on the banks of the river will be flooded out of their homes in spring time The money spent for digging the canal is not all that the city will be liable for if certain lawsuits turn out in favor of the plaintiffs These controversies have arisen over bridges necessitated by the con struction of the aqueduct and be cause of drains put out of action and so forth but the optimistic citizens say that all this will straightened out soon and the ject of the canal attained At the scene of work there dredges and steam shovels in eratlon while gangs of men more than 'half a dozen fish on the south shore while no than 126 tugs started out to on the south shore of Lake this season Of course there This year tested by a One gave 4898 to be answer was The gentle Manlgold as civil war Company Volunteer was wounded tn of the Mexican war 'Us enlisted in the navy In unit to Japan with Com famous expedition the St Ijiwrence dis it io the United States Later a member of the the famous "Star of the expedition to Central was present at the of Greytown His Saginaw Mich October 22 After a cruise of about 2600 miles Mr and Mrs Otto Geiger of this city have returned in their gasoline launch the Vietta New York city was their destination and the trip was made in seven weeks hntt liftia rrofi at midnitrhf shA nulled out from the Genesea avenue brldse the picture being taken by flashlight Besides Mr and Mrs Geiger there is in the oat Mr and Mrs George Brenner who went but part way to Gotham business engagements calling them back With but ctrul ihrm nfr th nn tranblA wftR fxnpri nr ed The tinrr Don went through and apparently enjoved the water excursion as well as either Mr or Mrs Geiger The Vietta is 30 feet "long and affords comfortable quarters for cooking and sleeping She went through the trip with out a breakdown which cguld not be repaired bv the skipper succession of numbers until he hits upon the product nearest the divi dend then the multiplier with the remainder la the quotient AU expert mathematlcians who have examined Mr Manlgold agree that nature has endowed him with an extra talent There have been a few Instances of instantaneous calculators but they have not been very intelligent persons psycholo gists having explained that they reached their results by intuition conscious of no mental effort In do ing so Mr Manlgold however performs his wonderful feats with conscious mental effort He is a man of edu cation and high intellect and a successful teacher He studied at the erris institute at Big Rapids for three years was principal of the school at Kingsley' Mich for three years and at Morley Mich for four years or five years past he has lived alternately in Vicks burg village and on his farm In Pavilion township Here is a man whose marvelous powers make the greatest mathe maticians shake their heads He has received tempting offers to go on exhibition but he refuses to make a show of himself in this way for he is a plain sensible man not at all vain over his gift He has frequently appeared before meetings and Institutes and 1s willing to appear at any time before euch gatherings or be fore educators and speak on mathe matical topics ed oast the Port Huron is still waiting Carland to The names that appear latest contract are those of Carland for the Jenks man and Henry McMorran bers of the canal commission Boynton Is now a member of that body but his name does not appear on the paper Contractor Carland furnished a bond of $25000 to the city and one of $10000 to the state for the completion of the work Assisting the canal commission is the canal committee of the common council consisting of Aidermen Robertson chairman and Orttenburger This body can make suggestions to the commis sion which Is chosen by the coun cil but Its members have no voice in a meeting of the commission They may make recommendations but have no hand in the executive work of the commission committee la a sort of go said Aid in speaking about the canal "We are the aldermen to whom the reports and communications from the com mission are referred and about ell we have to do with it Greatest of the Great Lakes is Rapidly Being Depleted of Its Whitefish Cadillac Mich considered possible Torrey of Cadillac to become for her eex She left here a where she will assume the active management of the big local electric lighting plant Saginaw School Teacher Gets Tender Epistle After It Lies Hidden 12 Years Saginaw Mich October 22 That there are books has faction of teacher tn inaw and Alfred Kent who holds the position of deputy county treas urer Some 11 yean ago Mr Kent like many youths was madly in with Miss Emery who as the goes another While Ing one afternoon with Miss Emery collided he says that hl back over the When num are given him can see figure on his mental black and the figure of the various as they are performed until Any group In hla never young Moll plunged once more into the water and brought her back to the beach In a fainting condition i Manigold of Vickibnrg igures as Easily in Thousands as Others Do in Units tlced above Thus 288584 not 286 thousand five hundred and thirty four but simply 28 65 84 Any number given him he first mentally points off in groups com mencing at the righthand side but he works from the lefthand side six He op are busy from morning till night remov ing the earth and spreading it about in the vicinity A large portion of it is to be used in leveling side park a short distance But even the pessimistic ning to take hope and announcement of the that the canal will be less than two months la bringing joy to the hearts of those who sup ported the project from the time of Its Inception Business people cross ing the Military street bridge who now have to hold their noses will rejoice and those whose offices or stores are situated In proximity to the river will bless the men who al most 11 yearg ago decided that what was needed to remedy the evil was a stream of fresh lake water cours ing between the banks of the Black river flushing it out continually and giving disease germs no oppor tunity to breed in the midst cf the city's business activities Port Huron October 22 Clean sparkling water will soon be flow ing through the middle of Port Hu ron and the vile odors arising from the Black river that dirty dis agreeable stream will be a thing of the past Delicate noses will have no cause for offense and res idents of pride In a bright of which of This wonderful will be worked by Lake Huron to the project which was years but undertaken only 10 years ago And what a long decade that has been waiting for the comple tilon of a work that was promised two and a half years ago Now the contractor has assured Port Huron that the big ditch will be a reality In less than two months It was in January of 1900 that the canal scheme was voted on as even at that time the Black river had made Itself most unpleasant by producing sickening odors caused by refuse dumped Into it from sev eral factories along its banks while its appearance was almost enough to lurn a stomach That little was thought of the proposi tion to flush the river by means of a canal is shown by the fact that but 890 votes in all were cast and of that number 379 were against the plan It would be a difficult task to find at the present day all the owners who voted on the but it Is an easy matter hundreds who never were of it and never will be And while the more thoughtful citizens are trying to figure out just what the canal has so far cost the city those shrewd' ones who agreed to pay their debts when the canal Is finished are evidently not worrying over the necessity of paying their bills soon City Haa Spent $104000 During the ten years in which Port future has been glow ingly portrayed because of the con templated vcompletlon of the canal the city has expended something like $104750 and the end is not yet At the outset when the people's approval was given the scheme a fund of $100000 was voted Later when it was seen that this sum would be insufficient to finish the work an additional appropriation of $25000 was made and later still $10000 more was placed at the dis posal of the canal commission? However these two latter amounts have not been touched as the money over the $100000 is being taken the government has planted in the vicinity of Marquette about 7000000 fish which is a some what larger number than has been planted in past years The total number of fry planted this year on the south shore of Lake Superior not far from 25000000 At first thought it would seem that this was a pretty liberal allotment but as a matter of fact it is only a drop in the bucket In compari son the fish hatchery of the state of Pennsylvania produces an annual output of over 1000000000 a large proportion of which are planted in Iake Erie in the vicinity of the city of Erie while the government hatcheries add considerably to (this quota When it is considered that Pennsylvania is not a fishing state these are quite remarkable and go to show that the Marquette fishermen are not far from right when they say that Lake Superior has been fished out Her So you ast daughter her hand hey? she done give yo it I presume? Mr Johnsing Yassir and de doc tah charged ms only $1 fo' setting mah jaw Chicago News Unlike Others He Performs Hi Wonderful Peats With Con scious Mental Effort Battle Creese Mich October 22 The village ot Vicksburg ic the home of a man who is a "marvel In Manlgil 1 the "light ning calculator" In instantaneous calculation he Is a prodigy if it were not for his extreme modesty and retiring disposition he would be known all over the United States Recently he was party of gentlemen Manlgold the figures multiplied by 67 The instantaneous 828168 I man gave his age as 32 quickly gave the number of seconds in his life as 995328 and three ciphers The gentleman laborious ly reduced 82 years to 11520 days and down to 995328000 seconds "Suppose I were 99 years old?" Al most before the gentleman had fin ished speaking Manigold said 8079 298 and three ciphers If 32 year and six months old? In a second he replied 101088 and four ciphers Mr Manlgold is conscious of per forming these lightning calcula tions He always closes his eye when figuring but the answer 1 announced so quickly that seem impossible for him to have done any calculating Manlgold's mind works with incredible swiftness and in one second mind can travel events of a long time bars every board ateps the result is reached of figures that he can see and pockets with johnny no'risscs and walked to loeping In stables on he obtained em machine shop and irude When about 25 he went to sea jr broke out between United States he en lisle barracks Pa in I lilted States cavalryIrj charge at Palo Alto I bad saber wound in i He was also In the li I October 22 Not 1 ii in years but full of in sad adventures has been the Midland oldest and eniirkable citizen John lroks who celebrated his 99thlay a few years ago He served army in two wars and in the town them was captured erril'is hanged and cut by a young woman nrward married was with Perry on the latters ex edition to Japan and had tier stirring adventures the lery beginning of hisms unusual for he was born a fe days before his par I in America from Eng it father and mother is infancy and he lived it terson of Now Castle ed by Rust in MRS ROSE TORREY October only for The picture at the right shows the tangle of weeds and underbrush choking up the portion of the canal first excavated At the left looking toward Lake Huron showing the most recently completed section of the big ditch Marquette Mich October 22 What has become of the trout and whitefish in Lake Superior? This is a question that Marquette fishermen in common with others on the south shore of the lake are asking Catches have never been so light The result of an all day trip with one of the fish tug Is often not more than 800 pounds of fish which is not enough to pay the op erating expenses A half ton is considered an average catch on a single trip That Lake Superior known as the abode of the finest whitefish in the world is fast becoming a fishless sea Is a startling statement but that is what the fishermen assert The fishermen have been doing les and less business each year for some 1 time The tugs have been going! farther and farther out each suc ceeding season and now the nets are set as much as a five run out of Marquette and even in those unfrequented waters there very few fish in the a and rloyment was as engineer steamer Neighbor Is any one sick at vour house Johnny? Johnny ww 1 ba vxrv sink Not yet doctor only started come this mornin in the a Minle ball in an engage the Black Horse cavalry crossroads He then en Company Second Penn cavalry as first and was again wounded at ond battle Hull Ron Upon being discharged from the hospital in October 1862 he entered old regiment the Twenty eighth Pennsylvania infantry On May IS lc64 at Roost a fragment of a shell struck him over the heart displacing that beating can be right side At received a ball and right thigh hospital about rAirimnt was mementoes of his twenty of service he still carries four bullets in his body Romance also rAAA While Brooks was captured by guerrillas and immediately hung up to a tree and left for dead Upon regaining consciousness he found a young woman Miss Mary McClellan bending over him She 11 1 cov ered his predicament atd it him down just in the nick of girl became his wife and died sexen vears ago Mr Brooks has lived in Midland county for 40 odd years and is highly respected love atory skat rival with Kent but failed to beg hla pardon This led to complications in the young mind as to how he stood in the admiration Tak ing advantage of a few spare mo ments next day in school he penned an epistle the music of his heart strings The tender composition was placed in an envelope and sealed but then something happened just what no one will ever know However the letter never reached its destination until this week when the book in which It was placed by its author was taken from the supply room of the school board and sent to the Houghton school It was opened and the letter drop ped out The address was plain so a messenger was dispatched with the letter to Miss Emery who read it over very carefully and the school teachers with whom she con fided regarding the "case" of her youth had good laugh as Kent is now married and has a fine bby boy from the general fund This is a matter of economy because if the city were to float bonds for $35000 the interest paid out would be greater than that now accruing on the funds in the banks But to get back to the subject Contractor John Carland of To ledo agreed to complete the work by January 1908 a forfeit of $10 per day being payable for everv day required over the specified day for the winding up of the work At that rate he would now owe the city of Port Huron over $8000 How ever he has not yet been asked to settle this item in the contract The first contract was signed ebruary 10 1902 between Port Huron and the Cuyahoga Contract ing company of Cleveland to con struct the canal for $81443 This company commenced work at Lake Huron but after proceeding a few hundred feet toward the Black riv er gave up the job and work came to a standstill Walt of our Years was almost four year before canal commission got busy s' 3S It Vi ea again and In October 1906 John Carland took the contract and agreed to complete the canal in 15 months from the date of signing It was he who inserted the stipula tion that a forfeit of $10 per day should be paid for every day the completion of the work was delay contract date jlul for Mr Arthur Moll 15 Years Old of Kenton Rescued Two Young Women Drowning Kenton Mich October friends of Arthur Moll the old son of Dr Moll are making an effort to secure for the boy a Car negie medal on account of the hero ism displayed by the lad in rescu ing two young women from drown ing at Dayton Beach lorida March lai' that 1 A tured out too far and were caught by tne unaeriow deep water One able to swim back to safety Tho other Miss Ida Overstreet was carried out still farther and was helpless and in immediate danger of drowning Had it not been for the prompt ness of Arthur Moll the girl would have been lost He immediately plunged into the surf and swam out to the drowning girl After a splen did struggle he succeeded in bring ing her back in safety to the beach Another woman in the excitement became exhausted in the surf and wouia nave been drowned had not ew Tuge Are Operated The acarclty of fish In Lake perior is even more remarkable when it is considered that there are I not tugs less fish Erie are many gasoline fishing boat in addition to these but their numer ical proportion on the two lakes is probably about the same as in the case of the steam tugs There are fewer steam tugs on Lake Superior now than in the past No tugs are now operated out of Ontonagon while last year there were two In commenting on this condition of affairs August Anderson oper ator of the tug Columbia stated that the reason fishing was so much poorer in Lake Superior than in the other great lakes was that the government was not replanting fast enough to take the place of those fished out each year Lake Superior Is now declared to be the poorest of the great lakes as far as fishing is concerned and this in the face of the fact that it is fished the least Until the states and the federal gov ernment began planting by the mil lions and billions however there was the same scarcity of fish In the lower lakes By liberal propaga tion Lake Erie and Lake Ontario I have become restocked until the fishing Interests there report that this has been 'Z Drainage Caned Projected for Many ears and inally Undertaken in 1902 Approaching Completion and Contractor Promises That Two Months More Will See It Done Scheme Has Long Been ought and Scoffed At But Its Adherents Are Sure It Will Prove of Invaluable Benefit to the City i A I 1 Bl in A 1 date 1 I i If I Jgsaa WW Tws nil I 'i I I i I 1 Mt1 Jr1 w'yiztV 4Tr rx 'U Vo rs ITO fi Ji 1 1 i 111 I 1 1 4 xyjwo'ywkz rtrtifKM A I MSm 1 as 'f a BBHWI I I tV 'S IV sv 8 5 3: 1 kt js I 8 I a I il 7 I JSS I iHEiaaaHaauuMataantQHUimM lisaBnuasaaBasBcaBaiMBaBaataBHBuuMBaBaMMMMiMlteteiiWMMteaMiMaaiuwiaiMMcMauMaazkaii I 4 1 1 I "d6 'k MM 1 xSSw 1 Bi il Ifl I i rl I mi Ill BME Nx aht Illi OK VMM I II ni i A I Kl in EM mi I 1 I I 1 5 4 'r 'Z A V' If x' i 9 'v AksJ V'! a A I I 4 1 I 1 i 1 isSI i.