The Bessemer Herald from Bessemer, Michigan • Page 1

BESSEMER HERALD nm pen YCAR IN ADVANCE iY, OCTOtEft 21, VOLUME 47, MUMSCft 43. HERE 11TH Legion Post Installs of Peter Gedda Post of the American Legion who elected aeraal weeks ago. beaded by Charles Scaxarda. new commander, were installed at a special meeting test NAVY DAY OCT. 27 Navy will he observed next Tlwrafey.

Oct. 27, the anniversary of tfat tfeath President Theodore Kaowvclt. The toeal American ion the men to tfceir on that day and grans will be heW in all the Plans for the observance of Armis- tice Day on Xor. were also made aad the following committees were Take Jurakovkh To Ann Arbor Hospital Jurakovkb, Besoemer road was taken to Ann Arbor last Thursday evening to receive medical Ifo suffered a stroke early last week while at the township garage in HEARING OF SUIT HALTED BY JUDGE NO HEADWAY MADE IN U. S.

COURT ON CASE BROUGHT Marquette--For the second time during the October term of United States district court a jury hearing a civil action was dismissed before a verdict was reached. Judge Fred M. Raymond halted the $30,000 suit brought by Lawrence A. Wangkrd, Glidden, contractor, against the William Bonifas Lumber company, ot Escanaba, when it be- came apparent that no appreciable headway could be made, because of the fact that the accounting system WKat A Tourist And Resort Census Survey Of Gogebk County Reveals During the months of 1MX, I-tatkms doing a large volume of tourist TCWMt tourist Irasineag were able to epertte wu carried on In Gogebte county by with Uttle or no increase In Edward C. Prophet, department of head costs, geology and geography, Michigan And state college.

Mk The object was the measuring and from evaluation of the volume value, impor- would not ordinarily expect to tance and form of the tourist, and re- sort Industry In Gogebk county an IX G. Kerr. Xew Tort retired president of the United States Steel Corporation, has made an stav this summer autumn at Sv An. roet. TO lines of taBitteM benefited he hasentertamed many of summer tntde wblcb TM i Superior and be sort.

mentioned In a list of this A plumber sold a heating plant to a nutlly. It was desired to learn how reporter. Several plumbers and the Industry functioned in this tinsmiths made repairs to cottages, what resources were available, and' furniture dealers sold equipment how intently the resources now de- for summer homes. Gogebic county veloped were being utilized. doctors and dentists provided The effort had the aid of the cities' of Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield.

im to the extent of about $oOO. the civic and commercial Drug stores confectioner TM tions In these communities, and many community, township and county offi- cials. Tii rolls throughout the county were carefully examined and the val- uation of all resort property was not- ecL AH developed recreation pro- iety stores had August sales of about $2,000 as shown on the question- juries. A music store made sales to visitors. Some lodging houses reported In- comes of up tb $50 per month I the summer season.

MANY MID Excavate For Sawmill Foundation OVER WEEK END Two steam shovels arc on job Heeling the acre site of the new Underwood Veneer company jUiit oft I highway TJ- S. S. west of this city. Eight tracks are used in hauling away the dirt. Excavation is underway for the the sawmill which will TWO BOYS SHOOT SELVES: 3 RECEIVE FRACTURES IN FALLS Mrs.

Jennie Webb, age a double fracture of her right fee fa'. 4 Bd 14 a fall Saturday at the home of a Ramsay, has the in-law and daughter. Mr, aad Erwfn Foltt. She is confined to her jj home after receiving trwittEeEt Parade--Martin Krakovec. Peter of the plaintiff was not in proper and Victor CarlL Richards, Leonard and Victor Wigg.

GOGEB1C COUNTY IS IN FIRST DISTRICT R. S- MARKS OF WATERSMEET 10 promote fie organization sion of Ctmserva- -r: has divided Director George ohsr.se? in the organ- of the Division were ar.in:er several o.r-vottd to perfec- cave been. of (he Trh'-h 1 cor.irol All fisheries. as announced by Diree- shape. The hearing was halted and de- ferred until the January term of fed- eral court in Sault Ste- Marie.

Attor- neys are to be given time in which to amend their declarations. Wan- gard had been on the witness stand since the start of the trial in an ef- fort to prove that the lumber com- pany attempted to restrain him from carrying out a contract to cut haul timber in Gogebic county. and Michigan DEPARTMENT OF STATE Weekly News Bulletin Frank D. Fitzgerald Secretary of State JWCMUUU perties were visited and operating them are doing so because Every accessible part of the county! of lack of employment in other Many of Gr 1 wag visited. Merchandise Sales To Tourists A sufficient number of question- naires were returned to permit rea- lines, and the house income is a very important item to them.

The tourist camp at Sunday lake. Wakefield, reports the number ot naires were returned to permit rea- pftQple staying over nig i lt at the camp sonable estimates of total tourist and 70n th month Auuusi resort receipts in a given area or community. It can be said with a as about 700 In the month of August. 1931, and the total for the year, up to September 1. as about 3.500 people.

i These were campers from outside the Roy Carlson, of this shot the rigui wrist Monday ing -while hunting. Tee- -2J calibre bullet gtauced froni a tree- and ssrcct Carlson. The bullet was rvKEOvec at the Grand "View hosi Eugene Hedberg. 15- of North accidentally concrete work. It Is pton of the company to the sawmill, blacksmith shop horse barn this falL Erection of buildings will follow iti the A crainage pipe line is being laid supervision of the city and relief laborers are employed i hi abdomen Sunday afternoon calibre rifle while tarset sb -near home.

HLs cos.dk A UCSc cl i i sales to tourists and resorters in the county and thev canu at the park serious. city of Bessemer for 1931 were about one ni of them stay Lila Maki. of In Wakefield about fQr geveral tlavs Th i camp ri ht arm and in Ironwood $79,300. Including flirther reports that the number of fell while playing Saturday each camp was opened Motets And The Tourist Hotels report that their primary the business is with the commercial travelers, but that the tourist busl- broke er the sales of Ironwood wholesalers in campers has steadily increased resorting centers in the country, the fc wag open ed. i i Qiiznnfifi 4 three communities sold over $150,000 worth of merchandise which was uti- lized or consumed by Gogebic county tourists and resorters during year.

Angus of this cisy. his wrist while playing day afternoon, MAYBE ABANDONED MICHIGAN CENTRAL PART OF SHORTEST DETROIT TO U. ROUTE This is a large amount of business, and it is well worth having. Much of it is done without greatly augment- ed overhead expense, through estab- ness is appreciable In size. Plates For Gogebic LansSnjr.

of all! during the resort season. 1 inda EoAoa- Onioaagon liig Keweenaw, Gogebic. Iron, R- S. Marks. Dii-irici No.

Including all other Is peninsula. Stau- It-v SaESi. Tbompson. Division is under the of Fred A. Wester- B.

Cook Is charge of systc-si does mean of iseii to tie force, it 5 promotions levoix. she ll aajcliery overseers appoint- zation the have immed-1 of Ssfc. activities in sssieaed These duties saivervision of ail hatch- 'ex5e5- fee-sins: staiioas'''and state sass a-ad bluesiil rearing ponds. The" -siB receive applications for gsi szid plaiitiBE of fish and will coicsc-: surreys and studies of stream asc lake A 1 reqtie5TS. other nzsiters to the uisuict will SKI oe tipos by lie district Ii'as Ie2ievv.fi that the iew fisheries fieid organitatien will result In great- er since it will localize all automobile license plates than six figures.

Is to be ed by the Department of State in through the use of combinations of letters and numerals. The system will reduce the amount of steel needed for the plates and it is estimated that the move will effect a saving of several thousand dollars. The lower'numbered, plates will easier to read and the letters which will preceed the numbers will be as- signed to definite counties. Allocation of letters will be as foU lows: plates will be assigned to Al- cona. Alger, Allegan, Alpeua, An- trim and Arenac counties; plates to Baraga.

Barry, Bay. Benzie. Berrieii and plates to Calhouu, Cass, Char- Cheboygan. Chippewa. Clare, Clinton and Crawford counties.

plates to Dickinson and Delta counties. plates to Eaton and Euimet counties. plates to Genesee. Glachvin, Gogehic. Grand Traverse and Gratiot counties.

plates to Hillsdale, Houghton and Huron counties. plates to Ingham. Ionia, losco, Iron and Isabelle counties. plates to Jackson county. plates to K'alamazoo.

Kalkaska, Keiit and Keweenaw counties. plates to Lake, Lapeer, Lee- lanau. Lenawee, Livingston and Luce counties. piates to Mackinac, Macomb, Manistee. Marquette, Mason, Mecosta, Many times during the summer of 1931 all hotel accomodations were taken, anil was to direct guests to N.

a ht Schoot Ctasse- Be 9 eu overnoau 6 lodging houses. Persons xvho lishmcr.ta functioning the year around, i tounbt iougin fc ui Additional help is. of course, reqtiir- i Some general observations of 1 ed during the resort season in many report comment on the lack of jj-e cases but questionnaries did not ing land in Gogebic county; tiie ex-j show that the inventories of met-, ceptionally fine climate of the region: changers were markedly Increased i tho disparity in velopment on me They did, i Wisconsin -and the Michigan side? howovcr a larger turnover, of the state line, largely due to the which a prime object of every mer- fact that Wisconsin's development industry antedates that f.f Michigan by fifteen It is' demonstrated that the hnpor-l ear tlmt: hf ot the tourist and resort busi- 6 ness to oil si aliens and garages vuiies location. Those Tee anrionncement that th Central railway may aban- clc.r. Mackinavr division has arous- ed uszistta? Interest In the Upper Irisnls.

A study of the c-f operation, and prospects of Ihr- jine IK is a jxssluility. it that i he ruay lead to av. ayplica- so Inierstate Commerce Com- zor ihe Mu-hisan Ceniral's from the lerritory. The 5Iat-kihaw iniJt-s from Bay City to It serves seventeen Gsylorii. Gray- directly with their on the main highways of Gogebic report that a larger propor- 4ij per cent in one or two the shrinking of the assessment rolls in so-nie townships due -decline in timber.

About 33.200 in to the the. Ramsay school, le conducted frotc umil S- OTI Tuesday nights ci" euch vctek. are Chehoysan. English are the EV.V sut-jec-s iv -i Wrsi Branch an-I Starulish. tre-: this year, 10 Lewis- G.

X. 33 and Jordan. rue night ti-iiorJ 1 most iiiiportani lines There it- no- i--r, uonhem Mk-aigan. anu a part rouiv- De- i Fire chief. the Ramsay cases of ll during county are devoted to public and pri-j manner in ust 1931 came from tourists and vate recreational uses, with a value themselves outside visitors.

A Wakefield sta-! of over The exceptionally week tion reporter! over 70 per cent of I fine scenic attractions cf GogeMe To Observe Fire G. Eit- Frelsrh! mifHc oa the has seriously 3y The The line- suffered through the the timlic-r resources local residents. Since it costs no remarkable Mount Zion park in Iron more to a gas tank than to put wood is also given considerable space st ho olg intrt ir flip i in flip rpnort. three gallons into it. the in the report.

i National Fire -creek. Peters Bid Is t-ow On Road Project C. PETERSON PASSES ON MONDAY ARREST FOUR FOR To Attend i The Fire -ex- i pects- to send a fair sfzec to meeting c-f tlie Goss-bfe Safety W. S. of "vTaV-cfieM.

the iii'Mer for 1.2 "xVik-rselc. Bid? opened Tu'es- ST the hisliivay o-lce iu of tie Ssh plantiiis program and lake I en0 minee. Midland, Missaukee, Mon- Demo Candidates In County Today county Is being Tisited to- fey state Democratic candidates a rally fe planned for this even- tsg at at the Walo hall in Iron- -iriU include Judge Pa- H. of Detroit, Demo- cratic candidate for attorney general. A.

K. Stebbins. of Escanaba. Demo-' ciatic- candidate for lieutenant gov- ernor, aad Jacob Talonen. prominent lawyer of Detroit- County To.

Erect 15 Miles Snow Fence Gogebic couniy road conimis- planainf to erect about 15- taues of snow fence along state and -coasty before tie snow flies. iaclode also those township roads by the county under act. roe. Montcalm. Montmorency and Muskegon counties.

plates to Newaygo county. plates to Oakland. Oceana, Oge- maw, Ontonagon, Osceola, Oscoda, -Otsego and Ottawa counties. plates to Presque Isle county, plates to Roscommon county. plates to Saglnaw, Sanilac, Schoolcraft, Shiawassee, St.

Claire and St. Joseph counties. plates to Tuscola county. plates to VanBuren county. plates to Washtenaw and Wex- ford counties and Wayne county, which also will receive "U.X.Y.

and Z' 1 plates. FUNERAL OF AGED BESSEMER RESIDENT HELD YESTERDAY Mrs. Christina Peterson, age passed away Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock at the home of her son. Gust Peterson, with whom she made her home. I Death was due to the infirm 'ties of oV age.

Deceased was a resident of this city, since 1919. She was born in Vannland, Sweden, on Dec. 28. 1844., Besides her son, she leaves two closed on Oct. 9.

Andrew Wicklund of Iron- wood, and Gust Peterson of Seattle, and.eight grandchildren. services were held day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home and at 2:30 from the Sharon Lutheran church, Rev. F. E. W.

Kast- man officiating. Burial took place iid Hillrest cemetery. 1,000 POUNDS OF FISH CONFIS- CATED AND GIVEN TO POOR Fbui local fishermen were arrested last week by Bay Barron and Harry Cbllins, state '-'conservation officers: be held oi'iai bii The meetiug. ay 5r. Efvanab Ironwoou.

55.531.25. J. K. only Mrs. Oscar Larson for having nets set in Lake Superior) ed by a number of during the closed season, nesctay afternoon at lier feosie cefe- One thdiisahd Douiids of lake trout tiori blncday Anvil News I One thousand pounds of lake trout and whitefish were Cards were- playes ar gether with the nets and other equip- i and the afteraoon coEcIuii'rS merit.

The season for netting fisn serving of a delicious In eight guests. Mrs. E. F. was hostess for tfca les Kinnunenv Henry Muhoneh.

Einar Maki. They pleaded not guilty when arraigned in Justice A. J. Gedda's court on Thurs- was set for Former Resident day, Oct. 25 and their bonds set at $200.

The fish was divided among the poor commissioners of the county for distribution among the needy. Mrs. Larson received a gift her friends. Mr Mrs, A "Fire Prevention" program was feelQ at the Ajvil school gymnasium last Friday afternoon. Miss Maty Chemak arrived home ii recently from Chicago, and will visit as Indefinite period at the home I of her parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pofe asc ses a to Iron Victor, left Friday for Escassba, Ttey Mrs. S. B.

Savera motored Friday morning an 1 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. will be the guests of Mr. asd Steve Fodor. They returned home John Judsoa for a Satcncay afternoon- Mr.

and Mrs. daughter Louise spent the las; Dies In Hospital Grand View Is --r Peter Scala. of Hurley, a former; resident of Bessemer, died Sunday; night at 8 o'clock at the Grar.d, View i Be County Nurse hospital, after an illness of two weeks following a paralytic stroke. KS end as the guest of Mountain and of Mrs. C- K.

Malnes in Palmer. Cte ther were accompanied by Xrs. Ham. Sharpless wfeo wiii tsea tw TM as City, tiey vjsited friends for The in 3 made lAODard a nva ere sioraSsg will nsit for an in- Grand View Hospital has been given ull" and unconditional approval of I he American College of Surgeons, 55 years old. Funeral services were held nesday morning to -a letter received by the; hospital on Monday from Dr.

Frank-1 Bessemer from St. Mary's ed Hn M. Martin, director general of the on the bon.c is co; Miss Florence Gilmore, former Go- in Hurley. Rev. P.

F. Meyer gebic county tuberculosis nurse, will omc iating. 1 return here from California on or ev cem etery. about Nov. 1 to resume her former 1 position.

She will succeed Miss SSrs. illdelton anc daughter Gale, froai Detroit and will 4 spesd the "svlsier at the home of Mrs. brother-in-law and sister, Mr. Mrs. J.

A. Sabin. Mrs, Carl RepisskI entertained the Asvfi circle of St. Sebastian's church 5 of Bessexaer. at her home Wednesday from time to time who make a com- Many of the signer? have agreed altersoos.

plete inspection of the hospital plant to withdraw the netMoa is of Mrs. Marion Jurakorich left Mon- and its facilities for treating the the fact that tae mines w3I be day evening for Ann Arbor called college with headquarters at Chicago. eral election oa Nov. Burial was in the Hur-' The college sends out Inspectors by 4S who recently 0 was marrt I Helium gas was discovered on the The hospital is graded on the quality ed on a part tine basis fe Aere by the Illness of Mr. Jurakovich ed to a a keeper the sun long before it was discovered on' of its staffs, excellence of equipment; to relieve tae th.

tf, 1 ttnn Gogebic county infirmary. the earth and service to patients. i tion. 3io is receiving treatment Uaaverssty hospital,.