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The Escanaba Daily Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 28

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To Jay And Tomorrow ESC AN A It A DAILY PRESS 11 it i JAM WAI MUrrb rotate Pu er JtAN WURTH. U. P. Sportsmen Step Backward I hat mMm ur It thr Thrrr artion thr have pen Amrn uld have rrvmlrd it it isiblr if Conquest Of Colds cial fact Tat the'fiance of the iurt begat it ttir mobfl th buildin hut with the Governor it the i Nat HH I GuardHeeau. ei this omis- I ion the 1 ir a weak rase.

open the chaige hat he isdoing lething wllieh he prom- not I tely. to ipose integra- i Federal tr hr deliberately Prevented hfs ing oui or- iers fiom Federa 1 court fact, it was in nal Guareprevented the out of el rie i he court He i on say th it "w-hlever normal tthe of the law and pei vine order, it nocessat Federal gov- 1 ei nmenl act Blit what I V- de nof at the rmal agent loquate. it tate tro the (tOvernrr to nullity I the law. Ti.e hi full of elements that OJ s. misguided per.sons, sof the nirt have been I fui." ratef The Pi cture.s himself as one i( to go to the 1 of the tate of which en rugh to order.

The factis that riuso rd brok- out af- ter the nor tnullified the then with- ling, on nullifying Thr crucial fact In Ark ar is the det miner use the tili purpose of prevent i ttle Koek Th- lot Ferir vent ion aiO'-e directly from iel ianee of the law Gu; i. nwmg to the tor emg 1 aW' an preserving or- 111 ervent ion of Federal gov- rrnn.entwas ref pi red A- Fimi re nee, when the the essential whet hethe Governor ithdraw he ttooj It was wheth- lei ite nrders to tne troops there was understanding reached on this ce ntral on it, why vere hr lievethat theconference was 1 iirrr evrrvsuppose that I WRITE LOOKED I.1KF. Tills whfn it started with only onr itintaer stark by the Jackson Iron Company in The charcoal srr pirturrd in operation at erntrr Irrt with hardwood pilrrt in front of thrm and an orr hargr from thr rail rnd at Karan a ha is in front of thr furnarr Murh of thr nrtup rrmaina to rrmind thr visitor of today of thin now drad industry. Exhaustion Of Timber Near Marquette Caused Fayette I Edsott In Washington Bv PETER KIMOft spite of the desires of millions of and relu- all over the world to get into the United States. attempts by alieiv to smuggle themselves or to be smuggled into this country are believed to be at a 10-year low, says James F.

Greene, head of U. S. Border Patrol. This statement is made guardedly, for tho.se who don't get caught can be counted. Rut effective has the U.

S. Border Patrol become that few aliens can penetrate it on foot, by automobile, by airplane or by ship. There was tremendous pressure from Europeans to get into the United States at tne end of World War II. But Europe has quieted down now, and the problem is reduced. For the fiscal year ending June 30.

only 405 smugglers of were apprehended by the Border Patrol and there were only 48.000 deportable aliens caught in the United Contrast thw with 1954 when 1.800 smugglers of aliens were caught and theie were 1.028.000 deportable aliens in thr United States Over 99 per cent of 1.022.000—tame from Mexico. They weir crossing the river to find orle Xettlint this problem bv a new treaty with Mexico in 1954 cut the illegal flow of aliens from that country to 221.000 in (1952 and in 195fi. 500.000 came in legally this year. Also, more men weir put on Bordei Pa- jtiol in 1955. Of thr 1,500 men in the service todav, ovei half are on the Mexican Hv JEAN WORTH Exhaustion of accessible hardwood for the charcoal kilns of the Jackson Iron near Marquette resulted in the creation of the iron smelting ghost town of no coming th state park Fax ette (if the onci tinct iron Upper Pe Paper Co ed to Mid sv on its wav to newest of Michigan Fayette, made the to be- ed the Wi NeHe Thr Shorter Work Week ight tor and on sary veri I raw for i een Rut can I lrd "Wha 19nR i by a AFL-CK lablv wit pcted to And a tei.

ico in pay a Ci joa! being I icll, refuge i accounts ior i afflictions, are the magazi i longer drum to Do About 1 md ibie to do if ti self TI in ad' ought not to he it at the center ally ki-op him- Co use pretending that a nent and complexity into control. in he at Down Memory Lane Brow n. manager of the Jackson Iron to search for such a area. Albert Kidder, Howard and Frank Brotherton, the father of A. Brotherton, search and reeommenri- rden Peninsula on Rig Bay de Noc.

Tne Jackson Iron bought 26,000 acres of timb- I or land there and in May IRfi" a blast furnace was constructed on Snail Shell Harbor, which was then named Fayette for Fayette Brown. The furnace was completed and the first pig iron was cast on Christmas Day in lRflT. A second stack was added in 1870. All the main buildings and stacks were built of limestone taken from the high cliffs near the site. Adelle history of the Garden Peninsula reports that besides tiie two stacks, Jackson Iron owned sets of huge, bee-hive shaped brick charcoal kilns.

These held from to 40 cords of wood each There as a set of kilns at Puffy Creek, one at South River, one at Fayette, on Section 5. one set at Section 9. one set on Section 17 near Mud Lake, one set at Centre Kilns Section 29 and one set known as the Summer Island Kilns. In addition to those listed in Sack Bay and Fairbanks Township, there were also sets at Garden Bay and at Kate's Bay. Forests To Coal "At Isabella, Robert McClellan owned a set of kilns and sold on Iron built the charcoal to the furnace.

On Scc- on the Great Lakes tion 23, 38 19 Aime well pre.served relic mportant now cx- nelting industry in the nsula. It was pur- ntly by the Escanaba that it could be ariri- tn's park system The pany will receive an cquival- value in state forest lands in lange for Fayette, he story of Fayette really with the discovery of iron he irquette Range by Capt. party of gov- W'o are told." wrote Miss Elliott, "that in several places coal was made without the use of kilns by making holes in the ground and covering the logs with earth These were known as The ruins of the at Fav- still are to be seen, as is of the lime kiln there. The tte produced theof On ette that Fay 000 to 20.001 an averase from the Ja naba overlai moved by 1 Rumage and to Fayettf out on tli J. Kite ton fr pig ore the Ui is thr principal 24x80 fr The iron and Favett a 'hippy' All Hurt an ernmcnt surveyors on Sept.

19, 1R44 a place now ithin the city of Negaunee. A year later, reports A. Brotherton of Negaunee in his history of that city, Philo Everett found boulders of iron and jasper in the area and this discovery decided the location of the Jackson Mine and the formation of the Jackson Iron by Jackson, financiers. The first product of the mine was iron outcrop reduced to size for hauling to local furnaces and to lake ports for shipment to furnaces on I the lower lakes. Bnrird Railroad Line The .1 first ore Bv I It I OWEI.L Ten ears A ro ptlotless plane has Marquette in 1855 to load ore Rochcfort burned and sold char- Try And Stop Me By bennett cerf crossed ihe rs.

but none ot The piane it is i button control. i from the Jackson Mine At first coal to the furnace. The furnace ore was loaded into vessels with closed before Rochefort's timber wheelbarrows and it took three to had all been converted into coal Peninsula six days to load a schooner of 200 and he suffered the loss of the was apprc Fayette Railroad The Jack-on company also six miles of railroad out of ette, with two locomotives. 10 cars. 10 wood cars and 3 flat c.

Much of the Fayete plant was stroyed by fire in the early ties and rebuilt. In the early ni ties operation of the furnace ended and Fayette became a gr town. Fortunately for its pres vation the tiuc of settlement development washed away, so the little community was cannibalized for salvage ai of it remains today. Fayette essentially suffered fate that caused its construe It. too, used up the fine woods of the beautiful Ga Peninsula and then it lac ked for its furnaces.

The charcoal industry was losing ground to competing coke iron sti mg. but it survived in tr ung tne cent! fligr stra mg Me? piar A dm 5 Bo, CAA much much feat i in ianrin I 4M the i Mi he rar II ll, stayed New Yc leaving 11 hs Attorney asked foi Orne ral an amen 5 per mH Upp hen lie alie The fine, re ot ruv tr -tor- I te num- vieinity quirec me. 324 Eighth by many friends. This Twenty Vrars I hoie from oi the chil- ounty, suc- at Marquette stiuction foi held Sunday PI agens cc the noble Lone- mar- nage duced to fighting with utte str mgers take Nehcmiah: A Great Builder By II I I H. C.lI lun I) I) two types difft i ing nction, a mi Tat ally great left cities and de.

ihe giPi't of the original exiles were among who returned. It was no small achievement Exti Oct. Th Com 300 tons capacity. Three years later a pocket type dock was built Marquette. The Peninsula Railroad was organized in 1862 and work on its Ime.s from Escanaba to the Jackson Mine was completed in the fall of 18H4.

joining the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad at Negaunee. In 1884 it was consolidated with the Chicago North it possible to take a train from Negaunee to Escanaba. where there was service to Green Bay on the steamers Saginaw, George L. Dunlap and tlie Sarah Van Epps It was not until 1872 that North Western built its rail line north tn Escanaba to connect with tlie line fiom Escanaba to NYgau- nee In 1805 the Jackson Iron started shipping iron ore to Escanaba and from there to Cleveland on its sailing vessel Fayette Brown, a schooner which made i the trip to Cleveland and back as nv at Wells has set lor quicklv 9S eight davs rest forest Michigan industry The People's Business en.M< n's Cathedral under con- wvi, will be nshon Joseph atld Will ta dentist in I. Miller, st i vice in St which ha.s more than a morning wrh Ins of the ma itha Trails Bus iating in the Uppc several years, announces that nuing business Tnc Great iny, at piesent operating ste.

Marie and Detroit will Thirty mction of the buildinj the Michigan Tannu that and By LANE idea of pooling private enterprise capital for loan, tern Railway, making 10 stimulate growth of industry in the state is as far from dead even though not much has been said aoout it lately. In fact, the device to be growing slowly favor among thr those whose money is needed to make it work Supporters of the idea, in and out of government, are gingerly groping for the answer to some nagging problems, hopeful that in the end a new financial lure can be perfected to swell the state's job rolls. In 1956, after twice before rejecting the proposal, the Legisla- four hours I ture passed a bill authorizing set- ting up ne ations. eiopment credit cor por to kei York-New Jersey Bridge, linking the two states at a cost of $60,000,000. was formally opened today.

ith a alive tne religious made return po.s nevei be forgotten tl numity many reman Babylon a Jewish until the eleventh ce That the flame ot the homeland was conditions vividly 137 was evidentlv du 1 and ibie. ar K)l hit nd itrjotism ti 1 it shot exiled e-tnirlisn I that la Israel undei ed Psalm to the Piop- pastoi ot the ex- man of action, ma min ttie Questions and Answers as Ihr known iim1 for petroleum? North American Indians found oil seeping up through cracks in the earth and coming out on top of water in springs. They were using it ior medicinal purposes when Jesuit missionaries came to North America earlv in the 1600's. Th a re it a empire i VIVICI there dents. like ire sti Ai irren? A It Wa, noted for tl were per for was thr oncnial Oirtna 1.2 hould ful 1V for most tvp the tg a great lead to lat one for the rar-off part tentate had destroy fighter as it leader A difficulty ne was oe outstandm cal, was hi all (Nehe popi Hiin runaway there.

Any es go to be married arlv termed Gretna Scotland once linages which town to which now Ir een. lanioUN Amrrlean saiil. History is M. He How pared? A This the led Su lie Foi ri mane thr rrd dvr cochineal pre- that 1 Tins natural dyc is obtamed from ried bodie.s a tropical scale insect. ot the infects aie irom ictus plants on which they feed, and by placmg them in hot expoaing them to dry heat.

tinallv became of William red. the New urk ity political boss? A was jailed, hut escaped to I Spam. The Spanish government, however, ugo of 975 tons Wooding Stations The first locomotives on Peninsula Railroad all wood I burners and the ones that pulled ore trains were named the Negaunee, Escanaba, Iron Cliffs, I I Mississippi and Portage, while the passenger engine was the Gazelle and the switch locomotives the Re- 1 lief, Wasp, Tiger, Active and Vul-j can. The wooding stations for the locomotives were at Swanzy, Centerville (Lathrop), Shake Town (Trombly) and Days River! i Brampton). The North Western it It the same fuel wood pinch that the charcoal iron industry did and switched from wood to coal fori locomotive fuel on the line in I 1880.

The Jackson Iron forge at CaVp River was started in the latter part of 1847 and finished in tht' early part of 1849. The first charcoal it was burned in pits dug in the ground, but later 'stone and brick kilns came into use to serve the blast furnaces at Negaunee. Ishpemmg. Champion, Greenwood, Clarksburg, Morgan, iColinvillc and Forestvillc. These furnaces required so much coal tr.at the hardwood timber in the vicinity was soon exhausted and the Jackson Iron began looking for a laige tract of wood timberland elsewdiere to sup- i ply wood for charcoal and a site foi a new blast furnace neai it.

Fayette Built This quest icsulted in the So They Say In practice the United States with the 'French' President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia. Russia could built! an H-bomb and she Russia could build nn intercontinental ballistic missile and she did. But the one thing she can't do is produce i n- ough food for herself and her Hubert Hum- phiey These groups have the powei capital to new struggling enterprises, or to those wishing to set up in Michigan upon in from some other I state. They can step in bank' and iniurance companies hesitate to tread, or are prohibited by law from treading. Backing would from banks, insurance firms, pubuc utilities and per even large established industries.

As thev did in the East, where the idea was put to successful use some years ago, bankers in Mich- gan have taken a cautious ap- 1 proach. Some wondered if they might not get tangled up government and Reassurance was required on this score. But Kalph Stickle, executive manager of the Michigan said the conviction is growing that, from the standpoint of statewide need, a new channel of risk capital should be opened There is no question that Michigan ha-- lost some business because of inability to provide risk Stickle said. through Mexico. But a few ti a wav on ear ferries.

Snip stowaways give the plenty to do in S. seaports stowaways sneak aboard ship port and try to hide list the help of crew membc time smuggling rings have vn peared. Border Patrol mobile search been a signed to comb ships rival in U. ports, but are caught in mid-ocean. Nev cause of its heavier shipping sents most of eases.

in Boston. Philadeln New and San Francis bv at aerial stow aw? York, I traffic, ith smai 'ia. Norfo BARBS If we all could do Just we you bet we still wouldn't be satisfied? safe to predict that the coming inter will be the coldest ever, they at! seem that way. Twelve aunts attended an eight-year old Indiana birthday picnic, counting those that got into tiie food. What he (retiring Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson' believed.

he said, and he said it bluntly with short, punchy words that may have stung a few people and there, but always left the air a lot clearer than it was Tnlbott, president of the Chamber of Commerce. Tins town. We had any vio lence. net even a fist fisht. not so many Southern cities can claim Brooks Hays D-Ark I think rt aouotiui come (Nehemuh 6 3 Ul'PHi.

I MX. i ---lute: returned him and he died in prison, of a mission by Fayette Your Sen. F.i Kennedy's speech favoring Algerian independence was worth 10 000 rif cs to the official in Algiers to American newsmen. said a bankers group has been meeting off and on with Alonzo L. Wilson, state banking commissioner and a champion of the DCC idea.

Right now, he said, the association is studying a new plan submitted by Wilson, one that wrould call for each community to take the initiative in helping new industry establish. The community would be given the role of providing a plant site and some money with the a ment corporation entering the pic- ture at that point. Stickle said the Wilron plan seems more practical to bankers than the naked authorization of the 1956 enabling act, and less risky. The issue ultimately is in the hands of the bankers of the state, because without their willingness to put up capital, there cannot be a development credit corporation ESCANABA DAILY PRESS uuamaion An nrwspaper datlv rxeent Sunday fry Pubhahing Inc. editorial 1' BuatneM M3 tutereo Class matter April 4.

IW at at Escanaba Mtchican. the Act ot March 3. 187S Membri ot Associateci AP ut extluiivelv to the use for republtcation aU local printed this new as we as all snatches The Daily Preas only paper orinte in an exclusive le ia of 60.000 oopuUtion covei ng DeUd Schooicralt. southern Algei una norti ern counties with branc offices and carrier in Manistlque, Glac and carrUir in 30 other comm Advartuint cards on application Membei Audii Bureau of Circulation National Advertising Rf Scbrerei Co k.ast at New v'oik jj tasi wacio Chicaito 3049 East Grand Blvd Detrol SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mall: one month tl three months si months 17 50. rear 115 00 Mall in Deltd Mrnominee Schoolcraft and A tier Counties one monti' $1,50 three monti S3 7j, six 47 00 one veal $13 00 Motor Route; one month $1 7S So six months one HIM.

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