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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 16

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15 a Explorers in Alaska RAILWAY PLANS RESORT TRAIN Discover New River HEAVY OUTLAY SCHEDULE OUT 4 mtooo 300000 85000 60000 40000 50041 KANKO RYI1UKA 00000 10000 1000 61 3 1000 Total June Brides Haye Made a Great Name for This Store 398 WHS laid Luwell or the Dining Room laid Special LUI or the Living Room from RETflOlT SORE TIRED EET apprehended PORT HURON COMPANY 1 10000 213000 is to be Corunna here shack whom the about whom 1330000 1)30000 60 five nine Sanitary Easy to Clean I 100 urnished Display Rooms Show How the urniture Will Look in Your Home complete with cord and Extra special died In his his nephew he left his shack and $6000 item for a new double end rail loader is Included to fa cilitate the work of rails in track laying budget for 12 when all the work provided therein is com pleted and the new equipment is in operation should make jor bel ter service generally lor the indus tries in the territory served of of sent OR TENDER Greenville Gravel plant which is located at Green Oak and these involve a $200oo expenditure he oillcrr8 of that company claim It to the largest gravel washing in the world They havtj made various Improvements and addition to their plant during th recent winter months preparatory to this business track extensions at Webberville and Delta are to be made at an estimated cost of Lu DOO This work it is hoped will help to speed up trafllc over the OS inside just dow Exhumed for Removal ea turei Are Shown in Perfect Condition Additional trnrk fnril Itlrg for the Detroit Greenville Grnvcl 'y nt Green Oak Extenslou of iinsshiff tracks at Webber vllle Williamson and Delta New double end rail loader robbed two and abandoned A luxuriously overstuffed living room suite of Daven port Arm Rocker and Ann Chair a 60 inch mahogany finish Davenport Table and a 9xl2 ft Tapestry Rug complete the liv ing room The upholstered suite is of full spring construction and of much finer quality velour than is usually quoted id made Up Outfits Ths Entire Home Outfit on Easy Terms PROGRAM OR 1024 Completion of engine terminal end train yards Erie Sf 000000 acre farm near dingy one room Calvin to nronertv rated burned the debris A few days ago Levi (larllts farmer nf the vicinity happened upon the charred remains of the Warner hermitage He was whisk Ing a 'stick through the dried em bers and moved a stone which un covered $4000 of paper money half burned He had dislodged the key stone to the money cache bills ranged in1 denominations from $1 to $100 part of the burned Pere Marquette to Spend $6 131000 for Improvements and Betterment! Thii Year Mother Dives Headfirst Into Well Saves Son Plant Monday 36xl0x7 in Painted Green Very large hunvy wood box pninten green nnn out right for wln or porch gllnglv then luxuriantly and now there ar 70 acres of It armer ollow Example Other farmers around are copy ing his: example and are converting worn out land some of It Idle for 20 years into valuable stock' land Ryburn thinks that such a farm as his with Ils slopes and meadow lands its rich swamp and brook and woods Is a good place to re In a few years where he ran moke his nine in quiet and Saeclsl The ree Pre and Nw fork World Marceline Mo June 14 When Pierson a former resident of Marceline had the body of his seven year old son In Mount Oliver cemetery disinterred to ship It to his home In New York state he was surprised to find the body had become petrified The hoy died In Marceline 16 years ago of diphtheria The body was incased In a zinc box which was placed Inside a casket This had admitted no water to the box and It is believed the embalming fluid had served as a preservative during the years the body was In the grave The features of the child were perfect the color a little darker than In life and the clothes were well preserved The body was transferred to a metallic casket hermetically sealed and shipped tv New York state Built With EXTRA WALLS To Save Ice POT 1023 300 refrigerator cars' Completion of abope at yarning New rail 00 1 ba 14300 tonai N3 lbM 700 tona Afw bnllnat 1 00 mlien various dh lafona Rebuilding a 1 aw river bridge fnr heav ier power Grade aeparntlon work Ditching and bank wid ening various rtivl al(n Completion at double track between l)e Irolt nd Plymouth Including hu (uniat la block algnala Renewal of brhlge at Muakrgon Renewal of bridge st ti Klverdale New heavy duty trnrk BURNS UP DEBRIS DISCOVERS $4000 Just put those weary shoe rrinkl aching burning feet into ti Tiz bath When your feet nho and bum Tlz and only Ttz wilf bring relief is grand glorious tor tortured frit It draws the swelling and poisons and acids right out Stops ths pain of corns youf feet Into perfect condition Get a box of Tiz now at any drug nr department ature Don't suffer Have feet that nexcr hurt niter got 4 Oak Swings Exactly as shown above Complete with chains ready to set up ivtaoe 01 solid oak fumed finish Special at pendulum started to swing back the GREATEST UR NITURE BUYING SYNDICATE IN AMERICA made this gigantic purchase! When the horizon looked the blackest when the very bottom had been these 24 stores buying as one stepped in and secured vast stocks of the finest furniture made at practically their own figures! And as this announcement goes to press manufacturers are predicting the strongest July market in years! It was a master stroke of merchan dizing bringing the cream of the furniture marts of America to your homes at price sacrifices hitherto un heard of Open a Charge Account Tomorrow! mn' wrlit which they are using tor fuel The letter explained that the sup porting party of seven men and 1 ZU dogs turned back on March 16 and the main expedition was proceeding with three sleds and 33 dugs Ihe sleds noon will be abandoned tim letter says and the journey con tinued in canoes on the Colvllio 11 The letter which was written by Dr Mertlu Jr gives the fol lowing description Expedition's Sueeexs Assured "During the auminer the last three or four days I have been engaged chiefly In studying astron omy and in making astronomical observations will the transit 1 have seven good observations on lati tude and azimuth which check oni anotner very well Having my azi muth I also have local time from transits of the sun And that with watches and their known ratings we are in a position to make a fair computation of longitude I am also able to rule our watches from successive transits of the sun day after day at this camp ortunately too the weather has been ideal lately for such work diversion keeps me very busv and the daya pass very quick ly Onee In a while say once a day when it gets too cold sitting in the tent I warm up by cutting wood for a half hour or an hour All of us are well None of us have been seriously frest bitten yu and I think the most severe weath er of the winter is past now So all in ail everything Is goilng fine and the success of the expedition seems assured Just tell that to the doubtcis" Body of Boy 7 Buried 16 Years ound Petrified When Office Chain! Irk De troiter Retires to County Eitate White Pigeon Mich June All the 40 or more clerks in the office of the auditor traffic depart ment of the railway In De troit wojild swear that 0 Ryburn assistant chief clerk was at his desk every day ew sus pect that the genial kindly under chief is not the real Ryburn In body ha Is thcrA for he fills compactly a good sized office chair but In spirit he la not a clerk but a country squire a modern Sir Roger de Coverley He lives his real life on his farm near White Pigeon Works on arm He divides his annual vacation of two weeks Into three or four parts and goes to tho farm for few days at a time when some work Is urgent Last April he went home plant a thousand fruit trees and to help dig post holes and to plant flowers Mrs Ryburn who spends winters In Detroit and In the goes to the farm Is not the only one to welcome him home There la the big collie who meets him a half mile down the rnnd The Ryburn fnrm or ROost" as the letters on the great barn read is'a dream come true ive years ago It was worthless land so worn out that even rye Meyersdale this week War ner had said nothing About' tho money and after his dentil onlv t7 was found In tha house Warner was found dying on a bed of straw on the ground floor of his cabin l'ndcr nourlshinont had hastvnod his cud He became a hermit lollowing separation his wife many years ago neo ne wax $1600 by thieves were orison shanty In which he had been living and plunged deeper into the woods where built the hut where ho died While he' was building his first house ho spent his nights In a hollow log His clothing was scant and dur ing tho last 25 years of his life lie never wore socks His fare con HtetOrl J'htnlv nf niiiphrnina rmnln of corn meal potatoes and eggs and at times he dined on bran corn and I oats chops Sprrlnl to The ree Preus WaahinKtvn June 14 Major Gen end Samuel 1 WturjdK han been re Itevfd from ronnutnding the Tanamri can! department and fts signed to command the third corps area cotnpritdng the staff's of Penn ntvlvanln Maryland and Virginia I according td war department Orders dsitued today Major General Lassi ter now In command of the Panama canal division has been assigned to command tho Panama canal de pmtment THE DETROIT REE SUND A JUNE 1 5 1 924 Lassiter Named Canal Director Port Huron Juno 14 A detach ment of buy scouts In command of Mlles loft for Saginaw todav to compete In an Inter troop meet The wnfe of tha elevator at Harbor Beach was blown open early today and $200 wa stolen The safe blowing Is believed to be tha worg or inc same yeggmen have blown safefi at Minden and Croswell In the past 10 day 3 Piece Upholstered ibre Suite Beautiful cretonne covered upholstered cushions on all pieces Complete outfit of Davenport Arm Chair and Arm Rocker as shown Giant buying power made this low price possible go1 fast Get yours tomorrow! Ttrmi Jewels Garlands Laurels All amous Detroit Makes Owen Co is largest stovt dealer Our values are al ways remarkable' See the big Cabinet Gas Hnngc pictured abova Hit 11 rl MM which goes on sale to morrow It Is a great gas savor and a sure baker Our special price $1 Down This home outfit as the illustrations show consists of high class merchandise throughout The Dining Room is com prised of a handsome buffet oblong dining table that extends to six feet with extra leaves included six genuine leather slip scat: dining chairs a 42 ptecc set of dishes and a room size rug A splendid equipment for your dining room Changes Are Announced by Pere Marquette Road Effective Sunday The Pere Marquette summer schedule will go into effect Sunday with changes on all di ylsionH Resort this year will run as two separate trains Train No 9 will leave Chicago at 6:30 daily except Sunday and arrive Bay View at 7:40 a ni Train No' 10 will leave Bay View at daily except Satur day and arrive Chicago at 7:55 a Service commences Monday for these trains Resort trains 15 and between Detroit and Bay View will run via Snglnaw and Baldwin inatend of via Grand Rap id a ti a In previous yea rs Train No 15 will leave potrolt at 9:30 rn and nrrlve at Bay View at 8:15 a leaving Bey View at 6 dally except Saturday Train No 14 will arrive In Detroit nt a Con nections to and from Cincinnati are made 'at Detroit "The Resort Spe service to and from Detroit in effective riday Juno 20 New Equipment Provided "The Resort Special' will carry sleeping earn between Chlengo and Buy Chicago and 'Traverse City and Grand Haptdfi and Bay View ns well a a tri weekly nerv ire to and from rankfort Dining earn and club earn arc carried in these trains "The Resort between De troit and Bay View will carry sleep ing cars for and from Bay View and for and from Traverse City The Detroit Grand Rapids division undergoes only one change Train No 4 which han been leaving Grand Rapids at 11:55 a 4week days hereafter will leave at 11:40 a mi running 15 minutes earlier the en tire distance On the Detroit Saginaw division tha principal changes are the can cellation of the early evening train No 107 from Detroit week davs although this train Wil run Sun days and the substitution of Train No 15 "The Resort leaving Detroit at and arriving in Saginaw at 11:25 rn Returning Train No 14 will provide the serv ice heretofore provided by Train No 112 between Saginaw and Detroit This tram will leave baglnaw at 2:35 a and arrive In Detroit 7:15 a in daily Earlier departure is also noted for Train No 102 leaving Saginaw 6:05 in week days and arrivingDetroit 11:30 a tn and Train No 104 leaving SaglnaW at in instead or and arriving Detroit at 4:30 instead of 4:10 Port Huron Division CG' Service an the Tort Huron Pointe aux Barques line will consist of one train each way No 1 leaving Port Huron tunnel station at 9:20 a in and arriving: Grindstone city 1:43 And No 4 leaving Grindstone City 2 and arriving Port Huron tunnel station 6:45 nv These trams run week days only Service on the Port Hurnn Sagl naw Hue will be to and from the tunnel station only leaving y05 a rn and arriving Saginaw 11:55 a an leaving Saginaw 4 in and ar riving lunel station 6:45 week days Although for a number of years past the Pero Marquette railway company has been making huge expenditures for improvements and betterments to meet the growing needs of tho communities served by Its lines 'and the pro grain for 1923 was the largest in Its history it has 'outlined plans for expenditure in 192 1 of $6131000 for the improvements and better ments enumerated above "Tho Improvement and better ment program is a comprehensive one Inasmuch hs everydivislon says" a representative of the company "The primary alm of course Is to give better and this can only bo attained by Btrengthening the strategic points Erie lard Helle Toledo 4 two first items are partic ularly forceful examples of what this means to the success of the intlre railroad system The To cdo gateway which In the pant has been a difficult point of opera tion because of tho great gridiron of railroads that converge there presented countless difficulties and delays during periods ut heavy operation In order to obviate the L'lt fcMuenl congestions that have oc I urred there the past now yards and ivnnlntilfl at Eric were appros Considerable property waspurchased and the laying of tracks and the construction new engine terminals were undertaken Inst The $1000000 item in the 1924 budget is designed Ao complete thlR work i new steamers wro ordered from the Ala ni to woe Shipbuilding corporation lust year at a total ORt xit of $lH5uouO The th at of those new car ferry transfers was put Into operation between Luriing Monl and Mil waukee Manitowoc Ke waunee May 31 ft Is ex pected ill he delivered to this company this fall In time to tak'J tare of the peak load o' transport tatlon With these two nw btcHmers the capacity of the across the LakeMichigan lines will be 1n approximately 40 per cent "Three hundred reirigeratur cars are being 'constructed ctthe Wy timing and Saginaw shops of this company at a eon oi auuut each Already nearly 75 have been rx turned out and thy are avlng the shops at tho rate of 16 a week "The completion of the nhops nt Wyoming is anomer item mat caitied over fioni last year 101 Mil of New Holl 1 New 90 pound rail 1s to he between Mt 'Morris and Clio miles White Cloud and Bttely itt4 miles Oak and Elm five miles rimoutn and Grana a age miles Olhei and Rlvcidtlc miles: DinidHle find a total of 101 "The S5 pund rail between Sarnia and miles "The ballasting program Includes improvementa of this nature on xatious divisions With the grad Ual UhC of heavier power and to meet the increasing demands of traffic the necessity of strength cning the Saginaw river bridge as veil as the bridges at Muskegon A' and Riverdale became imperative "Grade separation work ordered' by th state at Belfast Newaygo A Nov i Monroe Ply mou th road and 171 Telegraph road Detroit involves outlay aggregating $213000 and bank widening on vn rious divisions require an $S5000 i xpenditnre The completion th' 'laying of the second track between i Detroit and Plymouth which was started last year including the Ktallatfon of nutonmUc block' WilS means a $60000 Item for the irtv budget Installation of new heavy duty track scales nt Wyoming Muskegon and Riverdale became Imperative to meet the increasing danands of traffic 'Naw track facilities nre neces sary to take care of tho Detroit Rescue 2 Year Old rom Water Climbs Out Neith er Hurt Special Cable to ree Press and New Tork World Belvidere June 14 The quick wit and reckless courage of Mrs John Sadlinc of Oxford a little village near here today saved the life' of her two year old son John 1 Tne mother wb chatting with neighbor! In her yaid on School street when chance directed her glance to the rear ot her home Sh saw her son playing at the edge ot a well slip aside itx cover and plunge headlong Into It without an hesitation she ran to the well and dived head first Ir to it By good fov the well was only six feet In diam eter Is lined with masonry Is 12 feet deep and had only four feet of water in she neither struck her child nor hurt herself Instead she righted herself anl almost found the child With one arm she held' him safe and with the other and her feet she worked herself up to tho lever of the ground where the neighbors sbo had been talking to took the child and helped her ont Once safe she took her child In her arms and smiled The child smiled back Neither was hurt or the Bedroom All of the furniture in this room is of choice Duo Tone combination walnut As the illustration shows this furniture Is of the beautiful Tudor Period design and the pieces are of full size and of unusually tine quality me outfit includes a bow end bed dresser chiffonier and bedroom rug You will be delighted with this merchandise Nephew of Dead Recluse Gets Big Surprise re nnd hlrntcn Tribune rostburg M1 June 14 A ft nr 1'hoenuM Warner Sfi veara old whn Railroad Man Solves Back To arm Issue iir Story of Success in Northern Wilder new Brought by Eskimo Washington June J4 XThe story of an life in the northern Alaskan wilderness and the dis tovery of uncharted streams is con tained in 'a letter brought back to civilization bv an Eskimo from the geological survey party by Dr' Philip Smith and made pub lie today by the interior depart ment The expedition is exploring naval petroleum reserve No 4 In exploring the Colville river the letter written 30 states that Dr Smith found a river about 200 ynrd wide which flows west ward and then turns northward Tho party: plans to continue the river explorations? but must reach the time to catch the last ship out of the Arctic ocean before the September freeze WH1 Abandon Sleds for Canaea Tho party has established a base camp at the head of the Unakserak river about 10 miles rrom the di vide between the Unaksdrak and Colville rivers st latitude 67:45:30 at an altitude of 2200 feet On this divide the party has 'discovered groves of willow trees as large as Great Syndicate Purchase Sale of Triple Tone Walnut Bedroom Suites Think of it rr a $250 suite for aurcly under any other condition (hat would he its price Our 24 store buying syndicate made this why the price is $13950 ive ply walnut zK veneer Block Largo Dresser Bow oot and Chifforette (Vanity extra if desired) in ihe new I and beautiful triple tone Complete I Convenient Terms ully Guaranteed Electric Iron ull weight full size high grade irons long plugs at The Great NEW Space Saving DETROIT Refrigerator The DETROIT Refrigerator Increases tho capacity of food com partment 300 per cent Note the space saving dishes which fit per toctlv In food compartments and which arc a partor every 1 SO I MH 1 1 TV DETROIT These dishes nest one above the otherand will not up 7 LfuezJsiv MZhl A4 11V UmiSA mu built urltk ITYTP A tVAlTA tn R'YVS the 1C6 1 0 fl II I 1 1 Vr I JUxJ vis I VI A to ii I 14 a 2 a MVk kav VVAAVAWMA'W The frigid air in circulation inalde of food coinpart (ft AlA Thia Kltcncn outfit or famous Republic (white porcelain) (ftv mnntB keena foods PDRE The extra Insulation I fllKII swg Wftro includes Preserving Kettle Coffee Tot Tea Kettle wLUk prevents warm air from penetrating bee tho 3 door Water ail Berlin Kettle ixnibro Boiler and Dish an Hide leer on sale tomorrow at 4 All extra LARGE On Easy Terms a Week nWl would not grow' Ryburn set to work to feed his soil just as a doc tor would an under nourished child Jn one Reason he had reaped a crop of 10 doads of cow pens and had prepared the land for growing alfalfa the richest of all feeding crops ana a crop ninneara nn in can emoae ms jnpc ii uusvi those parts AL first it grew strag let the land earn the living I 1 i ir mv 0'1 nrtl I I A I vjiI GratIot at 1 ne uepenaame KwEsS lialbJEl a Kw Ww 1 WwiaW lTWWBBflRW is ra KKa A Me 1 WSjL wISMI 8 t'zSBb AAfc dW Hi iMttatM mjuaM lUf i 'A'HkiKra C' 1 swz SflramSHWMi! 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