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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1908
Page
9
Announcement early this week states that firms earlier paying workers with scrip or clearinghouse checks will return to cash wages this month. The move comes amid broader currency strain and a solid banking response that helped avert a panic, with production and employment easing alongside high ore inventories on Lake Superior docks.
Captain Rowe of the Mansfield mine at Crystal Falls clashed with two summer workers Monday of last week. They demanded immediate pay for a shutdown job, threatened him, and had to be restrained by the sheriff upon his arrival.
An Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports that most states will name their United States senators as delegates at large to the Republican national convention. The list includes Beveridge and Hemenway of Indiana, Cullom and Hopkins of Illinois, Dolliver and Allison of Iowa, Lodge and Crane of Massachusetts, Proctor and Dillingham of Vermont, Carter and Dixon of Montana, Heyburn of Idaho, Hale and Frye of Maine, Alden Smith and Burrows of Michigan, Burkett of Nebraska, Burnham of New Hampshire.
A Leicester football match featured a young man with one leg who played with a crutch and ran as fast as most players, demonstrating notable mobility despite his disability.
Marine Review figures show Lake Erie docks held 7,885,728 tons on Dec 1, 1907, the highest in traffic history. Ore receipts at Lake Erie ports reached 35,195,758 tons in 1907, with total lake movement 41,288,755 tons. Furnace shipments approached 5 million tons for winter, while 1907 forward movements totaled 29,787,018 tons. The steel company projects 20.5 million tons of ore, 12.5 million of blast furnace products, and 14.5 million tons of steel ingots for the year, with sales near 11.5 million tons.
A small copper axe found at Presque Isle Park on Lake Superior challenges metallurgists by suggesting ancient regional metalworking. The three inch long tool, hammered from pure metal and highly tempered, resists filing and hints at a race antedating the Indians perhaps linked to the Aztecs, once thought to be the continent’s original aborigines.
The United States Postal authorities case against George W Wood L A Wood F B Wood L C Wood Paul Foss and Charles T Kelly of the Wisconsin Stock and Grain Co was dismissed after jurors were approached by defense agents. Government officials plan to refile and pursue the defendants later.
The postmaster general issued a far reaching order affecting weekly newspapers. Subscribers in arrears for more than one year cannot be mailed at the one cent per pound second class rate and must renew to continue delivery. The paper will mail statements to delinquents and cut those who do not respond, preserving its valued list of loyal readers.
Miscellaneous notes report strict 11 o'clock and Sunday liquor law enforcement in Marquette. CG H Rutledge of the anti-saloon league aims to clear Delta county of gambling devices, even via state machinery. John Morgan, 31, died hunting rabbits when a gun accidentally discharged over a log, his 14 year old brother as sole witness. He was married with a wife and two young children.
Ellsworth Plumstead, impersonator, will present a medley of songs stories character sketches and costume selections at the Wakefield primary building on Thursday evening January 23. This second lecture in the Young People’s Christian Union course follows the popular first program by Helen Wyrick Shafer and comes highly recommended. Reserved seats must be rebooked at the post office due to a chart error. no extra charge. Positive notices praise Plumstead’s impersonations as true to life and entertaining.
Following a prior suspension of operations at the Newberry furnace, the Manistique stack of the Superior Iron and Chemical company has ceased activity. The move reflects ongoing shutdowns impacting local production and energy management at the facility.
Reports say both Ashland and Elk Rapids plants of the same company will be blown out for an indefinite period. Cleveland-Cliffs furnace at Gladstone may also go out for three months. Wood camps closed. No official confirmation yet.
Antigo Republican urges forming a six city baseball league along the Ashland division of the Chicago and North Western Railway. Suggested teams include New London Clintonville Antigo Rhinelander Ironwood Hurley and Ashland with Merrill as a backup. Calls for weekend schedules and business support to keep costs low and promote local pride. Bessemer also asks to be included.
J Parke Channing, mining engineer and Tennessee Copper Co. president, says copper demand will rise with electrical development while supply remains limited. He notes production may lag demand, predicts 16 or 17 cents per pound by year end, and that costs rose about two cents in recent years. He cautions no production increase until copper exceeds 15 cents.
Copper is stronger as Lake price sits around 13 to 14 cents and electrolytic at 13.5 cents per pound. Domestic buyers are cautious, purchasing in small lots while imports drive most demand. Foreign manufacturers anticipate steady 1988 business and are buying copper rapidly, expecting current prices to be the year's low.
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