Ridge and two road jobs to underway in Gogebic County
The Michigan highway department reports multiple Upper Peninsula projects under way including US 2 and US 41 paving and grading. Contractors Brumm, Bridges, Delta Contracting, Bacco, Vickery, Fox River Valley, K M W Crushed Stone, Norton, Thornton Brothers, Peterson, and others are advancing concrete paving, grading, graveling and drainage on routes from Rapid River to Baraga and beyond. Bridge work also progresses on several state routes, with crews actively constructing and widening structures in Houghton, Iron, Gogebic, and surrounding counties.
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Michigan Highway Department
L. W. Brumm
Marquette
Washington Street
Brumm Pegan
Wakefield
Tula
Herman Holmes
Crystal Falls
Rapid River
Fish’s Corners
Kipling
C. G. Bridges
Escanaba
Bridges 2
Helmer
Spalding
Delta Contracting Company
Ingalls
Snake River
Baraga County
Ingall
Stephenson
Bacco
Iron Mountain
Twin Falls
Republic
Cedarville
Mackinac County
New Forest
Eckerman
R. B. Vickery
Upper Peninsula
Channing
Silver Lake
Vickery
Us-2
Iron River
Fox River Valley Construction Company
Appleton
K-M-W
Pine Ridge
Dan L. Norton
Ontonagorn
Houghton County
Thornton Brothers
Wetmore
L’anse
Baraga
A. R. Peterson
Minneapolis
Cooks
Thompson
Iron County
Frank O. Tschury
Paint Lake
Elmwood
Morris Hickey
Newberry
Ernest P. Brady
Flint
St. Ignace
U. P
O .L. Raymord
Snake Lake River
A. H. Project
Walter Tobey
Des Moines
Longyear and Winters
Bergland
A. Lindberg and Son
Baltimore River
Bruce’s
Willard J. Smith
Houghton
Silver Creek
Alston
Sturgeon River
Extension of US 45 into Upper Peninsula discussed
Richard Menefee of Land O Lakes leads efforts to extend US 45 from Watersmeet to the Michigan boundary and beyond via M 26 to the Wisconsin line, potentially routing a through highway from the Gulf to the western peninsula. Officials caution over logical routes and Northwood advantages. The plan would replace M 26 with US 45 through northern Michigan ending at the Michigan boundary near Watersmeet.
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Richard Menefee
Highway 26 Club
Land O'Lakes
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Mobile
Alabama
Chicago
Centralia
Illinois
Champaign
Rockford
Oshkosh
Monatco
Eagie River
Watersmeet
Bruces Crossing
Rockland
Houghton
Hancock
Lake Linden
Hubbell
Laurium
Calumet
Mohawk
Gay
Gulf of Mexico
Kenosha
G. &. Bishop
Upper Seninsula
Kingsford
Berron Mine
Michigan lake fishing ban ends reopen on June date
Hundreds of Michigan lakes previously closed to bass fishing after April 30 will reopen to anglers on Monday, June 36, under new regulations guiding the season. Officials announced the return of restricted fishing and outlined handling rules for the season start.
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Michigan Lakes
Damsel Fly Emergence Reported On Northern Michigan Streams
W F Morofsky a Michigan State College entomology professor reports batches of black damsel flies on northern Michigan trout streams. Analysis of trout stomachs shows brown trout prefer damsel flies often filling their stomachs. The damsel fly is expected to remain along streams until about July 15.
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W. F. Morofsky
Michigan State College
Michigan
Morofsky
Camp Germfask E C W crews master broad axe work in Luce county
In the Upper Peninsula Civilian Conservation Camp at Germfask, campers who once asked what a broad axe was for have become skilled with the tool under George A. Young, Michigan Emergency Conservation Work supervisor. The camp in Luce County claims a notable record for their axe use and progress.
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Upper Peninsula
George A. Young
Michigan
Germfask
Luce County
Safe Use of Broad Axe In Enrolled Camp Workers
En rolled men aged 18 to 25 show fewer axe related injuries than older locals while learning woodsmanship. A court decision avoided large state losses as corporations claimed exemption for foreign commerce use. Mrs. Alice E. Alexander leads the corporation division presenting the state's arguments in state and federal courts.
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Alice E. Alexander
Corporation Division
Department
Michigan Supreme Court Upholds Tax on Detroit International Bridge
For a second time in a year the Michigan Supreme Court sustains the Department of State in collecting the corporation privilege tax from the Detroit International Bridge Company. The tax, about four thousand dollars annually, applies under the companys charter despite its international commerce exemption claim. The case previously reached the U S Supreme Court and a new suit followed on a different legal point.
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Lansing
Michigan Supreme Court
Department of State
Detroit International Bridge Company
United States Supreme Court
Amendment proposals seek new loan rate cap in Michigan
In Lansing officials consider two constitutional amendments on loan interest. One filed would limit loans of 300 or less to 10 percent annually. a second proposes a 7 percent maximum. To qualify for the ballot 161 627 signatures are needed. The filing deadline is July 6 for amendments and July 24 for primary candidate petitions.
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Lansing
Department of State
New Ray with Cosmic-like Penetration Found During Thunderstorms
Scientists report a newly detected ray showing penetrating power nearing cosmic rays. The phenomenon has been observed exclusively during thunder storms, suggesting a link to atmospheric electrical activity or storm conditions.
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Gogebic County
New Shore
Eagle River
Eagle Harbor
Eweenaw County
M-26
Watersmoet
William J. Scholes
Fisheries Division
Department of Conservation
The
Michigan Conservation Department
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Bessemer Herald
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