Annual County Picnic Set for Thursday June 28
Plans for the Farmers and Business Men's picnic at Little Girls Point Park Lake Superior are forming for Thursday June 28 with large expected attendance. Farmers and business people urge families to arrive at 10 30 am with bus transportation arranged for those without cars. Various committees are named for transportation refreshments band and games. Speakers Rev G G Curtis and J G Wells booked. delegates from Bessemer Wakefield and eastern county expected.
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Little Girls Point Park
Lake Superior
Committee On Transportation
Transportation Committee
Ralph Rowell
Elmer Mickelson
R. H. Salmela
J. E. McNicholas
Patrick Kelly
Nesto Erickson
Velin
Joe Moncher
W. J. Anderson
C. E. Gunderson
Vincent Semmerling
Conrad Hansen
Johnny Johnson
Schneider
Ironwood
Garland
Wi Lo Burns
Louis Jacquart
Hell
Rev
G. G. Curtis
J. G. Wells
Chatham, Michigan
Y. H. Hanson
Robert Achatz
J. H. Kent
Bessemer
Wakefield
County Fair Plans Underway for This Year
County fair association finances are set as the executive committee plans the annual fair. Exhibition dates are to be announced for the week prior to the Upper Peninsula exhibition in Escanaba. The Upper Peninsula fair runs the week of August 2025. Last year no county fair was held, with tax funds used to pay off indebtedness from building and enlarging the fair grounds.
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County Fair Association
Upper Peninsula
Escanaba
Mars Bound Over To Circuit Court
Paul Mars Jr. of Wakefeld drove the car that broke and killed Eugene Gustafson and Albert Bass of Ramsay on June 1. He was arraigned before Justice Adolph J. Gedda and bound over to the next term of circuit court on negligent homicide and failure to stop after an accident. Bond set at $2500. His two companions, Emil Haavikko and John Bessie of Wakefield, are serving 30 days in jail for drunkenness.
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Paul Mars Jr
Wakefeld
Eugene Gustafson
Albert Bass
Ramsay
Adolph J. Gedda
Emil Haavikko
John Bessie
Wakefield
Range News Notes and Local Incidents
Armstrong dies in Adrian Michigan at 58 after long service as Hurley superintendent of schools. Ironwood library is robbed of 11 dollars with 54 dollars in damage. Iron County Memorial and Hurley courthouse entries over weekend yield no property loss. Adolph Anderson killed by falling tree at Bonifas camp near Gogebic Station. body sent to Ironwood. Arton De Rosso, 34, dies by own hand in Hurler. leaves wife and two children. Dr H A Tressel declines reelection to Wakefield board. Carl Christensen, Spider Lake constable, discharged from Runstrom’s hospital in Ironwood after Dillinger game capture. John Morris, camp cook, remains at Grand View hospital.
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Ironwood Library
Iron County Memorial Building
Court House
Hurley
Adolph Anderson
Bonifas
Gogebic Station
Carl Christensen
Spider Lake
Little Bohemia Lodge
Mercer
Runstrom
Ironwood
John Morris
Grand View Hospital
City Bessemer Seeks Bids for Garbage and Tires
The city of Bessemer advertises for bids to collect garbage for the coming year and to supply truck tires. Official notices appear in Radar's Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Radar
Ironwood Boy Is Sectional Winner
Alden Allen, age 1%, of Central School in Ironwood, is named best author in the grade school group of the Mount Rushmore inscription contest from Hearst newspapers. His essay advances to Washington D C for national judging by a Roosevelt headed committee. National winners receive all expenses paid trips to Washington.
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Alden Allen
Ironwood
Hearst Newspapers
Alden
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Washington
School Teacher At Stambaugh Personal Crisis Ends Life
Dan G. Stewart, 42, born in Ishpeming, shot himself at his Stambaugh home after reportedly losing his job as Stambaugh High School teacher. He had been brooding over the loss of position amid scarce teaching jobs. He leaves a wife and daughter Eileen, 15, and memories of childhood in Crystal Falls after moving from Ishpeming with his parents.
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Dan G. Stewart
Ishpeming
Stambaugh
Stambaugh High School
Crystal Falls
Eileen
Local Girl Injured In Auto Accident
A four year old girl Bernice Sloma, daughter of Stanley and Mrs Sloma, was struck by a car driven by William Leino of Ironwood on Barber Street near the Sloma home. She was taken to Grand View Hospital with severe head and body bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic
Bernice Sloma
Stanley Siloma
William Leino
Ironwood
Sloma
Barber Street
Leina
Grand View Hospital
State rivals open campaign in Gogebic County
Gogebic county hosts two Michigan attorney general candidates this week with campaign events in Ironwood and Ironwood picnic planned for Sunday. Detroit prosecutor Harry S. Toy addresses Republicans praising a Republican landslide while criticizing Democrats and parole policy. Patrick J. Bries, current Democratic attorney general, is expected to be Toy’s rival at the Sunday picnic with other local officials in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Michigan
Harry S. Toy
Detroit
Wayne County
Curry Hotel
Ironwood
Toy
Wayne
Piave Park
Ironwoods
Patrick J.bries
Mr. O'Brien
Time is ripe to strike for roads in Upper Peninsula
The Upper Peninsula Development bureau seeks broad support for a peninsula wide highway plan linking towns east and west with hard surfaced arterials to the south. George E Bishop asks chambers of commerce and civic groups for reaction on timely value and aims, including early completion of US-41 and US-2 as cement highways and potential M-28 paving, to be considered by the bureau at its June meeting. The piece notes the average American travels about 3,000 miles annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
George E Bishop
Development Bureau
Chambers of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Catholic Church Plans July First Parish Picnic at Bessemer
The St Sebastian Catholic church will sponsor a public parish outing at Bessemer tourist Bar on Sunday July 1. Rev C J Swoboda leads committees preparing an entertainment program with varied sports including softball, horseshoe pitching, tug of war and races for youth. A procession from the church will precede the picnic and music is being arranged. Public attendance is welcome. Final program details to be announced next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Sebastian Catholic Church
Bessemer
C. J. Swoboda
New Sales Tax Forms In July
New tax forms for the fiscal year starting July 1 1934 will be mailed to all taxpayers by August 1. The software style booklets serve as monthly return records and are nontransferable. New owners must apply for a license and receive a booklet for ownership changes. Form GST-1 must be used by all first time filers. Obtain blanks from the Michigan State Board of Tax Administration in Lansing or Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Mogan
Michigan State Board of Tax Administration
Lansing
Detroit
Only Three Counties Have Road Contracts
Iron county officials report no signed highway maintenance contract from the state department for the current year. County road engineer Herbert Larson says work is ongoing and paid monthly without a formal agreement. About 50 000 dollars must be spent on state highways in Iron County this year to keep them in good shape while contracts have gone to Ontonagon Gogebic and Keweenaw counties in district one.
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State Department
Iron County Road Commission
Herbert Larson
State Highway Department
Crystal Falls
Ontonagon
Gogebic
Keweenaw
Iron and Dickinson
Ford Cuts Prices on Cars Trucks in 1934 Lineup
Ford Motor Co announced price reductions of 10 to 15 dollars on 1934 V-S passenger cars and 10 to 20 dollars on V-8 commercial cars and trucks effective Friday June 15. Prices had not changed since the 1934 V-8 launch last December, marking a drop from original levels.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Ford Company
Pickands Mather Golf Tourney On Saturday
The annual Pickands Mather & Company golf tourney will be held Saturday at Gogebic Country Club with about 160 players from Minnesota and Michigan ranges. Play starts 9:30 a.m. and runs all day, with prizes awarded.
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Pickands, Mather & Company
Gogebic Country Club
Cuyuna
Mesaba
Vermillion
Minnesota
Menominee
Gogebic
Michigan
Barr Fishlock Installed At Lake Gogebic Dam
The Barr Fishlock, invented by Harry Barr, has been installed at the Lake Gogebic dam after years of Gogebic County conservation effort. The device uses water pressure and automatic traps to lift fish over the dam, and Wisconsin and federal fisheries officials praise its effectiveness. The Ironwood Times notes it may convince the Michigan Conservation Commission to authorize more installations in the state.
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Gogebic
Lake Gogebic
Barr
Harry Barr
Thonwood
Michigan
Michigan Conservation Commission
Lake Gogebie
Wisconsin
Federal Department of Fisheries
Ironwood Times
Rest Lake Dam
Ironwood
Conservation Department of
Lake
the Times
U S Secures 15000 Acres in Gogebic County
The United States government last week secured title to more than 15 000 acres of land in Gogebic county near Watersmeet township and the Ottawa national forest. Over 14100 acres were bought from the Wisconsin Michigan Lumber Company for 22716 dollars and the remaining land from the Keweenaw Land Association for 2571 dollars.
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United States
Gogebic County
Watersmeet Township
Ottawa National Forest
Wisconsin-Michigan Lumber Company
Keweenaw Land Association
Theodore Hurja Named Postmaster at Crystal Falls
Theodore Hurja was appointed postmaster at Crystal Falls, reflecting a local government appointment and staffing update for the town. The move places Hurja in charge of mail operations and federal postal services for the community.
Candidates in Gogebic County file for sheriff and congress
County and state candidates must file by 4 p m July 24. Gogebic county sees two sheriff hopefuls William Paynter on the Democratic ticket and Percy Drew on the Republican ballot, while Ray Garvey seeks state representative as a Democrat and Frank E Hook declares for Congress in the 12th district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Luxmore
Gogebic County
William B. Paynter
Bessemer
Paynter
Denis O'Leary
O'Leary
Ray Garvey
Ironwood
Alvin Rummel
Hook
Frank E. Hook
W. Frank James
Laurium
Gogebic
James
Levi S. Rice
L'Anse
Valparaiso University
Wakefield
Bonifas Company To Open Another Mill
The Bonifas German Lumber Company will restart its sawmill at Lake Linden soon under William Bonifas of Escanaba as president. About 400 workers will be employed and roughly 15,000,000 feet of lumber are planned to be cut for the rest of the year with Isaac Bonifas as superintendent. The Winegar Wisconsin mill is paused, while another mill operates at Marenisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonifas-German Lumber Company
Lake Linden
William Bonifas
Escanaba
Isaac Bonifas
Bearded Nine Defeats Hurley At Home In Night Game
The touring House of David base ball team beat Hurley 4 to 0 at Hurley Park under floodlights. A large crowd attended. Grover Cleveland Alexander, a former major leaguer, pitched the first inning for the Davids. Hurley’s battery was Kaufman and Gorham.
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House of David
Hurley
Grover Cleveland Alexander
The
Davids
Kaufman and Gorham
Apitz's Eleven to Open Season vs USC and Cal
College of Pacific at Stockton California opens football season with two tough games facing Southern California in the opener and the University of California in the second. Pacific is coached by A A Stagg and Lawrence Apitz, a Bessemer product who starred under Stagg at Chicago U.
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College of Pacific
Stockton
Calif
Southern California
University of California
Pacific
A. A. Stagg
Chicago
Lawrence Apitz
Bessemer
Stagg
Chicago U
Bethlehem Steel to take over Williamsport Wire Rope Co
Bethlehem Steel Corp takes over Williamsport Wire Rope Co of Williamsport Pennsylvania, the rope maker in receivership since September 1932.
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Bethlehem Steel Corp
Williamsport Wire Rope Co
Williamsport
Wire Rope Company
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Mars
Armstrong
Edwin T. Armstrong
Adrian
Mich
Arton de Rosso
Hurler
Gary Ste! Mills
Stalr
H. A Tressel
Wakefeld Board of Education
Ironwood Boy
O’brien
Tor
Frank B. Aberman
Thomas J. S.anders
Catholic Church
Pickands
Mather
U.S
Theodore Hurja
Mr. Paynter
Comstock
Percy Drew
Drew
Gogebie County
Bonifas Company
Bearded Nine
Apitz
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