Dillman Talks on U P Roads and Highway Progress
Grover Dillman highway commissioner addressed delegates at the twenty first annual meeting of the Peninsula Development Bureau. He traced Michigan highway history and UP progress from 1918 to present. He highlighted rising tourist traffic, expanding routes, and the McNitt law for township road transfer to the state.
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State Highway Department
New Peninsula Development Bureau
Grover Carate
Mr. Dillman
Highway Department
Upper Peninsula
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Dillman
Michigan
Soo
Ironwood
Menominee
Copper Harbor
Sault Ste. Marie
Lansing
Cincinnati
Great Peninsula
Great Lakes
Ottawa
Igan
Iman
el Peninsula
St. Ignace
3 R
Upper
Midh
McNitt
Way Finance
Said
City Commission approves $30,000 emergency budget plan
The city commissions approves a $30,000 emergency budget prioritizing cemetery and Ly Park improvements. It funds sidewalk, sewer, water line extensions and power line work with $5,000 for winter snow removal and nearly $3,000 for an emergency reserve. Labor will be the main focus across projects.
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Ly Park
City Commission
Wico
Wico Cemetery
Pierce Street
Nunnemacher Street
Important Business Before Supervisors
The annual equalization meeting of the board of supervisors to equalize county taxes for the year will be held Monday at Bessemer. Amid overall financial strain the county treasurer cannot honor orders and salaries may remain unpaid without action. A proposed amicable settlement of the Lake Gogebic water level dispute is expected to be presented, with the defendants in the lake action having prepared a plan for adjustments to be discussed Monday.
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Board of Supervisors
Bessemer
Gogebic
Three File For Board Offices
Dr H A Tresel is unopposed for another three year term on the board of education. Dr L G Wilson seeks the vacancy of one year and will be by Mrs George Colberg. Petitions for nomination were due June 13. Wilson was appointed January to fill the unexpired term of Abe Mathews who resigned giving up residence here. The election will be held Monday July 13. Registration may be made at the high school during office hours.
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H. A. Tresel
Board of Education
L. G. Wilson
George Colberg
Wilson
Abe Mathews
Mondal
Oehiaine
Pe High School
Scouts Sell Tickets For July Fourth Water Carnival
Boy Scouts sell tickets for a July 4 celebration and water carnival here under American Legion auspices. The scouts will keep 15 percent of sales as their fund for the annual summer outing.
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Boy Scouts
American Legion
Scout Organization
Tula Road Job Begins With 120 Men to Be Hired
More than 120 workers will be on the payroll for the coatmader project to ditch work along Tula Road. The terms state 30 cents an hour and require Gogebic labor for the pre employed portion. Workers must take an oath beneath.
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Eerce Ocean
Start Work On Gym 20 Men and Five
A construction project to begin work on a gym with a crew of twenty workers and five supervisors is underway. Local officials anticipate steady progress and adherence to safety standards as funds are allocated and contracts finalized.
Mine Worker Earns Holmes Safety Honor at Iron Company
The Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association honored employees of a mining firm with a merit certificate after a dinner served by the society ladies. Superintendent B. Wortley led as toast master while Mr. Crawford presented the award for 22 years without a lost time accident. Speakers praised the workers’ safety record and commitment, noting the event celebrated continued vigilance in mining safety.
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Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
Ww Iron Company
B. Wortley
Crawford
Joseph A. Holmes Association
Pete Wakefield Iron
Cccut
T. K. Scott
Slag Fang
Flichigan District
Vernon T. Keec
Tkgineer
Duluth
R. R. Trengove
Run On County Banks Nipped By Cash Shipment
A Tuesday report notes a brief bank run in Ironwood triggered by rumors but halted by swift actions. Gogebic National imposed a sixty day clause on savings deposits and received an airplane shipment of 300000 dollars, with 200000 for Gogebic National and 100000 for Merchants and Miners, easing public fears and prompting many to redeposit funds.
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Ironwood
Gogebic National
Minneapolis
Merchants & Miners
Ple
The
Ironwood Times
Sacramental Sunday at St Marys Church with Bishop Nussbaum
A class of 150 children will receive communion at St Marys Church Sunday afternoon. Services begin at 2 30 o clock with Bishop Paul Joseph Nussbaum of Marquette in charge, assisted by Catholic clergy from the range cities. Holy Name Society members serve as guard of honor for the guests.
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St. Mary’s Church
Paul Joseph Nussbaum
Marquette
Range Cities
Holy Name Society
Personal notes from Wakefield and visits across towns
Mrs. R. B. Wortley and children visit Oshkosh while W C Birk of Baraga tours Wakefield. Mrs. Reeder Hubbel and daughter arrive to spend summer with Rent family. Hazel Olson heads to Detroit for summer study at Detroit Teachers College. The piece lists numerous neighbors visiting relatives, returning from college, and traveling to see relatives, including J Leman of Columbia University and Leatha Hillis heading to Jefferson City.
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R. B. Wortley
Oshkosh
Wis
W. C. Birk
Baraga
Wakefield
Reeder Hubbel
Frida
Ubbel
A. F. Olson
Jet
Hazel Olson
Detroit
Detroit Teachers College
C. W. Bemer
Robert
Mae Eee Pele Ahola
Eee
State Teachers College
Real Vette
Tives
Elsie Nypa
Martha Kuivinen
Grace As Itha
Elin Haanpaa
Else Go James
Sylvia
Grant Oman
Wakefield High School
Leman
E. F. Neidhold
J. Leman
College of Education
Umbia University
New York
Leatha Hillis
Jefferson Ci
Price
C. E. Walton
Or Tur, Minn
J. H. Rowell
Lake Season Open Sparks Sailing Talk On Opening Day
A number of unregistered craft challenged the opening of Sunday Lake navigation but veteran seaman Robert Reas, world wide rover and story teller of Before the Mast, officially opened for immersion on June 16 with a round trip between Sunday Lake Street and Crown Point. He, at 65, claims craft with straighter lines and slender sterns can still contest sailing honors.
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Sunday Lake
Cogents
Offeco
Robert Reas
Open season on beaver in Michigan counties
Michigan conservation commission approves an open season on beaver in all but four counties Heyes Ontonagon Keweenaw and Baraga for about two weeks this fall. Trappers pay $2 license and $1 per pelt registration. limit five beavers. Season may be evaluated next year as an experiment amid limited funds for reforestation and possible staff cuts.
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Beaver
Michigan
State Conservation Department
Houghton
Heyes
Ontonagon
Keweenaw
Baraga
George A. Hogarth
William H. Loutit
Grand Haven
Commission
Coates
Brucker
Hogarth
Conservation Department
Air Tour Schedule Moves Through Upper Peninsula
Air tour planes and 43 en route air lanes advance to St Ignace Manistique Escanaba and Menominee from the upper peninsula. Tuesday visits Crystal Falls Bes semer Ontonagon Newberry and local airport stunts rides glider demo planned with a banquet and charity tag sales to cover tour costs.
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St. Ignace
Manistique
Escanaba
Menominee
Crystal Falls
Bessemer
Merning
Ontonagon
Newberry
Wakefield Township School District Sealed Bond Bids
Bids due June 29 for 125000 dollars in bonds to finance a new gymnasium. Bonds bear 5 percent interest, issued in 1000 dollar denominations, dated August 1 1931 and maturing serially with 25000 dollars due February 1 from 1932 onward.
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Wakefield Township
Rail passenger mail service ends to Wakefield
Northwestern rail officials vow to restore improved service on November 1 as a gas scoot is removed and the historical route between Ironwood and Watersmeet loses its passenger train. The new service will carry express parcels post and afternoon mail from points east.
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Wakefield
Ironwood
Watersmeet
Northwestern Rail
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U. P
McNitt Law
Tula
Wakefield Iron Com
Joseph A. Holmes
Pestd
Agin
Belmont Waples
State Utilities Commission
Waples
St. Mary’s
Pall
Gogebie County
Conservation Commission
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