Desonia Steps Down as Street Superintendent
Thomas Desonia, longtime superintendent of public works, resigned at a Saturday city commission meeting, saying the year’s improvement program is complete and engineering should handle future work. The resignation takes effect August 31, and the commission published his full letter in the current proceedings. Commissioner J P Cloon urged creating a superintendent of construction to oversee water light and sewer projects with a practical engineer in charge.
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Thomas Desonia
City Commission
Desonia
Department of Engineering
Desania
J. P. Cloon
Cloon
About People You Know Visits and Departures
Miss Theresa Gorsky of Chicago visits here for two weeks. Miss Caroline Walberg leaves for Washington DC to be employed after summer visits with her parents. Mixx Tla Mattson returns to work at William Walters store after six weeks off. Arthur George Mann returns from six weeks traveling in Chicago and Canadian cities with grandmother Mrs. John Ball. Miss Gladys Neidhold heads to Minneapolis for a week and then to Sioux City to teach at Morning Side College. Mrs. R. Wright of Two Harbors visits at the Bedell home. Lloyd Stannard of Rockland visits friends. Miss Myrtle Ashland returns to Chicago after a month with relatives. Mr and Mrs Warren Sibley and son Earl go to Oshkosh for funeral of Mrs Sibley’s mother.
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Caroline Walberg
Washington, D. C
John Walberg
Arthur George Mann
Chicago
Canada
John Ball
Bessemer
Gladys Neidhold
Minneapolis
Sioux City
Iowa
Morning Side College
R. Wright
Two Harbors
Bedell
Lloyd Stannard
Rockland
Myrtle Ashland
Warren Sibley
Earl
Mrs. Sibley
Oshkosh, Wis
Progress in Sinking New Shafts on Gogebic Range
Progress is reported across the Gogebic iron range with sinking activity at Montreal Wisconsin and the Geneva shaft by Oliver Iron Mining. The Wakefield Co. stocks dried ore while Ramsay addresses mine site surface work and a large rail spur to the Eureka shaft progresses. The Lake Superior District Power Co. adds a 4000 hp wheel at Big Falls and a third unit at Ashland, boosting capacity to 12000 and 7000 hp respectively.
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Montreal
Wis
Montreal Mining Co
Irew
Montreal No. 5
New Geneva
Oliver Iron Mining Co
Wakefield Iron Co
Ramsay
Castile Mining Co
Lake Superior District Power Co
Big Falls
Wisconsin
Ashland
Bessemer
Mich
Gogebic Iron Range
McAlbee and McDonald
Reno
Monticello
Ayer Street
Peppard and Burrill
Eureka
Local Travelers Head to Michigan and Wisconsin Trips
Howard Yackee and Verner Carr plan a Sunday departure for Ann Arbor to attend the University of Michigan for the year and will visit Chicago for several days. Jr. Rummel leaves Sunday for Rome Wisconsin due to his mother's serious illness, now past 90 with slim chances of recovery. Mr and Mrs Alphonse Cormier and Mr and Mrs Chester Jacobson will motor to Sioux City Ta for a ten day visit with Mr and Mrs PD McNutt.
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Howard Yackee
Verner Carr
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Chicago
Jr. Rummel
Rome
Wis
Mr. Rummel
Alphonse Cormier
Chester Jacobson
Sioux City
PD McNutt
Sunday Lake Co starts big improvement program
The Sunday Lake Iron Co started its improvements at the Sunday Lake shaft this week with a 60 pound skip rail installation and an excavation crew for a new steel headframe. A site for a compressor and engine house will be prepared early next week opposite the shaft on the south side of Sunday Lake Road, with at least one house moved for access. The company currently employs about 50 men as U S Steel reported July unfilled tonnage rose for the first time in five months, signaling cautious steel trade optimism ahead of a likely strong final quarter.
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Sunday Lake Iron Co
Sunday Lake Shaft
Suday Lake Road
United States Steel Corporation
Judge Baird Might Seek Recount In Close Probate Races
Judge W S Baird contemplates appealing to the county canvassing board for a recount of the probate judge race after a ten vote defeat to Harry K Bay of Ironwood. The election is described as the county's closest ever with several other races decided by small margins.
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W. S. Baird
Harry K. Bay
Ironwood
W Frank James Nominated for Fifth Term in Congress
Despite strong opposition from three of four county newspapers, W Frank James secured nomination for a fifth term by a plurality near 1300 votes.
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W. Frank James
Congress
Seek to macadamize old county road to Bessemer
Petitions circulate urging the county road commission to add the tar macadamizing of the old county road between Wakefield and Bessemer to next year’s plan. The annual road commission meeting is set for October. Current work includes reconstructing and widening sections between Ramsay and Wakefield and straightening dangerous curves. With completion of two bridges to Wakefield, the old road will run closer to Sunday Lake. Rapid progress on M-12 in Ironwood city limits continues with concrete pouring starting Monday. contractor aims to finish within three weeks. The Ladies Aid of the Union Church plans a bake sale today at Olson Bros. store.
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County Road Commission
Wakefield
Bessemer
Road Commission
Ramsay
Detroit College of Law awaits Jay Rummel this Saturday
Elmer Skud, newly appointed manager of Skud and Goldman, has arrived to take active charge of the Ishpeming department store successor. Skud sold his Ishpeming department store to devote full time to management here in this city. Rummel will matriculate at the Detroit College of Law for the complete course in legal training this Saturday evening.
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Jay Rummel
Detroit
Detroit College of Law
Elmer Skud
Skud & Goldman
Skud
Ishpeming
Surveying For New Logging Railroad Near Thomaston
A crew of surveyors is surveying a proposed right of way for a new logging railroad to be built by R. Connor Lumber Co from lands north of Thomaston into the city. The line is expected to connect with the Northwestern railway near Wakefield Crushed Stone Co plant.
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The
R. Connor Lumber Co
Iits
Thomaston
Northwestern Railroad
Wakefield Crushed Stone Co
Regulations for Wakefield Community Building Use
Regulations drafted by Superintendent A W Clevenger and adopted by the city commission govern pupil access to the Wakefield Community Building. Entry is allowed only for scheduled class attendance, with a parent, or for Theatre events. High school pupils may visit Canquet Hall for dances, elementary pupils must be accompanied, and loitering or misusing facilities results in penalties including loss of gym and pool privileges and possible arrest. A visiting Miss Katherine Judge is staying at the Arthur Mann home.
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Wakefield
A. W. Clevenger
City Commission
Canquet Hall
Michigan
Katherine Judge
Winnipeg
Canada
Arthur Mann
Avery Named Public Works Superintendent by City Commission
John Avery was appointed superintendent of public works at a regular meeting of the city commission on Thursday evening upon the recommendation of Commissioner John Matthews who sat as a member of the board for the first time since his election August 26 His appointment was unanimously approved by the commission. Thormas Desonia had resigned as superintendent several days after the election and had served the city for the past four years.
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Avery
Desonia
John Avery
John Matthews
Thormas Desonia
Massie lands leased to Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Houghton county will gain substantial revenue from leasing Massie lands near Bessemer Gogebic county to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. The 5/8 Massie estate 3/8 share property yields royalties over the next years with a 25 cent per ton ore tax and 9.5 percent of ore value above 3.50. The lands west of the Eureka shaft Ramsay were involved in historic litigation leading to a compromise with Houghton county.
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Houghton County
Bessemer
Gogcek County
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Youngstown, Sheet & Tube Co
Youngstown
Ohio
Board of Supervisors
Houghton Mining Gazette
Committee On
Thomas Coughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Palms
Massie
Massie Estate
Eureka
Ramsay
James A. O'Neill
Supreme Court of
Circuit Court
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Theresa Gorsky
Mixx Tla Mattson
William Walters
Sunday Lake CO
Baird
Hamilton
Dickinson
McArthur Ascae
Oa Enone
U.S. Ben
Smith
Smith On
James
Ecwe
Jeffery
Jacobson Coceenenes
Luxmore
Fourier
Hellen
Espenseneth
Jezek
Catenins Perkins Gacewescce
Aaa
Aecrenserswtis
Ironwood Globe
Ladies Aid of the Union Church
Olson Bros
Palms- Anvil Properties
O'Neill
First National Bank
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