.... ..,,.;;,egsa
Lc.r
:reat
4
5.
Powsr From NI.Br Turn, th, Whwl. of ndurtry.
... . . ..... . . . .. ::i.iA en
within BOO miles or wmcu uv v
per cent of our population.
Prepared VrKtlnl Gi irit; loolttr.
Ri vmu vi vj 1 - - -round
the Great Lakes U a
-. .p - tour or American
. r ni ' oni lay
' there. basking in the sun or raging
with storms, our Inland seas would
' - . t. n,, thov hare served
... Inland SOS has
'. AUICI M
.. .v. i.t.i t averv cor-
. . t trM and because
. .. . .. ihu have risen. On
ot uen, ouay wu- - -
the banks of a hundred tiny creeks
commerce, has piauiou
piers or
,, Our bridges crossed our lanes as
. ore before they crossed a river.
t . t .lh whose frame-
. scarcely ,.
work has not -wallowed to the swell
. . imi oaa Water" before
i oi' our o5 '
' ... .h.n able. The story
. couiuiua uu " .
.", - . TaVaa la ana of unDO-
! !. OI OUT ureal
llevably cheap freight rates, of mar-
i -i.. ..MM rreiirQLera. v "
.'TVluuaij '
... i in ann vrflln.
r ' ana lumuci. u - . ,
In the days when the principal
' crop of America was cold-bred fur,
the St Lawrence was the gateway
.... . Pnf waa the In-
. to our unu""" -- . .
centlve of Nlcolet, Jollet, Marquette
. . 0.11- fA shnm the water-
hed between the Great Lakes and
tbe wide Mississippi basin was fa
miliar while the British were still
...I lh. KM Mlflt.
OIU1U& IMC
In 1803 most of this land became
ours through the Louisiana Pur
chase, and the vast territory which
fur trade and Indian alliances bad
. tn rm 0 frnnB-AnDftlfl-
WOTJ IOr trww v T " .
ui.nttAii dm ImnetilA. F Of
' CallUU CUIUUluiiiwu w
a little less than four cents an acre
the young American. Repabllfi ac
. iu n awimiHnrjil .' lands
stretching to the headwaters Of the
Missouri and the Yellowstone.
' Around the lakes, fur ceded Its
primary place to gram
: n. Mfnrsat nrimevar
Der. nmwaiun -
crashed before Paul Bunyan's saw
and ar, .
rr.1. .a n. n Imn f
4t the northern end of the lakes
. mnrt mnnntalna of ore
stood ready for the steam shovels.
Coal moved north and Iron south, a
combination providing profltable re-
" wherever A creek
reached the south shore of Lake
Erie, coal and ore were tossed bacK
-hall '
Q.ifliln a Busy Port.
. I- . knatr rateWBT tO the
CUnuiu io n e -
. .sinn. Protected
ureal ic -... h
from early traffic competlUon by
the Niagara falls, which were latee
to furnish Its light and power, this
rich inland port stands at the east
end of the upper lakes and the
west end of the only convenient
break In the Appalachians, Had an
Indian Interpreter not made a mls
v . .!, ham been called
laae n wuu -
.m n. . .f.vtilnir hut suitable
name for this busy creek-stde port
v . oo iqm at Chicago, salt
h. nnir nf Mexico was
water irvui w -
blended -with Lake Michigan water
when a flotilla of Mississippi river
barges, bearing
SUgar, arnircu - .
, fr,. nin.fnn channel does today
j... oinrinr did more
than once In the part-links .the
Great Lakes with the gulfc It took
. ari Jsaam AT .
260 years tor jou
I I esjass-BBssssi P----I. . . . V- m T - ' W S I I
v - iZS
jiiiiiill: '.
.. ! i . . ..-A.y:-i: V,'t, - 'i ' 'i, L i
Yu.LiilL0US
TRIFLES
r.' M
lakes-togulf waterway to come
true. ' ",;: '''"'"i
rnntu to tidewater now ex
. . .l- tiiii. nrdferarsv. with a
nine-foot channel; the New York
t, ....I and its branch to
State Cargo - - -
- K-h irh a deuth of 12
feef and the St Lawrence canalM
, . water. 1
In which mere are " "-;'
. . . i ..nflMnl link Is the
'1 ne aeeiwi a. i..-v . . --
new weuana cana ikm
has 30 feet of water on the sills of
Its spectacular locks, but
compllshes the steepest llft-826
feet in 25 miles. While retaining
' i Its pre-eminence In the transfer of
grain, Buffalo has since become out
f milling metropolis.
,,- m October, 1839, when the brig
r i " i ..ht -i 7S ' bushels of
' w.m rihlrairo to Buffalo. It
, fi;iiMi ,to unload tne
I. ; . OQ alevatnra conld
m,. mnrh wheat lb less
HOW BUluau -
.. . vet. wen. the
'than nm
empty. It would take eight eight-
ff hour days' to nu tnem
' iclty of 60.000.000 bushels.,
riries from the neaa
r -if Lake Superior to. the! foot of
- Lake Erie for about three cents a
i ,. h. handled
early greatness to a creek. Chic
ecretaries, high bp in the 700-foot
tower or ueveiano. up
look down in spirit as to truth on
Cuyahoga . f Flats.": 'V- "'V r
From A tower ownea- as nui"
.. M.nie the atta of
cney can veauj wmwj - - -a
canal bed burled' under a railroad
right or way. in uw "-"
nnlt of Cleveianas amnmoua :w
Within a City" they survey the ugly
valley which Interrupt the plateau
along wnicu uis aiy
. i . . wH ah. rtf tnanv
ine juyauug ui
crooked, slow, slimy, , smelly UtUe
rivers, inaesceni wiia .,
with rust . and crossed by dull
black bridges, which obsequiously
enter tne ureal iie. n ,
,. But back or. tnese nomeiy uu
creeks, reflecting prosaic chimneys
and veiled in smoke, are heart-stir
ring symDOis on : ucaor , yw -clualve
homes on ..many a , Lake
Shore drive, Bridges ; on, m Eu
phrates ana tne . irrawauujr,
Unea across the Syrian desert, and
hamai works 'as ; efficient : and
odorous as those or ine ouur.
TheoretlcaUy,1' the best place to
study lake shipping would be from
a Viewing BWWIU "u wn-r
most of the MOO. .Great Lakes ves
sels, aggregating 8.000.000 tons ca-
padty, weaving a '
up and aown un m
5 But the actual granusiouu, u.
Ukes open-water perspectives better
..n n la the lawn of
than tne 'sw "
Detroit's exclusive Old club, In St
Clair flats. In 1929. flgurlng on an
elghtmonth season, aw
traffie- passea me viiu , '
inlnute of the day and night more
than five times that carried through
the Sues canai uunug " -
period.
What city, has Influenced modern
mankind more than Detroit? Its
businesslike stoves and oil-burning
furnaces have supplanted the ro-
.(. i.a 4wttN hflVA Bill
mantle neanu. iu u.o --
ed healing around the globe. Its
electric refrigerators have helped
banish the iceman. owt.reu.u-
tlonary of auyit put aow iw
under the feet of man. ; '
Where Automobiles Are Made.
Mat nf America's automobile fac
tories are adjacent to the Great
Lakes. With 60,000,000 tons a year
. . BnA nei helnff borne
or lro um uu ,
south and north along m uei
water front, anu nuuura v. wu- -r
llhiestone from Calclte and Alpena
. . nhiAiv noama
passing lis wnaires, vv
the natural center !
production. But the motor ; mag-
nates empnaauw
. . v , anil XTrtVrt tne
In King, uiub, w "-! -i..
a . mum of ingenious, rest
less brains whose value was Im
measurable. v;-- .
k . la. a.lKu la llmaaw
North or iwroiv
m ..1 Mfiil onnnffh fisll 10
Stone auu mhmA
flU solid cars, wiucu
through to Chicago ana j.w
There are even at times special
wblteflsh "planes which u.
. ,au. 'Dnr with ttnnn
to distant ciuw. " " "
cepUons as Port Huron, Bay City.
Alpena, Calclte, Muskegon, and
' . . . ,m mmnuf la
Gary, the iase snoro u .-.
largely a piaygnranu. . p
' Thanks to the tempting Influence
of Green Bay. over whose portage
m r ... ..il .Toilet flrat
Father uarquouo
reached the Mississippi, Door conn
. nn..in'i oherrvtand.
TV IB VI IBC""- - .
.. . i fMnrt at Rtnr-
( in tne coiiuiua ;
aeon Bay neatly aproned operatives
wait for the red cascade of cherries
to come pouring down . Into their
-tw hetween cherries
macniuca. -
and summer resorts. Door county Is
. busy place, and from the observe-
Bon towers oi.ru"
watoml State parks one looks down
on a wonderland of forest and wa
ter." tourists, reswf
charts decorated With slgbs read-
InB '."FICB your, wn, .
, It is a iodb juuik.
Cherrylandjo riuth-Superiorthe
. . th. inksa. Their
ussiesi-iw-.
rivalry aeeim -r -
their combined strength U of world-
wide importance, j -v::.
TWO Sana yn..B"v.'"
picturesque and remarkable harbor
if all those, around our Inland seas,
Willi 'w . .
-a ahannela . TO the
Dim in un . ..I..,.
northwest a Diurc row -wvi
.v. thaf thflUfl who. an-
from mo v- .
. A. .hi ..! main hlirnwavs
nroacn w uw v- -
Suddenly look over the edge of the
THE FEATHERHEADS r.X.'Zzr
Not Enough
' He PUT i'rt Trt6 V, HBpi ..
cec
Dy ELT.:0 SCOTT WATSON '
1 , "ilVOTKZR CHAKJLEY"
IiriLLIAM HOWABD TAii s
v r been eiectea rw"""- .
good friend, Theodore : Roosevelt
who had picked the secretary of
- . ..Maan, was net-
war tor -- f
orally very .much pleased. Nat
brally. also, he expected a word of
"U1U' . In thll
: He got It, nut n -
form: 1 owe a great deal to you.
opportunity -yv p-,-. dl-
dlsregarding iv , "
?T r.olHantjlpt COntln-
Claimer, ui ...
v : .1. , .u.u oe i the
tied. - xea. id uu"e - - -"T1.
t .m hntind to Say
wnoiecaa.,u,----- -
that I , owe, wt wv---j -you
tban' u Tanybody else, exepf m
brpfher! Charley S ?
S; ...v bMkiriant saw for
-; ;,n ar u " . '.
ward' throughthe next tourer.
to the rnnuenr ""J,.-"-..
Charley" and other serva B
Bubllcans over mo z
puui.-"- HheVai Boose-
niS uepanum ----- , ,
veit w:-wyfij,.
Eopsevelt rienas.j.
i So Theodore koowjtov w - -
d foreboding heart with him when
. . n hnnt Hons.
ne went w ws - .
That : brief .conversation to the
WWte Bowe naa wu w -""r:
to a -farnobs friendship. Affairs
turned out just jt
pectea tneiu -'w , .u
, When be,came back from the Jun,
ties he announced hls -aupport of
uovernor nn" " - - oft
Ucan nomination for President. Taft
uw .....a ..J hurt and BTieved.
was surpriwp. t--,en
The rift a. .e
the two men.' u.
formation of g-,-"-'
the defeat or ,
and a Democratic President In the
White Bouse for the 1M
1,1 ti.O J:iJlHl
ministration Is suiJ i -lenient
but econoinl.
British Just but firm, W
French socially
lcally arbitrary,
lacking expei""-
Plan... Ship. Und" S" E
Airplane and dirigible ball
. . j 0,niTpra betwc- i
erators auu v""" -.United
States end foreign cou..
are subject to i -.
laws and regulations that gov
steamship and sailing, vessel ti
and operation,
" Salvag.. Sh..p. CttU Ilea.-. 1
Packing houses utilise the l
from sheep and cattle; The toi.. .
cheek muscles and brains are re
moved and sold for food, and k i-,
rat oil and bone meal, are extract
ed from the rest of the head. -
' C6.U PociJ. Frigidity -
- During severe periods of cold I
northern China the natives add j i
extra garment with each marked In
crease In frigidity. They speak of
extreme sud-w; , ,
cold.'VGas.Xoglo. ,
:'&:Th-;F Spa"0" '- K' !
fox sparrow; is thick-set an
: . .v... the anna BDarrow;
JeaVliy streaked -with bUckend :
brown below, they are sometimes
DIW . .l. it amateurs.
mistaken or u -.
j;t'. - . ( ri11
l-" DrevSag" Cattle ! -
Driving cattle is called "droving" .
a ...iflti nf men.
to Austrana,t vu""- -- - .
horses arid dogs frequently are on
the stock routes which "served .
for traveling cattle or sheep, for
six" months at-a time, - ) , ,' -
v i I, .f..:-.f..y..
r- EatraetUg Sap Old Industry
Of ail tb agricultural acUvltles
practiced on the North American
continent that of extracting sap
from the maple tree and concentrat
ing it Into sirup or sugar to one ot
the oldest - " .
tnmj r i.. .' vv -
who seem most nappy, i
.. . au'. Phlnatnwn.
aaia til avt "" " :
HMntt..' frit he an
'"are orten omy " ;
to a philanthropic desire to cheer
I . nalvhhAra.1 . ;-:r : ,i' .. .'. '
- Native Home of LiUe
- The native home of the Ulac Is
tbe Balkans, and wild lilacs ejtlU
grow there In profusion. - . .
I years.
; la $50,000
- T?Tm? ByTi. ' , , Lesser Evil
rJJNlNiii ur inc rvAAvsv ..,w
1 - -
WAS JT 1 riffiraUpEP
BAP? U( m FRdWTO A,
ME,
ITS lust a Wle piece ot colored
1 J , h.n an tneb sQuare,
paper, - .r . -
and gummed on the back. It may
cost Its first purchaser only a few
e. hoiinAns to be 'the
CeniS. UUl 11. fc "-rr- - - ,
only one of its kind to existence Its
worth m000o'o-w
Baclt in jow, r"" . "
ter weoster; " v.
needed 'stamps.: He decided he
. . .nnu nf hia own.- In
WOUia maw "... ' rnha
those days, postmasters did. The
United Biaira sv"- i
begin to exercise Hs' monopoly on
the business unUl a year later. -
ed on little, oblong, Pallueol-
orea pieces , wt- . vf . -
. i a. h iirnA a tham Wall
housht by a' Boscawen jdUsen, and
Jasted on an envelope addrewed to
MISS Acnsan c. . -"-. --
. . fi Vun Pjinrnra. N.
Tneoaore r reuu, --- -
U That enveiopo, -postmaster
notation, ""
IN. Dm XW-e f ,' -
years ago for; SM,13T.l3,'i It U now
' . j- .v.. nt.il the. TTUcB
ownea oy Aruiur - - --
... t ..ltimiiiinnAira stamp col
lector and is valued at $25,000.
. r . .m .j, the world.
, The rarest w" - -
. . nl.,i: elan AWBSJ'. la the
WniCU Jur.t .nwHf, ' --
oneenr Britlsh- Gulaiia- stamp h
sued In .that oum
. .. ... .mwi. nMAvnr. the
BSn COiouy iu ... ' -
man who found it, while searching
through some old family letters,
. . .. e.n.M . fa . a
sold ' it ror ; save -
friend, Who held It for ten years
before a London stamp dealer gave
. . -. ... . n. . TtlnA hnntfht
him' f use ro "
It from a French Stamp collector
- i ... v.ima4 at
fori RBpOw...
Aatl-Slavory SoeUtiss In Ohla . "
iln 1835 thewwere 213 anti-slavery
sodetlee In Ohio with 17.C 1
members,' - . ' " '
y Man's Heart BeaU
The average man's heart I
at the rate of 72 times a minute.
i v , , - "Goober." ' 1
J'.eOoobera'...W''a'. name given to
peanut In the South.
0
. VoiDEA Or
D0M T' BVUN
I $50,000,
i'
IB
V
'1'
1
if WOULP HAVtT.
. '. a' . Lit lA ..'.' ."; 'fv
prow wii 1 .
ACBE to' the early, days of the
.in. thnat nf ataam.
repuuuu .
boats oiled the ' Mississippi, - the
. T" Near rirleana. nld
DOBunen, wc . -
most of their banklni at the Banque
des atoyeni. , It Issued bank notes
printed to English, on one, side and
. Aa' nth Mr i 6
to STencn vw"f .w..sr,.- ...
It ten-dollar note bore the word
. r&A In larffA let-
tera. ' 8o th: boatmeb spoke ot It
colloquially; as a -dlx," and New
Orleans became the town , where
tney go ud , , - .
wnrd .nnrth ' and
xney om ..z
toon the entire South came to be
known as tne aixio cguuiry. ?: -.
iord. rmnlBl n. Emmett
Ti iHCU -ii - .
wrote a song about "deJand ob cot-
ton Dixieland.-' ' was um auu
... itla at Vfwhatilr'a
or uryaui u..u -
hall In New Tort city, but the
South; the real pixleland," Immedi
ately took It UP as us own. ; .
'Two years later, to Its rollicking
strains, men , In gray rode forth to
"live and die for Dixie." ; It helped
e.- an strt faatai a vain
ru the world had never een before
and ft buoyed them vp In those dark
' . .1 ul .... wn.
days wneo .mo -.. u .
. i . ...maIw helnff hnrme Amm
siowiy uuv ""
by the North's superior numbers.
1 Today wai iuu nui uu mo yuw-
er to thrill the hearts of a reunited
nation as no other tune has this
song which takes its name from the
.f tinnl atenrnhnat mcrt'a fflmll-
r i .
lur U:-m for a piece of money print
ed H two Innguaisl . ' , v
y-H Y, u.ra Hwppr Cuiua. ',
17
. 'perfect, - ' s '
"I envy the man who sang the
tenor sola" - r i
"Really? I thought he bad a very v .... .
poor volee." i , ' .
Sq did t, but Just think ot bis
nerve." Border Cities Star. '
And a Wte ivorwo. .
' 1 thought of giving my sweetheart
aaundred cigars like these. Can you,
think ef anything be would like betr.
tor. w ;:i
"Yes, Mty.'V-SantaFeMagaxlne. i -
;:;.:..,.,,, i-r.; T, .;v::'f ;!'
The Wsddlng March
a---. -Larr:' wander' alog. -
a. - 'i J.VI.' I. L 'a1r1n 1 i.
. --un, jaca, uu ew ,--- v-,
Pearson's Weekly. v - v ( -
.... .. .. 9WTU uo ...
C i Lady (at almond counter) Who
attends to the nuts? '
Wise Guy Be patient, Til wait on
you In a minute. Royal Arcanum. .
Dry Meatnra
i-'t don't know a thing about cook
ing. How, long should one . cook
spaghettir
"Oh," about ten inches."
s, hulk like so much ore or lime
stone, and, as a consequence., nu
plateau upon .mis '
t arbor. " ,"( ,' ' "
.i r t 1 r- nved east to a ce