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'ill ; -I 1LO VOL. 27. NO. 8. lANSE. BARAGA COUNTY. MICH.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1907. TERMS: $1.50 PER YEAR. LOCAL ITEMS. John Dommer, of Nestor la, was in town Monday. . Mrs, Henry Bteinbaoh is cbnflned to her home by Illness. V K. 0. Williams was at Crystal Falls the fore part of the week. - Miss Isabella Paquette left Mon day for a few weeks' visit with ' friends in the copper couutry. - Attorsey Frank E. Robsofi, of Detroit, transacted business in L'Anse the fore part of the week. Guy O'Donnel left Thursday for Houghton, having severed his con section with Crebassa & Co., liverymen. AloDto McKindles left Tuesday for Arizona, after an extended visit with bis mother, Mrs. S.McEindles, f this village. The L'Anse High School basket ball team left Friday evening for Champion, where they will play a 'game with, a team at that place. The next attraction booked to ap ' pear in the L'Anse Opera House is a moving picture entertaiament.The date is Thursday next, Feb. 21st. Lent began Wednesday ' and as usual, was observed by religious ser vices in Sacred Heart church. The observance of the season " will con tinue until Easter Sunday, which falls on March 31st. Saturday afternoon last a game of hockey was played on the Pequam ing rink between the Pequamlng and L'Anse High School teams. The score was 2 and 2, and owing to darkness they were unable to finish the game. The following named persons have filed applications for naturalization with the county clerk, to be approv ed at the May term of Circuit Court: Erick Erickson, Arvon; Isaac Moil anen, Keweenaw BayjRobert Price, Baraga and' Matt Warila, - Coving ton. Thursday was the feast of St. Valentine, and for a day or so previous the postoffice bad quite a run of Cupid's missives. The stores displayed a number of unique de signs, which found ready purchasers, while the alleged comio variety were profuse. A service of song entitled, "The Man Who Spoiled the Music,", will be (given by the members of the (Sunday School of the Methodist Episcopal church, assisted by the male quartette of the church, Sun day evening at the M. E. church. The service will begin at 7 o'clock, and the public is cordially invited. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Blankenborn returned Wednesday from Milwau kee, where they were called aby the death of E.Eremps,a brother-in-law f Mr. Blankenborn. They were accompanied on their return by their son and daughter, Cbarle.3 and Louise, who have been in Milwau kee for some time. District Manager. Forbes, of the Michigan Telephone Co., was in L'Anse Tuesday. While here Mr. Forbeica)led on several of the businessmen for the'purpose of con . sidering the proposition of install ing a local telephone system, which it is understood was Javora6ly re ceived. During his visit Mr. Forbes made arrangements for a several changes which will noon be made in connection with the long distance system now in use in this village. It is expected that work in connec tion with the changes will fee com menced the fore part of next week The pupils of L'Anse High School are to be conyratulat-d upon the recent splendid addition to the . suhool library, which was made t'ie fore part of the week. Some time ago Secretary August Menge, in a personal letter to Congressman .11.0. Young, asked him what the possibilities were for getting a set of books suitable for such purposes, and in reply to his letter he was in formed that a set of books would be ' forthcoming free of charge. On Monday three large mail bags containing a splendidly bound set of books, between the covers of which is to be found valuable infor mation for school work arrived Mr. Mange is deserving of ' thanks for taking such a step toward the upbuilding of the school library. o MEt AND ORGANIZED. Superintendents of Poor Held Meeting at the County Poor House Tuesday Afternoon. Pursuant to call, a meeting of the board of superintendents of the poor for Baraga county was held at the county poor house, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The mem bers of the board present were Geo. C. Jackman, of L'Aose.and James E. Fleming, of Baraga. August Hutula, of Covington, who was ap pointed superintendent of the poor at a meeting of the board of super visors held Feb. 5tb, to succeed H. J. Seifert, sent word that be could not accept, the office,, and the vacancy' will be filled at the next meeting of the board of supervisors. The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting of the board of superintendents of the poor was necessarily dispensed with, as the former secretary has thus far kept all the books, papers, etc., in bis possession. Upon motion James E. Fleming was duly elected chairman of the board, and Geo. C. Jackrrian secretary." It is understood that an inventory of the poor farm was taken last fall, but as the present board has no cooy of the same, upon motion it was decided to take complete inventory, which was done, and a copy of the same will be presoted at the next meeting of the board of supervisors, There are at present seven in mates in the county bouse. Keeper Jules LeFleur rendered all possible assistance to the board in taking the inventory, and has every thing conaected with the institution in very good condition. The minutes of the meetings of the board - heretofore have never been published, but in the future it is proposed to let the publio know the business transacted at each meeting. LOCAL ITEMS. Henry Murphy is laid up with a severe attack o rheumatism. Miss Ella Steinbachof Chicago, is visiting her parents in this village. Saturday evening last, George Tower, a woodsman, was brought to this village from Leslie's camp, located near Skaoee, where be had the misfortune to have his right leg broken while at work decking logs. He was taken to - Marquette on the evening train. Thursday afternoon a regular meeting of the Ladies' Home Mis sionary society was held at the home of Mrs. H. J. Seifert. A large num ber of the members were present and a very interesting musical and literary program was rendered. Light refreshments were served at the close of te session. Services, in commoration of the fortieth anniversary of the Freed men's Aid and Southern Education Society were held in the M. E. church, in L'Anse, Sunday evening last, at Pequaming in the morning, and at the M. E. Mission in the afternoon. At each of the services Dr. J. Howard Anderson, of Pe quaming, delivered very interesting and able addressess. Special music was also rendered. Valentine Social. The members of the Epworth League of the M. E. church gave a Vilentind social in the Town Hall Thursday evening, and, it was a pleasant social affair in every re spect. Various forms of amusement wore arranged, one of which was shooting with a bow and arrow at a large heart made of cardboard and fafened on the wall. The first prize, consisting of the bow and arrow, was awarded to Erl E.Tracy, of Pequaming, and the second prizV a comicvalentine, to Jack Campbell. During the evening light refresh ments were served. ' Notice. Logging, tote sleighs and carry alls made to order. Cornelius Stimmitz, 12-8-tf.N L'Anse, Mich. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE SENTINEL, ONLY $1.60 DEATH OF VILUAn GAVIN L'Anse Young Man Diet Suddenly In a Lumber Camp Near Skanee Saturday Last. Sunday evening last, the remains nVn of William Gavin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gayin, of this village. were brought to bis late home, on Railroad street, from Skanee, near which plaoe he had been employed for a short time in a lumber camp, operatea oy uyron uiovcr. From testimony given at a pre liminary inquest held, the follow ing is learned. . . Saturday afternoon last, while at work Gavin stated to bis partner, Frank Fanning, that he bad ordered a jug of whiskey, to come to Skanee bv stage, and asked Fanning to ac company blm to that place to get it. After themen had eaten supper they set outforSkanee, Gavin to Drocure the Jug of liq&ocand Fann ing to get the mail. While returning both men in dulged in a few drinks.Tbey bad not proceeded far when Fanning noticed that Gavin began to stagger. Defpite the former's efforts to restrain him from taking more, Gavin took sev eral heavy draughts, and at last Fanning took' the jug away from biro and carried it. Gavin's condition grew rapidly worse until at last nis umos gave out and be sank bv the roadside. Unable to.get him further, Fanning hastened to the camp to summon as sistance. At the camp he stated the circum stances, and in company with Geo. Glover and Stnford McKenzie, he returned to the place where he had left Gavin. Putting him into a sleigh they went to the camp, and upon their arrival placed him on the floor near the stove. Glover and McKenzie went to the shop to do some work, ana upon ineir return, a half hour later.found that life was extinct.. The following day the remains were brought to L'Anse in charge of Charles H. Andersoo, arriving here at 8:30 o'clock in the evenin. Monday, Dr. J.Howard Anderson, of Pequaming, was called to per form an autopsy, and after a rigid investigation made a report to the effect t,bat be was unable at that time to - discover any ,. traces of alcoholic poisoning in the system, stating that such class, of poison disappears through the system so rapidly that after a certain period all traces are lost. He states, bow ever, that a very small quantity of liquor bad remained in the stomach, and that be found the lungs in a seriously congested condition, being completely filled with blood, and that while such might be attributed to various causes,he states that the prime cause of death was acute oedema of the lungs. The autopsy revealed a peculiarity which is very rare. It was found upon opening the body that the young man's heart was located' on ihe right side, while the liver oc cupied a position at the left. Both organs were reported normal, des pite their misplacement. ' William Gavin was aged 31 years, and up to the time of his death had resided the greater part of his life in L'Anse. For many years he had been employed as a woodsman. He was a member of fAnse Lodge No. 2352, Modern Woodmunof America. The funeral was' held fiom his tate- home Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock tyider the direction of the lodge. Interment was in the family lot in the Catholic cemetery, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pequette, who for the past few months hav resided at Tower, Min'n.. where Mr. Pequette has been engaged in missionary work, returned to their ho ne In this village Friday. Mr. Pequette expects to return; to his charge within , two weeks. , Mrs. Pequette will remain in - L'Anse until spring. - SUPERVISOR? MEETING Official Report of Business Transacted at a Meeting of the County Board Held Tuesday, February 5, 1007. ' A session of the board of super visors of Baraga county duly held in the office of the county clerk, Tues day, February 6tb, A. D. 1907, was called to order by Chairman Frank W. Foote. The following named supervisors from the several townships were p resect: Fred W. Schwalm, Baraga; John Elfman. Covington; Frank W. Foote, L'Anse; Samuel T. McKercher, Spurr. Absent Olof W Been, Arvon. The minutes of the session held December 4lh, A. D. 1906, were read and approved. The December 1906 and January 1907 reports of Superintendent of the Poor II J. Seifert and January 1907 reports of Superintendents of the Poor Philip Voetscb and Geo. C. Jack man were read and approved The resignation of H. J. Seifert, as one of the superintendents of the poor, asking that the same be ac cepted immediately, was read. - On motion of Foote, supported by Schwalm, the resignation of H. J. Seifert was accepted, to take effect immediately, as requested. Applications from Joseph E. St. Germain an 1 Jas. E. Fleming for the office of superintendent of the poor to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard Feore, were read and ordered placed oo file. The following report of Account ant Dresser, employed by the chair man and clerk, under instructions of December 4th, 1H06 session, was read. L'Anse, Mich., Feb 2. 1907. To the Honorable Board of Super visors, Baraga County, Michigan. Gentlemen: According to instruct- tioos I have examioed the books. records and vouchers of the county treasurer, from January 1st, 19H to January 1st, 1907, and herewith sub mit my report. ' The receipts and disbursements of the county treasurer and balances of cash on band as shown by the county treasurer's annual state ments are correct and agree with the records in the offices of the county treasurer, county clerk and the monthly and quarterly state meats of the auditor general, with the exceptions mentioned in this re port. . I find vouchers on file for the dis bursements and have checked and canceled the same. . , The receipts and disbursrnents of J. G. Real, county treasurer, from January 1st to October 1st, 1905, were as follows: BECEIPT8, '- , Receipts from all sources $39,950.83 DISBURSEMENTS. Over draft, Jan. 1, 1903, $ 416 79 Disbursements 58.076 57 Total ..$53.623 36 Balance cash which should, have been on band Oct. 1st, 1905 . . . $1,427 47 Balance as shown by treas urer's cash hook and set tlement with board of supervisors... 797 13 Difference .. . ...... $630 34 This difference was caused by n t eitering in cash book the following: Delinquent tax receipt No. 644. ..... ....... . $ 21.73 Short entry of the total of delinquent tax. receipts Nos. 5!7 to C01 inclusive.; 10 00 D linquent tax receipts Nos. 741 and 742 4. 518 Amounts received from the treaVrrers ( the following townships, in settlement of 19)4 tax levy in March. 1903. Arvon, rejected taxea. . . ... .112 00 L'Anse " " , 116 11 Sourr 37 Bmura, " " ... .'. .157 84 Baragi state, f county and county road taxes ... .... 73 63 Fines from Justice Jackman, Noy. 1904 Jno. Robillard.. .... 15 00 Win. Foster. .. .. 10 00 R.J. Sullfvan 10 00 . Frank Barrett)... 10 00 Mrs. Neil Doherty...... 10 00 PER YEAR , LESS JohoTyosb 10 00 Fine from Justice Seldeo, Nov. 1904,' Mary Shaw. ...... 10 00 Fine from Justice Hugo, Dec. 104, Emma Eberbardt.. ...... .. 5 00 From Fred Schwalm, superin tendent of poor, Nov. 1904 yi 15 Total differences before mentioned ....... ... $630 34 Note:-The duplicate receipts, for the above lines were not filed with the county clerk until 1905. The receipts and disbursements of J. G. Real, county treasurer, from Oct. 1st, 1905, to Oct. 1, 1906, were as follows. "" HCIIPT8. Balance on hand, Oct. 1,1905 $797 13 Receipts from alt sources. . 81,610 36 . Total... ........ 82.407 49 78.152 69 Disbursements.. Balance, cash which should have been on hand Oct. 1, 1906 ... .... ..$4,25480 Balance as shown by Treaa- cash book and settlement with board of supervises 4,109 93 Difference $144 87 This difference was caused by not entering in the cash book the follow in Delinquent tax receipts Nos. 853 and 854.. ........ .. $ 81 19 Delinquent tax receipt 1066, 11 17 " " 831, 37 91 Short entry of delinquent tax receipts No. 1017 A 2 00 Delinquent tax receipt, 1130, 1 00 " 939. 1 00 769 and 770 .... 2 00 Fine from Justice Hugo, Nov. 1905, Napoleon Gagnoo.... 8 00 Total ... '.. ...$144 87 The receipts and disbursements of J. G. Real, county treasurer, from Oct. 1, 1906, to January 1, 1907, were as follow: RICEIPT8. Balance on band,Oct.l.'06, $4,109 93 Receipts from all sources, 30,093 01 Total ..$34.202 94 Disbursements.... . . . 33,007 73 Balance chash on hand Jan. 1, 1907. tamed over to county Treasurer Tracy $1,195 21 SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES. January to October, 1905.. ..$630 34 Oct., 1905, to Oct., 1906.... 144 87 Total .. ..$776 21 Ex County Treasurer Real has not been in L'Anse during my stay and for this reason I have not been able to 'go over 'these differences ith him. . I have checked the monthly and quarterly statements of the auditor general with the county treasurer's books and find same to be correct. I have examioed the township and village accounts and the necess ary enteries have been made to cor rect the errors which have ocourred n these accounts during the past two years.and the following balances as shown oo the county treasurer's ledger, Jan. 1, 1907, are correct. Arvoo, Twp credit balance $382 20 Covington," ....... 27 18 L'Anse, " " .... 794 87 Spurr, " " ... 261 81 Village of Baraga... I 114 92 Village of L'Anse." 26 85 Total . .... ..... . $1.07 83 Baraga Twp debit oalance $1,161 35 ' Note Baraga township was credited twice, with the '1904 delin quent state aid county tax.'s, in March, 1905. making an error in the credits of $1.737 31. . It does not app -ar that the sup ervisors cheek" the treasurer's dis bursements to township and villages when nuking unuil settlements with the treasurer. I would suggest that they check all disbursements, also the duplicate receipts filed with the county clerk for liqiioV taxes, justice fines and other miscellaneous receipts of the counrly treasurer. In connection with this, I would suggest that the treasurer use a re ceipt book so arranged that the or iginal and duplicate receipt tan be made at the same time by the use of a carbon sheet and that the treasur er be required to promptly file with the county clerk a duplicate receipt Continued on pagt) four. THAN 3 CENTS PER WEEK NARROW ESCAPE M DEATH James Brogan Quite Badly Injured Sunday Last By the Explosion . of Powder. Sunday last shortly after 12 o'clock, noon, a number of residents living in the southern portion of the village were startled by a loud re port resembling an explosion o powder. Upon investigation it was found ' that such was the case, and the re sult is that James, the 14 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Brogan, is now in a hospital at Marouette. where every effort is being made to save the sight of an eye. At the nour stated it appears tbat the boy had found a pop bottle In an outer shed at his home, contain ing a quantity of powder, which from all appearances bad become frozen. There were about five charges in the bottle, and the young lad being quite a hunter, thought be would re-load a few empty cart ridge shells in esse he should need them. - In order to remove the powder.he procured a quantity of paper and went to the rear of the house, where he ignited- it and began to thaw the contents of the bottle by holding it near the flames. Intent upon watching the tbawr ing process be did not notice that a . few grains were running from the mouth of it, which as soon as they came in contact with the names ignited and cause the' fire to follow the little stream' of powder into the bottle, with the result that an ex plosion followed. The bottle was broken into a countless number of pieces, tho majority of which penetrated the boy's body, inflicting wounds of all sizes, the most serious of which is that of the left eye. At the time of the accident it was impossible to ascertain whether any glass remain ed in the eye or not, owing to a quantity of blood which soon collected around the iojured mem ber. - Wednesday it was decided that in order to save the sight, the boy would have to undergo an operation, whereupon be was taken to Mar quette, where he will receive treat ment at the bands of a specialist. Not Yet Ended. The Arvon deer hunting incident h is by no means ended, says tho ' Hancock Journal, the local parties being persistent In their statements that the guilty persons be prosecut ed to the full extent. To this end.. Attorney Crocker, of Calumet, has been retained to fight the case. They are also assured of a clear case, though the cost of obtaining justice will be considerable, the members of the party have pledged sufficient to defray this amount. At any rato the case will be watched with in terest by many and the outcome will be eajjeily awaited. when w eary, Run Down J A and Fagged Out s Malt Tonic Will tone up-your SYSTEM. Druggists and dealers sell it. Bosch Tonic Dept. . LAKE LINDEN, MICH. ARVID JOHMRON, Agent, Bosch .'V