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every morning, and if the means of communica- 

 tion fails between any two of them small parties 

 with the fleetest of the camels loaded with repair 

 material will travel along the line till the place 

 of the trouble is located. Another advantage of 

 the collapsible poles is that the wire may be 

 brought near to the ground when any examina- 

 tion or repairs are required. 



The cost of the desert part of the line will be 

 about $400,000. A branch line will connect the 

 Niger River in the Sudan with Lake Chad, and 

 the main line will extend up the Niger to Tim- 

 buctu, where it will connect with the line now 

 in operation to Bammako and the Atlantic coast 

 of Senegambia. 



OLD MILL DISMANTLED. 



The old Flat Rock mill, one of the oldest 

 landmarks in Delta county and one of the first 

 sawmills ever built at Escanaba, has been 

 torn down during the past two weeks by a 

 crew of men employed by the recently organ- 

 ized Escanaba Electric Power & Pulp Com- 

 any. A portion of this mill was built by 

 i-nator Isaac Stapleton in 1842. An addition 

 \va.s built in 1848, and another addition, com- 

 pleting the structure as it stood until the pres- 

 ent, was built in 1865. The mill was operated 

 by water power secured by damming the Es- 

 canaba river at that point. 



R. E. McLean, superintendent for the I. 

 Stephenson Co., at Wells, says that the first 

 clay's work he ever did in Michigan after com- 

 ing- here from Xew Brunswick, twenty-six 

 years ago was in the old Flat Rock mill. The 

 mill was abandoned when the company began 

 operating its big mill at Wells 16 years ago. 



The company which has purchased the water 

 power rights in the river will erect its first 

 power plant on the same site and will use the 

 same dam. 



The power station will be constructed of 

 concrete and brick and in it will be installed 

 three turbines whose combined capacity will 

 In- 000 horse-power. This is the amount of 

 power which engineers say can be generated 

 at that point with the dam as it is at present. 

 The plans of the company provide for raising 

 the dam eight feet, which will increase the 

 power which can be harnessed at that point 

 to 1,300 horse-power. The power station will 

 be built large enough to provide for installing 

 additional turbines just as quickly as they 

 may be needed. 



0. L. Huie, who is personally directing the 

 work, says that the power station will be so 

 far completed before snow flies that the com- 

 pany will be ready to furnish electric current 

 to any who may wish to get it. 



The company has been negotiating with the 

 Board of Public Works of Escanaba for some 

 time with a view to furnishing current for the 

 city lighting plant. 



BAY CITY'S LUMBER IMPORTS. 



During the month of June there was received 

 at the port of Bay City 11,043,000 feet of lum- 

 ber, the quantity coming from Canadian ports 

 exceeding that from domestic ports about 2,000,- 

 000 feet. 



There also came to Bay City during the month 

 2,900 tons of manufactured iron, 453 tons of lime- 

 stone, 935 tons of hard coal, 60,000 cement bags, I 

 and 162,000 pieces of lath. The receipts of lum- 

 ber were somewhat larger than during the same 

 month last year. 



PENNSYLVANIA'S TREE BOUNTY. 



There is a law on the statute books of 

 Pennsylvania which ought to have a wide 

 circulation. It is "An Act for the Encourage- 

 ment of Forestry." 



This law takes the best means possible to 

 encourage owners of land to preserve and 

 propagate timber trees, for it allows a reduc- 

 tion of t;:\es to the owner of forest land 

 which comes up to certain requirements of 

 the act. The first man to take advantage of 

 the new law is an Allegheny county firmer 

 Mr. Tenner, of Leet township. A/I r. T'-nncr 

 has obtained from the county comm's ; on"rs 

 a reduction of $22.50 on his taxes fir com- 



plying with the provision of the law. 



It is rather remarkable that the second 

 county in the state in point of population 

 should be the first to pay a bounty for forest 

 preservation under the new law, but such is 

 the case. 



NEED FIRE WARDENS. 



Forest fires have worked considerable havoc 

 in the territory contiguous to the city of Onaway. 

 Lobdell & Bailey, of Onaway, suffered a loss of 

 $12,000; the Fletcher Company of Alpena lost 

 half a million feet of hemlock logs and 1,000 

 cords of hemlock back, and McTiver & Hughes 

 lost $1,000 worth of poles. The Lough camps 

 were entirely destroyed and the loss is heavy. 

 Carelessness was the cause of the fires. 



MESICK IS BOOMING. 



With the building of the Ann Arbor railroad 

 came the existence of the village of Mesick 

 and it today occupies a very conspicuous place 

 in the business annals of Wexford county. 

 Four flourishing manufacturing industries, a 

 score of business establishments and a very 

 modern and up-to-date school system mark the 

 accomplishments of the village founder, and 

 those who were interested with him and who 

 are still vitally interested in the village wel- 

 fare and prosperity. 



When Mesick was first established in the 

 primeval forest in the year of 1862, by the late 

 Howard Mesick, the only places of importance 

 in the north were Traverse City, Manistee and 

 Big Rapids. Like many other towns in the 

 Grand Traverse region, the village's first in- 

 dustry was a small saw and hoop mill estab- 

 lished by Mr. Mesick. This industry now em- 

 ploys 15 men the year around and manufac- 

 tures 2,000,000 feet of timber each year. 



The Mesick Manufacturing Company, which 

 was recently reorganized with L. J. Tripp as 

 its president and Geo. F. Williams and J. H. 

 Williams and L. G. Ward as vice-president, 

 secretary and treasurer, respectively. It em- 

 ploys 35 men and disburses $1,800 a month in 

 wages. It will double its capacity this year. 



The L. J. Tripp Broom Handle Company is 

 the third industry. Its pay roll is $4,000 a 

 month. The company uses 2,000,000 feet of 

 timber annually. The fourth industry which 

 is doing its share towards bringing Mesick to 

 the front is that operated by Grove & Nelson, 

 which manufactures lumbermen's supplies. 



Mesick has a fine lot of mercantile estab- 

 lishments, all of which are making money. 

 There is enough timber in the vicinity of Me- 

 sick to keep its woodworking plants in oper- 

 ation for at least 15 years, and by the end of 

 that time there will be equally thriving indus- 

 tries to take their place if they forced to quit 

 because of lack of material. 



Mesick boasts a banking institution, that of 

 F. E. Oliver & Co., which has been no small 

 factor in the growth of the village. 



LAST ONE HORSE CAR LINE. 



That horse cars are still running in New York 

 is common knowledge and a national wonder, but 

 in New England they are scarce. As far as 

 known, the only one horse car line in operation 

 in New England runs between the railroad sta- 

 tion in Fryeburg, Me., and the Camp Grounds. 

 This line was formerly owned by a private indi- 

 vidual, but is now the property of a New York 

 paper concern. The charter was secured in 1887 

 and the road built in 1888. 



The company operates three open cars and two 

 box cars, little old fashioned affairs which look 

 strange to the modern eye. Trunks and baggage 

 are carried upon the cars and the driver will stop 

 anywhere along the line and help carry the trunks 

 into the houses. 



The distance covered by the line is three miles 

 mi 1 the fnr" 10 cents. Strictly local ride? "re five 

 cents. I ( is stated that when snecial -"e"tings. 

 '"airs o- '''T <? r ith<'ri'-r r s :>re hold at th ' Camp 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING. 

 Advertising in the classified col- 

 umns of the "State Review'* 

 will be inserted at the rate of 7 

 cents per agate line. 



Help Wanted. 



THE STATE REVIEW wants reliable subscrip- 

 tion agents in all parts of Michigan. Liberal 

 commission. Address State Review, 1406 Ma- 

 jestic Bldg., Detroit. 



BOOKKEEPER and general office work; sales- 

 man for gent's furnishing. 79 Home Bank, De- 

 troit. 



COLLECTOR Experienced collector, with best 

 of references, wanted at once; good money for 

 right man. Business Men's Credit Exchange, 

 325 Hammond Bldg., Detroit. 



YOUNG MAN, good habits and scholar, position 

 to keep cost and material in sheet metal works. 

 W. J. Burton Co., 164 Lamed st. west, Detroit. 



Business Opportunities. 



BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Men of business 

 interested in a new field for making money will 

 find in our proposition what they are seeking. 

 We have a new plan in the Mail Order line that 

 will please those seeking a good investment 

 with large profits. A fortune for the right 

 person. The F. H. Alden Co., 168 E. Fourth 

 St., Cincinnati, O. 



FOR SALE or will exchange for good real es- 

 tate, furniture and undertaking business in good 

 town in Gratiot county, doing good business; 

 will inventorv about $3,000. Montney & Jones, 

 49 Hodges Bldg., Detroit. 



IF YOU WANT a business that will pay several 

 thousand dollars annually, start a mail order 

 business; we furnish everything necessary; only 

 few dollars required. Catalog and particulars 

 free. Milburn-Hicks, 708 Pontiac Bldg., Chi- 

 cago, 111. 



RESIDENT MANAGER wanted in each city or 

 town to represent large manufacturer of com- 

 plete line high-grade automobiles; must invest 

 small amount of money, which is amply secured : 

 good salary, expenses and commission to de- 

 sirable party with Al references. Send applica- 

 tion and references to our general manager, H. 

 L. Palmer, 46 Dev ishire st., Boston. 



Agents Wanted. 



A GOOD subscription agent wanted in every town 

 in Michigan for the State Review. Liberal 

 commission.. State Review, 1406 Majestic 

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Real Estate. 



FARM FOR SALL-On account of old age, 

 365 acres, part or all of it, about 100 acres 

 in cultivation, well located; three miles from 

 county seat, iy, miles from smaller town, 

 with canning factory, railroad crossing one 

 corner of farm; a young orchard; crops 

 good, climate fine; price reasonable; tele- 

 phone in house. P. T. JACOBSEN, Erin, 

 Tenn., R. F. D. No. 4. 



According to the "Statistical Abstract of 

 the United States, 1906," the first American 

 trade mark was registered in 1870. Since then 

 the record, by quinquennial years, has been: 



1875 2,150 1900 33,957 



1880 7,790 1905 43,956 



1885 11,243 1906 48,446 



1890 17,360 1907 59,014 



1895 25,757 



These figures, with their steady and regu- 

 lar advance, graphically exhibit the on-march 

 Vmerican business. 



