MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



farms the idle acres throughout the state, both 

 north and south of the straits. 



If, as has been feebly suggested, the private 

 land owners benefit in their farm sales by i 

 the advertising proposed to be done by the 

 state they should be made welcome to the 

 benefit, for they make but the one profit in 

 fheir sale, while every year thereafter Michi- 

 gan makes money from the new taxpayer and 

 producer. 



I lore is splendid food for thought. Satilt 

 Ste. Marie News. 



BOSTON-CHICAGO BY TROLLEY. 



There may a mere trifle of discomfort in a 

 I..">oo mile trolley trip from Boston to .Chicago, 

 but a I'.oslon man who actually made the trip and 

 who collected statistics which ought to qualify 

 him for the Massachusetts bureau of statistics, 

 found that there was no end of pleasure to the 

 discomfort was not intolerable, and the time 

 consumed was not excessive, 

 venture. The cost was not great. The per- 



The Boston man wanted to travel, but did not 

 care to go by railroads. He desired to sec some- 

 thing of his country en route. He knew that if 

 he should hoard a train in a Boston terminal he'd 

 reach Chicago very quickly and without any great 

 outlay of money. But he was aware also that he 

 would be whizzed along through many backyards 

 and that all he would be able to say of the jour- 

 ney would be that he had taken it. 



He'd sec none of his friend en route. He'd get 

 little or HOIK: of the beautiful scenery of which the j 

 route fs really full. The trip would not be of any 

 great cducaii >nal value to him, and he doubted 

 if he would get his regular share of ozone. He 

 couldn't afford an automobile, he wasn't as strong 

 as he might have been on the hoof and elimina- 

 tion put the trolley in his way. 



He reported back that he had had one of the 

 most enjoyable vacations of his life. He did not 

 lack companionship. He saw Niagara, and 'he 

 looked on all the beauty of the middle Western 

 country. He dropped in on all the friends whom 

 he cared to see. If there chanced to be a good 

 attraction at any of the theaters in the cities 

 through winch he pa-sed he toted out his dress 

 suit from his >uit case and was among the well 

 dressed. 



He .-aw city and country, mountains and prairie, 

 i finally he reached Chicago, ten days after j 

 .1 left the Huh. he was able to speak" intelli- 

 <1 at length of the lands which he had 

 skirted, he had a good conception of the re- 

 sources of his country and he had a greater faith 

 than ever in the merits of that great person the 

 idividual. 



He boarded a trolley car one morning in BOS- 

 MI excellent car, fast, roomy and clean, but not 

 a bii better than many others on which he rode in 

 next few days. His baggage was in a strong 

 suit case. It consisted of a dress suit, two 

 changes of underwear, a few shirts, a raincoat, 

 toilet articles and a few books. 



The total weight of the impedimenta was 



: -10 pounds.' It felt 40 pounds plus a ton 



before he arrived at Chicago. He learned 



the lesson that all experienced travelers try to 



impress on their novice friends; take the mini 1 



ilium of baggage: it is easy to buy things on the 



way and probably you can worry along very 



Ttably without some of the many things 



which \ou always deemed essential. 



From Boston to Tarrytown, X. Y., there i- an 

 unbroken trolley line, save for a few feet at the 

 Stamford bridge. The Boston man found the 

 weather delight nil. He even says that the whirr 

 of the electric cars made him drowsy at limes. 

 A line i>a;iaii:ora of scenery moved gently by him. 

 unfolding as if somebody were unrolling all for 

 his beiielil a most wonderful curtain. 



In New York he had two days of calling on 

 friend-, attending the theatres and seeing the 

 things which every visitor to New York wishes 

 to see. 



from Tarrytown across New York State it was 

 of leaving the interurbans for the railroad. 



b-ii-k to the trollev pnd keeping the 



ill times. Mr. Bostonian spent a day in 



a side trip to Niagara and in inspecting the 

 sights there. 



At Westfield, Pa., he came on one of the finest 

 and longest stretches of trolley line in the coun- 

 try. From Westfield to the place which James 

 Jeffrey Roche fixed as the abode of the soulful 

 soul who pronounced v-a-s-e "vawz," that is, from 

 Westfield to Kalamazoo, Mich., the traveler had 

 one of the finest stretches of the whole ride. 



Among the places he came to know far better 

 than if he had gone through in a steam car were 

 F.rie, Toledo, Detroit, Ann Arbor and Battle 

 Creek. 



From F.rie the road runs through the old Dutch 

 country of Pennsylvania. There was a suggestion 

 continually of the Dutchland depicted by many 

 famous artists and noticed even by the most 

 hurried of travelers. Everything was straight, 

 hard toned, clean and orderly. Everything looked 

 rigidly respectable and honest. 



In Ohio the traveler found the ideal trolley 

 country. Electric traction has been developed in 

 that State to a far higher point than in any of the 

 Eastern States. There are high speed cars, inter- 

 urban lines and fine rolling stock which open 

 the eyes of every Massachusetts man who goes 

 that way. There is a web of steel across the 

 whole State. 



From Cleveland to Toledo turned out to be by 

 far the best stage of all the journey. It is a 

 beautiful stretch of 125 miles. The cars tun- 

 nelled the atmosphere at the rate of about 35 

 miles an hour. The country is of the greatest 

 interest to the wide awake traveler, and there 

 is everything to make him forget that he is going 

 along on a mere trolley. The cars are splendidly 

 equipped, have toilet accommodations and ice 

 water, and are not to be surpassed ,by the finest 

 of the large day coaches of the best steam lines 

 of the country. 



From Toledo to Detroit the traveler went 

 whizzing along in a Sabbath quiet through a 

 country almost Xew Englanc.squc in its appear- 

 ance. From Detroit to Kalamazoo is a country 

 of high grass and tall timber, cool white farm- 

 houses and drab colored villages. Ann Arbor 

 was distinct!-- worth while, with its University of 

 Michigan and its alert students. 



From Boston to Chicago he covered 1,407 miles 

 1,055 miles by electric traction, 438 miles by 

 steam car, two miles by. stage coach and two miles 

 on foot. To cover this distance required sixty- 

 tight changes of cars fifty-eight trolley and ten 

 steamfor which he had to go pocket dipping 

 just eighty times. 



The cost statistics are as follows: Trolley fare, 

 $i:i.:i<J; railway fare, $9.80; stage coach. 25c; 

 lodgings. $17; food, $9; amusements, theaters, 

 fairs, etc., $ii : souvenirs, post cards, etc.. $:.'.. Ml; 

 guides, inaiis. books and magazines, $5; kodak 

 films $:;.<;(>; total $68.54. 



WILL CUT 25,000,000 FEET. 



Calumet logging contractors will cut about 

 25,000,000 feet of timber during the coming fall 

 and winter. This is the estimate made by one 

 of the Calumet contractors a'nd. is a conserva- 

 tive estimate. All of this cut will practically 

 be used \ty the mines in the copper country, 

 the cut for saw mills swelling- the total con- 

 siderably. Logging operations are already un- 

 der way in some parts of the copper country. 



J. S. Morrison, of Laurinm, it is estimated, 

 will get out fully 10,000,000 feet during the 

 coming season. Mitch of this will be used by 

 the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, \\hile 

 other mines will likewise get a portion of his 

 em. Mr. Morrison has camps in various parts 

 of the copper country. 



George jacka take? second position in the 

 amount of timber cut during the season, and 

 will total about r>,000,000 feet for the season. 

 Almost all of his timber is used by the Calu- 

 met i\- Hecla Company. lie has camps at Nis- 

 sula and other parts of the copper country. 



George Hall, of Wolverine, and B. Quello 

 \\ II probably stand next in the list and follow- 

 ing them will come a number of smaller con- 

 tractors who will get out timber running from 

 about 1.000,000 down to a few thousand feet, 

 depending upon the number of men worked. 



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 Larned 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., 163 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 .shire st., Boston. 



Agents Wanted. 



A GOOD subscription agent wanted in every town 

 in Michigan for the State Review. Liberal 

 commission.. State Review. 1406 Majestic 

 bldg.. Detroit 



Real Estate. 



FARM FOR SALE. -On account of old age, 

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

 in cultivation, well located; three miles from 

 county seat, l l / 2 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. 



A. \V. Decker, of West Branch, has 

 branched out in the lumbering business for 

 himself. In about four weeks he will have 

 finished his work for the Michigan Cedar Co., 

 with which concern he has been connected 

 for several years. A recent purchase of a 

 tract of timbered land was made by Mr. 

 Decker, on which he has already begun opera- 

 lions. The tr; 1 . vc miles west of Fred- 



