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MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



MICHIGAN COUNTY 



ROAD COMMISSIONERS 



Alger County 

 Swan Anderson, Limestone. 

 Alfred O. Jopling, Munising. 

 John McMillan, Munising. 

 Wm. Green, Grand Marais. 

 John H. Gatiss, Chatham. 



Alpena County 



George W. Stovel, Hubbard Lake. 

 Selden W. Flanders, Flanders. 

 James Briselden, Alpena. 



Baraga County 

 Simon Denomie, Assisins. 

 Daniel McMillan, Baraga. 

 James McKercher, Michigamme. 



Bay County 

 Hugh Campbell, Bay City. 

 Richard H. Fletcher, Bay City. 

 Carl J. Schweinsberg, Kawkawlin. 

 Clarence B. Chatfield, Bay City. 

 Henry B. Lints, Linwood. 



Benzie County 

 Samuel Willis, Thompsonville. 

 C. W. Luce, East Tawas. 

 Wm. J, Grant, Au Sable. 



Cheboygan County 

 John B. McArthur, Cheboygan. 

 Kenneth McLeod, Cheboygan, R. F. D. No. 2 

 Mark P. Scott, Rondo. 



Chippewa County 



William Godfrey. Sault Ste. Marie. 

 Delta County 



John Gasman, Bark River. 



Erick Anderson, Escanaba. 



H. W. Reade, Escanaba. 

 Dickinson County 



William Kelly, Vulcan. 



John J. Flanagan, Sagola. 



Edward G. Kingsford, Iron Mountain. 

 Emmet County 



Henry Leismer, Petoskey. 

 C. D. Buys, Levering. 



Frank Voorheis, Harbor Springs. 

 Genesee County 



Linus Wolcott, Flint. 



William Becker, Fenton. 



Geo. H. Sellers, Genesee. 

 Gladwin County 



Wallace McCracken, Gladwin, R. F. D. 1. 



Arden G. Onweller. Beaverton, R. F. D. 1. 

 Goebic County 



Henry Rowe, Ironwood. 



C. E. Walton, Wakefield. 



G. S. Barber, Bessemer. 

 Grand Traverse County 



Frank Hamilton, Traverse City. 

 Charles H. Estes, Bates, 

 losco County 



John W. Waterbury, Tawas City. 

 Iron County 



W. A. Holmes, Crystal Falls. 



W. H. Jobe, Palatka. 



William J. Tully, Iron River. 



Kalamazoo County 



W. M. Bryant, Kalamazoo. 



Fred Bohnet, Climax. 



Charles Burns, Climax. 

 Kalkaska County 



Louis A. Atkins, South Boardman. 



Ira Eckler, Kalkaska. 



Wm. H. Marshall, Leetsville. 

 Luce County 



Andrew Carlson, Newberry. 



John Fyvie, McMillan. 



Richard Hall, Newberry. 

 Manistee County 



John W. Bradford, Bear Lake R. F. D. 1. 



Richard M. Hoffman, Manistee. 



Peter C. Olson, Manistee. 

 Marquette County 



W. H. Johnston, Ishpeming. 



M. M. Duncan, Ishpeming. 

 J. E. Sherman. Marquette. 



Mason County 



Frank W. Harding, Scottville. 



Robert Jameson, Ludington. 

 Mecosta County 



Willard B. Lyons, Big Rapids. 



Menominee County 



A. A. Jutner, Menominee. 

 George H. Haggerson, Menominee. 

 Louis Nadeau, Nadeau. 



Missaukee County ^ 

 John A. Jackwater, Vogel Center. 

 John H. Slick, Manton. 

 Ralph H. Hoover. Star City. 



Muskegon County 



Fred D. Hoogstraat, Ravenna. 

 Charles W. Elliott, Muskegon. 

 Martin Ryerson, Holton. 



Oceana County 

 George C. Myers, Shelby, R. F. D. 



Ogemaw County 



George Eymer, Prescott. 

 Martin Lupton, Lupton. 

 John Decker, West Branch. 



Ontonagon County 

 Jerome Brown, Matchwood. 

 James D. Van Slyck, Ontonagon. 

 Joseph A. Bebeau, Rockland. 



Saginaw County 



Alpheus W. Green, Saginaw. 



Schoolcraft County 



Nels S. Johnson, Manistique. 



Wayne County 



Edward N. Hines, Detroit. 

 Wm. Murdock, Wayne. 

 J. S. Haggerty, Detroit. 



Wexford County 



Charles E. Haynes, Cadillac. 

 Fred Usewick, Manton. 

 T. E. Standclift, Boon. 



Houghton county E. S. Grierson, Calumet; 

 F. J. McLean, Hancock; Theodore Dengler, 

 Atlantic. 



the sooner the matter is thoroughly pushed 

 the better it wi!! be for all concerned. 



Holland township, Ottawa county, this 

 year will replace the old Scholten bridge on 

 the main road between Holland and Zeeland 

 with a fine new steel structure and will 

 straighten Black river at that point by digging 

 a channel several yards south of where the 

 old wooden bridge now is situated. The steel 

 bridge will cost 84,000. The whole improve- 

 ment will cost the township in the neighbor- 

 hood of $7,000 and the work will be under 

 llie direct supervision of Highway Commis- 

 sioner Rookus H. Cook, of Holland town- 

 ship. 



"A country p: eacher should understand 

 how to make good roads, as they are one 

 of the first requisites of a good community."' 

 So said Rev. Charles O. Bemies in an ad- 

 dress before the county ministers in session 

 at the Michigan gricultural College. 



Great damage has been done in Michigan 

 this month by forest fires, the upper peninsula 

 suffering the most severely. The need of 

 better fire fighting facilities to check forest 

 fires becomes more apparent with each fresh 

 disaster. 



Zebina Colman, who has the contract to 

 cut down Stambaugh hill, near Stambaugh, 

 Iron county, has commenced work. The wi.rk 

 will probably take two or three months, and 

 when completed will be one of the best means 

 for bringing Iron River and Stambaugh to- 

 gether in more friendly relations: The grade 

 will run from five to nine per cent, which 

 will make communication between the two 

 towns far more easier than at present. 



The board of supervisors of Houghti n 

 county has appointed the following board of 

 county road commissioners: E. S. Grierson, 

 head mining engineer of the Calumet & Hccla. 

 for two years; F. J. McLean, head clerk at the 

 Quincy, for four years, and Theodore Dengler 

 of the Atlantic mine for six years. 



MICHIGAN ROAD NOTES. 



Burlington township, Calhoun county, will 

 build five miles of state reward gravel road 

 this year. 



A good story is going the rounds in Calhoun 

 county at the expense of a highway commis- 

 sioner in one of the townships who, it is said, 

 had defied the postmaster and others who had 

 been insisting upon better highways through 

 his territory, saying that he would fix the roads 

 when he got "good and ready." Recently the 

 commissioner drove to the home of a neigh- 

 bor a couple of miles distant and purchased 

 a bag of choice seed corn. On the return 

 journey the jolt of the wagon as it passed 

 over the bumps in the road jiggled the bag 

 out of the wagon and upon arriving at his 

 domicile the official found no corn. He im- 

 mediately started back .but some one had 

 "been there first" and now the individual who 

 has the bag in his possession says he knows 

 where the corn is all right but does not pro- 

 pose to tell until he gets "good and ready." 

 He thinks maybe the roads will be fixed soon. 



Petersburg residents are in favor of stone 

 roads. There seemingly is no opposition to 

 the construction of such a road, making Peters- 

 burg its starting point and going south to the 

 town line. All that seems to be lacking is for 

 some one to stirt out and get the required 

 number of signatures to a petition asking for 

 submission of the question to the voters. As 

 the only way a .-tone road will ever be built 

 is first to submit the matter to the voters. 



John Mullen, who was the lowest bidder to 

 grade the center line road out of St. Charles, 

 Saginaw county, 20 feet wide and a distance 

 of 5 1-2 miles in length, has accepted the 

 offer of $200 more to make the road 22 feet 

 in width which will be more satisfactory to 

 the township. This additional sum will figure 

 the grading at $3,700 which is said to be a 

 very low estimate for the work to be done. 



Deputy State Highway Commissioner 

 Frank F. Rogers highly compliments the 

 work done on Clare county roads this year 

 by contractors. Sheridan township expected 

 to build a number of miles of new road this 

 season, but the bonding election was declared 

 illegal and work on that township's roads 

 will be held up until the question can be re- 

 submitted. 



NEW NATIONAL FOREST. 



A new national forest has been created in 

 California and christened the Eldorado. The 

 proclamaticn was signed by the president up- 

 on his return from his vacation cruise along 

 the Maine coast, according to a_ telegram re- 

 ceived by the department of agriculture. 

 The new reserve consists of 809,910 acres, 

 which have been listed out of the southern 

 portii n of the Tahoc national forest, and 

 31,710 acres additional taken from the public 

 domain. The headquarters of the Eldorado 

 forest will be at Placeryille, Cal. This makes 

 the total number of national forests 151. 



The boundary lines of the Tahoe and Plu- 

 mas national forest in California have been 

 materially rearranged by the president's proc- 

 lamation in accordance with the announced 

 policy of the government to eliminate all lands 

 best adapted to agriculture and include those 

 suitable for forest purposes. 



