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MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1907. 
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24 Pages Three Cents. 
THE LABRADOR FISHERMEN 
The Hardships of their life. 
Dr. Grenfell’s good work. 
Interesting 
Experiences of Former Manchester Teacher in a little known Region 
By W. S. C. Russet 
[From the Springfield Republican. | 
Continued from last week 
Although this country has been 
known over 500 years the first 
thing which attracted the colonist, 
and which holds him in bondage, 
was the cod. It was then, as it is 
today, a quick way to secure sure 
and large returns for a little capital 
invested. Give the fisherman $1500 
for a “fore an’ after” and $500 for a 
good outfit and nine out of ro will 
do a good season’s work and have a 
handsome margin for the long win- 
ter. 
Newfoundland and Labrador are 
rich in natural resources. A few 
miles inland on the island there are 
extensive forests of excellent spruce 
and a few hundred miles up the in- 
lets of the peninsular the forests 
are equally valuable. Unknown 
wealth is locked in the rocks in the 
shape of iron ore, gold, copper and 
the finest grade of tale (soapstone). 
A few mines are being worked at a 
profit but by foreign enterprise. 
Mining requires an original outlay 
of money with considerable courage 
and faith behind it. Fishing re- 
quires very little capital and the 
returns are as sure as any future 
can possibly be. Boston enterprise 
is doing a lucrative business in that 
famous surface iron mine at Bell 
Isle, in Conception Bay. They are 
working an iron mine of prime 
quality, the ore is on the surface 
and it is said to be the most re- 
markable mine in the world. But 
this is not the only deposit of iron 
on that shore. Iron of the same 
quality and as easy of access is on 
the Labrador coast and the fisher- 
men have their huts upon it and 
spread out the fish to cure upon 
wealth that is not subject to the 
ebb and flow of the tide and ice. 
At another place they are doing the 
same upon the finest quality of 
soapstone the writer has ever ex- 
amined. 
An English firm for 100 years 
have mined copper at an ever-in- 
creasing profit, for it affords 50,000 
to 75,000 of gold additional yearly, 
at Tilt Cove. The ore is an excel- 
lent quality of chalcopyrite. A 
group of South Boston men have 
quietly enjoyed a good thing in the 
way of gold washing for several 
years past in Labrador, and but a 
few miles from the shore. In jus- 
tice to these men their names and 
Continued to page 18 
Good Business at the Manchester 
Postoffice. 
During the month of September 4149 
pounds of outward mail matter passed 
through the Manchester postofhce, —over 
two tons, against 4858 pounds in August, 
which was the heaviest month of the 
summer. And these figures do not in- 
dicate the amount of matter coming into 
the postoffice. The government regu- 
lations call only for weight of outward 
mail. 
The matter sent out in September was 
divided as follows: First class, 743 
pounds; newspapers to subscribers, 509; 
newspapers free in county, 535; tran- 
sient matter, second class, 335; third 
class, 169; merchandise, fourth class, 
320; total, 4149 pouuds. 
The matter sent out in August was 
divided as follows: First class, 959 
pounds; newspapers to subscribers, 816; 
newspapers free in Essex County, 585; 
transient matter, second class, 382; 
third class, 148; merchandise, fourth 
class, 343; total, 4858 pounds. 
BY ACCLAMATION. 
J. F. Shaw Nominated Republican Cans 
didate for Senate for Second Term at 
Convention in Ipswich Wednesday. 
Hon. James F. Shaw of Manchester 
was nominated as a candidate for “sena- 
tor for the second term by acclamation 
at the Third Essex Senatorial republican 
convention, at Ipswich, Wednesday, 
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Hon. James F. SHAW 
of Manchester, nominated for second term as 
Senator. 
his name being presented to the con- 
vention by George E. Willmonton of 
Manchester, and seconded by George 
L. Lang of Newburyport. 
Herbert H.. Gorman of Gloucester 
was elected permanent chairman and 
Cornelius J. Haley of Rowley  secre- 
tary. Horace Standley of this town was 
appointed on the committee of five on 
credentials, which reported that 39 of 
the 55 delegates were present. 
G. E. Willmonton, who had W. W. 
Hoare’s credentials to the convention, 
then nominated Mr. Shaw, supplement- 
ing the presentation of Mr. Shaw’s 
name with the following remarks: 
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: 
**Tt was my privilege two years ago to 
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