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HEADLIGHT, A periodical devoted to the interests of railroads and LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY, rail road centers. HEADLIGHT ENGRAVING COMPANY, Petoskey, Bay View, We=que=ton=sing, Roaring Brook, PUBLISHERS . BATTLE CREEK, DETROIT. Harbor Springs, Harbor Point. Car. McCamly and Canal Sts., - Battle Creek, Mich. Suite 17 Whitney Opera H ouse Block, Detroit, Mich. WM. C. GAGE, Managing Editor c, l 1· EAR the northern ex­ specific for "hay fever." Thousands of / ~ tremity of the lower people come here every season to find SUBSCRIPTION,...... $3.00 per annum. ~ peninsula of Michi­ relief from the torments of that malady, " in Foreign Countries 3.50 11 Single Copies, 25 cents. lf) gan, its western shore and remain until the autumnal frosts have i li · is indented with a made it safe for their return home. Were This issue of HEADLIGHT, its mid-summer !D. charming bay, which this the only advantage of a sojourn here, • umber, is devoted entirely to the interests has received the it would account for a large measure of its : summer resorts, than which nothing name of Little Trav­ celebrity; but when to this are added the 1ld be more appropriate. While the erse, as distinguish­ other features which have , been n,i,med, .Jular r eaders of this magazine are for a ing it from the larger there is ample reason for its increa,:ing time making business matters secondary bay, a few ler. gues p_opularity. to rest and recreation, it seems fitting that south, and known as The bay itself is a delightful sheet of the journal itself should give its space Grand Traverse. These na.mes were be­ water, about five miles by nine in ex·bent, largely to interests of a similar character, stowed by the early French voyagers, who surrounded by an 'amphitheatre of hills subordinating the commercial feature of discovered them and gave the titles, La and bluffs, upon which ar.·e perched the the publication, for the time being, to the Petit '1.'rm,ers and La Grande '!.'ravers. In towns and villages which have become more attractive and entertaining one of contrast with the latter, in point of size famous as the temporary dwelling-places attempting to set forth, by description and alone, the smaller bay may be "little;" but of the summer visitors, and the permanent illustration,the charms of LITTLE TRAVERSE in all that goes to make up an attractive homes of a population by no means incon­ BAY, one of the most delightful localities summer resort, its every feature is of the siderable in number, and of sterling worth for a summer sojourn to be found in first magnitude. Rarely can there be as citizens and business men. America. While conscious of many short­ found so peculiar a combination of scenic ACCESSIBILITY. comings in the effort to describe its attrac­ attractions, favorable climatic conditions, In the matter of transportation facilities, tiom;, the work has been, to the editor, a and hunting, fishing and bathing oppor­ this region is highly favored. Th,3 Grand labor of love, as successive visits to the tunities, as have given such fame to this Rapids & Indiana Railway, with its impor­ place, covering several seasons, have served region of Little Traverse Bay. tant connections, has contributed largely to reveal new charms and suggest greater One of its chief characteristics,- perhaps to its development, and aided, by its ex­ possibilities in the development of this its most noted,-is the lrealthfulness of its tensive advertising, in spreading its popu­ already famous summer resort. climate, which is known far and wide as a larity in every direction. As a direct line I 4 HEADLIGHT.

its two boats, the "Petoskey" and " City of Charlevoix," giving four sailings weekly between Chicago and tbe resorts of north­ ern Michigan, the route of the latter term­ inating at Mackinac Island, and the former at Harbor Springs. Both boats touch ut important points en route, and the line is deservedly popular, both on account of the attractions of the route traversed and the excellent management which insures the safety and comfort of its patrons. f The Lake Michigan Division of the L. M. & L. S. Transportation Co. also maintains a tri-weekly service between Chicago and I Mackinac Island, and intermediate ports, by means of its swift, safe and commodious st eel steamer, "Manitou." The boats of the "D. & C. Linc," al­ though n ot entering the bay, Janel a large number of visitors at Mackinac Island whose objective point is P etoskey, Bay View or Harbor Springs, the journey being PETOSKEY STATION OF G. R,.'& I, RAILWAY. completecl by crossing the straits to Mack­ inaw City, thence by the G. R. & I. Railway extending father south than any other fully conserves the inter ests which are thus to destination. wbicb reaches these northern resorts, it made mutual by vigilant watchfulness in [ The Mackinaw Division of the Michigan annually brings thousands to this locality, meeting the needs of the traveling public. :Central Railroad is also tributary to these being tbe great highway of travel from The Chicago & West Michigan Railway, /r esor ts, tourists coming to Mackinaw City, southern points. Its very complete with its branches, and the allied lines of / thence by the G. R. & I., or st opping off at through train arrangements, with excel­ the Detroit, Gr and Rapids & Western, is a j Topinabee, and completing the journey by lent parlor and sleeping-car service, also comparatively new candidate for the , the "Inland Route," comprising river and give it gr eat advantage, and by r eason 0£ patronage of the traveling public in their lake to Oden-Oden, thence rail to destina­ its important connection with other lines, journeyings to this resort, and has com­ tion. This route will be found described it brings a large volume of western busi­ plet ed its track to Petoskey and Bay View. elsewh er e in these pages. ness as well. Connecting at Mackinaw It seems to enjoy a fair share of public The palace steamers, "North-Land" and City with the Michigan Central, and with favor. "North-West," plying b etween Duluth· and the ferry from Mackinac Island, also by a In addition to the railwny facilities for Buffalo, calling at important intermediate spur or branch to Harbor Springs, and reaching this section, the navigation com­ ports, bring many tourists having Petos­ passing Bay View by its main line, it is panies are active competitors for business. key, Bay View or Hurbor Springs as their objective point. Tlwse are landed at Mack­ easy to see that these r esorts are largely The Northern Michigan Transportation inac Island, coming then ce as indicated indebt ed to this line, which in turn, care- Company maintains an excellent service by a l.Jove.

G. R, & I. RAILWAY PARK .A.ND STATION, PETOSKEY. HEADLIGHT.

PETOSKEY, FRO}! THE IIOW.A.RD STREET HILL. PETOSKEY. Indian has not, indeed, been entirely century civilization. Its location is grandly This quaint Indian name is known far eliminated, the tourist who visits Petoskey magnificent. From the sheltered and com­ and wide a8 that of a noted health resort, for the first time is surprised to find a moclious harbor, the hills rise in a lieauti­ and to many, doubtless, its cognomen sug­ flourishing city of 5,000 inhabitants, with ful amphitheatre, and upon its slopes, gests aboriginal inhabitants, and, possibly, fine business blocks, elegant residences, terrace upon terrace, the city has been wigwams and council fires. While the and all the aspects of a modern, nineteenth built, as it has grown from the simple

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Bear Lake, 9t miles south, is famous as a fishing resort, and has a delightfully pic­ turesque shore line of over forty miles. A steamer, the "Walloon," plies upon its waters, and meets the trains at the dock, the ride by rail and steamer making a delightful trip. The northern extremity of the lake is but a mile from Little Traverse Bay, yet its mean level is 130 feet aliove that of the bay. Oden-Oden, eight miles north, is an­ other' fishing resort, and a very popular excursion point. Crooked Lnke, near the railroad station, abouncls in fish, and it has an excellent bathing beach. It is also the water terminal of the celebrated "In­ land Route," which will be found more fully described in another column. Douglas Lake.- This resort is reached by rail to Pellston, 16 miles from Petoskey, BEAR RlVER, A FAVORITE TROUT STREAM, PETOSKEY. thence by carriage four miles. The visitor Indian tracling post of a quarter of a Excursion Facilities. may "camp out," or find shelter at adjacent century ago to the important city of the As the center of a very large resort terri­ farm-houses, as no hotel accommodations present day. tory, the 6pportunities for pleasure excur- are to be had. The fishing is unexcelled, It may readily be inferred that the and the stories of approach by water pn,sents a picture of catches from this lake rare beauty, especially by night, with the are almost fabulous. electric lights gleaming from the hotels The writer saw a lit­ and residences, blending with the sparkle tle girl of less than a of the stars in the clear atmosphere, the dozen summers suc­ whole picture repeated in the reflection cessfully land a ten­ from the water, broken and shimmering in pounder at this re­ the ripples of the bay. sort, and the party The town was named from the famous of three, of which she Indian Chief, Pe-to-se-ga, who was the was a member, cap­ original owner of the land where the city tured nearly° one now stands. The locality was known to hundred pounds that the navigators and t1•aders a.s Bear River, afternoon. from the stream which enters the bay at l!.xcurs ions by Wa-- this point. The first white mau's house ter.- A ferry service 1 was built on the bank of this river in 1852, is maintained be­ but further efforts to establish a white SCENE ON BEAR LAKE. tween the resorts at I settlement in the next dozen years were sions from Petoskey are numerous and fre_ the head of Little Traverse Bay, the steam- confined to the erection of a mission house quent. The excellent train service of the G. ers Hazel and Adrienne making frequent j by Mr. Andrew Porter, under the auspices R. & I. gives abundant opportunity for trips trips between Petoskey and Harbor Springs, of the Presbyterian Mission Board, followed to the fishing a.nd other resorts on the line. touching at Bay View, Roaring Brook, _ soon after by a Catholic Mission. The little church then erected is still standing near Bear River on the beach. Tl~e first permanent white settler was Hazen Ingalls, who came in May, 1865. For several years his family and that of Mr. Porter were the only white families on this side of the bay; but the completion of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway, in 1874, gave an impetus to the settlement, and from that time to the present the growth has been steady and sure. It might be of interest to trace the history and developm~nt of the town from its beginning to the !,present, but as it is mainly with the Petoskey of today that we now have to deal, this brief sketch must suffice, with the f1u-ther mention of the fact that it is now an incorporated city, with well-graded streets, broad and ample walks, a fine system of water-work~, electric Jio-ht plant, and other modern 1mprove­ m~nts, containing within itself the essen­ tial elements of a successful and prosperous city, aside from its extraordinary attrac­ tions as a summer resort. STE,UmOAT LANDING .A. T PETOSl,EL HEADLIGHT. 7

,Wequetonsing, and Harbor Point, the ride itself constituting a most delightful trip, and inexpensive as well. During the pres­ ent season, commutation tickets are sold, with interchangeable coupons, good either by boat or rail, an arrangement which gives great satisfaction to the resorters who may wish to go by one route and re­ turn by the other. C ross Vil lage.- When it is remembered that this section of country was so recently the abode of the reel man, whose supremacy is broken, but whose civilization still bears perceptible traces of savagery, an Indian village becomes not only a curiosity, but an object of much interest to the student of humanity. Cross Village is some twenty miles from Petoskey, in a northwesterly direction on the shore of the lake, and excursions by steamer to the village are very popular. It is a small town of about three hundred inhabitants, nearly all of whom are Indians. It is popularly be­ lieved that Pere Marquette established the A FAVORlTE TROUT STREAM, NEAR PETOSKEY, first mission there. Its French name, La largest island in Lake Michigan, celebrated with the authorities, but by his cnnning at Croix is derived from the fact that the as the locality of an independent "King­ argument and debate he managed to evade explorers who first landed there found a dom," which flourished for a half-dozen punishment. The spirit of revenge, how­ years in defiance of ever, on the part of some of his victims, all laws save those of led to his assassination in 1856. The con­ its " King," one James spirators in the affair were formally tried J. Strang. He was and acquitted, and being residents of the a mormon, who had island they returned and drove out all the quarreled with Brig­ mormons who would not renounce tlieir ham Young, at Salt religion. The ruins of the "king's" Lake, and came to house, and the picturesque island itself, this island i.n 1847, are attractions for tourists, and an excur­ where he founded the sion trip by steamer is sure to draw a village of St. James, crowd. The village of St. James is now naming it in honor of inhabited principally by Irish Catholics, himself; and in 1850 and its chief industry is that of the fishing he re-organized his trade. followers, forming a Chrysler's Ferry Line. church, and estab­ lished a" Kingdom," The steamers Hazel andAndrienne,which DOUGLAS LAJrn. taking to himseH the ply Little Traverse Bay during the entire large cedar cross on the hill, erected in title of "King Strang." His high-handed open season of the year, are owned and memory of a greatly beloved chief. The course, a little less than robbery vn managed by Capt. W. E. Chrysler, who is work of the priests at the mission among land and piracy by sea, led to collisions one_of the best sailors on the lakes, and these Indians seems to have been irregular and fitful, and but little of its history has been preserved. A convent was erected there in 1855 by Father Weikamp, and a thriving little colony was organized under the name of the Benevolent, Charitable and Religious Society of St. Francis, which continued to flourish until the death of its founder, when its prosperity commenced to wane, and it passed into other hands. In this connection it may be well to state that the civilization of the Indian, although far from reaching the results which might be desired, is due very largely to the untiring efforts of the Cath­ olic missions which have been established among them. In some instances, isolated families of Indians may be found in this vicinity, successfully cultivating well-tillecl farms, or engaged in some other useful avocation. Beaver Island. - About thirty miles northwest of Little Traverse Bay lies the A DAY'S CATC IT OF TROU T, 8 H E A D LI G H -r.

c: nnYSLll: R's FF.RRY STEAi\lE l:S. whose life has been spent on the waters of Roaring Brook, Bay View and Petoskey to which was built by Capt. Joslyn especially L:1ke Michigan and Little Traverse Bay. forty-five minutes, giving a boat from each for these waters, is not so handsome a The ferry line w:1s established in 1875, t erminal, every forty-five minutes. This craft as she is serviceable,' but she is com­ / l>y the father of Capt. Chrysler, who line has a commutation ticket issued in fortable and designed to skim through the placed the steamer Geo. W. Wool on the connection with the G. R. & I. Railway, crooked streams she encounters daily. line between Petoskey and H:1rbor Springs. giving forty rides by boat or r ail for $2.50. The little steamer is soon off, and starts In 1876 the younger Chrysler beg:111 Far e between points, fifteen cents; round across Crooked Lake t o the mouth of "wheeling" on bis father's steamer, and trip fare, twenty-five cents. First boat Crookecl River, three and one-half miles ten years ago, after the death of bis father, from Harbor Springs, 7 a. 111.; from Petos­ distant , and as the narrow channel is took charge of the hne. The increasing key, 7.30 a. 111. Last boat from Petoskey, sighted and the Captain playfully shoots business and demand fOT passenger boats 9.30 p . 111. around a floating log, the pasenger won­ t ouching at all r esort points resulted in The Inland Route. der s how it is possible to navigate such Capt. Chrysler b uilding the steamer Adri­ Unquestionably the most novel and beau­ shallow, n arrow waters without accident. enne four years ago. The Adrienne bas a tiful of the pleasure trips out of Petoskey On through the primeval forest growths, double deck, is eighty-six feet in length is that afforcl ed by the Inland Route Com­ that h ave probably n ever been trodden from stem to stern, with sixteen feet pany, by way of a chain of lakes and river s except by the r ed-skinned natives of long br eadth of beam. The steamer Hazel was across the stat e to Cheboygan, and thence ago, or by some venturesome hunters, the built two years ago by Capt. Chrysler, after to Mackinac Island. little boat follows the tortuous channel of special patterns, designed to give the best Starting from Petoskey via G. R. & I. Crooked River, which at times seems to p ossible service on such a ferry line. She train at 8.40 a. m., the excursionist is shoot into the very forest a few hundred was placed in commission last season. The taken to Oden-Oden, a station eight miles feet ahead, but which turns suddenly, Hazel is ninety-six feet in length and distant from Petoskey, wher e the staunch often at an angle of eighty-five degrees, eighteen feet breadth of beam. Both little steamer '' Oden" lies waiting at the and doubles back, hidden from the steamer boats are seaworthy vessels, and have re­ head of Crooked Lake, which, by the way, by the dense growth of trees and flowery duced the running time' between Harbor is one of the best fishing grounds in the shrubs. The " Od en '' scarcely slackens Springs, HarbOT Point, 'Ne-que-ton-sing, northern region. The steamer "Oden," her speecl, but minds her helm like a thing of life, and just. as the passengers brace themselves for a collision with the banks of the narrow stream she shoots around the turn easily and is off again like a scam­ pering child. The trip through Crooked River is near­ ly seven miles, and is const antly present­ ing some new picture. The air is laden with the p erfumes of the forest. Thou­ sands of lilies grow along the· shallow banks, so close that often the steamer is stopped and passengers gather the fra­ grant flowers. '!'hose who h ave known the joys of a steamer trip through the inland rivers of a tropical country know what the sail over the Inland Route means t o the passengers on the little st eamer. At times the channel narrows until, by a slight stretch of the hand, the foliage can be touch ed, and the only straight part of the course is through Grass Lake, through the cent er of which the river channel is con­ .A. GALA DAY ON THE BAY. tinued• HEADLIGHT. 9

Occasionally a hnge bald eagle soars waters. Twenty feet below the swift cur­ a few minutes before resuming the return across the path of the river, or flocks of rent, the white bottom, cover ed with vari­ trip. The scenes of the morning ar e r e­ birds, startled by the "puff-puff " of the colored stones and shells, is plainly dis­ newed, and the excursionist reaches Oden­ little steamer, rise from the shrubs and cerned. Past Columbus Beach, one of the Oden in time to .Jonnect by train for Pe­ trees and fly, cliattering, away. At times prettiest of summer resorts, where Colum­ toskey at six o'clock. the character of tl1 e shrubs and fl owers bus' elite spend the heated term, the Those who wish to continue on to the ch anges, and the perfume grows more rich " Oden " steams up to the dock at Indian big lake, transfer from the " Oden" to the and exhilarating. Perhaps the most inter­ River Village, where dinner is announced staunch steamer "Charles D.," Capt. C. W. esting point in the river is "Devil's El- at a nearby inn. McConnell in command, and the sail is

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TttE_"DEVILS ELROW" SEEN FROM STEAMER ODEN.

VIEWS 0~ THE INLAND ROUTE. bow," where the stream seems to h ave at­ The trip through Indian River is no less r esumed nine miles across Mullet Lake, tempted to double up like a pocket knife, attractive than that of Cr ooked River. stopping at Dodge's Point r esort, and and here, for the first time, the steamer is The stream is picturesque throughout its steaming into Ch eboygan River, one of stopped, and floated carefully around the entire length, and the passengers can see the prettiest str eams in the state. The sharp point which turns the current back­ the sandy bottom covered at times with river turns ancl twists until it demands an ward almost doubling upon its own course. scho.ols of bass, trout, picker el, and other expert at the wheel of the little steamer, Then follows a twenty minute ride across fish, varying in weight from one to five but no accidents occur, ancl the trip is a Burt Lake, one of the most attractive of pounds. The st eamer winds and twists most delightful on e. Capt. McConnell and the inland chain, ancl the steamer swings across country to Mullet Lake, where the his excellent wife see to it th at the passen­ into Indian River, which is remarkable for steamer is headed for Topinabee, a popular gers miss none of the enjoyable scenes the clearness and.low t emperature of its su=er resort. The st eamer remains b11t along the line. The steamer skims along I I 10 HEADLIGHT. .,, the swift current into Cheboygan city, and The trip across, in­ makes a landing above the locks, transfer, clucling a stop at ing her passengers by bus to the steamer\_ Point aux Pins, a new landing below in time to connect with the and deservedly_ pop­ steamer "Sailor Boy," a handsome, staunch ular resort, lasts two lake steamer, commanded by Capt. Arm­ hours, and the pas­ strong, and assisted by Clerk Upham. sengers are landed in

RUSTIC SUMMER HOUSE, G. R. & I. PARK. time for supper at Mackinac Island after one of the finest water

STEA111ER "CHARLES D , " INLAND ROUTE. trips ever offered to the traveling public. Petoskey Hotels. The contrast between the board shanty first erected for public accommodation, dignified as "The Union Hotel," and the elegant and spacious hostelries that now welcome and care for the most fastidious tourists from all parts of the country, is no less marked than that between the log huts of the early settlers and the fine resi­ dences that now adorn the streets of the city. In her hotels, Petoskey meets the wants and tastes of all classes. Those who wish for elegant appointments, all modern conveniences, and the luxuries and deli­ cacies that characterize the first-class hotel, will find them here. People of moderate means and simple tastes will find less expensive hotels, private boarding houses, or furnished rooms, the latter to be rented at reasonable rates; or entire cottages may be rented for the season, with complete facilities for housekeeping. The markets of Petoskey are supplied with everything needed, at very low prices, and tbe cost of living at a summer resort may thus be reduced to the minimum. The following table of hotels gives the capacity and price at each of the principal houses, and the private boarding houses charge from $5.00 per week upward: Na.me of Hot,el. Capacity. J>er Day. Per ·week. Cushman...... 200 $2.00-3.00 $14.00-21.00 Imperial ...... 350 2.00-4.00 12.00-18.00 Arlington...... 300 3.00-3.50 15.00-18.00 Banghart...... 50 2.00 8.00-12.00 Clifton ...... 50 1.00-1.50 7.00-10.00 Occidental...... HJO 1.50 6.00-10.50 Oriental...... 75 2.00 7.00-10.00 National...... 125 1.00-1.50 6.00- 8.00 Exchange...... 50 Park House...... 75 1.50 Petrie House...... 75 1.00 5.00- 7.00 The thousands of visitors to Little Trav­ erse Bay, during the season beginning early in May ancl lasting until the fall frosts drive the resorters to the southern dis­ tricts, find the accommodations ample and reasonable, and are able to secure quarters at from $5 to $7 per week in boarding houses, to $2 to $4 per day in the hotels and clubs. S~veral of these public inns HEADLIGHT. 11 12 HEADLIGHT. are so located that they command unob­ the hotel being held open to accommodate S. H. Peek, the managing partner of the structed views of the entire bay, while the hay-fever patients who remain late. Arliugton Hotel Company, is no novice in others are nearer to the business portion The arrangement of the hotel is a conven­ the resort hotel business, having been of the city; but all command alike the glo­ ient one throughout, and the furnishings associated with James R. Hayes of the rious climate and the bracing atmosphere of the most modern style. Special atten­ Grand, at Mackinac, several years, and which is to be found only ·about Little tion has been given to the dining hall, being at present proprietor of the Plaza Traverse Bay, and which brings roses to which faces the bay, and is so shaded that Hotel at .Rockledge, Florida, one of the the cheeks of invalids, and rejuvenates the it is cool at all times, with a delicious most popular of the large southern resorts. thousands who are fortunate enough to breeze from the lake adding to the r efresh­ His acquaintance with the better class of drink in this elixir a few days during the ing features of the surroundings. The din­ tourists qualifies him to cat er to the wants season. HEADLIGHT illustrates herewith ing hall is finished in white and oiled oak, of the most fastidious. several of the mo8t important hotels in heavily carved in elaborate designs. It The Arlington was established in 1882 by Petoskey and around the bay. will seat, comfortably, about 200 guests, Forbes & Mills, and was under the manage­ The Hotel lmperial.- The most impos­ and the service and cuisine are kept up to ment of James R. Hayes until 1893, when ing hotel structure in Petoskey is the Ho­ the highest standard. To this branch of the latter 's interest was purchased by the tel Imperial, which i8 located one block the hotel Assistant Manager Austin gives Arlington Hotel Co ., and Mr. Peck placld

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THE ARLINGTON, PETOSKEY. frOJ? the G. R.. & I. depot and park, and a his personal attention, and his success has - in management. The season at the Arling­ short distance up the side of the great hill earned him a reputation as a successful ton opens June 25, and closes October 1, that gives to Petoskey its appearance of an steward. being continued late to accommodate the immense outdoor amphitheatre. The Im­ The hotel has a complete electrical hundreds of hay-fever patients who come perial is finished entirely in white, with a equipment, and a passenger elevator for to Little Traverse Bay to seek relief. The great white dome rising above the city, the use of guests, making it especially con­ hotel is elegantly appointed, with a large and overlooking the entire bay, which is venient for invalids. dining h all facing the bay, and will accom­ but a few hundred feet distant. It was Mr. Newberry has been a resident and modate three hundred guests. It is but erected in 1895 by Jay L . Newberry, the business man in Petoskey during the past one hundred feet from the bay, and is con­ present manager, and since that time has eighteen years, and has thoroughly ac­ venient to the G. R. & I. Railway depot. established a reputation as one of the lead­ quainted himself with the details of the During the season Mr. Peck employs a ing resort hotels in the state. summer resort hotel business. professional orchestra from some of the The building is four stories high, its The Arlington. - Commanding as it metropolitan theatres pf the south, and ground plan 100 x 135 feet, and will accom­ does, a perfect view of the entire bay from the season at the hotel is made one of modate 300 to 350 guests. The season its spacious porticoes, the Arlington is music, social hops, concerts and gastro­ opens July 1, and closes about October 15, particularly fortunate in its location. Mr. nomic pleasures. HEADLIGHT. 13 i4 HE Ab L rt; HT.

The C ushman.- The oldest of the bet­ be so thrown open that both office and ideal location. There ate accommodations ter class of Hotels in Petoskey, and the parlor are used for the social hops given for seventy-five guests. bPst of the all-year-round houses, is the for guests and friends during the season. T he Occidental Hotel is located opposite Cushman, under the management of D. J. The orchestra is au especially delight­ the Cushman House, and facing the rail­ Cushman and J. S. Lewis. The house was ful feature at the Cushman during the road park at the corner of Lake street. established in 1874 by Mr. Cushman, who season. Special arrangements are made for The house was established twenty years was looked upon at that time as being the comfort of the hay-fever patients, who ago, and was designed especially to accom­ venturesome in erecting so extensive a are obliged to remain over during the late modate the resort business. J.E. Vermilya hostelry, but who foresaw the popularity fall after the regular resort hotels are & Son, the proprietors, took possession two of Petoskey as a resort. The building closed. years ago, and have been successful in faces on the G. R. & I. Park, as shown in Or iental Hotel . - One of the most sightly establishing a gratifying patronage. There the accompanying illustration, and is con­ hotel locations in the city is that occupied are accommodations for one hundred peo­ venient both for commercial and resorting by the Oriental Hotel, upon the high bluff ple, and the hotel is kept open the year purposes. The building has 200 feet front, round. The Occidental enjoys a liberal opposite the C. & W. M. depot and park, shaded by the trees of the park, and is in summer business, and is a popular home and with an unobstructed view of the bay, a location especially pleasing to those who for the unfortunate hay-fever people who intend to spend some time at this resort. steamboat lauding, etc. are driven to the north during the late It has been entirely fitted with the most J . D. Htint and A. 0. Waite, the proprie­ summer and fall. modern conveniences and furnishings, tors, are experienced hotel men, and dur­ The Clifton House is one of the oldest electric lights, steam heat, etc., and will ing their management the Oriental has hotels in Petoskey. It was established accommodate two hundred guests. taken a place among the best of the local about twenty-one years ago, and during 'l'he dining hall, in which Messr s. Cush­ resort hotels. Adjoining the hotel is a the past nineteen years has been under the man and Lewis intend at all times to have large lawn which has been given over to efficient management of J. A. C. Rowan. the finest service possible to command, is the pleasure of the guests. A covered pa­ It is located opposite the G. R. & I. park comfortably seated for 150 guests, and is vilion furnishes · protection for those who . on East Mitchell street, in a quiet, pleasant finished in gold and white. The private enjoy croquet, is lighted in the evening locality, convenient for resorters. There suites are finished in white and furnished and shields the players from the sun's rays are accommodations for fifty people, and in polished oak, throughout the hotel. during the heat of the day. the rooms are large, airy and well furnished. The office and lobby is seventy feet in Although not pretentious in appearance, Mr. Rowan is a practical business man, is length, and with art tile flooring, and an the ,Oriental is much more fortunate than closely interested in Petoskey as a city, and elegantly furnished parlor adjoins, and can many of the Petoskey hotels in having an is chief of the local fire department.

VIEW FROM THE ARLINGTON VERANDA. HEAD LI G Hi. 15 16 HEADLIGHT.

National Hotel.-This hostelry, located Petrie Boarding at 316-18 Lake street, is among the better House of the smaller hotels in Petoskey, conven­ Is located at No. 220 ient for commercial business and close to Mitchell street, where the steamboat landings and railroad de­ it was established pots. George Marshall, the proprietor, fourteen years ago as spent five years in the hotel business at a summer home for Traverse City, and has conducted hotels at the resorters who do Charlevoix, East Jordan, and Saginaw. not care to stop at The National accommodates 125 guests, regular hotels ; and and is fitted with electric lights and all during the resort sea­ modern conveniences. This hotel is open son the guests at this all the year. home number 80 to 90, many of whom The Exchange Hotel.-L. A. Labadie, return year after year one of the oldest of the local business as soon as the season men, is the proprietor of the Exchange opens. Mr. A. M. Hotel, which is located on Lake str eet Petrie, who has th!l just al>ove the steamboat landing, and personal manage­ within a block of the C. & W. M. depot. me::it of the house, The Exchange Hotel will accommodate 75 understands fully the guests on the European plan, is lighted­ art of entertaining by electricity, and the rooms are well ven­ his guests, and to this tilated and furnished. Mr. Labadie has fact the popularity followed the hotel business all his life of the place is d ue. excepting during the three years which he The house will accom- served in the army in the rebellion. He is modate 40 persons with lodgings. They Petoskey•s Banking Interests. commander of the Petoskey G. A. R. post, The banking business of Petoskey is in and an active member of the Masonic make a specialty of table board, and in the the hands of two institutions that have lodges. dining hall can accommodate 100 persons. shown their interest in the growth and 'l'he Stea1uer Friant. "The Terrace." - Visitors to the bay development of the municipality and the who do not care to stop at the hotels, and Until this year Capt. Vanderhoef, owner commercfal interests of the city, through who prefer a select boarding house, well of the steamer Friant, has conducted a their liberal administration of financial located, will find their desires fulfilled in popular excursion line from the various affairs. "The Terrace," at Emmet, Bay and Lake bay resorts to the points of interest of Lake The Petoskey City Bank is a private streets, opposite the C. & W. M. depot, and Michig,m, including Beaver Islands, Cross institution, and is the oldest bank in the which is kept by Mrs. S. S. Gage. The Village, East Jordan, Mackinac Island, and city. It was established in 1878 by P. B. Tenace was established eight years ago by Charlevoix. This season the steamer is Wachtel & Co., and later wm, managed by Mrs. Gage, and was modeled for the special kept busy on the regular ferry line between Wachtel & Quinlan and Curtis & Wylie. convenience of the class of patrons who Petoskey, Bay View, Roaring Brook, Har-­ The present firm is William L. Curtis and seek just such accommodations. The pict­ bor Point, and Harbor Springs. The Friant his son Chalmers Curtis, both financit-rs of ure of the bay and surroundings is a most is a seaworthy vessel, capable of being known integrity. The paid up capital is delightful one in every respect, and the handled in heavy weather or big water, $100,000. The deposits are $175,000 and cool breeze that sweeps across the waters and with splendidly equipped decks for the loans about the same amount. The bank makes the location especially desirable. comfort of passengers. Capt. Vanderhoef, repr~sents an individual residue of i250,000 The h ~use is equipped with electric lights, the owner, is president of Harbor Springs and is considered one of the most substan­ and there is a large lawn and broad veran­ Village, and is closely identified with the tial institutions in Michigan. They cany das for the comfort of the guests. Mrs. interests of this locality, both as a resort on a general ban~iug business in every­ Gage aims to secure only the most select and as a business and commercial point. thing excepting chattels. Mr. ~ Chalmers patronage.

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STEAMER '' THOMAS FRIANT," PETOSKEY CITY BANJ,. HEAD L JG HT. 17

COLE'S PHARMACY, PETOSKEY.

Curtis is a member of the city council, and active in the affairs of the city. The bank occupies the corner of Mitchell and How­ ard streets, and handsome quarters which HEADLIGHT takes pleasure in illustrating herewith, as one of the representative bu;;i­ ness houses about the bay. The First State Bank, established 1891, has for its present officers: Irn Chichester, president; Leon Chichester, vice-presi­ dent, and G. J. Robinson, cashier. The last statement shows: Resources, from loans, discounts, stocks, bonds, etc., $73,143.67; overdrafts, *.907 .12; from banks in reserve cities, $22,5U2.25; furniture, fixtures, cur­ rent expenses, taxes, etc., $·5,275.07; cash and real estate, $7,842.76. lial,ilities: capi­ tal stock paid in, t50,000; surplus fund, ~5,220 .17; total deposits, $54,510.70. The bank occupies the Call block, and has excellent quarters. INDIANS ~[.A.KING SPLIT WOOD BASKETS. v. ,v. Cole Conducts a well appointed pharmacy at 5 North Howard street. He has been a resi­ dent of this city since 1880, and has built up an extensive drug and prescription business through honest dealing and courteous treatment of his patrons. He employs two clerks; during the summer :µi~nths their soda and ice cream trade is enormous. Mr. Cole also makes a specialty of wall paper and carries one of the largest stocks in town. s. Pettengill, Grocer. Among Petoskey's prominent business men is S. Pettengill. He has represented his ward in the common council, and served one term as marshal!. He carries on a grocery and provision store at No. 8 W. Mitchell street, and has built up a large trade with his bakery. During the resort months he also has a store at Bay View. Mr. Pettengill gives employment to a dozen men during the season, and is one of the kind of business men who give life to a town. 18 HEADLIGHT.

coorr's "PIONEER" HARDWARE STORE. The "Pioneer" Hard,vare Store Was established in 1878, ancl purchased by its present proprietor, Mr. Bert H. Cook, in 1887. Up to the time of coming to Pe­ toskey, Mr. Cook was one of Detroit's fore­ most tinners. He has been remarkably successful, ancl the business has constantly increased; the approximate amount of sales per annum is $75,000, ,extending to all towns within a radius of 100 miles of the . city.· Last year Mr. Cook erected a handsome two story brick at No. 8 Lake street, which .he now occupies. He em­ ploys nine clerks.

Barber's Pharn1acy, Mitchell Street, Was establishecl in 1883, ancl is one of the olclest in the city, as well as one of the most popular. Dr. L. A. Barber ancl son Myron A. are the proprietors. The latter is interested in other establishments in the L. A. llARBER & , ON. city, ancl is an active member of the city Central Drug Store. years in various clrug stores in the country. council. They handle all kinds of drugs, The Central clrug store is properly Mr. Burrell is a co-partner but leaves the and make a specialty of prescriptions, namecl, as it is locatecl on the corner of entire management to Mr. Luke, while he carry medicinal liquors, and manufacture Howard ancl Lake streets. It was openecl himself is superintendent of Antrim Chem­ proprietary medicines that have gained a in May, 1895, by E . J. Burrell and H. D. ical Co ., located at Traverse City. Besides wide reputation. Both members of the firm Luke, the latter of whom came from Can­ their clrug business here they have a socla have a wide circle of personal friends, and acla five years ago and clerkecl several fountain ::mcl ice cn•am tracli'. are well entitlecl to the conficlence of all.

CENTRAL DRUG STOHE. W . S. COOK'S BOAT FLEET, HEADLIGHT. 19

Cook•s Boat Fleet. reports of the assem­ HEADLIGHT gives herewith an illustra­ blies, and programs tion of the most complete fleet of boats for of all events, making renting purposes in or near Petoskey. The a valuable adjunct to fleet is that of Cook & Cook, located with the various publi­ Cook's boat factory and houses, south of cations issued in the the steamboat landing, near the city water interests of the r e­ works and inside the breakwater. The sort s. original boat houses and factory were estab­ Mr. Hampton start­ lished in 1877, by J. W. Cook, his son being ed the Little Traver.se associated with him later. This- is the Independent in 1878, only factory of the kind in this part of the and since that time state, and its reputation is widely extend­ has been closely inter­ ed. Steam and sailing yachts, row and ested in public affairs. sail boats of every quality and size, are constructed by Mr. Cook, and most of the He has held several inland boats to be seen at the various minor offices, was resorts about the bay are the product of elected to the legis­ the Cook factory. Sailing, boating and lature in 1884, ancl :fishing parties are furnished with all kinds IV. H. SEIBERT. was appointed State JEWELER. of outfits from the rental fleet, which num­ NEXT TO p·o . bers about thirty boats of all kinds. Fish and Game War­ ll'ILLIAM S- FAII OUS W. S. Cook, the son, now manages the den in 1891, serving ICE CREAM entire business, and owns the only private four years. dock and water front in Petoskey. l'~ETTY mi ses <•- .. In 1888 the Incle­ R, C. SMIT·-=~H 'S The Daily Resorter...... z,::';""-· _penclent absorbed the Q, C. BONNEY. Closely allied to the history of Petoskey P etoskey Derno crat,

and Little Traverse Bay as a summer resort and Mr. Hampton BATHS• a,,...... ,. .,.. is the history of the Daily Resorter, the became the proprie­ · Ph oenix Barber Shop. "" "•- ...-...... - only daily newspaper printecl in this tor of the Indepencl­ region, and which has been a valuable e- n t-Deni o cr at, the agent in the advancement of the resort as consolidation of both well as the commercial prosperity of the papers with offices in city. The Resorter was established by Petoskey, and since Charles S. Hampton, and each season as it then has published opens :finds the journal carrying on an one of the most able active news campaign, keeping the varied Democratic papers in r esort population posted as to the events the state, meeting both at Little Traverse Bay and Mackinac, with both political publishing a list each day of all arrivals, and :financial success.

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C. B. RitNIKA. Cl.-AYE. CAl..,k. CoLLEo."W. D1cK1NsoN.

f.J.'5Ml'TH. C-.L-. SMI'l'H. DR.l:...W.GAR.DNE.R THO~.LINE.HAN. C.H.L.usK.

EMMET COUNTY OFFICIALS. 2 H EA DLIG HT.

c. B. Henika, Judge of Probate. C. H . Lusk, Register ot Deeds. J.C. Wilde, D. D.S. Judge Henika h as b een a r esident of Pe­ C. H. Lusk, at present r egister of deeds, J. C. Wilde, D. D. S., was born at Battle toskey about twenty-two year s, and h as was born Sept., 1857, in New York stat e, Cr eek, Michigan, in 1868. He is a gradu­ est ablish ed a r eputation as a careful and and came h er e over twenty year s ag o. He ate of the Cincinnati Dental College, and conscientious business man . This fact h as always taken a lively inter est in p oli­ has been a practitioner h er e for the past lecl t o his selection for the official p osition tics, and is a staunch Republican. Mr. five years. His residen ce in this county which h e now occcpies, and t o his election Lusk is well qualified for the office, as h e dates back eighteen years, and among his last year bya g oocl majority. He has been w1ts at one time t eller in the P etoskey City large .circle of business and social ac­ in the furniture an cl undertaking business Bank and is thoroughly acquainted with quaintances h e enjoys an ext en sive prac­ during the past several year s, and is prom­ his clerical d uties. His friends ar e num­ tice. inent in political and social circles. Fl e erically as strong as his acqua.in tances. L. c . Dozer, D. D . s. ser ved during the war in the Michigan En­ Coroner .Faunce. Dr. L. C. Dozer r eceived his degr ee of gineers. E. A. F aunce is one of the coroners and D. D. S. from the dental college of the Clay E. Call, Pros ecuting justices of peace of Emmet county. He University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in Attorney. was b orn in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1884. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, Prosecuting Attorney Clay E. Call has 1838, and ser ved during the civil war in and practiced in Wheeling, W. Va., for h eld this offi ce n early three t erms an cl was the Sixth Michigan Cavalry. In May, 1875, several year s b efore locating in this city . elect ed on the Republican ticket. He was lie cam e t o this county and h as always Since coming h er e h e h as made a specialty admitted to the b ar in 1876, ancl h as ser ved b een prominently connected with the Re­ of extracting teeth without pain, and h as as U.S. circuit court commissioner , m em­ publican party. He d eals largely in r eal met with conspicuous success. b er of school board, village attorney, and estat e, and makes a sp ecialty of the collec­ L . Sanclers, M, D. village clerk. He h as achieved con siderable tion b usiness. Dr. L.· Sanders came h er e from Branch success as a lawyer . He is pr oprietor of Sheriff.F . J . Stnith, county about two year s ago, on account of the Call block in which h e has his offi ce. Who is now serving his thircl t erm, is a being constantly troublecl with hay fever during the summer months. Although h e Col. Dickinson, count y Clerk. man with a good r ecord. He was born in St. Clair county, and went to the front in d evotes his time to a general practice, h e The present county clerk of Emmet Co. H., F ourth Michigan Cavalry, during makes a specialty of chronic diseases. He county, George W. Dickinson , was elect ed the lat e war. Arter the war h e was a mail was born in Branch county in 1840, and three year s ago on the Republican ticket. contract or at Ortonville, and later con­ graduat ed with the class of '81 from the Previous to this h e was for a time in the ducted a livery business until moving to Bennett College of Medicine, Chicago. r eal estate business, as a partner of James P etoskey fourteen year s ago. He was first Bell, in the livery b usiness, landlord of the elected sh eriff in 1886, was again select ed o. L. Ratnsclell, M. D. Emmet House, and held the offi ce of sh eriff in 1894 and r e-elected in 1896 . Among the most prominent physicians for two terms. Mr. Dickinson was b orn in in Pet oskey is Dr. 0 . L. Ramsdell. In 1863 Trumb ull county, Ohio, fifty-five year s ago. C. L . S111ith, Under Sheriff. he was b orn in Albany county, N. Y. Aftt> r At the opening of the late unpleasantness C. L. Smith, under sh eriff of Emmet receiving his diploma from the Starkey h e enlisted in Battery E ., Third U. S. Ar­ county, is the son of the present sh eriff, Seminary, h e matriculat ed in the Homeo­ tillery, and at its close was Colonel com­ and with his father is in the livery busi­ pathic College at Ann Arbor and received manding the r egiment. In 1875 h e came n ess in Petoskey. He was born in Oak­ his degree in '93. During his senior year to Harbor Springs wher e h e h as ever since land county in November, 1867, and came h e was r esident physician in the Homeo­ r esided. h er e with his p ar ents a few year s later. pathic hospital. Dr. Ramsde ll has b een Mr . Smith has always shown himself active here four years, and enjoys an ext ensive •~· w. Gardner, lll. D., Coroner. in b usiness and is one of the Republican practiC'e. Dr. Gardner graduat ed in 1883 from the hustlers of the county . Cincinnati College of Medicine and Sur­ J.E. Rankin, ~I. D. Drs. Reycraft & Reycraft. g ery, and located at once in Harbor Dr. J. E . Rankin , whose office is in t '.:e Dr . J . J. Reycraft was born in Highgat e, Springs, since that time having establish ed Coburn block, has p racticed medicine in Ont ., and attendecl college in Canada an cl a lucrative practice all ar ound the bay. P etoskey for the past four year s, coming the Detroit College of Medicine. He grad­ He is a member of the Pensi n Examini11 g h er e from VanBuren county. He was born uated in 1891 at the age of 24 year s. Prev­ board of P etoskey, h ealth office r for Little in 1841, at Buffalo, and ser ved with the ious t o locating in Petoskey, three years Traver se t ownship, one of the county Fourth Michigan Cavalry during the war . ago, he was house surgeon of Harper's physician s, physician for the K. 0. T. M .. Dr. Rankin is a graduate of the Buffalo Hospital, Detroit. and practiced m edicine L . O. T. M. , the New York Life, JE tna, New Medical College, and a member of the at Mackinaw City. He is the senior mem­ York Mutual, an d other lire insuran ce com­ Masonic and Maccab ee lodges, pop ular in ber of the firm Drs. Reycr aft & Reycraft. panies. Dr. Gardner 's home is one of the both profession al an cl private life, and He is also a member of the U. S. P ension finest in Harbor Springs. with a host of p ersonal friends. Board. Thon1as Lineha n, county Treas- Dr. George E . Reycraf t joined his broth er Circuit Court couuuissioner. urer, ab out t wo years ago, and has sh ar ed his Wade B. Smith, circuit court commis­ Was b orn at Newark, N. Y. , iu 1863, and practice in Pet oskey, making a specialty of sioner , justice of the p eace, and who was ·has r esided near Harbor Springs duriug eye, ear, nose and throat diseases. He at­ city attorney of P etoskey last year , was the p ast seventeen year s. F or several t endecl the University of Ann Arbor, and born in Ingham coun ty in 1854, and years h e h as concluct ed a successful lum­ r eceived the degree of M. D. from the admitted to the bar in 1876. He h as ber business at Pleasant View, and h as Detroit College of Medicine. Later h e r esided in Emmet county 16 years and is a manufactnrecl broom h andles on an ext en­ graduated from the New York Polyclinic p rominent Republican p olitician. At Har­ sive scale. He h as b een on e of Emm et Insti tute. Wishing t o further extend his b or Springs h e was cashier of a private county's most active Repu blicans, and as a educ-ation, h e went abroad and studied bank and at one time owner. Nine years reward for his services was elected to his at the Royal London Ophthalmic hospital ; ago h e sold out his abstract business, present position in the fall of 1896. Mr. g raduat ed from the London Throat hos­ which h e had carried on for eight year s, Linehan· now r esides in Har bor Springs, pital, and attended medical clinics in and has since devoted his time t o his legal the county seat of E mmet county. Berlin, P aris and Brussels. business. HEADLIGHT. 21

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-JOHN -J. REYC~Af'T,M.D. G.E.R-eYCRAF'I',M.D -J.C .WILDE: , D.D.-S.

L. C.DOZE:R, D.D.S L. SANDE.RS,M.D. Q;L.RAMSD:£LL,M.D. J .E. RANKlN,M.D.

SOM E OF PETOSKEY'S PROFESSIONAL MEN.

C. J. PAIL THORP. A.E.M~ CAB£.. L .A.LABADIE.

J.A.C.RoWAN'. C. G. VON PLATEN. . M.P. GUINON . E .L.ROSE.. JAMES LYONS. E.E.BoWMAN .

REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS AND BUSINESS MEN OF PETOSKEY. 22 HEADLIGHT.

Jan1es I..yons, Grocer. Pailthorp & McCabe carry on a general livery, baggage and bus James Lyons, of 12 E . Mitchell St., Is the business title of one of the most business. Mr. Smith has been in the livery came to this city in 1889, and has made a successful professional firms in northern business fifteen years, being joined in later success of Michigan. C. J. Pailthorp was a graduate ,------~ the whole- years by his son, C. L. Smith. The senior from the University of Michigan, and since Smith is sheriff of the county, and has sale and re- residing h ere has served as U. S. Commis­ acted in other official capacities. They ~----•itail grocery sioner, prosecuting attorney, member of handle the finest line of carriages in business. the legislature, president of the village of the city. Previous to Petoskey, and a judge of the circuit court. M . _F. Guinon, City Attorney. coming h ere He has been attorney for the G. R. & I. he had been Railway for some time, and is an active Among the prominent attorneys in Petos­ manager in practicing attorney. A. E. McCabe is a key, and who has an extensive practice in th e same graduate from the University of Michigan, the northern part of the lower peninsula, business in has served as U. S. Commissioner, was is M. F. Guinon, the present City Attorney Manistique. supervisor.three years, and has been active of Petoskey. In 1877, he was graduated He employs in the lumber business in the northern from the law department of the University several men, part of the state. He stands high in the of Michigan, and practiced his profession in Ann Arbor until ten years ago when he and his busi­ profession of law. They handle an exten­ located in Petoskey. Since having come n ess extends sive real estate business. here, he has held the office of circuit court through the J. A. c. Ro,van, Chief' Fire Depart- commissioner for four years, and village northern 111e11t. assessor one year. partofMich­ J. A. C. Rowan, chief of Petoskey's fire B. Bovvtuan, Je,veter. igan,besides department , has occupied that position for B. Bowman has carried on the jewelers' an excellent 14 years. Chief Rowan was born in Jef(er­ and watchmakers' business in Petoskey for retail busi­ son county, N. Y., enlisted in the 127th the past thirteen years, having come here ness in and Illinois Infantry, and served through the from Waterloo, Canada. He has also at­ about Petos­ war. He has been a resident of Petoskey tained considerable success as an expert key. He also 22 years, and proprietor of the Clifton optician. Mr. Bowman learned his trade furnishes house nearly 20 years. twenty-five years ago, and is still applying supplies for F . J . Stnith & S011, himself to the bench, together with his m,rny boats. Are located at 43-45 East Lake street, and son .

.S .D:A.CHURCH .

EPISCOPAL CHURCH. HEADLIGHT. 23

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L. REINillrn:Tz. C. G. VON PLATEN'S MUSIC STORE.

The Petoskey Record The Vapor Bath House. pianos. Mr. Von Platen is a mus1crnn of Was established in 1878 by James Birnkley, The Cass House, corner Bay and Howard some note but devotes his entire time to but has been the property of J.C. Boutecou streets, has been remodeled into a sanita­ his business. He handles the trade in Pe­ during the past fourteen years. The rium and bath house for ladies and gentle­ toskey, and the northern counties from Record is a vigorous advocate of Republi­ men, and is under the direction of F. E. the Petoskey headquarters, and employs cauism, and has proven a successful venture Herriman, a thorough ancl competent man­ several men in the wholesale department. in every way. ager. There are private baths for both The Brackett Har

BAY VIEW. these features being in the ascendant in its main line of the Grand Rapids & Indiana clue season, that of the firic;t and last-named Railway. It commands a flue view of the Outside the corporate limits of Petoskey, features extending over the entire summer, bay, and is emphatically a village of cot­ and yet a complete village 1.Jy itself, Bay and until the frosts have exterminated the tages. These are in every style of archi­ View occupies an unique position, com­ causes of the peculiar malady for which tecture, from the simple two-room structure biuing the distinct features of a summer the climate is a specific. to the ornate and elaborate villa, while the resort, a religious camp-ground, a summer The location of Bay View is at the head permanent buildings of the Association are school, and:a hay-feve(sanitarium, e,tch of of the bay, just north of Petoskey, on the fine edifices, an adornment to tbe ground~,

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well designed, and a credit to their builders. nection with all the other adjacent resorts The Hotel Howard. The most prominent feature of Bay View and excursion points, and tourists arriving This house was erected and opened is the summer school, known far and wide h ere by either railroad can h ave their bag­ twelve years ago by J. W. Howard, the as the "Bay View Assembly and Summer gage checked directly to the grounds. present proprietor an cl manager, who has University." Although the resort had its While a large proportion of the summer the reputation of being one of the most beginning in the " camp-meeting idea," residents h er e are cottagers, there are agreeable and successful of the hotel men and the grounds ar e the property of the many boarding houses, large and small, in the bay region. The Howard is located " Camp Ground Association," the week oc­ and two hotels, the Bay View House and at the corner of Woodlancl and Reed ave- cupied by the camp-meeting, as compared with the time devoted to the educational features, seems quite inconsiderable. It is regarded by many, however, as' an import­ ant preparation for the work, and a safe­ guard against the frivolities and tempta­ tions of summer pleasuring. The summer studies are in line with the Chautauqua work, of which the Assembly is a part. Lectures are given by eminent instructors, special schools are organized with able teachers, concerts and other en­ t ertainments are given in the immense auditorium, and the season's program fa arranged with a judicious mixture of in­ struction and amusement, combining study and recreation in such proportions as years of experience have proven to be beneficial. The proximity of Bay View to Petoskey enables the resorters of that lo­ cality to enjoy its privilege_s, the train ser­ vice being very convenient;the "dummy" making frequent trips between the two places. With a railroad station of its own, and a good dock, Bay View is in close con- SUNS&T FROM BAY VIEW. H EA DLIGH T. 27

The educational in­ ROARING BROOK. fluences of Bay View Following the shore line of the bay are far-reaching in northward ~,nd westward from Bay View, their extent, and al­ we come to a noisy little brooklet, which most without limit in tumbles over rocks and miniature cliffs, the degree of their and empties into the bay on its north beneficence. The shore, just opposite Petoskey. It is fed by Chautauqua princi­ springs which bubble from the adjacent ple pervades the en­ hillside, and has been named "Roaring tire plan, and the suc­ Brook," from its gurgling melody as it cess of the Chautau­ rushes over the rocks and among the fallen qua circle system is trees. Like almost every other locality in so well known as to this region, it has its Indian tradition, and need no comment at the red men ascribes the "roaring" to the our hands. death song of a warrior who threw himself The features of spe­ into the waters for grief at the loss of his cial importance in bride by the machinations of an evil spirit. in the arrangement The witching beauty of the locality, with of the summer school the high bluff overlooking the bay, and the is the fact that the tangled forest at its base, attracted the expense of high-cost attention of some capitalists from Lansing, entertainment and and an association was formed, resulting rare talent, instead of in the purchase of a large tract of land, being met by a small and the erection of "Roaring Brook Inn," class, as in colleges a modern, well arranged hotel, delightfully and seminaries, is situated on the bluff, and reached by shaded provided for by the large membership paths through the forest glen. The trains of the summer class, of the G. R. & I. bring the visitor within and thus made a very convenient distance, and the steamers land light charge to the passengers at the dock erectecl for the HOWARD TTOUSE, BAY VIEW. individual member. house. nues, a half block from the Reed avenue A lady attendant at Bay View last season Continuing our explorations westward, station of the G. R. & I., making it es­ remarked to the writer that she had been we come to wanting for years to hear a certain celeb­ pecially convenient for guests of the WE-2UE-TON-SING. house. The Howard will accommodate 200 rity, but that to do so would have cost her persons, and is fitted throughout in the the savings from several years' earnings at This little cottage village is about one most modern manner. The dining hall school-teaching. "And now," said she, "I mile east of Harbor Springs, and com­ will seat 150 guests, and mine host Howard have had bis lectures here at almost a prises eighty acres, a donation to the makes a special effort to preserve the repu­ nominal cost, and all the delightful con­ Presbyterians by the citizens of the latter tation of the house for "home cooking." certs and class work thrown in. What a place. It was first named the Presbyterian The rooms are all light and airy, and being blessing Bay View is to the poor school­ Resort. The Inclian designation for the but two hundred feet from the shores of teacher." This simply illustrates the point place was Wa-by-bi-kang, meaning a white the bay, the hotel occupies one of the most referred to, and gives, in a nutshell, the gravelly shore. The name We-que-ton-sing attractive locations at Bay View. Com­ real secret of the ever-increasing popu_ is a slight deviation from the Indian word fortable verandas command a view of the larity of Bay View as an educational cen­ designating Little Traverse Bay. It has bay, and add to the pleasure of a stay at ter, which draws many here that would its railroad station and steamer dock, and this hotel. not otherwise visit this charming resort. · is blessed with a water supply of abundant Rev. Robert Mccorkell Is among the men who have been active in advancing the interests of Bay View as a resort. He has erected several splendid cottages on Encampment street, a number of which have been sold at reasonable prices, and several more of which are kept for renting by the season to resorters. The Mccorkell cottages are especially well built, and planned after the most approved style of summer homes. The Minnehaha spring located upon Mr. McCorkell's property is one of the finest mineral wells in the bay region, and con­ tains the active properties that make it de­ sirable drinking water and a health-giver to those suffering with stomach or kidney troubles. The spring is on Encampment avenue, near the front of one of the cot­ tages, and is a valuable acquisition to the property. The beautiful view herewith is taken from the veranda of the Howard House. LITTJ.E TRAVERSE BAY FROM VERANDA OF BOWARD HOUSE. 28 HEADLIGHT.

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most of the time. Mrs. Eaton employs only experienced help in all departments, and makes a special feature of the cuisine, a fact that does much to sustain the reputation of the club h onse. The water used is secured from one of the finest artesian wells in the country. Artesian Avenue, Now a part of West We-que-ton-sing, is one of the growing addi­ tions to the chain of resorts around the bay, and is fast being settled with cottager s. W. S. Bringhurst, of Logansport, Ind., who is heavily inter­ ested in the place, has done much to enh ance its value as a resort by platting out the grounds aud erecting several cottages. The demand for cottages this year is greater than the supply, and several that were er ected last year and in the spring of this year, were occupied almost at the opening of the season. l\lRS. EA.TON'S CLUB HOUSE. quantity and unquestioned purity. A hotel accommodates transient visitors, and furnishes table board for such of the cot­ tagers as desire. At West vYe-que - ton-sing, formerly known as Artesia, is located Mrs. Eaton's Club-House, One of the most popular resting places among the Little Traverse Bay resorts. Mrs. C. H. Eaton, the proprietor, knows how to entertain, and has arranged for ac­ commodations for one hundred people, occupying eight cottages in addition to the main building. The house is opened at the beginning of the We-que-ton-sing sea­ son, and -is kept open until the resort is practically closed, the:,capacity_being t ested .A.RTESIA.N .A. VENUE, WE_ST WE-QUE - TON-SING. 30 HEADLIGHT.

Nearly forty acres are devoted to this little turbed, to add to the charm of a summer entire- resort with that greatest of all bless­ resort, through which the G. R. & I. rail­ home in this quiet resort, and the illustra­ ings, pure water, to which is added the way gives transportation facilities. It is tion given in this edition of HEADLIGH'l' medicinal qualities of the mineral wells. but a short walk to the steamer landing, gives but a faint conception of the attract­ The price of land at Artesian avenue is and but a five-minute ride to Harbor iveness of the avenue. Water is secured held at reasonable figures, but the prop­ Springs, where most of the cottagers on from five flowing wells, which preserve an erty is fast being taken up by a reliable this side of the bay secure their supplies. average coldness of forty-five degrees the class of resorters, and the cottages erected As near as practicable, the scenic effects of year through. The flow of these wells is are of the most subi;tantial and pleasing the natural forest have been left undis- uniform, and is sufficient to supply the style of architecture.

HARBOR SPRINGS.

Lying snugly at the very furthermost at a village a few miles north, along the The Mush-quas-tas were looked upon as corner of the pretty landlocked harbor at shores of the big lake, but We-kwa-don­ "men-squaws," because they were at peace, the head of Little Traverse Bay, is an un­ sing, "the little bay," became a popular re­ and they continued to hold nominal pos­ pretentious village of nearly 2,000 inhabit­ sort for fishing and rendezvous. In time, session of the country until, by an unhappy ants, which is worthy of more than passing the Ottawa and Chippewa tribes came, and insult, they brought about the wrath of the notice. met at the Soo. A friendly alliance was Ottawas, and were killed or driven south. Two centuries ago, when the wandering formed, and the two powerful tribes began From this time the Ottawa tribe, now inter­ tribes of red men began to take possession to make war upon their neighbors. The married with the Chippewa Indians, occu­ of the fertile country about the great entire Little Traverse Bay region became a pied the shores of We-kwa-don-sing, and lakes, the Mush-quas-tas, a peaceful tribe, rendezvous for the painted warriors, who, held undisputed possession until ~ -rtly first looked upon the waters of what is now heated with the victorles continually won christianized by the Catholic missionaries the most popular resort in Michigan, and by them, came ancl went each year, always in the early part of the eighteenth cen­ took up a temporary abode in the adjacent returning with new booty and new tri­ tury. forests. The headquarters of the tribe was umphs to relate. Just who of the daring explorers or mis- H EA DLIG HT. 31 32 HEADLIGHT. DeJean conducted a day school for the Indian children, being succeeded by Father Baraga, who baptized nearly five hun­ dred Indians, and printed a prayer and hymn book in the language of the Ottawas. L'Arbre Croche mission, as the little church was called, was an important starting point in the history of civilization among the Indians. Dnring the few years following, a few white settlers ventured to establish homes about the mission, and the village which sprung up was called Little Traverse. Th~ first store to be opened by a white man in the village was established by '-- Richard Cooper in 1853, and soon after, the more venturesome whites began the labor of building up a town. Little Trav- erse became the business center of the surrounding country, and was made the government h eadquarters in the dea-lings HARBOR SPRIN<;S1 F!:!OM. THE BaY. with the Indians. The town was incor- sionaries first saw the beautiful bay is not ancl wh"ich is emulated to this day iu the porated in 1881 as Harbor Springs, so definitely known, but it is generally be­ work of the Franciscan Fatliers. Father named because of the many flowing wells lieved that Father Marquette, who traveled along the shores of the bay en route to St. Ignace in 1671, stopped at the head of the bay where is now located the town of Harbor Springs, and spent some time in establishing a struggling mission. Some historians state that such a mission was established the year previous to the arrival of :Father Marquette, by Father Dablon, who had erected a mission at Michili­ mackinac about this time. At any rate, it is r ecorded that the beginning of Harbor Springs of today was a French 111ission in the latter part of the sixteenth century. The efforts to educate the Indians were slow to bear fruit, as the almost pagan r e­ ligion of the redskins defied the arguments of the missionaries, and not until Father Peter DeJean began his work in the Little Traverse Bay region in 1825, were there any perceptible r esults. Two years later, Father DeJean erected a little log church on the site of the present Catholic church and school at Harbor Springs, and beg·an an educational work among the Indians that has been far-reaching in, its effects, DOCK AT HARBOR SPlUNGS, .A.ND G. R. & I. STATION. to be found in all parts of the town, and the additional fact of the excellent natural harbor, along the shores of which the town is laid out. To the casual observer, Harbor Springs possesses many qualifications that give it pre-eminence as a summer resort and as a commercial center. Locat ed as it is upon one of the finest natural harbors to be found on the great lakes, it commands an im­ portant place in the shipping interests of the inland waters. Its shipping facilities have a valuable auxiliary in a branch of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway, which connects with the main line at the further side of the Bay. The country near by is among the best of the farming commun­ ities, and is being rapidly settled up. The timber land is still yielding immense quantities of the finest grades of lumber, shingles, bark, etc., and this, in the winter season , gives employment to hundreds of SHORE OF THE BAY, BEYOND HARBOR POINT. men. HEADLIGHT. 33

There are iocatecl in the town at the present time three extensive manufactur­ ing concerns, a hoop and stave factory, a grain elevator and warehouses, a sawmill and planing mill, an prospering. The authorities of Harbor S11rings offer at­ tractive inducements to manuf,icturt"'rs to locate in the town, and there is every indi­ cation t])at within the next few years the now village of Harbor Springs will become a hustling little city, with a most promising future. As a summer resort, the village vies with the entire bay as a home for the resorters who desire a quiet. cool and picturesque abicli □ g place. The business section is built up along the water's edge from Har­ bor "Point in a semi-cirdE', to a point about one mile distant on the bay. Back of this water · front, perhaps 500 feet, is a bluff rising sharply JOO feet above the town, and llere it is that the most clelightful view of the surrounding landscape can be ol.Jtaiuccl, and the real beauties of the scene enjoyed, npart from the commercial activity belo"·, GOVERNHF.NT LIGHT .A.ND l3ELL .A.T lL\P.]}OJi I'O1XT. The Kensington. Overlooking the head of Little Traverse Bay at its most attractive point, stands the Kensington Hotel, the grounds of which extend to the water front and to the G. R. & I. depot at Harbor Springs. The I(ensington was established sixteen years ago, and at present is owned and managed by W. II. Dewey, one of the most successful summer resort managers in Northern Michigau, and who for eleven years managed the popular Harbor Point club house. The accommodations at the Kensington are of the very best possible to find on the bay, and guests to the number of two hun­ dred can be entertained. The dining hall is one of the finest in Northern Michigan, and Mr. Dewey gives especial attention to the cuisine, making this an especially enjoyable feature of life at the Kensington. Mr. Dewey's years of experience as a public caterer in Detroit before coming north qualifies him to conduct a hotei as guests like to have it, and it is probable that the Kensiug­ ton is destined to become famous for its hospitality. The guests at the Kensington enjoy a privilege of an artesian well, wllich flows at the same temperature the year round, 45 ° :incl the' active mineral principles of which are: Silica, sodium chloride, calcium carbonate, magnesium and carbonate of iron.

A MOONLIGHT S.A.JL. and commanding two r equisites for a summer home, an unob­ structed view of the vast expanse of water, and a cool breeze at all times. Along the entire bluff there has been erected an extended promenade, protectecl by railings, and with convenient stairways leading to the town below, and those who secure homes on this commanding eminence are indeed fortunate. The streets of tlle village are well laid out and well kept; there is good drainage, and the best of water, furnished by Sllay & Co., who have erected a system of water-works, securing an unlimited supply of water from the artesian wells for which Harbor Springs is noted. :KENSINGTON HOTEL, HARBOR SPRINGS. 84 HEADLIGHT.

Harbor Springs Water Works. The village of Harbor Springs is sup- plied with the finest of water from the numerous artesian wells discovered and utilized by E. Shay & Son, to whom was grantecl the privilege of erecting and maintaining a plant for this purpose. Messrs. Shay & Son have laid eleven miles of water mains in the village, and are con­ tinually extending as the needs of the town demand. The water is secured from a series of artesian wells, which give forth pure mineral water of an even, low tem­ perature. This is piped and distributed by gravitation, and the daily supply is sufficient to meet the demands for many years to come. They maintain meters throughout the village. The illustration given herewith by

WATER WORKS PLANT, E. SHAY & SON. HEADLIGHT shows the pumping plant, and adjoining, on the southwest, the home of E. Shay, which is well worth more than passing notice. Mr. Shay has erected a home after his own ideas of comfort and health, and which is the only building of the kind the writer ever saw. It is arranged with a series of wings projecting from the main building to give perfect light and ventilation, and is lined and sheathed with corrugated steel. Messrs. Shay & Son conduct an extensive machine and r epair shop, the largest north of Grand Rapids, and make a specialty of repairing and building steamship engines and sawmills. Mr. Shay, senior, was the inventor of the Shay Patent Locomotive, which is manufactured at Lima, Ohio, Mr. Shay being a director of the Lima Locomotive Company, which manufactures this engine and employs 800 men. TBE STANDARD.

Vol. I HARBOR SPRINGS, MICH ., Fr iday, July 23 1897 No. 43

RESIDENCE OF R . VANDEHHOE~' , HARBOR SPRINGS.

RESIDENCE OF DR. GARD:SEH, HARBOJt SPRTNGR. HEADLIGHT. 35

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Harbor Springs S1andard. His legends and stories of the north woods, Bleazby Bros.• Bazaar. One of the brightest papers in Northern some of which r,re embodied in an interest­ Bleazby's Bazaar is located in the corner Michigan is the Harbor Sp1·ings Standard, ing little book called "The Ottawan," have of the Kensington Hotel at Harbor Springs, published by the Standard Publishing Co., delighted thousands of tourists, and his and is owned by Walter S. and A. J. John C. Wright, Editor, and H. I. Swift, comic paragraphs ·have been copied all Bleazby. The goods handled consist manager. It was launched in the fall of over the state. His style is vigorous, and mainly of fancy splint baskets made by 1896, by Mr. Wright, and now has a large his fearless advocacy of what he thinks is the native Indians or imported. Agates, local and general circulation. right has won him many friends. As toys and other bazaar goods a1so occupy John C. Wright, whose witty paragraphs author and editor, Mr. Wright is rapidly their show cases and shelves. They are and able articles have made the Standard forging to the front, and while he is at the exclusive d ealers in souvenir herbariums what it is, though the youngest editor in helm the Standard has a bright future containing all the wild flowe1;s ·of northern the state, is a writer of consiclerable ability. before it. Michigan. · 36 HEADLIGHT.

H, J. Atkinson, Drugs and ciscan monk, from Chicago, who designed - tions incident to the possession of less Stationery. to make it the site of an Indian mission. wealth. Mr. Atkinson came to this part of the The price was one hundred dollars, but The government lighthouse and bell­ state in 1866, and for a number of years finding it insufficient for his purpose he tower are locat ed at the extreme end of the conducted a general trading business. He removed to Cross Village. This was in point, and serve to guide the mariner who conducted a drug store in Michigamme 1855, and twenty-three years later it was seeks a quiet harbor after a t empestuous fifteen years before opening his present purchased by the Harbor Point Association, voyage, or whose business calls him to one store in Harbor Springs, still retaining an and opened the next year as a summer of the most important ports of the great interest in the upper peninsula business. resort. It is now one of the most popular lakes. He carries a general stock of drugs, sport­ r esorts on Little Traverse Bay, and is TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. ing goods, stationery, etc. covered with elegant cottages, owned by The prosperity of any locality, from a Harbor Point. the eli te of the southern and south-western commercial point of view, is largely de­ The peninsula that gracefully projects cities, representing the wealth and culture pendent on its readiness of access. This is from the ahore, in front of Harbor Springs, of America's first families. Our group of equally true from the standpoint of the ancl shelters one of the best harbors on the illustrations will give our reader s some pleasure resort. In this r espect Harbor great lakes, was originally purchased from idea of the locality where cottage life is Springs is highly favored, both by rail and the Indians by Father jWeikamp, a Fran- enjoyed without the discomforts or priva- water transportation . HEADLIGHT.

The steamers of the Northern Michigan white day scholars also attended the classes. wea,"ing, and music. Eight sewing ma­ Transportation Co., and of the L. M. & L. Sisters Wiuefred and Clementia, of the Sis­ chines, one loom, two knitting machines, S. Transportation Co., make regular calls ters of Notre Dame, still at the institution, etc., give the pupils every opportunity to at Harbor Springs, and the G. R. & I. Rail­ were the additional teachers. fit themst·lves for every position in life. way company runs several tra.ins daily to As the number of the pupils increased, The younger pupils have their exercises in the village throughont -~he year. During the buildings were enlarged, and other im­ school alJ day. the season, three ferry steamers ply the provements made year after year. Fifty Particular pains are taken with regard to bay between Petoskey and Hrtrbor Springs, Indian boys and forty-five girls obtained the moral training of the pupils. Strict and touching at Bay View. their education at the school during 1887-8, discipline, very galling to an Indian, is in­ This is the couuty seat of Emmet county, besides eighteen white cla.y pupils. So far sisted upon. The inmates are never and a well appointed building has been the institution was conducted at the ex­ allowed to leave the grounds except in erected on Main street for the use of the pense of the missionaries, the Indians company with a teacher or employee, under county departments and courts. Harbor never paying anything. In the summer of pain of expulsion. Runaways, like every­ Springs has an excellent public school, and 1888 a contract was obtained from the where, occur at times, but under the a Catholic school under the management of Government for the education, clothing, discipline of later years there are very the Fl·anciscan Missionaries, who also con­ and boarding of seventy-five Indian chil­ few. Since November, 1895, only two dis­ duct an industrial school for the education dren. Later on an approprfation for one appeared. It had been the practice to of Indian children. Several religious de­ hundred children was granted, which Com­ readmit runaways on application, but aiter nominations are representccl by church missioner Morgan, however, reduced to the management introduced the practice, buildings, and every effort is made to pre­ ninety-five. This allowance was granted · which was strictly adhered to, of not agaiu serve a clean moral atmosphere in the until July, 189G, when for reasons known to receiving a pupil who had left the house village. the public the contracts for Indian schools secretly, this annoyance stopped. Holy Childhood Indian Industrial were reduced fifty per cent by the pres­ It goes without saying that the religious School. ent Congress, and after 1897 to cease training at this institution is the basis of One of the most prominent features altogether. all the rest, though the religious conviction abont Harbor Springs is the Holy Child­ Father Norbert Wilhelm, 0. S. F., who of those pupils who are not Catholics is not hood Indian Industrial School, in charge became superintendent in J 892, purchased interfered with in the least. The manage­ of the Franciscan Fathers and the School­ two lots and made extensive improvements. ment of the Holy Childhood Iucliau Indus­ Sisters of Notre Dame. It is located in the In August, 1894, Father Zephyrin Engle­ trial School believeri that an Indian child west encl of the town, overlooking Little hardt, 0. S. F., was appointed superinten­ least of all will grow up to be a useful Traverse Bay, and with the adjoining dent. The institution at the time was citizen if his religious and moiT.! training church and mission house of the &fonks of over-crowded, wherefore the old Globe be taught to be of no consequence. The \ St. Francis, covers an area of about 8even Hotel was bought and converted into a institution can point with pardonable acres. dormitory for the little boys, a school room pride to the result of its system. Whilst N ortheru Michigan has a large Indian and laundry. A dormitory for the larger its pupils are able to compete with any population, but until 1885 there were only boys was erected, together with work shops others in the branches taught in the com­ two day schools to which the n,ttive chil­ for the various trades which were then in­ mon schools of the country, they at the dren were really welcome. These schouls, troduced. Although the management held same time learn to love work, ,md to regu­ conducted by the Catholic Church, to a contract for only ninety-five children, the late their lives according to the dictates of whi.ch nearly all the Indians of Michigan average attendance at the same· time was the Lord of the universe. belong, we1·e at Cross Village and Sutton's one lmnclred and eighty-five. The roll for Harbor Springs has ;:eason to be proud Bay. that school year, 1894-1895, shows the of its Indian training school. What the A boarding school in which the children names of one hundred and fourteen girls citizens of the town and· neighborhood could be kept all the year round, away from and ninety-nine boys, not counting twenty­ think of the institution 11,ay be gathered immoral influences, had loug been felt to fi.ve clay pupils. The average attendance from the following paragraph. On Wednes­ be a necessity. As early as 1829, the Rev. for the whole year was one hundred and day, Kovember 13, 1895, the "Harbor F . S. DeJe:111 , a Catholic missionary, con­ sixty-five Indian boarders, of whom not one Springs Republican" editorially said: "It ducted a boarding and clay school at Arbre paid anything. To give the reader an idea is to be hoped that the Government will Croche, probauly near what is now Goocl­ of the capacity of the Indian children in continue to furnish funds for the suste­ heart, Emmet County. A list of the pupils the way of eating, a few items will suffice. nauce of the Indian school at this place, is before the writer. It gives the names of They have eaten one hundred and sixty for, laying aside all religious bigotry and twenty-five boarders and thirty-eight day quarts of mush, rice or oat meal, for a hicleboundedness, it is a blessing to our scholars. It seems the good missionary breakfast, besides bread and butter, etc. Indian children. Would to God that there finally had to close the school for want Every day except Sunday, a barrel of flour were displayed all over the world even half of means. is turned into bread for their use. Five the humanity that there is in that in­ When Rt. Rev. H. J. Richter, D. D., bushels of potatoes, and seventy to eighty stitution." Bishop of Grand Rapids, invited the Fra~1- pounds of fresh meat or fish daily, besides The force of teachers consists of the ciscan Fathers to take charge of the Indian other vegetables and sweet meats, etc., dis­ suJJerintenclt>nt and four male teachers, the missions in his diocese, they at once appear "in no time." There is no limit to mittrou and six female teachers, besides two planned a boarding school for the Indian their appetites, except in so far as the young Inclfan lady teachers, former pupils children. Harbor Springs was selected as ordinary rules of health demand. of the school. There are four school rooms. the headquarters of their work of civilizing Since the fall of 18!)4 the following trades The largest stage and hall at Harbor Spriugs is in this same institution, and ancl christianizing the lowly wards of the have been taught by competent teachers: every Sunday evening the Indian boys and natiun. Father Servatius Altmiks, 0. S. F., shoemaking, carpenter work, tailoring, girls have their entertainments at the the Superior of the little band of mission­ bookbinding, printing, baking, and garden school hall. Two or three times a year the aries, firnt opened a clay school with thirty_ work in season. There are school exercises general public is admitted to witness the six boys ,,nd girls. Brother Novatus was in the forenoon for the larger boys and performance of the pupils. Thus far the the teacher. In the following year, Novem­ girl;;, but the afternoon is devoted to work institution was conducted solely for the b er, 1886, a small boarding school was in the various departments. The girls are Indians, but in the future, white chilclreu opened, and thirty-four boys and thirty taught general housework, plain and fancy will be admitted. Some applications have girls were received into the house. Twenty needle work, dressmaking, rug and carpet already been made. HEADLIGHT.

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