THE PLYMOUTH MAIL TWELVE PAGES THE HOME PAPER TWELVE PAGES VOL. XXXIX, NO. 42 PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1927 $1.50 PER YEAR A MOTOR TRIP TO INEW STATE TRAFFIC CODE THE COPPER COUNTRY! WENT INTO EFFECT MONDAY Trip to North Michigan Convinces Writer Definite Speed Limits Removed on the Public That “See Michigan First” Is a Highways. Good Slogan. The Regulations In Cities and Towns Remain "See America First" is a good are places where there are »<> nil sta­ slogan, but I would add “See Michigan tions for ten or fifteen miles uit-1 the Same. First." A trip to northern Michigan hardly a house, so watch your gasoline. will give one many agreeable sur­ We stopi>ed at Newberry for dinner prises. To show how accessible this and went through a large saw mill j Preparing for the new state Traffid beautiful north country is and some of There was a planing mill in addition Code, which went into effect Monday, the gTandeur of its primeval forests, and we watched the entire process FORD EXPANDS PLANE September 5. Commissioner Oscar G. purling brooks, mirror-like lakes, from logs on ears to seasoned flooring Olander. of the Department of Safety, crowning crags and precipices, grand loading into cars. has issued an explanatory statement cliffs, rockbound and protected har­ We passed the large insane asylum SPENDS {22,000,000 for the state police and the motorist. bors, and great copper mines is the aim at Newberry. At Marquette we missed We quote the following from Sunday’s of this article. the road sign or there was none and Detroit. News: We left Plymouth (three of us) by we had a nice ride up a hill on Main IN LAST 18 MONTHS "In thinking that then* will be no auto Saturday at 11:30 a. m.. intending street, about a half mile lone, and had limit to the lawful simkkI of an anto- the pleasure of coming back down to make West Branch the first night, QUIET BUT GIGANTIC BUILDING mobile on the highway except the speed but as the sun was high there yet, we again. On a whole the roads are better of the car itself." Olander stated, went on to Grayling, arriving, about marked up north than they are here. OPERATIONS AT ROUGE BEGUN 'many ]>eople are far from the truth. seven p. m.—224 miles, including two At Marquette the beautiful scenery j LATE IN 1925. •On a clear road with no traffic,' no detours. We found a very nice tourist commences. We managed to get past j curves or hills and no traffic approach­ camp, ate supper and took in a show the Marquette prison without being PRODI CTION OF 12,090 CARS A ing from side roads, a man may drive down town. The detour near Pin­ nnduly detained, although we probably his car us fast as he likes, but if there conning was a little rough, but on a looked like desperate characters. From DAY NOW POSSIBLE—50 ACRES is other traffic ahead of him he must whole the roads were fine. The country here on the road is more hilly and OF NEW BUILDINGS UP. drive at a speed that will enable him is rolling and very pretty around Gray­ many sharp turns: but you don't mind to stop in rear of other cars going in ling. There is a large lake near, with slowing up. for every turn presents the same direction. beautiful summer resorts and the mili­ some new thrill of scenic l>euuty. Space An astounding story of Henry "If there are children playing or tary reservation, where the State will not permit of detailed descriptions* Ford's plans for the .production of his walking along the road his clear 'dis­ Guard was just breaking camp. Sun­ One stretch of primeval forests about new motor car and ;of a tremendous tance is assured only up to those child­ day morning we cooked a good warm j seventeen miles long has signs on but unostentatious expansion of the ren. On hills or around curves he meal, taking our time, and started at I either side every little ways reading: WILL COMPETE FOR HI6H SCHOOL FOdT NETHEM 4.M . C. RED CAPS 2 plant at River Rouge was told Sunday must be able to stop within the limit ten p. m. There is a sign near Gay­ “Ford Motor Company Timber Lands. in an article appearing in the Detroit of his vision. If traffic approaches lord saying “This is the highest point Be Careful With Fire.” At Michi- News. from a side road, he can not be assured in Michigan." This probably did not gamme you see the Huron mountains STATE HEALTH TITLE BALL SEASON OPENS The Michigan Central Red Caps, The article says that in the last j that they will not drive in front of abont twenty miles north. At L'Anse colored aggregation from Detroit, include the upper peninsula, as there 18 months Ford has spent more than of so m,lst drive his car well in are some fair-sized mountains up you sight Keweenan bay and follow turned to Newburg Labor day. in order Kenneth Rocker, of Wixon. who al­ The football season of 1927 opens $22,000,000 in adding new buildings control. When rain, ice and snow there. The next stop was at Indian its shores about fifteen miles. About to revenge themselves from a prior de­ ready holds the championship for the next Friday, the 16tb, with Ferndale and equipment to his factories, which make the roads slippery, he must drive River, where the road divides around twenty miles further landed us in feat earlier in the season, but failed to healthiest boy in this section of Michi­ here. The game will start at 3:30 will have a production capacity of slower." Burt Lake west via Oden and Brutis, Houghton at 6:30 p. m. We were no carry out their threat, as Hy Gale’s gan. will meet, at the State fair, two p. m. CREEPING OUTLAWED. more tired than as if we had just curves were too much, and they re­ 12,000 machines a day. and east by Mullet Lake and Cheboy­ other young men who have won simi­ The cominisssioner specifically point­ been to Detroit and back. Houghton Plymouth High school football luctantly returned to the depot with While the country has been, gan. We were told that the west route lar honors, and one of the three will ed to a clause in the law which pro­ was thrOOgb a cut-over country, but, and Hancock are on a canal which team look£ for a good There are defeat chalked up against them, 4-2. speculating on Ford's plans and on be adjudged the healthiest boy in hibits driving at a speed "less than it connects Dollar Bay with Lake about 40 out trying bard for the The colored gentry did not score un­ his future, the News article reports the east route was no further and a Michigan. His competitors are from reasonable and proper" upon a crowd­ Superior. Small boats and large ones team. Coach Page expects to develop til the eighth inning, and then through that the Ford Motor company has in­ scenic route. We went- up a sight­ Gogebic.—Milford Times. ed highway. going north light pass through this a good aggregation. We have five a couple of bad errors. creased its plant by 78 per cent and seeing tower 85 feet high with a long Kenneth is the son of Amiel Rocker, "If u motorist wishes to travel way to save going around Keweenan home games this year. Ixtok for the Both Hy Gale and Ferrel pitched a that more than 50 acres of new build­ telescope on top at Indian River. One who formerly lived on the Ridge road very slowly. 10 or 15 miles an hour, he could see beautiful scenery and fire Penn. The bluffs on either side are dates. beautiful game, the former having ings have been erected. This Increase north of Plymouth. should stay away from the main towers at a distance of- thirty miles. about five hundred feet high. Houghton Come out next Friday, the 16th, and twelve strikeouts and allowing nine is saiil to be exclusive of the areas support your team. hits, while the latter had eleven strike­ required for breaking up 199 steel trunk lines." Olander said. We found most of the east road along main street is along the canal and the outs and allowed hut six hits. ships purchased from the United The speed through cities and towns Lake Huron very interesting, arriving rest of the town on u steep side hill. RHE remains the same as does the speed per­ at Mackinaw City at 1 :40 p. m.—323 We turned up a hill two blocks in States and for the storage of 312.000 LEAGOE WOMEN VOTERS M. C. Red Caps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0—2 9 1 mit ted for trucks and busses. Trucks miles from home. ( We lined up be­ front of the College of Mines and were tons of scrap steel produced by that looking around for 151 Miamond street, Net hem 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 x—4 6 3 operation. whose gross weight exceeds 18,000 hind some 70 autos and had to wait j pounds will Ik* held to 15 miles an when out from a front door near by MEETS SEPTEMBER 12 A BUSINESS CHANGE Batteries—M.