Toledo Is Courting Ann Arbor

Since uhe completton of the Aim Arbor Kailway an effort has been goiag on, steadily and persistently, to aceustom the people living aloaig the line of af th&t raad to become acquainted wibh Toledo, and if not to all of tfbelr trading thore, t at least do1' a partían of it, the distance beiug only a trille more thain. to Detroit. To this end eheap excurwions have been frequent. Trains are run tol ToToledo upom any occasion whether of promimience or not. Theatre trains are oitem run for those who want to attend the play, and only 75 cents charged y the railroad lor f are botü ways. Circus traint. Sunday trains, Pressque Isle park trains, any sort of an occasion "wUl bring a train to Toledo with o-nly a nominal íare Vor the round trip. At first thiis did not pa.y the railrcnad, but it does now. Scarce a train is rum but it is ivett lilledwith passengere. The result is that our people hre beginiimg to like Toledo, and the samp may be said öf Howell and Owos6O. You oftem hear ladies say : "I think Toledo is a better city than Detroit to do shopptng in," and other similar remarks oí like import. Oouple tihis persistence on the part of the Arm Arbor R'y and the people of Toledo,, -vvith the stolid indiffererace lof tbe M. C. tR'y 'and perhaps ■many tf tfae Detroit people also, and one ean easily see -w-hab the result will be. In the nat distant future the citizens of this section will become weaned {rom Detroit, and attached to Toledo. The-n there is another thing. Thé daily newspapers of Detroit are inclined to treat this city, at least, unkindly in some respectw. They belittle our great events, like the ilay Festival, or else refuse to take the same notice of them as of similar occurrences elsewhere. They appear to ieel that it is tor the best interes of Detroit to detract from or tlepreciate effoi-ts made Ty Interior eities 1x do something out of the ordinary, carryiing the idea that Detroit ís the only place that auight to at tempt Musical Festivals and that .sort of tniing on a large scale. In whieli they make a miistake - at least niany think so - Jor it is believed: that the saying : "You can catch more flies with sugar than with vinegar," is a true ome. Then agaiin Detroit papers often exaggerate the dotog of the students here, making mountains out of mole hills. This fact is sometimes urged in To-ledo's interest also. Detroit ia tJtoe metropolis of Michigan, and as such is entitted to the loyal support of all Michigan interior cities. For one the Courier regrets to see th etendency toward our Buckeye neighibor(she might have become a "Wolveriine when s'he ha d a chance). There are many things which bind us to Detroit. Her wealthy people aave been very generous in a number of instances to the University and' to Ann Arbor. Tbe observatory is their gift. The McMillan library, McMilian Hall, Hobart Hall, Kewberry Hal and otter buildings and things here attest their interest in this University city, and are appreciated by our citizens. But tbe fact 6till exists that persistent and constant courting sometimes wins when it ought not tq? Those iinterested in this matter, th eM. C. E'y, for instanoe, and. the Detroit business men, perhaps ; and the Detroit newspapers, may be ; sliould understand what the situafcion is, and if therei is any1 de&ire to change the trend, make the offort beWe it is too late.