New Gold Fields

A nev gold field has been discovered which appeals to Michigan much more sïrongly than does the Klondyke because it is readily accessable. Th is too is located ia canadian territory, and it situated near the North Shore of Lake Superior on the Michipicoten river. Leaving Sault St. Marie one can take the steamer Telegram twice each week for the mouth of the Michipicoten and f rom there a days tramp over a wild anú hilly country brings one to ones destination. There can be but little doub; that ihe report is true for it was made by Professor Alexander McKenzie, the expert of British North America on mineralogy. He has just returned from a tour of inspection. His repor' , in brief, is that he had been all over the district, and, while widely experienced in the matter of minincr, had never seen a section where indicaüons were as promising for rich results in gold mining as thoso around the Micbipicoten river. The fare from Sault St. Marie to the Michipicoten and return is only seven dollars and this is leading many persons to undcrlake the trip. The miniug is not óf the placer variety but ie quartz mining which takes much more wealth and machinery to begin with than required of a miner in the placer digging3 of the ICondyke or the old California ñelda of '49. THE officers who are in charge of arrangeinents lor the fair this full are niakiug great eiïorts to securo as largo ;iq attendance us ]ossiblc. They ;ire expecting liberal patronage from all classes of people. Sorae of these officials are adopting very poor metliods to encourage laboring people to spend thoir hard earned mouey for admission tickets. These ofiieials are doing this by sending out of the state for supplies which could bo manufactured just as cheaply and of just as good material and quality right here in Washtenavv county as they are able to secure in Ohio. Itmay be that by sending to Ohio for these supplies for the fair, the officers of the society will induce a large nuuiber of Ohio laborers to attend our fair this fall! But we fear Ann Arbor laborers will be skeptical, very skeptical, on this subject, lt would be well, in this connection, for somebody to rise and explain. A careful estímate of the shortage of food supply in Europe 9hows that in rye and potatoes the conditions are as bad as iu wheat. Rye is as important an article as wheat in many European countries, and the samo is, of coursc, true of potatoes. The shortage in wheat, rye, and potatoes iu Europe is now estimated as f ellows : Bushels. Wheat 300,000,000 Rve 325,000.000 PotatoW 1,000,000,000 1,025,000,000