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Show ICE IN MICHIGAN 8ANO DUNES. Member of Summer Resort Colony Makes a Valuable Discovery. Traver.. city. Mich.- Over oil the lke Michigan shine, along the nnd ilune region, tho le;nu t Is In disrepute. dis-repute. He did not mnkp regular deliveries de-liveries nnd a colony fyf campers and cottngots near Ludlugtun, who did not put theirs up In tbo winter were disappointed dis-appointed nnd disgusted. Ono day ono of tho colony was digging dig-ging in a big sund dune, looking tor Indian relics Ho found somo Interesting Inter-esting things, such as a copper hntchct and some kitchen utensils, nnd kept on digging until he was fifteen or twenty feet In tho sand. Then ho discovered dis-covered that the placo was exce'dlng-ly exce'dlng-ly cold and that, despite tho heat of tho sun, his feet felt uncomfortable. The man hnd read n story about n glacier thnt had got lost In n mvo and had lain there thousands ot years, until it was discovered by sortie one, .who subsequently became n million aire, to ho continued his Invostlga tlons, finally, ns he expected, unearth Ing a bod or Ice. Tho problem was solved, ns tho rout was easy. Digging down Into the frozen sand a considerable distance, ho erected boards, to keep the hole from caving In, fitted a ladder and then mnde n cover. Tho Iceman wns foiled ns effectually ns though It were Docomber. The other campers nnd cottngcrs began mining In tho snnd on their own account, and they soon had Icehouses without money and without price. Theso sum! dunes havo been productive produc-tive of many mysteries, but this last ono Is easiest to explain of all. Tbo water, seeping through tho sand until. It reached tho level ot tho lake, had frozen tbo wlntor before Tho drifting drift-ing snnd had rovercd tho Ico completely, complete-ly, nnd It had been preserved to do duty In tho summer, whon It was needed. |