Show THE tile STATE OF sur SUP emart A petition has been presented to the tiie mich michigan 1 gan legislature from citi zens residing in what is known as the upper ta pe of michigan asking to be separated from tile the reel real of the tile state and reb ret restored to a teri terl tenito rial government so that a new nev state slate might be eventually erected to comprise the tile mineral country south mouth of L lake like ae superior this is a matter which the people in tile iron iraa and copper regions of michigan have been agitating for several years na tute luio seems to have designed that portion of territory lying bet ivesa tha the head of like michigan and tile llie southern shore of lake superior for a sove sovereign reig a state slate conr ottora or a portion I 1 of tile tho territory of the state of wisconsin wise oil in con contiguous ous to which and se separated p abated by no natural boul boundary its whole I 1 western border lies |