Ogden Sun | 1905-08-08 | Page 2 | Opening of Ship Canal

OPENING OF SHIP CANAL sault ste marie mich august 3 commemoration exercises in the government aara here adjoining the ship canal made up the three days program of the semi centennial celebration of the opening of the st marys ship canal which connects lake superior with the lower lakes the exercises took the form of a program of addresses the feature of which was an address by alce president fairbanks A concert by the calumet and hecla band at 9 opened the exercises tho park was well before the music began and at its conclusion the grounds were crowded with thousands of people archdeacon lord of ste marle coined the exercises with an an and hon charles S osborne of attus city followed with an address in which la graceful words he made the throngs welcome to the city second in importance perhaps to tu address of the vice president was that made by hon peter white of marguette president of the commis siona chich had in charge her celebration ar fathe most widely known man in the upper peninsula of michigan air whites topic was the development bithe lake superior region mr white la a pioneer in the kuppr peninsula and is an authority on the history on tant part of the state and its development from an unexplored wilderness its present importance a a mining center mr white described the developments of the mining industry in the upper peninsula and the marcelous mar relous growth of the 19 marine t raffia nce the opening of first foot lock here fifty y ago