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Show rARMER MAKES A FINrfl Julian Duprrent ef Michigan. Dfle Cp Utile Oiled "I4M." B ' Traverse City."" Mich Fries! tt Julian Duprroiit ofi'rovement vj ir who la trying to ifuke him elr foolish. Uuprront bkiwed up a) ite In otwi ot hla fhaldsraad 11 Ija-ara iiJe. ' sir -ytars later thai the llmouu' Columbua dlscuverwl America ( The stone Is alinwst skull .elped nnd Is of a hard varletr cummolulong the beach of take Michigan Oil Is carved it rude iirtralt of a mtuafnoe and lietnw this Is the date ! 1498," while above It arts the Initials'! A. T" On the other side Is a irly drawn picture of a b,Ttl and ankple-ment ankple-ment resembling a sword Tlm are numerous other marks but thtttlon of water or oilier agmclea ha rendered ren-dered them Illegible The flairs, lettering let-tering and iHirtrnlta an- apiiaretly ot great age Uuprront would notkave mil lee, I It, nn atom-a are romasi In the Ilehla. hut Ibe Imago aide haasned to he uppermost Ihiprronl Iwlleves the find lenu-Ine lenu-Ine and will eventually make hlorlch. He says It menim that a portion ( Columbua' Co-lumbua' eipedltlun was left Miliul and In some manner msde tbetway to tho mainland nnd, pursued k Indians, In-dians, nr still seeking the nonVwest pnssng., wnudereil Into this aglon Hvii centuries ago , |
