"the Soo."

Uy íar the most "boouiins" newspaper in Michigan Í3 the Sault Ste. Marie News. Evcry week it filis eiglit largt pages with reading matter and ads. w-ritten in a bright racy êtyle which wil do more for that city of promise than anj live of lts citizens can do in a lifctlme Last week It published a mamraoth edi tion, iiclily embellislied wlth cuts o; buildings and leading citizens, as a souvenir of the great celebration on the occa sion of the opening of the Internationa Bridge and the arrival of the lirst large train throuifh to the sea board. That town has doubled its population in llie past ten ïnonthsand is already the best railroad centre in the Xorthern Pe uinsula, although a year ago the editor oí The Courieu had to take an SO mile sleigh ride across the country to get there With its vast water power and its railwaj connections, hringing Minnesota and the cntire Xorthwest fifteen hundred miles ncarer to Liverpool than by way of New York, the Soo cannot help but become a second Minneapoli?. In fact the very capitalista of that city are becoining heavy investors in our Northern neigh hor, for they sce the hMdwrittag on the wall. But this spring is to see another boom Hiere in a different line than town lots This time it 9 to be in mineral lands on the Canada side. Prospectors have discovered rold, sllver and copper in the range of mountains back froni the river and companies have been quletly formec to purchase the land. Gen. Alger, this winter, bought a third interest in asilver mine in the Beaver range which Is now putting out some $2,000 worth per day So the excitement this spring promises to be as grcat if not beyond that of last year. But the Xews will be on the top of it all.