TheBitter K.iot valley has an earnest^and sensible representative in the conven- |^tion in the person of^Luke D. Hatch, of^S t e v e nsville. Mr.^Hatch was born in^Cass county. Mich ,^October 3. 1*44.^where he spent his^minority, receivings^fair education in the^public schools of his^native county and^and -St. Joseph^coun'y, Ind. Mr. Hatch enl'sted in the^First regiment, Michigan volunteer in^^fantry, and served four years, being^mustered out at the close of the civil war.^Then be came west, and has lived in the^Kocky mountain region ever since. For^ten years he has been a resident of Mis^^soula county, and at present is postmaster^at Stevensvflle. Mr. Ha ch was elected to^the convention as a demos-rat.
DIEl WITH HIS SECRET.
TheOnly Man Who Knew Hum to Make^Aluminum front Clay.
Findlay.O . Special: The manager of^tbe American Aluminum Company. Kred^J. s-ymour. died in this city last Friday,^and tbe secret of making aluminum died^with him. He was tbe inventor of proces^^ses by which this valuable metal could be^profitably extracted from common clay,^and had put his inventions into practical^use. About four years ago. as the result^of years of experiments. F. J. .vymour.^then a citizen of Detroit, secured patents^covering processes for the manufac^^ture of aluminum. He bad little dif^^ficulty in inducing capital to take bold^of the enterprise, and tbe American^Aluminum company was organized, with^G. n. Kussell A. A'ger as president and^.^senator Palmer, of Michigan, as vice-presi^^dent. The discovery of natural gas in this^city caused the location of tbe laboratories^here. Kxpensive retorts and valuable^machinery were constructed and the manu^^facture was begun on a large scale, and^proved so successful that large quantities^of the metal were placed upon the market^at a large profit on the mvestmenr.
