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than they are this fall.
Miss Sarah Pindell has been APP
pointed inspector OF customs at Mar
quctte.
The question OF permanent loca-
ton for the state fair Is again being
agitated.
Actual work has at last been begun
on the construction OF Mt. Peasants
beet sugar factory.
There Is not pound OF hard coal
In Owosso on sale. and only soft coal
enough to last four weeks.
Bangor has voted 10 bond for Sl5,-
600 for new school house, to take the
place or the one recently burned.
Farmers around Kalkaska have
commenced TO market their potato
crop. The best price thus far paid is
twenty-five cents
Jack Hicks, aged 80 walked into Il
sub-shaft at the Chaplin mine, Iron
Mountain. ana fell 100 feet, being In
stantly killed
Kalkaska has several cases OF diph-
iberia, ut the present time, but thus
far there has leen no fatalities, though
all the cases are somewhat severe.
Nv Day lily jury NOhNiuu-
ed that James Kennedy, the county
house inmate who was found dead in
| feld, came 10 his death from exposure
The eleventh annual convention OF
the Michigan Equal Suffrage Associ-
alton Will be held at Charlotte October
-, 80 and 81, with three sessions
daily.
The only enterprise of its kind In the
United States. Il college of digltaloto-
my. rs being organized in Flint, its
purpose being teaching scientific horse
shoeing.
A sneak thief is reported to have
helped himself to 1922 from the till of
the Pere Marquette ticket office, in
Flint, while the backs of the agent
and operator were turned.
The state game warden was very
busy during September there being 49,
| complaints for violations of the game
| and fish laws. Thirty-five convictions
were secured and $40 II in fines COL
lectcd.
Mrs. Glenn Balch. of New Brighton.
! near New York, formerly Miss Mabel
Ninans, of Kalamazoo, accidentally
shot ana wounded i'm the cheek lady
caller there recently, while examining
Il revolver
Mr.. Wicr, Of Bcrrien Springs the old
gentleman who was struck on the nose
by a foul ball. lies in n critical condi-
ton, the doctors claiming he received
such shock that his chances for re-
cOyery are very poor.
While trying 10 learn TO ride n BIZ
cycle on the docks ut POinte Mills. five
miles east OF HouGhton. Gust John
son, So years old lost control Of his
wheel, and was thrown into the lake.
Y widow survives him.
When Charles Bird, who resides in
/ Raisin, went 10 look after his sheep
Saturday morning. he found mat 23
fun blooded ShropShires had been
killed by dogs. and could get no trace
of the ours or find whore they be-
logged. TIN loss is more than $500
Five wells have been sunk ut Ca
pac this summer i'm an effort to get
water for water works system and
all have failed To yield water in suffi-
cient quantities 10 be of any use. The
village has voted bonds for the system
and the authorities hardly KNOW where
they are ar.
POkagon'S cheese factory is to be
moved TO Niles. The plant was orig
inally started as a creamery, and the
farmers i'm the vicinity subscribed lib
orally toward the venture, taking stock
in amounts from $50 to 500 each. 1t
never paid after the third year, the
scarcity of COWS being the main cause.
Anna ShafIer. aged II, domestic
employed at the home of Mrs. Hunt.
In, n G
result of an attempted assault last
night Her clothing was almost torn
off in the struggle She made a hard
fight and her screams brought assist
ance, causing the fellow 10 run away.
Clarence Westervelt Of Benton Har-
Dor, years old. died from the effects
of blood poisoning. caused by shooting
himself in the hand with blank cart
ridge. Tie accident occurred one
week ago. but the wad was not re-
moved until FRIDAY, when poison set
i'm together with lOckjaw and convul-
sions.
Roy Countryman and Fred LOSING,
OF Flint. who were arrested in the
company of Anna Duggan and Eva
Draper. two lJ-year-old Lansing girls.
pleaded not guilty and were held to
bail in the sum Of 500 each for eX-
animation. The girls will have
hearing on the same day on the charge
Of disordcrly conduct
The state tax commission have or
dcred the supervisors of Adrian, and
of all towns through which the tracks
of the Toledo x Western Street Rail-
way pass. to appear before the COM
mission October g. and cites about
every industrial enterprise 20 also APP
pear 10 show cause why the assess
| ment shall not be raised.
Joseph Beck. murderer of Julia Waz-
MAX. who was taken to Iron Mountain
for safe keeping, told Sheriff Cudlip
how the crime was committed. He got
the girl i'm his shop and took liberties
with her She threatened TO tell her
parents. and he took monkey wrench.
| struck her on the head and then choked
her. The prisoner seems very cheer
| full.
Fred Meier. ~ years old. with
large family Of children. lost his left
arm in an accident I'm the Ann Arbor
\ railroad shops Tuesday morning. He