Charlevoix county herald., 1905-03-11

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izing the board Of health and placing
the appointment Of its secretary ia
the hands OF the governor. The bill
was passed as IT came from The ways
and mean committee, with the amend
ment limiting to ten thousand dollars
year the amount authorized for clerk
| hire. in which the senate has concurr-
ed, and he act takes immed ate effect
The majority in the house was SO
emphatic that Representative Heald,
of Grand Rapids, the only mem beI
who antagOniZed 1t, could not get tn @
necessary ten votes to order roll call
on motion of his that would have de-
layed the progress Of the bill. A vac
ICY in the board of health was occas-
Wells If Lansing. and that was filed
last Wednesday by the governors ap-
p0intment of Coleman G. Vaughan OF
Saint Johns. MIR. Vaughan is editor
of the Saint Johns Republican and
was the senator from the 10Th district
In the last legislature. The nominat-
ion was confirmed by the senate in
open session.
Another anti-cigarette bill has ap-
peared, drawn by Representative
Ming of Cheboygan, like Senator Shell
don's bill prohibiting the manufact-
ure. transportation, sale or gift o'
cigarettes or cigarette paper. The
governor OF Indiana has just signed a
similar bill which goes into effect in
thal state In June and is drastic in its
provisions. A ward and precinct local
option liquor bill was introduced In
the house bv Repres ent ativc Hudson
of Kalamazoo. 1t is in response to the
demands of the anti-saloon league. and
is such measure as went into effect
in Ohio two years ago, after a long and
determined contest lasting several
years. Ohio Is the leader, rather than
Michigan, in legislation along that
line. Whether she leads us in practi-
cal temperance, also, or not, certain IT.
is that there il abundant room for m
provement in that respect. In Lam
sing week ago, woman died or
pneumonia, leaving eight children all
under twelve years and the youngest
but three weeks old. Her husband is
ii drunkard, and was AT the time OF
her death so drunk from drinking the
alcohol used TO battle The sick woman
that he could not realize the event.
The family is entirely desl itute. al
though they had l,ved there Il dozen
years aud the husband had work in
one OF the factories in the intervals
between his visits to those institutions
which the community maintains TO
make him what he is and to make
beasts like him cut OF many Of the
boys. Lansing is no worse Than other
towns in that respect, and this case is
no unfamiliar feature Of the stage TO
which our civilization has reached {.
When the struggle for better things
shall have gone on long enough. aud
the communities shall have become
sufficiently sick OF such fruits as this
was, we mny hope that the better
things will be attained.
Genesee is another county propos ing
to place her officers upon salaries in
stead Of fees, bill with that purpose
passing the senate last Tuesday. The
bill for a state binder twine plant at
Jackson prison has been referred to
the ways and means committee. The
Bland bill for limiting to qualified
physicians the right TO pray for re-
covery OF the sick by divine p,yer. Is
to have general hearing befOr" the
hous4 March rs. when the opponents
will have opportunity to be heard.
A bill has been Introduce making
appropriation for a chapel building at
dustrial sc ool for boys at Lansing
Their instruction is intellectual, in-
dustrial, and moral, and no part Of it
is more important Tor its good influ-
ence upon the boys characters than
the sabbath services in the chapel
and perhaps none more enjo> ed by tile
boys. But the chapel has grown toe
small. and the aisles have to be crowd
ed with chairs, and a large part Of the
visitors who every Sunday besiege the
doors, has to be turned away. it Is
important for the boys themselves, nc
for The people of the state who thus
come TO know more OF the institution
that the he.visitors should Ds accommod
ated. The present building is needed
for additional doImitories, and few
citizens could attend one Of those
chapel services without being impress
ed with the wisdom OF the demand
now made, The present value Of the
plant Is about 1915, 900, including two
hundred and ninety acres of land
worked as farm largely by the lab''
of the boys, and twenty-eight build
ings with furnishings and machinery
The proposition to place member