The Yale expositor., 1909-01-22
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

over l,OOO people attended the tnree
sessions of the Sanilac Farmers insti-
tute at Lexington Friday
Arthur w. Jewett, of Mason, with
22 exhibits of Michigan grain, took Is
prizes at the recent national corn
show at Omaha, Neb.
It took five ballots to elect John
Bagley, of Detroit, as messenger OF
the electoral college of Michigan to
carry TO Washington the Taft and
Sherman votes cast by the states cleo
tors.
The village church at West Eckford
burned TO the ground Sunday. The
church services had just been conclud-
ed and Sunday school was about to
start when the ceiling was discovered
to be in flames.
John Horning, of Lewiston. died in
a Bay City hospital from blood poison
ing which developed from slight cut
on his hand received while opening a
tin can. Mr. Horning is survived by
widow and two children.
There is a growing sentiment among
the farmers of Barry county that the
law paying bounty for the killing OF
sparrows should be repealed. Farmers
believe that the little birds do much
good in protecting crops from insects.
The board of directors of Michigan
Knights of the Grip have appointed a
legislative committee to prevent the
threatened passage of any railroad bill
providing for the payment of more
than two cents a mile cash fares paid
on trains.
Corporal John f. Gibson, just bound
over to the federal court at Marquette
for the murder of Private John Nc
Manus at Fort Brady still declines to
make any statement concerning the
affair, and the motive for the crime
remains a mystery.
Joseph Duffy, of Saginaw. recently
acquitted of the charge of staying Ma
bel Lemons baby, is anxious 10 have
the girl prosecuted for perjury. The Of
ficials ave declined to act, believing
Miss Lennon has suffered enough. and
public sentiment agrees with them.
The Northern Michigan Millers' as
ISOLATION met at Bay City and re-elect-
ed c. b. Chatfield, Bay City. presi-
dent. Other officers were: F. c. Henry,
st. Louis, vice-president; L. j. Holt,
Bay City, secretary-treasurer A ban
quet followed the business session.
Farmer members of the Washtenaw
Mutual Fire association have headed
off an attempt to insert lightning rod
clause in the policies, whereby the
company would not be responsible for
losses by burning of barns. unless
they were equipped with improved
lightning rods.
Figures just compiled show that cor
porations pay much the greater pro-
portion of taxes in Iron Mountain, the
metropolis of the Menominee iron
range Corporations pay rs per cent
of all the taxes and fully half the
burden of taxation falls upon the Unit
ed States Steel corporation.
Mayor Stewart is clamping down
the lid at Saginaw. Two saloonkeep-
ers have been arrested. Gambling
joints will also be closed up. One sa-
loonkeeper tried to evade the law by
forming a club of which he and his
bartender were officers. The police
bounced upon the CLUB" in session.
Woodsmen declare that the lack OF
snow has saved the lives OF hundreds
of deer in woods this winter So far
they have been able TO keep out of the
way of wolves without much trouble
and it is said that if present condi-
tons continue the hunting will be bet
ter next fall than for several years
past.
The supervisors of Schoolcraft coun-
ty have adopted a resolution, which is
to be sent to the legislature, recon-
mending and urging the enactment of
a law providing for a closed season
for hunting deer in upper Michigan for
a period of five years. Similar action
has been taken by the Mackinac coun-
ty board.
Relatives of James Purdy, of Column
biaville, have about given up hope of
ever hearing from him. In November,
1907, Purdy went to the 500 to buy
some cattle. He carried a large sum
of money with him. The last seen of
him was when he hired a horse and
buggy and started to drive to the
place where the stock was kept. The
horse and buggy returned to the barn
driverless.
The new furniture factory, built at
Allegan last year and never operated,
due to the hard times, will be opened
the first of next month, when stock
will be manufactured to supply trade,
several orders now being on hand to
be filed. The storage battery build
ing, built here four years ago and
never operated, is being considered for
a piano factory, which Allegan will try
hard to secure.
For three days attorneys represent.
ing liquor and local option interests
of Benton Harbor have been before
the board of supervisors, seeking to
influence their action on calling a spe-
cial election to vote on the question
next spring. Liquor men seek to have
600 names stricken from the local op-
ton petition, they having secured that
number of withdrawal cards. The pro-
hibitionists are opposing this.
j. A. Thick, promoter of the Sagi-
nav, Owosso & Lansing electric rail-
road, met with a committee of the
board OF supervisors at Saginaw to
secure their approval of his plans to
cross the Bad river at st. Charles and
the Tittabawassee close to Saginaw by