Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.

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Huron filed articles OF Incorporation
with the county clerk.
While working in a sawmill at
Maple Ridge. A. B. Reid lost one of
! his legs and bled to death.
State Highway Commissioner Earle
talked before a large number OF high
way commissioners at Standish Tues
| day.
The Coldwater Cooperage Co. will
close its factory this week. The de-
moralized condition of the market is
| the cause.
Sheriff Fred Nelson, of Muskegon,
was Thursday night rendered big
| banquet and presented with a gold
and diamond star.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to do
nate half the cost OF an organ for the
| new Methodist church at Menominee.
The organ is to cost $4,000.
Prof. Sardoni, Chicago physical cult
evangelist. Is to establish a colony on
White Lake farm, near Ben Mac Dhui,
| Muskegon county. Sardoni believes in
free thinking.
The formal call for the Republican
state convention to be held at Grand
Rapids February ~ has been issued
by Perry F. Powers for the state cen.
trail committee.
The lid is on the pool rooms and
bowling alleys in Sturgis according to
orders issued by the police The edict
prohibits all Juveniles under IL from
playing the games.
The liquor interests of Coldwater
have filed petitions with the board Of
| supervisors asking that approximately
500 names be withdrawn from the To-
cal option petition.
Bessie Robbins, II years old, is
missing from her home in Ypsilanti.
She is thought TO have gone to De-
troit and the police of that city have
been notified to look for her.
Frank Brisbin, son of the Lansing
banker discovered washing dishes in
Kalamazoo hotel Christmas, will re-
turn to his fathers home and re-enter
the Detroit College of Medicine.
1t is announced at Bay City that
William l.. Clements will be candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for regent of the state university at
the convention in Grand Rapids Feb
ruary -.
John Witt, So, of Alpena, was dis
covered clinging to the edge OF hole
in the ice Gus Kalisch rescued him
| and dragged him three miles on a
handsled to his home. Witt died OF
exhaustion and exposure.
Mrs. j. H. Carmichael, widow of the
former Adair minister, who killed HIM
self in Carthage. H., has filed her
claim with the Knights of the Modern
Maccabees for the 81 200 which her
husband held in the order.
Attorney Victor e. Van Ameringer,
who looked after Prohibition inter
ests in recent battle between the
"wets" and "drys" in Washtenaw coun-
ty, has put in bill for $500 The Pro-
hibitionists refuse to pay.
There is a great possibility that the
University of Michigan may yet secure
the government forestry laboratories.
though reports have been sent out
from Washington that Wisconsin hao
secured the coveted plum.
Judge Parkinson has appointed Les
ter p. Hoag, lumber dealer of Spring
port. receiver of the Springport State
Savings bank. The action was taken
on the petition OF Bank Commissioner
Zimmerman and was unopposed
The National bank of Coldwater has
the distinction OF being one of the T.
banks in Michigan to be placed on the
role of honor of the United States
national banks. Wednesday E. l.. Rose
was reelected president of the institu-
ton.
Glare f. Hoffman, prosecuting attor-
ney for Allegan county, sent Deputy
Sheriff Fred Parr to Plainwell with
orders to Immediately stop every card
and dice game. including the shaking
Of dice for cigars in drug and grocery
stores.
Rev. II. a. Carter, for long time
pastor of Grace church, Eaton Rapids,
has resigned his pastorate 10 accept
call TO the pulpit of the Presbyterian
church at Tawas City. Rev. Carter is
one of Eaton county's brightest pulpit
orators.
Ignorant of the death of her hus.
band, Mrs. Alonzo J. Flick died late
Thursday at the Saginaw General hos
pital. Her husband died at the family
residence Wednesday. Mrs. Flick had
nursed him through long illness and
was herself stricken.
After a long and bitter contest the
anti-saloon element won in Branch, the
board of supervisors voting unani-
mously to submit the vote on local OPP
ton. Public sentiment became so
strong that the VETS on the board
yielded and voted for 1t.
The examination of the four men al
legged 20 have robbed the Hillsdale
| postoffice on December %, was con-
cluded Saturday and the men have
been bound over to the March term
Of the circuit court, with the privilege
of being tried at the January term.
Regent Chase Osborn, of the 500.
has seen Chief Forester Pinchot while
en- route TO Mexico, and Chief Pinchot
has wired Washington to hold up the
matter of awarding government for
estry laboratories to Wisconsin in
stead of the u. of NJ. until February 1.
Lester Andrews, aged years, Of
Owosso, died of typhoid pneumonia
Sunday. The boys father and one
brother have succumbed to the dis
ease, while another is i'll and cannot
live. The mother, i'll for days OF nurs-
ing of her husband and children. has
not contracted the disease, but IL is
feared she will unless precaution is
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