The Detroit times., 1909-07-09
WHERE LIFE is
WORTH LIVING

! WORTH LIVING
Innsniuch ns the county insane asylum
la EloIse In fitted 10 Its capacity, the
county officials are figuring on sub
hitting tho matter OF building
$t0.00O addition To the asylum to
popular vote whenever another cleo
ton Is held
Thomas ". stanley nIed suit against
the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. la
the circuit court Thursday after
noon. Ia which he asks for SO dam
ages lie alleges that when a piece
or emery lodged In his eye the fore
man OF the plant applied carbolic
acid, mistaking IL for cocaine So
luton. He claims TO have been ter
ribly burned and his sight almost
Iu'h'H
The Detroit board of education has re-
criNed nm invitation from senior
Emilio Frers. president OF the So
Ctctad Rural Argentina. to partici-
/ pate in the International agricultural
exposition or the Argentine repub-
! lie, TO be held in Buenos Ayros In
1910. While the board viii not at
tend IT will give the exposition
/ publicity IN the hope that this part
OF tine country may be represented At
the exposition,
Russell a. AIgcr. whose purchase OF IA
Wright ncropIane some time ago has
awakened anticlpdtory thrills is
occupying himself while awaiting the
arrival OF the dying machine in
driN Ing a motorcy, le. He has pur-
chased Pierce Arrow cycle from
William f.. Metzgcr and is using il
In Crosse Pointe Several other
members of the Crosse Pointe sum
mer colony have taken to the motor
cycle this summer as more interest
ing than automobile driving.
The annual convention of the Michigan
grand council of the 4. VI. IL. 4. Will
Toe held I'm Detroit Aug. a. the meet
ing having been secured largely
through the Efforts Of city Assessor
/ Henry :. Doran, who returned Thurs
day night from Grand Rapids, where
"A meeting OF the board Of trustees
Of the organization was held. About
1876 delegates are expected from the
S9 branches in the state. Mr.. Doran
! and Mr.. Gore Can Antwerp. are
members of the local committee on
arrangements
Hayden, stone a 60. have petitioncd
the circuit court Tor inJunctions re-
straining Anna Condin and Royal n.
Jenny. of Ann Arbor. from MAINTAIN
ing suits agaist them for securities
through Cameron Currie Co Both
these parties claim the stock In ques.
elton was paid for but not delivered
at the time of the failure Hayden.
stone d Co claim that these suits
Will only complicate matters. and
that the plaintiffs have remedy as
intervening petitioners.
Gen w. l.. Marshall. In charge of the
engineering branch OF the war de-
partment. Is lue I'm Detroit within
few days on general trip OF insptf-
tion Of the harbols and channels as
far north as Duluth. He will inspect
the new Livingstone channel with
col & NJ. Townsend and then VIII go
M tn. lakes on the Amaranth with
Mai Charles Keller. engineer In
charge OF lighthouse and lake sur
Ney work. stopping at Sault SIC.
Marie aud concluding his Trip WIN
"a personal Inspection of Duluth har-
hOr.
Park Comniissioner Hurlbut has start
ed II force Of men nt work oiling the
boulevard. This work would have
been done earlier but for the fact
that the appropriation was not avail
able until July /. Work Will begin
at the Intersection OF Jefferson ave.
ana the Eastern boulevard and the
whole stretch OF boulevard VIII be
oiled two or three times. Complaints
OF dust have been very numerous
during the past two OF three weeks
and the commissioner is anxious to
get the work done as quickly as
possible
Mayor Breitmeyer has not yet appoint
ell amy delegates TO the national ir-
rigation congress to be held in Spo-
kane In August. The city Is entitled
to 10 delegates. but. from the abund-
ance OF water here. there seems to be
very few citizens interested In irrl-
cation. II any citizens who desire TO
attend the convention make their
wishes known to the mayor, their APP
very likely. Delegates VIII pay their
own expenses. Il do not know or
anyone in Detroit who is Interested
I'm this subject or ! would have made
the appointments long ago, says the
mayor
"steye" suchodowsisi, aged IL years,
who escaped recently from the DAT
cambal farm, made a clever attempt
To keep out of the detention room In
the county building, Thursday night.
lie discovered that the screens over
the windows were fastened with
screws the heads OF which ere hid
den In cement. He had uncovered
and removed several OF the screws
and was about To take out the screen
when Guard Fred Ernest heard him
at work and foiled his plans. Hang
ing from the window and reaching
to the sidewalk was n piece OF white
Irvine by which IL Is believed the boy
hoped To get help from an accom-
plice.
The s4.5OO. 900 paid by the General Mo-
tors co. for the Cadillac auto plant
represents Just so much velvet for
the stockholders. The price paid was
equivalent 20 5000 per share and on
this basis several of the stockhold-
ers have realized fortunes out OF the
deal aside from what has already
been paid In dividends from time to
MILAN hs sed 4 MnrP others sl% %
participate In the division as follows:
Lem w Bowen, ss52.00O; Clarence A.
BLACK ss52'9oO; A. +. + Whit bite At'z,-
and w. &. Leland, each $402 600; f. \.
Leonard. $50, 700 :, +. r.. Sweet s3Zl00
II H. Pettee. $4,000; A. G. Leonard.
$4,000
The nrst OF series of Open-air neigh
borhood gospel meetings was held
Thursday evening one service taking
place at McGraw and LnwOod-aves..
eand the other at Mckinley and Hud-
son-aves Similar services viii be
held in the same places Friday and
Saturday evenings. Sunday evening
at s:45 o'clock a monster closing ser
vice will he held at Grand River and
HudSon-aves The workers Will
march to this service from the
| I churches. singing gospel hymns. The
music Will be special feature OF
these services. The following pas
tors are In charge OF these meetings:
The Rev. w. J. Jacobs. OF the Bou-
| IeVard CONGREGATIONAL church. the