The Yale expositor., 1910-05-27
MICHIGAN IN BRIEF.

The bricklayers and masons of
Saginaw are demanding a scale of 60
cents an hour to take effect June /.
The demand for the laboring element
of Saginaw in Detroit and Flint is so
great that it thought the demands of
the men will be granted.
An especially strong list OF harness
events will afford fine sport every day
of fair week, September 1924 A. II.
Moon, superintendent of speed, has
arranged for many of the Grand Cir
cult stars to appear and in all purses
aggregating $4,000 will be hung up
during the week.
To commemorate the time when
Saginaw was the biggest numbering
mart in the world the federation OF
women's clubs has appropriated
money to plant and care for three
pine trees on the site where the Emer-
son mill once stood. 1t was the first
saw mill in Saginaw.
Carroll Collins, who came TO Mar
shall from Atlanta. Ga, four years ago
and took charge of the local gas plant
as president, treasurer and superin-
tendent, having only one share of
stock, is now sole owner. He pur-
chased the holdings of seventeen
stockholders, sos shares.
William S. Cleaves, founder and
president of the Portage Lake Foun-
dry & Machinery Co. at Houghton,
the largest concern OF its kind in the
copper country, and supervisor of
Franklin township for many years.
also founder of the town of Ripley, is
daad az tho oUa nf eO
Each member of ;he delegation of
1000 upper Michigan Elks who will
attend the state and national reunion
of that fraternal order at Detroit in
July will wear a badge emblematic of
the two great industries of the upper
peninsula-iron and copper. In the
sketch which has been accepted the
emblem proposed is all metal. The
body of the medallion is to be of rose
gold finish and the trees in the back
ground Of the miniature landscape in
which the stamp appears are to be
finished In green enamel
Four daily flights by the noted
Wright Bros aeroplanes have been
secured by the state fair management
as the principal feature of the outdoor
entertainment during fair week this
year, September 1924. This will be
the first appearance in Michigan of
these world famous aviators and IL is
thought this feature of the fair alone
will be worth a trip to Detroit. So
popular have the Wright aeroplanes
become that there is now a class of
90 young men in training to become
expert aviators to show the machines
around the country In various exhibit
tions.
Many thousands of dollars will be
spent by the state fair board in fur
nishing free outdoor attractions. Lib
eratti's Band and the 91st Highland
ers, the celebrated Scottish musical
organization, will give daily concerts.
Besides this there will be four flights
daily by Wright Bros aeroplanes:
there will be diving horses, Johns
glass blowers, the best attraction of
its kind in the country; the Midway
will contain only highest class attrac-
ticns and there will be q mammoth
automobile show in the new automo-
bile building which is being erected.
Bigger and better than ever" is the
watchword of the state fair officials
this year.
Capt. Edison p. Clifford, prominent
in political, army and business circles,
died at his residence in Saranac of
acute Indigestion. He was a veteran
of the Civil war. having served as
captain of Company NJ, First Michi-
gan Mechanics and Engineers. Since
the war he had been active In busi-
ness until his retirement a few years
ago by reason OF Ill health. He served
two terms as sheriff of Ionia county,
president of Saranac and supervisor
OF Campbell and Boston townships.
Rep. Charles Townsend will be the
commencement speaker at the exer-
cises OF the Arthur Hill high school,
Saginaw, June "a.