Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-16
Briefs Of the Week


Atty A. Is. Nicholas, Jr., and
brother in-law j ID. Pennington took
In the Elks convention at Detroit
this week.
The Boyne City Marine Band
brought over crowd OF excursionists
on the Str. Cummins Saturday even.
ing. While here the Band favored
our townspeople with several selec-
tions.
A party OF our young ladies consist :
ing of Florence Maddaugh. Harriet
Graft, Ruby Taylor, Winnie Mollard.
Winnie Raino, Mary Miller, Norma
Stackus, Grace Light, Winnie Mad
daugh and Isabel Lamport. are taking
an outing down near Holy Island.
The interior of the vaults OF the
State Bank of East Jordan are being
reconstructed. A lot of the old
equipment is being thrown out and
in their place fine line Of safety de-
posit boxes are being installed, which
will amply care for their increasing
business.
The county local option gathering
at Charlevoix on Wednesday interest
ed our local workers. Those in at
tendance from here were w. p. Porter,
who was made chairman OF the meet
ing, j. Fl. Milford, Clark Hare, E. A.
Lewis. f. j. Crossman, M. H. Robert
son, Elder Dudley, Frost Robertson
and w. w. Lamport. 49,
Two cases of the largest and finest
Strawberries that ever grew out OF
doors were contributed by a Charlie
voix fruit grower to the Western
Michigan Development Bureau. The
berries have been put Ia a preserving
solution, In large jars that they may
be used AZ evidence OF the producing
power Of the Charlevoix section Of
Western Michigan.
A bunch OF East Jordan's fair
daughters, chaperoned by Mrs. Crow
ell, Miss Lydia Cook, and Miss Beurah
Hurlburt, spent the past week outing
on the Ashley farm near Holy Island.
The party consisted of Reta Carr,
Gladys Kenny, Flora Simmons, Ethel
Crnwell, Verschel Lorraine, Erma
Hubert, Hazel Cummins. Edna
Tompkins, Mamie Churchill and Della
Martinez Of Central Lake.
The Annual School Meeting last
Monday evening was one of the most
harmonious ever held. The annual
financial statement showed receipts
d, OF s,744,3S and an equal amount Of
disbursements. The Board recon-
mended the raising of $4,000, which
was endorsed by the taxpayers.
Trustees L. A, Hoyt and "A. M. Muir
ply were elected to succeed them
selves. 1t was voted to have nine
and one-half months Of school.
or course 1t is easy for those who
want to succeed Senator Burrows, to
fnd fault with the tariff. But are
thes ambitious gentlemen going into
the details as to the changes they
would make IL they were to have their
way in working new tariff? Would
they cut the farm products schedules?
Would they slice the schedules OF
manufactured goods? Would they put
the raw materials which Michigan
produces on the free list? 1t Is easy,
dead easy to fluid fault 10 biased and
glittering generalitie,, but why do
not the fault finders give particulars?
When they criticise the tariff what
special schedules have they in mind?
Following the adjourned session of
two weeks ago, meeting OF local OPP
tion workers Of the county was held
at Charlevoix on Wednesday to con-
slider articles Of agreement for per-
manent organization. The commit
tee appointed at the earlier meeting
submitted their report, the same hav-
ing already been quite thoroughly dis
cussed ia various sections OF the
county SO there was no lengthy de-
bate on Wednesday. The constitu-
zion as finally adopted commits the
organization to the enforcement of
law aud order, and leaves untouched
the question of political interference.
There will be another meeting the
first Monday in August at Van Pelt's
hall, Charlevoix, to ele ct officers and
look after other interests of the organ
iZation.
Potatoes are Cutting the market all
over northern Michigrn. On the M.
e. r. r. tracks In Bay City stands
one consignment OF 300 bushels that
ia offered at cents per blu. for the
entire lot and has for over "a hours