Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08

MICHIGAN
HAPPENINGS

The state retail grocers will meet
at Port Huron Feb. Z, s and 9.
Enough signatures have been OBJ
tanned to insure the submission of
the question of a commission form
of government for Lansing to the
voters next spring
Grand Trunk firepen have asked for
an increase in wages and think it will
be granted. The firemen average
from $3.50 TO 1855, and want SO 10
per hundred miles.
Mayor Wilhelm, of Traverse City,
instructed the police to remove all
slot machines from saloons and cigar
stores. An ordinance forbids slot ma
chimes, but many are in operation.
Over 100000 was disbursed at the
Carrolton plant of the Michigan
Sugar Co to the beet growers Of
Saginaw and surrounding counties,
ii being the first pay day of the sea-
son
Fear being felt of contagion from
smallpox, the annual meeting Of the
North Michigan Teachers association,
which was scheduled TO convene in
Petoskey, Nov. % and &c has been
called off.
George Geiser, a hay and grain
dealer of Grand Rapids, was acciden-
tally shot and killed by a companion
while hunting deer in Alger county.
He was 46 years old and leaves
widow, son and daughter.
Mrs. Bronson, of Whitehall saw
man peering through the window of
her home and fired two shots at him.
II is believed one or both shots took
effect. as a trail Of blood was followed
two blocks from the house.
A special car. in which 90 orphan
children, all under three years of
age. were being brought from New
York city 20 be adopted i'm upper
peninsula homes passed through Me
nominee The unique spectacle at
/ tracted great attention.
For the first time since Eaton Rap
! ids attracted attention as a mineral
/ bath town, in the '70s, the Anderson
/ house. at that time the principal hotel
| of the city, IS closed The house has
/ had five different arrangements in the
/ past three years. The new owners
say it vii be reopened December /.
Though Mayor Gaffney and the city
| clerk of Cadillac patrolled the streets
! all day Sunday the rumored attempt
! OF the G. r.. & ]. railroad to lay a
| track across Haring street was not
| made The north end residents Of
! the city and the railroad have been
] having little unpleasantness over
] the proposed new track and the re-
| port spread that the company would
| steal a march Sunday. As a result
the city officials were appealed to.
I'm going TO shoot YOU" said IL
| yearold Opal Hill. Of Traverse City,
/ to her playmate, Mary Franklin aged
! ., as she picked UP an old revolver
and playfully pointed il at the young
er girl AS she did so the weapon
was discharged. Mary held her hands
! up to her face and the fact that she
| did so saved her life, at least for the
| time being The bullet shattered her
hand and entered her cheek. The re-
moval of the bullet may prove fatal
At the closing session of the Michi
| gan Forestry association, at Kalama-
zoo, the following officers were elected
for the coming year: President
| Charles w Garfield, Grand Rapids;
vice-president, John H. Bissell, De-
! troit; secretary, Hilbert Roth, Ann
Arbor; assistant secretary, Henry G.
| Stevens, Detroit; treasurer, w. B.
| Mershon. Saginaw; board of directors
J. f. Beal, Ann Arbor; j. ]. Hubbell,
Manistee; Mrs. Lena f. Mautner, Sag
NAV; James Satterlee, Lansing; W.
| f. Williams, Pittsford; Mrs. l.. Hub
bard, Houghton; Mrs. John c. Sharp,
Jackson; J. G. Knox, Cadillac.
That a blow on the head from a
| falling brick four years ago has made
criminal Of 17-year-old John Wilson,
of Grand Rapids, who served three
years in the reform school and Is now
under arrest on a charge of burglar
| izing a residence, is the statement of
local medical authorities. Young Will
son and William Powell. a compan-
| ion. were passing local theater when
several loosened bricks fell on their
| heads. For a time II was thought
they could not recover Powell Is now
a simpleton and physicians say Will
son will have to be operated on to be
reformed OF his criminal tendencies.
The state board of auditors accepted
the report of State Oil Inspector Neal
| for the quarter ending June 30 The
report shows a balance for the quar-
! ter due the state after all expenses
are paid of $2,176.43, and grand total
for the year of $9,440.76.
The public schools of Coldwater
were opened after being closed two
days undergoing a thorough fumiga-
ton. The action was taken because
of the many cases of scarlet fever
prevalent Four physicians examined
| LOO school children on their return
10 school and only 20 were sent home,
they being afflicted with colds or other
slight ailments