Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-02
NEWS OF MICHIGAN.

lngham County Normal school will be
held at the Presbyterian church at
Mason, June 8. President Samuel
Dickie. OF Albion college, will deliver
the address. The class consists OF Is
girls and two boys.
The death of Mrs. James Montague,
in the village of Price, Clinton county,
is the third to have occurred in the
family in the last few weeks. Her
sister, Mrs. l.. Swartout, died there a
short time ago and a brother, Epson
Parker, was accidentally killed.
To add an important barrier TO
check the white slave traffic and to
protect as far as possible the many
unsophisticated travellers who come by
the hundreds into Detroit, especially
during the summer months, the Young
Women's Christian association has
undertaken the work Of the Travellers
aid.
The annual meeting OF the Michi-
gan Pioneer and Historical society
will be held In Lansing June 7 and 8.
Among the speakers will be James b.
Angel. president emeritus OF the Uni
versity Of Michigan, and VIII Garlic
ton, the Michigan poet. The sessions
will be held in the senate chamber
In the capitol.
DR.. +. w. Shumway, of the state
board OF health, In company with DR..
McClintock, of the staff of the federal
medical service of Washington, will
leave in a few days for the northern
part OF the state to make thorough
investigation OF several leprosy cases
which are said to be prevalent in GER
tain northern towns.
Big Rapids merchants are consider
ing the half-holiday closing plan for
the summer months. the dentists hav-
Ing already adopted Wednesday after
noon while every factory in the city
closes for Saturday afternoon. 1t is
expected that Wednesday afternoon
will be observed as a general holiday
by this city beginning June /.
Word has been received at Hills
dale In Scranton. Pa, OF Mrs. Helen
Dunn Gates. Mrs. Gates was a mem
Der OF the board OF trustees of Hills
dale college. and the daughter OF DR.
Ransome Dunn, one of the committee
who was instrumental in locating the
college at Hillsdale. He was connect
ed with the institution nearly so
years
John c. Patterson, the nestor OF
the Calhoun county bar, dropped dead
in Marshall Death was from heart
disease. Only few days ago he de-
livered the presentation address on
the occasion of Vice President Sher-
mans visit TO Marshall He was 81
years trustee of Hillsdale college
and was member of the state senate
FIVE years.
Three prisoners have been trans
ferred from Jackson prison to the
Asylum for Criminal Insane at Ionia
They are William o. Sutton, 10, SEN
fenced from Lansing to serve 10
years for arson; Adam Petrajtas, from
Grand Rapids, three to 10 years for a
serious offense against girl: Tom
Buck, Kalkaska, three to Is years for
horse stealing.
With the installing of ten new iron
beds, Mecosta county's bastile at Big
Rapids meets all the requirements Of
the state Inspector, and, according to
that official, the local jail Is model
as regards cleanliness, sanitary condi-
lions and the general comfort of
prisoners. The new beds replace the
since the jail was established.
A meeting to determine whether
nets OF a smaller mesh may be used
in the herring industry in Saginaw
bay has been called for Bay City
June 1. The international commits
sioners, President David Starr Jor-
dan, OF the United States. Prof. b. w.
Evermann, of the bureau OF fisheries,
and Prof Edward e. Prince, the Cam
adan commissioner. The question TO
be settled is at what stage a herring
Is mature.
r w. Shumway, OF the state board
OF health, will institute proceedings
against n tannery concern owned by
the trust located on Fremont lake,
near Fremont. Complaints have come
to the department that fish are being
killed on account of refuse being
dumped in the lake. cattle will not
drink the water, and from rs to 100
people occupying cottages on the
banks OF the lake are unable TO live
In them on account of the stencil
A jousting tournament representing
King Arthur's Knights of the Round
Table" will be nightly feature of
the horse show and entertainment In
front of the grand stand. This will
take place in the ring, which is one
of the largest devoted to horse show
purposes in the country. and will be
put on by detachment OF United
States cavalry from Fort Wayne.
Prizes will be offered the riders dur
ing the weeks tournament and some
horsemanship of a startling nature is
expected.
A district cannot issue bonds in eX-
cess of per cent OF the total as
sessed valuation of the district. and
in a district in which there are 100 or
more children in the school census
the bonded Indebtedness shall not ex.
coed SIS per capita OF such census
Such is the law as amended by Act
4717 or 1887. Sutton's bay district in
northern Michigan is assessed at
$165. 900, but has 225 children In the
school census Acknowledgement Bird
in an opinion given the treasurer OF
the district says that bonds to the
amount OF $3.50. or 5 per cent of the
assessed valuation, can only be
issued. and not based on the number
of children in the school census
Superintendent c. A. Tyler of the