The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-05-18
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF

Toledo capital promises to locate
a new factory in Eaton Rapids.
Heavy rain extinguished severe
forest fires about Traverse City in
the fruit district.
With Al applications Battle Creek
aldermen are trying to pick out the
10 best saloonkeepers for licenses.
Boost the Upper Peninsula" say
buttons being worn in the coat lapel
by many residents throughout the U.
p.
Escanaba's annual fair will be
known in future as the Northern
State fair. 1t wants state appro-
priation.
The Escanaba Business Mems as
ISOLATION will go on the steamer Uni
ted States June 10, to Menominee, for
a days outing.
1t is estimated that fully 5000
foreigners have passed through Sag
NAV en- route to the beet fields OF
the Thumb district.
William Carol, 60, woodsman OF
the 500, Ont, was convicted of kill
ing George Thibault with an ak, and
was sentenced to be hanged.
For the first time in 20 years corn
planting has been completed in Eaton
county before May 10. Never were
apple trees so full of blossoms.
Lightning struck a school house at
Metropolitan, killing Carl Dixon, 10,
and injuring nine other children. The
building burned to the ground.
n,,A n1y
the property of the Munising Paper
Co., Of Munising, were burned at
loss of $4,000, during the forest fires.
While the fourth ward school in
Sault Ste. Marie, which caught fire
from defective chimney, was burn
ing, $50 pupils marched out in good
order
Elaborate Memorial day services
are planned in Lansing in memory
of NJ. A. c. students, who lost their
lives in the civil war. Gov. Osborn
may deliver an address.
Negotiations are said to be under
way for the consolidation of the in
dependent telephone companies OF
Marshall, Battle Greek and Jackson
with the Bell company.
Mrs. Clarissa Truesdall, once pos
SCISSOR OF 300 acres of land where
the city of Chicago now stands, died
at the Kent county farm. She was
105 years old.
Ex-senator Beverage, Indiana;
Gov. Woodrow l.. Wilson, New Jer-
sey, and Senator Cumming, of Iowa,
will likely speak at the Merchants
banquet in Grand Rapids June 2.
A stained glass window has been
placed in the general library of the
University of Michigan in Ann Ar
Dor in memory of Prof. e. l.. Walter,
who lost his life at sea in 1908.
Trout fishermen transferred so
huge rainbow trout into Boardman
lake from the river over the big
dam with a seine at Traverse City.
! The fish ladder proves not practical
| for big fish.
The Oval Wood Dish Co. of Trav-
erse City, which was the first indus
| try of it's kind, is constructing
warehouse with capacity of 500 car
loads of wooden dishes, the kind in
which one buys lard.
A coroners jury returned yer.
| dict at Marquette censuring the Re-
| public Iron q Steel Co. for the re-
| cent disaster at the Hartford mines
| in Negaunee, for not having ladder
way in No shaft.
Sault Ste. Marie is now on sun
| time schedule. A vote was taken
among 1000 factory employees and 1T
was almost unanimously in favor OF
the change. Merchants and business
men will follow suit.
The Robert Gage Coal Co., oper-
ating mines in Saginaw and Bay
counties, has filed with the register
of deeds in Saginaw first mortgage
on it's property to the Detroit Trust
Co., as trustee, for 100000.
Saloon men are alleged to have in
| timated they could control the action
of Bay City's mayor on a closed town
| policy, and he put the lid down so
tight that even the well-acquainted
saloon patrons had to go thirsty Sun
day.
The Eastern Michigan Press club
has completed arrangements for a
lake trip from Detroit and Port HUI
ron to Mackinac Island, June % to
| 26 inclusive. The Michigan Press
association meets at Port Huron just
before June 23 and all members OF
that organization are invited to get
on the boats.
After disobeying Mrs. Martin Simp'
son, of Bay City, Richard Mace, farm
err, was shot in the back by the wo
man. She had warned him not to
trespass on a certain piece of land in
front of the Simpson residence. Mrs
Simpson says Mace kicked her. Mace
says she jumped from ambush and
shot him, only because he trespassed
There is an unusually large demand
this year on the state domain com
mission from all parts of the state
for seedlings to be used in reforesta
ton purposes. Trees planted nov
will require attention for number
of years, but the start which has
| hpon made causes hone that at least