Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-11-30
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF

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Deer licenses issued by Alpena
| county clerk number 173, about half
or the total number issued last year
Mrs. Mary Mulhallen, sc, the oldest
| pioneer resident of Eaton county, died
| at the home of her sister in Char
lotte.
John f. Fox, speaker of the Penn
| sylvania house OF representatives,
| died suddenly at his home in Home
| stead
Telephone dispatching on the Lud-
ington division of the Pere Marquette
is now in vogue. This addition has
just been completed.
Charles Mahosz, of Kalamazoo.
must serve 80 days in the county
| Jail because he made his wife sleep
| In a cabbage patch.
Lawton T. Hemans, member of the
| state railroad commission, has been
selected as the speaker for the Elks'
memorial service in Kalamazoo.
DR.. Gustave Fuerbringer, one of
Saginaw's best known physicians,
died of pneumonia. He leaves the
widow and one son, also a doctor.
The Industrial Arts and Science
association, an organization compos-
ed of the Michigan manual training
teachers in the public schools, wills
meet in Kalamazoo Nov. IL
DR.. Charles w Eliot president
emeritus of Harvard, with his wife, is
starting on a tour around the world
as a representative of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace.
One unique feature of the Adrian
city charter which this week goes to
Gov. Osborn for his approval is the
recall which has been embodied in it
along with the initiative and referen-
dunn.
Gamma Delta Tau sororities at
Marshall. Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor,
Battle Creek and Kalamazoo are TO
incorporate in an effort to beat the
law which bars fraternities from high
schools.
Edward Johnson, a farmer residing
near Whitehall, was taken to the Jail
in Muskegon, following his arrest
Monday afternoon on a charge of I'M
natural treatment of his 6-year-old
daughter.
After a year of arduous labor the
members of the new charter commit
tee of Grand Rapids completed its
labors and will send the measure to
the people 10 be voted on the second
Tuesday in January
Hundreds of acres of beets and
chicory in Isabella county are not
in shape TO be handled on account Of
the rains. bitches are being dug in
many places to dry up the fields The
crops are excellent
Lansing's council took action by
resolution TO purchase the Cowles
property on Washington avenue, at
cost of $4,000. The property. which
is located in the heart of the city.
will be turned into parks.
Fire which broke out in the county
clerks office at Marshall threatened
to destroy the court house for q time.
\ large number of records in the
county clerks Office were destroyed
The damage will not be large.
From November q to December 8,
the Men and Religion Forward Move
ment campaign will be on in Kala-
mazoo, Fred B. Smith coming to di-
rect the work. A committee of 100
has been appointed TO prepare pre-
liminary.
The will Of Little Jake" Seligman
is reported to have been probated
at Salida. Chaffee county, Col, and
all but $4,000 has been left to his
brother. Joseph Seligman. of Sagi-
nav. f, c. Woody, the executor, was
given the $4,000.
The health board of Grand Rapids
is conducting campaign to stop the
keeping of chickens within the city
limits. Eighteen ROSTERS cooped up
in the city hall were sent to the
poor commissioner so the poor OF
the city could have a Thanksgiving
dinner.
Attorney Robson, for the Michigan
Central railroad was before the rail
road commission in Lansing and
stated that the company will file
motion at once for a rehearing IN
the case decided in the supreme court
last week compelling the road to make
physical connection with the ID. L. Il.
at oxford.
The charter amendment committee
OF Flint has authorized a sub-commit-
tee to proceed with the preparation
of a plan of municipal ownership
which will separate the legislative
and the executive branches. The ac-
ton OF the committee is virtually a
unanimous Endorsement Of the plan
proposed by J. ID. bort. which calls
for the legislative work to be done by
the common council and the executive
work to be handled by board com
posed OF the mayor. city treasurer,
city attorney, city assessor and super
intendent of public works.
If plans now under consideration
by the electrical department do not
miscarry, it will not be very long be-
fore wireless communication is estab-
lished between the Michigan Agricul-
tural college and the University Of
Wisconsin. The work so far is under
the direction of Prof. Sawyer and II
is hoped that a large number of the
students interested in this kind of
work will enter into it. II is planned
to get connection with the University
of Michigan as well. and that insti-
tuition is to have system in opera
ton between Ann Arbor and the Case
School of Science at Cleveland