The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-02-16
THURSDAY. FEB. lG, 1911.

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The school yard at Almont is flooded
and used as skating rink for the
pupils.
Il. j. Willert of Almont, has pur-
chased the hardware business of the
Romeo Hardware Co.
The township of Speaker will have
a lively time at the spring election as
many candidates are in the field.
The 60th year book of the Port Hur-
on Engine IL Thresher Co. is just out
and is very complete, neat and artistic.
The Weber Vending Machine Co.
stockholders of which reside in San
dusky, was burned out $4,000 worth at
Detroit recently.
The DeCOu hardware store SO long a
household name in Sandusky, has
changed ownership and Lee j. Corbish-
ley is the successor.
The Brown City Banner is lauding
its fine concert band, which is com
posed of "a members, is led by Prof.
Wilder and is the best in the Thumb.
Officials of the Handy Bros railroad
are looking over routes for the proposed
new road east from Caro- and it may
be a that Sandusky will be an objec
tive point.
How we wish we were living up "a
round Port Austin. We would shoot
the black fox that has been seen in
that vicinity several times lately and
we would be $1,000 richer
Elmer Trigger of Carsonville, fell
through hole in the ice which he was
cutting and was drawn under, but
uitl IA IF ha
to the hole and was drawn out.
The county court house at Bad Axe
was recently damaged by fire to the
tune of Sll6.0U. Some Bad Axe citi-
zens say the building is only an old
rookery any way and they wish it were
in ashes.
DIR. James l.. Farnum, for thirty
years resident in Port Huron, died at
the hospital last Saturday after having
foot amputated He was staff physi
clan for the Pere Marquette and Grand
Trunk railroads for number of years.
The Somerville hotel at st. Clair,
owned by Mark Hopkins, has been sold
to Sidney McLouth of Marine City,
who will tear the building down and
take the lumber to Marine City to be
usedin rebuilding the burned salt block.
The Indian Jail on Walpole island
burned the other night and an Indian
who had been locked up for being
drunk, was burned to death. 1t is thot
that he fired the jail hoping to be let
out, but the flames were not discovered
until too late.
Farmers in contracting for beets
should | e careful that they provide for
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factory, which may save them an in
crease in freight. The railroads are
considering whether they shouldn't re-
ceive so cents instead of 40 cents ton
in handling sugar beets.
The Fremont Farmers Telephone
company is in very prosperous condi-
ton as was shown by the attendance
at the annual meeting in Buel town
ship and the report given. There are
1868 stockholders and 605 telephones on
the 200 miles in operation. A nice bal
ance was left in the treasury this year.
Fred Griener, aged 35, and Frank
Kelly aged A, Port Huron men, were
buried under mass of coal at the Dry
Dock Iron works on Saturday and in
stantly killed. Their bodies were taken
out crushed about half an hour after
the accident The men were shovelling
coal and found it easier to tunnel into
the pile as the outside was a frozen
mass. They had been warned of the
danger.
You can't touch Port Austin with a
ten foot pole. She's growing, and grow
ing so fast that it's really noticeable,
and it has become possible for its post
Office to be transferred from fourth to
third class and presidential office
President Taft has selected Postmaster
Morrow to succeed himself, in the new
building recently erected. Port Aus
tins business interests are being push
ed and the town is alive.