The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-04-13
STATE NEWS
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! Grand Rapids.-SiX hundred teach
ers in the Grand Rapids public
schools held mass meeting to formu-
late final demand for an increase In
| salary of 20 per cent. Although 1t
was declared that the teachers would
not cause any interruption in this
years school work II the school board
does not grant the salary increase, 1t
is estimated much trouble may be ex-
perienced in filling the 1911-12 teach
ing lists before the school year ends
The school board wishes to arbitrate
At present the salary schedule for the
schools amounts to S437,300, and with
the 20 per cent. increase an additional
| $S7,460 would be needed.
st. Johns.-The mystery of the
Uhrbrock sugar bush has been
solved. The strange man who seemed
bent on prosecuting the Uhrbrock
family by Uverturning sap buckets,
starting fires and committing other
depredations on the Uhrbrock farm,
was run down by the sheriff and
proved to be a half-witted nephew
named Claude Emo. When accused by
the sheriff young Emo made admis-
sions that make it apparent he was
the family tormentor. He could give
no reason for his acts except that he
had been reading dime novels and
sought to emulate the heroes of the
wild west stories.
Muskegon.-Muskeg after a
three weeks water famine, has a suf-
ficient supply of water for domestic
purposes and is in better shape for
fire protection. small emergency
pipe which has not been used for more
than twenty years was cleared of de-
bris, and this is filling the wells at the
pumping station fairly well. Inasmuch
divers to be full of holes, 1t will be
some time before it can be repaired or
a new one laid.
Kalamazoo.-Lous Meszarous and
Minnie Rankin were taken from
Kalamazoo and will be deported,
immigration officers asserting they are
undesirables. The couple came here
year ago from Hungary, claiming to
be husband and wife. 1t was later
discovered that Meszarous had desert
ed wife in the old country, coming
here with Miss Rankin. This Is the
first deportation ever made from this
city.
Niles.-Pearl fishing is to be-
come an industry on st. Joseph riv-
er this season. Henry Toogood Of
Sturgis, a veteran in the business, has
just arrived from Wisconsin, where he
has been for some years on Rock riv-
er, meeting with great success. The
st. Joseph river has already given in
dications that it is producer Of pearls
of much intrinsic value.
Kalamazoo.-When two street
cars collided in Kalamazoo Mrs.
Louise Bassett, aged seventy-four
years, was probably fatally in
iured AS a Washington avenue car
was turning a corner, a Portage
street car struck it broadside and
hurled the passengers of the Wash
ington avenue car to the floor with
terrific force Mrs. Bassett fell in
the aisle in the car in such a way
that three other persons fell upon her.
Besides being cut and bruised it is
feared she is internally injured.
Cadillac.-General officials of the
Ann Arbor railroad were here
and said they will soon give an an
swer to Cadillac's request to deed to
the city the lake front which the city
recklessly signed over to them in the
days when getting a railroad meant
everything to this city. Now Cadillac
wants it back so that the city park
can be extened to the water front and
clear the waters edge of Unlocking
buildings.
Armada-From the farm to the
church and back again as tiller
of the soil is the record of Rev.
J. G.. Clutterbuck, pastor Of the Con-
gregational church of this village,
who has occupied the pulpit for II
number of years. Mr. Clutterbuck has
resigned his pastorate and expects to
leave about the last of the present
month for Lake county
Grand Rapids.-Charles Mitchell
of Battle Creek drank poison
while standing before the Crathmore
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terworth hospital and the doctors
state he will die.
Battle Creek. - Although DR.
Thomas Zelinsky, while campaign.
ing for mayor, did not make a state.
ment regarding his views on local op-
ton and was therefore conceded to
be wet" about the first thing he did
after being sworn in as mayor was
to instruct Chief OF Police w. II. Far
rington that he expected the laws
to be obeyed-from now to May l the
local option law, from May l on
the liquor law.
Saginaw-By the breaking of
the tie in the Ninth ward between
William Roberts and John Zahner,
candidates for supervisor, Mr.. Rob.
erts' winning give the Republicans a
majority of ten on the county board
At the next meeting of the board the
poorhouse investigation will be re-
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