The Clio messenger., 1912-03-22
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF

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FEVER In Allegan, and many have been
exposed. The schools may be closed.
Port Huron citizens will vote on the
| proposed franchise for the Port HUI
ran and Northern railway on April L.
Options are being secured by the
standard Oil Co. of several hundred
| acres OF land near Atlanta for oil
drilling operations.
The new bank which will be estab-
lished In Iron River with capital
stock of $4,000, will be known as the
Miners' State bank.
The electors OF Crystal Falls voted
in favor of bonding the city for $4O,-
oO0 Tor the purpose of building a city
hall and opera house.
Another investigation will be. made
10 determine the cause of typhoid
fever in Port Huron. 1t is now al
legged the city water well leaks.
The Duluth firm OF Wanless & King
has been awarded the contract to in
stall an intake pipe to the source of
the Negaunee water supply at Teal
lake.
Nearly every nickelodeon in Kala-
mazoo will have to be remodeled to
compl:' with the state fire laws as
the result Of an investigation by
authorities.
The state railroad commission
granted the Michigan State Telephone
Co. permission to purchase the Swa-
verly lines in the vicinity of Kalkaska
and Petoskey
Gov Osborn hoe ciopad ~ ~rdo,.
authorizing Atty.-Gen. Kuhn to inves-
tigate the Indictment of Sheriff An
Dire, of Ottawa. The investigation
will commence at once.
One hundred citizens OF all walks
of life met in Traverse City and took
the initial steps towards securing the
money necessary for building the pro-
posed hospital in the city.
Out of $4,000 tons OF sugar beets
purchased the past season the Alma
Sugar Co. found but S2 900 tons avail
able for use. Farmers We're paid
$4,000 for the 1911 crop.
A new mining company has been or
ganized in Iron River under the name
of the Wisconsin Mining Co., under
the laws of the state of Utah. The
authorized capital is 100000.
The authorities of Mayville have re-
imbursed the Pere Marquette railroad
for a carload OF coal seized by the
village president and distributed to
the citizens during the coal famine
Ann Arbor city council has voted
to give the people an opportunity TO
express themselves on the subject of
buying the water works system. The
question will be submitted at the
April election.
The Ann Arbor railroad has abol-
ished the Office of superintendent and
created new office of general super
intendent. The new office will control
all the business formerly attended to
by four men.
After it had been shown to the sat
isfaction of the state senators that
the Blue Grass has flower, ,tLe-~
voted to adopt the blue - as he
Kentucky state flows and the tulip
'as S,.e state tree.
c. A. Johnson, OF Ovid, has givKn 16
boys IA acre each of land to encour-
age them to remain on the farm. They
are to plant the lots to gardens and
will receive one-half the proceeds and
prize for the best garden.
The National Lumbermen's bank of
Muskegon started suit against the Ra-
cine Boat Manufacturing Co. Friday
for $4,000. They allege that amount
is due them on $4,000 worth Of
promissory notes and the interest.
Henry Chase, socialist candidate
for president of Bear Lake, defeated
the present incumbent, A. J. Keddle,
at the village election. The remain.
der of the present council whose terms
expire this year were also defeated.
The coal situation is again acute
in Pontiac. Local dealers have about
exhausted their supply and refuse to
accept any more orders. They have
a large number OF carloads of coal
tied up at Milwaukee Junction in De-
troit.
The strike at the plant of the Oval
Dish Co., at Traverse City, ended
after a conference between the COM
pany, the strikers and citizens. BY
the terms the men are to work 10
hours each day and the girls but
eight.
Nearly so per cent OF the 1000 wo-
men graduated from Mount Holyoke
college are happily married. accord
ing to statistics compiled by DR.. Amy
Howes, professor of economics No
divorces have been reported in SO
years.
Preparations are being made by the
Pioneer society of Hastings to mark
with tablet the first home built in
the city. DR.. Alice Bunker, Chau-
tauqua speaker of note, and daugh-
ter of the first settler, will delive'
an address.
United States Engineer Kent, sta
toned at Detroit was in Saginaw
| 10 talk over the flood situation with
the local officials. He assured them
the government will aid them In
every way possible in trying to avoid
the threatened flood.
April 8 has been fixed by the Grand
| Traverse Lincoln club for the holding
of It's Lincoln banquet. George l..
Lusk, of Bay City, will be toastmas-
ter. Other speakers will be Congress
| men Fordney and Dodds, Lieut.-Gov