The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-08-15
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF

The Mennonite Brethren in Christ
are to hold their annual state camp
meeting under tents at Elkton, Aug.
20-27.
While fishing with two companions,
Bert Musk, p years old, of Muske-
gon, was drowned when their row.
boat tipped over
Earl Newsted, 20 years old, phar-
macy student in Detroit, was drowned
at Pearl Beach, near Algonac, when
seized with cramps.
Tentative plans have been made for
the Michigan state Sunday school
convention which will be held in Ben
ton Harbor November 1914.
The first passenger train over the
Detroit e Huron railroad, from Cass
City to Bad Axe, will be run August
21, so that Bad Axe people may at
tend the Cass City fair.
A. W.. Miller, CO Detroit, was elected
president Of the state branch of the
National Association of Stationary
! Engineers at Grand Rapids. The next
convention will be held at Muske-
4 gon.
DR.. Roy o. Knapp resigned as as
sistant physician at the Ionia State
hospital and Will locate for practice
ct Ann Arbor. DR.. p. G. Robertson, in
terne, is advanced to assistant phys!-
J c.Sn.
Russell Young Will represent St.
Clair county in the delegation OF
\ youths 10 be guests at the Michigan
state fair In Detroit. He received the
highest ma-6 in competitive eXam,-
nation.
William Gephart, q farmer Of Breck.
enridge, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed while standing beside
q barn near Pine river, where the
Gephars family had been holding
picnic.
The Whitney hotel in ann Arbor
was sold by the Ann Arbor Hotel
company to E. +. Hildebrandt. The
price was not made public, but it is
understood to have been more than
! $4,000.
/ Port Huron will start practice
house for working girls which will be
connected with the domestic science
course of the high school. The Kings
Daughters Will give $500 to promote
the plan.
The Michigan Alkali Co., of which
]. B. Ford, of Detroit, Is president,
paid $4,000 to Richard Collins, of
Alpena, for so acres of limestone
land adjoining the present holdiI ,ss
of the company.
Soldiers aud sailors from six states.
though principally from Michigan,
Ohio and Indiana, attended the TWEEN
ty-sixth annual encampment OF TIE
Tri-State Soldiers and Sailors asso-
citation, near Montgomery.
The commission which Is rewriting
the city charter for Saginaw elected
William Baum chairman. Melville D.
Brooks, the first chairman, died a few
days ago, and ]. j. McKeyitt, the vice.
chairman, died FIVE mo1ths ago.
The removal Of pussy willow"
blossom from her ear restored the
hearing of Martha Skellenger, 11year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
r. Skellenger, Of Battle Greek. She
had been partially deaf fer six years.
County Commissioner of Schools c.
Lloyd Goodrich, CT Allegan, has work
ed out al innovation in the way OF
teachers substitutes. Instead of clos
ing schools to bring the. teachers 10
the county seat he has arranged TO
take the institute to the schools.
Lansing will have no woman police
officer, at !eas: until next spring, when
"a new budget is made for the police
department. The reason given for
not granting the request OF the wom-
ans club was that the department
did not have sufficient funds.
The Bay View Camp Grounds asso-
citation, which controls the assembly
at Bay View, reelected officers as fol-
lows: President and treasurer,
Thomas Gordon, Jr.. Howell; secre-
tary. F. A. Vernon, Detroit; vice-pres-
ident, Judge Clement Smith. Hast
ings.
Judge Cross in his decision IN the
Ottawa county good roads injunction
asked by the county read commission
ers, and dismisses the temporary in
Junction, which compelled the super
visors to rescind the vote by which
they had decided to resubmit the good
roads question.
Between &c and 90 boys Of Garilac
county are enjoying an outing ct
I CarnD Sanilac uucpr tle sIl,1 ,,,u
of c.. E. McGeath, county secretary Of
the Y. M. G. A. The SanilAc county
Y. M. c. A. is less than a year old,
! but in every town Of any size group
OF boys has been organized.
For eight hours one night recently
the University of Michigan wireless
station was in constant communica-
ton with the station ct the University
of North Dakota, in Grand Forks,
more than 1909 miles away. The two
stations were testing high power dis