Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01
Bviets Of the Week
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q. Ross Brownell will meet with the
singing society at the high school room
next Wednesday evening at 1880. All
singers are urged to make a special
effort to attend.
Boyne City council has come out with
a warning that sidewalks must be kept
clear OF snow and slush the coming sea-
son or offenders will be prosecuted
Heretofore the rule has been dealt
with rather leniently.
Work on the paving of North Main
Street is progressing nicely. Owing to
the snow flurries and freeze the work
was delayed about day this week,
Sbut the job will undoubtedly be COM
pleted this coming week.
District w. c. 7. U. Convention was
held at Charlevoix this week Tuesday
and Wednesday with about fifty dele
gates in attendance. Those from here
attending were Mrs. NJ E. Heston, Mrs.
E. E. Hall, and Mrs. T. r. Joynt.
The body of Frank Dean, a Cadillac
automobile mechanic, was found in
Long lake Monday. Dean was drowned
Thursday while hunting ducks in a can
vas canoe. His bride of month has
been dangerously i'll since he was lost
Boyne City is planning for an old
fashioned Harvest Festival, and the
date set for the feast is Tuesday, Nov
4. There will be a big exhibition of
farm products, big feed, music and
dancing of the old time kind. A gener-
al good time for both old and young is
what the merchants of that city are
planning.
Marriage licenses issued this week
were to, Alferd Peterson, age 20, Amy
v. Holding, age II, both Of Boyne City;
Saul Henderson, age 81, and Dora
Fletcher, age 81, both Of Boyne City;
Joseph II. Stephenson, age 81, and
Tate Edith Pearson, both Of Boyne
Falls; Erwin A. Hyatt, age % and Jessie
Fay. age 80, both of East Jordan.
Harbor master Sam Hamilton in ION.
to his job" He had the captain of the
steamer Sidney o. Neff arrested for
going through the upper channel at too
many revolutions per minute, and the
skipper was assessed $25 and cost. 1t
was about that time some one was
made an example of. Complaint was
made the same day against the game
warden boat, and warrant is waiting
for Capt. Sam.-CharlevoiX Sentinel.
The western Michigan power COM
pany has. petitioned the board of super
visors of Wexford county for permits
sion to construct eight dams across the
Manistee river in Wexford county. The
Yuma dam will be 80 feet in height
from the present normal level of the
water; the Mesick dam 81 feet, Sher-
man dam 60 feet, Buckley dam so feet,
Mystic dam 60 feet, Mantou dam AZ feet
Baxter dam 81 feet, and Walton dam 62
feet. \
If you are kicker and see the
shadows of failure in everythingsthat is
proposed to help the town, for heaven S
sake 60 to some secluded canyon and
kick your own shadow on the clay bank
and give the men who are working to
build up the town chance. One long
faced, hollow-eyed whining, gaping,
chronic kicker can do more to keep
away business and capital from town
than all the drouth, short crops, cinct
bugs, cyclones and billiards combined
--Ex.
In an effort to close up the affairs Of
the Citizens Mutu al Fire Insurance
company, q meeting of the Emme
county policy holders was held Wed
nesday at Petoskey. At this meeting i
was decided to- turn over the remain
ing accounts to Receiver B arber, whC
will collect them in his own way anC
without any expense to the Emme
county policy-holders who have paic
up their assessments. A similar meet
ing was held Tuesday in Charlevoi,
and Thursday Mr.. Barber conducted
the third meeting in Cheboygan.