The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-08-28
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF

towards the building of $4,000 city
hospital has been started.
The wet" and dry" fight will be
fought over again in Mecosta county
next spring. Petitions are being cir
culated.
The Grand lodge of the l. o. o. F..
and Rebekah lodges from every city
in the state will meet in Kalamazoo
Octoger 1923.
The forty-seventh annual reunion Of
the Ingham County and Soldiers and
Sailors association will be held at Ma
son, September 11-12.
About 200 veterans attended the
! twenty-first annual reunion of the
Northeastern Michigan Soldiers and
Sailors association at Mt. Pleasant.
The largest alfalfa field in the state
| is on the farm of Henry Ricardi, east
of Bellaire. 1t comprises 140 acres,
and will be increased to 200 acres next
season.
Members of the Loyal Order of
| Moose in the northern part of Michi.
gan will gather in Reed City, August
81 and September / for Labor day
celebration.
/ Lightning struck the steeple on the
/ Methodist church at Roscommon,
causing $500 damage by fire. The
church building was sound. The loss
is fully covered by insurance.
Henry Selsma, employed on the
/ farm Of Henry Husting, across the
Allegan county line from jacksonville,
was killed when dragged under har-
row when a team ran away.
The same switch envelopes" oper-
ator who is believed TO have worked
in Detroit and other cities of Michi-
gan, swindied three postal sub sta
tions out Of $50 at Saginaw.
The Hastings wool boot factory re-
sumed operations after a shutdown Of
\ i've months, during which alterations
and repairs costing $4,000 were made
About 100 persons returned to work.
Ingham County Road Commissioners
/ Burgess, briggs and Fosdick are plin-
ming to build "a miles of state road
next year averaging one mile and a
/ half for each township in the coun-
I ty.
/ The Tri-County Sunday School as
/ ISOLATION will be held in Standish,
/ September 5, and Z. Among the
speakers are Prof Goodrich of Albion
and>School Commissioner Campbell of
Iosco county.
Two miles of state road were built
in one day, when 400 men and $50
teams gathered near Sandusky at a
road building bee" People from four
townships helped IN ,hc work. Another
gathering is planned.
The Cheboygan Electric Light &
Power Co., has applied to the state
railroad commission for permission to
mortgage its plant at Cheboygan for
S1,0p0,00O to provide funds for build
irg a plant at Pellston.
The ravages of pinkish-whte worm
are causing the death of hundreds of
hogs in southwestern Michigan, the
loss being estimated at more than
100000. The worm bears the scien-
tifc name of ascaris suis.
II. B. Thornton of ST. Joseph, Mo,
suffered a dislocated shoulder and
Mrs. Archie Randolph and her moth
er. Mrs. Marissa Randolph. suffered
minor injuries when a stand in a Bat
tie Greek ball park collapsed.
State Game, Fish and Forestry War
den Oates, has mailed hunting license
blanks to all county clerks in the state
A fee of 81 will be charged for hun
tiers who seek game outside the coun-
ty in which they live November l.
Zernie Debeau, 6 years old, was
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed the home of his father, John
Debeau, at Coleman. The other chill
dren were saved by villagers, but the
rapid spread of the flames prevented
the rescue of the boy.
All freshmen win have their eyes
and ears tested in a new course in
applied psychology which will be CIV
en- to Olivet by President K. G. Ian
chester. DR.. DR.. Thomas f. Day, of
Oakland, Cal, will have charge of a
course on the Bible and comparative
religion.
The district council of electrical
workers of Ohio, West Virginia, Penn
sylvania and Michigan closed their
convention at Saginaw by adopting
resolutions in support of the strike of
the Commonwealth Power company
linemen. Toledo was selected for the
1914 meeting.
The first brick for the new high
school building at Petoskey was laid
by Mrs. p. NJ. Costing, of Holland,
Mich. Under it she placed a silver
dollar coined this year. Mrs. COST
ing is the wife of the junior member
of the Dyke & costing Co., of Holland
that was awarded the building con-
tract.
The Pere Marquette railroad COM
pany has notified the state industrial