The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-12-11
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF

Emmett now boasts of daily news
paper. It's title is 1.-THE News"
The commission form of govern
ment will probably be submitted in
Adrian in the spring.
c. e. Wells, former editor and
owner OF the Prescott News, has
moved to Brown City to enter BUSH
ness.
The state railroad commission has
instructed the -Pere Marquette Rail-
road company to retain the agency
at Valley Center.
The Sarnia and Port Huron Minis
terial association, at its annual meet
ing elected Rev. A. H. Rhodes, OF
Point Edward, as president.
Mrs. Frank Evans, aged 40, of Hast
ings, was killed by a train as she
was crossing the tracks near her
home. Her body was severed.
A stone crusher installed at the
water plant at Armada will crush
stone all winter for distribution along
the highways in the spring.
Carl Anderson, aged IA. OF Menom-
inee, lost his eyesight when a dyna-
mite cap hidden among some wires
about which he was playing exploded.
Commercial fishing for carp and
suckers in the Saginaw river will
not be tolerated by State Game War
den Oates and he has ruled to that
effect
Forty young men from the Petos-
key high school have organized a
student house of representatives for
the purpose of studying legislative pro-
cedure.
Although olivet college failed to
raise ;250.000 by Dec. 1, the cam
paign will be continued until the sum
is raised At present $4,000 has
been obtained.
The Atheneum theater of Jackson
was robbed of $500. When the pro-
prietor came down in the morning
the safe door was open. No force
had been used.
Warner & Freeman. who operated a
large cheese factory and creamery at
Ovid for several years, have sold the
plant and interests to the Ecgenberg
company, of Elsie.
The monthly report OF traffic
through the st. Mary's canals at Sault
Ste. Marie for November shows a de-
crease from the same period last
year OF nearly 100000 tons.
Judge II. Writ Newkirk. OF Ann
Arbor. is now clerk in the office of
Senator Townsend. Newkirk was
secretary TO Congressman Cramton
during the special session.
State reward money cannot be used
to help pay for making repairs on
roads. only to pay the principal on
bonds, was the substance OF opinion
rendered by Attorney-General Grant
Fellows.
Fire destroyed Max Landsberg's
general store and stock at Rose City.
Loss about $4,000. insured. BY hard
work a neighboring store was saved
Parker's bazaar stock was damaged
by water
Since the Iroquois theater fire at
Chicago, Caro- has been without a
playhouse other than a moving pic
ture show. Now a theater is to be
built on one of two sites under con-
sideration.
All timekeeping and accounting on
the eastern district of the Pere Mar
quette will be done in Saginaw here
after. In the past each division cared
for its work; all such work is now
being centralized.
State Deputy Highway Commission
er Cox has inspected the state reward
roads of Fayette and Scipio town
ships, in Hillsdale, and has pronounc-
ed them o. K, making the reward
money available.
The monthly crop reports shows
that hog cholera exists in 10 counties
of the state, including Wayne county
The report shows that 1,750, 900 bush
els of wheat were marketed between
August and November inclusive.
Kent and Midland counties will be
completely reassessed by the state tax
commission during 1914, according to
decision OF that body Saginaw will
also be re-Rssessed. other counties
and cities may be re-assessed also.
William ]. Parker, an attorney. pur-
chased the factories. equipment and
machinery of the defunct Fox & Ma
son Furniture company, OF Corunna,
at the bankrupt sale for S11,50o. This
is considered a sixth of the value OF
the plant.
Benton Harbor's police fee contro-
versy promises to be settled in the
higher courts following the passing
of an ordinance discharsing the off,
GERS over the mayors veto and the
resppointment of these same men by
the executive.
Indians are required to observe the