The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-05-24
MICnIGlR STATE NEWS.

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EATON RAPIDS - T. A. Far.
rand has just completed the sec
ond thorough inspection OF his large
peach orchard here and says that he
has failed to find single bud but
what is alive and all right. the winter
not having affected them IN the least.
The same conditions that prevail in
the Farrand orchard prevail in all OF
the other peach orchards In this sec.
ton OF the state where careful in
spection has been made. and at the
beginning OF April the general pros
poets for bumper crop OF all kinds
OF fruit, both large and small, have
never been better than now
cHEsANlNG-Two men OF this
place, Guy Miller, twenty-five years
old. and Bert Ormes thirty-two years
old, were drowned in the Shiawassee
river here when the boat in which
they were fishing was carried over
the dam. Ormes, mail carrier and
Miller. who Was employed i'm a local
factory, went fishing late In the after
noon, and anchored just above the
dam. The swollen river, however.
was TOO strong for them, and the boat
went over the dam which Is located
An the heart OF the town.
TEcuMsEH - William G. Jordan
who is an old aHd we'll known resi-
dent OF Tecumseh, was found lying In
an unconscious condition on the floor
Of his chicken house, having suffered
a stroke Of paralysis He did not re-
gain consciousness and died at 6
O'Clock. lie was an old soldier and
member OF Beers Post G. A. r., and
has been tyler OF the Masonic order
I'm Tecumseh for maRy years. He
was seveaty- years old.
SAGINAW - Newell Barnard and
/ Andrew G.. Lockwood OF this city had
narrow escapes from drowning while
| trying out their speed boat on the
Saginaw river. They tried 10 make
a sharp turn while going about TWEEN
ty.hye miles an hour and we're thrown
overheard The strong current car
ried them down stream about quar-
ter OF mile before they could reach
shore.
BAD AXE - Becoming infuriatec
because he had been cheated out OF {
pound of butter at market. Michae
Wehner. wealthy farmer, saturated
his clothing with oil and touched
match 10 himself when the oil ha'
burned itself out aud the man foun,
himself still alive, he remarked tha
he was too green to burn" Their
Is slight chance for his recovery.
SOUTH ROCKWELL - After
years lingering illness OF Briehts dis
ease. John Strong died al his home 4
this village. at the age Of eighty-tw
years. Mr.. Strong bore the distint
ton Of being the only man ever cleo
ed lieutenant governor OF Michiga
on the Democratic ticket since IN
reorganization OF the Republiea
party.
MUsKEGoN-It has authoritative
: been announced that daily boat SER
ice between here and Chicago by tn
: Goodrich lire will he resumed n
middle OF next month Starting ne
Saturday. q four day service will !
inaugurated to replace the tri-woekl
n service which has been IN vogue du
ing the Water months.
20 ANN ARBoR-Judge Kline h
Just allowed the Buckeye Ira
ton company. an Ohio corporation,
~ judgment OF f706.95 against tho V
e lage or Manchester on debt that q
Buckeye people attempted TO cole
:. from the contractor who nut in pa
OF the water works system IN tn
~ town last sumner
u PORT HuRoN-John T Rich, vi
II Is the local collector Of custom
- will be allowed to retain his OH
~ here until July / according 90 a q
~ patch received from Washiugtc
~ After that date tho Port Huron {,
: toms force will come under the jW
IN dictloa OF the Detroit district
LANSING - The Michigan hou
n passed on third reading the Foli'
Y bill to protect farmers against d
y honest commission men. the Ma
bill to give aid 10 the GOOD sufers