The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-06-13
STATE
HAPPENINGS

dered down to a creek few rods dis
tant from the Field house, and fell
into the water. His parents are ten
ants on the Hanford farm, having re-
Gently removed there from Detroit.
Lansing.-At a. meeting of the
public domain commission, it was
decided to set aside 10000 acres of
land in Luce county for forestry re-
serve. Watch towers will be construct
ed, fire lines will be built and men
will be engaged to police the new re-
serve. With the addition of the Luce
county tract the state now owns t00,.
900 acres OF forest reserve land.
Pontiac Birmingham village will
receive two public parks and
new school from the estate of Miss
Martha Baldwin, whose will was filed
in probate court. The estate is val
ued at $4,000 The will provides that
the school must have an auditorium
and at least two public baths. The
park sites are property owned by Miss
Baldwin on Maple avenue.
Grand Rapids.--Mrs. William Ahl-
stad, wife of farmer, living In
Fruitland township near Whitehall,
died following the bite of a large
spider last week. Mrs. Ahlstad was
bitten just below her right knee while
working in raspberry patch.
gton-Albert Vogel, ST., vet
eran lumber dealer and lumber
man, died suddenly at his home here.
He had conducted extensive lumber
operations in Wisconsin and Michigan
He is survived by widow, three sons,
Albert, Jr, Rhinehart and Richard,
and two daughters, Mrs. George Chris
tenson and Mrs. Frank Loppentheim.
all of this city.
Hudson.-Harold Worthing, ten,
was drowned here when he stepped
into deep hole while bathing
with companions. He was unable to
swim.
LCIoohCy. uS lOllOWlAS OiuCSIS
were elected by the Woman's For
eign Missionary society at the
Methodist church, of the Grand Ira.
verse district, in annual session here's,
President, Mrs. w. H. White, Boyne
City; Independents, Mrs f. III.
Clapp, Manistee, Mrs. Louis Grosen
baugh, Petoskey, and Mrs. L. r. Car
penter. Pellston; recording secretary.
Mrs. W. j. Coates, Traverse City;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. e. G.
Rust, Pellston; treasurer, Mrs. II. M.
Coldron, Bellaire; superintendent of
young peoples and children's work,
Miss Mary Freiberg, Manistee.
Grand Rapids. - The Grand Rap
Ids Association of Commerce ap-
pointed committee to take up with
the United States engineers the ques-
ton of the city cooperating with the
government In flood protection for
Grand Rapids. 1t is believed that
channel 400 feet wide and 20 feet
deep would be the solution Of the
flood question, and would cost little
over 100000, the city paying $1,000
600 and the, government the rest
This would give a deep water for
navigation and be a step towards q
canal from Saginaw to Lake Mich
igan.
Kalamazoo.-Advices were received
here that Fire Chief Charles Rus
sell of Kalamazoo had been elect
ed president of the Michigan
Firemen's association, which is hold
ing its annual convention in Cheboy-
gan. He was vice-president of the as
sociation last year
st. Johns.-Peter Signs, twenty-sev-
en-, farm hand, is held at the county
Jail, charged with the killing of Will
liam Kipp, forty, of Lansing. Accord
ing to the prosecutor, he has confess
ed. Kipp owns a farm two miles
south Of this cityyan came from Lans-
ing to look at the place. Signs, who
works OH the farm adjoining, was at
the house on the Kipp farm when Kipp
arrived. 1t is alleged they quarreled
and Signs hit Kipp over the head with
a hoe, breaking the handle and killing
Kipp almost instantly.
Kalamazoo. - Horace e. Ralston,
former city official and prominent
church worker, and DR.. Zell Bald
win, owner of health resort,
must appear in court and answer to a
charge of breaking the health ordi-
nance. The two are alleged to have
kept refuse boxes that were not pro-
tected.
Lansing. Rev. Charles Christensen,
for several years pastor of the Frank
line Avenue Presbyterian church, has
resigned his pulpit and will go to Cali
fornia to become the proprietor of
ranch near San Francisco.
MaTSiaii-Donaid Walkinhood, the
twelve-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Walkinhood was sudden