Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-02-14

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J. Leahy the Optometrist will be at
the Russell House Wednesday, Feb. Is,
Now is the time to get your stoves
and ranges repaired, Raymond the
Stove man will be at the Bell Hotel
! next week, castings furnished for every
stove or range. Phone 1T.
We call our readers attention to the
new dedartment, known as 1.-THE Sand
Farm Department by Louis P. Haight
of Muskegon, Each week an interesting
offering will be made, Read this weeks
and next and it will hold you. Little
Pete is the star character in the story
and you will find il interesting to read
about him.
Aside from snakes, there is probably
no living thing which can look to man.
kind for friendship with so little hope
as the spider, yet when the spider is
fairly brought to trial it is rather hard
to prove anything against him except
his appearance and few cobwebs.
Apart from furnishing an example of
industry and patience from which we
might well profit, the spider feeds ex-,
clusively upon freshly killed insects,
all OF them being of the kind denounc-
ed by sanitary authorities, the house
fly being its favorite quarry.
A bill has passed the senate, which
when put into effect, will make the
postal money order negotiable any
where, and will make this form of
money transportation much more pop
ular than it has ever been in the past,
The new bill provides for cashing of
money orders at any postoffiee, regard
less of the office named in the order,
Heretofore postal money orders could
be cashed only at the office indicated
in the consignee's address, and this
fact often caused more or less incon-
venience to persons who when travelling
and having their mail forwarded from
place to place, failed to secure the
order at the original address.
Jack Cunningham, well known here
and at st, James, is in the tolls. For
some time Homer Davis has been miss
ing wood from his back yard. Tuesday
morning fresh tracks, accompanied by
sleigh tracks, were found at the wood
pile. Fred Coon and his bloodhound
took the case and the chase led to the
home of Cunningham, who was at once
arrested, He owned up, and when &C.
cused of stealing butter from the
creamery he acknowledged that also,
II is thought that the many cases Of
petty thievery about the city and rer
sorts lie at Cunningham door. He is
at the county jail.-Charlevoix Sentinel,
When a large boat owned by the
Armour Packing Co. broke loose from
her moorings during an elevator fire in
Chicago, Sunday, she rammed into the
| steamer Arizona of the White Trans
portation Co. of this city. The Arizona
was sent TO the bottom Of the Chicago
river. The ARIZONA was in winter
quarters near Kings machine shop.
The telegram informing w. II. White
of the loss conveyed meager news Of
the accident. It is not known what
reparation can be obtained from the
Armour company. Mr.. James White.
a member of the Transportation Co.,
who was here on business, left Sunday
evening for Chicago to investigate the
matter. The Arizona was one of the
best lumber boats plying the waters of
the great lakes. She was purchased
three years ago by the White Trans
portation Co., by whom extensive re-
pairs have since been made. She had
carrying capacity of quarter of
million feet eff hardwood lumber and
three-quarters of a million feet Of soft
wood. Her value was estimated at
500, OO.-Boyne City Journal.