The Yale expositor., 1914-02-26
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MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF


Fire destroyed the general store
OF Becair Bros, at Auburn. The loss
is $4,000.
Bay city was selected by the Mich.
gan Retail Monument Dealers asso-
citation rs the place for the 1915 meet
! ing.
The owendsle new S25, 900 school
building. just completed. is said to be
one OF the most modern in the
state.
/ Moses Peletier. of Bay City. less
than four feet tall and often referred
to as Michigan's shortest man. is
dead He was SO years old
The Saginaw school board has
announced that the boys in the high
school will either drop their frater.
mites or will not get a diploma.
The first Albion poultry show, re-
Gently closed, was a success, and the
association has voted to hold one an
! nually, the third week in January.
Cities in the northwest part OF the
! state have been asked to aid Luding-
/ ton in celebrating the completion of
its $1.OO0,G00 harhor, July and 4.
Deckeryille will have public park If
the efforts of the Woman's club are
successful. To raise funds for this
purpose, it is planned TO give all en-
tertainment March 4.
The council OF Albion. has decided
/ 70 submit at the spring election the
question of bonding the city for the
purchase OF new park Two prop.
critics are being considered
The common council OF Ann Arbor
has protested to the state railroad
commission against allowing the Am
erican and Wells-Fargo Express com
panies forming a joint Office in that
city.
| G. o. Trask. OF Saginaw. has OBJ
tanned rs signers to plan for new
/ telephone system to run independent
OF the Bell and Valley systems at
Birch Run 1t would be co-opera.
tive plant.
Ionia Is to have a pickle sailing
station, negotiations having been
closed with the KeOkuk Canning Co.
through its agent, Mr. Billinger. More
than 100 acres OF cucumbers have
been contracted for.
Frank ID. Mead, of Escanaba,
member of the last constitutional con.
vention. died Friday after a short i'll
ness. He practiced law in Delta coun-
ty for 80 years, and was prosecuting
attorney for eight years.
Fire which started in the X. of p.
club rooms destroyed the Pollasky
block at Alma Monday The loss is
! 5000. The X of p. loss is $4,000.
Water caused a loss to ]. Cohen Bros.
clothing store OF 100000
The general fund of the state will
have to reimburse the state armory at
Ionia for loss occasioned by recent
boiler explosion. The legislature fail
ed to provide for loss of state prop
erty by explosion through the state
insurance bill.
After spending thousands OF dol
lars in an effort to get a good we'll
for fire protection. the village of Per-
ry. has at last found a we'll OF good
pressure at depth OF 200 feet One
of the first wells drilled contained
salt water.
BY an agreement entered into be-
tween the village and the electric light
company, a saving of more than ST.
900 year In street lighting is gained
by the city of Tecumseh The private
consumer OF electricity also benefits as
the new contract calls for a reduc-
ton OF 1 cent a kilowatt.
The Arctic Iron Co was awarded
sse9. 403.75 against the Cleveland
Gins Iron CO. and William G. Mather
i'm the United States district court at
Grand Rapids. The Arctic COMPANY
alleged that Mather as secretary.
made secret deal with the Cleveland
GIFTS concern that profited the latter
nearly million dollars.
Judge Tucker has ruled that George
Drought former election inspector.
must stand trial on charge of lamp
ering with ballots cast at the last
municipal primary at Port Huron.
Governor Ferris has approved the
four proposed amendments to the city
charter of Muskegon and they will be
submitted to the people April 8. They
provide a two-year term for mayor.
at a salary of $500 a year. the city
to be permitted to do its own work.
and collection OF taxes twice an
nually. The present term of the may.
or is one year, with the salary 5000.