The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-10-29
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course, which will include five years of
study, all told the first three years be-
ing taken in Albion, upon successful
completion of the first engineering
year here, the student will be granted
an A. b. from Albion and will return
to Michigan for his fifth year, upon the
completion of which he will get his
bachelor of science in engineering de-
gree from Michigan.
Port Huron.-The steamer Robert
L. Fryer is held in Belle river
at Marine City and efforts TO release
her have so far been without result.
The Fryer was being towed out of the
river by one of the Reid tugs when
she caught between the sunken wreck
of the steamer Tampa and a sub
merged pile. The steamer, which was
partially burned last spring, has been
sold to parties in Winnipeg and was
to have been fitted out preparatory to
making the trip TO a Lake Superior
port. Several tugs are at work on
her.
Linden.-Herbert Hoxie was shot
and robbed of $32 on the highway
five miles south of Flint. Hoxie alight-
ed and was placing side curtains on his
buggy when man with gun ordered
him to put up his hands. Thinking IL
was a joke Hoxie continued to place
the curtains and was fired upon, the
bullet causing a slight flesh wound in
his neck He then submitted to a
search conducted by two men. Mrs.
Hoxie hid SO and her diamond ring
under the cushion and was not mo-
Tested. The robbers escaped.
Howell.-Isaac Stowe, eighty-four
years old, father of Probate Judge
f. A. Stowe of Howell, and for
mer state representative in 1874.
died at his home in Iosco township. He
came to Michigan with his parents
from Vermont when six years old. He
was for many years supervisor from
Iosco township and was secretary Of
the Livingston Mutual Fire Insurance
| company. Funeral services with Ma
sonic rites will be held at Iosco and
the burial will take place at Howell.
Kalamazoo.-Afterf fighting the state
| board of charities and corrections
for years, the board of super
visors gave in and voted to expend
$4,000 on the county jail. The Jail
has been condemned yearly and the
board always has fought every effort
to have it repaired. A few months ago
the state board advised the super
visors that if the jail was not repaired
il must be allowed.
Sault Ste. Marie.-Persistent ru-
mors are afloat that an aerOplane
rises every night from a point south
west of Sault Ste. Marie and sails over
the rapids to the Canadian locks. There
is a strict military guard at the locks
and Austro-German prisoners are be.
! ing held in the Canadian Soo Mem
! bers of the Canadian militia have been
instructed to fire at any aeroplane.
/ Kalamazoo.-There will be no
wedding bells for Tile Vic at pres
ent. A few days ago Martin Hiarem-
bola obtained a marriage license to
wed the young woman. She returned
the license to the county clerks office
declaring that she did not intend to
wed him and wanted the license de-
| stroyed.
East Lansing.-To reduce the ex-
penses of NJ. A. c. students, President
Snyder in his annual report to the
state board of agriculture recommend
ed that a bakery. meat room and
storehouse be provided. He estimates
the cost at not more than $4,000.
Lansing.--Accordin to reports cur
rent at the state house, an effort will
| be made at the next session of the
legislature TO transfer the work of
compiling vital statistics from the
secretary of states department to the
state board of health.
Manistee. - With a record-break-
| ing fruit crop and a below-normal de-
mand, canning factories in this sec
! ton are running day and night to take
advantage of the low prices. Grapes
are the only fruit being shipped out
| IA any quantity.
Fenton.-Aviator o. f. Williams of
Scranton. Pa. made fight over Fen
ton in his aeroplane, accompanied by
guest. He rose from Woodruff
Landing and passed over the village
at a height of about two thousand
| feet
Adrian-Fcur Clinton men in an
automobile plunged down a six-foot
embankment at spot known as
kissing Hollow" between Clinton
and Tecumseh, but no one was in
| jured.
Hillsdale-George Mason, eight-sev-
en-. died at the home of HIS son, w. G..
Mason, known as big Mason" who
has nationwide reputation as a Y.
! NJ. G. A. worker.
Lansing.-An effort to have the
next legislature strengthen the state
arson laws will be made by the fire
marshaPs department.
Lansing-The annual report OF
State Land Commissioner A. G..
Carton shows that the state owns 606..
037 acres OF land in Michigan. OF which
276.OSO acres constitute permanent for