The Yale expositor., 1914-06-18
MICHIGAN news BRIEFS

Alpena banks will bear the expense
of entertaining the state bankers
association at that place.
Eugene " Debs is expected to deliv-
er an address at a Socialist encamp-
ment, to be held at Manistee, July
1919.
{. H. Johnson was elected com
mander of the Grand Traverse Sol
diers and Sailors association, in ses-
sion at Travese City.
Fire of unknown origin completely
destroyed st. Paul's Lutheran church
at Reed City Friday. The loss was
$4,000, insurance $500.
Gov Ferris has paroled Carl Tes-
siner sentenced from Ann Arbor in
1912 to serve from two and one-half
to five years for cruelty TO animals.
By voting to reappoint Supt. e. L.
Ferguson, the board of education at
Bay City has reopened the recent fight
that was taken to the supreme court.
The Mackinac Transportation Co.
has paid taxes amounting to so, 1888
in Mackinac township Cheboygan af-
ter losing an appeal to the supreme
court.
The Saginaw board of trade has de-
cided to give a celebration there the
Fourth of July. A fireworks display
will be given in the evening at Hoyt
park.
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Pittsford town hall. the question of
borrowing $4,000 with which to build
state reward road was defeated by
"a votes.
While at work on the new dock at
Lexington Friday the team owned by
w. H. Sheldon became unmanageable
and fell into Lake Huron and before
they could be gotten out both drown
ed They were valued at $500.
The ordinance prohibiting music in
saloons at Port Huron is now in effect
Mayor Black did not sign the ordi-
nance, but Commissioners Green, Hill
and Monteith attached their signat-
ures to the measure, making it law.
The Second National bank of Sag
NAV and the Old Second National
bank of Bay City have nominated
James T. Wylie, of Saginaw. to the
federal reserve bank of Chicago,
class b, group No. l, under the new
currency law.
A three-story fireproof building is
being erected by the Buick Motor
company at Flint for it's enamel plant.
The structure will be 10Sx265 feet
and, according to Buick officials, it
will be one of the most complete fac
tory buildings in the world.
Business men of Battle Creek,
Bellevue and Pennfield will, at their
own expense, gravel the old road be-
tween Bellevue and Battle Creek
which has been practically impossible
of late years, compelling traffic TO
take another road which is six miles
longer.
The proprietor of a hotel at Lansing
was fined s25 and costs for failure to
supply his guests with individual
towels He was arrested under an act
passed by the last legislature and
says that he will carry the case to the
highest court to test the validity of
I the law.
The annual encampment of the
Eaton county battalion, c. A. r.,
will be held in Eaton Rapids the whole
week of July 81. Governor Ferris,
! Congressman j. NJ G. Smith, former
Congressman Washington Gardner,
and Department Commander Chase
are among those who have been in
vited to speak.
Many thousands of sheep will be
shipped into the upper peninsula this
summer, according to w. f. Raven,
live stock field agent for NJ. A. G. Mr.
Raven has advised the college au-
thorities that sheep breeders seem to
have awakened to the possibilities of
the northern country as a sheep graz
ing district and will venture into the
new territory with their fiocks this
season.
Fire destroyed the general store
belonging to S. F. French and a milli-
merry store occupied by the Misses
Smell, at Riley Center. The surround
ing buildings we're saved by hard
work on the part of the neighbors.
The Burden Broom Co.'S plant at
Kalamazoo. the largest of its kind in
the state, burned to the ground early
Friday morning. The loss will ex-
coed $4,000. The flames were so
far advanced by the time the fire de
partment arrived that they could not
be checked Il is believed the fire