The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-21
Michigan
Happenings

Bay City.-The annual outing and
picnic Of the Sunday schools Of Oge'
NAV, Iosco and Arenac counties, held
at Wenona beach. was attended by
nearly 1000.
Standish. The soldiers and sailors
reunion for northern Michigan will be
held at Grayling. September IA. Is
and 49, It will be attended by SOL
diers of the Spanish-American war.
Woman's relief corps and other organ
| izations
| Lansing.-Attorney G neral Fellows
has ruled that automobiles owned and
operated by municipalities do not need
to take out licenses under the new
law. but he recommends that some
definite sort OF Identification be placed
on such cars to make ownership APP
| parent.
Eaton Rapids.-The scarcity Of
huckleberries this year as result Of
the killing frosts In May keeps the
price up to Is cents quart. In q
number Of the huckleberry swamps
in Eaton. jackson and Ingham coun-
ties there is not enough fruit to pay
for picking.
Bay City.-Thomas Murphy. thirty
two. was killed by the Mackinaw-De-
troit train in the Michigan Central
yards on the West side. Murphy's
body was found in an almost unrecog-
nizable condition an hour after the
train passed. He was unmarried and
resided with his parents.
Muskegon.-A petition for manda-
mus to compel the board of super
visors to pay Mrs. Nellie B. Chisholm.
salary which she claims under the
statute passed by the 1913 legislature
fixing salaries for county school COM
missioners in Michigan. was filed In
circuit court. The board has been
paying Mrs. Chisholm but $1,000.
Marquette.-James Land. twenty
two years old, Of Cleveland, seaman
on the Cleveland Cliffs Iron company's
steamer Angeline, fell through an
open hatchway into the hold Of the
vessel and was killed. His neck was
broken. Land and other men we're
closing the matches. when he stumbled
over the combing and plunged back
wards into the hold.
Bay City.-Ruth Smeaton, aged six
teen, and Albert Hessling, twenty-sev-
en-, clippers from Pinconning to De-
troit, where they were arrested, have
hnan mo ri Cd L. he Al AxxA-
ton charges against the groom will
be dropped, Hessling having obtained
a decree OF divorce and the girls
mother then consenting to the mar
riage.
Grand Rapids. Playing about
pond on the Joseph Brewer farm at
Plainfield Monday, Clyde Miller. four
years old. suddenly lost his balance
and fell into six feet of water. His
baby sister cried for help. and en-
ployees of the farm arrived in time to
fish the little fellow out of the water
before he drowned. A pulmotor.
rushed to the scene by auto. saved his
life.
Battle Creek.-The executive COM
mittee OF the Free Methodist church
has selected Battle Creek for the Fiji
ty-first annual Michigan conference
August Is to %. Fully 400 ministers
and other delegates will attend. All
sessions will be presided over by
Bishop W. s. Bellew OF New York.
who will give daily talks. Sessions
will undoubtedly be held at the First
Methodist church, the Free Methodist
church being too small.
Eaton Rapids.-The thirty-second
annual encampment, OF the Eaton
county battalion, G. A. r., closed with
the business meeting. Oficers elect
ed: Colonel, John Thompson. Eaton
Rapids; lieutenant colonel. C. l. Ev-
ans. Eaton Rapids; major. e. o. Rus
sell, Grand Ledge; surgeon, DR.. D. H.
Long, Eaton Rapids; chaplain. Rev.
John Clafiin. Eaton Rapids. It was
unanimously voted to hold the 1915
encampment in Eaton Rapids.
Eaton Rapids.-The ginseng grow
ers here who refused to sell their 1914
crop at the extremely low prices that
prevailed last fall and winter, ION &C
count of the European war;" have
made good thing by holding on"
At this time they have offers of two
dollars pound more for their, last
seasons harvest Of ginseng roots than
the buyers offered them then, and
they have large amount of the kept
over product, in addition to the good
harvest they will have again this sea-
son.
Lawton.-Deo Warner. aged nine
teen years, a graduate OF Lawton
High school, was drowned while fish
ing in Gravel lake. near here. He was
with Dec Campbell. another Lawton
boy. The latter saved himself. Il 10
believed that in standing to change
positions In the boat It was over.
turned. Warner sank Immediately.
but Campbell was able TO reach the
boat The body was recovered in .
few minutes and respiratory treat
ment was given for two hours. but
without success, Warner was the son
Of Mr., and Mrs. Jay Warner OF Law.
ton.
Ann Arbor.-Mrs. Edward Mason Of
Ann Arbor. after luncheon. dressed
herself in her best clothes. lay dowr,