The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-05-20
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

The Lake Shore station and freight
house at Addison were destroyed by
fire Tuesday.
Twenty convicts were given paroles
by the board of pardons at the May
meeting at Jackson prison, which SEES
sion closed Friday.
At special meeting of the Pontiac
city commissioners Saturday, eastern
time was adopted The change was
made Sunday at midnight.
The Michigan Union opened its
campaign to raise 81 ,OO0,0 900 for club
house at Ann Arbor with a big mass
meeting Wednesday evening.
Three miles of gill nets set in Ca
madam waters by fishermen of Port
Huron have been seized by a Canadian
game warden and are to be burned.
A picking station will be establish
ed in Hasting by Jackson company,
farmers in the vicinity having sub
scribed more than the necessary ac-
reage.
Alvin W. Overheiser, Pullman, fruit
grower became entangled in a wire
fence and was killed by the discharge
of his shotgun while trying to free
himself.
Emmanuel Wilhelm has been APP
pointed postmaster at Traverse City
by President Wilson, ending a long
controversy. in which several candi-
dates sought the position.
In order to relieve pressure on the
city poor department, the mayor and
council of Muskegon have directed the
street commissioner to double the
force of white wings" and hire only
aged dependents.
Despondent over his first illness in
20 years, Charles Nudge, a farmer
north of Adrian, Saturday took his life
by shooting He is survived by a
widow and four children, the oldest IA
years Of age, the youngest 18 months
In a fire of unknown origin Tuesday
morning at Glengarry, 20 miles north
of Cadillac, f. ID. StUrtevant, 20, lost
his life and his home was destroyed
Sturtevant lived alone and had no
enemies, as far as can be learned.
was slain.
Cadillac closed up shop Tuesday,
and celebrated the laying of the cor
: ner stone of the 100000 post office.
All the grand lodge officers of the Ma
sons were present to take charge of
the ceremonies. Former Congress-
man c. j. Diekma was the chief ora
tor of the day.
Suit for $4,000 damages has been
started at Flint by the estate of Will
liam S Herrick against the Grand
Trunk Railway company because of
the death of Mr.. Herrick, who was
killed by a passenger train at the Elba
station last October. Mr.. and Mrs.
Herrick were both instantly killed.
II. c. Logan, 63 years old "a promi-
nent farmer near Kalamazoo, was in
stantly killed when thrown from his
wagon. His team ran away. No one
saw the accident but an auto driver
coming towards Kalamazoo saw a run
away team, and after driving for a
short distance, came across the body
of Logan in the road.
At a special election held Saturday
afternoon in the school district which
includes Mt. Clemens, the proposition
to bond the district for $4,000 to
erect a gymnasium and auditorium,
was defeated by large vote. The
number of votes polled almost equaled
that Of a regular city election. There
were SAL votes against and S42 for
the gym.
The county clerks Office is the
place to take your rats after the Pen
ney law becomes effective. Auditor
General Fuller is IN receipt of nu-
merous queries asking when and
where the scent rat bounty is to be
paid. The state has nothing to do
with the payment of rat bounty under
the Penney law, and it is up to the in
dividual counties.
Fire at Sheridan, which broke ont
about midnight, Friday, destroyed the
In the barn we're IA horses, which al
so were burned. Mystery surrounds
the fire in the fact that all the hose
belonging to the fire department had
been cut Sheriff Rasmussen is in
vestigating. The loss is estimated al
$4,000. with little insurance.
The state tax this year will be tn,
largest in the history of the state, SO,
598.56S10, or an increase over las
year of SO, 469, 1899, or Sc per cent
According to Auditor-Generalj Fuller
the 1915 state tax will be higher by
81, 009, 600 than ever before in the his
tory of the state until this year. 1913
marked the high record. the state tau
for that year being $S,5S9,520.7S.
Attracted by the states fair repu-
tation, Michigan settlers are coming
in at the rate of about 100 families
month over the Pere Marquette lines