The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-06-19
TRAVERSE CITY
GETSC0NvENT|0N
Up STATE CITY Wins the UNIT.
20 COMMERCIAL TRAvGLGRs'
MEETING.
SESSION ENDS IN LANSING

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Closing Of Gathering Grand rap.
Ids Man 10 elected Grand
Counselor.
Lansing.-Passing the railroad rats
question and all other matters ol
state or national importance up Il
tho executive committee. the conven
tion OF the United Commercial Travel
err at It's sessions In Lansing con
fined itself to routine business.
r. C. Richter OF Traverse City. the
present secretary. was not a candi.
date for reelection, and 8. Heuman OF
Jackson was chosen unanimously. No
opposition to c. c. Starkweather of
Detroit for grand sentinel appeared.
Detroit and Traverse City contested
for the next annual convention, and
the upstate city won.
Secretary Richter reported the
membership is now almost 5000. while
there Is total cash balance In all
funds OF 1924. Indemnity claims
paid up to the close Of the last fiscal
year, March 81, totaled $29,709, while
the claims paid to widows and orphans
amounted to $3.50.
The years receipts in the indemnity
fund almost reached the $4,000
figure.
The real social event Of the con-
yention. the grand ball, was given at
the Masonic temple. More than Ave
hundred members with their ladies
we're In attendance. The meeting
closed with big parade, in which
1900 marched.
The following officers we're elected:
Grand counselor, w. 8. Lawton. Grand
Rapids; grand junior counselor, Fred
J. Moutier, Detroit; grand past coun-
selor M. 8. Brown. Saginaw; grand
secretary, NJ. e. Heuman, Jackson;
grand treasurer, w. J. Dexereaux, Port
Huron; grand conductor, ]. A. Hach,
Jr.. Coldwater; grand page. w. p. Bel
lamy. Bay City; grand sentinel, G. G..
Starkweather. Detroit; executive COM
mittee, A. G. MacEachron, Detroit;
James F. Burtless. Marquette; L. p.
Tompkins, Dundee; e. A. Dibble,
Hillsdale; M. S. Brown, Saginaw; M.
Il. Heuman, Jackson; w. J. Devereaux.
Port Huron.
Society to Shorten Addresses.
The Michigan Pioneer and Histori-
cal society, which closed its forty-first
meeting in Lansing. has decided that
In the future addresses must either be
fewer or briefer. the program this year
overlapping in several instances and
complaints were made as to the length
of some Of the addresses.
Because Of the length of the pro-
gram, some trustees we're compelled to
leave before meeting could be held
for the election of officers. The pres
ent officials, therefore, will hold over
until successors are chosen. Clar-
ence e. Bement, Lansing. is president;
A. c. Carton. East Tawas, vice-presi-
dent; B. F. Davis. Lansing. treasurer;
Charles Moore. secretary of the Michi-
gan Historical commission, holds the
smae Office. ex-officio, on the society's
board.
At the last meeting, the society
adopted resolutions extending thanks
to J. w. Stevens. the pupils of st.
Mary's school, Mrs. X. M. Kedzie. Mrs.
Ross Hamilton. Miss Rosalind Be-
ment. Mrs. F. L. Dodge and others for
the music rendered by them. The Ian.
sing newspapers also were thanked
for the publicity given the meeting.
Provision also was made that the
annual meeting may be held either in
May or June at the discretion OF the
board Of trustees.
Rare Disease Discovered.
DR.. e. T. Hallman, state pathologist.
has returned from Forest Hill, Wex.
ford county, where he found an infec.
tious disease which resembled black
leg among the cattle.
This makes the second time within
two years that Doctor Hallman has
been called to look over cattle In this
district, each time on the same farm
The cattle are believed to have
hentorrhagic septicema.
This disease is fatal In more than
90 per cent OF the cases. It has been
known heretofore only in the south
ern states. II is commonly known
as cornstalk. or buffalo disease, and
affects cattle. sheep, horses and
goats. although 1t is most commor
among cattle. II Is transmitted b.
contact and once 1t breaks out ON {
farm all OF the herd are liable TO b
wiped out.
The disease Is accompanied b!
high fever, with hemorrhages unde
the skin. There IN little extssna
swelling. Isolation and disinfectiol
Of all suspected herds 10 recon
mended.
Articles ~ Interpretations.
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