The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-07-22
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

AluuSOn Will HOlu nOulo-SOhlihb
August As.
Sylvester Briggs, 81, for years SUI
perintendent OF the Kalamazoo coun-
ty poor farm, died Saturday.
Sandstone and rock salt, but no coal
or oil, have been struck by workmen
drilling on the Henry Ford farm, at
Dearborn. The drill has descended l.
900 feet
Nelson v. Roman, of Alpena, was
chosen president and Mrs. NJ. Corner.
Of Alpena secretary of the Maccabees
of northeastern Michigan at the an
nual outing at Tawas Beach Thurs
day.
Major F. w. Alstetter, of the United
| States army corps of engineers, WILL
on August 4, begin a survey OF Muske-
gon river from Newaygo to Muskegon
to ascertain the abvisability of open
ing it to navigation.
Light summer travel across Lake
Michigan is given as the reason for
Transportation company of the special
daylight trip to Milwaukee each Sat
urday from Grand Haven.
Governor Ferris has appointed
Frank F. Rogers. state highway COM
missioner, Lansing, as a delegate to
represent Michigan at the Pan-Ameri-
can road congress at Oakland, CAL,
September 13 to II, 1915.
Quinton F. Walker, of Jackson, who
graduated with highest honors from
Albion college in June, has accepted
the position of assistant to Dean Kin
| ley, head of the graduate department
of the University of Illinois.
The only city In Michigan of more
than $4,000 population with but one
blind child of school age within its
boundaries is Muskegon, as was
shown Saturday when work on the
school census was completed.
Indications are that there will be
no new head of the police depart
ment at Grand Rapids for some time.
Safety Director Carroll says he Is
getting along fine with the work and
believes he can continue to do so.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hanneford Of
Chicago were instantly killed and two
women, Mrs. Norris and Mrs. Boyd
both of Chicago. were injured at 8
O'Clock Friday night when an automo-
bile driven by Mr.. Hanneford went
ho L. of
Fire, supposed to have been started
by the careless dropping of match,
completely destroyed an oil and gaso-
line station operated by Daniel A.
Knatts, of Royal Oak, early Sunday
morning. The flames spread to and
for a time threatened the postoffice
and other buildings.
Two jitney bus drivers, Marshall D.
Parmalee and George Boersma, will
be tried for violation of the jitney
ordinance at Grand Rapids, July 80.
They pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned. These are merely test cases
and no more arrests will be made UNI
til the court decides whether there is
distinction between the taxi and jit-
ney business.
The Michigan railroad commission
has ordered the Michigan Air Line
railroad, a subsidiary of the Grand
Trunk, to install a new station at
Gregory. The action was taken after
hearing at which residents Of the
town complained that the present IA
cilities were inadequate. The new
station must be completed on or be-
fore November 1. 1915.
Following the decision of the Unit
ed States court upholding the Austin
company in its court fight with the
Cadillac Motor company, Of Detroit,
over the twospeed axle, James z. and
Walter S. Austin will incorporate the
Austin Automobile company as $780,
600 concern and $1,00O,00O corpora
ton to build two-speed axles. The
Austin company is now partnership.
Charles Vorce, rs, was drowned in
the Shiawassee river at Owosso Sun
day and George Schneider nearly lost
his life In a heroic attempt to save
him. Vorce was seized with cramps.
When Schneider went after him, the
drowning man twice pulled him under.
The body was recovered an hour later.
Vorce was the third man to be drown
ed at this particular point in a few
years.
The states postage bill during the
last fiscal year was $4,000. This
amount was approved Wednesday by
the state board of auditors. In &C
cordance with a resolution of the
legislature, the board also authorized
erection OF monument TO the regi-
ment of Michigan sharpshooters in
the civil war. The shaft will be at
the southeast corner of the capitol
grounds.
John Sprague, appointed a rural
carrier out Of the Owossc postoffice,
on November 1, 1898, being the first
rural carrier in the county and the
third in the state, has resigned be