The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-03-18
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

at the University of Michigan.
Harlow Gray, of Ann Arbor has
been designated for a cadetship at
West Point following a competitive
examination. Arthur II. Niles, also Of
Ann Arbor, was chosen alternate.
On request of a number of citizens,
of Port Huron, a department of labor
representative is investigating the re-
establishment of ferry line between
North Port Huron and Point Edward.
The Ishpeming Advancement asso-
citation, which includes practically all
the business and professional men
and the largest employers of labor,
has gone on record as fayoring the
more daylight plan.
Governor Ferris Saturday sent to
the senate the appointment of DR.. j.
Walter Vaughan to be member of
the Detroit board of health, to sue
coed DR.. Charles H. Oakman. for the
term ending February 20, 1919.
| A few months ago siX-year-old Dor
othy Allen, of Kalamazoo, ran in front
of street car. and her right leg was
severed. The Michigan United Trac-
ton Co. has paid her $4,000, which
will be used for her education.
Governor Ferris Saturday announc-
ed the appointment of George j.
Eisenmann, of Temperance, as county
agent of Monroe county and Rev.
Thomas f. Swan. of Saginaw, as
county agent of Saginaw county.
The state board of pardons made a
new record at Jackson Thursday when
it closed it's regular March meeting
after having granted 80 of the SO re-
quests for paroles. A large number
of the lucky" prisoners were from
Detroit and will return to that city.
One of the young twin sons of Mr..
and Mrs. c. B. Hunt persisted in
fire that consumed the home in But
man, west of Standish. Mrs. Hunt
and her twin sons were awakened
by the flames and the mother was able
to rescue but one of the children Mr..
Hunt was away at the time.
That the death of two COWS belong
ing 10 A. d. Kinney, of Mesick, and
the illness of a large number of cat
tie in that vicinity are not caused by
the hoof and mouth disease, but rath-
er by an intestinal trouble, was the in
formation given out by Dr. +. T. Tall
man, veterinarian, OF Lansing
Michigan postmasters appointed:
Bark River, Delta county, Joseph II.
Boyle; Bergland, Ontonagon county,
Joseph Brophy; Fair Haven, St Clair
county, Alfred j. Hamlin; Tyro, San
lilac county, Samuel w. Soule; War
rem, Macomb county, Lloyd f. Red
dick; Shelbyville, Daniel d. Harris.
Senator Foster has introduced a
concurrent resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution allow
ing women to vote on all matters per-
tanning to education. 1t would give
them the right to vote on regents of
the university and state superinten-
dent of public instruction among 9th
er things.
The house Friday morning passed
the senate bill to appropriate the
funds needed to reimburse the gen.
eral fund for money expended on the
state insane asylums, Michigan Home
and Training school and Eloise hos
pital. The tax provided to meet
these disbursements totals $1,215,-
97O77 for 1916 and $1,3O1, 724.01 for
1916.
An executive meeting of the Sum-
mer Resort Association of Michigan
was held Saturday in the association
of commerce building to protect
against heavy state taxation. The as
ISOLATION wants a law enacted provid-
ing that so per cent of the taxes lev
led on resort associations be returned
to be spent on improvements at the
resorts.
The pupils of the Blumfeld school.
in Saginaw county, who are sons and
daughters of farmers, are going to aid
their education this year by caring for
an old orchard. The trees are not
trimmed or pruned and need spraying.
The orchard has been turned over to
the class, and all of the profits from
the sale of fruit will be given to the
school.
The state live stock sanitary COM
mission announced officially Tuesday
night that the state was free from
foot and mouth disease. Chairman
Halliday, of the commission, made
the announcement after hearing from
Investigators sent to Otsego county to
the effect that the suspected cases
near Gaylord were not foot and mouth
disease.
John Dubril was convicted at Stand
ish of killing Pat O'Leary. near Au
Ores, last August, and sentenced to
from FIVE to fifteen years at Jackson.
Victor Urbanski, convicted Of break
ing into the Cole & Grimore store at
Au Ores, in December last, was given
four years at Jackson. Urbanski was