The Yale expositor., 1915-06-10
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

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Houghton county board of super
visors Friday voted to double the ca
pacity of the county tuberculosis san
itarium which is over-crowded.
Summer activities at the bay View
camp ground of the Methodist Epis-
copal church will open July Is, with
a lecture by Henry r. Pattengill.
Eastern time was defeated in an un.
official voting contest held at Kalama.
ZOO. The council deferred action
pending this expression of sentiment.
Frank L. Logan has been appointed
postmaster at Petersburg, Monroe
county, Michigan, vice, T. II. Clark;
Carl Pickert, Arcadia; Charles Myers,
Charleston.
The drug store owned by l.. c. Knill
at Port Huron was entered evidently
by dope fiend" and $3.50 in cash
and three large bottles of cocaine
were stolen.
Sault Ste. Marie was voted the 1916
reunion OF Michigan Elks at a bust
ness session at Grand Rapids Thurs
day. Charles Cartier of Ludington
was chosen president.
Twenty-Five large American flags
that had been placed on the soldiers
and sailors monument in Pine Grove
park at Port Huron Memorial day
were stolen on Monday night.
Saginaw has been made headquar-
tiers for the state Arbeiter Bund OF
Michigan and the records will be
placed in a great vault being built
there. There are $4,000 members.
The expression department of Hills
dale college has selected as part OF
the anniversary program play, THE
Duke and a King" which will be
given with the college campus for a
state setting.
DR.. V. L. Bell, Grand Rapids. was
electric president of the Eclectic
State Medical association at the thirty
sixth annual meeting at Grand Rapids.
DR.. j. E. G. Washington, of Detroit,
was named secretary.
The Flint council passed over May
or McKeilhans veto resolution
granting salary increases to City At
torney Mcbride and City Engineer
Shoecraft, the former from $1.400 TO
$500 and the latter from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Max Jennings, mayor of ST. Clair,
was reelected president of the Mich
igan Retail jewelers. association at
the annual convention which came
TO a close Friday at Kalamazoo. Bat
tie Creek was selected as the next
meeting place.
The university board of regents at
a special meeting Wednesday night,
passed the 1856 budget amounting
TO S1.S12, $3.50, which will be divided
between the different departments of
the university. This is about S195, 900
more than last years budget.
The Michigan Association of Farm
ers' clubs, is planning a call for a
national gathering of farmers clubs
to be held at the end Of the summer.
The formal call will likely go out in a
action on some matters of vital inter
est to the farmer.
E. r. Smith, of Battle Creek, was
elected president; A. c. Stecketette,
of Muskegon, vice-president; L. T.
Bennett, Port Huron, treasurer, and
II. c. Walker, Detroit, secretary, of
the Michigan Bill Posters association,
which closed its annual session at
Lansing. The next gathering will be
held in Detroit.
The famous Petoskey sea serpent,
which has been a feature OF parades
in almost every city in Michigan, was
set on fire at the conclusion of the
Elks' parade at Grand Rapids Friday
afternoon and destroyed. The fire &C.
Cured just outside the ball park, and
the fire department was called out to
prevent spread of the flames.
The widow of Axel Larson has been
denied her claim for compensation in
the death of Larson in a storm which
swept the lakes last year. There was
a question whether Larson was in
Michigan or Wisconsin waters, and
the claim that he was seeking another
Job also made uncertain the identity
of his employment at the time.
State Oil Inspector r. E. Barron,
of Howell, has made his annual re-
port, which shows that during 1914
the net revenue derived by the state
through the operations of this de-
partment amounted to $29,255.65,
This is one of the best showings ever
made by the state oil inspector. The
total receipts of the Office were $685.
$3.50. and the expenses s4,24.45.
Sunday morning about O'Clock just
as an entertainment was breaking up
at Bethel church, at Calvin Center,
settlement composed of Negroes, 10
miles south of Dowagiac, Edward
Enelling, q, mad with jealousy, placed
revolver to the head of his sweet
heart, Flossie Hawks. rs, killing her
Instantly few minutes later hO