The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-06-17

which so far has been carried on oniy
In the lower peninsula, will be trans
ferred to the upper peninsula begin
ming June 10. This decision was
reached by DIR. William De kleines
who is in charge OF the survey for the
state board of health.
Ruling Bars Deception In Ads.
State officials are discussing de-
cision of the supreme court by which
the Monteith act, better known as the
general deceptive advertising law
was held valid.
In the opinion OF many. the deci-
sion covers up loopholes In other laws
and provides a way to prevent lot
of Misrepresentation in the selling OF
investments.
Not only that, but 1t Is figured that
under the Monteith law the railroad
commission may be able to stop Sc
curities which they have passed on
from being marketed under the mis-
leading caption. approved by the COM
mission" The commission has been
making orders of that sort in the past,
but the action has been bit strong
legally.
The Michigan securities commits
sion. too, whose very existence Is now
up in the courts. is benefited by the
decision. This much Attorney General
Fellows admitted, when he said the de-
cision is a great help to u.s."
The Monteith bill is perhaps the
strongest pure advertising" law in the
country. Unlike many others that
have been tried and found wanting
straight newspaper advertising is the
smallest part of what the law Is after.
It prohibits false statements, or any
statement of facts which may be mis-
leading, In any sort of advertising,
newspaper, circular, pamphlet, letter,
poster. placard or any document given
to the public, or SO placed that the
public can read it. Any commodity,
coming under the classes of merchan-
disc, services and securities (and this
covers practically everything), must
be advertised honestly or not at all.
The law was attacked by a Detroit
grocer who alleged that an informa-
ton against him for publishing an ad-
vertisement, by inference only mis-
leading, was illegal. The court held
the law good on every point attacked,
and held further that the very infor-
nation against him was good under
the law.
State Needs Artillery.
The Michigan National Guard needs
four more batteries OF artillery.
needs them badly, to make the
complement suggested by the United
States war department. but the state
has no money with which to maintain
them, and consequently all batteries
that are now supposed to be in process
of organization. In the state, inde-
pendent of the National Guard, will
have to arrange for their own ex-
penses.
This Is substance Is the answer OF
the state military officers to reports
that have been circulated regarding
the formation of new batteries of ar
tillery. particularly at the University
of Michigan. One report had 1t that
Battery B of Lansing had been or
dered disbanded by the war depart
ment officials and the equipment trans
ferred to the university.
Any rumor regarding the disband-
ment of Battery B is absolutely false.
according to the state military officials.
The latest inspection reports on that
battery by regular army officers
showed only the need of more officers.
and these. 1t is said. are soon to be
furnished.
I'VE need four more batteries of
artillery" says Adjt. Gen. John 8.
Bersey. But the state military fund
has not the money to maintain them.
A battery OF artillery costs about 81.
600 year and the state fund is now
being used right up to the limit. I'm
til we can get more money, either
through an appropriation from the leg
islature or through action by con
gress, there is no use Of our talking
of forming any more batteries.
But where the people Of city
finance the deal themselves and fur
nish battery that will stand the gov
ernment's inspection we can take II
into the National Guard. We can dc
nothing for them unless the battery
Is financed Independently.
This question came up recently
when some people at the University
or Michigan wanted to organize bat
| terry. We told them we could do moth
ing for them because we did not have
the money. Appeals to Washington,
understand. were answered by sug
costing that they come in through the
National Guard.
If battery were organized at Ann
Arbor 1t is possible that the govern
ment would give 1t the equipmen,
from Washington or 1t might order
the extra carriages from Lansing sem
to Ann Arbor. We would have ont
complete set Of equipment here. al
though really two batteries. One SCI
of carriages might 60 to Ann Arbol
Just as two batteries here might do
AS matter of fact an Independent