The Yale expositor., 1916-07-20
MICHIGAN news BRIEFS

for life at the Receiving hospital ia
Detroit for four hours before he final.
ly succumbed.
A "A. Salmon, an overZealous evan
gelist, was arrested at Battle Creek
for too dnsistently expounding his
ideas OF the Scriptures. His sanity
is questioned.
A good road has been opened from
st. Ignace to Manisque, Gladstone,
Escanaba and Newberry and automo-
biles can now get through the heavy
sands of Point Aux Chene.
Pioneer of st. Clair county, having
lived there the greater part of their
lives, Mr., and Mrs. Andrew Curry, OF
Capac. Mich, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary July 8.
James Davis of Brown City was bad
ly injured at the Grand Trunk cross
ing at Inlay City. He was in an au-
to and as he was crossing the tracks
he was struck by freight train.
Charles G. Westover aged rs, for
years one of the prominent farmers of
Genesee county, died in this village
after being confined to his bed for
the past two years with paralysis
A fund is being raised by small
contributions in lunch counter es-
adjustment in Ann Arbor and SIS has
already been subscribed to furnish to-
bacco for the soldiers on the border.
John Robson, former mayor OF Lans-
ing state senator in 1901, and resi-
dent of Lansing since 1854, died as
result of injuries received when
knocked down by an automobile a
week ago.
Failure to pass the physical exami-
nation at Camp Ferris, II members of
Co. f have returned to their homes
in Pontiac 1t left Co. Z with a muster
roll of 90. None of the officers we're
disqualified.
Mrs. George B. Norton, life long res
ident and prominent in woman's relief
corps circles at Eaton Rapids, aged
20. She is survived by her husband,
10 whom she was married 81 years
ago, on his return from the Civil war.
Sixty days in the county Jail. with a
fine of $500 besides, is the penalty
Charles Alberts must pay because he
sold booze to a certain number of
friends he invited to his room. Judge
Weiner declared that Kalamazoo
must be freed of boot-leggers, who
are now engaged In breaking the liz
uor laws.
Wexford, Osceola, Missaukee and
Kalkaska counties will try to get to-
gether for the establishment of tu-
berculosis sanitarium for the use Of
the counties mentioned. and the Kali
kaska county board of supervisors
has appointed a committee to meet
similar committees from the other
counties in furtherance of the plan.
When the state board of equaliza-
ton convene at Lansing in August
it will be confronted by rolls fixing
the valuation of property In Michigan
at nearly $9.200,OOO,O00. Two years
ago the figures presented by the coun-
ty boards totaled $2,677, 1857, 954, which
was boosted to $2,712,145,396 by the
state board. 1t is believed the equa-
lized valuation OF the state will be
about $4,000, 100000 when the board
finishes it's work.
At an earlier period In its history
the crop of wild huckleberries on the
plains Of Kalkaska county were an
important item of export, putting thou
sands OF dollars in circulation. But
for several years the weather condi-
lions have been unfavorable, and there
has been only now and then a light
crop. This year, however. consider
able quantities will be harvested, and
preparations for harvesting and hand
ling them on an extensive scale are
being made.
While searching judicial records in
preparing a history of Genesee coun-
ty, Attorney w. V. Smith discovered
tnst the first case ever tried in the
Geuesee circuit court was only re-
Gently legally settled when Judge
Stevens dismissed 1t from court.
Court records show the first case
tried in Genesee county was in 1897,
by Justice George Morrell of the su-
preme court. II was an attachment
suit by Chauncey Boguo against Tim,
othy ]. Walling, on Feb. "a, 1887.
This suit was probably settled at the
time, but the court records did not
show 1t.
II is estimated that national guard
members who have gone to the
Mexican border have at least rs per
cent less cause for apprehension that
they will fall victims to any of the
diseases that cut down many times
more soldiers in the Spanish-American
war than bullets than those who went
to Cuba Is years ago. Typhoid fe-
yer and dysentry ere practically I'M
known now because of the purifica-
tion OF the water, because of vaccina-