Alma record., 1916-03-16
The >Alpens County Agricultural so
ciety recently voted to hold another
free fair Ia September.

WV buiihb feoludiy toosvov Wan thh'
en- in.
Thos Horton. one Of the old capitol
employees. died OF pneumonia. He had
been sick but four days and was sew
enty-two years OF age.
John Hanna. OF Grayling and su-
pervisor OF Beaver Greek township
and one OF the best known men In
Crawford county. died at Grayling.
Anna Nelson, Bloomington. was play
ing with golf ball when 1t ex-
ploded AS result acid which few
in one OF her eyes may destroy the
sight
William Giberson. aged 20, Saginaw.
business man died at Grand Rapids
while visiting his daughter. Mrs. |. b.
Gilbert, wife of the principal of Union
high school
The new franchise proposal at Mt.
Clements for the subsidiary compap.
les of the Detroit United railway car
ried at the special election by a vote
1.i56 to 254.
Judge Samuel II. Vaphorn, OF Kala-
mazoo. decided that Amos Wins
low. a capitalist. was not able to con-
duct his own affairs. and appointed
Stephen Earl as his guardian.
More than $500 In bounties for
wolves. wildcats and lynx was paid TO
hunters and trappers In Marquette
county during the last nine months,
according to a report OF the county
treasurer
Masons celebrated the fiftietb ami
versary OF the organization OF the
lodge. The late Senator j. c. Bus.
rows was made q Mason by this or
| ganization years ago.
c. Lester BattdorH. OF Battle Creek,
. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. II. n.
BattdorfY, and Miss Geraldine Oar
iington. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John Darlington. were married. Mt.
Battdorn has taken a position as edi.
tor OF the Manistee News-Advocate.
Despite a hard fight put up, Harry
| Weiss. alias Molnar. OF Detroit.
charged with swindling Frank Farkas.
Muskegon Heights merchant. out of
81 500, was convicted in circuit court
Weiss fiapcee. Miss Mary Orban OF
Detroit. was overcome by the verdict.
The officers or the Copper Range
Mining company announce because
OF the advanced price at which cop.
per metal is selling bonus OF 20 per
i h.. los
on wages for March and April Con
tinuation OF the bonus payments be
yond April is probable If metal prices
keep up.
Court action to remove Atty w 5
/ Powers as conseryatOr for the Battle
Greek Building & Loan association
company's affairs was adjourned By
Judge George w. BridReman. OF Ben
/ ton Harbor. to enable him to attend
the funeral Of Mrs Hamilton. wife OF
Congressman Hamilton. at the Judges
home town.
The second suit In the House Of
David "love cult" OF which BENJAMIN
and Mary Purnell are the religious
heads, is on the circuit court oalen-
dar. the case being Mrs. Lena McFar-
lane. a former member OF the colony.
against Ernest McFarlane, still a
member. for divorce She charges she
was married on in wholesale set Of
marriages
Leo Dargus. in Jail at Menominee 3
months charged with the murder Of
stranger near Pembine in 1914.
which was supported by testimony Of
two Green Bay reformatory inmates.
has been freed. 1t having been shown
that the youths were lying Dargus
consoles himself by saying he is
lucky that he was not living in Europe
when the war broke out
To protect the trade name OF Grand
Rapids the Grand Rapids Furniture
Manufacturers association has start
ed suit in the United States district
court OF the northern district Of Ohio
eastern division, asking the court TO
enjoip and restrain a number OF Ohio
furniture concerns from selling furni
ture represented as being made in
Grand Rapids but made elsewhere
W. G. Simpson. Detroit engineer. is
Michigan's candidate for the Office Of
Republican dark horse presidential
nominee. Mr. Simpson appeared at the
state capitol with petitions bearing
l2O names. on forms which had been
originally prepared for Theodore
Roosevelt. That name was crossed of
and simpsons substituted. so that the
petitions were not wasted when word
came from Oyster Bay that the for
mer president did not wish to run
The department OF the Michigan at
torpey general began an Investiga-
tion into the affairs OF the ST. Ignace
Land & Development company in an
swer to a request from an Indian
apolis. Ind. widow who says she in.
vested $4,000 in the company whose
property is valued by the promoters
at 100000 and by the state at about
I $1,000 II Is admitted on all sides
that the investigation can reach no
end except 10 inform the widow to be
careful with her money
William ID. G. Germaine. who for
merly was mayor OF Traverse city, his
brother Charles and the latter's wife,
Bessie Germaine were arrested for
arson by Sheriff David Campbell and
two deputies. w ID. c. Germaine is
accused OF setting fire TO the house Of
hfo wife Ola Hutl Garnafna on tho