The Yale expositor., 1917-01-18

if taken hold of by the business men,
VIM. Lennon, of Capac, and Henry
Hacking, of Croswell, have gone to
California to visit relatives and see the
country.
Cass City has been assured q milk
condensory if sufficient number OF
cows can be secured from the surround
ing farmers.
The ladies of the Research Club in
Marlette are talking strongly of library
for their town and when the ladies talk
strongly, look for results.
George Williamson, a we'll known
farmer of Buel township, Sanilac
county, died last week after long suffer
ing from cancer of the throat.
1t is reported that G. 4. English,
publisher of the Bad Axe Tribune has
an option on the plant of the Indepen-
dent and will merge the two papers.
A Civic Improvement League has
been organized by Snover citizens and
officers elected. The organization will
be called the Shower Seryice League.
At the Capac Farmers Institute last
week, many signatures were received
to petition for the returning Of the
county agriculturist for another year
Mrs. John II. Brody, mother of the
first white girl born in Grant township,
Huron county, died at her home in
Cass City last week, nearly S3 years of
age.
There seems to be plenty of thieving
in the country. John Bennett loses
two small dressed pigs and Fred Klus-
endorf, new double harness and four
blankets. Both are Sanilac county
farmers.
Water from the flowing well on the
Husel farm in China township, is now
being bottled and placed on sale by the
st. Clair Crystal Rock Water company
with Andrew Husel as chief mover in
the project.
A new building is being put up by
the Diamond Crystal Salt Company in
st. Clair, which one building will make
600 barrels of salt in one day, which
will increase the production of the plant
about one-fifth.
Francis Xavier Shackett, one Of Ma
rine City's oldest residents, born In
New Brunswick in 1888 and living in
Marine City since 1841, died last week.
He was the father of fourteen children,
only four now living.
The Inlay City Business Mems
Association elected L. +. Holden as its
president for the coming year. The
Association raised the sum of $4,000
during the past year for the promotion
of community welfare.
During the last season thirteen yes
sells were wrecked on the lakes and in
cluding cargo, the loss is estimated at
$750,000. The loss of lives was mnch
greater in 1916 than in 1915, one hun.
dred and forty being the total for 1916
and eleven for 1915.
A peculiar incident was this in which
father and son were injured in the same
manner. While unloading ice James
Whalen of Peck was thrown from the
wagon by the tongs slipping and was
badly bruised about the body. just a
few moments later and the same acci-
dent happened to his son, who was
thrown from the wagon and his arm
broken.
While Emma Cahours, whose home
is in st. Clair, was working In Detroit,
she was going to her stopping place one
evening, after making visit, when an
auto stopped at the curb near her and
the driver asked her to go for ride.
Upon her refusal, he sprang out and
tried to force her into the machine. A
passer.by beat the man off and took
Miss Cahours to her house. She is now
In st. Clair suffering convulsions and
blind spells and seems not to know
what she is doing. 1t is sad case.