The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-15
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

Schools in Waldron were closed be-
cause OF lack of coal.
Port Huron grocers have adopted
cash system and eliminated tele-
phone orders and deliveries.
Otto Goss, Big Rapids, II years old,
shot his right hand off while pulling
the gun over a fence by the muzzle.
Thugs lured George Hall from his
farm near Greenville, by news of a
sick horse, waylaid, beat and robbed
him.
A campaign has been inaugurated
at Pontiac for tobaccoless day, TO
provide additional tobacco for soldiers
at the front.
Governor Sleeper believes the wo-
mans suffrage proposition will be put
to a vote in Michigan, possibly at the
next election.
Miss Helen Millar, of Manistique,
aged Is. has canned 227 quarts of vege-
tables and fruits. This is an official
record for the state.
A barn belonging to N. II. Winans
and Son, Lansing milk-dealers, contain
ing $50 tons of hay and the seasons
crop OF corn and oats, burned at a loss
of $4,000.
Joseph Pieper, Detroit. was killed
when his automobile overturned be-
tween Utica and Disco. His son,
Frank, and Joseph Zewieskie, Of De-
troit, were injured.
Rev. e. ]. Nest of the Lutheran
church, at Blissfield, while standing
on chair attempting to lower a win
dow in his church, fell and sustained
serious internal injuries.
Daniel A. Reed. managing director
of Flint Board of Commerce, now di.
recting publicity for the food pledge
campaign. will go to France soon on
special government mission.
George Maxi, 8, of Kinross, near
Sault Ste. Marie, is carrying a bullet
in his abdomen with apparently no
discomfort. The boy was playing with
gun when it was accidentally dis
charged.
Michigan state troops. have been as
signed to guard power dams about the
state following the suspicious destruc-
ton of two such structures at Ira
verse City.
While trying to save his brother
from losing his hand while saving
wood, Henry Kinds, a former near
Bad Axe, suffered injuries to his right
hand which necessitated amputation
above the wrist.
AS the result of quiet Investigations
made by the Michigan war prepared
ness board, $267.59, which had been
paid out to dependents Of soldiers who
are not entitled to receive state aid,
has been repaid to the fund.
C. E. Huntington, 81 years old,
familiar figure in Eaton Rapids for
80 years, was injured when he fell
from a silo on the Daniel Ball farm,
east of the city. He fell 20 feet, break
ing both legs at the knee and ankle.
The first deer hunting accident of
the season in Delta county was record
ed when George Miller, lumber job
Der at Lathrop, near Escanaba, walked
into a rifle trap set to shoot deer. The
shot penetrated his hip. He will re-
cover.
A new departure, a community
chorus" is being organized in Royal
Oak with singers from Royal Oak,
Ferndale, Birmingham and surround.
ing communities. The first produc-
ton given will be The Messiah" at
Christmas, with cast of so voices.
Steve Longer, of Flint, was arrested
by Pere Marquette detective charged
with stealing so pounds of coal valued
at twenty cents from the railroad right
of way When Justice Tanner was
told Longens son had been run down
by a Pere Marquette train sometime
ago and lost his foot, he released the
prisoner.
Grant SlOcum, head OF the Cleaner
organization, has wired Food Director
Hoover that organized Cleaners in
Michigan are prepared to take over
elevators which refuse to handle beans
on reasonable price basis this fall to
eliminate spectators who are now
alleged to be bearing" the market 10
point below actual cost OF produc-
ton.
Members Of the industrial bureau OF
the Detroit Board of Commerce are
making an investigation to ascertain
the number of factories in Detroit
which have equipment for the man
ufacture az munitions. They will also
seek to determine the amount OF
munitions which can be produced and
submit the information to the govern
ment which is now endeavoring TO
place contracts here.
Six hundred twenty-one Michigan
doctors have enlisted for army SER
vice. according to a report read before
the Michigan State Medical society
at Grand Rapids by DR.. Reuben Pc
terson of Ann Arbor. This number
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