The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09
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Light refreshments took the plac'
of the roast at the annual barbecue q
the NJ. A. c., as conservation
measure.
The Rev. Fl. w. Jerette of Plainwel
has opened 4 free employment burea,
to provide help for farmers to harves
their bean and potato crops.
Thousands of acres OF unharvestet
beans were covered by snow las
week, according to reports received
from towns in the upper part Of the
lower peninsula.
| "A campaign is on In Genesee county
for $4,000 for the Y. M. c. A.. $4,000
for the Y. w. C. A. hostess homes
fund and $4,000 the war camp 70
creation fund
| Mrs. Geo. Wallace, who lives near
Cadillac took her first tr0In ride In 4e
years last week. =. Mrs. Wallace has
lived on the same farm since 1871.
She drives an automobile to market.
The railroad trip was taken to Big
Rapids. 4o'}e4IsT a6T ierife,ltr
Bayard 8. Starke, superintendent of
the Robert Gage Coal Co. mine at st.
Charles was killed by falling timber.
Starke was overseeing the raising of
a tipple when a gin pole broke, falling
timber striking the superintendent,
killing him instantly.
James N. Mcbride, state director of
markets, is recommending to growers
Of beans that they save all of their
crop which may have been frosted. It
Is probable, he said. that an outlet
for them will be found abroad. Il is
hoped to establish special grade Of
frosted stock that will eliminate the
expense of picking and realize their
food value.
Preliminary work Is under way for
construction of an enormous manufac.
turing plant for Dodge Bros. at De-
troit. The plant 10 to occupy a site
Of 40 acres and 10 to be used In the
manufacture Of products essential to
the governments success In war. II IL
expected II will be ready for operation
early next spring and will employ
about 5000 men.
Elmer waAlmann, Of Ishpemins,
son OF Mayor J. N. Wahlmann, died
Of poisoning which he contracted at
football game.
Arthur Hess, too poor to buy . tick
NJ wa1koh fro-, po~nr~ "a Ma rfn>ffn
~ miles. to enlist in the army. only
to be rejected for nat feet.
There were S.2S7 deaths and 1895
births In Michigan in September.
Wayne county led In births with q
rate Of 4s.3 per 1000 population.
Although rain in many places inter.
fered with the food conservation cam.
paign, canvassers pledged numerous
housewives in all parts Of the state.
e.. L. e. Teistler. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Emmett Teistler, Of Belmont, who last
sring enlisted in the navy, was killed
in an accident on shipboard in New
York.
A girl, weighing IL pounds, ar
rived at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Berrien Hart, of Albion The baby is
normal in every other respect, and is
thriving.
The Port Huron Gas & Electric Co.
threatens to close its plant following
the refusal Of citizens to grant 1t an
increase from IS cents to 81 per thou
sand cubic feet.
w. J. Orr, of Saginaw, chairman of
the national bean committee, has been
invited to Washington to take charge
Of importations and study world con-
ditions as they affect this CROP
Nine persons were injured, one ser. |
iously, when two interurbans came to-
gether in head-on collision just north |
Of Kalamazoo on the Grand Rapids.
railway. The wreck was
the result of a misinterpretation Of or
ders on the part of the crews. officials
say.
Derne Shafer was arrested in the |
church at Flint on q
charge Of desertion from the Cana.
dian army. Shafer, had been sleeping
under the rostrum of the church and
had broken into the kitchen and eaten
lunch prepared for the Young Peoples
society.
The cost of heating the various state
last year, inclusive of the
capitol building, was $436,800.59, &C.
cording to figures comiled by Auditor
General Fuller At the prevailing
prices of coal 1t is believed that the !
cost of coal this year will be nearly
double the cost of 1916.
Raising $50 bushels of potatoes on a
single acre of ground. Jules Van Dam.
ne, farmer of st. Nicholas colony, a
'ew miles from Escanaba, holds what
s believed to be a record for potato
production in this vicinity. The acre
vas accurately measured. Five hun.
lred bushels of the potatoes were
and sold for 81 bushel.
Thirty.fve passengers on the steam.
n Rising Sun, which is owned by the
House of Dayid colony at Benton Har.
Dor and is used to transport freight