The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-06-14
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

IN tne next W days. This was Qeclueu
upon at the annual conclave Of the
grand commandery at Kalamazoo. The
hospital unit will be composed Of 81
Knights Templar.
CONSUMPTION will leave Michigan
with a shortage of male teachers, ac-
cording to Fred L. Keeler, superin-
tendent of public instruction. Mr.. Keel
er says most OF the men are between
Fl and 80, and because of the small
pay few are married.
All roads are to lead to Muskegon
June 20 to %, the days of the state
convention of Elks. Road signs are
posted between Detroit, Grand Rapids,
and a number OF the larger cities and
Muskegon, in preparation for the trips
Of hundreds of members of the lodge.
Three hundred of the $50 people
who live in Vermontville belong to the
Red Cross.
Jew Young, young Chinaman who
runs a laundry at Durand, walked nine
miles to Corunna to register for mill
tary duty.
A few hours before Gov. Sleeper
could get pardon papers made out for
him. Herbert Casey died in Ionia re-
formatory.
G. N. Mason, Chesaning banker, sold
his 52O-acre farm near that village for
$50 900 and invested most of it in Lib
erty bonds.
The Russian jews of Shiawassee
county, about rs in number, met in
Durand and pledged themselves to buy
liberty bonds.
Burglars entered six stores at Nc
Bride and stole S117. A reward Of
500 was offered for information lead
ing to their arrests.
Gloria Peacock, years old, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Peacock, of
Corunna, fell on the sidewalk and died
of conclusion of the brain.
Every man in Marine City-240 in
number-who registered for the Sc
lective draft, was given a fine dinner
at banquet arranged by Marine City
business men.
AS a result of the time lock on the
big vault In the Romeo Savings bank
getting out Of order, employees were
unable to open the vault for "a hours.
Business was suspended.
H. N. Chute, for so years head of
the physics department of the Ann
Arbor high school, Canadian, took
out his final citizenship papers last
week. His first were taken out in
1886.
Michigan's war board has been ask
ed to go into the road building bust
ness. Mt. Clemens has asked 1t to
build a stretch of concrete road from
that city to Joy aviation field. 1t
would cost from 100000 to $4,000.
Highland Park village shows the
highest percentage of exemption
claims Of any state district. OF 4,702
white citizens who registered, 1854
asked exemption. Twenty-seven out of
80 colored citizens claimed releases.
Twenty-one young Indians from the
Mt. Pleasant Indian school have en-
listed in Co. F. Saginaw regiment of
the Thirty-third regiment, NJ. N. G.,
coming to Saginaw In a body for this
purpose.
while driving home cars for a gar
age at Marshall, Carl Schafer and
Charles Weatherwax were seriously in
jured just west of Dexter, when they
were hit by a tornado which turned
both autos upside down.
Hog cholera has been discovered in
Saginaw and Chesaning townships ac-
In one herd, Sc hogs had
to be sold for soap grease. Mr.. Robin
son has reported the cases to the
state officials and close watch is
being kept of all herds.
Wander-Merbelle Hengerveld, worlds
champion Holstein COW, owned by e.
lie Roy PelIetier, OF Detroit, has been
sold for $4,000, the highest price
ever paid for a COW. She and her two
sons, one Is months old, the other
months old, sold for $27 1900. J. F.
Shanahan and associates of Buffalo,
N. y, we're the buyers.
Mrs. Minnie Chapman, wealthy
Rochester woman, left her roadster
with brakes off, in her driveway. The
car started, ran 500 feet across the
street and down a steep embankment
into a deep swale. 1t took gang Of
men and a team OF horses six hours
to get the car out. Aside from
broken wheel, the automobile was I'M
injured.
Carrying $4,000. a portion of the pay
roll for acts working at the Temple
theatre. Detroit, Charles G. Williams,
manager of the house, was held up.
robbed and badly beaten by three high
waymen in the alley back of the thea
tire, while hundreds OF pedestrians
we're passing but few feet away on
brilliantly lighted Monroe avenue and
Farmer street, and while policemen
walked their beats within hailing dis