The Yale expositor., 1917-06-21
MICHIGAN news BRIEFS

ternoon trains between Jackson and
Fort Wayne.
One OF Armada's landmarks, the
Green Hotel, erected In 1914, has been
torn down to provide space for the
erection OF a garage
All four boy graduates OF the Far
mington high school this year are
members of the Michigan National
Guard, having recently enlisted.
Andrew Robinson, 55 years old. of
Fremont, was killed at Croswell when
lightning struct a barn in which he
had taken refuge from the storm.
K. ]. East, of Traverse City, 20 years
old, received $3.50 for blowing 1853
home garden plots and Immediately
invested the money in Liberty bonds.
Judge Arthur j. futile, of the Uni
ted States district court, at Detroit,
has issued an order dismissing the
Pere Marquette railroad from receiver
ship.
Frost damaged beans. corn and ear
ly potatoes in low lands in Wexford
and nearby counties, an investigation
revealed. One-fourth of these plants
in this district, it is estimated, were
killed.
Inmates of the Michigan state pris-
on at Jackson invested $4,000 cash in
the Liberty loans. officers and men
collectively bought S33,700 of the
bonds. The inmates also have sub
scribed $470 to the Red Cross.
Earl Graham, of Port Huron, IA
years old, while cleaning his new %
caliber rifle, accidentally discharged
a shell which he had been ejecting.
The bullet struck his mother, Mrs.
Ben Wolvin, who died 10 minutes la.
ter.
A S2.000.O00 road building program
is jeopardized by a suit started against
State Highway Commissioner Rogers
by Arthur P. Loomis of Ionia. This
road in question is to run from Ionia
to Saranac, and will get state re-
ward. This, LOOMS claims, is uncon-
stitutional by that it interferes with
local self-government.
Because of the backward season
this year beans planted up to July
will be all right" said w. J. Orr, a
member of the food preparedness
board, which is urging farmers to con-
tinue planting beans until then. Usual
ly the season for planting beans ends
June Is. A borreau spray is recon-
mended to kill anthrocnose and blight
Five thousand Flint men from all
walks of life engaged in what is said
to have been the biggest cooperative
enterprise ever undertaken by an Am
erican city-the building of munich
pal athletic stadium and military drill
field The men worked in two-hour
relays, 1000 men to a shift, divided
into 20 gangs, each under the direc-
ton of an engineer.
Leo Thomarowski, of Detroit, %
years old, and his bride of a few
months, Beatrice, "a, were instantly
killed when they were struck by Pom
tiac car on Woodward avenue, between
the Six-mile and Seven-mile roads.
The couple was walking along the
southbound tracks and stepped onto
the northbound tracks when south
bound car approached. The interur-
ban hurled both of them consider
able distance from the rails and when
the crew of the car picked them up
they were dead.
Mayor John l.. Black, David Fitz.
gibbons, X. H. Hubbard, and John NJ.
Gleason, a committee representing the
citizens of Port Huron, presented med
ais to the members of Company G,
Thirty-third regiment, at Fort Wayne
! in recognition of their service on the
Mexican border.
Battle Creek workers have begun to
obtain leases from the hundreds of
owners of the four camp sites which
will be offered to army officials for
the cantonment to be located there.
Ten dollars an acre will be paid for
the land the first year with IS an acre
for each succeeding year.
This year, for the first time in the
history of Hillsdale high school, there
was no sartorial competition among
graduating femininity. inexpensive
Peter Pan (sailor) suits Of white, with
black ties, were worn by the gradu.
ates. Many made their own costumes.
This attire was decided upon as war
time economy.
Fred Vincent, whose home was In
Cadillac and who was employed in
Midland, celebrated his thirty-sixth
birthday by taking an automobile ride
with two acquaintance. When on the
Bay City road mile east Of Midland
the machine went into a ditch, turned
completely over and all three were in
jured. Vincent died. He was mar
ried.
Through the Canadian military au'
thorities the University of Michigan
has virtually secured Capt. Martin OF
Winnipeg to give instruction in mill.
tary science and tactics. He will take
charge OF the military drill of the So
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