The Yale expositor., 1917-03-22
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

Il
1850 damage, IL was reported at the
annual meeting of the Northern For
est Protective association at Mar
quette.
Montcalm county now boasts SO
miles of state reward road on which
1t has received in state bounties $780,
591, or about $3.50 for each dollar 1t
has paid the state. Considerable new
road is to be built
T. v. Stephens. Cadillac's city man.
ager, has offered all unusued city
property, so acres of land, to residents
for vegetable gardens or potato patch
es. Stephens is interesting owners
of vacant lots and it is probable 200
acres of gardens will be planted un-
der the direction of the city.
Two score Muskegon county farmers,
all of whom desire to take Advantage
of the federal farm loan act, enabling
them to borrow money from farmer
loan banks at lower rates of interest
than they are now paying, met and
organized the Muskegon National
Farm Loan association, the first of
its kind in western Michigan. An ap-
plication for federal charter was
forwarded.
Northern Michigan's largest wood
en- hen" will soon be in operation at
Cadillac, local produce company hav-
ing ordered an incubator feet wide
and 76 feet long, with capacity of
10000 eggs. The plan is to raise
chicks for the farmers of this section
Of the state, each to furnish his own
eggs, or order them through the pro
duce company from selected fiocks in
other counties.
Noticing a large bird soaring about
the carcass of calf in his fathers
field, Clinton Springer, IL years old,
Chesaning township set trap near
by. Within a few minute the trap
had closed on the legs of the bird,
which proved to be bald-headed
Rocky Mountain eagle, measuring
eight feet from tip to tip. 1t is be-
lievcd that the bird escaped from some
park, as he is accustomed to people.
President H. B. Hutchins, of the
University of Michigan, has received
a letter from a young man, 22 years
old, living in Turkey, who wants to
enter the University of Michigan.
For the first time IN Michigan a
herd OF cows will be given
the Pasteur treatment. The herd is
owned by George Newell, of Burnips
Corners, and is composed of full
blooded Holsteins. 1t will cost about
$25 each to treat the COWS.
DR.. j. S. Donald, veterinary sur
geon, and Felix Guoan, proprietor of
the Hotel Royal, at Bay
City narrowly escaped drown
ing when they attempted to
cross an arm of the Saginaw bay
with an automobile. The machine
broke through the fee when about
500 yards from shore and went to the
bottom. Both men barely managed
to crawl out on the ice, thoroughly
drenched. An effort will be made to
recover the machine.
Muskegon residents who have been
lodging collectors by changing their
residence will be tripped up on this
scheme hereafter. The city ordinance
requiring all the teamsters to regis
ter with the chief OF police each Mon
day the names Of everyone whom
they have moved the preceding week,
except retail merchants, has just be-
come effective. The police will in
form merchants desiring to know the
whereabouts of any debtors who have
moved. The ordinance was adopted
at the request of local merchants who
feel there are altogether too many
tenants lodging bills.
Gobleville Is to have municipal
water works. The proposition 70
bond the village for $4,000 for the
construction OF a plant was carried
with 4-to-1 majority.
Mrs. John A. Damon, wife OF Sen
ator John A. Damon, died at the
home OF her mother In Chicago. Mrs.
Damon went to Chicago several days
ago to visit her mother. who was Ill.
Six hundred employees OF the Bar
deem Paper Co. at Otsego, one OF the
largest in the world, walked out when
they were refused 20 per cent In
crease in wages. They were offered
a 10 per cent increase.
Mistaking a bottle or poison for a
mixture prescribed by physician.
Mrs. Delos Storey, of Marysville. gave
her 3-year-old daughter the poison.
The mistake was instantly discovered
and a hurried call Of physicians re-
suited in saving the child's life.
The Cosmopolitan club of the Uni
versity of Michigan will tour the state
during the spring vacation to ac
quaint the club members with manu-
featuring conditions in Michigan.
Sixty members of the club, repre-
senting 32 nationalities, will make
the trip this year, which includes
stops at Lansing, Muskegon, Grand
Rapids, Battle Creek and Detroit.