The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-08-24
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lied suddenly.
John Vass, charged with, desertior
from the Holland army, wasNarresteC
by federal officers at Kalamazoo.
Mrs. Clifford Edmonds, OF Midland
county, is in an Alma hospital as the
result of being shot while berrying.
The session of the joint meeting OF
the Michigan Pioneer and Historical
society and tie Keweenaw Historical
society was held at Houghton.
Over 10000 persons babe farewell
TO Company G., Thirty-second infantry
(the Muskegon rifies), when it started
on its trip to Grayling camp.
Many applications for exemption
from army service have been filed in
the first district of Oakland county
| too late to be accepted ty the board
Governor Sleeper has appointed a
committee to make a survey of the
dairy situation in Michigan as to cost
Of production and valuation of dairy
products.
Genesee county has decided to
build tuberculosis sanatorium "as
war measure" and Keweenaw coun-
ty has stopped plans for sanatorium
because Of the war"
After arranging every detail for his
| funeral even to the selection of a
casket and other articles, Porter Ker-
ouse went into his lunch room and
shot himself at Pontiac.
Judge H. s. Maynard, one of the
,est known Masons in Michigan,
grand lecturer of the Grand chapter,
r. A. NJ, Of Michigan, IS critically i'll
at his home in Charlotte.
e. Clarke Austin, former secretary
for Governor w. N. Ferris, resigned
as secretary of Battle Creeks Cham.
Der of Commerce to work for the
Nash Motor company at Lansing.
Elkland township, Tuscola county,
will unveil the Horatio S. Earle mon
ument at Cass City August "a as a
tribute to the living and an inspira-
ton to all active good roads men in
the state.
More than 100 mutes from northern
Michigan met at Traverse City at
Grace Episcopal church, where Rev.
B. r. Allabough, of Cincinnati, also a
mute, delivered sermon in the sign
language.
The state of Michigan has entered
the field for control of it's own coal
supply. 1t has demanded Of the coal
operators, coal brokers ind coal deal
ers, it's necessary quantity of coal for
winter use.
E. Corners of Clare, engineer on a
northbound freight on the Ann Arbor
railroad, stepped in front Of a south.
bound passenger train at Farwell and
was. thrown twenty feet. file was in
jured internally.
On the eve of his departure for
Grayling, George Bross, of Company
I, Thirty-first Michigan, has filed bill
for divorce from Gladys Hatfield
Bross, whom he married IN Grand
Rapids. June 80.
Enrolment at Alma college this
year is expected to be the largest in
the history Of the college. Only thirty
five students came under The nation
al army rulings and few of these were
taken in the first call.
At a special election September II
the voters of Hastings will decide
whether or not they want to appro-
pirate $4,000 for purchasing a modern
fire truck to replace the team which
has grown old in the service.
Cecil Thornton, twenty-five years
Old, was almost instantly killed while
at work in the quarry Of the Michigan
Limestone & Chemical Co., at Rogers
City. when two quarry trains came
together in a crash in dense fog.
Nine hundred members of the Grand
Rapids battalion, Thirty-second regi-
ment, Michigan national guard, de-
parted for Grayling. Every place of
business and every factory III the city
closed for one hour during the parade.
Although there is great increase
in acreage, the Michigan bean crop
this year is expected to total little
more than that Of other years, accord
ing to a special report on beans issued
by the food preparedness committee.
Governor Sleeper informed COM
mittee of citizens from Maccmb coun-
ty that he would look To Sheriff Hart
way to enforce the law against gam
bling in connection with the proposed
running races at Mt Clemens next
week.
The Alma city council has voted to
submit three bonding propositions to
voters at q special election August
81. One will be to bond for $4,000 for
one for $4,000 for paving and
enc for $4,000 for water riant and
mains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nose Rosenberg, of
Conrith and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ro-
senberg, of Caledonia, we're instantly
l.illed near Caledonia when their auto
was run down by the Detroit-bound
Wolverine passenger OF The Michigan
Central railroad.
DR.. A. B. Carson, twenty-eight years
old, of Tawas, died at a sanitarium at
after an illness of sew
eral months following a nervous
breakdown. DR.. Carson was a graduate