The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-11-24
Michig a n
Happenings

BOyne City.-BusineSS places "eIe
| closed here. and every available per-
SON harvesting potatoes and beans.
Albion--Girl students are receiving
military training from Maj. Bennett,
who has been drilling the male stu
dents at Albion college.
Port Huron--The Chamber Of Com
merce OF this city has appointed
committee to protest to Gov. Sleeper
and the railroad commission against
the curtailing of Pere Marquette SER
vice out OF this city.
Flint-Thc alien problem has
proved a big stumbling block in the
work Of the second district draft
board. Out of approximately 1000
men called for the first draft, 200 were
| Of foreign birth, physically qualified
and without dependents. yet exempted
| because aliens, although citizens of
| entente nations.
Traverse City-The Traverse City.
Leelanau &c Manistique railroad will
| not be junked as result Of conces-
| sions made by state officials II will
| continue operations by payment OF ST.
| 500 in back taxes. 1t will be assessed
| at $25 900 instead of the original figure
| OF 100000. Back taxes were $4,000
and the road lost $4,000 this year be-
cause of them. II Is the only line in
Leelanau county.
Jackson-One man was killed and
| two narrowly escaped death when a
gravel bank on which they were work
| ing caved in. The men were loading
| wagon with gravel. Clayton Polling
and Bert Hauser were completely
buried in the. slide and Samuel Up
dyke was partly covered. Hauser was
dug out within few minutes. 1t was
nearly half an hour before the body
of Polling was reached and although
| pulmotor was used, he did not re-
| cover.
Ann Arbor--Presiden Hutchins OF
ceipt Of letter from A. p. Stokes, vice
president of Yale university and u
member OF the executive staff Of the
American University Union in France,
saying that the Royal hotel In Paris,
the home of the Union, had already
proven itself too small to accommo-
date the Americans fighting with the
Allies, and that additional accommoda-
lions were already being negotiated
for. The Union was opened October
goth.
Rothbury-His axe slipping while he
was cutting wood, Charles Auborn al
most cut his foot from his leg.
Port Huron-Half of the city telsr
phones were put out OF commission
because OF cable under Black river
being broken by a dredge shovel. A
diver made repairs.
Flint-Figures compiled on receipts
from the war tax ON theatre tickets for
the first three days the law was In
effect indicate Flint theatre-goers will
pay 100000 year In this manner.
Benton Harbor--The state war
board has an investigator here looking
into Berrien county claims for relief
Officers have been drawing from the
funds which are only for dependents
of enlisted men.
Albion--Architects are preparing
plans for the Carnegie library, which
will be constructed here in. the spring
Through the efforts OF Albion women,
a $4,000 appropriation was obtained
for the library.
Pontiac Arrangements are being
made TO form committees in Milford,
Holly, Royal Oak, Rochester, Oxford
Gagetown and Orion to conduct the
knights Of Columbus campaign for
funds to finance the $3,000,000 program
of the order in camp activities.
Calumet-Ralph +. Evely, %, was
drowned at Wakefield while skating on
small lake in company with Ole
Olson. Evely dropped into a hole in
the ice.
Charlotte Military training has
been introduced in the high school
Albion--A night school for foreign
ers will be opened in the high school.
Maple Rapids-Cyrus Waldron shot
off one of his tos when his gun with
which he had been hunting was acct
dentally discharged.
JOfH
directed 500 tons OF coal from the
water works supply TO the municipal
coal yard 20 relsve the crisis.
Pontiac--Joseph Bomsaro, arrested
here as deserter from the national
army, was about to be turned over to
federal officers when It was discovered
that he was wanted in Toledo on q
charge OF murder.
Maniste-Four men escaped serious
injuries when an automobile driven
by William Bailey, OF Benzonia,
plunged through fence down a five
foot embankment and somersaulted
80 feet into a swamp.
Saginaw-Miners and operators Of
the Michigan district are now work
ing on penalty clause OF their wage
scale. The miners have accepted the
Washington scale, although they asked
for 10 cents more a ton for leaders.
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