The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-03-30
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school at Brown City because of scar
let fever
The two year old daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Christian Biers. living just
outside Montague, was burned to
Ieath.
George McGinnis, thirty years old.
Of Pinconning, attempted to hang him.
self with his undershirt in the police
station.
Burton s. Tisdale, forty-two years
old, died at Monroe He was a Spanish
war veteran and a member of the
Knights of Pythias.
Voters of Cadillac will vote April 2
on proposition to bond the city for
a 100000 school building in Harris
town, division of the city.
Farmers of Oakland county deny
that there has been any "hoarding Of
potatoes" despite such reports from
the northern part of the state.
| Albert Schmidt, who drove his. au-
tomobile into farmers buggy injur-
ing three occupants, paid a fine of
$50 in the police court at Saginaw.
Harry Adams, negro porter on the
Delta Tau Delta fraternity house, at
Ann Arbor, has been taken to the con-
tagious hospital suffering with small.
pox.
The Thomas-Read bill inaugurating
the Torrens system Of land transfers
was reported out favorably by the
state affairs committee of the house.
Despite the efforts of the "early
closing" advocates in house and sen.
| ate, the legislature does not appear
to be in position to cease its active
labors Mar. 81.
Arthur Cook, four year old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Cook, was drowned
in Maple river at Pellston when he
coasted down the embankment and
out over the river into swift current.
Fifty-five students of Kalamazoo COL
lege refused to continue the study of
the German language following an
nouncement at the institution that u
boats had sunk three American YES
sells.
Determination to restore the Dun.
ham house at Manistee, which was
burned, was made at a meeting of
Board of Commerce officials at which
the Manistee Hotel company was or
ganized.
Police are puzzled as to what charge
to bring against e. L. Smith, thirty
years old, of Montrose, who was ar.
rested suffering from chloroform
jag, said to be the latest wrinkle in
arid territory.
Sheriff Dornbos at Grand Haven
shot and killed an unidentified man
who he alleges was one of band of
robbers who for the lest several
months have been robbing cottages
at Highland Park.
c. H. Worcester, of Chicago, presi-
dent Of the Worcester Lumber com.
papy, notified the Chassell school
board his intention to donate a $4,000
school building to replace the one
burned last winter.
The Saginaw common council in a
special session Endorsed the bill in the
state Legislature. placing a heavy pen.
atty on any person or firm dumping
coal tar or its by-products in the Sag
NAV river or its tributaries.
Kenneth Hill, thirty-one years old,
farmer living two and one-half miles
from WATERFOWL Center, Clinton coun.
ty, was shot and killed and Cecil
Reuse. thirty years old, hired man,
is held on a charge of murder.
Frank d. Carleton former Port
Huron bank official. has returned af.
ter thirty-one months service in the
British army. He was invalided home
and came over on the first hospital
ship to reach Halifax from Liverpool
A Hastings court jury has convicted
Leslie Powers, son of a Battle Creek
lawyer, Of burglary. Powers was ar
rested last fall with two other men on
a charge of stealing an automobile
from the garage of merchant in AS
syria township.
Furnishing food at cost has proved
a successful experiment in the high
school lunchroom at Pontiac. The
school authorities opened the room
nearly two years ago to provide noon
day food for students at or as near.
cost price as possible.
The butchers and grocers of Grand
Rapids are holding a food show this
week and Deputy State Pure Food In
spector William j. Nickel each night
is explaining to the women visitors the
various tricky and fake weights and
false measures that have been used
The naval bill, which makes the
Michigan hawai- militia conform to the
requirements of the United States gov.
eminent in the public defense act of
1916, was introduced into the legisla.
ture by Representative Charles Cul.
yer, of Detroit, chairman of the mill
tary committee.
Chicago land sneaulators, who are
accused of buying up worthless tracts
In Northern Michigan and selling
them to prospective settlers, were at.
tackled during the debate in the house
on the Wiley bill which provides for a
scientific soil survey of all unim-
proved agricultural lands.
For the first time in the history of
Kalamazoo, mayor who has held the
office two terms will seek reelection.
Mayor ]. B, Balch, refeated for renom.