The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-11-22
MICHIGAN news BRIEFS

ern front in France.
Muskegon county farmers have APP
piled for S250,000 in loans through the
federal farm loan association.
Boy and girl potato growers OF the
upper peninsula held their first an
nual convention at Crystal Falls.
C. A. Seleck, 40 years old, of Port
land, was fatally injured in an auto
mobile accident at Grand Rapids.
State employees do not have to pay
the federal tax on railroad tickets,
which will save the state $4,000 a
year.
II. w. Loud & Sons are opening a
planning and saw mill at West Branch.
Between 80 and 40 men will be en-
ployed.
Luce county raised its apportion-
ment to the Y. NJ. c. A. war camp
fund before the campaign was formal.
ly opened.
William Hasse. rs years old, Detroit,
was killed instantly when he fell
from a tree which he was trimming
in the front yard of his home.
The operating plant of the Michigan
Fertilizer Co., near Greenville, burned
to the ground. The loss is estimated
at $4,000, covered by insurance.
Pensions have been granted in the
state as follows; Mary e. Blachly,
s25; Martha M. Pentler, Stanton, $25;
Mary Josephine Currier, Algonac, $25.
Edward Ganthiers, 10 years old, Of
the Michigan School for the Deaf, at
Flint, was fined $50 for whipping an
other pupil while acting as monitor
of a class.
Great Romalia, of Traverse City,
charged with having killed 26 muskrats
out of season, was apprehended by
Game Warden Bostick and is now serv-
ing 30 days in Jail.
Three Michigan boys fighting with
the Canadians in France are reported
wounded. They are: e. e. Gold, De-
triot; H. r. Spencer, Calumet and
Lance Corporal c. H. Bloomfield,
Rochester.
Bay City's meanest thief stole a
stamp vending box which the local
chapter of the Red Cross had placed
in the Pere Marquette passenger sta
ton, smashed the glass and took It's
supply of nickels.
Martin Brigham, sc years old, is the
champion Bureau Brummel of Sagi-
nav county. He resides in Chesaning
and attained his record through his
marriage to Eulia B. Warmer, 81
years old, of Clermont, Ind.
One man was killed and three SER
iously injured when their automobile
was struck by a Grand Trunk train at
the unguarded crossing at Caniff ave-
nue. at the Detroit-Hamtramck bound
airy. The car and men were hurled 20
feet by the force of the collision.
The Burtch Light & Power plant at
Wayland, which furnished illumination
for streets and stores, having been
forced to quit because of the coal
famine, business men of Wayland have
arranged to buy the plant and run it
as the Wayland Citizens Light com
pany
Over 100 ship-carpenters from St
Clair, Marine City and Port Huron
have left for France. They have been
employed by the Stewart Contracting
Co., of New York, which has govern
ment orders to build derrick scows and
lighters in France to unload ocean
liners.
NTovor Arn+ Ir1Iifeon ne MuakaOon
is acting as fish salesman at the city
hall, in an attempt to reduce living
costs. He buys fish from fishermen
and sells them at 10 cents pound be-
low the market price. Half of the mu.
nicipal building has been turned over
to him as a fish room
The Saginaw Retail Merchants as.
ISOLATION wired the state and
national fuel administrators and Michi-
gan railway commission for aid in
bringing relief in the curtailment of
Pere Marquette service, which, it is
declared, has resulted in stagnation
of passenger and freight traffic, caus-
ing injury to business interests in
Saginaw.
Two Flint women were attacked by
the same man within a few hours,
both being beaten, bound and gagged
Mrs. Charles Thomas was dragged
to a shed in the rear of her house
where she fell unconscious. Miss
Nina Black, boarder at the home of
Mrs. Thomas sister, was the other
victim. Both women gave the police
good descriptions of the man.
The Eastern Michigan Tourist and
Resort association, to boom the ad.
vantages of Eastern Michigan, through
national advertising and publicity, was
formed at Bay City by representatives
of motoring clubs and trade boards OF
Detroit, Saginaw, Port Huron, Alpena,
Mt. Clemens, Grayling, Oscoda, East
Tawas, Millersburg, oxford and Bity
City. The new body covers 81 coun-
ties, including the east half of the
state from the Straits to the Ohio