The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

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Tuscola county supervisors will e.
tablish a county agricultural agent.
Muskegon leads the state In proper
tional recruiting. Since July 1 there
have been 1858 voluntary enlistments.
Commonwealth Power Co. of Manis.
tee has appealed to mayors of all its
points in western Michigan for more
coal. II its plants close. all important
Industries will be tied up.
Howard c. Burnham. of Flint, ar.
rested at Pittsburg, offered to go to
war rather than support his wife. He
was sent to Ionia. from where his pris-
On wages will come to his wife.
Three Kalamazoo schools. st. Jos.
eph's Catholic. Portage and Lake
street buildings, were closed upon or.
der of the health department, after II
had been discovered that there were
40 cases OF diphtheria in the south
eastern part of the city.
The annual report of Mine Inspector
Alfred James to the Houghton county
board OF supervisors shows that In the
year ending September 80, As men
were killed in the mines of Houghton
county, out Of 1923 men employed.
The percentage of fatalities is .OO29,
the highest since 1913.
The body Of a man, decomposed be-
yOnd recognition, was found at Iron
Mountain in clump of bushes by two
boys. The skull had been crushed, his
coat had been dragged over his head.
1t is believed he was murdered. Moth.
ing OF value was found In his cloth.
ing. The condition of the body indi.
Gates it had laid there for months.
A movement for tuberculosis sani-
tarium in Oakland county in conjunc-
ton with one or more neighboring
counties has been started. A commit
tee of Pontiac women took up the sub
ject with the supervisors. Steps must
be taken at once II the sanitarium il
to be equipped to care for soldiers re-
turning from Europe who are affected
with tuberculosis.
VI. ~. MSGco, VI lOuid, 10 IcpOEtou
wounded In the Canadian casualty
lists.
Seven men, 80 per cent Of the post
Office force of Menominee, have been
called to the colors.
Judge Frederick, of Sault Ste. Marie,
has sentenced ROlla Duncan, motor
cycle speeder, never to ride motor.
cycle again.
preme court the decision OF Judge
Weimer that the 75-cent gas ordinance
is invalid. The circuit court says Mich
igan cities have no power to fix water
or gas rates.
The Dixie highway between Flint
and Mt. Morris for seven miles has
been completed and soon will be open
to travel. Work will start next at the
Mt Morris northern limits and con-
tinue to Pine Run.
With favorable action on part of
Menominee and Dickinson county sup
ervisors, tricounty tuberculosis SAM
tarium will be erected in the upper
peninsula This was the decision of
the Delta county supervisors. Plans
call for expenditure of 100000.
In the past year Detroit chapter of
the Red Cross has received 1925 ,286.9S
and has expended $315,472.13, accord
ing to the report of Treasurer Emory
w. Clark. made at the annual meeting
of the chapter. More than 10000 peo-
pie are members of the organization.
Faunus, Menominee county, is the
scene Of the first Michigan hunting
fatality this year. John Schout, II
years old. was mistaken for bear and
shot by Frank Stebbins. Schout and
his two brothers were gathering beech
nuts. Seeing the Schout boy STOPPING
over, Stebbins shot and hit the lad
in the lower back. The boy died in Is
minutes.
Petitions for an agricultural agent
In Mecosta county are being circulated
In every township.
The investment committee Of the
state teachers pension fund has pur
chased $4,000 in Liberty bonds.
Eleven Hillsdale college men are In
the First Ohio ambulance corps, which
just left Toledo for southern training.
Chicago stockyards have purchased
q 35,000-acre farm at Cheboygan and
will start a ranch at once with $1,000
head
M. A. G. experts are urging milk
substitutes for calf rearing owing to
the high value Of milk for human food
at this time.
Study of President Wilson's war
message in all high schools OF the
state is urged in circular letters sent
to superintendent, principals and
county commissioners of Michigan by
Fred L. Keller, state superintendent
of public instruction.
w. J. Orr, Saginaw, designated by
the government to direct the purchase
of beans for navy and army use, has
received word from Armour e Com
paDy, of Chicago, that 1t is offering to
the food administration the use of its
elevators and warehouses throughout
the world and will buy beans in behalf
Of the government without compensa-