The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-11-10
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| Cadillac-Rural schools were closed
to allow students to help harvest the
bumper potato crop in the Wexford
district. The shortage of labor is seri-
Gus despite So wages with board
Rochester-C. w. Case, Rochester
for 22 years the leading buff cochin
fancier of America, having been aresi-
Buff Cochin association, has retired
and sold his large holdings to II. c..
Wienrich, of Cambridge, III,
Bad Axe-Petitions asking for
vote on the proposition OF moving the
Huron courthouse to Harbor Beach
were voted down by the board OF SUI
| pervisors, % to s. Supervisor Hunt
said that talk Of changing the county
seat was the hight of presumption.
Saginaw Miners of the Michigan
district are to receive the wage in
crease asked The men will receive
a 10 per cent increase generally and
in some cases Is per cent. Local
mines are having difficulty. in supply
ing coal, as the Pere Marquette is TAX
ing large percentage mined to oper-
ate trains.
Flint--E. d. Hubert. Chicago bank
er, who during the Liberty loan drive
said farmers would not fight, pay
taxes, buy bonds or sell their produce,
wired the Genesee county committee
withdrawing the indictment as far as
81 Col
the announcement that S4.27l 900 was
subscribed here.
Ironwood Seven men who villfully
evaded draft registration are in Gus
tody at Marquette. awaiting indict-
ments of the grand jury. Thirty 9th
ers who did not register have been
released on the grounds that they did
not Intentionally refuse to register
Ten more arc at Fort Sheridan await
Ing court martial as deserters.
Standish The infant daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs Stanley Matthews drown
ed in tub of water
White Pigeon Schools, churches
and the theatre we're ordered closed
by the board of health as IA families
are under quarantine for diphtheria.
Manistee--The Rev. Donald N. Bro
die, formerly pastor OF the Congre-
gational church here, has been ap-
pointed chaplain of the 337th infantry
at Camp Custer.
Lansing Fred L. Keller, superinten'
dent of public instruction, claims that
II pays to farm wild land. Last year
he sold 120 unimproyed acres In lsa-
bella county. He got $50 and a mort
gage This week he got $1,000. lifting
the mortgage. The farmer has sold
| $3.50 worth Of crops in the year.
East Lansing The shortage Of fuel
can be partially relieved in the rural
communities of Michigan by the judi
cious use OF cordwood from farmers
woodlots. in the opinion of Prof. II.
X. Chittenden, OF the NJ. A. G. de-
partment OF forestry. Farmers. he
states, should be able TO profitably
| supply their immediate communities.
Holland body OF Myrtle FIX
kema, of Palmyra, N. V, who disap-
peared from Hope college dormitory,
| was recovered from the river near
| where her clothes were found. She
was yaledictorian of her class, which
was graduated from Palmyra high
school in June and was awarded a 800
scholarship for -four years Since COM
ing to Hope she had been morbid and
homesick.
kalamazoo Reversing its decision
| of\last Saturday, the board Of super.
visors voted to accept the govern
ment's offer of 100000 to construct
| 10 miles of 16-foot cement highway In
| the county. The county will raise an
equal amount by taxation. A part Of
| the fund will be used to complete the
Dixie highway and the remainder to
laying a road to Camp Custer. Con-
struction work will begin next July.
Plymouth Joel Kellogg. 81. is dead
He had been resident Of this town
for SO years.
| Kalamazoo Two thousand pupils
returned 10 school following q diphth-
eria epidemic.
| Iron River.--Frank Zurich was
| fatally injured by silde or eartn
while working at the Chatham mine.
| Alma.-Carl Lewis, Il, was drowned
when he slipped from the railroad
bridge and fell into the Pine river mill
race here.
| Muskegon. Munition makers here
have doubled the guards at their
1 plants following several mysterious
explosions and fires.
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by his faithful
bulldog, Carl A. Bigge. insurance
agent. found his escape cut off by
flames and smoke. He jumped from
the second floor of his home after
throwing the animal over the railing.
Bigge's house and its contents were
burned. A pair Of pajamas was all
he saved.
Houghton--The children's home at
Goodwill farm was destroyed by fire
at loss OF $4,000. Forty children
from the institution are housed In
Houghton homes.
Battle Creek--Reports have been