The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-28
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

Inc ln1ant son OF MT. anu MrS. Mihe
Hokolik of Manistique fell into tub
Of hot water and died from the burns
A campaign to get farmers to pro-
duce RED Rock" wheat in Michigan
has shown results and record yield
Of an improved cereal grain Is ex-
pected.
Fire destroyed the Citizens Tele-
phone Office at White Cloud. No water
was available as the water works
aume was undergoing repairs and
steam had been allowed to 30 down
In the auxiliary.
Prosecution Of the milk trust at
Sault Ste. Marie was dropped follow
ing a statement to the grand jury that
the organization would dissolve and
that the price of milk would drop
TO 10 cents quart.
Northern Michigan's apple crop is
reported failure this year. Buyers
say the crop is only 20 per cent nor
nal. Heavy snow storms last spring
are responsible, 1t is said. Plums and
peaches were unaffected by the storms
and the crop will be normal. Early
varieties are being marketed now.
Mrs. Clister Sherkey, of Marine
City, widow of Benjamin Sherkey, at.
tempted suicide by cutting her throat
with razor. Mrs. Sherkey Is the
mother of six children. Two years
ago her husband committed suicide
by cutting his throat. Mrs. Sherkey
had been for some time confined in
retreat, but recently was allowed
10 return home
collapsed Frank Kelch, milkman Of
Port Huron sustained fractured
skull
Seventeen young MEN were ordain-
ed to the ministry at the annual con.
terence of the M. E. church held at
Traverse City.
Edward Mentor OF Mt. Clemens, on
he first day Of his employment with
he Detroit Edison Co., was killed
when he touched live wire.
Don MCGEE, Saginaw aviator, has
oeen attached to Selfridge field as an
instructor. Recently he few from
Saginaw to Mt. Clemens, 100 miles,
n Is minutes.
Canadian casualties list contains the
names Of the following Michigan men:
Killed in action: r. G. Luther, Blanch-
ard; accidentally wounded: F. E.
5horley, Jackson.
Latin w. Merritt, "A, a resident of
Albion for SO years, is dead. He and
his father, when he was IL years old,
1rove through from New York with
4 team and wagon.
Because Oakland county failed to
ind eight applicants to attend a
county normal training class, Commits
'ioner A. l.. Craft had to abandon the
class for another year.
A notice to report for military SER
vice was all that identified a man
struck by the Traverse City, Leelanau
e Manistique train as Peter Michael
zielinski, % years old of Traverse
City.
Because the regular man who feeds
he mules wasn't on the Job, workmen
Of the Bliss mine at Saginaw refused
20 go down into the shafts. They
decide who would feed the
Repeated calls from the government
FOR radio operators and the increasing
demand for more telegraphers has
caused the Detroit Young Women's
Christian association to include new
course in telegraphy in the work
offered by the educational department,
his winter.
Captain Ole Peterson, an aged in
mate of the Marinette poorhouse at
had an experience which
nearly cost his life, but one from
which he will recover. He became
caught in a barbed wire fence near
The farm and was held fast for So
hours, not having the strength to re-
lease himself. He was badly scratch
ed in his unsuccessful attempts to
work himself free.
Andrew Williams, an indian, anu
Henry G. Bacon, civil war veteran,
we're killed at the rack track at Mt.
Pleasant by a car skidding through
the fence on which the men sat- The
car was driven by ]. w. Smithers,
who was tuning it up for the races.
In turning out to pass a team haul
ing roller Smithers lost control of
his car Williams was killed instant
~. Bacon lived about two hours.
Thousands Of persons attracted by the
races saw the accident.
On the theory that 1t takes II 2.3
bushels of corn to make 100 pounds
Of live-weight pork, an attempt to fix
the price on pork will be made, &C.
cording to d. d. Aiken, of Flint, presi-
dent of the Holstein-Friesian associa-
ton, who recently returned from
Washington where he was called by !
the secretary of agriculture and food |
director to consider how to increase
animal production. He said that it !
was demonstrated at Washington that
milk was one of the most economical !
foods and will produce fat at a cost !