The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-10-18
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

tablish a county agricultural agent.
G.. e. MCGEE. of Ionia, is reported
wounded in the Canadian casualty
lists.
Seven men, so per cent OF the post
office force of Menominee, have been
called to the colors.
Gregory Delisle. SO years old, meat
dealer in Flint for 60 years, is dead.
He leaves IL children.
Muskegon leads the state in proper
tional recruiting. Since July there
have been 35S voluntary enlistments.
August Runzel, or Muskegon, 81.
years old, died of infantile paralysis
two days after his infant daughter.
Tobacco dealers in most parts of the
state have boosted scent cigars to 6
cents and 10-cent smokes to IL cents.
Judge Frederick, of Sault Ste Marie,
has sentenced Rolla Duncan, motor.
cycle speeder, never to ride motor
! cycle again.
Red Cross seals will soon go on sale
in all Michigan counties. For war
purposes it is hoped to double the
total this year.
The permanent force, Michigan
state troops, moved from the East
Lansing post on a hike to Grand Rap
ids and Muskegon.
Commonwealth Power Co. of Manis.
tee has appealed to mayors of all its
points in western Michigan for more
coal. If its plants close, all important
industries will be tied up.
Kalamazoo has appealed to the SUI
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.
Three Kalamazoo schools, st. JOS
eph's Catholic, Portage and Lake
street buildings, were closed upon or
der of the health department, after It
had been discovered that there were
40 cases of diphtheria in the south
eastern part of the city.
In the past year Detroit chapter of
the Red Cross has received $326,2S6.9S
and has expended 1915, 47213, accord.
ing to the report of Treasurer Emory
w. Clark, made at the annual meeting
of the chapter. More than 1876 900 peo-
pie are members of the organization.
The annual report of Mine Inspector
Alfred James to the Houghton county
board of supervisors shows that in the
year ending September 30. As men
were killed in the mines of Houghton
county, out of 16,423 men employed.
the highest since 1913.
George Patterson, Al years old. of
Grand Rapids, was killed at Birch
run, Is miles south of Saginaw, when
he was struck by a Saginaw-Flint in
terurban he was trying to board. Pat
terson was knocked down by the front
end of the double-header, and struck
again by the rear end as IL passed
him.
The nursing profession is one of the
few professions in which women are
not subjected to the competition of
men. The Michigan State Nurses as
ISOLATION is calling attention to this
fact in its campaign to induce high
school and college girls in Michigan
to enter one of the training schools
for nurses.
The body of a man, decomposed be.
yond recognition, was found at Iron
Mountain in a clump of bushes by two
boys. The skull had been crushed, his
coat had been dragged over his head.
II is believed he was murdered. Moth
ing of value was found in his cloth.
ing. The condition of the body indi.
Gates 1t 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
DO bdhCh at OllCc III lut IN
to be equipped to care for soldiers re-
turning from Europe who are affected
with tuberculosis.
The Muskegon county board of SUI
pervisors has appointed a committee
to investigate the need of the families
Of married men who have enlisted
from Muskegon county. While the
new state law provides for dependents
in a measure, the board thought there
might be some suffering and the mem
bers believe the county should do its
share in looking after them
Bituminous coal prices have not
been raised in Michigan yet, but IL the
operators in the central competitive
field grant the increases to the miners
which is contingent upon the federal
coal administrator allowing the oper-
ators to raise their prices, then the