The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-22
Michig a n
Happenings

/ uidut DdlulUS DtdCH.
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS her husband was
selected for the army, Mrs. Earl
Schoonover, % years old, killed her
self. Mrs. Schoonover had frequently
have her husband taken away from
| her.
Pontiac-Wprd has been received by
relatives here that Lieutenant Alver-
ado A. Corwin, son of A. A. Corwin.
Pontiac business man, has been APP
pointed commander of one of the tor
| pedo boat destroyers in the American
fleet in European waters. Lieutenant
Corwin is graduate OF Annapolis and
has been in the naval service for about
| 10 years.
Flint-Taking their tip from visit
| to wild west show, small boys in
| the neighborhood of war garden
planted by Mrs. Josephine Kotchmark
| are using a lariat to keep their pet
rabbits supplied with cabbages. Mrs.
kotchmark appeared at police head
| quarters with rope she had captured
and described the process OF lassoing
cabbages from her garden.
Flint-Members of the Flint wom-
ems council. the Genesee County Fed
| GRAFTON OF Women's clubs and the Man
ufacturers association have laid plans
| for the launching OF campaign for
tuberculosis sanitarium in Genesee
county. Petitions were prepared for
| circulation among the taxpayers ask
Ing the supervisors to submit a $780,
0G9 bond issue for the purpose.
East Lansing Blight, frost and re-
| latively new disease known az
| mosaic" have greatly damaged the
| bean crop throughout the state NJ. A.
c. field agents report after personal
inspection. Samples submitted to the
| laboratory here show that much of the
seed used last spring was unfit for
planting. considerable indicating the
presence of blight. Growers are eau
toned not TO make this error next
year.
Grand Rapids--Declaring that she
pounded man until he was uncon-
scious, Under Sheriff Jackson
swore to warrant to the ar
rest of Mrs. William Kulbackus, OF
Cascade township. Klaas Mulder 70
years DID, a neighbor, was the victim.
Mulder was watching cows on the
roadside he told the officer, when Mrs.
kulbackus in rage ordered him
away. She knocked him down, he
says, and continued to beat him.
Observation-Disclosures Inside club
No. 3 has been organized in the state
prison. The club was made possible
by Capt Price p. Disque, warden, who
told prisoners he will give the organi-
zation every encouragement, although
he wants 1t to be conducted entirely
by members. The Pathfnders' club
originated In Detroit, where 1t has con-
Quoted for the last two years a free
class on character building. The club
takes up the study of the psychology
OF master minds.
Jacksonville Hooverized diet which
Ward n Disque has introduced in
Jackson prison Is pleasing to the In
mates because they now get three
warm meals a day. Formerly the ev-
oning meal was served in the cells.
Now the men get hot evening meal
N the big dining room. This cuts waste
on the daily meals from LOO to l 200
POUNDS. 1t also increases the efficiency
OF the men. according to the warden.
The prison is allowed 22k cents day
Or each of the 1,136 prisoners meals.>
Crawling Arthur Mcintyre and RAN
som Burgess, Crawford county's first
contribution to new national army.
were given a great sendoff by citizens
of Grayling. Each of the young men
was given $50 gold piece by the
crowd present; besides Rasmus Han
son gave each one his check for $50.
They were escorted to the station by
Grayling citizens and about 500 school
children headed by the Grayling band.
Mcintyre was a student at the NJ. A.
c. and Burgess was a meat cutter.
Howell--Howell township has voted
$4,000 with which to improve the De-
troit-Lansing highway in this town
ship.
Grand Ledge-The time set for citi-
ZenS mere 10 raise S0,OUU Tor the elec-
trio railway from Lansing has expired
and II is probable the road will not be
built
Grand Rapids-Grand Rapids is to
get the Flottrop Manufacturing COM
pany, OF Chicago, which has a large
government contract for propellers for
army aircraft. II is expected opera
lions will begin In 20 days and that
100 )propellers will be the daily out
put.
Oscoda-R. W. Judson, OF Buffalo,
and Edward Ka,,,ner. of Detroit, who
arrived here IN q Curtiss tri-plane,
made the trip from Detroit to Harbor
Beach in two honrs, 36 minutes, and
tc Oscoda in three hours. They were
making a trip from Buffalo to Muske-
gon.
son-Approximately 1000 dele
gates and other members of the Mich
igan State grange will meet In Jack.
son Decamher 11.1l for the annual