The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-03-10
Michig a n
Happenings

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Coopersville-The Muskegon inter
| urban railroad lost many hrst
class fares this winter. Skating on
Grand river was excellent and scores
OF young persons who worked In Grand
Haven. Spring Lake and intermediary
points. skated the few miles to and
| from their work.
Hesperia-Talk here ravors $40 IL
cense tax on dogs and because OF the
great number Of sheep killed In this
| vicinity recently petitions undoubted-
| lyl will be prepared and sent to the
| legislature asking that such meas
ure be placed before that body for
| its serious consideration.
Harbor Springs-Arthur Osborne,
| while digging away the earth at the
| Claypool cottage on Harbor Point.
| preparatory to making some improve
| ments on the summer cottage, found
| the petrifed body OF cat. The curl,
| osity has been mounted and placed on
exhibition.
Grand Rapids a rather unusual
| exhibit--potatoes that sell at 10 cents
each. Carefully placed In a local gro
| Gerry store show window u merchant
exhibits q bushel OF tubers worth the
market price-$2.40 and the big Ru-
rails, potatoes of extraordinary size.
run "a to the measure.
Cedar Springs-Floyd q. Simmons.
II years old. suffered the experience
of having 10000 volts OF electricity
pass through his body, and he lives to
tell of IL. Floyd recently Joined the
civil engineers force of the Santa Fe
at LaJunta. Colo, and his first days
work resulted in the injury.
Flint-Six proposed amendments TO
the city charter. one OF which pro.
posed to give the mayor a salary OF
$500 in exchange for his devoting
his entire time to the city's business.
will be voted upon at the primary
election March Z. The mayor at pres
emit Is receiving a salary OF 500
year.
Flint-George Humphrey OF this
city announced that he Will give ST.
900 for the first picture of the Ger
man submarine Deutschland chained
in the harbor OF Plymouth. Mr.. Hum
phrey made the offer. he said, In or
der to determine the truth OF reports
that the British have captured several
hundred enemy submarines. among
them the Deutschland. 1t was said that
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antman are now in England.
Petoskey-When huge cake OF leo
broke off the shore OF Lake Michi-
gan, Perry Lawson and Herbert
Truesdale. fishermen. were carried
out into the lake. They placed their
shanties together to protect them
selves from the binding snow storm
while they waited for the wind to
shift and blow them back During
the night they ran out of fuel and
had TO burn one OF the shanties. AT
daybreak they reached the shore near
ly exhausted from cold and hunger.
Standish- was expected that
there would be primary in March
for Judge of this circuit. but as there
Is nc opposition developed to the can.
didacy of Judge Nelson Sharpe. on
the republican ticket, there will be
no primary In any of the counties
comprising this circuit. Arenac, Glad
win, Ogemaw, Roscommon, Crawford
and Otsego counties are In this cir
cult. They will save about $4,000. the
expenses Of primary.
Flushing-The Farmers Elevator
Co. discontinued buying beans because
the store houses here are filled and
cars cannot be procured to m,ve the
supply on hand. Local shippers are
badly Handicapped by the embargo on
nearly everything except food stuffs
and coal. Shippers OF live stock were
unable to make any shipments for q
week.
Monroe-Richmond p. Hobson. ex.
congressman from Alabama, declared
In an address here that the nation is
sure to 90 dry. II congress does not
submit the national prohibition
amendment to the people both the
republican and democratic parties will
have a dry plank In their platform
in 1920, he said.
Grand Rapids-Maj. Earl Stewart OF
the Michigan national guard attacked
the citizens Of Grand Rapids for their
treatment Of the members OF the
guard. Stewart was one of the speak
ers at the Old Residents association
meeting. I'VE were laughed at on
the streets and called tin horn SOL
diers' when we were getting ready
to go to Grayling,' he said I'VE
were made fun of because we demand
ed comfortable trains on our trip to
the border and we're met with ridicule
when we returned after serving the
country. know my talk is bitter, but
the treatment we have received forces
the bitterness"
Saginaw-Fully 1900 persons feast
ed at the fortieth annual banquet for
the benefit of st. Vincents orphan
home. at the Auditorium here. This
IL termed the largest banquet each
year In Michigan.