The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-06-09
STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF

lay ana tnlS village Is now WITHOUT
| hotel. The blaze was discovered at
3 o'clock in the morning and guests
| escaped in their night clothing. The
cause is unknown.
Iron Mountain-Benedito Agelini,
| %, employed AS skip tender at the Fee.
waste mine. was instantly killed. He
| suddenly became faint and plunged
headlong off the skip as 1t was being
holated to the surface.
Lansing-Edward l.. b. Edmonds,
| 20 years old of Saginaw, an employee
| OF the public domain commission.
dropped dead Of Japoplexy in the base
| ment of the capitol. Edmonds was
| appointed messenger in the land COM
| missioner's Office eight years ago.
Port MISUNDERSTANDING that the cost
of living has increased tremendously
and that "oil has advanced in price,"
| Thomas Henson, the official winder OF
the clock in the tower of the city hall
requested the city commission to raise
his monthly pay from Sc to So. The
raise was granted.
| Traverse City-Bee keepers and
fruit men are worried over the pre-
valence of foul brood, bee disease,
which not only works havoc with the
honey industry, but makes polleniza-
tion of the fruit blossoms imperfect.
The disease was brought here from
Indiana with car of infected bees.
| Orion--Mrs Zoreno Beebe. known
here as Grandma Beebe", is 102 years
old. She is still active and performs
some of her duties at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. William Shoemake,
with whom she lives. She can still
| remember the days when she was a
child living in log house in the for
| est
| Dexter-Despondent because of the
death Of his son last winter, George
Roster, 20 years old. farmer of Web.
ster township, Washtenaw county,
hanged himself.
San6usky- Sanilac county agricul.
tural experts estimate that 100000
bushels of beans will be raised here
this year. Last year 100000 bush is
were produced in the county.
Lansing h. Webb, trans.
portation expert of the food prepared
ness committee. says shipments Of
seeds and fertilizers for farmers are
given the right of way by railroads.
Grand Rapids-Miss Clara Hacha,
nurse in the Municipal scarlet fever
hospital, has filed claim against the
city for damages. She contracted a
disease while nursing city patient
and has become disfgured.
Traverse City-A balky horse pre-
vented wreck on the Manistee n
| Northeastern near here. A farmer
was crossing the track when his horse
baked. A passenger train came along
and had to slow up. The engineer
noticed that the track had peculiar
sag ahead and found that 200 feet OF
track had been washed away near the
edge OF the bay by the high seas.
Taxicabs brought passengers to Ira
verse City.
Detroit-No first citizenship papers
are being granted applicants during
the present period OF the war unless
upon certification by recruiting Of
ficer that the party wishes to enlist.
All the papers are made out up to the
point of swearing in the applicant.
The enlistment is then held up pend.
ing the receipt OF papers. The reason
given is the government is unable to
furnish blanks rapidly enough to CA Q
| nf ha
Quincy-A flag, 40x25 feet, has been
stretched across the main street.
st. Joseph-The Michigan State
Firemen's convention will be held here
June 12-17
| Carleton-Mr and Mrs. Fred Van
Buren, were pinned under their auto
mobile when it turned over In a ditch
Neighbors saved their lives.
Midland-The Midland Lodge.
Knights OF Pythias, with the assist
ance of the grand lodge officers, de.
Dictated its new $4,000 temple.
East Tawas-The forest service has
recently completed the planting Of
$500 white pine transplants upon
Charity Island, in cooperation with
the bureau Of lighthouses.
Marine City-A freak bolt of light
ming struck the plate glass in the
door of the home of Charles Mar
quette here, cutting hole perfectly
round, about the size of a grapefruit.
Hillsdale-George B. Smith, county
agriculturist, reports an increase of SO
per cent in the acreage Of beans and
is per cent increase in corn. Pota-
toes are normal, he says. The wheat
outlook is good.
Harrisville- "A white pine flag pole,
80 feet long. which was cut in the
early numbering days OF Michigan, has
been raised here. II was presented
10 Altoona county by Duncan McGregor
who cut 1t and has kept it under cover
ever since. He has oiled 1t once a
year for the last 20 years. 1t is coz.
sidered one of the finest in MichL
gan.
Pontiac-Fully 80 per cent of the
valuation entries in the tax books NJ
| n l.