The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-09-19
STATE NEWS
I'M BRIEF


price OF coal rs cents a ton.
Hastings-To prevent further low
ering OF Gun Lake owners of resort
property have combined for action.
Manistee-The annual Manistes
county fair will be held at Onekama,
September II, Is, 10 and 20.
Boyne City-Jesse Ingram. 2 years
old, drowned in Deer Lake. Fred
Griffith, little companion, was re-
scued by passengers on an interurban
car.
Royal Oak-President Wilson has
nominated France Heavener, a Re
publican, to succeed Postmaster
Charles A. Allen, the Office being on
civil service basis.
Acknowledging records for Sag
NAV for July and August compared In
the same periods a year ago, show an
approximate gain of 400 per cent. All
buildings being erected are essential.
Bay City,. ]. Rakowiecki, editor
of White Eagle. a Polish weekly, has
been arrested on a second charge of
libel In connection with an attack on
the citizens committee. war relief
organization.
Potterville-While Mrs. Peter De
Voc and son, Herbert, were returning
to their farm from Potterville, their
automobile was struck by a Grand
Trunk train, the back of the car be.
ing smashed to kindling wood. Both
escaped.
Monroe-Moses ]. Howe, OF Milan
township, and George DAM. of Mon
roe, who were tied for the Republican
nomination as representative from the
Monroe district, drew lots as provided
by law, in the presence of the board
Of. canvassers, and Howe received the
nomination.
Hillsdale-Ann Gridley Chapter, D..
A. r., is planning for the entertain
ment OF the state organization Octo-
Der 1-3, and has appointed the follow.
ing delegates from the local chapter:
Regent Mrs. f. A. Roethlisberger, Miss
E. Galloway, Hillsdale; Mrs. Marie
Abbott Reading; Mrs. Harriet White,
Jonesville.
Hillsdale-Hillsdale county's Red
Cross war fund contributions are on a
113 per cent basis. The fund was
raised by assessments, with 10000
contributors, the assessment roll pre-
pared from voluntary information ag-
gregating $SS.69O,139, compared with
the county assessment roll of S34,239,-
069.
Saginaw-W. S. Linton, trustee Of
the Michigan Good Roads association,
will leave soon on a trip to the Pacific
coast, outlining routes for transcon-
tinental roadways the National High:
way association is projecting. Ono
route will strike Port Huron and Sag
NAV and cross the state into the
northwest. Mr.. Linton expects to be
gone several months.
Saginaw-Captain Thomas Strachan
took So members of the Saginaw sani-
tary training detachment, Red Cross
unit, 10 miles out in the country Sat
urday afternoon. They will camp for
the night and Sunday will harvest 80
acres of beans on the Danko farm.
This unit has specialized in such
work over week-ends during the sum-
mer.
Kalamazoo statewide meeting
selective service boards and officers
of state troops will be held here next
Saturday to form definite plans for
the preliminary training of Michigan
registrants who may be called to the
colors soon. The meeting was pro-
posed by the Kalamazoo Chamber OF
Commerce after a squad of Kalama-
zoo county men who had been given
preliminary training.
Battle Creek-Brig-Ge Howard d.
Laubach has arrived at Camp Custer
to command the 9th Infantry Brig.
ade. BY virtue of his rank he assumes
command of the 14th Division and
Camp Custer. Col. Samuel Burkhardt,
Jr., who has been in command for the
past six weeks, will continue as com
handing officer of the 10th Infantry
and will give his entire attention to
that unit.
Manistee-The first big barge built
by the Manistee Shipyard company
will leave this port by October I'm
mediately thereafter construction of
one OF two 200-foot tow barges will
start. Completion of the two will re
quire q years time. New equipment
costing $4,000 is being installed to ex.
pedite the new work. Among the mod
ern machines is huge band saw
which cuts out the frames and knee
pieces of the ship.
Northville-Fred Hall, aged 40. an
electrician employed by the Edison
company. was killed here when he
came in contact with live wire AMI
was thrown from a tree where he was
working to the sidewalk. He was
endeavoring to repair wires that had
given considerable trouble. Roy
Cramer, his brother-in-law, who was