The Clio messenger., 1918-02-15
STATE NEWS

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Holland-Mr. and Mrs. Gerritt Rut
gers, OF Graafschap, celebrated thei
sixtieth wedding anniversary Febru
ary IA.
Manistce-Thausands of wild duck
and sea gulls. driven up the river be
cause Lake Michigan is frozen over
have starved to death.
Greenville-On account OF the Goa
shortage the Methodist, Baptist anC
Congregational churches have beer
closed until March 1. Union service!
are held in the auditorium of the
high school.
Muskegon-Thirty passengers were
without food for 80 hours on 6
snowbound Pere Marquette train nea;
West Olive, during the recent colo
spell. Many suffered frozen ears
and fingers.
Ann Arbor-Martin Fitch Miner, a
junior medic, sustained a ruptured liv
er, in coasting accident, when the
bobs ran into telephone guy wire
cutting him across the lower chest
Miners home is in Three Oaks.
Ludington-Sugar cards are being
issued for Mason county, with each
person limited to a half pound per
week. This action was taken at a
meeting of the Mason county Retail
Grocers and Butchers association.
Lansing-The eighth grade exami-
nation in reading, in all Michigan's
public schools this year to be held
May 8 to 10 will be on President VIII.
sons regular message to congress at
that body's opening last December.
Port Huron-Climbing fire escape
and breaking through window on the
third floor Of the Madison school of
this city, two boys broke open a teach
ers desk and stole $3.50 in war thrift
stamps. They also stole money from
another desk. it is said.
Battle Creek-Fearing spring floods,
the city commission has appointed a
committe to use any means necessary
to prevent damage to the city Among
other measures, a large quantity Of
| dynamite will be purchased. The
| fire chief will head the food commit
tee.
Algonac-Mrs. w. X. Moore, of AL.
gonoc, received a cablegram from her
nephew, First Lieutenant Don A.
Smith, who was or. the Tuscania, ad.
vising her that he was landed safely
In Ireland. Lieutenant Smith was a
member of the engineers reserve
corps.
Marshall-After neighbors failed to
see smoke from the chimney of Mrs.
William Burgomas' home for three
days they summoned Sheriff Mallory,
as it was feared the woman was dead
when there was no response to raps
on the door. The officer forced an en-
trance and found Mrs. Burgomas in
bed to keep warm as she had no
fuel.
misunderstanding that it has lost
$4,000 the past four and one-half
years, the Manistee Street Railway
has petitioned the city commission to
amend it's franchise. The company
wants the right to charge 10.cent
fares, seven for so cents, and permis-
north side between December / and
April 80.
Ann Arbor-Colonel A. C.. Pack, of
the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth in.
fantry, in training at Waco, Texas, has
returned home after an Intellectual ef-
fort on his part to persuade the war
department officials to send him to
France with his division, or at least,
to retain him for service in this coun-
try. He was pronounced physically
unfit for active duty by army phys.-
clans.
Detroit--A countrywide search for
Lieutenant John j. Ryan, of Decatur,
Mich, and Detroit, ended happily for
Ryan, when he was notified by the pro-
bate court of Cook county, Illinois,
that he had fallen heir to 100000 left
by his grandmother, who died in Chi
cago, in October. Ryan has been sta.
toned at Camp Macarthur, Waco,
Texas, but few days ago resigned
to devote his time to private affairs.
Lansing-Another telephone COM
pany wants an increase in rates. In
it's petition filed with the Michigan
railroad commission, it carefully uses
the words "alter rates" The company
is the Valley Home Telephone Co., and
Bay City Is the place. The increase
sought is set forth as follows: Indi-
vidual business phones from $50 to
$42 year; party business phone, $26
to $34; individual residence, $40 to
$24, and selective residence rent at
$18 to $40 a year.
Charlotte-A committee of Char
lotte ladies has been named to ascer.
tain the number of maple trees in the
city and the number of buckets that
householders can supply. This is the
first step in the municipal sugar bush
campaign, being waged by the city. A