The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-05-30

| der, o., committed suicide at her home
here by inhaling gas. Her body was
found by daughter, who thought she
had oversight. Dependency caused
the suicide.
Hastings.-Dr. M. Alice Heney, OF
this city, the only woman physician in
Barry county, has been appointed city
health officer by Mayor Fox. The APP
pointment was unanimously confirmed
by the council.
Grand Rapids.-Grand Rapids furni-
ture factory workers will contribute
| $4,000 to the Red Cross through a
plan adopted at meeting May 10 OF
manufacturers. Each employe will
give SO, while employers will dupli-
cate each subscription.
Muskegon-The building of a big
home for aged people of Holland des-
cent Is the object of a mass meeting
of members of the 10 Reformed Chris
tian Reformed and Nederduitsche
churches of Muskegon and Muskegon
Heights, Monday evening, June 3.
Ann Arbor-Prof. c. T. Johnston,
director of Camp Davis. an engineer
ing camp at Douglas lake, believes
that only SO students from the Uni
versity of Michigan will attend the
camp this summer The camp usually
is visited by 100 students annually.
Albion-In order to make their ele-
vators more useful to farmers, the
owners of the Cooperative Farmers
elevator will bridge Kalamazoo river
and connect with roadway to the
city market place. The company also
is spending $4,000 on a bean eleva-
tor.
Hart.-One of the largest real estate
deals ever negotiated in Oceana coun-
ty was closed when Charles II. Horrie
sold the Horrie farm, comprising 2Sf
acres, to r. r. Huston and Herbert
Schulenberg of Dayton, o., for $lOO,-
000 The farm is one mile and q half
north OF Hart.
Bay City.-Orvin Blackburne, 10
years old, of Flint, was sentenced to
Is months at Leavenworth in federal
court for stealing a mail pouch. Earl
Chapman, also Of Flint, must serve
four months in the Detroit house or
correction for trying to evade the
draft.
Pontiac. The 6-year-old daughter of
Attorney and Mrs. E. p. Howarth, jr.,
of Royal Oak, was probably fatally
burned when natural gas in the hot
water pipes at the Howarth home eX-
ploded as the girl turned on faucet.
The blast blew out the windows IN
the bath room and in other rooms Ia
the house.
Romeo.-George Wood, one of the
Oldest residents of Macomb county,
has brought suit against his three
nieces, Retta Names, Alice Frost and
Eta Rowley, demanding return Of
property estimated at $4,000, which
he asserts he turned over to them on
the understanding he would be cared
for the rest of his life
Lansing.-The food administration
has sent out a warning to corn, barley
and oats millers and to wholesale and
retail dealers in the products, that at
the present prices of these grains.
cornmeal and oatmeal should be SELL
ing at least 90 per cent below the
price of wheat flour and that corn -four
and barley -four should be selling at
least 10 per cent below wheat flour.
Saginaw-W. X. Prudden, state fuel
administrator, has been called on by
the Michigan miners to grant the 10
cents a ton increase allowed Novem-
Der last by the operators. The resolu-
ton, which brings to Mr. Prudden's at
tention the demands of the men, ses
May 80 as the limit of time to meet
their demands, and unless the increase
is given a refer sndum will be taken to
ascertain 'ae sentiment of the men
for statewide strike.
Lansing.-Corporat assessed in
Michigan under the ad valorem system
of taxation, including railroads, ex-
press, carloaning telegraph and tele-
phone companies, will pay s5,O71, S29.-
80 in taxes this year as compared to
$4,628, 720.91 last year. The assessed
valuation of these companies last year
was placed at 1921 500, as COM
pared to $277,453,4 400 this year. the
rate of taxation Being s1s.2s this year
as compared to $17.O5 last year.
Port housekeeping into an open
hatchway. Captain r. c. Patterson, of
Buffalo, NJ ", acting as first mate of
the steamer Mauch Chunk. sustained
injuries which caused his death on
Lake Huron, a few miles off Harbor
Beach. Patterson's skull was frac-
tured and he died within an hour
after the accident. The boat turned
back for Port Huron, with the hope
that medical aid might save Patter-
sons life. but he died before port
could be reached.
Lansing-Professor c. II. Van Tyne
of Ann Arbor, has been reappointed a
member of the Michigan historical
commission by Governor Sleeper. The
governor also appointed. DR.. r. A.
Glezen, OF Kalamazoo. a member OF
the board of registration and exami.