The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-06-07

Sr., who celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary recently, have buried
IL of the y children born to them
Port Huron--The Mooretown. Ont,
church, just across the st. Clair river
from st. Clair, was struck by lightning
and destroyed. The church had stood
for SO years.
Muskegon-With the present high
cost of materials and labor no effort
will be made to rebuild the Lake Har-
Dor hotel, just swept by fire with u
loss Of about 100000.
Ann Arbor--A drive for $3.50, 900 has
been started by the Michigan Union,
during which 1t is expected many life
| memberships will be secured and col
lection of unpaid pledges made.
Reed City-A. w. Huckle has pur-
chased from his brother, T. o. Huckle,
ownership OF the Osceola County Her
aid. The latter will devote his time
to chatauqua work in the future.
Muskegon-A. j. Pierce and Hiram
Butterfield, farmers, arrested by
Deputy Game Warden Weilhamer on
charge of using a net in Wolff lake,
paid fines of $50 each in Justice Glib
ney's court.
Albion-The farmhouse of Ray
Haight, who lives southeast of Albion,
was struck by lightning this week.
His daughter, Elma, who was sleeping
by an open window, suffered a severe
shock. The siding was torn from the
house.
Benton Harbor-When Joseph Win
deck sought subscription for the
Red Cross he was severely beaten by
Joseph, Edward, Albert and Andrew
Catzkowski of st. Joseph township.
They were arrested and fined total
of $50.
Misunderstanding, Mich, is one
Of lot of postoffices which Secretary
McAdoo in a communication to con-
gress puts down as in need of extern
sion as soon as practicable because
of progressive congestion" due to
heavy increases in business.
Lansing-W. X. Prudden, state fuel
administrator, temporarily denied the
request of Michigan coal miners for
raise of 10 cents ton for underground
work In the Saginaw district. The de-
cision may be amended IL the men can
produce additional evidence later.
Lansing-The Flowerfield -four mill,
at Flowerfield, st. Joseph county, was
ordered closed during June, by George
A. Prescott, federal food administrator
for Michigan, on charges of having ia
ken excessive prices for feeds and
general noncompliance with food reg.
ulations.
Pontiac-Increased costs of operat-
ing the municipal water plant have
made it necessary for the city COM
mission to increase the water rates
and an ordinance has been introduced
increasing fiat and meter rates 81
year. The biggest increase has been
for coal and labor.
Traverse City-William Huffman.
aged As, a prosperous farmer of Kings
ley, hanged himself Thursday. He
was the father of five boys, the young
est of whom found him hanging from
barn rafter when he went to call
him for dinner. Temporary insanity is
believed to be the cause.
Grand Rapids-R. d. Graham, bank
er and fruit grower, one of the most
widely known fruit experts in this VI
cinity, predicts an extremely poor
peach crop for this district He says
the severe winter Is to blame. Indi-
cations are for a good crop of apples
and plums, he says, although cherries
will be short crop.
Niles-While 1000 breathless and
Mortified spectators looked on, Ralph
Baker, 81, known as the Human Fly"
slipped at the third story of the Dean
building here and fell 60 feet to the
sidewalk. His skull was crushed and
death was almost instantaneous. A
hard rain during the afternoon made
the face Of the building slipped. Bak-
er's home was at Kendallville, Ind.
Muskegon-Warren Spencer, %, and
Miss Lucille Gryka, IS, are being held
III 4uCotiOhih6 Ou q ICpOlt thdt tnCy
conspired to murder Spencer's wife.
misunderstanding to figures given
by former Governor Fred NJ Warner
Michigan women have sent abroad
nearly 100000 pieces of Red Cross
work since December 1. The product
which went to France filled 3S freight
cars.
Pontiac-Fire did $4,000 damage to
the plant of the Precision Castings
company here, starting from overhead
ing smoke pipe through a wooden
roof. The greater part of the loss
was borne by the United States gov
eminent, which had $4,000 worth Of
dies stored in the factory. The flames
destroyed the roof and damaged the
melting room. Steps will be taken
at once to rebuild.
Lansing-George Veitingreuber, of
Millington, was the highest bidder for
the two pounds of wool sent from
the White House to be auctioned in