The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-02-16
MiChig a n
Happenings

cd work OF all women In this city
Muskegon women will register for war
work during the week of March Is.
Petoskey-Game Warden Long has
seized large quantity Of mink. musk
rat and skunk fur. at Mackinaw City.
They were taken Illegally, and the men
holding them were fled.
Grand Rapids--William J. Remus.
deputy state food inspector. has open
ed tight against Grand Rapids butch
ers who have suggested selling horse
meat to relieve the meat scarcity.
Owosso-Dr. H. M. Crooks. president
Of Alma college, speaking at the coun-
ty teachers institute here, declared
emphatically against dropping the
teaching OF German from public
schools.
Manufactured Miller's feet were
frozen recently while he was walking
to work. All toes on one foot and the
great toe on the other had to be ampu-
tated. Miller expected to be called
to Camp Custer.
MarQuette-Word has been received
here of the death Of DR.. J. A. Ogden,
formerly of Hancock and the iron coun-
try, who enlisted in the Canadian
army as private, and lost his life
In the trenches.
Muskegon-Three tons of sugar have
arrived, ending the local famine. The
sugar was part of 100-ton shipment
Of freight held up when the steamer
Alabama became icebound OF Grand
Haven two weeks ago.
Grand Rapids-John Rydzewski,
found guilty Of attempting to kill his
wife by throwing her in the Grand
river from bridge, wos found guilty
in superior court and sentenced to life
in Marquette peniten-
tiary.
Iron Mountain-Peter Young, Of
Ralph, was fined $225 when he pleaded
guilty to hunting deer with q head
light. Young mistook bull for deer
on one OF his hunting trips and shot 1t
In addition to the fine Young reim-
bursed the owned for the animal he
shot.
Big Rapids-Albert Meier. OF Morley,
cut stick of dynamite in two with
salt spade while filling an order Of salt
for a customer in the store Of Hanson
& Miller. The dynamite lay with the
cap in close contact with the side Of
the barrel, the spot being marked with
a cross on the stave. The brass cap
was badly corroded by the salt.
Kalamazoo-A registration confer
ence and school Of instruction was held
at Jackson, January 30-31, by the Mich
igan Woman's Defense committee.
Traverse City.--Federal cognizance
has been taken of the appeal Of fruit
growers for an investigation of alleged
exorbitant prices asked for spraying
materials. Growers contend that with
the present high prices. which they
refuse to pay, fruit production in 1918
will suffer
Escanaba.-Tagged with a card Civ
ing his name and destination, Charles
Nelson, 6-year-old son of George Mel
son of this city, started on a journey
to Pueblo, Col. alone. The father has
been called for military service and
could not take time to accompany the
little fellow to his grandmother's home.
Grand Rapids.-Eight Grand Rapids
high school boys, seniors, who con-
fessed membership in national Greek
letter fraternity, in violation OF a state
law, have been ordered by the board Of
education not to engage in any social
or athletic activities or attend classes
during the year. They will get their
diplomas.
Bay City.-Ninety-six acres of land
in Portsmouth township, adjoining the
city, have been left to the city by the
will of the late James H. Potter. The
city is directed to use the land for
teaching public school children who
have passed through the seventh
grade practical agriculture and scien-
tific farming, dairying and poultry
raising.
East Lansing-A farm labor surved
to determine how many men must be
supplied Michigan farmers to help
them keep up maximum production in
1918 will be conducted during Febru-
airy under the general supervision Of
A. B. Cooley. federal farm labor d.
rector for Michigan, It is announced
by M. A. c. School children will be
asked to help with the work.
Detroit-Kittie Cox. s years old, dau-
ghter of George Cox, farmer living
on Plymouth road. near Grand River
avenue was killed by the accidental
discharge OF 22-calibre rife, knocked
from a rack in the barn by the girl's
brother, Charles, 10 years old. The
rife had been left in the barn few
minutes previous by Francis Sager, IL
years old, who was visiting at the Cox
home. The girls brother was playing
with a pony when the rife, Jared
loose, struck the floor and was dis
charged, the bullet striking the girl.