The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08
MICHIGAN
BREVITIES

CITY, mas DeeH severely WOunueQ III
service overseas.
Albion-The city council has refus.
to put on its shows.
Flint-A bullet from an air gun,
accidentally discharged while at play,
destroyed the right eye of Harold
Ryan. aged II.
Portiand-The n M. Ran tailoring
esta Olishment was destroyed by fire..
II is thoaght the IRE started from an
electric iron.
Royal Oak-A course In military
training will be instituted N the
Royal Oak High school this fall, the
board having included $500 in its
budget for teacher.
Eaton Rapids-The date for the reg
istered trap shooting tournament by
the Eaton Rapids Gun club. originally
fixed for Thursday, August 22, has
been changed to Friday, August 30.
Neutrality-suspicious. Mitchell was
drowned in Manistique river while
bathing. He dived into shallow water,
evidently injuring himself, and fought
of a companion who tried TO rescue
him. The body has not been found.
Flint-Floyd Z. Badger, secretary
Armstrong Steel Spring works, has
been commissioned first lieutenant in
the National army and assigned 70
| h. al r,f ~ or
master corps at Camp Holabird, Md.
Albion-County Agent e. b. More
and the county farm bureau will hold
! a Calhoun county picnic at the fair
grounds in Marshall, August T. DR..
Eben Mumford, OF the Michigan Agri
cultural college, will be the CHIEF
speaker.
Grand Rapids-Members of the city
commission stated Friday that within
the next few weeks the Reeds Lake
city. The boulevard will be extended
and improved; about $4,000 is to be
expended.
Eaton Rapids-Thursday August s.,
will be Citizens day in connection with
the annual encampment of the Eaton
County battalion. G. A R., here. One
feature of the program will be pole
raising and dedication of community
service flag.
Hillsdale-F. G. Walkinshaw of Au-
gusta. Mich. is here looking over sites
and timber supplies with view to To-
eating his basket factory here. The
concern has been located at Augusta
rs years and has about exhausted its
wood supply.
esperia-Newaygo and Oceana
county Cleaners will hold their an
nual picnic at Cornette's grove Au-
gust IA. Grant Slocum, state head
of the Cleaners, will be the chief
speaker, while a band from White
Cloud, Mich, will furnish music.
Bay City-In an effort to save his
companion, Viola Chapman. aged Is,
Floyd Young, aged IL years, gave up
his life while bathing in the river at
Essexville. The girl clutched her
companion and both sank. Their
bodies were recovered within 20
minutes.
Kalamazoo-Mrs. Nellie Kruser, as
sorting herself ordered by the Holy
Father to rid the earth of buildings
housing meat markets, is under arrest
here charged with having placed kero-
sene on the market of l.. w. Simons
and setting fire to the structure. An
order will be asked for commitment to
Kalamazoo state hospital
Grand Rapids-Residents of Grand
Rapids in the vicinity of Houseman
avenue, who have been deprived of
water except from midnight until early
each morning because OF the low press
ure OF the Hydraulic company which
formerly supplied them, will get relief
under an agreement entered into Fri
day whereby the city takes over the
Hydraulic company mains and operates
them.
Hillsdale--Beekeepe of Ohio, Mich
igan and Indiana met recently at the
home of Fay Adams near Montgom-
cry and considered plans for tri-state
organization Frank Kindig of the
Michigan Agricultural college, Edwin
Ewell of Ypsilanti, County Agent
Nash of Branch county and three ex-
tension workers were the speakers
The aim of the meeting was to induce
more farmers to keep bees to relieve
the sugar shortage.
East Lansing-It is not so much
Michigan's drainage systems that
need correction as it is Michigan's
drainage laws. in the opinion of o.
E. Robey, extension specialist in
drainage, who has been making sur
vey of conditions Cor the Michigan
Agricultural college. "One of the
most lamentable facts in our drain
age situation" he declares. lis that
many farmers adjacent to our high
priced county and township drains do
not realize as much as they might
from this tax investment because OF
the manner I'm which they are COM