The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-01
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

Coal dealers have refused to sell
fuel to farmers at Galesburg, saying
the latter are hoarders.
Governor Sleeper has issued a
proclamation setting apart the week
from February IL to II as Father and
Son week."
The Eastern hotel feed barn, OF
Brighton operated by Thomas Leigh
formerly of Detroit, burned with loss
of $4,000; uninsured.
The charred body of William Brown
so years old, was found at the Beebe
cold storage plant In Glenwood. His
clothing was ignited from an oil stove.
The Rev. Howard e. Scott, former
Flint pastor and now a conference
evangelist, has been chosen president
Of the Michigan Methodist Protestant
conference.
Thomas d. Kearney, of Ann Arbor,
has been elected head of the board of
state tax commissioners. His term
expires next January. b. f. Burtless
was chosen secretary.
Midland has. received an appropria.
ton Of s12,5O0 for Carnegie library.
James Monroe Chamberlin, If Pills.
dale, recently celebrated his 96th birth
day anniversary.
Mayor Balch, Of Kalamazoo, Issued
an order that city trees could be
chopped down and used as fuel.
! Andrew Samuelson, laborer, en-
ployed at the Cadillac Veneer Co.,
Cadillac, fell into vat and was scald-
ed to death.
Fire destroyed 5000 bushels Of
beans and 1000 bushels of grain in
the elevator of the Richardson Co. at
Fairgrove, Tuscola county.
Permits have been granted all fac
tory watchmen in Michigan and Mus
kegon Heights to carry firearms in
order to prevent operations of pro-
German agents.
Ora Steward, Of Algonac, was badly
burned when a three gallon can con-
tanning gasoline exploded in the kitch-
en- Of his home. He extinguished the
flames by rolling in the snow.
State troops of suburban towns COM
prising one entire regiment soon will
reinforce state troops on guard duty in
Detroit, according to Colonel John s.
Bersey, Acknowledgement Of Michigan.
All Michigan cereal mills must OBJ
tain licenses, according to new or
der from Herbert Hoover, federal food
administrator. Heretofore, only mills
with a capacity of rs barrels daily
have needed licenses.
William O'Neal, probably the oldest
person in Wexford county, is dead at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Barr,
Of Harrietta. Mr.. O'Neal was born
l03 years ago and had been resident
Of Harrietta 20 years.
Ralph Pierce, 20 years old, son CT
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pierce of Rich
mond, died in the base hospital at the
Rockford, ILL.,, camp OF pneumonia
following measles. Private Pierce is
the first Richmond township war VIC
tim.
Deputy State Fire Marshal Charles
v. Lane has inspected Saginaw bust
ness buildings as result OF the re-
cent fire which destroyed the Wright
hotel, causing loss of six lives. Lane
was a guest at the Wright hotel, leav-
ing only few hours before the fire.
Justus G.. Thompson, Port Huron
young man who enlisted with Canad
ian regiment, is in a hospital at Lon
Ion, England, suffering from wounds
received when London was bombarded,
In a recent Teuton air raid. This is
the second raid through which Thomp-
son has passed.
twenty-five to thirty cases Of pto-
maine poisoning have been reported
by physicians Of Algonac all the per-
sons affected having attended a sup
per at one of the local churches. 1t is
supposed the chicken served was re-
sponsible. While many were seriously
Ill, no fatalities have been reported.
They're bootlegging cigars in Battle
Creek. Most OF the cigar stores to
catch the evening trade, do not open
until II o'clock in the morning. There
is heavy demand for cigars in the
morning, especially in hotels. A num-
Der of the Office and check room girls
have bought box or two of cigars,
and a carton of cigarettes, and do
flourishing morning business.
Figures compiled by Secretary Of
State Vaughan show that there was
collected for the automobile tax for
the year 1917 the sum of $2,471 ,270.77.
This amount was divided as follows:
Passengers, s2,175.276; commercial
cars, s161,1S5; motorcycles, s19,194;
and dealers, $42,394;
$3.50; transfers, s11,534;
$21,S57; non-residents, SO,
269.
Insurance Commissioner Ellsworth
has sent out instructions urging in
creased Waterman efficiency in all fac
tories. The. commissioner states the
fuel administrator expects factories to
use sufficient fuel to prevent the freez-