The Yale expositor., 1918-11-07


principal OF the local high school.
Grant. has just been commissioned
captain.
Saginaw-Joseph Campau, so, mar
ried, OF Milwaukee, was crushed to
death by crane falling on him in
the Saginaw Shipbuilding company
plant recently.
misunderstanding this year
must depend on potato supply OBJ
tanned from outside. In previous
years this community has shipped
out carloads of potatoes.
Albion-While driving home a flock
OF 615 sheep which had just arrived
from Chicago. Byron Juckett lost 30
OF the number inside the city limits
when a Michigan Railway car struck
the flock.
Coldwater-Branch' county super
visors recently voted $4,000 for
building cement roads on the Chica-
go highway west of the city and $780,
900 for completion and building OF
gravel roads.
Saginaw-Arnold Boutell, county
fuel administrator, has returned from
eastern anthracite fields with assur-
ance that Saginaw will receive moIc
hard coal, although not what could
be used here.
East Lansing-A statement that the
spread of influenza can be lessened
if citizens will take measures against
the common housefly has been issued
! by the department OF entomology Of
the Michigan Agricultural college.
Bay City-Following the refusal If
K. q. Corliss, county treasurer, to
turn over interest on money he had
collected, James l.. Mccormick, acting
| for the supervisors, served notice he
would start civil and criminal proceed
ings.
Lansing-An appraisal of Jackson
prison, in an effort to locate the So
called s330,OOO profit" has been
ordered by Governor Sleeper, with
the sanction of Auditor General Full.
| ACI dHu AlbOInCy NiON9'NSiN'
1t will be started Immediately.
South Haven-Major Edward ID.
Thompson, of this city. commanding
the Second battalion OF 18th field
artillery, is dead from wounds re-
ceived in action September %. Death
came October 2, according to letters
just received by his family here.
Camp Custer-Major John Z. Can.
naday and Major William M. Ford
have been appointed on the board of
medical officers which will examine
other medical officers brought before
it to determine their professional
ability and fitness to practice in the
army.
Detroit-Wayne county circuit jur-
ors may get an increase Of pay from
81 to So a day. il the state legislature
agrees with The Wayne county board
of supervisors. Supervisor Vernier, OF
Crosse Pointe, introduced resolu.
ton urging the higher figure. and the
board agreed to recommend it to the
| legislature.
Muskegon With subscriptions
steadily mounting, this city is to have
| magnificent war heroes memorial
arch erected in the Federal square.
The committee in charge of the fund
is composed of Chas. II. Kimball.
chairman Paul s. Moon, Chas. b. w.
Cunningham, Henry l.. Palmer and
| Archie e. McCrea.
INSTRUMENTATION Nichols, faith
er of Clyde Nichols. who deserted
from Camp Custer and was finally
caught by Sheriff Carl A. Stauffer and
his aids at Twin Lake. Mich, after a
series OF hold-ups and robberies, Is
now coming to the defense of his son,
and will see that the boy is given an
other chance, If such is possible.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the sheriffs
force have began an investigation OF
the tarring of Frank Faunot, wealthy
Ravenna farmer, who was accused of
refusing to buy any of the fourth Is
sue of Liberty Loan bonds. Details
revealed that Faunot had been tar
red and feathered recently and taken
very center of the nearby village and
tied up there.
! Adrian-Bills for nearly $4,000 pre-.
scented by Sheriff Nutten were tabled
recently by members of the board u
supervisors who intimated that the
sheriff had collected fines and costs
from prisoners instead of allowing the
county clerk to collect them. Sheriff
Nutten said he had deducted from the
money collected only what he was en-
titled to in the way of fees and turn
ed the remainder in to the county.
neutrality-suspicious. have decid-
ed to reduce county road commissions
ers from three to two. G. w. Schnei-
der and e. II. Puffer, commissioners,
were put on a salary of $125 month
and Mr.. Schneider was reelected for
three years. IL was voted to spread
one mill tax, to pay $4,000 In road
bonds and to sell 100000 worth OF