The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-01-16


gon boy dead of disease in France.
Standish-L b. Carpenter, who has
been in the employ OF the Standard
Oil company here, became violently
insane as a result Of influenza and
was taken to Traverse City asylum.
Muskegon-Paul c. Stetson. superin-
tendent OF schools, has proposed a
plan which would give IL months OF
school yearly to be divided into quar-
ters with a weeks vacation between
each quarter.
Lansing-In order to meet an acute
shortage of meat, Food Administrators
Prescott now urges that the people or
Michigan eat more bread. the armis-
tice having changed the status OF the
worlds food supply
Cadillac-Members of the Michigan
Potato Growers Exchange in confer
ence here predict that tubers will go
up in price. The increase, however,
will be gradual and will not reach the
price demanded two years ago.
Petroskey-Private Clarence Mishe-
key is home from France where he
lost hand, was wounded six times.
was gassed shell shocked and buried
under two feet of earth by an explod-
ing shell. He had his head injured
in train wreck at Nancy and was
sent home.
Petoskey-The Petoskey Portland
Cement company has arranged with
the J. c. Buckbee company, of Chi
cago, for construction of docks and
slips at the companys plant at this
city, and with the Fuller Engineering
company for plans for large cement
manufacturing plant.
Petroskey-Frank Zerby, of Petos-
key, has been elected president of the
Emmett county farm bureau and Roy
Comstock, treasurer. John Quinlan,
of the Quinian & Sons company, land
and cattlemen, is secretary. The bu-
reau this year will turn its attention
to pure seed potatoes and better cat
tie.
Grand Rapids-Weather bureau rec
ords show that western Michigan has
enjoyed the balmiest and mildest De-
cember in the history of the weather
bureau. The mean temperature was
80 degrees, as compared with II last
year. The coolest day was last Satur-
day when the temperature was 10
above zero.
Pontiac-Pontiac's four banks have
declared their annual dividends, re-
Gently. The Pontiac and American
banks paid 10 per cent and the Oak.
land and First Commercial, IL per
cent. The Pontiac passed $4,000 to
surplus. The American $1,000; the
First Commercial. $4,000. and the
Oakland, $4,000.
Ann Arbor-Colonel Ambrose C.
Peck, late of the One Hundred and
Twenty-fifth infantry, in assuming the
office Of sheriff of Washtenaw coun-
ty let it be known he would dispense
with the services of the entire office
force of his predecessor, some of them
having been connected with the sher-
IFS Office for 10 or IL years
Ypsilanti-Ypsilanti business men
adopted resolutions protestin against
the proposed increase in telephone
rates here and appointed committee
to take up with the attorney general
the question of enjoining such an in
crease. The company proposes a so
per cent increase on party phones
which now pay 81 month and a 80
per cent increase on private phones
which now pay $3.50.
Pontiac-Oakland county's sheriff
salary is now on a salary basis.
Sheriff Cross will receive $4,000 year
ly, and three reputies range from
$500 to $1,000 year. The sheriff
is allowed SIS a day for automobile
hire and is furnished a residence. An
allowance of $500 is made for feed
ing tramps and Migrants lodged In
Jail. All fees collected are to be
turned over to the county.
Ludington-Miss Linda III. Bahr.
principal of the high school at WAY.
land, Mich, is the first woman to seek
political Office in Mason county. She
announced herself as a candidate for
the Republican nomination for COM
missioner of schools next March She
is a graduate of the Western State
Normal school, is a daughter of A.
NJ. Bahr. Eden township farmer. and
formerly taught in this county.
Ann Arbor-Lida Tsai, a Chinese
student from Kiuking, China. was
buried here recently, death having re.
suited from pneumonia, following in
fiuenza. Miss Tsai was a Junior
literary student in the University OF
Michigan and she was the first per-
son to be buried on a lot purchased
by the university in Forest Hill ceme-
terry. where are to be buried any uni
yersity foreign students who die.
Hillsdale-Under the will of Mrs.
l.. Blair, of Litchfeld. who
died three years ago, and which rs
iuat haipO nrOhatad the no~.