The Yale expositor., 1919-04-03
State
Happenings

Albion-Of the five election inspec.
tors in each precinct in Albion, two
will be women.
Port Huron-The Port Huron Auto
mobile Club has been organized and
800 members are expected to enroll.
Shel0y-The first depot in this city.
built in 1871, has just been torn down
In recent years it had been used as II
tool house.
Adrian-Lenawee County draft
boards will close their books and send
all records of their war work to Wash
ington March 81.
Tawas City-The sheriff has order
ed the operation of all slot machines
and punch boards in Iosco County to
be discontinued.
Grayling Emerson Bates, son of
Mr.. and Mrs, M. A. Bates, has SUI
cessfully passed the physical exanina-
tons at FIT. Sheridan for admission to
West Point.
Kalamazoo-A report OF the sales
at the municipal fuel yard shows 2,111
tons of coal and 229 cords of wood
were disposed of since November TO
1854 purchasers.
Albion-H. +. Tuchtenhagen, who
has conducted local blacksmith shop
here for % years, has announced his
intention of quitting the anvil and
seeking location for a garage.
Petoskey-Dr. Charles j. Gray, Pc
toskey dentist and former member OF
Republican state central committee,
has been promoted to captain and now
is stationed near Coblenz, Germany.
Kalamazoo-Fire. causing a loss of
$125, 900, destroyed the barns and
equipment of the Kalamazoo Taxi 4
Bus Co., and the William Phillips Liv-
cry Co. Thirty-one horses were burned
to death.
Port Huron-A record book for en-
tering discharges of soldiers and sail
ors has been received by the county
clerk. The book has an honor roll
for men killed in action or dying from
other causes.
Bad Axe-James Braickenberry has
been elected president of the Bad Axe
Cooperative Live Stock Association,
which has membership of so. The as
ISOLATION shipped $4,000 worth OF live
stock last year.
Owosso-Resolution indorsing the
Good Roads amendment and condemn
ing the wine and beer amendment
were adopted at the annual meeting
here of the Shiawassee Association
of Farmers Clubs.
East acknowledgement in the
country pulpits Of Michigan will JON
this summer in mapping out a pro-
gram for bolstering up rural churches.
The country ministers will meet at
East Lansing, July z to 13.
South Haven-Ensign Charles Sny-
der, one of the first South Haven men
to enlist in the Navy, died in Paris
three days before he was to have sail
ed for home. He was commander Of
an American submarine chaser.
Cheboygan-George Langdon, prom.
inent restaurant man and former fire
chief, was seriously injured when
ton of frozen sawdust and ice fell OH
him while he was mining sawdust
he tat m no oh
ing ice Five ribs were broken.
Adrian-H. d. Hemmenway, of
Washington, representing the National
War Garden Commission, making a
tour of the Middle West, has arrived
in Adrian to launch a campaign to en-
courage Lenawee people to continue
and extend their war garden activities.
Muskegon-On the pretext that her
husband was going to buy house, g
stranger secured the Liberty bond Of
Mrs. William Priebe, of this city. he
stranger told Mrs. Priebe that her hus-
band had sent him for the bond as he
wanted to purchase a Lakeside house.
Adrian-Nancy Butler was awarded
a verdict OF $4,295 in the Circuit Court
at the end of a weeks trial of an ap-
peal from the Probate Court from the
allowance made by the commissioners
in the will of her brother, Thomas
Butler, a Ridgeway Township farmer
She asked for $4,000 for personal GER
vices.
Albion-Three women have been
nominated in Albion Township. Mrs.
John Barley, Republican, and Mrs
Charles Reichow, Democrat, seek the
clerkship. and Mrs. William Crops Is
Democratic nominee for treasurer.
Mrs. Barley has kept the books for
her husband, the present clerk. for
nine years.
Grand Rapids-Lieut Richard Zoet.
defeated at the polls for a place on
the city commission, has instituted
legal proceedings to gain the seat.
Lieut.. Zoet charges that his opponent.
DIR. John McColl, was illegally elected
as he was member of the board of
library commissioners when his peti.
tons were filed. Lieut. Zoet claims