The Yale expositor., 1919-08-21
MiChig a n
Happenings


Petoskey-Emmett County will vote
on 100000 bond issue to build roads
October 9.
Caro-Lot Foster, ~ years old
dropped dead of heart failure while
working on his farm in Tuscola town
ship.
Ironwood-The Iron National bank
capitalized at s125.000, has been form
ed here and will be ready for bust
ness September 1.
Standish--After a few days OF mar.
ried life, Chris Rulason paid the costs
In justice court here for blackening
the eye OF his bride.
Gaylord-Otsego County's home
held at Gaylord during the week of
the Otsego County Fair, September
% to 26.
Owosso-Frances Woodland, 2-year-
old daughter of Frank J. Woodland,
furniture manufacturer, is dead, the
result Of drinking from a bottle con-
tanning medicine intended for a colt
Detroit-Maj. Edwin DENLY, former
Congressman and veteran Of the Span
ish-American and World Wars, an
nounces that he will be a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
governor.
Grand Rapids-District Attorney
Myron P. Walker has announced sew
en- arrests on information charging
misbranding and incorrect weights of
foodstuffs A warrant has also been
issued for a neighth alleged offender.
Kalamazoo-The General Motors
Co. has purchased the plant OF the
Hastings Consolidated Press & Tool
Co. for s1.000,000. it was announced.
The capacity of the plant will be quad
rupled by the General Motors Co.,
which will employ about 1920 men
here.
Grand Rapids-The skull and cross
bones on bottle OF mixture COM
posed of ether and collodium failed
to stop Herbert Bossen, George Bos-
sen and Verny Halpin from drink
ing it. They used denatured alcohol
as chaser" but all survived to be
sentenced to 80 days in jail.
Marshall - Fifty-one gray-haired
veterans of the civil war attended the
twenty-ninth annual reunion OF the
Calhoun county veteran battalion here.
For first time in the history of the
organization it became necessary to
dispense with the parade. owing to
the advanced age of those in attend
ance.
Pontiac-Because of the badly de-
composed condition of the body found
in patch of woods, near the Twelve
mile road in Royal Oak township Sun
day afternoon, Under-sheriff Mack
Hunt ordered 1t buried Monday. The
body was not identified. The victim
was about 80 years old. and an empty
vial labeled carbolic acid found near
by is believed to indicate suicide.
Bay City-Bay City council Mon
day night declined to recede from its
position In refusing to allow the street
cents, demand which has caused
the lines to be tied up with strike
since last Wednesday, Major y. G.
Beckwith, on behalf of citizens
committee, presented an amendment
TO the franchise similar to that grant
I'D n q OH wv httf ha 0H Il
It.
Lansing-With paid in capital Of
100000, furnished by Columbus, O.,
and Grand Rapids men and the origi-
nal purchase of land for their enter
prise made, Attorney Roy E. Watkins.
of Grand Rapids, applied to the secre-
tary of state for permission to incor-
porate the MichiganOhio Land &
Lumber company. The function of
the proposed corporation is to raise
farm products and sell them through
agencies direct to the consumer.
Battle Creek-All men recruited for
the army in Michigan hereafter will
be sent to Camp Custer for training,
Lieutenant Colonel A. M. Pardee an
nounced Monday. Colonel Phillipson,
representative of the war department
at Washington, made an inspection of
camp, arranging for the reception Of
recruits. 1t is also possible that re-
cruits from Wisconsin will also be
housed here. though at present much
Wisconsin territory has been assigned
to Camp Grant.
An Arbor-At the closing session OF
the order OF Harugari, held here,
Lansing was picked as the meeting
place of the order in 1920. William
Nonemann, of Mars hall. formerly
deputy vice president, was named
president; John Mayer, OF Ann Arbor,
was elected deputy vice president;
Oscar Erman, Of Kalamazoo, grand
overseer; Carl Bauer and Charles
Hausher, both Of Detroit, were retain
ed in their former positions. that OF
grand secretary and treasury respec-