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gave birth TO bankruptcies, all boys.
this week. The babies failed to sur
vive.
Ann Arbor-The city and u. of NJ.
will join February 9 in memorial ser
vice for Colonel Roosevelt. The may
or, Z. M. Wurster, and DIR. Harry B.
Hutchins, president of the university,
will preside.
Coopersville-W'ith the January 81
edition, the Coopersville Observer cell
ebrates its twenty-ffth anniversary
under the guidance of Cornelius De-
vos. The Observer has been in exist
ence for 40 years.
Grand Rapids-Grand Rapids mer-
chants have filed protest to the
proposed luxury tax. The merchants
charge that the tax would be hard
to compute and collect and that 1t
would be unpopular.
Grand Representative OF
the state fish commission visited the
Mill Greek Hatchery, near this city.
The Paris Hatchery was also visited.
The two hatcheries have asked for an
increased appropriation.
Grand Rapids-George Reed, regis
trar of deeds, has asked that steps
be taken whereby the registers in the
Michigan counties may record sol
diers' discharges from service with
out collecting the usual fee.
Elizabeth Pupor has re-
ceived word from her brother, Private
Charles Pupor, reported as missing in
wounded October Is and has been In
German prison camp since.
Allegan-There will be no primar-
les in Allegan this spring unless some
one wants to try to beat c. l.. Good
rich for county school commissioner.
At present there are no contests for
any place on the rest of the ballot.
Owosso = Edward Mix, Durand
youth who broke out the Durand jail
December 20 while awaiting examina-
ton on statutory charge was caught
at Flint and George wilkins. of Jack
son, who escaped at the same time,
has also been caught.
Petoskey-George Garland, IS years
old, son of the publisher of the Gen.
trail Lake Torch, NJ. l.. Garland, was
drowned while skating on thin ice at
intermediate Lake. Companions at
tempted to rescue him with a rope
made by tieing sweaters together.
Saginaw-Vincent hotel, one of the
best known hostelries in northeastern
Michigan for 30 years, closed it's
doors and the building turned over
TO its owners, the d. w. Rust estate,
OF Detroit, by April !. w. A. Aubrey
has been operating the hotel for near
ly II years.
Owosso--Z. w. Earl, local mer-
chant, is at liberty on bond following
his arrest on writ OF capias, in suit
for $4,000 started by Nathan Burtis
of Owosso, who claims Earl stole his
wife's affections. He says he has afti-
davits made by his wife regarding her
conduct with Earl.
Ypsilanti-Word was received here
of the finding OF the body OF Charles
Finney at his home in Willis. He died
OF heart disease with a newspaper
dated January % in his hand. His
wife. who is helpless from paralysis,
al uto nj ,h1p
discovered. She has been without
food for a week. Physicians says she
| cannot live.
F'lint-When William White offered
a personal check in payment for a
SAB purchase at local store, the
clerk questioned whether he had that
much on deposit. White took tbs
clerk with him to the bank, declaring
he had $500 on deposit. Search o,
the books failed to show il, and White
drew so days in JAIL when he pleaded
guilty to a false pretense charge.
East Lansing-A goodly prospect OF
profits is held out by Professor A. X.
Chittenden OF Michigan Agricultural
college for the man who ventures this
spring into the business of making a
good grade Of maple syrup. In re-
porting on experiments conducted by
the department of forestry Professor
Chittenden gives the approximate cost
OF gallon of syrup, ready for ship
ment, as s1.45.
Bay City--While an ice famine ap
parently threatens Bay City and
southern Michigan, reports indicate
that there will be a good harvest OF
ice Immediately north of here, Meag
her Bros, of this city, who furnish
several railroads, including the Mich
gan Central. with ice, are gathering
an additional crew for the harvest on
Georges lake. Ogemaw county. A
member OF the firm says that the ice
here Is ten inches thick.
Notwithstanding TO a special re
port made by Second Deputy Commits
sioner Of Police George A. Walters, a
people were killed in Detroit by var