The Yale expositor., 1920-08-05

Schoolcraft-Fruit crops In ST. Jo-
seph and southern Kalamazoo counties
were heavily damaged by violent
wind storm.
Albion-Hessian fly has caused such
havoc in the wheat in this section that
the Calhoun county crop will be so
per cent of normal, farmers estimate.
Adrian-A representative of the
state health department is investigat-
ing Blissfeld, Mich, following the
testing of 80 wells when S5 were re-
ported unsafe.
Grand apids-Grand Rapids has
gone on a cash basis after the city
commission authorized the largest
single cash warrant ever drawn, to-
falling $780,, O16.S5.
Caro-Mrs Maude Calbeck, of Caro-,
has announced her candidacy for
county treasurer as a Republican. She
is the first woman in Tuscola county
to campaign for a county office.
Boyne City-A village is being es-
tablished in Rust township, Montmor-
ency county, along the Boyne City,
Gaylord e. Alpena railroad about 10
miles east OF Atlanta. No name has
yet been selected.
Caro-Condemned following a re-
cent fire, Hotel Secor has been torn
down after serving more than 40 years
as a hostelry A wholesale and re-
tail automobile accessory building is
to be erected on the site.
Cadillac-Engineers at work on the
site of the new state park on Lakes
Cadillac and Mitchell are planning for
future Identification of the grounds.
II is understood the state plans to
spend $4,000 improving the park.
Hillsdale-Farmers of Ransom
township are troubled by chinch bugs
on corn. County farm bureau will
help to eradicate the pest. Farmers
around Litchfield are reporting the
appearance of fire blight on apples
and pears.
Detroit-Bond issues totalling $751;
900, 900 will be submitted to the voters
of Detroit for their approval at the
August primary, election. OF this
amount $25,000,000 is for sewer ex-
tension and $12,OOO.OOO for the water
department.
Standish-West Branch chamber of
commerce is planning a booster trip
to Standish, Thursday, August 20.
Omer and Sterling, of this county will
be included in the tour and a picnic
supper will be served at the Rifle
River, near Sterling.
Administering struck the res
idence of F. w. Wickwire, making
Mrs. Wickwire unconscious, and of
John Tankalalis, damaging it; also
the barn of Milo Aldrich, burning it,
and killed a valuable horse on the
farm of NJ. A. Baker.
KalamaZoo-Lives OF a score of pic
nickers were endangered when a
Long Lake bus burst into flames sew
en- miles south of the city while it was
crowded with persons on their way to
the popular lake resort The blaze
was extinguished by chemical appara-
tus sent out by the fire department.
No one was seriously hurt
Decatur-Dissatisfie after his fail
ure last December to locate the great
meteor which lighted up the sky of
southwestern Michigan, November &c,
Professor Hobbs of the University of
Michigan, is spending his vacation
here in another effort to find the heav-
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fell 10 or IL miles north of Dowagiac
Petoskey - Thomas Ryan, alias
Smith, was turned over to federal Off
Gals on the indictment by the u. s.
District court at Chattanooga, Tenn,
charging him with participation in
the sensational kidnapping of 12-year-
old Myrtle Irene Swafford at Chatta-
nooga last fall. Indictment was re-
turned November 1 and Ryan has
been sought ever since.
Traverse City-Electors voted to is-
sue bonds for $4,000 to install a
steam plant to generate electrical
power to serve as auxiliary to the
| hydro-electric plants. II is to have
a capacity of 1900 horsepower. This
is regarded as an emergency improve
ment, for engineers predict $1,000, 900
development Of the Boardman river
will be necessary in few years.
Grand Rapids-Car men of the
Grand Rapids Railway Co. demanded
a % per cent wage increase and a
closed shop. The present contract
ends Sept. 1. The employees ask that
the top wage for motormen and con-
euctors, especially for operators of
one-man cars, be 70 cents an hour.
The minimum is set at 81 cents an
hour. The company contends the de-
mands can not be met unless an g.
cent fare is granted.
Pontiac-Sixteen and a third acres
of land donated by the General Mo-
tors corporation as sites for schools
cannot be accepted, according to de-
cision of the Pontiac board of educa-
ton A ruling was obtained from the
attorney general that no money could
be appropriated for purchase or i'm
provement of the sites, because they