The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-02-05

charge or gambling. When arralgned
in justice court each was fined $S.l5.
st. Johns-Clinton county board of
supervisors passed a resolution con-
demning the state constabulary as a
needless expense and ordered a copy
OF the same forwarded to Represen-
tative Hunter and State Senator De-
foe.
Hillsdale-Jesse Grant, aged 80, liv-
ing three miles south of Quincy, was
almost instantly killed when working
to clear snow drifts from the roads.
A switch engine on the New York
Central struck him, cutting big cash
in the scalp and almost severing one
leg.
Grand Rapids-David Dunlap, 90,
Plainfeld township farmer, was burn
ed to death in his farm home when
the structure was destroyed by fire.
HI was fighting the flames on the
second floor of the house when the
brick chimney toppled over, burying
him beneath ii.
Port Huron-Mrs. Julia Odette, st.
! Clair county pioneer and believed to
! be the oldest woman in the state, died
at her home in Avoca, aged 1O3. Mrs.
( Odette was in possession of her facul-
| ties mp to within a few days of her
passing. She is survived by one son,
Louis Odette himself an aged man.
Kalamazoo--It was not until one OF
the women of the family demanded OF
a strange man what business he had
on a ladder opposite her window, that
B. w. Raseman became aware that
| the house was a mass of flames. The
strange man was a fireman who was
mounting to the roof with line OF
! fire hose.
! Saginaw-The Consumers Power
Co. plans to expend approximately
$5,0OO,O0O for the erection of steam
electric generating plant at Zi,waukee.
a mile from the Saginaw limits, II the
$60,000,O00 bond issue and its con-
solidation plans with the Michigan
Light Co. are approved by the state
utilities commission.
Characterization county has a war
chest fund of 100000 and does not
know how to dispose of it. Accord
ing to petitions being circulated. Char
lotte proposes to turn its share over to
the Irwin Greenwalt American Legion
post, while Benton township wants to
use the township funds for commun-
ity house at Potterville.
Detroit-Eli Nedelau and his wife
Flora, 345 Meldrum avenue, were as
sessed $2,621.32 taxes by internal
revenue officers for operating two
stills in the basement of their home.
Seventy-six gallons of finished whisky
were found. The couple, Rumanians,
had their goods packed, ready to go
back to their native country.
Misunderstanding his action on
Judge Roots decision holding the
city commission was elected by an
unconstitutional method, Charles
! Struble, former chief Of police, has
notified the commission he will make
a fight to reclaim the Office from
which he was dismissed a month ago
by Harry Freeman, city manager.
Adrian-The first south-bound pas
senger train to reach Adrian on the
Dundee branch of the New York Cen
trail railroad since November, 1917, ar
rived in the city last week, bearing
over 80 persons from Onsted, who
made the trip in celebration of the
resumption OF service and were the
guests Of the chamber of commerce
here.
Philippians for the erection of new
factory buildings and extensions to
the Buick plant in Flint to cost APP
proximately $7.5OO,OO0 were announc-
ed following the annual meeting of the
board of directors of the Buick Mo-
tor Co, at which II. II. Bassett was
elected president and general man.
ager TO succeed Walter p. Chrysler,
resigned.
Kalamazoo-A full congregation saw
the Inauguration of a motion picture
feature as a regular part OF the week.
ly service at the First Presbyterian
church, one of the biggest in the city.
IL the experiment continues success
full, motion picture shows will be
given in the church several nights
every week. Films will not be con-
fined to religious production.
Ann Arhor-Adoption of a stand
ard plan whereby pupils of public
schools OF Michigan can be gagged in
physical fitness, was made by state
physical directors. The pulse recos-
cry" test, in which the subject runs
lin place" 10 seconds, then rests for
two.minute period, after which the
pulse is supposed to be normal. was
devised for girls. A more strenuous
test was planned for boys.
Big ds.-lnvestigation into the
death of 17-year-old Grace Enyart, at
the private hospital of DR.. Albert Pat
terson, of Chippewa Lake, has been
begun by the authorities. The girl
had been at the hospital since the
middle of December, at which time the
doctor says she presented herself for