The Yale expositor., 1920-06-24
MiChig a n
Happenings

cause of inability to get coal.
Kalamazoo-Two out of every three
families in Kalamazoo County possess
cars, according to statistics in posses
sion of Ural Acker, county treasurer.
Nashville-Henry Burton, 80 years
old, of Maple Grove, fell on the hard
road when he jumped of horse he
was riding. He died a few hours
later.
Rochester-Parke Sipperly, SO years
old, well known farmer, was found in
a ditch beside the road near his home.
He had laid there four hours, from a
stroke.
SagiDaw-The Valley Home Tele'
phone company, of Saginaw, has
bought the Fairgrove & Akron Michi-
gan exchanges and has sold the Port
Austin exchange.
Saginaw-Saginaw, has a popula-
tion Of 61.903, or an increase OF 22.6
per cent since 1910, figures announced
by the census bureau show. The pop
ulation ten years ago was 1888.
Saginaw-Leo McGraw, 20, who
went to Lansing from Saginaw to work
in the Olds Motor works, was drowned
in Cedar creek there when the canoe
in which he was padding capsized.
Grand Rapids-The Cleaners Clear.
ing House Association and the Clean
ers Corporation will take over the
elevator interests OF the Armour Pack
ing Co. and the Llewellyn Bean Co.
July /.
Grand Rapids-Bert Walker, Barry
County farmer, fell dead at a garage,
where he had placed his automobile,
after driving here from Hastings, to
visit his wife, who was i'll at a local
hospital.
Three thousand recruits is the new
est mark set for the Michigan Nation
al Guard. Recruiting campaigns will
be made in every Michigan city and
town in which national guard units
are stationed
Grand Rapids-Edward Peters, is
suffering from burns received when
he slipped and fell on a third rail on
the Michigan Railway Co. tracks near
his home. Workmen found him by
the rail unconscious.
Big Rapids-William Higgins, stu
dent in the college preparatory de.
partment of Ferris Institute. and
catcher on the institutes base ball
nine, was drowned while swimming in
the Muskegon River.
Ann Arbor-The Lakeview hotel
property at Whitmore lake has been
purchased by officers of the Solvay
Process company, of Detroit. The
building will be remodeled and con-
verted into a club house for officers
and their families.
Owosso-Judge Matthew Bush, old
est probate Judge in point of service
in the state, with exception Of Judge
Durfee, OF Wayne County, has an
nounced his candidacy for reelection
this fall. He is now serving his thir-
ty-second year. Judge Durfee has
served 40 years.
Grand Rapids-Daniel Nestle a
World War veteran, has been indicted
for conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment out of 500, which was sent a
woman he claimed was his wife. The
Government charges that she is the
wife of another man and the mother
OF eight children.
Iron Mountain-Three men, who
posed as federal agents, visited Joe
Deconcins' place at Florence, Wis,
near here and made a search for
liquor. Not finding any they then fore
ed Mr.. Decorcins to take them to his
home, where they seized quantity Of
whisky valued at 5000, making their
getaway in an auto.
Detroit-That two boys. one nine
years old, the other eight, might have
the pleasure of seeing the fire engines
come, IL horses were burned to death
in two barn fires, according to
rested after the last blaze. According
to Patrolman Bruce Phillips, who ar
rested the boys, the elder originated
the idea by throwing lighted matches
into the hay.
Battle Creek-Mrs. Ella Eaton Kel-
logg, wife of Dr. john Harvey Kellogg,
head of Battle Creek sauttarium, died
here after an extended tllness with
cancer. Mrs. Kellogg was one Of the
best known women of Michigan. She
has been a writer OF magazine articles
for year, these dealing largely with SCI
entiflc cookery and child welfare, and
she was also the author OF several
books that are widely read.
Detroit-Benjamin Blumenberg De-
troit, and Thomas H. Coke. Traverse
City, were nominated for governor and
lieutsnant-governor at the Socialist
state convention. The platform calls
for repeal Of the state syndicate act,
abolition of the state constabulary, a
six-day week with a six-hour working
day and weekly payment, providing u
minimum OF $40 a week for partial and
$40 a week for total disability.
Ann Arbor-Lyle Davis, of this city.