The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-08-12


secure the return of the ID. T. & l.
engine shops.
Bay City-The board OF health has
increased the salaries OF the dairy.
food and plumbing inspectors from
s125 to $3.50 a month.
Hillsdale-Fifteen hundred to 1000
persons attended Community day cele-
bration. They were from North Ad-
ans. Waldron, Osseo. Allen, as well
as this city.
Adrian-A representative OF the
state health department Is investigat-
ing Blissheld, Mich, following the
testing OF 80 wells when 80 were re-
ported unsafe.
Caro-Mrs. Maude Calbeck, OF Caro-.
has announced her candidacy for
county treasurer as Republican. She
is the first woman In Tuscola county
to campaign for county office.
Albion-The Hayes Wheel Co. an
nounced that owing to the success Of
The Hub" Journal published at Its
factory here, four new journals will
be published at Its other plants.
Grand Rapids-Annual trade extern
sion excursion OF Grand Rapids whole
salers will be held October to in
territory to the southeast on the Mich
igan Central and Pere Marquette rail-
roads.
aDetroit-Fire originating In the
basement Of the Myra Jones school ar
Baldwin and Sylvester avenues, burn
ed its way to the roof, causing $751;
900 damage. The fire started In an
oily mop In basement corner.
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.
Grand Ledge-This city has raised
one-third OF the $4,000 1t must put In.
to the scheme to purchase the famous
Seven Islands Resort. Lansing men
are expected to raise the other $45,.
900 necessary to put through the deal.
Hillsdale-One OF the biggest pic-
MICS ever held in Branch county will
be given by the Branch County Farm
bureau at Pleasant Ridge, Marble
lake. Aug. 26. Combined with this
will be the third annual Boys and
Girls club picnic.
Grand Rapids-Mrs. Robert Haag.
6S years old, living west of the city.
was seriously hurt. and two others
less severely, when an automobile
owned by DR.. Louis Chapel, OF Marna.
capsized in collision with q car driv.
en- by G. VanAllsburg of Muskegon.
Pontiac-Tke first woman ever to
seek a seat in the state legislature
from Oakland county filed her nom.
mating petitions here. She is Mary
Z. Utter, of Bloomfield township, and
Democratic candidate for represent.
alive from the Second Oakland dis
trict.
Battle Creek-Civilian watchmen
who have been employed to guard
buildings and property at Camp Gus
ter have been discharged and In the
future all guard duty will be done by
soldiers. other civilian employees are
being laid of gradually and their DO.
sitions being filed by enlisted men.
Dissatisfied after his fail
ure last December to locate the great
meteor which lighted up the sky OF
southwestern Michigan, November 26,
Professor Hobbs Of the University OF
Michigan, is spending hts vacation
here in another effort to find the heav,
emily visitant. He believes the meteor
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. 8.
District court at Chattanooga, Tenn,
charging him with participation In
the sensational kidnapping OF l2-year
old Myrtle Irene Swafford at Chatta-
nooga last fall Indictment was re-
turned November and Ryan has
been sought ever since.
Grand Rapids-Grand Rapids bak-
ers are Directing to the proposed or
dinance fixing the weight of loaves
OF bread because they want this leg.
islation to be enacted by the state
legislature. the city commission was
told by e. ]. Warren, local baker.
Such legislation was passed by the
legislature at the last session and
vetoed by the governor.
Traverse City-EIectors voted to is-
cue bonds for $4,000 to install a
steam plant to generate electrical
power to serve as auxiliary to the
hydro-eiectric plants. II Ia to have
a capacity OF 1900 horsepower. This
10 regarded az an emergency improve
ment, for engineers predict $1,000 600
Of the Boardman river
will be necessary in a few years.
Grand Rapids-Car men OF the
Grand Rapids Railway Co. demanded
a % per cent wage increase and
closed shop. The present contract
ends Sept. 1. The employees ask that
the top wage for motormen and con-
cuctors. especially for operators OF
cneman cars, be 70 cents an hour
The minimum Is set at 81 cents an
hour. The company contends the de-