The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-06-03
STATE NEWS !

appointed Charles Reed inspector Of
buildings at a salary OF $4,000. This
is a new office.
Charlevoix.-C County has
81 vacancies in the rural schools and
no applications from teachers have as
yet been made.
Traverse City.-The Federal census
report shows this city's population
has decreased 1870 in ten years or
9.S per cent. The population is 1925.
Niles-A few Of the striking Michi-
gan Central switchmen have returned
10 work here and the company Is NOV
ing 1000 cars a day. rs per cent OF
normal
Bay City.-Bay City shippers went
on record as favoring the granting OF
increases In freight rates to railroads
to enable them to rehabilitate their
service.
Port Austin.-When w. II. Benedict
passed the eighty-fourth milestone in
life, he put his foot over his head in
the presence OF friends just to show
them he Is still young.
Bay City-Charles A, Eddy, the Il t
of a family of brothers and cousins
who came to the Saginaw Valley in
The early sixties and became famous
In the numbering world, Is dead.
Saginaw-Two steel interurban
cars on the Michigan railway. one
headed toward Flint anu The other to-
ward Saginaw, collided headon near
Birch run. Several people were
slightly injured.
Rockford Mildred anu Marie Muir,
twin sisters, will marry Carl e. and
Guy Dennis, twin brothers, who live
just across TIE road, next month. They
are building a bungalow which the
two families will occupy.
Mt. Clemens-The city and county
officials have ordered that the new
100000 concrete bridge over the Gin
ton River shall be lighted when com
pleted this fall, by a myriad of cleo
trio lights placed in attractive stand
ards.
Kalamazoo--A $4,000 bonus for the
Kalamazoo public school teachers will
be voted on at the annual school cleo
ton The budget, which calls for the
expenditure OF $sOe,950 during the
school year, will also be voted on at
the election. The budget IS 1921 1925
in excess of that for last year.
Ann Arbor.-That Michigan should
Immediately begin the raising OF for
ests on her 100000 acres of idle
cut-over lands is thu suggestion of
Prof. F. S. Lovejoy, of the Faculty
OF Forestry at the University Of Mich.
igan. lie points out that Michigan is
now importing that which her lumber
dealers once said would never give
out."
Albion.-The Albion Chamber of
Commerce passed a resolution, which
was telegraphed to the Interstate
Commerce Commission, urging an ad-
vance in freight rates N order that
carriers may be enabled to give local
factories better service. Managers Of
local plants says that the present ser
vice Is very poor and hey prefer to
pay higher rates and get real service.
Jackson.-A short time ago Louis
Lorenson, former superintendent of
the prison brick plant, was taken i'll
with pernicious anaemia. Doctors ad-
vised him to undergo treatment 1t the
hospital. When inmate 1884 heard OF
the former officials condition, he
pleaded to be given the chance to
save the officers life AT the hospital
a test showed that his blood was per
fectly suited fer the operation The
TRANSMISSION was performed at once. 1t
proved successful. Lorenson is well
on the road to recovery.
Bay City.-It developed at a meet
ing of good roads enthusiasts of Sagi'
nav and Bay Counties that the propo-
sition Of indorsing construction OF
paved highway between this city and
Saginaw is going TO result in a fight
between factions favoring different
highways. State Highway Commission
er Rogers, the Bay County Road Com
mission and local sentiment favor
proposed River Road as a trunk line
route between the two cities John
Baird, of Milwaukee, declared that he
wanted the West Side Road desig-
mated.
Paw Paw-Prospects for an abund-
ant fruit crop in Van Buren, county
were never better than this spring.
Cherry and peach trees are set full.
The frosts recently did some damage,
but the blossoms were so abundant
and the weather in the last week so
favorable that these fruits will be
plentiful unless some Unforeseen fac
tor develops. Apples are in fun bios
som. indications are for fair crop,
not bumper, but considerably better
than the average for the last five
years. The strawberry crop should be
q huge one.
Ann Arbor-Reports from Lexing-
ION, KY, that hundreds OF angle worms
from two to FIVE inches long fell from