The Yale expositor., 1920-07-08

eVatOr WHICH Durueu last ldll VIII DO
rebuilt this summer.
Zeeland-Buried beneath 10000
pounds of -four in a bakery, Bern Hir-
des, of NJ. Hirdes & Sons, was rescu-
ed.
Hillsdale-The Geisler Battery Co.,
capitalized at 100000 will open a
factory here to make batteries for
farm lighting purposes.
Standish-Black bears are on the
rampage among the sheep, lambs and
pigs of northern Michigan on some
Of the ranches. and In remote settle
ments.
Climax-A unique reunion was held
here by the Girls of II" an organ
ization of women who attended the
public school during 1871. Fifty per-
sons attended.
Lansing-The Michigan AntiTuber-
culosis Association will this year
strive to sell 3O,00O,000 Christmas
seals-the largest seal sale ever at
tempted IN michigan.
Detroit-Dr. P. l.. Prentis, chief OF
the Detroit station, u. s. immigration
service, since August, 1919. has ten
dered his resignation TO Washington
officials and it has been accepted.
Standish-Miss Virginia Austin,
daughter of Claude Austin, circuit
court stenographer of North Branch,
has the state record for attendance
at school. In the last nine years she
has neither been tardy or absent.
Harbor Springs-The second cleo
tion to vote on bonding the village
for $4,000 to construct a building for
the Higrade Motor Co. resulted in
large majority in favor. The former
election was invalidated by a techni-
cality.
Decatur-Neighbors who noticed the
absence of Mrs. Horton Welcher in
vestigated and found the woman's
tody at the bottom OF the Red Run
creek. II is believed she was overtak-
en- by heart trouble and fell into the
water.
Standish-The big international
milk plant being erected here, costing
about 10000 is expected to be ready
to receive milk In about 60 days. The
new owners, The Belle Isle Creamery
Co., Detroit, will make other improve
ments here in the plant and surround
ings.
Cadillac-The grasshopper brigade
has been reinforced by the potato bug
and these two insects are busily eat
ing everything in sight. The use of
white arsenic against potato bugs will
destroy the vines unless the poison is
somewhat by the addition
OF lime, say farmers.
Three Rivers-"Michigan Military
Records" a book compiled by Miss
Sue /. Silliman, of this city, at the
request of the state historical commits
sion, has just been issued. The book
let contains a list of all Michigan SOL
diers awarded medals for bravery in
action in any American war, beginning
with the revolution. and recounts the
deeds for which the more important
of the medals were granted.
Grand Rapids-F. Bertrand Merrill
and Charles Dilworth Hatfield, two
Grand Rapids boys now serving SEN
fences in the state prison at Mar
uuette have written friends at home
that they believe they are successful
in developing a chemical process from
which they may devise a means of
commercially extracting hydrogen
from water, thus affording fuel and
power startling in economy.
Three Rivers-St. Joseph county
has again been invaded by hog chol-
era and every effort is being made
by the authorities to stamp out the
malady, which caused such a great
loss two years ago. Thirty porkers
on the farm of Isaac Peters, near
Flatbush, are afflicted, according to
report made by the county farm agent
and two experts from the Michigan
Agricultural College. The farm has
been quarantined and all hogs in the
affected district will be vaccinated.
Atlanta-Because Of lack of bus.
mess to keep the Office alive, Robert
Mcclellan has rendered his resigna-
ton as sheriff of Montmorency coun.
ty. The Office has been conducted
on fee basis, in addition to allow
ance for the sheriff of $500 a year as
janitor of the court house. With the
advent Of prohibition, 1t is said. bus
mess in the sheriff line has fallen off
sharply, 80 much that the officer was
obliged to seek other employment.
The sheriff of Kalkaska county recent
ly resigned for similar reasons.
Detroit-Indicativ of real estate
and other business activity in Detroit
is the report of Otto H. Stoll, register
of deeds, for the first six months OF
1920. 1t shows that papers are being
filed in his Office at the rate ofdO0,OOO
a year. The number of deeds filed
for the first half of the year totaled
81 ,617, as compared with 21,509 for the
same period in 1919, an increase OF
10, 108 for 1920. The number of mort