The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-04-07
STATE NEWS /

a.
city planning commission was adopted
by the city commission.
Adrian-Ruby Bailey and Ruth Hub
bard, inmates at the Industrial School
for Girls, have escaped.
Adrian-John Blessing of Tecumseh
was sentenced to from one to five
years at Ionia for burglary.
Holland-Bakers reduced the price
of bread to IL cents, wholesale. Milk
is now retailed at 10 cents a quart,
Manistique-The owners of the
Courier-Record have sold their plant
to the Tribune Publishing Co. The
plants will be consolidated about
May /.
Decatur - The board of education
has purchased Barton park for ath.
letic purposes. Money for the athletic
field was raised during the war and
invested in liberty bonds.
Niles-Senator Newberry has NOM
mated Richard Tormey, son of r. j.
Tormey, editor of the Niles Daily
Star-Sun, to take the next examina-
tion for Annapolis Naval Academy.
Hillman - John Scott, who shot
Charles Lake, Detroit &; Maclinac
station agent here, il January, was
convicted at Atlanta of attempted
murder and sentenced to 20 to 40
years.
Observation-Disclosures County has
taken another step toward equal jury
service for men and women. Seven
women have been drawn for the April
term of the Circuit Court, the largest
number ever called on at single
term.
Kalamazoo-Many rush" orders are
bringing a revival of business at the
paper mills here. l.. N. Russell, of the
Wolverine Paper Co., says the enor-
nous stock accumulated during the
last few years are getting low and
that there is an increased demand.
Jonesville-Sidney Decker, 10 years
old, formerly of Jonesville, brake
man, was killed at FIT. Wayne juno
ton when he slipped and fell from the
back of an engine. A car which had
Just been cut loose in switching ran
over him. An inquest has been or
dered.
Owosso-Property owners in Burns
township have started suit against the
township for return of special assess
ment taxes paid for a Community
House at Byrun. The courts have held
shat the special election at which the
raising of $4,000 by these taxes was
illegal.
Birmingham-It has been announc-
ed definitely that the village of Birm-
ingham will seek an injunction to re-
strain the ID. u. r. from collecting the |
2S-cent fare to Detroit, instead of a |
"split fare" of Is cents, which Oak
land circuit judges ruled could be |
paid by passengers.
Port Huron - Port Huron electors |
will be given an opportunity to vote |
on the proposed change from the |
present commission form of govern
ment to the city manager form at the
primaries to be held in August. The
chamber of commerce is behind the
movement for a city manager
Pontiac-Denying that he had a
part in the family difficulties of Frank
Kiss and wife, whose troubles are in
the divorce court here, John Ali,
Turk, made the novel defense that
the couple quarreled in language he
did not understand. The court had
demanded Ais appearance on charges
made by Kiss.
Allegan-The Allegan County Silver
and Black Fox company has been or
ganized by j. Ford Stratton, Earl
Herman, Robert Dynham, Emil Swan
son and Wayne Stock. The company
will operate a fur farm in the vicinity
of Allegan and will start with 40 pairs
of silver and black foxes. Ten pairs
OF foxes will be imported from Prince
Edward Island.
Pontiac-Judges Kleber p. Rock
well and Frank L. Covert, sitting
Jointly, denied the motion for an in
junction petitioned for by Willis
Hugh, Elmer G. Kiesler and Samuel
F. Foster, Ferndale, to restrain Pro-
bate Judge Ross Stockwell from call
ing a special election to elect officers
to fill the vacancies caused by the re-
call of the petitioners, March /. The
recall was held to be valid.
Ann Arbor - Three automobile
wheels and tires are believed to be
the only spoils secured by railroad
thieves when Michigan Central
freight train was stopped three miles
west of this city by the cutting of the
air connections. The engineer claimed
to have seen the tires by the side of
the tracks, but by the time the train
crew went back to the spot the rob-
bers had disappeared with their loot.
The car door was open.
Bay City-Mayor Robert Mundy,