Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-04-29

| James dempsey.
Port Huron-Work of emptying
about 500 cases of liquor from the Gov
eminent warehouse into the ditch in
tunnel yards was carried out last
week.
Cadillac-The board Of supervisors
has voted to censure the poor commits
sioners for spending $4,000 to build
the tuberculosis sanitarium, when
only $4,000 had been appropriated.
Lawton-Sales of 100000 grape
vines to be planted this Spring are
recorded in this section Of the grape
country. This means that there will
be planted at least 1,7O0 new acreage.
| Charlevoix-A. T. Steward, for four
years foreman of the Charlevoix fish
hatchery, accepts the office Of state
| superintendent of fish hatcheries and
leaves for his headquarters in Lansing
May /.
| Owosso-The Consumers Power Co.
has notified the city that hereafter the
] rate per year charged for lighting
street lights will be increased 20 per
cent, except for the newly installed
boulevard lighting system.
Pontiac-A suit brought by Harvey
Hawley against Eugene Lacey and a
number of Groveland farmers, started
in circuit court, is an outgrowth Of the
Stacker raids" and tar and feather
| parties which took place during the
war.
| Flint-Arthur G.. Bishop, prominent
Flint banker, vice-president and direc-
| tor of the General Motors corporation,
| and a director of the Union Trust
| company of Detroit, has been chosen
president of the Flint Chamber of
| Commerce.
Monroe-The Monroe board of edu-
| cation has purchased the Navarro
I farm, consisting of four acres, which
| will be used for athletic purposes.
| The price was announced as $4,000.
The land is just within the southern
| city limits Of Monroe.
Flint-Dr. j. G.. Zwaluenburg, OF
| Ann Arbor, was selected president OF
the Michigan Trudeau society, in ses-
sion here. DR.. B. Pierce, of the Howell
sanitarium, was elected vice-president.
More than so physicians, interested in
| tuberculosis work, attended.
Tecumseh-A challenge to the SER
vicemen of the state to prove their
value in community life by discreet
T., 30 10 o. rnnant1U untQ1
cash bonus was issued by Guy M. Will
! son of Flint, state commander of the
American Legion, speaking here.
Bay City-Margaret Day, s, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Day, res
| iding three miles outside the city,
| was struck and killed by an automo-
bile truck owned by c. J. Mcbride,
| grocer, when she ran in front OF the
truck after alighting from another ma
| chine.
Kalamazoo-Efforts are being made
| by Grand Trunk railway officials here
| to find Edith E. Sickle, who a year
ago disappeared from the Ancrum
Lead Mines, Canada, where she was
employed as a telegraph operator. Her
| father died recently, leaving her
| fortune.
Grand Rapids-A resolution that the
| city attorney be instructed to draw up
an estimate Of the cost of munich
| pal gas plant has been adopted by the
city commission. This action was
taken because of wide difference
with the Grand Rapids Gas Light COM
pany on the gas rate.
Grand Rapids-More than 5000
wolves and nearly 1000 coyotes dur
ing the winter entered Michigan from
Canada, forming a menace that should
be combated Immediately, report to
the Western Michigan Game and Pro
tective association by j. Stockley Lig-
non, predatory animal inspector for
Michigan, says.
Pontiac-Judge F. l.. Covert has set
up an answer, defending his decision
that 12-cent fares on the ID. u. r. in
terurbar line fror, Birmingham to
Detroit are legal and has filed 1t in
proceedings before the supreme court.
The answer holds the circuit court
has proper jurisdiction and upholds
the courts construction of the Smith
act.
Ann Arbor-Dean Victor G. Vaug-
han, of the medical school of the Uni
versity of Michigan, who recently re-
signed from the faculty after 40 years
service, has accepted the chairman
ship of the medical section of the Ma
tional Research Council. DR.. Vaughan
was the first chairman of this section,
created during the world war. DR..
Vaughan's resignation as dean will
take effect at the close of the present
school year in June.
Dowagiac-Susanna Farrar, 80, is
named in a divorce bill her husband,
William H. Farrar, sc, filed in circuit
court He says his wife on April Is
hired a chauffeur to drive their car
to Elkhart, and that on the way the
machine stopped near a wood and
both got out. He charges infidelity,
but does not disclose the name of the
chauffeur. The Farrars are among
the best known families Of Cass coun.
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