The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-09-01

dents in the grades will remain S2O
a year
harlotte-Harold Heat LeClear
charged with bigamy, is being held il
Charlotte Jail under $1,000 bonds. lie
Clear, who is 81 years old, is said Il
have had four wives.
Owosso-Mrs. leila Densmore, wife
of A. l.. Densmore, of Owosso, is the
first woman to be called for jury
duty in Shiawassee County. HeI
name is on the list OF those ordered
to report Sept. II.
Adrian-Tille Hines, Helen Camp
bell and Mabel Saunders escaped from
the Industrial School for Girls and are
presumed to have gone to Detroit
They escaped by prying open the
doors to their rooms.
Pontiac-Infantile paralysis is the
cause of the serious illness of DR.
Raymond Tuck. of Pontiac, who is in
Harper Hospital, Detroit. DR.. Tuck
is a veteran OF the World War and
saw active service in France.
Plainwell-Prof. l.. L. Irland, rs
years old, one of PlainwelPs most
prominent citizens, was found dead
in his home here. He was for IL
years superintendent Of schools and
served six terms as village president
Ann Arbor-Vernon F. Hillery, OF
n,,Iea nlyIo haan annOinfpH Inn Gi.
ness manager of the Michigan Daily,
student newspaper at the University
OF Michigan, succeeding Edward
Priehs, Mt. Clemens, who was recent
ly drowned.
Three Rivers-Union carpenters of
Three Rivers have voluntarily lower
ed their scale of pay from 50 cents an
hour to 70 cents an hour. This was
done to give the home builders an OPP
portunity to get skilled workmen at
a very reasonable price to build their
homes.
Port Huron-George Leyham, Ken
ockee township farmer, has confessed
to robbing the private bank OF c. G.
Peck and company at Goodells. He
did not attempt to open the safe, but
rified the petty cash drawer, securing
s35 He broke open the rear door OF
the bank with buggy axle.
Nastos, prop
rietor of a local restaurant, word re-
ceived here says. was drafted into the
Greek army, when he visited that
country this summer to wed his sweet
heart He was forced into the army,
word says, as he and his bride were
at the railroad station to return to
America.
Saginaw-Indemnity bonds of jit-
ney bus operators were fixed at $4,000
per passenger with a maximum Of
$4,000 of liability for one accident
by the city council. This decision
was reached over the opposition OF
Mayor B. N. Mercer, who held out for
$4,000 for each passenger with a
maximum of $4,000.
Clawson-Because its treasury Is
low. the village of Clawson has been
at least for the present. A campaign
to bring about purchase Of adequate
equipment was launched some time
ago. but the village council decided
a;4.nst the expenditure on the ground
''~en't enough money.
, PaM "A wave OF crime has
suu..-,y broken out in Van Buren,
courty. Among the places entered
have been the homes Of Fred Smith
and Mrs. William Jacobs, OF Arlington
township. There were taken from the
former a suit of clothes, watch, and
pocketbook. At the Jacobs home the
thieves stole gold watch and chain.
Flint. C. Harvey. a farmer near
Crago Crossing. claims to have the
most patriotic hog in the United
States. The animal is a two-year-old
freak. 1t is red, white and blue and
has no ears. The hog now weighs 1863
hounds and through its national en-
blematic colors and earless head has
attracted much attention throughout
the country.
Cheboygan-J. ]. G.. Richards. JUS
tice OF the peace and county auditor,
residing alone in Mackinaw City. was
stricken with apoplexy on his return
from a chautauqua entertainment. His
body was found by Representative
Samuel ]. Smith, a close friend, who
forced a rear door md discovered
Richards body on the floor of his bed
room where it had laid at least 10
hours.
Owosso--Five thousand dollars IN
Liberty bonds and certificates of de-
post, which disappeared mysterio1sly
from the home of e. E. Bunting, re-
tired farmer OF Henderson, three
months ago, re-appeared just as mys-
teriously Bunting found them lay
ing Oh a bag OF grain in his granary
when he went to feed his chickens.
He at first paid no attention to the
- fatar tho cnrnar Of q vel.