Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-07-22

east OF this city, were burned 10 ueatn
In a forest fire that ragged in that
vicinity for several days.
Muskegon-The crews at four
coastguard stations on the east side
Of Lake Michigan, including White
Lake, Pentwater and Sleeping Bear
point have been reduced to two men.
Muskegon-Two subchasers brought
about rs Army and Navy officers from
Chicago to inspect Camp Roosevelt,
the r. o. T. c. training camp. There
are 900 boys in camp for the hrst
period.
Reed Clty-Reed City voted by over
two-thirds majority to bond for $70,-
900 for municipal light plant, need
ed because of the lack OF service since
the Oscola Light & Power company
dam broke.
Petoskey-Petoskey police, Sherif
Purple and Petoskey's bloodhound are
assisting Sheriff Weaver, OF Charlie
voix, in the search for Frank from
bley, a Marion youth held in jail for
burglary, who escaped through the
ventilator
Flint-An injunction restraining jit-
ney buses from operating on streets
traversed by street car lines, contrary
| to the provision of a new city or
dinance, was granted by Judge F. W..
Brennan in Circuit Court on appli-
cation of the city.
| Monroe-Mrs. James Wagner, FL,
| of Dundee, was drowned in six feet
| of water in the River Raisin while
bathing with her sister, Mabel
Brundle, and a brother. The brother
narrowly escaped drowning in an at
tempt to save her.
| Menominee-Throwing his two
year-old child from his lap to safety
from the front seat Of his automo-
bile when he saw danger ahead.
Abraham Goodman was killed as his
car skidded into a deep ditch and
overturned. The child was little
hurt.
| Muskegon-The business depres'
sion has caused an epidemic of deser-
| ton and non-support cases In
Muskegon. Such warrants have
| increased 500 per cent the last few
weeks and in many cases the officers
| find that the husband, unable to find
work. has gone to some other city.
Petoskey-Daniel Trip, 80, pioneer
| member of this city's police force and
for many years a close companion OF
Buffalo Bill' Cody, Civil war veteran.
| and Indian fighter, died in Petoskey.
| Trip was a member of the posse or
ganized to hunt down the Jesse James
| gang. He is survived by widow and
| five children.
Manistee-In the death Of John Pat
| terson on his farm near Norwalk
Manistee county lost the last OF her
| early pioneers who broke the trail in
| to the forests, He was "a years old
and came to Manistee 70 years ago.
With his bride he built a log cabin
on the land which had ever since
been their home.
Flint-Another young man who
| listened to the wiles of Dan Cupid is
in Jail. Wilson Alexander, alleged to
have married girl under 16 years
of age, swearing she was Is when he
secured the license, was arrested in
Argentine township, by sheriff's OFF,
| GERS and arraigned on perjury
charge. His bail was fixed at $500.
Charlotte-The Springport council
has decided to call a special election
on three propositions on the light
ing question. One is to build a line
from Albion to Springport; another
is to place new equipment into the
old electric light plant and run it con-
tinuously, and the other is the pro-
position from Riley Starks to buy
and operate the present plant.
Bay City-Mrs. Catherine M.
Smith, residing with her daughter,
Mrs. John w. Combs, celebrated her
ninetieth birthday anniversary by
doing the family washing. She says
she enjoys good health, due to proper
development and care in girlhood
and can do days hard work today
with as little fatigue as she could
half a century ago. She has lived
here 65 years.
Flint-An appeal through a news
paper has brought about the reunion
of R. d. Smith of Ethel, w. Va, and
his son, Herman, who hadn't seen
each other for many years. The elder
Mr.. Smith wrote Chief of Polio
James p. Cole to assist him in locat-
ing his missing son. AS a last resort,
the chief appealed to newspaper,
and the son, reading the notice, i'm
mediately got in touch with his ia
ther
Kalamazoo-Harry Knowles, ar
rested on a charge of attempting to
extort $4,000 from Arthur Pratt, mil
lionaire president of the King Paper
company, through blackhand letter,
pleaded guilty when he was arraigned
in circuit court and was sentenced by
Judge George Weimer to from one to
two years in Jackson state prison.