Charlevoix county herald., 1921-08-19
Michigan NeUs
Teysely Told

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Flint-Julius Sen, 8, is dead as q
result of q fractured skull received
when he fell from his bicycle while
holding onto a truck
Undergraduate Detrude, Is years
old, was drowned in Muskegon Lake
when she lost her balance and fell
over the side OF Q motor boat driven
by Harold Brooks.
Albion-C. r. Pickett, this city,
claims the radish championship. One
of the icicle variety out of his garden
measured Is inches in length and
weighs 1-3 pounds.
oscommon-Emerson Jones, "a
years old, Of Toledo, and Lincoln
Avery, Jr., "a, of Port Huron. were
drowned in Higgins Lake, near here,
when a row boat In which they were
riding overturned.
Detroit-In attempting to olsen,
tangle the reins from the feet Of his
horse, Max Weiner, 4S years old, q
huckster, was kicked 10 feet. accord
ing to police reports, suffering a
fracture of the right leg.
Muskegon-Henry L. Hahnel. 43
years old, employed on a lightship of
Milwaukee, was drowned In Lake
Michigan when his motor boat be,
came entangled In a fish net while en-
route TO Montague for a vacation.
Big Rapids-The Ferris institute
unit Of the Reserve Officers Training
Corps has been discontinued on or
ders from the War Department. The
work here has been In charge Of Capt.
Frank e. Shaw. Regular Army Off.
Ger.
Grand Rapids-The Grand Rapids
wholesalers will hold their Fall trade
extension tour Oct. to Z and will
visit White Cloud. Muskegon. Hart
Ludington, Manistee, Mt Pleasant,
Ashley, Greenville and intermediate
points.
Grand Rapids-,Surveys Of the ap
pie crop in the apple producing coun-
ties Of western Michigan support the
reports that the total crop will be
only from 80 to 40 per cent Of normal
Primarily the cause Of the short apple
crop Is the late frosts.
Benton Harbor1The forthy-fffth an
nual Old Settlers picnic. combined
with the annual outing Of the Berrien
County Grange and the Young Peo-
pies picnic, held last week in Berrien
Springs, was attended by 1900 far
mers and their families.
Kalamazoo-A 10 cent an hour re-
duction for carpenters and painters
has become effective here The re-
duction was made at the recommen-
dation OF the men when the contrac-
tors told them it would help to bring
about revival in business.
Lansing-An active campaign to
bring about the repeal. by the 1928
legislature, OF the state uniform ac-
counting system laws is planned by
boards Of supervisors and county
clerks who have taken the lead in the
move to abolish the new method Of
keeping the states books.
Neguanee-State Troopers Fred
Bedard. A. p. Cross, and G.. Lane,
were seriously wounded. when they
raided the shoe shop Of Tony Bar
biere. The officers entered Barbiere's
shop seized three pints Of moonshipe,
and placed him under arrest. AS
Barbierc turned to get his coat, he
fred.
Lansing-Statistics show that in
1910 there were 1919 Indians in Mich
igan. Statistics for 1920 show only
5,613. 1t is said the Indian population
in the state is declining rapidly. A
high death rate and immigration to
the west are assigned as reasons. The
general death rate was FL per 1000 |
for 1920.
Detro1t-"My bonus due me from |
the state of Michigan" is all Harold |
T. Flannery, ex-service man, had to
beQueath his mother. Mary Flannery, |
according to the terms of the will |
filed In the Office of the Judge of pro-
bate. The will. which is the shortest |
on record, was drawn April Is, 1921, |
and admitted to probate August 8,
1921.
Petoskey-Raymond Edmonds, of
Detroit, a World War veteran and
formerly of the United States life saw
ing service, swan across Little Trav-
erse Bay from the Harbor Springs
dock, distance Of more than FIVE
miles. The trip was made in
heavy sea, covered with white caps.
Because of the cold water, all pre-
vious attempts to swim this distance
have failed.
MonToe-Burns received while In
vestigating leaking automobile
with @ lantern cost the life
of Lee Barr, 81 years old, and resulted
in serious injuries to his brother,
Howard, 20 years old. The accident
occurred near Monroe when their au-
tomobile truck. usedsfor hauling sand
and gravel in highway construction
work, became stalled. The men were
on their backs underneath the car