Charlevoix county herald., 1921-05-20
Michigan News
Tersely Told
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

IN business here and at Hartford, died
suddenly at Covert. He had gone
there to meet his daughter. A widow
and three daughters survive.
Owosso-Farmers will cut their po
tato acreage this year around 40 per
cent because of the low price OF po-
tatoes. One farmer has 5000 bushels
on hand out of 5000 raised.
Pontiac-To help support the Pom
tiac city band which has been private
ly maintained. the city commission
has voted $1,000 The band will play
IL outdoor concerts, this summer.
Muskegon-Betty Lewis, 10 years
old, found a diamond ring and gold
band ring in a bar of candy she was
eating. The manufacturer has been
notified in hopes Of finding the owner.
Saginaw-After making deductions
OF $23,937.60 from the $1,078,591 asked
to be placed on the tax roll for NUM-
cipal purposes the board OF estimates
approved a city budget OF $1,c5i,-
653.40.
Pontiac-As the result of drive
here for clothing for the Armenians.
car load of clothing will be on it's
way soon. Local factory heads ssper-
intended the trucking and packing Of
supplies.
Lansing-The state administrative
board has announced it would issue
100000 worth of state highway i'm.
provement bonds June /. State Treas
urer German will receive sealed bids
for bonds of this issue until May rs.
Owosso-Dr. Samuel Snyder Of
Owosso, SO, Oldest Odd Fellow in Mich
igan, died at the Odd Fellows home
at Jackson. DR.. Snyder was born in
Utica, N. Y, in 1925. He came to
Owosso about IS years ago as an eye
specialist.
Traverse City-Neighbors are not
satisfied with the mere announcement
that Stephen Carol, Traverse farmer,
came to his death by the kick OF
horse. He was found dead in a barn.
They have asked for an inquest, which
will be held.
Iron Mountain.-Thomas Mcguire,
20 years old, was found on his farm
at Sagola with the back Of his head
blown off. Dynamite stocks were
found at the base of big rock near
the body. Mcguire is believed to
have taken his own life.
Pontiac-The Michigan State Saliva
lion Army fresh air camp for disabled
soldiers and children of slum dis
.ricts will be located in Oakland coun-
,y. A site of 40 acres has been Sc
lcured on LakeVille Lake and an APP
preparation of $4,000 made by the
Port Huron-Canadian liquor in
,pectors are checking up the cellars
If Sarnia residents to see if they have
received more than 10 cases of liquor
rom Montreal recently. In two in
stances owners of large consignments
nave signed statements that it was for
personal use.
Grand Rapids-A seemingly for
,aken refrigerator car on a side-track
If the Pennsylvania railroad here was
.ound by the police to have been the
rendezvous of gang Of moonshiners.
inside the car was found a complete
still, with an oil-stove, cooling appar-
,tus and coil intact.
Lansing-In an effort to fix the
exact amount Of loss sustained by the
state and place the blame for the mis-
conduct of the affairs of the state
house of correction and branch prison
at Marquette, a grand jury investiga-
lion into the conduct of the institution
was begun before Justice of the Peace
G. F. Button.
Battle Creek-Arthur Walker, pres
ldent and manager Of the Bock-Wal-
wer Hardware company, was recently
fined $50 and sent to jail for ten days
for driving an automobile while in
.oxicated. He appealed to circuit
court and Judge w. II. North fined
him 500 instead of $50, but sent him
TO the sanitarium for treatment in.
stead of to Jail.
Owosso-Members of the city CON-
mission favor erecting municipal
lighting plant to be operated in con-
1ection with a water works plant that
nay be built within the next few years.
rhe Consumers Power company has
asked a raise of 20 per cent in the
rates and the commissioners declare
he city can generate its own power
cheaper.
Owosso-Katheleen the 19-months-
Did daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Walker, OF Morroce, is in the Uni
yersity hospital in Ann Arbor and
will be operated on soon for the re-
moval OF peanut from her lung. The
child choked on peanuts about a
month ago. One OF them lodged in
the windpipe and gradually worked
down into the lung, causing an alb
scess, and pneumonia has set in. An
x.ray photograph revealed the pea
nut.
Grand Rapids-In an address be-
fore the second annual Kent county
girls conference, Miss Jessie Phelps