The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-04-28
STATE NEWS

Charlevoix-The modern Jail for
Charlevoix county is completed. 1t
accommodates IS prisoners.
Manistee-Navigatio in the port
opened April Is with the departure
for Georgian Bay of the lumber barge
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.
Kalamazoo G. N. Yelie, 102, is ex-
pected to recover from the injuries he
received when he fell on the sidewalk
and fractured his hip. On account Of
his extreme age it was believed at
first that he could not recover.
Cheboygan-A Cheboygan Automo-
bile club was organized here. 1t was
also proposed to gather data and
photographs OF the surrounding re-
sorts and compile them into booklet
to be circulated throughout the state.
Grand Ledge-Fourteen local boys,
under the direction Of Edward T.
Chappell of Lansing, have formed an
association to be known as the Seven
of promoting the interests Of radio
amateurs,
Monroe-The Monroe board of edu-
cation has purchased the Navarro
20 az In Of w
will be used for athletic purposes.
The price was announced as $4,000.
The land is just within the southern
city limits Of Monroe.
Mattawan-The egg championship
of Michigan is claimed by the village
of Mattawan. An egg weighing four
ounces and measuring eight and one
fourth inches by six and one-half
inches was found on the poultry farm
of Miss Flossie Hennion.
Flint-Dr. ]. 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
handling of the states recently voted
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. ]. 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 year
ago disappeared from the Ancrum
Lead Mines, Canada, where she was
employed as telegraph operator. Her
father died recently, leaving her a
fortune.
Grand Rapids-A resolution that the
city attorney be instructed to draw up
an estimate of the cost of a munich
pal gas plant has been adopted by the
city commission. This action was
taken because of a 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 Liz
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 d. 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 c. 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 II. 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 infldelity,
but does not disclose the name of the
chauffeur. The Farrars are among