The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
STATE news /

| Lansing. - Inc HdlHe VI ZIG AiSh
igan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
! probably will be changed to the Mich
igan tuberculosis Association"
Sault Ste. Marie. - The Belvidere
hotel property is to be taken over by
| Captain and Mrs. ]. Bell of Detroit
who are here to close the deal.
Pontiac. - Oakland County's poor
| commission expended nearly $4,000
in relieving the needy in February
| This was approximately twice the
total for January.
Monroe. - Merging of the Monroe
binder board and the Boehme & Rauch
companies, with a capitalization OF
| $6,000,000, is planned at stakeholder
meeting March 2S.
Marquette. Louis w. Beiegler,
superintendent of mails in the Mar
| quette postofiice since 1918, has been
appointed acting postmaster to sue
coed Michael c. Scully, who resigned.
Muskegon. - The local company OF
the Michigan National Guard had TO
trouble in selling 100 honorary mem
berships here. The honorary mem
bership excuses the holder from jury
duty.
Morenci.-Joseph Pickles, aged "a,
dropped dead here at the home of a
neighbor where he had gone to sum
mon a physician for his wife, whom
he found dead in bed a short time
before.
Grand Haven.-John Mausterstott,
So, was drowned in Crockery Lake
when he fell through a hole in the
ice while on his way to Conklin to
pay his taxes. The body was re-
covered.
Charlevoix. Judge Frederick w.
Mayne of the thirteenth judicial cir
cult declares for a law which would
make pardons and paroles impossible
without consent of the court of origin
al conviction.
Menominee. - The Wisconsin &
Michigan railroad will resume passen-
ger train service between this city
and Iron Mountain about April /, 1t is
said. A heavy freight service with
the 500 line is anticipated.
Flint-Because he sold his wife's
automobile, representing it to be his
own, Peter j. Hans was convicted In
circuit court of obtaining money under
false pretenses and sentenced from
one to five years in Jackson prison.
Cheboygan.-A coroners jury found
that James w. Pratt, %, of Wolverine.
came to his death by poison admin
istered by an unknown person" The
body was found in an old building 'on
the Judson Quick farm near Cheboy-
gan.
Bay City.-Joseph Borowink, 46, of
Gaylord, vas arraigned before a Uni
ted States commissioner charged with
violating the Volstead Act. A still.
mash and two gallons of moonshine
were found in his house, according to
the State Police.
Kalamazoo-The appeal of Glenn
Townsend from his conviction here a
year ago on a charge of manslaughter
in connection with the death of Mrs.
Agnes Thorne in an automobile acct
dent will be heard in the state SUI
preme court in April.
Holland.-Paul Woody is near death
from injuries received while working
on a telephone line near Douglas. He
lost his balance, and grasping a
charged wire, was unable to release
himself. AS he swung from the wire
his weight broke the hold and he fell
to the ground 20 feet below.
Grand Rapids. - Suit for 100000
damages was filed in circuit court
here by the Sigh Furniture Co., of
this city against the Stott-Hecht Glass
works of Philadelphia. The plaintiffs
claim the Quaker city firm agreed to
deliver $3.50 mirrors of a standard
make, but that it received only 5,525.
Mancelona.-After he was called as
Juror in a larceny case and drawn as
one of jury panel for the March term
OF circuit court in Bellaire, Fred De-
Long of Elmira, was arrested on a
charge of driving an alleged 'phan-
tom saloon" which officers have been
trying all winter to locate between
here and Elmira.
enyille.-Declaring that the price
of farm machinery was unjust and ex-
orbitant, Montcalm County. Pomona
lodge adopted a resolution at a meet
ing here to make combined effort
not to buy any new machinery or tools
until the price comes down in the
same proportion as the prices have
declined on all farm products.
Grand Rapids.-James O'Brien, 40.
an employee of the Pere Marquette
railroad, died from injuries received
Feb 10, when gasoline track car ON
which he was riding was derailed in
the city-David Eason, former cashier
for George Il. Ellis banks, acquired
by the Commonwealth bank, probably
will become manager Of the new in.
stitution.
Caro.--Tuscola county tipplers are
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