Charlevoix county herald., 1921-08-26

| glasses now.
Monroe-The bursting of a heavy
! fly wheel at the River Raisin paper
mill caused the death Of William c.
Ceternick, As, engineer. The wheel
burst when a belt collapsed.
| Marcellus-Frank Brown, 81 years
old, was walking to the mail box for
his mail when he fell and died before
medical assistance could reach him
Death was attributed to an attack OF
apoplexy.
| Kalamazoo-The first double mill
tary funeral ever held in Kalamazoo
was conducted over the bodies OF Cor
| poral Franklin Gates and his brother,
Private John Gates, who Iyere killed
in service in France.
| Lansing-Two hundred and sixty
one new state laws became effective
last week. They represent that por-
ton of the total of 440 measures en-
acted by the Legislature this year
which were not given immediate ef-
feet.
Mt. Clemens-Mrs. Maud Burton, OF
Roseville, suffered a broken ankle and
| half a dozen other persons were
slightly injured when an air tank on
! the ferry boat, Beatrice, burst, show
ering metal through the passengers
cabin.
Bay City-The Alpena County Farm
| Bureau which about 10 months ago
bought an elevator, later erected an
other at Ossineke, has filed petition
| in bankruptcy here scheduling assets
| of $16,457 and liabilities amounting to
more than $4,000.
Kalamazoo-When a motorist ap-
preaching from behind tried to pass
C. R.. Tetzlaff, of Sturgis, Tetzlaff
stepped on the accelerator and lost
control of the machine which went
into a ditch, seriously injuring Mrs.
Tetzlaff, who was brought to Kala-
mazoo hospital
Big Notwithstanding N. Ferris,
Governor of Michigan from 1913 to
1916, head of the Ferris Institute here
and president of the Greater Michigan
Development association, was married
to Miss Elsie Mcleod, of Indianapolis
recently. Mr.. Ferris first wife died
four years ago. Mr.. Ferris was 6S
years old last January.
Lansing-For the first time in his
tory, Michigan's tuberculosis death
rate has dropped below so per cent
per 100000 population. With 1924
deaths from all forms of the disease
reported to the state department Of
health during the first six months of
1921, Michigan now has a tuberculosis
death rate as low as 1913.
Conklin-As a result of infection
from a fish fin prick, Marcus EN-
mons died at his home near here. He
received the wound while fishing on
Cranberry lake about 3 months ago
and when infection set in was taken
to a Grand Rapids hospital, where he
stayed until physicians gave up his
case as hopeless short time ago.
Lansing-Fred w. Orr, yard conduc-
tor at the North Lansing station of
the michigan Central railroad, died as
a result of injuries received when the
railroad yard engine on which he was
riding, collided at a street intersec-
ton with an automobile. At the time
of the accident, the yard conductor
was riding on the tender Of the en-
CINE.
Manistee-Contract for the con-
struction of the dairy and salt build
ing and two warehouses for the new
Ruggles e. Rademaker salt plant has
been let, building to begin at once.
The costs will aggregate $1,0OO,OOO.
Docks and railroad facilities will also
be constructed. Ruggles e Rade-
maker aim to make their plant the
biggest salt producing institution in
the world.
Monroe-A first mortgage deed of
trust of $2,2O0,O00 from the River
Raisin paper company, of this city,
and running to the Cleveland Trust
Company, of Cleveland, and Security
Trust company of Detroit, has been
filed here. The state and county tax
totalled ST. 900 and the stamps $1,1O0.
The money derived will be used in
connection with the paper business
and improvements, it is said.
Manistee-One Of the biggest real
estate deals in some time here was
consummated when 1000 acres Of re-
sort property at Portage Pointe, be-
longing to the Portage Park Land
company, were sold to the Regal Real
Estate company, Of Chicago. This
company proposes to develop this
tract which contains hundreds of re.
sort lots, as resort colony and also
to investigate the bed of oil under
meath.
Olivet-Three serious accidents oc.
Cured in Olivet within a few hours
of each other. Clyde Ball, business
man, was driving a delivery car when
he was seized with an attack of diz.
illness and drove his car off a steep
embankment. He had several ribs
broken and received various cuts and