Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-01-07
shop, he said, and hid behind a tree
until he came out.

until he came out.
Owosso-Tons of mangles grown
along with sugar beets and sold by
farmers to the sugar factories have
cost the sugar companies hundreds OF
dollars In the season just closed
There Is no sugar In the mangles but
they grow twice as large as beets and
farmers have been paid $40 ton for
them because their introduction into
the beet fields resulted from the poor
seed furnished by the sugar compan
les. When the seed supply from Ger
many was cut off the sugar companies
made arrangements to raise their owr
and the result was a poor grade.
Pontiac-The city commission has
authorized the city attorney to pre-
pare an ordinance prohibiting the So
liciting of money without authority OF
the United Community Fund.
observation-disclosures of the ex
pense of running a municipal light
plant, the village board has voted to
sell the plant to the Michigan Gas and
Electric Co., of Three Rivers.
Marion-Material is being received
for the new dam and light plant to be
built near here by the. Winterfield
Light & Power Co. to supply Marion
Evart, Dighton and rural districts.
Kalamazoo-Mike Loduf, who was
knocked unconscious by robbers and
left on a railway track, recovered his
sense Just In time to crawl off the
tracks before a fast train went by.
Clear Lake Junction-T. r. Riddle,
of Bryan, O., has temporarily aban-
doned the construction Of a $250,00O
summer hotel at Clear Lake owing to
the high cost of building material.
Escanaba-Joseph M. Sheridan, of
the Michigan state constabulary,
charged with manslaughter for the
Staying of ]. K Kerensky, bartender,
has been bound over to circuit court
on $4,000 bail.
Albion-The Union Steel Products
Co. gave out Christmas bonus to Its
employees which brought It's total ex-
ira compensation for the year up to
$4,000. About 225 employees shared
in the distribution.
Grand Rapids-Benjamin s. Truz
kowski, candy ST.. store owner pleaded
guilty to buying stolen propercJ sIs' oni JIM
high school boys. and was sent to
the State House Of Correction at Mar
quette for five years.
Pontiac-Three more temporary
school buildings will be needed to
care for children added to the rolls
at the new semester in February, the
board is informed. Already several
temporary schools are In use.
Ypsilanti-A law suit Is being tried
in Justice Court over the ownership
of a black and tan dog claimed by
Willard Clawson and John Caplin.
Clawson sued to recover the dog from
Caplin claiming 1t was given to him
several years ago.
Roscommon-Mrs. Jane Johnson.
sheriff-elect of Roscommon, although
not yet In office, made her first ar
rest when she nabbed Claude Lavey
of Harrison. Lavey is charged with
having unlawfully taken a deer shot
by Aubrey Gray at Houghton lake.
Mt. Clemens-Upon the recommend
alton of Lynn M. Johnston, prosecut
ing attorney, William ]. Dusse, circuit
court commissioner, has been appoint
ed friend of the court" by Judge
James G.. Tucker. He will act in d.
vorce cases where the disposition of
the children Is involved.
Lansing-When the Office of the
secretary of state closed at o'clock
Dec. 27, and the time limit for filing
initiatory legislative petitions had ex
pired, proponents of the war veterans
bonus bill lacked more than $4,000
of the $4,000 names required to place
the matter officially before the law
makers.
Petoskey-In an effort to build up
the size of speckled trout In Michi
gan lakes and streams. and retain the
present sporting quality Of these
beautiful game 1sh, the Michigan fish
commission has brought from Grand
Cascapedia river, Quebec, $4,000 trout
eggs and will use these trout for
breeders at the hatchery at Petoskey
Kalamazoo-When William Van
0verloop tried to put his arms around
his wife, she gave him such hefty
kick he thought his leg was broken
md he did not recover for four or
i've weeks, he told Judge Weimer in
his suit for divorce. She struck him
once with meat hatchet, he said, and
at another time threw the dishes at
him. The case, which Is contested.
drew such large crowd that scores
were turned away.
Detroit-One divorce for every six
marriages Is the record made in
Wayne county, according to the rec
ords In the county clerks office. AT
the close of business there had been
issued during the year 20,286 mar.
riage licenses and $3.50 divorces had
been granted by the Wayne circuit
court. The figures for the year 1920
show a substantial increase over the
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