Charlevoix county herald., 1921-08-12
Michigan Nesvs
Terseiy Told


at the DENLY farm near Pontiac.
Bay City-Former Secretary of the
Treasury w. G. McAdoo and the De-
troit & Mackinac railroad are being
sued for $4,000 each by Frank Bar
ton and wife and Mrs. Patti for in
sturies claimed to have been sustained.
Battle Creek-Ralph K. Whitney, Of
this city, recently swan the length Of
Gull lake, distance of 1-2 miles in
three hours and 35 minutes, cutting
down the time made by Clarence Will
dermuth. of Midland Park, by an
hour and 23 minutes.
Holland-Marine officials of the
Graham e. Morton steamship lines
declare that passenger traffic this
summer has been heavier than for
many years. Radical reduction in
rates is given as the reason. Other
lines on Lake Michigan have also cut
rates.
Holland-Blinded by the glare of
automobile lights, Fred Churchill, 60
years DID, was knocked down by a
machine driven by j. c.. Hodges, of
z Jenison Park, on the iceland road,
and so badly injured that he died on
Z the way to the hospital. His skull
was fractured.
CharlUtte-Will McCrowden, of Dut-
ton, father-in-law of Charles Ander-
son, village president of Vermontville,
was killed by NJ G. passenger train,
while trying to cross tracks west Of
that station. He was prominent citi-
zen and at one time was an officer OF
Grand Rapids bank.
Standish - Forest fires burning
along the Michigan Central and De-
trot and Mackinac railroads, near
Alger, West Branch, Rose City and
Standish have done many thousands
of dollars damage. Miles of fences,
crops, several barns, with this sea-
sons crops, and stacks of hay, have
beel burned.
Grand Rapids-Tentative plans for
the proposed comfort stations to be
built throughout the county on the
trunk line roads have been prepared
by the county road commission. The
buildings will be II by 20 feet and
of artistic design, provided with run
ming water drinking fountains and
other necessary accommodations.
Pontiac-The city commission has
for the second time refused to pay
$4,000 damages claimed by residents
in Pontiac township along the course
of the Clinton river, for damage alleg-
ed to have been done by years of
emptying sewage into the river. The
farm owners aver their property has
d4teriorated in value because of the
Practice.
Lansing-Publicly owned motor
vehicles are exempt from the provi-
sion of the Condor automobile act,
which requires owners to secure from
the secretary of state a certificate of
title by July 1, 1922. of their property.
The exempted class of vehicles in
cludes those owned and operated by
the state municipalities, counties, viii
lagos and townships.
East Lansing-Michigan is to have
a complete soil and agricultural sur
vey. This was assured when repre-
sentatives of virtually all the state
departments and institutions interest
ed met IN conference in response to
invitations issued by Professor M.
NJ. McCool, head of the soils depart
ment at M. A. c., and decided upon
a course of action with such a survey
as the ultimate aim.
Detroit-Judgment for $3,490 was
granted by Judge Theodore J. Rich
ter in circuit court to Harry Murray,
32S Clifford street, against Mrs. Sarah
Evelyn Elizabeth Lewen (Madame LIE
Grande), now serving life imprison-
ment for killing 6-year-old Max Ernest
on May IL. Murray said he loaned
her the money in 1920. Mrs. Lewen
owns two bead bags valued at $4,000
and some furniture now in storage
VDetroit-Two men were arrested
following the wrecking of fast west
bound Michigan Central passenger
train near Dearborn. Three persons
were injured as a result of the train
plnnging into the ditch and being
sideswiped later by an east bound
train. Wreckers had separated rails,
carefully preserving the bond wires
so the automatic signal system would
not be disturbed, and the speeding
train left the tracks without warning
Monroe-The report of August j.
Weier, of Monroe, receiver OF the
bank at Temperance, Is miles south
west Of here, which closed its doors
st spring. shows resources to be
s6S.O35.47; liabilities, s95,75171, and
the estimated deficit, $27,716.30. Rob
hers on February IL had backed a
truck up against the building and ac-
ried away a safe which contained
valuable papers and currency. The
safe was recovered few days ago in
a clump of weeds along the Sylvania
road.
Port Huron-Henry Stipe, II, and
Alvin Hamilton, Is, are under arrest
and the officers are searching for two
H.. x,oun0 man all members of a