The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-01-06

! Hillsdale-The, dblay in shipping
two. big snowplows has delayed the
removal OF snow from. the Hillsdale
County highways.
Howell---Lyman p. Whitaker, 10,
civil war veteran, hanged himself.
making the fourth suicide in. the Whit
aker family within four years.
Pontiac--Hard coal is now being
sold in. Pontiac for SIS tom as COM
pared with S22 asked last fan. Soft
coal has been reduced from $16'to $11.
Big Rapids--The board of supervis-
ors voted to submit 100000 bond
ing proposition for a county hospital
to the voters, at the April election.
| Owosso--A woodchuck hide, worth
about Is cents, cost Peter Mapin,
farmer, IS. He was arrested for
stealing a shovel to dig for the ami
NAL
Port Huron-Raymond braves, son
Of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Braves, OF
Adair, was fatally injured while work
ing on a. corn shredder at the home
of Ed. Simons.
Kalamazoo4-A bandit who held up
William Slower in his grocery store
and took $40 out of a cash drawer
neglected to look in Stover's pockets
and missed $500.
Monroe-Frank Gassner, who will
become sheriff Jan. l., has appointed
Joseph r. Anteau, undersherin; Hor-
ace Barrett, deputy sheriff, and Geo.
Naeckel, court officer.
Albion-The Hayes Wheel ompany
plant, Of Albion, largest makers of
auto hubs in the world, resumed work
on a limited scale in all departments,
125 men being taken on.
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.
Bay City-Eli Metliff, formerly of
Hamtramck, who ran road house
near here, was sentenced to- year
at the Michigan State Prison at Jack
son for violation of the prohibition
laws
Battle Creek-The Rev. FIR. Anthony
Burke, pastor of st. Philips Catholic
Church here for IL years, left for San
Diego, Calf. because of i'll. health.
His successor here has, not been an
nounced.
Standish-Growing of cranberries
extensively on the low marshy lands
Of Ogemaw. Arenac, Iosco and Ros-
common counties in northern Michi
gan is planned by the owners Of these
properties.
Ann Arbor-The library extension
service Of the University of Michigan
has extended the scope Of it's work to
a marked degree this year, according
to Miss Edith Thomas, in charge of
the department.
Grand Rapids - Three Michigan
physicians were among is persons
sentenced by District Judge c. w.
Sessions to spend terms in prison or
pay heavy fines for violations of the
United States laws.
Boyne City-The high school gym
asium roof was weighted down by the
snow which forced the walls out
demorshing the big building. mum
Der of other buildings have also been
damaged by roofs caving in.
Lyons-Elmer Clearly. Is years old,
Pere Marquette station agent here,
has been taken to Ionia after confess
ing, the officers say. to the theft Of
$40 from the station funds. Clearly
reported that he had been held up.
Cadillac-A new schedule of water
rates has been announced by the city
commission. An optional meter rate
was authorized but no increas- in the
rate for private consumers was grant
ed. Schools and municipal buildings
will pay higher>rate.
Bay City--G. C. Laing. a newspaper
man here for 80 years, was appointed
city recorder to fill a vacancy caused
by the resignation of Lowell u. Grant.
who will become register of deeds of
Bay County. Mr.. Grant has served
as recorder since 1907
Pontiac-A contest Is on in probate
court over the 100000 estate of
Schuyler Austin. former Pontiac man
who died last spring. Two uncles,
Henry Austin and Walter Buckle,
claim to be the legal heirs, but several
more distant claim shares.
observation-disclosures fired volley
after volley into a smoke stack on the
electric lighting plant here which had
bent over and shut of the draft in
the boilers. The shots severed the
pipe. The bending Of the pipe had
left the village in darkness.
Pontiac-Help OF the American Lee
gion is being asked by brothers OF
Arson Best to take to the supreme
court his appeal for a new trial de-
MED in circuit court. Best. former
service man, is serving life SEN
tence for murder of Vera Schneider, a
telephone girl.
Kalamazoo - Myron Rushmore OBJ
tanned a divorce from his shadow"
after he told Judge Weimer his wife
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