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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
Appointed To
State Office
COm'r Stewart Now State COun.
ty Normal Supervisor.

A telegram from Com'r May L. Stew
art to her parents here, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. r. Stewart, was received Tuesday
from Lansing stating that she had been
appointed State County Normal Inspect
or, and was sending in her resignation
as Commissioner of Schools of Charlie
voix County.
The appointment comes as deserv.
ed promotion to one of the best school
workers that Charlevoix County has
ever had. During her years as Com
missioner, Miss Stewart has worked
faithfully for the upbuilding of our
rural schools, and she has accomplish
ed much in their advancement. Her
work has been commended on various
occasions by state officials, and the
appointment comes as fitting promo
ton.
While her retiring from the super
vision of our Rural Schools is a matter
of sincere regret, her many friends in
East Jordan and Charlevoix County
join in congratulating her on the pro-
motion.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
JORDAN. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY. AUGUST
MRS. VENCL WANEK
WAS PIONEER RESIDENT
OF THIS REGION

Mrs. Vencl Wanek passed away at
her home in this city Sunday, July 3lst
following an illness of several months
from rheumatism and heart trouble.
Anna Svogar was born in Bohemia,
July 26, 1865, her parents being Vencl
and Mary Svogar. When eight years
of age she came to this country with
her parents, locating in the Bohemian
Settlement in Jordan township Antrim
county. In August, 1885, she was
united in marriage to Vencl Wanek at
the Settlement and they made that
locality their home up to some twelve
years ago when they moved to East
Jordan. She is survived by her hus-
band and one brother-Frank Svogar
of Montana.
Funeral services were held from st.
Joseph's Catholic church Wednesday
morning at 900 conducted by the
pastor, Rev. FIR. Drinan. Interment at
st. Joseph's Catholic cemetery.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
GREAT PICTURES COMING
To First Methodist Church Friday
evening, Aug. IL.

To First Methodist Church Friday
evening, Aug. IL.
East Jordan people will have the
opportunity of seeing some Of the
finest pictures in the world. j. w.
Slower, a world wide traveller and ar
tist formerly of New York, but now of
Detroit, who is now billed for the lead
ing churches of Petoskey and Charlie
voix will be here at the First Methodist
church on Friday evening, Aug. IL.
His program embraces wide range
of subjects such as "France as they see
it today" and some remarkable war
scenes taken in battle including the
explosion of a shell. Looking down
upon battle from an airplane and
burning airplane as it falls to earth.
Several scenes in colors of Charlie
voix and Emmett counties and the story
in pictures of Beaver Island and "King
Strang". Closing with Sunset scenes
in colors from Charlevoix and Harbor
Point.
The lecture and pictures begin at
500 p. m.
Admission Children 15c; Adults 25c.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
TAXI DRIVERS DEATH CLEARED
Two Negroes Confess to Murder and
Robbery-Got Only $21.

Detroit.-The Staying of Oscar
Abraham, Detroit taxicab driver,
strangled and beaten to death Thurs
day night Of last week, and left In
a cornfield on Pumpkin Hook road.
east Of Detroit, has been explained by
confessions from two men.
These men who were arrested in
Port Huron where they tired to sell
the auto they had stolen, are Emery
Stretter, and Lee Kearney, described
in the police record as being % and
2S years old, respectively, and both
colored.
The two stated that they killed
Abraham by hitting him over the
head with a pop bottle and later fin
ished the victim with an iron bar.
That they found but $21 on Abra-
hams person is their assertion,
whereas 1t was stated by officials of
the Yale Taxicab Co. he was supposed
to be carrying more than $500.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
STATE TO INSPECT
ALL HEAVY SCALES

Recognizing that reliable weighing
and measuring devices are as necessary
to good business as dependable curren-
cy, and that IS per cent Of the products
of Michigan Agriculture passes over
heavy platform scales each year, the
Bureau OF Weights and Measures Of
the State Department of Agriculture
will add two enclosed trucks for in
spection purposes to its heavy-scale
equipment. Funds for the purchase Of
the trucks were allowed in the budget
by the 1921 Legislature.
Each truck will be equipped with
measures to test gasoline pumps used
at filling stations, and one ton of test
weights for heavy scales. Correction
of errors detected in scales will be
made by the inspectors whenever
possible. Frequently, it is said, the
faults may be corrected by minor ad-
justments which the inspectors can
easily make, obviating the necessity of
merchants sending for scale experts.
''In the past, says H. H. Halladay,
Commissioner of Agriculture, ''the
Bureau Of Weights and Measures has
not been able to look after any scale
work except complaints on individual
scales. Under the old system the test
weights had to be shipped by freight,
often taking weeks before the scales
were examined. Systematic examina-
tons can now be carried out by the
Department which will in time bring
the scales of every county in the state
to higher degree of accuracy.
"The only parts of the State hereto
fore that have been getting scale in
spection have been the more progress
sive communities having local sealers
Of weights. The new truck equipment
will be at the disposal of the local Of
ficials wherever it is needed"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
KILLS FRIEND TO GET MACHINE
First Hit Him With Rail- Then Held
Head Under Water.

Hastings, Mich.-The mystery of
the unidentified man whose body was
taken from Bullhead lake on the
Moore farm near here last week, was
cleared up Sunday when the police
wrung from Frank Soules, 81, former
service man, confession that he had
killed Harry Robinson, clerk Of the
Parker hotel here, to get possession
Of Robinson's automobile. After strik.
ing Robinson on the head with a piece
of fence rail, he told Sheriff Walter
Burt and Prosecuting Attorney John
M. Gould, he pushed him in the water
and held his head down until he made
no further struggle.
Soules, who has been using Rob.
inson's automobile, was arrested Sat.
urday afternoon when identity of the
murder victim was established.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
DIES TRYING TO RESCUE WIFE
Or. Stone, Purdue University Head,
Loses Life In Rockies.

Banff, Alberta.-Dr. w. e. Stone,
president of Purdue university, at
Lafayette, Indiana, gave his life in
the solitary fastness of Mount Eanon
in an effort to save his wife, who had
fallen to a narrow ledge on the face
of deep crevice. With Mrs. Stone
in his arms, he was attempting to
scale the almost perpendicular side Of
the cliff when he lost his footing and
hurtled to the bottom of the chasm.
Mrs. Stone, who slid back to her
former position far above the body
Of her husband, will recover from her
injuries and the effects of being vir-
tually without food for eight days and
nights, according to the rescuing
party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stone left Banff on
July 25 to attempt the ascent Of
Mount Eanon. Both were experienced
mountain climbers.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
Let Have
Done With Soft
Stuff Roads
Charlevoix County Must Build
Concrete Roads for Stability.

For many years the publisher OF The
Charlevoix County Herald has been a
firm believer in the good roads gospel
OF Uncle George Van Pelt-not in the
kinds OF good" roads that we have
built in the main, but in CONCRETE
the only kind of road that will hold up
under heavy traffic.
90 out and ask any man or wo-
man what they consider the best roads
and invariably the answer is-CON-
CRETE.
Then why go on year after year
building good" gravel roads, only to
be at an endless expense of mainten-
ance in the years to come?
The City of East Jordan has its les
son on the two kinds. On its main
thoroughfare cement pavement was
laid over ten years ago. 1t has stood
up under the most trying kinds of
heavy traffic and the cost of maintain
ing it in good condition has been
practically nothing. The road to the
Fair Grounds" as it is commonly term
ed, is another story. Built-and built
well-of gravel and soft stuff it is a
failure. Built some eight years ago, it
has been a constant source of expense
in keeping it in good repair, and today
is so full OF ''ruts" that general re-
pair will be practically imperative be-
fore our annual fair next month when
the road will be jammed with traffic.
What is fact within our city limits
holds true on our main trunk highways
between Charlevoix and Boyne City.
Every year the traffic is becoming
heavier and every year since these
roads were built of soft stuff the cost of
up-keep is becoming greater.
"Uncle" George never wrote truer
sentence than when way back in 1917
he stated: every mile of gravel road
built in Charlevoix Immediately becom-
es mortgage on the county, which
grows larger and larger each year, be-
cause it 6Sil have to be repaired all of
the timeSand rebuilt every two or three
years. Now, when the difference in
the cost between a gravel road and a
good concrete road is so small why
not build concrete?
Let's be done with Gravel and Soft
Stuff.
LET'S BUILD CONCRETE.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
In THE SADDLE AND
ON THE JUMP FOR
CONCRETE ROADS

Uncle George Van Pelt dropped in
our office just as we were going to
press. He said he never felt better
nor looked worse, that he had all his
fighting togs on, that he is hoping to
"resurrect" Charlevoix Co. from build
ing any more CIR. and S. S. roads (gra-
vel and soft stuff roads, and to never
do any more new work of that kind.
The contract way is the only way to
build permanent roads, they are the
only roads to build-concrete of course
9 feet wide, built from the middle of
the road to one side (the side which
carried the heaviest loads) this, with
a gravel shoulder which can be easily
moved to the extreme outside when
the time comes to build the other half
of the road, by the use OF road plane.
In this case you have a well settled
road bed for the new road, the gravel
for the shoulder is already in its place,
all you have to do is to level it, then
you have road which ought to last
hundred years and such roads are
the only kind that will put the old CIR.
and S. S. r. gang out of commission.
Of course we have so miles of it to be
kept up, that means hundreds of
thousands of dollars before you can
get permanent road.
We now have Six Hundred Thousand
Dollars invested in roads and what
have you got to show for it-about ten
miles Of concrete road. The road from
here to Charlevoix ought to be rebuilt
now. In many places it is only six or
seven feet wide and going to pieces
very fast.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
EAST JORDAN'S
GOOD ROADS COM.
FOR CONCRETE ROADS

We, the undersigned, members OF
the Good Roads Committee and the
business men of East Jordan heartily
endorse all our worthy Editor has said.
The time is surely at hand when the
taxpayers should take a hand in the
road business.
We cannot understand why our State
Highway Commissioner is averse to
giving Charlevoix County the privilege
of building good concrete roads when
we can build it. concrete roads just
about as cheap as we can 16 it. CIR.
and S. S, gravel and soft stuff as
Uncle George has so appropriately
named them.
EAST JORDAN GOOD ROAD COM
MITTE&.
r. o. Bisbee, Carl Stroebel, John j.
Porter, James Gidley, John F. Kenny.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
LOW DEATH, HIGH
BIRTH RATES ARE
REPORTED IN co.

Lansing, Aug. 25.- High birth rates
and low death rates prevailed in Char
levoix County during the first six
months of 1921, according to semi
annual compilations of the division of
vital statistics OF the state department
of health.
Rural districts Of the county with l56
births and 67 deaths reported from Jan.
l to July had birth rate of 27.1 and
a general death rate of 11.6 per 1000
population. Ten infant deaths report
ed in rural communities correspond to
an infant mortality rate of 64.1 per
1000 living births.
Boyne City reported So births and %
deaths. This is equivalent to a birth
rate OF 27.1 and general death rate of
1912. Deaths of three children under
one year of age gave the city an infant
mortality rate of 51.7.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
Citizens to Fight X. X. X.

Observation-Disclosures Of band
of men to combat the alleged activities
of the Ku Klux Klan in Southeast
Texas with the announced intention
Of conducting open warfare against
members Of the Klan, alleging the
Officers have not the nerve or desire
to place under arrest its members who
have violated the law, was made
known in a communication addressed
to the Ku Klux Klan and sent to a
local newspaper for publication re-
comfy
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
F0RD'S RATE SLASH PROTESTED
Coal Reduction Hurts Business, !. C.
c. Told BY Mine Owner.

Washington. - The Consolidation
Coal company Of Baltimore has pro-
tested to the interstate commerce
commission against the reduction of
rates on roal from the Ohio river to
Detroit, proposed by Mr. Ford's road
The company owns mines in Ken
tucky and West Virginia and in its
complaint said the proposed reduc-
tions would be prejudicial to the rates
II has to pay on coal to the same
points. The reduction proposed by
the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton
amount to 70 cents a ton on coal.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
v. S. Flyers Killed at cobIenz.

Coblenz. - Two Americans, Lieut.
Col. Gunther, of Frankfort, Ind, and
Corp. L. o. Rogers, Of Hillsboro, Tex,
were killed when their airplane crash.
ed at Weissenthurm Field, near here.
The airplane, which burst into flame
as 1t fell, was said by spectators to
have developed engine trouble imme.
diately on taking off, and to have
started falling at an altitude of $50
feet, when Lieut.. Gunther tried to
turn back for quick landing when
he notice the trouble.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
East Jordan 13
Harbor Springs 0
East Jordan Plays "Air Tight"
Game Last Sunday.

All that East Jordan's Base Ball team
needed was some practice to put them
on winning basis. Two games they
lost by the narrow to margin, but
they got the much-needed practice.
Last Sunday the boys went on the
diamond confident of winning, and
walked off with 13 to 0 score.
THE DOPE
IL "a 5 g. 789-
East Jordan ..,.2 2 l 2 6 00x-13
Harbor Springs. 20 0 1000 90 0
Batteries-Harbor Springs, Ransom,
Brundage, and Bassett; East Jordan,
Sedgman, Reynolds and F. Bennett.
Struck out-By Sedgman 9, Reynolds l
Ransom Z. Earned runs, East Jordan,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
MUST PAY CORPORATION TAX
Attorney General Rules Law Effective
Pending Court Action.

Lansing.-Attorney General Merlin
Wiley has mailed letter to large
Detroit manufacturing firm notifying
1t that the new state corporation law
is effective, and will be held effective
until some decision on the suit of the
Union Steam Pump Sales company,
Of Battle Creek, to test the validity
Of the new law, is handed down by
the supreme court.
The letter is generally accepted as
warning to all corporations that
failure to comply with the provisions
of the corporation law will make
them liable to the full penalties pre-
scribed in that statute.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
MAY RE-ExAMINE 100000 VETS
Insurance Bureau Chief Would Cut
Out "Army Red Tape"

Washington. - Re-examination Of
the 100000 former service men, and
the elimination of the statutory red
tape was suggested by Colonel
Charles r. Forbes, director of the
war risk insurance bureau, as the
best solution of the soldier relief prob
lem. II would cut off much "justifi-
able criticism" he said, and build a
firm foundation for future dealings
with veterans.
Testifying before a senate commit
tee, Colonel Forbes said the bureau
still suffered from too much "affida-
vitism" and too little human interest
and contact.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
Is Caught Smuggling Jewelry.

New York.-Government agents con-
fiscated jewelry valued at $4,000
which they said was not declared by
by Mr.. and Mrs. Max Fischer, passen-
gers aboard the steamship Oscar ii,
which arrived here from Denmark.
Fischer, who said he was New York
merchant, was apprehended, agents
said, when he attempted to pass the
jewels to a boy over a fence at the
end of the pier. He and his wife
were detained there for satisfactory
explanation.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
HaitPs Forest Wealth.

Large forests of pines are to be
found in the mountains In the interior
of Haiti. but lack Of transportation
makes II impossible to utilize this tim
Der even for domestic needs. Large
quantities Of pine are imported from
the United States. A few small saw
mills are located In various sections OF
the island, but these cannot begin TO
supply the local markets. Dyewoods
are plentiful.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
SLAYER OF DETECTIVE CAUGHT
st. Paul Police Arrest Tommy"
O'Connor, Wanted in Chicago.

Chicago. - Thomas ("Tommy')
OConnor, Chicago bad man" and
slayer of Detective Patrick j. O'Neill
of the Chicago police force, for whom
nationwide search has been made,
has been caught in st. Paul, MINI.
The elusive Tommy" was identi.
fled when he tried to hold up a Chi
cago Great Western passenger train
in the ST. Paul yards, according to a
message from that city. He carried
three guns.
A reward of $1,000 was offered for
OConnor's arrest.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
REVISED CASUALTY FIGURES
Germany Announces 1,792,368 Men
Killed, 4,246,e74 Wounded.

Berlin.-Germany lost 1,792,36S men
killed and 4,246,S74 wounded from
1914 to 1918, according to a revised
compilation of German casualties. In
addition 100000 men are still report
ed as missing. The losses in the navy,
which are included in the foregoing
figures, were 1926 men killed and
31,0S5 wounded.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
$1,000 Reward

Ten Dollars $1,000 reward will be
paid for information leading to the ar
rest and conviction of any party or
parties damaging or destroying any
street lamps, fixtures or other proper
ty of this company.
EAST JORDAN ELECTRIC LIGHT &
POWER CO.
By l.. G. Balch, Supt.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05

Frank Schwartz, twenty-six-year-old
artist of Greenwich village, New York
city, who was penniless and about to
be dispossessed of his $12-a-month
Studio, won the most coveted Of art
awards, the Prix de Rome, which is
a three-year fellowship in the Amer
lean Academy Of Arts in Rome. The
Fellowship carries with 1t transporta-
tion expenses and an annuity of
$1,000 during the three-year course.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
Notice of Examinations

Regular examinations for teachers of
Charlevoix County will be held at the
Court House in the city of Charlevoix,
Aug. IL 13, Thursday to Saturday,
beginning at $3.50 each morning. For
further information, write the commits
sioner of schools at East Jordan.
MAY L. STEWART
County Commissioner of Schools.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
GLAD TO GET RID OF 1T

Mrs. Mary Bourke, 1897 N. Alliater
st. San Francisco, Calf, writes: 81
have been troubled with backache; j;
took two Foley Kidney Pills and they
helped me SO good my back stopped
paining me. l am so glad to get rid Of
it." Women find great relief in Foley's
Kidney Pills. Hite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
Birds In the Dark.

Not few birds practically rear
their nestlings In the dark, says the
American Forestry Magazine. Well
known examples of this are seen In
sand-martins and ng-fishers-birds
that dig. or scrape out, long burrows
In banks, and lay their eggs at the
farther end Of them.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
LINEUP FOR EAST JORDAN

Reynolds was walked by the Harbor
Springs pitcher three times.
East Jordan plays at Boyne City next
Sunday. While our neighboring city
Of Boyne has one of the strongest teams
in the League, our boys now have had
some practice work together and are
confident of winning the game.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
New Form Of PumIce Stone.

A form Of pumice stone has been
discovered I'm japan which can be
used In concrete for boat building,
making a concrete as strong, but 60
per cent lighter, than the ordinary
kind.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05
IL Can't Be Done.

II is al right to say exactly what
Won thpSk. But you are going to
spend most of your time in the hos
nital-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-05

This is the open season for light
waists and dirty elbows.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-11-03
NOTICE OF sHERIFF's SALE
FORECLOsJRE

Beaver County. state OF Oklahoma.
w NJ Tompkins Plaintiff
Levi T. Loveall, and Rosallne Love
all Mckinley IL Wright, William
Sna Mgshs John Guy T. GSnyers 6sprse PENDANTS
Notice ls hereby given. that in pur,
suance OF an order 81 sale issued
out Of the District Court OF Beaver
Of October, 1921. in an action where
in W. NJ Tompkins, was plaintiff and
Levi r. Loveall. and Rosaline Love
all. his wife; j. A. Loveall Mckinley
II. Wright. william Wright, Guy
Conyers, J. J. Vincent and John. l..
/ Dupree, were defendants, directed TO
er County. Oklahoma, commanding
apprais isement. the following de-
S'T'Seo TSe soutewesi or.Resr ' Quarter of Section
Six. in Township One North, OF
Range ,Twsnty-six East Of the Gin
asoma To sa;sfs oSd
decree CT foreciosIre in favor Of said
plaintiff and against said defend,
os IN. ,os HS Say MADE Of
1870. for FOR the sum Of ,lsSyss and
interest thereon from the 23rd day
OF June, 1920. until paid at the rate
for the costs herein taxed at sSs.s5
and accruing costs. and an attorneys
dsy ss of 81 s 1871 at og The the hour 'sa of
| 10 o'clock A. NJ. OF said day at
the east front door of the court
house. in the Town of Beaver, coun-
offer for sale and sell to the high
est bidder for cash the said prop
erty above described or so much
thereof as will satisfy said judgment
with interest and costs and attorneys
| fees
Witness my hand this 18th day OF
II. B. BRIDGEwATER,
Sheriff of Beaver County, State OF
Oklahoma.
Loofbourrow a Loofbourrow,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
| 1920 11-l7 81