Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-01-07
Michigan NelUs
TerseLy Told

station.
Flint-The Flint Vehicle Workers
Club has purchased the Paterson fac
tory building for club house.
Port Huron-Erection of an ice fac,
tory with capacity Of SO tons day
will be begun here by the Purity Ice
Co.
Eaton Rapids-The infant child OF
Mrs. j. UmbrGger was fatally scalded
when il fell into a tub of boiling
water
Albion-Frederick d. King, OF Tole-
do, formerly of Albion, has been
named by Rep. j. NJ. c. Smith as a
candidate for West Point Military
Academy.
Port acknowledgement 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.
Kalamazoo-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 5000.
Albion-The Hayes Wheel company
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.
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 Ill health.
His successor here has not been an
nTtpunced. -...-
standiyhEGro&ihge 81 res cherries
extensively on the low marshy iaads
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 its work TO
a marked degree this year, according
to Miss Edith Thomas, in charge OF
the department.
Grand Rapids - Three Michigan
physicians were among 10 persons
sentenced by District Judge G. w.
Sessions to spend terms in prison or
pay heavy fines for violations OF the
United States. laws.
Boyne City-The high school gymn'
asium roof was weighted down by the
snow which forced the walls out
demol. .shing the big building. A mum
ber 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 lonia 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
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. Laings newspaper
man here for 80 years, was appointed
city recorder to fill 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.
arcellus-Marksmen fired volley
after volley into smoke stack on the
electric lighting plant here which had
bent over and shut off the draft In
the boilers. The shots severed the
pipe. The bending of the pipe had
left the village in darkness.
Port Huron-Rev. s. G. Bettes, for
many years a travelling evangelist, is
dead In Portland. Ore. Bettes at one
time resided In Port Huron and for
years travelled through the Thumb dis
trict with horse and buggy In the
cause of prohibition and religion.
Pontiac--Help of the American Le-
gion is being asked by brothers OF
Anson 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, o
telephone girl.
Kalamazoo Myron Rushmore oil
tanned a divorce from "his shadow,
after he told Judge Weimer his wife
was so jealous OF him she would fol
low him wherever he went. She even
followed him to the corner barber