The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-08-18

result Of a fractured skull received
when he fell from his bicycle while
holding onto truck
Muskegon-Marie Detrude, 10 years
old, was drowned in Muskegon Lake
when she lost her balance and fell
over the side of motor boat driven
by Harold Brooks.
Albion-C. II. Pickett. this city.
claims the radish championship. One
of the icicle variety out OF his garden
measured Is inches in length and
weighs 1-3 pounds.
oscommon-Emerson Jones. "a
years old, of Toledo. and Lincoln
Avery. Jr., "a, of Port Huron, were
drowned in Higgins Lake, near here.
when row boat in which they were
riding overturned.
Detroit-In attempting to Olsen
tangle the reins from the feet OF his
horse, Max Weiner, As years old, a
huckster was kicked 10 feet. accord
ing to police reports, suffering a
fracture of the right leg.
Muskegon-Henry l.. Hahnel, 43
years old. employed on lightship of
Milwaukee, was drowned in Lake
Michigan when his motor boat be-
came entangled in fish net while en-
route to Montague for a vacation.
Big Rapids-The Ferris institute
unit CT the Reserve Officers Training
Corps has been discontinued on or
ders from the War Department. The
WORK here has been in charge of Capt.
Frank e. Shaw. a Regular Army Off
Ger.
Grand Rapids--The Grand Rapids
wholesalers will hold their Fall trade
extension tour Oct to and will
visit White Cloud. Muskegon, Hart.
Ludington, Manistee, Mt. Pleasant,
Ashley, Greenville and intermediate
points.
LanSing--.Sherman Il. Handy, chair.
man OF the state public utilities COM
mission has ruled that the Miller act,
which became effective August Is,
does not affect existing franchises
rates of electric light and power
utilities.
Grand Rapids-Surveys of the APP
pie crop in the apple producing coun-
ties of western Michigan support tho
reports that the total crop will be
only from 80 to 40 per cent of normal.
Primarily the cause of the short apple
crop is the late frosts.
Benton Harbor-The forthy-fifth an.
nual old Settlers picnic, combined
with the annual outing of the Berrien
County Grange and the Young Peo
ple's. picnic, held last week in Berrien
Springs, was attended by $500 far
mers and their families.
Kalamazoo-A 10 cent an hour re-
duction for carpenters and painters
has become effective here. The re-
ductiDn was made at the recommen-
dation Of the men when the contrac-
tors told them it would help 20 bring
about revival in business.
Lansing-An active campaign to
bring about the repeal, by the 1923
legislature, OF the state uniform &C.
system laws is planned by
boards of supervisors and county
clerks who have taken the lead in the
move to abolish the new method of
keeping the states books.
st. Johns-While scraping gravel
in the gravel pit on his farm south.
east of the village of Westphalia,
Frank Rademacher was buried alive
by cave in OF the gravel. Neigh
Dors hurried to the rescue but found |
him dead. He is survived by a
widow and seven children.
Negdanee-State Troopers Fred |
Bedard. A. p. Cross, and G. Lane,
we're seriously wounded, when they |
.aided the shoe shop OF Tony Bar
)ere. The officers entered Barbieres |
shop seized three pints of moonshine,
md placed him under arrest AS |
turned to get his coat, he |
ired.
Lansing-Statistics show that In
80 there we're 1919 Indians in Mich.
gan. Statistics for 1920 show only |
1913. 1t is said the Indian population
n the state is declining rapidly. A
Ugh death rate and immigration to
he west are assigned as reasons. The
general death rate was Fl per 1000
or 1920.
Detroit-"My bonus due me from
he state of Michigan" is all Harold
T. Flannery, ex-service man, had to
his mother, Mary Flannery,
ccordng to the terms of the will
lied IN the Office of the judge OF pro-
,ate. The will, which is the shortest
IN record, was drawn April Is, 1921,
nd admitted to probate August 8,
921.
Monroe-Burns received while in.
lea king automobile
adiator with lantern cost the life
4 Lee Barr, 81 years Old and resulted
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