Charlevoix county herald., 1921-07-01


here.
Pontiac-The Pontiac board of edu-
cation has arranged to purchase $780,.
600 OF the districts own bonds from
a sinking fund.
Cadillac-Charles Clock of Farwell
died of injuries received when run
over by an Ann Arbor train afer fall
ing from the top Of a car.
Manistee-The most improved still
ever seen by the police was confiscat-
ed when the home of John Werlowski
was raided. Four quarts of liquor and
IL gallons of mash were found.
Holly-Charles Crosby, So, farmer
residing two miles south of Holly,
was killed by lightning. Crosby was
returning from the barn to the house
and paused for moment to watch
the storm.
Adrian-Theodore Odell, IL years
old, Of Clinton, was probably fats lily
injured when his small truck was
struck by New York Central pas
senger train at the Main Street eros
sing and demolished.
Kalamazoo - Michael Bremen,
charged with passing fraudulent
checks made out to John Chapman"
and signed by IL. w. Sutherland" is
under arrest here. Many merchants
accepted the checks.
Lansing-Mrs. George Finnie, of
Lansing, charged with aiding her hus-
band to escape from the county Jail at
Mason, was bound over to the next
term of the Circuit Court after an
examination in justice court.
Owosso-George Anthony, 70 years
old, of Owosso, was given a decree Of
divorce from Hanna Anthony, GA, to
whom he was married in 1905. He
charged that she stayed out nights.
They have not lived together since
1908.
Pontiac-Oscar Johnson was drown
ed in the Milford millpond when he
dived from a springboard into the
deepest portion of the pond. The body
failed to come to the surface, but
was recovered after repeated Attempts
by Lionel Grant.
Flint-An underground cavern
reached only through a tunnel and
guarded with elaborate camouf1age,
which was found on the farm of Louis
Carpet, near Duffield, by Sheriff Vette
nd Of hn
gest moonshine plants ever seized
here.
Owosso-Officers all over the state
and particularly along the Canadian
border, have been asked by Shia-
wassee county officers to watch for
Earl Ritter, 35, farmer living near
Bancroft, who, it is charged, has null
cted three banks in the county out Of
approximately $4,000.
Bay City-Godfrey Kubach, tin
smith, forgot that his truck was in
gear when he cranked it in front of a
Water street business place. 1t ran
over him, causing severe bruises and
cuts and then crashed into the large
plate glass windows of a shoe store,
doing several hundred dollars dam
age.
Kalamazoo-Lost out Of car driv-
en- by William Thompson, William
Reed, 13 months old, was severely in
jured. The child was riding on the
rear seat and either climbed out or
hny hn
ment. The driver did not notice the
baby's absence until after it was TAX
en- to the hospital.
Lansing-Dr. R. L. Olin, Michigan
commissioner of health, has been
elected secretary and treasurer of the
conference of state and provincial
health authorities of North America.
He also has been chosen as secretary
of the executive council, succeeding
DR.. c. st. Clair Drake, commissioner
of health of Illinois.
Baldwin, 150-pound buck got his
horns tangled in the woven wire rail
road fence a mile east of here and
was found by section men just after
he had broken his neck. They skin
ned the carcass and sailed the meat,
but before they could divide it a game
warden learned Of it and confiscated
the hide and meat. The meat was
sent to the poor house.
Kalamazoo-Provisio making II
illegal for a foreigner to become q
city official or an employee of the city
government was written into the new
charter by the commission which was
elected last April to revise the city's
fundamental law. An amendment per-
hitting department heads to employ
aliens who have declared their inten-
tons of becoming citizens was adopt
ed
Manistee-Oil failed to pacify trou-
bled waters in this instance Instead
1t caused trouble. Because, 1t is al
legged, he permitted waste oil and re-
fuse to seep into Manistee river from
the gas plant of the Michigan Light |
company, of which he is manager.
Charles s. Kressler was arrested by |