Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-01-28
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Iron Mountain-The Iron Mountain
Iron and Chemical Co. will erect a
charcoal and chemical plant here.
Albion-A lodge of the Brotherhood
by Albion and Marshall railway clerks.
Hancock-The Verille ice cream
factory started operations here with a
contract for $4,000 tubs of ice :ream.
Alma-The Alma Foundry & Manu-
featuring Co., new $4,000 concern,
has begun operations in its factory
here.
Bear Lake-The body of Alto HUI
bert, killed in France, was buried here
beside the graves of his mother and
father.
Houghton-The death Of Mrs. Eliza
beth O'Brien, judge Of the circuit
court bench, occurred here following
a short illness.
Comstock-The village voters at a
special election approved a bond H.
sue of $4,000 for the erection OF
new high school.
PoAtiac-Elmer Triton, who says he
made a still to make whisky for his
sick wife, has been arrested by pro-
hibition enforcement officer.
Lasing-The annual meeting of
the Sugar Beet Growers association
OF Michigan will be held at the Michi-
gan Agricultural college, Feb. 2.
Royal Oak-The proposal to in
corporate Royal Oak, Ferndale, Plea
SAINT Ridge and a part of Royal Oak
township into a city will be voted on
In April.
Monroe-Federal aid will be given
the Monroe-Flat Rock pike, which
links with roads to Detroit, the Mon
roe county road commission has been
notified.
Menominee-Allen B. Bedell, 80
years old, former United States mar
shall and a deputy game warden for ~
years, is dead here. He was a Civil
War veteran.
Plainwell-It is planned to raise
$4,000 here to build concrete band
stand as a memorial to the soldiers
and sailors of Gun Plains township,
who were in the war.
Oscoda-The birth of an elk. an
event which nature usually sanctions
only in the spring, was reported to
have taken place on the farm OF Carl
E. Schmidt, near here.
Cadillac-Peter Smith, Is years old,
son of Rep. Frank Smith. has develop
ed anthrax. 1t is believed the disease
developed from using a shaving brush
of injected horse hair.
Grand Haven Miss Helen Kohloff,
22 who a few years ago, was voted
the most beautiful girl in Grand
Haven and was to represent the city
in an industrial film, is dead after
brief illness.
Mt. Clemens-Thirty gallons of
whisky was seized by Michigan State
Police in a raid on the home of
Magdeline VanHee in this city. Mrs.
VanHee has been held for examina-
ton in justice court.
Port Huron-Mayor John V. Franch
of Port Huron, has filed objections to
the plan Of the City Electric railway
to adopt one-man cars, claiming the
change would be contrary to the fran
chise of the company.
Muskegan-Plans for a sewer sys-
tenn, to cost more than 100000,
have been accepted by the city COM
mission. The program will be spread
over 10 years. A similar survey has
been made for water system.
Grand Rapids-The city is con-
sidering the service-at-cost franchise
to solve it's difficulties with the Grand
Rapids Gas Co. An ordinance has been
proposed providing a sliding scale of
rates and a sliding scale of returns
for the company.
Lansing-Local gas rates have
again been increased by the Michi-
gan Public Utilities Commission
While the present rate of $1.35 for
1000 cubic feet, with 10 cents dis
count for prompt payment, stands,
monthly meter charge of As cents
additional is allowed.
Battle Creek-Battle Creeks recent
epidemic of house robberies is be-
lieved to have been solved by the ar
rest of Nelson Schrump, 23 years old,
claiming Elkhart, Ind, as his home.
Schrump has admitted entering three
homes and to being shot at by detec-
tives in one instance.
Lasing Notwithstanding the con-
tention of the Interstate Commerce
commission that congress destroyed
state power to fix intrastate freight
rates when it passed the Cummins-
Esch Transportation act, the Michi-
gan Public Utilities commission serv-
ed notice on Michigan railroads that
1t will readjust such freight rates as
are found to be discriminatory and un-
reasonable.
Houghton-E. J. Johnson and B. r.
Callan, electricians, have arrived here
from the Detroit radio station. These
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