Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-03-18

are no candidates for mayor.
kalamazoo. = Joseph Pierson, o.
Sturgis, died on train at Vicksbure
while on his way to a hospital here
FOR an operation.
ADVANTAGEOUS Of the state fire
marshal show that this county sus
tanned loss of $S1.490 during 1920
and ranked thirtieth among the coun
ties of the state.
Escanaba-As result of falling
backwards into a tub of boiling wa
ter, Bernice Brown, 2-yearold daugh'
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Brown,
was fatally scalded.
Marquette-Julius Gillett, 65, die6
Of injuries received when Re was
struck OH the head by stake while
unloading logs in the yard of the Cal
umet & Hecla company.
Traverse City-The Worth Trans
portation & Products Co., OF Ham
mond. Ind, will locate in this city. 1t
is $10.000,000 concern and manu-
features railway equipment.
Christensen, 26 years old, drowned
last October while trying to cross Pere
Marquette Lake in canoe, was found
on the beach at Buttersville.
Muskegon-A balance of more than
$4,000 in the Muskegon War Chest
will be the nucleus of a memorial to
soldiers OF the World War. War Chest
members have authorized this DISPOSE
ton of the fund.
Newago-George w. Shepherd, for
16 years county clerk, has been asked
by the board Of supervisors to resign
for alleged neglect of duty. He has
refused. The board presented the case
to Gov. Groesbeck.
Albion-The city council has order
ed materials for all sewers, water
mains, sidewalks and similar improve
ments to be delivered at once that
the work may be started at the earli-
est possible moment.
Kalamazoo-When officers went to
the home of Wincenty Niedzweicki,
Comstock township farmer, and locat-
d
cover to the metal tank. 1t was dis
covered in the baby's cradle, where
il had been hidden.
Ferndale-Wflliam Simpson has an
nounced that he will be candidate
for the presidency Of the village TO re-
place the commissioners who have
been removed from office. 1t is prob
able all of the commissioners recall
ed will be candidates.
Owosso-Mayor A. T. Wright says
he will ask passage OF an ordinance
recurring that all COWS from which
milk is sold be tested for tuberculosis.
Protests are being made against a
proposed ordinance prohibiting the
sale OF unpasteurized milk.
Ionia.-Three more members of the
staff at the Michigan Reformatory
here have resigned. James Collins,
superintendent of mails Cyrus Men.
denhall, chaplain, and Guy Conner, in
stitution farmer, are the latest to quit.
Collins and Mendenhall have held
Office 81 years.
Ann Arbor-The trial of Harry Sit
ko, a Detroit university medical stu
dent, and Harry Harper, barber, on
the charge of murder in the second
degree has been set for the last of
March in the circuit court here. 1t is
charged they caused the death of
Ethel Mcclure, Traverse City nurse.
Muskegon-The Muskegon Traction
and Lighting Co. has petitioned the
State Public Utilities Commission to
have jitney bus competition in Mus
kegon eliminated contending that the
street cars or buses must go. The
company says with buses eliminated
It could reduce the 10-cent fare to 6
cents.
Pontiac.-Warren Banfield, IL years
old, who accidentally wounded his
brother Claire, 8, and then shot again
and killed him, ito put him out of his
misery" was taken to the State Psy-
chopathic Hospital at Ann Arbor on
a Probate Court order He will be
there for 35 days for observation. Ply
sicians who examined him here said
they found him normal.
Marquette-The property of the
Marquette City e. Presque Isle Rail-
way Co., sold under the decree of the
u. s. district court for the western
district of Michigan. was purchased
by E. s. Rice. II. S. Gallup and A. E.
Miller acting as reorganization COM
mittee on behalf of the bondholders
OF the street railway company. The
read was sold on a mortgage of $780,
600.
Grand Rapids-The city commission
has ordered the submission of a char
ter amendment to the electors at the
spring election to prevent and punish
fraud in the signing of petitions for
the nomination of city officials. Many
petitions filed at the March pri.
maries were fraudulent Names of
two candidates were removed from the
primary ballot because of these
frauds.
Reed City.-Reed City is in dark
ness and many of the industries are
without power owing to the breaking
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