The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-10
STATE NEWS

Wages of city en-
Iloyes have been reduced 20 per cent
by the council.
Owosso-The Owosso Canning COM
pany is to be formed here with a
capital of $4,000 for canning peas.
Marine City-The McLouth ship
yard has begun to build a 95-foot steel
patrol boat for the Ohio fish hatchery
bureau.
Traverse City-Michael Kelley, ~,
for 40 years an inmate of the State
hospital here, was killed when struck
by falling tree.
Cadillac - The Michigan Potato
Growers exchange here reports hav-
ing sold twice as many potatoes in
January, 1921, as in January. 1920.
AlbioR-The American Amusement
company has acquired a downtown
site for the erection of a 100000 the
alter for moving pictures and vaude-
vile. -
lshpeming-Oscar Kivinimi, a mi
ner, killed by a falling piece of ore,
had saved S. 900 to $4,000 and
planned to return to Finland. An
other Tinlander here has amassed
$4,000.
Grand Rapids-Henry f. Mccormick
the last surviving member in Michi-
Of hn inn
rine brigade, known in song and poem
as the "Hoss Marines" died at his
home here.
Sault Ste. Marie-A new high
school building, replacing the one de.
stroyed by fire last spring. will be de-
Dictated here May 5, when DR.. Marion
Leroy Burton. president of the Uni
versity of Michigan. will deliver an
address.
Saginaw-Detroit, Grand Rapids.
Marquette and London (Ont), Shrin-
ers have been invited to attend the
winter ceremonial of Elf Khurafeh
Shrine here Feb. IS, Immediately after
the three-day consistory reunion at
Bay City.
Standish-The one.year.old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. III. Behl, near
Roscommon, was fatally burned when
in the absence of her mother, one of
the elder children, lighting rope,
swung it around, igniting the cloth
ing of the child.
Ann Arbor-A mid-western confer
ence on highway and highway trans
portation education will be held here
February %, under the auspices of
the permanent committee on highway
and highway transportation education
OF the University of Michigan and the
state highway department.
Port Huron-Because of the wave of
theft and crime, spreading throughout
this part Of the state, the city COM
mission has announced that no auto
mobiles will be allowed to park in
front of any bank in the city. The
action is taken as step to minimize
the chance of bank thefts here.
Kalamazoo-Judge Weimer in Cir
cult Court ruled that q former wife
comes before grandchildren when he
ordered Theodore Pennington, 65
years old, to pay So a week alimony.
Pennington claimed he could not pay
alimony because all the money he had
was needed for the support OF his two
grandchildren.
Lansing-Botulism was undoubtedly
responsible for the three deaths in the
Blodgett Memorial hospital, Grand
Rapids, said Fred ID. Woodwork, state
food and drug inspector. The poison
found in the spinach in the hospital
he said, was identical with that found
in the ripe olives which caused the
deaths recently in Crosse Pointe.
East Lansing-Advising Michigan
farmers to hold their potatoes, Daniel
Dean, nationally known potato spe-
cialist from New York state, predicted
an early and decided rise in the whole
sale price of tubers, in addressing the
annual meeting of the Michigan Po-
tato Producers association here in
connection with the Michigan Agricul-
ture college farmers week
Grand Rapids-Two women, sup
porting third woman, called upon
Harvey Lafayette for aid as he was
driving past them. They urged him
to take the woman to hospital inn
mediately. Lafayette complied with
their wishes and beat the stork, a
child being born soon after she
reached the maternity ward. But in
police court Lafayette was compelled
to pay a fine of SIS for speeding.
Marquette - George ID. Winfree,
brakeman, who disappeared from
Marquette four years ago, leaving his
wife behind, is held at Nashville.
Tenn, on TIE charge of embezzle.
ment. Winfree is accused of having
married end deserted two other wo.
men, in Nashville and San Francisco.
While in Marquette the man was ac-