Charlevoix county herald., 1921-01-14
Michigan NesOs
TerseLy Told

struction Of a new jail because the!
exceeded the appropriation.
Charlottesville council has voted
to submit the question of bonding ths
city for $4,000 for paving streets II
the voters at the April election.
oopersville-August r. Carlson, 67
of Grand Rapids, was instantly killed
by an interurban car at Country
Crossing, one mile south of Nunica.
Owosso-Shiawassee County spen1
$10S,000 on road work in 100, accord
ing to the report of the road commits
sioners to the board OF supervisors.
Plymouth-The month-old SON o.
Frank Hayball, farmer, was acct
dentally smothered under a blanket
which his mother had placed over his
crib.
Plainwell-While Merrill Erwin, e
years old, was examining a revolver
II discharged and the ball lodged In
bis neck. Doctors have been unaole
to remove 1t.
Monroe-Frank Gassner. who will
become sheriff Jan. 1, has appointed
Joseph r. Anteau, undersheriff; Hor
ace Barrett, deputy sheriff, and Geo
Naeckel, court officer.
Monroe-Monroe county supervisors
appointed a committee to ask the
supervisors of Lenawee, Jackson and
Hillsdale counties to endorse plans
for the erection of joint tuberculosis
sanatorium.
Pontiac-During 1920. 2,579 criminal
cases were disposed Of In the Oakland
County courts. as compared with 2.251
In 1919. In the number Of arrests this
county leads the state outside of
Wayne County.
Monroe-The applications of Chas.
e. Kirby. for a temporary injunction
to restrain Monroe city commission
from issuing s725,O00 waterworks
bonds was refused by Judge Jesse II.
Root, of circuit court.
Alma-This place claims the small
est fire loss per assessed valuation
for any city of its size in the country.
Fire Chief Joseph F. Sartor reports
10 fires with $3.50 loss in 1920 on an
assessed valuation of $4,000.
Alba-Lumber camps in this section
are being flooded by unemployed men
from the cities. Owing to the timber
shortage, however, many camps are
shutting down, and is a result hun
dreds of men are said to be stranded.
Albion-Two Michigan trips are
planned by the Albion College Glee
Club. The first will be to Coopers-
vile, Grand Rapids and Rockford
next month and in March the club
will go to Muskegon and Grand
Haven.
Allegan-A hearing was held Jan.
8 on a plea for a permanent in
junction to restrain the Easley Light
& Power Co., of Plainwell, from in
creasing it's rates. A temporary in
junction was granted at the request
of residents of Plainwell.
East Lansing-Addresse by l..
Whitney Watkins, of the state board
of agriculture, and George w. Dick
inson, of Detroit, will feature the
meeting here, Feb. IL and Is, of the
Michigan Improved Live Stock Breed
ers and Feeders Association.
Cadillac-Fred G. Wetmore lost the
skid chain from his automobile and
advertised, offering a reward for its
return. He got it back but lie has
been so tormented by other finders Of
chains that he has had to advertise
he has recovered his property.
Ann Arbor-Four robbers entered
the home of Mrs. Maria Allmendinger,
ordered Mrs. Allmendinger and her
two daughters to remain quietly in
bed, ransacked the house and ate
lunch in the kitchen. They left with
$40 cash and two gold watches.
Ann Arbor-In the arrest of Claude
Way, of this county, and Harry Wood,
who was apprehended in Jackson, the
officers here believe they have Sc
cured two of the three young men
who are responsible for the several
burglaries In this vicinity recently.
Traverse City-This city has been
notified by w. d. Rich, state sanitary
engineer, that unless complete sur
vey of the city water and sewer sys-
tenn is filed with the State Board of
Health by Jan. 81, the state will be-
gin proceedings against the city Off
Gals.
Pontiac-Help of the American LIE.
gion is being asked by brothers of
Arson Best to take to the supreme
court his appeal for a new trial de.
MED in circuit court. Best. a former
service man. is serving a life sen
tence for murder of Vera Schneider.
telephone girl.
Kalamazoo - Myron Rushmore OBJ.
tanned a divorce from "his shadow"
after he told Judge Weimer his wife
was so jealous Of him she would fol
low him wherever he went. She even
followed him to the corner barber
shop. he said, and hid behind a tree
until he came out.
Iron Mountain-The organization of
the Iron Mountain National bank was
completed at a meeting of the stock