The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-03-10

piled for 25 jobs when the city open
ed its 1921 street improvement pro-
gram.
Kalamazoo.-Ohly one.third Of the
normal crop of ice was harvested in
Kalamazoo this winter. 1t will be sold
at $12 ton.
Kalamazoo.-Improv skeleton
key from piece OF wire. Floyd Elm
hart and Herbert Waters escaped from
the Kalamazoo State Hospital grounds.
Coldwater.-John Boyer, SO, civil
veteran, died here at the home of his
son, Ernest Boyer. Mr.. Boyer was
member of company a., twenty-ninth
Infantry.
Benton Harbor.-Benton Harbor dis
carded the mayor-alderman form or
city government and adopted the com
disadvantages system by vote Oh
1895 to 262 in a special election.
Mt. Clemens Joseph Vroman and
Edward Valentine, under life sentence
for the death of Edward Kline, an
Erin Township farmer, have been Ia
ken to Michigan State Prison at Jack
son.
Flint.-Fire starting from a gas
heating stove wrecked the Princess
Theater, motion picture house. Fire
men had a hard battle to prevent
flames spreading to adjoining build
ings.
Muskegon. Houser. 10 years
old, is under arrest charged with
bigamy, it being alleged he married
twice in 1918 while serving in the
Navy. Both women have started suits
for annulment.
Detroit.-Claudius B. Grant, Of this
city, former chief justice OF the Mich
igan Supreme court and from 1872 to
1880 regent of the University or Mich
igan, died last week at a hospital IN
st. Petersburg, Fla.
Grand Rapids. - w. r Roach or
Roach e. Co, canning specialists, says
that the canning method employed by
Michigan Gamers is perfectly safe and
that the food products put up are free
from all poisoning.
Cadillac. - The Michigan Potato
Growers Exchange and the Cadillac
Chamber of Commerce have united in
an effort to induce Congress to put
a duty Of three cents pound on i'm
ports of foreign potato flour.
Menominee. - The funeral or Mrs.
Felix Carpenter, 70, was held IN
Stephenson, Menominee county. She
was the mother of 10 children, IL OF
whom survive, besides "A grandchil-
dren and three great grandchildren.
Pontiac. Inspection Of all soft
drink parlors in Pontiac was made by
police and samples of cider sold there
sent to state authorities for test.
Officers believe much of the cider will
show an illegal percentage of alcohol.
Muskegon-The welfare board has
requested city officials to investigate
complaints that some of the milk
donated for the needy is being taken
by city employees. A large supply of
milk, it is said, has been carried away.
Bay City. Arthur Hartwick, 16,
who was brought here from Toronto
to answer a charge of robbing a farm
house near Pinconning of several hun
dred dollars worth OF Liberty bonds,
has been bound over to Circuit Court
for trial.
Cadillac.-The city has asked the
State Highway Department if Cadillac
can buy enough bonds to allow the
states portion of the city paving to
be finished this summer. Work is
being held up because of failure to
sell state highway bonds.
Flint.-The local Carpenters union
has announced a reduction in its wage
scale from 81 an hour to So cents. The
Bricklayers' union will not reduce the
scale of $1.25 an hour for the present,
but has agreed to revise the scale
downward as soon as it can.
Pontiac.-Lighthous will be used
to guard bad curves in the Oakland
avenue road near Pontiac. The road
commission is installing two blinking
lights" at curves wherr accidents have
DtCD luOSI llCQuShbs IL ouSNCooluA thOy
will be used on. other county high
ways.
Grand Rapids-Electricia of Elec-
trical Union No. 107, who are on a
strike against the electrical contrac-
tors of the city, who reduced the scale
of wages 20 per cent, have entered
into the competitive field against their
former employers through the agency
of the Trades and Labor council.
Ferndale.-The special election held
here resulted in the recall of the five
commissioners and another election
will now have to be held to elect new
officials. The ousted commissioners
are: F. ID. Gordon, president, and
commissioners James G McLay, G. II.
Hall, DR.. A. J. Chase and r. j.
Walters.
Lansing.-In view of the fact that
70 cases of sleeping sickness have
been reported since January /, DR.. r.