The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05

one was hurt.
Flint. Dec. 27-Fire of undetermined
origin destroyed the building Of the
G. e. Brandt & Co. wholesale paper
house, with loss OF 100000. The
company carried no insurance.
Battle Creek-Dr. r. III. Lambert,
Detroit, has been named first assistant
to d. Albert Weehenkel, superinten-
dent OF the Roosevelt American Le-
gion Hospital. He is a tuberculosis
specialist.
Monroe-Work on the Ford Flat
Rock dam, where a new electric pow.
er house will be built, is progressing
rapidly. Contractors are blasting
through five feet of solid rock to make
a foundation.
Muskegon-Charles Cribley, Raven.
ma farmer, was intoxicated and did
not want to gn home to his wife and
children. He went to the home OF a
neighbor and the next morning he was
found dead. Moonshine is believevd
to have caused his death.
Port Huron-The University of
Michigan club of st. Clair county, at
a banquet in Marysville made plans to
entertain President Marion L. Burton
of the University Of Michigan here
next April, when he will attend the
state conference of Parent-Teachers
associations.
Port Huron-Canadian officers de
ported Frank Blunden, also known as
Frank Neal, from Brantford, Ont. tC
Windsor, customs officers sending
him to Detroit. Blunden was acquit
ted of stealing $4,000 worth of liquor
from the residence of Customs Col.
lector j. S. Spence.
Muskegon-Owners of bus lines
voted off by the city at a special cleo.
ton, plan to continue operations, Civ.
ing so-called free rides. City Attor.
ney Farmer announces he will take
court action to force the buses to dis.
continue. The people voted to
against the buses.
Monroe-Many shanties are being
hauled to Bolles' beach on Lake Erie,
two miles south of here, for the fish.
ing season. 1t is planned this winter
to give a number of ice boat regattas
along this lake shore. w. G. Sterling
is the commodore of the La Plaisance
Bay Ice Yacht club. ---..,--------
Lansing X. M. Olin, state
health commissioner, has been au
thorized by the state administrative
board to appoint consulting staff OF
four surgeons who will work with him
In an effort to heal the ailments OF
some six or seven hundred child In
mates OF state institutions.
Saginaw-Frank Cosbitt, janitor at
the city hall, had a narrow escape
from probable death when he was
placing the flag in position and slip.
ped on the icy roof. He would have
fallen 125 IT. but for the eavenstrough
which caught him. Policemen climbed
the roof and rescued him with a rope.
Grand Rapids-Because Judge Orien
s. Cross, of the Allegan circuit court,
is president of the First National
bank of that city, the case Of the bank
and other creditors of the F. d. Travis
company has been transferred to the
Kent circuit court. Judge John s.
Mcdonald has named Frank d. Blake
ly, of this city, receiver.
Kalamazoo-Fire C.. undetermined
origin destroyed the $4,000 home Of
George Irvine at Gull lake, a few
hours after workmen had completed
1t. A hard coal fire had been banked
in the furnace. The building was one
of the finest on the famous resort lake,
and was situated on a high bluff over
looking the water near the Gull Lake
Country club. The loss was covered
by insurance.
Lansing-The State Banking De-
partment is calling attention to the
fact that the failure Of the G.. w. Mer.
riman Bank at Hartford has been re.
ferred to in newspapers as a state
bank through error. Harry o. Mohr.
mann, deputy banking commissioner,
says the Hartford bank was not a
state institution and that there have
been no failures of state banks In
Michigan since 1913.
Iron Mountain-Sportsme in this
section of the upper peninsula have
recommended to the state department
of conservation of the bounty on
wolves, also the retention of state
wolf trappers to kill off the animals,
which have become a menace to far
mers and sheep raisers in this sec
ton. They also ask that game war
dens be chosen from civil service
list, to eliminate politics.
Lansing-Samuel Foard, former
Marquette lifer, who recently was pa
rolled by Governor Groesbeck, paid a
personal call on the governor to ex.
press his thanks for his liberty and to
plead for clemency for one or two