The Yale expositor., 1922-09-14

way, which follows the old lndlan trail
from Fort Dearborn, now Chicago, to
Detroit, she counted 1,025 vehicles in
one day. Mrs. Curtis mother-in-law,
who is a Sturgis pioneer, recalls that
the biggest days traffic in her time
was when Chief Blackhawk and 200
braves went over this route on their
way to Fort Maiden, in Canada, to re-
ceive their annuities.
The annual financial statement OF
the Ford Motor Co., filed with the Sec
retary Of state at Lansing shows to-
tai assets of $4O9, 20,13290. These in
clude cash on hand and in the bank,
$145, ,9S5, ,669.31 plant, land, improve
mentts, buildings, fixtures and struc-
lures, $81, ,626, ,015.03; machinery, tools
and equipment, $39,531, ,079,343, and
good will $2O,517, 1852. The state
ment is of June 80, 1922.
The women of Muskegon are going
to serve on juries or know the rea-
son why. Although women have been
eligible for jury duty for several years,
no women have been called in Muske-
gon city or county. Miss Ruth
Thompson, probate register and prom
inent clubwoman, is leading the cam
paign, which just now is directed
against Police Judge ]. E. Turner.
designations have removed three
more officers from Flint's police force.
The men quitting are: Albert Schewe,
lieutenant Of detectives, who is taking
a more lucrative position at Port HUI
ron; Detective William Britain, who
goes with the General Motors corpor-
alton, and John Chisholm, chief me-
chanic, who will enter the garage busi
ness.
Detroit carried off the honors at
at the Biennial Michigan convention
at Grand Rapids of the Choral Socie-
ties affiliated with the American Pc.
lish National alliance, when the male
choir Of that city took the first cup in
the singing contest. The Bay City
womens choir was second and the
Grand Rapids choir, the Lutnia Halka,
was third.
Nine business places and two dwell
ings were destroyed by fire at Berg
land, Mich, northeast of Ironwood, the
fire wiping out all but two dwellings
in one block. A dry goods store, bar
Der shop, two pool halls, physicians
office, restaurant, drug store and hotel
burned. The fire started at a. m.
and the bucket brigade fought it un-
til 6.
Swift Lathers, publisher of The
Mears News, was nearly killed when
riding on a truck to Pentwater. When
near Pentwater Lake the truck went
too close to the edge of the bank and
sunk into the mud and tipped over
pinning Lathers beneath it. He was
rushed to the Ludington hospital in
an unconscious condition.
Dodge Brothers, Inc, have an
nounced that work will begin in De-
troit, Immediately on an eight-story
addition that will cost in the neighbor-
hood of $1,5O0,OOO The new building
will contain approximately 100000
square feet. 1t will be 400 feet long,
and will be used entirely for manufac-
turning operations.
A bomb hurled into the yards of the
Ann Arbor railroad at Owosso, endan-
gered lives of workmen. 1t tore
hole in the yards, falling a few feet
clear of the turn table and some dis
tance away from the shops. Two en-
gines passed over the place where the
bomb fell, a few minutes before the
explosion
Mrs. Louise II. Campbell, state di-
rector of home demonstration agents
since December, 1920, was appointed
acting dean of home economics of
Michigan Agricultural College, by the
State Board of Agriculture. Mrs.
Campbell succeeds Miss Mary Swee-
ney, resigned.
Eleven park sites, comprising 627
, acres, are to be presented to the State
= of Michigan by Dodge Brothers, Inc,
J as a memorial to John F. and Horace
J e. Dodge. Eight of the sites are in
} Oakland County and one in each OF
Livingston, Macomb and Monroe coun.
ties.
The farm barns of Fred Luther
! near Hart were struck by lightning
, and together with contents we're total
ly destroyed with loss Of $4,000.
= Howard E. Calvin, assistant secre
/. tary of the Muskegon Chamber o.
l Commerce. has been named acting sec
, retary until an appointment is made
to succeed James K. Coad, who re
Gently resigned.
! According to announcement made
s by the Cleveland-Cliffs company, oper
c alton of its iron furnace and chemica
r plant at Kipliing, Delta county, will