The Owosso times., 1922-03-10


Flint-Clarence o. Hetchler, ap
pointed Feb. 23, by President Hard
ing as postmaster of Flint, succeed
ing Dr. Frank d. Baker, who held the
post for eight years, has assumed his
new duties.
Grand Ledge-Fourteen registered
Holstein cows and several calves were
burned to death in a fire, which de
stroyed three barns on the farm of j
b. Strange, near here. A large guam
tity of hay also was burned.
Monroe-Road commissioners fixed
the following scale of wages per hour
for employees during the year: fore
men so cents, truck drivers 35 cents
laborers 80 cents. According to pro
gram mapped out work on SO good
roads is to be started in 1922.
Sturgis-Although their mail wagon
was hurled so feet by Michigan
Central train, two miles east Of Stur.
gis, Elmer and Lloyd Myers, Sturgis
rural mail carriers, escaped with
slight injuries. The wagon was de.
molished and mail and money scat.
tered.
azOo-Announcement of a
drastic reduction in ice prices in Kali
amazoo was made by the Kalamazoo
Ice and Fuel company. Ice this year
will sell at so cents per 100 pounds,
delivered, and 80 cents per 100 pounds
at retail stations on the cash and car
ry plan.
Flint-More than S1,000,OOO was left
by the will Of the late Robert j. Wha-
ley, bank president. lumberman and
Flint business man, for the erection
OF a home for orphaned children. Rel
atives were left legacies estimated at
about 100000. Mr.. Whaley had a
great love for children.
Lansing-All Michigan trunk line
highways, running north and south,
will join on to improved roads in Ohio
and Indiana, according to an agree
ment REACHED between road commits
sioners of three states at Columbus.
Frank F. Rogers, state highway COM
missioner announced upon his return
last week.
Port Austin-Mrs. M. E. Sturtevant,
83 years old, who was the first white
woman to be married at Port Austin,
is dead here. With her husband,
she was one of the pioneer settlers
in this section of the state. Her
death came suddenly, as, in spite of
her advanced age, she was thought to
be in good health.
Kalamazoo-Two Kalamazoo women
were sentenced to serve terms in the
Detroit house of correction for viola
tion of the prohibition laws. Mrs.
Hattie Evans, who has long police
months to a year, and Gussie Carter,
her assistant, was given six months
in the Detroit institution.
Dowagiac-Circuit Judge I. B. Des-
voignes sentenced Edward Reed, farm
er, to Jackson prison for six months
following his conviction under the
prohibition law. Officers testified
they found Is gallons OF whisky at the
Reed farm. Reed declared John Stew
art, detective, sold him the rum they
later dug up in his yard.
Aansing-A report submitted to the
State Administrative Board by Marl
r. Murray, director of the State Wei
fare Department, showed an inmate
population of 14,517 in state institu-
tions at the end of January, as COM
pared with 1900 Jan. l. The report
shows $500 inmates are employed. i
Thirty-one escapes were recorded from
all institutions during the month.
Port Austin-After the Port Austin
Electric company set price OF $751;
900 on its plant, and the public util-
aties commission roughly estimated 1t
to be worth $4,000, and that it would
cost $4,000 to replace, the village
council did not act on the resolution
TO permit the people to vote on bond
ing for $4,000 for its purchase. Hen
nv Schlegel, company official, said
he would withdraw the offer.
Kalamazoo-Revisio of the Michi.
gan bankruptcy laws to prevent hon.
est merchants from the possibility Of
having their business wrecked want
only at the will of "few heartless
creditors" was demanded in an ad-
dress here by Frank d. Fuller, presi-
dent of the Kalamazoo Credit Mems
Association. Every business honestly
conducted, he declared, should be Civ
en- every opportunity to resume on a
firm basis.
heboygan-Another use for the
radio has been found by the Kreetan
Lumber Co. of Johnswood, Drummond
island. The radio Is used by the COM
pany for dispatching and receiving of
important mail. Ordinarily 1t takes
several days for the mail OF the COM
pany to go from Johnswood via the
500 to the mainland of Michigan. To
obviate this the company uses the
radio to Cheboygan and w. w. Kathan,
local radio operator, forwards the let
ters from and directs replies mailed
to Cheboygan.
Adrian-Henry Ford was in Adrian
consulting with his engineers regard
ing proposed change in the route of
the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton rail-
road, owned by him, which would run
the main line of the railroad in a