The Owosso times., 1922-03-31


Owosso-Only about 20 farmers in
Shiawassee county filed income tar
returns this year Last year nearly
every farmer paid an income tax.
! Kalamazoo-The Kalamazoo Vege
table Parchment company will in the
immediate future erect two machine
paper mills. to cost from $1,250,000 to
$500 1000. 1t will have a capacity of
80 tons daily.
Big Rapids-Undaunted by de-
feat, the consolidated school folk in
Wheatland township plan to push
again their $S5.000 bonding PROPOSE
ton for consolidated district school
building at Remus.
Corunna-The source OF much liquor
sold in Lennon and Flint during the
past six months is believed to have
been cut off by the arrest OF Charles
bayfield,, his son. Charles, and Roy
Provost, living near Lennon.
Kalamazoo-A checker game, car.
| ried on by correspondence, between
the Jackson Y. M. G.. A. and the Kala-
mazoO Y. M. C.. A., has been won by
the Prison City players. 1t required
three months TO complete the game.
Traverse City-Maple sugar lovers
may go "sugarless" this season. Trees
are so heavily coated with ice they
are in danger of falling. Limbs, bur-
dened with sleet. fall constantly.
Farmers fear to go into the sugar
bush.
Albion-Charles Delmar, the Balti-
more banker. who, last spring, pre-
sented Albion college with $4,000 for
for the endowment fund, and his Sec
retary, George Erdman. were guests
of President and Mrs. J. w. Laird.
Flint-Fred Morley. wealthy gravel
pit owner, alleged to have had two
bottles of liquor in his wagon, which
he was driving down the wrong side
of the street, waived a hearing and
was bound to circuit court under 5000
bail, for an alleged violation of the
prohibition law.
Kalamazoo-Williarn ("Pussyfoot'D
Johnson, prohibition advocate will de-
liver an address in Kalamazoo April 6.
coming here from Battle Creek, where
he will lecture. the day before. John
son will speak under auspices of the
Ministerial Alliance. the Y. NJ. G. A.
and the Anti-Saloon League.
Mt Clemens-At a special election,
voters ratified $4,000 bonding issue
for waterworks Improvement, 936 to
3O1, and $4,000 for paving Crocker
boulevard, 942 to 314. Frank j. Ken
drick and Emory T. Nunneley were
renominated for city commissioners
and William f. Sawn for justice.
Sturgis-The Sturgis Gas company
voluntarily has made proposition to
the city commission to reduce the
gas rate from $1.90 to $40 per 1000
cubic feet. The proposition was ac-
cepted. The cut will save the con-
sumers about 5000 a month. Lower
ing cost of labor and material was
given as the reason for the reduction.
Hillsdale-A jury in the circuit
the case of Antonio Armeno and Will
liam Ross, charged with having liquor
in their possession January IA. Their
cases, however, with that Of BERTHE
Burt, convicted on a similar charge,
will be carried to the supreme court
They declare they were arrested IL
legally without warrants.
Battle C0eek-T. Coleman Dupont,
one of the richest men in America, B.
M Duke of the American Tobacco
and other noted capitalists
have become interested financially in
the Duplex Printing company and
plans are under way to double the
plant capacity, according to word from
the east. The Stone and other local
interests retain a majority OF the !
stock.
Flint-Philip J. Becker and the
Michigan State Telephone company
are made defendants in an action |
started in circuit court by Nellie r.
Seymour, who seeks to collect $4,000 |
damages for personal injuries, alleged |
to have been sustained when she was
struck by telephone company auto
mobile, driven by Becker. Mrs. Sey-
mour alleges the approaching auto
mobile sounded no warning.
Pontiac-Fire destroyed the brick
house on the farm of the William G..
Harris estate, in Bloomfield township,
with a loss of $4,000. The family
of the tenant, Harold Bronson were
1T the home of neighbor when the
lanes were discovered but it was too
ate to save anything. There was
$500 insurance on the house and
$1,000 on contents. The Bronsons re-
,ently lost their farm equipment and
,rops in a barn fire without insurance.
Bay City--It is not believed here
hat action will be taken against
lowell U. Grant, Jr., who admitted in
court that he had embezzled city
'unds for which his father, Bay coun-
" register of deeds, was on trial. The
Jury acquitted Lowell U. Grant, Sr.,