The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-04-27

OF the federal-state bureau of farm
crop estimates says The report gives
the condition Of Michigan Winter
wheat as SO. against 80 a year ago
and 1874. the average for the United
States. Rye suffered even less than
wheat. The present condition equals
the 10-year average of SO, although
points lower than year ago. The
number of brood sows now on farms is
estimated to be per cent higher than
one year ago.
j Every member of the Allegan coun-
| ty highway commission has rendered
his resignation. following the filing OF
sensational charges by the board OF
supervisors. The accused officials are
William McCarn, Louis McLoud and
Elmer Gable. II is charged that the
highway commission, after rejecting
bids, let contracts to Hartley Gable,
son of Commissioner Gable; to William
Morgan, son-in-law of Commissioner
McCarn, and to William McLoud. son
of Commissioner McLoud.
Judge L. Burget Desvoignes dis.
missed the $500 suit, brought by the
Hudson Bay company. of Regina, AL
berta, against the Paw Paw Savings
bank The suit was based on a Ger.
tificate of deposit. drawn on the Paw
Paw bank, and stolen from mail
pouch, at Kalamazoo. in October, 1920,
i f,,ti hn fnI
officials at Kalamazoo have had that
any Of the $4,000 worth of securities
stolen from the mail bag had been
cashed.
In the spring of 1887, 35 years ago.
there were 500,0OO,0 900 feet OF logs in
the drive on the Menominee river.
This represented the cut of the lum-
Der companies at that time operating
sawmills at Menominee and Marinette
The drive was the largest in the his
tory Of the river and about 500 men
were employed in the work. Each
year the drive has decreased All the
timber now goes from the camps to
the mills over the railroads.
Establishment of an orphans home
to house children of deceased World
War veterans and to provide proper
educational facilities for it's inmates
until they are old enough to make
proper livelihood for themselves is
development of the near future, If
plans now being formulated by the
state Offices Of the American Legion
are carried to completion.
Earl e. Combs, Ypsilanti piano
salesman, died from loss Of blood fol.
lowing an automobile collision in
which an artery in his elbow was sew.
cred. The injury was at first thought
slight, and he was believed recov
ering at the Boyer hospital when he
took a sudden turn for the worse.
Application of the Interstate Utili- |
ties company for the right to issue |
100000 worth of securities with |
which TO take up the stock Of seven |
small gas companies in southwestern |
Michigan and Indiana, was denied by |
the public utilities commission.
An attempt will be made to get suffi- |
cient signers to guarantee at least |
one hundred acres, Of strawberries |
and raspberries, so that Grand Trav- |
erse region may branch forth into the |
small fruit business with proper ship |
y,fn0 ,,oorlyatino ciIifiaa
Michigan Democrats, in the closing |
session of their state advisory con-
vention in Grand Rapids April 10,
adopted a tentative platform and rec
commended Ex-Governor Woodbridge |
~ Ferris as a candidate for the Unit
ed States senate.
Prosecutor r. d. Matthews has |
asked the Shiawassee board OF super
visors for authority to pay $25 reward |
to any person not an officer who sup
plies information on which convic-
ton for violation OF the prohibition |
law is secured.
More than 1900 delegates are ex.
pected at Albion June 21-28, for the
annual state Epworth League insti |
tute, which has grown to large proper
tons under the leadership of Bishop |
Theodore s. Henderson Of Detroit.
Vern Cairns, of Kalamazoo, has |
filed a petition in voluntary bank
ruptcy in United States district court |
at Grand Rapids setting forth liabili. |
ties of $1,70O, with assets of $1O5, |
which he declares exempt.
The state primary school fund will |
receive SS,769,567 from taxes on rail.
road properties, telephone and tele.
graph companies and other utilities
this year, 1t was announced by the