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


$4,000 statue in honor of the Scot
fish poet, has been formed here with
Harry Lauder the first contributor.
Owosso-The Ann Arbor railroad
car shops here shut down indefinitely
December 81, because of lack of bust.
ness. Normally the shops employ
about $50 men.
Battle Creek-Harry Thompson, FL
years old, saved $15 when held up. But
he is in a hospital with a bullet in
his arm, one in his leg. The bandit,
1t seems, meant it when he said
stick up your hands"
Owosso-Eli Hopper, of Durand.
Marine in the World War, under
went his twenty-ninth operation in
four years, at Memorial Hospital here
Hopper was injured by the explosion
of shell aboard ship and has been
in hospitals since.
Muskegon-If this city is to have a
breakwater to improve the local har-
Dor, it must share the expense with
the United States government. Major
f. S. Skinner, government engineer.
says detailed report on the improve
ment has been postponed until Feb l.
Clinton-Settlemen for IL sheep
killed by his automobile when he
could not stop his car before driving
into drove, has been made by w. W.
Reese, Detroit real estate dealer. The
car sped through q flock driven by
Dell Campbell and s. Tate, of Gin.
ton.
Pontiac-Four small children fol-
lowed Mr.. and Mrs. Steven Olesiak
into court when they were arraigned
on charges of selling liquor Because
OF the size Of the family, Judge Covert
let Oles.ak off with As days in jail
and released the mother on suspended
sentence.
Grand Rapids-Declaring ice cream
manufacturers have announced will
lingness to decrease the wholesale
price of their product Jan. /, when
the government tax is dropped, City
Manager Fred II. Locke has asked all
retail places to reduce their prices to
a standard of 10 cents dish.
Grand Rapids-United States Dis
trict Judge John w. Peck Of Cincin-
natl will begin hearing chancn--,
cases in the federal court y uesday,
Jan. 3. Jury cases viii be called for
hearing Jan. -. The regular term of
federal Court in Marquette will not be
HeId until some time in February.
Ionia-What was first thought to be
an insipient riot was brought to a
quick close at the Michigan reforma-
tory when one of the trooper guards
fred three shots over the heads Of
crowd of inmates who had hurried to
the spot where William Moore and
William Kersey, both colored, were
fighting.
Kalamazoo-Albert Van Haaften OBJ
tanned a divorce after he told Judge
Weimer that his wife frequently lock-
ed the children out of the house while
she went to questionable parties. and
that on one occasion one of the chill
dren contracted bronchial pneumonia
as result. Custody Of the children
was given to the father.
Kalamazoo-Samuel Lavarack, of
Comstock, is the first Kalamazoo man
known to have been arrested on
charge of stealing back a gift that he
had made to another. He was seized
on complaint of Deputy Game Warden
Frank Denner, who charged him with
stealing the ferret he had turned over
to the state few days ago. The
ferret is valued at $40.
Albion-An old-fashioned runaway
in which Paul Kreger, COW. calf.
a team of horses and a farm-wagon
figured. occurred in Albion when the
horses, driven by Kreger. were fright
ened by railway train. The team
stopped when the wagon overturned.
Kreger was thrown out, uninjured.
The vehicle was badly damaged but
both the COW and the calf which were
In the wagon, escaped unhurt.
Fenton-The village council has
purchased the Fenton mills property
OF James Thompson at cost of So
900. The deal includes two 85-horse
power turbine water wheels. which
II be used to operate the water
plant, doing away with the present
steam system of operation. II is es-
timated the village will save several
thousand dollars annually. The build
ings on the mill property we're de-
stroyed by fire several years ago.
Lansing-The administrative board
has refused to pay a reward of $500,
recommended by Warden Thomas
Burns, of the reformatory at Ionia. to
a South Bend policeman for the cap
ture of Robert Sullivan, an Ionia in
mate who escaped after starting a
riot. Governor Groesbeck said the po-
liceman had done nothing except
make an arrest after the mother OF a
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