The Owosso times., 1922-07-21

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Inc, planes will leave Detroit and
Cleveland simultaneously at a. m
daily, and return at p. m. The fly
ing time is 80 minutes. The fare Is
$40 for one way of $50 for the round
trip. Mr.. Redden expressed no fear
but that patronage will justify the
continuance OF the daily service,
even at prices which are higher than
any other form of transportation.
Five hydroplanes comprise the fleet.
While shocking oats on his farm
at Iron Mountain four years ago, Ru-
dolph Schultz lost his silver watch.
A few days ago, while working in a
potato patch, his foot struck an OBJ
ject covered with dirt, which proved
to be the watch. Every year when
Schultz plowed this field he has been
on the lookout for the watch. The
case was black when he found it,
having been subjected to four years
of snow, flood, plowing, dragging and
cultivating, but the works were In
watch and it resumed ticking.
Mrs. Margaret Waken has filed four
suits in circuit court at Pontiac for
$4,000 damages each against the
Standard Oil Co., of Indiana. Mrs.
en-, who, with his four children and
three other children. was burned to
death Dec. 13 last when the Waken
home, 1O-mile road, was destroyed by
fire. The fire was caused by the eX-
plosion of kerosene that had been
mixed with gasoline by Royal Oak
employe of the company.
Detroit voters at the primary elec-
ton on Sept. IL will have an oppor-
tunity to vote on acquiring tract Of
100 acres Of land for geological pur-
poses. More than 10000 signatures
have been obtained to petitions favor
ing the park-zoo plan, according to
Richard E. Follett, secretary Of the
Detroit Geological society. The soci-
ETY. offers the city 100 acres at the
Ten-mile road and Woodward avenue.
Before a large audience at the Bap-
tist church in Plainwell, Rev. John
Fletcher last Sunday repeated the
same sermon which he delivered In
the same pulpit 46 years ago at the
centennial of American Independence
He is 80 years old and is still pastor
emeritus of the church. He is a Civ
il war veteran, having been a chap
lain in General u. S. Grants army.
The Port Huron board of super
visors has voted unanimously to in
struct the county's representatives to
the state legislature to work for en-
Ictment Of law that would regulate
motor vehicles using the state high
ways for commercial purposes, and to
compel operators of truck lines and
motor busses to pay a part Of the
expense Of maintaining the roads.
Campers on the huckleberry plains
of Wexford county have equipped
themselves with canning outfits and
are canning their daily pick of the
berries. The berry crop is unusually
heavy but prices are high. due to the
big demand from cities out of the
state. Few berries are offered on the
local markets.
When his belt broke while he was
pursued by two policemen in Detroit,
the falling trousers of William Jor-
dan tripped him up and held him pris-
oner until the officers caught up with
him. The officers reported they found
in Jordan's possession quantity of
cigars and cigarets stolen from a soft
drink place.
To Miss Geneva Jenkins, of Dowa-
giac, graduate of Oberlin college, goes
the honor of having caught the larg-
est pickerel of the season in western
section of the state. Miss Jenkins,
while fishing for bass on Indian lake,
caught a IA IA pound pickerel. A
frog bait was used.
The Edison company at Mt. Glenn
ems has announced a reduction in
rates. The residence rate has been
reduced from IA cents kilowatt
hour to IL cents. The standard power
contract has been reduced from $3.50
a kilowatt to $3.50, and the remainder
charge to $3.50.
Station WEAA, radio broadcasting
station for Flint operated by the Flint
Daily Journal and Frank Fallain and
Thomas Lathrop, officials of the Flint
Radio Association, has been opened.
The station has a radius of 60 miles.
When the driver dropped asleep
while travelling along road near
Blissfield, the auto carrying the Grove
family of Buycyrus, o., turned turtle
and pinned eight people beneath it.
All suffered severe hurts.
Mrs. Carl Hanson, married just
one week, appeared in Muskegon po-
lice court to prefer charge Of wife
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