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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12

SIIERIFF"S SALE by virtue of Il
Writ of fier facia> issued MH of AMI
under the seal of The Circuit Court for
The CUmlY of Wayne and State of
Michigan 10 me directed and delivered.
in favor of Edna VI. Scheuerle. Mabl,.
Rogers. christine Dickpr>on Whitaker
May Dicker>nh Levine. Cecilia Dick
erSon. Admin tIatriX of the Etate of
Douglas ID. liCker>un. deceased. and
Cet1lia Dicker>n. against the goods
and chatIrlS. lands and tememcntS of
Grace Cox Grant. | did. on the 2Iti
day Of March \. ID. 1910 levy upon and
lake all The right. title and interest of
said Grace Cox Grant. in and to the
following described real estate. >ituat-
eel in thu, CmEty of Wayne and State
of Michigan. To wit: All that certain
piece and parcel of land situated in the
Township of MonguagOn County of
Wayne and STATE of Michigan. known
and described ~
Commencing ut stake in the
Southerly lime of Section 23. Town
1. South. Of Range ~. East. Village
nf Trenton. Township of MOngua
gun. County of Wayne and State
Oh WHICH IL us
tant south. SO degrees. - minutes.
81 seconds west. 6:j9.JS feet from
the south east corner Of said Sec
ton %: thence north, j degree. II
minutes and % seconds west
CO., 81 feet 10 an iron stake in the
sOutherly line of right of way
Of the Detroit. Toledo and lrOntOn
Railroad: thence north. 81 degrees.
% minutes. 80 seconds west. 1913
feet Ia an iron stake in the south
erly line of said railroad right OF
way: thence SuHh. l degree. A
minutes. - seconds east. 66S ~
feet to an iron stake in the south
erly liIlp Of said section %. being
the center line of VanHOrn Road.
<o1-lllpti: thence north ~ degrees.
- minutes. 81 seconds east. 151.4S
feeJ tn the place of beginning. con
t;'ining 2S9tSlJ acres of land.
al Of which | shall expose for sale al
public mNtion. Ia the highest bidder.
as the law directs. III rle SOutherly or
Congress Street entrance of the Wayne
County Binding, in the City Of De-
troii. Wayne Cmmty. Michigan THAT
being The building i'm which the Cir
cuit Court for said County of Wayne.
State Of Michigan. is held) ON lures
day. the 4th day of June. 4. ID. 1910
al IL 10 u'clOsk forenoon. Eastern
Standard time
THOMAS e. WILCOX.
sheriff
Ry BERNARD VI. MONAGHAN.
Deputy Sheriff.
Mari and Catalan.
WyandUfie. Michigan.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
Dated April ). 1910. 1Jw1
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
REDDY FOX TRIES TO KEEP
OUT OF SIGHT

NEVER in all his life was Reddy
y Fox more uncomfortable in his
mind. He knew that by this time
everybody in the Green Forest, on
the Green Meadows, around the
smiling Pool, and along the Laugh
ing Brook knew how he had put his
tail between his legs and run with
all his might at the first glimpse of
the strange creature which had
rolled down the hill Of Prickly Porky
straight at him. And he was right
everybody did know it, and every
body was laughing about it. Unc'
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
WydndOtte in
Years Gone By
40 YEARS AGO

The new members of the Commons
Council. Arthur T. BaL>ley and John
&. Liddle. Jr. took their seats al Il
meeting Oh April IL, 1900.
Miss Eva Green and Claud,. Whipple
were married in Detroit and began
housekeeping in WyandorJe.
The Union ticket, headed by Samuel
j. Lawrence for president. won the
election in GlenwOod yillu4c.
j. =. MCIilmghlin. ST. father of
Dr. J. :. mclaughlin. died at The age
Of - years.
The StrImcr Douglas III command
of Captain John D'->stna began run
ming OH the Wyandutte Detroit route.
Three steel frcigllter~ were under
construction at the WyIn,lot,e ship
yard
G.. A. BtulIller. in little over i
days time. Shot ~ ducks on the de-
trOit river
Myron .. Graves of Pr,o>kcy It for
L.t.r superintendent of the WyandOtte
public schools, waS campaigning for
the Republicans nomination for mem
Ger of the State Board of Education
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12

SIIERIFFIS SALE BY virtue of Il
writ of fieri faciaS, issued Out Of and
under the sea! of the Circuit Court for
the CGUmty Wayne and State Of Michi
@an. Ia me directed and delivered. iii
favor of Edna Vi Scheuerle Mable
Rogers Christine DiCker>On Whitaker
May DicktrNOn Levine. Cecilia Dick
cr$on. ADMINISTRATIVE of he Estate OF
Douglas ID. Dicker>un. detea >tAd. and
Cecilia Dick,r~un, against the goods
and chrtteiS Lands and tentmentS OF
Allen l.. Cox, did. on the 18th day Of
March \. II. 1910 levy upon and take
all the right. title and interest of said
Allen l.. Cox. in and Ia the following
described real estate. Situated III the
CUFmty Of WAYNE and State Of Michi-
gan. to-wit: All that certain piece and
parcel of land situated in the Town
ship of Mon@ulgpn. County Of Wayne
and State of Michigan. known and de-
Sclibed as
Commencing al an iron stake Oh
the SGUth line of Section -. Town
1. South, Range 10. East, Village
of Trenton. Township of MOngua-
con. County of Wayne and State
of Michigan. and III the center of
the NanHOrn Road. so-called
which stake is distant south. ~
degrees. - minUrteS. 81 seconds
west. Sl1Wi feet from the south
east corner. of said Section %;
thence north. degree. II minutes.
~ seconds west 6tiS.$J feet To all
iron stake i'll the Southerly line of
the right of way of the Detroit.
TOlcslo and Ironton Railway.
thence north. ~ degrees. 23 min
utt>. - seconds west. 1913 feet
To an iron Stake i'll the SuMherly
line of said railroad right of way:
thence. south degree. Is minutes.
IL seconds east. G>Ol6 feet tO an
iron stake ih The >Outherly line of
said Section -: and the center
line of NanIlurn Road, >o-cTllltd:
thence NORTH - degrees - minutes
and 81 seconds r;I~,. Ia - feet 10
tlIr place, of beginning. containing
> 3:Hi9j aces of land.
all of which | shall expose for sale III
public auction. Io the highest bidder. ~
Tie law directs al The >mrherly or CON
@rc>> Stree: entrance Of the Wayne
County Building in The City of De
rrnir. WAYNE CuWnty. Michigan lrhat
Itin. The binding ia which the Circuit
Corr for sud County eff WAYNE. State
"i Michi.au. j heidi on Tr>day Ih,
till day of IIIur. y. -, 1910. al II :oo
o'clock fu}cu,ou. Eastern Standard
time
THOMAS &. WILCOX.
Sheriff
By BERNARD NJ. MONAGHAN.
DtIufy Sheriff
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
Home of the ANGELS

If you are of the English-speaking
race, Sweden invites you to see lit
tie Angelholm on the Romnea river.
This is where the Angels came from
who gave their name to England.
the folk whom the pun of Pope Greg
DRY ! made into angels.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
EXAMINATION
FOR POSITION OF COOK

An examination for the position of
cuok In the Marine hospital AT Detroit
will he held by the L :. Civil Service
Commission. Application blanks may
be- secured M the Detroit lroStoffi,p.
and must he on file by April 80. The
pSsitin pays 81 100 year.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
Mail Order Aid

Post Office approval has been CIV
en- to a method for securing mail
orders through newspaper advertis-
ing tried by a New York depart
ment store. In the body of an ad
was printed postage-prepaid label
which readers could clip out and
paste on an ordinary envelope.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
Strange Street Names

Lisbon in Portugal has some
strange street names. including the
Street of the Little Englishman,
Street of the Mother of War, the
Sad Ugly One Street, and the Alley
of the Faithful of God.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
Initials on a Bow

Your own initials cut out of silver
and set into the center of q fiat
silver bow make a personalized pin
which may be worn at the throat of
a frock or as the clasp for Q plain
dark belt.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
WyandOtte in
the Last Var

The government was iudul%ing iii all
kinds of intensive propaganda 10
arouse. ulirioti>m One official illus
tration appearing in The Herald WAS
beaded Halt the Hum and was de
signed To further the sale of the third
issue of liberty bonds \ public meet
ing with this end in view wa> held at
Arbeiter hall.
The new flag of the United States
Shipping Beard was hoi>tcd i'll front
Of the Wyandotte Shmyard. Patriotic
remarks were made 10y Mayor W. G.
lambert. Rev X. }. Currie. Rev.
+. A. Lester. NJ. W. Lacy, Robert T..
Ganley and others.
Reinhuld Karth. an American citi-
zen of German birth. aS the result Of
remarks laudatOry of Kaiser Wilhelm.
was compelled To PUBLICLY kiss the
American flag in front of his residence
en- Orange street \ picture of the
Kaiser was confiScated by Police Cap
tain John A. Denman and PatrOlman
Martin Lilienthal at the mans home.
Every prospective purchaser Of an
thracite (hardl coal was compelled 10
sign a statement before securing the
fuel from his dealer A fine of $1,000
oi two years imprisonment was i'm
uoS.Il fol. making Il false statement.
4 Flat Rock man who enlisted from
WyandOtte deserted the army camp al
Camp CirSter. He was later capurSl
by Wyandotte police ana turned over
To- the authorities ut Fort Wayne.
The federal government e~taDlSRTt
a ration of one and OnP-half pounds of
wheat products weekly FOR each pr
Snn. The normal consumption was
twice that amount.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
Winter Sports

If you want place where winter
sports last long, go to Finse III Nor
way, on the rail route from Oslo toI
Bergen. Here you may ski, 1000
feet above sea level, till the end OF
May and skate on the lake until
July.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
boardwalk to Ine Moon

The $4,000, 900 board feet of wood
consumed annually in the United
states would be sufficient to build a
boardwalk one inch thick and 40
feet wide from the earth to the
moon, a government calculation
shows.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
Politics in ConxreSs

In the last Is sessions of congress
covering a period of so wears. the
republicans have had a majority in
the senate in Is congresses and a
majority in the house of representa-
tiveS in is.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
Cape Cod Cranberry Center

Cape Cod produces at least three
fourths Of the nations annual crop
OF $4,000 barrels of cranberries.
from September to January rolls
forth the harvest Of berries. There
are $4,000 acres of boys on the cape.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
Churches of a Sinner

A tourist recently returned from
Wilno in Poland reports IL churches
there all built by one man known
as Pac. On his tomb is the sin. ole
inscription, Here lies a sinner,
Pac."
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
U. s. Vice President.

While it is a well-known fact that
Virginia is the birthplace of Presi-
dents the state has contributed
only two vice presidents. New York
has furnished 10 of the 80.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
Seeing Stars

WIN pair OF field glasses you
e Se ABOUT 20 times as many
s'eIs Is win the naked eve.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
Three Crimes a MINT.

Every % seconds there is mo-
~ crime committed in the United
1aS' according to the American
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
Second Oldest Independence Day

NeXt 70 the United States, Haiti is
the oldest independent country in
ule western hemisphere, its colored
popuist,on having held independence
since 1904, for 1876 wears
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
True North

The North star lies almost direct
" over the North pole.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
p YEARS AGO

The City Commission had under con
slderatiOn Il plan To reduce the muInber
of WyandOtte saloons from 70 10 -, or
basis of one saloon To every 40 Of
population. TlIirty-nnt' applications for
Licenses had bt--lI Seni III TO the Com
mission
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12

When the islands on Superior
boulevard WERE established. the ada
cent property owners agreed 10 care
tor the grass and Shrubh-ry. However.
~ much trouble w;lS met III trying to
collect the assessments. that the lot
owners asked the city tU assume the
responsibility
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12

Sheriff
By BERN NItp NJ MONAGHAN.
Deputy sheriff
Narr and Catalan.
WYandoItc. Michigan,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Dated April =. 1910. 1JWl
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-05

successors or assigns, shall at any
time violate or refuse to perform
the terms and conditions and OBJ
legations set forth in this ordinance,
the city council of the City of Ken
newick may declare all rights and
privileges herein conferred or
granted, terminated, and upon such
declaration by ordinance by the
city council of said city, this fran
chiSe and all the rights and priv
ileges herein conferred and grant,
ed shall terminate, cease and there
after be null and void, but no term
nation of said franchise, rights and
privileges shall be made if each and
all Of the provisions Of this ordi-
nance shall be conforned to and
complied with before the declara-
ton by the city council Of the City
of KenneWick Of the termination Of
this franchise.
Section IA The said grantee
shall file written acceptance of this
ordinance within thirty days after
the passage Of the same, and if
said acceptance is not so filed, then
this ordinance shall be null and
void, without any further act upon
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-05

the part Of the said City OF Kenne-
wick, the said acceptance to act as
consent upon the part Of said
grantee to the repeal Of Ordinance
No. 1876 OF the said City of Ken
newick, an6 a release by the said
grantee Of all the rights and priv
ileges granted by said Ordinance
No. 1876.
Section Is. The grantee shall
cause this ordinance to be published
at his own expense in the official
newspaper of the City Of Kenne-
wick and said Ordinance shall be
in full force and effect five days
after its approval and publication
and the filing Of written acceptance
by the grantee, as hereinbefore
provided.
Passed by the City Council this
3rd day Of September, 1910.
Approved this Bird day Of Septem-
Der, 1910.
c. A. CRAWFORD,
Mayor
Attest: Winifred Campbell, City
Clerk.
Approved as to form: Charles L.
Powell, City Attorney.
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Former SchOOlmate
Visits Mayer Brothers

HIGHLANDS - Father Druffel
was Sunday dinner guest at the
Tony Mayer home. Father Druffel
and the Mayer brothers attended
high school together
Tony Mayer accompanied Art
Tatlow and Ray Allison to Alberta,
Canada, last Thursday.
Mrs. T. C. Browne visited with
relatives in Tacoma over the La
Dor Day holiday.
Mrs. Ed Crooks left last Friday
for Oakland, Calf. where she join
ed her husband who is attending
the Boeing School of Aeronautics.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Belnhart and
family accompanied by Mrs. D. J.
Beinhart, visited in Walla Walla
Labor Day with Mr.. Beinhart's sis
ter, Mrs. Ruth Brenton.
Miss Katherine Ponti. of Prosser,
former instructor i'll the local
schools, visited Sunday at the A
st. Laurent home.
MIR. ana Mrs. Torrance Taylor
and Billy Green returned Friday
evening from Spokane where they
spent several days at the W. P. Soth
home. While there, Billy had the
pleasure Of attending the Washing
ton Red Skins football game.
MIR. and Mrs E. j. Brand accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Green
and son. Billy, motored to Prosser
States Day.
Mrs. D. Taylor and daughter,
Shirley, Clark and Bob Taylor, Bet
ty Sonde. nan, Trula Se1ph, Mr..
and Mrs. Torrance Taylor and Mr..
and Mrs. w. S. Green and son Billy
picnicked at Sacajawea Park Sum
day.
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Section 9. The said City of Ken
newick reserves the right and priv
ilege to suspend on the poles or
place within he conduits erected or
laid by the said grantee, in or upon
the streets, alleys or public places,
any and ali wires which may be re-
quired for fire alarm and police
purposes, provided that the voltage
carried on such wires Will not in
teryupt Or interfere with the serv-
ice of grantee, and further provide
that such wires as may be required
will be constructed and maintained
at the expense of said city.
Section 10 The grantee shall at
all times furnish, maintain and
operate telephone service to its pa
irons during twenty-four hours of
each and every day in accordance
with modern developments and re-
quirements of the telephone bust
ness, such service to be efficient as
judged by modern standards of that
business.
Section II. The said grantee
shall extend said telephone system
to such streets, avenues or other
thorofares in said city as may be
demanded by residents living there
on, provided, however, that said
grantee shall not be required to
furnish teiephone service a longer
distance than 600 feet from any
wire, already constructed, unless
demanded by two o or more persons.
Section II. Nothing in this ordi-
nance Shall be construed to be in
any way surrender upon the part of
the City Of Kennewick of complete
control and supervision Of streets,
alleys or thorofares, but all work
shall be done, so far as possible, so
as not to obstruct, injure, or pre-
vent the free use of such poles,
wires, conduits or other appliances
used by said grantee for the trans
action of the telephone and tele-
graph business. The said City of
kennewick shall not be liable to
the grantee for any damage that
said grantee may suffer by reason
Of the performance of such work by
the proper authorities of said city
IN the sewering, grading, regarding,
paving Or otherwise repairing or
any of said streets, al
eys or thorofares, and whenever
any street, alley or thorotare or any
portion thereof underneath which
my conduits belonging to said gran
Zee shall run, shall be changed or
altered as to its grade, the said
,onduitS shall be relaid by said
grantee at his own cost and expense
n accordance with the provisions
herein set forth as to the original
of said conduits, pro-
'ided, however, that the said city
hall notify said grantee at least |
orty-eight hours previous to the |
Ibove described work to allow prop |
r supervision and maintenance Of |
nstrumentalities owned by said |
Srantee. p
Section Is. If the grantee, his |
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ORDINANCE NO 353

An ordinance granting to A. F
Brown, mis- successors and assigns
the right, authority and franchise
to Install, maintain, operate, use
and extend a telephone and tele-
graph system in the city of Kenne-
wick, Benton County, Washington,
and to erect poles and erossarms
and to stretch wires and cables
thereon and to lay conduits and
cables and to install such other
appliances as are ordinarily used
in the transmission of electricity
for telephone and telegraph pur-
poses in and upon the streets. alleys
and public places of the said City
of Kennewick, and repeating Ordin-
ance No. 1876, of the said City of
KenneWicts.
The City Council of the City of
Kennewick do ordain as follows:
Section l.. That there be and is
hereby granted unto A. F. Brown,
and to his successors and assigns,
the right, privilege and franchise
subject 60 the terms, provisions,
agreements and covenants herein
contained, to erect, locate, place,
construct, extend and maintain
telephone and telegraph system in
the City of KenneWick, Washington,
and 20 erect and locate in, over,
upon and under the streets, alleys
and public places of said city, poles
and standards with the necessary
supports, crossarms and fixtures and
to fasten wires and cables and I'M
foreground conduits and to do any
and all things necessary and prop
er for the maintenance, use, opera
ton and extension of a general
telephone and telegraph business
within said city.
Section 2. The word grantee"
wherever used in this ordinance,
shall be construed to mean A. F.
Brown, his successors and assigns.
and all the terms and provisions of
this ordinance shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the
successors and assigns OF said gran
tee.
Section 8. Any and all poles
erected by said grantee shall be of
proper size and shall be erected in
a neat and Workmanlike manner.
Any and all poles erected on
street having sidewalk shall be
placed next to and within the IN
side curbing line, and any and all
poles placed within the alleys shall
be along either side of the alley so
as not to obstruct the passage of
vehicles, o. to interfere with the
reasonable egress or ingress of per-
sons to adjoining lots of said alley
Or buildings located thereon.
Section T. Whenever any per-
son, firm or corporation shall
have Obtained permission from the
City of Kennewick to use any of
the streets Or alleys of said city
for the purpose of moving any
building or equipment, the said
grantee, upon forty-eight hours
notice from the city clerk of said
city, shall raise or remove any of
the wires of said telephone or tele-
graph system which may obstruct
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grantee shall pay the same to the
city upon demand.
Section 6. The right, privileges
and franchise hereby granted shall
continue and remain in force for a
period of twenty-five years. from
the date of the taking effect of this
ordinance, subject to the condi-
tions specifically set forth. This
franchise may be assigned or mort
gagged by said grantee. his success
ors or assigns, provided, however,
that nothing contained herein shall
be construed to give said grantee
the exclusive right to maintain or
operate a telephone or telegraph
system in said City of Kennewick.
Section z. That the said gran
tee, as a consideration for the
granting of this franchise, shall in
stall and maintain free of cost to
the City of KenneWick, service of
three main exchange lines for the
first five hundred telephones and
one additional main exchange line
for each additional one thousand
telephones or fraction thereof, OPP
Grated by said grantee in said City
of KenneWick, provided that said
grantee will maintain such num-
Der of telephones on each main eX-
change line to be installed in the
city offices for the use only of city
officers of said city, as said city
shall require, provided that not more
than four telephones shall be con-
nected with any main exchange
line, such service to continue dur
ing the existence of this franchise,
provided, further, that such tele-
phones shall not be connected to
any private branch exchange or in
accommodating system, without
the consent of said grantee, and
provided that the service herein
granted to said city shall only in
clude exchange service within the
exchange radius.
Section q. The said grantee, dur
ing the construction, maintenance
or repair of any poles, standards,
wires, cables, conduits or other
equipment used in connection with |
said telephone or telegraph bust
ness, shall save the City of Ken
neWick absolutely harmless and |
free from any and all costs and ex-
oenses of any kind whatsoever, and |
if any suit or suits in equity or law |
shall be instituted against the said |
city because of any damage alleg- |
ed to have been caused to any per-
son, or property because of the con-
maintenance, operation
Or repair of said equipment used in
connection with the said telephone
u telegraph business, the said
grantee shall, upon notice from
aid city by it's mayor or city at
orney, defend said suit or suits at
lis own cost and expense and in
'ase final Judgment shall be recov-
red in any suit or suits against
aid city, the said grantee hereby
covenants and agrees to pay said
Judgment or judgments and save
he city harmless and free from the
anne, and all costs and expenses
connected Herewith, and further
o indemnify the city for any injury
Lrising from any casualty or acct
lent to person or property by rea-
on of any neglect or omission to
Keep said poles or wires in proper
md safe condition. /