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THE ST. NEWS. VOLUME XXI—NO. 3 ST. JOHNS, MICH., THURSDAY AFTERNOON.—AUGUST 26, 1909. CHEESE FACTORY BURNED CDFFIN NAILS Twelve Hundred Dollars <>XK AT OTTD TOTALIA' Dl!:tn'KOY ANNUAL 0UIIN6 AGAINST NOW TO GIVE. SELL fU> YlilSTEniDAY fXJREXCXJN. OR SMOKE THEM. The Michigan Milk and Produce It may not be generally known that 81 ’XDAY SCHOOL KXCVRSIOX TO the lost legialature onaeted an anti- Company suffered a low Wednesday DOINGS IN BINGHAM DISTRICT ToBe Expended by News morning w'hen their cheese factory at DETROIT A 8VCOESS. cigarette law which makes It a crime Ovid was consumed by fire. This be- for "any person to sell, give or In any H.WE BEEN VARI-OOLORED. inv the day of the annual Sunday way furnish cigarettes In any form school excursion to Detroit there were to any person under twenty-<^ years few men left in town to fi^ht the of age.” Violations of this law are r- flames. However, through the earnest BALL GAME DREW MANY punirtiable “by fine not to exce$tt fif TRUE STDRY FRDM PATRDN In Promoting a Grand Popularity Contest in Which efforts of the volunteer firemen, the ty dollars, or Imprisonment In the fire was kept under control so as not county Jail not to exceed thirty (lays for each offense. ” to cause damage to adjoining build* NEARLY $.000 PEOPLE TOOK EAR- Every Church, Lodge, School or Grange in ings. Persons under twenty-one >’ears are FORMER DIRECTrOR OF DISTTRICTT The building was a wooden struc lA TRAINS Wl-^INESDAY. not permitted to smoke cigarettes "in ture and occupied the site of the old any public highway, street, alley, park PUTS THE NEHA’S RIGHT. Clinton Co. is Privileged to Enter. grist mill in the south part of town. or other lands UMd for public pur The fire was first discovered In the poses or In any public place of bus Hut Weatlier No Dotrlment to> Fine roof and Is thought to have caught iness. ” Method In Biadness of Some of Those from a spark flying from the smoke Time-Large Crowd Get Money's Violators of this law may be arrest stock. Owing to the dry weather and ed and fined ten dollars or Imprison Rim Want Building Moved —Land Wortli of Pleasure. high wind the fire soon spread over ed five days for each offense. Would Revert to Them. the building. Minors arrested for smoking may Two Beautiful High Grade Pianos Actually The stock of cheese on hand was have sentence suspended by giving small In comparison to the general The few representatives of the information as to where they obtained Knights of t'he Grip that landed In the edgarettes. [So many and so different stories output. The greatest loss, however, have been told and printed (none of was a carload of cheese boxes. St. Johns yesterday were nearly All persons are forbidden to har Given Away Free, ■ frightened out of thetr wits upon which have been exactly the truth The loss on building and contents bor minors engaged in breaking this about the matter) about the difficulty was about 11,000 and was completely striking Clinton avenue and seeing law. but the rights of parents and the businesa thoroughfare entirely de between the patrons of the Lamb covered by insurancge. They will re guardians over their children within school district, mentioned in these col build as soon as po^lble. serted,—the only living thing in sight the bounds of their premises are not Valued at Seven Hundred Dollars—Will Be Given Away <u Prizes in the Contest, being one, small, bare footed l^y affected by this law. umns last week, that The News glad crossing the hot pavement, and he ly gives place to the following slgrned More Than Five Hundred Dollars Additional Will Be Spent in not followed by even a dog. The communication from a former officer traveling men thought a scourge sim of the district, believing that the story Promoting this Great Feature in Clinton County, ilar to the Russian black plague had as told Is as nearly the (Kwrect one as annihilated the entire populace, and It la possible to obtain It.—Editor St. they were for getting out of town soon Johna News.] CANAL FINISHED er than they got hi. but upon being To the Editor of St. Johna News: informed by the urchin that nothing In your paper of August 19. 1909, less than the annual excursion to De we notii^e the following in regard to TOOK XmiUiV f6ur ykars to troit w*as taking place, they saunter B.VNNIOTER MAN AND ELSIE LA the moving of school building In the Everyone Is Free To Participate in This Lamb district No. 1, frl.: “There was DRFHHSE MARLR RI\T=IR. ed to seats on the court house square, DY NEARLY UNDER TRAIN contemplated on the beauty of the lit not a little excitement among the pat tle city for a couple of hours and left rons, but it was friendly and good Great Contest, on the first train, vowing that they natured on the w'hole ”; and also: "It I<eiigtli of Drain Is ST Miles and Cost would not "make fhe tow*n ” again on Were in Auto at Bannister —Train was reported that the work was done Sunday to avoid an Injunction; ” and $60,000—I*laii to'Rxtend Drain Detroit Excursion Day. , Struck Front Wheels —Both EIs- The crowd from Clinton county "That this Is not true.” You Are Not Required To Be a Subscriber To Enter Your Favorite Organization, I to Grand River. that went to Detroit yesterday to take caped Serious Injury. Now In Justice of the opposing fac in the city sights and attratclons num tion I wish to correct these stat^ents Excellent Opportunity For Churches, Lodges and Schools to Se- I bered nearly 2,000, a considerable which have been published in The The dredging of Maple river was gain over the record of a few years Last Wednesday afternoon there oc News. Ever since C. M, Rice has come cure a Piano With Little Effort by Members, completed a few* days ago by the Chi past and fully 500 more than made curred in Bannister what came very Into possession of the Hale property, cago Canal Construction Co., thus fin the trip last year. near being a sad a(^cident. the little corner of the field which ishing the largest drainage contract The American league game between Several ladles from Elsie and De has been in possession of the district troit were spend'lng the day with Mrs. for school purposes has been an eye ever given in Michigan. Detroit and Philadelphia teams was sore to said Individual; and the cor Nominations Are Now In Order,-~-The Voting Will Begin Next Week.---It Is Free The Construction Co. began work a drawing card, a great many going E. H. Weston, Mra Geo. Dunoan of Elsie w’Us one of the ladies and when ner to w'hlch It w*as proposed to re three years ago la3t October, and down for the express purpose of tak move the school building was an old To All,---Who Will Be the First One Nominated? * for several months two shifts of men ing In a “big game.” The game prov she started for the depot Mr. Weston took her in bis automobile. Mr. Wes orchard used for a hog-yard and of were emplo> ’ed, w’orklng night and ed a first class one resulting Just as course hot available for cultivation. day tricks. Of late, however, only a every Clinton countyite would have ton consulted his watch as they turn ed the corner to go to the depot and If the exchange could be made then The News is going to spend 11,200 [to end. He will act as Contest Editor, say: "I saw it In The News and It day crew* has been employed. The It, a victory for Detroit In a score of said school site reverts to the estate work has been under the supervis to 3. as there was plenty of time they* decid in promoting a voting contest. This Mr. Storandt is a total stranger in this must be so.” The day of the old It w*as rather warm in the metrop ed to take a ride before going to the under the agreement that It belongs paper is going to give away two beau community and will assure every per style newspaper is past4 It is neces ion of A. S. Gibson, and is said by to said district so long as used for those w'ho know to be a good Job. The olis but the genial crowd did not train. Turning east from the Metho tiful high grade pianos valued at 1700 son concerned that no favors or par sary for evea the smallest paper to dist parsonage they were going by the school purposes. and promote a voting contest In w'hlch tiality will be show'n to any individual wake up and gives its readers the total length of the drain Is 27. miles mind that. If they had cared to find Our annual school notices were and 40 rods, starting at the head of fault w*lth the weather man they elevator and about to cross the track churches, lodges, granges and schools or organization. standard material In keeping with the when Mrs. Duncan noticed a Grand posted In such a manner that one not are Invited to participate. In making At least $500 more will be spent In advancement of a progressive and Maple river in Shiawassee county and could have done that at home, but af familiar with the scheme, would take ending near the town line of Duplain ter getting up long before the sun Trunk passenger train approaching, this statement The News wants it un- promoting this feature.