Dairymen Plan Partnerships To Build High Producing Herds
Michigan dairy groups use low sire prices to form bull clubs aided by Michigan State College dairy department. Teams in Branch Barry Sanilac Jackson Allegan and Mason counties tour with a three-breed sire truck to pool purchases. With dams averaging 400 lb butterfat yearly, sires may cost as little as 75 dollars. Clubs trade proved sires after two to three years, while heifers are observed to ensure calf quality. The college assists in club organization and trades.
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Gasoline tax receipts rise for five months in 1931
Gasoline tax receipts for January to May 1931 totaled 8 330 368.51 dollars, up 156 682.54 from 1930. May revenue fell 12 814.53 to 2 307 754.29, while weight collections show a drop of 1 221 298.96 versus the same period last year.
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Frank D. Fitzgerald
Noise proves costly Ridgeway youth fined for back firing car
Harold Lybergey of Ridgeway with two other youths from Tecumseh and Ridgeway disturbed villagers by back firing a car early Friday. In Justice Richard Roe's court Lyberger pled guilty to disturbing the peace and was fined five dollars plus three dollars and seventy five cents costs or five days in jail if unpaid, with payment due by June 13. The other youths were ordered off the streets by 11 pm. Officer Harry Chilson made the arrest.
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Ridgeway
Tecumseh
Richard Roe
Lyberger
Harry Chilson
Tecumseh Herald
Injunction Reply Filed Over School Board Bond Sale
Wm F Haas attorney for the District No 2 school board filed last Monday afternoon an answer to the injunction proceedings aimed at restraining bond sales for an $80 000 new school building He moves to dissolve the temporary injunction and dismiss the bill of complaint The reply denies any fraud was committed.
World politics and economy include British German reparations debate
At Chequers a high level meeting among Bruening Curtius MacDonald and Henderson sparks debate on reparations and a possible deferral. Sackett refuses to answer topics while Britain and Germany push for closer collaboration with the United States to address the crisis.
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England
Ottawa postpones imperial economic conference to next year
Dremier Bennett told the house of commons the Ottawa meeting planned for next August has been postponed to the following year. He cited Australia’s request due to political uncertainty and noted Lew Zealand indicated Parliament likely would be in session in August.
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Campbell Files Charges Against Treasury Official Over Prohibition
AJ Maurice Campbell former prohibition administrator in New York says he filed with President Hoover charges against Seymour Lowman assistant secretary of the treasury once in charge of prohibition enforcement. Campbell alleges Lowman was derelict in duty and that Treasury Mellon concealed facts to shield a government official. Campbell had earlier claimed Lowman urged relaxing enforcement during the 1928 campaign.
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Chiang Kai shek leads crackdown against Communist bands
Chiang Kai shek, head of the Chinese Nationalist government, says the Communist bandit menace is China’s gravest problem. He leads the field against bands terrorizing Kiangsi and Hunan and appeals to Nationalist officers for help. He denies Cantonese charges and pledges to retire if he erases communism, or die on the battlefield if he fails.
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Canton
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Western Newspaper Union
Farm Crop Outlook Bright Says Expert
The June 1 outlook for Michigan crops shows best conditions in years with oats and barley sown earlier and corn planted ahead of average. Moisture improved since June 1, aiding germination and growth. oats at 87 percent and winter wheat at 90 percent of normal.
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Peculiar Stone Found in Wesley Noggle's Gravel Pit
Wesley Noggle found a curious nearly white stone wrapped in a darker outer rock at his farm gravel pit. The inner stone was smooth from ancient sea action and the outer shell showed a crack allowing access to the inner piece. A man offered $10 for the find, which Noggle refused.
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Wesley Noggle
Manchester
Badger Capture Reported Near Fenton Farm
A farmer living east of Fenton wounded and captured a badger on his farm. The animal weighed 30 pounds and carried a fat hen to its den, prompting plans for its capture. Another farmer reports several badgers on his farm south of Fenton. Independent.
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Roadside markets lure motorists with quick stops
A Michigan State college study finds drivers stop more often at markets on the right side of highways. Signs must be legible at speed and distances. 1 inch letters read at 25 feet, 3 inch at 80, 6 inch at 170. Bulletin 185 offers detailed guidance from Director W R Gardner.
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Opening of Fishing Season Set for June 25
Regulations unchanged from last year set the bass bluegill and sunfish open season to start June 25 with lakes and streams fully open to fishing. Protected species are gray ling and sturgeon year round. Black bass size limit is ten inches with five per day. Other bass and sunfish family species carry a 25 fish daily limit.
Girl bitten by police dog while placing beads on neck
Seven year old Frankie Jane Hedstrom was bitten on the face and ear when she tried to place beads on a German police dog near Lake Odessa. The dog owned by Zeno Leak had been friendly with local children prior to the incident.
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Zeno Leak
Tonia News
Muskellunge Weighing Four Pounds Caught in Au Sable River
Center Line men Arthur Netzloff and William Lane and Oscoda coun ty resident Benjamin Lane landed a four pound muskellunge in the Au Sable river. The 5 foot 10 inch fish measured 32 inches in girth and fought for over three hours, towing their flat-bottom boat more than a half mile before being hauled ashore. Old-timers with 30 years of Au Sable experience said they had never seen such a fish from the river.
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William Lane
Benjamin Lane
Oscoda County
Au Sable River
Mt. Clemens Monitor
Fires at First Baptist church rekindle Monroe fears
Monroe residents recall the 1922 1923 fire spree as six blazes were found in two rooms of the First Baptist church last Saturday night. Fire was contained quickly with damage under $250 and a sharp lookout is kept for possible repetition.
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First Baptist Church
Milan
Largest trout in Manistee county stream caught near Thompsonville
W J ish reports Dad Hart of Clark Lake caught a 29 inch rainbow trout weighing 844 pounds dressed from the Betise River near the county line Bridge west of Thompsonville. The fish is said to be the largest ever taken from a Manistee county stream.
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