Michigan Briefs

Sugar Beets in Plenty. - The sugar beet industry is in a flourishing condition at Royal Oak this fall. Thousands of bushels are being hauled in by teams for shipment to the factory at Rochester.

Bust of Washington. - The Ypsilanti chapter of the D. A. R. will give to the public schools Friday afternoon a bust of Washington, the speech of presentation to be made by Mrs. J. A. Watling, past regent of the order, and the response to be by Superintendent Austin George.

Old Soldier Seriously Injured. - A. A. Udell, a veteran of the civil war, better known as "Major," fell from the roof of a house that he was working on at Three Rivers and smashed the bones in his hip, besides badly injuring him otherwise. His condition is critical.

Sweater Saved Him. - Emory, the eight-year-old son of R. A. Whiting, a Grand Trunk engineer at Jackson poured Goal oil on the furnace fire to make it burn brisker, and the flame immediately enveloped him. He had on a sweater, which prevented fatal burns, although he was badly scorched.