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carfmrjr N o . 4 k t t Frankfort i t 8:20and a fow hour* later wa a caught inon# of the Ytry wont itormf of thoseaMtt. Th o ittddentu of the fiercegale wa a withoat paralel, and theboat in charge of Capt Frederickion,bound fo r Manlitlque, finally turnedan d headed f or t he Man!ton Iilandsfo r protection ai one freight car hadgone overboard and t he boat becamehard to handle owing to a bad listTh e boat dragged th e anchor owingto the mountainou ieai ranning an dth e return to Frankfort wa s attempt-ed. The 8. Of 8. call' wa s sent ou tand received at t he Frankfort stationa t about 4:80 stating that they werein bad shape and t he crew wa s stand-ing by the lifeboats ready for'theworst

Later another message came stat-in g they ha d heard th e Frankfort f og-horn an d knew they were neartng th eharbor.

A t this time th e boat w a t settlingand the fires in the toilers ha d beenput out . In drifting in the big boatstruck the end of the south pier whereit soon settled t o t he bottom. All thecrew escaped without serious injury.Captain Frederickson. who wasmaster of the ferry, says that Tues-da y night was t he worst he ever sawon Lake Michigan. Drif tage was sogreat, i t was impossible to stay on acourse or figure th e ship's position.Throughout th e night th e officers an dcrew of 32 men stood" by t he lifeboats in life preservers, ready to taketo the boats at a moment's notice.Th e ship, ice coated an d with aheavy cargo, started settling early inth e night an d during th e worst ofth e storm th e cars started shiftingan d before they could be securelylashed one car containing Buick auto-mobUes ha d been washed overboard.As soon as possible the No .4 willbe dragged into th e harbor and thework of repair started.

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T H E BOOZE HOUNDTh e booze hound has an awful

time, these days of prohibition; eachda y sees him commit some crimeagainst hi s disposition. Strange ar eth e things that he will lick, whenreal stuff can't be gotten; he'll takei t j f ; ta got a kick, regardless of howrotten. From malt an d yeast hemakes a brew, to stimulate his pas-sion: for in a pinch such dope willdo and home brew's quite th e fashion.Th e juice of berries goes to wine an dhelps to keep him merry; note ho wit makes his red beak shineloomsup just like a cherry. Th e lowlyprune soaked up al l night, they saywill start fermenting; tw o shots willmake th e world look bright an d melthearts unrelenting. Up in his roomth e thirsty gu y stirs up a horrid mix-ture, and if one drink won't makehim die, he's found a new elixir.An d then he robs th e pantry shelf ofextracts bought to flavor; proceedsto soak hi s ornery selfand flavorhi s behavior. That gone, th e drug-gist gets a chance to sell him somenew tonic; hi s legs ar e shaking inhis pants, hi s cravings now are chron-ic. At last th e hootch that gets themall is slipped into hi s gizzard; hedrink^ denatured alcoholit chillshim like a blizzard. Farewell dearfolks, ' t i s hard to tell th e boozehound's last sad story; poor soul Ifear he's gone towell, just southof purgatory.

COUNTY COMMENTIt really seema as i f the

Fruit Exchange ha s profited by i t sfour years of existence. At t he meet-in g held last Thursday to discuss th ere-organiiation of this e a non-profit stock cooperative basis,i t was voted to thisThen came th e question e lshould be t he attitude of thechange * in regard to poking apples,and t he question of a crop contractwa s taken up whereby th e mtmbersare to be pledged to deliver thsir ap -ples f or a period of three to fiveyears . T his occasioned a lively di scussion, and i t was the opinionthose present that th e Reason f or t hefailure of the association to makemuch progress in the past tw o yearswas t he lack of a binding Contract fo rth e delivery of apples to the ex-change to be picked. A risingvotfc called on this subject causedal l present to rise to express theirwillingness to sign a contract thatwill bind their fruit t o t he BensieFruit Exchange t o be packedtheir warehouse in Elberta as a (tral packing plant in 1923 and to besold cooperatively thru th e exchange.This is indeed progress in the rightdirection an d will give th e exchangecommittee confidence in going out tosolicit stock subscriptions from th efruit growers on the western side ofou r county. Willard Stratton, Ma rshall Martin, Allen B. Graham an dCounty Agent Kraker, were appoint-ed a committee to draft ne w by-lawsand a crop contract under th e re-or-ganized plans of the exchange.

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This action on t he part of the El-berta Fruit Growers brings to us thequestion as t o what th e fruit me naround Beulah ar e going to do aboutrunning a central packing plant in1923. There ha s been considerablediscussion of this subject' in the oolumns of the Benzie Recordgrowershaving come forwar d anonymouslysupporting such a plan. Now t hequestion is, who will pledge hi s frui tto such a method of selling, so thatth e Benzie Farmers' Cooperative As -sociation of Beulah will be able tola y plans fo r this woric next fall Anexpression of opinion on this subjectwill be greatly appreciated, and t hecolumns of this department ar e opento al l who care to voice their opinion.

Th e sentiment fo r cooperative ship-ping of live stock in Benzie county isgrowing. When a man comes up t oth e County Agent an d says that heis very much in favor o f such a plan,an d that next summer he will havetwenty hogs and . twelve head ofcattle to turn off in this manner, itlooks as if the proposition which th elive stock growers of Bensie countyhave advocated will be carried thru.The man who made th e above state-ment said that an uncle near GrandRapids had a two year old Shorthornbull fo r which he had been offered$85 by a buyer. In the usual dicker-ing which ensued, th e price ha d been

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