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removed from the county, and E. B. Stebbins is now engaged in the bank- ing business at Carson City.
The Lakeview Creamery and Cold Storage Company was incorporated on March 12, 1887, for the purpose of dealing in eggs and dairy products, pork and the sale of ice. Its original capital was $6,500, and its incor- porators were Charles M. Northrup, Albert S. French, Volney J. Martin, Charles F. French, Lars Peter Sorensen, Thomas F. Rogers, Charles God- bold, Thomas R. Welsh, Truman R. French and Cassius L. Hall. This company has been extinct for many years.
The L. Barber & Company. of Edmore, which was incorporated on August 13, 1912, with a capital stock of $15,000, by I. P. Albaugh, J. W. Pfeiffer, S. D. Ketchum, J. H. Gibbs, Clyde L. Clear, J. F. Snyder, L. Barber and H. G. Cronkhite, has an annual output of 600,000 pounds of butter, 500,000 pounds of poultry and 20,000 cases of eggs. The original officers were 11. P. Albaugh, president; J. W. Pfeiffer, vice-president; S. D. Ketchum, secretary, and L. Barber, treasurer and manager. The present officers are the same, except that H. G. Cronkhite has replaced Mr. Barber as treasurer. The firm deals in poultry, butter and eggs. Cream is pur- chased of farmers and manufactured into butter. As a matter of fact, Edmore has had a creamery for the past twenty or twenty-five years. As long ago as December 1. 1892, the Edmore Creamery Association was incorporated with a capital of $6,000, by James Slemons, J. II. Gibbs, Purple McDonald, Hope Brothers, W. G. Wisner, A. J. Briggs, Hiram Sackett and Frank Dreese.
The Edmore Mercantile Company was incorporated on September 11, 1901, with a capital of $10,000, by Henry A. Maley. Jacob F. Snyder and George A. Snyder. Although the organizers of this company are now deceased, the company is still in existence.
The Edmore Canning Company, with a capital of $10,000, was incor- porated on March 10, 1903, by Jacob F. Snyder, Henry A. Maley, John W. Pfeiffer, S. Knapp, J. II. Gibbs, R. M. Miller, Anders Geraldson, J. K. Train, C. F. Groves, E. A. Joslin, Lyman S. Crotser, H. H. Dean, Alfred E. Curtis, J. R. Warren, J. S. Burgess, A. J. Briggs, A. L. Stevens, A. F. Skarritt, John Sack, W. A. Courtwright, R. O. Smith, L. D. Curtis, H. P. Beebe and A. N. Demoray. This company was dissolved after foreclosure, March 20, 1907, and is now the N. R. Roach Company.
The Home Building Association, of Edmore, was incorporated on August 14, 1883. for the purpose of building an opera house at Edmore. It had a capital of $10,000 and was organized by Richard Brown, William
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H. Gardner, R. S. Robson, H. Blair, A. H. Farnum, George S. Hyde, Willard A. Coon, Lucius H. Gibbs, William D. Stevens, E. S. Wagar, Nicholas Nolan, James Slemores, C. E. Taylor, H. K. Sumner, W. E. Kingsbury, H. C. Dutton, L. A. Roller, L. T. Wilmarth, George M. Smith, D. B. Morhead and E. B. Moore. Now extinct.
The Vestaburg Butter Company was incorporated on September 26, 1906, with a capital of $1,500, by C. M. Guild, George F. Nickerson, C. H. Alward, R. Morey, Alida Miller and eighteen others.
The Vestaburg Elevator Company was incorporated on June 1, 1909, with a capital of $10,000, by William H. Wallace, William J. Orr, George Billrough and Edmund C. Cramer.
The Vestaburg Creamery Company was incorporated on June 1, 1905, with a capital of $5,000, by J. Gates, G. E. Gorsuch, B. L. Ward, Fred Free- man and J. F. Thurlby.
The Citizens' Light Company, of Belding, was incorporated in Mont- calm county on February 23, 1899, with a capital of $25,000, by Maurice A. Reed, Frank R. Chase and William J. Wilson.
The Crystal Telephone Company, of Crystal, was incorporated on February 16, 1909, by John P'. Spencer, George H. Ingersol, George W. Felton, R. L. Ruedger, J. G. De Yoe, C. M. Frank and John B. Davenport.
The Crystal Butter Separator and Cheese Factory was incorporated on March 18, 1893. with a capital of $10,000, by A. J. Holcomb, J. L .. Shine- barger, W. H. Parr, William S. North, Abram Mench, J. M. Binkley, C. Case, J. Al. Beck. J. N. Gwin, C. S. Warthout, Martin Barger. S. Starkey, Charles Lute, George Braman, Edward Tishue, George Binkley, John P. Spencer, John Edwards, Seymour Case, Erastus Barger, Ira C. Town, H. J. Beach, Cornelius D. Young, D. R. Shafer and Merton E. Town. It has been out of business for many years.
The Trufant Produce Company, Ltd., was organized on November 15, 1910, for the general mercantile business, with a capital of $5,000, and with Fred Kelly, chairman; Franklin C. Rasmussen, secretary; H. P. Han- sen, treasurer, and Henry Craig and Carl Weinrich as additional directors for the first year.
The Farmers Co-operative Creamery Company, for the purpose of manufacturing butter and cheese at Trufant, was incorporated on February II, 1893 by a large number of citizens living in Trufant and vicinity, and with a capital of $3.570, which was increased November 20, 1896, to $5,000. This company was not a financial success and went out of business at least twelve years ago.
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The Sheridan Elevator Company was incorporated on November 30, 1906, with a capital of $10,000, by Clifton H. Clement, Charles W. French, Patrick J. Devine and Fred A. Pakes. This business was subsequently abandoned and the property destroyed by fire.
The Sheridan Creamery Company was incorporated on December 7. 1895, with a capital of $4.385.62. by A. B. Brown, Dan T. Fargo, C. F. Messmore, Simon Anderson, Asa Sinclair. A. II. Greenhoe, C. H. Clement, A. N. Russell. R. B. Gleason, N. Cartesen. Niels Christensen, G. W. Stan- ton, W. B. Davis, A. J. Hemingway, John W. Prestel, George Holland, James Jaynes, J. Watson Courter. C. A. Rass, Joseph Honchett, Tim Hari- gan, Louis Edmonds. D. B. Sanders & Company, Cary Nichols, E. H. Soule and Abraham Miller. The original incorporators sold out and the property was later destroyed by fire.
The Pierson Creamery Company, incorporated on February 25, 1903, with a capital of $4,000, was organized by S. B. Newcomb. J. V. Cran- dall, G. M. Purson, Edward Studon, W. H. Petrie, F. D. Jaqua, S. E. Bush, Robert Neve, C. E. Petrie, David Herren, Charles H. Benson, Clyde S. Comstock. O. A. Purson, A. S. McNaughton, John Wright, Byron H. Weed and Eugene Jones. It failed in business.
The Wellman Washer Company, of Cedar Lake, was incorporated on February 10. 1896, for the manufacture and sale of the Wellman washer. The original capital was $5.000, and the incorporators were Delmer E. Wellman, Hiram C. Goodrich, Oliver E. Mosher and Justns G. Lamson, Now extinct.
The Isham-Miller Company, incorporated with a capital of $20,000, February 27, 1906, for the purpose of manufacturing "Isham-Miller" expanding iron road culverts, at Butternut, was organized by Frank E. Miller, William Isham and J. Frank Isham. It failed in business after a short time.
The Howard City Realty Company was incorporated on November 29, 1910, with a capital of $4.100, by J. Claude Youdan, John A. Herold, Charles A. VanDenburg. Bert Crittenden, F. W. Patterson, Paul Ferrell, Fred Ash- ley, Walter J. Smith, William E. Carter, A. N. Shook, Fred M. O'Brien and Peter Hansen.
The Howard City Electric Light Company was incorporated on Sep- tember 12, 1894, with a capital of $10,000, by J. H. Andrews, N. W. Mather. W. H. Lovely. T. H. Lavery. H. D. Coburn, Fred Ashley, Lee Morgan. D. Farr, Alex Denton and B. J. Lowery.
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The Howard City Board of Trade was incorporated on December 17, 1906, by Stephen C. Scott, Charles L. Sing, John C. Collins, John A. Her- old, William H. Lovely, Sid V. Bullock and Hal M. Gibbs.
The Howard City Manufacturing Company was incorporated on December 3, 1887, for the purpose of manufacturing cutter bodies and doing a general manufacturing business, with a capital of $10,000, by Nor- man WV. Mather, Alexander Denton, John W. Lovely, John B. King, Charles A. VanDenburg. Austin Barber, Horace Menkee, Eva Barber, Stephen C. Scott, John C. Collins, Casper Schutt, James H. Kipp, Henry Henkel and Thomas C. Prant. This company failed in business after a few years.
The Sidney Produce Company was incorporated on November 18, 1911, with a capital of $1,000, by Chris Johnson, William E. Drews, Peter Peter- sen, Julius Kroeger and Nels Lamb.
The Crystal Heights Association, incorporated on August 23, 1899, for the purpose of improving lands used for summer homes in Crystal town- ship, included a long list of interested parties, organized for the sale of lots. This company went out of existence when its object was fulfilled.
The Millers Produce Company, of Miller, was incorporated on April 12, 1911. with a capital of $1,000, by Luther R. Stone, Jens P. Hansen, Laurence \. Siple, Martin Sorensen and Lewis F. Mount.
The Amble Creamery Company was incorporated on September 3, 1903, with a capital of $5.300, for the purpose of making creamery butter at Amble, by residents of Lakeview, Amble, Morley and Howard City. This company is still in operation and is a thriving enterprise operated by farm- ers of the community.
The Coral Concrete Culvert Manufacturing Company, of Coral, was incorporated on April 27, 1910. with a capital of $4,000, by Stephen M. Dinsmore, Frank W. Bailey and William L. Morris. Messrs. Dinsmore and Bailey recently sold their interests to Mr. Morris who now operates it alone.
The Lower Black Lakes and Six Lakes Improvement Company was incorporated on May 11. 1878, for the purpose of improving the navigation of Black creek, in Mecosta and Montcalm counties, and of Six lakes, with a capital of $10,000, and was organized by David Whitney, Jr., of Detroit; Charles Stinchfield and John P. Sims, of Saginaw; Henry A. Batcheldor, of Bay City, and John W. Curtis, of Belvidere. Now extinct. It never accomplished anything.
The Swift Mining Company, formed for the purpose of mining iron, copper, gold, silver, mineral, coal and all other metals, with a capital of
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$25,000, was incorporated on May 20, 1895, by Richard Beech, Addie E. Turner, William F. Turner, George W. Sharp, James Sharp, John Blake, Thomas E. Evans, Edson II. Pickell. Harry Campbell, Laura E. Sharp and S. Perry Youngs. This company was organized to reopen some mines in Virginia, but the venture was not a success and soon was abandoned.
TELEPHONE LINES.
The Montcalm County Telephone Association was incorporated on November 11, 1896, with an authorized capital of $5,000. On March 2, 1898, the capital was increased to $30,000. Primarily this telephone sys- tem grew out of a private line. The directors at the time of incorporation were as follow: W. P. Gamber, president, Stanton; J. N. Crusoe, secretary and treasurer, Stanton; C. H. LaFlamboy, vice-president, McBride; L. C. Palmer, attorney, Stanton; C. G. Mason, Crystal; J. W. Robinson, Vesta- burg. now of Alma; John W. S. Pierson, Stanton. The rapid growth of the lines leading to McBride (10), Edmore (60), Six Lakes (25). Lake- view (50), Wyman, Millbrook, Blanchard, Remus (40), Barryton, Weid- man, Cedar Lake. Vestaburg, Riverdale, Elm Hall, Alma, Ferris Center, Mason's Corners, Crystal, Butternut. Carson City (50), Vickeryville, Sheri- dan (25), Fenwick, Greenville-connecting with the Citizens Telephone Company and also connecting with this same company at Lakeview-made it necessary to increase the capital to $30,000. John Bale, of Lakeview; George S. Townsend, of Six Lakes; J. H. Gibbs, of Edmore, and Fred Messenger, of Stanton, became interested in the promotion of the company's lines, but at the time of consolidating with the Union Telephone Company the heaviest stockholders were W. P. Gamber, C. H. LaFlamboy and J. W. Robinson. The value of the lines at the time of consolidation was about $12,000. The figures following each town were approximately the number of phones in these exchanges at the time of combining with the Union Tele- phone Company and the number of phones in the Stanton exchange at that time was about 130. Entrican and Fishville should also be added to the list of toll lines, with numerous farmer's lines about Stanton.
The Union Telephone Company, of Owosso. Michigan, succeeded to the business of the Montcalm County Telephone Association in February. 1900. and now has exchanges at Edmore, Lakeview. McBride, Stanton, Sheridan, Vestaburg and Six Lakes. The company has 240 subscribers at Edmore, 154 subscribers at Lakeview, 187 at McBride, 216 at Stanton, 46 at Sheridan, 81 at Vestaburg and 35 at Six Lakes. Besides these snb-
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scribers, there are 350 subscribers at Edmore and Lakeview on connecting lines ; 92 subscribers at Butternut of the Farmers' Exchange Telephone Com- pany which exchange service with the Union Telephone Company; 185 subscribers at Vickeryville of the Farmers' Exchange Telephone Company which connect with the Union lines; 130 subscribers at Crystal, with which connections are made, the exchange being owned by the Crystal Tele- phone Company: 72 subscribers at Sheridan on connecting lines; 15 sub- scribers at Vestaburg on connecting lines, and 48 subscribers at Six Lakes on connecting lines. The Union Telephone Company also owns the exchange at Carson City, and has 291 subscribers at this exchange.
The Citizens Telephone Company, of Grand Rapids, operates exchanges in Montcalm county at Greenville, Coral and Trufant. At Greenville it has 488 local subscribers and 217 rural subscribers, a total of 705. At Coral there are 27 local subscribers and 40 rural subscribers, besides 30 switching subscribers, a total of 97. At Trufant there are 14 local subscribers, 107 switching subscribers, a total of 121. The Greenville exchange was pur- chased in 1903 from local business men who owned and operated the prop- erty under the name of the "Greenville Telephone Exchange." The Citi- zens Telephone Company also connects with locally-owned exchanges at Howard City and Amble.
As a matter of fact, there are a large number of locally-owned tele- phone lines and exchanges in Montcalm county, all of which are giving good service and prospering financially.
The Hinton Telephone Company, incorporated on February 11. 1909, with a capital of $7.500. is really a Mescota county organization, but fur- mishes service to citizens of Montcalm county.
The Greenville-Harrison Telephone Company, of Greenville, was incor- porated on February 25, 1895. with a capital of $5.000, and the incorpora- tion papers named Sylvester W. Higgins, Theodore I. Phelps and N. O. Griswold as directors for the first year. This company sold out to the Grand Rapids Union Telephone Company.
The Greenville Telephone Exchange was incorporated on January 10, 1898, with a capital of $1.500. with Rufus F. Sprague, Duncan K. Black, T. I. Phelps, Edward J. Bowman, George R. Slawson, H. Harris and W. A. Mac Lean as directors for the first year.
The Farmers Exchange Telephone Company of Vickeryville was incor- porated on November 25, 1904, with a capital of $2,000, by Austin P. Cul- bertson, Marshall D. Sherd and Frank A. Stevens. The capital stock was
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raised to $12,000, January 3, 1907, and Austin P. Culbertson, Fred Sinclair, Eli Boyer, William E. McCarty and Marshall D. Sherd named as directors for the succeeding year.
The Pierson and Maple Valley Telephone Company was incorporated on March 15, 1910, with a capital of $135, with George Schaub, John M. Brenner. Warren Filed and Fred W. Poepke as directors for the first year.
PRESENT INDUSTRIES.
Altogether there were in Montcalm county 135 concerns inspected by the Michigan State factory inspector in 1914, and which employed a total of 1,615 persons, of which 1,091 were males and 524 females. Those con- cerns employing the largest number of people in the county were the W. R. Roach Company, canners, of Edmore; the Gibson Refrigerator Company, the Ranney Refrigerator Company, the Greenville Implement Company and the Moore Plow and Implement Company, all of Greenville.
A complete list of all the industrial concerns of Montcalm county inspected by the state factory inspector in 1914, together with their location, the nature of their business, and the year the business was established is given herewith :
Date of
Name.
Location.
Business. ment.
Banton & Kerr
Butternut
Grain and beans __ 1906
Butternut Custom Mill
Butternut Feed and crates. .1913
Fitzpatrick, J. M.
Butternut Cheese 1890
Carson City Gazette Co., The
Carson City __ Printed matter. 19II
Carson City Produce Co.
Carson City __ Dairy products 1912
Carson City Steam Laundry Carson City __ Laundry 1904 1885
Carson City Water Works
Carson City __ Water
Lyon & Daniel _Carson City __ Flour
1902
McCrary & Jennings
Carson City __ Meats 1899
Miner, F. IT. 1
Carson City __ Cheese
1907
Ralph, F. Carson City __ Auto Repairing. 1905
Rockafellow Grain Co. L 1
Carson City __ Grain, etc. 1887
Smith & Shinabager 1
Carson City __ Blacksmithing 1900
Waters, J. T.
Carson City __ Repairing 1898
Chapple & Skeoch
Coral Beans
1907
Coral News Co., The. 1
Coral
Printed matter 1891
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Date of Nature of establish-
Name.
Location.
Business.
ment.
Crystal Mail Co., The.
Crystal
Printed matter 1898
Sanford, Otis A.
.Crystal
Auto repairing 19II
Sanford, Otis A.
Crystal
Feed 1899
Barber, F. Co.
Edmore
Butter 1913
Curtis, A. E. & Co.
Edmore
Beans
1909
Edmore Times Co.
Edmore
Printed matter 1883
I'dmore Water Works
Edmore Water 1883
Gibbs, J. H. & Sor
Edmore
Flour, etc. 1883
Jordan & Brower
Edmore
Auto repairing 1911
Roach, W. R. Co.
Edmore
Canned goods 1909
Sanitary Market, The
Edmoro Meats 1898
Belknap Lumber Co.
Greenville
Lumber 1913
Central Market
Greenville.
Meats
1908
Chippewa Construction Co.
Greenville. Gas
1890
Chittick & Beck
Greenville
Blacksmithing 1909
Christianson, O. Woodworks
Greenville
Woodwork 1914
Christensen Glove Works
Greenville
Gloves
1904
Church, J. A.
Greenville
Lumber
1907
City Laundry
Greenville
Laundry 1902
Daily Call Co., The
Greenville
Printed matter 1879
Eureka Mills
Greenville
Flour and feed 1879
Gibson, C. H. Co.
Greenville
Produce 1898
Greenville Bottling Works
Greenville
Soft drinks 1913
Greenville Creamery
Greenville
Dairy products 1911
Greenville Floral Co.
Greenville
Flowers 1903
Greenville Implement Co. Greenville
Implements
1891
Greenville Steam Laundry Greenville.
Laundry
1912
Greenville Waterworks Greenville Water
1887
Greenville Wholesale Baking Co. Greenville
Baked goods 1913
Hansen & Lyman Greenville Harness
1913
Kemp's Auto Garage & Supply Co. _Greenville Auto repairing 1912
Kemp, E. A. & Son
Greenville.
Repairing
1914
Printed matter 1854
Greenville Lumber Co., Inc.
Greenville
Lumber
1910
Gibson Refrigerator Co.
Greenville
Refrigerators 1902
Green, L. J.
Greenville Baked goods 19II
Greenville Independent Printing Co .__ Greenville
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Date of Nature of establish- Business. ment.
Knapp, Thomas & Petersen
Greenville.
Blacksmithing
.19II
Kromah, Peter
Greenville.
Repairing
1904
Martin. F. R. & Co.
Greenville
Lumber 1910
Matlock, W.
Greenville
Junk
1891
Montcalm Creamery Co. Greenville
Dairy products .1912
Moore Plow & Implement Co.
Greenville
Farm implements_1901
Nelson, Frank
Greenville .Meats
1896
Noxon, B. M.
Greenville
Shoe repairing 1900
Prentice, W. HI.
Greenville
Custom clothing __ 1910
Ranney Refrigerator Co.
Greenville
Refrigerators
1892
Ridley, J. T.
Greenville
Storage
1894
Shepherd's Shop
Greenville
Auto repairing 1913
Slawson, Earle B.
Greenville
Grain, etc. 1906
Tower, R. J. Iron Works, The
Greenville Machinery 1865
Tower, R. J. Milling Co.
Greenville
Flour and feed 1907
Tower. R. J. Electric Co.
Greenville.
Light 1908
Weeks, C. W. & Co.
Greenville.
Monuments 1910
Wright Bros. & Co. Greenville.
Flour and feed 1881
Howard City Custom Mill. Howard City_Feed
Howard City Elec. Lt. & Power Co.
Howard City_Light and power -1907
Howard City Garage Howard City_Auto repairing
1912
Howard City Record Co., The
Howard City_Printed matter 1872
Howard City Waterworks
Howard City_Water 1890
O'Donald, A.
Howard City_Grain and beans -1873
Perry, Richard
Howard City_Meats
1876
Prout, J. H. & Co. 1
Howard City_Flour
1876
Williams, Ceylon 1 1 I
Howard City_Lumber
1903
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Lumber 1874
Brown's Garage 1 1
Lakeview
Auto repairing 1908
Charlney, Will 1
Lakeview Meats
1895
Hackett, E. K.
Lakeview
Wagons 1899
Hafey & Wandel Lakeview
Auto repairing 1910
Lakeview Creamery
Lakeview
Dairy products IQII
Lakeview Enterprise Co., The
Lakeview
Printed matter 1879
Lakeview Elevator Co.
Lakeview Grain, etc. 1907
Lakeview Milling Co.
Lakeview
Flour, etc. 1893
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Date of Nature of establish-
Name.
Location.
Business. ment.
Lakeview Waterworks
Lakeview
Water
1898
Michigan Chair and Table Co.
Lakeview
Novelties 1913
Moore, F. E. Co., The
Lakeview
Premium goods - 1902
Moss, Mrs. J. W.
Lakeview
Millinery 1 899
Peterson, Peter
Lakeview
Meats 1901
Stewart. S. J.
Lakeview
Cider
Wilson, Alice
Lakeview Millinery 1907
Cadwell, B. F.
McBride Grain 1890
Heinz, II. J.
McBride Pickles 1903
McBride Creamery
McBride Dairy products 1910
McBride Review Co. 1
McBride Printed matter 1893
ITarvey, U. L.
Pierson
Beans and grain
1913
Petrie, A. F. & Co.
Pierson
Beans and grain 1906
Alart & McGuire Co. 1
Sheridan
Pickles
1904
Eldridge. D. D).
Sheridan
Feed
1912
Kidder Bros.
Sheridan
Meats
1900
Rutherford, E. A.
Sheridan Beans 1907
Sheridan Advertiser 1
Sheridan
Printed matter
1904
Sheridan Waterworks
Sheridan
Water 1906
Wykoff, F. M.
Sheridan
Beans
1906
Gaffield. J. W. & Sons
Six Lakes
Grain and feed 1890
Buckrell, John
Stanton
Smithing 1899
Cadwell, B. F.
Stanton Beans
1893
Chase, David
Stanton Meats 1907
Florin Washer Co., The.
Stanton Washing machine_1895
Improved Shuffle Board Co.
Stanton Games
1902
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Stanton
Pickles 1909
Main Street Garage
Stanton
Auto repairing 1912
Stanton City Bakery
Stanton
Baked goods IQII
Stanton City Mills
Stanton
Flour 1898
Stanton Clipper-Herald Co. Stanton
Printed matter 1867
Stanton Hardware Co.
Stanton
Sheet metal 1891
Stanton Waterworks
Stanton Water 1883
Union Telephone Co.
Stanton Telephone service_1907
Van Deboget, O. D. & Co.
Stanton
.Grain
19II
Hansen. Oscar
Trufant
Cigars 1903
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Date of Nature of establish- Business. ment.
Name.
Location.
Hansen, Oscar
Trufant
Feed, etc.
1907
Larson, J. W.
Trufant
Meats
1909
Thompson Elevator
Trufant
Grain
1896
Alart & McGuire
Vestaburg
Pickles
1904
Hancock & Manley
Vestaburg
Crates
1913
Vestaburg Elevator Co.
Vestaburg
Beans
1909
Rockafellow Grain Co.
Vickeryville __ Grain and beans
1901
Vickeryville Cheese Factory
Vickeryville ___ Cheese 1906
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CHAPTER XXXV.
COURTS AND LAWYERS.
The state of Michigan was admitted to the Union by act of Congress approved January 26, 1837, and became the twenty-sixth state. The first constitution adopted after the Detroit convention of 1835 was rejected by Congress, but was subsequently accepted after the "Toledo war." Michigan continued under its first Constitution until 1850, when the second was drafted and adopted. In 1908, the third Constitution was adopted.
COUNTY COURTS.
In 1815 county courts were first established, to be presided over by one chief justice and two associate justices, who were appointed by the governor. They had exclusive jurisdiction over all claims exceeding a justice's jurisdic- tion and not exceeding one thousand dollars, but no jurisdiction in eject- ment. Until 1818 final appeal lay to the county court from justices' courts. Chancery jurisdiction was then given them and provision was made for the appointment of masters in chancery. When the act to establish county courts was passed, Wayne county was the only one organized, and the dis- trict of Michilimackinac was excepted from the provisions of the act.
After the establishment of circuit courts, the county courts began to decline. Much of their jurisdiction was gradually transferred to the circuit courts and in 1833 they were abolished altogether in the organized counties cast of Lake Michigan, except Wayne, by the same act which established the old circuit courts of the territory. In Wayne county, and in the western counties of the territory, the county court system was continued until Mich- igan became a state.
When the revised statutes of 1846 were under consideration, the Legis- lature rejected the original chapter 92, which provided for a continuance of the district courts of the counties of Wayne, Oakland, Washtenaw and Jack- son, and, in lieu thereof, inserted provisions for county courts. In their new form they were presided over by two judges, elected for a term of four years. and called. respectively. "county judge" and "second judge."
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MONTCALM COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
This court had original and exclusive jurisdiction of all claims above a justice's jurisdiction and under five hundred dollars, excepting actions of ejectment and proceedings in probate cases. It also had appellate jurisdic- tion over justices' courts. No appeal was allowed in any case determined by a county court, but cases might be removed to the circuit court by certio- rari. These courts were abolished by the adoption of the constitution of 1850.
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