Show 0 ASI I i 15 TV SHY I Michigan M Man n Listed as as Farmer Then Reported Dead N Now w Missing From Fram Saginaw S Swamp amp Shack LA LANSING SING Mich March March 1 Hiram Johnston erst- erst candidate for the Republican pe presidential ld n nomination at the theMi Mi Michigan 1 igan primaries on Apr April 7 has bas found found publicity too much for his retiring re retiring re- re tir tiring disposition First listed as a Sagnaw county count dirt farmer then when curiosity as to his identity became became be- be came statewide listed as dead Johnston now Is down on the records records records rec rec- as missing John Baird state conservation commissioner who sponsored the of Johnston filed petitions petitions peti peti- that resulted in his certification tion as a candidate and then pi pre presented presented pre pre- to the the- secretary of ot state a aletter aletter aletter letter signed Hiram Johnston asking asking- withdrawal of ot the name namer r from the tho ballot bl blames mes the calcium glare of ot publicity for tor forthe the latest ob obstacle ob- ob stacle stade in the tho search for his candi candidate date In the flesh INVITATION ACCEPTED Baird had invited correspondents correspond to accompany him tomorrow into tho the of Zilwaukee township town town- ship and promised to lead them to cori i home An intrepid cor- cor respondent decided not to wait walt and i tramped through the swamp lands yesterday to the Johnston shack The shack according to the tho ii- ii re report report re- re port br brought from the banks of the e Saginaw river ri was boarded up and deserted The correspondent re returned returned re- re turned h here re and told Baird of his discovery Baird showed no sur sur- prise Hiram he be said h had d earned yearned to bask in publicity even even to aspirIng aspiring aspiring ing to the highest office in the power of ot the electorate However when someone resurrected a section of the tho election law that mentioned a 1000 fine tine and a Jail term for tampering tampering tampering tam tam- with the statute John Johnston In Bairds Baird's words f felt lt It high time timeto timeto to shake the he mud of the Saginaw valley alley from his high top boots POSSIBLY PALM BEACH William Baird son of the commissioner com- com missioner said today that Johnston Johnston night w was s in Bay City last Friday and it was there he signed the withdrawal with with- withdrawal with letter Johnston said at that time according to Baird that he was going to visit some friends and then was going south I wouldn't be surprised If it he had decided to leave Saginaw county the commissioner said today He has been making a a. living doing odd Jobs su such h as training dogs doing farm work and fishing and trap trap- ping There is not much in these lines for him In Saginaw Just now |