Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-09-15
Farmers are warned against a


question is OF no earthly use and re-
pairs to it will cost you many times
their actual value. In fact the scheme
Is what Is known as 'fake,' pure
and simple and yet, every day, people
who ought to know better, are vic
timized-if not by the steel range
swindler, then by some one with a
scheme equally as gauzy. The only
safe way is to buy what you need, be 1T
steel range, dress pattern or pair
OF gold-bowed spectacles, OF RESPONSE
BILE dealers. Men who will not misrep-
resent an article simply to get your
trade. Among all the BANNERS adj
vertisers there isn't one whom we can
not honestly and conscientiously re-
commend for fair dealing. If by chance
they should sell you an article which
did not afterwards prove to be as re-
commended, there is not one among
all these advertisers but who would
make the matter right. Will the
average travelling vender of fake
schemes do the same? Ask any one OF
their numerous victims and he will un-
hesitatingly give you negative
answer.
Relative to wheat the crop report
says: Correspondents have secured
from threshers the results of 1917 jobs,
aggregating 1882 acres OF wheat
threshed In the state, the yield from
which was 2,274 ,27l bushels, an average
of 1854 bushels per acre. In the south
ern counties 1888 acres threshed
averaged 1891 bushels per acre. In
the central counties the average is
1857 bushels, and in the northern
counties, 1859 bushels. The area in
wheat in the state last May as COM
piled from the returns OF supervisors
was ! ,725, 448 acres. This is the proba-
BILE acreage that was harvested this
year. Computing by counties for the
southern and central sections, and for
the northern section entire, gives a
probable yield in the state of "a, 1922
$50 bushels. This is more than ever
in the farm statistics.
A pleasant event occurred at the
residence OF Mrs. Emma L. Weaver
Monday. Her mother, Mrs. Geo. Luce,
who is also the mother of Jas. HI. Luce,
had attained her S5th birthday and
nearly thirty of the relatives, being
the children, grandchildren and great
met there and took din
ner 1t was happy occasion for all
and especially to Mrs. Luce, whose
pathway in her declining years is being
made bright and cheerful. Numerous
gifts were brought in and presented to
her.
Mrs. Sarah l.. Youngs died Friday
aged AZ years. She had heen
in poor health for several months.
Her husband died several years ago
since which time she and her only
Matte, have lived together
at their home on Front street. The
funeral service was held Saturday
afternoon Rev. O. j. Golden conduct
ing it, Much sympathy is expressed
for the daughter, Matte, in this sad
af1liction.
The good roads project is maturing
very fast, over i've hundred dollars
having already been subscribed toward
putting the Orleans road in first class
and this amount mostly from
citizens in the city. 1t is expected
that farmers along the route will assist
very materially in cash and work and
sufficient funds will be pledged TO be-
gin operations soon and the work car
RED to speedy completion.
Dorr Skeeles and j. l.. Ramsey sur
veyors from Grand Rapids have been
in the city several days this week en-.
gagged in surveying the line OF the new
railroad between Lowell and this place.
The road bed will touch Alton and
Smyrna, two bridges will have TO be
constructed and the distance is fifteen
miles. Only about nine miles OF road
will remain TO be built between Lowell
and Hastings.
Miss Jennie Wagner in fortunate in
securing Miss Helen Nj. Baker of Grand
Rapids as her successor. Miss Baker
is pianist of rare ability and me
teacher as we'll. She has but recently
returned from Germany where for
three years she studied with the best
Miss Baker will assume the
class October /.
Royal Palmer was down town We'd
nesday for the first time since his ar
rival home. He is getting stronger
every day. Fred Rummler is also feel
ing much better and has been out
riding. George Joslyn is feeling more
like himself and has also been able to
come to the city from his home in
Smyrna.
b II. Blakeslee OF Grand Rapids,
general agent OF the New York Life