Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-07-07
THEY SHOULD BE BETTER.

THEY sHOULD BE LETTER.
The American people pride them
selves on being up-to-date, but there is
one thing in which they are not so adj
vanced, as they should be. The roads
OF this country are not thing Of
beauty and Joy forever" With all
the work put on them they should inn
travels over them to any great extent,
knows they are as poor as they ever
were. There may be some improve
ments in the swamps, but nowhere
else. A person can hardly 60 ten miles
in any direction without finding places
in the road that are almost impossible.
Either sand or deep mud are always
abundant. The trouble is, the people
take too little interest in their thor
oughfares. II the roads were in good
shape man could draw larger load
than now and the wear and tear on
rolling stock would be less. After
roads are put in good shape it is an
easy matter to keep them in repair,
the great work being to put them in
good shape on the start. If all high
way work was done as it should be, in
short time we would see better re-
suits. Good roads make property more
valuable, and they should be improved.
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The Upper Peninsula asks for
place on the Republican ticket when
ever a state ticket is nominated and
she is entitled TO recognition. This
year it asks for the Office of Attorney
General and the Sault Ste. Marie
News says of the candidates: Horace
NJ. Oren, of Sault Ste. Marie, Is can
didate for the Republican nomination
for Attorney General of Michigan
Mr.. Oren is thoroughly equipped for
the Office he seeks. He is at present,
and has been for two terms, prosecut-
ing attorney of Chippewa county. He
is a graduate of both the law and the
literary departments OF the University
OF Michigan, and is in every sense a
representative Michigan attorney.
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The Tecumseh News gives voice to
the sentiments of the Republican voters
of Michigan as follows "One of the
present state officers sure to be re-nom-
mated by the Republicans and re-elect-
ed by a whooping majority next
November, is Auditor General Roscoe
ID. Dix. He has been a model official,
has attended strictly TO business, and
made a host of new friends throughout
the state by his genial manner and
thorough business methods. Gen. Dix
has had political honors thrust upon
him quite a number of times during
his pilgrimage here on earth, and every
time he has proven himself the right
man in the right place.
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Cervera's fleet, which has been bot
tied up in the harbor at Santiago de
Cuba for weeks past, made "a bold at
tempt to escape Sunday but the Amer
lean fleet was on the watch and today
every vessel of the Spanish fleet, like
the Maine, is wreck at the bottom of
the sea and their crews, excepting
those that were killed, are prisoners.
Only one man lost his life on the
American side and not a ship seriously
injured. The Maine is not forgotten.
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One of those terrible disasters which
occur once in while upon the ocean and
strikes terror to the heart OF man, oc-
Cured upon the Atlantic early in the
morning of July 4th, the French steam
ship La Bourgogne colliding with the
British ship Cromartyshire and sink
ing shortly after, carrying down to
watery grave upwards OF 600 persons.
A Grand Rapids young lady, Miss Fan
ME Hess, was among the lost
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One of the most creditable develop
ments of the siege of Cuba is the adj
mirable discipline Of the American
forces. In the midst OF circumstances
OF discomfort and danger, every order,
whether of advance or retreat, has
been obeyed TO the letter. That is the
stock of which victorious armies have
always been made. "Theirs not to
make reply; theirs not to reason Why
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The first claim for pension grow
ing out of the war with Spain was lied
by the widow of one of the men who
was killed on the torpedo boat Wins
low in Cardenas bay on May II last.
There has been more than 30 claims
filed by relatives OF those who went
down with the Maine.
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Before marriage a man declares
himself unworthy Of his sweetheart's
love, and after marriage he spends
about two-thirds of his time in proving
IL.