The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-07-13

The frost of last Sunday morning al
most wholly DESTROYED 5000 tomat
plants and nearly three acres of potatoe
belonging to Geo. l.. Tuttle. They wer
growing on low land Crops on highe
land IN the same neighborhood were no
injured. Some damage to other farmer
Is reported. There was another Sigh
frost Monday morning.
Fidelity Rebekah lodge, |. o. OF.
installed the following officers at its las
meeting: Rose Butler, n. g.; Anna
Hubert, V. G.; Cynthia Bassett. S.
Sadie Lindsey, T.; Rose Smith, r. S. n
u; Elizabeth Quick, l.. S. n. c.; Sarah
Mason W.; Lizzie Roundy, Con.
Georgette Stearns, |. G.; Emma Wiley
y. u; Eliza Chapman, r. S. V. G.; Mat
tie Waters, Chap.
A fine audience assembled at the union
patriotic service held at the Presbyter
ian church last Sunday evening. The
rirst nall hour was devoted to song ser
vice led by union choir and consisted
OF sacred and patriotic choruses. quar-
tettes and solos, in some of which the
audience enthusiastically Joined. Rev.
y. +. Davis was the speaker and gave a
discourse that was very interesting and
which was the subject of much commend
alton.
The annual reunion of the Maccabees
of Van Buren, county will be held at
Hartford, August 3, 1898. Great Com
mander n. S. Boynton, X. OF. NJ, of
Port Huron and Frances +. Burns. great
commander L. o. I. NJ, have been en-
gagged as speakers. There will be sports
OF all kinds for the entertainment of the
knights. Reduced rates on all railroads.
The 5. n. IL r. will sell round trip tickets
from all stations for % cts.
Frank Lawson of Lawton was the first
man from Michigan to be killed in the
present war.-Day Spring. The forego-
ing item is slightly inaccurate. There
is nor was no Frank Lawson of Law
tor" but it was and is Frank Rawson.
and, fortunately, he was not killed. but
was wounded in his left arm. With
these exceptions, the Day Spring item
appears to be true. We sincerely con-
gratulate our friend Frank that the item
contained so much of untruth.
The new steel flume for the big mill
has arrived and is now being put in posi-
tlon. 1t is made of heavy steel, is AZ feet
in diameter and when completed will be
22O feet long. 1t comes in sections
weighing S,400 pounds, and is hauled
from the depot on two wagons. An at
tempt was made to put a section on
single wagon-the wagon is broken. One
new water wheel will also be put in at
the mill, giving for the two wheels
about l2O horse power. The improve
ments being made by the Paw Paw Mill
ing Co. are very expensive, but they are
OF a permanent character and add much
to the value of the property.
The Courier tries to smooth over the
foolish action of the council-the Courier
is councilman, you known regard to
sidewalks, by saying that the ordi nance
refers only to cement walks. The ordi-
nance says, land two-thirds of the ex-
pense of construction of all sidewalks
within the village of Paw Paw shall be
betrayed by general assessment, and one
third of the expense of the construction
of all sidewalks shall be betrayed by the
owner of the lots and premises adjacent
to and abutting upon such walks" The |
Courier and ordinance do not seem to
agree. AS to what Kalamazoo does. that
need not influence Paw Paw at all. We |
are yet firmly of the opinion that the
building OF walks in this village should |
either be done by tax entirely, or else by
the property owners themselves. AS to
the desire of the present council to build |
none but cement walks, that we com
mend. The plank walk system is. in our
Judgment, most wasteful and extrava-
CANT one, and should have been done
away with before this.
Now that waterworks have been decid-
,d upon, the choice of a location and
'ther details of the proposed plant are of
prime interest and Importance. The
council has 60 day option on the min
'ral spring property and has had a test
veil sunk there. There is little doubt
hat an abundant supply of pure well
water can be procured and many are
in favor of this location. The
Northerner has found a number of peo-
'le, among them some heavy taxpayers,
Who have different plan. They desire
he location of the waterworks plant
lose to the electric light building on
property already belonging to the village,
hus saving at once the cost of a site:
hey also say that, if it means any ma
erial saving in expense, river water could
'e used instead of sinking wells, as the
own generally is so well supplied with ex-
ellent private wells that few people
would use public water for culinary or
able purposes. Another strong argu-
nent they advance is that more power
$ needed at some seasons of the year at
he electric light plant, and that as the
will have two boilers while
'ut one will be used at time, the second
me could be utilized to furnish steam
when needed at the electric light plant
They also argue that the surplus water
,ower, for half the year, could be utilized
or pumping purposes, thus making a