Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-20
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For Our Readers.


Ed r. Bailey has purchased the
Bailey House property in lonia. He
will continue to run the Dexter House
for the present, however.
All interested In the Otisco cemetery
are requested to meet with the o. G.
a. on Arbor Day, April 2S p. M, on
the cemetery grounds. The planting
of hardy trees, shrubs and flowers will
fifty observe this day and beautify the
grounds
Norman Edsall, one of the Americans
killed in the fight at Apai, Samoa,
wherein IA number of British and
American sailors were attacked from
ambush by the natives and several
killed, was brother of Miss Bessie
Edsall of Greenville.
The directors of the Ionia district
fair association met last Saturday in
Ionia and appointed president }. +.
Morrison. l.. f.. Hall and Fred Graf a
committee to lease fair grounds and
act on the resignation OF Glenn L..
Williams as secretary. The resigna-
tiou was accepted and +. A. Murphy
was appointed in his stead.
Rep. Joseph Locher, of Ionia county,
has introduced bill in the legislature
providing for the appointment of dog
warden whose duty it shall be to see
that all dog taxes are paid or the dogs
killed. Good for Mr.. Locher This
plan would rid the streets of all worth
less mongrel ours, and the man who
paid a tax on his dog would see that
the animal was cared for. Let's have
a dog warden, quick.-Carson City
Gazette.
A crank came running into the Office
the other day and said that man had
swallowed two-foot rule and died by
inches. The editor started out at once
to learn the particulars of the DEATH
and meeting DR.. Roger told him about
the case. He said that's nothing, that
he had patient once that swallowed Il
thermometer and died by degrees A
couple of bystanders just then Clipped
in. One of them said it reminded him
of a fellow down in Kansas who swal-
lowed pistol and went off easy. The
other one said ne had friend in Park
vile who took a quart OF applejack
and died in good spirits.
Three months ago farmers in this
state could not get % cents per bushel
for their potatoes. Then came the big
freeze-up and the report that all pitted
potatoes had been ruined sent the price
up flying. Fifty cents was freely offered
by buyers, but many whose potatoes
were in good condition refused to sell
at that price, although ii was double
the top figure OF a few weeks before.
Now il is being found that the tubers
in pits were not nearly as badly injured
as WIS supposed, and the price has
dropped again, and those who could
have sold at fifty cents, but held out for
dollar, are doing some tall thinking.
The Saline Observer man joins in
the chorus as follows: "An editors
path is usally well filled, sometimes
with flowers and sometimes with
thorns. Some fad fault if they are not
mentioned ia the personal columns,
and others sputter when their wherea.
bouts are mentioned. Question: what
shall we do? We often find our position
like the old couple who, ignorant OF
city life, stopped at the hotel to spend
the night and as they were about tC
retire observed card hanging on the
gas jet read: Don't blow ont the gas
And just below 1T the words, 1.-Two
dollars extra will be charged if the
gas is allowed to burn all night" Up
on seeing it the old man exclaimed
Mother what shall we do?"
a case Of considerable interest tC
cities and saloonkeepers has just beer
decided In the Supreme court. 1t came
up from Holland and is a body blow u
saloonkeepers and to cities and village:
that can elect anti-saloon councils, anC
will very eilectually prohibit the sale
OF liquors. II was the case OF the Peo
pie vs.. Cornelius Blumm. The city
council OF Holland imposed tax OF
saloonkeepers OF 5000 per year in addi
tion TO the $500 state tax. Through
Blumm, the saloonkeepers fought The
extra assessment and attacked th'
clause in the law giving powers Il
cities and villages, allowing sucl
action. The court sustained the Law
and says it is within the power OF cite
and villages to govern such matters b!
ordinance, This leaves open yer!
wide door to every city and village il
the state, as there is no limit to tn,
tax that may be imposed
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