The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-09-20
WHOLE NUMBER 1922.

A musical entertainment, consisting
of vocal and instrumental solos, will be
given by the Phillip Bros. of Kalamazoo,
at Almena NJ +. church, Thursday
evening" September 2l; admission ID
cents.
Showerman Bros. will please the bar
gain seekers beyond their sanguine ex-
pectations. The latest, best and cheap
est now await economical buyers in cloth
ing, boots and shoes. No finer line of
ladies shoes in all widths was ever
shown in the county.
Tips have mission; in limited sense
this mission is selfish one in a broad
er sense it is philanthropic. 1t is our
purpose to disseminate a wider knowl-
edge of the merits of r. Smith Il Cos
great clothing business. See Tip" on
last page of this issue.
The sensation is pleasant one to walk
along well-lighted streets again. Now
that rains have raised the water so that
we can have street lights, it is probable
the pulleys for the gasoline engine will
put in an appearance, so that the engine
can be gotten ready for next summers
drouth.
The Seattle Daily Times comes to us
containing an announcement of the
marriage of Miss Lillian l.. Conway and
Mr.. Frederick A. Eddy. Mrs. Eddy
is society editress of the Times and Mr..
Eddy is employed in the business depart
ment of that paper. The Northerner
unites with the many Paw Paw friends
of the bride in wishing the couple hap
piness.
Paw Paw merchants believe in adver-
tising. This weeks Northerner contains
about II columns of home advertisements
out of the "a columns which they print
I-Bloomingdale Leader Yes, Paw Paw
merchants are liberal advertisers, when
they have a valuable medium like the
Northerner, in which to announce their
business. Our contemporary is in error,
however, in its statement of the number
of columns the Northerner prints, which
is just double the number stated AZ
columns The Northerner has long since
discarded ready prints" as the Leader
should be able to see with but half an
eye. "a columns of reading matter and
"a columns of advertisements, all printed
on its own press, was the make.u of
last weeks Northerner.
At the second adjourned meeting of
the Prospect Hill Cemetery company,
action was taken creating the Office of
vice president. The following officers,
who constitute the board of trustees,
were elected: George Harrison, presi-
dent: l.. II. Titus, vice president; |. w.
; Van Fossen, clerk: J. W. Free, treasurer;
L. A. Granger, superintendent. 1t was
voted to have a trustees meeting Satur-
day, September 30, at 2 p. m. The vice
president and clerk were appointed a
I, committee to look over cemetery mat
? ters and formulate system enabling lot
owners to deposit money with the treas
> urer, the interest of which shall pay for
the perpetual care by this company of
} such lots: also to recommend such
changes in the bylaws as seem necessary.
{ AS announced in the Northerner last
week, Contractor Pearl came and met
Engineers Pierson and Reed of Kalama-
zoo, for test of the pumps at the
waterworks plant Mr.. Snider of the
of the pumps, was also present. The
tests commenced Thursday afternoon,
in the presence of the president and
most of the council Mr.. Snider claimed,
as did Mr.. Hughes when he was here,
that the pumps were all right, but the
water supply was insufficient to supply
them. Mr. Pearl would not agree with
him. and the council were divided in
their views. To settle the matter posi-
lively, the superintendent was instruct
ed to set gang of men at work to put
an intake pipe into the river. The work
was pushed Thursday evening and all
I day Friday being completed late in the
] evening. The pumps were at once set
&. in motion, and ran as smoothly as could
? be desired At one time the pressure
was up to 10 pounds, and the mains
were broken in two places While the
| pumps, with fire stream on, did not
' maintain 80 pounds pressure according
to specifications, but 125 or 130 instead,
it is probable they can maintain the
higher pressure and that they will be
accepted. Saturday morning, a short
special council meeting was held and
a Mr.. Snider asked for the payment of the
, balance of about 500 due on the pumps.
This the council very properly refused,
as payment for them was never guaran-
teed by the s;Hage, end .hc2H is only
small amount due Mr.. Pearl to qua. antee
the completion of his work. The con-
tractor promises to be here this week to
finish things up The matter of a water
supply adequate for the plant now con-
fronts the village. The pumps will tear
: themselves to pieces working without
l sufficient water to fill their cylinders.
$ What is to be done?" is now the ques-
ton. Some advocate the driving of
e more wells. This is the cheapest thing
$ that can be done, but the Northerner
j doubts its efficiency, and there are many
who donot believe it will do any good.
s Others think the construction of big
S open well, either with a steel or brick