The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1900-05-23
County and State.

Kalamazoo is preparing for holiday
to be known as turnout day." when all
the rigs in the city shall be decorated
and participate in an immense parade,
accompanied by all the bicyclists of the
place.
A steel signal tower similar to the one
to be built at Holland will be erected at
South Haven by the United States
weather bureau. AS at Holland, the
signals will be shown at night by six red
and white electric lights.
Capt. Lyman Feltus is building at Paw
Paw lake a new steamer. 1t will be 40
feet long, Is feet beam, and will be fitted
with electric lights. A part OF the low
er deck will be fitted up for dancing and
the boat will be chartered to carry $50
passengers.-Da Spring.
Paw Paw has awakened from her leth-
argy and has organized board of trade
for the purpose of securing factories, and
will incorporate with $4,000 capital
Bangor Advance. If the Advance had
been wide awake, it would have publish
ed this item several months ago.
The supreme court has reversed the
celebrated case of the City of Kalamazoo
VS.. the Kalamazoo Heat Light IL Power
Co., making the gas company victor in
the litigation f. A. e. II. b. Crane were
attorneys for the gas company and are
receiving great credit for their work in
the case.
The peach trees survived the cold
weather of last year, which was said to
have killed them all, the yellows are now
we'll under control, the San Jose pest
has ceased to threaten, the frost of this
spring did no damage, but now "yellow
striped bug" is reported as getting in its
work of singing the buds and the cry of
no peaches this fall Is again heard
Day Spring.
The Times said that Lawrence was
soon to have canning factory. Well
we think it about time old Brush Creek
awoke from her dormant state and got to
hustlIng. You've snoozed plenty long
enough. Just wait until we get to be as
old and as big as you are. We will make
you hump harder than ever for Miss
County Seat.-Covert correspondence
in Lawrence Times.
Clyde Evert, whose home is in South
Haven, was arrested in that place on COM
plant of Sheriff Snow, who charged him
with stealing wheel from the son of Ira
Thayer of this city. The officers found
where the wheel had been sold and they
were not long in tracing the sale to Evert.
Evert was placed in the county jail at
Paw Paw and was later brought to this
city.-Kalamazoo Telegraph.
Railroad Commissioner Osborn has
filed with the auditor general the annual
computation of railroad taxes which
must be paid by the railroad companies
on or before July l. The list shows big
increase over the taxes of 1899, when the
total taxes were 81 ,0S7 6l6S9, the amount
of taxes levied for this year being 81 ,240,-
S45.27. The per cent of increase was
1863. The most notable increase of tax
alton is in the case of the Chicago &
West Michigan. Last year the tax as
sessed was S32 1927, while the increase
over this amount for this year is S29,-
O4.49, the tax being nearly doubled.
Other increases in taxation are as follows:
Grand Trunk, SS,17l.63; Lake Shore, So
1925; Michigan Central, s23, 9O605; Wa
bash, S9,029.27; Chicago d North western,
s22, 76l.04. Following are the taxes of
some of the roads: Chicago Il Grand
Trunk, S106,656.24; G. X. Il S., 81 ,S2O40;
Chicago q West Michigan, SCI ,36376;
Chicago, Saginaw & Mackinaw, S4,44532;
Detroit, Grand Rapids O. Western, 49,
422.70; G.. X. & l., s396691; Kalamazoo
branch Lake Shore, s3,175.35; Michigan
Central, main line, 1920, 1928: Kalama-
zoo g. South Haven; 81 ,669,04; South Ha-
ven d Eastern, 81 1928.