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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05
Deals I'm Property.

Several residence properties have
changed hands this week and the real
estate men say there is much inquiry
for bargins in their line and predict a
lively sale this spring, Willis Cobb
has sold his home to w. J. Bignall,
Samuel Madden has bought the Chas.
Stevens property and w c. Meach
and f. f Chapple have purchased the
Byron Brown property two houses and
lots on the corner of Ann and Pearl
streets. The houses being occupied
by VIM. f. Sandell and Chas. Ireland.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05
Almost n Fire.

Hams were being smoked in w. r.
Menkee's barn and the smudge used
for putting that'fine flavor into them
developed sparks and flame sufficient
to fire the ceiling. The barn is built
in connection with w. G.. Meach's
barn and when Mr.. French of the firm
OF Wortley & French happened along
by there Friday he discovered the
danger and gave the alarm. All the
women in the neighborhood turned
out and conquered the fire with great
er alacrity than the fire department
could have done it. II had a good
start and in ten minutes more the
buildings would surely have burned.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05
IN NEW QUARTERS.
city steam Laundry Is Installed &. q.
Scheffier Has Fine Building.


II doesn't take long these days to
erect building and get business to
going in it, the point is to make a
start and then rush it along to fin
ish. 1t was only few short weeks
ago that G.. G. Scheffier, the hustling
proprietor of the City Steam Laun-
dry made up his mind to have a place
of business of his own. He bought a
lot of Mrs. Weter adjoining w. f..
Fishers harness shop and immediate
ly began the erection of building %
by 60 feet 1t was finished last week
and he moved into it Monday. Be-
sides his new building he has sunk a
we'll one hundred feet deep striking
a good flow which will supply him
with all the water he needs. A four
horse power dynamo will run his ma
chinery and he will soon be in better
shape than ever TO turn out fine work
quickly. The Banner is pleased to
note this evidence of prosperity and
business hustle.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05
LoveIand Farm sold.

The Loveland farm which lies in
side the corporation in the 2nd ward
has been sold through the Chas, Brown
agency to Dayid Porter of Six Lakes.
1t is fine piece of property of l43
acres including also IL lots which were
plated in 1898 as the Loveland addi-
tion, it came into the hands of the
Belding Savings Bank several years
ago and is in excellent condition. Mr..
Porter is a successful farmer aud
wing sold his farm near Six Lakes
concluded that this was a fine opening
for an investment.
Mr. Rhodes who has been occupying
it for the past year will vacate soon
and the new owner will move in.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05
Tragedy Averted

Just in the nick of time our little
boy was saved, writes Mrs. w Wat
kins OF Pleasant City, Ohio, "Pneu-
monia had played the havoc with him
and a terrible cough set in besides,
Doctors treated him, but he grew
worse every day At length we tried
DR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, and our darling was saved.
He's now sound and we'll" Every body
ought 10 dnow, It's the only sure cure
for coughs, colds and all lung diseases.
Guaranteed by Connel Beos druggists
Price soc and 5l.00. Trial bottle free.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05
Is NOT GUILTY.
SO say the Jury of Bailey Kerekas
His Trial Lasted TWO Weeks.

So say the Jury of Bailey kerekns-
His Trial Lasted TWO Weeks.
Bailey Kerekas of Lowell, charged
with sending poisoned headache
powder to George Merritt of Saranac
with murderous intent, was acquitted
in the circuit court in Ionia Tuesday.
For l6 hours the jury, which finally
returned a verdioto of not guilty, stood
nine for acquittal and three for con-
viction The verdict was reported at
8 o'clock this morning and Kerekas
was at once discharged and returned
to hk home at Lowell.
~ lease has occupied the attention
of the court for more than two weeks.
George Ravell of Rayell's mill was
one of the jurors.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05
4 severe Cold For Three Months.

Thi following letter from A. j Nus
bauak Of Batesville, Ind, tell IL own
storC Il suffered for three months
with severe cold. A druggist pre-
pared me some medicine and physi-
clan prescribed for me, yet / did not
Improve. | then tried Foley's Honey
and Tar and eight doses cured me" /"
Refuse substitutes. Sold by w. l..
Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05
PASSED EXAMINATION.

Belding Boy Gets Position In Employ
of Uncle sam.
Ed. Calkins of this city was one of
the successful candidates that took
the recent civil service examination,
and received word last week that he
had passed. He went to Grand Rap
ids Monday where he takes the posi-
tion of weigher of mails on the
division between Grand Rapids and
Saginaw.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05

Hives are r terrible torment TO the
little folks and TO some older ones.
Easily cured, Doan's Ointment never
fails. Instant relief, permanent scure.
At any drug store 80 cents.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05

my daughter had terrible cough
which settled on her lungs saws n.
J ackson OF Danville, Ill. ave tried a
great many remedies without relief,
until we gave her Foley's Honey and
Tar which cured her. Refuse snbs,i
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05
ppeumonIa FoIlows "A Cold.

but never follows the use OF Foley's
Honey and Tar. IL stops the cough.
heals and strengthens the lungs and
afford. perfect security from an attack
of pneumouia. Refuse substitutes. w.
| Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05

II owe my whole life to Burdock
Blood Bitters. Scrofulous sores cover
ed my body. | seemed beyond cure. b.
B. B. has made me perfectly well
woman" Mrs. Chas. Hutton, Bervile
Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05
c. c. MERRITT DEAD
Well Known Citizen Of Greenville
at Rest.
Was One of Gods Noble Men-Great-
ly Loved by
All.

Carpenter G. Merritt of Greenville
passed away at his home Saturday,
quietly and peacefully closing his
eyes and entering upon that long and
dreamless sleep from which there is
no awaking.
Mr.. Merritt, was born at Venice,
Cayuga county, n. Y, August 8 1899,
where he lived until four years of age
when his parents moved to Ridgeway,
Pa. taking him with them. He re-
ceived elementary education in the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05
Foley's Honey and Tar.

Cures coughs and colds.
Cures bronchitis and asthma
Cures Group and whooping cough.
Cures hoarseness and bronchia
troubles
Cures pneumonia and lag grippe.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-05
BILLSINLEGISLATURE
One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Sixty-Six Introduced.
REFORMING THE ELECTION LAWS
Past Few Days-Biils Affecting
Tax system.

Lansing, Mich, March 3.-It is yio
hting no confidence 10 say that the
legislature has sufficient work on the
books TO keep il IN session until next
fall if 1t sees fit to consider all the
bills that have been dumped into the
hopper Sipce the session commenced
The public in general, however, and
the taxpayers Of the state I'm particular
are to be congratulated on the fact
that many Of the measures that have
found their wry TO the clerks desk
were never INTENDED by the introducers
to again see daylight, having been in
uoduced 'by request" while many
more are the result of sudden and
not altogether well considered impulse
to reform things, which impulse in
Nariably dies away soon enough to
leave the revolutionary measures in
the dump, where they can perform
their most meHtorious service. In adj
dition to these two classes of bills
that were simply born to die without
the aid of an eXecutioner even, there
are a large number Of emergency
measures which have been introduced
by title only, with a view of having
on hand material with which to meet
whatever exigency may arise, and in
a great majority of these Instances
the necessity for using these titles, for
that is all there is to these bills, is
peyer encountered. Practically every
one of the state departments has had
number of these emergency titles in
troduced.
Number OF Bills Introduced.
When the gayel dropped at the
close Of the fifteenth day Of the ses-
sion, the limit for the introduction of
bills under the constitution. total OF
L766 bills were on the calendars of
the two houses Ttss total is 14S less
than thV OF two years AGO. The
senators nutGid TIER record Of 1901
by IL, while the house members fell
short by l59 Pretty much every
subject imaginable Is covered, all the
Old familiar measures of recent years
being ont In full force. except. possibly.
railroad tax bills which dropped down
a few notches owing to the existence
of thc al Nalorem tax law, which is
generally satisfactory. 1t is safe to say
that not more than one in three of the
total number of bills introduced will
be seriously considered, while great
majority are as near TO becoming laws
now as they peacefully slumber on the
table or in The committee clerks desks
as they ever Will be.
As predicted last week substantial
Continued on Page s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
Death to the Dogfish.
rom the Boston Transcript.


One of the great problems which is inter
esting the people of the Atlantic coast and
especially that part of the coast lying be-
tween Casco Bay. Maine. and Cape Hat
teras. n. c., is the determination of the
dogfish. The dogfsh is a species of the
shark and has habit OF following Its prey
in packs. This fish uses Its spine in a re-
markable manner. bending itself into the
form of bow and unbending with power
full spring. 1t is caught IN nets which have
been set for other fish. and sometimes meas
ures three or four feet In length. These
fish have multiplied very much of late, and
as nothing has been done to exterminate
them. the people of the Atlantic coast have
thought II their duty to bring the matter
before the government in the form of a pc
tition which will be placed before Congress
Dogfish. the sea wolves of the ocean. infest
the Atlantic coast within a great range of
latitude in schools, and each dogfsh which
weighs five pounds. will. 1t is estimated eat
and destroy large quantity of edible food
fish yearly. Not only do the dogfish eat
the valuable fish, but they eat the food of
the same food fish, thus doing double injury
to the nations fisheries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
Advertising and Bicycles.
From the Toledo Times.


The part advertising plays in shaping
popular tastes was neveS more strongly
exemplified than in the bicycle business.
Ten years ago no industry in the country
seemed better founded or more permanent
than this. There were enormous factories
scattered all over the country working to
their fullest capacity. and everybody nearly
rode a wheel. Then the evil genius of
monopolistic consolidation got hold of the
business. Trusts were formed and wicked
effort to reap from the profitable publicity
of others sowings was made. The new
owners argued that people had to have
wheels and would buy whether they were
advertised or not. The vast advertising
appropriations were ruthlessly cut Off and
some of the best literature of the day In
promotion and publicity was temporarily
smothered out.
The advertising men were forced to seek
new fields of business to exploit and they
seem to have taken their constituency with
them. Too late the trust found that they
had killed the goose of the goiten eggs.
minimum. Now no one scarcely thinks OF
buying or using wheel except for bust
ness. Pleasure riding has almost ceased.
The general demand for wheels has fallen
off to scarcely tenth Of its former proper
lions. Streets and highways are better
paved and outdoor exercise moro popular.
while conditions are steadily moro and
more favorable for their use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
WOLF SCALP sWINDLING.
How the County Bounty is Taken Ad-
vantage Of in Wisconsin.

From the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The story of wolf hunting in Dunn county,
Wis, would form interesting chapter.
Thousands Of dollars are paid annually by
the county and state in bounties, and yet
the wolves do not seem to diminish in num-
Der. The county board Of supervisors, now
In annual session, are wrestling with the
bounty question. They dare not remove
the bounty because Of the wholesale de-
struction Of sheep by wolves which will be
sure to follow; yet they are satisfied that
bounties are often unlawfully collected.
Wolves are brought from adjoining coun-
ties, and sometimes the scalps of cats and
young wolves.
In killing hundreds of wolves in the
county every year, hunters very rarely, il
ever, kill female, preferring to leave them
for, breeding purposes. no matter what in
ducement is offered for their scalp. The
wolf hunters of the county are strongly
organized, and they find their voca ton very
profitable. With practically no investments
In farms. they make from $500 to 81 500 an
nually from bounties, and work only
small part of the time.
Sometimes, when wolves are very trou-
blesome In some parts of the county, they
will refuse to hunt them unless the farmers
club together and raise an additional boun-
ty of $40 on each wolf killed. making a
total of $40 on each animal. This band of
hunters Is limited in number. but they have
made a life study of their work and know
the field perfectly. and 1t L. practically i'm
possible for an outsider to get foothold.
Without long training and experience and
without the best of hounds, and thorough
knowledge Of the county. wolf hunting in
Dunn county is barren of results. This ac-
counts for the present condition of the in
dustry and the strength of the local wolf
hunters organiza ton. The recent importa-
ton into the county of many thousands of
sheep of improved breeds makes 1t doubly
necessary that the wolf pest be kept down
Thus the wolf hunters hold the winning
cards and are reaping large profits from
the business by reason of the peculiar con-
ditionS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
Schedule effective November p, 1908;

Schedule effective november -, Isoo
Trains leave from Pennsy lsania Station.
7:3O a. Daily. Local for Harrisonburg. war
fenton, DanvilIe and way stations.
10:5l AIN. Daily Washington and Fiorfoa Lid
TO Jacksonville. Ella. Dining car service.
ills an. Daily United States Fast Mall
First class coaches and drawing room sleeper to
New Orleans. Dining car service.
4:o1 pm. Week Days. Local for aarrlsonbur1
ana way stations Manassas branch.
$40 pm. Daily. Local for Warrenton and Char
no pm Daily. New York and Atlanta Ex.
Atlanta Sunset tourist sleeper washington to
San Francisco Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays
Through sleeper 10 Pinehurst; N C.. daily except
Sunday Pullman buffet service
$50 PIN. Daily. Through seepers and coaches
washing ton to Columbia, Augusta. Aiken. Savan-
nah and Jacksonville. Dining car service.
ing car to Roanoke. Knoxville. Chattanooga aud
Memphis; sleeper TO New Orleans. Dining car
io:45 pm. Daily. Washington and Southwestern
Limited. All Pullman train club aud observation
cars to Atlanta and Macon; sleepers to Augusta.
Nashville Atlanta Macon. Memphis New Orlean rs.
Leave Washington $40 an. loo pm, $50
P.%. and pm Week days for IeesSars only.
Through trains for the South arrive Washington
6:42 IN, 6:52 am, 9:45 an, 1875 am, 3 30
pm, 9:30 pm. and $3.50 pm daily. Local trains
FROM IIarrisonburg. Il se an week days and 9:1o
5:io PIN daily.
Tickets sleeping reservations and detailed In.
formation be had at ticket Offices 7O5 18th
street 5ll Pennsylvania avenue and Pennsylvania
Station. Baggage checked through from hotels and
Phone 1e4o P. q. r. Cab Service.
s. II. HARDWicK. General Pass'r AGENT.
l. s. BROWN General Agent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
10000 PoRCUPINEs KILLED.
Demands for Bounty Have Almost
Swamped the Maine State Treasurer.
ON the Lewiston Journal

From the Lewiston Journal.
Although only seven days have passed
since the close of the state porcupine year,
November 30, the returns of porcupines
killed and paid for by the towns and plan
tations under The bounty act of last winter
are beginning to swamp the state treas
urer's office rapidly They come In rolls,
some of them as large as a mans arm
One roll was big that the postage on 1t
was 40 cents. The state had 20,0OO blanks
printed, and a Portland firm had as many
more. From one to forty dead porcupines
are represented by each blank on which a
return is made. An official says that when
the returns are all in they will show 10000
porcupines killed.
OF the towns and plantations which have
reported thus far, Whiting, in Washington
county. shows tbs largest number of
bounty-paying porcupines. 646 which, at %
cents each. will cost the state $161.50. The
other places which have thus far reported
are Medford, 1875; Prospect, 2S5: Harring-
ton, 8S; the town of Dedham and planta-
tons Of Macwahoc. Long and Highland
The appropriation to pay the bounties for
the year is $500 and 1t is thought the re-
turns already in will nearly use this up. It
is limited that one of the first acts of the
next legislature may be to repeal the por-
cupine bounty law. The hunters are mostly
boys. Many farmers think they do more
damage by setting fires than they do good
by killing porcupines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
Baltimore and Ohio RIP.

Effective November -, 1908.
Leave Wasninston. New !etsey ave. and O q.
Cincinnati, St Louis and Louisville. slO;uS an
st:Is pm. 81 10 night
Pittsburg and Cleveland. loo an. 's:4s D d.
and 81 90 night.
Cs.lumbus and Wheeling. $50 pm.
Winchester. fs:sS AN. fs;i6. ta:30, fe:2D pn
Lnn.nols. f7:ao. $3.50. 1880 noon, .s:n nm
Frsderick ts:ss. SS:lS. tli:oo am. li:I5, fH:Sa
Via Hsserssown. tIo:os a o. and 1880 pm.
Boyd and wsy points ts:s5. t3:IS am. el:ix
ft Gs,,bepsSars and way poisis ts:ss. 1918 An
&,2 SO. iI:I6 1880. f<:30. $500. f6:3o, t7:0H
AZ 90 glo;l6 ti1:30 p N.
Wsshlnxtou JUNCTION ana way points. ts:aS ss.if
q M, SIS t4:30. 1850 pm.
Baitime-e. week days. $500. 500. $50, r7:0o
Hi 90 an. Ilz:oV noon. 1906. Ii:Oc, $500
1900 1900 1890 $40. $500, 10 TO- 1900 q: "a
x7:Oo, xs:0O. 1000. Eli 80. l1:35 pm 6undaya
1900 II OO, 7:20 $3.50. 1900 XII 100 am n 40
SIS 10 90. 1880. Is 90 $50. $780, Is :O0 xlO:00
ROYAL Blue LINE
All trains illuminated with Pintsch iixht
baltimore Philadelphia, New York 6osfo. snA
the East. $500 sI:eo tDiner). $3.50 (Bufet) ee:00
5Dinerl, 90 Diner, .n.. y 90 }DinsrS. ss:es
Dln.r 500 and :sc ta si.ss,as ~
open at 1000 o'clock
Atlantic CITY 1880. tl0;oo an. fi:o0. $500
Daily Except Sunday Sunday oo,,
Express traii
Baggage called TO- and checked from hotels ana
residences BY Union Transfer Co. orders Last q
sieket oeaces. 6i9 Pennsylvania NV. As1
York ave. and 18th st.. and at station.
8. B. HEGE District Passenger AgeAe
D. D. MARTIN. Aanagsr Pssssnger Trafnc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
Anti-Immigration Colonies.


The population statistics of New South
Wales for last quarter should supply an OBJ
ject lesson to some other British colonies
especially In South Africa, as to the ,1is.
advantages attending anti-immigration
movements. During the three months. tba
excess Of arrivals over departures in the
premier Australian colony was less than
1000. and the annual increase of popu-
lation through immigration consequently
falls short of 1000. At that rate n
Will take New South Wales twenty-fye
years to obtain 100000 new settlers from
the outside world. although there are vast
tracts of country which might be brought
under cultivation were reasonably cheap Ia
Dor available. But that Is precisely what
the trade unions and their parliamentary
delegates strive to prevent. The result of
this bad citizenship is that intending British
emigrants look askance at Australia. and
turn their faces toward other parts OF the
empire. where their services will be more
highly appreciated. although less urgently
needed But the evil does not stop there:
public works. often of doubtful reproductive
value have to be undertaken to buttress the
labor market and SO prevent the wage rate
from falling; and the raising of the re-
Quired capital necessarily involves increas-
ed pressure Of taxation. The trade unions
then discover that. owing to the cost Of
living having increased. labor Is entitled to
higher scale Of remuneration, and that
even more rigid regulations are needed to
exclude immigrants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
MANILA'S GATES.
Complaint Against Passages Through
the Ancient Walls.

From the Manila Times.
That the gates to the walled city, with
one exception, are yeritable deathtrap s
was again forcibly demonstrated by the
runaway in which Judge Ide with rarely
good fortune escaped with only the infiic-
ton Of rather painful injuries.
At the termini of Gale Real stand. re-
spectively. the double gates Of Parlan and
Santa Lucia. These tunnel-iike passages
are barely wide enough to admit the en-
trance or exit of one vehicle at a time.
Even a pedestrian who attempts to pass
any kind of rig, particularly carbonate,
in one of those gates has reasonable cause
to feel nervous. The margin Of space Is
decidedly too close for comfort Approx
mate1y, for fifteen hoars every day, vehicles
walt in line on onejcsllet or the other OF
these entrances, for the exit or entrance as
the case may be. of q iseetion from the op-
poSite side. When a9tthe sufficient to ap-
pear formidable hasfcolfected on the wait
ing side. 1t is permitted to crowd through,
while the waiting line again forms on the
opposite side. Tetfn.
The congestion is u constant, unceasing,
continuous. For more athan a hundred
years this process Jioni has struggled for
exit or entrance to the walled city. The
nVes lost, people nfafigled, bones broken
and time lost may only be conjectured.
That accidents occur every day at these
barbarous burrows Is a weil-known fact.
Since American advent, the traffic
through these tunnels has necessarily in
creased. There Is more Irush and hurry.
and the most dangerous factor of all, the
powerful high-spnited American horse, is
conspicuous In the seFahsble9dt A. small
native team is bat a mere plaything COM
pared to two American horses when wild
with fright. The former may be managed,
but it Is physically impossfble for one man
to control the latter. This has brought a
mos. serious element of danger to the
team at one ofthese gates must invariably
mean irreparable injury
The public cost of properly preparing
these entrances for traffic would be mere
bagatelle, compared to the danger and in
convenience the public must suffer every
year as the entrances are now endured
Business, public safety and common
sense cry, out for the immediate widening
of these gates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
Buried Beauty in Old Paris.
3 Correspondent London Telegraph.

Paris Correspondent London Telegraph.
1t has been known for some time that the
roadway I'm front of the Cathedral Of Notre
Dame, In Paris, is much higher than 1t
originally was. and that the view OF the
entrance suffers in consequence. The archi-
tectural expert of the Louvre Museum, M.
Redon. has discovered that the Louvre is
also buried beneath the ground to a far
greater depth than the original plans war
ranted. M. Redon concludes from his In
vestigations that. as planned at first, the
Louvre was to have been encompassed by
a moat, the excavation of which was pre-
vented by the houses that surrounded II at
the time. Afterward. when the houses were
got rid OF, the idea Of the moat was for
gotten, and the land rose naturally to its
present height, hiding over 2fIS feet of the
building. The committee for the preserva-
don of old Paris intends. under NJ Redon's
supervision, to clear-aWay the earth and
disclose the magnificent seonework of which
the base Is constructed.