Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-04-16
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

April -.
Camden VII have furnace factory.
backed by stock company OF local
business men.
Grand Ledge gets a concern which
will make good things without end.
PretZel factory.
ClarkSton's new opera house Is al
most completed. and will be formally
opened April -.
Five tons of lettuce. grown In local
greenhouses. is shipped from Grand
! Rapids each day.
William Beauchaine, of Lake lin
ton in dancing.
1t won't he long now before Con-
stantine's streets will he lighted by
electricity generated 10y the river at
that point.
Five thoirSand Angora goats Will he
turned loose on big ranch of cut-over
! pine lands near ST IlelCns, Roscom-
mon Co, this spring.
The owners of Gladstone's new the
alter are evidently not superstitious
/ They are hustling TO get it done in
time 10 be formally opened on April
/ Is.
William Moss, q single man about
40 years old. was caught in some shaft
ine In a s7Wmill near Mesick Friday
and terribly nanglcd. He died shortly
IafterwaI'd.
Office holding III Michigan isn't al
| ways what IL is supposed To be- The
marshal at ROScommon has resigned
his position TO become Il member of a
railroad section ganE.
1t is estimated that at least 100000
peach trees will be planted in Kent
county this spring. If this continues Il
few years Western Michigan will be
one vast peach orchard.
Principal c l.. Pemberton Of the
7 Tekonsha public schools, has resigned
/ his position to accept a more lucrative
one at Clinton. Ills resignation takes
effect at the close of the present year
| While the culture Of grain has been
almost supnlanted in Van Buren, coun-
/ ty by peach growing, yet sixteen flour
mills and four feed mills manage to
keep busy in the cour ty pretty much
all the year round.
Clark, dealing in dry goods in Tekon-
sha, has purchased and will become
The sole proprietor of the firm. This
makes the fifteenth business change in
the place during the past year.
The project for the establishment OF
national horseshoers' college at Bat
/ tie Greek has been indOrsed by the
Master HorseShOers' Protective AssO-
citation of Ohio, which closed its annual
convention at. loi>lo Saturday.
.,esofygoa eoG3tnf I've MTsii have a nome
market for their farm products. 4,
big elevator and warehouse TO handle
grain. hay fruit. etc. will be estab-
lishcd at Newaygo this spring.
About the sorest men in Michigan
these days are the farmers who re-
fused to sell their potatoes at 80 or 60
cents last fall, preferling to hold OH
for 81 pushed They are having
hard time now 10 dispose of them at
20 to % cents.
Judge West sentenced James Wal
lace, OF Lansing. TO the Ionia reforma-
tory for one year for removing house
hold goods only partially paid for on
contract. Wallace Is alleged to have
attempted the same thing elsewhere.
lie Is young and has wife.
The Pewamo canning factory's So
600 plant Is about completed and will
begin operation early in August. They
will employ 50 hands and have ca
pactty of 5000 cans daily. The first
year Will be devoted to tomatoes. APP
pies and peaches will he added later.
Lewis Hartel, Harry Pierce and
Fred Shance. OF Potterville. found
eight young silver gray fox cubs i'm
field two miles south of town. The
mother escaped. but the young ones
will be raised To maturity. If possible.
when their fur will bring a big price.
Since Saturday night three deaths
from smallpox have occurred in Flint.
ana great many cases are reported i'm
all nearby localities. The first death
was that of Paul Borton, aged Z. and
was followed by those of Charles
Ford. aged -. AMI Elmo Jones, aged
q. Additional precautions are being
taken against the spread Of the dis
ease
The recently elected president Of Tea
kOnsha announces q reward of so TO
the person who furnishes evidence
leading 10 the conviction of parties
selling liquor contrary TO law within
the limits of the corporation. AS a
feature of his rigorous policy he pro-
poses to make war upon the druggists,
If they are not more discreet In dis
pensing intoxicnnts.
a representative Of the Lansing
Sugar Co. was i'm town last week. says
the Portland Review. closing up The |
contracts here for raising sugar beets |
this season. The steady growth of the |
Industry Is source Of much gratifca- |
ton to those who have hopes of some |
day seeing n sugar factory built i'm |
Portland. Last year only IS acres of !
beets were raised In this vicinity. but |
the farmers were so well pleased that
many of them have doubled their aver
age this year and the contracts taken
foot up 10 l11 acres.
A whole family Of Holland immi-
grants jumped from a moving train on
the Lake Shore az Argenta rs ii was
pulling ont Of the station. They were
bound for Alegan and when they
heard Argcnta called out they thought
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