The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30

The stores in Paw Paw will be closed
all day July 4.
Miss Fern Lemaux of Benton Harbor,
who has been spending few days with
her parents in Paw Paw, has been con-
fined to the house on account OF sick
ness.
company of choir boys from Chica-
60 are at Lake Cora for the summer ac-
companied by Director Lawton and his
organst, Mr.. Hemenway. Mr.. Lawton
is contemplating locating in this vicinity
Meet at the home OF Daniel Spicer,
Friday evening, to perfect further ar
rangements for home coming week,
which occurs August 9-16 1t is import
ant that all should take interest at once,
so that Paw Paw may still hold the ban
ner for entertainers.
The graduating exercises were held at
the rink Thursday evening OF last week
and were attended by an audience that
showed the interest in commencement
week was undated. The stage was
decorated with plants, flowers and bunt-
ing in tasteful manner by the school
i
of their teachers and presented a pleas
ing appearance. The Maple City orches-
ira gave the patrons pleasing rendition
of the pieces on the printed program.
Owing to the large number graduating,
it was impossible for each to take part
in the exercises.
Did it ever occur to you that we are
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tire product of 100000 acres of virgin
forest annually? If American railroads
are to maintain the present low average
rates and the high scale of wages now IL
effect, manufacturers, wage earners, rail
road owners, shippers, business men and
farmers are alike interested in the future
of forestry. The fact that so many 10
terests are dependent upon the products
of the forests should develop concerted
action on the part of all those who are
! interested in maintaining the CONNER
cial supremacy of these United States.
Stephen B. Monroe of Kalamazoo, for
merly of South Haven has been APP
/ pointed receiver of the Exchange bank
at Vicksburg. This private banks fail
ure, coming at the time it did, so soon
after the defeat of the bill providing for
the inspection of this class of lnstitu-
/ tions, is an argument more powerful than
any other that could be advanced. The
attitude of Senator Cropsey on the pas
sage of this bill did much to defeat the
measure While the passage of such
/ law would not have averted this failure,
/ it would have done much to strengthen
the faith of depositors in this class of
/ banks. No we'll conducted bank need to
/ fear inspection, and unsafe institutions,
for the benefit of their patrons should
be inspected by public officials.
Last Wednesday evening at II. P.
/ Waters pleasant home a number of the
friends and relatives of Charles Waters
were at a reception given him and his
bride by his parents. Those present
were pleasantly entertained by the hosts.
Chas. Waters is one of the graduates of
the Paw Paw school and of the u. of NJ,
where he graduated with honor from the
engineering department. He is now in
the U. S. government employ on the
Hennepin canal aud is making reputa-
tion for himself in his profession. He
has been entrusted with some very i'm
portant departmental CONSTITUTIONAL
work, and upon its completion received
the commentator of his superiors and
an appreciabe raise in salary. The
bride, whose home is in Illinois, is not
an entire stranger here, having visited
| Paw Paw two years, where she made
many warm friends who were glad to
welcome her back as Mrs Chas. Waters.
A. Ward Copley, formerly of Decatur,
now an attorney at Detroit, will be one
of the party that accompanies Secretary
of War VIM. II. Taft on his expedition to
the Philippine islands. Mr.. Copley has
travelled extensively in the United States
and Europe and has visited Cuba twice
since his graduation from the u. of NJ.
in 1892. His invitation came through
! Congressman-eect DENLY, whose cam
/ paign for the nomination in the first dis
trict was won by the young men who or
ganized DENLY clubs and actively en-
gagged in the campaign. Mr.. Copley is
son of Ex-senator A. b. Copley, who rep
resented Van Buren county in the senate.
A. Ward Copley was candidate for the
/ legislature during the last state cam
paign, but owing to the fact of his posi-
tion on the primary election ballot he
was defeated by few votes. His candi-
dacy was endorsed by the best elements
of the republican party in Detroit and
the support given was compliment to
him.