The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-09

Children's day exercises will be given
at the Presbyterian church Sunday even.
ing.
The Dowagiac Herald is authority for
the statement that 5000 bushels of po-
tatoes have been marketed in that city
a t the low price of seven cents per bushel.
The raise from Sl5 to $40 in yearly
rental of Kibbie phones, which took
place June l, applies to business phones
only, the price of residence phones re-
naming the same as in the past.
Earl Gidden of Mattawan, graduate
of the Paw Paw high school, will finish
his four years course in mechanical en-
giDeering at the U. of NJ. this month
and has lucrative position awaiting him
at Three Rivers.
That those who were at Paw Paw dur
ing Home Coming week are looking for
ward to this years event is evinced by
/ letters addressed to those having the
matter in charge, and containing sug-
gestions aud lists of names and addresses
of people desiring invitations.
Congressman Hamilton has sent a
/ check Of 800 to the Dowagiac soldiers
monument committee This committee
has received several amounts ranging
from SO to 800 from former residents
of Dowagiac, and feel certain that the
required sum will be easily raised.
During the present season the Paw
Paw high school team has played IL
games and has won them ALL The boys
have ratified their spikes across the home
plate l33 times while the combined scores
OF their opponents count but 23; fine
record No wonder Prof. O'Leary car
ries one of Spauldings horsehide spheres
in each pocket.
At the Grange hall this evening
stereoptican lecture will be given by M.
r. Curtis of Big Rapids, the state d. S.
Nj. of western Michigan for the Mystic
Workers of the World Mr.. Curtis has
a fine selection of moving pictures and
the entertainment is free to all. No
children admitted unless accompanied
by their parents.
George Paige, one of the three pitch
ers of the Calumet team of the 500
league, has been very successful, having
lost but one game so far this season, the
500 winning from Calumet last Satur-
day by a score of to 3. Before the op-
ening of the season he won four out of
seven games from the strong Duluth
team of the Northern league.
The graduates of the Paw Paw high
school for 1905 are as follows: Latin
course, Fern Cleveland, Anna Marshall,
Georgia Jacobs, Clifford Ellis scientific
course, Lee Reynolds, Harold Cookies
German English course, Olive Prestage,
Carey Cole, Charles Grimes, Roy Fisk;
English course, Lutte Thornton, Grant
Kellogg, Earl Snow, Thomas Woodman,
Fred Charles, Harry Matteson, Grover
Halstead.
: In order to understand in part, the
great growth Of these United States the
readers attention is called to the follow
! Ing statistics cleaned from the Railway
World: "In 1880 there was but one city
, in the United States containing 100000
; people, and only % others containing
10000 or over, while at present there are
. three cities with 100000 people or over
E and 400 cities containing from 10000 to
100000 inhabitants"
The True Northerner has interviewed
several prominent fruit growers and
f shippers in the vicinity of Paw Paw and
2 the consensus of opinion of those we'll in
2 formed is that there is tributary to Paw
r Paw as a shipping station 100000
$ packages of fruit which will be shipped
= from here this season. The rates pub
t lished in this issue as given by the p NJ.
f together with the amount of fruit trbu-
= tary to Paw Paw should assure our
1 growers good market for their fruit.
e Among the names of contributions to
our pioneer edition will be found that of
5 Hon j. j. Woodman of Paw Paw, who
e has kindly consented to allow us to pub
e lish some "reminiscences of the Michigan
= legislature during the war of the rebel
: lion This valuable contribution to
5 Michigan history will be finished in
e our next issue. Those who are interest
e ed in the part played by Michigan dur
; ing that exciting period will be highly
= entertained, and we esteem it a privilege
e to present it to our readers.
The financial needs of the university
e Of Michigan have compelled the board of
/ regents to make an increase in the an
i nual fees in the professional depart
: ments. This action was taken at the
last meeting of the regents, and will 90
e into effect next fall. The fees in all the
e professional departments hereafter will
= be 40 dollars a year for residents OF
5 Michigan, and 80 dollars for other stu
e dents, which is an increase of 10 dollars
I over the fees charged heretofore. Even
/ with this increase the fees at the univer-
c sity of Michigan are much lower than at
$ other institutions of the same rank. Nc
change has been made in the charges
: for students of the literary department
e According to compilations by The In.
IF surance Press, life insurance organiza
tions distributed in the United States
II and Canada in 1904 no less than S37l,
,f 642,577. The tables published by The
Insurance Press show that this vast sun
WAS anDortioned nv TOWNS and cities II