The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-10-27

Ihe mother OF Mr.. Frank Gilbert OF this
place, died Wednesday at Kalamazoo.
The funeral services will be held at the
M. f. church Saturday, Rev. A. w
Mumford officiating.
George Wilson went to Ann Arbor
Wednesday to undergo an operation for
appendicitis Mr. Wilson was seriously
i'll at the time of leaving, so much so he
was carried there on a stretcher.
Mr. Stone of Lawton was in the village
Thursday on business. He reports the
work on the electric road between Malta
wan and Lawton as progressing finely,
and believes the grade between those
places will be finished this week.
a law enacted by the state legislature
at its recent session provides that all
boys who are pupils of the public schools
shall be excluded from tobacco stores
and billiard rooms, the penalty for an
offense under the new statute being
placed at fine of not less than go or
imprisonment in Jail.
An illustrated lecture entitled Free
masonry in Foreign Lands by Prof.
Frederick S. Goodrich of Albion college,
will be given November 3, at the town
hall, Lawton; admission 10. This lecture
is under the auspices of the Masonic
fraternity of our sister village, and it is
to be hoped that it will be literally patron
lied.
At a session Of the grand lodge of the
l. .. O. r. held in Benton Harbor last
week, it was voted TO raise $50, 900 for
the Odd Fellows home at Jackson. This
sum is to be raised by a per capita tax
during the next two years. The question
of lowering the regular per capita tax of
30 cents per annnm to 40 cents was dis.
cussed, but the settlement was deferred
to the next annual meeting, which will
be held in Ludington.
The church of Christ, which has been
undergoing extensive repairs, will be re-
opened for public worship Sunday, Octo-
ber 20, at which time a series of evan
gelstic meetings will begin under the
leadership of G.. w. Clark and f. ].
Gaunders of Traverse City. Rev. Clark
is preacher of unusual power. A cord
ial invitation is extended to the people
of Paw Paw to attend these meetings.
Services every ever ing beginning at 7
O'Clock.
Bears have become such a puisance
around the sheep ranches in Glare coun-
ty that the pioneer bear hunter of cen
tral Michigan, John r. Landon, has been
summoned from his home in Mt. Pleas
ant to rid the upper county of its pests.
Mr.. Landon is now at Estee ranch at
Doc and Tom lakes with his traps and
bait Exchange. They are making a
mistake in not sending for F.. +. Down
ing, the veteran bear hunter of the
"nasty nine
| The October educational scoring test
! for butter and cheese will be held at the
/ Webb cold storage, Grand River avenue,
! Detroit, the 9th and 2Sth instant. The
department will place all cheeee for the
October test in cold storage and ship it
to Jackson to have it recorded at the an
nual meeting of the state dairymen' 5
association the last week in February
next. The department would like a
cheese from every factory in the state
and then would like to have every cheese
maker attend the dairymen's association
and see the scoring done. 1t will be in
teresting also to note the effect of stor-
age on quality and texture.
A number of Masons from Paw Paw
lodge visited Decatur lodge Tuesday
evening, when the team from Paw Paw
conferred the third degree. After work
an elegant banquet was served by the
ladies of the Eastern Star lodge OF
that village, and was highly appreciated
by the brothers. After the banquet a
smoker was given with Bro. l.. f.. Rob
erts as POSTMASTER. Responses were
made by Bros. Heckert, Moser Reynold:
and Cummings of Paw Paw and Bros
Smith and Rose OF Decatur lodge. Bro
Heckert's remarks were impromptu
but his mastery presentation of tn,
lessons taught by this degree will be re
membered as one of the features of 1
very pleasant evening. 1t is to b.
hoped that the Decatur brethren will o
able to visit Paw Paw at some futur
time and witness the work by the loca