The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-05-05

Mrs. Lettie E. Coffinberry officiated
on past worthy matrons' night of the
Humboldt Park chapter, o. +. S., of
Chicago, Ill, last Saturday evening.
Mrs. Colfinberry organized and instituted
that chapter, and served it as worthy
matron for four years. Mr.. and Mrs.
Coffinberry are preparing to reopen
Lakewood at an early date.
A. Stinson of Columbia called at The
True Northerner office Monday, and
being in a reminiscent mood, related
many changes that had taken place since
his withdrawal from the old lumber firm
of Freeman & Stinson. The older resi-
dents of the village will remember that
their lumber yard was located on the
block where j. NJ. Longwell now lives.
This yard did large business until 1873,
when reverses overlook the firm from
which they never recovered.
Don G. Rogers of Milwaukee was the
winner of fourth prize, offered by the
management of the st. Louis worlds
fair to those guessing nearest to the total
attendance at the fair during the year
1904. Mr.. Rogers was at one time resi-
dent of Van Buren county, from where
he joined the Lafayette light guards.
He was later sheriff and register of deeds
of Van Buren. He is also an expert
whist player, having at one time been
champion of Wisconsin.-Ex
The 26th annual report of the secre-
tary of state, relating to farms and farm
products, shows that for the year 1903
Van Buren, county produced 10163, ,4S4
pounds of grapes and ranked third in
the production of apples, peaches, pears,
cherries and blackberries and was second
In the amount of strawberries as COM
pared with other counties in the state.
1t also shows a-decrease in the size of
Van Buren, county farms and a remark
able increase in production of fruit,
there being 22,502 acres devoted to its
culture.
Register OF Deeds Decker the other
day received for record an ancient and
time worn document. 1t was a warranty
deed given by John Lyon and his wife
Mary of Lafayette nov Paw Paw, Van
Buren, county, Michigan, to Philotus
Hayden of Brandon, Vermont, conveying
900 acres of land on sections IS and l9
in the township of Hamilton The deed
was dated July 2, 1896, and was in good
state of preservation, Notwithstanding
the lapse of almost three score and 10
years since its execution.
Sunday morning Rev. G. +. Huffer
gave an excellent discourse from the
text "How Old Are You" The research
and pal anstaking care given to this SER
mon resulted in giving his audience a
sermon above that expected from min
lister whose charge is located in a coun-
try village. The pastors of our churches
are all conscientious and painstaking
in their regular work, both in the pulpit
and out of it, and deserve larger congre-
cations than are in general attendance
Would it not be good plan for you to
60 next Sunday and see who is there?
The True Northerner is in receipt of a
communication from n. |. Thompson,
the county farm manager, in which he
details the improvements made and from
which the following is taken: 1.-The
grounds have been leveled and settled
and small park created and planted to
forest trees, the newly built hospital an
mex affords an added means of conven-
fence and comfort, three of the five
rooms being occupied permanently by
feeble old people and paralytics, the
q =. 4 =
and to this number must be added the
employees, the surplus of beef and pork
raised on and sold from the farm amounts
to S460, and last, but not least, the man
ayers of this institution invite people to
visit il and see for themselves"
Tuesday, May 2, the delinquent tax
sale was held by County Treasurer Allen
at the court house. The attendance
was larger than usual and the amount
received was larger by several hundred
dollars than usual. The largest buyers
were G.. J. Monroe and James II. John
son of South Haven, o. Nj. Vaughan OF
Covert and Frank H. Clark of Almena.
J. NJ. Goodenough of Lansing was at the
office Wednesday and purchased several
descriptions that were not disposed OF
at public auction. Among the descrip.
tions offered was one from Columbia
township This description has been
delinquent for many years, and the
amount the state has against it will
never be paid, for the taxes and penalties
increase in greater proportion than the
rise in the value of the land. 1t would
be business policy for the board of sup
ervisors to take advantage of a law
passed in 1901 which provides for just
such condition. At the 1901 session
the homestead law was amended so as to
provide for the selling OF these delin.
quent lands instead of homesteading, as
the law then provided. This provides
that the lands shall be offered at public
auction and those not disposed of in
this manner shall be held subject to pur.
chase at private sale. The enforcement
of the provisions Of this law would save
the state thousands of dollars in adver
tising and clerk hire in the auditor gen
erals department, and the selling o.
these lands would bring to the state
counties and townships a large amour