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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
GROWTH OF THE TELEPHONE
Nearly Two Million and a Half In
struments in Use in the
United States.

W3shington.-A special report on
telephones and tsiegraphs fSr 1901 has
been issued ty the census office. Ii
shows that in 1902 the telephone sys-
TENS of the country operated more
than three-fourths of the wire mileage
reported for both telephones and tele-
graphs, gave employment TO seven
tenths OF the wage earners, and paid
more than two-thirds of the wages, re-
ceived more than two-thirds of the to-
tai revenue, and paid more than two
thirds of the total expenses.
For the commercial systems The
mileage was 4,779,571, and the number
of telephones 2.225,9S1 for the mutual
systems the mileage was 70,915, and
the number of telephones 1896; and
for the independent lines the mileage
was 1896 and the number Of tele-
phones 55,747.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
Humble Heroes.

Calling attention to the fidelity OF
the telegraph operators in San Fran
cisco, where they kept their heads
and stuck to their keys till driven out
by the flames, the New York Sun has
this to say: Fix the eyes of the
community on a man in official place
and he will scorn his own safety Give
the obscure man something to do that
calls for greater activity than usual
and he will seldom fail to come up 10
what is expected of him. Exceptional
ly daring deeds done by our firemen
and policemen are often the result of
the spirit Of the service, though it is
possibly less so in their case than in
that of the soldier or the sailor who
is of emulation all compact 1t in
wolves no reflection on the soldier, the
sailor or those who. in other ranks
of life, practice the military virtues of
discipline and obedience to say that
the man who, in great peril, goes on
doing his ordinary duty, with no hope
of applause, honors or individual dis
tinction is as heroic as any hero
That is why we ask you TO take off
your hat to the telegraph operators in
San Francisco
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
MICHIGAN
EVENTS NOTED
THE QUARREL OF TWO FARMERS
RESULTED IN DEATH
OF ONE.
WAS SLAIN WITH STONE
Woman Fatally Burned crawls Half
Mile and Dies on Porch of Her
Brcther-in-Law's Home.
Killed the Old Man.

As the result of being struck on the
back OF his head by a large stone,
thrown by Jack Maitland, of Charlie
voix. during a quarrel Thursday, John
Hamilton died that night, and Matt
land is in Jail facing a charge of muir
der. Maitland is 40 years of age and a
robust fellow. Hamilton was IA and
feeble. Maitland says he was drunk
and that he threw the rock in self-de.
Tense, Hamilton having hurled num-
Der of stones at him.
Bad blood existed between the men,
as Maitland claimed Hamiltons horses
broke into his fields and injured his
crops few days ago. Yesterday noon
he went to Hamiltons house and took
the matter up again, resulting in the
fight and the death of the older man.
Both were farmers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
BREAD DYSPEPSIA.
he Digesting Element Left Out.

The Digesting Element Left Out.
Bread dyspepsia is common. 1t af-
fects the bowels because white bread Is
nearly all starch, and starch is digested
in the intestines, not in the stomach
proper.
~ under the shell of the wheat berry
nature has provided a curious deposit
which Is turned into diastase when ii is
subjected to the saliva and to the pan
create juices in the human intestines.
This diastase is absolutely necessary
to digest starch and turn it into grape
sugar, which is the next form; but that
part of the wheat berry makes dark
-four. and the modern miller cannot
readily sell dark -four, so natures val
liable digester is thrown out and the
human system must handle the starch
as best it can, without the help that ma.
ture intended
Small wonder that appendicitis, peri
tonitis, constipation and all sorts of
trouble exist when we go so contrary
to natures law. The food experts that
perfected Grape-Nuts Food, knowing
these facts, made use in their expert
ments of the entire wheat and barley.
including all the parts, and subjected
them to moisture and long continued
warmth, which allows time and the
proper conditions for developing the
diastase, outside of the human body.
In this way the starchy part is trans
formed into grape-sugar in perfect
iy natural manner, without the use of
chemicals or any outside ingredients.
The little sparkling crystals of grape
sugar can be seen on the pieces OF
Grape-Nuts. This food therefore Is
naturally pre-digested and its use in
place of bread will quickly correct the
troubles that have been brought about
by the too free use of starch in the
food, and that is very common in the
human race to-day.
The eeffct Of eating Grape Nuts ten
days or two weeks and the discontin-
nance of ordinary white bread is very
marked. The user will gain rapidly I'm
strength and physical and mental
health.
There's a reason"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
The Golden Murder

Mrs. Golden, wife of Martin Golden,
murdered at Dennison April %, has
recognized the pocketbook found in
the woods near Harrisburg as the prop
erty of her husband. 1t is now believed
that the murderer knew Golden and
had confederates who aided him in
getting away. The people in the vicin-
ity where the articles were found say
that about the time OF the murder
stranger was in that vicinity acting in
a suspicious manner He inquired for
a family living in Chester township
who are relatives of near neighbors Of
the murdered man.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
FIRE SUFFERERS NEEDY.

The losses by the forest fires which
started so suddenly and simultaneously
In dozen different places in the up
per peninsula on Friday and were
famed by stiff gale. will probably to-
tai $l,OOO,O0O in property and the loss
OF life Is four. three children at Quin-
nesec, and Peter Laford, q cook at
camp No. | OF the |. Stephenson Co.
His body was found near the camp
burned almost beyond recognition.
number OF woodsmen who fled be-
fore the flames are still missing. While
II was feared that the families OF set
tiers had been caught by the flames,
there have been no such instances re-
ported. But there are hundreds OF fam.
lilies left homeless and penniless and
the refugees who return find but a
waste of ashes and ruined crops. There
is urgent need of aid for the farmers
and settlers who lost their entire pos
sessions almost in q breath.
Strange freaks were played by the
names. Houses were burned to the
ground and picket fences within few
feet are standing; in other instances
fences surrounding houses were de-
stroyed and buildings were left un-
touched.
Villages were completely surround
ed by flames and seemingly by the sud-
den Intervention of providence were
saved. In many instances, however, viii
lagos were saved by the heroic hight
against the fires by residents. A not
able instance is at Northland This
town is in small valley, and the fire
swept down hillsides from all sides.
Men, women and children joined in the
fight Workmen from nearby mill
were called out and a bucket brigade
was organized. But two buildings were
destroyed at that place, although every
house in the town was on fire during
the fight.
The exact conditions at Quinnesec,
Talbot, Cornell and other communities
wiped out in the Menominee river
country are not known, because there
is no communication by wire. How
ever, il is believed the bulk of the peo-
pie were able to save little more than
the clothes they wore.
Newberry, Luce county, reports $780,
600 loss. and many settlers homeless.
The Marquette county loss Is believed
to be nearly 100000.
The greatest damage has been in
Delta county and on the Menominee
iron range, with less serious loss in
Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton and AL
ger counties.
The mill town Of Soperton, owned
largely by the Lake Shore Lumber Co.
suffered severely. Ii is the terminus
of the Northwestern railroad.
Desperate efforts were required TO
save the place A number of buildings
and large amounts of logs and stand
ing timber burned. The Bay Shore Co
lost at Lakewood 100000 feet of logs
valued at $4,000
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
The BELD!NC BANNER
RELDING - MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN
What Mercy Is Doing.

There are ever IN these days GcS
many families in the United States
who find 1t possible to do a certain
amount of moderately high thinking
aad still cultivate some of the graces
Of life. They may be obliged to live
simply, says Scribner's, and yet may
not need to use up all their vitality
in manual labor True, they must
walk when others ride, they must take
thought to their apparel, that II be
presentable at small cost, and when
they entertain their friends they must
do 1t simply. But they have time to
read books and they have money 10
educate their children. Oftener than
not they are persons whose FAMILY
traditions incline them to fastldious'
ness in social matters. They and their
forebears have been accustomed not
only to well-bred, but interesting peo-
pie and have kept in touch with what
was going on in the world; in short,
they have a taste for the best society.
twenty-five years ago there was no
reason why they shouldn't maintain
their inherited or acquired right TO IT,
but the tendency on the part or GER
tain Of their fellow citizens to what
has been characterized as the habit
of getting rich" has changed all that.
1t is not only that the accumulation
Of colossal fortunes restricts the finan-
sial chances of the moderately ambl-
tious majority, but it deprives them
of some innocent and legitimate COM
forts and pleasures to which they
think, themselves reasonably entitled,
by increasing so tremendously the cost
of living with the standard OF luxury
is raised in proportion. This, to be
sure, is an old cry, but to the impe-
cunious majority it does not cease to
be live issue.
Yet one cannot find fault with the
people who have made money for
wanting to spend it; one cannot be
surprised if their ideas are crude and
if they fail to appreciate refined sim
plicity. Most of us spend all the
money we can afford and we should
not thank anyone who should presume
to dictate to us as to what we ought
to buy with it, The very rich do not
in the least intend to make life hard
for the rest of the world. In fact,
from their kind-hearted desire TO give
pleasure we get some singularly bad
results, such as. for instance, the poor
girl with rich tastes, who. although
she need not always be Lily Bart,
yet is always in an unnatural and de-
moralizing position; and the young
man who goes to the dogs in his effort
to keep up thu pacG with bis rich
mates. ~
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24

Henry Turcott, OF Ontonagon, a
camp cook who weighs 33S pounds
has n hip measure of GO inches ana
thigh 80.
Geo. w. Jones K Co, of Lancaster,
Pa, have closed an option on 900 acres
OF stone land just north Of Alpena, and
Will open tie largest limestone quar-
ries in the world, according TO their
representatives.
A brass cannon alleged to have been
in the bel of st. Joseph river $50
years, is said to have been found near
the paper mill dam, near Niles. Ac
cording to legends such a cannon was
sunk in the river by French explorers
Rev. r. N. Holsaple. of Traverse
City, declares he will go cunning for
the miscreant who shadows him every
time he leaves the house at night
Since his active work in the last cam
paien his walk has been torn up, rub
bish thrown on his porch and loads Of
stone dumped in his front yard
When matters connected with the re-
count for the Office of mayor at Mar
qGette came before the supreme court
an injunction was issued TO restrain
Rush Culver, Democrat, who had as
sumed the office, from making any ap.
pointments. All proceedings having
been decided in favor of Culver, the
court has dissolved the Injunction.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
a LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES.
Inducements Held Out by Western
Canada Are Powerful.

A recent number of the Winnipeg
(Manitoba) Free Press contains an
excellent article on the prospects In
Western Canada, portion OF when
we are pleased to reproduce.
The agents of the Canadian Gov
eminent. located at different centres
in the States, will be pleased 10 give
any further information as TO rates,
and how to reach these lands.
Just now there is a keener inter
est than ever before on the part or
the outside world, in regard to the
claims of the Canadian West as field
of settlement. AT no previous time
has there been such a rush OF immi-
grafton. and the amount Of informa-
ton distributed broadcast is unprece-
dentedly great.
I'm the majority Of the States OF
the Union and in Great Britain the
opportunities for home-making and
achieving Of even modest compe-
tence are at the best limited. More
over according to the social and IN
dustrial conditions prevalent in those
communities, the future holds out no
promise Of better things. 1t is not
strange, then, that energetic young
men should turn their eyes to Can
ada's great wheat belt, where every
man can pursue fortune without the
hindrance Of any discouraging handi
cap.
The inducements held out by West
ern Canada are powerful and made
manifest by the great movement now
in progress. That the prospects are
considerably more than reasonably
certain is borne out by the history OF
the country and its residents. The
promise of gain is powerful, but when
added to it there is the prospect OF
corresponding social and civil eleva-
ton, it should prove irresistible to
young men of particularly desirable
class for any new country.
"The Canadian West is alive with
opportunities for the young man who
aims at becoming more than mere
atom in the civil and national fabric
Some of the eager young fellows who
arrive on the prairies daily are des-
tined to become more than merely
prosperous farmers. In the near flu
ture great municipal and provincial
development will be in the hands or
the people The stepping stone to
both financial prosperity and civil
prominence is, and will be, the farm.
For every professional opening there
are hundreds of agricultural openings.
The Canadian prairies are teeming
with opportunities for the honest and
industrious of all classes, but they
are specially inviting to the ambitious
young man who seeks field for the
energy and ability which he feels in
herent within him. The familiar cry
of Back TO the soil!" is more than
vain sounding phrase when applied
to Western Canada"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
Mad Operator Runs Amuck.

Atlanta, Ga.-Crazed by drink and
by disappointment in a love affair,
James II. Clark. telegraph operator
at Chamblee, in less than q hours
killed one man. severely wounded
three others, slightly wounded a fifth
and dubbed sixth With shotgun,
set fire to the home of one of his vic
Tins. and when surrounded by a posse
shortly after noon Tuesday turned his
revolver upon himself and pierced his
own heart with a bullet.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
He Wasn't Certain.

At Fortress Monroe. Va, one day
about year ago, man. accompanied
by two ladies, approached a soldier
who, with a gun on his shoulder, was
pacing to and fro near the entrance.
TIE warriors appearance indicated
that he was new to the service
Can you tell us. asked one Of the
visitors. addressing the recruit, where
JEFF Davis was imprisoned here?"
'Yonder's the ga-a-ar-d house" he
replied. jerking a thumb over his
shoulder but | dunno whether
they've still got him shut up or not"
Chicago Record-Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
Found Him Dead.

Russell Hodinott. of Harbor Springs
former inmate OF Traverse City asy-
lum, who lived alone in a shanty near
his fathers home. was found dead in
the woods with wounds in the Shout
der and abdomen. His brother. Will
lam, had notified the sheriff's office
the day before that Russell was run
ming amuck and had fired three times
at him with a shotgun. William Sc
cured rife, but Russell then disap-
peared. he says, and he heard several
shots in the woods. The coroner de-
cided that Russell's wounds were self
inflicted, but neighbors are not salts
fed with the investigation
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
: Deduction by Analogy.

Mamma, Use got stomach ache"
said Nelly BLY,, six years old.
That's because you've been with
out lunch. It's because your stomach
is empty. You would feel better IL
you had something in it."
That afternoon the pastor called,
and in the course of conversation, re-
marked that he had been suffering all
day with a very severe headache.
That's because it is empty" said
Nellie You'd feel much better IL
you had something in it."-American
Spectator.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
Presbyterians Are Hurt.

Des Moines, Ia.-Five commissioners
TO the Presbyterian general assembly
were bruised and injured late Friday
afternoon by the collapse of the tenn.
porary stand which had been erected
for the purpose of getting a large
group photograph of the assembly.
They were: DIR. c. Lullins, Roswell.
n. NJ, hip bruised; Rev. w. o. David,
Monough, w. Va. hip bruised; George
Wills, Mendoza, ILL.,, back injured and
rendered unconscious; Rev. J. NJ. Nc
Gaughey, Charlton, Ia. leg strained;
Rev. w. G. Buell., Taos, N. NJ, back
bruised
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
BETRAYED Girl Suicides.

Betrayed and spurned by the man
she had trusted, Mary Krool, Polish
girl, aged %, who had been in this
country but a short time, ended her
life by jumping from a third story
window of the light shaft in the Crath-
more hotel, Grand Rapids. She
crashed through the skylight and was
instantly Killed by striking the tiled
floor of the lobby. She had no rela-
tives in this country.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
Locating the Blame.

MY dear" said the trusting wife.
81 don't think your rules of economy
are any good"
you don't?" asked the fond hus-
band.
NO" she replied, bending anew
over the column of figures in her
beautifully bound expense book.
You told me the way to save money
was not to buy things-that thus we
would save the amount the goods
would have cost us. So / have been
careful to set down the exact price
OF everything | have wanted to buy
but felt l could not afford. l find, in
adding 1t up, it amounts to $685. but
I only have $4.37 in cash on hand.
There must be something wrong with
your theory.-Stray Stories.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
Freak Calf.

Thomas Carton, an Allegan county
farmer living near Cheshire, has a re-
nlarkable freak of nature in the shape
OF calf which has over it's body above
the knees thick coat of wool, exactly
like that of sheep, black as coal. 1t
has a sleeps nose and tail, but in 9th.
er respects resembles calf. The calf
is of Holstein-Jersey parentage, is six
weeks old, healthy and strong. Negotl.
atoms are under way with New York
museum for the purchase of the pc
culiar animal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24

been having heavy backache ana
my general health was affected when
/ began using them. My feet were
swollen. my eyes puffed. and dizzy
spells were frequent. Kidney action
was irregular and the secretions high
ly colored. To-day, however, | am a
we'll woman, and | am confident that
Doan's Kidney Pillss have made me
so. and are keeping me we'll"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
HOLD Architect ResponsibIe.

Havana.-City Architect Lagueruela
has been arrested on an indictment
charging him with responsibility for
tre recent collapse of the Gener Gig
arctic factory. by which six persons
were Killed and | were injured.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24

Armies and navies are expensive;
we need farmers more than we need
soldiers; we need merchant ships
more than we need battleships. The
civil war demonstrated that it does
not take long to make first-class
fighting man of the American citizen
and there are 100000 such ready
to fight in a quarrel with a stranger.
The only power that is at all likely to
give us serious trouble is Japan, and
she will not undertake it until she
shall think herself strong enough to
order all the other white folks out OF
her neighborhood. That will be gener-
atoms hence and need give us no con.
Germ. Our business is to make money.
not to engage in war. We have an i'm.
mense territory right here in the re.
public that is yet virgin and the dc.
mand is for laborers, not soldiers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
President Palma Inaugurated.

Havana. - President Palma was
inaugurated president of Cuba at the
palace at noon Sunday in the pref
ence of the justices of the supreme
court, members of congress, the diplo-
matte corps, the apostolic delegate and
a number of officials.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
Prison for Former Legislator.

Salt Lake.-Richard b. Shepard, pro
prietor OF a book store, formerly a
member OF the Kansas and Utah legis-
lamres, was sentenced TO serve L.
months in prison for sending cata-
logues of immoral books through mails
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
Navigator Attempts Suicide.

Racine, Wis.-Capt. Archibald H..
Clarke, one of the oldest and best
known retired navigators on the chain
OF lakes. made an unsuccessful at
tempt to beat his brains out against
fences and buildings. and then tried
to leap into the river. but was pre-.
vented
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
Retort Courteous.

This Bread remarked young We'd
derby at the breakfast table, lis moth
ing like the bread my mother made. ."
And you" calmly rejoined Mrs.
Wedderly, ARE nothing like the man
my father was."-Chicago Daily News
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24

Prof. Brander Matthews thinks me-
atrical audiences see jokes more quick
iy than they used to and that this
proud and happy progress in visibility
has come about because the stage Of
to-day is so well lighted that all the
spectators can follow the changing ex-
pressions on the ccuntensnces OF The
quarreling couple, whereas in tho
eighteenth century the theater was nj.
most gloomy, as there were oniy
sparse oil lamps TO serve as footlights
by which it may have been difficult X
zee a joke"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
Small Wonder.

you say she has now been mar.
ried four times?"
Eyes, poor woman. And she says
she's growing tired of funerals. -
Milwaukee Sentinel
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24

and other kidney
ills. will find COM
fort in the words
of Mrs. Jane Far
rell, of 600 Ocean
Ave-, Jersey City,
N. j., who says:
81 reiterate all l
have said before in
praise of Doan's
Kidney Pills. ] had
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24

Diogenes 600 B. C)-My lamp IL
nearly out and have not yet found
that honest man.
Subpoena Server t1906)-I have
been everywhere, but they are too
slick for me. | cant find those dis
honest fellows-American Spectator.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
An Alihi-

do you believe that riches bring
trouble?"
They never brought me any
Houston Post.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
Earthquake at oakland.

Oakland, Gala slight shock vf
earthquake was felt here and at San
Jose and other points Thursday night.
No damage is reported.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24

You have TO understand human ma
ture mighty well to know that other
people aren't any bigger fools than
you are-N. Y. Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-24
To Open Ohio Mines.

Cleveland O.-Operators in this city
who are interested in the reopenine OF
the mines in Jefferson county and
other points in the vicinity of Steuben-
vile declared their belief that he
mines would be put in operation with
out the expected clash between the
strikers and the detectives and other
nonunion employees Of the operators.