Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-24
Bacon for Sc per Id at Sherman's.

Mack. the Jeweler.
Pros. Atty A. B. Nicholas left for
a short trip to Grand Rapids. Wednes-
day.
This week Saturday the sale at g.
II. Whittington's will be on ExtentiOn
and Breakfast Tables.
Attention of all voters is called To
the leading article on the first page
of this issue. 1t should be read care
fully.
The w. r. q. ladies gave Mrs. p. X
Winters pleasant surprise party
Saturday afternoon. bringing along a
lot of goodies. A very enjoyable
afternoon was spent.
Arthur Moore has sold his house and
lot TO Archie Misenar and, together
with his family, leave this Saturday
morning for Manton where they in
tend to make their future home.
w. q. Hare returned from Alberta
first of the week and resumed his
duties at the D. & G. general offices.
Mr.. fIaire found the weather here
tropical compared to the place he was
visiting.
Alcohol denaturized will go on the
free list soon or there will be some one
TO stay at home soon. The farmers of
this country are a mighty power and
they want q greater market for their
products and they are going 70 haye
it.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Loveday, Mr..
and Mrs. f. e. Boosingcr and Miss
Eugenla Boesinger entertained Thurs
day evening, March 22nd, with a
theater party. After the play q
luncheon was served at F. E. Boosting
er's On the place cards were quota
tions from Shak espeare's plays.
In April a debate will be held al
East Jordan Bnd the Traverse City
High school will be represented by a
team which will take the affirmative
side on the question, Resolved, that
the Hepburn rate bill is a wise and
just measure and should become
law. Traverse City Record.
People who imagine Northern Mich
igan land to be unfit for farming land
the woods are full OF them have only
to step outside East Jordan s corporate
limits to find as good farms as can be
found anywhere Among the better
class Of farms is that of NJ. M. Burn
hams. That gentleman has made
study Of the art Of successful farming
and his two eighties" show the re-
suit. This week Mr.. Burnham order
ed some 400 young trees and intends,
as soon as the weather permits, to
start little re-forestation of his own.
The lot comprises catalpa speciosa,
black locust, white ash and Russian
mulberry. They are to be planted on
the terrace. He will also SOW twenty
five acres of Alfalfa and has the
promise from the government of the
inoculating material necessary To
successfully grow this specie. Mr..
Burnham has experimental with
alfalfa some four years and has found
1t very satisfactory. He already has
oyer forty acres planted to legumes.
Some figures recently quoted by
Governor Warner, relative to state |
receipts and state expenditures are of
direct interest and importance 60 every
Michigan taxpayer. State expeDdi-
lures have increased but twenty per
cent during the past ten years. while
state receipts from corporations have
increased over one hundred percent,
and the latter ratio does not include
the much larger increase provided for
by state law, which IL is expected the
railroads will later be required 10 pay
The state tax rate os ten years ago was
So 20 on each one thousand dollars of
property valuation. The state tax
rate for the past year was 81. 60 on each
thousand. More than half of the total
state taxes Of last year were devoted
to Michgan's educational and beneyo-
lent institutions, and all increase in
state taxes Is due to increased require
ments ia educational and benevolent
directions, Governor Warner If fully
justified in calling attention to the
above facts and figures and in solicit
Ing their inspection and approval.
Montaville Flowers, impersonatsr,
has been and gone. He has left in
the hearts Of the citizens of East Jor-
dan and vicinity lasting impression
of one of the greatest literary feasts
the city has ever known. The three
entertainments, given In as many
evenings, beginning with Dickens
Christmas Carol and followed by Les
Miserables and Ben Hur delighted
his audiences. AT the High School,
for the teachers and scholars, he gave
the Merchant Of Venice and several