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 ship and must make an estimate of the value of the gross products of the ores mined or extracted by such person, corporation, partner ship or association, and enter the same upon the assess ment roll.
 In making the estimate of value provided for in this section the assessor shall have power to sub pGna and examine on oath any person in relation to the gross products of ores mined and ex- tracted in the county in which such mines are situated. Every person who wilfully refuses to ap- pear and testify when requested so to do by the assessor as above pro- vided, for each and every refusal shall be deemed guilty of misde- meanor and upon conviction there of shall be punishable as in case of other misdemeanors.
 Section 9. If any person re- quired by this act to make or file any statement or to verify under oath or affirmation any statement, shall wilfully make such statement false in any material respect or shall wilfully verify any false state ment under oath or affirmation, such person shall be deemed guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as is by law provided for the punishment of perjury.
 Section 10. If in the opinion of the assessor the statement required , by this act to be filed is false or incomplete he must assess the gross product of the mine or min ing claim, covered by said state ment in the same manner as if no statement had been made and de- } livered, Provided however, the owner of such mine or mining claim shall have the right of ap- peal to the District Court, as pro- vided in this act.
 , Section II. No other tax on mines and mining claims shall be ' levied otherwise than as provided by this act, and the taxes men toned in this act must be collected and the payment thereof enforced : in the same manner as Is provided ;, for the collection and enforcement l of other taxes and every such tax l is lien upon the mines or mining
 claims from which the product or l products are extracted, which lien s attaches on the first day of Janu. 5 arv of each year, and the sale fol delinquent taxes shall be made as I provided for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes.
 = Section 12. The duty of the asses l sor, the board of supervisors, and l the clerk of the board of supervis. 3 ors and all other officials as to the assessments of the products ol mines, the statements and returns r to be made, the equalization there of and other official acts, shall be the same, except as herein pro- : vided, as their duties now are re- garding the assessment of other
 property, and said assessment roll of the gross product of mines and : mining claims shall be deemed : and treated as part of the general assessment roll of the county. ' Section 14. This act shall take t effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.
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 such gross value as the assessment upon which the levy of taxes shall he made upon the claims covered by said statement.
 Section ,. In the event of the owner of any productive mine or mining claim being dissatisfied with the valuation fixed by the as. sessor or by any Board of Equaliz- ation, such owner shall have right to appeal from the valuation as finally fixed, to the District Court of the county in which said mine or mining claim is situated, in the manner provided for in Paragraph 1875 (Sec. 45), Revised Statutes of 1904, and subject to all the conditions and requirements of said Paragraph 3S75, including the prepayment of taxes. The only issue to be tried by said court upon such appeal is whether the true average value according to quota tions above mentioned was correct ly found bv said assessor, and whether the statement rendered by the owner of said mine or mining claims or the assessment thereof or the yield of said mine or min ing claims, for the period covered by the statement is true and cor rect. Twenty-two and half per cent of the value so found by said court shall be the basis of taxa tlon.
 Section 6. The value of a non productive patented mine within the meaning of this act, for the purposes of taxation, and of all reduction mills, machinery ap- pliances and improvements located thereon shall be ascertained by the assessor for the county wherein the same are located in the same manner as the value of other property is ascertained by said assessor, and the same rate of tax. ation shall be levied as is levied upon other property in the same county: Provided. that all non. productive unpatented mines ol mining claims shall be free from taxation; but nothing herein shal be taken or understood to exempt from taxation any mills, machin cry, reduction works, appliances or improvements, located upor said non-productive, unpatentet mine or mining claim.
 Section '. The taxes levied upon all mines and mining claims in accordance with the provision: of this act shall be in full of al taxes on the same. exclusive o machinery, reduction works, smelt CTS, appliances and all other sur face improvements or persona property, where surface grounc embraced in such a claim or mine Is used for purposes other thar 4 mining and has separate and in dependent value for such oshel purposes, in which case said sur face ground or any part thereof SC used for other than mining pur poses shall be taxed as other prop erty.
 Section s. If any person, cor poration, partnership, or associa tion engaged in mining as men toned in this act shall refuse ol neglect to make and deliver under oath to the assessor the statement required by this act or to comply with the other requirements of thi:
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 other mineral products extracted from said mine or mining claims during the period covered by the statement
 The amount and character of such ores or mineral products and the yield of such ores or mineral products in constituents of com mercial value, that is to say. the number of ounces of gold, silver and the number of pounds of cop per, lead, or other commercially val uable constituents of said ores or mineral products during the pe- riod covered by the statement.
 Section 8. The assessor of such county shall prepare on or before the first Monday in May of each year an assessment roll called the Assessment Roll of the Gross Product of Mines and Mining Claims" alphabetically arranged, in which shall be listed the gross product of all the mines and min ing claims in his county, and in which shall be specified in separate columns and under the following heads:
 1. The name and address of the owner of the mine or mining claim.
 ?. The description and location of such mine or mining claim, stating therein the name, area in acres, mining district and county. If there is no mining district es- tablished, then its location with re- lation to the nearest established district.
 8. The yield of such ores or mineral products in constituents of commercial value, that is to say, the number of ounces of gold, sil- yer and the number of pounds of copper, lead, or other commercial ly valuable constituents of said ores or mineral products during the period covered by the state ment. This statement shall also give the value of the same in money during the period covered by the statement, such value in money to De determined as pro- vided in section 4 of this act. The form of said assessment roll, as we'll as the form of the statement provided for in section ?, shall be prepared by the public examiner in conformity with the provisions of this act, and he shalI furnish said form to the assessor of each county in order that sucl forms may be uniform throughout the Territory.
 4. The total amount of taxes to be ascertained as hereinafter provided.
 Section 4. It shall be the duty of the assessor to ascertain the value of these products as follows He shall compute the value thereof based upon the average market quotations of each of such products ] in New York City as evidenced by some established authority or mar ket report such as the "Engineer- ing and Mining Journal" of New York City, or any other standard } paper giving the market reports for the next preceding year and 1 221 per cent of such gross value r in money shall constitute the to- : : tai amount upon which the levy of taxes for the current year shall
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Wednesday Frank Reagan was over from Mowry. He returned home Thursday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
GRATTAN GRANGE.

Grattan Grange No. 10 met in reg
ular session Thursday evening, Oct
Is, with ffty-five answering roll call.
An interesting business session was
conducted and Mr.. and Mrs. Swift,
Frank Howard, Lena and Clare Whit
ten was given the first degree The
drill by the degree team had TO be
omitted, owing TO so many of its
members being absent out those
present of the team filed their res
pective places.
Three members of Banner Grange
were present and gave good repor
of their Grange. We were sorry not
10 have the drill, etc, as these mem
bers came, expecting to see the work
done by the team.
After a short recess the Worthy
Lecturer conducted good program,
several very interesting numbers be-
ing given.
The following is announced for next
meeting: Music, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
smith; roll call-name one thing the
Grange has done: song-Dot jerks;
reading Sid Brown song-Mol-
lie Godfrey; "In what way does the
active Grange benefit the community
in which it is located?"-O j. Wat
kns; violin music--Lawrence Green;
debate -"Resolved, that environment
has more to do with the formation of
character than BIRTH" affirmative
Mr. Nash and Mrs, Bond. negative
MIR. jerks ana Mrs. Mansell Stay
ton; recitation-Mllo Donovan: music,
Rena Wood; question "Should the
farmer produce everything be con-
sumes as nearly as possible or have
one or two specialties?'- Reeves:
song-choir. The second and third
degrees will be conferred on the class
and general good time is antici-
patton.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
Disco

Mrs. G. Sears and son Frank OF
Grattan visited at ). c. Snyder's sun
day.
Visitors at J. L. Morse's Sunday
were Forest Fea and family and Geo.
Crane of Greenville and Z. McNitt
ana family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Brown spent Sun
day at ). Gardeners near SMYRNA.
Miss Amelia Krupp. who has been
spending the past i've weeks with her
niece, Mrs n. Schenden of Greenvllle,
returned home Saturday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs j. Kinsman
of North Otisco, Oct. Il, son
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Thompson spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Il. Q. Tut
tie of Saranac.
Mrs s. G. Snyder visited her daugh.
ter. Mrs. Vern Leach of Belding
Thursday.
George Hoppough and James Spen-
Ger of smyrna have exchanged farms
Mr.. Hoppough has moved back 10 his
old home at Smyrna and Mr.. Spencer
is now a resident OF our town.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
GkATTAN.

Platt Rowland and sister visited
their mother at Kalamazoo Monday.
Messrs. e. L. Brooks and John Hes
sler are again in their apple dryers,
after closing for potato digging.
The Union school commenced again
Oct q, Prof. Charles Bear and Miss
Nina Weeks teachers.
Regular communication of Grattan
f. q A. NJ. Lodge was held Oct. 10,
with work in the third degree.
Mrs. NJ. Dement, and son Harry, who
have been at w. j.. Lessiter's four
months, have gone TO their home near
Kent City.
Mrs. John Richardson continues to
improve. being able now to walk
around the house.
The Rev. Ellis of Edmore filled the
Ashley church pulpit Sunday, giving
an extra fine discourse. An effort is
being made to secure his services for
Oct. 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Matice, who have
been here two weeks, returned to
their Grand Rapids home Oct. %.
Their little daughters, Ethelyn and
Dorothy, will be greatly missed by
Grandma McCauley.
Mrs. Sarah Lessiter of Belding is
visiting her nephew, w. j. Lessiter,
and is much interested in his stock,
and especially kennel of four lively
collie pups.
Mrs. A. 5. Holmes joined her sister,
Mrs. ID. Keeney, at Grand Rapids
Monday, both starting Oct. % for
Mrs KeeHey's home in California,
after happy two months visit from
the latter, she not having seen the old
home before in eighteen years.
Uncle Nehemiah Smith, 80 years of
age. was in Belding Oct. % 10 attend
the wedding of Miss Maude Spencer
and Charles Foster he being one of
the old time Grattan friends. who
have for the bride ard the man of her
choice many pleasant memories, wish
ing them all the JOY and choice bless
ings that long life can have in store
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
Hard Times I'm kansas

The old days of grasshopper and
drouth are almost forgotten in the
prosperous Kansas of To-day; although
citizen of Codell, Earl Shamburg
has not yet forgotten a hard time he
encountered He says: II was worn
Dut and discouraged by coughing mig
ut and day, and could get no relief
until | tried Dr.King's New discovery
IL took less than one bottle to COM
pletely cure me The safest and most
reliable cough and colo remedy and
lung and throat healer eveg discov-
cred. Guaranteed by Cornell Bros
drug store. soc and 100. Trial bottle
free.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
His Dear old Mother

My dear old mother who is now eigh-
~ three years old. thrives on Elec-
trio Bitters," writes ". r. Burnson
of Dublin. Ga. "She has taken them
for bout two years and enjoys an Elk
cellent appetite. feels sIrOng and
sleeps well That's the way Elec-
trio Bitters affects the aged. and the
same happy results follow i'm all cases
OF female weakness and general de-
bility. Weak, puny children too. are
greatly strengthened bv them. Guar
anteed also for stomache liver and
kidney troubles, by Connell Bros.
DRUGGISTS. soc.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
CANNoNsBURG

Born, to Mr. and Mrs Leo Patrick,
son, Oct 49,
Mesdames Hutchins and Haines,
accompanied by the formers son,
Lynn, were in Rockford last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. j. L. Thomas and fam
lily spent Tuesday in Grand Rapids,
where they visited with Lewis Thomas
and wife of Indiana at the home of
their son, James Thomas, jr.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Jeanes rode in
their auto from Grand Rapids to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Jones,
where they spent Tuesday ard
Wednesday.
Leo Joyce was in Grand Rapids
Friday.
Messrs. Hartwell and Grey of Mar
shall visited in Grand Rapids and
made flying visit to the formers
home in Cannonsburg Friday.
Wesley Wheeler and son Warren
recently visited friends in this vi
entity.
Will Joyce, who has been i'll, is gain
ing.
Mrs. Mary Jeans of Rockford is
spending few days with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lorenzo Jones.
Boyd Jones leaves Saturday for Big
Rapids, where be will attend school.
Will jerks, wife and son Glenn Of
Grattan were guests of the formers
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Howard, Saturday and Sunday took
dinner with their uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs James Bookey.
Miss Rosa Elkins of Rockford spent
a few days OF last week with friends
here.
Mrs Simon Harrington was called
to CORTLAND by the illness of her
sister, Mrs. John Atkins
James Spencer recently purchased
a house and lot in Cedar Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene futile enter
tanned his nephew, Bert Kazere, and
family of Conklin last Sunday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
Wow's YOUR kIpnEYs7

Have you tried DR.. w. DERBY's
PURE KIDNEY PILLS to find outf
If not give them a trial. They are
absolutely pure, contain no opiates
and are guaranteed under the Pure
Food and Drugs Act OF June 80,
1906. No 1898.
90 pills, 10 days treatment, IS
cents. Your druggist sells them,
or sent by mail prepaid on receipt
of price. Derby Medicine Com
pany, Eaton Rapids, Michigan.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
WORK WEAKENSTHEKIDNEY
Doan's Kidney Pills Have Done Great
service for People Who Work
In Beldfng

I Most Bedding people work every
day in some strained, unnatural posi-
on-bending constantly over desk
= riding on jolting wagons or cars
do ny laborious housework; lifting,
reac hing or pulling. or trying the
back in hundred aud one other ways.
All these strains tend TO wear, weaken
and injure the kidneys until they fall
behinu IN their work of fltering the
polsuns from the blood. Doan's Kid
ney Pills cure sick kidneys, put new
strength in bad backs. BeldIng cures
prove it.
Mrs. John Sayles, living on Ellis
avenue, Belding, Mich, says "For
lorg time my husband suffered from a
severe case OF kidney trouble. His
wo k as d well driller was hard and
heavy and made it necessary for him
TO be out in all kinds of weather.
Whenever he caught cold it settled
in his kidneys and caused his back TO
ache terribly. He also used TO COM
plain of the irregularity of the kid
ney secretions and pains in the loins.
He was advised to use Doau's Kidney
Pills and procured a box at Cornell
Brothers, drug store. He soon felt
relief and a continuation of their use
braced him up and made him feel
better generally. We keep Doan's
Kidney Pills in the house aud when
ever he feels exhausted or his back
aches from the hard work he uses
them and they never fail to brace him
up. Nothing he has ever tried did
him so much good. and | can speak
freely for him In recommending
Doan's Kidney Pills"
For Sale by all dealers. Price 80 cts.
Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo, New York,
Sole Agents for the Unite States.
: Rene M Der the name-Doan's-and
axe no other.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24

In most cases consumption results
from a neglected or improperly treat
ed cold. Foley's Honey and Tar cures
the most obstinate coughs and p e.
vents serious results. II costs YOU no
more than the unknown preparations
and YOU should insist upon having the
genuine in the yellow package. SOLD
by Worldly & French
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
BARTON VILE.

Born, to Mr. aud Mrs. Carl Giger,
Oct. II, a daugh er.
Misses Chloea and Ruby Douglas
are visiting relatives at Pontiac and
Romeo.
Mrs. Earl Norton and Miss Lucie
Richmond attended the funeral Cf
Mrs. Audie Collins (nee Gardner) at
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
Notice 10 our CUSTOMERS

We are pleased to announce that
Folet's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles IL not affected
by he Natiousl Pure Food and Drug
law a. Il contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs. and we recommend il
as a safe remedy for children and
adults Sold by Wortley x French.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
SO Nervous lie
Could Not Work
Loss of time means loss of
money. DR.. A. w. Chase's Nerve
Pills save you both.

To the wage Garner who needs steady
hands to do his work and to whom the
loss of a day or week means finan-
cial hardship and possibly the lack OF
ability TO purchase the necessities OF
life for his wife and little ones. The
statement OF results obtained in just
such case by Mr.. Fred Hoyt OF 724
9th Ave, New Brighton, Pa, is of the
greatest interest and value. Mr.. Hoyt
says in a way that shows positive re-
suits
II used to have a hand so steady, L
could write the Lords prayer In a
twenty-five cent piece-then as a re-
suit OF overwork and overstrain my
eyes gave out and my hands and nerves
generally became trembly / was rest
less and could not sleep. / certainly
was in bad shape and lost my ability
to write-could just scrawl. / heard
of DIR. A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills and
got some and they took hold Immediate
ly. | began to sleep and gain strength,
my nerves grew steady and my eye
sight improved greatly. Today / feel
finely and can write as we'll again as
ever. and that means a very steady
nerve" soc a box at all dealers or DIR.
A. W. Chase Medicine CO., Buffalo. n. Y.
For sale by w. L. Benedict, Belding
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24

II taken patiently and persistently
will relieve the most obstinate cas- :
OF ndlgest on. con~ti patioi, bad blood.
bad liver no matter how long stand
ing. That's what HOLSTERS Roo Ky
Mountain Tea will do. - cents, 1e
or Tablets. Sold by Cornell Bros.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
of sight

''Out of sight, out of mind" is an
old saying which applies with specia
force TO sore, burn or wound that
been treated with 3ucklen's Arnica
Salve It's out of sight. out of mind
and out of existence. Piles too ana
chllblains disappear under its healing
influence Guaranteed by Connell
Bros, druggists, PC.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
A Criminal Attack

on an inoffensive citizen frequently
constipation. following liver tropor.
DR. Kiug's New Life Pills regulate the
liver. prevent appendicitis, and
ests blish regular habits of the bowels.
25c. at Conne.l Bros drug store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
Wisdom in Frananess.
There Is no wisdom like frasxness.
-Beaconstield.

The only / ue constipation cure
must begin its soothing, healing ac-
tion when il enters the mouth Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea restores
the whole system to bealthy. norm al
condition. 30 cents, Tea or Table i,
at Cornell Bros
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
Lowell last Monday.


John White of Lowell is visiting at
Walter Whites.
Miles Bowman and family, Lloyd
Becker and wife of CORTLAND spent
Sunday at M. j. Richmonds.
School is closed in the Button dis
trict for potato DIGGING.
Mrs. Noble Peterson is assisting
Mrs. Earl Norton with her work for 1.
few days.
F.. J. Richmond left here Monday
for Woodstock, Ontario, TO visit hi
uncle, Darius Richmond He was ac-
companied by his brother, Robert
Richmond, OF Seattle, Wash.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
A D,HiouIt Choice.

A London literary critic thinks that
laughter is immoral Physicians say
it is a splendid aid to digestion. Shall
we be morally dyspeptic or immoral
ly happy?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
An Ideal Laxative.

Physics and CPtharties which purge. unload the
bowels. and give temporary relief, but irritate.
Laxative Iron.ox Tablets are as different IN
effect as truth Is from falsehood They Dourish
the bowel muscles and nerves, giving them strength
and vigor 20 do the work nature Intended, thus
effectinga permanent cure by perfectly safe and
natural means. The best laxative for children.
Chocolate coated tablets, easy 10 take, grippe
or nausoate. 100. ESQ and sio0 at all drug stores
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24

The pain in Mas head has gone.
She's as happy a happy can be.
Her health is right, her temper bright
Since taking ollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea AT night Sold by
Council Bros.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24

Folev's Kidney Cure will cure any
case OF kidney trouble that is not be-
You'd medical aid. Sold by WortleA
q French
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24

Wooos of New South Wales.
The woods of New South Wales are
so varied as to meet the worlds re
quirements
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24
Financial Genius.

A financial genius is man who can
have a family and money at the same
time
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24

Samoa's Big Industry.
Samoa exported, in 1905. 27la tons
of cocoa beans.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24

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