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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
ONE MANS EXPERIENCE
IN WESTERN CANADA.
There Are Thousands Of Opportunities
in the Land OF Opportunity.

To the Editor.
Dear Sir: -
The following experience of an Hi
nois man who went TO Western Can
ada six years ago is but one of the
thousands of letters that could be re-
produced showing how prosperity fol-
lows the settler on the fertile lands of
Western Canada. This letter was
written to the Chicago agent of the
Government of the Dominion OF Can
ada and is dated at Evarts, Alberta,
April Sth, 1907:
1T is six years the 5th OF this month
since / and family landed in Red Deer,
family sick and only SIS in my pocket.
Bought a s12 lot, built 12x14 shack
and went to work as a carpenter
Next May sold for $500 chad added
16x1s building to shack. Purchased
two lots at $40 each and built 23x2S
two story building and sold for $3.50.
Filed on a quarter section 33 miles
N. w. OF Red Deer and have spent
three years on it and am well pleased.
Quarter all fenced and cross fenced,
wire and rail, 2l3 miles of fence.
! House 29x31 feet ON stone foundation.
Last year was my first attempt to
raise grain, IL acres of fall wheat,
yield grand, but was frosted August
End, was cut August 18th and made
good pig feed. Had IL acres fall rye
that ] think could not be beat A
farmer from Dakota cut it for me; he
eaiA hn Ur N
anywhere. Straw was feet high.
had 4 acres of rowed barley on fall
breaking that did not do so well, yet
it ripened and gave me all the feed |
need for stock and seed for this
spring. / did not have grain threshed,
so can't give yield, but the wheat
would have gone at least Is bu. to the
acre. Have log stable 31x35 feet,
broad roof and two smaller buildings
for pigs and chickens.
Il have lived in Harvey, Ills, and
know something about it. l have been
hungry there and though able and
willing to work could get none to do.
One Saturday evening found me with
out any supper or a cent to get it with.
A friend, surmising my situation, gave
me a dollar, which was thankfully ac-
cepted and later paid back. Wife and
[ are thankful we came here. We
were living near Mt. Vernon, Ills, as
perhaps you remember visiting me
there and getting me headed for the
| Canadian Northwest, and q happy day
/ it has proved for me. have not
grown rich, but | am prospecting. l
would not take $4,000 for my quarter
now. The past winter has been a
hard one, but l worked outside the
/ coolest day (52 below all day and did
not suffer. We are getting a school
started now that is badly needed.
"Our p. o., Evarts, is about 10
miles; there is another Office 3 miles,
but it is not convenient to us. Wife
and / would not exchange our home
here for anything Illinois has to offer.
Yours truly,
"(Sd.) E. EMBERLEY."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
BATHING IN THE DEAD SEA.
cy No Means a Pleasure, According
to One Traveller.

mo sooner has one plunged into
the water than one is whipped off
ones feet and goes bobbing helplessly
about like a wretched cork" says Rev.
Haskell Smith of bathing in the Dead
sea. in the effort to regain ones
footing and to get back to shore, ones
feet and shins are barked by the
Jagged stones and pebbles, and when
at length one does emerge from its
treacherous BOSOM with the lower
limbs bleeding and torn, one becomes
aware of horrible tingling and burn
ing sensation in eyes, ears, nostrils,
mouth and almost every pore Of the
skin, from the brine and bitumen
which have penetrated everywhere.
Unless great care is taken the
bather in the Dead sea is liable to an
eruption, which breaks out all over
his body, and which is commonly
known as the Dead sea RASH The
best antidote to this is to hurry across
as quickly as possible to the river Jor-
dan and take a second plunge therein.
The soft and muddy waters of that
sacred but dirty stream will effectual-
ly remove the salt that has incrusted
the body"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Peace Flew Away.

The Flying Roller colony, led by
Benjamin and Mary, in Benton Har-
Dor, is having a heap OF trouble. sun
day the police had 70 dispense mob
of Gentiles who had gathered at the
lsraelite colony for the purpose OF
hearing Harry Williams, an eX-memr
Der of the flock, denounce Benjamin
and his teachings.
When Williams mounted box and
began talking, the three lsraelite
bands struck up and then followed a
riot and a dozen officers were called
TO dispense the mob.
Benjamin, clad in a suit of imma.
culate white, was the target for hail
of mud and stones and another Israel
tie was hit over the head with cane
Williams has tried twice before to
preach while the Israelites were ad-
dressing the crowds and the result was
a fight each time. Williams says that
the downfall of the Israelite colony
is close at hand. He makes personal
charges against Benjamin, whom he
calls a lieutenant of the notorious
Prince Michael" The prosecutor is
looking into the charges.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Hrs. Aline DePasse, T6 E. 10th ST.,
New York, n. Y, writes:
cit gives me pleasure to testify 10 the
curative qualities of Peruna aud Mana
lin
Il was afflicted for over seven years with
cafarrh of the head, THROAT and digest
i've organs. consulted many physicians,
but they did me no good.
zone day / happeaed TO read some tes-
timonials in your Peruna almanac. l
decided TO try Peruna and Manaln.
bought a bottle Of each, and after taking
them for q week / noticed change for
the better. SO j kept it up, and after
USING twelve bottles was perfectly
cured.
~ also gave the medicine TO my chill
dren ana they had the same beneficial
result. j would never be without these
remedies in tine house.
81 highly recomm mend Peruna and
Manalin 10 all my friends, and in fact
10 everybody"
Miss Mildred Grey, 40 Weimar ST.,
Appleton, Wis, writes:
alt gives me pleasure to recommend
Peruna for catarrh Of the stomach. /
had this disease for a number of years,
and could not enjoy a mouthful OF food
that i ate. 1t was indeed a great relief
when i hit upon Peruna, and obtained
decided results from the first. i took six
bottles before l felt entirely cured of my
trouble, but / had an aggravated case"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
SIDE LIGHTS
ON MICHIGAN
THE GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED THE
BILLS AND WILL REST
DURING JULY.
SIX POCKET VETOED
A Clever Bill For Chippewa County
Among Them-seesion Cost One
Hundred and Sixty Thousand.
Special Session in February.

Gov. Warner signed the last bill
shortly after 6 o'clock Friday night
and left Lansing for his home, decid-
ing not 10 remain for the formal ad-
Journment at noon Saturday. During
the month of July he will accept no
engagements, having promised his
family that he would remain with
them al Cass Lake.
The governor exercised his power
of pocket veto on six bills, which are
as follows: Military bill; Detroit 20
lice court bill; changing date of Sc
lecting keeper Of Tuscola county
house; bill deciding delinquent state
tax lands in Chippewa county TO the
county for road purposes at 10 cents
an acre; creating townships of Rhors
and Gordon in Altoona county; chang
ing a school district in Arenac county.
BY all odds the cleverest bill that
slipped through the Legislature under
the guise of being local bill was the
one providing that all delinquent state
tax lands in Chippewa county should
be decided To the county at 10 cents
an acre. During the day the COVER
nor received a number OF kilograms
urging him not TO forget the bill so
he looked il over very carefully with
the result that he marked il IN. G."
There are now AZ COS acres of deliD-
quent state tax lands in Chippewa
county which are estimated 10 be
worth $53,436 by the state land Office.
The policy of the state is 10 auction
off this land so that the state can get
the taxes and the Chippewa bill would
set bad precedent as the state now
has on hand some 100000 acres of de-
linquent tax lands and would get very
little return if sold to the counties
at 10 cents an acre. The governor is
wondering how such bill ever got
through, The present session cost
the state 100000.
Before leaving Gov. Warner said
that he would probably call the spe-
cial session for February ] so that IL
can Immediately follow the constitu-
| tional convention which will begin its
work October %.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
ELEVEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Hands Cracked and BIeeding-Nail
Came of Of Finger-cuticura Rem
edies Brought Prompt Relief.

Il had eczema on my hands for
about eleven years. The hands crack
ed open in many places and bled. One
of my fingers was so bad that the nail
came of. ] had tried so many rem
edies, and they all had failed to cure
me. had seen three doctors, but got
no relief. Finally ! got cake of Cuti.
cura Soap, a box of Cuticura Ointment
and two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent
Pills. OF course / keep Cuticura Soap
all the time for my hands. but the one
cake of Soap and half a box of Cuti-
cura Ointment cured them. | recon.
mend the Cuticura Remedies TO all
suffering with eczema. Mrs. Eliza A.
Wiley, r. +. d. No. 2, Liscomb, Ia,
Oct. Is, 1906"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

One of the chief debts to France Is
that she nourishes our ideas. trans
forms them, makes them her own.
just as she transplanted and trans.
mitted the flower of the Renaissance
In an earlier day. With all our ma,
tional vanity we never dispute the
parentage. It is only territory and
diplomatic prestige and commerce
about which we quarrel with our
"aweet enemy."-London Academy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

there seemed no hope. Doan's Kid
ney Pills brought my first relief and
six boxes have so thoroughly cured
and regulated my kidneys that there
has been no return Of my old trouble"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

To watch the corn grow or the bios
SONS set; to draw hard breath over
ploughshare or spade; to read, to
think, to love-these are the things TO
make men happy.-John Ruskin.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
The MAGNETIC Sort.

"He is a wonderfully impressive
man Eyes. He is one OF these peo-
pie who will say 1t is beautiful day
in such an impressive manner that
you like giving him personal credit for
the weather"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

using Doan's KID
ney Pills | was so
run down and mis-
cradle that ! could
hardly endure 1t.
Terrible pains in
the back attacked
me frequently and
the kidney secre-
tons were much
disordered. i was a
nervous wreck and
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease. 1t cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE
Address A. S. Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
coneluslve.

do you regard this prevalence Of
high prices as a sign OF prosperity"
Certainly" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax; the fact that people can afford
to pay them is a conclusive sign OF
prosperity. "-Washington Star.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
The Same Kind.

Good heavens, Mary exclaimed
the pampered husband. where did
you get these cigars? They are hor-
rible!"
why, my dear, I'm sure they're
quite good" tearfully replied his wife.
Il was very careful to call for the
brand you always smoke. They're
Colorado Maduro."-Lippincott
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
MANY Measures Looked After

AS many as 1910 metric weights
and measures were submitted for
verification in the city of London
during last year.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

4 maid thinks she is necessary TO q
mans happiness, a widow thinks
man is necessary TO her happiness,
and a maxwell. no matter what he
thinks.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
No Headache in the Mcrnino.

Krause's Headache Capsules for over-in-
diligence in food or dlink. Druggists, 25c.
Norman Lichty Mfg. Co., Des Moines, la.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
TWO TERRIBLE YEARS.
The Untold Aeonies Of Neglected Kid
ney Troubles.

Mrs. James French, C5 Weir Street,
Taunton, Mass, says: when began
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething eoftens the gums, reduces T.
fammation allsys pain cures wind collie Csc bottle
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

CaluHny will soil virtue ITSELF
Shakespeare.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Attention M. NJ. G.

Attorney General Bird holds that IL
the military bill is signed by Gov. War
ner, the Michigan National Guard will
technically pass out of existence. A
clause in the bill, however provides
that Brlg.-Gen G. W. Harrah's term
shall not expire until January /, 1908.
IL will be necessary to re-muster in
all OF the men. elect the officers and
appoint heads of departments, if the
bill becomes a law
The blame for this state of affairs
is laid to Senators Cady and Moriarty.
When they doctored the bill to suit
their personal views they accidentally
cut out a saving clause which contin.
ucs the guard in existence. Members
OF the military board are thinking OF
asking the governor to veto the bill
and allow them TO present a new one
at the special session next January.
The Bliss Coal Co. has been organ
lied In Saginaw 10 sink shafts on the
farm of the late Gov. Bliss.
A score of Eckford township farm
ers turned out with all kinds of weap-
ons to pursue a bear" whose tracks
had been discovered in a field The
trail led toward the river and as they
neared the stream the hunters came
upon a huge turtle that was making
for the water They captured the tur-
tie, which weighed IS pounds.
Although II caused her heart aches
that only a mother knows. Mrs. Brush,
OF Lansing, requested that her 1I-year-
cid daughter. Alice Brush, be sent 10
tho Detroit hOuse of correction for
90 days. The girl stole a gold watch,
and has in many ways proven an in
corrigible.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Letters from Prominent Physicians
addressed to CflaS. H. Fletcher.

Peeler Louis
of Philadelphia
benefit patients"
Dr. Edward Parrish of Brooklyn
tora in household with
for mild
Dr. j. Elliott of New York
prescribed Casora
heartily commend its
to the most delicate children"
Dr. G. sprague of Omaha
medicine for children and frequently
cate the indscrimnate
exception for conditions which
Dr. j. A Parker of Kansas City,
of the medical profession prope-
preparation 1t is reliable
dren In fact it the universal
Dr. F. Merrill of Augusta Me- Castoria
finest remarkable
opinion Caoa has
furnish hundreds Of testimonials efficiency
and
Dr. Norman Geer of Cleveland Ohio
have frequently
preparations Of the kind
fctive in relieving hdns
pleasant preparation administered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-27

adventure, and as a reward were allowed
to take the string and start the tick-tack
going.
That was another thrilling moment.
From the lumber pile you could all see
the Perkins porch and the lighted win
dow You let the thread slack off. and
clear and tinkly came the first tick as
the nail raped against the windowpane.
Again and again you pulled and released
the cord. the sharp ticktacking filling
your hearts with joy. Then came the
food Of light the door opened on
the porch and the excited figures of
several of the merrymakers appeared
I on the Threshold. You saw Babe Will
son run toward the window, and you
gave the string a mighty jerk, pulling out
the thumb tack and saving the whole
mechanism from destruction. The revelers
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w. A. Taylor. In an article in Bailey's
American Horticulture, says of the
ginkgo:
1T was introduced to America early in
the nineteenth century and is generally
successful on good soil in the eastern
states as far north as eastern MassaChu-
sets and central Michigan and along the
St. Lawrence river in parts of Canada.
1T has been considerably planted in
Washington d. c., where it is growing
in esteem as street tree because of
its upright habit and freedom from in
sectS. The foul odor of the ripe fruits
which continue to mature and drop dur
ing period of some weeks constitutes
the chief objection to the species as d
street tree or near dwellings. The kerr
nels which have a swedish, slightly res
nous flavor. are hignly esteemed in China
and Japan and are gathered from fruiting
trees in Washington by Chinese laundry
men.
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returned to their candymaking, while you
and the gang wound up the string ana
sought further adventure. Some fun. en- d.
It always seems as if the kids OF our
gr.ownup days don't have half the fun we
used to, but it's probably that Thursday
evening the jewellers in the boyland OF
today will foregather in their gangs ana
re-enact the old Halloween stunts with
the same attending thrills and heart
throbs that made it such a red letter night
for us. Let's hope SO. anyway.
For us grownups Halloween has certain
quiet pleasures, if We choose to get into
the spirit of the occasion. It's the time
for all sorts of weird divinations and
experiments with the unknown. HIS
torians say the mystic rites practiced on
this occasion are of pagan origin; that the
coincidence of the church celebration of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-27

1t Is sometimes called the maidenhair tree
because the fern-like veining of the leaf
Is suggestive OF the maidenhair fern.
Sometimes II is called the kew tree. 1t
belongs to the family salisburia. named
after Richard Anthony Salisbury. the
English botanist On the ginkgo the male
and female flowers are produced on diff
ferent trees and the way of growing the
fruit of the ginkgo is to graft or bud
both sexes on one tree or grow the trees
very close together. The fruit of this
tree is esteemed in China and Japan, but
it is said that it has never been brought
To perfection in the United States. In
China, especially in north China, the gink-
go is extensively cultivated for its fruit.
which is a drupe, consisting of foul
smelling acrid pulp. surrounding an oval,
sweet kerneled nut. II is this nut which
is sought after by the orientals.
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f"t ''nH f''l'1 ny ''' Wy a.
lat Il bit ''' ''.i'i As Il ''-'Se '"'i '''''
N..4!" SlhiI. """ was A"''9 ''''N'"S ',''
gang l""&H' sal" II """'" y. .ui'"' ~
naH linn FATTY ana 50 YOU an "'1 en-
500. md F"tty were d'pu''Zeo |" '4iii0
OYER Tie i''Nlh7 "''GN Ie''s ""o s1' - ''o
tack "n 5H"" "uhnI room W'h"""' he7S 1t
Perkins MAS having slfI9 party, ''l" II
W,ls i'~t nuts I" give en- eoou scare
Gee" IT Vas dark and gloomy Ia tE"t al
joy. You ".j~r"r"d t" FATTY.
= IS, ct" goa hH"'" hi real ghosts an
COLLINS $40 Things
Aud 'a.ty replied contemporary
NV. what's cat'n yer?
Just r""u something black ieap"d down
tie alley toward }oH ANA Won pumped
ri2t" STRAIGHT up Ia the ali at least ten
i""t. nr 50 1t tclt. Willie somebody ran
lamp If lie Uu and down your backbone.
e. ".e only a 'st nui holy smoke. w"reh t
y.,u scared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-27

Well, you reached up to the top Of the
sash and stuck the thumbtack firmly in
tie wood, holding the pendant nail well
off from the glass to 'avoit a premature
tick In this wise you retreated to the
fence and gave the signal to Fatty, who
also had hold of the thread. Fatty took
up the slack to hold the nall away from
the glass Willie you climbed over the
fence Into the alley. Then you and Fatty
backed away and joined the gang on the
lot, still holding up the slack SO as to
keep from starting things too soon. Sur
rounded by the admiring gang. you re-
counted the thrilling Incidents of your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-27

OId-time Halloween observers had many
other spells to attain the same eud-to
see the face Of the future wife or husband
among which mig be mentioned hang
ing u wet shirtseaye before the fir and
watching IT from bed until midnight,
when the aprarition of the observers fu-
ture partner for life would come in and
turn the sleeve. And there was also the
test Of sowing three make-bcieve hand
fuis of hempsecd-a spell that carried
! out in The proper spirit was sure to bring
| to View the future mate.
! Besides all the time-honored Halloween
custcms-the bobbing for apples. the par
ing of apple round ana round in one
unbroken strip and throwing over the
head TO see what initial letter II will
make. the eating OF a teaspoonful Of salt
while walking down cellar backward with
a lighted candle in one hand ami a mirror
. in the other to -atch "A reflection of the
coming man''-there are plenty of newer
games that add their quota to the fun.
For contest with appropriate prizes, try
threading wet pumpkin seeds on a string.
an obstacle race or jumping over the
candle
! Invitations for a Halloween party should
| be quaint and unique. a sheet of rough
! butchers paper, fastened with coarse
! twine around wooden skewers may hold
| the invitations. worded to suit the occa-
/ sion. Decorations on these may be pen
and ink sketches of witches flying on
broomsticks across the moon, owls perched
| in belfries leafless branches. a black
cat. with bristling tail. or "Br'er Rabbit
lpr, L, 10
easily made by tracing the outlines Oh
carbon paper. then marking over the trac-
ing with pen and ink.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-27

same, you knew inside that the only rea-
son you weren't in there pulling taffy was
hat you hadn't been asked.
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There is no necessity for patronizing
an expensive florist for decorations suited
to this ancient festival The woods and
fields, the garden and corner grocery viii
furnish everything essential. Cabbage
heads followed out and suspended make
delightful censers for holding lighted can
dies stuck in bottles or they may be used
as a centerpieCe for the table. filed with
nuts or fruit. Hubbard squashes and
pumpkins cut in halves or boat shapes
then filed with autumn leaves or fruits
are equally effective The feathery gray
smoke OF clematis wound about the
chandeliers and pictures. with bay berry
branches. gay sumac leaves and mountain
ash berries. most of which may be found
around Washington for the picking, are
all decorative.
The food should be served early as the
hours just before midnight must be re
served for the various divinations that will
not work at any other time Refreshments
may be eaten in the kitchen. garnet or
cellar. lanterns or candles stuck IN bottles
furnishing tn, illumination or the spread
may be in the dining room with more
conventional fittings. An appropriate bill
Of far would be:
tryilsd "ys.trrss or Dryi!ol I,.aster
u,.viI"d Biscuit.
Devils cake. Arg-i's ak. WITCH Cake.
L." trram Wifh Iior Chocolate sauce.
Tea uA.th plenty Of leaves fur fortune 'n,ling.
j x
If you want traditional Iia!lrA .
dishes-thosa with history behind them
there should be kali. cannon Baby Shan
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ment of Agriculture. This double row of
nearly interlocking trees is already cele-
brated as unique and beautiful and its
fame will spread as thc trees grow older
and larger
There are scventy-two trees along the
18th street entrance Of the department
grounds. They are about eighteen feet
apart and While quite even in their
growth the larger ones will average be-
tween fifty and sixty feet high and a foot
TO foot and a half through the trunk.
The effect OF these curious trees already
nearly interla cling their branches across
the avenue is rare and beautiful.
The ginkgo is a strange tree anyhow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-27

Ne result of the Transformation
of the Mall 10 conform with the
Versailles plan would be the de-
struction of the ginkgo arcade
in the grounds of the Depart