The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-10-25
EVENTS OF A LOCAL NATURE.
Happenings of the Past Week in
Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.

Paw last Saturday.
q A. Purdy of Covert was in Paw
Paw on business, Monday.
Attorney l.. A. Tabor of Lswton was
in Paw Paw on business, Monday.
Attorney Coy Hendricks of Dowagiac
had business in Paw Paw last Friday.
Register of Deeds Mutchler made
business trip to Bangor last Saturday.
Attorney G.. M. Van Riper of Hart
ford was ir the village on business Tues
day.
Miss Gail Parks of Detroit spent a
few days the first of the week with her
parents.
Attorneys G.. M. Van Ripper and A. II.
Tuttle of Hartford were in Paw Paw
last Friday.
Attorneys Fred Cogshall and L. f
Parsons of South Haven were in Paw
Paw last Friday.
Thomas Horton of Lansing called on
relatives and friends in Paw Paw last
Friday and Saturday.
Claude Mott of Cleveland, Ohio, for
merly of Decatur was in Paw Paw few
days the first of the week.
G.. d. Lawton, Eugene Lawton and
Miss Estele Lawton of Lawton were in
Paw Paw on business Tuesday.
We are indebted to John Minnick for
fine large head Of cabbage. Mr.. Min
nick understands the fine arts of vege-
table raising.
The Michigan State Sunday school
association will be held in Kalamazoo,
November l3 to 10. Interesting sessions
Will be held each day.
The ladies' of the Coterie entertained
the teachers and school board of the
Paw Paw schools last Friday evening
An enjoyable evening was reported.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Lemaux of Sturgis,
formerly of Paw Paw, arrived in Los
Angeles, Cal, the first of the week,
where they expect to make their future
home.
The ladies of the First Baptist church
will hold bazaar in the church parlors
the second week in December. pure
fractions.
Nj. p. Allen left last week for Glen
dive, Mont, to visit his son Glare, stop
ping over few days at Mandan, n. d.
to see Dell. His daughter went with
him to Chicago.
A number of lady friends of Mrs. Eva
Fish gave her a pleasant surprise last
Wednesday evening. A bountiful six
o'clock supper was served, after which
a most enjoyable evening was spent.
Howard Town and Miss Grace Orton,
both of Glendale, we're married at the
Methodist parsonage, October 10. They
were attended by the brides sister, Miss
Bertha, and Edwin Chase Of Glendale
Viva, the two year-old daughter of h
I. Bates, while visiting at the home oil
! her grandfather, / P. Bates, the first ol
the week. fell from a wagon and broke
her coll ar bone. The little one is getting
along as nicely as can be expected.
Bills printed at the Northerner Office
advertise an auction sale for Nj. l.
Brockwa y, four miles east of Paw Paw
and two miles west and one-half mile
north of Mattawan, Thursday, October
81. An itemized list of the articles tC
be sold will be found in an ad in thi:
issue.
The cinch club held it's third meeting
last Friday evening at the home of Mrs
J Neenah Hunter. There were 20 mem
bers present, making five tables. and the
d. X. G.. furnished a 8 o'clock supper
for the guests. Music and cards were
INDUCED in and good time was spent
. The prizes we're awarded to Earl Bangs
Paul Broughton, Etoile Allen and Ed
] Davis. The club is becoming more en-
thusastic as the meetings take place
! 1t must be the suppers.
The Masonic fraternity OF Dowagiat
, held lodge of sorrow in memory of it
departed brothers, last Sunday. Their,
were four past grand masters of the or
I der present, our townsman, Il. w
Broughton, being one of the number
After the ceremonies, which were bell
! in the Beckwith Memorial theatre, tn
I brethren repaired to the Masonic TEN
pie, where the past grand masters wer
presented with beautiful silk and gol
aprons, emblematic of the order and @
I the rank of the recipients.
Up to Wednesd ay night there has bee
shipped 1917 car loads OF grapes fror
Lawton, 81 from Paw Paw and 7S fror
\ Mattawan. With probably 40 or so iron
all other points, it would make abou
400 already this year. Many are no,
! through picking and by the middle {
next week practically the entire Gro
Z will have been harvested. The entir
1 yield will probably be from 40 to 30
car loads. This is not more than qua
\ ter OF the normal output, bus as th
Z price has been about double what
usually received, the growers feel muc
better than they did two months ag
= Very few grapes have been sold for LEI
Z than 20 cents and most OF them ha,
gone at a much higher figure. Ne,
year spraying will be quite general ar