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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
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STATE BRIEFS.

The man killed by an Ann Arbor
train at Cadillac last week has been
identified as John Ostrom.
]. Ripley Cummings, 9S years old,
has resided continuously on farm
near Galesburg for over seventy years.
There now reside on the place four
generations.
Nine boys from Menominee will be
sent to Lansing February % by an en-
terprlsing newspaper publisher. The
BOYS will visit the state institutions,
and will be entertained at luncheon by
Gov. Warner.
The suit OF the Thiel Detective
agency of Chicago for $4,000 against
the Saginaw Valley Traction Co. is on
hearing. The agency furnished strike
breakers in the 1905 strike They also
ask the traction company TO pay for
the defense OF man who killed a
striker in the riots and was tried for
murder.
Mrs. J.. V. Jones, OF Greenville
slipped on some ice and crushed her
hip. Owing TO her advanced age, which
is so years. there is little chance for
recovery II is hardly year since she
fell. striking her forehead against a
rail on the railroad track and frar.
tured her skull.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
THE STATE IN
GENERAL
A LOVE STORY BRIEFLY TOLD,
HAS A SAD ENDING
INDEED.
POVERTY AND INSANITY
The Maiden Came From Sweden to
Die OF isappointment-lnsa
Father and Mother.

Christine Johnson was a pretty, rosy.
checked, blue-eyed, yelow-haired Swe.
dish girl. She had reached Ellis Island,
New York, at the urgent call of her
sweetheart, OLAF Erickson. He had pre-.
coded her to this country, and he had
prospered on farm in Delta county.
Olaf had written to Christine prom.
ising to meet her at Ellis Island, New
York. He was not there. She was
taken before the court OF special in.
curry. The officials were touched by
the girls story. but they had heard
similar tales. They told her they
thought Olaf had changed his mind
oh, no." protested Christine He
will come. know he will come. | will
wait for him."
She waited whole week Olaf didn't
come. II know he will come. will
wait for him. She wanted another
whole week. Olaf didn't come. Chris
tines pink cheeks faded. Her blue
eyes lost their luster. Christine finally
had to board steamer bound back TO
Sweden. The day after she sailed Olaf
appeared at Ellis Island He had been
in railroad wreck That alone had
kept him from meeting Christine when
he promised.
Olaf persuaded the officials to cable
to Sweden to have his Christine sent
back. Then he waited for her TO come.
When the steamer on which Olaf's
promised bride was coming steamed
into the harbor the immigrant inspec-
tors boarded the boat. Olaf stood near
by, his eyes beaming with honest love.
Then one Inspector came on deck and
touched a matron on the arm.
"One death in the steerage," he said,
Christine Johnson"
Olaf Erickson came back to Michi.
gan alone
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
The Hobo Filled Up.

A typical hobo wandered into HON.
er, became animated with the spirit
Of war times, and started on forag-
ing expedition in the business district.
First he used rear window as an en-
try to a hardware store, where he OBJ
tanned revolver and pocketful Of
cartridges. His next stop was at a
meat market. where he laid in under
his belt a goodly supply of sausage.
Sausage is recognized free lunch ad.
junct, and. thinking of free lunch,
made the hobo think of booze"
He turned his footsteps in the direc-
ton of drug store. There he emptied
a bottle of brandy. where he had
stored the lunch. With this load he hit
the trail for the wide, wide world, but
soon was overcome with a desire for
sleep and peaceful dreams. He was
found slumbering by the roadside and
Jailed. He refuses TO give his name but
the officers call him "Philup."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
West Neebish Canal.

Completed at a cost of $4,000, 900,
the new West Neebish channel of st.
Marys river will 20 into commission
at the opening Of interlake navigation
in the spring. Ii is the biggest single
cut yet made by the government in
the great highway Of commerce con-
meeting Lakes Superior and Huron, and
ii gives 10 the ships a second passage
way-one that precludes the likeli-
hood of a blockade of traffic of such
disastrous proportions as that which
followed the sinking of the steamer
Douglas Houghton in 1902. The chan
mel will be used by all craft bound
down the lakes
The West Neebish cut is nearly 10
miles in length. II is % feet deeper
than the lowest recorded stage of wa.
ter. The channel is 800 feet in width
throughout It's construction was
started in the spring of 1904 and ex-
cept for the removal Of the temporary
dams at the rock cut ii was finished
last November. The most difficult part
Of the work was that at the West Nee
Dish rapids. stretch OF over a mile,
and where the water was one to five
feet deep.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
other Points Flooded.

The Grand river at Ionia went over
its banks. spreading over the low
lands. but no serious damage resulted.
The river Is free of ice.
The dam which furnishes the power
for the municipal electric lighting
plant in Manchester was washed out
and the village is in total darkness,
after the sun goes down
A blizzard.like storm was followed
at noon Saturday by clear and colder
weather. checking the rise of Grand
river, which had reached the danger
line and was v'ithin two feet of the
Jackson railroad bridges. Interurban
traffic was carried on with difficulty
and railroad trains were nearly all
late.
The Huron river at New Boston
went on a rampage, caused by the
thaw and heavy rains. Hundreds of
acres of fats are under water and
wagon roads are flooded several feet
deep. rendering traffic impossible.
Every creek and ditch is also flooded
and much damage will be done to
bridges by the ice and high water.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
Family Broken Up.

In an outburst Of rage Frank Owens,
an inmate Of the Kalamazoo county
house, attacked Keeper Briggs Sunday
with a pocket knife. The keeper was
taken unawares. He turned just in
time to catch Owens hand and crap
ping, the two rolled on the floor and
struggled for the possession of the
knife. A panic ensued among the other
inmates, but number OF other attend
ants came to Briggs assistance and
Owens was overpowered
complaint was made against
Owens. but as it appears he is insane,
an order has been issued for his re-
moval TO the asylum BY the complaint
against Owens a peculiar state of af-
fairs existing in his family was brought
to light.
Owens wife and small child are
confined in the county house, and an
other child is attending the free
school at Codwater. The little family
were placed in the county house last
fall after one of their children had
died. 1t is thought that dependency
deranged Owens mind
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
CARE OF THE KITCHEN.
Clean Walls Are an Essential 60
Sanitary Cooking.

II is not only important to know
tant to know where to cook. Cook
ing in a dirty kitchen can never pro-
duce good food. The idea is simply
preposterous, yet kitchen walls are
left for months-sometimes for years
without cleansing.
In the first place the kitchen wall
should have light tint that the mer-
est fleck of dirt can be seen; that the
sheerest cobweb can be brushed
away; that the tiniest water bug can
be discerned 1t is all folly expecting
clean food in kitchen with dirty
walls.
Never put a wall coating on a
kitchen wall that is mixed with hot
water or that has glue in it, or sour
milk in it If mixed with cold water.
Glue walls made from horses hoofs
colored up with cheap colorings do
not indicate good housekeeping. The
glue is constantly fiecking off, fall
ing into the food and the idea OF food
favored with glue made from horses
hoofs is not appetizing.
Kitchen walls to be thoroughly sat
isfactory should be alabastined the
same as every other wall in the
house. They should be coated regu-
larly in the spring end fall OF each
year with light tint.
The care OF the pantry requires
constant attention. The walls should
be brushed over every year, the
dishes removed from the shelves
which should be thoroughly wiped
with no. water. If there are ant
holes or any other insects in the pan
tries a thick putty of the wall coat
ing can be made and all the ant holes.
even small mice holes can be filed
with 1t which will protect the pantry
from the incursions OF disagreeable
insects and mice.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
As YET UNKNOWN TO FAME.
Can Any One Place This Quotation
from Philosopher

Louis Jones of the Grand opers
house had the blues. His brother, a
colored man, usually In good humor,
had 'em. too. Neither knew just why
he had 'em, but they had 'em just the
same. They talked of the weather.
the times and a dozen other gloomy
subjects. There was nothing sunny
in the soul OF patron or barber.
Finally both sighed in concert and a
silence fell over the shop-yes, over a
barber shop. The colored man was
the first to speak. After several mo.
ments of silence he gave vent TO an
other sigh and said:
We'll, as de old philosopah says:
EFF yo' amt got nothin,' now's yo'
time"
Jones is still wondering who the
philosopher was.-Indianapolis News.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
SHE COULD NOT WALK
For Notwithstanding Humor on Ankles
-Opiates Alone Brought Sleep
Eczema Yielded to Cuticura.

IT had eczema for over two years.
/ had two physicians. but they only
gave me relief for short time and l
cannot enumerate the ointments and
lotions l used to no purpose. My ank-
les were one mass of sores. The itch
ing and burning were so intense that
] could not sleep. could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my hus-
band said had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three
times / had the best nights rest in
months unless i took an opiate.
used one set OF Cuticura Soap. ONT
ment, and Pills. and my ankles healed
in a short time. 1t is now year since
I used Cuticura, and there has been no
return Of the eczema. Mrs. David
Brown, Locke, Ark, May Is and July
13 1907"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27

During the year OF 1907 the Saginaw
valley lumber mills cut ia, 100000 feet
of timber.
Regent Peter White. OF Marquette.
has given $1,000 to the University OF
Michigan library fund 10 buy rare
medical books.
The Injunction of the Bay City Trac-
ton, Electric Light and Gas companies
to prevent the city from opening a ms
nicipal lighting plant will be argued
February 25. In the city's answer 1t is
declared the companies knew that the
city had a right to do a commercial
business. when they accepted the
franchises.
Julius Billery. employed at the We
mona coal mine. was tamping a shot
when the powder prematurely explod-
ed, the charge striking him in the face
and injuring him so that he will be
disfigured for life. Chris. Maddern,
employed at Wolverine mine No. 2.
was caught between a coal car and a
mine prop and sustained a crushed
shoulder and fractured three ribs.
The greatest depth OF snow reported
at any point in the United States last
week by the United States weather
bureau, was at Humboldt, little sta
ton on the South Shore railroad. Of
fcial measurements showed q depth
Of 81 inches on the level
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
BRAIN POWER
Increased by Proper Feeding.

A lady writer who not only has done.
good literary work, but reared fam.
lily, found in Grape-Nuts the ideal food
for brain work and to develop healthy
children. She writes:
Il am an enthusiastic proclaimer OF
Grape-Nuts as a regular diet. ! for
merly had no appetite in the morning
and for years while nursing my four
children, had insufficient nourishment
for them.
unable to eat breakfast felt faint
later, and would go to the pantry and
eat cold chops, sausage, cookies.
doughnuts or anything happened to
find. Being a writer. at times my
head felt heavy and my brain asleep.
When read of Grape-Nuts i began
eating 1t every morning. also gave IL
to the children, including my 10
months old baby. who soon grew as
fat az a little pig, good natured and
contented.
Il wrote evenings and feeling the
need Of sustained brain power, began
eating small saucer OF Grape-Nuts'
with milk, instead OF my usual indi-
gestible hot pudding, pie. or cake for
dessert at night.
Il grew plump, nerves strong, and.
when / wrote my brain was active and
clear; indeed. the dull head pain never
returned"
POSTUM CEREAL CO.. Ltd-
Battle Greek. Mia
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
The Inqham Quest.

New sensations are promised in the
Ingham county grand jury this week
1T will be the most important week
of the session. said Prosecutor Eos
ter. land we expect to make great
progress. We are just shaping things
up nicely now
Yes" interjected Judge Person,
there is a possibility that we will get
through next week"
Al the conclusion of Fridays ses.
sion an adjournment was taken until
Tuesday. The ostensible reason given
was that the stenographers needed
the time to catch up with their work
The real reason is that Sheriff Cline
and two deputies were to put in all
day Saturday and Monday serving
more subpenas on witnesses who will
appear this week. Included in the
list are a number of legislators, r.
n. Atwood George W. Moore. ex-banlt
ing commissioner. and several of the
Chelsea bank directors.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
SPRING FLOODS
QUICKLY PASSED
RIVER RAiSIN ON RAMPAGE AND
MONROE SUFFERS FROM
FLOOD.
OTHER PLACES AFFECTED
Flood Came and Ended Quicker Than
Ever Before and Water Reached
Highest Point Ever Recorded.

The 1908 flood Of the River Raisin
has passed into history. going as rap.
idly as it came, but leaving a path of
desolation. damage and ice cakes be.
hind il. Cattle. pigs and poultry have
been swept away on the flood and
drowned, fences were carried away,
buildings surrounded and isolated,
residents fled from their homes and
abandoned their property until the
flood recedes. In many parts OF the
city rowboats were the only. means of
transportation, as the water was so
deep that II was impossible to send
horses through the streets. The break
ing of the big dam at Manchester,
letting loose the immense amount of
water so suddenly is blamed for most
OF the food.
The real flood came without warn
ing. At ESQ D. m. the gorge that
formed two miles north of the city
and another 1000 feet from the bust
ness center gave way under the pres
sure. For more than an hour the ice
passed. Then 1t damned between the
bridges OF the Lake Shore and the
Michigan Central railroads, spreading
over the lowlands, in some instances
reaching the second floor of buildings.
Ii came and went quicker than any
other flood that the oldest inhabitanr
can remember, and subsidized just as
it was beginning TO attack the fires in
the furnaces Of business houses which
stand near the river bank in the cen
ter of the city. The water was also
the highest ever known. reaching to
the Orders of the Macomb street
bridge, which is six feet higher than
the old bridge which was carried away
some years ago. On Front street ii
reached TO the bottoms Of windows in
residences. and at the Office of G. f.
Beck & Sons lumber yard the water
was several inches above the bottom
stills of the windows both in the Office
and planning mill While the water
is still high. the danger is undoubt-
eddy passed for this year. unless the
river again freezes over
From all over Monroe county come
reports of high water. with roads i'm
passible for miles. Some creeks that
are ordinarily only large bitches are
from half TO a mile wide
The River Raisin rose again during
Sunday night and flooded another
small section in the eastern part oi
the city. The gorge is still holding
solid below the docks, and that section
lis still under water A repetition Of
Saturdays occurrences is feared a
the next warm spell.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
MICHIGAN BRIEFS.

Henry Dawson. aged 65. OF Syndish,
was crushed under a fall tree while
cutting timber. He died instantly.
Arthur Hyne. the bigamist, who was
sentenced to serve seven years in
Bristol Eng, is thought to be DR.. Is.
j. Stewart, who resided in Port Huron
a year ago.
Maj. w. s. McLain. proprietor of the
Hotel Ames, of Saginaw. was seized
with fatal attack of apoplexy while
seated in the lobby of the hotel and
died Sunday.
Frank L. Meyers of Flint. was given
from 5 to IA years at Jackson by
Judge Wisner when the jury found
him guilty OF forgery. He is past 80
and claims he was once we'll to do.
While passing a sleigh which was
being loaded with logs at the Escana.
ba Wooden Ware Co.'S camp, Alex
ander Gordisuk. a teamster. was
struck by log and instantly killed.
While attending the funeral Of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. George Proctor,
Charles Sanford. OF Hubbardston. re-
ceived word OF the sudden death Of
his own mother I'm Minnesota. He left
to attend the funeral there.
Augustus V. Wilson. of Port Huron,
once well-to-do, has in part regsined
his speech which was lost when he
was stricken with paralysis. An APP
plication will be made in the probate
court TO send him to the st. Clair
county poor farm. Soon after he was
taken III, his wife secured a divorce,
the family was broken up and his
forty-acre farm, his only possession,
was sold TO satisfy q mortgage.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
Who Was She?

A woman, who gave the name OF
Edith Smith, died in Hamburg town
ship, Livingston county. February 5.
Secretary Tyrrell, of the poor COM
mission, believed she was the grand
daughter OF the late Col. Jerome B
Eaton. once mayor Of Jackson, and
she was buried as such. The story was
printed and both Mrs. Edith Smith,
now Mrs Bonnell. of Sturfgis. and her
divorced husband, A. b. Smith, a
Grand Rapids travelling man, read it,
Mrs. Bonnell came to deny the report
and her husband to look after the
body. They met in telegraph Office.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
LATEST NEWS
Of MICHIGAN
THE BONDING COMPANIES ARE
BEGINNING TO PAY ON
GLACIERS BOND.
"PHILUP" IS GOOD NAME
Bits Of News Gathered Here and
There About the State and Briefly
Told For Busy Readers.

Attorney General Bird, who recently
notified the surety bondsmen Of Frank
p. Glazier that they would be held TO
account for the full amount of the
bonds securing the state against loss
through irregularities committed by
the deposed state treasurer Friday
morning received telegram from the
American Surety Co, of. New York,
that they have shipped the amount
called for by their contract. This is
$4,000 with interest The department.
expects that the other companies on
Glaciers bond will likewise come to
the front. The total of the surety is
100000
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
PURE FOOD.
No Food Commissioner of Any State
Has Ever Attacked the Absolute
Purity of Grape-Nuts.

Every analysis undertaken shows
this food to be made strictly of Wheat
and Barley. treated by our processes
to partially transform the starch
parts into a form of Sugar, and there
fore much easier to digest.
Our claim that it is a food for
Brain and Nerve Centres" Is based
upon the fact that certain parts OF
Wheat and Barley (Which we use) con-
tain Natures brain and building
ingredients, viz: Phosphate Of Pot
ash, and the way We prepare the food
makes it easy to digest and assimilate.
DR.. Geo. w. Carey in his book on
"The Biochemic System of Medicine"
says:
When the medical profession fully
understands the nature and range or
the phosphate of potassium, insane
asylums will no longer be needed.
THE gray matter of the brain Is
controlled entirely by the inorganic
cell-salt, potassium phosphate.
This salt unites with albumen, and
by the addition of oxygen creates nerve
fluid, or the gray matter OF the brain.
"Of course, there is trace Of other
salts and other organic matter in
nerve-fuid, but potassium phosphate
is the chief factor, and has the power
within itself TO attract, by its own law
of affinity, all things needed to manu-
facture the elixir of life. Therefore,
when nervous symptoms arise, due 10
the fact that the nerve-fiuid has been
exhausted from any cause, the phos.
plate of potassium is the only true
remedy, because nothing else can
possibly supply the deficiency.
The ills arising from too rapidly
consuming the gray matter OF the
brain cannot be overestimated.
Phosphate OF Potash, is to my
mind, the most wonderful curative
agent ever discovered by man, and
the blessings it has already conferred
on the race are many. But what
shall the harvest be- when physicians
everywhere fully understand the part
| this wonderful salt plays in the
processes OF life? 1t will do as much
as can be done through physiology to
make a heaven on earth.
Let the overworked business man
take 1t and go home good-tempered.
Let the weary wife, nerves unstrung
| from attending to sick children or en-
| tertaining company, take it and note
| how quickly the equilibrium will be
restored and calm and reason assert
| her throne. No 'provings' are required
here. We find this potassium salt
| largely predominates in nerve-fuid.
| and that a deficiency produces we'll
! defined symptoms. The beginning and
end of the matter is to supply the
lacking principle. and in molecular
form, exactly as nature furnishes i in
vegetables. fruits and grain. To sup
ply deficiencies-this is the only law
| of cure"
Please observe that Phosphate OF
| Potash is not properly OF the drug
shop variety but is best prepared by
| "Old Mother Nature" and stored in
! the grains ready for use by mankind.
| Those who have been helped to better
health by the use of Grape-Nuts are
legion.
There's a Reason"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27

Women watch the advertising col
umns because upon them devolves the
necessity of spending the family in.
come to the best advantage-which
commonly means making one dollar
do the work of two. 1t is not love of
shopping but the need of practicing
economy that keeps them on the look
out for bargains. Still, it is not femi-
nine nature TO pass a bargain by
whether it is necessary to count the
pennies or not
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27

Before investing in that gold mine
at five cents share, guaranteed to go
to s1.10 before the first of next month
before biting off a chunk of this
good thing wait until Prof. Mccoy has
made few more experiments. He
thinks he is about to transmute the
metals one into another. 1t might
be well to buy pile of scrap iron
and wait
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27

Lhasa, formerly the mysterious for.
hidden city. will. if report be true. be
Joined to the rest of the world by tele-
graph. and there is to be Thibetan
newspaper There will be no more
celestial calm for a people who must
learn TO put telegraph message into
ten words, and must read in the morn.
ing paper that there has been a ter.
rible fire in Chen Lungs barn at East
Hankow
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
This Cold World Of Business.

The messenger boys paused outside
the Army building. says the New York
Sun. One of them was selecting a
cigarette from a box.
Gimme one," said the smokeless
boy.
Nav" said the other, they cost
money"
'Ill owe you cent" said the first
boy Come on. I'll pay you after"
They cost more than cent" said
the boy with the cigarettes. "Nothin'
doin'. Your credit amt no good"
And they parted.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
Hillman's Loss.

The burning of the Paul Elowski
-four and single mill and lighting
plant was a big loss to Hillman. 1t
not only served for milling purposes
but supplied power for fire protection.
and equipment TO light the village by
electricity was about to be installed
Max Elowski. who was in charge of
the plant. barely escaped with his life
in an attempt to save the books.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-27
Hard Hearted.

Il want William to return home.
know he would come if he knew his
two little children were sick and long
ing for him." said Mrs. William At
cheson. Atcheson recently gave him
self UP to the Port Huron police. know
ing they were on his trail. When tried
in the police court he was released
and then said mo law could compel
him TO return to his family"