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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

The republican township eau
Gus will be held Saturday, March
%. There will probably be no
contest for township nominations
except for the Offices Of treasurer
and highway commissioner No
one has as yet announced his
candidacy for the office of super
visor or clerk. In view of the
excellent records made by both
Jerome &. Warner as supervisor
and Harvey Cooley as township
clerk, and the fact that they are
both efficient, courteous and OBJ
liging officials, they will undoubt-
eddy be renominated without op-
position. For the Office of treas.
urer there are three candidates,
G. w. Reynolds, Tom Woodman
and Frank Webb. The contest
promises to be warm but
friendly one. For highway COM
missioner Geo. w. Cate will con-
Test the nomination with the
present commissioners, Dewitt
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

must be regularly enrolled in
the enrolment book, provided
that the individual was not en-
rolled in April, 1906. Any voter
can change his party affiliations
and can be re-enrolled as a re.
publican, if he desires. The
voters in the several townships
and wards of the county will
have an opportunity to be en-
rolled Saturday, April 4, which
is the Saturday before election.
1t is possible for a person desir-
ing enrolment to hand to the
township clerk or to any member
of the enrolment board written
application, properly filled out
and signed by the applicant,
prior to the enrolment day.
Remember, every republican in
Van Buren, county must be en-
rolled ia order to vote on the
submission of the primary a.
above enumerated.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20
Ferguson. The caucus should
be, and undoubtedly will be, a
large one.
The TRUE NoRTHERNER prints

The TRUE NORTHERNER prints
three communications on the pri-
mary this week. They will be
found on pages 3, 3 and g. We
would ask our readers to peruse
them all carefully. Compare
the arguments advanced by Hon.
G. ID. Lawton with those of Geo.
l.. Rich and County Clerk Mo
sier. Bear in mind that Mr..
Lawton has no political or mer-
cenary incentive His views on
the primary question are prompt
ed by the conscientious belief
that the republican party can
better serve the interests of the
county and promote the general
welfare of it's citizens under the
present convention system than
under the primary.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

SOME time ago Geo. l.. Rich
made certain allegations of cor
ruption and crookedness in re-
publican conventions. He caus-
ed the same to be published in
The True NOrtherner and other
papers in the county and stated
that the allegations could be
proven by dGda0its Of responsible
parties. In his communication
in this issue he declines to fur
nish proof on the grounds that
some of his friends might be in
dicted by grand jury. That is
fair sample of Georges argu-
mentS from start to finish.
Grand jury. Bosh! If parties
have been guilty of such crook
edness, as friend Rich would
have us believe, if crimes have
been committed and rottenness
exists, George should be the last
man, inasmuch as he is so soil
citous in regard to pure politics
and clean methods, to stand IN
the way of indictment and pun
ishment. No, George, that kind
of argument is too slim. Either
come up with the proof, as you
stated you could do, and expose
the guilty parties, or be frank
and tell your friends that the
foundation for your charges
never existed except in your i'm
agination.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

The supreme court has decid-
Ell that the constitution fixes the
date for the vote on the adoption
of the revised constitution. The
question will therefore be voted
on at the next November cleo
ton. This, in the opinion of
The True Northerner, will insure
its adoption. 1t will give the
citizens of Michigan ample time
to study the many changes and
to examine the instrument IN all
its details. After such perusal
as the revision will receive from
now until next November, it will
undoubtedly be adopted by a
large majority.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20
REPUBLICAN TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE.

REPUBLICANS Of Van Buren,
county should not lose sight OF
the main point at issue In the
primary controversy. Will the
primary system insure better
and more competent county Off
Gals? Will it be a panacea for
every defect, fancied or other
wise, that exists in the conven-
ton system? There can be no
question about the first PROPOSE
ton. The county officials, past
and present, have been compe-
tent and efficient, and the dis
tribution Of political patronage
throughout the county has been
universally satisfactory with the
possible exception of disappoint-
ed candidates. The agitators of
the so called reform movement
have limited vaguely at cOrrup-
ton in the convention system.
They have as yet, however, not
substantiated their allegations.
Granting, for the sake of the
argument, that there are defects
in the convention system, how
or by what means would they
be improved under the primary?
The now way certainly would
make it possible for undesirable
and unworthy men to get the
nomination. 1t would lessen, to
a large extent, the chances Of
republican victory in the county.
1t would have tendency to per-
petuate officials in Office instead
Of passing the Offices around to
different sections of the county
at the end Of two terms, as is
done under the present system.
1t would permit the largest com
munities of the county to dictate
the entire ticket to the detriment
Of the weaker portions of the
county. 1t would open up the
way for a money campaign. In
fact, we can conceive of no bene-
fits to be derived for the county
at large and the republican party
under the primary system.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

COUNTY Clerk Mosier in a
communication in this issue is
inclined to doubt the sincerity of
The True Northerner in regard
to its position on the primary
question. He asks, why kill
the goose that will lay the golden
egg" The statement of The
True Northerner that "newspa.
pers do lucrative business un-
der the primary system; money
flows freely and the press profits
thereby" is absolutely true,
which can be demonstrated by
scanning the pages of exchanges
from counties where the primary
system is in vogue. The repub
lican editor who opposes the
primary system is working
against his own financial inter
est. There are other things to
be considered, however There
is principle involved. Every
republican who has the interest
of his party at heart should do
that which in his own mind will
be for the best interest of the
party. The goose" and the
golden egg" which she might
lay is matter of secondary i'm
portance.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

The Decatur Republican has
enlarged to a seven column, eight
page paper. The issue last
week was much improved in gen
eral appearance and make up.
The Republican still continues
to use "patent ipsides," but the
increased size of the sheet would
perhaps justify Brother Moulton
in being a little "chesty" in
claiming superiority for the Re
publican. The paper is O. K,
Arba. Let the good work 90 on.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

Frank Sherrod moved into Jack Will
sons house 10 the north part Of town
last Monday.
The Literary club met at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il Sellick last Tuesday
evening. There was a good attendance
and st. Patrick's program was enjoyed
by all.
The masquerade given at the roller
rink last Thursday evening proved n
very successful affair. There was good
crowd and the costumes were unique.
All unmasked about $50, when others
engaged IN the sport. Prizes were
awarded by competent judges.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

UNDER the law as it now
stands the republican voters of
Van Buren, county, in order to
participate in the nomination of
governor and lieutenant governor
and TO vote on the submission of
the primary for nomination of
state senator, representative in
the legislature and county Off
GERS, must be enrolled. Bear in
mind, this requirement is entire
ly distinct from registration in
order to vote at the regular cleo
ton. Enrolment means that
every republican voter who de-
sires to take part in the nomina-
ton of governor and lieutenant
governor and to vote on the sub
mission of the primary for nom
ination of state senator, repre-
sentative in the Legislature and
county officers in this county
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

The fact that some of those
who circulated primary petitions
received remuneration of so
much per name for signers and
worked hard to secure every
name possible, and that a safe
estimate would be that not over
80 per cent Of the signers are 10
favor Of the primary and will
not vote for it, would not indi-
cate that there is any considera.
bic sentiment in the county in
favor of the primary at this time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

IN regard to the communica-
ton of b. p. Meyer, clerk of
Eaton county, which appears in
this issue, it might change the
sentiment Of the same to some
extent to know that Mr.. Meyer
is now serving his third term as
county clerk of Eaton county,
and that he has heretofore ex-
pressed the opinion that without
the primary he never could have
been nominated for the third
term.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

GEO. RICH INDUCES in a bit
of ancient history this week. 1t
will m Ike better reading,
George, to contine your efforts
TO events of later epoch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20
Republican Township Caucus

There will be a caucus Of the repub-
lican electors Of the township OF Paw
Paw. at Longwell's opera house on Sat
urday, March %, 1908 at 2:30 o'clock in
the afternoon, for the purpose Of placing
in nomination candidates for the various
township Offices, and for the transaction
OF such other business as may be legally
brought before the caucus.
BY order of
REPUBLICAN TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

ONE Of the striking features of
the political situation in Van Blu
rem county at the present time is
the unanimity of the democrat
party in favor of primary reform
for republicans. Too bad,
isn't it, that they will not be
able to vote their convictions on
this question.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

The payment of money to par
ties who obtained signers to the
primary petitions is an illustra-
ton, merely as beginning, of
the demands that will be made
upon the pocketbooks of candi-
dates, if that system prevails.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20
ADVERTISING RATES.

Display advertising, rates furnished on aPPlI
cation.
Classified advertising, three lines or less, rs
cents. All over that number, cents per line
extra.
Gard of thanks, 25 cents each.
Obituary, poetry and resolutions, cents
line.
Notices OF births, deaths or marriages will be
printed free as news matter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20
Renublican Caucus.

There will be caucus of the repub-
licans OF the township of Waverly, at
the town hall on Saturday, March %,
at %. m. for the purpose of nominating
the various township officers and such
other business as may come before the
caucus.
By order of committee.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-03-20

For Sale
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proof safes.
5tt S. O. KENYON.
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Equal to Corn.

Excellent sheep and hog feed Gull
Beans-for sale oy Michigan Fruit Elk
change. Equal to corn for hogs when
cooked
Market prices paid at all times for
potatoes and beans. 6tf
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Boarding and Lodging.

Boarding and Lodging.
Nice rooms, bath. hot and cold water
lood table, reasonable rates.
MRS. r. j. MUIR,
st 4. 1853 E. Main ST., Paw Paw.
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For Sale.

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Good work team, weight 300 En-
quire OF ARCHIE ABRAMS,
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MISCELI.AN EOUS.

Loans
Our mortgages are never sold traded or
talked about by the holder. Right. to
repay semi annually.
r. f. JENNINGS,
l4t3 Loan ACT Paw Paw.
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For Sale.
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For Sale
A quantity Of Cumberland raspberry
sets. Prices right.
{. r PRESCOTT,
Off Paw Paw, Mich.
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Classified Ads.
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New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
BLOOD POISONING KILLS PHYSICIAN
Infection from an Operation Causes Death
of Williamsburg Doctor.

Blood poisoning. brought about through
lection while performing operation. respou-
sible for the death of DR.. George H Smith, OF
the best known homeopathic practitioners in Kings
County. The death of DR.. Smith occurred on
Thursday afternoon at his home. No 931 Reid ave
nue.. williamsburg. Dr. Smith, who aware
that blood poisoning had set in, held his hand in
an antiseptic fluid for number Of hours and did
believe that there would be a fatal result. 1t
was not until the poison inroads his
system that Re told friends that he believed his
end was
DR. Smith was born in Milton Ulster County
N Y on November 2 1913 He came 10 New York
with the determination study medicine and
worked for his living as streetcar conductor He
studied when it was convenient, and was graduated
from the homeopathic Medical College 81 New
York in 1889 and Immediately started practice in
Brooklyn which he continued for over thirty-eight
years
Dr. Smith was for many years an officer and
consistent member of the Greene Avenue Baptist
Church and at the time OF his death was mem
her of the Masonic Veteran Association of Purity
Lodge Order of Odd Fellows. United States Lodge.
Knights of Honor and Burnside Council, Royal Ar
canum He was also a member OF the Union
League Club and director of the Lafayette Trust
COMPANY He gave his time and money TO help
lift the trust company institution out of its troubles
in the recent panic.
The funeral will be held at the Greene Avenue
Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon at O'Clock.
DR. Smith leaves q wife. three daughters and two
sons.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
BANKRUPT A SUICIDE.
Isidor Gordon Kills Himself When
He Learns of Petition.

Owing to his troubles with his creditors. with
whom he had been trying TO arrange settle
nnent Isidor Gordon president Of the Gordon
Cloak Company. Of No. SO Spring street. COM
mitted suicide by shooting. at his home, NO
III Compton avenue, Brooklyn. late Thursday
evening Gordon had just been Informed that
an involuntary petition in bankruptcy had been
filed against him.
He returned home from Manhattan about 8
o'clock on Thursday afternoon and was seen by
Mrs Talowitz a neighbOr. His wife and
daughter were in westheld. n. j.. where they
had been spending the last two weeks. Gordon
was not seen around the house in the early part
of the night but just before midnight Mrs
TaIowftz heard shot and called patrolman
of the Liberty avenue station who forced his
vva, into the house and found Gordon lying out
stretched on the floor Of his bedroom with a
bullet wound in his forehead and large re-
yolver in hand.
Several weeks ago it is said. Gordon told
friends that he had lost heavily in the recent
financial depression, and added that II he were
forced into bankruptcy he would take his
life as he had no money and saw no way Of
getting any The bankruptcy proceedings
against the Gordon Cloak Company were begun
on Thursday when Charles l. Emanuel and
others filed claims for money lent and goods
furnished amounting to S2,91o- Frank j. Wal
deyer was appointed receiver The stock is
said to be worth 81 900 and the outstanding ac-
counts reach $500.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
FIRE NE4R BUSH DOCKS.
Asbestos Factory IN South Brooklyn
DESTROYED $50, ,OOO-

vT-;+b;r an hour after the first OF the four
alarms had been sounded for q fire In the nVe-
story driving building of the H. W. Johns As
restos and Roofing Company, in South Brook-
lvn. shortly after midnight this morning, the
frer1en had control of the situation. The loss
is estimated at 100000. Its origin is a nnys-
terv. Other buildings in the block along the
,vaterfront from 39th to 40th street were in the
,,ath Of the flames swept by brisk southeast
-ird which blew flames and sparks across the
e+ree+ 10 the warehouses Of the Bush Terminal
hooks WHARF goods valued at several million
dollars were stored, and many steamers were
r1,oored to wharves-
The freboats A s. Hewitt Seth Low, Davld a
Roodv and George 3, Mcclellan battled with the
flames from the river and saved the BUSH COCKS
II was one of the most spectacular fires seen in
the harbor in several years. and thousands OF
rersons lined the waterfront 10 witness it. Ihe
reserves from the Fourth avenue, Fifth avenue
and Fort Hamilton stations rushed to the
scene TO protect the people from possible eX-
plosions from the infiammabe goods stored in
the asbestos companys warehouses.
The fremen at first worked TO save the dry
ing building. which is a five-story brick struct-
,,ra hut when they saw that it doomed they
turned their attention TO the three-story frame
nafnt shop adjoining the drying building on
the other side of the paint shop the Marcus
Ward Paper Company occupies a fve-story
building filed with manufactured paper To
the east of the burning building Is the slip OF
the municipal ferries. Dredges in the slips made
II impossible the freboats TO get nearer than
three hundred yards and hampered them IN their
work.
FerrybOats were anchored in the mlddle OF Ihe
streanl and steamers at the Bush DOCKS were
also tovzed away from danger
aav The drying building was completely de-
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
DW4RFS BIG BUILDINGS.
York to Start at Once to Make
Whitehall Greatest Structure.

The plans perfected last year by William H
Chesebrough. president of the Century Realty
Company, for erecting the largest office building
in the world. as regards square foot area,
a site fronting in West and Washington streets,
are to be carried out Immediately. This great
project would have been well under way if
there had been no financial disturbances last
fall. 1t will represent an investment of over
100000 and will furnish steady work for
many months to many hundred skilled work
men
The decision to begin at the work of
putting up this big skyscraper is the result of
the marked improvement in the money channels
affecting realty operations. and also reflects the
opinion held by scores of the leading real es-
tate experts OF this city that a and greater
era of commercial prosperity than ever before
is here
For many years Mr. Chesebrough. through
the company of which he is the head, has
wrought great and beautiful changes in the
skyline of the extreme southerly end of Man
haitian Island Where years ago there stood
old fashioned brick dwelling houses. some
partly remodeiled with stores and lofts, now
rise the Battery Park and the Whitehall build
ings two splendid types of the modern sky
scraper The Whitehall Building. towering
twenty stories, fronts in Battery Place between
West and Washington streets Adjoining and
forming an annex 10 II the piop0S0O S1'~V0'VV'
structure, thirty-five stories high, will be built
The ground il will rest upon and its floor area
will be much larger than those of any building
now standing in this city.
Some architects who have studied the plans
say that this thirtyfve story Office building Will
completely change the skyline of the lower part
of old New York from steamships in the lower
bay Now the tower OF the Singer Building. the
ornamental roof of the City Investing Building
and the upper stories of the Trinity and the
West Street buildings form the main objects In
that perspective. AS they almost directly
north of the site of the proposed annex to the
Whitehall Building, the view Of those structures
from steamships in the lower bay will be cut off
by the annex, it is said The plot to be i'm
proved comprises $1,000 square feet
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
CITY REALTY ASSESSED ss,141 600, 900.
Increase in Value Exceeds That of Five
Large States.

President Lawson Purdy and his colleagues Of
the Tax Department have sent their annual re-
port to Mayor Mcclellan. Figures show the
total assessment of real and personal property
for COS to be s715S S1sO. 400. The assessed value
Of ordinary real estate, exclusive Of special fran
chises and real estate of corporations is SS.141-
5Oo.11s and the increase in the assessed value
of ordinary real estate is s437.4sO467-
The increase in the assessed value Of ordinary
real estate the commissioners say. exceeds the
aggregate assessed value of real estate OF the
five states Florida. Mississippi. Oklahoma.
Oregon and Wyoming, with more than
eight times that of the whole State OF New
York
An interesting table shows the assessment
value of real and personal property and the per
capita assessment in all the cities of the state
In this city the per capita assessment Of per
sonal property is sos, in Buffalo SIS, Niagara
Falls 50. Watervlet 81 and Rensselaer, 81 The
table proves that personal property in New York
City is fully assessed than elsewhere
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
WOMEN TO RACE IN AIR.
-Four Will Sail an Balloon an Effort
to Break Record.

Four women prominent in society, two OF
whom, are residents of Philadelphia and the
other two OF New York, will make q long dis
-+ence balloon trip from Huntington Bay, Long
Island next Saturday afternoon. Accompany
inc the women will be DR. Thomas E. Eldridge
and DIT George H. Simmerman. of Philadelphia
The ascension will be made under the auspices
of the Philadelphia Aeronautical Society. The
trjp will be made for the Eldridge- e-Simmerman
Ladies Aeronautical Cup. which is offered for
the hest record for long distance travelled IN
one ascension in any air craft DR.. Eldr1dge
and Or Simmerman will act as pilots on the
trip.
Many New York woraen anxious to make
the trip but as only four women and two pilots
can be carried in the balloon. the Philadelphia
aeronsuts are having great difficulty in making
the selections The balloon TO be used is called
the Phila delphia- It is hoped that the wind will
he from the south, that the balloon will be
carried across the Sound and up through Con-
necticuJ-
As there are no facilities al the starting point
for supplying the gas required by the PhiIadei-
phia the big balloon will be filed at the Hunt
ington plant and will then be towed by tug
through Huntington Harbor 10 the starting
roint which is to be directly over the water
The Philadelphia will be equipped with ar
tight compartnents which will keep the basket
aaoat If 1t should land in water. The distance
scross Long Island Sound from Huntington
shore is about fifteen miles. Should the Wlnd
ba blowing in that direction the day OF the
ascension II is figured that the balloon Will
cross the Sound in an hour To provide against
danger several power boats will accompany the
11bi1adeInhia across the Sound