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Imperial Valley press., 1909-03-06

The bonds are to be six in number of the denomination of $500 each, and bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum. payable semi annually
 The Board adjourned to March 2.
 Tuesdays Session
 The Board of Supervisors of Imper- ial County met at the Court House in Bl Centro at 9:SO o'clock a. m. on March 2, all members being present. The minutes of the meeting of March 1 were read and approved
 The petition and bond for the Ala mo-Keystone road were received and accepted, and the bond was approved. Easements were ordered recorded and the road was declared a public high way
 The petition of voters of verde pre-. cinct was accepted and the board vot. ed to create new polling place in accordance with the requests of this petition.
 The minutes of the meeting with the Supervisors of Yuma County Ari zona. held during the recent visit of the Imperial County Supervisors to that city, were received and filed, and the Board adopted the following reso. lution:
 Whereas We have before us at this time an extract from the minutes of the Board of Supervisors of Yuma County. Arizona. of February 17, 1909 and whereas such minutes show that our Board agreed to use it's influence in raising the necessary funds to build a wagon bridge across the Colo rado River at Yuma, in the event that neither the State nor the Federal Government would take up the prop osition. now therefore be it
 Resolved, That we disclaim any knowledge of such an agreement as to financial aid, but will give our in fluence and moral support towards getting the Federal or State aid for the project; and further that the Clerk of this Board be directed to send a copy of the foregoing resolu- ton to the Yuma County Board of Supervisors"
 A motion was made by Supervisor Webster that the County reimburse the donors of the proposed Court House site for the same at. the price of the land when it was donated. This was lost for the lack of a second.
 A motion to have the Court House grounds leveled was carried.
 Supervisor R. H. Clark gave notice ! that he hereby withdraws his name l from the bond guaranteeing the title 1 to the proposed Court House grounds. l
 Supervisor Ferguson moved that fur ther consideration of the Court House grounds matter be continued to the session of February 15. and that at that time the matter be disposed of or the land, be returned to the donors. The motion carried.
 liC pirib Oi biit- W tctOIl lONISllt was accepted
 The County Surveyor was instruct ed to draw plans and locate the site for the bridge on Alamo-Keystone road across the Alamo River.
 The County Surveyor was instruct ed to outline the supervisoral districts, the school districts, the judicial town ships, the incorporated cities and the voting precincts of Imperial County and to publish same in book form, with an issue of 200 copies
 Mir. Redwood made an offer to the board of bridge timber saved from the railroad salvage at Salton Sea at the rate of s2O per thousand feet. The offer was declined.
 Each Supervisor was granted the privilege of dealing with MT. Rock wood for such timber from this stock as he wished to secure.
 The Superintendent of Schools was
Imperial Valley press., 1909-03-06
BROKE BONES OF FOOT.

Mrs. Peterson, aged 72 years. moth CT of II. H, Peterson, fell from a buggy while out driving last Sunday, and broke the bones in her foot. be. sides receiving painful bruises.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-03-06

Does your piano need tuning? See or write the Imperial Valley Music House, Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-03-06
IMPROVE GROUND
 OR ABANDON SITE
Donors of Land For a County Building May Get
 1t Back,

Matter Made Special Order For Next Meeting of Supervisors-PIans Or dered For Alamo River Bridge on Keystone Road-Position on Yuma Bridge Defined by Resolution.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-03-06

Second hand goods bol olught and sold, Delozier Furniture Com Ipany 49-lt
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
Poetic Justice.

A certain couple in New England
village, each the parent Of six chill
drep. recently had meted out to them
a kind Of poetic justice in which they
failed TO see the poetry.
The woman, widow, pleading that
she had no home, and was therefore
unable to care for her children, in
duced the local authorities to admit
them to an orphan asylum. The man,
a widower, pleading he had no house
keeper, and theref re no one TO care
for his children, induced the authori-
ties to admit his six also. Thereupon
being freed from all membranes,
these two married.
All went well for few months,
when the authorities, learning of the
situation, promptly dispatched the IL
children back TO their parents, and the
woman, no longer able to represent
herself as homeless or the man as
without a housekeeper, they were
forced to receive them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
ENTIRE EARTH NOW EXPLORED.
Travels Have Made II Easier for the
Spread of the Word.

The world is now explored. The
last man is located. With the opening
of Tibet. there is no longer hermit
nation. The church knows her task,
and is confronted by an open world.
A worldwide commerce Is develop
ing worldwide facilities for missionary
undertakings. Livingstone was six
months reaching the Zambezi from
Cape Town. You can now make the
Journey by rail i'm four days. Railroads
and steamboats, are opening up the
Dark Continent from four sides. China
Is operating 300 miles Of railways,
and has 1000 miles under construc-
ton. The missionaries, long the adj
vance agents of commerce, are now
reinforced by commerce at many
points. An English and German COM
pany, engaged in developing the phos-
phate beds of the Pacific islands, Is
cooperating heartily with the Ameri-
can board, affording the missionaries
such facilities for transportation as to
enable us TO do away with the mission
airy vessel.-The Morning Star.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
NAvAJos A PoLYoAMoUs TRIBE
Plural Marriages There Are Not Inter-
fered with by Uncle Sam.

1t Is commonly supposed that Uncle
Sam strictly forbids polygamy within
his dominions. This is mistake.
Polygamy has been practised from
time immemorial by the Navajos, and
they have no intention of giving up
the practice. Nothing has ever been
done by the government or by the In
dian agents to discourage it. Not many
of the braves have more than two
wives, although some have been
known to maintain harem of II.
Two wives are almost as common as
one. Being only human, sometimes
they SCRAP" Then the husband sep
arates them. building for each sep
arate hogan, located whenever posi-
bic on opposite sides of butte or
small mesa. Each is strictly forbidden
to leave her side of the separating
landmark. 1t is feared, however that
this prohibition is not always obeyed
and there are doubtless many hair
pulling scraps that no one but the
jackrabbits and papooses witness.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
Great Man Condemns Suicide.

"Napoleons Writings and Sayings
is the title of little book which has
just been published in Paris. On the
subject Of suicide, Napoleon wrote at
st. Helena, HAS a man the right to
take his own life? Certainly, as soon
as his death would be an injury to no
one and his life a burden. When is life
burden? When ii offers only tribu-
lations, but as these may vanish at
any moment there seems to be no mo-
ment in ones life when he has the
right of self-destruction. There are
not many men who have not felt at
some time the impulse to end all
through death, but few days later
there comes a change and the cause
for self-inficted death is gone, and the
man who succumbs to the impulse on
Monday, could he undo his work,
would be sorry for it when the week
end came"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

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subscriptions and advertising for the
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
ALWAYS HAD SUPERB FAITH.
An Incident, Hitherto Unrecorded, Of
LlncoIn's Trust.

AS illustrative Of Mr.. Lincoln's SUI
perb faith, ! will give an instance that
/ have never seen in print, says a
writer in the Century Magazine. In
the largest room in the White House,
on the second floor, were gathered a
number of officers of the army, then of
prominence by reason of the COM
mands that they held in the field;
many civilians who held no Offices, but
who had come from the north to see
Washington and pay their respects to
Mr. Lincoln, and perhaps get contracts
essential to running the government;
and a few members Of congress.
At first 1t appeared more like a
large reception, where after shaking
hands, people stayed to chat with one
another. Not far from Mr.. Lincoln a
prominent senator, whom we may call
Senator D., in a strong, deep voice
remarked: 81 believe that, If we could
only do right as a people, the Lord
would help us and we should have a
decided success in this terrible strug-
pie" Mr.. Lincoln. hearing the remark
Of the senator, with his clear, shrlll
enunciation, cried out: MY faith is
greater than yoursP
Everybody turned and looked at the
president, who was head and shoulders
above all those assembled. The sena-
tor who had spoken then said: How
so, Mr.. Lincoln?"
IL am confident" said he that God
will make us do sufficiently right to
rive nc the victory"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

IN 1860 when the South undertook
certain tactics which meant great harm
to the Union, the country arose in arms
and quelled the rebellion and the doc
trine of states rights was considered
settled for all time TO come at the sur
render of Gen. Robert +. Lee. If Cali
fornia and few others of the Western
States insist in trying to enforce their
-be-damned policy perhaps
they ought not to have TO wait for the
smell of japanese powder. A stitch in
time oftimes saves nine.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

full ceremony by the whole American
people, who owe more TO Lincoln than
to any other citizen of the republic,
save only Washington.
Lincoln is, after Washington, the
greatest figure in our national his
tory. No other man performed serv-
ices so great as his. or was so high
a character. His conduct during the
trying days of the civil war, when the
union that had been founded with
high hopes for human liberty seemed
destined to be destroyed, was such
as to appear inspired by power
greater than human, and many an
American has thanked God in his
nightly prayers that SO wise, gentle,
forbearing a leader had been raised
up by divine direction to guide the
country to safety. His death was a
great calamity, not less to the south
than to the north; for, If Lincoln had
been spared, his qualities of heart and
mind would have made the task OF
reconstruction much easier than 1t
proved and would have healed the
wounds of war much sooner
The south will join with the north
in observing Lincoln's one hundredth
birthday, for now, in these latter days
his memory is as deeply beloved south
of Mason and Dixon's line as north of
It. The celebration is worthy to be
remembered as an expression of the
gratitude and affection of a great peo-
pie.
When we once resolve to lay aside
desire to make of Lincoln's life and
words an arsenal from which to draw
weapons with which TO fight for spe-
cial causes, and consider with quiet
thought Abraham Lincoln as all Amer
leans know he was, we find the ma
terials ample.
We see Abraham Lincoln as a home
ly, kindly, patient man, who loved
his country as men love their mothers.
We ste him seeking the welfare of all
that mothers sons because he was
one of them. We see him working
humbly and patiently under burdens
such as no American before, save
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
LIQUOR DEALERS
CONDEMN INTEMPERANCE

CONDEMN INTEMPERANCE
THE National Model License League,
an organization of liquor dealers, in a
meeting Friday at Louisville, KY, evil
IDENTIFY alarmed at the rapid advance OF
Temperance sentiment in the United
States, adopted the following among
other resolutions, which sound like the
sentiment of a temperance organization.
The convention numbered several hun
dred delegates from all parts of the ma
ton.
"First, that as representative OF the
brewing, wine-making and distilling
trades, and of wholesale liquor dealers,
saloonkeepers, inn keepers and mem
bers of collateral trades, we protest
against all intemperance in the use OF
alcoholic beverages, and against law
sale of such beverages.
'Second, that intemperance is a
curse, and every man who become iD
toXicated should be arrested ana pros
ecuted.
''Third, that treating, should be op-
posed by public sentiment and by every
member of our trade. y
One of the great curses is selling il to
minors and habitual drunkards and to
drunken men SO long as they can stand
I'D nix it. The time IL coming
people will regulate this
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

(, February 18th, is the
,drh anniversary of the birth
Abe Lincoln. Fitting, in
honor accorded him at this
in the midst of want and
ne midst of squalor, with
= indomitable pluck and
Twill power as a working
.,eoln's achievement points
e of the greatest figures
mes. From rail splitter TO
.lc United States is n step
dom falls TO the lot of any man,
his push, pluck and perse-
'hieved for him the marvel
in life that might have been
n had he been spared at the
assassin. But, while time
lemory of Abraham Lincoln
tefand more revered until the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

but grasped every opportunity opened
to success and gained the victory by
his stupendous will. Not all young
men can reah the presidency but there
is always something better ahead fol
the fellow who works for it. Boys, bC
Il winner in the battle of life.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
Are Women Less Honest Than Mena

Are women less honest than men?''
This palpitating question has become
one of the great subjects of discussion
in Paris, thanks to symposium in La
Revue.
There is not one dares openly affirm
that woman is dishonest. Anatole
France, the master of contemporary
French literature. questions whether
man is so virtuous that he should de-
sire to weigh himself in the balance
against woman. And he speaks of
masculine arrogance and ferocity and
brutality. And SO mountaineering
to the Judgment of Paris-is not more
dishonest than man. Whence sprang
that legend that she was?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
Centenary of Lincoln's
Birth Is Appropriately
Remembered by Country
oococooccocococooOcOC cc0CoocOcooccaoOeocOa

Washington, and none since, has been
called upon to bear.
We see him always charitable, real
izing that in this human world men
are moved by all sorts of motives,
and appealing to all motives that in
honesty and honor he could, asking
only that the results OF the appeals
be acts helping to save and restore
to peace the nation mother.
And so Abraham Lincoln wrought
with the tools at hand never COM
planning of their human imperfections,
using to his great end not
only the noblest aspirations of
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

zsreatest lessons in the life
Lincoln is that offered 10
an whose only legacy in
ortunity TO make the best
ents with which he is en-
man whose name is sec
hat of Washington in inc
American people, left no
Improvement unchallenged,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
Improving.
Horse Sense.

Customer-Why, | thought you
called him "the colt?"
Ostler-Sure, yer honor. and that's
the name he's had for the last 20
years. and he sticks to it like a re-
spectacle haste. the same as yourselfi
Punch. - =
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

IT'S a stand or between Senator VIM.
Alden Smiths smile and Senator
Lodges scowl, so honors are about even
in their recent passage at arms over the
Canadian waterway treaty.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

SOME of those senators and repre-
who of late have turned
their bazoos so viciously against the
peoples president may feel the meek
ness that comes of defeat when they
turn again to the people for their sup
port.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

MANY people have slipped on the icy
walks during the past few days but
fortunately no serious accident has yet
occurred 50 Is heard from. If our
citizens woH see 10 IL that their side
llils ere eieanC after every storm
these accidents would be less frequent
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

ed it to the
r e m o t :
est corners
of the land.
The 18th
o + t h | S
month | S
{ h e o n g
h u n dredth
a n n |
versary of
the birth of
A b r a :
h a m Ii n
coin. That
date is o
served Will
S o | e m n
a n d y e t
g r a t e
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

WITH the present allotment of Da-
kota blizzard one canpot help express
ing the wish that winter will not linger
long upon the lap of spring.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

but e V e r y
force of hu
man desire,
and thus de-
livering a
race from
b o n d :
age and saw
ing a nation
because he
e v e r
w r o u g h {
with NAL
ice toward
none and
with charity
for all.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
W. F. Bricker
REAL { STATE EXC HANGE
NEW LIST 1909.

Beautiful Home South Bridge
street $500.
Six room modern style house
on Alderman street to sell on
easy payment plan about 5000
or $500 down; balance monthly.
Price $1,000.
A fine home property one
block from red silk mill, good
house and barn. Price $1,000.
Farms For Sale-S0 acre farm
Orleans township, 81 miles
from Bedding, $1,000.
AZ Acre Farm, Orleans town
ship, good land, good buildings,
orchard, 81 miles south east of
Bedding $1,000.
Is Acre Farm, township of
Otisco, good buildings, all i'm
proved, SPLENDID land and best
location, $500
Two good houses In Bedding,
also $1,000 or more cash to ex-
change for fir5t-class so acre
farm; must have good buildings
and orchard also DE on main
road within five miles of Beld-
ing.
For all of above and many
other chances, see
BRICkER AT THE STORE
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

ACCORDING TO the local option bar
.ometer, all signs point to an exceedingly
dry time next summer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

Now, altogether for city slogan,
There is five dollars in it for some one.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
BELDING BANNER
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
Published every Thursday at Belding,
(Ionia County, Mich, by
~ THE BANNER PUBLISHING CO
&. q. LAPHAM, EoIToR

Advertising Rates upon application. Bills
collected monthly. Cards Of Thanks, 25c to
soc. Resolutions from SOC up
Entered at the Postoffice, Bedding, Michigan
for transmission through the Mails as Sec.
Ond class Matter
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

THE white peril in the west is be-
coming far more dangerous TO our ma
tional peace than is the yellow peril.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

GET busy on the Belding slogan
there's money in il.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

For Sale-Or will exchange for city
property, 80 acres land in Newaygo
county. 36tf i. L.. Hubbell
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

For Sale-House and small barn and
one acre of land at Cooks Corners. In
quire of Chas. HI. White, Phone 272, l
long, 2 short. >33tf
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

For Sale-A good Photographic outfit
high grade lens, back ground, trays,
printing frames, at great bargain, also
a boys printing press. Call at Banner
Office.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
FIELD OF HONOR COMMISSION.
Practices Seem Absurd To-Day, But
Had Their Place in History.

Perhaps wit is stimulated by a
slight arrangement of the nerves, and
good things said on the field of battle
Are sometimes recorded. When Bully
Egan" fought Curran with pistols the
bulky Egan complained that his oppo-
nent was as thin as a blade of grass.
Let my size be chalked out upon
your body" said Curran, land any hits
outside of the line shall not count"
1t was not good form, however, to
make parade of magnanimity, and
the coxcombical practice of firing in
the air or dumb shooting" or chill
dren's play" was strictly prohibited by
the rules, of which SO were drawn up
by representatives of the five most
eminent counties-Galway, Tipperary,
Mayo, Sligo and Roscommon-in 1777.
They met at the summer assizes at
Clonmel and seem to have done their
work very gravely and honestly, in
Guiding special rule for Simple, I'M
premeditated encounters with the
small sword" There is a large ele-
ment Of absurdity about it all, no
doubt, but even dueling has had its
place as a rough, inefficient. test OF
manhood
Improving.
How Is your son James getting on
at college, Mr.. Boggs?" asked the par.
son.
Fine" said Boggs Hes getting
more businesslike every day"
Il am glad to hear that" said the
clergyman. How does the lad show
it?"
We'll" said Bogfs, when he first
went up and wanted money. he used
to write asking for it. Now he draws
On me at sight. "-Lippincott's.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

Wanted-Girls and women for our
room Excellent pay, steady work. An
industrious woman can earn from $1.25
to $3.50 per day. Lee Paper Co.
31w3 Vicksburg, Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

House ana Lot for Sale
SiX-room house on Front street. Pri-
vate sale. Inquire III. w. Ross, admin
istratOr. 34u
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
FOLEYyElONEYw6TAE

Cures coIdss prevents Pneumonia

Thimothy and Glover Hay for sale.
Inquire of G.. w. Fish, Bridge street
South. 36-tf
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11
(,OckerelS Sale

have a number of cockerels for sale
Rhode Island Reds, Light Brahmas,
Brown. Leghorns, Black Minorcas and
Cochins. w. j. Wilson.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-11

Worthily have the American people
Joined in an appropriate celebration
of the Lincoln centenary, and extend
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
Homer payenport Removes.

Homer Davenport has given up bis
residence at Morris Plains and removed
to Goshen, N. ", where he has opened
stock farm aud to which he has re
moved his horses from Morris Plains.
Mrs. Davenport has not accompanied
him and is at present occupying the
Morris Plains place All the fancy
birds at Morris Plains have been sold
to dealer and have been removed as
we'll as the big herd of Angora goats,
Mr. Davenport, when asked by a
Newspaper man for his reasons in leav-
ing Morris Plains, said that there had
been no robbery as rumored but do
nestle troubles were what was bother
ing him, He asserted that he had not
been to Morris Plains for several
months except for day recently to
superintend the shipping Of his horses.
Mr.. Davenport said that as far as he
knew no divorce proceedings had been
started.
Mrs. Davenport would not discuss
the matter referring the inquirer to
MIR. Davenport, who, she said, seemed
willing to talk"