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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01

French art circles are discussing the
question "At what age is a woman
most beautiful" 1t is a question
whether the ladies can be persuaded
to provide any reliable statistics in
the matter.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01

The notable increase in the post
Office receipts all over the country is
very gratifying. Next to the bank
clearings, the postal receipts are the
best Indicator of the activity of bust
ness
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01

Why go to Morocco to be carried off
by bandits and held for expensive
ransom when one can just as we'll in
vest ones money in lawsuits, gasoline
launches and other games of chance
here at home?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01

Still, while we are turning up the
nose of artistic scorn at the women's
hats, it may be salutary for the males
to recall that for the better part of
century the acme of style in masculine
headgear has been a construction de-
scribed as chimney pot" and afford
ing about the degree of comfort that
the name suggests.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01

The cause of aristocracy has fallen
on evil days. An Italian prince was
recently arrested and held all day in
police station for running down two
which he had no license.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01
What Did He Mean2

Mr.. Brown and his family were
standing in front of the lions cage.
John" said Mrs. Brown, IF these
animals were to escape, whom would
you save first, me or the children"
Me-" answered John, without hest
tation.-Everybody's Magazine.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01
Ask Your Druggist for Aliens Foot-sase.

Il tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
ly. and have just bought another supply.
II has cured my corns, and the hot. burn
ing and itching sensation my feet which
was almost unbearable and / would not
be without IL now.-Mrs. w. j. Walker
Camden. ". j." Sold by all Druggists, 25c.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01
That WheezY Sound.

Say" inquired the boy next door
of the little girl whose father suffered
from asthma, what makes your ia.
Their wheeze so?"
II guess it's one of his inside or,
gans playing Puck.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01

A great many people are not tempt
ed to engage in intensive farming, be
cause they are not sufficiently intense
in their dispositions to tackle the job
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01
A Great Shake.

Because he came in contact with a
wire carrying about $50 volts of cleo.
tricity, Leo Haley. of Flint. will have
some dentist work done. Three gold
filings which were in his teeth
dropped out when he received the
"jolt." Besides this, Haley complains
OF severe pains in his stomach and a
bad burn across the neck. but physi-
clans say there will be no serious eff
fects from the experience.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01
NOT WHAT HE MEANT.

Saphedd - I'm rather dull this
evening. | feel little down in the
mouth, don't you know.
Miss Cutting-O, impossible! Why,
it is not a sixteenth of an inch long.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01

The people Of Pebbletown were
celebrating the national holiday on
the village green. A gigantic spheri-
cal cupola rose above the heads of
the crowd. II was captive balloon,
already inflated The people were all
agog, for it had been announced that
morning that couple from Washing.
ton would be married in the balloon.
The town clock was on the stroke of
three. The eyes OF the crowd
watched with eager expectancy. A
man in the garb OF a minister Of the
Gospel and beautiful young woman
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01

East Buflalo-Cattle: Tho general
market was about steady with last
week on everything except bulls,
which We're strong. CSC lower, and the
common mixers and sprngers. which
sold some lower The best fresh cows
and springers sold about steady. Best
export steers. s6.75T11Q: best 200 10
1.S00-lb shipping steers. Ss.h00G.SO;
best 1000 TO 1.1o0-lb shipping steers
S6@6 40; light butcher steers, $3.50
SO: best fat cows. sf.75m5. fair to
good, 81 -: trimmers, s2.50@s;
best fat heifers. 1915 &c: light fat
heifers. -$t.50aj: best feeding steers
s450d 40: best stockers $i.25 64,5o;
common stockcrs. $3.50G4: best FIRE sli
cows and springers. 500 80; medium,
$500 40. common, $50 n so.
Hogs: Market &c lower; medium and
heavy, $3.50 S,35 mixed $S.1O0S.S0,
best workers.. sS1o@S$0: tight york ers,
$740m7.60: pigs sG25 - So: roughg,
s710m715; stays. S5.50dt6.
sheep: Market active, best spring
lambs, SS.50My fair tc good S66CS. IS |;
culls. -$5mG: yoarllngs. $t6o 7.e5: weth-
ers. S5.50N 5.,5; ewes. Si6r4.5O.
Calves: Steady; best, SSuS.25;
heavy, s4QJ.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01

New uniforms for the army will cost
s4.OOO,OO0. Uncle Sans boys are aw
fully hard on clothes.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01

into the house and ordered his auto
mobile brought TO the door with all
possible dispatch. Coming back he
said, hurriedly: Maxwell, I'm going
TO Pebbletown. It's only a ten-mile
run. want you TO go with NE.
Come. think we can make 1t by
three o'clock"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01
THE MARKETS.

Detroit.-Cattle--M Toe to l5c
lower than last week common COW
stuff. very dun and hard to sell We
quote dry-fed steers and heifers, $3.50
90 steers and heifers. 1000 To 1900
IDS, $ftdM 3.23; steers and heifcrs. 500
70 .Ooo lbs. s4.25M5; grass steers and
heifers that art fat, 500 to 1000 lbs,
$l2omo o. grass steers ana hcifcrS that
are fat. 300 TO geo lbs $4mI.i0; choice
fat COWS, s4.25: good fat COWS. $3.75Go
$40: common cows. S2.7EfD%: Gamers
81, 15M2; choice heavy bulls. Slm42J;
fair TO good bolognas. bulls. $3.150
$50; stock bulls. S3.25 a $50: choice
feeding steers, 500 to 1000 lbs. $i.256D
40; fair feeding steers. SEQ 10 600
lbs. $40 4.25; choice StockeTS 500 to
200 lbs, S4n4.J0. fair stockers SEQ to
700 lbs, $3.50 a 3.65. stock heiferg, $50
$50; mixers large. young medium
age, $iO@ 20; common mixers, $20qt30.
Veal calves--Market 25c to $50
higher than last Thursday; quality
better; best $7Q7.75: others s4G6.
Mich cows and springers-SteadE
sheep and lambs-Market, good stock
steady: all kinds OF sheep very duh:
old sheep not wanted. Fest lambs, 81;
fair TO good lambs $6G26SO: light to
common lambs. s5@6: spring lambs. So
a SD; fair TO gocd sheep, SiSC425:
culls and common, S2.50M3.
Hogs-Market 25c to SOC lower than
last Thursday RanGe or prices: Light
10 good butchers, $1,000 100 pigs,
$3.50 6.15; light workers., S7m7.25;
stays, one third off.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01
Grain. Etc.

Detroit. -Whcat--Cash No. > red.
Tt$ asked :laly opened without
and Closed a. ST.: September o SrlG
At Sl10h. declined 70 $l09H and
closed at sloeai December opened ct
s1Ioa,. declined 20 sl.09& and closed
IS sf.i $40 No. red $40 NO. l white
Com-Cash No. 3. 7Gc: No. yellow
7Ic
oata--cash No. , white I car at
soc: September. iIIac.
Rye-Cash no. 2. 92c.
Beans--Cash. So.5e. October. sos.
Cloverseed -Prime October, s7S5;
March 80 bags 1T 81.
Feed--lr t6o-lh sacks. jobbing lots:
coarse corrnesl. $31; corn and oat
Flour--Bcst MichiFan patent, $40;
ordinary patent. S6.95; straight S6,S5;
clear. Sc pure rye, IS per Dbl in
wooa, iOhiinr lots.
Haf-1,Gar lot prices. tra lckks;; Detroit;
Timothy, Si3@13.50. clover, mixed. s1S
01S50; ryo straw S10mt0,50; wheat
and oat straw 50 per ton.
A rain OF fish in a Harlem, n. y,
street occurred when employees of the
water department started to clean out
the fire hydrants at that point Hun
dredg OF small perch came out and
floundcred about In the water. while
troops of children who had been wad-
ing in the stream scrambled about
gathering UP the fish. taking them
away in pals and Jars.
Firm in the belief that she was TO
die soon, Mrs. Mary Moore, of Salina,
KS, wrote her obituary notice q few
days ago. Wednesday she died. The
notice was used in all the local papers,
and Ii filled half column.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-01

APT. MARMADUKE
KEENE had been
delayed In Wash
ington long pas I
the time for fight,
but even the capital
city could not hold
him during the up
roar of a Fourth of
July celebration.
On that day he fed
precipitately 10 the
country, I a k | n 6
refuge in the peace
full seclusion of the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-14
"HODIE ELKIBUS: GRASP

keHtOME. pretty Miss Angie, look out TO
the sea,
~ Your maritime prospects, immense.
I should think as you thought Of the
things that will be
You would talk in futurish tense"
But pretty Miss Angie said: NOW is the
time!
We gather the eggs for the yelks
And not for the chicks; and the present
day rhyme
Is ELKS, ELKS, ELKs.
ELKs, ELKS. ELKs.
ELKs, ELKS, ELKs."
There's a pile of big business that soon
must be done.
And CONSULTATIONS in sight.
There's Greater Los Angeles yet to be won,
And the sly corporations to fight"
But pretty Miss Angie said never a word,
She was dumb as a basket OF whelks;
And she listened, enthralled by sound
which she heard.
Which was. "ELKs, ELKS. ELKs.
ELKs, ELKS EBKS
ELKs, ELKs, ELKs."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-14
SPOOK TWADDLE

TT is too bad Prof. Hyslop should en-
courage anybody to waste his time
Il in seeking explanations for a case
like that of Mrs. Eta de Camp, related
in Los Angeles Sunday Herald. This
woman writes automatically and be-
lieVes she is controlled by an American
author seven years dead. After read
ing Mrs. de Camps story, we reiterate
our frequently expressed opinion that
we wish the spirits would mind their
own business and stay dead. Even if
the De Camp story was written under
spiritual control, it is not of an order of
constructive or OF style literary merit
to warrant any enthusiasm over the
verbal resurrection of an American
author who has been dead for seven
years.
We cannot detect in the De Camp au-
tomatography the identity of the de-
ceased author who is being blamed for
this amateur and embarrassing twad-
ole The literary market is already
overcrowded and the average pay is
poor. If cheap psychic skates and sec
ond-rate spooks begin to butt in"
what will become of the flesh and blood
writer's? And the same remark may
be applied to ghostly interference with
any form of earthly activity. Even if
there is such a phenomenon as spirit
ual control" it only makes us marvel
at the deterioration of the human
thinking apparatus after it has been
separated from the physical machinery.
If people would bear in mind the fact
an overwhelming majority of spooks
probably would have been included by
Thomas Carlyle in the opprobious term
he applied to the population of England,
communications from such sources
would inspire neither awe nor respect
Why should blatherskite, foolish
ghost command any more attention
than blatherskite, foolish man?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-14

Bishop Bell of Los Angeles must
have made the Yosemite Valley Chau-
tauqua jump when he said the clergy
have been too Indifferent to politics
in the past; that as a consequence OF
the Indifference of what may be called
morality interests to the welfare OF
the country a serious condition has
arisen; and that the time is coming
when the wealth of the country must
not be conferred in the hands of a few
individuals, even if revolution is
needed to bring about a square deal for
the people.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-14

for the people, by the people, You
see observer. woman is rot of the peo-
nile So constructive legislation Is not
in her line. We would also ike op-
server to tell us how many women
were in the Colorado legislature When
a steel trust magnate and a corpora
ton lawyer were elected to represent
that state in the senate.
Observer quotes the word OF Billy
Green to furnish a climax for his ar
eument against woman suffrage, SEEM
inrlv unconscious of the fact that he
is putting the slime of political cor
ruption all over his own sex by calling
attention to the fact that Billy Green,
1.-The very prince of repeaters OF all
Colorado" was a man, and that he op-
Grated for years under the protection
of a corrupt fire and police board COM
posed entirely Of men. Yet the aWaK-
ened manhood of Denver put Billy
Green in JAIL as Observer we'll knows,
ana many more of like character.
There were no Mrs. Billy Greens served
prison sentences.
Clear your own stables, Observer
and YOU will have no time to critlclse
what has been done by women. Those
who have gone over the ground ac-
knowledge the fact that woman Is far
less apt to fall victim TO the aVarl-
cious greed for corporation favors than
man. And the truth of such state
ment has been clearly and repeatedly
shown in every suffrage state.
MARIAN MARTIN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-14
THE YOUNG WORLD

nj o clearer and truer note has been
v struck by any writer in any mod
~ ern publication than has been
sounded by an editorial contributor to
the Christian Science Monitor, who
with an accurate apprehension of
things as they are" says 1.-THE young
world is the British Empire, the United
States and the republics of Latin
America" Although England is an old
country, modern civilized Scotland is
only a creation of yesterday, and TWEEN
tieth century Ireland is so new many
good people do not yet realize the day
of discomfort in the Green Isle is over
and gone, the causes having been re-
moved.
With the United Kingdom really
united" only within the last ten years,
with the empire emerging from chaos
only within the last ten years, with
the solidarity of the English-speaking
races only asserted within the last ten
years, and with pan-Americanism
brought into being as a peace preserv-
ing corollary of English-speaking soli-
darity only within the last ten years,
historical and political students are
Gust settling down to a realization Of
the epochal nature of the first decade
of the twentieth century.
AS our Boston contemporary remarks,
the three constituent parts of the young
world have now arrived at a period Of
test, which will show the fiber Of their
youth, and their constructive genius
The pressure of this test proceeds from
the old, out-groWn destructive ten
dency which, in the form of militarism,
holds the old world in the grip of the
mailed fist. and now moves to force
itself on the new world also. From
this critical phase the three must
emerge into manhood.
on the purity of this manhood will
depend the progress of the world. And
as these three are called to work Shout
der to shoulder they must now stand
together and stand firm. They should
form the Young Worlds Protective
Union. When the young nations COM
prising the entire British Empire, this
country and twenty republics Of Latin
America form a protective union to
guard their shores by common and an
adequate navy, based in its strength
not on that of other navies, but on the
mileage of their shores, then the young
world win be entirely emancipated from
the pressure of militarism.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-14

pearance, their entire show windows
being pIastered over with whitewasm
and dsflgured with glaring statements
that only appeal to fools, and as there
are no idiots among the herds or Elks
that will Craze in Los Angeles during
the next three weeks cannot pressure
be brought to bear on these few TO
wash the fronts of the stores they oc-
cupy and dress them with the best and
most attractive goods they have In
stock, Just for this occasion, when L
will guarantee that their sales VIII IN
crease to such volume that they VIII
hereafter do an honest and above
board business and kick themselves for
imagining that they had been roofing
the people SO long.
To the owners of the few really va
cant stores I would suggest that all
show cards be taken down, the snow
windows cleaned and made so attrac-
tive that strangers will feel tempted 10
lease them on the spot and become
members of our family. Let the motto
be "Clean UP" everywhere, uptown"
downtown" and 'out of town., ana
every man, woman and child-Ameri-
can. Mexican, Monaghan and Hindoo--
make this the red letter day of their
lives and wear their store clothes dur
ing the entire stay of the antlered herd,
or at least take bath after their days
work is over and came out In the glare
of the Illuminated city in their best DID
and tucket Let us all be Americans
for once, and the experiment. Will cling
to us and make all better citizens ana
better fitted to enjoy the grand priv
ileges of a free government.
PRO BONO PUBL1CO.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-14
FRANCHISES
VIZ HEN anxious citizens heard the
w trustees of San Pedro decide to
I LII L.. .,nnnnIiln tir,, nlnnticrn

w HEN anxious citizens heard the
w trustees of San Pedro decide to
hold the consolidation election
August u and to suspend until after
election action on applications for
franchises they applauded; and public
sentiment will echo the applause, The
course adopted is the only wise, fair
and reasonable course.
Applicants for franchises knew full
we'll the consolidation election would be
held soon and We're poor judges of
public opinion if they thought it would
approve any attempt, no matter what
might be the motive, to secure snap
grants of franchises from trustees al
most on the eve of an election which
will put an entirely new aspect on the
matter We believe consolidation will
be carried, and when Greater Los An
geles is an assured fact it will be time
enough to talk about the disposition
of franchises which, morally speaking,
are as much the concern of Greater Los
Angeles today as if consolidation were
ACCOMPLISHED. We cannot approve a
business policy" that tried to induce
the trustees to give what rlghtfully
was not theirs to give. The affair had
an ugly look. The trustees took the
only course which could meet with
public approval.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-14
HARBOR BEAUTY

n EAUTY and utilitarianism will be
X combined in San Pedro, the har-
- Dor of Greater Los Angeles, If the
admirable suggestions of Secretary
Fleming of the harbor commission
are acted upon. An aesthetic harbor Is
not a Joke, but a serious business
proposition. AS Mr. Fleming says, mu-
nicipal warehouses would be pleasing
intellectually. Moreover, every care
should be taken to build up distinc-
lively characteristic and harmonious
harbor city.
| Many great harbors and harbor cities,
| like Tom Johnson's famous New England
road, have occurred" They are the re
suit of a long series of fortuitous events
and developments, sometimes incidental
to special plans, sometimes accidental
and resulting from circumstances. But
our twentieth century harbor should
represent the new idea which is slowly
Transforming the industrial world. The
old idea was that work and dirt went
together. Our readers who have cut
their wisdom teeth can vouch for the
exact literalness of this statement. A
working man who wore a clean collar
and kept his face and hands habitually
and scrupulously clean would have
been regarded with suspicion.
In the United States this idea has
been outgrown. Our workingmen are
well dressed, clean and smart. They
reflect the prosperity of the nation.
And gradually the idea is taking hold
of the people that the industrialism of
the nation should be we'll dressed, clean
and smart.
Mr.. Fleming's idea that the harbor
portion of Greater Los Angeles should
be distinguished by fine buildings and
that gracefulness should take the place
of the ugliness that mars the CONNER
cial buildings of many harbor cities is
praiseworthy.
In an interview printed in Los An
geles Herald Mr. Fleming put the
matter thus: There is no reason why
Los Angeles should not build ware
houses and other buildings at the har-
Dor which will be pleasure to look at
and there are many reasons why they
should do so.
Thousands of people will get their
first sight of Southern California at the
harbor when the Panama canal is fin
ished. and thousands more who come to
visit California will go down to look at
it. If they see bleak, ugly buildings
they probably will think nothing OF
them, as such structures are the rule in
every city in this country cts true
it's Pity. But if, on the contrary, they
observe modern and we'll equipped
warehouses which at the same time are
of striking and unusual beauty In con-
struction they will comment widely on
this innovation and Los Angeles will
get credit for initiating an Idea which
is certain to be copied in other places"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-14
BOSSISM

NJ EW YORK cannot get along with
~ out a political boss. This is UNI
~ fortunate, but we believe it is a
fact. The conditions in New York,
and especially a lack OF knowledge of
Americanism on the part of the vast
mass of too speedily naturalized
foreigners, make boss almost neces-
sity. without some special political
instruction, many of the poor creatures
who manage to get through the
naturalization mill would be utterly at
a loss at election time
They would be bewildered by rival
tickets and candidates and by the
claims made for the candidates. There
fore, they easily fall into line with a
system which says, Jim Jonesky is the
man in your ward who will tell you
how to vote. Whatever he says goes.
He is always right. He will save you
the trouble and worry of thinking out
the explanation of the political situa-
ton.
The New York boss is Pat McCar-
rem, who, by the investigating com
mittee of one hundred citizens, is said
to have more power than Tweed, Kelly
or Croker had. This Is only natural,
for the possibilities of Greater New
York are much greater than those Of
fered by New York city alone, and
Brooklyn alone, and Long Island City
alone, before consolidation. The les
son Los Angeles may learn from New
York is to be vigllant lest at any time
after consolidation an unscrupuloqs
politician backed by powerful interests
may aspire to the bOsship of Greater
Los Angeles, and may attempt to con-
coct a scheme by which the safeguards
with which the people have surrounded
themselves may be evaded and reform
methods of choosing and electing can
didates outwitted.
When Greater New York was estab-
lshed it was believed the day of the
predominant political boss was over,
but as soon as the political powers that
prey had learned a few new tricks,
they began to attempt the manipula-
ton of the politics of Greater New
York from a central power represented
by a crafty schemer, who was per-
mitted to become a usurper of far more
potentialty for evil than any Of the
old single city bosses.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-14
OUR GUESTS

"Welcome, welcome, everywhere.
Throw off your troubles. Throw off
your care.
We're the entertainers.
That's where we shine.
You never will forget
The boys of nineteen-nine.
California"
Lovely Los Angeles has opened wide
her hospitable doors to the Best People
on Earth.
They have come from all parts of the
Big Farm. When they go back home
they must carry with them the impress
sion that Los Angeles is all she is rep
resented to be. We don't need to say it
is the duty of every citizen to do his
best to uphold the reputation of Los
Angeles for hospitality, kindness and
enterprise.
1t is the duty of all good citizens to
see to it that our guests get the best
of everything and everything of the
best 1t is the duty of citizens to dis
countenance sternly any attempt to
overcharge or otherwise injure our Wis
tiers We will all unite in the en-
deavor to give the Elks square deal
When they agreed to come to Los
Angeles their action was a compliment
to this city. They have come with
great expectations, and we believe their
expectations are being justified by their
experiences. Los Angeles hospitality
and Los Angeles climate are the best
in the world. They form an unrivaled
combination. Hello, Bill Elk! We sup
pose you are already wise to- that
fact.
The Best People on Earth are having
the best time on earth in the best city
on earth.