Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16
BUSY ORLEANS
WILL CELEBRATE
Nations Birthday in a Fitting
Manner-Great Prepara-
tons Being Made
A HUSTLING PLACE
Glimpse of the Men Who Make II
What 1t Is-Banner Reporter Spends
Day Within Its Boundaries

The Banner reporter took a day Off
Monday TO pay visit TO the hustling
little village of Orleans, where he had
the pleasure of meeting and forming
the acquaintance of the up-to-date busi-
ness men who are straining every effort
TO make the place coming success
from a business standpoint.
The Orleans Farmers club and the
business men have arranged for grand
Fourth of July celebration TO be pulled
Off at that place on the Nations birth
day. About 800 worth of fireworks
have been purchasd for the occasion and
will serve as fitting finish to the day.
The program for the day includes la
dies driving contests, mems driving
contests, tug of war, automobile show
in which every child under II years of
age will be given a ride in an auto, a
red hot ball game, a patriotic speech
by Hon. Elvert Nj. Davis of Ionia and
other features which will make the day
one long to be remembered. A band of
seventeen pieces will discourse sweet
music all day and help to entertain the
crowd.
Orleans is town about forty years
old, with population of about $50, but
never until of late has the spirit of
progress struck it very hard, but the
/ tNron raoci ua hncinacc Yua,, of tho wi aUa
are men of the right stamp TO make
any place boom. -
| The Orleans Creamery Co. is one OF
the big successes of the place and is
worthy of more than passing note. The
company maintains four whole milk
routes and three cream routes and en-
ploys about twenty men in various
capacities. They handle about 5000
pounds of milk and 800 gallons of cream
daily and manufacture about 700 pounds
of creamery butter daily, all of which
| finds ready market in Cleveland, ..
After the butter is taken from the cream
the waste product of the factory is
turned into big vats where chemical
process transforms it into caseine, which
is shipped TO Philadelphia, where it is
made into imitation celluloid for han
dies To brushes, razors, etc. Chris Lie
bum, one of the firm of Steffenson ~
Liebum, is the man behind the gun at
the creamery and at all times is able To
tell just the exact amount of butter fat
TO be found in each shipment of milk
brought TO the creamery.
The store of Steflensen & Liebum is
place of business. In this trade en-
porium one can buy everything from "A
toothpick and tack TO threshing ma
chine. The firm is composed of Andrew
Steffensen and Chris Liebum and is a
valued adjunct to the business interests
of Orleans. Besides the general stock,
they handle farm implements, wire
fencing, coal, etc.
Another general store is that owned
by f. Sutton, hustling young business
man who has not long been identified
with the Orleans business world. Mr..
Suttons stock is composed of groceries,
hardware, gents furnishings, boots and
shoes. He also has an ice cream parlor
and soda fountain in his place of busi-
ness.
Frank j. Hill is the proprietor of an
other big general store i'm Orleans. His
business place is one Of the finest ever
seen i'm place the size of Orleans. His
stock consists of groceries, dry goods,
shoes, hardware, ETC., and is complete
in every line.
The name of j. M. York has long
been connected with the growth and
prosperity of Orleans. He has beer
one of the moving factors i'm the push
and progress Of the thriving little burg
, At present Mr.. York IS line is compose,
of farm implements, coal, fencing, bug
gies and things along that line.
. w. ID. Reynolds purchased Mr.
I York's general stock several month,
4 ago and carries large stock of DIR,
e goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hard
: ware, patent medicines, etc. With
4 pleasant address Mr.. Reynolds has wor
a his way into the hearts of the people o
Orleans and vicinity and is getting ,
: fine patronage.
y Anderson a Savage are the proprie
tors of the large warehouse located OF
d the Pere Marquette and they do an i'm
mense business i'm buying farmers pro
o duce, such as beans, wheat, wool, DO
]. tatoes, etc. They have feed grindin,