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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25

mouth breather or get to be lantern
jawed.
That he shall want to play, en-
joy play. and to know how to play.
That he shall make at least one
grade year and every year or so
an extra grade.
That If he be feeble minded, or
deaf, or blind, or crippled, or tuber-
cular, he shall be cared for by spe-
cial teachers in special schools and
in a special way.
The parent should support his
child in school, making little or no
money during the school year.
That is about what the law says
and 1t is good sense and good judg-
!, ment as well.
If the parent Is forced by law to
keep his child in school for six hours
day five days a week for ten
months year for eight years he has
the right to insist that the school
room be well ventilated; that con-
tagion be kept out of the group, and
that the school do everything it can
for the physical welfare of the child
rem to the end that they study bet
ter, learn faster, and grow up in
strength.
Parents, demand your rights"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25
PRESS COMMITTEE SUBMITS
FACTS ABOUT SUFFRAGE
Abraham Lincoln and Robert NJ. La
Toilette Quoted in Support of
Sex Equality.

Abraham Lincoln said-T go for
all sharing the privileges of the gov
eminent who assist in bearing it's
burdens, by no means excluding wo-
men,"
Hon Robert NJ. LaFollette said
81 have always believed in woman
suffrage"
1. Over a million women in the
United States have full political
rights.
2. In six states of the union
California, Washington, Colorado,
Idaho, Wyoming and Utah-women
vote for president, vice-president,
Congressman and all state, county
and city officials.
3. Utah, woman suffrage state,
has the largest proportion of home
owners of any state in the union.
a. In Denver the women cast
fifty-five per cent of the vote in the
large residence wards, and only four
per cent in the "slum" wards.
5. Women are only forty-two per.
cent of the population of Colorado,
but they cast forty-ive per cent of
the vote.
6. In New Zealand at the first
election after the enfranchisement Of
women in 1898, eighty-five per cent
of the women voted and sixty-nine
per cent of the men.
z. At later elections in New Zea-
land the vote of the men steadily
rose. In 1908 (the latest available
report) eighty-one per cent of the
men voted.
8. In most states of the union
about sixty to sixty-five per cent of
the men vote.
9. In Wyoming ninety per cent
of the women vote.
10. In Colorado eighty per cent
of the women register and seventy
five per cent vote.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25
ADDITIONAL
LOCALS

Fred Andrews brought a bunch
of red raspberries to this Office yes
terday, which he picked from Nc
Nally's patch.
Have you noticed the June roses
at the Messenger Office today?
They were raised by Mrs. Henry
Ford.
NOTICE-After this date / will not
be responsible for any debts con-
tracted by my wife.-Chas. Dyball.
FOR SALE-Large size Florence
heater, cheap. Burns wood or
coal.-Mrs. M. e. Mann, Critics st
35tf
The Christian Endeavor society
will meet in the church parlorS,'
Sunday evening, October 9th, at
six o'clock. Topic, Missionary
Endurance" 2 Tim, 3:10-17.
Leader, Miss Lillian Farnsworth-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25
flowers,

If the 100000 children of
school age in this country were
placed in solid line, it would eX-
tend from the northeast coast of
Maine to the southwest coast Of
California, and according to Pro-
lessor Snyder, all except those that
stood in the latter state do not go
beyond the grammar grades. Worse
than that, the majority of our citi-
zens and voters have probably not
gone much, if any, beyond the end
of the sixth grade. Thus the prob
lem of doing the most and best fox,
the grammar school children is on
of profound national Importance for
the safety and welfare of our coun
try.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25
NJ. Il. CHURCH NOTES

Services Sunday, Oct. 81, 1912
Glass meeting, $3.50 a. m; Preach
ing, 10 o'clock; Sunday school, IL
o'clock; Epworth League, 6 y. m;
Preaching, p. m.
The Woman's Home Missionary
society will meet with Mrs. George
Boden Friday afternoon, November
LIST at 2 o'clock. You are cordially
invited to attend.
The Ladies' Aid meets in the
church parlor Wednesday afternoon
October 30th.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25
COUNTY LINE

Mrs. E. M. Day and daughter,
Miss Aveo, and Mrs. Fanny Day and
son, Eugene, spent Thursday in
Saginaw.
Samuel Heath was a Flint visitor
Friday.
Charles Downs spent Sunday in
Bridgeport.
Barney Curtis, Of Flint, spent a
few days the past week at his farm.
Miss Lizzie McCrady, of Flint,
visited with her parents over Sun
day.
Mrs. Fanny Day and son, Eugene,
left 70 rtheir home in Ohio, Satur-
day.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25

This subject is receiving a great
deal of attention by school officials,
health boards and school patrons.
Whether it is worth while depends
entirely upon what we have reas-
enable right to expect as results.
Dr. w. A. Evans has offered the
following statement of what the
parents have a right to expect from
school inspection.
Parents as group. have right
to demand:
That contagion will be less than
I'm uninspected cities of the same
size in the same climate.
That epidemics will be more than
twice as far apart as before school
inspection.
That each generation will grow
up stronger than it's predecessor.
That there will be fewer deaf,
fewer hunchbacks, fewer cripples.
That, eventually, the schools shall
be properly ventilated.
Every parent has the right to ex-
: pect his child to have fewer colds,
fewer coughs, fewer sore threats,
less rheumatism, and less heart
disease than prevailed before in
spection, to go through his school
life without ever having been in
danger of small yox or losing a day
from this contIIgion.
To go through school without hav-
ing diphtheria.
- Hiy child's chance of scarlet fever
to be reduced to one out of six; of
measles and whooping cough to be
less than before school inspection.
To be told when sore throat are
due to diphtheria and when to or
binary bacteria.
Not to get lice or itch or ring
worm in school, or, If the child does,
the school inspection shall correct
the condition promptly.
To have headaches rarely or
never; not to be tired at night, or
1istless, or pale and fabby looking.
That the child not become a
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25
EAST ARBELA

Mary Pike, of Flint, visited her
father and other friends the past
week.
A. G. Tracy, Calvin Monroe and
Richard pike were home from Flint
over Sunday.
Mrs. Sidney Parish visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Powell,
Sunday.
Mrs. Minnie Guthrie returned to
her home last week after a four
weeks visit among friends at st.
Ignace, Saginaw and Clio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Garvin and
two daughters, of Birch Run, visited
his parents Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Olds and fam
lily, of Otisville, visited his cousin,
Frank Brewer, and family Sunday.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25
Hours of labora


The average number of hours work ex-
acted from each employe in 1894 was 1919.
In 1911 it was reduced to 80.
Although the days work is one hour
LESS. the days wage is nearly ONE
DOLLAR MORE. And the total
amount paid in wages in Michigan in 1911
was nearly SEVEN MILLION DOL
LARS IN EXCESS of the total amount
paid to labor in 1894.
But the FARMER. you may say. how
has HE been bene6tedp
The price of wheat in 1894 was So
cents; NOW it is $l.06. Corn WAS SO
cents while PRESENT quotations are &C
cents per bushel. Oats. barley. rye. hay.
butter, cheese. eggs. and milk have nearly
doubled in value. Horses. cattle. sheep
and swine have greatly Internationally
doubled-in value.
And conditions throughout the entire
country compare with those of Michigan
The amount of money in circulation has
increased approximately So for every man.
woman and child in the United States dur
ing the Taft administration.
The total bank clearings increased from
$I38.823.0 100000 during Roosevelts adj
ministration to $I53, 369,000,000 under
Taft rule
The total amount deposited in banks
under three years of Roosevelt was 81 =
667.000,00O. During three years of
Taft's occupancy of the White House they
amounted to $l4.53l. 100000.
Would you changer
The postofice receipts during the Roose-
welt administration was $lo2,000.000 and
they jumped to 2l4000,000 during the
three years following the ascendency of
Mr. Taft to the presidential chair.
Forgetting the fine language, the oratory.
the high-sounding phrases of politicians who
seek change for their own benefit, ask
yourself the question. Would
CHANGE benefit MEp"
Are you laborer? Then ask yourself
if change would raise YOUR wages and
ask yourself the question as to whether or
not it would throw YOU out of job.
You are enjoying prosperity NOW. Do
YOU want change?
Are you a farmer2 You are getting
higher prices than ever before for your
farm products. Fewer of you are working
to raise mortgage from the homestead.
Some of you have just pulled off that
plaster" the Democrats placed on the
home-the shelter of your wife and chill
dren.
The wise man votes for what is best for
HIMSELF and those he holds dear to
him.
Do YOU want a change,
A vote for William Howard Taft is a
bid for further prosperity and material well
fare.
re CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
A. J. Groesbeck, Chairman.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25

A woman drives a nail much as
a man sews on a button.
Do not notice the faults of your
friends, son. Before long you will
be looking 80 hard for faults khat
you will fail to find your friepdS1
Whenever we impose on peTBle
and they do not object we say they
are unselfish.
Every once in awhile you redlize
that although, the sun is shining hnd
all the world seems bright people
may be talking about you behind
your back.
A man is as old as he feels but
he never proves it until he begins
complaining about how old he f1els.
The trousle with the man Fho
can foretell the weather by This
rheumatism is that he always s
the weathef' as en- eScifs 80 T. !
about h leamg1 ia-n. M
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25

Has anybody ever seen the fire.
man use the axe which always hangs
on the hook-and-ladder wagon? 1t
is as useless as the buttons on the
back of coat.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25
Would a Change Benefit You?

Do YOU want change in the admin
istration of our National Government
This is a PERSONAL QUESTION
directed to you.
While your vote affects the welfare OF
every man, woman and child in this land.
vet the question for you to decide is. what
is best for YOUa
Did you ever stop to think that if every
voter in the United States sel6shly cast his
vote for the men and things which would
bring hin, the greatest PERSONAL
PROFIT, that the NET RESULT
would be If greatest benefit to the MA
JORITYa
This is true. isn't it?
Then the thing for you to do right row
is to sit down and figure out just what is
the most profitable thing for YOU. Then
you will have decided. indirectly, what is
most profitable for the nation.
You live in Michigan. For the past
four years you have faced conditions which
are either conducive to your PROSPER
ITY and HAPPINESS or you have
been confronted by conditions that beckon
HARDSHIP and DISAPPOINT-
MENT.
President TAFT has for ever three
years guided the ship of state over
course and according to charts accepted
by Republicans as most likely to land the
PEOPLE safely into the harbor of peace.
contenment, material happiness and pros
perity.
las MIR. TAFT been true PILOT?
Are YOU ready to mutny3 Will YOU
be deceived by the Pickering light Of a
FALSE BEACON2
Let us determine just what progress has
been made under Republican admins
tration. not by rehearsing fulsome generali-
ties about shops running full time. mines
operating all shifts factories working to
capacity, workingmen getting high wages
and the farmer receiving higher prices, but
by producing FACTS and FIGURES.
Investigate conditions in Michigan. Com
pare the states welfare now with its posi-
ton in 1894 under Democratic rule
IN 1894 there were 2,325 factories in
the state, employing 68.59l males and | L.
787 females. Now there are 9.456 fac
tories in operation. employing 3O3.524
males and 52,777 females.
This is total of OVER A QUAR-
TER MILLION MORE people actually
employed in Michigan now than in 1894.
Wages?
Do you know that those employees re-
ceived an average of $2.23 per day in
I9ll2 And do you know that the aver
age daily wage was 81 rs in the dark days
of 1894?
Do YOU want changer
REPUBLICAN Sta
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25

We desire to thank all who have
in any way helped to make our bur-
den lighter during the sickness and
death of our beloved wife and moth =
er, also Rev. Ogle for his kind words,
the choir for their beautiful singing
and to all who sent the beautiful
flowers.
Benson S. Mitts,
Mary E. Tufford,
Phoebe M. Wing,
Samuel T. Reed,
James w. Reed.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25
GEORGE E DEYO
Editor and Publisher
Gle, Michigan

OF SCHOOLS
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25

Hon. AMOS S. MUssELMAN of Grand
Rapids, our Candidate for Governor in
an open letter to the voters OF Michigan
among other things says:
"The first question asked candidates
these days, is, "Are you Progressiye?"
Most assuredly; and my record proves
that ! am not n recent convert 10 pro-
gressive principles. AS far back as 1894
Governor Pingree began his campaign
for equal taxation, by addr s'ing a
open letter To me, after n conleren =
meant something 10 csplus these prin
ciplcs, for III So doing, II business man
subjected himself 10 ridicul. from hi,
associates and acquaintance. From
that time 10 10 this, have been identi-
fled with that element Of our party.
arrayed in opposition u The old time
machine methods. could be nothin
else than progressive, and there is no
republican in Nj ichigan, who rejoices
more at the recent numerous accessions
TO the ranks of the progressive repub-
licans than | do.
In my judgement, there can be no
better training or experience for
efficient service in the executive Office
Of the state than that acquired in an
active business life and in meeting and
solving the problems that come before
those who develop and build up COM
munity or state. 1t is upon such a
record, rather than an office holding
record In Lansing, that my candidacy
is based.
In conclusion, let me say, am not
Taft republicans; am not Roosevelt
republican, and surely not Wilson
republican, but ! am republican be-
cause of the principles upon which my
party was founded, and which ] am
confident is soon again 10 have full
fruition in application to the solution
of the great indutriai problems con-
fronting our nation"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25

THE State Convention of the Repub-
licans of Michigan is called TO meet at
the Light Guard Armory in the city
of Detroit, on Tuesday, September "a,
1912, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon,
for the purpose of nominating Repub-
lican candidates for Secretary of State,
State Treasurer, Auditor General, At
torney-General, Commissioner of the
State Land Office, and Justice of the
Supreme Court for the term ending
December 81, 1913, 10 fill vacancy, and
for the transaction of such other bus
mess rs may properly come before the
convention.
In accordance with the provisions OF
law and the action of the Republican
State Centeral Committee, each county
will be entitled 10 one delegate for each
l50 of the total vote cast therein for the
Republican candidate for Secretary OF
State at the last preceding November
election, and one additional delegate for
a moiety of seventy-siX votes or more.
Ionia county'is entitled TO twenty-five
delegates.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals viii he received al
the office OF the City Clerk, Of The city
o. Bedding, Michigan. UP 10 six o'cloca
p. IN. OF the coma day of AUGUST 4
ID. 1912, for the p lrposc Of lurnisliia,
all az the materials AMI performinr
all OF the labor, for The ereclion and
completion OF City llall for the City
Hall for the City of Bedding, Michigan.
Each bidder will be required TO pre-
sent with his proposal a certified check
in the sum Of OF five percent of the
amount OF his proposal made payable
to the City of Bedding, and 10 he for
feited TO the said City if the contractor
fails TO enter into contract within
seven days after being notified of the
acceptance of his proposal. Checks of
unsuccessful bidders will he returned
within ten days after the bids are re-
ceived.
The Common Council reserves the
right TO reject any and all bids.
The contractor will be required to
give Surety Company Combination
Bond, in the full sum named in the
contract for the faithful performance OF
the terms of the contract as provided
for in the plans and specifications, and
to hold the City OF Belding free from all
liens for material furnished, and labor
performed, in connection with the
of the building, all 10 be
i'm accordance with the plane and speci-
fications now on file in the office of the
City Clerk of the City of Bedding, Mich
igan.
A deposit OF ten dollars must be made
upon the receipt Of the plans and spec
ifications, the same TO be returned
when the plans and specifications are
returned TO the City Of Bedding.
Plans may be seen on and after Thurs
day, July 18th, 1912, at the office of the
City Clerk at the City OF Bedding, Mich
igan, or i'm the office of Osgood n Os-
good, Architects, Grand Rapids, Mich.
igan.
BY order of,
+. f.. Fales,
Mayor.
Ed. ID. Engemann,
City Clerk
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
We Are Coming

The great Kelly Il Brennan 20. No.
will exhibit in Bedding under canvas,
On week starting Monday, July 18th.
You all know US. This season~e have
the . rongest set of bills TO be had and
in large city would cost you 81 or
l.50 to see them. The Kelly 4 Bren-
non Co gives the same for lOc and 2Oc-
We have all new tents and scenery.
All the plays are new with red-hot
specialties between the acts. III you see
one you will want TO see them all.
Better than a picnic. II you enjoy a
good laugh, come. On opening. night
"rhe Gambler will he produced. Ii
you see this you will come a,aii.
Other bills, 'Tempest and Sunshine"
"a Cowboys Girl" "a Kentucky
Partner" LAND Of the Sky" and
many others. Don't forget the date,
one week, starting Monday, July 18th.
On opening night one lady will be
admitted free it'll one paid adult ticket
Same old price loo and 20c. Big Tent
on Mai Street.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
spLINTERs KNOCKED orr

Splinters can be knocked of party,
but the main body persists. The DEM
ocratic party was pronounced dead
times without number since the war,
but inasmuch as its coffin lid was not
nailed down, it declined TO admit its
demise and kept on walking around
until one day it stepped over the TIRES
hold of the White House i'm the person
of Grover Cleveland, and Grover proved
a pretty live wire. Later on Bryan
was alleged TO have killed the party,
but when Bryan kicked over the dash
board at Baltimore and loaded Cover
nor Wilson into the band wagon the
impression crept over the country that
the Democratic party was making
about as much dust fly on the road TO
the White House as is often seen in
that race.
Divisions in the Democratic party
have not killed il. Nor will the present
division in the Republican party kill il.
1T may lose the presidency this year,
but that is the fate of one party or the
other in every campaign. Defeat does
not kill. The Republican party has
too much great history and too much
present strength To be ia danger of dis
solution. IL will survive, and IT is the
part of wisdom for its loyal members
10 see To il that IL does survive. No
body need think that il IS all in, or that
ii has outlived its usefulness. IL may
need Christening, and it will not be-
hard TO find man with big club TO
do the Christening.
But when il is all over il will be seen
that only a splinter was knocked of,
and in the end there will be no third
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
Bricker Park Locals

Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Angel entertained
Mrs. Mary Knapp of Buffalo, N. Y,
and Mrs. Alice Edmonston of Palmyra,
N. Y. for five days at the Angel cot
tage.
Frank O'Bryon and family and Bert
Rummler and family all of Bedding are
camped at the Harlan for ten days.
The Misses Cora and Ora Butcher and
Miss Hazel Sturgis, all of Belding, and
Heber Benjamin of Three Rivers, were
the over-Sunday guests of Miss Norma
Loswe at the Loewe cabin.
Wayne Whittier of GreenvilIe and
Miss Reva Huntley of Bedding ate Sum
cay dinner with the Arnwines at the
Wan Wan.
c. G. O'Bryon and wife spent few
pleasant hours last Thursday visiting
with their son Frank, and family at
the Harlan cottage.
Mrs. E. E Fales, after spending ten
turned home to Bedding Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Angel and
Miss Rena Angel spent Sunday with
their father and mother at the Angel
cottage.
George Webber of Ionia drove over
to the Park Tuesday.
Lee Stall, his wife and Earl French
and family Of Belding spent Sunday at
the Harlan. the guests of Frank O'Bry.
on and Bert Rummler.
DIR. Chas. Stanton of Marlette, Mich,
w. h. Stanton and daughter, Mrs. 4.
&. Trumbull, of Wisconsin, were guests
of DR.. G. A. Stanton and family at the
Stanton cottage Sunday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25

The recent heavy rains have done
much damage in various parts OF the
country. AT the Richardson Silk Co.'S
dam a fairly good estimate of the flood
conditions existing could be formed
yesterday when Flat river with three
gates TO the dam open had risen high
enough TO over flow the Golfer dam re-
Gently built and even TO flow over the
top of the big cement dam.
Louis l.. Leonard is moving into his
new home, il is a fine one i'm every
appointment and reflects credit on the
designer, builder and decorator. Vern
Brown put the finishing touches on
the interior last week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25

party. Third parties do not survive.
Their members either return To the old
fold or gradually pass over into the
other party. 1t was so after the split
in the Democratic party in 1850, and 1t
was SO after the division in the kepub-
lican party in 1896. Many of the silver
Republicans went back and became
copper bottomed members OF the old
party, while men like Dubois, of Idaho,
Pettigrew, of South Dakota, and Towne
of Minnesota, became staunch DEM
ocrats. There are men now calling
themselves Progressive Republicans
who will be simply Republicans in
year or two, and there are others who
will be Democrats-red hot Democrats,
one hundred degees above zero in the
shade. Bristow of Kansas probably
will stand for reelection To the Senate
as Democrat, and William Allen
White may turn up as editor OF the
Andrew Jacksonian, and Cummins Of
Iowa-well, wait bit.
In the meantime a lot OF Democrats
who have stood out in the cold in
Republican states will slip through the
big crack i'm the party and get warmed
up on good salaries and fat jobs. Also,
in the meantime, corn will silk and
tassel as usual and prices will grow
whether the weather is wet or dry. IL
is great country in spite of politics. -
Advance.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
OUR TICKET

Taft and Sherman for the
election.
VIM. Alden Smith for
United States Senator.
Now that Osborn is out of it
Amos Musselman for Cover
nor.
Huntly Russell for con-
gress from the 5th district
subject to decision of the
primaries.
Patrick H. Kelly for Con-
gresham at large.
Woman Suffrage.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25

THE worst blunders Mr.. Taft has
made were his foolish efforts TO p city
the insurrectos. Now that they are
placed and numbered, he might be i'm
duced TO quit trying 10 run the ship
sideways, in which case he can yet gel
somewhere.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25

If the Colonel ever picks himself up
from under the Steam Roller he will
feel somewhat like the man who cranks
his own automobile with the clutch in.
He sat in the saddle on that same
Steam Roller four years ago and assur-
ed us that il was bully!