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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

glass, fence posts, screen win
dows and doors, valley tin, ridge
roll, building paper, prepared
roofing, plasterboard, etc,
A planning mill located at the
yards is fully equipped to dress
lumber on short notice, and a
special feature of the mill is the
manufacture of sash, doors and
mouldings of all kinds, fine inter-
ior finish, porch work and win
dow and door frames. In fact
there is scarcely anything need
ed in the construction of a
modern home, factory, store or
barn that cannot be found at the
yards of R. M. Wilson & Co.
Since the death of Robert Will
son about three years ago, the
management of this great indus
try has been largely intrusted to
A. S. Dimmick, a practical man
who has practically grown up in
the lumber business.
Close attention to business. and
careful watching over every de-
tail thereof has made it the
Mecca for all who desire to build
anything in this vicinity, and the
large loads Of lumber and other
supplies that pass through our
streets almost daily from this
great concern speak volumes for
the upright dealing and business
integrity of the firm of R. M
Wilson & Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

r. NJ. Wilson & Co.
Dealers in Building Material

In the development of an,
community there is nothing that
plays as important part in the
growth and development of a
city as a reliable lumber com
pany. Belding has always been
blessed with a goodly supply of
lumber and building material.
but never so much as at the
present time.
The firm of r. M. Wilson e. Co.
whose yards are located at the
junction of Main street and the
Pere Marquette railroad has long
been an important factor in the
business welfare of our COM
munity. The company was first
organized by the late Robert M.
Wilson in 1893 some time in the
month of June and was conduct
ed by him until December of the
same year, when he formed a
copartnership under the business
name of Wilson, Dimmick & Sim
clair.
For ten years this copartner-
ship existed, and the business
continued to grow with leaps and
bounds, when, in 1903, Mr.. Sim
clair retired from the business
and the firm again assumed the
name of R. M. Wilson & Co. Be-
sides a large and complete line
OF everything in lumber, the
company carries a stock of lad
ders, ironing boards, window
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

reference in the Bible to shoes
This would of course indicate thai
the shoe question is more mod
ern problem, a more recent de
velopment along the lines of fash
ion S dictates.
BE that as it may, there still
remains the fact that modern
fashion has decreed that our feet
must be encased in shoes. There
are many different kinds of shoes,
large shoes, small shoes, oxfords,
etc. And there are as many or
more shapes and makes, and the
ever changing styles call for
prompt action on the part of those
who would keep within the realm
of fashion S dictates.
Peck s Shoe Store. 219 West
Main street, has long been recog-
nized as one of fashion s best
headquarters i'm foot furnishings
and the business of this store has
grown continuously since the day
it was opened nearly ten years
ago. Established by NJ. f. Peek,
who had already a wide know
ledge of the shoe bubsiness. its
success has been almost phenom-
inal. Some time ago Mr.. Peck
took his son r. William Peck into
- u
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27
WHERE BALLOU BASKETS ARE MADE

One of Belongs most impor.
tant factories, a concern that has
risen in the last few years from
comparative obscurity to a posi-
ton in the front rank of local in
dustries is the Ballou Manufact-
uring Company. It's recent re-
markable development has been
a source of great qualification to
the men who furnished the mon
ey to build it up when it was
struggling for existence few
years ago, as well as to every
resident of Bedding who has the
interests of his city at heart.
Three years ago the company's
prospects were not of a character
to instill confidence in the minds
of any potential investor, and it
was with full knowledge of it's
precarious condition that Mr.. E.
+. Chapple and his associates
assumed control of it's affairs.
To-day with pay roll of $40, 600
per year and an annual expen-
diture of approximately $50, 600
for materials the factory is un-
able to turn out baskets fast
enough to supply the demand.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

by lighting his home in Cornwall
with gas, and also heated it in the
same manner.
Not until 1906 was the use of
gas brought about in this country.
At that time David Melville, of
Newport, Rhode Island, caused
a sensation in this country by u.s.
ing gas to light his home and also
hat portion of the street facing
his home. In 1917 Baltimore in
stalled the first system of street
lighting in America or in the
world and thus began the gas in
dustry in America.
In April, 1905, the common
council of the city of Belding
granted franchise to III. J. Leon
ard of this city to install gas in
Belding. A company was soon
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

selves.
In addition to the basket fact
DRY, a picture of which accom-
panies this article, the company
operates two other plants for the
production of gasoline engines.
concrete mixers and power spray
pumps. 1t manufactures the
well known Brown Bair air cool
ed engine, the Little Giant con-
crete mixer and power spraying
outfits. Each of these machines
is leader in it's particular field.
None but thoroughly skilled and
efficient workmen are employed
and every machine that leaves
the plant is substantially and
solidly built to give a maximum
degree of efficiency at minimum
of expense.
The history of the Ballou Man.
ufacturing Company in the past
three years should be particularly
pleasing to all of Belongs well
wlshers. 1t clearly shows what
can be done in Belding in a man.
ufacturing way, with a little
and hard work.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

plete if we failed to dwell a lit
tie on the multitudinous uses to
which gas may be put. Gas is
ready any minute of the day or
night, IN any quantity, and i'm
any part of the house. You
don't have to carry it about with
you. No smoke, no ashes, no
dlsagreeable odors, no heavy and
clumsy apparatus, and with gas
company handy that will see to it
that all of your appliances are
working properly, if you ask them
to, what more or better thing
could you ask for?
You can cook with gas. heat
water for washing, do the laundry
work, light your house, take the
chill from the room on cool days.
and if you wished to, could have
gas engine pump your water for
you. The gas range in the home
means a lot to a happy wife. 1t
means a clean, cool kitchen and
easy and rapid cooking. Kitchen
work is like play if you do your
cooking on a gas range. If you
have company drop in unexpect-
eddy YOU don t have to worry with
gas in the house; light match
and fire is there. Cook and turn
off the gas and the heat is gone.
Coal and wood are high-gas is
cheap Coal and wood are dirty
gas is clean. A coal fire is slow
gas is quick. Coal fires are un-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27
PECK
The ShOeman

Whether or not the fall Of Adam
in the days of long ago had any
thing to do with the decree of
fashion which made it necessary
for man to clothe his feet in var
ious forms of leather, we are un-
able to say Holy writ speaks of
sandals in many places but our
memory fails us in recalling any
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

and treasurer.
Pipes were laid throughout the
city and the people Of Bedding be-
gan placing orders for gas for
their homes and today there are
few homes in Bedding that have
not this desirable heating product
i'll them. There are over 500
different uses for gas now and it
is indeed wonderful how it has
developed in the past few years.
The Bedding Gas Works fur
nishes its patrons gas at $1.25
per thousand The New York
City Gas Co. charged $1,000 per
thousand for its first gas and un-
til very few years ago, its price
was as high as the present price
of the Bedding Gas Works.
This article would not be com
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27
BELDING GAS WORKS

The history of the manufacture
and use of Gas for lighting and
heating purposes dates back to
1892. In that year, William Muir
dock, an English engineer, made
the first practical application of
gas for Illuminating purposes. In
that year he astonished everybody
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

organized known as the Bedding
Gas Works and early in De-
cember of the same year the first
gas in Belding was turned into
the holder. Henry j. Leonard
is president of the company. w.
!. lletherington, vice president.
and Louis "A. Leonard, secretary
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

Louis A. Leonard, Secretary
certain-gas is always on the job.
You pay for it when you use it
and not till after you use it, and
II gas cost twice as much as coal
or wood, its comfort and conven-
fence would be worth more than
the difference.
Reader, if you have not already
joined the happy army Of gas us
ers, be wise-put in range and
let the Bedding Gas Works make
a really happy home for you.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27
WHERE GOOD SHOES ARE MADE

One of Belongs most recent
industrial acquisitions, which
bids fair to soon become one of
its most important as well, is the
Belding Shoe Company, picture
of whose factory is reproduced
above.
The company was originally
established in 1895 by a group of
Chicago capitalists under the
name of the Fargo Shoe Com
pany and it was successfully con-
Quoted by its founders until May
18th Of this year, when it was
purchased by four local business
men, Messrs II. j. Leonard, E.
E. Fales, w. S. Lambertson and
w. G. Spicer. Its destinies have
since been shaped by these
gentlemen, and the affairs of the
company have been under the
direct personal management of
Mr.. Fales.
The company is now well on
the road to a marked industrial
success. 1t has forty employees
in its shops and that number is
being increased as rapidly as
efficient men can be secured.
With a pay roll of $4,000 per
week and an out put of 300 pairs
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

of shoes per day, the Bedding
Shoe Company is assured of q
leading position in the ranks OF
local industries.
The concern manufactures
ladies, misses and boys shoes and
slippers. They feature a low
priced, substantial and strongly
built shoe for boys, one of the
kind that break the hearts of
of some boys because they can't
wear them out.
All of the new owners are
prominent in Belongs business
and social life. Mr.. Leonard is
one of the founders of the CITY.
is president of the Bedding Saw
ings Bank, the Belding Gas Com
pany, and is associated with
numerous other local enterprises.
Mr.. Fales is the city's mayor and
is the proprietor of the leading
livery and sales stables of the
city. Mr.. Spicer is well known
throughout the state as a stock
buyer and Mr.. Lambertson is the
cashier of the Belding Savings
Bank.
With men of that caliber be-
hind it, can you wonder that the
company's future is assured?
The evening world., 1912-10-01
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The evening world., 1912-10-01
WALDO HUNTS VA|Nly
FOR GRAND Jury THAT
SENT HIM SUBPOENA
John Doe Inquisitors Out,
Commissioner and Dougherty
See Moss, Whitman's Aide.

Police Commissioner Rhineiandsr
Waldo appeared At the Criminal
Courts Building at . little after 10
o'clock to-day. lie was accompanied
by his executive clerk. Robert Ken
nedy. and carried q subpoena COM
mandins him to appear before the
Grand Jury At 1880 O'Clock to TESTIFY
In the case Of the People against
John Dos-ths proceeding that Ia In
psugating the police graft charges
begun BY Herman Rosenthal shortly
before he was murdered.
AIR. Waldo was told the Grand Jury
had gone uptown to survey the institu-
tions Of the Departments Of Charities
and Correction. No apology was made
Go the Police ommissioner. The clerk
Of the Grand Jury told him that he
inust zee Assistant Distriot-Attornsy
Noes.
The Commissioner went to Mr.. MOSS
Office. A stenographer looked for the
Assistant District. ttorney and re-
turned TO say Mr.. Moss was consulting
with District-Attorncy Whitman, and
Mr.. Waldo would have to walt until
Mr.. Moss was .: liberty.
At n.G Mr.. Whitman left the build
ing. after saying that he had sub
poenaed Mr.. Waldo and Deputy Com
missioner Doughcrty In preparation for
taking their evidence In the Becker
trial.
Mr.. Dougherty appeared . momant
later and Joined Mr. Waldo In Mr..
MOSS waiting room. Five minutes
later Mr.. Moss called Mr.. Waldo in.o
his private office and Assistant District
Attorney Rubin took charge Of Mr..
0ovgherty.
The evening world., 1912-10-01
LIGHTER WILL BURN OIL.

CAMDEN, Oct. Tho first oll-burn.
ting steam lighter was launched at the
D!alog shipyard yesterday. She was
christened Willard n. Taylor by nine
year-old Marjorie @. Wilkinson. dsugh-
ter OF John Ii. nilklnson OF New York.
TIE lighter Is owned BY the Undcrclfr
Terminal and Warehouse Company Of
Edgewater. y. j.. opposite One Hundred
and Thirtieth street. Manhattan. and
OH be used exclusively IN New York
waters. She has 20-inch cylinders with
0 2s-inch stroke. Is OF 20 tons d!splace-
nnent and Is lis feet long and 30 foot
besm
The evening world., 1912-10-01
WHY DON'T Y0U-7

.M'hy don't you give yourself . gen.
ulns treat and q series Of thrills and
surprises BY reading "sHENAN.
,DoAH7"
soHENANpoAH" 10 q novelIxs.
zion, by Henry TyrreiI. Of Bronson
.howard's great war play Of the same
name.
u Will begin In to.morrow's Eve
ming worId-Wednesdsy, Oct. 2.
''ehenandoah" was one Of the most
successful plays ever written. Ths
noveIlzatIon keeps all the piay's STIR
ring Interest and elusive war stmos-
phere.
The kind Of story to make you
forget your hum drum, everyday IFS,
and breathe the atmosphere Of ex.
eitenSnt, adventure and wartime
woolngs.
Read I'll
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-15

would go. / felt as a doctor who re-
allies that his patient must die.
felt like boy who, walking along the
sea shore, with few clouds no larger
than mans hand in the sky with
the sea tapping at his feet, suddenly
has the sky fall down on him and the
sea rush up and overwhelm him.
ION one side was the Burns men
and the National Erectors Assocla-
ton, and all its money. On the other
the fund raised out of the wages Of the
laboring men. couldn't consider
politics, could not consider persons,
If was to save these mems lives. Did
betray my client?
"Older came; Steffens came. We
telegraphed to Gompers to send us a
man. Davis said | would be misun-
derstood by labor. l had no right to
consider myself.
THE matter was considered on
Wednesday and Steffens said he
would see that the original PROPOSE
tion went through. But the word
came from the east from the seat of
money, and from monopoly, that John
j. Mcnamara would have to plead
guilty to something and take SEN
tence, too.
"By Saturday we had agreed to the
terms as nothing better could be had
On Sunday Steffens, McNutt and
spent most of the day at the jail anC
j. b. agreed to take life and j. j. tel
years. Next day Davis went 60 Fred
ericks, and Fredericks said he woul(
accept the proposition. Nobody de
nies 1t.
Now, when it was in this condi
tion, when | had every reason to be
leve the case would never be tried
do you think / would give FRANKLIN
$4,000 and sened him kiting dowl
Main street to buy a juror, riskinl
my life to no purpose?
1T was a job to get me into thu
penitentiary; to spend the rest of nj!
life in a cell, Think of 1t, gentlemen
On the 29th, the day after this calam
ity happened, we worked and worked
to keep the negotiations from beinl
called off and avert the catastroph,
threatening our common caus,
through the clash of the two powers.
While telling of the Mcnamara
settlement, Darrow wept unashamed
and there was scarcely a dry eye II
the courtroom.
Darrow closed his argument in {
burst of oratOry,
my name is a byword, a reproacl
in some places; but back I'm my homi
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-15
TO EXTEND
ROAD FROM
SILVERTON
SILVERTON LUMBER COMPANY
WILL EXTEND ITS ROAD INTO
THE ABIQUA BASIN, SAYS THE
SILYERT0N APPEAL.

According to our information ar
rangements are almost completed for
extensive improvements along the line
Of railroad building in this vicinity A
great deal Of talk has been going the
rounds Of the country concerning rail-
roads and II half the lines were built
which have been placed on paper and
IN the minds of those having elastic
imaginations the globe would certain
ly be enclrcles several times. This
line, however, in which we are most
interested, is the most feasible of all.
The Silverton Lumber Co. already has
ten miles of road in running order
and use every day. Now 1t is pro-
posed TO extend the line into the Abb
qua basin, making the road twenty
four miles in length
This is reputed to be one of the
finest bodies of standing timber in
Ahc Ollui anu lnt ldCl llldl lllt IOdu
will be relaid with much heavier steel
is evidence that 1t is the intention to
bring large quantities of the product
out.
So far as we have been able to learn
the contract for the extension has not
yet been let, but it is expected that 1t
will be within the next week. If this
is the case a large force of men and
teams will be put to work at once and
all possible speed used to the compile
tion Several contractors have al
ready been over the ground with a
view of submitting bids.
With this important extension and
the necessarily increased business Sill
yerton will naturally hum as never
before. As has been said many times
before, we are indeed fortunate in oc-
cupying the geographical position we
90. Every citizen Of the town should
feel a great pride in what has already
been done and what is about to be
done. We have the best town on
earth, and it is getting better with eX-
ceedingly rapid strides. - Silverton
Appeal.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-15

town there are others who still stasd
by me.
81 know that deep down in the
mines, in the stores, in the shops, on
the railroads are thousands on thou
sands who are looking to this jury to
save me-to vindlcate by name.
Thousands Of them gentlemen
men, women and little children, gen.
tlemen; they look to you. place my
fate in your hands"
Darrow, as he closed, was sur
rounded by crowd Of fearful
friends, who shook his hands and
patted him on the shoulders, His
face was stained with the mark OF
tears and everybody in the courtroom
wept
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-15
Dog Show Opens
in San Francisco

San Fra ncisco, Aug. Strings
of highbred dogs from Washington,
Oregon, Montana and southern Cali
fornia are entered today for the big
dog show at Dreamland rink, entries
for which close August 10.
One of the features of the show
will be the triumvirate Of judges in
stead Of the usual one, to pass on all
awards They are G. G. Izrael of
Olympia, Wash. for bull terriers; S.
Christensen of San Francisco, for
pointers and settlers, and %. Wright
son Thorpe of New York, for all on
er breeds and unclasslfed specials.
More than 200 premiums have
been donated
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-15
China Gods Starving

Portland, Or, Aug. Chinese
gods are starving to death and the
Chinese colony is wild with rage.
Market Inspector Singer condemned
as garbage food prepared some days
ago. The Chinese asserted their gods
liked It so.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-15
BORROW MAKES PLEA.
CONTINUED from Page 1.)

without reservation that never gave
him a dishonest dollar. Franklin
told George Hood, fellow lodge
member, that | didn't give him the
money. He said somebody from out
of town gave 1t to him, and was
watching him closely while he had 1t.
That's the excuse Franklin gave
for not stealing the money. Hood is
a liar-all liars"
Crowded Darrow with biting sar-
casm.
Franklin told the same story to
his lawyer, Tom Johnson. Men tell
their lawyers the truth johnson
went to Ford with the story. Ford
said it wouldn't do; the only thing he
wanted was a statement against Dar-
row.
Franklin said in January that II
he made a statement against me he
would be a damned liar What is
he? He has characterized himself
| hope the district attorneys office
got its moneys worth by bribing
Franklin"
Darrow wiped his hands on hand
kerchief and shot an angry glance at
District Attorney Fredericks.
Ford says l corrupted Lecompte
Davis. Davis is a full grown man.
He's a lawyer of experience. He can
take care of himself. And, gentle
men, all these people lied. Franklin
is the only pure and innocent man in
the case. Franklin, a self-confessed
Ear and man who bribed jurors for
$1,000 a shot A man who is testlfying
for immunity, a man who suddenly
began telling the truth when he took
the stand against me. Before that he
told nothing but lies"
Darrow took up the settlement of
the Mcnamara case. He said:
Another fact is, the Mcnamara
case was disposed of several days be-
fore November 2S, as far as I am
concerned.
''All of you may not agree with
the philosophy Of Lincoln Steffens.
When you are in your jury room you
may be talking about different things
and you can not agree on all of them.
Be careful about not believing the
idealist. He may be right. The
world is moving. Things we accept
today were scoffed at 200 years ago.
But don't care about his philosophy.
| care about his facts.
Ford says | betrayed my clients.
I, who always regards as my friends.
gave my very life blood for those
boys and barred my breast to the darts
of my friends criticism, and to that
OF the world. II you think betrayed
my friends-well, will drink the
cup to the dregs."
Stretching out his arms, Darrow
slowly, Solemnly declared:
There is in every man both good
and evil. It's not his fault. God AL
mighty made him. II you'd hang the
McNamaras 1t would conceive more
hatred, more wrong, more crime than
could come in any other way.
Good and bad come from the
heart. You cant change a man until
you change his heart
Let me tell you something about
these labor men. They laid the rails,
they man the locomotives, so you and
! may ride in peace in Pullman cars.
They take their lives in their hands,
they walk on frames Of building ten
and twelve stories above the ground,
and often their mangled remains are
found on the earth beneath.
Every step civilization has taken
has been for the raising up of these
men. They are often ignorant and
rough. They are but human.
Il took up their cause. The Times
disaster was terrible moral acci-
dent. As time went on realized that
J. b. Mcnamara and his brother
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-15
Salem Boy Makes
Good in the East

John e. Smith, who was formerly
with the department of science at
the high school, has been elected
instructor in geology in the state
university Of North Carolina After
leaving Salem, Mr.. Smith was stu
dent in the University of Chicago
and at Iowa State College, where he
received the degree of master of sci
ence in 1911, During the past year
he was a graduate student and fel-
low in geology in the University Of
Missouri.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-15
SIPS Per Acre

You can make a small pay
ment down, the balance month
Iy or annually, as you prefer.
This land is the equal Of any
land in the valley, and which
in some cases sells for twice as
much money. II is located ten
miles north Of Salem, on the
Portland road, in a good neigh
bOrhOods and is absolutely first
class in every particular. The
Loganberry is the coming crop
in this district, and is a safe
and sure investment for the
person who puts his or her time
and money into it.