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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-06
LEPER CUT OFF FROM FRIENDS
HOPES FOR RELIEF FROM SCIENCE

Bay City. Mich, May 30.-Confned
within the boundaries Of his little
home and backyard, Herman Hirsch-
field, leper, in spite OF the fact that
his chance OF return TO the world is
practically gone. takes life philosophy
cally. and hopes for the time when a
discovery Of modern science will rid
him of the loathsome disease.
hut one person in all the world will
come into contact with Hirschfield-
the little wife. who has given up her
children. her connection with the out
side world. her all. for the sake OF the
man from whom the world shrinks in
fear.
Hlrschfeld has been ordered. TO stay
within the confines Of his own yard.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-06
GOOD WORK
BEING DONE
80 Says \. s. White. Vice President of
the Western Michigan Develop
mcnt Bureau.

At the recent annual meeting Of the
membership of the Western Michigan
Development Bureau, A. 5. White. first
vice president OF the organization,
spoke in part as follows, while dis
cussing the general subject, The Re-
lation of the Western Michigan Devel-
opment Bureau to the Commercial
Orga MIA tons of Western Michigan"
The measure Of the support of the
twenty counties of the district. in the
past, is not so important as the meas
ure of the support that may be rem.
dered in the future. am OF the
opinion that when the purposes Of this
Bureau shall be more generally under.
stood the raising of funds to carry on
the work of the Bureau will be sim
Pile problem. While the newspapers
have rendered very efficient service
there remains a great deal OF work to
be performed by the members of this
board in informing the people OF the
district. the state and the nation in
regard to the great natural and the
acquired advantages of Michigan, for
the prosecution of many lines OF bust.
ness. for farming and the unequaled
attractions il offers TO seekers for
pleasant homes and healthful sur
roundings.
when the people generally shall
learn OF the results Of the work OF this
Bureau in promoting the settlement of
our untitled lands. the booster" spirit
will be aroused and the knocker
speedily forgotten. The business
sense that originates and promotes
progress the spirit of pride that
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-06

not being allowed 10 step from the
front door OF the house.
His four children have been taken
away and will live with relatives. They
may converse with him, but Il must
be at a safe distance-over the fence.
When his son grows 70 manhood
and starts to win a living from the
world, there will be no hearty hand
shake from loving father.
When his daughters marry and the
wedding guests seated about the table.
one chair will be empty.
When his friends or relatives pass
away. there Will be one mourner who
will not attend the funeral services.
There Is always tho fence.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-06
No Place for Thirsty Resorters.

The booze lighters will have a nara
time of Ii AT Jenison park, the Maca-
lava bay summer resort, this season
i.r the place is dry" and it's dry In
a way that means dry. There Will be
no side doors To sneak into. The
supervisors OF Ottawa county have is
susd their ultimatum that Jenisoh
Dark shall he without the cup That
cheers. and there is nothing left toi
the man with a thirst tnat water VIII
not ouench but To beat in for Holland
and buv his booze wholesale.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-06
spuyns Fiance After Seeing Him.

No | will not marry you said a
gin of Is IN her native tongue 10 a
certain Grand Rapids young man
when she met him after he had paid
hsr passage from Poland The couple
DAD maintained courtship by cor
respondence and the man finally sent
for the girl. When she saw him, how
ever. she changed her mind about ac-
ceptins him as her future provider,
she said she would rather die than be-
come his wife and appealed 10 the
Charity Organization society for aid.
she WAS given a job
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-06
"I'n Rot In Jail" He Says.

I'm rot in Jail before will fur
Bish bail or send my children To
school" This Is the statement made
by Vincent Narloch, "A Portsmouth
township farmer who has been ar
rested and lodged in the Bay CITY
iail for keeping his children out oil
school. All efforts OF the officers
and his friends to convince him that
ne must comply with the laws prove
truitless.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-06
Advertise kalkaska County.

The Changers OF Kalkaska county
are starting a campaign for the ad-
yeTtlsement OF the undeveloped farm
lands oil Ihat county. At ~ proposed
to seS ure settlers tor the rs per cent
al the county which an yet is unoccu-
pied A committee consisting of w.
). Ialmer, T.. n. Phelps and j. Grant
Getty has been appointed To prepare
q plan OF procedure.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-06

be identified that the government
does not redeem. Bills with parts
missing are redeemed only ac-
cording to the parts presented,
and thus a snug sum is realized
each year from this source.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-06
WEATHER FAVORS
OLD SOLDIERS
Memorial Day Weather Ideal For
Veterans To Parade.

Rool Of the muffled drum. strain of
the solemn dirge rattle of musketry
i'm honored salute, sad tones of taps
echoing from the hills. a blue line
wavering here and there. a wreath
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-06
STAMPS

\ SEALS. BiRASS SION
David Forbes Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09

Ptne). An engraving of the fort shows
It was in this shape when Sir Fran
els Drake attacked st. Augustine in
1886. The fort was again attack4i
In 1865 by John Davis, freebooter and
%buccaneer. The people fed to the
woods while Davis PLACED the town.
Later the fort was rebuilt and named
Fort Marion, now the property of the
federal government and maintained
chiefly as an interesting antique.
Thousands of persons visit it annually.
In it's early life st. Augustine was
the most cosmopolitan city in the
land and all because of a mixed col
ony Of Mtnorcans, Italians, Greeks and
natives Of southern European coun-
tries brought to the state in 1853 as
laborers for an indigo plantation
owned by English capitalists. They
settled in New Smyrna, but soon re-
belled against their English employ
ers. That probably was the first or
ganized labor strike In North Amer
lea.
Moving to st. Augustine, where
they were allotted land and given pro-
lection. the indigo plantation workers
intermarried with the Spanish and
English residents and their descend
ants form a large proportion of the
population Of the present city.
In 1921 the United States paid
Spain $~5.000,000 for the territory OF
Florida and General Andrew jackson
became its first governor.
Indian. pirate, spaniard, British In
vader-each in turn has scourged the
town, but after the passing of each it
has arisen better than before. changed,
but each time improved in character.
From the Indian village of seloy,
through four centuries of battle and
change to the quaint old town with
its foreign airs, st. Augustine has be-
come a fashionable winter resort.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09
Of BATTERs
No Two Players Handle Them
selves Alike at Plate.
Hal chase Assumes Seeming Attitude
Of Indifference and carelessness-
Swings Bat With Good Deal
Of Snap, but Not Hard.

Similar results in batting-good re-
suits that Is, are obtained from many
different styles. Good form. poor
form and no form at all get there with
the bat, and each contributes its
quota to the 300 division. This thing
of form" at the bat is largely a shib-
boleth based on nothing. In other
sports form" may be nor OF less of
a necessity, at any rate certain
branches Of sport lay much stress on
form" possibly laying more on the
niceties Of physical poise than there is
occasion for. Maybe there is form"
in baseball. but If many different <
ponents of hard hitting go about get
ting good results in quite different
ways as to adjustment of body, feet,
arms and 80 forth 1t is not clear just
where any regulation form comes in.
No two batters handle themselves
exactly alike at the plate, of course,
but methods differ so widely as to
make each mans form" his own.
Styles can be corrected to advantage;
that is, faults overcome and changes
AAoOO 6uAl0OAo " IAS luUlV1UUd1, Uut
even then there is no approach to q
standard. A few cases will serve to
show how different batters maintain
a sway among the batting elect, the
300 class with a wide dissimilarity Of
method.
Take Hal Chase. for instance. Many
Is the spectator who says he doesn't
see how Chase hits the ball. Yet he
does hit it, keeps on hitting it and
always has been a frst-class batter.
The batter who steps away from the
plate is VIGOROUSLY a poor hitter, but
while Chase doesn't step or pull away
he is fdgety with his feet and sug-
gests that he is about to step away.
Seemingly careless and Indifferent,
he really is watching the pitchers
every movement as we'll as the whole
layout, and no man can hit better
with a base rune His attitude is
anything but menacing, indeed con-
ta1ns a hint Of timidity, which really
doesn't exist, but with loose wrist and
arm action he can adapt himself to
any sort Of a pitched ball hittable. He
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09
STORIES
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Games in Cincinnati will begin at 3
o'clock this season.
The Dodgers have sent 1nfielder Jim
my Breen back to Milwaukee.
st. Joseph has turned Second Base
man Lowthers back to Washington.
Baltimore has released Pitcher Dave
Roth to Troy, and Catcher Fngal to
York.
Arlie Latham would accept a posi-
ton as umpire in some good league.
He says SO himself.
Manager 1rby of the Helena team
released Murray, Annis and Cole.
Murray has signed with Ogden.
Detroit Is trying to. sign John J. Nc
Cormick. the Holyoke boy who former
ly caught for Cornell university.
Claude Elliott, the pitcher of other
days, Is to be an umpire on the Wis
consin-1llinois league star this season.
Noah Henline. sold by Baltimore to
Troy, but who could not agree to
terms. has Joined the Troy training
squad.
Dan Murphy, the Athletics new field
captain. ia bubbling over with agrees
siveness and Connie Mack is all
smiles.
George Mullin says he has set his
heart on this being his best year. To
make it that he will have to go some,
all will admit.
Il appointed Wagner captain Of the
Pirates because he understands my
system and has had the necessary az
perience," says Fred Clarke.
The White Sox have sent Roland
Barrows to Jersey City. He was out
under option to the Lowell club of the
New England league last year.
President Dreyfus thinks the food
Springs at the Eastman Hotel, Hot
Spring, fs too rich for ball players in
training. and plans to rent a whole
house next spring. and serve specially
prepared food for his Pirates.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09
NOTED FLORIDA CITY.
St. Augustine Was Once an In
dian Village.
First Colony Established by French
huguenots In 1864 Was Raced by
the spaniards and lite lnhab-
itants Killed.

st. Augustine, Fla.-Four c~entur1eA
ago an Indian town known as Seloy
stood on the site Of what is now st.
Augustine. On Easter Sunday, 1912,
Ponce de Leon, Spanish explorer.
landed there in search of the "Foun-
tain of Youth" After he and his men
had floundered through the sandy
swamps of the vicinity and tramped
among the scrub palmetto, bathed in
every stream, pool and mudhole they
came across, without success, they re-
embarked and the Indian village re-
NAMED unmolested by white men for
more than fifty years.
A colony of French Huguenots land
ed at the same point in 1864, but
soon moved on to the st. Johns river.
The news of their arrival reached
Phillip II. OF. Spain, and upon realiz-
ing the full import of the message
that q colony of Protestants was set
ting in his new world domain-he dis
patched Pedro Menendez to exterm1-
nate them.
This second group of invading
Spaniards landed at the same Indian
village on August rs, 1865, and be-
cause that was st. Augustine's day up
OF the church calendar they gave the
place its present name. st. Augustine
is consequently the oldest permanent
settlement of Europeans within the
territory of the United States. The
Huguenot settlement vas not perma-
nent for the reason that Menendez and
his men destroyed their fort and mas
sacred the Inhabitants.
The first fort was built in octagonal
form and was constructed Of the
trunks of pine trees. 1t was named
San Juan de Pinos (St. John of the
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09
Pulpit Bar to Legacy.

Boulder, Colo.-The $4,000 will Of
the late John L. Church. wealthy cat
tleman, has been fled for probate in
the county court. This will include q
$4,000 cash bequest to his wife and
$4,000 to Mrs. A. J. Whiting, a niece.
The remainder is to be divided among
grand-nieces and grand-nephews after
Mrs. Church's death. A peculiar pro-
vision Of the will is that the nephews
forfeit their shares II they become
ministers Of the gospel. Mr.. Church
had no deep-rooted feeling against the
clergy, but wanted the boys to follow
business careers.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09

The weakness of the Boston Nation
al League club last year was In the
pitchers box, for the South End outfit
did enough hard hitting and scored
enough runs to assure itself a much
better position in the championship
ace than that in which it finally land
ed. No great change has been made
in the pitching staff this year, but
Manager King has three or four real.
1y good men, and the new owners are
only waiting to see what is really
needed before opening their purse
strings and going out to get it.
With ICY" Young promising to re-
gain some of his former strength this
season, and with Tyler, McTigue, Per-
due, Mattern and newcomers named
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09
WON BY EIGHT LEADERS
Struggle for Pennant In American A.
ISOLATION Already Landed by
Various Managers.

The struggle in the American asso-
citation for the championship pennant
is already over according to the claims
Of the various managers. as given be-
low:
Hugh Duffy: It's a cinch.
Joe Cantillon: The flag is already
pinned to my piano.
Jack Tighe: Really, it's a shame to
take It.
Jimmy Burke: After deep thought
and careful consideration l can freely
predict that the A. A. championship
banner will float in Indianapolis next
fall.
Charles Carr: There's nothing to 1t
but the Blues. The nag has already
been ordered from my sporting goods
house.
Topsy Hartsel: My Mack style Of
battle will cop for sure.
Mike Kelley: Ditto, only more em.
phatic.
Bill Friel: The same.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09

Donnelly and Brady, all promising
Boston will be in fairly good shape re.
garding boxmen. Behind the bat King
will have Rariden. whose arm is so
good, and Gowdy, who came to the
team late last season, and whose back
stopping has been one of the features
Of his teams work in the south.
Except for various pitchers and
catchers, Manager King started the
a with only two regular players
who began the campaign with Fred
Tenney a year Ago.. These are sween-
ey at shortstop and Miller in right
field. All Of the other seven players
came to the club in 1911, and the pur-
chases and trades that we're made
generally were for the better.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09
Rival In Points.

Certain cities overshadow all rivals
in certain departments Of play. Great.
er New York, as a starter, is well
fixed for first basemen. with Chase,
Daubert and Merkle. Boston can
boast of two stanch outfields in Speak
er, Hooper and Lewis of the Red Sox,
with Miller, Campbell and jackson Of
the Braves. Chicago has always stood
high With catchers In Sullivan and
Archer. And Philadelphia has the
Athletics.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09
Chinese Kill 5000.

Calcutta.-The latest version Of the
lighting between the Chinese and IT,
betans. which comes from Gyangse. 10
that Lhasa 10 besieged and Is burning.
Two thousand Chinese with Maxim
guns moved down 5000 Tbetans, In.
GLIDING many women and children.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09
MAck's lNFIELo COST s1o.s5
Clever Manager Secured shortstop
Barry, Eddie Collins and Frank
Baker for Car Fare.

Did any one ever tell what Connie
Mack paid for that magnificent infield
of the Athletics-the one that did so
much toward winning the worlds
championship for that club? OF course
not? Well. it actually cost the clever
manager Of the Philadelphia team
just $10.S5. This is surprising, par
ticularly when it is recollected that
such a fabulous sun as $22,500 was
paid for O'Toole by Pittsburg and the
Giants willingly gave $1,000 for Mar
guard.
Connie is recognized as one Of the
shrewdest traders in the whole base
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09

Inns vas in New York, Barry was at
Holy Cross and Baker was fooling
around in Reading, Pa.
Mack captured this trio of baseball
stars for the price of their railroad
fares, and the three tickets totalled
exactly $10.85. He had Davis for first
when he made the deal. It was a feat
that will never be duplicated.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09

used to be weak on a low curve out
side the plate, but got over that and
now Is a free hitter. If he wants to
hit he'll hit at anything, like Lajoie
and Wagner, and he's liable to hit
anything. He doesn't swing hard in
the sense Of having a long swing, but
swings with a good deal of snap. His
eye and arm do the work without
much use of the body in adding force
to the drive.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09

The garden with a row of trees or
some shrubbery along the north VIII
be some days earlier in the spring hut
IN ory countries this earliness may be-
pald Tor later. Trees along the edge
OF . garden are apt to sap the mois-
turs Tor . long distance on either side.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09

ball business, and II he ever went in
for swapping horses he'd have David
Harum yelling for help. He is an
economist whenever 1t is possible, and
1t wa possible when he secured Short,
stop Barry, Second Baseman Collins
and Third Baseman Bsr-.- Eddie Col.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09

&
Alfalfa il perennial.
! pure bred bun !. ...,,
Mongrel fowls are expensive
Light In the barn ts essential.
Horses with tender feet need much
attention. J
The wheel hoe saves a lot Of back
breaking hoeing.
Good roads increase values because.
they make values.
Good pasture is invaluable in grow.
ing pigs successfully.
Cut straw is the best for bedding,
If you save the manure
If zinc is burned with the coal it will
clear the chimney of SCOT.
Are the plow-lays sharp, and all the
tools in irst-class shape?
Two filters Of pigs a year is about
what the best sows will do.
He that abuseth his colts may ex.
pect to be kicked by his horses.
sifted coal ashes are better than
plaster for the striped squash bug.
Jerking the bit and yelling confuse
a horse and advertise q blockhead.
Out-buildings, implanted fences and
rubbish heaps may be hidden behind
vines.
Equal parts OF corn and oats are
hard to excel as a grain feed for :,
sheep.
Provide plenty of pure water, sun
shine, range and green forage crops
for sheep.
A flock that gets bone meal and oy-
ster shell will have few cases Of leg
weakness.
Look out for the yearling colts.
Don't let them get a setback as spring,
approaches.
Sore mouth will sometimes attack
sheep in pens and run through the,
entire flock.
During an extra cold spell Of
weather add a little corn to the sow's
grain ration.
Small seeds and finely cracked grain
are a better feed for the small chick
than wet mashes.
Never breed a nervous, high-strung
SOW that is ready to jump and run
at the drop Of a hat.
The fewer sows kept together dur
ing the breeding season and until far
rowing time, the better.
OF all fowls ducks are the easiest.
to raise. The eggs are more fertile.
than those of any other fowl.
Cold weather Is not much of q detri-,
ment to chickens, providing it Is dry
cold and the atmosphere pure.
The geese should be laying at their
best now, and this is, also, the month
in which turkeys begin to lay.
For the majority of vegetables, soil.
Of q sandy nature is best, provided
there is a good sub-soil for drainage.
If all the implements were cleaned
and painted last fall, a great deal of
time will be saved when you must
"'get busy." ),
A good way to disinfect a brooder
is to open 1t wide, take out the hover
and let the sun get at the inside
through the day.
Making the drinking water slightly
red with permanganate of potash has.
often been found to prevent the.
spreading Of roup.
Poultry manure should be partially
dried before storing in order to pre-
vent fermentation setting in, thus
avoiding the escape Of the ammonia
There is no better or cheaper way
of growing hogs than to pasture them
on alfalfa. One acre will furnish pas
turage for from ten to twenty hogs
per season.
An old horseman says that the chief
cause of collie in horses, or the cause
Of the largest per cent of these cases. .
is brought through long abstinence
from water.
Men Of moderate means should start
the improvement Of their cattle.
through the purchase of a pure bred
bull and gradually grow into the
breeding Of pure bred animals.