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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
Strong Men Are Wanted.

Men and money are what West
ern Michigan wants today, honest,
intelligent, industrious men and
more capital. The region needs
the men worse than it needs the
money, for with strong men the
wonderful natural resources can
quickly be converted into the
silver and gold of trade. Men
are needed who are willing to
clear the fertile acres, SOW the
seed, cultivate the growing crops,
gather and market the harvest,
and with the profits build COM
Portable homes, improve the roads,
enlarge the school houses, churches
and grange halls, and take a suf-
ficient part in the intellectual,
social, and political life of the
day to be an essential factor in
the onward march of civilization.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
Sheep and Hogs May Be Relieved
from Lice, Ticks, and Fleas by Dipping

vat very cheaply. 1t is obviously
impossible to use the spray on
sheep. The most convenient ar
rangement is TO drive the sheep
through the vat, letting the
drippings flow back SO as to save
solution.
The best stockmen dip their
sheep a second time so as to get
the few ticks that may have
survived the first drenching, and
those which may have Matched
meanwhile. Sometimes il happens
that the druggist will sell a
dip which is worthless, or which
must be made up in much stronger
solution than the directions call
for. While it is true that most Of
the coal tar dips advertised in
the farm papers have some merit
it is always better to make sure
rather than to trust to luck.
Either get report from your
station regarding the prepara-
ton you wish to use, or else test
it out at home. Do this by taking
the solution made up as directed
and trying it on ticks or fleas
under a tumbler.-Farm and Home.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
DON'T MISUSE THE
POOR MONGREL DOG

II you are really fond of dogs,
you will be fond of every kind of
dog, big and little, good and
bad-the mongrel and the cur, as
well as the high-bred animal,
asserts the Evansville Qndiana)
Review.
They all have the same affect
tionate nature and, il may be
added, the same capacity for
suffering. Anybody who pro-
fesses to take an interest in one
dog only, or in one kind of dog
only, or in well-bred dogs only,
may be sure that his feeling is
not genuine and disinterested. II
is qualified by vanity or selfish
~ses, or the ignoble desire to be
- The fashion.
A mongrel is simply dog
|whose father and mother were of
different breeds; and as the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04

returns their devotion a thousand
fold.
Mark the sorrowful, piteous
look in the eye of the homeless
mongrel, and you will be slow in
deed to add to his miseries. In
the last great accounting we may
be sure that we shall receive no
credit for the fine dogs or
horses that we fed and cared for
the motive there was mainly pride
OF ownership. But whoever has
bestowed shelder and affec-
ton on an animal that nobody
owned, or wanted to own, may
have procured an intercessor that
he never drained of. 1t is a Rus
sian legend that the man who be-
friends a friendless animal will
find that animal waiting to help
him across the deep, dark river
that, according to the old MYTH
ology, separates this world
from the next.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04

duty in this respect; but there
are so many people right here
among US who need our guidance
that we may, / hope, be forgiven
if we sometimes leave the heather
to shift for himself"
eyes, we may console our
selves with the thought that the
heather lives where it is warm
and even if he is benighted, it is
quite certain that he is much
happier than many of the people
with whom we must come in con-
tact day after day"
"After he had asked me about
the heather he wanted to know
if we were buying a new organ
for the church or thinking of hav-
ing the edifice repaired"
"Did he really say edifice?"
"Well, perhaps he did not call
it that. No, l think he merely re-
ferred to it as the church. But
he seemed to be anxious to know
whether we were going to have
anything done to it.n
aust think of it, And he won't
be nine years old until June g."
"When had informed him that
We were not buying an organ or
having the church rebuilt ne
said:
"Then daddy must be a liar
because he told mother last night
that you never came here unless
you wanted to work holdup
game of some kind. Chicago
Record-Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04

Twelve Western Michigan
counties through their boards of
supervisors at the Supervisors
late meetings, made appropria-
tons in behalf of the program of
development. Several other
counties made promises through
public spirited men that they
would assist the good work in a
financial way, and progressive
taxpayers in several other counties
are preparing TO urge their SUI
pervisors to make appropriations
at the other meetings of the
supervisors. Four boards of super
visors made appropriations for
the purpose of experimenting the
work being done by the Western
Michigan Development Bureau.
These counties and the amounts Of
their appropriations are Charlie
voix, $500; Antrim, $500; Mason,
$500; Oceana, $3.50. The Bureau
adVertises Western Michigan as a
whole and the counties advertise
their special advantages to those
whom the general advertising has
interested in the Western Mich
igan country.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
WHAT THE MINISTER
SAID ABOUT THE CHILD


"Your little boy is very OBJ
Serving child, Mrs. Huntley," said
the minister, when she had
finally come downstairs
"Thank YOU" she replied. eve
are very proud OF Tommy. He is
getting along splendidly in
school,
"When / asked him il you were
at home he said he would find
out but before he started up
stairs he asked me how the
orphans were getting along"
"That was just like him. The
dear little fellow is always think
ing of others"
"And when | told him that the
orphans were doing as well as
could be expected, he wished to
know what we were going to do
for the heather"
"Isn't it remarkable that
children should think of such
things? / often think that we do
not give them credit for the in
etlligence they possess"
~ was compelled to tell him
that we were doing little or
nothing for the heather.
sometimes fear we shirk our
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
DANDELION DIGGING TRIALS.
Sixteen and One half Tons the Result
of One Weeks Efforts.

After a dandelion digging contest OF
weeks duration in Sedalia. Mo-, the
closing registrations showed a total
of sixteen and half tons OF the weed
From daybreak till the closing hour
wagon loads we're hauled from schools
where the children had accumulated
the weeds in their effort TO win the
prizes.
Franklin school. the smallest In Sc
dalia. was awarded the prize OF S. In
cash offered by the Sedalia Democrat
The cash offered by Usage Chapter,
Daughters OF the American Revolution.
was divided among five boys.
Franklin school collected few
pounds less than five tons. and the
greatest number Of pounds brought
In by individuals aggregated two and
half tons Harry Lankeuan was
awarded first prize in the individual
contest
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04

mongrel has little or no pecun-
larry value, he is liable 20 be
knocked about from pillar TO post {;
to have no home, or a very bad
one; and to be treated with
scorn and cruelty. Often, indeed,
he is set adrift and abandoned by
a hardhearted or thoughtless
owner, too indifferent to give
him even the boon of a humane
death.
Not only is the mongrel quite
the peer Of the well-bred dog in
affection, in loyalty, in ODE
dience he is often superior to the
well-bred dog in intelligence. But
alas his outward appearance is
against him. Like many human be-
ings, he is the innocent victim of
fate.
1t is among boys that the
mongrel finds his warmest friends.
Boys are more natural and there
fore more democratic than men.
If a dog is good-natured, intel
ligent and affectionate, they
care little what his pedigree is.
They love him for himself, and he
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
MARKET
REPORT

Grand Rapids-There was a de-
cidedly light market last week ;
some fine black cherries. were
brought in and commanded So for
16-quart case. There was real
general falling off in the price
of white and red cherries, che
white selling at 81 and the red
at $3.50 per bushel. Old potatoes
dropped TO 9Oc per bushel. and
the new ones are still sticking
around 81 per barrel. No material
changes were in effect in the
price of carrots, radishes or
onions. Imported tomatoes went
at $1.15 the case, while the home
grown receipts brought 15c per
pound. Cabbage held steady at
50 per crate, pieplant. cucum-
bers and peas maintained the
prices that have been current all
week. Strawberries showed "A
rather wide range. running from
soc to 81 per crate. The berries
are coming in very fine quality
and size and plenty of them.
In the clearinghouse prices there
is a tendency toward a satisfact-
DRY steadiness in all lines.
Commission men do not look
for a very plentiful crop of
cherries, but there is every in
dication of good receipt in all the
berries.
Meat prices remain steady and
the prices set early in the week
will probably continue for several
days.
Poultry receipts are good,
both in quantity and quality, and
prices show no indications of
change from those established
earlier in the week.
EGGS AND DAIRY BUTTER
Jobbers' prices: Eggs, candled,
19c; current receipts, 1sc; dairy
butter, 23c; packing stock, 1sc.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
TEETH WITHOUT A PLATE

BY the Owens-olar method
teeth can be had without a
plate in the roof OF the mouth.
Also teeth can be removed alb
solutely without any pain what
ever without the use of drugs to
produce Inconsistencies and no
bad after effects as cocaine
leaves. Gums heal up, leaving a
good, hard, solid ridge for the
plate to rest on, 500 that the
roof of the mouth is not covered
by lot of rubber. Yours for
advanced methods. DR.. c. ID.
Owens, Monroe street opposite
Herpolsheimer's, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
Farm Life.

To the city man, weary of
noise and rush and artificiality
and heavy expense, the cry "back
to the farm is most alluring. But,
as Gardner Mack writes in
Popular Mechanics, "the man who
isn't a farmer at heart invar-
iably fails on the farm"
Farming" he continues, "is a
business. 1t must be conducted as
a business if much profit is to be
gained. An agricultural expert has
estimated that as business it is
not remunerative, that the farms
in the United States do not
average more than four per
cent on the investment. Another
has stated positively that the
beginner, even with considerable
capital, must be prepared to bear
many hardships while he is learn
ing the business. Both of these
men agree, however, that the
farm holds the solution of LIES
problems for the man who simply
wants to live with greater COM
fort and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
the man who takes it up has the
soil instinct. And thdt there is
profit for the man who will
work and plan and scheme, is
abundantly proven by hundreds Of
actual experiences.
therefore, the man of forty,
with family, who has saved a
little money and chafes under the
restrictions of city life, who is
willing to adapt himself to farm
conditions, and to work with
his hands and his brain for the
attainment and maintenance of
health, happiness and content
ment, will find them on the
farm, provided he has that i'm
definable something that has been
called the soil instinct"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
Good Work Being Done.

1t is an acknowledged fact that
the Western Michigan Develop
ment Bureau has accomplished
more in the way of promoting the
substantial interests of this
region during the brief period in
which its activities have been ac-
complished in all the years.
Through its efforts and exhibits
it has brought the attention of
thousands of home seekers to
the desirability of this section of
the state as an abiding place and
thousands of acres of land have
been purchased for homes.-Osce-
ola County Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
To Restore Rubber.

People using articles made of
rubber that frequently lose their
elasticity through oxidation
may restore the mater
ial to it's original condition by a
simple process. Soak the part in
a mixture of one part of ammonia
to two parts water. This is par
ticularly well adapted to the
restoring of rubber bands, rings
and small tubing which are ready
to become dry and brittle.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
NATIONAL CROP REPORT

A cablegram, dated June %,
1912, from the international In
stitute OF Agriculture, Rome
Italy, has been received by the
United States Department of
Agriculture, giving the following
Information:
The areaso the crops below
specified which will probably be
harvested this year in each OF the
countries named, expressed in
acres, are as follows:
WHEAT.-Hungary Including
Croatia and Slavonia), 100000 I;
Italy, 11,73s,O00; Canada, 1926
600; Japan, 1,24s,OOO; Algeria, 1872
OOO Tunis, 1,26S,OOO.
RYE Belgium, $4,000; Den
mark, $4,000; France, 2,99S,OOO ;
Hungary Including Croatia and
Slavonial, 2,949,000.
BARLEY France, 1,S6e,OOO /;
Hungary Including Croatia and
Slavonia), 2,so4,OOo; Canada, 1929
OOO Japan, 3,123,OOO; Algeria, 81
$1,000; Tunis, 100000.
OATS-France, 9,s96,OOO; Hun
gary Including Croatia and
Slavonia), 2,724,OOO; Canada, o.
5000; Algeria, 100000.
The estimated production of
the crops below specified in
each of the countries named, ex-
pressed in bushels, is as fol-
lows:
WHEAT-Spain, 17,374,O0 :;
British India, 366,371,OOO; japan,
"a $4,000.
RYE-Spain, 27,96O,OOO.
BARLEY Spain, 63,4s1 900 ;
Japan, 95,5S7, 900; Tunis. 6,146-
600.
OATS-Spain, 25,1O5,OOO.
The estimated area planted to
corn this year in each of the
countries named, expressed in
acres, is as follow:
Spain, 1,147,OOO; France, $4,000 /;
Hungary Including Croatia and
Slavonia), 7,1ss,OOO; Italy, 1906
600.
The estimated area planted to
rice this year in Japan is 7,317,-
900 acres.
The condition of the crops be-
low specified, in each of the
countries named, compared with
an average condition, is as fol-
lows:
WHEAT-Belguim, 1903; Hungary
Including Croatia and Slavonia)
1915; Roumania, 1888; Canada, 1O1.
RYE-Belguim, 1O7; Denmark,
90; Hungary Including Croatia
and Slavonia), 1872.
BARLEY Hungary Including
Croatia and Slavonia), 100; Japan,
113.
OATS-Belguim, 105; Denmark,
100; Hungary Including Croatia
and Slavonia), 100; Roumania, 100 !;
Canada, 9s.
CORN-Spain, 100; Hungary
Including Crotia and Slavonia),
ITO; Roumania, 12O.
COTTON-Egypt, 100.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
Teaching a Lesson

The Lady-"Look here, you
said that if I'd give you your
dinner you'd NOV the lawn for
me.n
The Hobo-"I'd like to do it.,
ma'am; but l gotter teach yer a
lesson. Never trust the word of
a total stranger"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04

Probably the real reason why
iost farmers do not dip their
hogs and sheep is that they do
not understand the loss caused by
parasites. Lice, ticks and fleas
suck the blood of their hosts to
such an extent that a great
part of the feed eaten goes to
nourish these pests instead Of
the animal itself The stunted
growth that results is fatal both
in the fattening and breeding pen.
Again, farmers have not been in
the habit of fussing very much
with their small number OF hogs
and sheep, letting them shift
more or less for themselves. Dip
ping seems to be so bothersome
and expensive that those already
inclined to be careless neglect it
In the rush of other work.
Dipping does more than merely
kill lice. Disease germs, especially
in the case of hogs, are destroyed.
Instances are on record where one
man, when cholera was in the
neighborhood, kept the disease
down in the herd by careful dip
ping and disinfection of yards and
stables with the dip solution. In
addition, the ordinary dip causes
a healthy condition of the skin,
hair and wool. Dipped animals are
always sleeker than the undipped.
Where there are only a few
hogs to be treated, 75-cent
tin spray pump will probably pass
muster. 1t is better, of course, to
build some sort of vat or tank
into which the porkers may be
-snged. Hogs are very easily
gotten into watts placed in the
ground, and which have chutes
leading into both ends. The
different coal tar dips commonly
used are excellent.
For the spray pump a mix
ture of equal parts of crude oil,
heavy machine oil, gasoline and
kerosene has been found to be
effective. The spraying, to be
worth anything, however, must be
done very thoroughly, otherwise
there will be little patches un-
touched by the liquid, especially
behind the ears and in the face.
Hogs, including stables and bed
ding, should be sprayed or dip
ped every three or four weeks.
Dip All the Flock.
Sheep, unlike hogs, need to be
dipped only once year. Any one
Of the many good coal tar pre-
parations serve well. A nice, sun
shiny day should be selected,
and the sheep given chance TO
dry out before night.
In spring the ticks will move
on to the lambs, so if the farmer
is busy he may omit dipping the
ewes. 1t is better to dip the
~tire flock. To be most effective.
? the dip should be lukewarm, be
applied for at least one minute,
and should not get into the
animals mouth, ears and eyes.
The ordinary husbandman uses
a cheap galvanized iron vat which
may be stored under cover during
winter. Farmers with plenty Of
old lumber may build their own
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
IF YOU ARE PROUD OF YOUR
TOWN CONSIDER THESE
THINGS.

The smallest town has it's spots
OF interest. historic and other
wise. which should not be al
lowed TO pass INTO private con-
troll.
" school grounds are arranged
with a definite purpose and kept
orderly the effect on the coming
generation is bound to work for
universally better conditions.
Sor1e towns in Europe defray
government expenses by con-
serving public forests.
Read how country neighbor.
hoods may solve important eco
nomic and social problems.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04
Showing Him orr.

Gcorge-I'm afraid Ethel dosn't
love me any more.
Jack-What makes you think
so?
Gcorge-Last night she intro
duced me to her chaperon.-New
York Weekly.
The Yale expositor., 1912-12-05
CHAPTER XII.
The Caravan in the Desert.

Yes, George vanished from the
haunts Of men as completely as If the
Great Roc had dropped him into the
Valley of Diamonds and left him
there and as nobody knows just
where the Valley of Diamonds is,
George was very well lost. Still there
was, at the end Of most unique cx-
perience, a recompense far beyond It's
value. But, Of course, George, being
without the gift Of clairvoyance, saw
nothing save the immediate and immi-
nent circumstances: a door that
banged behind him. portentousiy; a
sack, cloak, burnouse, or whatever
It was, flung about his head, and
smelling evilly.
George hit out valiantly, and a mer.
ry scuffle ensued. The room was
small; at least, George thought it was,
for in the space Of one minute he
thumped against the four sides of it,
He could see nothing and he couldn't
breathe very well; but in spite of
these Inconvenience he put up three
rounds that would have made some
stir among the middleweights. In the
phraseology of the fancy, he had a
good punch. All the disappointments
Of the day seemed to become so many
pounds of steam in his shoulder; and
he was aware of a kind Of barbaric
Joy whenever he hit some one. All
the circumspection of years, all of
the gentle blood Of his peaceful for
bears, gave way to the strain which
still turks in the blood of civilized hui
manity, even in the veins of poets and
parsons He fought with all the tao.
tics of a sailor in bar-room, not over.
nicely.
A table toppled over with smash
ing noise. George and his assailants
fell in a heap beside IL. Thwack!
Bang! George struggled to his feet
and tugged at the sitting envelope.
Some one jumped upon his back, Old
Man Of the Sea style. A savage elbow
ieh disposcd OF this incubus And
The Yale expositor., 1912-12-05
SYNOPSIS.

George PercivaI Algernou Jones. vice
president of the Metropolitan Oriental
1S1g company Of New York, thirsting for
s.OrlAnce, is in Cairo on a business trip.
afro with O. carefully guarded bundle.
&3Yanne sells Jones the famous holy Yhl-
-sIrdeS rug which he admits having stolen
from a. pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later is introduced to
Fortune Chedsoye by a woman to whom
ias md loaned 1850 pounds at Monte Carlo
1S'1ue months previously. and who turns
tluG Co be Fortunes mother. Jones takes
Nrs- Chedsoye and Fortune to IA polo
saMe. Fortune returns to Jones the
Chedsoye appears to be engaged In some
mysterious enterprise unknown to the
daughter. Ryanne interests Jones in the
United Romance and Adventure com
Igany, a concern which for price will
arrange any Kind OF an adventure to or
der. Mrs. Chedsoye. her brother. Major
Callahan. Wallace and Ryanne. as the
Omitted Romance and Adventure company,
pom a. risky enterprise involving Jones.
Efyanue makes known to Mrs. Chedsoye
gs.fedSoye declares she will not permit it.
Plans are laid to prevent Jones sailing
Tor home. Ryanne steals Jones' letters
AVID cable dispatches. He wires agent in
venting house in New York to some
friends Mahomed. keeper OF the holy
carpet, "a on Ryanne's trail. Ryanne
zlTornises Fortune that he will see that
Homes comes to no harm as a result OF his
purchase OF the rug. Mahomed accosts
k&ysune and demands the Yhiordes rug.
f7ysune tells him Jones has the rug and
eszEgssts the abduction of the New York
vpcFchant as a means OF securing It's re-
tam. The rug disappears from Jones'
room. Fortune quarrels with her mother
Sshsu the latter refuses to explain her
mysterious actions.
The Yale expositor., 1912-12-05

oraDle to break his parole. And where
was Ryanne? Help"
Mahomed swung his arm round
Georges neck. and the third cry be-
gan with a gurgle and ended with a
sigh. Deity, the Arab rebandaged
the prisoners mouth. so be It. He
had had his chance for freedom: now
ne should drink to the bottom OF the
bitter cup. along with the others. He
mad no real enmity against George;
he was simply one Of the pawns In
the game he was playing. But now he
saw that there was danger In liberat.
ing him. The other! Mahomed ca.
ressed his wiry beard To subject
MIN to the utmost mental agony; to
break him physically, too; to pay him
back pound for pence; to bruise, to
hurt, to rack him, that was all Ma
homed desired
George made no further effort to
free himself, nor apparently to bestir
himself about the future. Somewhere
In the fight, presumably as he fell
against the table, he had received a
crushing blow in the small ribs: and
when Mahomed threw him back, he
tainted for the second time in his life.
He reclined Imply in the corner Of
the carriage. the bosom Of his shirt
Dulglng open; for the thrifty Arabs
had purloined the pearl-studs. the
gold collar-buttons, and the sapphire
cufr-llnks. And consciousness re-
turned only when they lifted him out
and dropped him inconsiderateiy into
the thick dust of the road. He stirred
again at his bonds, but presently lay
still. The pain in his side hurt keen
ly, and he wasn't sure that the rib
was whole What time had passed
since his entrance to the English Bar
was beyond his reckoning, but he
knew that it was yet in the dark of
night, as no light whatever penetrated
the cloth over his eyes. That he was
somewhere outside the city he was
assured by the tang of the winter
wind. He heard low voices--Arabic:
and while he possessed smattering
of the tongue. his head ached too
sharply for him to sense a word.
Later, a camel coughed. Camels? And
where were they taking him upon a
camel? Bagdad? Impossible: there
were too many white men following
the known camel.ways. He groaned q
little, but the sound did not reach the
ears of his captors. To ride a camel
under ordinary conditions was a pain
full affair; but to straddle the ungainly
brute, dressed as ne was, in a swal-
low tail and paper-thin pumps, did not
promote any pleasurable thoughts.
They would in all truth kill him be-
fore they got through. Hang the rug,