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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

ropean type, drastic laws were passed
last session relative to agriculture.
The disease has taken off many col
onies in the past two years. Mich
igan's production of honey amounts
to 100000 pounds a year and as the
retail price for strained honey aver
ages Is cents, the inroads of the dis
ease means a big loss to the bee
farmer.
Under the new law the bee farmer
cannot sell or dispose of his bees if
diseased, nor any of their honey as a
stiff fine is likely to result upon con-
viction of the offensc.
The bee industry in Michigan is be-
ing followed by quite a number of
farmers wives who pick up consider
able pin money each year through
the labor of the bee. 1t is among
the colonies of the novice in apicul-
ture that the disease proves ruinous
and is liable to be communicated on
account of ignorance in handling bees.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
TABLE SHOWS HOW STATE
MONEY IS DISTRIBUTED

LANSING, Mich.-Auditor General
o. B. Fuller has prepared a table
showing the apportionment of the
1913 taxes to meet the appropriations
made by the last session of the legis-
lature. For the maintenance of the
penal institutions the tax will be Sc
cents per $1,000 valuation which will
amount to S816,146.80 For the main
tenance of charitable institutions the
tax will be 81 cents per $1,000 val
uation, which will bring in $686,989
Educational institutions will receive
$1.18 per 81 900 or S2,597 ,363.33. The
institutions of learning cost Michigan
more than any other department of
the state government. The hospitals
for the insane will get $1,904 ,605.18
based on rs cents per $1,000 valua-
ton. Eleven cents per 81, 900 or $241,-
712.11 will be set aside to maintain
the state military department, while
the highway department will derive
SO cents per $1,000 or $4,000.
To meet the expenses of the legis-
lature five cents per 81 1000 or
S105,600 will be raised, while the
state departments, such as the dairy
and food, labor department, ETC., will
receive II cents per 1000 or $377,-
1895. The general purpose fund, not
covered by legislative appropriation
amounts to 81 ,039, 1856 or 46 cents per
81 900 valuation.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
"a MICH. WORK MEN
KILLED LAST MONTH

Lansing.-Fatal accidents to the
number of "a were reported to the
industrial accident board during Oc-
tober, slightly higher average than
for some months. Construction work
demanded the largest toll, six men
giving up their lives while engaged
in this hazardous occupation, two of
whom were carpenters, two laborers,
a foreman of laborers and a painter
foreman. The numbering industry
claimed five, two being killed by fall
ing trees, two being run over while
hauling logs and one killed by train.
The steam railroads eXacted some
what less than their average number
during October, one laborer and three
brakemen being fatally injured. The
electrical industry was also below
average during the past month, four
men coming in contact with heavy
voltage wires and losing their lives
as a result.
"The cost of THIS one months fatal
tiles TO the industries of Michigan is
considerable" says Secretary Drake.
at will run up into thousands of dol
lars which will, Of course, go to those
who were dependent on the wage
earners who have given up their lives.
The cost to the families, the human
suffering, which cannot possibly be
measured in dollars and cents, is be-
yond estimate. While it is gratifying
TO learn and to realize that there has
been a steady decrease in the number
of accidents, both fatal and non-fatal,
during the past year, it would seem
that there is no need for this con-
tinued sacrifice. Whether the fault
be with the employe or the employer,
no efforts should be spared to bring
to the attention of all the people of
Michigan the price that is paid in the
production of the necessities of our
modern life. 1t will readily be seen
that with a record of more than one
fatal accident each day of the month
much is still to De done in awakening
employees to the vital necessity of ex-
ercising every care and precaution
and convincing the employers that
safety should come before produc-
ton"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
Maple is Still
Much in Demand
Is One of the Most Used and Most
Valued HardwOOds.

Though at one time in the early
history of the country an average of
5000 maple trees were destroyed in
clearing many farms, maple is today,
according to the department of agri-
culture, one of the most widely used
and valuable native hardwoods.
A bulletin on the uses of maple,
just issued by the department, states
that the wood finds place in an enor-
nous number of articles in daily use
from rolling pins to pianos and or
gans. 1t is one of the best woods for
flooring, and is always a favorite
material for the floors Of roller skat-
ing Kinks and bowling alleys. 1t leads
all other woods as a material for
shoe lasts, the demand for which in
Massachusetts alone exceeds 13 mil
lion board feet annually.
Sugar maple stands near the top
of the list of furniture woods in this
country. The so-called "birds-eye"
effect, the department explains, is
probably due to buds which for some
reason can not force their way
through the bark, but which remain
just beneath it year after year. The
young wood is disturbed each succeed
ing season by the presence of the bud
and grows around it in fantastic
forms which are exposed when the
saw cuts through the abnormal
growth
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
The Organization Best Fitted to
Speak for the Great Mass of Humanity

The executive committee of the
state grange is urging that the many
subordinate oranges in the state get
behind certain reforms that have be-
come almost a necessity that some
thing approaching justice may pre-
vail. This is as it should be. In the
last analysis the grange is the great
est democratic institution, using the
word democratic in its broadcast sense,
in the country. The grange comes
closer to the great mass of people,
and understands their needs, hopes,
likes and dislikes, better than any
other existing organization. The
grange is more largely made up Of
people moulded from ordinary clay
than any other order, unless it be
the Cleaners. The grange is emf
nently fitted to speak for that class
which is fully a two-thirds majority,
and which is generally spoken Of as
the common people.
Through all history this common
people class has carried the heaviest
part of the load; it has been the con-
slant toiling of the individual that
has produced the wealth which has
been rounded up by the few in the
form of swollen fortunes. The grange
representing this great laboring class,
at least that portion of it that is
engaged in the extraction of wealth
from the soil, has a right to suggest
changes in the rules Of the game"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
LITTLE CAPITAL
WOULD GREATLY
ASSIST FARMER

East Lansing.-"If farmer" said
DIR. w. o. Hedrick, head of the de-
partment Of economics at NJ. A. c.,
recently, chad access to perhaps 500
or more in the spring than he has on
hand, he might be enabled to put in
crop that would net $500 or $500
more in the fall or if he had enough
capital to invest in cattle in the fall
to feed his produce to he would be
further ahead at the end of the year
than he would have been had he sold
his produce outright. The banker, of
course, would furnish the farmer with
the necessary capital provided he had
good security, but the obstacle seems
to be the six or seven per cent inter-
est that he has to pay in order to get
the money and this seems to be suf-
ficient to keep him from getting it.
This condition of affairs is, however,
more prevalent in the uncertain crop
sections than in the sure crop sec
tions.
"The big question as | see it is:
Does the farmer get all the credit
that he needs from banks or should
the government take it upon itself to
furnish him with it? The success
full banker, of course, says that the
farmer has all the credit that should
be extended to him and the govern
ment should not provide a means by
which he can get it, without a great
deal of difficulty and open the paths
of bankruptcy to him. Secondly, the
banker says the farmer is the most
unbusinesslike man there is to deal
with and that money cannot be hand
led for less than margin of three
per cent. The farmer is unbusiness-
like because when a note comes due
if he has anything of Importance to
do he lets the note go, and too, when
he borrows money instead of leaving
the money in the bank and checking
it out, he takes it with him and car
ries it with him until it is gone"
DIR. Hendrick has been making an
exhaustive investigation in a number
of Michigan towns and localities in
order to get the real facts relative to
rural credit in this state. He admits
that there are many phases of the
question and that his Investigations,
although thorough as far as he has
gone, have not been extensive enough
as yet TO permit him to speak with
authority only in the instances he
has studied in the localities visited
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
APIARlSTS NOT COMPLYING
WITH LAW SAY REPORTS

misunderstanding to reports,
apiarists about the state are not COM
plying with section 10 of act 200,
passed by the last legislature. The
section in question has reference to
the importation of bees into this
state. In compliance with section 10
every Michigan apiarist who imports
either colonies or nuclei from outside
the state which do not bear a certifi-
cate of health issued from the place
of shipment, shall report the uncer-
tilted bee shipments to +. +. Millen,
state Inspector of apiaries, at NJ. A. c.
Owing to the prevalence of "foul
brood" both of the American and Eu-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
SAYS NJ. A. {. WILL HAVE AS
MANY STUDENTS AS u. OF NJ.

Lansing.-A. j. Doherty, who is a
member of the state agricultural
board firmly believes that the Mich
igan Agricultural college will boast
of as many students as the Univer-
sity of Michigan within the next 10
years. ''In the comparatively short
period of time that | have been a
member of the board have seen the
institution grown from a little school
of less than 500 pupils to a college
which will this year enroll more than
1000 Students" said Doherty.
"The rapid growth of the college
means that hereafter larger legisla-
tive appropriations will be necessary
to carry on the work.
eff the bill now pending in con-
gress is passed the college will re-
ceive more money from the federal
has arrived when the legislature must
meet the growing needs Of the col
lege."
81 know of nothing that has done
more to advertise the Michigan Agri-
cultural college in the last few years
than the wonderful football teams
that have been turned out under the
direction of Coaches Macklin and
Brewer. This years victories over
the University of Wisconsin and the
University of Michigan have spread
the name of NJ. A. c. far and wide
and this years record of the NJ. A. c..
team will have decidedly good eff
feet"
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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
PROMISING NEW FRUITS
FOR GENERAL PURPOSES

AS the business aspects of fruit
growing receive more definite recog-
milton varieties will be planted more
and more to meet particular condi-
tons and for special rather than for
general purposes, states the United
States Agricultural Department Year
Book in discussing some promising
new fruits. For instance, under pres
ent conditions one of the most i'm
portant requirements of a winter APP
pie in many sections is that it have
good cold-storage qualities. Summer
apples were, for a long period, a
minor commercial consideration but
for the past ten or fifteen years an
important demand for them has de-
veloped in the eastern markets which
has greatly stimulated the planting
of early apple varieties in many sec
tions where formerly they were little
valued.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

which are but the laws that all are
supposed to obey. The grange is do
ing a noble work when it sets about
to urge changes which will more
equitably distribute the burden of in
dustry and will more evenly divide
the rewards of life and will be more
certain in the application of the prin-
ciple of the square deal"
The grange is best fitted to speak
for the great mass of humanity be-
cause it is less permeated with the
ideas of finer clay" and special privi-
lege. The grange is best able to
speak for the people as a whole be-
cause it is freer from the domino
ton Of the System" than any of our
organizations that concern them
selves with governmental matters,
except the Cleaners, which order is
almost identical with the grange.
There are few in the grange who are
identified, even indirectly with "big
business" which knows no law but
that of its own wishes. The execu-
tive committee of the state grange
should be given the support of the
entire membership and particularly
the support of the subordinate
oranges in its present efforts to Sc
cure legislation that cannot fail
to give a larger degree of justice to
the great mass of our people, espe-
cially those who toll continuously to
make both ends meet.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
BAN ON DOGS DURING
DEER SEASON, SAYS OATES

Lansing.-No amendment to the
game laws passed by the legislature
in recent years has caused the state
game warden's department as much
worry as the section of the present
statute which provides that the pres
ence of a dog in the woods, hunting
camp, logging camp or club house
during the deer hunting season shall
be prima facie evidence of its UNI
lawful use. State Game Warden
Oates says that there is no truth in
the statement that dogs found in the
woods will be shot by deputies, UNI
less they are running deer, but the
animals will be taken and held as
evidence against their owners.
"In order to curb the abuses arising
from dogs running deer in the cOun
try where deer are to be found, it is
my understanding that the legisla-
kind should be permitted in the woods,
house from Nov. 10 to the end of the
elusive" said Warden Oates.
''In the interest of conserving the
deer and prohibiting dogs from run
HlilS lneil, IL SeeHlS W me THAT the
law should be strictly enforced as the
legislature intended The reference
made in some quarters to the effect
that dogs found in hunting camps,
etc, will be shot on sight during the
hunting season, is in error. Dogs
so found will be seized and condemned
by due process of law. Dogs pur-
suiLg or following upon the tracks of
deer are, under the statute, pub
lie nuisance and may be killed by any
person without criminal or civil liza
bility.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
COLLEGE TO WAGE WAR
AGAINST NOXIOUS PLANTS

East Lansing-Weeds, which the
state of Michigan has been endeavor-
ing by law to eradicate, are to be
fought by the Michigan Agricultural
college by educating high school stu
dents to recognize the noxious plant
growths and to aid in killing them.
The botany department of the col
lege is making up cases Of 100 small
bottles, which will contain the seeds
of practically every weed known in
Michigan. These cases will be for
warded to every high school of the
state on request, to enable the high
school instructors to communicate
weed information to the students.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

and is expected to facilitate the
movement of the vast crush of mat
ter that will tax the resources of the
departments many employees.
Orders have been issued to post
masters to affix postage, when re-
quested, on mail matter Of the sec
ond, third and fourth class, the latter
being parcel post matter. The stamps
will be pre-cancelled and the plan is
expected to prevent the great waste
of time experienced by postoffice pa
irons, while waiting in line to buy
postage and mail their packages.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
HAPPENING IN STATE

Important Western Michigan fruit
growers and the larger orchard prop
ositions. The Western Michigan De-
velopment Bureau has for several
years been gathering photographs of
beautiful orchard scenes and photo
graphs which illustrate the various
methods of fruit growing prevailing
upon the different farms in its terri
tory
Tins collection, which is one of the
finest in the state, includes views Of
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

village during the month of October.
This is believed to be record break
ing showing and proof that the Scott
vile section of Western Michigan is
developing in an agricultural way.
The 85 car loads were shipped out by
six produce firms and the cars con-
tanned apples, beans, hay, potatoes,
wheat and canned goods. 1t is now
estimated that the November record
will even surpass that made for Oc-
tober.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
NEW NJ. c. SHOPS WILL BRING
500 FAMILIES TO BAY CITY

Bay City.-Within a few days
ground will be broken in Bay City
for what is intended to be the most
extensive car rebuilding and repair
shops between Detroit and Chicago
on the New York Central lines and
the Michigan Central division. This
industrial improvement will bring to
Bay City from 300 to 500 families
and add to the industrial population
of the city a small army of skilled
working men. The establishment of
the shops in Bay City is to care for
the rebuilding and repairs on the
Michigan Central and New York Cen
trail lines in Michigan that has here
tofore been done in Jackson and De-
troit.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

nearly all the large commercial or
chards that have been started within
the last five years, also views of the
various stages of orchard develop
ment, from the clearing of the wild
land to the harvesting of the crop.
At the same time that the photog-
raphers have been getting the or
chard scenes, they have been getting
the more enterprising of the fruit
growers to pose before the camera
man.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN CONTAINS
WESTERN MICH. ORCHARD STORY

Traverse City.-The Country Gen
tleman for November 1 contains
Western Michigan orchard story by
Harold Titus of this city, which story
is illustrated by two views in well
known Western Michigan orchards.
The title of the story is "a Self
Raised Orchard, Beans Between the
Trees Produce Profit and Fertilizer"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

1t has been estimated at the col
lege that weeds cause hundreds Of
thousands of dollars damage each
year throughout the state, but by
properly educating citizens to know
the harmful plants, it is thought that
much can be done in the future to-
wards lessening the loss.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
WILL SHOW VIEWS OF
ORCHARDS AT BIG MEET

Traverse City-At least one new
feature is to be added at the meet
ing of the State Horticulture society
to be held in this city December 2,
8 and 4. This feature will be a SER
les of lantern slide veiws of the more
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
NEWS FROM
University of Michigan
By JOHN K. BRUMM

of the Law college and the political
science department recently. His
subject was Racial Conflicts and
parliamentary Institutions in Eu-
rope"
The Buhi classical fellowship
fund, maintained by Mrs. Theodore
ID. Bull and her son Lawrence d.
Bull, of Detroit, has been raised
from $500 to $500 per year. The
fund has been divided into two
fellowships of 5000 each. The ap-
pointers for this year are William
V. McCay, NJ. A, University of
Iowa, recently of that faculty Of
the Missouri Wesleyan College, at
Cameron, Mo-, and Robert w. Ad-
kisson, from the faculty of Cen
trail College, Fayette, Mo.
.
Edward James Mcnamara, who
until recently served on the po-
lice force of Paterson, n. j., has
enrolled in the University OF
Michigan School of Music. His
educational sponsor is Madame
Schuman-Heink. who believes that
he has a splendid musical future
before him. He is studying under
Prof. William Rowland, Head OF
the vocal department.
.
Three thousand varieties of
chrysanthemums, among which is
a natural green species discover
ed in Austria and successfully Gull
tivated in the University Of Mich
igan gardens, are on exhibition in
Memorial Hall. The green variety
is said to be the only specimen in
this country.
President Fl. B. Hutchins attend
ed the National Association OF
State Universities at Washington,
d. c., November 10 and IL.
Regent J. Beal and Prof. Hilbert
Roth, head of the Forestry School
will represent the University OF
Michigan at the Forestry Conser-
walton Congress to be held in
Washington, ID. c., November 10,
19, 20.
President H. b. Hutchins and
Professor Guthe, dean of the Grad
uste College attended the meet
ing of the Association Of American
Universities held at Inbana,
ILL.,, November 7 and 8.
Col r. II. Elliott of the British
army conducted a clinic at the Uni
versity hospital recently to demon
strate the Trephine operation.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
p. o. CLERKS WILL NOW LICK
THE PUBLIC'S POSTAGE STAMPS

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. gift Civ
ers this year will not be forced to
lick their own stamps, when they at
fix the proper postage to their parcels
for mailing, unless they wish to, for
the postoffice department has an
nounced that its postmasters and
their assistants would attend to that
duty if requested. The innovation is
put in force in the interest of better
mail service during the holiday rush
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
The Age of False Teeth

Until little more than a GEN.
fury ago humanity had to rub a
long without false teeth, of which
now adays one firm alone claims TO
sell over 100000 a year. The
first successful maker was Gius-
espangelo Fonzi, an Italian dent
ist, who started practice in Paris
in 1898, and thanks to his skill
full treatment of Lucien Bona
parte, soon made his way. After
years of experiment he discover
ed the substance from which ar
tificial teeth are made, and receiv-
ed the gold medal of the French
Academy of Science. One of the
earliest persons fitted with false
teeth was the Empress of Russia.
After Waterloo Fonzi migrated to
London, and then to Madrid, where
Ferdinand VII rewarded him with
a yearly pension of THOUSAND
ducats for a set of false teeth.
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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
"Ti1e Tale of q Ground Hog"
or slow TO Pay Is Cents Per
Pound for Wafer"--By HeIne

big price for a surplus amount of
water which is evaporated when the
sausage is cooked. We shall have
occasion to refer further to this in
teresting work containing the Secrets
of Sausage Making
JAMES w. HELME,
Estate Dairy and Food Commits
sioner."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

In the neghbOrhOOd of thousand OF wild land
cleared during the recent spring and and set
to fruit trees This big task and its accomplishment
taxed the ability of number of aggressive orchard eng
In round figures 200 of land Benze county
thus improved by the Betsey River Frus Growers AS
ISOLATION. Brush old logs sumps and roots gave to
the orchard builders. The work was pushed with such
energy that Oftmes the stakes set for locating
before the ground entirely cleared shown by the
above view.