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Belding banner., 1914-10-21
ORGANIZE HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

At the beginning OF the school year
by unanimous vote the entire high
school was organized under the name
of Belding High School Athletic As
ISOLATION Previous to this time there
have been two associations. one of the
boys and one OF the girls. but now il
is united and the association hopes to
see the most prosperous year in history
of Belding athletics.
The following officers have been
elected by ballot: President, VALLEY
Helm Vice President. Earl Price,
Secretary, Lila Mosher; Treasurer,
Miss Sylvia Eaton; Football Manager,
n. G. Nielson; Girls Basket Ball
Manager. JOY Harrison; Boys Bas-
ket Ball Manager, Earl Price; Base
Ball Manager, Gayle Soules; Track
Manager, Harold Caldwell.
The constitution which was drawn
up and accepted by the association
makes all high school students. pupils
of seventh and eighth grades and all
teachers eligible to membership.
Dues are 10 cents per month pay
able i'm advance. Each member gets
a ticket admitting holder to all home
games during period of membership.
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The stories of The Hickory Tree
and THE Closing Door" have interest
ed the little people of the Kinder
garten this week.
Sixteen children of the second grade
and twelve of the first graders have
been neither absent nor tardy this
term.
Eleanor Curtis, Elmer Knapp and
Eleanor Edwards of the first grade
have been perfect in spelling for seven
weeks.
The first grade have been modelling
and cutting pears free hand.
The first grade children are now
using their paint books
The school yard is being taken care
of this week by the first grade.
Vance Loyer has entered the second
grade from the Holland schools.
Ona Davis, Jack Hill and Ferd
Lewis have reentered Grade two.
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ELLIS SCHOOL NOTES

The children in the four-one geo.
graphy class have been interested in
finding out from their grocers. where
some of our most common articles
come from.
Thursday afternoon Evelyn Been
celebrated her sixth birthday by treat
ing her little school mates to peanuts
and candy.
Gertrude Chapman and Ada Cook
were absent several days last week.
Miss Kelley's pupils are making In
dams in Manual Training.
Rev w Il. Doty visited the Ellis
building one day last week.
The Postum Cereal Co, Of Battle
Creek sent samples of their Post
Toaties and booklets to the children
of the kindergarten.
Mr.. Arthur Brown visited the Ellis
school Friday afternoon.
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MISS WILSON TALKED
ON EUROPEAN TRIP

Because of the disagreeable wealth
er last Friday, the number of visitors
at the High School was not as large as
on previous Fridays. Those who
were present, however enjoyed with
the students a very interesting talk by
Miss Wilson. Her account of her
summer in Europe disclosed many
customs and mannerisms of the people
i'm the countries she visited which seem
very strange and even laughable to
Miss Wilson said that although the
difficulties and uncertainties of getting
out of the war zone spoiled for a time
her pleasure, she is glad now that she
had the experience.
Wilfred Blair entertained with two
piano selections which were thorough
ly appreciated by both students and
visitors
Belding banner., 1914-10-21
NEWSPAPER STAFF

The editorial work or school Life"
has been given to the Senior and
Junior English classes. Each class is
divided into two staffs thus making
four groups for the year. The present
staff is from the Senior class.
Editor-in n-Chief, Elsie Kramer;
Athletic Editor. VALLEY Helm; Society
Editor. Hazel Price. Reporters: Fri
day Exercises, Della Kinds; State Edu-
cational Notes, Nellie Cook; High
School. Helen Gotta; Grammar Grades,
Ren Barker; Third Ward, Agnes Hall;
Second Ward. Harvey McKiddie; First
Ward Mable Smith.
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petition, praying for license to sell, at
private sale, the interest of said es-
tate in certain real estate therein de-
scribed, for the purpose of paying
the debts, and the charges and ex-
penses Of administering said estate.
and for the distribution and settle
ment of said estate
1t is ordered, that the ninth day of
November, A. ID. 1914, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon, at said probate office.
be and is hereby appointed for hear
ing said petition, and that all persons
interested in said estate appear before
said court, at said time and place
to show cause why a license to sell
the interest Of said estate in said real
estate should not be granted.
1t is further ordered, that public
notice thereof be given by publication
Of a copy of this order, for three sue
cessive weeks previous to said day OF
hearing, in the Belding Banner. a
newspaper printed and circulated in
said county.
Montgomery Webster,
Judge of Probate.
A true copy.
Anna II. Webster,
Register of Probate.
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FOOT BALL PLAYING
VALUABLE TRAINING

Many parents forbid their children
to play football while all the great
educators are encouraging it. Why
should men who understand life, its
aids and drawbacks, promote game
il it is dangerous and useless?
To begin with. football is the most
scientific of all games. 1t makes a
man think and act quickly and with
precision. Many a student has become
active and bright by playing football.
A dull man will not make a great foot
ball player, but by playing his best
football will make him a better man.
When i'm the game he hears quarter
back call the signals, he must in an
instant think where the play is going
SO as TO make interference for the
man, or if he is to carry the ball, he
must instantly picture his route and
be off, for as soon as the ball is snap
ped the opposing men are against the
line and sometimes breaking through.
As in the great game of life the man
must grasp the opportunity when Of
fered and be off on his mission, for
just as sure as he hesitates someone
is going to block him or tackle him for
a loss of ground. Great life lessons
can be learned i'm no better place than
on the gridiron Many man has
made a success in life because OF the
things he learned playing this game.
Another point in football is the les
son of obedience. \ man must learn
To obey. The plays given by the coach
must work out as ordered. Every
man knows just what to do in each
play and if he fails TO do his work he
is taken out and another man put i'm
his place. This is the sad part of life.
when a man is caught 'loafing" his
position is apt To be taken away from
him.
Football is a hard game and calls
for great physical development. There
are things a man must and must not
do in order to be at his best He
must avoid all things that are injur-
ious either TO his digestion or his wind.
Men who train and are in good physi-
cal trim very seldom get hurt in a
game.
The coach aims to make his squad
a human machine-all the wheels
working together So by obedience
he obtains cooperation and by CO.
operation he obtains results and tits re-
suits he's after. Individualism doesn't
pay well in any course Of life. Each
man must work with others to gain
results. A mans success i'm life is not
estimated by his own personal gain
but by his doing for others.
All the things that form the founda-
tion Of a successful life are learned in
playing football so, good parents, look
not upon this game with contempt.
but rather think of it in comparison
with the game of life. No man is
borne on the wings Of bird to sue
cess. but attains that height only by
hard climbing, bruised by many falls.
Let your sons learn the game and what
opposition is and how to fight il.
Valley Helm.
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or any drug store, some Mi-o-na tab
lets-a simple prescription that does
more than give quick and lasting re-
lief Mi-o-na soothes the irritated
lining of the stomach and stimulates
the flow of the digestive juices so
that what you eat is quickly converted
into healthful nourishment, then you
are well and strong. and no longer
worry about trifles or have restless
nights.
DO not allow indigestion to wreck
your health and happiness but get
some Mi-o-na tablets at once--they
are cheap and harmless.
Belding banner., 1914-10-21
STATE EDUCATIONAL NOTES

Plans for the study Of the Bible by
students of the Muskegon high school
are being made by the board of edu-
cation. The classes will be held in
connection with the Sunday schools
and will be for those students who
elect to join them.
Stanton high school has added one
hundred dollars worth of physical and
chemical apparatus TO it's laboratory
A record exit has been made by the
students Of Portland high school. The
building was emptied in exactly forty
three seconds
All but thirteen of the Lowell high
school students are members of the
athletic association.
A Midland man has turned his
theater over to the high school for one
night a week All receipts above eX-
penses are to go 10 the athletic as
ISOLATION
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PROTECTION FOR HIS VESTED
INTERESTS

A man in one or the states which
will vote on the question OF state
wide prohibition in November was
trying to convince another that be-
cause of the vested interests involved
the people had no right to close the
breweries. His friend answered thus:
81 have three boys BY the time /
graduate them from college they will
have cost me about $4,000 apiece.
Every interest OF the brewery stands
for is Numerically opposed to and
threatens the investment that | have
Belding banner., 1914-10-21
OF INTEREST TO BANKERS

The state bank commissioner of
Maine, under date Of March 80, 1914,
says. The assets of the trust COM
panies, savings banks and building
and loan associations are $172.710,-
062.37 To this must be added about
$72, 100000 which is in the national
banks of the state. making a grand
total of $244.00O,O0O. The total num-
ber Of depositers in the savings banks
trust companies and building and loan
associations is 3S3,2SO." The annual
gain in the savings bank deposits of
prohibition Maine during the past ten
years has been about S6,500.000.
young man drunk may be but his
fathers vote staggering around.
No thinking man can run a saloon
and be happy
No thinking man can vote for Ii
cense and have an easy mind.
Belding banner., 1914-10-21
EVEN KENTUCKY

II saw a laden camel go through the
needles eye,
] saw the trust that paid its fine; saw
old Kentucky dry"
No doubt the popular writer who
had this vision of 'impossibilities'
will soon see the necessity OF revising
it. Old Kentucky. famed so long for
its whiskey and for its bibulous habits,
has gradually been getting dryer and
dryer until today only fourteen out Of
its 120 counties remain wet. OF the
Belding banner., 1914-10-21
rs DISCUSS
TESTING TOPICS
MONTHLY MEET

monthly teachers meet
I $500, October 10.
opened the meeting
ision on lesson assign
n introduced the subject
anagement." Mr.. Mel
excellent paper taken
lege thesis on Student
hent." Miss Payne had
TO discuss this paper but
S presentation was so
onclusive that she found
EFT to say on the subject.
bartian lesson plan was
up for discussion by Miss
followed by a discussion
Kelley.
Isses Helen Maier. Nesen.
iuild, Grace, Wright and
e TO have followed with dis
as time prevented, these
Poned until the next meet
'4ts were made for the
Iheeting TO the grade teach
tiers, Teaching the Com
hes" and TO the High
ers in. The Organization
chool."
Belding banner., 1914-10-21
GRASS CRAVING IN STREETS

In an address before citizens of
another town. a banker resident Of a
town which a few years ago voted
out the saloons presented this telling
argument for prohibition: Liquor
men" he said, "often contended that
if we voted our town dry grass would
grow i'm our streets. That prediction
has come true-at least in part. Grass
has actually overgrown one Of our
streets-the street that leads to the
Jail"
Belding banner., 1914-10-21
WHY SUFFER ANY
STOMACH DISTRESS
When Mi-o-na Is Quick and
Effective Remedy

III your stomach is continually kick
ing up a disturbance, causing distress
after eating, heartburn. coated tongue,
gas. sour taste of food, and you feel
blue. irritable and nervous, you are
suffering from Indigestion and dyspep-
sia.
It's needless for you to suffer, and
now is the time to quickly stop the
distress and regulate your upset
stomach.
Simply get from Wortley & French,
Belding banner., 1914-10-21
MEN HOLD PARTY

lmen enjoyed a pleasant
[i@ay evening, i'm the COM
|n' of the High School
was their first party, and
about forty being pres
program was appreciated
nes were INDUCED in, af-
reshments were served.
laperoned the party.
Belding banner., 1914-10-21
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION
(First Insertion October 14)

STATE OF MICHIGAN-The Pro-
bate Court for the County of Ionia,
At "a session of said Court held at
the Probate Office i'm the City of Ionia,
in said County. on the sixth day Of
October, A. ID. 1914
Present: Hon. Montgomery Web
ster, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter OF the estate Of
George w. Purdy. deceased, George
Hoppough, administrator OF said es-
tate. having fled in said court his
Belding banner., 1914-10-21
Coach Nelson Treats

Coach Nelson gave his football
squad treat the other night for their
good work on the gridron This took
place at Sparks Ice Cream parlor. The
boys sang THE Orange and Black
and talks were given by Coach Mel
son, Capt. Altenburg and Supt. M. T..
Osborne.
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SCHOOL NEWS

trades as well as all
len having their tests
seven weeks work.
way and Mrs. Wheeler
ade visitors Friday.
fourth grade Marguerite
harles Brown are report
stood one hundred in all
inations.
grade is still increasing
2ttn Brisboy, from the
Lered last week, rails
pw enrolled to forty
rade has also another
I'd Shores, who a short
o attend school i'm Grand
eturned.
very hard for some
Ina fifth grade are doing
is subject. Miss McDon-
d that from the spelling
we're eleven who passed
"a, four ninty-eight, six
me nfnty-four and two
ana only one below eighty.
oys from the fourth grade
cking up potatoes.
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Lyons-Wallace Halsted, seventy
and a resident of Lyons, was struck
by a Grand Trunk train near the viii
lage OF Muir a week ago and sustained
a broken rib, several minor cuts and
bruises and a torn and stretched liga-
ment in one of his legs
Halsted is a produce dealer. He
makes trips through the country i'm
an automobile. AS he approached the
tracks he saw the train coming but
on account of the weight Of the load
could not stop the machine. The auto
was struck directly in the middle and
torn to pieces and carried on the pilot
OF the engine. Halsted was taken
Belding banner., 1914-10-21

made in my boys. No doubt the
brewer has more than $4,000 invest
ed in his plant but | am going to safe
guard my own interests first | shall
vote dry within ten minutes after the
polls open if | can get my ballot by
that time"
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PRIN. NELSON PLANS
CAREFUL ASSIGNMENTS

AS some of the Freshmen seem to
find difficulty in getting adjusted to the
new work, Mr. Nelson has suggested
to the teachers that twelve or fifteen
minutes each day be devoted to the
advance work, thus combining formal
recitation with the laboratory method.
Since the greatest need Of the fresh
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Gay Speaks Friday

z Cay of the Berkey & Gay
Co, Grand Rapids will
ore the High School Friday
on the subject, "Opportuni-
Manufacturing World" Mr..
h only well known i'm the
4 world but is also very
\ in Y. M. c. A. work, having
|ible the boys camp at Torch
will be worth your time to
hear what he has to say.
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HIGH SCHOOL

Vivian Steele. a member OF the
ninth grade, left Monday. She goes
with her parents to Crystal
Olen Beach has been absent from
school two weeks.
Most OF the students are breathing
easier since tests-most, but not all
IA few are nervously awaiting reports
next Monday.
Belding banner., 1914-10-21

Coon. at Pasadena, Calf The casaba
is one of the products of Luther Bur-
banks ingenuity and is n cross be-
tween watermelon and musk
melon The fruit arrived in good
shape and was sampled by several
friends OF the recipients
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from the mass of debris after the
train had come to a stop.
1t is considered a miracle that Mr..
Halsted escaped from the accident. He
is well known i'm the county as Civil
war veteran.
Belding banner., 1914-10-21

Lyons-Homer Fletcher. young
boy near here, holds Michigan's corn
growing record this year-175 bushels
TO the acre. Gov Ferris has written
him congratulatory letter and
nominated him for Michigan's vice
president Of the National Top Notch
Farmers Club. Brains mixed with
farming methods pays.
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>xteND WARD

- children of the Kinder
. much interested in Froe-
h Gift and the younger ones
.ond 4sift.
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twelve counties which held elections
September 2S, nine voted out the Ii
quor traffic. making a total OF loo
counties now dry.
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,BORHOOD NEWS

Zone dog here has gained
|e and this is the way it
Louis Housed went to
ysh last Friday, and set
Ih{ bank and left il; when
little later the rod was
about on the surface a little
or shore. lie cast a stone
'uand his dog went i'm after
e stone sank he grasped
is teeth. The fish pulled
ybut "Shep" was equal to
~ and soon pulled the out
when IL was found that a
bike was at the other end.
dogs have such perfor-
their credit.
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OCTOBER Fl. 1914

man student is to learn to study. this
plan will work TO the students advant-
age.
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Occasionally a man can be judged
by the company he keeps away from.
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We Invite The Public

To visit and inspect our Dairy
farm. We would be pleased to have
the people of Belding and vicinity
see for themselves the modern ap-
pliances and sanitary methods used
on our farm.
Come at milking time and see
our milking machine in operation.
If you can't come at milking
time, come at any time convenient
to you. We want you to thoroughly
investigate our dairy.
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and Mrs. Eugene
some casabas last
laughter, Mrs. Henry
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Uhe local option petit
ction next spring, pres
bard of supervisors by
turned down last week
j be of the reasons given
ns were not legally
Der township.
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a young man drunk may be but his
fathers vote staggering around.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-01
Father Disappeared.

Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 31.-The finding of the body of Mary Warren in her apartment in Los Angeles and the discovery that her sister, Nanette, had been living in the same room with the body, reviyes in Toledo one of the most impenetrable mysteries in police annals.
 The sisters were residents of To. ledo until they went to Los Angeles nearly two years ago.
 The mystery is the second in the Warren family In 1878 Samuel War ren, father of the women, and a re- tired manufacturer. disappeared. De tectives hunted in many cities, searched the home and even dragged the cistern. He never was heard of. Five years later the wife of War ren fell dead of apoplexy
 The death of Mrs Warren left but the two members of the family. The death of Mary Warren in California leaves the sister Nanette. Through the death of her sister she becomes
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-01
COMMISSIONERS
 MAKE A REPORT
JUICE GOTHAM RECEIVES WORK OF JURY COMM ssloNERs AS
 OFFICIAL REPORT.
Special Judge Graham Vacates the Bench and Thanks the Bar for the Honor of Selecting Him to Serve.

The jury commissioners, who drew the grand and petit juries for the next term of court, had their work received yesterday by Circuit Judge Gotham who had gone on the bench at an early hour in the morn Ing Special Judge James Graham re. tired voluntarily, after thanking the members of the bar for the honor they had bestowed on him in se.ect- Ing him to serve temporarily.
 Tt was my first experience as cir cult judge" said Judge Graham, and have tried to conduct the court in a proper manner, and hope that have done so. l thank you gentlemen of the bar for the honor bestowed on me"
 Before Judge Graham left the bench. however, Messrs. Ed Wyatt, Bob Sigman, and Bert Foote. the jury commissioners who had not reported 70 the court during his special tenure, came before the court voluntarily and announced that they had not in- tended any discourtesy to the court. but that they had not understood they were to report daily in open court, and had they so understood they would have done so. They said that they had neither of them ever served in a similar capacity before, and therefore did not understand thoroughly the procedure expected of them.
 Judge Graham told the commission CTS that he had not regarded the failure to report as a discourtesy to him. and in fact was sure it was not so intended. but that he had called attention to the incident that the court might be well advised in the matter.
 When the commissioners made their final report to Judge Gotham, who had later taken the bench. the court thanked them for their work, and after turning the report over to the circuit clerk under the special oath prescribed, the commissioners were excused from further service.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-01
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FRUS- TRATED BY TIMELY ARREST
 OF lNsTIGAToRs.
ACCUSE DIAZ FOLLOWERS
Four Alleged Conspirators Under Ar. rest and Several Hundred Rifles Discovered in Secret Hidinq-In. eliminating Letters Found.

Mexico City, Tan, 31.--With the ar rest today of Jose Luis Requena. chief Of the Felix Diaz political or- sanitation, and two or three other men and the discovery of the sever. al hundred rifles stored in the cap ital, the war department believes is has well in hand a new plot which it is alleged had as it's object an at tempt to overthrow the government romorrow.
 The case has been handled by agents of Gen Banquet, minister of war, and the chef of police, Col. Francisco Chavez. many of whose men are alleged to be implicated in the reasonable plans, is inclined to doubt the accuracy of the war de- partment's information The arrests were determined on after the sub mission to Gen. Blanquet of evidence discovered by a detective who had represented himself as Juan Ortega. well known rebel operating in the state of Michoacan and the territory of Tepic. The detective went to the home of Francis Serrano. civil en- gineer at Tlalapam, with a letter said to have been written by another rev olutionary chief, which appears to have convinced Serrano of the bear er's identity as Ortega
 The detective won Serranos con f,pF f, and 800 guns, promising that 1000 men would join the new cause Ser -ano, it is alleged by the intelh- gence of the department war office. sent note to Reqnena asking his opinion regarding the acceptance Of the offer.
 At the department there is letter supposed to have been written by Requena to Serrano, in which Re quena advises acceptance of the reb- els offer As If to corroborate the genuineness of the. investigation, 500 rifles have been brought to the gov. ernment arsenal, which it is sad were discovered in the place where Ortega said they were hidden.
 Pedro Villar, attorney, who identl. fled himself with Gen. Felix Diaz's political fortunes, has been arrested. Enrique Fernandez Castello, san-in- law of Requena, and prominent in the political affairs of the capita. is be. ing sought by agents of the war de- partment.