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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01
RIVER RIDGE

Art Jones made a business trip to
Sheridan Tuesday.
L. Austin and T. II. Antcliff made
business trip to Orleans Tuesday.
Bert Antcliff began his duties in
the silk mill Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Antcliff
spent Thursday in Orleans.
Blanche Antcliff visited Mabel
Olmstead and Hazel Warner in Or
leans one day last week.
Callers at c. w. Rollo's Friday
were Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Bidwell,
John Antcliff and Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Antcliff and daughter Blanche.
c. w. Rollo was very unfortunate
one day last week. He fell from a
scaffold about fourteen feet, while
threshing onto the machine which
was running. He broke several ribs
and also received several other severe
bruises. Mr. Rollo is IA years of age.
We all hope he will soon recover.
Mrs. NJ. L. Bidwell entertained
company from near Greenville one
day last week.
Peter Martin and family and some
friends enjoyed the day Friday, fish
ing near Race Lake.
j. NJ. Farrar of Lakeview was the
over Sunday guest of Miss Blanche
Antcliff.
The dance at Long Lake was well
attened. All report an excellent
time.
Miss Vernice Hustin came from
Lyons Saturday to teach the Kidd
school. which commenced the Both.
Miss Hustin taught a successful year
of school in this district last year.
Myrl Antcliff assisted T. II. Ant
cliff assisted I. H. Antcliff on his
farm Saturday.
The Kidd school district is the
proud owner of a fine well.
Mrs. VIM. Antcliff went Sunday
night to see her daughter Mrs. Fred
Friedman, who is suffering with
typhoid fever.
Lyle Chatterdon called at T. II.
Antcliff's Sunday evening.
VIM. Wright and children visited
their fam at Kidd Sunday.
Will Murray Of Six Lakes is in this
vicinity visiting friends. and rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Antcliff and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Knudsen enjoyed
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Rol-
10.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Bidwell and
John Fisher enjoyed Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. John Moore.
Thos. Antciff and wife called at X.
Scouten's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Antcliff motored
to Grand Rapids one day last week.
Mrs. John Clute is here from
Boyne City visiting her daughter
Mrs. George Antcliff
Bert Antclff motored to Orleans
Sunday evening.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01

Mrs. Sarah Shores and brother
Frank Thompson were Sunday guests
Of their brother VIII Thompson in
Otisco.
Mrs. Ray Parker lost her watch on
the picnic ground at Lake Odessa, but
found it again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Daniels and j.
+. Tower attended the Kent county
grange picnic at Comstock Park,
August IL, also were callers at A.
Steketee's.
Miss Lena Converse visited her
brother Hiram and finally part of
last week
The Ladies' Aid will be entertained
by Band No. /, at the home of Mrs.
Ed. Parker September 8. Tea will
be served.
Mrs. Mona Pinckney of Lake City
visited Keene relatives last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Steketee of Grand
Rapids came Thursday to visit her
sister Mrs. J. +. Tower at Fallasburg.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01
SMOKY ROW

Mr.. and Mrs VIM Leary, Dir. and
Mrs Ed. Condor and Clayton Baker
called at Frank Tillotson's Sunday.
The Sunday visitors at Eli Wits
were Mrs. Adelia Kelsey and daugh-
ter Mrs. Nellie Garnes, Mrs. VIM.
Choate and Rollen and Edgar Kill
born.
The Misses Laila and Ethel Witt
called at Rlfred Harris Tuesday
evening.
School commenced in the Seeley
district Monday morning with Miss
Bessie Brown as teacher.
Lewis Seeley and family, Otis and
Nellie Seeley visited at the home of
their brother Sam Seeley and family
of Lakeview Sunday.
Mrs. S C. Condor wishes to thank
the Lady Macabees for the flowers
sent her last Wednesday.
Mrs. VIM. Rowlson visited Tuesday
at VIM. Sparks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roswell Bliss visited
Sunday at the home of Frank Hicks
in Bedding.
Mrs. VIM. Rowlson attended the
funeral of T. w. Wilder in Palo last
week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01
OAKFIELD

The next Ladies' Aid meeting of
the NJ. +. church will be held Thurs
day afternoon, September 2, with Ada
Bowman.
There will be no school in the
White Swan district thir year. Pupils
are too scarce.
Mrs. Oren Trumbull of Grattan is
with her daughter Mrs. George EIsby.
Mrs. Trumbull is now 80 years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Partridge, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Bowman, Mrs. Agnes
Demorest, made Mrs. Sarah Lessiter
of Bedding a very pleasant visit Fri
day.
The 89th birthday of John Elsby
was celebrated at his sons, f. j.
Elsbey's. There were five children,
six grandchildren and five great
grandchildren present.
The carpenter work on C. Z. Childs'
new house is now completed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01
SARANAC

Mrs. S. Lee is visiting her daughter
Mrs. L. l.. WinsloW for a few days.
Miss Ida Wunch, who has been
spending her vacation with Miss Met
Ia Mosher, left on Monday for Ep-
worth, Iowa, where she will teach for
the coming year.
VI. +. Harrington started for Nor
NAL, H., Thursday afternoon to join
Mrs. harrington, who has been visit
ing their daughter Mrs. DR.. f. +.
Sayers for the past two weeks.
A. j. Reed, who has been teaching
at Winona Lake, Ind, is home for his
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Christie and
daughter Of Detroit are visiting rel
atives here this week.
Lyle Hartwell of Port Huron is
spending a few days with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hartwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Brewer of
Hastings are visiting relatives here
this week.
Mrs. A. w. Burnett of Sand Lake
is visiting her daughter Mrs. Howard
Lane.
Mrs. Harry Kettle and daughter
Escellie of Grand Rapids are visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Win
Henry.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01
CANNONSBURG

Cannonsburg High School opened
Monday. August 80. Herbert +. Hard
Of Dewitt, Mich. principal and Miss
Marguerite Laughlin, primary teach
er.
The L. NJ. Society will meet with
Mrs. Jesse Armstrong Thursday af-
ternoon Of this week. A picnic sup
per served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer kindly Of Full
ton, Mich. are visiting the latter's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Inwood.
Fred ]. Howard and wife and chill
dren and Edwin Scott motored to
Coleman Mich, last Saturday, re-
turning to their home Sunday. Mrs.
Scott, who has been visiting relatives
the past two weeks returned home
with them.
Misses Katie and Dorothy Hartwell
spent last weke with their aunt, Mrs.
Henry Oberly of Riverdale, Mich.
Misses Vera Armstrong and Jenet
Scott motored to Rockford with Cliff
ford Warner and w. M. Eaton last
Sunday evening.
Mrs. McNiel and her four children
of Michawauke were guests of her
sister Mrs. VIM. Joyce last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Joyce and chill
dren of Battle Creek. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Jayce, Mrs. f. B. Joyce and
daughters, Mrs. Dale Mclaughlin of
Grand Rapids, Mrs. John Stark of
Milwaukee were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Joyce, Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. Hartwell Of Grand Rap
ids has returned home having spent
a week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Armstrong.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01
BRINK

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Beal and daugh-
ter Letha and Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Snow and daughter of Fenwick were
visitors at A. H. Shows Sunday.
Mrs. Will Krick and Anna Leach
of Grand Rapids were the guests of
Levi Krick Sunday.
Mrs Harry Simmons and son of
Bedding were guests of Clara Krick
Thursday.
Mrs. Dan King and daughter were
visiting at Will Krick's ear Ionia
Thursday.
The Brink school opened Monday
with their former teacher, Miss Iva
Kinsman, and a good attendance was
on hand. All the scholars as well as
parents are much pleased TO see her
again in the school. She is an ex-
cellent teacher.
Pearly Woodbeck and family spent
Monday with Chauncey Chase and
wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Carpenter started
Thursday by auto route for Marion,
Ohio, to visit their daughter Mrs.
Herbert Rothgang (nee Flossie Low
dem for several weeks.
Mrs. Emory Chickering and daugh-
ter Mrs. John Reeves and children
spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Berthold Chickering.
Mrs. NJ. J. Holcomb is visiting her
daughter Mrs. Will Cobb of Belding
for several weeks.
Miss Ada Little Of Belding has been
visiting her friend Miss Ada Mendon-
sa the past week.
Mrs. Will Krick and Mrs. Ernest
Leach and daughter Esther of Grand
Rapids spent Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. NJ. l.. Howe and Mrs. Err
nest Anderson.
John Spencer of Fairplains was the
guest of Clarence Snow and family
from Saturday until Sunday.
Chas. Brink and wife and niece
Olive Curtis spent Sunday with Eli
Hanks and wife.
Mrs. John Reeves and two children
of Cooks Corners spent last week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Emory
Chickering.
NJ. L. Howe and wife, Will Leach
and wife and ]. d. Strain motored to
Lake Odessa Thursday and attended
the county Pomona Grange picnic.
Miss Margaret Fabung of Smoky
Row spent Friday with Mrs. Ernest
Anderson.
Thomas Brewer of Grand Ledge
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Clarence Snow and family.
Miss Ethel Chickering went to
GreenviIle Saturday to visit several
weeks with her brother Walter and
family.
Ernest Anderson and wife went
down in Keene Friday night to see
the formers sister Mrs. Milo Brown,
who is very sick at her mothers. They
wentd own again Sunday and found
her some better.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01
GRATTAN

The frost last week did some dam
age to crops on low ground.
Mrs. Jay Steele, who has been in
poor health all summer, is failing
rapidly.
John r. White, an old resident of
Grattan, died at his home in Grand
Rapids last week.
Our pastor, X. E. Cochran, will be
pleased to see the church full of peo-
pie Sunday, September, 5. The last
meeting before conference. 1t will
be your loss to miss it.
Claude Elkins, Charles Written,
Elmer Storey and their wives autoed
to Grand Rapids Saturday.
A. r. Wood is visiting his father
in Washington.
ID. Snyder Of 0akfield called at Ell
Storey's Sunday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01

To be frank about it, you to see this dis
play now and we not going to tell you here just how
many styles there how many different fabrics
are represented We want you to pay a visit and see
for yourself what splendid showing nave. The
tailoring, quality and fitting points will reveal themselves
in try-on before the mirror.
Every man and young should accept this in
vitaton to view these displays which thoroughly
complete They will enable you to spend pleasant
hour here and will convince you of this leadership
as the style center for men.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01
NORTH EASTON

A. n. Guernsey and Mrs. Belle
Strong entertained company from
Grand Rapids Friday.
Mrs. George Hotchkiss attended the
Maccabee meeting at Smyrna Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dey f. Holcomb at
tended the reunion held at Smyrna
Saturday.
Mrs. Dan Moon and Miss Mary Nc
Pherson and Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Castel
were Tuesday callers at Mr.. and Mrs.
Rob Foreman's. Mr.. and Mrs. Levi
Krick, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Bement,
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Clark and Ed. Sny-
der and Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Peterson
were Sunday callers.
Mrs. Mary Barbour was a Monday
caller at Mrs. Hattie Dorsey.
Charlie Hile spent Friday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Levi Krick.
Mrs. Abbie Permerter was a Thurs
day guest of Mrs. Charity Powers.
Mrs. Bert Moon Of lonia was a
Sunday guests of Mrs. Dan Moon.
Congratulations to Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Ward.
Mrs. Levi Krick called on Mrs. Dan
Moon and Mrs. Will Clark Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Vance and chill
dren were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. N.
Blackmer at Carson City from Sun
day until Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Dorsey and
mother Mrs. Hattie Dorsey were at
Long Lake Wednesday.
Mrs. Belle Strong was a Wednes-
day caller at Mrs. Ed. Vance's and
Mrs. Levi Krick's.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01
CHADWICK

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cooley of Lans-
ing visited Emerson Cooley Saturday
night and Sunday.
Charles Treat and wife are at
Sheridan for couple of days.
The Chadwick schoolhouse has new
cement steps and other improve
ments.
The new road is growing rapidly.
Ninety teams are working on it.
Albert Chadwick is visiting his sis
ter in Ionia for a few days.
The Green's Ladies' Aid society
will meet with Mrs Clayton Kimberly
Wednesday, September 8.
Amos Bolster has moved into
Frank Treynor's house.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01

Mrs. Will Trimbel returned to her
home in Bay City Monday, after
spending two weeks with her mother,
Helen Higgins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley Hull and Mrs.
Allie Pinckney of Lake City returned
TO their home Saturday after spend
ing one week with their parents in
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01
MAPLE DRIVE

Mrs. Adelia Kelsey and daughter
Mrs. Nellie Garnes of Iowa spent a
part of last week at the homes of H..
S. Freeman and Geo. Phillips.
Geo. Phillips drove Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris Kinds to Lowell last Satur-
day afternoon to attend the funeral of
their uncle. John White.
Miss Della Kinds is assisting Mrs.
H. A. Dibble with her work.
Mrs. Chas. Meade spent last week
Friday with her uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. Kinds. In the afternoon
they called on Mrs. Theo. Alberts and
baby.
Mrs. Pickhaver. spent from Friday
until Monday evening with H. s.
Freeman and Geo. Phillips and their
families Sunday they caller on Byron
Rich and wife.
Master George Phillips spent last
week at the home of his uncle Frank
Phillips at ionia.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01
KEENE

Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Hull called at
M. d. Hull's Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Sparks and
son Robert Sparks and John Hoskins
spent Sunday in Edmore.
Mrs. NJ. d. Hull and Mrs. d. F..
Smith spent Sunday afternoon at
James Hopkins.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01

"Oh, dear" sighed the engaged girl,
"I'm so afraid Harold won't make a
good husband He's awfully reckless
with money"
Never mind, dear" said her moth
er soothingly. He'll get over that
after he's married. New York
World.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-01

"The beauty of automobiling is
that it keeps one out Of doors"
Not always. 1t frequently lands
one in jail or the hospital. Boston
Transcript.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-05-28

But IN THE ENEMYs CAMP THERE'S GLOOM, Nor
luNMlNGlED WITH BAFFLED RAGE, FOR RUDOLPH S
lc CAREFULLY PLANNED BLOCKADE HAS SPRUNG AlEAk
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clude the usual deficiency estimates In
1917, and these additions would make
a total deficit of some $297 100000. If
the present taxes should be continued
throughout this year and the next.
however, there would be a balance in
the treasury OF some $16,50000O at
the end of the present fiscal year and
deficit at the end of the next year OF
only some S50,0O0,000, or, reckoning In
S62 100000 for deficiency appropria-
lions and a safe treasury balance at
the end of the year. total deficit Of
some $112 100000. The obvious moral
Of the figures is that 1t is plain coun-
sci of prudence to continue all of the
present taxes or their equivalents and
confine ourselves to the problem of
providing S112,OOO,0O0 OF new revenue
rather than $297 100000.
How shall we obtain the new rev.
enue? We are frequently reminded
that there are many millions OF bonds
which the treasury is authorized under
existing law to sell to reimburse the
sums paid out of current revenues for
the construction of the Panama canal,
and 1t is true that bonds for the
amount OF $222, ,432,0O are now avail
able for that purpose. Prior to 1913
S13S,0OO,0O0 Of these bonds had ac-
tually been sold to recoup the expendi.
lures at the isthmus, and now con.
stitute considerable item OF the pub
lie debt But | for one do not believe
that the people OF this country approve
OF postponing the payment of their
bills. Borrowing money Is shortsigbt-
ed finance. 1t can be justified only
when permanent things are to be nc
complished which many generations
viii certainly benefit by and which 1t
seems hardly fair that single genera.
ton should pay for. The objects we
are now proposing to spend money for
cannot be so classified, except In the
sense that everything wisely done may
be said to be done In the interest of
posterity as well as In our own. Ii
seems TO me clear dictate of pru-
dent craftsmanship and frank finance
| that in what we are now. / hope, about
to undertake we should pay as we go
The people of the country are entitled
to know just what burdens of taxation
they are TO carry and to know from the
outset now. The new bills should be
paid by internal taxation.
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department, an effective navy consist
ing OF 27 battleships of the first line, 6
battle cruisers, % battleships of the
second line, 10 armored crdisers, 13
scout cruisers, 8 first class cruisers, 3
second class cruisers, 10 third class
cruisers. 10S destroyers. Is fleet sub
marines, 157 coast submarines, 6 mon
itors, 20 gunboats. supply ships, ID
fuel ships, 4 transports, tenders TO
torpedo vessels, s vessels of special
types and two ammunition ships. This
would be navy fitted to our needs
and worthy Of our traditions.
But armies and instruments OF war
are only part of what has to be con-
sidered If we are to consider the SUI
preme matter of national self sufhcen-
cy and security in all its aspects.
There are other great matters which
will be thrust upon our attention
whether we will or not. There is. for
example, very pressing question of
trade and shipping involved in this
great problem Of national adequacy
1t is necessary for many weighty rea-
sons of national efficiency and devel
opment that we should have a great
merchant marine. The great merchant
fleet we once used to make US rich,
that great body Of sturdy sailors who
used to carry our flag into every sea-
and who were the pride and often the
bulwark of the nation. we have almost
driven out of existence by ineXeusable
neglect and Indifference and by hope
lessly blind and provincial policy OF
SO called economic protection. 1t is
high time we repaired our mistake and
resumed our commercial independence
on the seas.
With view to meeting these press.
ing necessities Of our commerce and
availing ourselves at the earliest possi-
BILE moment of the present unparalleled
opportunity OF linking the two Ameri-
cas- together in bonds of mutual inter
est and service, an opportunity which
may never return again If we miss Ii
now. proposals will he made to the
present congress for the purchase or
construction of ships to be owned and
directed by the government similar TO
those made to the last congress, but
modified in some essential particulars.
| recommend these proposals TO you
for your prompt acceptance with the
more confidence because every month
that has elapsed since the former pro-
posals were made has made the ne.
cessity for such action more and more
manifestly imperative That need was
then foreseen. 1t Is now acutely felt
and everywhere realized by those for
whom trade is waiting, but who can
tind no conveyance for their goods.
am not so much interested In the par
ticulars OF the program as | am In
taking immediate advantage of the
great opportunity which awaits us II
we Will but act in this emergency. In
this matter. as In all others, spirit OF
common counsel should prevail, and
out OF 1t should come an early solu.
ton Of this pressing problem.
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REGULATIONS TO MEET
RAILROAD PROBLEM.
Needed to Make Lines More Useful
Servants of Country.


In the meantime may | make this
suggestion? The transportation prob
lem is an exceedingly serious and
pressing one In this country. There
has from time to time of late been rea-
son to fear that our railroads would
not much longer be able to cope with
1t successfully. as at present equipped
and co-ordinated. suggest that 1t
would be wise to provide for com
mission Of inquiry TO ascertain by a
thorough canvass Of the whole ques-
ton whether our laws as at present
framed and administered are as serv-
iceable as they might be in the solu-
tion of the problem. 1t is obviously
problem that lies at the very foun-
dation Of our efficiency az a people.
Such an inquiry ought to draw out
every circumstance and opinion worth
considering. and we need TO know
all sides of the matter IL we mean TO
do anything In the field OF federal leg
islation.
No one, am sure, would wish TO
take any backward step. The regula-
ton of the railways OF the country by
federal commission has had admirable
results and has fully justified the
hopes and expectations OF those by
whom the policy Of regulation was
originally proposed. The question is
not, What should we undo? 1t is
whether there is anything else we can
do that would supply US with effective
means. In the very process OF regu-
lation. for bettering the conditions un-
der which the railroads are operated
and for making them more useful serv-
ants OF the country as a whole. 1t
seems to me that 1t might be the part
of wisdom, therefore, before further
legislation in this field is attempted,
to look at the whole problem of co-or-
dination and efficiency in the full light
of fresh assessment Of circumstance
and opinion. as guide to dealing with
the several parts Of 1t.
For what we are seeking now. what
In my mind Is the single thought Of
this message, is national efficiency and
security. We serve great nation.
We should serve 1t In the spirit Of its
peculiar genius. 1t is the genius OF
common men for self government. In
dustry. justice. liberty and peace. We
should see to 1t that it lacks no in
strument. no facility or vigor Of law,
to make 1t sufficient to play its part
with energy. safety and assured suc-
cess. In this we are no partisans but
heralds and prophets Of Z new age.
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(From snapshot taken on Nov. 26.)

of individual liberty and Of the free
labor that supports life aud the IN
censored thought that uuickens IT,
Conquest and dominion are not in our
reckoning or agreeable to- our priIci
pies. But just because we demand un-
molested development and the unds-
turbed government OF our own lives
upon our own principles OF right and
liberty. We resent, from whatever
quarter it may come. the aggression we
ourselves will not practice. We insist
upon security in prosecuting our self
chosen lines or national development
We do more than that. We demand 1t
also for others. We do not conhne our
enthusiasm for individual liberty and
free national development 10 the Incl
dents aud movements OF affairs which
affect only ourselves. We feel it wher
ever there Is people that tries 10 walk
In these difficult paths OF Independence
and right. From the first we have
made common cause with all partisans
of liberty on this side the sea and have
deemed 1t as important that our neigh
bors should be free from all outside
domination as that we ourselves should
be; have set America aside as a whole
for the uses Of independent nations and
political freemen.
Out OF such thoughts grow all our
policies We regard war merely as
means OF asserting the rights Of a peo-
pie against aggression. And we are
as dercely Jealous OF coercive or dicta-
torial power within our own nation
as OF aggression from without. We
will not maintain standing army ex.
cept for uses which are as necessary
In times of peace as In times OF war.