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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

early in the spring are all right to
head the breeding pens for next win
ter. To insure fertile eggs it is a
good plan to have two male birds for
each pen, using them on alternate
days, keeping one at a time shut
away from the hens.
The Profits From Hens
| do not believe there is any other
farm live stock that pays as large a
net return back to the owner consid-
ering the feed consumed, as do the
hens. The refuse and slops from our
kitchen is given daily to the chick
ems. A variety is what chickens need
most in order to be thrifty and heal
thy. The table scraps help TO give a
variety in feed and are an excellent
diet for the fowls. We are very care
full, however, in feeding table scraps
TO the poultry, for if foods, where
large quantities of salt are present,
are fed, it will prove fatal. The hens
like salty food and if they eat a
large amount of it they will die. Once
we threw an old FISH pail out thought
lessly, and it contained q large guam
tity of salt, and it was only a day
until we noticed several chickens "
ing dead They had eaten a large
quantity of salt and it killed them.
In feeding the laying hens during
the winter we use bran in large GUAM
titles, together with wheat, cracked
corn, and sprouted oats. This, along
with the table scraps, makes an ex-
eellent ration and gives a large var
iety of feed. If we want EGGS we must
feed a good ration and the feeding
must be done regularly. Considering
prices Of eggs and poultry during the
last year, we can well afford to use
only the best feeds for them. OF
course, feedstuff is high. Bran is
worth about $50 ton and other feeds
are just as high I'm proportion but
with eggs selling for 80 to 40 cents
a dozen / believe it will pay to give
the hens a good ration and especially
now when eggs are in the greatest
demand and command the highest
prices. In the larger cities such as
Boston, New York, and Chicago, Gus
toners win pay 60 cents a dozen and /
more, for guaranteed strictly fresh |
eggs. We have several city custom 4
RS who buy from us direct by parcel 4
post and they are quite willing to 4
Day a little more for eggs that are \
fresh. While we have
rot used the parcel post very long
or this purpose, SO far we have
'ound same satisfactory. Our Gus
omers are in q nearby city and
,nown to us, so we are never alarmed
lbout getting our money. This is
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
FARMER SMITHS BITTER LESSON

I Experience is the name men give
their follies and their sorrows. 1t is
the successive disenchantment of the
things if life.
1t is reason enriched by the spoils
OF the heart. At least that is Smith s
Interpretation of experience.
Disagreeable Brand of Wetness
One December it happened that the
/ weather man seemed to conspire with
the mail order man. He turned out a
disagreeable brand of wetness that
filled the farmers with a distaste for
the 'open road" that David Grayson
so optimistically praises in all sea-
sons.
But all farmers are not optimistic,
like David.
Farmer Smith liked the comfort of
his sheltered house. So he naturally
was attracted TO an invitation from
the mail order house to sit down in an
easy chair before the fire and select
his Christmas supplies from the
pages of a wonder book left at his
front gate by the r. F ID. man.
Wonder Book Solves Problem
The idea seemed mighty attractive
and comfortable. He thought he
might as well experiment once any
way.
So he and his wife had nice time
filling out the yellow order slip ac-
cording to their needs and revenue.
Then they sent it on it's way to the
firm which promised them thrilling
bargains in all lines of merchandise
from pins to palaces.
The Smiths had made one trip to
town. The day had been characteriz-
aH hxy houfn ,,I
hadn't had time to buy what they
wanted.
So the catalogue seemed to solve
the problem for them. 1t seemed as
if it were going to save them lots of
time, energy, money and brain fag.
Shipment Arrives
1t was a beautiful pref Christmas
dream made up in four measures Of
comfort, confidence, curiosity and
hope. The awakening came after
ward, likewise the disappointment.
Their shipment arrived two days
before Christmas. This was very re-
assuring. But it necessitated a spec |
ial drive of nine miles to the nearest |
express Office.
The c. o. ID. express charges were |
high. The first intima-
ton of mistake came with the real /
ization that the express charges ex-
ceeded the difference in price between
home store and catalogue house arti-
cles.
Caused Smith to Swear
There was lot Of excelsior to I'M
pack, but when the work was done and
he contents stood revealed there was
4 verbal fireworks display on the part
IF Smith, who forgot for the moment
hat he was a deacon in the church.
md Mrs. Smiths tears were bitter.
The parlor lamp was a scream. It's
were lived enough to
light colored Baptist church with
tut the aid of acetylene.
The handcarft Battenburg looked as
il had been made on a sweatshop
intended for overalls. The
pure wool overcoat assuf-
d them at glance how thoroughly
hey had been fieeced.
Passing up the balance of the cal
eyed bargains" the baby's stocking
vas the piece de resistance of their
christmas feast. It was a tarlatan
fair, decorated with green and red
arm tassels and filled with junk that
represented the discard of one cent
ovelty stock and exuded suggestions
4 basteria from top 70 toe. In
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
Good Roads Department
Conducted Especially for the Banner by Hon. P.
l. Cogrove. President of the Michigan
Good Roads Association.

as bicycle or motorcycle. am told
by the majority of those in charge
that the best kind of fellow to get is
a young man. The older men quite
often are interested in so many other
things that it is rather hard to pay
strict attention to business. The
young men, however, takes it up with
an idea of making it a business. He
has no settled business somewhere
else; he doesn't own 100 acres of land
and have family to look after, but is
making start and wants to make
good on the job. You might put the
reward system in vogue here-why
not? Say to this young fellow, "If
you make good and handle certain
stretch of road and do it satisfactorily
we will give you more to do and final
ly if you can handle ten miles of road
or twenty miles of road with assist
ance you will be rewarded by more
pay" There is an incentive in this
method and firmly believe that it will
pay in the long run, to keep thorough
painstaking men for your organiza-
ton even though the salary has t.
be increased to hold Them Organiza-
ton of an efficient patrol system will
do wonders for maintenance of roads.
(The End)
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
F "A r M A NJ d
O r G III A r. d


form on new wood and in order TO
have good crop each season it is adj
visible, in pruning, to leave an equal
number of the one-year and two
year-old canes 10 each bush.
How 10 Prepare Corn Silage
Corn for silage, states a Missouri
College of Agriculture bulletin, should
be In the same stage of maturity as
when harvested for fodder; that is,
the kernels should be dented, in the
dough stage, and the lower leaves of
the stalk turning brown. If possible,
the corn should not be allowed to be-
come dry before being put into the
silo, because dry corn fill not pack
properly unless large amounts of wa
ter are used; and unless it is thor
oughly packed the silage will mold.
The one-half OF three-quarter-inch
cut of corn will usually prove most
satisfactory.
Packing Of the silage is very i'm
portant. A distributor should be
used and enough men placed in the
silo to do the work well. The sides
should be kept little higher than
the center and the silage packed firm
ly around the walls until near the
end of filling. 1t is we'll to fill the
silo rather rapidly, when it is pos
sible to leave it to settle over Sunday
and complete the filling on Monday.
Otherwise a slower filing is advised.
When the crop has become dry, wa
ter may be added either directly into
the silo or by running it into the
blower as the corn is cut. If the ST.
lage is to stand some time before
feeding, it is customary TO cover the
silo with a number Of loads Of corn
stalks from which the ears have been
removed, packing it thoroughly with
water.
The corn may be fed Immediately
after filing and practically no waste
viii occur. 1t will, however, be in
the form Of green corn, as severaI
days are required to develop silage
from green corn. When feeding is 1
delayed it always is necessary to re- /
move the spoiled silage from the top. I
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

Knsw What He Would Have
snow Robert" said his teacher,
III your mother gave you two apples
and your brother gave you three
more. how many would you have!
"I'd have two good apples ana
three wormy ones" was Roberts r.
ply.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

If YOU NEED LADDERS OF
any kind, extension and plain, any
length, see us before you buy. We
have an excellent assortment Beld-
ing Lumber Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
Pruning of Small Fruits

case of bush fruits than it is with
fruit trees. If the bushes are left
unpruned a single season, they be-
come mass of tangled growth that
bears little fruit, and this of poor
quality.
The pruning of blackberry and
raspberry bushes should rightly begin
in summer, when the canes are
through bearing. The canes that have
borne the crop should be cut away, to
give the new shoots a better chance
to develop into vigorous canes. If
the old canes were not removed last
summer they should be cut now. But
three or four new stalks should be
permitted to grow from clump. The
tips of these new canes should be
pinched off when they have reached
a height of four feet. This pinching
back is to develop strong vigorous
lateral growth, since the fruit forms
on growths that start from the later
ais. Spring pruning consists in cut
ting out all the wood that has borne
berries and the shortening of laterals
on new wood to Is to 20 inches. The
new plants that develop between the
clumps should be kept down, if these
are not wanted for planting.
The currant bush requires little
pruning during the first two or three
years, other than a slight shortening
of the ends of the canes. This short
ening is done to increase the fruit
buds along the cane. Currants do not
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
NOW GET READY FOR SUM

mer with your electric supplies. We
have large line of all kinds-electrtc
irons, coasters. We install electric
plants. Don't live in darkness, have
your home wired. Spencer Electric
Light and Power Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

You don't need to do everything in
an old-fashioned way in your store
IN order to get the reputation for be-
ing old-fashioned. Just one or two
old habits are enough.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

OUR MOTTO is TO LIVE AND
let live; our prices and fair treatment
will win your confidence and patron
age. We are firm believers in Home
Trading. Our interests are mutual.
See US. Bedding Hardware Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
WHEN 1T COMES TO SHOES

the best grades and our prices are
right. We are boosters for Bedding
and Home Trade. Orlo Morse, Shoe
Store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
LOOK UP YOUR PANAMA HAT

have 1t cIeaned-wiIl save you
money. You will soon need it. Don't
forget we doctor up your sick clothes,
too, and make suits to order. Burt
Curtis, Ill w. Main st.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
BUY AT HOME DEPARTMENT

ALWAYS DEAL WITH YOUR
responsible merchants for dry goods.
We can compete with anyone any,
where, and we stand back of all our
goods every time. See us first. h.
G. Lloyd.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

ALWAYS SEE THE BEST IN
moving pictures. See our daily pro-
gram on curtain; changes every day.
Our theatre is well-ventilated. Keen
Theatre. 80
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

DON'T BE A RAINBOW CHAS-
er; you will find a pot of gold at our
store II you select your watches and
jewelry here. Fine watch and clock
repairing . speciality. M. L. Willough-
by, Jswsler.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
HAVE YOUR SHOES REPAIRED

the electric way, while you wait. We
do all our work right and can please
you. Ladies and gents Shoe Shining
Parlors in connection. 120 So. Bridge
street, Arnold Schmidt.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

BUY YOUR CLOTHING AND
Shoes here and we will see that Won
always get as much or more than the
lame money will buy elsewhere. The
Hub. A"e
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

DO YOU KNOW THAT EVERY
pair of shoes you buy out of town
hurts your community. You can do
better at home with your local deal
ers. See us first. Smith & Whitney.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

BELDING SAVINGS BANK :
apital, s50.000.00; surplus and pr,-
its, S26,000.00. Your business solicit
ed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

A COMPLETE LINE OF HATS
for S9 school girls at the Bedding Hat
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

A FIRST-CLASS GARAGE is A
boon to any community. We can re-
pair any make of car and handle
Goodrich tires. Large line of acces-
series carried. Kiskey Garage, Beld-
ing Michigan.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASKED

have you a bank account7 What
difference it will make to say yes.
Your credit is established at once. We
pay interest on savings accounts.
See us. Peoples Savings Bank.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

OUR MOTTO is TO LIVE AND
Jet 1--we; our prices and fair treatment
VIII win your confidence and patron
age. We are firm believers in Horne
Trading. Our interests are mutual.
See us. Bedding Hardware Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

WAGONS! JUST UNLOADED A
car. Pekin Wagonsl Come in and
look them over. Belding Implement
Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

JUST INSIST ON HAVING YOUR
bread order come from home bakeries.
1t keeps your money at home and
helps your town.. Our grocery line
viii suit you. Frank II. Hudson.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

REMEMBER OUR STORE WILL
will be headquarters for school sup
plies, new and secondhand school
books. School books for the country
schools. II. j. Connell.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

MAKE UP YOUR ORDER FOR
groceries but don't send it to a msil
order house. We can beat their prices
every time. We stand back Of our
goods. w. l.. Covert, 902 So. Bridge
street.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
Belding Market
Quotations

Produce, meats and poultry show
little change in price, but grain and
feeds are advancing. Oats have
jumped from 45c to 48c; wheat from
$1.45 to $1.55 and rye has made a SC
jump.
Corrected Tuesday, October "a, 1916
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
Do YOU COOK BY GAS,

DO YOU COOK BY GAS? 1T Is
cleaner and cheaper. See our large
inc of gas stoves and ranges, water
heaters, Welsbach gas lights, reading
amps, arc lamps, etc. Belding Gas
Works.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

YES, DO MERCHANT TAILOR
ing and French dry cleaning, repair
ing and pressing. You can be sure
of the right kind of work and l guar
antee to please you. II. A. Loewe,
The Tailor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

WHY BUY JEwELRY FROM A
picture book, they all look alike. Bet
ter deal with your home jeweler; see
what you buy; see us first. r. H.
Waldo, Jeweler
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

GIVE US A CHANCE FIRST.
Our prices on groceries will keep your
money in Bedding, besides you are
not taking chances. We are boosters
for Belding. E. Z. Hudson, Grocer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

WE DO A REGULAR BANKING
business: besides pay 8 per cent on
time deposits. Our large capital and
resources are at your command
Safety first, Is our motto: see M
Sandell's Bank, Belding, Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
JUST STOP AND THINK WHEN

It is hardware, stoves, paints and
sporting goods, plumbing, heating,
,ur store is in Bedding and every
lollar you spend at home helps the
town. T. Frank Ireland Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25
STOP AND CONSIDER This IF

every consumer of flour would buy at
home what it would mean to Belding.
Our mills are here and our Moss Rose
brand is guaranteed. K. Z. Chapple
& Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

WE CAN COMPETE WITH ANY.
me anywhere and carry large line
II everything in Clothing, Cent? Fur
nishings, etc: Will appreciate vouY
patronage A. Friedman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

form on new wood, and in order to
have a good crop each season it is adj
visible, in pruning, to leave an equal
number of the one-year and two
year-old canes 10 each bush.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-25

When the farmers Of our country
thoroughly appreciate the actua
amounts of fertilizing constituents
which are contained in farm manures
and intelligently care for and utilize
the manure produced on their farms
they can save millions of dollars In
fertilizer purchases; and the neces'
sity Of depending upon the purchase
of these fertilizers, followed by the
occurrences of crisis in the fertilizer
situation such as now exists in some
sections will be largely decreased.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-10-20
Sutherland

Mrs. Eta Meller of Rockford,
Illinois. and Mr.. A. Sutherland
of Roman, were married at Trim
ity M. E. parsonage in Butte,
Rev. J. G. Ross officiating, on
October IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sutherland ar
rived in Roman on Friday and
commenced housekeeping i'm
mediately in Mr.. Sutherland's
commodious home. The mar
riage was a surprise to most
people of Roman and vicinity but
all will join in congratulations
and offer Mrs. Sutherland a
hearty welcome to Roman.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-10-20
SCHOOL NOTES

There was a large crowd pres
ent at the school dance last Sat-
urday night. Every one report
ed a good time and all admired
the new building and also the
calcimining. Receipts were $130.
of which 500 was cleared. This
went to pay for the calcimining
and trimming.
The basket ball goals have
been erected on the athletic field
and the teams have begun prac-
tice. On account of the dust a
few loads of saw dust will be
put on the field.
Miss Irene Teagarden was
called home to Missoula Tuesday
by the illness of her mother. We
hope her illness will not prove
serious and that we will have
Miss Teagarden with US soon.
PRIMARY NOTES
The best readers this week are
Leta and LYDIA Spooner and
Georgian Eckley.
We are cutting and painting
Jack Lanterns, witches, black
cats and goblins.
The primary children have
learned ''The Raggedy Man"
and my Shadow" and enjoy
both poems.
Each child has an "outdoor"
book, into which he puts pressed
flowers, leaves and pictures of
the outdoor world.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-10-20
Farmers Will Pay the Bill

Henry N. Pope, of the Asso-
citation of State Presidents of
Farmers Unions, flays the rail-
road law enacted by congress.
He says the bill to grant the
four brotherhoods of trainmen's
unions 25 per cent increase in
wages will be evened up by in
creased freights. He says the
farmers stand for a fair wage
for labor and capital on all oper-
ations of handling their products
from the farm to the consumer.
He says if the government is 60
ing to fix wages for any one
class of railroad employees, it
should fix them for all classes
without favor. He says the
sectionmen, shopmen and farm
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-10-20
RAILROAD WORK
NOW UNDER WAY

c. w. Mcnamara of Pierpont, S. D. +,
who has the contract for seven miles
Of grading between Crow creek and
Mud creek, arrived in Roman the latter
part of last week with his grading out
fit and commenced throwing dirt Mon
day morning.
A camp has been established just
south of Alex Lahemme's ranch and
the first dirt to move in this vicinity on
the N. P. extension from Dixon to Pol
son was in that neighborhood. So far
only about twenty-five men are employ
ed but we understand the force will be
increased in the very near future to
about seventy-tive men.
Mr.. Mcnamara expects to be able to
work all winter, or until his contract is
completed With force on both ends
of che line and others in the middle, it
looks very much as if the grading
would practically be all completed by
early spring and the long sought rail
road for this valley will be an actual
reality.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-10-20
Democratic Ladies' Rally

The rally held by the demo-
cratic ladies of Roman and vicin-
ity at Scarce hall Monday night
was a grand success.
Mrs. Chas. H. Hall was the
first speaker and gave a fifteen
minute talk devoted principally
to praise of President Wilson.
Mrs. Tylar B. Thompson fol-
lowed with a half hour address
eulogistic of the president and
criticising the Ladies' Congress
sional Union for their action in
opposing every democrat because
the democratic party had not
passed the Susan B. Anthony
amendment.
At the conclusion of the ad-
dress a Ladies' Woodrow Wilson
club was formed, with Mrs. j. j.
Maloney as chairman, Mrs. J. C.
Curtis vice-chairman, and Mrs.
E. D. Swisher secretary. Twelve
ladies joined the club.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-10-20
Old Resident Dies

Alexander Morigeau, one of
the oldest residents of this part
of Montana, died at the hospital
in Missoula last Sunday evening.
He had resided at Arlee for
many years and was 81 years,
8 months and l6 days old. Fun
eral services were held in the
Catholic church at St. Ignatius
Wednesday and interment made
in the cemetery at that place.
Mr.. Morigeau is survived by
his wife, five sons, Joseph Nor
igeau of Camas, Antoine Nor
igeau of Roman, Eli Morigeau of
Ravalli and John and Octave
Morigeau of Arlee, and by four
daughters. These are Mrs. Allen
Sloan of Sloan's Ferry. Mrs.
Gabriel LeBoeuf of Dixon, Mrs.
Alphonse Clairmont and Mrs.
John. Clairmont of Roman, all of
whom were present at the fun
eral.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-10-20
PARTY NOT SOLID FOR
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINEE

81 was very much surprised to find
in this state decided opposition on
the part of the women and ever SO
many men o the election of the wom-
en- candidates in the state," said Eliza
beth Freeman ,one of the Hughes ali
ance party in Helena. 81 was almost
ordered not to mention suffrage or
Miss Rankin's candidacy while in Mon
tana, for people told me that if did
would ruin what republican harmony
there is here"
Elizabeth Freeman-she asked that
no "Miss" precede her name-was alb
solutely frank in her statement of the
conditions in Montana and she even
went so far as to say, '1 often wonder
if this work l am doing isn't useless.
I am more and more discouraged as
the days pass"
According to this woman, equal suf-
frage will eventually come in this
country "despite the women and de-
spite the work of the suffragists.' She
lamented the fact that in the ranks of
the suffrage workers there is much
discord and trouble.
The question asked her was:
Frankly, Miss Freeman, is there petty
fighting going on in the suffrage
ranks?"
IL regret very much to say that
there is. Women have not learned to
settle their troubles as men have, and
they insist on airing their soiled linen
where all may see. 1t is hurting the
cause and discouraging the earnest
workers." was the way she answered.
A particular hobby of this workers.
the eradication of the unfit. ~ wish
itwere possible some way to prevent
all breeding in this country for 10
years. The degenerates are piling up
in huge quantities and something must
be done to check their increase" she
said.