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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
SHORT NEWS

TNE FOJRTlS annual exhibit
OF the Snoqualnde Valley Fair As.
ISOLATION viii be held at Duyall for
three dsys. beginning August 81.
Babies. fruits and vegetables Will
be displayed.
TIE SEATTLE PRESS CLUB
has decided 10 lend its gallery OF
famous originals hy national car
toonlsts TO the advertising show TO
be given next fannth.
BIpS HAVE been called for by
the school board for the new
West Seattle high school, which
will cost In the neighborhood OF
$3.50. 900.
A BILL suggested by the Mu-
nieIpal league providing for IN.
appointment OF a city forester was
laid over for month.
col. ROOSEVELT will make
his first campaign speech for
Hughes August 81 at Lewiston.
Maine.
MORE THAN 100 members Of
the State liar association meeting
In North Yakima listened Thurs
DAY TO argum.utG by Justice Chad.
wick against thu proposed probate
code 10 be suggested at the next
, legislature.
MRS. LIZZIE MERRILL PAL.
mer OF Detroit rovided in her
will a fund 10 establish a school
for teaching girls motherhood.
DEPUTY PROSECUTOR PAL.
mer issued warrant Thursday.
charging ~. J. Kelly with stealing
$3.50 watch from s J. Gerard $
room in tbs Savoy hotel.
MRS. JULES mAYEs and Miss
s. Collier nave gathered a large
number OF prizes tu be distributed
August II At the Helgian.American
Relief clubs picnic at Atlanta
park.
COMPANY c. auxiliary 10 the
Seattle Red cross. will hold Its
first meeting Friday night in the
Armory. where officers will be In.
stalled and the constitution will be
read
/ AFTER 81 days OF good weather.
the full rugged Vessel Charles +.
Moody arrived from Everett.
Wash. at Port Pirie. Australis,
with a cargo OF lumber.
w. n. SCOTT. astrologist. viii
speak on the relation OF astrology
TO music aud color Saturday AT s
p. m. In room 5000 in the Arcade
building Charles Tyndall. pianist.
,rflt ntav aayaroI saiartiOua and
! Louise Merrill Cooper Will sing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
SAME ACCIDENT TO
BOTH her HUSBANDS

CATHLAMET. Wn.. Aug lily
strange coincidence Mrs. Olaf vog
lost her second husband Thursday
In the same way she lost her first.
vog. who is a fisherman on the
Columbia. was run down by q
steamer In his power boat. He
got tangled UP in hts nets. and
when the wreckage was cleared
away he had drowned
Mrs. Vog lost her first husband
IN tho same place and In the same
way two years ago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
FALLS over CLIFF;
". SHELTER KILLED

Walter %. Shelter. 30. for seven
years manager OF the Hammond
Warehouse Co. fell over l75 foot
cliff Wednesday. in the Olympics.
and died
Shelter was a camping companion
OF Mayor Albert Reeves. OF Bremen
ton. and was hiking up steep in
cline when. 1t Is believed. the trail
gave way.
His body was brought to Seattle
Thursday by G * Hammond. 1915
Tenth ave. y. The funeral will be
he'd Saturday. from Bonney-Wat-
sons, at $3.50 .. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
FACE 0vERDRAFT m
STUCK RIVER CASE

A big overdrsft in the inter-
county river improvements is cx-
pected this year. ii was learned
Thursday, during a joint confer
ence Of Pierce and King county
commissioners at Tacoma.
Engineer Roberts read a report
showing 1926 .096s9 had been spent
on protection work on the Stuck
White rivers project. and
that only s23.e03.1l remained in
the fund for the remainder of the
year.
The commissioners decided IL
would be cheaper 10 follow the
overdraft plan than TO suspend
operations until 1917 funds were
available.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
WISCONSIN PICNIC

Former residents of Wisconsin
are requested to meet at Woodland
park Sunday afternoon. August 10.
to enjoy the annual basket picnic
and TO elect officers of the Wis
consin club for the ensuing year.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
BEAUTIFY DISTRICT

Members OF the Mount Baker
Park improvement club have circu-
lated petition asking that study
be made Of the district south Of
Yesler way and east OF Rainier ave.
with an idea toward beautlfying
the district.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
CLERKS CONVENE

EVERETT. Aug. IN More than
20 county clerks were presen,
Thursday. at Everett. at the open
ing session OF the tenth annual
convention OF the County Clerks
association
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
HERRICK WINS OUT

COLUMBUS. Aug 1l.-Myron T.
Herrick OF Cleveland was returned
a winner OF the official count OF
the votes from 81 OF the IS Ohio
counties for the republican sena-
torial race. Daughterty and Dick
followed.
Senator Pomerene, democrat. led
his party.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
SMOKE AGED HIM

BLOOMINGTON. H.. Aug IL
Jeremiah Sullivan celebrated his
l0and birthday here. lie says he
has smoked all his life and believes
that 1t Is responsible for his good
health
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
KEEPING UP GAINS

LONDON. Aug IL. - British
troops continued their gains north.
west OF poziercs. advancing slight.
~ at certain places In the fighting
last night. Gen. Haig reported 10
the war office today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
RICKLES BROS. TO
QUIT RETAIL. BUSINESS

Ricklcs Bros. AT 9th and Pike
are closing out their big stock OF
hardware. cutlery. tools, paints.
etc. TO embark In the exclusive
wholesale paint business They
are one Of Pike streets biggest
stores. and. from the crowds that
are attending. tho sale which Is
now In progress is record.
breaker
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11

For the ninty-fifth time, Mrs.
Bertha Foglestad and Mrs. Martha
Erickson. OF Chicago. celebrated
their birthdays Jointly. They are
twins.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
Peel Off Your Frecklcs

To remove frrrki~s hiotcheH ur
auY complexion difficulty the best
thing 60 DO ~ 20 remove the skin
Itself This is easily and harmieasiy
mercoiiEed WAY The wax peelH off
tho defective outer skin. iittfS each
day. gradually bringing the second
layer Of skin 20 view The new skin
IL beautifully Hoft. clear. white and
young looking Just procure an ounce
% mercoliHed wax At any drug store
and us@ like cold cream --Advsr-
tisemsut
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
TWO Nominated

DENVER. Colo. Aug 11.-Sam-
uel D. Nicholson 81 Leadvllle and
A. Carlson. incumbent. we're desig.
mated Thursday by the republican
state assembly as candidates for
the nomination for governor at the
September primaries.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11

STATE, SCHOOL, tide and log
Ged off lands viii be sold 10 the
public September under the d.
rection OF the county auditor
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29
Good Roads Department
Conducted Especially for the Banner by Hon. P.
t. Colgrovc, President of the Michigan
Good Roads Association.

improved with surfacing suitable
for the particular road and region,
the load could be increased at least
so per cent and the round trip made
in the same or less time without any
additional hardship on the team. This
would represent a clear saving Of
$1.50 per day to each farmer in the
state for every day in the year in
which he was engaged in hauling to
or from the market.
The increase in land values is an
other benefit that is noticeable wher-
ever road improvement takes place.
This is due partly to the decreased
cost Of hauling and partly to the
fact that good road makes the
farm a more desirable place to live.
Moreover, improved roads have a
market effect on both the amount
and character of production. For,
example, around the typical small
ed, truck gardefingL dairying and
other forms of intensive farming are
confined to a small zone, Immediately
surrounding the town, which is usu-
ally scarcely sufficient to supply the
local demand. Without good roads
the production of perishable goods at
any considerable distance from mar
ket or shipping point is too hazard
Gus an undertaking to be profitable.
With good roads the produce can be
brought to market with regularity
and in prime condition, two essentials
in successful marketing.
The parcel post makes possible di-
rect marketing between producer and
consumer regardless of distance. But
here again the public roads play no
small part, affecting not only pos
sible extensions of the system, but
also the cost of it's operation.
The condition of our rural schools
is closely connected with the condi-
ton of the public roads. While it is
true that various factors contribute
to increase or decrease the attend
ance at schools in given sections of
T the country, it is a well-known fact
that in -0urefural schools the attend
ance almost invariably shows a mark
ed decrease during the periods when
the roads are bad. Another point wor-
thy of consideration is that the one
room school is being supplanted by
larger consolidated schools through
out those portions of the the country
where conditions make it practicable
to convey children to school at the pub
lie expense. Roads passable atall times
qualifications and training.
With good roads, some of the adj
vantages of the city can be brought
to the country. Social gatherings
become more frequent, and improved
social conditions exert decided eff
feet upon the principal objections to
life in a rural mmunity-loneliness
and isolation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29
WEST KEENE
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Daniels wer

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Daniels were
Belding visitors last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. F. Wilkinson au-
toed to Ionia and Saranac Monday.
George Rusch and Mrs. Hanchet
were married in Ionia last Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Sam Moore of Mcbride is
spending Thanksgiving week with her
son, Arthur, on the Frank Carr farm.
Clyde Denny is moving from the
Fashbaugh to the Bozung house.
Mrs. Niche is on the sick list.
Frank Carr is installing a Cal
orax pipeless furnace in his new
bungalow.
Clare Wilkinson of st. Johns, we'll
known to Keene people, has sold his
drug business and will manage a
large drug store in Lansing at a
good advance in salary.
Mrs. Addie Bowen of Deckerville
is visiting Keene friends.
Jennie Colds will visit her sister
Utah, in Vaudeville, during Thanks
giving vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carr were in
Bedding Tuesday visiting her sister
Mrs. VIM. Covert, who enters Beld-
ing hospital for an operation.
Blanche Stall and Mrs. Ernest
Pinckney are convalenscing from re-
cent operations, the former from St
Mary's, the latter from Ann Arbor
hospital.
Arthur Shores of Odessa will oc-
cupy the VIM. Thompson house for
the winter.
The Keene Ladies' Aid will hold
their annual chicken pie dinner and
fair at the Grange hall Wednesday,
December 6. A program and good
speakers are being arranged for. Use
full and fancy goods will be on sale;
also comfortables. Everybody come
adv.
First degree initiation at Keene
Grange this Friday evening. All
candidates be on hand.
Lizzie Van Nortwick will spend
Thanksgiving with her mother in
Belding.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29
POULTRY
CONSULTING DEPARTMENT


Sour milk should not be left out OF
the feed Of growing or laying fowls,
winter or summer, If it can be. secur-
ed at any reasonable cost. 1t is usu-
ally much cheaper and easier to get
on the farm than beef scrap or any
other substitute and no common sub
stitute except buttermilk will give
as good results. @H2t4
Sour milk for reproduction was
given very careful test for year
recently when three 25-bird pens of
White Leghorn pullets were fed in al
most exactly the same way except
that one pen received sour milk, an
other beef scrap, and the third no
meat or animal food whatever. From
the sour milk pen the station got g.
275 eggs at profit of $28.26; from
the beef scrap pen, 1858 at profit
of STATS; and from the no-meat pen,
1878 eggs at loss Of 81 on the pen
for the year.
On many farms the no-meat pen
would not have been regarded as los
ing money because the chickens live
mainly on waste grain about the
barn lot but on these farms the pro-
fits would be so much greater if but
termilk or sour milk could be fed
that large possible profit is being
lost if the chickens get only the grain
and grass they can pick up. They
may pick up insects enough to keep
them from being on an absolute no.
meat ration but a part of the farm
business that can return an average
of $122 farm should be systematic
ally fed on the right kind of food.
During the experiment only ordin-
airy good poultry-feeding methods
were followed. A little scratch feed
was sprinlled in the straw litter deep
enough to make the chickens take
exercise in getting it. Water was
given in clean vessels and a pan of
sour milk kept in the sour milk pen.
At noon, dry mash was measured in
TO the trough and green feed was
often even at the same time, es-
pecially during the winter. Two or
three times a week the fowls were
made to eat more of the mash by
mixing the dry mash with some liquid
to make wet mash which was fed
at tire rate of handful fcr every
four birds.
At night, scratch feed was given
again and the birds were given az
trey would eac to send them to roost
with full crops. This method of
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29
SARANAC

Floy Cilley and Elvah Wilkinson
of Ionia attended Uldine Wilkinson's
birthday party Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Lowrey en-
tertained twenty-five guests in honor
Of the fifth birthday Of their daugh-
ter, Maurine. The out-of town guests
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Lorraine Hire of
Lake Odessa and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Lowrey of Ionia, together with the
grandparents, uncles, aunts and cou-
sins.
The Bennett lecture course of In
dianapolis has just Signed a con-
tract with the Saranac High school
for a winter lecture course. The first
number will appear in December.
Henry Haskins leaves this week
to spend the winter at Karelock, Up
per Peninsula.
Freeman Haskins has just returned
from the hospital at Ann Arbor,
where he has been taking medical
treatment and is entirely well.
Mrs. Frank Braley spent the week
end in Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. ]. Ogilvie motored
to Grand Rapids Sunday to visit Mrs.
Ogilvie's brother, Verne Watt and
family,
Fifteen of the officers of the Boston
Lodge 146 will attend third degree
nintiatory work of the star team of
the Malta Lodge in Grand Rapids
Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. S. Barber gave
Wilson luncheon Monday evening
to ten guests. Silk flags, Wilson'S
pictures, campaign slogans and car
toons were conspicuous in the decora-
tions.
b. F. Faude of Ionia spent Tuesday
in Saranac.
The state board of health sent tu-
berculosis clinics to town Monday for
free test purposes. Some forty or
fifty people were examined.
Thomas Barber had sixteen fine
sheep killed by dogs last week. The
fiocks of Percy Page and Arthur
Eddy also being mutilated.
John Hamilton of Ionia bought 3d.
900 pounds Of wool of the Saranac
Produce company Monday between
trains.
Chas. Mick has let his farm in Ber-
lin and moved to Saranac into the
Phil Taylor house on Church street.
He will prabably assist his father
in-law, Joe Granger in the store. He
will hold an auction sale in a few
days.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29

1t is estimated that the people Of
this country annually waste $780,
100000 because of bad roads. In
vestigations have shown that the
average cost of hauling on roads in
the United States is % cents per
ton per mile. 1t costs the farmer
more to haul bushel of wheat ga
miles, the average distance from
farm to shipping point, than it or
dinarily costs to ship it from New
York to Liverpool. In France, Eng
land and Germany. consular reports
show instances where the cost of
hauling agricultural products is as
low as 10 cents per ton per mile. If
the farmers Of this country could re-
duce the cost of hauling to Is cents
per ton mile, they would save about
$3.50, 100000 which now represents
their "mud tax"
The benefits Of good roads are nu-
merous and far-reaching. They are
a powerful factor in promoting bet
ter farm conditions throughout the
country. They make the farmer
more independent of seasonal and
weather conditions and permit him
to take better advantage of favor
able market and prices. They in
crease the value of his farm and so
enhance his material wealth. They
promote better agricultural methods
and are necessary for an efficient
rural delivery and parcel post. They
have a profound effect on our coun-
try schools and the home life on the
farm. There are indeed few invest
ments which the farmer can make
from which he is so sure to receive
generous dividends as from good
roads.
A reduction in the cost of hauling
is one of the most immediate bene-
fits of a good road. A striking in
stance of this is shown by investiga-
tions conducted in Virginia where the
average distance from the farm to
the market is 1910 miles, and the
average load for the staple crops is
about one ton. Assuming that the
wages of two-horse team and driv-
er are $3.50 per day, it costs the
farmer in Virginia an average of 26
cents per ton mile to market his
crops. If the roads were graded and
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29
NOTICE OF MEETING OF COM
MISSIONERS ON CLAIMS

(First Insertion Nov. l5)
STATE OF MICHIGAN-The pro-
bate court for the county of Ionia.
In the matter of the estate of John
L. Day, deceased.
Having been appointed commission
ers to receive, examine and adjust
all claims and demands of all per-
sons against said deceased, we do
hereby give notice that four months
from the fourteenth day of Novem-
Der, A. d. 1916, were allowed by said
court for creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and adj
justment, and that we will meet at
the Bedding Savings Bank, Belding,
Michigan, in said county, on the 18th
day of January, A. d. 1917, and on
the 14th day of March, A. d. 1917,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of each
of said days, for the purpose of exam
lining and adjusting said claims.
Dated November IA, A. ID. 1916.
HERBERT ANGEL,
J. M. LANGSTON,
25-t-3 Commissioners.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29
NOTICE OF MEETING OF COM
MISSIONERS ON CLAIMS
First Insertion Nov. 22)
n A nJIt on NIIGIIICAAT

(First Insertion Nov. ~
STATE OF MICHIGAN-The pro-
bate court for the county of Ionia.
In the matter of the estate of Ag-
mes Pearl Trask, deceased.
Having been appointed commission
ers to receive, examine and adjust all
claims and demands of all persons
against said deceased, we do hereby
give notice that four months from the
fourteenth day of November, A. d.
1916, were allowed by said court for
creditors to present their claims to
us for examination and adjustment,
and that we will meet at the office
of Frank R. Chase, in the village of
Smyrna, in said county, on the fif-
teenth day of January, A. d. 1917,
and on the fourteenth day of March,
A. ID. 1917, at one o'clock in the af-
ternoon of each Of said days, for the
purpose of examining and adjusting
said claims.
Dated Smyrna, November 81, A. D.
1916.
A. ]. COOK,
E. w. CONDOR,
Gets Commissioners.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29
CUT THIS QUIT is
WORTH MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with Sc and mail il to Foley
& Co., 2843 Sheffield Ave, Chicago, ILL.,,
writing your name and address clearly.
You will receive in return trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound. for bronchial and la grippe coughs,
colds and Group; Foley Kidney Pills, for
lame back, weak kidneys. rheumatism,
bladder troubles; and Foley Cathartic Tab.
lets, wholesome and thoroughly cleans
ing cathartic for constipation, biliousness.
headache and sluggish bowels. You can try
these three excellent remedies for only Sc.
WORTLEY & FRENCH
CONNELL'S DRUG STORE
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29
Caring for Asparagus Beds

Cultivate the asparagus bed and
keep the grass from crowding it out.
1t should receive liberal application
of well-rotted manure. Some authori-
ties contend that salt is a good fer
tilizer to be applied at this season,
but that is an open question, and its
use is not advised if there is any
other fertilizer known to be good,
available.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29
F A r M A N D
O r C III A r d

Small bruises and breaks in the
skin of fruits are large enough to af-
ford entrance to the sports of fungi,
and the necessity for the utmost care
in all operations connected with the
handling of the fruit, to avoid bruis-
ing and mechanical injuries, is more
urgent than most growers realize.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29
Special Attention to Oil

In getting the machinery ready for
farm operations, Prof. H. C. RAM
sower of the agricultural engineering
department, Ohio State university,
urges that special attention be given
to the fabrication of all wearing
parts. "a full oil can to every ma
chine" is the way he states it. Es-
pecially on new machinery and the
farm tractor does the use of oil be-
come important. Make sure that all
oil holes, well, pumps, grease. cups,
and bearings are thoroughly cleaned
of dirt, grit, paint, and foreign mat
ter before the holes are filled, so that
waste matter cannot be carried into
the bearings. Clean wool or cotton
placed in cups will keep out sand and
grit. 1t is a good practice to use
a mixture of equal parts machine
oil and kerosene in the bearings for
the first few hours of operation of a
tractor
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29

Prospective Law Stude-Can an
honest man make living in law?
Party of the Second Part-He
should; he wouldn't have any COM
petition.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29

Although it is nip and tuck wheth-
er the farmer who ships in range cat
tie to feed will make a satisfactory
profit, it is quite certain that the
man who produces his own cattle and
fattens them and markets them when
they are from Is to 20 months old,
will make money.
At that age the baby beef will
weigh from 800 to LOO pounds. The
carcass will be the most economical
for the market to handle and its
production will insure profit for the
farmer. Baby beeves will gain about
as rapidly in the feed lot as other
cattle, and the cost of gain will be
less, as much as or cents a
pound. If the market is not just
right and it will keep on gaining
and gaining economically.
There are a number of notable
successes with baby beef production.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29

Colony Houses for Winter

In ordinary seasons hens can run
at large during considerable part
of the winter. In this case the col
ony house is much more convenient
than the large permanent house. The
buildings are moved to a spot some
what sheltered and banked with
meadow hay, straw or coarse horse
manure. When this is done the hens
are just as comfortable as in big
house, in fact, we believe more COM
Portable in most cases. If the little
buildings have been properly built
they are warm enough.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29
Bedding Market
Quotations

Eggs are now bringing 40c per
dozen, raise of &c from last week.
Chickens are up 1c per pound. In the
grain market oats have gained &c;
rye has dropped &c; clover seed is
bringing 81 more per bushel, and
timothy is up $500. Corn and beans
have taken a little jump.
Corrected Tuesday, Nov. %, 1916
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29
Byron L. Smith
.v the new
Florist

welcomes you to his new green house
for choice cut. flowers, potted plants,
and perennials. Floral designs a
specially f You IS suRIsSrf a W 9e sP
fonia or Citizens phone 23S. Phone
calls will receive prompt attention.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-29

A man doesn't need common sense
if he has enough of the uncommon
kind.