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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-02-18
ROrvk Writes Banner
Regarding Railroad News
Circle, Mont, Feb. IA, '16
Editor Circle Banner,
Dear SIR

EuIlOT OIClC DdHHcT,
Dear Sir
Under heading: "Col. Hull in
forms Contract has been let", yol
proceed as follows: About the
most reliable information about
R. R., construction, ETC., etc"
You say further: "This informa
ton coming from Mr.. Hull whom
it is.known has heretofore never
let out any information regarding
the railroads intentions we con-
slider about the most reliable OF
anything we have heard yet"
Now Ben, being a good fellow
you should not had us to store up
our eggs and butter till we can
ship them out on the Great Nor
thern for they,mi spoil. If you
will hunt through the Yellowstone
Monitor of a year ago you will
find where Col. Hull is quoted as
authority for similar railroad news
and like in the Banner is referred
to as the man who talks only
when he knows.
Your article starts off alright, it
says, ABOUT the most reliable
information. It should not be
relied on even then, for all this
information we have had every
winter for 6 or 7 years has been
unreliable.
Six years ago l was asking a
railroad official if he thought it
advisable to put in a crop OH the
right-of-way which the official
contracted for. He fold me II
would be permitted to but il
would be Of no use as the con-
struction crews would destroy the
crops and l would get no damages.
The crew have not destroyed it
yet.
To the farmers | would say:
Never mind railroad nows. Get
some live stock and keep saving
wood. 1t is against your own in
terest and safety to gamble on
the coming of the railroad. The
land grabber and speculator
might wink his eye, but your
family is much safer if you plan
to get along without rail till you
see the real cars.
(Signed) P. RoRvIK
The above communication was
handed the editor for publication
this week, which it will be noticed
refers to an article on railroad
news which appeared in the
Banner last week.
Mr.. Rorvik evidently thinks
that our article would have a
tendency to make people believe
that the railroad was coming this
summer sure, and does not con-
slider Mr.. Hull's statements { whom
we quoted as authority for our
last week. as very
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-09-22
co MING BACK

United Doctors Specialist viii
Again Be at Lexington, Mo-,
Morris Hotel, Thursday
September %, 1916.
ONE DAY ONLY
Hours 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Re-
markable Success of Talented
Physician in the Treatment of
Chronic Diseases. Offer Ser
vices free of Charge.
The United Doctors Specialist,
licensed by the State of Missouri
for the treatment of all diseases,
including deformities, nervous
and chronic diseases of men,
women and children, offer to all
who call on this trip, %consulta-
ton, examination, advice free,
making no charge whatever, ex-
cept the actual cost of treat
ment. All that is asked in re-
turn for these valuable services
is that every person treated will
state the result obtained to their
friends and thus prove to the
sick afflicted in every city
and locality, that at last treat
ments have been discovered that
are reasonably sure and certain
in their effect.
The United Doctors are eX-
perts in the treatment of chronic
diseases and so great and won
derful have been their results
that in many cases it is hard to
find the dividing line between
skill and miracle.
Diseases of the stomach, in
testines, liver, blood, skin,
nerves, heart, spleen, rheuma-
tism, sciatia, tapeworm, leg ul-
cerscers, weak lungs and those
afflicted with long-standing.
deep-seated, chronic diseases.
that have baffled the skill of the
family physician, should not fai.
to call. Deafness often has beer
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-09-22
Methods-Not Deeds.

The more signal the service
rendered the people by any act Of
President Wilson, the more bit
ter the attacks on him by Re-
publican papers.
He kept the country out of
war. How they abuse his
method of doing it.
He settled the strike situation
by the firm adherence of the
simple right. How Republican
editors rave over his method of
doing it. Heretofore their slo-
gan of criticism has been
words not deeds;" but now
when his words are few and his
action prompt they are even
more vociferous in their abuse
Unhappy is the lot of Repub.
lican editors under the Wilson
administration in every case, t
avoid palpable folly, they arr
forced to the tacit admission
that either his action was righ'
while his method only wa
wrong, or his method was RICH.
and his action wrong.
One can detect a wailing note
a minor chord of misery in al
their objurations.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-09-22

students. These may be saved
until the end of the year, when,
after the profits have been de-
termined, the student receives a
check for his part of the stores
earnings. The slips may other
wise be offered for rebates on
future purchases.
This dividend amounts to 10
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-09-22
OURS THE CREDITlNG
NATION
Figures to Satisfy the Country
That 1t is No Fools Para

The Now York World has COM
piled some interesting and con-
vincing date for the voters of
the country to regard this
Democratic era of prosperity as
merely a Fools Paradise"
"The Anglo-French loan," says
the World, "of $500, 900, 900
loated in this market a year ago
rested wholly on the joint credit
of the two Governments, and the
proceeds were equally divided
between them. The present adj
ditional British borrowing of
$3.50, 900, 1000 like the recent adj
ditional French borrowing of
500, 900, 900 is further protect
ed by collateral security of A
merican and Canadian stocks
and bonds Of a number of neu-
trial Governments of a market
value 20 per cent, in excess of
the loan.
"This brings the total British
war borrowings in the Amer
lean market up to $3.50, 5000
Canada's borrowings here since
the war began total $120, 600, 900.
Some $43O,OOO, 900 has been
loaned to France, $3.50, 600, 900
to Russia, $25, 100000 to Italy,
$40, 900, 900 to Germany, and
$27, 900, 900 to neutral European
countries. The grand total of
European war loans in this mar
ket to date is $1,422,0 0O, 900.
"Since January 1915, we have
sold aboard $2,972,OOO,O 900 more
of merchandise than we have
bought abroad. We have so
far received in payment for this
amazing trade balance these
foreign evidences of debt to the
amount Of $1,422, 900, 900. We
have received in gold a net sum
of over 100000, 900. There ac-
cordingly remains to July l last
an unsettled balance of $780,
100000, which probably in most
part represents the amount OF
foreign-held American securi.
ties sold here in the open market
during that time, additional tt
the very large amounts sold be
fore the war broke out.
"Out net foreign debt two anC
a half years ago was around
5000, OOO,O 1t cannot be
half that figure to-day, and the
balance is melting away rapidly
under the continuing vast excess
of exports. So swift a rise Of
the Nation from a debtor to a
creditor position would be be-
yond all belief were not the facts
so clearly beyond all dispute"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-09-22

per cent or more each year.
Thus it provides a means for
students to make material saw
ings on the purchase of school
supplies. The management of
the store is in the hands of a
board of directors elected by the
students.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-09-22
The October American Magazine.

The October American Magazine.
An article about Charles M.
Schwab called "Schwabs Own
Story" as told by himself and
his associates appears in the Oc-
tober American Magazine. This
article describes Schwab and his
career with intimate, personal
stories connected with his sue
cess.
Between Two Worlds" ends
and a new serial by Marjorie
Benton Cooke, called Cinderella
Jane" begins. There is another
dog story by John Taintor Foote
as well as another Bird Man
Story called Loves Umpire"
by Walter Pritchard Eaton.
Jack Lait's story is Saturday at
Six" and it is fully as funny as
his previous tales.
"How | was cured of the Bad
Habit of Dragging" tells how a
salesman who could sell goods
always lost his customers by
Dragging; Fortunes Made in
Popular Songs relates how the
composers of the melodies you
whistle made their start; and
"Three Young Men With IDEAS
is the story about three young
men who built up the largest
country story in America.
Then there is the state article
on Nevada the results of the
Most Wonderful Man l know
contest; the Interesting People
and the Habit Department
which has some unusually gooC
features this month.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-09-22

Student Store Returns Profits.
The students maintain a Co.
operative store at the University
of Missouri at Columbia, which
furnishes a large part of the
school supplies to the thousands
who come each year and which
pays dividends on each purchase.
Purchase slips are given to the
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-09-22
in sixty days.

cured in sixty days.
According to their system no
more operation for appendicitis,
gall stones, tumors, goiter, piles,
ETC., as all cases accepted will be
treated without operation or by
podermic injection, as they were
among the first in America to
earn the name of "Bloodless
surgeons" by doing away with
the knife with blood and with
all pain in the successful treat
ment of these dangerous dis
eases.
No matter what your ailment
may be, no matter what others
may have told you, no matter
what experience you may have
had with other physicians, it will
be to your advantage to see
them at once. Have it forever
settled in your mind. If your
case is incurable they will give
you such advice as may relieve
and stay the disease. Do not
put off this duty you owe your
self or friends or relatives who
are suffering because of your
sickness, as a visit at this time
may help you.
WORKOUT and rundown men
or women, no matter what your
ailment may be, call, it costs you
nothing.
Remember, this free offer is
for this visit only.
Married ladies come with their
husbands and minors with their
parents.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-09-22

Mrs. Felix Buellens returned
Sunday morning from a visit in
Kansas City.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-09-22

Frank Chedotte spent Sunday
in Higginsville.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04
Southwest Arbela.

Leon Garvin visited relatives in Birch
Run over Sunday.
Mrs. Elmer Murphy is suffering from
a severe cold this week.
Mckinley LOOMS visited relatives in
Thetford and Vienna, last week.
Mrs. Elmer Murphy and Miss Ruth
Nickless visited in Pine Run on Satur-
day last.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. C. Ash visited their
daughter, Mrs. c. C. Wright. of Caro-,
last week.
Grant and Harry Murphy. who are
working in Birch Run, visited their
parents here on Sunday.
Harry Sears has been very sick.
threatened with typhoid fever, but is
able to be out again at this writing.
Samuel Hosmer, who has been suffer-
ing from eye trouble the past two
weeks. is slowly recoveringi from the
attack.
Mrs. Clyde Garvin has been staying
in Birch Run for several days, helping
in the care of her mother, Mrs. Briggs.
who is very low from pneumonia.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04
MUNsELL ESTATE
State of Michigan

State of Michigan,
The Probate Court for the County of Genesee.
At a session Of said Court held at the Probate
Office, in the city Of Flint, in said county. the
gath day Of January. A. ID, 1916.
Present: Hon. Colonel o. Swayze. Judge of
Probate.
In the matter Of the estate Of CatIin w. Munsell.
deceased.
James J. Jones, administrator Of said estate.
having filed in said court his petition. praying for
license TO sell the interest of said estate in GER
tain real estate therein described at private sale
1t is ordered. that the 23rd day of February. A.
ID. 1916. at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at said
probate Office. be and Is hereby appointed for
hearing said petition, and that all persons inter-
ested in said estate appear before said court. at
said time and place TO show cause why license
to sell the interest Of said estate in said real
estate should not be granted:
II is further ordered that public notice thereof
be- given by publication Of a copy of this order.
for three successive weeks previous TO said day
Of hearing. in the Clio Messenger. newspaper
printed and circulated in said county.
COLONEL o. SwAYzE.
true copy. Judge Of Pre- pate.
TRENT BowLEs. Register Of Probate. 8
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

meeting with Mrs. Albert Harmon,
last Tuesday. The next meeting is at
Mrs. Mark Sheridan's.
The Grange held their meeting last
Thursday at the home of A. j. Braba-
zon. The next meeting will also be
held at the home of Mr.. Brabazon,
Feb. 3.
Little Ethelda Crawford celebrated
her 4th birthday, Feb. l. Several Of
her little friends were present and en-
joyed popcorn and popcorn balls and
had good time.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pettitt has returned
home after visiting her aunt, Mrs. Ann
Smith. who is SO years of age, and who
resides few miles from Otisville.
Mrs. Smith is very i'll.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04
Thetford.

Carlin Wildfong is on the sick list.
Lyle Brown, of the M. A. c. spent
Saturday with his mother.
Samuel Baker was in Flint on bust
ness, Tuesday.
A meeting of the Thetford Arbor of
Cleaners was held in the hall Monday
evening and the officers for the ensuing
year were installed. After installation
an oyster supper was given and all re-
port very enjoyable evening. The
following officers were installed:
Chief Cleaner, o. H. Beckwith.
Vice Chief Cleaner, Howard Adams.
Chaplain, Rosamond Whitman.
Sec. Treas, Bessie Beckwith.
Conductor, George Whitman.
Lecturer, Marjory Sanford.
Outer Guard, Burma Reynolds.
Inner Guard, Otto Hornung.
Dallas Brown, of Flint, spent Sunday
with his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
j. Brabazon.
Miss Cleta French spent Saturday
and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Fiske
Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Fl. Beckwith were
in Saginaw Saturday, called by the ILL
ness of the formers brother. Logan,
who is seriously i'll in Saginaw General
Hospital.
Linnie Brabazon has returned to
Flint after spending Saturday and Sun
day with her parents.
Three more members of l.. Smiths
family are seriously i'll.
w. G. Crawford has returned to
Flint after spending Sunday with his
family.
Mr. and Mrs. M. r. Crawford were in
Flint on business, Monday.
C. L. Manchester. of Clio, spent Sun
day with his mother, Mrs. r. Craw-
ford.
Mrs. Sam. Baker and children spent
Saturday and Sunday with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Nj. R. Crawford.
Mrs. Neal Galbraith and son spent
Saturday and Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Brabazon.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04
STRUBLE ESTATE

State of Michigan. County of Genesee-ss
At session Of the Probate Court for said
County of Genesee. held at the Probate Office in
the City of Flint. on the 18th day of January in
the year one thousand nine hundred and sixteen
Present. Colonel o. Swayze Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of David Struble.
deceased.
Petition having been filed in this court for the
allowance of a certain written instrument on
file in said court purporting TO be the last will and
testament of said deceased.
II is Ordered. that Wednesday. the BIRD day of
February next. at nine o'clock in the forenoon
at said Probate Office. be appointed for hearing
said petition.
And 1t is Further Ordered That copy Of this
Order be published three successive weeks prev
ious to said day of hearing in the Clio Messenger.
Newspaper printed and circulating in the Coun-
ty of Genesee.
Colonel o. Swayze. Judge Of Probate.
A true copy.
Trent Bowles. Register. 2
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04
HOW GREAT INDUSTRY BEGAN
bIed Over Discovery Of I'm
mense Importance.

An experimenting chemist. endeav-
oring to produce artificial quinine, u.s.
ing a base known as aniline, not only
obtained coloring matter called mauye,
but laid the foundation for the coal-tar
color industry. which has developed
until today almost every color and
shade Of color is derived from ami
line. Aniline had been obtained previ-
ously from the indigo plant anil"
The discovery Of mauve created a
large demand for the artificial aniline
base, and gave unexpected value to
benzine. 1t yielded aniline by being
treated with nitric acid and with the
borings OF cast iron powdered into
dust. Having done its work in the
aniline still, the dust was used by the
gas maker to cleanse his coal gas from
sulphur. and then 1t passed to the
manufacturing chemist. who burned the
sulphur out OF 1t and produced a sui
phuric acid-a cycle of operations
whose beginning and end was the uti-
lization of waste. This method of pro-
ducing color was responsible for the
uCoOiotC hCiuo Va uhu
Holland and for the loss to the Hindus
of their long-cherished indigo cultiva-
tion. Anthracene. one of the heavier
oils of coal tar, caused the -iall Of the
madder-growing industry. The madden
produced violets. reds, blacks, purple
and dark browns. Anthracene was
sold very cheaply for lubricating pur-
poses until certain chemists heated 1t
with zinc filings and produced alizarin.
and then the secret of the madden
plant was discovered. In this way
chemistry displaced agriculture, one
pound Of alizarin having the coloring
power of ninety pounds Of madden,
and the lubricating oil sold at trifie
as waste became valuable coloring
matter
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

In recent number of L'Astronomie
Camille Flammarion publishes an in
genious memoir illustrated with
quaint woodcuts from a sixteenth CEN
fury work on prodigies, in which he
shows that all the celestial and terres-
trial omens of war in which our fore
fathers so firmly believed duly ush-
cred in the great conflict now raging
in Europe. These include % the
total solar eclipse of August 81, 1914,
visible in Europe and Asia; CD Della
vans naked-eye comet, known as the
war comet" discovered at the close
Of 1913 and destined to remain visible
for the next five years (from which
the superstitious might augur seven
years of war;; 60 the transit of Msr-
curry on November z, 1914; (4) the fall
of a 35-pound meteorite in England
last October; 90 the great Italian
earthquake Of January Is. 1915; Co a
'tricolored" star, OF which M. Flam-
marion promises to furnish particu-
lars later, only remarking for the
present that II was an optical effect
much exaggerated by the popular
imagination and lastly all sorts of
remarkable weather, including a win
try day in June of last year, with a
minimum temperature Of Al degrees
in Paris. 1t would be too bad, adds
the Scientific American, to refute this
accumulated evidence OF the futility
of modern science by seeking for pre-.
vious periods of year or so in which
similar omens were manifested and
no war followed.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04
Thetford Center

George Geiger spent Tuesday in Flint.
Will Barnum and wife spent Tuesday
in Flint.
Mrs. Robt. Davidson visited Mrs.
Vestie Scott, Friday.
Fred Gates, of Grand Radios, spent
Sunday with his family.
Henry Scott and wife visited at the
home of Fred Gates, Sunday.
George Fisher and wife visited Le-
want and Laura Jobson, Sunday.
Miss Marjory Sanford is in Clio at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Vess Butler
Little Ethelda Crawford entertained
little Mary Mcdowell, Friday after
noon.
Ben Mcdowell visited his father, Sun
day. Mr. Mcdowell is quite i'll with a
severe cold.
Mr. Switzerland, of Millington, has
been visiting at the homes of Ben Nc
Dowell a.. Otis Scott.
Levant Laura Jobson have been
entertain their brother, Grant job
son, the pa week.
Mrs. Ia Page, of Detroit, spent Sun
day and Ma day at the home of her
son, Wayne Page and wife.
A 12-lb 500 named Clare Tracy, was
born to NJ nd Mrs. Paul Bishop, of
West Fore Wednesday, Jan. 26.
CongraDi g.
The D. Tub held their regular
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

Mrs. George Stuart spent few days
in Birch Run visiting friends.
Mrs. VIM. Owens. of Blackmar, spent
Tuesday at the home of her father, j.
Courtney.
Mrs. <. NJ. Day is confined to her
home with illness.
Jud Gray is spending the week with
his mother in Detroit.
Mrs. Harry Fleet, of Freeland. is the
guest at the home of her sister, Mrs.
George Stuart.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

MISS BERTHA YERDEN tea
cher of Piano and Organ, stu
dio at residence on Bluff St.
Clio. ic h. Flint on Wednes-
days; Birch Run, Thursdays,
and other days at home.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

MISS ELLA M. RUSSELL, Plan
list. Graduate of Michigan Con-
servatory, of Detroit, and Stu
dent of Victor Benham, re.
nowned European artist, re-
ceives pupils at Mrs. N. w.
Mann's on Saturday.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

GRACE B. ADAMS, teacher of
Piano, residence on Center ST.,
Clio, Mich. In Flint Tuesdays,
Thursdays, Saturdays and at
residence in Clio, Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

DR.. r. H. NEELANDS, Dentist;
Office over X. Jones' store. Dentistry
in all its modern branches. Special
care TO children's teeth. Goes to Mt
Morris every Wednesday. Valley
phone No 90.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

BENJAMIN T. GOODFELLOW. M
ID. Physician and surgeon. Office
over Bodine's drug store. Office
hours, 1890 p. IN. TO 2 p. m. and
$50 p. m. to 800 p. N. daily and
Saturday afternoons. Valley
phone 107.'
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

O. o. FORBUSH, X-Ray Specialist
in Optometry. Glasses Fitted Ev-
cry Day but Sunday.
Clio, Mich.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

DR.. PERRY E. WHITE-Office over
Huyck's drug store. Office
hours, 100 to 400 p. m. Valley
phone.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

Robertson's rubber goods are guar
anteed for two years.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

FOR SALE Or exchange for Clio prop
erty. good forty acre farm. Frank
Leonard. Thetford. Tinker phone. /
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04
DIRECTORY

CLIO l.. o. L. 1863, meets in Odd Eel
low hail, second and fourth Mondays
of each month.
MARTIN BROWN, w. M.
w. r. cox. Secretary.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

FOR SALE-Hard coal base burner in
good condition. Apply Jobson & Hop
kins' real estate Office. 81
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

FOR SALE Young pure bred Short
horn calves, of both sexes John An
derson. Clio. Valley phone. 4
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

LOST smooth tread tire. be-
tween Birch Run and Clio. Apply r.
X. Knight, Garage. 81
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

FOR SALE-New mich COW. G. b.
Barker. Thetford. Tinker phone. 2
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

FOR SALE-Two young new mich
cows, Oscar Sears, Thetford. Tinker
phone. 81
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

WANTED-Dress making to do. Prices
Sl.00 to $500 Mrs. John Dunbar,
over waiting room.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

FOR SALE-Eight room house, and
lot. with barn and coal shed. Mrs.
o. X. Whitlock.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-04

FOR SALE-Quantity of wheat straw.
Mrs. j. Saunders, Thetford. 2