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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19
A Farmer from the Holy Land

There is a farmer living near De-
pew, Oklahoma by the name of Ibrim
Shaffen, who was born under ven
cradle cedar in the classic Lebanon
mountains, lived for some time in
Jericho, attended school in Damascus,
herded sheep near Mount Carmel,
fished in the river Jordan and repeat
edly bathed in the Red Sea.
Ibrim was crippled in his right foot
while climbing down off the great
pyramid in Egypt. He now raises
cantaloupes and peanuts on a little
farm in Creek County, Oklhoma.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19
Deal Did Not Go Through

William Johncox Of Mecosta, who
has been negotiating a deal with r. r.
Moore for his restaurant business,
was in the city Monday to complete
the sale and take possession, but for
some reason satisfactory terms could
not be arranged and the sale fell
through. Mr.. Johncox returned home
Tuesday morning.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19
Good Advice From Pa

PA, what is meant by overtime
pay?" "Overtime pay, my boy, is the
reward for doing little extra labor,
and there are two kinds" "That so !?
What are they?" "Well, some men
insist on collecting their overtime
weekly and at a specified rate; and
others are willing to work overtime
and take their rewards in a successful
future. recommend the latter course
to you."5Detroit Free Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19
THE LATEST COMBINATION.

Fer the past season lingerie has been
cut with full, slouchy effects. This Is
the newest design to meet the needs
Of the fitted IN waist. the trimmer fig
ure. Fashioned Of sheer batiste. this
handmade garment has tucking.
dashes of embroidery. ribbon and val
insertion as trimming. The woman of
nimble fingers can use this excellent
cut for q more durable material, like
finest quality Of longcloth. dimity or Z
good quality Of crepe do chine either
white or flesh color Indeed, experts
say that this latter material. carefully
Numbered, outlasts cotton
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19
COLD WEATHER CLAIMED
RIGHT OF WAY HERE

The weather of the last week has
been one to cause none to doubt the
possibility Of having a real winter.
The thermometer has lowered around
the zero mark for several days. At
one time, Sunday night, it creeped
down around ten below, and then tick
led the marks between that point and
zero for several hours. At many times
it was found to stop at four below.
AS an accompaniment to the frigid
weather the ground was covered with
snow to the depth of about five inches,
and this was later driven into drifts
by the high winds prevalent with the
storm. The recent drop in tempera-
ture was Immediately proceeded with
several days of temperate weather,
during which the thermometer stood
at and above the freezing point much
of the time. Rain and sleet fell in
large quantities and gave the ground
and trees an icy blanket on which to
receive the later snow.
The temperature is moderated this
Wednesday morning and from present
Appearances the community will enjoy
several days relief from the stronger
grips of winter.
Grip and colds, which have been
holding a large part of the population
in suspense, bid fair to withdraw in
the near future. The epidemic is not
so prevalent as a week or two ago,
and those who have not been stricken
are still hoping to escape the malady.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19
Have Gone Home to Alpena

Misses Emma and Mary Erickson
left Friday for Detroit where they
will visit friends for a while before
going to their home in Alpena.
The Erickson Sisters during their
residence here have made many
friends in both business and social
circles. They conducted a very sue
cessful millinery business during their
four years stay in this city.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19
Marriage Licenses


Claude +. Murray, %, Lowell
Alice l.. Warren, %, Belding.
Mathes Schafer, SO, Pewamo; Anna
Marie Miller, 81, Pewamo.
Neil L. Sturgeon, %, Belding; Ida
NJ. Rich, %, Belding.
Thomas B. Stevens, AZ, Howard
City; Effie M. VanWert, 81, Saranac
Jacob Gonser, 40, Sebewa; Nettie
II. Randalls, AZ, Sebewa.
A. J. Cowden Gone
Mrs. Henry Skellenger has received
word of the death of her brother, A
j. Cowden, aged Ga years in Belling-
ham, Washington, January 8. He
lived with his brother, Harrison Cow.
den.
The deceased went west many years
ago from this locality and will be re-
membered by the older residents here
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19
The Premium Car

Every resident of Belding and vic
Unity will be interested in the Ford
twelve business men of the city. Each
of these twelve merchants give auto
mobile tickets with each cash pur-
chase of twenty-five cents or over
made in their respective stores. Read
the announcement this week and be-
come well acquainted with the mer-
chants who are giving automobile
tickets. You will find it on another
page of the Banner.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-19
GORGEOUS EVENING WRAP.

From a deep collar of sealskin hang
ample folds of old rose panne corduroy
cut bayadere. The richness of the ma
terial and the plainness OF the design
achieve very luxurious effect. Seal
skin is used for the deepish cuffs. This
Is one of the smartest winter models
for an opera coat.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-15
Embroideries and Laces

Great Reduction in all articles Of Trimming
and our Lace and Embroidery Stock offers
some Of the most important items for the
June Sale
One assortment Of very fine clean cut Long
Cloth Embroideres, values up to sc yard.
June sale, yard --.-.---1Oc
All the choice effects in the latest en-
brolderies are included in this sale without
any restrictions whatever SO you will have
no cause for regret in attending this sale.
I5c Embroideries lie 45c Embroideries 33c
zoe Embroideries Ice 5oc Embroideres 39c
25c Embroideries l9c 65c Embroideries ACC
soc Embroideries 23c 98c Embroideries CSC
Csc per cent discount on all FIounces and
Allovers
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-15
White Goods

White Goods
NAINSOOK
Snow white Nainsook for midsummer
undergarments and infants dresses. A real
sc cloth.
June Sale 1Oc yard
LINWEAVE AND FLAXONS
Plain and fancy checks and materials that
look and wash like fine linens offered at the
following prices:
CSC Qualities 2lc yard 2oc Qualities Csc ward
35c qualities at 29c yard
All other White Goods 10 per cent discount.
WHITE SUITINGS
For skirts and white suits These materials
are much in demand and are just the thing
for mid summer wear
35c value Gaberdnes and Mercerized Suit
ings. June Sale 29c yard
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

this line that their display advertising
has sadly fallen off because the
shrewd advertiser cuts his pay adver-
tising in proportion to the amount he
can get out of "frec readers"
1t is not only fair but pleasure
to boost the local merchants who deal
with you year in and year out and pay
Their bills. The foreign stunt of ask
ing for 500 worth of free space for
every $40 spent for legitimate adver-
Using, is much on the order of asking
your grocer to throw in a sack of
-four every time you buy package of
yeast cake.
The only difference between the
grocer and the newspaper man is, that
the average fellow would buy more
yeast cake, but the advertiser of the
kind mentioned only buys less yeast
cake and wants more -four.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

The report that the state officials
intend to station officers along the
state line with stomach pumps to pre-
vent the importation Of jags into the
state after the recently adopted
amendment goes into force, has been
denied. Breath detectors may be used
in some cases, but this has not been
defnately settled on as yet; this is no
joke, for if you have it in your posses
sion, either jug, or tummy, you are
up against the law just the same. The
law says "dry" and there is no ap-
parent leakage" in it this time.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

There is nothing more lovable than
the present attitude Of the "independ-
ent" democratic papers of the state
who are now wishing and hoping for
"non-partisan" settlement of the
contest for governor, especially those
newspapers who are so entirely mon
partisan" and independent" that
they fear the loss Of patronage if a
republican should be declared elected
merely because he secured more votes
than governor Hunt did. With dem
ocratic judges throughout the state,
a democratic supreme court; majo-
rity of democratic judges of election
boards all over the state, it does GER
tainly seem that when Campbell Off
cially received some thirty votes more
than Hunt did, he was fairly entitled
to them. While the entire machinery
of the state is democratic, we will
venture to wager that the judges of
the state care more for their reputa-
tons than they do for Gov. Hunts
personal ambitions.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

Just to avoid any misunderstand-
ings, Christmas will fall on December
25th, this year, which will come about
the day called Monday; New Years
day, which has heretofore marked the
beginning of the new year, will start
to commence on January LIST, 1917.
Tom and Jerry and E. Nogg, also AL
X. Hall are not expected to be present
this year at any Of the old time festi-
vities because of recent constitutional
troubles. Santa Claus is expected as
usual, but he is reminded to be care
full of his whiskers.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

A subscription list has been started
over the state by the friends of Tom
Campbell, to assist him in his contest
against Gov. Hunt. The people gene
rally feel certain that Campbell was
elected and they do not propose to see
him lose the Office he honestly won
just because he has insufficient funds
to go through contest brought on
by the hopes that they may be able
to skin him or at least break him in
the effort to defeat the will Of the
people.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15
Sharp and Pointed

Chairman Herbert S. Houston said
at the Associated Advertising clubs
convention in Philadelphia:
"A good advertisement should be as
sharp pointed as the Irishman's ans
wer:
The witty judge, Lord Morris, was
on the Irish circuit, and one evening
at dinner he tried to tell story, but
an Irishman kept interrupting him.
Finally, in despair, Lord Morris,
seized the interrupter by the sleeve.
Surely" he said, surely, man, We
want to hear the story o. the rint-
breaker O. Ballyskibereen?"
"No, no, me lord" said the inter-
ruper, that's the lie / tould we my
self yesterday"
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15
LIVING THE HIGH COST

The high cost of living is not to be
wondered at so much when you stop
to think of it. When you stop at the
modern hotel today, you have to bring
your own tooth brush; and where is
the old family comb and brush that
used to be on the old pine commode?
Gone, all gone, and whether you drink
or not you must have your individual
drinking cup. You used to be able to
go out to the pump and get drink of
water, or drink out of an old COW
track, but now the bell boy must be
paid for his ring. The good old time
hotels used to leave a bucket of water
with you and you could drink it or
wash in it or leave it for the next fell
low. In the days you rushed down to
the old common base burner to get
"het" up in the morning after you
got the main part of your clothes on;
now they send you up eight or ten
bubbles of steam through a pipe and
you settle for it when the hotel clerk
gets his diamond ring squared around
so that it shines in your eye. When
you break into the lobby there are
several young fellows with whisk
broo.ns hitting you on the pockets to
see whether or not you have airy lose
charge left. When you kick on prices
they only lay it to the interstate COM
.hercc law and find something else
they left out of the original bill.
While freight rates are just what
General Sherman said war was, many
folks today in business have added
whole lot of ''kickerine" also pep" to
his moderate statement of fact.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

The heterologous conglamoration
of headlines has "inaugurated" a
grand new feature, and by strenuous
work and special arrangements neces-
stating much brain-fag, has secured
the stock letter from j. A. Rickart,
giving the Kansas City stock market.
While The Sun has only run this
specially arranged for" feature some
fifteen years, we can not but help con-
graduating our neighbor on being so
enterprising as to just have dis
covered it in The Sun. If they con-
tinue this wonderful discernment as
to new features and read The Sun
carefully they may discover many
more.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

The Jerome News has come to the
front within the last six months as
only booming mining camp paper
could, backed by newspapermen who
are alive to every opportunity. Last
week they printed 16 pages and casu-
ally remarked that it could have been
thirty pages if they had been able to
handle that amount of stuff with their
present equipment. The News an
nounces that they have bought new
plant and expect to be running daily
paper by the middle of next month,
but will continue the weekly as here
tofore. Step on 'er Dug; nothing like
going when COINS good.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15
PURITY" AN UNUSUAL
PICTURE AT ORPHEUM

A picture about which little has
been said, yet which is sure to be one
of the sensations of the season, is to
be presented at the Orpheum theatre
Christmas Day.
The picture is called Purity" and
it is the first filming of the nude in
art that is really artistic. The pic
ture stands entirely upon its merit as
genuine production in the better
sense of the term, and in spite of the
fact that the posing is the most dar-
ing ever attempted on the screen, the
salacious element is entirely missing.
The story is as sweet as the noun
tain fastness in which it is laid. 1t
is partly allegorical, and blends from
the visions of the poet in the earlier
scenes into gripping, compelling hu-
man interest tale, with one of the
strongest, sincerest love stories i'm
aginable.
Purity is the girl of the woods;
the poets conception of the word;
everything that is lovely. The vision
is incarnated and becomes a person
age. They love, but the poet is poor;
no publisher will print his verse, he
falls i'll and the girl accepts the prof
fer of the artist to poss for his mas
terpiece, and to dance at a lawn fete
in classic steps and the altogether.
The star is Audrey Munson, said to
be the worlds most beautiful model,
and the girl who won the $4,000 prize
offered for the original for much of
the San Francisco exposition statu-
airy. There is artistry in every pose;
there is much merit in the story, the
scenes are as beautiful as the poets
dream.
The picture ran for several weeks
in Los Angeles. It should not be con-
fused with other offerings which have
been made in Flagstaff, for it is not
a comparative basis. 1t is worth see
ing and seeing with an open mind.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

The contest between Campbell and
Hunt promises to be Of more benefit
to Campbell than it will ever be to
Hunt, including elections to come
within the state. The petition pre-
sented by Attorney Ives for Hunt has
been termed "a fishing excursion" by
Judge Sloan the attorney for Camp
bell, meaning that the contest has not
been based on any definite grounds,
but that recount of the ballots may
give them some lead upon which to
charge fraud. Up to the present time
no specific charge has been made and
the demand for a recount is the last
hope of the governor and his large
gathering of Office holders to hold on
to the public teat for another two
years.
Whether the people of the state will
stand for the raw contest" now being
made it yet to be proven; most people
believe that majority should rule,
but during the Hunt administration,
this feature of government has been
salty neglected, and on that basis
many people would not be very much
surprised if Gov. Hunt did not issue
a proclamation Of his own election
and go ahead with affairs very much
on the order of what Villa has been
doing.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

The Secretary of Agriculture has
again recommended that the Grand
Canyon be made national park. The
only objection local people have is
that it is generally the idea of the
wise young men who make the report
on the project, to take in about all the
country laying around lose in order
to show what big job they have been
on. A reasonable limit along the
great scenic wonder of the world
might be of benefit, but there is no
reason of throwing in a few hundred
thousand acres of grazing land just
because they have the authority.
There is not any too much open coun-
try left in Arizona as it stands, as
you will notice by glancing at the
government maps of the state.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15
TRICKS OF THE o
ADVERTISING TRADE

The missing copy" artists among
the foreign advertising agents is be-
coming noticeably less year by year.
As a rule these artists make a good
comfortable salary from the newspa-
pers of the country, especially the
smaller ones, by holding up their ac-
counts and sending back for supposed
ly missing copies of the paper year
old or more, claiming they can't pay
until they are received. 1t is true that
copies of papers go astray, because
there is but very little Importance at
tached to delivering newspapers by
postoffice employees, but usually an
honest advertising agency discovers
the dates missing long before eight
or ten months have rolled around.
They have got their money from the
company doing the advertising, shown
rrocf, then figure on how many in
sertions they can skin the publisher
out Of by demanding more papers
several months old.
A new idea has sprung up within
tire last few years among certain
class Of advertisers. They contract
for few dollafs worth Of display ad-
vertising and then demand ten times
TIC value in "free readers" because
their business is so interesting to the
public. Many newspaper publishers
have been so unbusiness like along
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

Notwithstanding that these are not
exactly dog days" there are seeming
ly more dogs using the days, also
nights, for barking expeditions than
for several moons heretofore noted.
Sometimes one would think the dogs
were holding convention here. Tags
do not seem to do any good, and we
would suggest that mufflers be used
on them.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15
SOAK 'EM-THEY CAN'T HELP 1T

While there are many good things
ABOUT the Forest Service to take into
consideration so far as their work has
gone, there is one thing that is some
what amusing, when they make the
statement that they propose to make
the "Forest Service self-sustaining.
The general public was under the i'm
preston that the Forest Service"
was an institution for the protection
of the forests of the country-that is
the trees that grew up few hundred
years ago in spite of the now forest
Service" 1t now appears that by the
selling of this great axea of vergin
timber, it is impossible to keep up the
overhead expenses" and pay the peo-
pie who are handling the timber for
the government.
Give an ordinary rancher 100 acres
of timbered land and he could usually
sell it at profit.
The Forest Service has been unable
to handle the virgin timber on that
basis-the great point with them has
been the conservation of resources"
whatever that may be.
Now, with all the power given them
by the great government of the Unit
ed States to go and take that which
would seem best to their purposes,
they claim that with all their stock in
trade given to them, they feel that
more must be taken from the people
in order that they can show profits to
the government.
1t is burned poor tradesman who
can't make living and pay expenses
when made present of a stock Of
goods, II he wants the one who
made him the present Of the stock Of
goods to pay for the help and over
head charges to get away with the
game.
That is the exact condition Of the
forest services contention today.
The timber turned over to them can
not be made to pay the expense of
handling. Millions have been spent in
excess of their "stock in trade"-a
free gift, now it is proposed that they
can raise the rate of postage-or
rather grazing fees, they have abso-
lutte power, and there you are
In other words-we have our own
store, our own men, and there is no
other store, nor any other men; if you
can beat our combination you will
surprise us like-h--everything.
If the Forest Service can not pay
expenses in handling the timber Of
the west, why should the stockmen
and ranchers pay for it? That's the
point.
The honest Wall street broker and
the poor men of the east firmly be-
lieve that the pioneer has taken too
much away from him in the great
frauds perpetrated on the Forest Ser
vice, and there should be some retri-
button.
Gladly we find that we are reserved
for Indians, forests, power sites, ma
tional parks, monuments, land grants,
geological surveys, guide posts, ETC..
etc, but it does not seem reasonable
that we should be responsible to the
financial agent, arbitrary appointed
over us, to pay the expenses of all the
people he feels freely disposed to APP
point to see that we pay the freight.
In other words, give us the power
to charge all We please and make 'em
take it at that, and we will endeavor
TO run semi-weekly newspaper.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

Villa has kindly consented to have
his men shoot only Americans, not
probably because they shoot any
easier, but because they cause less
trouble after being shot.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15
Duty Dances

"Pa, what are duty dances ?"
"Those you dance with your own
relatives and those with the women
your wife insists on your dancing
with"
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

Get your property in Flagstaff now,
before it goes up in the spring again.
Shop early.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

Elks Jitney dance in Herman's new
building Saturday night. SC a dance.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1916-12-15

Popular Mechanics offsrs no prsmiars;
does NOT Join 10 "eisb6inE offers" and
employs solicitors to secsrs subscyiptions
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-21

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS CARDS
that are as distinctive and personal
as letter Of good wishes.
Prices from Sc to Soc
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-21

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