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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-09-01
QUESTION CRAZE
SEXES THE COP.
Democratic WORLD Long Had
Monopoly of This Idiocy But
Opposite Party Is infected.
STRING OF INTERPRETATIONS
TO TEASE WILSON IDOLATERS

QUESTIONABLE No. Twill All the Will
son Notes Be at His Notifications
How Did Fool Free Trade Hit
Your Line Of Business Just Before
the Battles Began2-When the War
Babies Die Will You Weep at the
Funeral2
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-09-01
HOME OF AVERAGE MAN.

But America is not simply
land for the man of special tai
ent or of distinguished ept;tude.
This is the home OF the average
man, the ordinary man who is
doing his best, whatever. by tai
ent or aptitude and in our large
. industrial occupations where
thousands are gathered together
In one service, we want q recog.
milton of human brotherhood I'm
providing for the welfare of
those who make the wealth of
this great country.
1--WE want workingmen to be
safeguarded from every injury
that can be prevented. We
want the health OF the work.
ingmen looked after; every
q means provided which conduces
to the proper standpoint of liv.
ing; every means provided for
proper recreation; appropriate
!. means for education. for voca.
tional training. In short the
! workingman who is on the job
and expects to continue In that
|; job ought TO feel that he is doing
something worth while for
! community that appreciates II
and gives him fair chance to
lead a happy and decent life
From Mr. Hughes speech al
: Detroit
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-09-01
Notice OF Hearing Claims.
The Lure.

"How can she marry him, knowing
that he's dissipated? ?" But his fortune
isn't."-Boston Transcript.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-09-01
w. II. Goss, Surveyor.

W. II. GOss, Surveyor.
Said Job will be let by sections. The section at
the outlet of the said Drain will be let first and
the remaining sections in their order up stream in
accordance with the diagram now on file with the
other papers pertaining to said Drain, in the
office OF the County Drain Commissioner of the
said County of Van Buren,, to which reference
may be had by all parties interested, and bids Will
be made and received accordingly. Contracts will
be made with the lowest responsible bidder giving
adequate security for the performance OF the work,
In a sum then and there TO be fixed by me, reserv-
ing to myself the right to reject any and all bids.
The date for the completion of such contract, and
the terIVs of payment therefor, shall and Will be
announced at the time and place Of letting
Notice is further hereby given, that at the time
and place of said letting, or a such other time
ana place thereafter, TO which l. the County Drain
Commissioner aforesaid, may adjourn the same
the assessments tor benefits and the lands con
prised within the "ORouTke& Lewis Drain Special
Assessment District and the appoTtlOnment
thereof will be announced by me and Will be
subject 10 review for one day, from nine O'Clock
in the forenoon until five o'clock In the afternoon.
The following is description Of the several
tracts OF parcels of land constituting the special
assessment district Of said Drain, viz
Town South Range Is Sec
a W = eA 10
w y sc "A II ED l6
%se 4 ne 10
W a sw "A NV 4 Is
IA Nv Il sex 16
{ "a 10
sac 2Oa So a 10
Now Therefore, All unknown and non-resi-
the above described lands, and you, Chas Holtonr
NJ. l.. Ketcham, Don Hoodemaker, MeTwn Brothe-
VIM. Timmons. Martha Den Black, L. II. Bohn
ger, Supervisor, Frank Martin Highway Commits
sioner, A. NJ. Burns and Joseph Stevens drain as
essors of Athena Township, are hereby notified
that at the time and place aforesaid, or at such
other time and place thereafter to which said
hearing may be adjourned, | shall proceed TO re-
ceive bids on the construction of said 80 Rourke
Il Lewis Drain, in the manner hereinbefore
stated; and also, that at such time OF letting
from nine O'Clock in the forenoon until five
o clock in the afternoon the assessment for ben
eits and the lands comprised within the O'Rourke
and Lewis Drain Special Assessment Districts
will be subject 10 review
4 And You and Each OF You, Owners and
persons interested in the aforesaid lands, are
hereby cited TO appear at the time and place OF
such letting aforesaid, and be heard with re.
spect to such special assessments and your inter
ests in relation thereto, if you desire
CHARLES l.. ASHLEY,
County Drain Commissioner of the County of
Van Buren, 3Ot2
Dated at Bangor, Mich, Aug. 81, 1916.
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and a ferries go up and down the East
River. There is an ancier. piano W
there, too. Every day the doctors from
the hospital hold "A clinic. More than
500 children who are under observation
for tuberculosis come every day Ia be
examined. The children and women
patients eat their meals on the boat
every day-eggs and milk and bread
and butter for breakfast. a hot dinner
az 10 and more eggs and milk before
they 60 home NJ night.
The work goes on Just the same all
winter long-a constant struggle
against the disease which hospital
workers have learned TO dread more
than any other.
I'VE hope Ia 10 great things on the
new boat Miss billiard told mo.
There are a number Of women vino
coinc To- tn" clinics. hat cannot stay all
day because they have children tn 'no
for. IT." children nrc we'll aud are
therefore no. entitled To .. place IN the
hospital. W. hope /" establish u da,
nursery for 'hrm - that the mothers
can stay here all day. Another .lr,lnl
i" In start n night amp To-" the
women, ~ that they a haNc tho
benefit ~ sleeping here wher" tho air
is fresh and clean and free from dust.
AT present tho host we can do Is Ia
give them daily lessons in hygiene, in
structions about bathing. sleeping with
their windows wide open. and the best
Of food. Fortunately tho higher vi
you go IN these 'walk-up' ~tencincnts,
the cheaper the rcn is. So most az
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see sick children Che seemed to think
we had very morbid tastcs) we could
find a few at their summer home on
the East River. by Corlcars Hook
Park.
Two years g the Bellevue ard AL
led City Hospitals took two aban-
doned ferry boats and made them into
tuberculosis hospital ships. one of
these, under the direct supervision OF
Bellevue Hospital. is moored at Twen-
ty-slNth street and the East River:
the other Is on the East River at Cor
lcars Hook Park, under direction OF
Gouverneur Hospital. Miss Strower.
superintendent OF Gouvcrneur IIospi-
tai. gave us permission to go OF board
and M!ss II, l.. billiard. in charge Of
the boat. told us all about II.
We found tn" boat. looking like a
big white country house, swinging
gently w and down on the black It'd.
uf the East River. There were no
piers for "A long distance on each side
~ 1t and u cool breeze Vas blowing
over the decks. Three little girls were
reading n story book on the lnwcr
deck. They didn't look very III. but
they gigSled consciously MS VIC wake,
across the rather wabbly gangway.
Miss billiard met us on tho lower deck.
We've just got a new boat" she
told us. The one We had last year
was too old and too small. This is
much larger. but It Is not yet fully
equipped. Tho window boxes aren't
w and We have neglected our garden a
bit this year" She pointed IN a weed
grown strip OF ground three feet wide
fenced in on the bank.
I'VE have "a day camp and n nigh,
camp. The night camp Is for men vii,
work in factories all day and come
here To sleep at night where they car
get fresh air. Tho women and children
come in the morning and stay al day
They go to school here. We have pub.
Ii, school teachers and their lessons ar,
the saine as those OF the children II
the regular schools. Then We have
summer schools most Of the time, too
II helps to keep the children ~occupic,
and quiet. The summer school has jus
closed and we are going to have :
teacher from tho Park and Play,
grounds Commission To teach the chill
dren games and tell them Stories
3 There are nifty children in this oper
air public school Just now, They hay,
their lessons on the cool upper deck
where they can watch the canal boat.
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York,s one street. In saltwater, s. d..
there was nothing Ike II. nor in Min
neapolis, or st. Paul. or even Chicago.
All of this the Westerner could vouch
for from personal knowledge, and he
WAS likewise prepared to testify that
on Fifth avenue only could the won
der wares OF the treasure houses Of the
earth be seen ana bartered FOR with
such comfort and actual pleasure.
Could he, or anybody else for that
matter. he blamed for falling under
the fascinating charm OF wanting To
buy the best the world offered in the
worlds best market place. when one
only happened there during the glad
some hours Of q lifetime?
Answer: Hardly.
SO he bought-not "a one might
naturally IMAGINE. however. of rare
gems or OF pearls or pieces ~ pre-
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good for n few cents tn be spent for
lee cream cones or candy. Every cor
ner has rs hurdy Gurdy, where every
known dancing step Is practised and
hundreds of new ones are hourly in
vented. In the winter there are the
public schools To SO to, the kindly cop
il Il refuse IN time Of trouble, and the
hospital opens its doors when you are
III or are hurt.
"Whcrc are the pale. thin faces and
the diseased bodies bred in these aw-
ful sums" we kept asking an VIC
lodged in and out non thousands
II tho hcalthlest, harpiest looking
children We had ever seen in our lives,
We couldn't find 'em, so We asked a
cop.
At first no couldn't understand what
We were talking about. but after n
| while he told US that II We wanted 10
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with the approval OF certain feminist
teachers who advocate that all chill
dren should be reared by the State.
The children of the East Side como
very nci 70 "A realization OF this
ideal. They are educated in the pub
lie schools: their playground. even the
nursery OF the infants, IL the public
street: their ch!ldren's parties are
public affairs ceniring around the
street organ and the ice crca man; ;
their health is the especial care Of the
city hospitals. and as for their morals,
well. the priest and the rabbi walk up
and down the narrow streets and seem
io know each child Ivy name. picking
ONT their " particular charges from
the mass of brown and white faces in
n wonderful manner; and OF course
the COP is YER present. No matter
how much # IA menace he may become
in later years. 10 tho children lie Is
NOR" "f , protector than a Judge,
Visitors To- farms have often been
surprised at tho manner in which tho
mother hen can pick out her own
chicks from tho hundreds OF Others in
the ~harnyari, and doubtless East Side
mothers sort out the children on the
street III the same instructive nam
n.r.
But after all, the grown up mothers
are moro or less of Il negligible guam
ti'y, The little s~ix-year-old girl with
her three infant charges Is an excel
!"nt illustration OF what the East Side
life training school IL doing for our
future citizens. The little girl knows
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10 CHANGE IN PARK LOVE FASHION,

all cramped mp for hours-same as
they used. They look at each others
eyes like the monkeys you see in the
Zoo-just looking. sometimes half an
hour AT Il time, with not n word.
"Do | bother them? Not on your
life. I'll go u Of my way not to
bother them, ] think there's something
wrong when chap doesn't want to
spoon now and then. Only once was
] ~roilcd-but even that passed away
quickly. came on my " boy
spooning with n pretty little girl. What
made me sore was that ! coughed and
blew my nose 80 as to tip them. They
were slow. 50 ! roared out: Kelly,
come ver hcrc.'
"Tho boy recognized my voice and
jumped up with the girl. They tried
to beat II, but ! told them to wait.
They did ana | told him Ia thrash
him when ! got home, and l told the
girl I'd Il good notion to spank her
then and there.
"'No YOU won't said my boy. And
then he walked of with his girl just
as II he were my father and l was
the son"
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Her jewels are designed to order.

opens and a faultlessly attired clerk
makes his appearance.
With a fine shade OF we'll simulated
Difference he escorts you into n really
magnificent salon. a place almost
regal in size. appointments and fittings.
In this salon there are no counters. no
shelves. no merchandise In sight, only
n few handsome cabinets Of period de-
sign. a table or so, and easy lounginS
chairs. From these cabinets marvel
lous bits Of Jewelry are spread before
your eyes. and as you talk and the
clerk talks he roughly and swiftly
sketches what he thinks you want and
what you know you want. after you
have studied the sketch and have his
explanation OF it. Then you leavc your
order and 20 your way: and ordinary
orders within these walls range from
IS, 900 to $4,000 each.
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from city Hall, through a maze of mar
row streets. pushcartS. booths-and
children, and see things for yourself,
Also, II YOU are very fond oc chill
Iren. and IL :'ou have ever had "A se-
Crct ambition to run a street organ or
be engineer of "A mrrry-Ep-rouud, the
satisfaction with your W condition
in life, previously referred to, may not
result.
The most striking impression of the
Fast Side Is that al! the cAildrpn in
the world have been turned loose there
ana that parents are AZ unknown as
they arc unnecessary. Doubtless they
all have parents some place in the
rear of the dark little shops or high
up IN the tencments, and very prob
ably some of the children 70 home to
sleep. Rut after Ill parents play "A
small part In the picture.
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said youngsters parents Immediately
cranked up and motored with II TO the
towns bank. for deposit and safe keep
ing.
Blame this Westerner's actions on
cocktail craziness II you want: but
what a you a about some Of the
Wall Street g~randdaddies who do the
same thing about every so often for
little dodgers they are abnormally
fond OF when the market sends them
homeward bound feeling particularly
prosperous?
A little further IN town, no far
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At the side OF an ancient stable In
n dirty narrow street we found one
little girl. not more than six years
old, whose Irish face shone out in
contrast to the black hair and brown
yes from southern Europe and the
orient. Beside this child were three
reramhulators. etch OF which on
tanned a fat. blond baby.
Are they all yours" We asked her.
"No.' she said. This me IL my
brother. that one Is Mary kelly's baby
and the other one belongs to Tom
Kelly
Every one OF the babies was Sleep
ing peacefully under the hot sun.
There was not n blade Of grass or a
flower in sight. Not II toy in the baby
carriages: no white capped nurses or
anxious mothers in sight. OF what
Use are parents in an ideal atinus
ph.rc of this sort. II * tho training
school of the sl,por men and women
Of the future.
In summer time every stranger -
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Its Many Wonders Dazzle and Delight and Tempt the Visitor, Intoxicated
by the Splendor Of Display, Into Strange Purchases

from the New York Public Library, IL
another mighty interesting Jewelry
place fitted up especially for big
%spenders. and any number OF families
spend any number Of thousands there
annually for the finest Of gems artist
cally set In pieces designed exclusively
for them. This place is not IN the
ground floor. however. where n is
accustomed TO find ordinary retail
establishments.
shop in its makeup that II is located
over the heads OF the madding throng.
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c!ous wares fashioned with the skill OF
"A ceillni. Instead. he spent si.S00-
pause and observe the sum. please
he spent $500 for an elaborate three
piece pap set Of solid gold, richly
chased. beautifully finished and be-
fit;ingly nestled In a pr!ncely morocco
covered gold hinged. gold clasped
case.
lie laid out the price OF n good car
with trimmings for n bahy's oatmeal
OUTFIT: and when his ~two-year-old
grandson on n Dakota ranch received
this costly and next TO useless present,
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life around Corlears Hook Park.
There are still things to be desired in
the way OF sanitation and landscape
gardening, but the streets are ~ full
to overlooking with the JOY Of life that
, the person whose s1ul can he attnncd
to n street organ doesn't see the sor-
did things at all.
As FOR health-reason and doctors
books will tell YOU hat the East Side
is a very had place in which L. raise
children--but tho children's faces deny
all this. At the hospital we asked
about ~infantile paralysis.
at is a curious thing" they told us,
hut though Gouvcrneur Hospital
takes care ~ what * supposed To zee
tho worst district in the city. our per-
centage of cases has been lower man
that Of any other district. We have
had very few cases
So II You have one children aud
YOU want them to develop into HEALTHY.
happy. self-reliant citizen. take them
L. The East Side and turn them loose,
Lot. them take riding lessons ON 'o
lovely merry-So-round | saW IN Scam
mel street near East broadway, let
them eat germs purchased for y penny
u: the lollypop man and develop their
muscles lodging street car. aud motor
trucks. Shift your worries about
health and education To the strong
shoulders OF Father Knickcrbockcr and
let some Juvenile Mamie Connolly take
care Of the babies who are too fat or
too young to walk.
II sounds like spartan treatment FOR
the mothers. but its Il Gay lie Cor the
children, and perhaps som" Of tho joy
of the East side viii get into Your uNi
heart and some ~ their strengthening
struggle for existence viii got into
your own spine and thus bring carer
by a generation the world of super
men and women that Father Kuicker-
booker has in LIS training school.
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SO 20 speak. In order to keep Its ex-
clusiveness as exclusive as necessity
demands. To reach II you enter on a
side street. glide noiseiessly upward q
floor by way of an elevator. and then
pass into quite Il remarkable closet
& mirror walled closet with italian
marble seats and an Oriental rug Of
rare design covering its marble tiles.
Somewhere in fhe interior a notice
bell your arrival and be-
fore you have become accustomed to
the large crowd OF yourself reflected
in the numerous mirrors another door
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r. HERE'S absolutely no change in
love fashions. says the veteran

' opSoiutcly UO CIliHSt III
love fashions. says the veteran
policeman on the Central Park
beat near the entrance at Tooth street.
I'm p%atrolling a section OF park
where I played rs a boy" he says,
1--WE watched the spooners from be-
fore I spooned myself up TO now and
I've seen any change In love-
making styles. The language OF the
day may change and the fashions In
clothes may change. but not the antics
OF the sm!tten. They seek out the
same old bench where they suppose
nobody will be apt to see them. I could
tell them this is the unwisest thing
they could do. because they are more
apt to be spied on by the laughing and
the curious. But there wouldn't bc
any use telling the lovers this. You
know that yourself.
"They sit the same ~ they did forty
years ago and they hold their arms
Arizona republican., 1916-02-04
Amateur Status Is Differnnt
 Wolvertonhas Big Job Filling Vacancies

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.-As the discussion concerning the status of an amateur goes on, it becomes more and more apparent that the east and the west are not likely to agree That tine east IS meddling in the affairs of athletes with which it is not con- cOned is the stand taken in the vest. As long as an athlete receives no compensation for participation ir any branch of sport. the west con tends he is fulfilling all that reason aDlr can be expected. and that it is pot within the province of any attn lttic officials to dictate what con- ccrns q mans private or business af- fairs.
 It is claimed that adherence to what is called a "gentleman's game i5 all well and good when it does not begin to smack of class distinction which permits of mOneyed men par ticipating in a sport to the pre- clusion of those who necessarily are obliged to accept such positions as are offered which will provide them 9 livelihood. In the case of an in ternationally known player like Mau- lice Mclaughlin, it is claimed that Lis reputation would aid him quite ds much to sell real estate or neckties as golf clubs or tennis rackets, and t is but natural that he should elect to handle a line in which he IS bet ter acquainted with his goods.
 The following questions have been brought up:
 Would hundreds of men, unknown tC athletic fame who, however, en- gage in golf tennis. or other outdoor sport for their own amusement, auto matically become professionals, a con- lition which is considered manifestly unfair and unreasonable under an ai- bitrary ruling to be applied as the few may see fit This also by reason of the facr that ther may be writers. employers or employees in sporting goods d9partrents. In order to play with amateurs would they have to
Arizona republican., 1916-02-04
AMATEUR PUGS CHOSEN republican A. p. Leased Wire

NEW YORK. Feb 3-Tne names of the "mateur boxers who Will go to Denmark to compete for the United States in the international boxing championship there in March were announced today hN the Amateur Ath- letic Union. The men are William s'pengler middle and heavyweight of the Union Settlement A. C., of New York; John karpinski, weter, of the Cleveland A. C., of Cleveland, and John Maloney, l25-pounds of St. Rita's Cathoiic club of Philadelphia.
 Ali three men hold amateur cham pionship titles in their weights. They will sail from New York on the Oscar II on FehruarN U.
Arizona republican., 1916-02-04
TEX RICHARD
 MANAGES FEAT
Champion to Receive Stu pendous sum for Couple Hours Work. Moran Gets Less But May Win Championship Belt
I Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-Jess Willard, heavyweight champion, will be paid at the rate of $1,5S3.33 per minute for his ten round fight with Frank Moran in New York, March r. Willard signed an agreement today to meet Moran. The promoters who secured the bout, Tex Rickard and sam Me Crachcn of New York. agreeing to pay ;hc champion $47,50O. win, lose or draw. In addition to 51 per cent ot the moving picture rights, he gets money derived from advertising privi- leses.
 Moran's activities in the New York ring will be recOmpensed at the rate
Arizona republican., 1916-02-04

Wonder if the r. II. S band intends to go to Tucson for University week. Most school bands throughout the country give a big dance to make money for the treasury. Wouldn't be q bad idea, if the band boys would get busy and start the ball rolling.
 The Coyote base ball team will journey over to Tempe Saturday af- ternoon and play their second sched- uled ball game with Tempe high. The game will be the first game of the Valley League" for the P. II. $. The local boys have a mighty good chance to win the championship.
 Mr Johnson manager of the Rose Tree will give a large box of Camel Back chocolates to the class relay (composed of six runners to the team) winning the relay race to be run next Wednesday afternoon.
 A tip to the wise: If we should have an assembly some time this month for the love of Mike remain N-e-u-t-r-a-l
 Here is one thing that must be re membered. Alumni vs. P. H. s. in a game of baseball on Washington $ birthday, February 22nd. Maybe the old Has Beens" can still play ball.
 Big levitt threw the shot 40 feet yes terday afternoon in an awkward posi- ton. Wait till he gets into pink condi- ton.
 Well, boys, we sail to Tempe harbor Saturday afternoon. All the fellows bringing their boats to take the team over will be classed above all others as a loyal booster.
Arizona republican., 1916-02-04
KIVlAT AND SMITH GUILTY

NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-The board of governors of the Amateur Athletic Union. " mall vote, has approved the action Of the registration commit tee ir finding Abel R. Kiviat and Harry J. Smith. New York track ath- letes, guilty of professionalism, it was amour ed tonight This is the final judgment in the cases of the runners unless they appeal to the courts. Of the siXty-eight members of the board of governors, fiftN-three voted to af- firm the decision and one dissented The others did not vote.