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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-01
DOUBLE CROSS is
RAREAS IRON ONE
onEy 2-2I9,08 Of Latter Given by Ger
maag During Nar-No Record
II the Former.

Copenhagen. ~ (Correspo eneel. r.
Tna1 100000 iron crosses of the sec
end class and $4,000 of the first class
have been awarded during the war is
shown by announcements published IN
Berlin which have been received here.
OF this number $3.50 were conferred
upon individuals behind the front, "
bat lit is certain that the number Of
persons wearing the decoration who
have never been under fire is even
larger The classification behind the
fglnt'' probably applies only To non
ambatants engaged in war service,
and not 10 individuals, like Won Jagow
and other civilians, who from time to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-01

time have been stationed at the main
headquarters.
A horde Of wea-ers OF the iron cross
have been simply employed az the
headquarters and by the stan never
smelling powder unless perhaps il was
during the repulse OF long distance
aIrplane raid As an example CT the
Iavishness with which the crosses are
handed out correspondent Of the AS
ISOLATED Press was present at lunch
con party of eight al the main head
quarters in 1915, where the seven Ger
mans present all had been decorated
ard not single one of them had ever
been under fire
During the Franco-Prusstan war
about enc in every % participants was
given an iron cross and except in the
case of high military Goa nanders and
sons OF royalty. it was Aefded only
for exceptional bravery on the field.
The value Of the iron cross now has
become so dehased because OF the
vast quantities granted and the NUM-
Der OF 5wivei-chair heroes who have.
through their influence received them.
That the establishment Of a new order
for valor is being talked Of.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-01
BOARD ORGANIZES
IN NEXT TENDAYS
County Education Body Elected les.
terday VIII Held FIRST ses-
sion Shortly.
Assessment Against N0B-Hleh School
Townships WIN Be Made After
the Fail Opening.

Members Of the county board Of edu-
cacIon elected yesterday win meet
within the next 10 days as Is provided
By law for tae purpose Of organfzing.
Organization win take place with
the election Of one Of the three mem
bers as president ard second as sec
rotary. The board viii then adjourn
until October when Is viii take mp the
work of 5eyE4lg q tax against the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-01

townships WITH no nigh schools which
nave pupils attending accredited high
schools in ltHer townships
The new beard tae first elected in
the county S. composed al Charles
Quick Of C0rG8yal Clark Carbjp Of Sill
Wis and Clyde walker Of Ailan Tae
FIRST work Of The board in determining
the amount o. tax against each town
ship Viii be 80 learn the number Of
pupils from each township That are al
tending high school IN the townships
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15

show ourselves. Both regiments 90,
ours taking the lead. We marched
around town some, then up to the
county fair grounds, near the state
prison. There was large crowd out.
They had the usual ceremonies at the
fair grounds, the Hon. Mr.. May being
the orator. At the conclusion of the
performance we fell in and marched
back to the barracks, arriving there
at two p. m, tired and hungry. Had
dinner in the barracks, then went
back to town and looked around until
evening.
Wednesday, July 5, 1865.
After breakfast we went up town
and did not get back to camp until
five o'clock in the afternoon. Very
warm to-day.
Thursday, July 6, 1866.
Went down town again to see an
auction sale at which some horses
were sold. Returned at noon to sign
pay rolls. After dinner (as there
was no prospects of pay this week)
several of the boys and myself took
the train and went to Grass Lake to
visit relatives. Stayed all night and
slept between good clean sheets for
the first time in many months. The
day was very warm.
On Thursday, July Is, were received
our final payment, and were given our
discharges. / packed up my things
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15
MONTCALM NEWS

We had very welcome rain last
Thursday afternoon and another one
Sunday night and Monday morning.
No need for more worry about the
crops.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Simmons of En-
trican were guests of their daughter
and husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
DeSpelder, over Sunday; also Edward
Simmons and family.
Forrest Stokes was the weekend
guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Stokes and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Stokes and
daughter, Rhoda, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. d. c. Satterlee August IL,
and remained over night with their
son, Glenn Stokes and family of Lin
coin Lake.
There have been no services at the
Montcalm church for the last two
Sundays, as Rev. II. B. Johnson was
attending the Reed City camp meet
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Stokes were
guests of VIM. Bigley and family Of
Southwest Eureka last Thursday and
attended the funeral of the late Frank
White, a relative of Mrs. Stokes.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Taylor Of South
Greenville were visitors at +. A.
Stokes last week.
Mrs. Ed. Stokes is the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. John Lavender, near
Trufant, this week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15
KEENE HEIGHTS

Fred G.. Bowen of Co. + of Ionia
spent Saturday night with his moth
er, Mrs. Welthie Bowen.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kingdom Wis
tied at Archie Denny's Sunday after
noon.
Orvie Vanderlip has been building
a new garage.
B. S. Bigley and Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G.. Bigley, Hugh and Miss Larissa
Bigley of Eureka township, Mont
calm county were Sunday guests at
r. S. Bigley's, coming with w. G.
Bigley's new auto. Mrs. Welthie
Bowen, Mark and Maggie Bowen were
also callers.
Miss Leah Ayers took supper with
Miss Bernice Rickert Thursday.
Miss Irene Denny of Northwest
Keene visited her uncle, Archie Den
ny and family from Monday until Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Rickert, Bernice,
Iva and Guy Rickert, Mrs. Martha
Rickertand Don Lamphere spent a
day at the dam recently fishing.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fisher and sons
visited Saturday night and Sunday
at Frank Heether's.
Miss Ethel Croninger of Grand
Rapids visited the past week with
her cousin, Mrs. Grace Vanderlip.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15
BUFFALO BILL SHOW
IN GREENvILLE AUG. "a

The Jess Willard Buffalo Bill Wild
West and circus will exhibit in Green
vile for two performances, Friday,
August "a. This will be Jess Will
lard's first appearance in this dis
trict since acquiring the ownership of
the famous old show.
A thoroughly representative Wild
West exhibition is promised. All the
stirring features of the original Buff
falo Bill show, as familiarized by Col.
VIM. F. Cody, have, it is announced,
been retained.
Jess Willard will be seen at both
performances. He will participate in
his old role as cowboy in many of
the typical ranch exhibitions, and lat
err, with his sparring partner, Walter
Monahan, he will illustrate in ring
costume just how he won the worlds
championship belt from Jack Johnson.
In addition to Willard and the Wild
West features, the management an
nounces circus performance of ex-
ceptional novelty. There is whirl-
wind acrobatism by the Mahmoud Ber-
Der Arabs, expert Juggling by the
Mikado's Imperial Japanese.
The reason time works wonders is
because it is always on the job.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15
CRATTAN

Mrs. Ida Matice entertained with
a family reunion at her home Thurs
day in honor Of her niece and husband,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Smith, who will
leave August 16 for Arizona, where
Mr.. Smith has position in the
school. Mrs. Smiths mother will ac-
company them. The following COM
pany was present: Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Smith and Miss Alta Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Culback, all of
Grand Rapids, Frank Rowland and
family, Jay Norton and family, Mr..
and Mrs.A. A. Norton, Mrs. Ruth
Burbano, Mr.. and Mrs. James STAN
ton of Fallasburg, and Mrs. Carrie
Smith. At two p. m. they all sat
down to bountiful dinner or good
things too numerous to mention. The
afternoon was spent in games and
taking pictures of the different fam
lily groups present. At six p. m. ice
cream and cake and watermelon
were served, after which the guests
departed wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
and mother safe return after their
two years appointment has passed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Ockerberg made
of the week. They were accompanied
oy wi. ohu AhiS. LSW al WI VI vi ohN
Rapids.
Mrs. III. Weller and daughter visit
ed Mrs. Sam Brownell and daughter,
Edna, Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Bookey, Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Donovan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Donovan and Mr.. and Mrs. JAS.
Donovan took an auto trip to Muske-
gon Sunday.
1t is requested that all students
who will attend the Grattan school
to be present on the opening day,
Monday, August 20, so as to con-
suit with the teachers before ordering
textbooks thereby preventing pos
sible misunderstanding as to exact
titles.-Glenn Slater, Teacher.
A party of young people from here
spent Sunday at Crystal Lake.
Miss Catherine Cannon 10 home
from Kalamazoo, where she has been
attending summer school.
julius Osmer has had a Grattan
telephone installed. Now all their
friends can call them up.
K. +. Lessiter has purchased a
Ford runabout of E. ". Storey.
Mrs. Effie Elkins and daughter,
Naomi, spent the weekend with her
sister, Mrs. Leland Godfrey.
Chas. Purdy and family motored to
Edmore to visit Mr.. Purdy's brother
and family Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Lawrence attend
ed reunion at Flint last week.
Mrs. Lovica Brooks visited her
daughter, Mrs. Harlan Weller Satur-
day night. Sunday they all visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Howard of Can
nonsburg. Mrs. Brooks stayed for
longer visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Plat Rowland and
daughter, Edith, Misses Avis and Ell
more Partridge went to Long Lake
Sunday for a weeks outing.
Clyde Wolfe of Grand Rapids spent
Friday and Saturday with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Marley Wolfe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Thompson Wis
tied his mother, Mrs. Thompson, of
Ada, from Thursday until Sunday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15

Tie reason time works wonders is
because it is always on the job.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15
Interesting Accounts Taken
From, Diary of the Late
G. M. Slayfon
Saturday, June 10. 1866.

Saturday, June 10, 1860.
Helped straighten up things in the
warehouse and cleaned it out. Then
went up to the regiment; had good
visit with the boys and returned to
town at three p. m. Came by the old
prison yard, where / saw some officers
surveying it out for the purpose of
getting a plat of it for some northern
papers. They said there had been
about 5000 of our men in there at
once; also that there were buried in
the yard, which our soldiers had just
finished fencing with a good board
fence, $3.50 of our soldiers. 1t rained
tonight. We had some ripe apples
to-day, which is the earliest ever ate
new apples. Cherries have been ripe
more than a week, and now the dew
berries and blackberries are getting
ripe. The farmers have been harvest
wheat this week.
Sunday, June IL, 1865.
Went to church this forenoon and
in the afternoon read, etc. / am get
ting lonesome and homesick.
Monday, June IL, 1865.
Did some odd jobs this forenoon;
helped to make table for Brigadier
General Schofield. General Cooper
left for home to-day and General
Schofield took command of this divi-
sion. The weather is very warm.
Prospects are poor for starting home
this week.
Thursday, June %, 1865.
After breakfast we packed up and
made ready to go back to our COM
panies. We arrived about nine o'clock.
Bought some new potatoes and string
beans and had a good dinner from the
same. We had blackberries and bread
and butter for supper The 10th ILL
nois left for home this forenoon, be-
ing mustered out.
Friday, June 20, 1865.
Went to town this forenoon to get
the order relieving me from head
quarters. In the afternoon read, etc.
Pleasant to-day.
Saturday, June "a, 1866.
Didn't do much of anything to-day,
except / went to town towards night.
Rained in the afternoon. The 118th
Ohio and the 80th Iowa left for home
to-day. They received and made out
the rest of our papers, so we can go
before long.
Sunday, June rs, 1865.
Rainy this morning. Drew and
ulNiutQ live ddJc iatiOhS anu dtd Otti-
err odd jobs which kept me busy near
ly all day. About noon our guards
were relieved, to get ready to start
home. Wrote home this afternoon.
Monday, June 26, 1866.
Reveille as usual, but it was rainy.
Had no roll call. The indications are
fair for starting, so picked up and
packed up rations. At $3.50 the gen.
eral call sounded which was answered
with cheer and in double-quick time
our tents were down and everything
packed up. At nine o'clock the as
sembly was blown and we fell in,
heavily loaded, but with lighter
hearts than we had had before in a
long time. Marched down town to
the depot where we had to wait for
some time before the train pulled in.
In the meantime we bid acquaintance
Of the other regiments a long, cheer
full goodbye. At 10:45 a. m, we got
on the fiat cars and at 11:15 started
off, bidding Salisbury an everlasting
farewell. Crossed the Pedee river,
passed through Lexington, Thomas
vile, High Point and jamestown,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15

ready for home and after shaking
hands with the boys we took trains
for our respective homes, and in an
hour after packing up the barracks
were deserted.
l returned to Detroit on the night of
the 18th of July, staying in the depot
all night to wait for the train which
left Detroit for Lowell at $3.50 on the
morning of the 14th of July.
l arrived at Lowell about six p. m.
having covered about ,402 miles by
boat and rail since leaving Salisbury.
! arrived at my home in Grattan
July 10th, 1865 after an absence Of
nearly three years of soldering, and i
cannot help but feel thousand times
thankful to the Great Ruler that !
have been spared through so many
dangers and am able to return safe
and sound and as free from all ills as
when ] left home. / must now draw
these pages to a close and again l re-
turn to the peaceful life of a farmer.
(The End)
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15

anac Sunday for few days visit be-
fore returning to their home in Grand
Rapids.
j.. B. Sturges and Leon Hale are to
report to the examining board for
army service this week Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Pinckney, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Daniels, Lulu and
Eva Hale, Myrtle Pinckney, Evelyn
Curtis and Miss Kroninger were at
Long Lake last Sunday. Ed. Frost,
Frank Abbott, Chas. Sparks, A. Kohn
and families from Keene were there
also.
Miss Ruby Mosgrove aud friend,
DIR. Sipe, of Detroit, were over Sun
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Brock.
Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels is attending
chautauqua in Belding.
Our community was shocked to
learn of the sudden death of Mrs.
George Cook on Saturday morning,
from acute indigestion. The family
have the sympathy of the whole
neighborhood.
Milton Wilkinson and family of
Saranac were Keene visitors Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Brock and guests
were Sunday visitors in Hastings. Mr..
Brock has brother there who is at
the point of death from cancer.
Arthur Shores has, started his
thresher for the season. Jesse Knee,
formerly of Keene, is working with
him.
Mrs. Lillian Bement of Grand
Rapids returned home last Tuesday
after a weeks visit with her cousin,
Mrs. Frank Daniels.
The Grange ladies were royalty en-
tertained last Friday evening at the
hall by the gentlemen of the Grange,
who served ice cream and cake to set
tie the contest, the gentlemen coming
out with less points. Thanks.
Will Covert and family of Bedding
were Keene and Lowell visitors Sun
day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15

On Thursday, July Is, We're received
our final payment, and were given our
discharges. / packed up my things
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15
SMYRNA

Mr.. and Mrs. James and two sons
of Grand Rapids spent Saturday
night and Sunday with George Hop
POUCH and family.
About 125 ladies from Ionia county,
Greenville and Grand Rapids attend
ed the Ionia county association meet
ing Of the l.. O. T. NJ, held here last
Wednesday. A good time was re-
ported by all.
Ed. Insley went to Wellston last
Modnay night to enjoy the sights at
the big dam, which the Consumers
Power company are putting in and
his son, Slifford, will accompany him
home Thursday for two weeks visit,
after which he will go to Chicago,
where he will take course in cleo
trical engineering.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Cook were in
Lansing last Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Condor accompanied them.
Mrs. Condor remained for a longer
visit with her mother.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15
RIVER RIDGE

Mrs. A. Wright is spending a few
days with friends in McCords.
few days with her daughter, Mrs.
Fred Freeman.
Mrs. John Simons of Kidd is suffer-
ing from a breaking out on her face.
George Hagadorn made business
trip to Greenville last week.
Mrs. Sarah Skellenger of Belding
is spending a few weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. Will Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Bidwell enter
tanned relatives from Six Lakes two
days last week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15

Card of Thanks.-We wish to ex-
tend our sincere thanks to the friends
and relatives, also the X. 0. t. M. and
clubs for the many and beautiful
floral offerings and the kindness
shown us in our hour of bereavement.
Mrs. Frank White and family.
Ralph White and family.
Mrs. c. Fiske.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15

Have you visited the New Sulphur Vapo Bath Institution recently
Post Office
If extend cordial invitation do time
If you suffering from Neuriti Rheumatism Lumbago, Ner
Exhaustion Seepessnes Kidney Diseases Dropsy
Troubles Eczema other Skin Diseases greatly
Gifted by this natural and refreshing treatment
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15
PARNELL

Best wishes to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Ford.
Miss Marie Sullivan is spending a
few days with her cousin, Frances.
Mrs. Harold Johnson OF Detroit and
Mrs. John Collins and daughter,
Helene, of Grand Rapids, are spend
ing a few days with their parents.
Be careful boys and don't fall into
the gravel pit. How about it Vincent?
Miss Marie Bresnahan spent two
weeks in Bedding with friends.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-15
WEST KEENE

Mrs. E. Dale Bowen and daughter,
Lucille, were guests of Keene friends
and relatives last week, going to Sar-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-02
KANSAS FARMERS
URGED TO AID in
|. SAVING OF WHEAT
Appeal Made That Crop
Wastage in Threshing
Be Stopped

Topeka. kan, July "A special
appeal has been made to the thresh-
ers and farmers of Kansas to take
particular pains to see that every
grain of wheat that is grown on the
Kansas fields this year gets into the
bins. It Is estimated that not less
than 100000 bushels OF perfectly
good wheat was wasted in Kansas in
1915 by carlessness in the adjustment
Of the threshing machines. and in
handling. the grain.
All winter there have been thresh-
ing machines at work in many Sec
lions OF Kansas threshfng out old
straw stacks. The high price of wheat
made this work extremely profitable.
During the days when wheat was
worth less than 80 cents a bushel on
the farms, the thresher crews and
the farmers got into a careless habit
of letting it CO." They set the ma
chimes to do the most business, re-
gardless of whether or not they took
all the grain out of the heads. Au-
gust Houser, farmer near Kiowa,
discovered that his chickens made a
straight path to an old wheat stack
every morning. He Investigated and
found a lot of wheat still in the straw.
He hunted up a threshing outfit and
threshed the stack over, and he sold
100 bushels of wheat at $3.50 BUSH
| Ell from that old stack.
j. c. Mohler, secretary of the state
Board of Agriculture, has received re-
ports showing where over 1900
bushels of wheat had been secured
by a. second threshirg of old straw
stacks during the winter. From these
reports it seems safe to estimate that
the loss of wheat averages close to
/ L IL bushels an acre, said Mr.. Moh-
Ter. "On the 100000 acres Kansas
had last year, this would make a to-
tai of over 10.00O,00o bushels OF
wheat lost. On the 100000 acres
4 standing this year the loss, under the
same circumstances, would exceed
! 100000 bushels. That is a lot OF
| wheat to go to waste unnecessarily
4 In an ordinary season there has been
enough wheat lost each year to have
fed the entire state. We know OF
threshing outfits which worked ali
winter threshing on $3.50 basis on
old straw stacks. and these men re-
4 port the winter season their most
profitable season.
The trouble seems to be that the
threshing machines are run at sc
high speed that all of the lighter
grains of wheat are carried out int
the straw instead Of into the hopper.
i and thence to the bins. This lighter
wheat makes good bread. just as goot
bran and shorts as the highest grad,
wheat 1t may be necessary to re
quire the threshers to run their ma
chimes at lower speed and the far
mers to pay an additional rate II
!. compensate for this. But five or 81,
million bushels of wheat is too mucl
to waste unnecessarily in Kansas thi
year. particularly with short cro]
and such great demand Throughout
the world
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-02


Among the latest endorsements
to the American military mission is
Major Henry s. Graves. chief forester
of the Unietd States, who was COM
missioned major in the reserves
when he volunteered. to investigate
forestry conditions in France.
Major Graves will consider the
feasibility of bringing over regiment
of American woodsmen to aid fns the
conservation of French forests If such
assistance should be necessary.
Ten units of American woodnen
sent over by New England states and
organizations to turn various forests
of the United Kingdom into lumber
have already arrived on English soil.
The complete equipment of the
units caused much surprise and occas-
ioned a great deal of favorable COM
ment. The woodsmen brought with
them the necessary machinery and
were fully equipped in every way.
even to lubricating oils. Their ar
rival found them ready to establish
their sawmills and begin work at once.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-02

toes and other things in various
forms. Spray with Bordeaux fire.
quently enough to keep all new
growth covered. Dust with sulphur
lead preparations.
Caterp.llars. Various kind attack
cabbage, tomatoes tobacco, and so
on Use arsenate of lead paris green
or hellebore; or pick by hand.
Cutwcrms Fat, ground worms,
brown with dark stripes, cutting
through the stems of many plants, es-
pecially when just up or newly set
out. Trap under pieces of single
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-02
Sneak Thief Takes
Newly Shined Shoes

The next time Pinkos Cop1in, 2s7
State street, shines his shoes in prep
aration of getting dressed up" he'll
put them on. This morning he told
Capt. E. o. Cronan, how he carefully
polished his shoes yesterday and left
them in a corner of his room He
left the room for few minutes and
when he returned they were gone
Roland t. Cummings, 407 Myrtle
avenue, informed the police today
that someone had stolen his new silt
of clothes from his room.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-02

or fiat stones; or scatter about toward
nightfall a mash made of one quart of
wheat bran, one teaspoonful of paris
green or white arsenate, one tea
spoonful of a cheap molasses, mixed
with enough water to make mash.
Cucumber Beetle, yellow and black
striped Use tobacco dust. Pick
by hand the first bugs in early morn
ing.
FLEA BEETLE. A small hard
sh elled jumping beetle, which pune
lures leaves of tobacco, potatoes and
seeding plants. Use tobacco dust or
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-02

Ax,thracnose, leaf spot" or rust"
attacking beans, tomatoes, celery and
melons Use Bordeaux mixture or
summer-strength lime sulphur or am
monieal copper-carbonate to avoid
stains on foliage of celery.
Apiais, or Plant Lice. Attacks peas.
melons and SO on. Use nicotine
preparations or kerosene emulsion at
intervals of three or four days.
Asparagus Beetle. Use arsenate OF
lead ON summer foliage cut and burn
all vines in late summer.
Blight. affecting cucumbers, pota-