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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-28
LOCAL ITEMS


Mrs. Lee Harroun of Muir, sister
Of Mrs. James Riker, was here Tues
day to attend the funeral of her
neice, Ornita Halleck.
Robert Green and daughter, Ethel,
of Morley were called here this week
to attend the funeral of Mrs. Green's
granddaughter, Ornita Halleck.
Henry Clay is confined to his home
by sickness and fears that he will not
recover are entertained by his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Knee.
A. III. Caldwell, the veteran safe deal
er and travelling salesman, left Tues
day for Grand Rapids. He will take
in considerable other territory before
returning.
George p. Richardson, president of
the Richardson Silk company, of Chi
cago, returned home Tuesday. He
had been here several days on bust
ness trip. He spoke very optimistic
ally of the business conditions OF the
company, especially in the mercerized
cotton department, and of the large
demand they were having for the pro-
duct.
Mrs. James Farrar and Mrs. Matte
B. Anderson were in Ionia Tuesday.
Mrs. Manly Written of Grattan
tok the train here for Ionia Tuesday.
Mrs. r. K. Anslow returned home
to Ionia. She had been the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Smith.
Mrs. A. +. Brock of Lyons was the
guest of friends here Monday and
Tuesday.
Zala Howe of Ionia was in the city
Tuesday making sale of horses and
looking up some good stock for his
farm. Since leaving here nearly
twenty years ago he has been in the
business of buying and selling horses
and always deals in nothing but the
best.
Miss Helga Hillman has returned
from her visit in Muskegon.
Mrs. Brenton Cress and son, Will
liam, of Toledo are the guests of Mrs.
Olive Wilder, arriving Tuesday for a
visit of two or three weeks.
Mrs. w. ii. Carr of Sparta is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Wilbur G.
Whitney. She arrived Tuesday.
Mrs. l. l.. Hubbell and Mrs. w. b.
Reed were passengers to Greenville
Tuesday on the afternoon train.
Mrs. 'Jud Pond o. Grand Rapids ar
rived Tuesday to attend the funeral
of her sister, Mrs. Hanley A. Wal
dron.
Mrs. George Hopkins returned to
Greenville Tuesday. She had been to
see her mother, Mrs. Hiram Eckert,
who is confined to the house by sick
ness. Mrs. Eckert received the news
of the death of her sister, Mrs. A.
Eldredge in Allegan, but was unable
to attend the funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Gooder of
Stanton were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. L. Lowrey Tuesday. They
had been to Hudson with the remains
of Mrs. Coolers mother, who died in
Westville.
George Fleck returned to Stanton
Tuesday.
"Wid" Howe went to Alma Tuesday
to visit his granddaughter, Mrs.
Gladys Dutt.
Mrs. H. d. Miner was in Grand
Rapids several days last week look
ing up the new styles in millinery and
MRS. Rena Gilbert, who has been
living with her daughter, Eta Gil
bert, left Tuesday for her farm near
Edmore.
Frank Donaldson of st. Johns was
in the city Tuesday. He was looking
up timber in the vicinity of Stanton
and dropped off here to visit old
friends.
Leona Warner of this city has been
granted decree of divorce from her
husband, William Warner.
Miss Bernice Lessiter is confined to
her home with rheumatism.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Benson spent
Sunday in Lansing with their chill
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-28
Chinese Laundries CIeanest

Investigations of laundry estab-
lishments in New York City conduct
ed recently by the u. S. public health
service show that sanitary conditions
Of laundries run by Chinese are SUI
perior to the hand laundries operat-
ed by white people. The principal
objection to the Chinamen's methods
is that "blow-cans" are used for
sprinkling the clothes; this practice
permits the dissemination of germs,
it is believed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-28

head, which had it landed would have
knocked him "stiffer'n poker" but
he ducek and thrust mis- head
and shoulders between Mikes legs,
rased him off the ground, throwing
him backward and pounced on
like a tiger. Mike cried "quits" and
the fight was over with out the she'd
ding of blood.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-28
A Four-Position Watch

M. l.. Willoughby is giving Ban
ner readers some real educational
news about watches in his advertise
ment this week. Do you know that a
cheap watch is timed for one position
only? Do you know that others are
timed for two, three, four and even
more positions Learn something
about watches by reading Willough-
by's advertisement this week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-28
There's a Reason

Tommy: "Why do you drink your
coffee out of your saucer?"
Rot. Because the spoon always
sticks in my eye."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-28

Lawyer-Don't worry. I'll see that
you get justice.
Client amt hiring you for JUS
tice; I'm hiring you to win the suit
Puck.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-28

Husband: II see that nitrates have
gone up since the war started"
Wife: IL am glad we don't use the
telephone as much as we used to-"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-28

Herbert Noble writes his people
from Liverpool that he is so far inn
proved from his injuries that he Is
wearing his uniform again. He has
taken up the study of telegraphy and
expects to do that work at the front
instead of carrying a gun hereafter.
Attorney /. l.. Hubbell was called to
Chicago last week on legal work con-
nected with Post Bros business.
Charles w. Hughes OF Howard City
was in Belding this week disposing
Of the household goods, which his
daughters left when they went away
with Levi Ballou, the Union Tea COM
pany agent. The girls are still with
the Salvation Army corps, but have
left Joliet and gone to Eigin, Ill. =
Henry Grove of Carson City came
Tuesday to attend the funeral of his
sister, Mrs. II. A. Waldron. Mr..
Grove was an early resident of Cook s
Corners and went to Carson City
about forty years ago on a farm,
two miles south of that place.
The Ladies' Missionary Circle of
the Congregational church will hold
their regular meeting Thursday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Emma Lamb. The
ladies are requested to assemble i'm
mediately after the afternoon SER
vice at the opera house.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church are taking orders for rag rugs.
Notify Mrs. Jesse Godfrey or Mrs. +.
A. Thorne.-adv.-
Lee Luscombe went to Stanton
Monday.
Rhea Benson left Saturday for De-
troit, where she will make a short
visit.
Mrs. Susan Krupp attended the
farmers club meeting at the home Of
Carl Geiger last Wednesday.
Mrs. Loie Greenop is confined to the
house by severe fall on the ice.
August Brakeman left Wednesday
on a trip to Chicago.
Mrs. F. A. Washburn, Miss Flor
ence Washburn and Miss Allie Arm
wine were passengers to Grand Rap
ids Wednesday.
John Wacha had the misfortune to
clip the end of the little finger on his
right hand while operating a buzz
saw recently while saving wood. DR..
Stanton fixed it up for him.
The Rebekah Thimble party will
meet with Mrs. Ed. Souders in the
Bedding addition Thursday, afternoon,
March /. All are cordially invited.
Woman's mass meeting at the M, e.
church at two p. m, Sunday, March
A. Address by Mrs. N. ID. Potter, a
fine speaker with a great message.
Women of Belding don't miss this!
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-28
Remembrance

In memory of our loving daughter
and sister, Hazel Walker, who passed
away March /, 1916:
Through all pain at times she'd
smile,
A smile of heavenly birth;
And when the angels called her
home,
She smiled farewell to earth.
Heaven retaineth now our treasure,
Earth the lonely casket keeps;
And the sunbeams love to linger,
Where our sainted darling sleeps.
Mrs. Mary Olger and chilren.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-28

The door Of hope swings both ways,
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02

based on the California law, which reters only to wire tapping
 This point was brought out by Captain Alexander in asking the court to dismiss the charge against Behrin- ger. When Justice DeSouZa denied the motion to dismiss, the defense offered no testimony. He was held to answer his bail being continued at S1,50O. Before leaving town. MT. Behringer appeared in Justice Wheel CTS court, where he was a defendant in 2 misdemeanor case He was charged with unlawfully and nalic- iolsly iniuring and destroying the transOm in one of the rooms of the Adams hotel lnasmuch as this mat ter was directly connected with the other action pending. County Attor- nay L. M. Lanev did not consider it necessary to prosecute the matter and asked for q dismissal The complain ing witness, J. C. Adams did not force the issue and the complaint was dismissed and the $50 cash bond re- turned.
 MT Behringer left last evening for Fl Paso where he occupies position with the Guarantee Realty company He is well known and popular mem ber of scVcr. exclusive clubs and lodges in that city and is also a member of the Glee club
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02

is maintained by the tribesmen along the route who are paid well for keep ing it in condition. The steady and much needed income which the noun taineers derive from this road work is an added incentive to preserve the neutrality which the British insis. upon. Even the tribal blood -ferds, which have existed frome times i'm memorial. cease when either party IS within the neutral territory.
 This neutral strip gives rise to some veIy peculiar situations as regards the warning tribes. At one point, for example, the road passes between two villages. built close on either side of the highway, which have been deadly enemies for generations. At the mo- ment thc- are living under truce, but ordinarily they are continually at each others threats, using the sanctity of the road as protection in carrying out their campaigns. Both villages have built trenches from their fortifi- cations to the road, and through these ditches they can creep 10 point of safety within neutral territory without being seen by their opponents across the way.
 From Jamrud fort the road runs crookedly up through great rock-rib- led mountains which tower close on either side Occasionally a tribesman is passed, his rifle slung in the crook of his arm but for the most part they keep to their fastnesses in the hills. More frequently one catches the glint of the sun of steel and sees far up among the heights g sentry keeping his lone vigil over the road.
 For a considerable distance there are two roads which permit of the passage of caravans and ether traffic. Rock -ballasted and as smooth as a billiard table. these highways furnish to the British q valuable means of
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02

transporting troops and materials quickly in case of necessity. There is not a bridge along the line al though the mileage might have been shortened considerably by employing them. This is due to the precaution of Sir George Roos Keppel, who points out that it is better to travel twice the distance than to have bridges which might be destroyed by a single charge of explosive, thereby blocking traffic indefinitely.
 From Landi Kotal fort to the road drops abruptly into Afgharistan. A large force of irregular troops drawn from the tribes trenches under English officers is maintained in the strong hold, which is thoroughly modern in every way and is equipped with powerful wireless plant.
 In addition to their frequent skirm- ishes with bands of raiding tribesmen, the Khyoer rifles at Landi Kotal are responsible for the safe passage of the caravans which the Amir permits to pass through from Afaghanistah. All sucf caravans are under armed escort from the time they begin their journey in Afghanistan until they reach Peshawar, and the same pre- cautions are taken when they return home. As they approach the inter- national line, khyber rifles Of Afghan troops, as the case may be, are wait in to tgKe them over from the guards on the other side.
 The caravans which are now mak- ing their way through the pass. are exceptionally large. The correspond ent saw two one going either way. each composed of fifteen hundred oI more camels and many donkeys. The trains coming from Afghanistan will go backwards and forwards between Cabul and Peshawar until the spring when they return home for Vhe sum rner
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02
REYkJAvIK THE MYSTERIOUS

I have landed at many ports in the world, put l have never landed at d stranger or more mysterious port than Reykjavik. Iceland. It was almost midnight. yet the light was the light of afternoon; the landing stage was crowded with people who had come down to welcome the ship, yet from all that crowd there came not a sound. They moved aside to let us pass. but they said nothing.
 The men seemed of the ordinary Danish type, hut the women. all wear ing the national dress. were a type apart The Icelandic woman rarely smiles; her expression !s mournful, resigned. yet uplifted: YOU might fan cy that yesterday some great national hero had met with tragic death and that she was mourning him.
 Above all lands. Iceland is the place of surprise. and halfway up tie street on the way to the hotel we met our first surprise-a boy scout An ele- phant would not have seemed more out of keeping with the volcanic hills. the corrugated iron houses. and the midnight day of that strange land.
 At first glance RevkiaVik seems
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02
DETECTIVE HAS
 NJ FEARS FUR
 D|CTACRAPH ACT.

T have never heard of a man being prosecuted for using dictagraph. have used them repeatedly in my work, and have yet to find myself be- hind the bars of county jail for this so-called offense. l have never been arrested or such an absurd charge" said D. c. Cox of the Thiel detective service of Los Angeles, in commenting upon the case of Arthur l.. Behringer. who was bound over to the superior court yesterday on the charge of at tempting to learn the contents of l telephone conversation by means of a dictagraph.
 Cox, whose work here last spring in conjunction with County Attorney Clyde NJ. Candy. cleaned the county of bootleggers. is passing | few days in Phoenix en route for other parts of the state where he is detailed on important Investigations. II is quite possible that in connection with his work he may be called upon to use the dictagraph. When asked if he did not fear the consequences of such ar act ir this state, he laugred ht II fly.
 I have right to use a dicta- graph. If I had any reason to be- lI-Ve a conspiracy was being matched 1 would certainly resort to the dictagraph to secure what informa- tion I could. It is being used ir detective work throughout the ertire country today. l do not know a case where it has resulted in furnishing crlmina, charge, except the Rehringer case, but even with this on youI local records, l still contend that there is nothing in the law to prevent the use of the machine. Your statute is
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02
Leak" investigating committee.

are made upon American charity to- day an appeal should be presented for some assistance to the 150 in habitants of an island in the South Pacific, all of whom are said to be English speaking These people, we are told, do not need food, and cer-
 -n -'nt Tn the mat ter of shelter and clothing is small, but they do need toys for their child reE and books and means of educa- ton. There is no stranger story in History than that of the Pitcairn islanders. They are the descendants of the mutineers Of the English ship Bounty, away back in the eighteenth century, who set their officers adrift in small boat. fled with the ship, took wives of native Polynesian women, settled themselves on little Pitcairn island, far out of the course of ships, and disappeared from the worlds view for a generation or two. Their progeny, in spite of their piratical-saV origin. were as mild q mixed race as the sun ever shon, on. When rediscovered, they were pious to the point of Adventist fana- ticism, patriarchal in the last de- gree, and as old fashioned as q matched roof. But they had sue ceeded in overpopulating their island with race of inbred brain weddings, and the British government in 1856 simply picked them up and shipped them to a better lsland-NorfolA which is much nearer the civilizing influences of the Australian colonies. But most of the Pitcairners pathetic ally strayed back to their original island, family by family and there they are still. a primitive. curious, chlldlike race, lacking the native vigor of either the whites or the Polynesians from whom they have sprung. But such a sea and sky and such an atmosphere for bliss, It is d case of where every prospect plea ses.r and only man is-not exactly vile, but infantile-Boston Transcript
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02
A CLOCK WITHOUT HANDS

A public clock which can be heard but not seen is one of London's curi- Ous possessions IL Is in the tower of St. Mary Aboot's church, kensing. tor, and is the only public clock in the immediate neighboIhood. It chimes the quarters and hours. but commits itself nc further. II has no dial, no hands, no outward and visible sign of any kind to show that it is a clock This ec"entricitT. il IS explained. is the resl It of two causes. When the tower was built in 1873 a clock was advised as an afterthoueht, but the architect protested that il would mean the addition of fifteen feet to the tower, and the ruin of it's cherished proportions. A second point was that the church. having bu; slender funds. could not afford 8 clock with dial. compromise was arrived at by installing the works of a chiming clock in the belfry withou. dial or nands.-Tit- Bits
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02

what the writer is really talking about; then, il he finds the author has a message, ne begins at the be- ginning and reads through. Your critical reader knows that many a proliIlc woid purveyoT-and there are some who are just that-takes a few hundred words to get into his sub- ject, thaI. there is a certain amount ot lost time in almost every lengthy mag. azine story The message is oftenesi toward the end. The fact is, in this day of writing foolish books and themes, the old, brief rule could be sa..eiy followed that was given years ago as the receipe fof good writing: Have something to say; say it." Ir this respect the general matter found in news reports and by men who have had newspan"r training will be found to excel.-Pittsburg Gazette Times
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02
READING BACKWARD

Probably the reason for examining new reading matter-dnd reading it, is to be found in this There is sc much being offered now adays in the way of stories and ar ticles on a thousand and one subjects that the man who values his time cannot be inveieleG into giving them all a careful perusal. So. in self pro lection. to avoid being left on anything of real importance, he takes a look at the concluding paragraphs to see
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02
Sane This Time

While certain Scotch minister was conducting religious services in an asylum for the insane one of the in- mates cried out. wildly
 ''I say, have we got to listen to this 9"
 The minister, surprised and con- fused, tuned to the keeper and said:
 Shall l stop speaking 2"
 The keeper replied:
 No, no; go along, go along; that will not happen again. That man has only one lucid moment every seven years Tit bits
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02

merely a town of tin houses set on the sea edge Of a lava plain. with a weird range of volcanic mountains behind it. In the old days, when the nine cones that you can count on the sky line were all ahlaZe and answering to the flame Of Snaefell across the bay when the saurian fought the saurian on the black volcanic beach the plain or Reykgavik must have presented a pie ture that he imagination may only reconstruct in part.
 That town of tin houses is in reality a highly organized little city When you stand al the postoffice and look up at the countless telegraph wires, you can almost imagine yourself in q large American city. The telephone links the metropolis with sea coast towns and with nearly every hamlet in the land. You meet a man read ing a newspaper-it is the Nizir; you meet another man reading news paper--it is the IsafoId: newsboy pursues you with the Fjallkon; you buy q box of matches, and the man wraps it up for you in q sheet of yesterdays Ingolfur you step out Of the shop and you are asked to buy q woman suffrage newspaper - the kvennabla.
 l had come away from London to escape politics. among other things. ! The first place I was taken to ir lteykiavik was the parliament house a stone building situated in the public square. Parliament was in session. and q man was addressing it whom, had he not been speaking Ice landic, l might have mistaken for an Irish members of our house of com mons. There l met q local author of repute, who took me the next day to the theater to see a play by a local dramatist. He also introduced me to an artist, who sold me a picture: then l remembered that Thorvaldsen was an Icelander. The author took me for a walk and pointed out various men who to look at were fishermen. but who in reality were poets. Through him l came to know that nearly every Icelander is ! poet. and that this town bv the Icelandic sea is town of wonders 2 center of high civilization. a home of pure ideals, of hospitality. of sim 1 plicity in it's best form. of kindliness end of the three arts-H. de We're Stacpoole, In the Youths Companion
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02

Flight Lieutenant R. W. Fame has been awarded the Distinguished Cross for his part in the destruction of a Zeppelin off the Norfolk coast recently. Lieutenant Fane is only eighteen years of age and went from the Charterhouse school direct to the royal flying corps on July 22, 1915. He has been making night flights for more than a year.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02
THE LONELY ISLANDERS

It is a very curious thing that in he midst of the thousand calls that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-01

CALL OFF TRIP
Northeast Agricultural Association
Fails to Make Journey to
Cattle Show at
Waterloo.

Heavy rains, the scarcity Of labor
for filling silos and taking care OF
fall planting made 1t necessary for
the Northeast Missouri Agricultural
association to postpone its contemp-
lated automobile trip to Waterloo.
The postponement was made known
to Secretary Fulton Of the Indus
trial association, yesterday in tele-
gram. The Missourians were to have
arrived yesterday afternoon late, and
to have spent the night in Keokuk.
leaving early this morning. The trip
was somewhat in doubt, following the
big rain last week. and when it seem
ed to be impossible to secure neces-
sary labor for the farm work, the
agriculturists called it off entirely.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-01
INDOOR LEAGUE
FORMED HERE
Several Business Houses Have En-
tered Teams In New Organlza-
tion-Meetlng Of Representa-
tives Tuesday Evening.

A number OF business houses have
already applied to enter teams in the
indoor baseball league that is being
formed A meeting will be held at
the Y. NJ. C. A. Tuesday evening to
draw UP the rules and complete ar
rangements for the league and every
team interested should have repre-
sentative present at this meeting.
The same number of men play on
an indoor team as in the outdoor
game. However, team may be COM
posed Of only seven men or as few
as five. A ten week schedule has
been proposed, which probably will
be opened next week.