The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-11-02


in Kalamazoo.
Judge and Mrs. David Anderson
will leave for Chicago today to spend
the week end in the city.
Several of the Paw Paw high
school boys saved enough money
from their earnings last summer to
buy a Liberty Bond.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Cross spent
Sunday last in Lawrence with his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. G A Cross
Frank A. Shuart, state factory in
spector from Lansing was in Paw
Paw on official business Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Jennings, for
many years residents of Paw Paw
township left on Tuesday for their
new home in Ravenna, Ohio. The
best wishes of host Of friends ac-
company them to the new home. The
trip was made by Auto.
DR.. and Mrs. Van Week entertained
her father DR.. A. G. Hildreth of
Macon, Missouri last week. On Tues
day they left for Lansing to attend
the State Osteopathic Association
meeting. DR.. Hildreth was on the
program for an address.
Sunday, November 4th, will be
GO to- Sunday School Sunday"
throughout Canada and the United
States. 1t is expected that a million
people will attend Sunday School in
Michigan on that day. Many Sunday
Schools are preparing special pro-
grams for the day.
The new postal rates are now in
effect. 1t takes three cents now to
mail a letter, and two cents for a
postal card. Letters for delivery from
the local o--ce however, either by
city or rural carrier or general or
box delivery are designated as drop
Letters" and may be mailed for two
cents. Patrons should make a special
effort to remember the new rates,
otherwise letters will have to be re-
turned to sender for more postage,
or marked due and paid at destina-
tion before delivery.
The department of Bays and Girls
club work of the Michigan Agricul-
tural college has been advised that
81 900 has been appropriated by the
Board of Supervisors of Saginaw
county f6r the continuation of Garden
Enterprises in 1913. Thus Saginaw
county takes the lead in Michigan in
making ready for gardening next
Spring. This is the first appropria-
zion for 1918 reported to the NJ. A
c. The Boards substantial endorse
ment of the gardening project was a
result Of its finding that through a
investment of $4,000 last summer,
boys and girls of that county were
encouraged to produce garden crops
valued at more than $1,000.
The business men of Paw Paw and
farmers of the community are TAX
ing very kindly to the Canning
Factory proposition. A meeting was
called at the Council Rooms last Mon
day evening to meet Mr.. Traver and
talk over the situation, but owing to
the condition of the roads, Mr.. Traver
was unable to get here, and the meet
ing was postponed until next Mon
day night. The meeting will be held
at the Council Rooms at 500 o'clock
and every business man in the will
age, and as many of the farmers in
the community as can get here should
be at the meeting. Mr.. Traver is a
successful and reliable canning
factory man. A canning factory here
under his management would be a
success, and would mean much to Paw
Paw. This opportunity must not slip
by. Attend the meeting next Mon
day night.
The following items were clipped
from a Clearing Sale" bill of the
Duncombe (Our County Treasurer)
cash store in Keeler and gave some
idea of the prevailing prices on staple
commodities in the month of Sep
tember 1895. A comparison of prices
of the same articles in October 1917
will be interesting. Following are
just a few of the prices quoted at
that time:-Best Clear Back Pork,
ga cents; % pounds fine granulated
sugar, $1.00; Is pounds oat meal 25
cents; 10 bars Jaxon or Lenox> soap,
% cents; II bars Climax soap, 25
cents; Good tea, 2S cents; Coffee 1S1s
to 26 cents; Calico, a cents per yard;