The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-11-23
Fred Wilbur entertained brother
from sCamp Custer last Sunday.

from Scamp Custer last Sunday.
Nj. III. Sherod Of st. Paul, Minn.,
was visitor at the home of his sis
ter Mrs. Claude Snow and family the
first of the week.
Miss Helen Stephenson and daugh-
ter have moved into the Barton
residence recently vacated by Mr..
and Mrs. Leo Warner.
S. Van Ostrand of South Haven
was in Paw Paw on Monday. Mr..
Van Ostrand has been in the drug
business in the city of South Haven
for many years, and just recently
sold out. He is now employed by
the utility Operating Co." of Kala-
maZoo.
Francis Lake, manual training
teacher in the Paw Paw schools last
year, is one of the new recruits for
Camp Custer. His home is in Ber-
lamont, and a farewell party was
given him there in the Grange Hall
one evening this week. People every
where never tire in doing honor to
the boys who are going to the front
A letter from Miss lone Reynolds
from Connersville, Indiana renewing
her subscription to The True Norther
ner states that she always looks for
the Paw Paw grapes in the market
there and is always able to find them.
She has had grapes from the Bus
kirk and Lurkins vineyards and this
year from Bales. They are in fine
condition, and larger and sweeter
than any of the other fruit, she says.
Hurrah for the Paw Paw grapes.
Elden Hershberger and family of
Hillsdale were guests at the home of
his brother Henry Hershberger and
family last week. The brothers had
not seen each other for twenty years
and the reunion was naturally a very
pleasant occasion. Frank Hadges
and family accompanied them back
as far as Battle Creek, where they
visited Owen ID. Pike, who worked
for Mr.. Hodges several years some
nine years ago.
The NJ A. C. will open a short
training school in production on jan
uary 7th. The object of this course
is to teach young men in the rural
communities how to put their best
foot forward in the coming summers
campaign for record production of
crops and farm products. The course
will take up general agricultural
practice, dairying, horticulture, crops
soils and poultry and will run eight
weeks.
LoIing Austin of Petoskey has
been the guest of his niece Mrs.
Lena Weatherwax in Waverly for a
time. While here he has made two
trips to South Bend, and one to Chi
cago, walking nearly all of the dis
tance. Mr.. Austin called at the
Northerner office Monday, and stated
that he was "Not Weston" but just
an amateur. He is seventy years of
age, and expects to walk back to his
home in Petoskey. He is hale and
hearty for one of his age, and states
his good physical condition is due to
the out door exercise.
New orders issued by Provost Mar
shall General Crowder changes the
whole status of the remaining draft
lists. The order revokes all former
exemptions and will classify every
person of draft age for duty when
needed. The new orders will give
the local board more power, and
makes the District Board simply an
appellate body to review evidence al
ready given before the district board.
We understand that all exempted
persons must again go before an ex-
amining board for classification. Full
instructions hove not been received
by the local board as yet.
There seems to be some misunder-
standing among automobile owners
in regard to the Federal War tax.
Some have had the impression that
individual owners must pay a tax,
based on the value of their car. AS
we understand the matter, cars are
not taxed to individual owners. Man.
ufacturers are taxed three per cent
of the selling price of the car, but
there is no Federal War Tax to the
individual owners. The original War
Income Tax bill contained such a
clause by which all car owners
would have been taxed lump sum
based on the original value of the car.