The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-11-08

Kalamazoo on Wednesday.
Bennett McKinstry who has been
on the sick list is able to be out again.
Joe Coy has been very i'll with
influenza but is better at this writ
ing.
Regular Communication Paw Paw
Lodge No. % F. and A. M. next Tues
day evening, November 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Della Allen of Law
renee were Paw Paw visitors on
Thursday.
Charles Clancy of Detroit was a
Paw Paw visitors on Wednesday of
this week.
Miss Etoile Allen was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Cummings on
Wednesday.
Will Showerman came home from
Battle Creek for visit with home
folks last Sunday.
Charley Burns, Harry Reidel and
Clarence Goodrich of Camp Custer
and Hugh Neale of the Great Lakes
took advantage of the opportunity to
spend few hours at home on election
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Towers of Mat
tawan were in Paw Paw Wednesday
morning. They are planning to leave
next week for Quincy, Michigan where
they will spend the winter.
The Influenza Epidemic locally and
elsewhere about the state now seems
to be on the wane. No new cases
have been reported locally for several
days, and the sick ones are all con-
valescent. The schools opened again
Monday, and by the end of the week
it is probable that the entire quaran-
tine will be lifted. The physicians
of the village, nurses, and women in
general are deserving of a place on
the Roll of Honor for the sacrifices
made, and the efforts put forth to
care for the sick during the critical
period.
r The question is frequently asked
as to the amount of salary paid
officers in the U. S. Army. Follow
ing are the official figures: -2nd.
Lieutenants, $141.67 per month; 1st.
Lieutenant, $166.67 per month; Capt.
$4,000 per month; Major, $250.00
per month; Lieutenant Colonel, $291.-
81 per month; Colonel, $333.33 per
month; Brigadier General, $4,000
per month; Major General, $666.67
per month; Lieutenant General, $780,
90 per month; General, $833.33 per
month. The pay of a private is $50
per month; Private First Class. $4,000
Sergeant, $3.50. These salaries are
more than double that paid in Ger
many, and a little more than double
paid by France. In Great Britain,
the pay Of privates, commissioned
officers, and commissioned officers
down to Lieutenant General is con-
siderably less than that paid in the
United States. For the two highest
rankes however, Lieut.. General and
General, the pay is much higher; for
the former, $85000 per month, and
for General, S13SO.33 per month.
Following are extracts from a let
ter from Will Rickerson of San Diego,
renewing his subscription to The True
Northerner:-"We are always watch
ing for the Northerner, but of late we
do not get it until Thursday or Fri
day, when we used to get it on We'd
nesday, but then it is all the more
welcome when we do get it. | noticed
what you said in the Northerner
about my old friend Charlie Leach,
but just let me tell you he has just
one more guess coming, for we have
his country beat more than mile
when it comes TO climate. They are
all right over there in the winter, but
when it comes to all the year, / do
not believe that there is any place
on the earth that beats San Diego
and | would like to prove it to either
of you or both of you, and let me say
right here that if either of you come
to the Coast for the winter, do not
let your friends up at Los Angeles
fool you into believing that Los is the
place to winter in. 1t is not, but
San Diego is. We are all of us feel.
ing fine at the present time, there is g
very few cases of the "Flu" here, it i:
very light. The real estate busines:
is rather quiet here just now owing
to so many liberty loans, bat then
have no kick coming, for>this terrible
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