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sary laws when Governor Frazier was invited to
Montana.
Governor Stewart of Montana, shrewd politi-
clan, was quick to size up the situation. He saw
that it would never do, when the farmers of Mon
tana were petitioning unsuccessfully for relief, to
have North Dakota's governor come to the state
and tell Montana farmers how the situation had
been worked out in North Dakota. So, after weeks
of hesitation, Governor Stewart followed the lead
of the governor of North Dakota and just before
the sessions of the Equity and Cooperators' CON
gress were due to be held, he called special ses-
sion of the Montana legislature
Whatever relief Montana farmers get from the
special session Of the legislature is due prinar-
lily to the fact that the farmers Of North Dakota
had control of their own state government
In addition to calling upon the Montana legisla-
ture to enact a seed bonding law like North Da-
kotas Governor Stewart proposed number of
other new laws. Among these were to be new laws
defining reasonable and seditious utterances and
defining Sabotage, criminal syndcalism and indus
trial and political anarchy"
FARMERS AND LABOR
FAVOR FREE SPEECH
The Equity convention considered carefully the
program that the governor had mapped out. It in
dorsed enthusiastically the plan to enact a seed
bonding law that would work and also proposals to
extend the vote to soldiers and to create morator
iums for all men in the United States army actions
already taken by the North Dakota farmer legisla-
ture.
But the Equity farmers would not stand for Gov
ernor Stewards proposals for other laws. There
are plenty Of laws already to punish sedition and
treason, in the belief Of the Equity farmers They
feared that the new laws the governor asked would
be misused to stop free speech and peaceable as
semblage, as the public safety commission law is
msused in Minnesota, and they feared that the "po
litical and industrial anarchy law was merely an at
tempt to further persecute the working men Of
Montana, who already have been prosecuted to the
limit by the Copper trust.
% fsIr cry
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real representative of the people was there Roose
velt, with some degree of safety, may be able to
repudate this story. 1t is printed for what it is
worth tfEa
But what happened Immediately afterward there
is no denying The Republicans went back to Okla
homa and the Republican vote cast against the
constitution. The Democrats made some trifling
changes in that document to meet the technical OBJ
jections that had been made by Bonaparte, Roose-
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HOW MONTANA FARMERS
CAME TO GET RELIEF

In North Dakota under similar circumstances
the farmer governor had proceeded to simple rem
edy: He had called session Of the farmer legis-
ature to remedy the laws and make it possible for
the farmers to buy seed This special session: had
The nonpartisan leader., 1918-03-04

we were to go back to Oklahoma and oppose the
new constitution He gave us the impression that
If it was adopted by the convention our oppo-
sition that he would disapprove it."
T. r. SENT HIS MAN FRIDAY
TO FIGHT CONSTITUTION
Now this is simply one mans story and can not
be confirmed by documentary evidence. The meet
ing a private one and care was taken that no
The nonpartisan leader., 1918-03-04

something. They learned that number of leading
oldline Republican politicians had been summoned
to Washington and had been given separate hear.
Ing by Roosevelt '"f.~''s".-'
What happened at this conference told to the
writer by one of the men in Washington at the time.
you can't use it," he said, because Roosevelt
probably will repudiate it and call you liar if you
print 1t, and for personal reasons my name can't
be used But it happened just the same"
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veltS attorney general, and 1t was then
approved by practically a straight
party vote.
Another thing that happened can be
told without fear of successful con-
tradiction. While Roosevelt, in his in
terview with the convention commit
tee, in failing to reply to the letter
asking what changes he would sug-
gest, and in all his public utterances,
carefully side-stepped any reference
to the Oklahoma constitution and
finally was forced to give his approval
to that document because there were
no legal grounds for rejecting it, he.
sent his secretary of war, William
Howard Taft, to Oklahoma City to
make campaign speech advising ,',e;
people of Oklahoma to vote down their
constitution.
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Plan to Throttle

SO the Equity adopted resolution disappearing
and protesting against these proposals which they
feared might be used to bar free speech and to in
said: ss--*-
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THESE ARE THE REAL
INDUSTRIAL ANARCHISTS"

We do not concede the wisdom of the recommen.
datlon although we do concede the existence of a
vast amount OF criminal syndcalism and Industrial
aharcny OF nation wide Importance and from which
tne rights OF the people suffer invasion and which
eno TO paralyze production in both state and nation
as Witnessed IN the activities and operations of the
flour, Mining and Grain Gambling trust the Pack
ing trust, tne Sugar trust the Usury trust the Po
htlcal trust and some dozens of Others but we he
eve that even they should not be deprived Of their
rights to be tried before the courts in the manner
provided under the federal constitution"
lhls resolution was adopted by unanimous vote
But the Equity farmers did not stop with discussing
JIG PROPOSALS OF Governor Stewart for new laws
iney went on record, by unanimous vote for es.
lapnsnment OF primary grain market in Montana
Tor Montana wheat. The Montana farmers are tired
OF having the freight to Minneapolis and Chicaeo
taken from the price paid them for the wheat Much
OF this wheat is actually med in Montana and theE
Hour IS sold back to the farmers at the MinneanoIis
price, plus the freight from Minneapolis to Montana
IL mas further been proved that Montana wheat can
be shipped by freight to Portland Ore, and thence
by ship to Liverpool, for a cost much lower than
the cost OF shipment by rail to the Great Lakes
ana thence by ship to Liverpool
FOR LEAGUE PROGRAM
RIGHT DOWN THE LINE
Further Endorsement of Nonpartisan leaeue nr;n.
clples was voted in the following resolutions:
we indorse the governments action on rai,wavs 4
ana further recommend the permanent supervision
and final ownership - = '1stoi' Sp'Da
we insist on the speedy enactment Of = fair
workable herd law, fair, feasible hail insurance.
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WHAT TAFT SAID AND
HOW They LIKED 1T

This was in August, 1907. At this
time Taft was the closest political
friend of Roosevelt and had been Sc.
lected by Roosevelt as the next presi-
dent of the United States. Governor
Frantz of Oklahoma, a former Rough
Rider himself and a Roosevelt -ap-
pointee, gave this fact away when he
CONTINUED on page 2O)
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
BELD|NG TO
GET 1S47 TONS
OF ANTHRACITE
IONA COUNTY is PROMISED
}. HARD COAL BY FUEL ADMIN
ISTRATI0N-BUT.

Fuel Administrator w. X. Prudden
at Lansing, has figured out Che allot-
ment Of hard or anthracite coal for
the various counties in the state and
Ionia county is going 0et as her share
8199 tons. Belding is to get 1347
tons of this, Which if we get it, will
go long way toward helping out in
the hard coal situation.
Whether the fuel administrator has
figured out how he is going to deliver
the coal we are unable to say. but be-
low is list of the places which can
figure on having hard coal, together
with the amount they can figure on
burning.
Belding. 1347 tons; Clarksville, 332
tons; Icnia, 2726 tons; Lake Odessa,
1925 tons; Lyons, 267 tons Muir, 119
atoms; Orleans, sc tons; Palo, $50 tons;
= Portland, 1898 tons; Pewamo, 2S6
tons; Saranac, 473 tons; Shiloh, As
tons and Smyrna, so tons.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
MORE MEN TO
LEAVE HERE FOR
NATIONAL SERVICE
ONE HALF OF AUGUST Is QUOTA
FOR COUNTY COMES FROM
CITY OF BELDING.

Another quota Of II men will leave
Ionia county for Ann Arbor, u. of
NJ, on Thursday, August 10 and will
take up special work for which they
will be trained at the U. of M.
Twelve of the young men of the
county make up the list and six of
them or one-half of the entire num-
ber come from this city, which fact,
taken along with all other enlist
ments. drafts, etc, gives further
proof that Belding is no Stacker city
but is always ready with men, mo-
ney or whatever is needed.
The list of men to go next is as
follows:
Order Name and Address
21-Leo Robert Mathews, Portland
i29-Ralph Albert Wilson, Belding
31.-Clarence Rich, Belding.
46-Chauncey Leroy Chase, Beld-
ing.
67-John H. Dehn, Belding
S3--Fay Melvin Link, Ionia.
.9n--William III. Bakeman, Belding
98-Leroy K. Francisco, Belding
142--Arden Bryan Youngs, Ionia
162-Royal Joseph Breckon, Ionia
232S-J. C. Walter, Clarksville
2356--Wm. r. Perrett, Lyons.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31

We have a number of subscription
accounts that are long past due and
should have been paid before this. We
check up all those in arrears on our
mailing list and give credit to those
who have pad in advance. If your
label does not read Aug. 1918" it
means that your subscription is due
and prompt response and remittance
will be greatly appreciated. 1t takes
lot of kale to keep newspaper
alive these days and it seems to us
that if you are interested in your
home town paper you should take care
of your little part of its progress with
out any further solicitation.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
WILL CELEBRATE DEDI-
CATION OF SERVICE FLAG

Rev. FIR. John A. Klich and men,
bers Of St. Josephs Catholic church
are planning on a fitting program
for the dedicat on of the parish SER
vice flag at the church, Sunday, Au-
gust A.
The services will begin with high
mass at 1890 A patriotic sermon
by FIR. John A. Gabriels of Ionia.
Dedication and blessing Of service
flag on which will be star for each
enc of the following young men who
have gone forth to fight from this
parish: Hubert M. Engemann, Mar
tin J. Engemann, Arthur Dehn, Mat
Jonas, John Dehn Ito go August 15)
Nelson Curtis, Mike Kennedy, jr.
Orvall Klock, Thos. Bracken, jr., Paul
Havey. Francis ]. Magin, Sylvester
L. O'Connor, A. l.. Cichy and any
others whose names do not appear
here, but who have gone to war.
Following the dedication the con-
gregation will join in singing "The
Star Spangled Banner" America
and perhaps other patriotic songs
Solemn benedic5ion will conclude
the services.
The program IS to be open to the
public and everybody Is invited.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
viii Sprinkle Streets.

The much cussed and discussed
question of sprinkling the streets is
just about settled now, as the mem
bers of the council have practically
agreed to 60 ahead and do the work
at So per operation. The business
men have raised sufficient sum of
money to insure the sprinklmg being
carried on until late in the fall and
can have the sprinkler and flusher
out anytime they come across with
the So. 1t is estimated that two or
three flushings per week, or possibly
four, some weeks, will take care of
the matter in nice shape. We hope
no further discussion need be taken
before the work is started.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
From Sunny South

Writing from St. Joseph's abbey, st.
Benedict, La A. Austin Beaumont,
for years Pere Marquette station
agent at Orleans, states that they
were having beautiful weather. Pota-
toes were dug the middle of June,
blackberries were a heavy crop and
were harvested about. June /. Corn,
sorghum and sugar cane were looking
fine. He says that the main trees
there are southern pine with oak, mag
nolia, balsam, cypress, gum, holly and
other species along the river banks.
In closing Mr.. Beaumont sends his
kind regards to all his friends in and
around Orleans and Belding.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
TANKER BOYS
WANT LETTERS
SENT TO THEM
HAVE HEARD OF FAME OF BEL
DING GIRLS AND WANT SWEET
CHEEKY MESSAGES.

Mayor f. Z. Fales received rath-
er unusual letter the other day from
some young men who comprise a
"tank" squad near Gettysburg, Pa.
Quite frequently mayors, postmas-
ters and editors get requests from
some lonesome fellow asking aid in
hunting up a partner for contem-
plated matrimonial venture, but this
letter which is as follows comes from
a bunch of men serving Uncle Sam
and they want letters:
Mayor Fales has received the fol-
lowing self.explanatory letter which
we publish:
Gettysburg, Pa, July "a, 1918.
Friend Mayer:
Being a squad Of lonely tankers, in
very lcnely camp, we are taking
the liberty of asking you TO put us in
touch with some of the pretty girls
of which Belding is noted for. We
are very lonesome here, rs we are
miles in the mountains, away from the
town and we sure will appreciate a
letter from some nice girls. Thank.
ing you in advance,
The lonesome Tankers.
Chas. Montgomery.
Edgar Anderson.
Alex. Mcdonald.
Clifford Shattock.
Albert Lampinen.
Albert Baker.
326th Hdqtrs. CO., Tank Corps
Gettysburg, Pa.
Seeing that boys in Belding ar,
about as scarce as g rls in the army
it seems that enough letters can b'
sent by local girls to keep these fel
lows reading for months to come.
Don't forget to write them, girls.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
Enlisted in Naval Militia.

While in Grand Rapids Thursday
the editor came across Phil Jakeway,
a brother of Mrs. Will Ward Of this
city. Phil was on his W. to De-
troit where he had enlisted in the ma
val militia about two months ago and
had been waiting all this time for his
call to come. He left Detroit on Sat-
urday morning for the Great Lakes
training station where he will be for
some time. Phil was formerly a
student in the local high school here
and was member of the graduating
class cf 1916.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
MAY Be
SENT TO ENEMY
COUNTRY PEOPLE
PEOPLE WITH FRIENDS OR REL
ATIVES IN CENTRAL POWERS
MAY SEND MESSAGES NOW.

Enemy aliens residing in this coun-
try or American citizens who were
formerly residents of Germany, Aus
tria, Belgium, Poland and other coun-
tries allied with the central
powers will be glad of the opportunity
to get word through to friends or
relatives in those countries, a priv
|ilege which has been denied citizens
Of this country who wished to send a
letter to anyone in those countries
since shortly after the United States
entered into war with Germany and
her allies. No postoffice sir the Unit
ed States has been allowed to take
mail for transmission to any of these
countries for long. time and there
are many people living in this coun-
try and right here in this vicinity who
would be very glad of a chance to
send word over TO parents, other rel
atives or friends in some of the af-
fected countries who will be pleased
to learn that there has recently been
organized a new bureau or depart
ment of the American Red Cross
which VIII transmit these communi.
cations for them.
The message to be sent should be
taken to any Red Cross chapter and
certain formalftieS complied with.
The Red Cross will send it via Wash.
ington and neutral countries, but
naturally cannot guarantee the deliv.
cry of any message in present wal
conditions. However, the service is
being conducted generally without in.
! terruption.
Only purely personal family mes.
sages should be offered to the Rec
Cross for transmission. Messages re.
lating to financial or political matter!
or public affairs cannot be forwarded
The person using this service should
present q letter signed by a reputable
citizen who vouches for his gco(
faith, unless the person is known per
sonally to the chapter officials.
The Red Cross will endeavor to de
liver all proper messages without cos
to the applicant for this service. An
swers will be received by the same
procedure, that is, through Washing
ton and then tc the individual,
No money can be sent and no let
ters viii delivered to persons in th'
military or naval forces of the en-
emy.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
aThou Shalt Not Seal"

John G. Malone, aged Al. for many
years a clerk in the IOnia postoffice
was arrested by Postoffice Inspectors
LaForge and MacSwain at Ionia Fri
day, on a charge Of rifling letters
which were a part Of the United
States mail.
The man is accused cf rifling let
ters containing money sent by phil
anthropic citizen of Ionia to poor
persons he knew needed aid. He
placed the money in small pay en-
velopes, and placed these inside other
envelopes. He sent no letter in the
envelopes as he did not want the re-
cipients tc know who their benefactor
was.
Practically all employees Of the
Ionia postoffice knew his signature
so when one of these letters came
through the mail, it is alleged, Ma
lone would keep it. Ten dollars in
bills sent by this man to poor fam
lily was found on Malone's person and
identified His arrest followed.
1t is also claimed that marked mo-
neg was found in the possession of the
man from whom Malone buys milk
Immediately after Malone had paid il
to him. Malone's offense is serious
one and if he should be convicted he
will undoubtedly serve a long time
in a federal penitentiary. He had
been employed in the Ionia postoffice
for the past 18 years and was con-
sidered one of the most trusted EN-
ployes in the office. He was ar
raigned before the federal authorities
at Grand Rapids and after furnishing
a satisfactory bond, was, released.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
Annronriate Gifts

NJ. L. Willoughby, the jeweler, has
a window full of fine wrist watches
which he lis telling our readers about
in his adv. this week. Mr.. Willough-
by bought lot of these watches some
time ago and they make especially
appropriate gifts for your soldier boy
friends. The watches are about as
fine lot as have ever been offered
for sale in this city.
Patriotic Orders To Picnic
Saturday. August 10, the Post, w.
r. c., and Sons and Daughters of Vet
erans will hold a picnic at the city
park. Dinner will be served at one
O'clock. Everybody turn out.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31

Port Royal, S. c., July 29.--Instead
of tossing their hats in the ring" "
the u. S. Marines new toss 'em in
the water.
Tossing their hats IN the ocean for
luck was adopted as one of the Marine
customs when a gust Of wind snatch
ed the chapeau of recruit while he
was crossing the bay off Paris Island,
s. c.. the Marines training camp.
The 'lidv sailed gracefully out into
space and was soon bcbbing merrily on
the dancing waves.
Taking the accident as a cue "just
fer luck" the remainder Of the re-
cruits immediately sailed their hats
out into the deep and the bay was soon
dotted with hundreds Of straw hats.
The boys "passed the word and
now no recruit can expect to have good
luck unless he has cast his hat upon
the receding tide.
Gee, amt it great to be an Amer
lean?
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31

"A Ford runabout driven and owned
by some Ithaca parties turned turtle
while going at rapid rate of speed
Sunday night just east of the Henry
Werner corners. west of this city and
very nearly completely wrecked the
car. AS Is usually the case in such
happenings neither of the two occu-
pants cf the car were injured and es-
capped without a scratch, although
they did receive q good sound shak-
ing up, which may serve as a caution
against fast and reckless driving in
the future.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31

The Ed. Whitford cottage at Long
lake burned Thursday night at about
IL, o'clock. Whatever contents were
in the cottage were destroyed by the
flames. The cause of the fie is un-
known as no one was occupying the
cottage. 1t is thought, however, that
someone might have thrown lighted
cigar or cigarette stub near the build
ing and in this way started the fire.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
Paid Their Fines.

Mitchell and ellis, the two Ionia
gentlemen who got into trouble here
recently when the former drove his
car into another car, while intoxicat-
ed, appeared before Justice Lapham
and pleaded guilty to the charges
preferred against them.
Mitchell was taxed $50 and costs,
amounting in all to S55 and ellis
was taxed S25 and costs, his pile
coming to $50. No one is safe when
an intoxicated person is running a
motor Vehicle upon a highway and
this ought to stop all such practices.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31

night moving their lodge parapher-
quarters over Wagner's insurance of of
flee to the new place in the Crawford
block on South Bridge street. The
new place is just about completed and
will be occupied the first time on
Thursday night of this week
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
A Correction.

Our Ashley correspondent asks to
make correction in the items which
appeared last week. The item which
read al dozen hospital sheets9
should have read, al dozen hospital
shirts" Purely a typographical er-
ror, that is all and we gladly make
the correction.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
Baked Goods Sale.

The ladies OF st. Joseph's Catholic
church will hold a baked goods sale
in the Miller & Harris Furniture Co. s
store Saturday afternoon from 2 until
o'clock. A full lii.e of staple and
fancy baked goods on sale.-Adv.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31

Dale Klock, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Kloek, left here Monday after
noon for Detroit, where he had ac-
cepted position with Dodge Bros.
as filing clerk. Dale is in the same
boys who have been with Dodge Bros.
for scme time back. He is well able
to take up his new position having
been educated in our local schools
and was one of the graduating class
of 1917.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
FarMell For Mrs. Lem Witt.

friends cf Mrs. Leonard Witt enter
tanned with a farewell party in her
honor Monday evening. Mrs. Witt
returns to her former home in Wash
ington Wednesday. During her short
residence here she has made many
friends. There were AZ guests present
and refreshments were served.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
Kiddies Are Boosters.

The little children of South Pearl
street served candy and ice tea en- the
lawn of j. III. Langston the other day
and the proceeds which amounted to
rs cents were turned into the Red
Cross fund.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
Baptists To Picnic.

The members Of the Baptist Sunday
school will hold their annual picnic
at Long Lake Friday, July 2. The
first load of people will leave the
church at 8 o'clock in the morning
and it is hoped that lot of people
will go and Join in the good time,
which the picnics always bring with
them.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31

The annual meeting of the Ion "a
County Battalion will be held at
Lake Odessa, Wednesday, August q.
All comrades and affiliated orders are
urgently invited to come and have
good time with US.
r. G. Blair,
Pres Batt'n.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
Cleaner Meeting Notice,

Grattan Arbor, No. 372, A. o. o. G..
will hold their next regular meeting
with Companions Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Tuttle. Saturday ev0qing, Aug. 3. Sup
per, sandwiches without meat, cookies
and pickles. Fanrhc Macarthur, Lee-