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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-04-05
SCHOOL NOTES

Every grade in the public school
has recently been organized into a
Thrift Stamp organization, and from
now on the reports for the weekly
sales in each grade will appear as
a part of the school notes. 1t is an
item Of no little Importance, and what
is being attained in some schools in
this regard is quite remarkable. 1t
is hoped that our schools record will
be an eviable one, but parents too
must assist and encourage children
in practicing the habit of thrift
through the purchase of these thrift
stamps. This can be done by giving
them an occasional opportunity to
earn a small amount for investment
in this way.
I Rural parents in this school district
have been slow in responding to the
missionaries sent out by the school
to cover the agricultural interests.
These reports must be returned as it
is a proposition under the direction
and control of the Federal Govern
ment.
Quite number Of our high school
boys have shown an interest in the
Boys Working Reserve. In joining
this, they pledge themselves to spend
at least six weeks during the summer
vacation in assisting ir farm work.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
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DON'T GET EXCITED

1t is amusing sometimes to
see how serious some folks
really take themselves; to see
them swell up all ready to just
Dust with Pride" as Grandma
Gibbs would say. For instance
our local contemporary last
week assumed that 81 am
greater than thou" attitude,
and in a spasm that would rival
the rawlings of the great editor
of the Chicago American, drew
some comparisons between the
Courier and other newspapers
of Van Buren, county, that for
pure unadultered nerve have
never been surpassed in this
neck of the woods. The effort
was absurd enough to be really
funny. The measurements of
reading matter credited to the
various papers of the county
were made from the issue of
the previous week and had the
measurements of the reading
matter in the Courier been
made in the same issue, there
isn't a paper published in the
state of Michigan, that would
not have made that sheet look
like a piker. But that kind of
a comparison would not suit the
purpose Of our pompous con-
temporary. SO measurements
of the Couriers pure Reading"
matter were made of the sue
ceeding issue when it happened
to have somewhere near the
amount of type set that every
weekly paper should always
have and comparisons made be-
tween that and the other coun-
ty papers of the preceding week.
In the table of comparisons, The
True Northerner was given
credit for POT inches of reading
matter. To be perfectly fair
though. it should be stated that
this 207 inches was run "solid"
that is with no space between
the lines, and without a single
inch of plate matter in the
paper. Then again, if one was
disposed to play fair, it should
be stated that the Courier of
that same week contained Just
1872 inches of "pure reading
matter" including "World Wide"
"State wide" and all and column
after column of plate matter.
This Boiler Plate" it should be
said in passing, is furnished
free at the present time in
generous quantities.
Then to, it is amusing to see
how wide an Interpretation our
contemporary places on the
term pure Reading Matter.
But then, what's the use. We
sit back and smile at the raw
ings of our deluded friend in
his imagined greatness. We
do not cater to "World Wide"
and Pink Teas" but publish
just as much real news each
week as space will permit. Our
efforts are we believe, appreci-
ated. People continue to pay
$1.50 for the paper, and our
list continues to grow. We are
content in the thought that The
True Northerner has the proud
distinction Of a circulation of
more than double that of any
other Paw Paw paper. In other
words, The True Northerner
has a greater circulation in Paw
Paw alone than the Courier has
on its entire list. Advertisers
generally appreciate that fact
as a comparison of the amount
of advertising carried by the
two local papers week after
week would indicate. No dear
boy" don't get excited. brain
storms" have a tendency to in
crease the number of grey hairs
and are not conducive to long
evity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-04-05
UNJUST CRITICISM

1t is said that farmers in
some sections of the country
are holding their wheat for
higher prices and refusing to
let it go at this time. Ii is
hard to believe that this report
can be true. Farmers of today
are as intelligent and well post
ed on every subject as men Of
any other vocation. They real
ize the seriousness of the hour
and know that the outcome of
this great war depends in no
small degree on the efforts of
every individual farmer. 1t
is hard then to believe that
there is a single farmer
lin the land who is un-
patriotic enough to hold back
any article of food that is now
needed at the front, for the sole
purpose of greater profit. There
may be some such farmers, just
as there is now and then a trait
or in other walks in life. But
it is an insult to the patriotic
loyalty of farmers as a class to
make this unjust charge. Far
mers, laborers and men of all
classes at home are just as
much a part of the army as the
boys at the front. Every man
has a duty to perform, must fit
in the great machine if victor''
is to crown our efforts. OF
course the folks back home
must live just the same as the
boys at the front. But we can
deprive ourselves of some things
if it is necessary to the success
full outcome of the war. We
must lose sight temporarily
of big profits, and do things be-
cause our country needs it.
Boys at the front lose sight of
their own personal safety in
their attempt to repel the in
vasion of the Hun. Likewise it
is every citizens patriotic duty
to do things, without profit if
need be, to give those boys at
the front, the necessities of life.
People as rule realize all this
now, and in our judgment it is
unjust to accuse farmers as a
class of being unpatriotic. They
realize Just what their duty is,
and will do the same as every
other class of loyal citizens, re-
CARELESS of their income.
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:: u e IS IS M e !. e

News from the front during
the last two or three days has
been more reassuring. All the
allied armies are now working
under one head, General Foch,
one Of the heroes Of the Marine
now having complete direction
and control of the allied move
ments. General Pershing with
100000 of the finest specimens
of American manhood ever
assembled is at the front should
er to shoulder with the French
and British troops. The Huns
have been checked and the AL
lies have now taken the often
sive. This is all good news and
we are hoping for the best. Let
us not forget however, that vic
tory, permanent victory is q
long way off, and that the sac
rifices may be enormous before
that time shall come. We must
win though, there is no othef'
way. Let every man, woman
and child keep that thought al
ways in mind. We must win
this war, and no matter how
great the sacrifice or what it is,
the folks back home must make
it cheerfully, freely and often.
Get ready then for the Liberty
Loan. That comes first. Then
the Red Cross, and following
that, we know not what. But
it will be more and more all the
time until the war is ended. and
Van Buren, county will be "Over
the Top"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-04-05

/ desire to announce to the electors
of Van Buren, County that l am a
candidate for the office of Register of
Deeds on the Republican ticket
Your support and assistance at the
coming primaries will be appreciated
Charles S. Mohney
10 1. Porter Township
paid Political Advertising
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1t is openly charged that in
the last two Liberty Loan
drives thousands of people
throughout the country refused
to subscribe to the loan, al
though abundantly able to do so.
This time the government pro-
poses to know who these men
are and why they are not will
ing to support the government
in time of need. A record will
be kept now of every person
who declines to subscribe to the
loan, with the reasons for such
refusal endorsed on the tabu-
lation card. These cards will
all be sent to the department of
Justice after the Drive is over.
This plan may seem a little
harsh to some folks, but it is
fair and right. War funds can
no longer be considered as vol
untary contributions. it is one
persons duty just as much as
anothers to give, give and con-
tinue to give just as often as
may be necessary and to the
full extent of their resources if
need be. No one at home can
now be exempt, and the govern
ment has taken steps to know
who the Slackers are, and will
find a way to compel loyalty to
the cause for which we are now
fighting.
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Everything is set" now for
the Liberty Loan drive which
begins tomorrow, Saturday,
April 9Th. Van Buren, county
is organized, both men and
women. The ladies will play an
important part in this drive,
as they are doing in all
war preparation and activity.
Committees are appointed, and
the canvass will be thorough
and systematic. Not a stone
will be left unturned to put Van
Buren, county over the top in
this drive.
The Irish standard., 1918-06-08

worthy of visit and constitutes a
noteworthy contribution to the general
business prestige and advancement Of
the metropolis of the Northwest.
Dependable Service the Keynote.
Many of our so-called modern" drug
stores have developed along very bi-
zarre lines. Some of them have we'll
nigh reverted to the crossroads coun-
try store in their undignified scramble
to grab up all kinds of trade and traf-
flee, from the peanut stand to the
general department store The func-
tion of filling physicians prescriptions
and providing wholesome and fresh
drugs, medicines and chemicals, which
is their primary purpose has been
relegated to the background, and is
carried OH somewhat as an appurten-
ance and side-line of their general
trade. But in the Peterson establish
ment the. reverse of this conception of
the drug business is carried out, so
that one is impressed with the idea
upon entering that he is not attending
a rummage sale or an auction, but
rather a pleasant reception room
where his wants will receive careful,
patient and intelligent attention. Not
less than six skilled and duly regis
tered pharmacists are constantly en-
ployed to meet the demands of the
huge prescription trade which daily
flows in not only from tile Twin Cities
but also from many different points
throughout the Northwest. Mr.. Peter
son is himself graduate in pharmacy,
and his three sons, Hugo, Rudolph and
Verne, who are associated in the busi-
ness with him, all are graduates of
Pharmaceutical College of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. Two daughters,
too, have completed the same course at
the "U" and are helping to replace at
the store the brothers who have taken
their stand among the fighting forces
of Uncle Sam.
Experience As a Test.
The competency and carefulness of
Mr.. Peterson and his corps of assist
ants is attested by the fact that in the
long course of his business, during
which hundreds of thousands of pres.
criptions have been compounded at his
store, he does not remember of single
SoriOus error tO havo hoon ,,odo All
the precautions against error, includ-
ing double-checking of the prescrip.
tions and other safeguards, are care.
fully and conscientiously observed in
respect to every item of this depart.
ment. AS natural consequence the
Peterson pharmacy enjoys the absolute
confidence of the many physicians and
surgeons who have tested its reliabil.
The Irish standard., 1918-06-08

ity in their experience, as we'll as that
of the general public, which has
learned to depend upon it's reliability
and competency. Subsidiary lines and
catch-penny incidentals are not, as ID
| too frequently the case, made to over
shadow the direct and primary func-
| tion of the pharmaceutical, medical
| and surgical service.
One Hundred Per Cent American.
Though owing his nativity to Europe,
Mr.. Peterson and his entire family
rank one hundred per cent in Ameri-
can patriotism. One of his sons, Verne,
early enlisted in the army aviation
service, and Rudolph, his brother, fol-
lowed him in April. A third son, Hugo.
is at present busy with preparations
for his departure to the national SER
vice. Says the father:
1T is to America I owe all that I
have and hold most precious in the
world. How, therefore, can 1 stop at
any sacrifice for the preservation and
defense of my country?"
This is the terse expression of his
love for America, whereas he states
he has enjoyed the patronage of all
elements of the population. and has
numerous friends among them. The
physicians and customers who have
helped him on the road to his mag
niflcent business success and achieve
ments embrace almost every class of
people that make up the great Ameri-
can composite and his relations with
these several nationalities have been
uniformly friendly and mutually bene-
ficial.
Activity In Public and Professional
Affairs.
Mr.. Peterson has found time in the
A, course of his business career to de-
vote considerable attention to public
affairs. He has strenuously fought the
successful fight for good roads and
bridges in and about the city. He was
one OF the principal promoters Of the
project Of paving Cedar Avenue. He
Is valued and influential member of
the Civic and Commerce Association,
and served for a time as president of
the South Side Commercial Club. He
Is also vice president of the Minnesota
State Pharmaceutical Association, and
takes an active interest in it's several
activities for the protection and ad-
vancement of the profession, for as
he looks upon his calling it is not
purely and simply a commercial bust.
ness, but skilled and scientific ser.
vice which entities it to that dignity
and honor.
The Irish standard., 1918-06-08

"Bad weather, sad news, poor food
are not things that benefit the physical
condition of old men. And as the
body weakens, the mind certainly does
not weaken; it seems to long for sleep.
We are all of us wonderfully made,
and live a curious life of action and
reaction. In our young manhood it
takes little to turn us from Joy to sor-
row; in age it takes less. And so it
comes about that the present times
and a sharp illness combine to make
my outlook on affairs somewhat
gloomy. I would much prefer to let
things slide and pass my time in nurs-
ing myself back to health-the only
thing I am fit for at the moment. But
here is poor Ireland at the gates OF
fate, with her enemies in full pursuit.
I'll draw myself to say word for her,
cost what in may And it shall be word
Of witness, spoken by a careful Ameri-
can observer, and taken from book
to which will refer again when am
we'll, and able to do something more
than record testimony. Here is the
extract; it deals with the peril of i'm
posing conscription on Ireland:
"'Today conscription can only be
applied to Ireland by exterminating
many thousands of their finest young
men. "No Conscription'' is to them
sacred cause. It is the expression of
their nationality-the same cause for
which English soldiers are fighting at
Ypres in behalf Of Belgium My ex-
perience in Ireland came to focus one
evening when, with Robert Mountsier,
I attended a MOI Conscription meeting.
The first speaker had advocated pas:
sive resistance. He had urged the
young men to refuse to serve. He had
told them to be thrown into prison.
Then a young 1rishman stood up, six
feet of him. He spoke with humor and
fire. He told why he and his COM
rades had made the famous Rebellion
of 1916, although they knew it was
The Irish standard., 1918-06-08
The ]. 0. Pet
erson and Sons
Drug Company
ONE OF THE LARGEST AND BEST
DRUG STORES IN THE
UNITED STATES.
The long-Established Peterson Store,
Newly Housed at "Seven Corners"
Is a Model Institution, That Has
Possibly No Superior in the Country.
Peterson's Advancement Has
Moved Parallel With That
Of the City.

The historic Seven Corners" is the
nerve center of the important CONNER
clal activities of South Minneapolis.
The lnterurban and several other i'm
portant lines of street railway traffic
receive and discharge at this multi
intersection of streets and avenues
more passengers than at at any other
suburban point in the city, the princi-
pal lines begin the important arterial
highways, Washington Avenue and Ce.
dar Avenue.
Occupying a commanding position
at this busy and active traffic center
stands the newly erected three-story,
solid and handsome, pressed-brick and
stone trimmed structure that houses
the drug and pharmacy business of the
j. o. Peterson and Sons Drug Com
pany-unsurpassed, it is confidently
stated, in respect to it's size and CON-
pleteness and efficiency of equipment
in the United States. Into it's beauti-
full design, solidity of structure, and
perfection of equipment and arrange.
ment the head of this progressive and
public-spirited firm, ]. o. Peterson has
translated the prolonged experience
OF his thirty-five years of successful
work and enjoyment of his profession.
He has patiently wrought his splendid
business plant out into concrete rea-
lization the ideals and ambitions of q
lifetime, the keynote of which may
be summed up as the attainment of the
highest type of public service in the
trade.
Translating Ambition Into Reality.
Space does not permit detailed de-.
scription of several departments of
the great Peterson institution, which
would require many columns, but the
general amplitude of it's accommoda-
tions may be seen in the imposing d.
mensions of the main store room.
which is forty-four feet wide and one
hundred feet long. The second floor is
utilized for medical and dental offices,
and the third floor is intended even
tually for stock rooms and manufac.
turing laboratories. In the spacious
and attractive basement is to be found
chemical laboratory that will cha1-
lenge comparison in class and efficien-
cy with any other in this country or
elsewhere. Speaking in general way
the Peterson drug store is the largest
in the Twin Cities, in the State of
Minnesota, in the northwest, and ranks
not far from the top rank in it's line
in the United States, so that it is we'll
The Irish standard., 1918-06-08
FEDERATION REPUDIATEs ENG
LISH "cATHoLIc" UNION,
Who InsuIted Irish Hierarchy on
Their Anti.conscription

London, May 9.-Events have been
moving very quickly here in regard
to the Irish question. Following on
the reputation of the attitude of the
Irish Bishops by the Catholic Union
of Great Britain, has come the repudi-
alton of the Catholic Union by the
Stafford Catholic Federation, and also
by the Bishop and chapter of that
Diocese. The Catholic Federation in
its resolution says that the Catholic
Union has no right to speak for the
body of British. Catholics and that
it is unknown to the large majority of
Catholics outside London. The Bishop
and chapter Of this Northern strong.
hold of Catholicity consider that the
attitude assumed by the Union is mis-
chievous and beyond their sphere.
Bishop Dunn, Of Nottingham has writ
ten long letter to the press uphold
ing the attitude Of the Irish Bishops.
The Irish standard., 1918-06-08

lie 1IlSu Sue Is SUN u1OiS Scl1OuS
The Treasury has been consistently
dishonest in taking the Irish returns
and the Irish revenue actually collect
ed is far in excess of what England
states it to be. AS an actual fact the
Irish surpluses for the period from
1920 to 1870 amount to 9171,771, ,61O
or e35,642,372 more than Ireland is
credited with. Messrs. Sexton, Blake
and Slattery, the Irish members OF
the Commission, signed a report
showing that the average amount an
nually extorted from Ireland was G3.-
OOO,O
Some other day we will explain the
fraud whereby the Treasury tries to
conceal the true Irish revenue For
the present let it be sufficient to say
that each year the Imperial Govern
ment extorts from Ireland some G3,-
100000, but only about one million
and quarter is acknowledged. Al
together Ireland has been bled of
G292,12O,035 or, according to the
Irish estimate, 1927, ,417-for the
benefit of the Empire which by brib.
cry and perjury and fraud deprived
the Irish people of the right of self
government. Three hundred millions
have been paid for benefcent rule
which has plunged Ireland in misery,
killed millions of her people by starv.
alton, and driven millions of others
into exile-a rule which tried to rob
the people of their faith, and which at
home and abroad is never weary of
it's policy of Misrepresentation and
calumny of the race which remains
it's accuser before the tribunal of hu-
manity and which gives the direct lie
to all it's hypocritical protestations
that the rights of small nations, or
anything else except the interests of
a bigoted and tyrannical oligarchy,
concern it in any way. The one ar
gument against this seems to be that
England has spent millions in enabling
the Irish farmers to become owners of
their own land. How? The money
spent on the farmers by way of loan
which they must repay at interest, and
which as restitution does not count at
all. We, are told that in each case of
a sale a sum was given as bonus.
It was; but not to the Irish people;
the bonus was given to the landlords
in most cases English absentees-
and the United Kingdom and Ireland
were taxed in order to offer a sop to
the Ascendancy who held the property
of which the Irish farmers had once
been robbed.
Not a penny by way of restitution
was paid to the people of Ireland. Is
it any wonder that Ireland is restless
under rule that is calculated pri-
marily to plunder the people it is sup
posed to protect?
The Irish standard., 1918-06-08
HOW ENGLAND PLUMBERS IRELAND
ExToRTloN


In Exced Over of Main
Is
Findings
The Irish standard., 1918-06-08
eoDlsAvE IRELAND

4 Broad-Minded EngIishman, One
Whose Gifted Pen Has Always Been
At the Service Of Truth, Writes As
Follows In the Columns Of The Llv-
erpooI Catholic Times:
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-14
MAUI SCHOOL NOTES


Ih" faculty Of III" Maui High
school, on Thursday evening of last
week. CAV" a Colonial dinner to the
'"m"r class says last Fridays Maui
News OF NaIIuku. The Domestic Sci
enc" lannl was decorated for the occa-
Non and mus" was furnished by Ia
wares orchestra.
Nft"r Nv" Dinner dancing was the
order OF the evening and the dinner
'artY was somewhat augmented by the
rival OF other guests.
The t"l."wIng were among those
present: Mr.. and Mrs w. :. Beemnn,
MISS Mary ). Couch, Miss Mary Bar
'oh, ME-. '"rvI hoIldav. Miss Blanche
ast' MSS VIVIAN Itardls"r, Mr.. and
YRS. r.. r.. Pheasant, Miss Anna Karrer,
MISS tllzaheth Lindsay. Sanford Walk
r. Miss ."Is Mnrd""k, Miss Miyo Yosh-
'|a"a, MISS kuth Parker, David kapo-
nav lm"hrwa' Mss Orl"t Robinson,
Mrh"m Linton MISS irene wells, Miss
h'ta R"Srrr"ns, DAVID Rattray, Hollis
har"N' Alfred Taylor and ID. {. Lind
say,
IN" Puhllc IS cordially invited to
ne closing exercises or the Laha1na-
In No Nah l.A L
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-14
MAUI WINNERSHERE
VISITING BIG SHOW
Valley island First Prize Students
Earn Trip For Good Gar
den Work Showing

As guests Of the Maui County Fair &
Racing Association, five Maui school
boys are now in Honolulu visiting the
city and taking in the big Territorial
Fair. They were the winners Of the
recent Maui Children . Garden contest.
On this score the Mau News of Wal.
luku in last Friday = issue saws:
Central Maui
First Prize Trip to Honolulu Fair:
NaOki Matsuda, Haiku School.
Nasura Teshima, Kihpi school.
John Andrade, Paia School
Second Prizes-$5 Worth Of Merchan.
disc.
Alfred Carvalh9, Keahua School.
Yasno SatO, Haiku school
Mnoru Fukuda, Puunrne School
Third Prizes $3.50 Worth Of Mer.
chRndisc:
Sadie Rios, Hamakuaroko School
lOshio Tanaka, Paia School.
Flora Tavares, MakawaO School.
Lahaina District
First Prize-Trip to Honolulu Fair:
Georg" Lindsay, Kamchameha III
School
Second Prize s. worth Of Mcrchan.
lise:
Manuel Arial, HOnOkahau School
Third Prize $3.50 WORTH of Mer.
chandisP:
Antoine Ariel, ITonokakau School.
Hama District
First Prize Trip to Honolulu Fair:
ToshiO Tasaki, Hama School.
No second or third prize winners re-
ported