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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
BRINK

Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Richmond and
son, Belding, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
George Phillips, Sunday.
Mrs. Carl Snow spent the day with
Mrs. M. l.. Howe Monday.
Ernest Anderson went to see his
mother, Mrs. Byron Rich, Thursday.
Mrs. Ernest Anderson and baby
went to see Mrs. Byron Rich Sunray
and will visit for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wiley and
Father Wiley visited Mr.. and Mrs. W..
4. Leach Sunday evening.
Miss Elsie Face returned home Sat-
urday, after caring for Mrs. w. f.
Leach for awhile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grin Hanks visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Brink Sum
day: !,
the Washington club at Greenville
Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Wilson visited
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Sanborn Sunday.
Last Tuesday Mrs. John Kohn fell
on the ice while on her way to feed
the chickens. O. j. Byrne saw her
fall and thought she was picking up
corn. He watched her for a while
and saw she did not move. He went
over and found that she had hurt her
ankle. He with Mr.. Kohn's assist
ance, helped her into the house, where
they found she had very bad sprain.
Mrs. Kohn is now at her daughters,
Mrs. Frank Kamp, who is caring for
her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred hummer and
children, Mrs. Sherm Hubert and
daughter, Lucy, visited Mrs. Num-
mer's mother at Haynor recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Krick visited Mr..
and Mrs. Chauncey Snow Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Ortt went to
Ionia yesterday to visit his parents,
for while.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Clark will be glad to know
that they have bought home in
Bedding and will again be among us.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grin Hanks returned
Monday from Detroit, where they Wis
tied with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Locke.
The Lockes formerly lived in Bedding
and wish to be remembered to all
their old friends. Mr.. and Mrs
Hanks also visited with Mr.. and Mrs
Ben Fairbanks, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Young and baby, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Young, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Gerard, and
Mrs. Klock. They were gone week
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
CHADWICK

The Green's Ladies' Aid met with
Mrs. George Ravell last Wednesday.
There was small attendance on ac-
count of the bad roads.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Chadwick visit
ed their son, Elliott and wife, of Ionia
Thursday and Friday.
Fred Miller went with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bertha Shilton, to Ann Ar
Dor Monday. Mrs. Shilton came here
from Los Angeles, California and
went to Ann Arbor for an operation.
Harvey Wilcox, who has been visit
ing at F. ID. Chadwick's, returned
home to Grand Rapids Saturday.
The Long Lake Aid will meet at
Ben Halls, Wednesday, March 6, in
stead of Thursday, on account of the
Currie auction sale. 1t will be a
Hoover dinner.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
NORTH LOWELL

Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Drummer spent
Sunday with her niece, Mrs. Charles
Hartley.
About forty friends met with Ethel
Morse. All enjoyed a fine time.
Mrsfl p, Hartley and Mrs. J. HUI
bert called on their sister, Mrs. l..
jacobson, recently.
Mrs. +. Morse was called to Grand
Rapids b ythe illness of her mother.
Little Florence Jerrett, the twelve
tyear-old daughter of Rev. and Mrs,
Jerrett, died at her home of spinal
meningitis Wednesday.
j. jacobson was in Parnell We'd
|nesday.
We are sorry to learn of the death
of Miss Frances Houlihan.
f. B. Mckay was in Grand Rapids
Thursday.
r. M. Shivel is i'll with typhoid
fever.
Miss Elsie Rogers is assisting Mrs
Sauer at the hospital.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
WANTS THE CiTYT0
HAVE A SERVICE FLAG

The following poem has been re-
|ceived from a reader Of the Banner
who also suggests that the citizens OF
Bedding should have q service flag
displayed at the front entrance OF the
|city hall, bearing q star for each
soldier boy sent to the war. The
poem is entitled 'The Service Flag"
The Service Flag
Our duty is simple, our task de-
light,
To honor our boys who have gone
forth to fight;
To unfurl fair flag, that the near
and the far
May read for the name of each hero,
a star.
The border is red, like the blood in
each vein;
The center is white, like the cause
they maintain;
The stars are as blue as the canopied
sky
That arches them Ger though they
live or they die.
They're the fine % the flock, and the
flower % the landI
Not mote in the eye, nor a mar on
the hand; s
Alertness of ear, true beat of the
heart;
Their sinews like steel-their nerves
never start.
The Y, the Red Cross, and the Liber-
! ty bond
Give prestige and honor, of which we
| are fond
But the parents who offer their coun-
try son
Surpass all the service that others
have done!
So the red is for father, who bids the
| boy go
The white is for mother, who never
| says mol"
The blue for the boy in the heat and
the cold
When fallen in battle his star turns
to gold!
God speed him to Italy, Belgium or
France
For the downfall of despots-demo-
cracy's chance;
IOur prayers shall pursue him across
|
Tho in battleship, aeroplane, OF
trench he may be.
His strength is his virtue, the world
is his field;
In day or in darkness he never will
yield;
God shelter the boys, desr TO me and
to you
AS they fight in defense of the Red
White and Blue.
Then proudly wave this starry sigr
that speaks of duty done
Our loved ones serve like valiant
knights that freedom may b,
won
Each star a warrior blazons out from
'mongst our loyal sons,
Who brave the terrors of the, sea t.
spike the tryant's guns.
We give them up TT .honor's call, thai
millions mag be fx,ee;
. God, give them back, when victory:
won, from their task beyond
the sea.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
COWLES AVENUE

Mrs. Karl Cowles is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Casper and son,
Donald, were guests of the home
folks from Monday until Saturday.
On account of not having logs the
sawmill was not running.
The Farmers club at Ed. Condon's
Wednesday was we'll attended and
all report an enjoyable time.
Abe Verwys was home on four
day furlough last week. He was the
guest of Lewis Peterson Wednesday
night On Thursday he went to Car
son City for short visit.
Clayton Baker, Milan Richmond,
Ray Weeks and Lon Conrad attend
ed the auto show in Grand Rapids last
week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
OAKFIELD

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. G.. c. Shene-
man, a boy, Monday, February 18.
They call the young man Paul Chand-
Ter. Mrs. Pete Elkins of Grattan is
caring for Mrs. Sheneman.
Mrs. George Degraw has been sick
for several days, but is improving.
Mrs. Caroline Stevens, an old resi-
dent of Oakfield, died at her home in
Washington, February 10. Mrs. Stew
ems was very highly respected, hav-
ing lived in this vicinity for over fifty
years. Her age was eighty-four
years.
d. o. Bowman returned from Grand
Rapids Saturday, after being in the
hospital for two weeks. He is get
ting along nicely.
James Williams has rented Frank
Bowman's farm and will move there
in March.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. H. Stewart receiv-
ed word from their son, Lloyd, that
he had arrived in France all right and
that they were blowing for spring
crops there.
Orville Bush attended the auto
show in Grand Rapids two days last
week.
The roads have been so bad that il
is impossible to travel over them with
q team. Some Of the people have had
to resort to walking some Of them
ten miles-to town for groceries and
Mrs. A. d. Lashell walked three and
four miles to give music lessons.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
SMOKY ROW

Mr. and Mrs. Peter White were TAX
en- Tuesday morning by DR.. Pinkham
to the city hospital in Bedding for
treatment.
Mrs. Eli Hanks spent Thursday
with Chattie Crozier.
Ed. Hotchkiss is sick with pneu-
monia and confined to the house.
Mrs. Will Leary of Orleans spent
the last of the week with Mrs. Frank
Tillotson.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
Studying the Suns Energy

Although we are now in the midst
| of winter and are receiving compar-
atively little heat from the sun, ev-
eryone can readily recall how hot it
gets in the summer. When you con-
slider the vast aggregate amount of
heat that is constantly coming to the
earth from the sun, you don't need to
be much of mathematician to ap-
preciate the fact that this heat en-
ergy, if conserved and put to work
generating power by means of eff
Gus amount of work. Long ago men
recognized the suns heat as the
source of considerable potential pow
err and many have tried to find ways
to harness it. So far no really sue
cessful method has been worked out
but the problem has not been given
up; we may expect someone to find a
satisfactory solution after while.
Among those who are now wrest-
ling with the problem of putting Old
Sol to work is Uncle Sam who has es-
tablished solar research stations at
Washington, ID. c., Lincoln, Nebr.,
and Madison, Wis. At these sta
tions he has instruments at work, I'M
failingly keeping tab on the sun. In
glass dome on top of the stations
are four little squares, two black and
two white ones. These squares are
made by winding platinum wire on
plates of mica, the black ones being
merely covered with black paint.
/ The black squares naturally absorb
more of the suns heat than white
ones and, by reason of this heat of
fer greater resistance to the electric
current passing through them. The
squares are connected electrically
with clock-like instrument in the
Laboratory room below. This instru-
ment measures the difference in the
resistance between the two sets of
squares, automatically recording it by
means of stylus on piece of paper.
From this record the. number of call
cries of heat or the horsepower given
off by the sun can be calculated.
1t was found on hot July day last
summer that the heat energy Of the
sun on a single square yard of the
earth's surface amounted to one
horsepower. From this it can be
easily figured that enough power is
going to waste the world over to do
all of the worlds work, light its
houses, the streets Of its cities, etc.,
and give the people plenty of motor
rides without the least worry about
the high cost of gasoline.
J The suns rays have already been
successfully focused in such a man.
ner and on such scale as to gen.
crate steam in boilers for driving en-
gines but the apparatus required is so
expensive and so complicated that
this method Of generating power is
uneconomical. Some day an ingeni-
Gus inventor may succeed in trans
forming this energy directly without
the use of boiler, perhaps by q new
form Of heat engine or by some cleo
tical apparatus, so simple that we
shall all wonder why no one ever
thought of it before.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

"That man JONES'" yelled bimson,
"has more nerve than all my neigh
bors put together"
whats he done?" inquired an
interested friend.
"Why, last night he came to my
house to borrow a gun to shoot a
dog--and it was my dog"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

Some persons who hoard sugar and
other necessities are so genuinely
satisfied with their own cleverness
they haven't sense enough to keep
still about it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

England's bull-headed refusal to
starve is one thing Germany didn't
take into consideration when she in
augurated her submarine warfare.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

Shiver and the world shakes with
you, prespire and you sweat alone.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

A robin sings upon the fence,
A bluebird flashes by;
So deeply azure, he is like
A fragment from the sky.
The leaf buds on the maple swell
A little every day,
The willows making baby caps
Of soft and furry gray.
'Twixt north and south the weather
vane
Of tickle fancy veers,
The icicle begins to drip
Old Winters frozen tears,
And pulsing with returning life
The brown earth, one by one,
Puts off her seven wells Of snow,
And dances to the sun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

CeneralAllenby is encircling Jeri-
cho. His is the modern way of
marching around
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
DIRECTORS:

DIRECTORS:
Frank r. Chase.
Fl. l. Page.
Fred Underwood.
Brinton F. Hall. Charles Eddy.
Geo. W.. Moulton.
John Hessler.
w. L. Cusser.
Frank L. Moon.
Geo. Hoppough.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03
LIVELY CONTEST IN
NEW YORK DISTRICT

New York, Nov. 2.-Wearing on
the bosom OF his olive drab uni
form OF a major in the Unired States
aviation service, the Italian Cross
OF War for valor at the front, Flo-
relic la Guardia, Fighting candid
ate Tor reelection to congress in the
Fourteen districts met in JOINT de-
bate last night his sole opponent,
Scott Nearing, socialist, who is IN
der indictment for alleged obstruc-
ton OF the draft law. Major La
Guardia is the republican and dem
ocratic candidate. Major la Guar
dia opened the debate with an at
tack on the socialist regime in Rus
sia and Mr.. Nearing opened with
the assertion that "the war is over
the fighting is done"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03
PLATEGLASS WINDOW
WITHSTODD ALL SHOCKS
lFrom Reciprocal News Seryice)
Bv George +. Bye

NIIOln tClIlI OCdl -NCNN NCl NiOVJ
by George T. Bye.
American Press Headquarters,
British Front, Oct. l5 (By MaiD-
What seemed to be the chief curl
osity in Cambrai to the military Wis
itors there the day following the
citys capture was a wide plate glass
window in shop front in the heart
of the city where the boche had done
the most damage.
Down the street British engineers
were posted to warn passersby that
the front walls of burning buildings
were about to topple i'll the street.
All about was wreckage, with the
fronts Of shops blown out, some
times with nothing but the shell OF
buildings standing above a cluttered
mass of debris.
Yet this wide plate glass survived
all shocks, fires and destructive in
fluences.
An amusing sight was to see the
happy Tommies quartered about
Cambria masquerading with German
and Austrian caps. Some had on
the much coveted German spiked
helmets that seemed shining and
new. We later learned that 4 Brit
ish chaplain had discovered several
boxes of these new helmets among
abandoned military stores, and mad
promptly set about distributing
them about to Tommies.
Officers were not welcome. lie
had the 1ommies line up i'll a queue
until all but about twelve OF the mel
NETS were given away. These he
slung over his shoulder and took
Them to a detail OF men o., his reSi-
ment who were stationed some dis
tance down the Canal de rEscaut.
These tin hats for German officers
still had the tissue paper about their
spikes
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03
WOMEN'S INFLUENCE
IN u. S. ELECTIONS
CONTINUES TO GROW

San Francisco. Nov. 2.-Womcn' 5
increasingly larger part in the gov
ernmcnt was a strong feature OF the
1918 election campaign in the West
COMPRISING the eleven states gener-
allv SO termed. In all but two, New
Mexico. which has limited suffrage
and Utah, they were contenders lor
important offices, including United
States Senator, Representative i'll
Congress, Governor and Lieutenant
Governor. In Utah women were
only on county tickets. =,
Two women. Anne Martin in Ne
vada and Jeanette Rankin in Mon
tana were considered serious can
didates for senator. Miss Rankin,
the first woman elected to Congress,
was defeated on the republican pri-
mary ticket but ran as the candidate
OF the National party at the cleo
ton. Miss Martin, given chief credlt
for putting Nevada in the suffrage
column was nominated as an inde-
pendent. Martha i. Bean OF Mutt
nomah county, was a candidate Tor
the short term in Oregon.
Numerically, women were large
factors in the California and Colo
RADIO campaigns. Eight women ran
for state offices in Colorado, five OF
them on the Socialist ticket. Head
ing this party is Mary l.. Gipps Tor
governor.
In California, Elvina s. Beals OF
Berkley, is the Socialist candidate
for lieutenant governor. On the
same ticket are two women candid
ates for Congress, Luella Twining
OF Berkeley in the Sixth district and
Grace Silver Henry of Los Ange-
les. in the ninth Mrs. Stella B. r.
vine OF Riverside, candidate for Con-
eress. in the Eleventh district on the
Prohibition ticket, polled lO,5/o
votes at the primary against Repre-
sentative William Kettner. Three
women candidates for Assemblyman
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03
Usage Nation Offers Great
Opportunities for increasing
AiI Production

u. $. Geological Bulletin: The Mid
Continent and Texas region, the Gun
Coastal Plain, and Wyoming are re
garded by the United States Geological
Survey, Department of the Interior, as
probably containing more undiscovered
oil pools of great value than are TO be
J found in any other part of the United
States. The director of the geological
survey bases this conclusion on the
best geologic and economic information
at present available. In Wyoming the
survey has mapped many anticlines and
domes that probably contain oil, ana
the withdrawn lands in these areas Will
be open to prospecting as soon as the
law providing for the leasing of the
oil. phosphate and coal lands in the
public domain is passed by congress.
In the sale-dome region of the Gulf
Coastal Plain the discovery OF addi-
tional oil deposits win be achieved
mainly through intelligent wildcatting.
probably with much less direct assist
ance from geology. In the Mid-Contr
nent and Texas region most Of the oil
and gas pools are in domes and anti
clinal folds hence, the search for oil
in this region is promarly search for
these types of geologic structure in
areas where other geologic features are
in general favorable.
In the Mid.Continent field the Usage
Reservation, which embraces Usage
County. okla, is one of the richest and
most promising areas and is especially
important as affording one means of
rapidly increasing the available oil
supplies of the country. The eNamina-
tons made by the geological survey in
this field. which are approaching COM
pletion, show the presence of many un-
tested anticlines and domes, most of
which will be found to contain CONNER
cial deposits of oil and gas within
their boundaries. Many good pools
have already been developed in the
Usage Nation, and the structure, as de
termined by the geologic mapping,
gives promise for many more, some of
which should be as good as any yet de-
yeloped Not half of the reservation
has vet been leased for oil; over 1,160.-
900 acres belonging to the Indians re-
main 10 be opened up. These lands
are now being offered in large aggre-
gates for leasing and development by
the office of Indian affairs. and be-
cause the structure is the best guide
TO the location of the oil pools. the geo
logical survey is issuing informal ad-
vance township reports. These reports
contain maps on the scale of two inches
TO the mile. showing the geologic struc-
ture as determined by observations on
the exposed rocks, and briefly describe
the OIL prospects of the different folds.
These short papers, which are being
published as fast as the field data can
be compiled. are issued as parts of Bull
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03
Dictionary of Oil Terms.

Some one too modest to clam
authorship has compiled a humorous
dictionary of oil terms, which has been
unearthed by the oil reporter for the
Tulsa Democrat. The following eN'
tracts are reprinted from the oil col
pmns of that paper:
Oil Man-A man with divers and
sundry maps in his pockets and much
b. S on his chin. These persons fre'
quent the hotel lobbies and other points
near where crude petroleum is pro-
duced
Blue Print - blue paper or map
bearing mysterious hieroglyphics and
legends indicating where crude petro-
leum should be found, and its proxim'
ity to the Oil Mans Lease.
Lease-An intermittent meal ticket (;
oil Slen. in order to have fun with the
supply men, sometimes drill dry holes
thereon.
IRase,grafter- A species of male
hiped effervescent with sure things and
always willing to let good man in on
the ground floor These boys feed in
great numbers at the various bean
cries, bit congregate between meals in
the hotel lobbies.
Scout - An exceedingly busy man
one who is free with the T.. s.. but cX.
ceedingly reticent as to fmparting any
real Information. lie sometimes visits
the largest town nearest to a drilling
well. He also carries maps, but should
not be confused with the oil AL4n. ills
every act is shrouded with mystWy and
his step is stealthy
GcOlOgist-A man with much hr
suite adornment (see alfalfa ana "A keen
sense of smell. One presumably able
to distinguish between Il. :. and crude
petroleum. lie is, however not in
fallible
General Manager-A past master in
the art of singing the bull"
General Superintendent - \ sort of
check valve. one who knows good
'bull' when he hears it.
Secretary and Treasurer custo
dian of the companys bank roll He
small amount by the administration of
ether or some other anaesthetic.
Legal Adviser-One versed in a par
ticular line of bull" the smearing of
which sometimes allays a contentious
sheriff
Driller - The Oil Mans Enemy 49, A
fisherman. One who consumes much
pouch and holds a contrary opinion TO
that of his fellowman.
Tool Dresser-A victim of circum.
stances. One strong of limb, but sci.
dom over-developed intellectually. A
meal ticket for females in Strengthened
circumstances.
Bookkeeper-An animated trial bal.
ance-one who perspires freely; a butt
an eXcue for deferred payment of ac.
count
Pumper - The LATEST man in the
world.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

States illustrates this. In the iace
OF high meat and wool market Tor
years, our beef herds have hardly
held their own and the sheep popu-
laton has seriously shrunk. Nor
can these tendencies be quickly ov-
ercome by higher markets and pro-
tective laws.
During that time the chief source
OF livestock will be the United
States; and until the world is pro-
ducing its full ration OF dairy pro-
ducts, America will be selling these
abroad. The fact is so obvious that
any American farmer may feel safe
in making present plans on the eX-
pectation OF good market for ev-
everything his barnyard can pronuc'
during his lifetime. Consumer
must also adjust themselves to the
thought of high range OF prices fol
all the meat, butter and eggs they
will eat from this time on.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03
NEW WILSON NOTES

]. NJ. Thomas was business vis-
itor in Wilson Thursday.
c. V. Nalley was in Wilson Thurs
day.
Mr.. Anderson of Ardmore was in
Wilson Thursday.
Mr.. Sparks of Oklahoma City was
in Wilson Thursday on business.
Wade !. White, manager OF the
Minnetonka Lumber Co, is i'll OF
influenza. During his illness Ray
mond Helms OF Ringing is in charge
OF the business.
Miss lone Stone of the New WI
son State Bank has the influenza.
Lee Stevens is out again after be-
ing i'll of smallpox.
Miss Hilda Lawrence is i'll OF in
fluenza.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Gill, Mrs.
Annie Bea3e and Misses Isabel and
Ann Beane motored to Oil City
Thursday.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. w. Jones and
little son, Durwood, returned Thurs
day after an extended trip in Ala
bama and Tennessee.
Homer Donaldson is spending a
few days at Corpus Christi, Texas.
Miss Murray Lawrence OF Fort
Worth, Texas, is visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. !, II. Lawrence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03
Stoves and Ranges for Less
at Consumers Light Il
Power Co.

Winter demands for stoves and
ranges will soon begin and prices
are certain to advance, For thlS
reason the great shipment OF Clark
level ranges and Reznors and
Brooks heaters should interest ey-
erv housewife. We bought them
months ago when prices were lower
than now. For this reason we sell
them on terms for less. Phone loS.
CONSUMERS LIGHT x
POWER co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03
Halloween Party.

Misses Lillian and Beatrice ana
Miss Willie Edna Mcbride enter
tained at a Halloween party ! hurs-
day night at the home OF the Misses
Buchanan, 3li Eleventh avenue
northwest. Those present were: An
ma Mae Thompson, Dimple Wealth
erbee, Fern Wages, Dizzy Colson'
Christine and Irene Hogle, Dow