The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-11-29

send for his wife who is at present
visiting at the home of her parents in
Muskegon.
DR.. j. c. Maxwell reports just as
we go to press on Wednesday, that
local conditions SO far as the epidemic
is concerned are considerably improv-
ed. There are number of very seri-
Gus cases yet, and some new ones
every day, but the great majority of
the sick are much improved and many
of them are able to be out again.
There must however be no let up yet
OF the strict quarantine provisions,
and the greatest care and precaution
are necessary on the part of the citi-
zens to prevent further spread of
the disease. Children who have colds
must be kept at home, and the first
symptoms of sickness on the part of
any member of a family should re-
ceive prompt attention.
There is every indication that
Liberty Loan bonds ISSUED during the
war, will greatly rise in value with
lie establishment of peace. In 1888
$100 United States bond, bearing
four per cent interest, sold in the
open market for $130. In 1901 it
brought more than $139. The most
conservative will agree that Liberty
bonds are sure to go above par in
value, now that the Allies have
brought the war to victorious end.
The shrewd and unscrupulous, the
birds of prey in finance, realize the
worth of Liberty Bonds, and are using
every effort to secure them from
those who are uniformed in financial
matters. Their favorite method is
to offer stock in wildcat companies,
stock that is absolutely valueless. in
exchange for Liberty bonds. Some
of these get-rich-q quick schemers offer
to lend their prospective victims
money, wherewith to buy the gold
brick stock, taking Liberty bonds as
security. This, of course, is only a
thinly disguised attempt to obtain
Liberty bonds for worthless stock
The United States owns some 5000
900 acres of oil lands and 53,000,000
acres of coal lands, the title to which
belongs to the Federal Government.
Since all owners of Liberty bonds are
part owners of this Government, it
would be palpably foolish Of them to
exchange their Liberty bonds for oil
or coal stock of doubtful value. Be-
fore disposing Of his bonds, the hold
er thereof would do we'll to consult
banker. Such consultation will not
prosper the fake stock concerns, but
it certainly will prosper the bond
holder
The public press, Judging by what
is being published from day to day,
seems to be borrowing lot of use
less trouble about what will happen
when cur soldiers are discharged from
the various encampments and when
they come sailing home from for
eign land. 1t is well to look out for
their welfare, as they return to civil
life, but, we predict, there will be no
great disturbance of our ordinary life
and activities. The sick and wounded
should be and will be tenderly nursed
and cared for ,and the able bodied
will naturally take up the burdens
they laid down when they entered
the service of their country to uphold
it's honor and to battle for the free
dom and welfare of the world, and
against untold tyranny, oppression
and barbarism. There will be vastly
more work to be done than there was
prior to the terrible conflict now,
happily, drawing to victorious close
thanks to our brave men-and there
will be fewer hands TO perform it.
The writer well remembers the
fears and representations of GER
tain element among the people as to
the dire things that were certain to
take place when the soldiers of the
civil war should be discharged from
their four years service, but nothing
happened. The soldiers, like the good
citizens and patriots they were, lost
no time in resuming their former
civilian duties, and it was but brief
time, insofar as the industries OF
the nation was concerned, until things
had resumed their normal status and
business was going forward, even
more successfully than before the
then, great war. We believe it will
be the same when our present great
| armies are mustered out Of the ser.
vice. The soldiers will be merged in
: to the ordinary duties and occupa
tions of civil life without any serious
difficulty. Being a soldier does no.
, unfit a man for civilian life, bu'
) makes him a better citizen. A mar