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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22

At the annual banquet of the M
T.. Sunday school of Bangor the
male members of the Adult classes
will entertain the male members OF
the Adult Bible classes of the Christ
ian and Congregational Sunday
schools on Friday evening in the G..
A r. Hall. This custom has been
followed for several years. Supper
will be served at 6:30. Rev. A. E.
Wynn of Fennville will speak on eff
you are right fighting, are you worth
fighting for?" REQ Hodge. "The
Adult Class, an Evangelist" Rev.
Kent, Rev. Kelsey and others will
give short talks. The superintendent
L. b. Sheldon acting as Toast Master
The Male Quartette will render sell
ections and "Getz" orchestra of Ban
gor will furnish plenty of music. The
members of the NJ. f. Sunday school
have asked their wives to prepare
and serve the supper which is to be
in accordance and keeping with the
Hoover idea.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22
EAGLE LAKE

Charles Stuart of Chicago spent
Sunday at his farm.
Mrs. Frank Downing of Mattawan
has been a guest at the Frank Down
ing home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Fuller of Paw
Paw spent Sunday at the home OF
Frank Downing.
John Abrams and family are NOV
ing on the Tracy Robinson farm.
Mrs. G.. w. Lee spent last week in
Chicago visiting her daughter lrma
Geldsdorf, returning home Friday.
Max Hood has been very SICK
caused by vaccination.
Mr.. and Mrs. Veine Warner of near
Kalamazoo spent Sunday with his
brother Bert Warner.
Mr.. Armstrong is moving on 9
farm near East Decatur.
A large crowd of East Decatur
ladies met at the home of Mrs. Elmer
Graham for Red Cross work on Fri
day. A lot of work was accomplish
ed and good dinner was enjoyed.
Earl Winchell purchased a Fore
car from Packer and Giddings o.
Lawton last week.
Jay Lyle spent several days il
Benton Harbor returning home Mon
day.
G.. f. Johnson and family are visit
ing relatives and friends in Chicago
Those desiring binder Irvine, cal
ND Secretary Vincent Sherrod fol
prices, orders must be sent in early
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22
ALMENA

II. Van Wiltenburg enjoyed weeks
visit with his brother-in-law from
-Conklin last week.
Miss Floris Zielie Of Detroit was
home few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Peck of Detroit
announce the birth of son.
Mrs. Harry Penrels of Kalamazoo
visited at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
+. Burns a few days last week.
Mrs. Retta O'Rourke and daughter
Mary visited in Williams one day
last week.
Sunday school has resumed again
in the Brethren church.
Will WEIGH of West Osthemo was
a Sunday visitor at the j. j. Solomon
home.
T. A. Sprague is very i'll with
blood poisoning.
A.. l.. Dyer is driving a new Ford.
The L. o. T. M. ladies will furnish
dinner on Election day at the Odd
Fellows Hall.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22
More Building Now per Dollar
WHY WAIT?

The prices of building
less than 80 t-altOld
The rise prices of
amounted 300
which trading will much building
other time.
Think OF it! With the same Quantity wheat
before the build
anythng Building will be cheaper!
Prices will not Certainly
And after
would the last want them to DROP But the building
material will Reconstruction
out by and big building demand will do it. Don't
These times billions being
Buildings
to their Rest assured of this
not logical then for BUILD NOWwhen you the
products building than
when prosperity and ounts depend
in circulation business going
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22

Average Increase 30 per cent
YOU LIVE BUT ONCE-tme is feetng! There nothing
You AFFORD 1T! TOO LATE You should
Build NOW "
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-31

them? Or was it within the realm OF human
possibility that there was something the matIer
with the chart? Anyway, here were the war
weary and bled white armies of Foch and hang
mot to mention the nonexistent Americans, VINO
didn't show on the chart at alD coming on with
the rush and vim of fresh troops, piercing the
German lines, throwing them back, taking huge
bags of prisoners and altogether acting just as
if they didn't know they were spent troops and
ought to be falling back.
Is it any wonder the German armies are re-
ported confused and bewildered? This is not the
way they were told it was going to happen II
they had been told then perhaps they could under
stand it, but to have lot of yelling enemies who
were supposed to be resting in wheeled chairs
suddenly burst out of the sanitarium and mop
up a whole Ludendorff army is enough to confuse,
not the confiding German soldier mind alone, but
the whole professors corps itself. If this latter
RECEIVERS any time soon probably it will set its
aching head to work on another chart. 1t has no
time to lose certainly, because there is likely to
be call for some more of it's valuable informa-
ton about the Americans any day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-31

1t is probable that the general idea
established on the enemy's side to-
ward the end of July was something
like this:
Il am being beaten out of the Marine
salient; my one great offensive. which
was to decide the war, has broken
down badly. l have suffered a sur
prise, and the initiative has passed to
my opponents. Their numbers are
growing rapidly with the arrival of
the American contingents. l must, if
| can, recover the initiative.
81 cannot do that without accumulat-
ing fresh army For this purpose
must shorten my line and must retire
from the big bulge between Arras and
Noyon, thus saving them. Having thus
saved men l will begin to accumulate
a new army of attack, which l can
recruit from the depots fed by the
1920 class. now practically ready for
the field, and from the hospital returns
of the early autumn"
Continue Attacks.
The essential character of the Allied
reply to this plan has been to keep
their attacks not only perpetually alive
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-31

since the beginning of the operation,
and the total line now engaged had
been increased to not far short of 100
miles.
That is the plan the successive ful-
filment of which is proceeding before
our eyes; it is preparation, and prep
! aration not one step Of which has gone
! wrong during all the six weeks
through which 1t has continued y1r-
tually without interruption
In 1913, during the lull or truce be-
tween Napoleon's defeat in Russia and
the great concentrated attack upon
him which ruined him at Lepsic, the
Prussian general staff spent its time
studying the methods of the great
Emperor, and they gathered from them
certain rules of war. These they re-
duced to a precis-a sort of little
summary for the use of their COM
manders. Among those rules of war,
we find, at the end of the first clause
General Foch himself quoted the pas
sage in his famous lectures on the art
of war, which, before this campaign,
were the chief examples of his gen.
ius and of which an official transla-
ton is about to appear in England and
TIE United States), the following:
I'VE establish, then, this principle,
which seems to be that of the French,
to economic forces; but to nourish
the action right up to the moment
when one can pass to the principal
attack"
That is exactly what is taking place
today The initiative having been re-
covered, the action is being extended
and nourished and never abandoned,
but always with strict economy in men,
and always with preparation for
some main attack, which, as l said,
may not be delivered for long time.
READ PALLADIUM WANT ADS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-31
Another German Belief Shattered

The Kansas City Star, commenting on the
continues advance of the Allies, says
Much of the scaffolding that held up the Ger
mans sky has fallen on his head since he marchad
forth on his present adventure, and some of the
bumps raised thereby must have been painful.
His beliefs were such settled beliefs, accepted by
him with such unquestioning faith, that when
the ceiling did begin to crack and fall he was too
much surprised even to try to stand from under.
That he is now trying to crawl out from under
a new wreck of cherished belief is plain. That
belief was that the French and British were too
"war weary" to make another effort to stay his
march to his goal. France was oiled white" and
the British were too stale to do more than des-
perately cling This was proved by every test
the professors had made and was painstakingly
set forth on all proper charts. There was the
peak of French and British effort with the
date marked and the figures Carried out to the
last decimal point showing the maximum of
manpower And there was the slide down hill
with remarks. Nothing could be palmer A child
could understand it.
But what child could not understand, GER
tany not German child brought up on profess
sors' charts, was the way the French and British
suddenly sailed in and smashed the Ludendorff
offensive. Could it be that the French and Brit
ish had not studied the German chart? Is it
possible Ludendorff had forgotten to send it to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-31
In American Way

From the Hartford Times
A MEXICAN drive, American push, American effect
AZ iveness for the accomplishment of the thing de-
- sired have become proverbal in this country.
The American Government has not always been run
American way There has been waste not little
of time. of efficiency, especially of money. Those
of business and captains of industry who command
accomplish in the business world have been too busy
do much than criticize the ponderous
wasteful ways Of government. Asked to step in and
remedy evils, they generally declined. with
without thanks.
In the process of time went to surprising
ly colossal 1t did take many months of that
convince the American people, from the least the
greatest of them, that here task demanding the
best that is in American manhood and American ability
Our leaders sought best, and called
mand here at home, to direct endeavor in all
do things.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-31

The whole action now going forward
on the Western front is in preparation
for some main attack which has not
been delivered, which may not be de-
livered for a long time, but of which
the actions now being extended are
the foundation The situation on the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-31

American Red Cross at Paris have
been lent for emergency military work
in connection with the present often
sive.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-31

front at this moment is as follows:
The Germans had prepared for re-
tirement in the first days of August.
The organization of that retirement
had already been made, and upon such
a scale both as to size and complexity
that it could not be easily abandoned.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-31
Allies Blows Prepare
Way For Final Great
Attack on Hun Lines
of Elements of the Great War and Britains Most Dis
tinguished Military Critic
By HILAIRE BELLOC

1esThe Tribune Association (The New Tribune)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-31

All Gay Friday, August %, the move
ment continued, and by Saturday the
English on the north were at Croi-
selles. their line passing through st.
Leger and they were outside Rapaume
They had taken Bray on the Somme:
they had collected 1900 prisoners
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
A Deserved Rebuke.

United States Judge II. B. Howe is
winning golden opinions for his uner-
ring good sense as well as his unfailinp
comprehension of the eternal fitness of
things. When Franz Won Rintenen tried
to address the court during his trial for
treason in placing bombs in steamships
in New York harbor, Judge Howe
stopped him, and asked him if he was
not represented by counsel. The defend.
ant replied that his attorney had been
called to Washington and he had decided
to make his objection in person.
"The court is not at ali favorably i'm.
pressed by this incident" said Judge
Howe. 1T appears to me that this sit
uation was created for the purpose of
allowing you to make speech to the
court and jury in which you have start.
ed to give your personal views of the CON
duet of this trial.
This is not the first time Judge Howe
has won popular plaudits by his conduct
of cases of nationwide Importance in the
New York Jurisdiction Burlington Free
Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
COMPANY NOT RECOGNIZED.
Insurance Commissioner Brown Warns
Against It.

The following letter has been sent by
Insurance Commissioner j. G. Brown tc
the owners of automobiles, which is OF
no small interest to these persons.
To the Owners of Automobiles in Yer
mont: The attention of automobile own
ers in Vermont is called to the circular
being sent out by the automobile Mu-
tual Insurance Company of America,
home office at Providence, +. L. offering
to insure automobiles and claiming a
constitutional right" to insure autouo-
biles in every state.
This department desires to call your
attention to the fact that the Automo-
bile Insurance company mentioned is not
recognized by this department, and the
company has not qualified to do business
in this state.
All owners of automobiles are eau
toned with reference to accepting insur
ance in this company covering any of
their property. To such as are not know
ing as to the effect of their accepting
contract of insurance in company of
this character, | would say that should a
loss occur and any disagreement arise
as to the amount of the loss or the pay
ment of the loss, a resident of Vermont
state to compel such a company to pay
the loss.
Any action brought against this com
pany would necessarily have to be
brought in the state of Rhode Island,
and the expense of recovery of the loss
might amount to more than the total
amount involved.
The laws of Vermont require that a
company shall have certain financial
standing before it can be licensed to do
business in this state, and such com
pany shall deposit with the secretary of
state OF Vermont power of attorney"
appointing the secretary of state its au-
thorized attorney to receive services of
process.
This enables any resident of Vermont /!
to bring an action against any regularly |
licensed company in their own county, |
and unless company has a financial |
statement enabling it to be licensed and !
is licensed in this state. this department |
would caution you against accepting any |
contract of insurance similar to that pro- !
posed by the Automobile Mutual lnsur- |
ance company.
Joseph G. Brown, Commissioner.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
WES1 TOPSR.4M

Clyde Church of Woodsvile, Y. H.
came Saturday for few days visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Church.
Dr. Caldwell of Groton was called re-
Gently to Sc Mrs. F. A. Church, who is
thought to have gall stones.
Mrs. w. L. Hight has returned from
Barre.
Lieut.. y. r. Fellows of Burlington,
who has been in camp at New Jersey
since Dec Is. made his mother, Post
mistress Alberta Fellows, and his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Newton, a
short visit Friday night. He arrived here
about 10 o'clock Friday night and left
early Saturday morning for Barre, where
he took the train for Burlington, to be
with his wife and daughter while ON
five days furlough. Mr.. Fellows ex-
poets to go TO Texas.
Mr. and Mrs r. c. Mills were in Barre
Saturday to attend the funeral of Mr..
Mills step mother. Mrs. Charles Mills.
Mrs. Fred Bagley and Mrs. Joseph
Dow were in Barre Saturday.
Miss Christie Richardson is working
in East Orange for Mrs. James Rouhan.
The Red Cross dance was well attend.
ed by many outsiders, there being one
horse team and several single teams
from East Orange.
Maynard Williams was in Corinth
Corinth Tuesday ON business.
In the items of last week one name
was left out from the supply committee.
that being Mrs Henry McCrillis.
Edward Poole and George Hight were
business visitors in Barre Saturday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
One Man Tends I2o Acres.

A writer who relates in the January
Farm and Fireside his experiences with
a tractor says:
"It took one man and boy three days
To doubled disc. drill and harrow 1.-THE
ground was really narrowed twice by the
tapping OF the drag a 40-acre field. This
was at a cost OF $3.50 per day of ten
hours for kerosene and cylinder oil, max
ing a total cost of $3.50 for the power.
II took little less than four days for
the man to pillow the field, working from
sun-up to shutdown, at an average cost
OF s4l0 per day for the power. This
makes total cost OF $3.50 for the pow
er TO prepare the seed bed and put IN ~
acres of rye. In the new breaking, OF
course. the cost was higher, for only
two bottoms were used for breaking and
more time was spent. though the same
seeding plan was used there, 50 the add
ed cost was only on the blowing
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
The People are Saving.

The English have not been considered
saving nation, and one of the most no.
table examples of the effect of patriot
ism on whole people was the fact that
during the year 1915, although purchas
ing billions of dollars of war bonds, tbs
small savings banks depositors in Eng
land increased their deposits over $780,
100000
The patriotic appeal to the American
people for war savings has met with
similar response. Statistics for the wear
1917 are not yet available, but reports
from various sections of the United
States indicate that membership and
assets in cooperative building, or saw
ings and loan associations, increased at
least 10 per ce.s~, the same rate of in
crease for the year 1916 and about the
average rate of increase for the last 10
years.
The small savings bank accounts show
similar increase in numbers of depos
itors and amounts of deposits. Sales of
war-savings stamps also show a great
growth of the habit of saving.
The American people have responded
to the call of duty to economic and
save. They have not only purchased
nearly $4,000, 100000 of Liberty loan
bonds and war savings stamps. but in
they have increased their saw
ings as above shown. Patriotism and
saving are Synonymous now. and econ
omy is duty and many millions of
American citizens are doing their duty
in this particular L. S. Official
Bureau
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
NORTH MONTPELIER

Mrs. +. E. Pray has been i'll with g
severe cold
A number of people from here were al
Planfield Friday evening to see the play
"Starbright," given by the North Mont
| pelier Hall association.
| Archie Pearsons of East Calais is
working for the Little Wooden company.
The Red Cross society will meet with
Mrs. Lewis Coburn Thursday afternoon.
Jan. 81. All those interested in Red
Cross work, whether members or not, are
cordially invited to come. Members and
those having knitting at home are invit.
ed to bring their work.
II. S. Fiske of Montpelier was a bust
ness visitor in town last week
The Barre All Stars defeated the Little
Wooden company A. c. team Saturday
evening by score of % TO 10. Both
teams played a fast game and will meet
here again two weeks from last Satur-
day. The lineup: Barre All Stars
Capt. Haskell rf, Ingram III. Siberg c,
Glass, re- Parker, lg Little Wooden Co
a. C.-Guernsey lg, McIoud re-, Cook c,
r. Daniels II, L. Daniels RI Baskets from
lHe HooI--Npuh ., L. Daniels, guernsey,
Haskett 4, Ingram 4, Glass A. Baskets
from fouls--Haskett r. Referee--Walk-
er. Time-C. Little, Scorer--V. Per.
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester McLoud visited
in Calais Sunday.
Mrs. Webster Cate has returned To
Mrs Fannie Titles after spending a
few days at her home in North Calais
Mr. and Mrs. Thee. Clark and children
visited in Plaintield Saturday.
Mrs. Bessie Jacobs of Montpelier Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Lester McLoud over
the week end
Mrs. Griffith of Granteville is working
for Mrs. Fred Little.
Mr.. Knight and men have finished
work for the Little Wooden Co. and gone
to their homes in South Royalton.
George L. Pray, who has been i'll for
some time, is feeling somewhat better at
the present writing.
Don't forget that by request the North |
Hall association will present |
heir play, "The Mistress of st. Ives |
and Friday evenings, Feb. |
md s. Dance and supper Friday even
ng.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
To COMBAT ONION MALADY.
Department of Agriculture to Assign
Specialists to Work.

To combat neck -rot--a destructive
storage rot of onions-in various local..
ties of the United States, the United
States department of agriculture next
season is to assist growers in testing Il
method of controlling the disease, with
the hope of putting the method on a
practicable basis for commercial use.
Specialists of the department will be as
signed to the districts affected to ad-
wise farmers and to help in the install
lation and equipment of necessary struc-
lures.
The districts known TO be infected in
clude the principal onion growing centers
in Massachusetts,, Connecticut, Ohio, In
diana, Delaware, Wisconsin, and Ore
gon. The disease occurs in other states
also. Losses of from % per cent to u
per cent in white onion sets have been
recorded in the vicinity.