The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-22
H. Baker of Lawrence was in Paw
Paw on Tuesday.

H. Baker of Lawrence was in Paw
Paw on Tuesday.
Guy Titus of Kalamazoo was in
Paw Paw on business the first of the
week.
Mrs. Halo North Hall of Grand
pRapids was in Paw Paw the first of
the week.
DR.. o. f. Lamphere of Kalamazoo
spent a few hours among Paw Paw
friends on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. +. Ollie have re-
turned to their Paw Paw home after
spending the winter in the South.
There will be a regular meeting of
Paw Paw Lodge No. 25 f. and A. M.
at the lodge rooms on Tuesday eve
ming next.
In switching cars In the local yards
one evening this week, a passenger
coach was backed into the race just
below the Free and Mutchler dam.
1t is not only privilege but it is
a duty of every citizen to buy Thrift
Stamps. The government must have
the money if we are to win the war.
f. w. Sheldon of Kalamazoo was in
Paw Paw the first of the week. He
will move back to Covert soon, and
orders his True Northerrer sent to
that address.
A. L. Stevenson has a force of men
at work scraping and levelling the
streets of the village. The streets
are in better condition now, than they
have been in years.
c. r. Hall of Almena has gone to
Greenfield, Iowa for visit with rela-
tives before he goes to San Fran
cisco to do his duty in the ship
building yards of that city.
The spring like weather of the
past week, has brought out the auto
mobiles and everybody is getting
ready to plow the gardens. 1t looks
now very much like an early spring.
The boys. are now having the time
of their lives, pulling suckers from
the waters of Maple Lake. Many
nice strings have been caught the
past week, and the sport is not all
monopolized by the kids.
I Mrs. Olivia j. C. Woodman has de-
cided to rent her farm out by fields
either for cash rent, or on shares the
coming year. The loss of the dwell
ing house by fire makes this plan
desirable for her at least this year.
Fred Beardslee of Grand Rapids
called on his Paw Paw customers
Tuesday. Fred is always a welcome
visitor anywhere. He has a faculty
of scattering sunshine wherever he
goes. No sobs ever come from this
genial gentleman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Salisbury ac-
companied the remains of Mrs. SAILS.
bury's mother from their western
home the first of the week, and viii
ard friends in the old home town
They have now been in the West fol
a number of years, are well, happy
and prosperous and delighted Will
that section of the universe for {
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. F N. Wakeman anC
Wynn were called to Lawrence
Thursday by the death of brother
in-law, Corliss Stickney. He hao
recently joined the ordnance depart
merit of the U. S. Army. and wa:
home for. a visit among relative!
prior to going to Moline, illinois, II
take up the work of expert machinis
in an Arms Factory in that city. HI
was sick but few weeks.
How many acres of crops does on.
man care for in this county? How
many acres of crops are farmed will
each horse? Any farmer can tel
you this without much trouble. Blu
he can not tell ycu wether he il
farming more or less than his neigh
bors. A farm management demon
stration fixes "yardstick" of tn,
well-balanced farms in this regiol
with which each farmer can compar'
his farm business.
The boy scouts of Paw Paw ar,
seeking 10 raise a small fund will
which to rent and furnish a head
quarters building for their spring ant
summer activities. They have beer
authorized to appeal to the public
The troop has been formed into team
. of two scouts each, for the purpos
of making a canvass next Saturday
The public is warned not to give t,
any boy for this purpose unless he il
accompanied by some other boy no
!; at any other time than Saturday
} March 23rd. By order Of Scout
master, c. HI. Heaton.
Loren Hamilton Porter, son of MI
and Mrs. George r. and Nina Iren
, Porter, was born in Paw Paw, Mich
April 18th, 1902 and died March 18th
} 1918, aged fifteen years, ten month
} and twenty-six days. He lived il
Paw Paw all his life and died {
} victim of typhoid fever: Loren wa
freshman in our local high schoo
and member of the band. He wa
scholar in the Methodist Episcopa
Sunday school and became a membe
} Of the church under the ministry O
J Rev. A. T. Luther. Besides his grie
stricken parents he leaves three sis
ters one brother and other rela