The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-01-17

MIS-. ~. v. MdhWtil spent idSI NUTS
day with relatives and friends in Do
wagiac.
Miss Rose Hinckley of Kalamazoo
was the week end guest of her brother
Jay Hinckley and family.
DR.. o "A. Eaton of Northern Mich
igan was here several days last week
to meet old friends, and look after
business matters.
Mr.. and Mr.. John Searles enter
tanned their daughter Mrs. Guy Lewis
and family of Grand Rapids over the
week end.
Mrs. II. +. Geddes and mother Mrs.
Alice Bacon left last Thursday for
Valparaiso, Indiana where they will
spend several weeks at the home Of
Mrs. Geddes' daughter, Mrs. Darby
and family.
Charley Hoskins says that advertis-
ing in The True Northerner is a
nuisance. Last week he advertised
for wood cutters. Within two hours
after the paper had been mailed he
hired two men, and had some forty
or fifty more applications during the
day. Applicants would get him out
OF bed in the dead of night TO answer
the phone, and Charley can't stand
it to be disturbed during sleeping
hours.
Following are those who came
Monday to accompany the remains If
Mrs. Maurice Cagney to her las rest
ing place:-Messrs and Mesdames,
linhan, John Cagney, AL Fitzgerald,
Fred McAllister, Patrick Cryan, Ed
Dillon, Robert Dillon, Edward and
VIII Cagney, Miss Kate Cagney, Mrs
Lawrence, all from Kalamazoo, and
john Burns of Chicago. 1t Aas a
fin" tribute TO the memory Of the
deceased. Messrs. JohE Clark, Frank
Linhan, Frank Hogan, Fred McAllis-
ter Al Fitzgerald, of Kalamazoo and
Ed O'Grady of Paw Paw were Pail
Bearers.
At the annual meeting of the
Southern Michigan Fruit association
at Lawton last Saturday the follow
ing officers were elected:-Directors,
NJ. H. Pugsley and Frank Nelson,
Paw Paw and Fred Ward of Marcel
lus; VIM. Rix, Auditor. Officers
holding over are, ID. L. Thornton,
H. l.. Sutton, Vice presi-
dent; d. c. Thompson, secretary; DR..
c. w. Johnson, Director; II. r. Dur
kee, Manager; Juan McKeyes, Treas
urer; Financial secretary, Fern Nc
Pherson. 1t was an all day session
and eighty members of the associ-
alton sat down to dinner together, and
many more came for the afternoon
session. The auditors report showed
a very satisfactory business for the
year. Notwithstanding the great de-
mand at the Juice Factories, the
association handled 119 carloads of
grapes, for which the average price
was $93.25 per ton.
Orm Butler was in a reminiscent
mood last Monday morning, and call
ed attention TO the fact that it was
just thirty-one years ago that morn
ing when the big fire wiped out the
entire corner of Main and Kalamazoo
streets. 1t was a bitter cold morn
ing when the fire alarm sounded at
fifteen minutes to five, with the Bit
ing wind blowing a gale. 1t was
necessary to set up boards around the
fire engine in order to keep up steam
during the progress of the blaze.
The fire started in the basement of
the Duncombe and Stearns store, now
the II. w. Slovenian block, and
spread so rapidly that the department
was unable to cope with it. All the
buildings on the north side of Main
street as far west as the Idle Hour
theatre, then the r. w. Broughton
store, and on the west side Of North
Kalamazoo street, the f. G.. Butler
store jim Benefits saloon, The True
Northener office and J. II. Prater's
photo gallery. Before the firemen
had worked long, water froze their
clothing, and some of them, George
Kesler in particular, looked like a
veritable iceberg. When it was known
that the fire would sweep the store
and building on Kalamazoo street, in
cluding Benefits saloon, as much OF
the stock as possible was consumed
on the spot. Liquid refreshments
flowed as freely as water, and the ole
timers of today, in recalling the
scenes of that January morning will
tell you that it was mighty colo
day, but "wet". With the exception