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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27

n mines and real estate. 1t was my
money; | made 1t. | had Il right 10
spend ii as | pleased, and | did.
But the Chicago courts and the chi
cago board of education, to whom the
will of Morrison's father provides the
estate shall revert for the erection or
a ilgh school building, should the re-
cluse die without children, thought
otherwise and through their efforts the
property has been regained. SO Ed
ward Morrison is millionaire, once
more.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27
EiftY-Fifty.

The speaker was quite wealthy MIN
self-also very patriotic. He urged
the children to save their pennies 10
help the soldiers. Finally as climax
he told of his own son in camp. AT
the close of his speech Il tot came for
ward with dime. Here's some
money" he said in voice loud enough
for every one to hear. Half IS Tor
your boy and the other half for you.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27
Room for Him.

The 5:15 train was crammed to over
flowing, and belGted passengers were
running excitedly and down the plat
form. trying to find seats.
As the train was on the move the
door shot open and an excited young
nut piped out anxiously:
"Say, is this ark full, or nOt?'
"Yus." came from the smokiest, ding
lest corner of the compartment; its
full right enough-all except the ass.
Come right in, m'bOy"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27
c,,.,,ur, soothes Baby Rashes.

That Itch and burn with hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointlngs of Cuticura Ointment
Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe-
clally il little of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum is busted on at the nm
ish. 25c each everywhere.-Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27

Just as soon as you eat tablet or
two of Pape's Diapepsin all the dys-
pepsia, indigestion and stomach dis
tress ends. These pleasant, harmless
tablets of Pape's .Diapepsin never fail
to make upset stomachs feel fine at
once. and they cost very little at drug
stores. Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27
steals "shots In Arm"

Bcllefontnine, O.-When DIR. II. A.
Skldmore started home from his Once
he found note on the table III MS
reception room. II said. When you
get this | VIII be on my way. Many
thinks. hope sometime To have
money enough TO pay YOU" lnvestl'
eating, the physician found that his
supply Of morphine ana all OF his
hypOdermlcs were gone.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27
The Similitude.

"a star who wants good position
Is in much the condition of looking
glass
what is that?'
"IIer claims do not get much look
ing into unless she has plenty of back
ing"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27
His Class.

"When that lawyer makes such false
allegations he comes very near being
an alligator"
How SOP
''He sheds crocodile tears"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27
seolded for rruaney. Lad Hangs self.

seoded for Truaney, lad Hangs Sell.
New York.--Dangllng from the limp
of an oak tree within few hundred
yards OF his home, John A. Royal
thirteen years old, OF New York was
found dead by his father. The boy
was caught playing truant from school,
and when his mother threatened to
tell the principal the suicide resulted
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27
EAT A TABLET!
DYSPEPSIA GONE
PAPE's DIAPEPSIN INSTANTLY
RELIEVES SOUR, Classy OR
ACID STOMACHS.

When meals hit back and your stom-
ach is sour, acid, gassy, or you feel full
and bloated. When you have heavy
Jumps of pain or headache from lndi-
gestion. Here is instant relief!
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27
PHYSICIAN WAS In
SERIOUS CONDITION
DR.. FarnSwOrth Gives DOan's
Credit for His Wonder
full Recovery.

DR.. 7. G. Farnsworth, IS S. Kama
wha ST., BuckhannOn. W. Va, retired
physician OF over forty years expert
enee, ex-State Congressman, ex-City
Mayor and ex-County Health Officer,
praises Dodn'S Kidney Pills. Here is
Dr. Farnsworth's experience as he tells
II. cit Vas INST a few years after my
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27

Groves Tasteless chill Tonic
restores vitality and energy by purifying anc en-
rching the blood. You can soon feel Its Strength.
anlng, lnvlgorating Rnect. Price 6Oc.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27

All the advertising in the world
won't make worthless article dur
able.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27
Accused of Theft in
Home Where Dead Lay

Atlanta, Ga.-You must watch
things even when you have a tu-
neral in the house. j. l.. Wood
has just been indicted in AT
lanta charged with stealing a
Iavaliere and a small sum of
cash from u home in Hemphili
avenue where Wood had gone
from local undertaking estab-
lishment to make arrangements
for The burial of the mother OF
the household.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27

A lot of folks could claim they never
did anything wrong because they We
never done anything at all.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27

And sometimes 1T doesn't pay to be-
lieye everything you tell other people.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27

Italy has woman electric street car
drivers.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-27

A. - Wa1 lA1N q ~"
retiring from practic-
ing medicine that |
found l was afflicted
with severe disorder
Of the kidneys and
bladder. | grew stead
lily worse, and some
times | was unable to
get around at ali. The
kidney secretions were
retarded and so pain
full in passing | would
cry out in misery. l
was in a frightful pon-
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
BEAN GROWERS
LACK OF COST FIGURES.

Michigan bean growers who are ask
ing for protective tariff on Japanese
beans in order that the homegrown pro-
duct may be protected from the unfair
competition of cheap foreign labor, find
themselves at serious disadvantage
because of the fact that accurate cost of
production figures are not available.
If the Michigan growers, and those
from other states who will appear before
a federal committee this month to de-
mand protection for their products, had
definite figures to show exactly what it
costs them to grow beans, their chances
of getting the legislation they want
would be greatly increased.
Michigan farmers are not likely to be
caught in such positions in the future, "
says Charles H. Graves, Farm Manage
ment Specialist at the Michigan Agri-
cultural College. "All over the State
growers are coming to realize the need
for definite cost figuSes, and the use of
farm account books will provide them
in the future with just such facts as
they want now in the bean situation.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
Town of Grand
Marais Pinched
Arrested for Killing Deer and
Partridges Out of Season.

Munising, Oct.4-Because the justice
Ct the peace at Grand Marais and q
majority OF the men OF that village were
arrested by Deputy Game Warden E. A.
Nowack, of Kalkaska, no court could be
held there to try thirty-two cases a
gainst Grand Marais citizens for killing
deer, running deer with dogs, selling
venison and killing partridges. II was
necessary to move the male population
OF the village here for trial.
Among those arrested was H. p.
Spencer, of Cleveland, who said he is
superintendent of large detective
>Sgency; members of the Grand Marais
school board, two fire wardens, two
former United States coast guardsmen,
hotel proprietors and business men.
Enroute to Munising the warden
searched passing vehicles for venison
and found three rum runners and cases
of whiskey. Two of the men have
waived examination and more than
81 500 in fines have been assessed the
game law violators. Several dogs have
been put to death and an auto load OF
high power rifles, ton OF fresh canned
and salted venison was confiscated.-
Petoskey News.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
HAPPY CORNERS.
(Rock Elm School Dist. 81
Edited by Miss Violet Gilbert }

Miss Stewart, Com'r of Schools visit
ed the Rock Elm School, Wednesday.
She says the school has the county beat
on the number of visitors it has had
since school commenced. All tolled,
l6 parents. Let this splendid work
continue.
The eighth graders are very deeply
interested in the Declarations OF Inde-
pendence.
Wednesday afternoon, Violet Gilbert
organized a Handicraft Club. The
meeting was held and called at the
schoolhouse. The following were
elected as officers:-Theodore LaCroix,
President; Merritt Shaw, Vice-presi-
dent; Russell Duffey, Secretary; Barton
Henry, Treasurer. They choose for
their club a name which was Eagle
Handicraft Club. Their motto is BIZ.
The members are Theodore LaCroix,
Merit Shaw, Russell Duffey, Barton
Henry, George Secord, Floyd and Jim
mie Myers, Bruce Donaldson, Lester
Danforth, Walter and Herbert Teboe.
Mr.. Secord, Mr.. Shaw and Mr.. Steven
son are on the board of advisors. The
meeting will be held every two weeks
on Wednesday night.
Potatoes are getting restless. Their
coats and bonnets have been hit by Mr..
Frost. The vacation is almost here.
Violet Gilbert spent Tuesday night at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Myers.
A very good attendance at Grange
Saturday night. Mrs. SpidePs fruit
cake was fine and Mrs. Hipp's recipe
sounded equally as good. Better come
out and sample it next Grange night.
Violet Gilbert spent Tuesday night at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. kowal-
ski
Work and play is the motto at Rock
Elm School. A campaign is on for the
benefit Of the farmers wheat. Every
body is trying to find the common bar
berry.
Violet Gilbert spent Monday night at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl DAN
forth.
Dorcas Hipp has been absent from
school on account of illness.
Thursday night school closed for two
weeks for potatoe vacation.
Violet Gilbert left Friday morning for
two weeks visit in Southern Michi-
gan, expecting to make visits at Mt.
Pleasant, Grand Rapids and Conklin.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
LEAVES HIS WIFE AS BAIL
Husbands Appearance Relieves En-
barrassment Of Police Judge In
Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Police Judge
Chesebro was most embarrassed. A
woman had been left with him In lieu
Of $25 bail, and he did not know what
to do with her.
Walter Lincercum appeared before
the court on misdemeanor charge.
Judge Chesebro fixed the bail at S25
Lincercum did not have the S25.
Mrs. Lincercum, who was in court,
had bright idea and whispered to the
Judge. He nodded assent and Lincer-
cum rushed from the courtroom. His
wife remained behind. She was the
bail.
Everybody was happy until 5 p. m.
arrived, and brought no Lincercum.
II was time to close the court The
Judge looked at his clock and at the
bail.
Then LinceFcum rushed in, just as
the court was ordered closed He had
$25 in real money and walked away
with his wife.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
MUSHROOM GATHERING
HELD AS DANGEROUS.

Recent rains and rather warm wea
ther are causing mushrooms to appear
in Michigan by the thousands, and 6
warning has been sent out by DR.. E. A
Bessey, Professor of Botany at the Agri
cultural College, that indiscriminate
picking of mushrooms by people who
do not know the individual varieties is
very dangerous proceeding.
While only 20 or 30 of the six or seven
thousand kinds of mushrooms are really
very dangerous, the chances are toe
great to warrant the use of any mush-
room which is not absolutely known to
the collector" says DR.. Bessey. "The
danger is all the greater in that in some
cases the symtoms of poisoning do not
show up until some hours after the
mushroom is eaten. II is then too late
to get rid of the poison by emeties.
There is one rule by which one can
safely distinguish the edible from
poisonous mushroom. The silver spoon
test relied upon by some with the idea
that poisonous mushroom will turn
the spoon black when cooked with
them, while wholesome mushrooms will
not tarnish it, is only good to this de-
gree that the blackening merely in
dicates that the mushroom has begun to
decay. 1t does not, however, tell whet-
her mushroom is poisonous or not.
The idea that il the skin peels off easily
it Is to be considered as a good mush-
room, does not hold because in some OF
the most poisonous ones the skin peels
nicely, while some of the edible ones
do not peel.
"The color of the gills is not a safe
criterion when taken by itself. Most
pink-gilled species are wholesome, but
some are poisonous. The safest rule is
to learn to know the mushroom.
Anyone who wishes to learn the var.
ious mushrooms should consult a reli.
able book. Such book has recently
been published by the Michigan State
Geological and Biological Survey under
the title "The Agaricaceae of Michigan. u
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
Wants to Change Absurd Name.

New York.-Justice Callahan. In the
supreme court, has reserved decision
in the application of Leon Abouta
Beekh to change his name to Leon
Atallah. Abouta Beekh said he was
born in Damascus, Syria, February 10,
1877, and has three children. The
name Abouta Beekh. he said, means
father Of cooking" and is so absurd
that It has all his life subjected him TO
ridicule. He said he wanted to pre-
vent his children from enduring the
same ridicule.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
School Commissioners
Notes-
May l.. Stewart. Commissioner
The Child Life First.

There has been at no time within the
past four years better attendance
spirit thruout the month of September.
Report after report comes in stating
that there is no absence during 'the
past two weeks" or that all absence
has been due to illness.
Do the farmers in these districts need
their children? Of course they do!
Never yet was farm without too much
work awaiting the busy hands of the
father of the home. The great glory of
the present good attendance is that the
children go every day without being
enforced to go, even tho they are need
ed. 1t is no credit to farmer to send
his children to school when they are
not needed, or to wait in his farm work,
having the child lose day here and a
day there until the truant officer cries
"Halt'; it is no credit to him to have a
child who does not like to go to school
repeated absences have killed his nat
ural interest in his studies, and who
wishes to leave school at sixteen years
Of age, or who fails in his grade because
OF much lost time. There are, however,
few of such farmers left. Several
farmers have this year called the COM
missioner to report neighbor farmers
who seem negligent and who seemed to
them disgrace to the district, in their
apparent attempt to solve their pro-
blems thru child labor
Altho the commissioner has been glad
to be able to excuse five boys this year
to relieve the labor shortage, it is in
teresting to note that, in spite of the
heavy crops this year, and the scarcity
OF labor, there were less than one fourth
the requests for excuses. Again let us
repeat, it is not that the boys are easily
prepared for school hours, but an in
dication that in spite of all odds the
farmer is giving his children their right
to their future. II is serious thing to
deprive child of school, but it is with
true sacrifice that the average farmer
insists that his boys and girls go every
day. This good news is brought to the
office daily by the reports from the
different teachers of the county.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
BLIND, HANDS GONE, WRITES
Crippled Soldier Becomes Competent
Typist Through Patient Train
inO.

London.-Blind and deprived of both
hands. Sergt. Alan M. Nichols of the
Second Durham light infantry refused
TO be 'classed as an "unemployable,"
and today can write letters as prof.
ciently as any normal stenographer.
Nichols restoration to self-support-
ing basis was accomplished through
patient training, a specially construct
ed typewriter, a pair of artificial alum
mum hands and his own indomitable
spirit. Recently he passed writing
test Of two hours and fifteen minutes,
his "copy" necessitating only two cor
rectiOns.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
BEE KEEPERS FACE
BAD SUGAR SHORTAGE

That there is danger OF serious losses
in Michigan bee hives during the COM
ing winter because OF the shortage of
sugar for food supplies is the opinion
expressed by B. F. Kindig, apiary
specialist at the Michigan Agricultural
College. Many honey producers of the
State have not laid in their sugar stores
pfor winter feeding, and the chances of
their getting what they need now are
said to be slim.
One-third more sugar has already
been consumed by the people OF the
country than was used during the
whole year of 1918, and the government
is sending out warnings that there is
danger OF regular "war time" short
age. Candy makers will probably be
restricted in their use OF sugar, and il is
feared that Michigan apiary men who
are not now ready for the winter will
be hit hard by the shortage.
Better protection of the colony dur
ing the cold months will be one way in
which to cut down the amount of food
required, says Mr.. Kindig. ''The col
ony temperature must be kept at 81 de-
grees or above, and unless the or.
binary processes of bee life will accom-
phsh this the bees must consume more
food in order to generate the necessary
heat. Limited supplies of sugar can be
made to last longer by careful hive pro-
lection"
A telegram from DR.. E. F. Philips,
Bureau of Entomology, Washington, d.
c.. contains the following: "Beekeepers
u6able to get granulated sugar to pre-
vent starvation of bees should notify
the United States Equalization Board
Ill Wall Street, New York City," Any
beekeeper who has no hope of getting
sugar locally should write to the board
giving reasons for need of sugar.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
JORDAN. MICHIGAN. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1919.

stract & Engineering Company, acting
under the instructions OF this Commits
sion has reported certain plans, plats,
diagrams and specifications, together
with an estimate of cost for the cop-
structioh OF said seweH together with
the necessary ventilations, cutters,
man holes, catch basins, flush tanks
and all necessary attachments, Resol-
we'd that the said plans, plats, diagrams
and specifications, together with said
estimate of cost, be filed with the City
Clerk of this City.
Resolved Further, that the said Com
mission deems the constructing and
establishing of the said sewer and all
necessary attachments to be necessary
public Improvement and that notice be
given that this Commission intends to
make the said public Improvement as
showp by the said plans, plats, dia-
grams and specifications now on file
with the Clerk of said City and intends
to establish special assessment dis
trict therefor, as shown by the said
plans, plats, diagrams and specifica-
tionS, to consist>of all lands and prem
ises to be benefited thereby and that
said special assessment district be
assessed and pay seventy-five per cent
OF the cost of such improvements, the
City Of East Jordan to pay twenty-five
per cent Of the cost of said proposed
improvement, together with the cost of
the intersections with streets and alleys
and benefits derived by parks and
public places.
Further resolved that the said City
Commission meet the Goth day of Octo-
ber A. d. 1919, at its regular place of
meeting, at 7:3O o'clock p. m. for the
purpose of hearing and considering any
objections to the proposed improve
ment or the several amounts to be
paid, or the establishing of said special
assessment district, at which time and
place all persons interested, may appear
and be heard. The Clerk shall give
notice of this meeting by publication in
the East Jordan Enterprise. news
paper published and circulated in said
City for two weeks prior thereto.
Adopted by the City Commission Of
the City of East Jordan on the 9th
day of Oct, A. ID. 1919, by an aye and
nay vote as follows:
Ayes-Gidley, Crowell and Wilson.
Nays-none.
On motion by Gidley meeting was ad-
journed.
OTIS j. SMITH, City Clerk.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
WHISPERS AS OLD AS HE IS
And Former County Auditor in Call
fornia Is Hovering Near the
Eighty Mark.

Santa Ana, Csl.-Who's got the old
est whiskers?
Other towns have entered contest
ants in the race for Oldest hirsute
adornments, but Santa Ana only now
jumps into the fray. with set of
whiskers sixty-one years old. II any
body can beat that, let them come for
ward or forever hold their peace.
The proud possessor Of the aged
beard Is ]. ii. Hall, former auditor OF
Orange county, who Is now dividing
his time between Santa Ana and the
East. Captain Hall, a @. A. r. man,
never has shaved. and the whiskers
which now adorn his face are on the
roots of the "fuzz" which showed up
when he was In his teens.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
SHOW YANKS AROUND
Y. N. c. A. Conducts Sightseeing
Tours Through France.
terest After Paris Has
Been Seen.

Chantilly, France.-The progress Of
the sightseeing doughboy through
France, after he gets through with
battle fronts, Is from one beautiful
spot to another. OF course, the battle
fronts come first, and the Y. NJ. G. A.
trips to Chateau-Thierry, Belleau
Wood, Rheims, Soissons and the Che
min-des-Dames are so popular that the
boys have to draw lots every day for
the coveted free tickets, as only 100
persons can be taken on each trip.
But all the other trips the Y. M. G. A.
has arranged for American soldiers
and sailors are studies In beauty and
art and history amid pleasures and
palaces, and the eagerness and in
telligence with which the boys go
on these expeditions is plain evidence
of their essential soundness Of heart
and mind
The first day, as rule, the boys get
aboard the big "Y" sightseeing auto
mobiles and see Paris. Then they go
by special train to the palaces OF
Versailles, Fontainebleau, MalmaisOn
and st. Germain. Next they come
back to Paris and spend a day in the
Louvre. And then those still keen
for palaces are invited to take another
trip to the jewel of them all, the fa-
nous chateau of the Condos and Mont
morencys at Chantilly.
Thousands of American soldiers have
visited ~Chantilly this year and have
learned something Of place which
many wealthy tourists overlooked. In
deed. though many Americans visited
Chantilly in years before the war, a
large percentage of them saw only the
race course and never visited the
chateau. Yet many experts hold that
though number of other museums
outrank II i'm size, nowhere In the
world-not excepting the Louvre-is
there a more exquisite collection of
objects OF art.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
UMBRELLA AS BERRY PICKER
BY Its Aid Long Island Woman Gath
ers Ninety Quarts In
Day.

Sayville, L. Mrs. Margaret Cross
of Sayville, L. l., went huckleberrying.
She carried an umbrella. Neighbors
asked her II she feared rain, but she
only smiled.
Reaching spot where the berries
grew thick, she opened 1t, inverted 1t
under a bush and shook the bush Wig
orously. The berries fell into the UNI
brella and were easily transferred from
Il to Mrs. Cross berry pail.
BY this means she gathered 90
quarts during the day, thereby estab-
fishing a record for one days picking,
II Is said.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
Sight Large Sea Serpent;
Immune to Bullets.


Reno, Nev.-DOubt not the au-
thenticity of this, for the nation
went dry long since.
Four hunters report sea SER
pent 20 feet >long in Yuramid
Lake, largest fresh water body
west of the Great Lakes. 1t has
huge fins and a serpent's tail,
comes to the surface Of the wa
ter and its hide is impregnable
to bullets.
The hunters who shot the an
imal but who report it dived af-
ter being hit unhurt are J. S.
Neff, Mike Macy, w. J. Neff and
NJ. Gent. They were camping on
the shore of the lake when the
monster was first sighted, they
said.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-10
Bull EIectrocuted;
Then "Fun" Begins

Fairmont, w. Va.-FiDding a
piece Of trolley wire. boys here
attached II to the chain about
the neck Of bull that happened
to be passing, threw the wire
over the trolley wire of the
Monongahela Valley Traction
Co., and then completed the.
stunt by driving the bull across
the tracks.
The bull was killed by cleo
trio shock and traffic was de-
layed for some time. Following
an investigation there were
narrowing scenes In several
woodsheds about the city.