The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-10-03

MASTER Lawrence Beach was the
guest of his teacher. Miss Iris Haver
of Bloomingdale and other friends
for last week end
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Warner and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Weston motor.
ed to Kalamazoo last Friday night to
hear Santrey and his Jazz band al
the Armory.
There will be a regular Communi-
cation of Paw Paw Lodge No 25 F,
and A. M. next Tuesday evening
October 7th. Work in the Third De-
gree. A large attendance of the
membership is earnestly desired, and
visiting brethren will be cordially
welcomed.
1t is frequently claimed by some
farmers that it is a losing game
even at the high price of pork, to
buy hogs to feed for the market if
all the feed is to be purchased. The
following figures however, furnished
by G. w. Farr, living near Pugsley's
lake would prove this contention to
be fallacious. Mr.. Farr bought a
sow and eight pigs last spring for
which he paid the sum of $4,000.
He purchased all the feed for their
keep for which he paid the sum of
S121.65, making total cost of the
sow and eight pigs s221.65. When
five months old the pigs averaged
III pocnds each and were sold for
10 1-2 cents per pound, bringing him
the sum of $267.15. Mr.. Farr thus
realized the sum of $45.50 net profit
in cash, besides having the original
mother and another litter of five
pigs on hand, a pretty fair margin
of profit, we would say. Mr.. Farr
says the old hog will weigh 500
pounds when ready for the market
this fall.
Manager Reeves of the Idle Hour
Theatre\ is certainly "leaving no
stone unturned" in his efforts to give
patrons of The Idle Hour the best
there is to be had in new up-to-date
pictures Many fine features are
booked for the coming weeks, among
the most important perhaps being
eyes of the World" which comes
Monday night, October goth, and
"The Birth of a Race" dated for
Friday and Saturday nights, October
31st, and November 1st. Both these
films are really big features, seldom
seen on the screen outside of the big
cities. "The Eyes of the World"
was shown at The Elite theatre in
Kalamazoo his week, where the wait
ing line for tickets extended block
OF more for every performance. "The
Birth of a Race" was also shown il
Kalamazoo to capacity houses. 1t is
considered one of the greatest pro-
ductions in Filmdom. These are only
two of the good things Manager
Reeves has in store for The Idle
Hour. His regular every night
pictures are all good ones of high
class, and with the big special
features nov and then, nl-.-ies =
popular little movie house second to
none in Van Buren county.
There will not be much activity in
the County and Federal Road building
program in this section for the bal
ance of this year. The preliminary
work has about all been completed
but actual construction will not be
started until next Spring. Owing to
labor conditions, and the difficulty
in getting materials, it has been
thought best not to let the contract
for the extension Of Main street paw
ing west to Village limits this fall.
1t is all ready however to start as
early as weather will permit next
year. The same conditions prevails
in the paved way east of Paw Paw
village. The contract has been let
for the grading, but no cement work
will be attempted this fall. 1t is con-
fidently expected that before next
summer is over, the paved way from
Paw Paw to Kalamazoo will be COM
pleted and ready for use. This work
together with the extension of west
main street paving comes under
Federal supervision. The Lawton
to Paw Paw road and likewise the
road north on the Allegan road to
the Van Buren county line comes
under County Supervision. No actual
construction work on either of these
roads will be attempted however until
next spring. There has been some
question as to whether the Lawton
road should be gravel or cement. 1t
is probable however that cement will
be used, as in the opinion of compe-
tent road experts, cement construct