The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-02-14

Ford Wilbur was a Kalamazoo visit
OF on Saturday last.
Miss Marian Mutchler is home +
the u. of M. for a weeks visit.
Mrs. John |. Breck of Jackson is the
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. w. McCabe.
or. and Mrs. A. +. Van Week and
NJ" and Mrs. Frank L. Miller spent
Saturday last in Kalamazoo.
Mrs. John Engle of Hastings is the
pheasant guest of Mrs. J. B. ayton and
other Paw Paw friends this week.
DR.. Verne Van Fossen has returned
from Cleveland, Ohio where she has
spent) the past five months doing
special work in Pyorrhea and Oral
ProphylAXis.
During the month of December
there were more deaths than births re-
ported to the department of state in
Michigan. The figures are Deaths;
6,398; births, $3.50.
One of the important amendments
to be voted on at the April election
will be for fifty million dollar Good
Roads Bond issue. "Put Michigan
Over the Top and out of the Mud
will be the slogan in the campaign.
Word comes to Paw Paw friends
of the death of Mrs. Lyman Glover
at her home in Chicago on Monday OF
this week The Glovers have had a
summer home at Eagle Lake for a
number of years and have host of
friends here.
The U. S. Treasury department an
nounce that there will be no general
leXtension of time beyond March 18th,
for the filing of returns and for the
payment Of Income and Excess Profit
tax due on that date. A financial emer-
gency makes it necessary to get the
initial tax payments in by March Is.
The forms for the tax returns are be-
ing printed and all forms will be in
the hands of the collectors between
February 18th, and March 1st.
Farmers Of Michigan expect to Sc
cure more careful and intelligent con-
sderation of their problems as the
suit of the organization by them Of
the Michigan Farm Bureau associa-
ton at the M. A. G.. last week. The
move is destined to become the most
influential farmers organization in
the state.
John Knowles died at his home in
Colorado last October, but the news
of his death has just reached Paw
Paw through a letter from the Hon.
Ned Hilton of Denver, Colorado, to
H. w. McCabe. Mr.. Knowles was at
one time resident of Van Buren,
county. A member of the Van Buren,
county bar, and Circuit Court Com
missioner. He will be remembered
by many of the older residents of the
county.
The True Northernef starts a
weekly legislative letter from Hon
Lynn J. Lewis in this issue 1t will be
found of special interest inasmuch as
the principal happenings of the legis-
lature will be reviewed from week to
week. 1t will be noted in this weeks
letter that the fee for the burial OF
INDECENT soldiers has been increased
from $500 to $4,000. No mention
is made as yet however of bill to
increase the Supervisors salary tC
$500 per day as recommended by the
Legislative committee of the BoarC
of Supervisors at its recent session.
The republican township caucus fol
the election of seventeen delegates to
attend the county convention was helc
in the Council rooms last Saturday
afternoon. The attendance was un
usually large for a caucus Of this
kind. There was but one lady present
when the caucus was called to order
and she was honored by being named
as chairman Of the caucus and alsC
chairman of the delegation to attend
the county convention Three others
Mrs. Eugene Winterscheidt, Mrs. b
NJ. Cuddebach and Mrs. Frank Van
Blaricom came in later in time to vot,
J for delegates. The officers of the eau
, Gus were, Mamie f. Wakeman, chair
: man; VIM. c. Mosier, secretary; B. F
| Warner and r. w. Broughton Tellers
: Following are the delegates elected
= to the county convention:-Mamie +