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The courier-index., 1919-10-31
AIR sIGNPosTs FOR AvIAToRs

According to Godfrey Isaacs managing director of the British Marconi Company, that firm has devised a plan for letting aviators know exactly where they are in the air.
 The company has developed a transmittor which throws out diver. gent currents covering a wide area These currents shooting up from numerous places through the coun. try, and bearing the name of the place, would let the man in the air. plane know automatically the names of the different towns over which he was passing.
 The man flying over Windsos Forest would receive sigma '"This is Windsor Forest; when he came to Guildford he would be told this is Guildford"; and so on.
 As MT. Isaacs says: Ut requires very little imagination to see, a little while hence, some thousands of names being projected into the skies, so that in whatever part oi the world an airplane might travel the aviator would be told continu. ously and automatically where he was. It would Toe as easy to learn in the skies where he was as on a railway train when he looked out of the window to see the name oi the station.
The courier-index., 1919-10-31
RED CROSS DRIVE
 SANS MOMENTUM
ACTIVITIES OF EACH DAY OF NOVEMBER CAMPAIGN
 OUTLINED.
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO AID
Also Women's Clubs, Municipal En- pioyees, Labor Organizations
 and Business Men.

That added momentum is being given by the Third Red Cross Roll Call by the approach of the opening day of the campaign, November :, is indicated by hundreds of preliminary reports reaching Southwestern Divi- sion headquarters in St Louis from Red Cross Chapters in the five States = Missouri. Kansas, Texas. Arkansas and Oklahoma - composing the division. The drive closes Novem- Der II.
 An outline, giving in detail the Red Cross activities that will characterize : each day of the To-day campaign. recently has been made public. The opening day as been designated Rcd Cross Sunday" and will be the occasion for sermons on the Red Cross that wfiI be preached in churches throughout the United States. Special programs are to be held at morning or evening services.
 On Monddy. November 3, the Governors proclamation in each State VIII V0 Au0uO YuUifSp AAA&co AAoCShhoS will begin and the first check of the progress of the campaign will be made at . workers dinner in the evening.
 Municipal Employees Day" has been set for Tuesday, November 4. On this day a proclamation from the Mayor of each city and town will be arranged for, while on the principal municipal building the Red Cross flag will be raised to be displayed through out the remainder of the campaign.
 Department store speeches will be made by "four-minute men, to be followed by lunch hour enrollment.
 Wednesday, November 5, is to be "Women's Day" on which special tribute is to. te paid to the work which women are doing in the Red Cross. Meetings of women's clubs. special exercises in Red Cross workrooms and Chapters will characterize the day, which also will mark the peak of the house-to-house canvass that is to be an additional feature of the campaign
 Homage to the support which the laboring man Is giving to the Red Cross will be paid Thursday, Novem- Der 6, which is Employees Day" Noon meetinge will be held at fac tories and large industrial plants.
 The school children of each city. town and county will be the central figures on Friday. November 2, when special exercises in the schools will be held. The following day is special feature day for business and fraternal clubs. On the second Sunday of the campaign. November g. patriotic ser mons will be preached. November 10 is Button Day." when all not wearing Red Cross buttons. will be solicited, while on Tuesday, November II. the first anniversary of the Armistice. final reports will he made. and the campaign will close.
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SOLDIERS ID DIRECT DRIVE
SAILORS. TOO. IN SOME CASES
 WILL RUN CAMPAIGN.
Willingness of Returned Fighters te Direct Red cross Roll Call
 Encouraging.

Returned soldiers and sailors in a large number of Red Cross Chapters of the Southwestern Division of the Red Cross-Missouri. Kansas, Texas. Arkansas sand Oklahoma-have ac- cepted the directorship of the Third Red Cross Roll Call, Nov, ? to II. ac- cording to recent announcement.
 That this willingness not only to be- come members of the organization but to engage actively in the campaign to perpetuate the American Red Cross for future work indicates the high re- gard in which service men hold the Red Cross. is the belief of Alfred Fair. bank. Division Manager.
 The fact that the young men who have served their country so cour- ageously. and who have seen the Red Cross at work. are willing to assist so actively in its continuance should ap- peal to every man. woman and child in the country.
The courier-index., 1919-10-31
ss avaii themselves se tze scientific rs'
.rx HaIlanx is PretseesA

 ~The observations on the rise and fan of various coasts are impressive: Holland derives its name form It's subsistence. coupled with the building of dikes for the protection of the land {; the island of Batavia. inhabited in the days of Tacitus, is drowned; Zuyder Zee was formed by an invasion of the sea about the end of the thirteenth century, and the Netherlands polders Cor dike-protected lands) are main talned only by artificial entertainments which have been raised from genera ton to generation until now cultivated fields lie seven to ten meters below tide level.
 "The measure of the rate of sub sidence of the Holland coast ranges from .09 to .75 meter per century; since 1732 the mean has been .26 me ter, or nearly foot per century. The subsistence of the New Jersey coast was estimated at two feet per cen tury by State Geologlst Cook; It has continued so long that fresh water cedar swamps have been submerged and the forests imbedded in saline mucks, whence 1t is profitable business to mine the logs for lumber; and in consequence of the current sinking the Atlantic Is encroaching and swallow ing or destroying estates and homes to the value of many thousand dollars annually.
 The subsistence of the gulf coast Is less confidently known; but the geologic indications are that 1t Is Cat least between Mobile bay and Calves ton harbor) nearly as rapid as on the New Jersey coast. and more rapid than on the Netherlands coast, at least since the building of the dikes; so that the rate cannot justly be esti. mated at less than a foot per cen. tury."
The courier-index., 1919-10-31
TEACHERS WILL CANVASS
Daiias, Texas. instructors vaIunteer As Red Cross Roll Call
 Workers.

School teachers of Dallas, Texas. have volunteered their services as canvassers for the Third Red Cross Roll Call. November to II. They already have perfected an organiza- tion and plan to make houseto- house canvass on the second Sunday of Roll Call week in an effort to swell the total Of Red Cross memberships for 1920
 "As we each intend to canvas in our own district" one teacher writes to Red Cross headquarters. Eve expect To accomplish much by this unified ac- 7; n. Many teachers have mentioned i q hey mad been unable to give as ' n lime to war work as they wished
 therefore desired now to aid the
 .ss in fafthsx1ng ita peace pro-
The courier-index., 1919-10-31
Got Salt From Wrsek.

o. Fl. Woodward and companion of Chagin Falls. O.. started on an auto trip tosa fishing place. Unable to ob. tain bait. they feared the catch wouid be small. Half way to their destina- tiop the auto turned over. syood- wprd was thrown clear off tho ms chine. but his companion was pinned underneath. When the machine was finally lifted the man inside was found putting angleworms in the bait pail, for the machine had torn up xhd ground. And they were pleased
The courier-index., 1919-10-31

ble to serious injury by falling or having materials fall upon them. After devoting considerable atten- tion to this accident hazard the California safety department de- cided that the use of rope safety nets would afford measure of pro- tection for workmen and has, there fore, ordered the use of the safety nets on all structural work where plank flooring is not practicable. The safety nets are similar in char acter to those used by circus per
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floor of structure in course of erection for the protection of workmen from injury by falling objects. In special cases, however, such as auditoriums, high balco- nies, galleries, arch trusses of the aters, churches, armory buildings, ducts, bridges, domes and cupolas, it has been found impracticable to comply with the legal requirements.
 In these cases the distance to the floor is so great than men are lia-
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ST. LOUIS GIRLS INGENUITY

They Can Keep Both Hands on Auts
 Wheel and Avoid Law.
 You can't beat Cupid. Knocked to his knees by the antispooning edict of St. Louis county officials he drank the cup of bitterness.
 The constables declared that men driving automobiles must keep both hands on the wheel and quit spooning. But the constables gasped when they saw girls driving and the young men sitting alongside with both hands free.
 What's fellow going to do when the girls got both hands on tho wheelT Constable George Roth asked. That's perfectly legitimate. That's what call beating the law"
The courier-index., 1919-10-31
SAFETY NETS FOR
 STRUCTURAL WORK

The safety department of the industrial accident commission of the state of California, believing that a man doing useful work at height of several hundred feet needs as much protection as a tra- peze performer in a circus, has been responsible for the introduc- tion of safety nets in building con struction in San Francisco. The California law requires the use of temporary plank flooring on each
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formers, as well as by fire depart ments in the larger cities Tn rescu- ing persons jumping from hsh windows. The nets are mace VI F inch manila rope with A-lnca border and 4x4 mesh. They come in 10x3O feet sections, the borders having loops at intervals, so 'na. they can be readily combined anu as attached to convenient poln.s va {, the structural frame. The c0S' D nominal.
The courier-index., 1919-10-31
Could Dc sesn orohno.

4 freak vegetable growth which ir two hours developed from the size ot a baseball to the proportions of c small watermelon attracted hundreds of visitors to the home of George Motheral. at Lawrenceburg. Ind. Dc velopment was plainly visible. there being alternate movements from side to side. Visitors were unable to classify the strang~ ',rmatiou.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-07-23
$149.049.94

We the auditors oppOn examine
building
mat we have compared the foregoing
to condition of the socn
at the close of business. - - - ~
G. p. KIMBERLY
G.
STATE OF MICHIGAN of Iona-
We soemnly
knowledge belief
Association on the day ending June go -e ~ $3.50
q. A. wASHBURN President
GEORGE Secretary
subscribed ana TO before this 18th
EDWARD d. ENGEMANN
Notary Public County,
My commission expires January - ''' s-"
Average rate of earnings
1861
1000
per annum
Series No. 101 now open to subscribers
This association has been established for 80 years.
Under supervision of Secretary of State
Encourages home owning and thrift
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-07-23

Mabie Wright y helping Mra. vern
LaDow care for her mother. who ID
recovering slowly.
Mrs. 0. Adair, Mrs. Smith Nichols
and Blanche Farrnr were Tuesday
afternoon callers Of Mira. Floyd Bush.
Justin Wright Gpent Tuesday a.
ternoon at their farm near Kiddville.
Mr.. and Mrs. HI. d. Miner, Of Bel
ding, and Chas. Murray spent Sunday
afternoon with T. H. Antchfr and
family.
Farmers in River Ridge are al
hoping for the much needed rain.
Mr.. and Mrs. n L. Bidwell return
cd. Wednesday noon from Traverse
City, where they spent q few days.
Mlv. Thos. Antclf6 and Blandhe
called ct Sylvia Canfield's, Wednes-
day afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Rowley Of Bedding
Lew Schrader, Of Greenville. were
Thursday guests at the VIM. Antclih
home.
Mrs. VIM: Antcliff 10 reported i'm
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-07-23
CHADWICK

Bruce FaleS, wife and children, OF
Lowell, spent Thursday afternoon at
Fired Wheeler's. Also called on Le-
ander Berry.
Mrs. Pete Anderson, of Cadillac,
has been helping care for her father
Leander Berry the past week. Mr..
| Anderson came Saturday for over
Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson re-
turning home Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Hurd and son.
of st Louis, visited their daughter.
Mrs. Ermond Marshall the last of
the week.
George Tooley and wife, Of Lansing
have been. spending the week with
the home folks.
Jessie Berry, wife and children, of
Six Lakes, and Mrs. T. B. Winter. of
Greenville spent Sunday afternoon
with their father, Leander Berry.
Albert Berry, wife and son, OF
Rockford, Fred Berry and wife, of
Grattan, visited their uncle, Leander
Berry Sunday afternoon.
Luther Berry, wife and children and
Edgar Berry, Of Belding visited their
father and brother, Sunday afternoon
Ben Benhagel, wife and children
and mother, Mrs. Benhagel, of Ionia,
visited her people, Forest Chadwick.
and wife, Sunday.
Mrs. Bargie Treynor, of Ionia, and
daughter, Esther, called on Mrs. Har-
ris Bolster, Wednesday afternoon.
Arthur Moore, wife and children,
OF Bedding, spent Sunday evening at
Forest Chadwick,s.
Ed. Ashley, wife and daughter, of
Ionia. called on Will Moore and wife,
Thursday evening.
Will Moore and wife motored to
Ionia, Friday evening.
BRIEFS .,oMh,
Asa Perkins, of Blanchard, arrived
in the city Tuesday noon and is ex-
pecting to remain here in the future.
Mr.. Perkins lived here I'D until about
two years ago and he has been en-
ployed with q railroad carpenter gang
for some time back.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Himelberrer, Of
KY, have been visiting ut G. M.
Bleut's, also at Carson City. Battle
Greek, Kalamazoo, Holland and Grand
Rapids. Mr.. and Mrs. Blett went to
Grand Rapids Saturday and spend-
ing Sunday with them and other rela-
tives and friends, where they had .
picnic dinner in North park. Mr..
and Mrs. Himelberger returnin0 to
their home this week, Monday.
Louis f. Utess, Of Ionia, and Miss
Mabel B. Smith, Of Belding, were
married Tuesday evening, July Is, Il
the Methodist parsonage. in Orleans
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-07-23

Meantime Europe was becoming ut
terly exhausted In men. money and
commerce and industry. The pope
suggested negotiations for a peace and
In 1641 Louis XIII Of France signed
the preliminaries for conference. But
Cardinal Mazarin. who had succeeded
Richelieu upon the death Of that great
statesman, did not desire peace until
he had further humbled some of the
Catholic powers. especially Spain.
Peace Delegates Met at Munster.
However. three years after Louis
had signed the preliminaries peace
delegates met at Munster. The con-
gress accomplished nothing. the dele
gates spending their time In squabbles
over matters Of precedence and eti-
quette. 1t was hard work to get them
to enter a common council chamber
for fear one envoy would enter the
room before the other, or TO sit at any
thing but a round table for fear one
should sit at the head of 1t. Their re-
tanners fought In the streets for the
right Of way. The conference was re
moved to Osnabruck with like results
The war still going on. the fluctuations
Of battle caused a fiuctuation Of de-
mands on the part Of the ENJOYS. The
house Of Austria split In two, the en-
peror desiring the peace for which all
central Europe was clamoring. but
Spain refusing to treat.
Finally In October Of 1648. after four
years Of negotiation. the treaty known
as the Peace OF Westphalia was signed
at Munster. This treaty put an end to
the period Of so-called religious wars
and also to the supremacy Of the
house Of Austria In Germany. France
and Sweden were the principal bene'
ficiaries. the latter receiving large Ger.
man possessions with three votes IN
the diet. as well as an naturalization
In money. France was confirmed In
the possession Of verdun, Toul and
Metz and most of Alsace. Germany
was left In horrible state materially !:
but had won liberty Of conscience and
a promise that laws. taxes and peace
or war should be decided upon only BY
free assembly Of all the estates" Of
the empire.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-07-23
ASHLEY

Mrs. Jesse Skillen, who is very iii
ID reported q little better at this
writing.
Mrx Harold Brown and children,
Mrs. Frank Wood and children, of
Grand Rapids, spent last Wednesday
with Mrs. s. M. Brown, Mrs. Woods
expects to visit in this vicinity until
August 1.
Mary Keno has been engaged to
teach the Ashley school.
Ethel TuthiA, of near Saranac, is
the guest Of relatives here.
Howard and Clifford Raymer, Of
Grand Rapids, were guests Of their
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Clifford, last week.
Please remember the aid this week
Friday afternoon, July %, at Mr.. and
Mrs. c. L. Beardslee. Picnic supper.
All are cordially invited.
Bedding stores clost at 1890 Thurs
days until September 1.
Madames Wilber, Frownfeller and
Case, of Greenville were guests of
Mrs. Emma Watkins, last Friday af-
ternoon.
Henry Swartzloff who has worked
for Chas. Godfrey for a number of
years, had the misfortune to fall and
fracture his shoulder blade, also re-
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-07-23

This gigantic conflict known as the
Thirty Years war was the longest war
that has afflicted mankind. at least
since the dawn OF modern history ;
though that series of wars between
France and England which extended
from 1888 to 1853 Is sometimes mac
curately referred to as the Hundred
Years War;"
The Thirty Years war Is often
called religious war. but It was a war
In which religion was made the hand
maid of politicians and the excuse OF
ambitious princes; the mightiest king
dom on the Protestant side was the
Catholic nation of France. swayed by
Cardinal Richelieu, and the Lutheran
elector Of Saxony did not hesitate to
ally himself with the eppressor Of the
Bohemian Protestants.
First Overt Act Of the War.
The story that the first overt act of
var arose from two soldiers Of differ
snt nationalities approaching well to
get drink and getting into fight as
to who should first have the bucket.
Tassoni. the Italian poet. has en-
balmed In his mock-heroic poem. THE
Rape Of the Bucket"-if he did not in
vent II. At any rate the stage of Eu-
rope was set for war and war came.
In May of 1913 the Bohemian Prot
estants rose In rebellion and the con-
fiagration rapidly spread over CONT
mental Europe. Men were born, grew
to manhood and died knowing no
world but a world at war A man OF
fifty could only remember that 1t was
before he attained his majority that
there had been no war; war had come
to seem the normal state Of the world.
In this war were made the military
regulations of Gustavus AdOlphus,
king Of Sweden. lilly. Wallenstein,
Turenne and Condo. Central Europe
was the battle-ground and the fortunes
of war favored first one side and then
the other. II would take volumes to
detail the campaigns and battles OF
this war and It's shifting politics. In
the long run the Protestant side,
through the fighting power of the
Swedes and the might OF Catholic
France. got the best OF It,
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-07-23

James Il. Choate went to Green
Vile, Monday afternoon. on = business
trip. Ed. Gays that this y the first
time that he fns been out Of the city
in more than . year and he thought
that he would take q long trip while
he was at Il.
Mrs. o. d. Backus and daughter,
Grotta, who have been guests OF her
mother, Mrs. Ida Katz and other rel
atives and friends for q week. return
ed to their home at Port Huron,
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. E. H. Nudge and daughter,
Mable, of st. Louis, returned on Mon
day afternoon TO their homes after
visiting at the home Of the formers
brother, Clayton Kimberly and with
Gerald p. Kimberly and other rela-
tives and friends.
Bruce Fales, of Lowell, was in the
city, Tuesday morning. Bruce be-
lieves in spreading q certain amount
Of sunshine along with the other
things in life. and always has q good
time with the boys when he gets back
to the old home town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Benson and fam
| lily, Of st. Johns. are spending the
summer vacation at the home OF
local relatives.
Mrs. Ernest Anderson went to Ionia
Saturday to meet her husband, who
has been studying upon vulcan
ling there. Ernest will be in
the vulcanizing business on his own
hook from now ON.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Wasnick enjoy
ed motor trip to Grand Rapids, Sat
urdey afternoon and visited with
an uncle while there.
Mrs. Bert Antcliff and Miss Fay
Reed went to Ionia, Saturday to visit
with friends.
Mrs. s. Searcey and daughter, Of
CARRIER, okla, who have been here
visiting the formers sister, Mrs. Kate
Gleason, left here Monday morning
for Minneapolis, Mimi, to visit with
her daughter, Mrs. j. B. Cullison, al
That place.
Dudley Reed, who has been employ
ed by Fred Thompson, as mechanic
in the latter's Chevrolet and Buick
service station, left here Monday
noon for Lansing, where he will look
Thompson's employ.
Mr.. and Mrs. EnoS Norris and
daughter, Flayvella, of Battle Creek
left here for home, Monday morning
after having been guests of the for
mer's mother, Mrs. Lydia Moore and
other relatives and friends for
time.
Mis- Grace Carnahan, of South Ha-
ven, returned home Monday morning
after having visited with her sister
Miss Cecilia Carnahan for short
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Althouse, of
Lowell, returned home Monday morn
ing afber having visited her aunt
Mrs. L. H. Cunningham for few
days.
Miss Lena Sandy returned home
Saturday noon after having been for
about six weeks past with family
near Trufant in the capacity as nurse
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-07-23

proving from q serious attack she bad
Tuesday morning. DR.. Dutt ID attend
ing her.
Bedding stores close at 1890 Thurs
days until September /.
Mrs. VIM. Thompson, Of Belding,
was in River Ridge Tuesday.
WihWd Summer II helping Fred
Miller for . few days with his hsr-
vesting.
Thos. AntcliR called at Floyd Bush's
Sunday morning.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-07-23

ceiving other injuries. He was taken
to the Belding HOSPITAL and was re-
ported to be resting as comfortable q
could be expected.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rasmussen en-
tertained in honor of Mr.. Rasmussen's
birthday, Monday evening the follow
ing friends and neighbors: Mr.. and
Mrs. c. L. Beardslee, Mr.. and Mrs..
5. M. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cliff
ford, Miss Nellie Ashley, Guy Cliff
ford, Howard and Clifford Raymer.
r. A. Longstreet and Miss Wanda
Laurence, who were on the sick list,
last week are improving.
Mrs. Mary Godfrey and daughter,
Cora, are spending q few days with
Mrs. Chas- Godfrey.