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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-02-07
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED
Wheeler, Mattawan
Glidden, Mattawan.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Nellis Borst to John Overley & w.
Lots a, 5 & 6, Blk. 21 Decatur
$4,000
Eugene F. Prindle e. w. to Sibyl j..
Bitely, Und. u 1875 acres, Secs. 16 G.
II Antwerp-$5000.00
Eugene F. Prindle e. w. to Irl H.
Bitely Und. u 1875 acres, Secs. Is &
II, Antwerp-$5000.00
Lake Cora Summer Home Assn to
Althea c. Everard, Pei. Sec. 18, Paw
Paw-$236.0O,
Frank Pikal e. w. to Antonio Pikal
20 acres Sec. Il, Arlington-$3O0.00
Charles w. Dayton e. w. to Frank
l.. Hardy & w. 40 acres, Sec. %,
Observation-Disclosures
Caroline A. Cleveland to Benz.
Wildman & w. 10 acres Sec. %, South
Haven-$17OO.00
Benz. Wildman & w. to Cora Iole
Mapes, 10 acres, Sec. % South Haven
$4,000
l.. f. Mari & w. to Joe Getz, 40
acres, Sec. IL Arlint0n-$1.00
Aaron w. Hoffman to Nina Gooch
81 acres, Sec. Waverly-$1OO
Vernon C. Hastings ct al. to Ed
ward J. Riggle Lots 16, II, 3S & 80
III. & H. AID. Decatur-$210.00
Vernon G. Hastings ct al. to Cora
f. Steele Lot %, III. & III. AID. Decatur
$4,000
Fred J. Lich, Admr. to Frank Bull
e. w. Lot 2 Blk. Q, Whiteheads AID.
Lawton-$900.00.
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PROBATE COURT PROCEEDINGS

Estates off,
Marcia Mckenzie Lewis decd. Or
der allowing Account and Assigning
Residue.
Nina Huff, Minor. Annual Ac-
count filed.
Ella l.. LeSuer, decd. Order al
lowing claims and closing estate to
creditors.
George Smith Monroe, decd. No
claims filed. Order closing estate to
creditors.
Olive Carpenter, decd. Petition
for appointment of Administrator
fled. Hearing March 31st.
Norris w. Day, decd. Petition for
appointment of Administrator filed.
Hearing March 3rd.
Harrison kimble, decd. Final Ac-
count Of Administrators filed. Hear
ing March Bird.
George i. Adams, decd. Petition
Tor appolntment OF Administrator
filed. Hearing March 3rd.
Rex M. Adams, ct al. Minors. Pc
tition for appointment of Guardian
illed. Nomination of Guardian is
sued.
VIM. ". Kinney, decd. Petition
for appointment of Trustee filed
Hearing February Gath.
Martha c. Thayer, Minor. Peti.
ton for license to sell real estate
filed Hearing February oath.
Josephine Burdick, decd. Fina
Account filed. Hearing February p
Ella English, decd. Petition fol
appointment of Administrator filed
Hearing February oath.
James ID. Grant. decd. Petition
for appointment of Administrator
| filed. Hearing February oath.
Cynthia f. Grant, decd. Petition
for determination of heirs filed. Hear
ing February oath.
Cora |. Squier, Incompetent. Peti
| ton for license to sell real estate
filed. Hearing February oath.
Mildred Day, ct al. Minors. Bono
| filed and Letters of Guardianship is
sued to c. H. Giddings.
c. E. Warrington, Incompetent
Bond filed and Letters of Guardian
ship issued to Charles Duncombe.
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o p. Hudson is suffering from a
relapse.
Edward Dorgan is working in Kala-
mazoo.
Clyde Ruell is able to be out again
after his long siege of illness.
Karrol Austin is mustered out of
Army service and is at home again.
w. +. Davis and wife visited in
Lacota one day last week.
Bernice Miller Jacobs and husband
of Kalamazoo spent Sunday with her
parents w. +. Miller and wife.
Mrs. Koli Deal spent Wednesday
at Camp Custer.
f. Howard and wife were over Sun
day visitors at South Haven.
j. V. Wise has returned to Chicago
after spending week here.
Harry Parsons was home Sunday
and Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Howard of
Kalamazoo spent Thursday at the f..
Howard home.
Mrs. Humphrey is still very low
Word came Thursday that Mrs.
Bert Beeman passed awav at the
home of relatives near Lawrence.
East Van Buren, street is being
graveled.
Nj. and Mrs. AL Wauchek were in
town last week Tuesday and Will
s)on move into the f. Nr;'z hnu,e.
Mrs. Fritz was in town last We X
getting the house ready for them
Mr.. Wauchek was recently discharged
from Camp Custer and Mrs. Wauchck
is at present teaching in thu schools
at Otsego.
Harry Parsons was hor-e from
Kalamazoo Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Vera Parsons of Kalamazoo
spent last week helping to care for
Mrs. Humphrey.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Keller and
Albert Keller were Kalamazoo visit
ors Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Coffenger are visit
ing their daughter, Mrs. f. Enos and
family.
Virgil Scovil received his discharge
from the Great Lakes Training station
and is visiting his family at the DR..
Thayer home.
Mrs. Lillian Walker received tel
egram that her father was i'll and
left at once to be with him.
Leland Walker who had been sub
stituting for Bertha Clement who
has been i'll, received telegram call
ing him to Illinois where he is wanted
in school there.
The Baptist ladies met with their
new president Mrs. Tibbitts last week
Wednesday.
Mrs. Marhuff was seen on the street
last Tuesday for the first time since
her long illness.
John Dorgan Jr. has reached Chi
cago where he is being treated for a
badly shattered elbow.
Most of the Influenza sufferers are
able to be out again, but not one is
able to say they feel very well.
Roy Niles is home from the hospital
and all hope he will regain his former
health.
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moved at a hospital in Kalamazoo
Wednesday. II is hoped she will soon
recover her usual good health.
Mrs. Close and two sons of Benton
Harbor and Mrs. Banta and grand
daughter of Breedsville spent the
week end with their sister Mrs. +. A.
Empson.
The Eagle Lake Arbor of Cleaners
met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Warner last Saturday. Sixty-four
were present. An auction sale and
grab bag netted good sum of money
jeanette Lee and Winnifred Empson
were the auctioneers and the proceeds
showed their efforts were very success
full. A fine program was given owing
to the efforts of new lecturer, Mrs.
j. Hinckley. Jeanette Lee gave a
very interesting talk on Suffrage,
followed b. discussion on same.
Mrs A. j. Betaque, and Paul Maeui,e
gave an excellent talk about effects
of lime on soil, One visitor from
Benton Harbor remarked that she
thought it must be Mr.. Eckart speak
ing. Instrumental music by Ruth
Penn Leach was fine, and followed by
two encores. Mrs. Grace Sprague gave
instrumental music accompanied by
Lena Richmond and Velma Sprague
who sang. The program was appre-
ciated and enjoyed by all. A fine
pot-luck supper was served by the
hostess and the evening closed with
cards and social good time.
Lillian Andrews spent the week
end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Hood.
Lynn and Mamie Warner of Law
ton attended the Cleaner meeting at
the home of their uncle, Bert Warner
returning home Sunday.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-02-07

ADULTS made OF books Of municipalities, corporations,
firms individuals.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-02-07
ALMENA

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed CASTLE
on Thursday January Goth, a nine
pound baby boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniels have moved
TO Almena.
On account of the Pastors illness
there was no preaching services last
Sunday.
Miss Phelps spent the week end
at her home in Kalamazoo.
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Clifford A. Kriegmus, Minor. De-
claration of Adoption filed. Order
confirming Adoption and change of
name.
Elizabeth Liline Warner, Minor.
Bond filed and Letters of Guardian
ship issued to Wilhelmina Warner.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-02-07
The Farm Bureau
FARM BUREAU NOTES
By w. G. Eckard
County Poultry Show and School

County Poultry Show and School
The Poultry show and School which
was to have been held in December
and had to be postponed because of
Influenza will be held at the Town
Hall in Hartford on February 26, q
and 18th.
We are now working on the pre-
MUM lists and programs for the
School, and will be glad to send any
interested party copy of the same.
The same lectures and demonstra-
tions will be given at Hartford by
men from the Poultry Department OF
M. A. c. as they gave at the large
shows like Chicago, Detroit, Grand
Rapids and Muskegon at which places
the work has given most pleasing
satisfaction. Remember the dates
and place and plan on taking the
Show and School in. No admission
will be charged and the things which
can be learned will enable any far
mer or farmers wife to move from
the class of people who keep chick
ems over into the class whose chickens
keep, or at least, help to keep them.
Mid Winter State HOrticul-
tural Society Meeting
The mid-winter meeting of the
State Horticultural Society will be
held at Fennville on February IL and
II. This Office has received a copy
of the program and it sure promises
to be exceptionally good. Tuesday
forenoon, February 18th, will be de-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-02-07
EAGLE LAKE

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Leach Of Augusta
spent the week end at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Perrin.
Mrs. Matilda Lyle is visiting her
daughter Mrs. Fred Webb in Chicago.
Arlene Hinckley had her tonsils re-
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Court House Nevs

CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS
Ellsworth Nicholas ct ux. VS.. j. d.
Freeman, ct al. To quiet title.
Electa Stilson VS.. James II. Still
son,-Bill for Divorce.
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Mid Winter State HOrticul-
tural Society Meeting

Continued on Page Three.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14
The Zone Fare Is NOT a Success
81 EARL GoDWIN.
New Jersey Seems To Have Had Enough e Il Ara.ly.

New Jersey went into trance for year and emery
with wOndrous zonefare plan which had not been 81
operation week without causing riot and boodshed
Now comes the news that even the railroad compaHo
are tired Of the fare quote from news dispatcAl
Officials Of the Jersey company have appealed to
their Public Utilities Board asking immediate return
to the straight fare plan. They claim that since the
zOnefare plan has been in operation for Che last three
weeks they have been losing $4,000 daily
People don't WANT zone fare. 1t is psychologioalY
wrong to say the least
It imposes extra tax going to work those Who
have gone into the suburbs to build home for the wife
and children.
It works toward increasing the congestion IN the already
overcrowded sections Of the city.
It NEVER win give Washington the service the city
deserves and win be the final to the vexn
traffic problems.
There is only way to settle the street railway prob
em and that is to the roads for the benefit o The
passengers and to charge straight fvecent fare viii
universal transfers until such time the two roads hsE
can be merged into one
One Of our roads is making good return a fve-csnt
fare The other is not The thing to do is to merge TIE
two roads and charge vecen fare for supeservice tax
ing any deficit from general taxation.
Street railways should be in the interest Of hs
city Just as every other municipal necessity is operated
The day has. gone long ago when street railways ct
be properly considered merely the property Of the nd
viduas owning them The service belongs to the people 6
large.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14

o.-How can space for a figure in statu-
aTy Han In the Capitol at Washington be
obtsined7 y. II.
A.-This privilege is given only TO the
states. Each State Is allowed to place
two statues In this hall.
-o.-What do you know about the safety
OF French municipal bonds as investments2 ?
d. K. J.
A.-The French embassy states that the
best guarantee OF their safety 10 the fact
hat In all history no French municipality
has ever defaulted in the payment of its
obligations.
Q.-What divisions Of the army were
being trained In this country at the time
Of the signing OF the armistice7 B. A.
A.-The War Department says that the
Ninth and Twentieth divisions, Inclusive
were in training in the various army camps
OF the United States on November llth-
Q.-when is Halloween. and when did
IL originator X. L.
ing OF october 81, as the vigil OF All saints
Day. Its origin dates back TO the early
history OF the Christian Church. The two
chief eharacteristicH OF ancient Halloween
were the lighting OF bOnhreB and the belief
that witches and Eobllns were most likely
to wander about on that night
Q.-How we're funds provided to build
the Statue OF Liberty? G. F.
A.-The Statue OF Liberty IN New York
harboF was given to the United states BY
the people OF France, who raised the money
by popular subscription.
The BWrGOU cannot give GdUice on
legal, medical, and financial matters.
IL does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor 70 undertake exhaust
jVs TsSe0Teh % 0ag GHbiRSt
The Washington times., 1919-10-14
THERE IS NO GOOD ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF
WHIPPING A CHILD
lContinued From - CoIumn.


It asks it about everything. It is the reaching out Of
the undeveoped intellect for knowledge
If the grown inquistVe the child and
insistent and forceful about getting information
would have a world Of intellectual giants.
No parent would confess that his child was unable to
grasp ideas suitable to child would acknowledge that
his offspring lacked in reasoning powers But when he
enfOrces obedience with punishment he says in eeCt
my child does not know enough to be controlled By any
thing but pain and resulting fear"
Striking child is wrong It is impossible for the child
to do anything wrong the parent does when he inCs
painful punishment
Every child viii reason with you if you viii reason
with it.
Patience will conserve and increase his affection and
there be possible reasoning BY which we can con-
clude that love win thrive on violence
No child was ever benefited BY whipping.
It is harmed physically and mentally and no parent
who strikes child can look himself in the face with quite
the approval and self admiration that he did before
he took CoWardy advantage Of his inferior in strength
and intelligence.
IF correspondent had done a thing Of which he was
proud and elated the performance would not have troubled
him as he Confesses it did
The Washington times., 1919-10-14

very little capital. And the in
eVitable by-prOduct Of rabbit fur
is rabbit meat, which is nOurish-
ing and delicate. In many States
there is already a permanent and
dependable market for it-notably
in California, where rabbit is list
ed IN the market quotations every
day.
A good many people remember
the rage for Belgian hares which
struck this country some fifteen or
twenty years ago. Everyone was
going TO raise Belgian hares for
the market and for home consump-
tiOn. But at that time beef and
mutton were cheap, and there was
no market for rabbit skins. The
Belgian hare was overadvertised,
overrated and ultimately overprO-
duced- The result was that many
persons lost money and the Bel
gian hare fell into disrepute.
The domestic rabbit makes his
second debut in America under
much more favorable auspices.
Meat is scarce and high, and rab-
bit skins are bringing prices that
sometimes range as high as $l.5O
each. The industry is already on
a sound and apparently permanent
basis in three or four States, and
is spreading rapidly. Dr.. Ned
Dearborn, Of the Biological Sur
vey, advises those who are inter-
ested in rabbit farming to begin
by raising rabbits only for home
consumption, and to increase the
size Of the operation as the market
develops. Breeding stock may now
be sold at good prices.
Thus, although rabbit fur does
not last long, it is always easy to
produce more Of it, and to add a
valuable item to the national bill
Of fare at the same time.
Amateurs In Business.
Many wealthy amateurs are
now going in for rabbit-raising,
and this is a good thing for the
business, as these fanciers breed
for show points and tend to keep
the stock up TO standard. A
wealthy woman who owns an
eleVen-hundred acre estate on
Long Island, makes rabbit-raising
her chief hobby. She feeds her
rabbits with her own diamond
deCked hands, and is frequently
seen running about with a big
Belgian buck clasped in her silken
embrace. When conditioning her
best rabbits for a show she feeds
them on a beaten mixture Of
fresh eggs, matted milk, and
sweet milk, which makes them
very fat and sleek.
Bunny has not only got into
big business Of late, but also into
high society.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14

o.-Cau you please tell me what KIND Of
trees are most frequently struck oy hgh'-
nlnE7 D l.
A.-PopIars. oaks and pines are most sus-
ceptible TO lightning.
o.-what was the extent Of Shakes
peare's vocabulary? & H.
A.-Shakespeare was accredited With
having the largest vocal bulRry OF any Eng
Iish-speakinE man IN the world. IL con-
sisted OF more than $4,000 words.
o.-what was the approximate number
Of troops sent overseas by Canada
A.-More than 100000 Canadians served
in Europe during the war
Q.-whst is the best way to clean a
plume? NJ q.
A-First wash the plume IN hot water
and soap. and then rinse II In clean not
water. II can be re-curled by drawing the
hlaments between the edge Of q blunt knife
and the ball Of the thumb?
lonE7 A. T. S.
A-Before the war Bohemia was q
crownland and tItular kingdom OF Austria.
Il Is now part nf the new Czecho-Slovak
Republic
o.-How will a small town IN q good
farming community, that has no doctor, Sc
cure a good man2 J. B. g.
A.-Thls notice will undoubtedly attract
the attention Of some doctor who 10 looking
for such a location.
On how many cemeteries IN France
are our fallen heroes buried? NJ. r. c.
A.-Amsrican soldiers are buried In ap-
proElmatsly 100 cemeteries in France. At
one time our soldiers ErHveB were located
IN 2,3tO different French cemeteries.
o.--To what extent DO women outnum-
Der men IN France. +, J,
A.-Ths latest figures available show
that there are about l9,os9.72i males and
le, ,7Gt, o33 females tn TFaaea.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14
TIL r.

THE old nursery rhyme about
getting a rabbit skin to wrap
your baby bunting in has
ceased to be fiction. Thousands of
grOwn-up babies are trotting
around this fall wrapped in rabbit
skins, and thousands OF American
husbands are hunting for money
enough to pay the resultant bills.
For q rabbit skin coat, travelling
under some alias, such as sea
line, near seal or cOney, now
costs anywhere from sixty-fiVe to
a hundred and fifty dollars.
This rage for rabbit fur has
grown up entirely since the be-
ginning of the war, and has ap-
parently not yet reached its height.
II is the latest development in a
long process by which the major
ity Of the fair ones have come down
from wearing seal and ermine and
mink and fox, as they did a gener-
alton ago, to the condition Of being
glad IL they can get house cat,
skunk, muskrRt, or rabbit furs
without bRnkrUpting their hus-
bands.
Even the humble skunk and the
muskTat are fast becoming scarce
under the pressure Of a fashion
able demand which makes 1t neces-
sary for every woman to wear furs,
not only in winter, but even in
midsummer, when the fad costs
a good deal in perspiration as we'll
as money.
Fortunate Thing.
This rise OF the humble bunny
to a place OF honor about milady's
neck and shoulders is the one for
tunate thing about this abnormal
and unreasonable rage for furs.
II has depleted the worlds supply
Of nearly every other fur-bearing
animal, because most Of these ami
mails are Wild ones, and the high
prices offered for their pelts has
been an inducement to hunt them
to extinction. True, some progress
has been made in domesticating
several species. There 10 a small
industry in fox farming, skunks
are raised in considerable num-
bers, and q few mink are produced
IN captivity. One man in Ohio
has made q success Of raising
bears on a farm. But the wild
fuF-bearers must still be relied
upon for most Of the supply, and
all Of them are steadily becoming
sCaFcer.
The fur-bearing rabbit stands
on an entirely different footing.
He is essentially a domestic ami
NAL, and has been for hundreds,
II not thousands Of years. Hence
the sudden demand for his pet
has increased his numbers in
stead Of decreasing them. A
whole now industry Of rabbit
farming has gnoWn up IN this
The Washington times., 1919-10-14
.HASKIN
LETTER r.
THE LADIES LIFT BUNNY'S HIDE
By Frederic J. Haskin.

used to some extent for a long
time. He therefore knew the
value of a rabbit skin and how
to treat it. He hired a barn in
New Jersey, advertised for rabbit
skins and went to work. In
1915, he made S250,OO0. He is
advertising for ten million rabbit
skins this year.
The rabbit skin is at best pretty
weak material. The skins Of the
various American rabbits are al
together to tender for use as fur.
It is only the European rabbit
which is used for this purpose.
It's hide is about as good as sheep
skin, but not nearly as tough as
the hides Of most fur-bearing ami
mails.
Pounds New Industry.
Despite these drawbacks the ad-
vent of rabbit fur is decidedly a
good thing. It has founded a new
industry in this country in which
almost anyone may engage with
The Washington times., 1919-10-14

country in the past four years.
It has reached its greatest di-
mensions in certain States where
there is a ready market for rab-
bit meat as we'll as for the fur.
Ohio, Michigan, and California
are especially good rabbit States.
Even Rabbit Kings.
We even have rabbit kings and
rabbit plutOCrats now. For ex-
ample, shortly before the war a
certain man Of Belgian birth in
New York observed with interest
the growth Of a demand for tan
ned rabbit skins. It was wanted
at that time chiefly for trim
mings, but this man saw that
the demand would grow because
other furs were becoming more
and more hard to get. Further
more this man knew all about
the preparation Of rabbit skins.
His father had made a business
Of tanning and dyeing them in
Belgium, where they have been
The Washington times., 1919-10-14

]. w. B. sees evidence in q theatri-
cal advertisement from New York
that the District Of Columbia is out
Of the u. s.
'The Luck Of the Navy" PLAYED
here at Polls last week its Arst pre-
sentation IN the United States
J. w. B. sends me q clipping from
New York paper advertising tls
opening OF the show there In it's
AMERICAN PREMIERE.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14
Cass Of Mi.mdq.tunmg.


A Nj. Rainier Mother 81 TGo
Boys recently wrote q letter
protesting aEzin1t tie arrest
Of q younggter q Ninth and
G streets. She was informed
that they had been fghting.
Bicycle Policeman Leo Murray,
who took the boy % the sta
ton, after his arrest - Iraffe
Policeman Morgan, tells ne
that the boys had net been
fighting, but that 3 8a
Offen8e had been committed -
the one arrested. he crowd
about the eGFneF at The tine
did not understand the esri1u1-
ness Of the offense, and was
angry at the detentiOn o. q
boy for indulging IN what theg
thought vas mere hg6eul1
The bog Was tried and 6haFTod
with two extremely serious
cases yesterday and sent % tho
Reform School
The Washington times., 1919-10-14
HEARD AND SEEN

without uayinrs Looks uks 1ous-1, 1
been On . crap game"
The fellow who called lhsm
transfers ought 70 SCI 8 looE at en- tptaTs
.s5@4 a' 70 I2ss7iss eve sss.a e ssss s g @s 4
pubiie Geh1elE.
The queen az BelEiuEn Weaf1 8 oresr
Bathing Tllt which means they
lgt her 60 uEimming dgun 6 ths Ell
TuFEev dealers have put OF Eto
press agent stun about . 11oFtI ~
nationai BIRD a. EhantlE,ging tirl1.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14

A headline says that fve MORE agencies
ara going 70 help A. Mitchell Palmer fight
the II. c. L. Events this past six weeks
make Il look like he needs All the help be
can get.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14
WHATEVER YOUWANT TOKNOW

questions of fact for
reader replies mailed direct the inquirer Write
Bureau, Frederic Hdsk director
EncIos Do not telephone.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14

Our secretary says that couple wed sixty
years without a quarrel must have been
deadly dull or deaf and dumb.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14

Speaking Of MILK, has snyone
any idea why the lunch room at The
Internal Revenue Bureaus Otnce %
14th and B streets should get more
than many another Government
lunch room?
Talk about your handsome QFu8
clerks you Just ought 10 80 In Kings
Drug Store, 14th and Thomas Circle
and see the best looking bunch On
town, especially brOWn-eyed Kid
Tate.
A READER