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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-03

Visitors at Don Donovan's, Satur-
day night and Sunday were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Bigler, of McCords and Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Stokes. of Greenville.
Evelyn Brownell was home for
over Sunday.
Hazel Osmer is home for a few
days. She will soon go to Grand
Rapids to work.
Clyde Byrne was taken to Grand
Rapids, Tuesday, where he under
went an operation for appendicitis
and is doing nicely.
William Scheid, of Saranac, was
Saturday night and Sunday guest
of Frank Donovan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Chisholm. OF
Elsie, spent few days at Lydia
Casner's, last week.
Congratulations to Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Wood, on the arrival of a
baby girl, Elizabeth Eloise.
Mrs. Hollis Brooks is spending a
few weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
Harlie Weller
Mabel Donovan has been visiting
her grand parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Donovan for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Donovan and
Mr.. John Mason called at Frank
Donovan's, Sunday afternoon.
Virginia Crisple is on the sick
list and is not bic to attend school.
Maggie McCauley is spending this
week at Melvin Byrne's.
The Stars will give a chicken pie
dinner at the Masonic hall, Novem-
Der 10. A nice program will be
given.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-03
BRINK

Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Spicer and
baby visited Mr.. and Mrs. Herb Re-
Mrs. L. c. Devendorf returned
home Sunday from Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Elsworth's for while.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Choate and
Russell, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Brink, Sunday.
Mrs. Harvey Curry and Mrs.
Ralph johnson visited George Phil
lips, Thursday afternoon, while their
husbands attended the sale.
Mrs. VIM. Phillips and Willie Phil
lips are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Phillips this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hopkins and
gentleman friend Wis tied tdr. and
Mrs. Hite Eckert, Sunday.
Mr.. Clyde Snow is helping Den
eel Snow move his potatoes.
Miss Helen Christensen visited her
friend, Miss Iva Regain, Sunday, be-
fore she moves to Greenville.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Regain of De-
troit, were the dinner guests of his
brother, Herb. and wife, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Howe and J..
ID. Strain and Roy Anderson visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Anderson, Sun
day and enjoyed the day and good
dinner as usual.
Mrs. Irwin Olmstead visited Mrs.
NJ. L. Howe Thursday while her hus-
band went to the sale.
Mrs. John Mick, of Grand Rapids,
was caller at Mrs. Hite Eckert's,
Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Towne and
Herbert visited Mr. and Mrs. Herb.
Regain, Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs Allen Birmingham
and daughter and Mrs. Nummer's
mother, all of Alma, visited Mrs. 0.
A. hummer and girls over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Benton and
two children visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Eli Hanks, Monday and Mr.. Chris
Choate and Mr.. Ernest Benton went
to Ionia Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherm Hubert Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Hanks Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Snow and
Mr.. Guy Hubbard buzzed wood Fri
day and Saturday.
Mr.. Harris Bolster was the dinner
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Snow
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Wilson and
daughter, Helen were the dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred War
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-03
CHADWICK

Mrs. George Tooley, of Lansing,
has been spending the past week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. En-
erson Tcoley.
Miss Vera Bolster and Herbert
Sprague, of Belding, visited the
Chadwick school, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Ranhagel and
children, of Ionia, visited her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Chadwick.
The three months old baby of Mr..
and Mrs. Charlie Mason, of Lowell,
died, Monday morning at the home
of its grand parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Mason's. Burial in River Ridge
cemetery at Belding, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Treynor called
on Forest Chadwick and wife and
also at Harris Bolster's, Sunday af-
ternoon.
Frank Treynor, of Belding, called
on his brother, Dave, Sunday morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Boss, of Grand
Rapids, visited their sister, Mrs.
Forest Chadwick and family, Thurs
day.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-03
BUSHNELL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland Soule and
family of near Palo spent Sunday
with Charlie Soule and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Haysmer and
family, Miss Leila Bush and Mr.. Vic
tor White visited relatives and also
with friends nehr Vestaburg, over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Warne mo-
tored to Grand Rapids, Thursday,
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Berkeley Sherd
and attending the teachers conven-
ton. They returned Friday night.
Miss Bernice White spent over
Sunday with Clay White and family
Hiram Taylor lies in critical
condition at this writing, having suf-
fered paralytic stroke last Mon
day.
Mrs. Clay White spent Friday at
Charlie Whites.
Harmon Taylor was called here by
the serious illness of his father.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-03
EENWiCK

Mrs. Lote jerks spent over Sun
day with friends in Ionia.
Revival meetings will be held at
the M. K. et-lrch, beginning Monday
evening, November LIST, conducted by
Rev. C. C. Crammond and wife, evan
gelists.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dode Leach and Nat.
Brown started for their winter homes
in Florida last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Peabody and
daughter, Ruth, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas., Staines.
A. j. Haysmer, form st. Paul,
Minnesota arrived here the latter
part Of the week for a short visit
after which his mother, Mrs. Anna
Haysmer and sister, Fern, will re-
turn home with him to spend the
winter.
Mrs. w. G. wolverton, of Breck-
enridge, called on old friends here
the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Walker spent
Sunday with the latter's mother,
Mrs. Alvina White. y
Little Robert Walters underwent
a tonsil operation at Greenville on
Monday Of last week.
Morton Olmstead's have moved
into the Jim Daley house recently
vacated by John Walters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Wilson and
son, Herald spent Sunday with Clay
Whites.
John Walters moved his family in
the west half of the Will Snyder
house now owned by Dode Leach.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-03

Eddie Scott, Sunday.
Lester Hopkins worked for Dan
Carr, Saturday and Albert Hopkins
worked for Max Frost, in Potatoes.
Mr.. Ted Rhinehart called on his
brother-in-la Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-03
KEENE

Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Sparks and
three children spent Sunday with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. d.
Hull.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler Hull, Mrs.
Sinclair, of Lowell and two children
called on M. d. Hull, Sunday-af
noon.
Mrs Walter Higgins called on
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-03

Sawyer and wife went down to the
Cleaner hall the other day and got
it ready for the election dance.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-03
How,s This 2

We offer $4,000 for any case OF catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE.
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-03

panied them home for few days
visit.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-03
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DON'T DELAY

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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-03

OFFICERS
BrintOn F. Hall. President.
Frank H. Chase. Vice-President.
Ambrose Spencer, Cashier.
Sumner Wilson, Asst. Cashier.
DIRECTORS
Frank r. Chase. H. l.. Page.
Fred Underwood. Brinton +. Hall.
Charles Eddy. Geo. w. M0uItOn
John Hessler. Ambrose Spencer.
Frank l.. Moon. Geo. H0pp0ugh
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
A Danger Shown BY the Census.

The important fact of the population figures for
the whole United States just given out by the
Census Bureau is that the rate of increase has
dropped from that of ten years ago by 6I per cent
but rather that it shows for the first time, more
than one-half of our pcople-sI per cent TO be
eXact-to be living in cities and towns
The reduction in the rate of increase may be
readily accounted for by the virtual cessation of
immigration during the Prior that ca
lamity the United States received an average of
more than 100000 new inhabitants yearly from
foreign lands 1t is already evident that the check
to this flood is but temporary, as it would today
have reassumcd its former proportions steam
ship accommodations adequate, and passport regu-
lations less obstructive
But that more than half OF our people should
have forsaken the farms and fields for the factory
and workshop, should have turned their backs on
the countryside for the cities, there to complain Of
lack Of housing Accommodations, the extortions OF
landlords and the high price of living generally is
a menacing fact.
The rural regions are the productive regions.
The farms, fields, cattle ranges and mines OF the
United States have been the source OF national
prosperity We have been the granary OF the
world, the base OF supplies for the industrial arm
les of civilization everywhere. If we abandon that
place in the organization OF industry the world
over we give up the place OF assured prosperity,
and will have to Join in cut-throat competition for
share OF the worlds market for manufactured
goods.
The recent war has shown how great was the
folly OF England in abandoning altogether any CT
tort to produce iood for her needs, turning
her farms into game preserves, and herding her
people into towns engage in manufactures De-
spite her colonies, ready and able to aid her with
food supplies despite the fact that the United
States and South America joined in ministerlng to
her needs she would inevitably have been starved
into subsection TO the unholy Teutonic alliance had
not the feet OF the United States come to her
rescue at the critical time and conveyed the food
ships safely to British ports
A producing nation cannot be nation OF town
dweuers The business OF the factories may boom
never so prosperousy, but if the country which
produces the raw materials for the looms and rolls,
which grows the iood for the workers is lett desc
late and barren the end OF urban prosperity is in
sight
These are truisms The mere restating OF them
will not check the drift OF the American people
to the cities yet some methods OF stopping that
tide must be found il the nation is to MAINTAIN the
productive power that made it great. II the SHIFT
TO the cities progresses ior two more decades at
the pace it has maintained during the last ten years
We shall see the agrarian states OF South America
forcing to the front as did the United States IN
the dsv, when an Americans highest ambition was
to own his own land and make crops upon H.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
WrangePs Position.

Russia ha, proved such graveyard OF reputd-
tions that the outside world has shown little IN
tcrcst in the successor OF Kolchak, Semcnov. Den
kim and the other leaders who have fought Lenlne.
Vet recent events point TO Cen Wrangcl, who now
holds the anti i-Bolshevik spotlight, a man ST.
DCrior to .7lv OF his predecessors who fought TO
redeem Russia
As Russia Is mainly agricultural state with
peasants in the majority, the big factor in the sue
cess OF any movement redemption l. ITS attr-
tudc toward the land question.
What the Russian peasant is interested IN is the
ownership Of the land he cutvatcs. In other
words he i, indivduastic and thus naturally anti
Bolshcvik
According to the latest reports, Gen. Wran-
gel has had courage to face the agrarian question
and to propose its definite settlement. Instead Of
forcing his doctrines down the throats OF the peas
ants bv the ron-handed methods OF Lenine, Gen.
Wrangcl proposes to cater to the lndivldualisuc
ideas OF the Russian peasant majority.
He has issued proclamation recognizing phys
ical possession OF the land constituting legal
ownership He declared that the former owners
shall be compensated out OF a fund created from
rental paid by the government OF one-hfth OF the
annual crop for twenty-five years.
Time alone will tell to what extent this meets
with the approval OF the Russian peasants. But i'll
any case it is a statesmankc way Of facing 4
question that his predecessors have always lodged.
Gen Wrangel appears at this moment to de-
serve the approval the world has been slow to
grant him.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
Notes BY a Washington Observer
Maine Went Solid fOr G.. Q. ?.

The Pan American Union Build
ing. Washington's architectural
piece de resistance. will be the
scene tomorrow evening Of a cen
lenary celebration of the Guayaquil
independence movement in Ecua-
dor. Senior Elizaldc, the Ecuadorian
Minister. will bc host The pro
gram will include Al concert and
speeches. including remarks by
Secretary Colby If he is back from
his Western specchmakiug tour in
time Ecuador became 4 republic
in 1880. but the indepe ndence move
mcnt was inauguratcd in Guaya-
quill. the country's largest province,
in 1870.
The returns from Maine arr all
in now. and according to word
which reaches Washington. the lit
tie city with the appropriate name
Of Unity il the banner Republican
community of the state. 1t cast
4O4 votes. and every one was for
the C. o. L. candidates. Hitherto
I dSllt mn, " Illtl cast lNV INtpub-
lican votes and l lone Democratic
ballot. h-ld the Pine Tree record
in the recent election.
one Of the telegraph companies
recently issued booklet Of
canned" suggestions for tele-
graphic greetings. Senator Harding
and other prospective winners on
November will now be able to un-
d,rstand any strange similarity in
messages that may reach them.
Here are suggestions for tcleGrams
to successful candidates:
Congratulations on your victory.
\ hard fight, well won by the best
man"
Upon the vindiCation of your
public career at the polls YOU have
my warmest congratulations"
Il hear on every side only EXPIRES
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
Rediseovers Washington Courtesy

70 the Editor of The Herald:
After an absence of a year ! have
come back to the city. And ! find
that during the time l was away
had forgotten something about
Washington. The first night ! was
in town l stayed out very late
much later than a respectable Citi-
zen should-and consequently was
obliged to make use of the shuttle
car service on the Mount Pleasant
line. The night Georgetown cars,
as you know, on the W. f. & +.
line, connect with a car that shut
ties back and forth between Du-
pont circle and the end of the
Mount Pleasant line.
AS we reached the Richmond HO-
tel at Seventeenth and II streets
northwest, the motorman on our
car opened the front doors
Are you waiting for a Mount
Pleasant car. ma'am?" he inquired
of someone outside. l glanced out
of the window and saw an ANXIOUS
looking girl, carrying a travelling
bag. standing on the kerb.
Yes" she said. in troubled
fashion. i've been waiting nearly
an hour. | don't know what's the
matter
why, lady" said the motorman.
you better get on this car. We
connect with the Mount Pleasant
shuttle at Dupont Circle"
The young woman hurricdly COM
piled, and engaged in lively con-
versation with the conductor, who
pleasantly explained the system OF
operation of the night cars. She
seemed very grateful.
didn't take the motorman's S
number or anything of that sort.
He apparently didn't want any par
ticular praise for what he had done.
1t was the natural thing to do, be-
cause he was a Washingtonian.
The realization that this is char
acteristic of the attitude of Wash
ington people-to be kindly. friend
ly and courteous in such little mat
ters-gave just a little additional
warm thrill to my homecoming. It
is something that you find rarely
in some other cities where l have
been. HERNDON HILL.
Washington.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
DREGS OF TOWN
'INBRYANTPARK
Motley Gatherings Behind
Public Library, Says
O. O. Mcintyre.

New York, Oct. Sin the rancid
dusk of Bryant Park-directly back
OF the Public Library-there gath
ers each evening a motley gather
ing of the dregs of a great city.
1t Is a park, but there is a heavy
odor'of gasoline from the fine lin
cuisines to the east and the smell
OF cooking from the battery OF
cheap restaurants on the west.
1t seems to be the mecca of those
who have lost hope, the jobless, the
idler-men with scowling, prcda-
tory vissges and case-hardened
leers. A short while back and they
were to be found in the "aop-
rooms" in the rear of the barrel
houses on Sixth avenue. In the
opaque yellow glare of the park
lights they puff pipes ana study
the Help Wanted" columns.
There is scanty conversation, and
what there is consists mostly OF the
unprintable word. Now and then
there is a youthful face set in an
adamantine mask of determination.
1t is easy to see things are new
to them and they have been tenn
porarily cowed by the bigness and
hardness of the city.
There are a few women sprin-
kled among the bench warmers.
Some are old and bloated, with
clothing greasy and foul. 4 few
are young, the glamor OF sin re-
fected in their garments. Their
furtive eyes seem ever in quest
OF a blue uniform.
The most pathetic side of the eve
ming array in Bryant Park is the
brooding silence. One may almost
feel the terrible. depressing
thoughts. Only a few blocks away
is the lightness of Broadway, where
the froth of life is churned to an
iridescent foam.
] sat for a half hour on a benCn
with a group of the floating riff
raft. Not a word had been spoken
until one seedy hulk of humanity
arose slowly with a yawn, his fat
jowl jutting out. Another (he
ripped out an oath with the velocity
of forked lightning) day finished.
! hope there won't be many more"
And he shambled off
Tracey Lewis.
Tracey Lewis sees an increase in
the great Saturday night pastime,
il the French songstress, now beat
ing at the gates. persuades these
United States prohibition authori-
ties to allow her to bring in forty
cases of champagne for bathing
purposes.
The J. p. Morgan Way.
The late ]. p Morgan was short
tempered and testy-especially with
strangers He closed interviews by
ringing a buZZer which called a
secretary. II have finished" he
would say. Show the visitor out"
And the visitor generally was out
side before he realized what had
happened. But there was an insur-
ance agent who started out to cap
ture big policies from the richest
man in the money belt. He started
on Morgan He got inside by di-
plomacy.
What do YOU want inquired
the elder Morgan.
II have come to talk life insur-
ance." was the reply.
Morgan took out his watch. II
will give YOU three minutes he
said. toying with the watch. The
agent talked. and went away with
the bankers agreement to take a
$50. 900 policy 4 few months later
he was called to the Morgan Of
fee and offered position. which
he accepted
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
DISTRICT OFFICIALS
INVITED TO COON HUNT

When former District Commits
sioner w. Gwynn Gardiner saidX
farewell to official Washington at a
banquet in the Dewey Hotel on De-
cember II. 1919, he invited the Dis
trict government officials and en-
ploycs present to participate in a
big roast and coon hunt at his es-
tate in Prince Georges County. Nd.
The event was to take place on
December 20. because Of the in
element weather il was postponed.
Gardiner yesterday extended an
invitation to all those who attended
the banquet to be present at the
delayed roast and hunt on his es-
tate. OctOcr 16. Approximately 20
persons connected with the District
government were at the banquet.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
The Guayaquil Centennial.

One hundred years ago today the people OF
Guayaquil, Ecuador. emerged successful from their
struggle for independence. The occasion is to be
httngly observed by ceremonies at the Pan Ameri-
can Building at which Rafael II. Elizalde Minister
from Ecuador the United States will deliver the
principal address.
America has a more than usual share in this
event for Ecuadorian national hero was born
on the soil of the United States. Jose Villamil
who organized the revolution which, on October o,
1890, won the city OF GuayaquiI and established the
independence OF tlfat section Of Ecuador was born
in Lousiana-then a Spanish province But, at the
time Villamil went into South America, he was an
American citizen, and held fastly to that citizenship
even after he became prominent in the affairs
of the republic of Ecuador.
In 1852 he appointed minister of war, and
later came to Washington as charge d'afaires Of
Ecuador.
The relations OF the two countries is a story
OF long and enduring friendship. As late as 1910
this country sent the late Gen. Gorgas to Ecuador
to help stamp out the epidemic of yellow fever
then raging. His efforts, under a commission from
the Rockefeller Foundation, were entirely sue
ccssful
Through the century America has sent railroad
engineers and builders OF every sort to Ecuador
These men have assisted in the development of the
great natural wealth of the country and have done
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09

, sions Of satisfaction on your sue
: cess"
ALLOW me to oner sincere con-
GTatuialions upon your election TO
Your important office. The people
are also to be congratulated that
their welfare is committed TO your
care
Washington. as community OF
professional spellbinders. is partic-
u!arIy interested in the canned 70
su-gesti"ns for feliCitajions on
speeches. These are samples:
"Euthus lastic over your address.
wnIch was scholarly. eloquent and
convincing
Your audience was carried away
last night by the forceful presen-
tdtiUn Of your subject"
Have read your address ! wish
! might tell you personally how fine
| consider it. Congratulations"
OF such. il might be remarked
IN passing. is the kingdom Of bunk.
II is significant Of popular eN-
p"CtatiOns of events on November
> that amateur CahIncl-makers are
Specializing exclusively on the make
. up Of senator Hardiug's official
household. One Of the newest
guesses names Raymond Robins. OF
Illinois. as Secretary Of Labor. His
appointment. ii is pointed out. would
not only be a concession to the
radical wing Of the Republican
party. but to the Old-time Pro-
ErrSsives. Mr. Robins was the Bull
Moose candidate for the United
States Senate from Illinois in 1914
and chairman Of the Progressive
national convention in 1916. He has
been active in organized labor and
land value taxation moveme nts
During the war Mr. Robins. who
calls himself social economist.
was a lieutenant colonel in the
United States army. commanding the
American Red Cross mission in Rus
sia from May, 1917. to November,
1918. +. W. w.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
WOODBERRY BEFORE
ENGINEERS SESSION

industrial Reconstruction" Wa
the subject Of an address by Assisr-
ant Secretary Of the Navy Gord.~
WOOdhcrry at the fall meeting u'
the Washington chapter OF e..
American Association Of EnEinoc-s.
held yesterday at the Cosmos Clah
Madison place and IT street north
west.
Morris Bien. assistant director o.
tho Reclamation Service. also snok.
on The American Association o'
EnEinCCrS-Iis Cause and Effect
Edwin Callow was another sDCakor.
his subject being Tony tho Rarhr-
Discusses tn" American Association
OF Engineers"
II. .. Bailey. district secretary or
tn" association. presided An en-
tertainmcnt followed tho meeting
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
Fleet Of Wooden Ships
Fail to Find Purchaser

But four of the 2S5 wooden ships
owned by the Shipping Board and
stored in the James River, above
Newport News, are wanted by mari
time men. That was the net result
of the latest attempt to get rid of
these war relics as revealed yes
terday when bids were opened.
The Crosby Transportation Com
pany. of Milwaukee, offered $50, 900
for the Sturgeon Bay: Pendleton
Brothers, Inc. of New York, Of
fered $4,000 each for the Bombay
and Guilford, and the Howard Lum-
Der Company, of Emporia, Pa, bid
s36,5o0 for the klamath.