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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-17

(lOO late Tor last week.
John Driscole and q party Of boy
friends from Grand Rapids spent the
week end with relatives and friends
here.
Jack Corrigan, who has bought the
Katherine Corrigan home, is moving
in this week.
Melvin McGinnis arrived home
from Dakota. Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Norton is spending the
week in Parnell and attending the
mission.
Mable Corrigan. of Lowell, spent
Sunday with relatives here.
Mrs. Bert Charles and Miss Edith
Charles, of Lowell, attended the mis-
sion at Parnell, Saturday night.
Tom Driscoll has new Ford car
and Francis Mccormick is teaching
him how to run it.
1t is the story that John Laughlin
is learning to drive q new car, but
guess we will have to ask him. How
about it John?
The mission that has been given
this week at st. Patrick's church, has
been attended by full church every
night in spite of the weather and the
bad roads.
THANK you, Parnell, if you will
send us your address we will send
you supplies so you can be a reg
ular weekly Editor.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-17

Sir james Macintosh. the frat ~
order OF Bombay. records In his diary
a fact not generally known-viz., that
Lord Nelson had brother. COM
mnnder OF trading ship, who was
cut on by the Malavs. His murderers
were executed on the Oyster Rock In
Bombay harbor."
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-17
Street Bills:
Ben White, " days dleaning

Street Bills:
Ben White, " days dleaning
Cement Walk:
Richardson Silk Co., rebate on
walk on Main, Bridge and
Kenwood Ave. ..... -. =. $40
antitoxin ..... -. :. 22.5O
M. M. Hansen, to rs calls, med
icine, ETC., on Melvina Marley
typhoid fever case ........ 1880
Cora Taylor. weeks as nurse
for Melvina Markey. -. !. 5000
Board and room for weeks 1000
Standard Eng. Co. for new floor
on Bridge street bridge as per
johnson Bros, freight bills !. 2.SS
Johnson Bros. flushing streets,
Pitman Moore Co.. fumigators
and Antitoxin invoice Of 10, =
Is, 1920 49,. 80. -. 80. 59.4O
Geo. J. Mayer, Adjustable hand
cuffs -. 49,. 49,. 49,. 9.16
Fairbanks, Morse & Co.. 5000
Moved by Aid. Friedly, seconded
by Aid. Smith that the City Bills
be allowed and paid.
1 Yeas: Aid Benedict. Kane, Friedly
McCue, Smith. Yeas 5. Nays O.
Water Works Bills:
Cleaner Clearing House Assn.
2 4-inch sewer tile ...... 2.50
VIM. Gavitt, IT'S lbs. scrap lead 400
T. Frank Ireland Co., picks,
handles, etc. ...... -. 3.91
Cobb & Donovan, repairs and
labor on car ........ e...... I.4O
Cranmer & Reed, IA gal gaso. 4.62
l spark plug -. 49,. 80. LOO
Spencer Light and Power Co.
lights at plant ...... $500. 5.15
Belding Coal & Ice Co., inch
Johnson Bros. draying, pipe !. 80
P. A. Frederick, freight and
express paid -. .... 49,. 5.15
Labor Bills:
E. J. Oberlin, 80 days time 10000
IL hrs. over time ..... 600
p. A. Frederick. full time -. 10000
Will Spencer, 80 days. ...... 10000
20 hrs. overtime -. 1880. 1000
Chas. Johnson, 80 days ..... 10000
M. A. Ryerson, log hrs ...... $500
SO hrs. ..... 1900
Henry Evans, % hrs ......... 11.O0
Henry Evans, 10 hrs. /. -. 80. $50
Belding-Hall Co., 10 pcs. 20in. =
sewer pipe 49,. .... ...... 4O.4O
{ H. Mueller Mfg. Co., invoice
5, 20, 1920 49,. ...... 25.20
E J Knapp Co., invoice 10,
10, 1920 -. -. -. -. 26-l6
E. Stephens, Slate Shingles frt.
etc 49,. $50. .......... ol.oo
Barclay Ayers & Bertsch, in
voice 8, 20, 20 .......... 1928
Moved by Alderman Kane, second
ed that the Water Bills be allowed
and paid.
I Yeas: Aid Benedict. Kane, Friedly
McCue, Olds. Yeas 5. Nays 0.
Moved by Aid. McCue, seconded by
Aid. Smith that we do now adjourn.
Yeas: Aid Benedict. Kane, Friedly
McCue, Smith. Yeas 5. Nays 0.
C.. s. HOOVER,
City Clerk.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-17

An EnglIshman has invented cen
trifugal pump directly connected with
IN electric motor that runs equal,
well either in or out Of water.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-17

II he were aware OF the phrase the
pursuing motorcycle cop might inform
YOU some time, as he drew alongside.
hat the race Is not always TO the
swift.-Mohawk Messenger
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-17

Council Chambers. Nov. 5, 1920.
Meeting called to order by Mayor
Washburn.
Roll call: Present, Aid. Benedict,
Kane, Friedly, Odds, McCue, Smith ;
present (5). Absent: Aid. Odds; alb
sent "a.
Minutes Of previous meeting read
and approved.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-11-17

Moved by Aid. Odds. seconded by
Aid. Smith that the swater works
bills be allowed and paid.
Yeas: Aid. Benedict, Odds, McCue
Smith; Yeas az. Nays (0).
Moved by Aid. McCue, seconded by
Aid. Smith that we do now adjourn.
G. s. Hoover,
City Clerk.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
HOT WEATHER
Hits the Stomach Hardest

Chicago, Ill.-Hot weather upsets
the strongest stomach and causes seri-
Gus trouble for the weak ones, so word
is now going out to thousands OF
eatonic users that they should, dur
ing this hot weather, be on the safe
side and take one eatonic tablet
about half an hour before meals, as
well as after eating. Do this and
keep the excess acids and poisonous
gases from forming In stomach and
bowels. Eatonic acts quickly; it will
help the appetite and take away the
hot-weather, feverish, thirsty feeling
from mouth and stomach, because 1t
takes up the excess acids. poisons and
gases and carries them out of the
body and, of course, when the cause
of the trouble is removed, there can
be no bad feeling. Eatonic Is like
a bit of candy, and is recommended to
all as safe, sure remedy these hot
days for stomach and bodily troubles,
caused from overeating and drinking
cold things. Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
Auto Numbers.

II you are inveigled into betting on
the poker value Of automobile num-
bers, don't let the other fellow fool
you into paying him for every one
that contains Il pair. Most numbers
show at least par, as New Bed
ford man found TO his sorrow the
other day.
The terms of the wager were that
he was TO receive Il quarter for every
number lacking pair, and to pay n
quarter for every one that HI a
pair. 1t sounded all right TO him, and
ne agreed. OF the first % cars they
saw, "a had numbers in which the
same figures appeared twice against
II in which all the figures were diff
ferent Since then the loser has test
ed the thing out and has satisfied
himself that the pairs outnumber the
others almost two to one.-New Bed
ford Evening Standard.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
III the kidneys are not in a healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous. irrita-
bic and may be respondent; it makes any
one so.
But hundreds Of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions
Many send for a sample bottle to see
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do for
them. BY enclosing ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y, you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
Was Borrowed MiddIino.

Gen. Robert f.. Lee was a frugal
man. His ordinary dinner consisted
of head of cabbage boiled I'm salt
water and a pone of corn bread. 1t
is told that on one occasion a number
Of gentlemen had an appointment to
dine with the Confederate warrior.
General Lee had ordered his servant
to provide a repast of cabbage and
middlings. A very small bit of mid
ding garnished the dish when IL was
brought in; so small was 1t, in fact,
that the guests were stricken with I'M
due politeness and each in turn de-
cllned II, and the middling remained
on the dish when the dinner came TO
an end and the guests arose to go.
Next day the general, remembering the
untouched mlddling, ordered his negro
servant to serve II up for dinner. The
negro hesitated, scratched his head
and at length said: you see, Marse
Robert. de fac am this: that theah
middln' was borrowed middlin', and
rs done give Il hack 70 the man wheah
/ got it fun"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29

mated with these corpses-the AMI
mails don't like the flavor.
But the conditions that foster this
disease are valuable in controlling the
pest. Upon irrigated farms, water may
be turned into the field to provide
moisture which, with the heat, will
start the plague and kill the worms.
From this stage the worm enters
the pupa period. He spins no cocoon,
as many caterpillars do, but hangs
himself, head up, among the stems and
swings In a little loop of silk, like a
steeple-jack-see this chap!
you've heard of the bollworm-so
injurious to corn and cotton? He
comes to our aid In the fight against
the alfalfa caterpillar, and, by one of
those queer natural compensations,
does us favor by devouring both
worms and pupa. Odd, isn't itf
Lay Eggs All Summer.
"Unless the worm Is destroyed, the
butterfly you have admired energies
from the pupa in few days and be-
gins to lay eggs to establish a new
cycle. This goes on all summer.
Control is accomplished by cutting
alfalfa close and clean. We clear out
our fence corners and bitches, and CO.
operate with our nelghbors in clearing
their land. This leaves no shelter for
the caterpillar TO live in from one al
falfa crop to the next. and the few
which do. survive find food mighty
scarce, and many perish of starvation.
"Disking with harrow over the
meadows after crop has been moved
destroys many Of the insects in the egg,
worm or pupa stage. Besides killing
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29

sired couple OF more bedrooms can
be partitoned off, or the space used
for storage. The height of the roof
also will tend to keep the house cooler
In summer and warmer In winter.
The basement extends under the
whole house, with the exception Of
the sun parlor. 1t is reached by stairs
leading out Of the kitchen and, as
the whole building is 40 by 20 feet,
there is plenty Of room for the heating
plant, the fuel storage room, a iaun-
dry and storage rooms for fruits, veg
etables and lawn and garden tools.
From this brief description IL will
be realized that this house is one
that will appeal to the head of a large
family who wants TO build q home
to house them comfortably and at the
same time has not large amount
of money to invest. The rooms are
many but are arranged so that the
work of caring for the home can be
done with the smallest expenditure
of energy. Every convenience and
comfort are provided for.
Such a home as this I'm these DAYS
of high rentals would be held at such
figure that II truly is cheaper to
build than pay rent" The first
thought Of the architect who designed
this home was to give the home owner
the maximum amount Of space, and a
comfortable and handsome home at
the least possible cost.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
PRETTY INSECTS
COST MILLIONS
Butterfly Does Immense Damage
to Alfalfa Fields of Different
Western States.
STRIP LEAVES FROM PLANTS
Chickens, Turkeys and Many Birds De-
stroy Worms During Feeding
Staoe--BoIIworm Devours Both
Worms and Pupa.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
"What a beautiful creature" el;-
claimed farm visitor, indicating
gorgeous yellow butterfly which had
alighted upon nearby shrub and now
raised and lowered his black-edged
wings i'm slow, graceful palpitations.
The insect appeared to be the very
spirit Of the hot summer day; his col
ors were the colors and shades Of bril-
liant sunshine and the deepest. black
est shadow set in a delightful con-
trast; and its will was the will of the
breeze that stirred the broad alfalfa
meadows beyond the garden. where
host and guest had retired TO enjoy
the shade.
Appreciation Dampened.
"Beautiful-yes," responded the
rancher, "but my appreciation is some
what dampened by the knowledge that
the pretty creature costs the alfalfa
growers of Arizona ana California
about 100000 year. What this
butterfly costs In other states-kan-
sas, Oklahoma, Texas and others
I'm unable to say, but ii must be an
immense sum. Rather high price to
pay for beauty, isn't II? We could
endow a good many art galleries with
that sum; we could beautify our
schools and hang Rembrandts In
every classroom, II there were enough
of them to go around. We could bring
thousands of the city children out
into the fresh air and sunshine, II we
had the price of that yellow fellow
and his mate"
"How does he accomplish all thisT'
asked the interested listener. Its a
harsh indictment to lay against crea-
ture so apparently lacking in malice.
Tell me about him; where does he
come from; how does he live, and
what are his peculiarities"
The rancher rose, stepped through
the hedge. and came back with a hand
full Of alfalfa, freshly pulled from the
nearby field.
"You can find out all you wish to
know from Farmers Bulletin 1904
just published by the United States
department of agriculture, but think
we have his life history and cata'
logue of his crimes in this bunch OF
heritage.
Here's the egg" he continued, In
dicating a tiny, brownish, elongated
object upon the upper side of an al
falfa leaf. That's the first stage
and is interesting only because the
female butterfly lays from 200 to SOC
Of them in her lifetime. 1t has beer
estimated that If all the eggs of q
single female butterfly hatched-ant
there were no losses in the progeny
or in their eggs or young-thls first
butterfly would be grandmother to
1900, 100000 insects before the end ot
the summer.
Fortunately for us an insect para
site destroys good many Of the eggs
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
Electrical Sterilization.

In new report on electrical steril-
izatiOn, Professor Beattie and Lewis
of Liverpool university, concluded that
milk can be freed from disease germs
without heating above Ids degrees to
l4T degrees Fahrenheit. AT this low
temperature. the state of the milk Is
not altered and its properties seem to
be in no way impaired, while the cleo
trio treatment greatly increases the
time of keeping. The tests were made
with two types of apparatus different
degrees of current and several quail
tiles of milk.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
BEST PRACTICE WITH CLOVER
Crop Should Be Cut When Seed Is In
Dough-Chaff Makes Good Bed
ding for Stock.

The clover should be cut when the
seed Is in the dough, and when well
cured raked up early in the morning
and put under cover. 1t is the prac-
tice with some growers to let the
clover after 1t is cut remain in the
swath for several weeks; there is a
loss of seed If the weather should be
wet. The better method is after the
clover is well cured to haul to barn or
barrack and have the seed hulled out
when the weather is cold and dry.
The clover chaff makes excellent bed
ding for stock. 1t is a good practice
to top-dress the grain with the chaff.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
More Than She Raraalned For.

She had been taught to pray for the
things she desired. 1t was very dry
and hot. and everybody was looking
anxiously for rain. Suddenly 1t oc-
Cured to the little miss that she might
pray for rain. and she acted on her
impulse at once.
In few minutes there came a ter
rife thundershower. Streets were
flooded, trees were blown down. and
other damage was done. After the
shower the child's mother found her
standing at the window looking out
with rueful face upon the debris,
and heard her say in an awestrucB
voice:
ooh, Lord what have I done"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29

To the kitcnen. AdJace-t TO the uin-
ing room is breakfast nook. where
meals can be served without the work
of preparing the dining room. AT the
same time the nook is partially sep
arated from the kitchen. A large pam
try with an outside window Is back
OF the breakfast nook. On the other
side of the room is the entry from
the rear porch. with a closet at one
side.
Economy in the use of the space In
this house Is continued to the second
floor where the architect has ingen-
iously provided five good-size bed
rooms In addition to the bathroom.
The stairs lead to a central hall on
the second floor. out OF which open
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29

the insects which are preparing to
ravage the next crop, the disking
process, as every one knows, is
mighty good thing for the alfalfa.
"We also use brush drag well
weighted and run it over the alfalfa
meadows after the disking Is done. The
drag gets into the hollows and crevices
where the harrow has not touched and
brushes the insect in whatever stage it
finds him. Even If the first cut has
been ruined 10y the pest, these methods
of irrigation and cultivation will insure
the reduction of the caterpillar in time
TO save the next cutting from his at
tacks.
"These methods are recommended by
the department of agriculture, and we
hope to prevent most of the annual loss
caused by the activities of yonder but
terfy."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
Early Rislnu.

A Chicago advertising man drove
through to the advertising convention
In Indianapolis. A few miles outside
of indianapolis he had bad luck. His
car skidded into the ditch and he had
to wait till daylight to get someone to
pull him out.
At 3 80 a. IN. he went to nearby
farmhouse, knocked ut the door and
the farmers wife answered the call.
The advertising man asked: could
/ get your husband to pull my car
out of the ditch?'
"Well, that's too bad" she replied.
"You should have got, here before
breakfast. He took the horses over
half an hour ago and is down the road
two miles there and plowin' by now"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29

used by all the members of the fam
lily are unusually large, while on the
second floor there are sleeping accom-
modations In plenty.
From an exterior standpoint this
home leaves little to be desired. II
suggests the Colonial type of archi-
lecture in that 1t has an entrance
placed In the center, with the Coloni-
al balance at either side. The large
sun parlor at one end is a modern
addition that Is found in all present
day good homes.
The house is rectangular in shape,
which means that it can be erected at
the minimum Of cost. At the same
time the roof is so designed that the
plain effect of this shape of house is
taken away. The building is of frame
construction, set on concrete foun-
dalton TO grade and brick founda-
ton walls to the first floor SILL
Above the walls are covered with
stucco over either wood or metal
lath or some one of the patented
stucco boards. The brick foundation
walls and the brick porch and sun par
lor pillars add to the attractiveness
Of the exterior.
The entrance leads to a central hall
out of which run the stairs. To the
right is the living room, Is feet,
inches, by % feet. which is I'M
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
INFESTATION OF HESSIAN FLY
AS Result of Many Wheat Growers
Planting Too Early Last Fall
Outbreak Is Likely.

. A shortage of farm labor and I'M
favorable weather conditions at plant
ing time combined to influence many
wheat growers in planting their grain
too early last fall. This has resulted
in a heavy fnfestation of Hessian fly
in about all Of the early planted wheat
of last fall.
Unless winter wheat growers can
be induced to unite in a concerted
movement to observe the approved
methods Of combating the Hessian fly
during the summer and fall of 1920,
II seems that a disastrous general out
break of the pest very probably will
occur in 1921.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29

four bedrooms on the corners and the
fifth in the center of the building at
the front. Every bedroom has two
windows, and all but one have good
sized closets. The bathroom occupies
the same position at the rear Of this
floor as the front middle bedroom,
and from 1t through a French door
the canvas-covered rear porch is
reached. A large balcony over the
sun parlor adjoins both Of the bed
rooms at that end Of the house.
The steep pitch of the roof provides
n large and airy attic. wherein II de.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
SPLENDID GARDEN RESULTS
Attractive Place Where All Space is
Devoted to Cultivated Crops Dur
ing Entire Season.

It is simply wonderful what a COM
mon farm garden of rich soil will grow
in one season If all Of the soil Is kept
busy all the time. Where all the space
is run to cultivated crops through the
growing season the garden is an at
tractive place, and no part of II be-
comes hard and baked In dry wealth
err, as where patches are neglected af-
ter the first short crops have been
harvested.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
FINE HOME FOR
LARGE FAMILY
Attractive Stucco House Has
Eight Good Rooms.
IS ECONOMICAL TO BUILD
up-to-Date In Appearance and In In
terror Arrangement, With Am
pie Sleeping Aceommo-
datIons.
IS ECONOMICAL TO BUILD


Mr.. william A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
subject Of building. for the readers of this
paper: On account OF his wide experiences
Is, without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1897 Prairie
avenue. Chicago. Ill. and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
In this day when the tendency Of
architects is TO design homes with
few rooms and to plan those rooms
so that they do the maximum of duty,
the man with large family does not
have so large range Of home build
ing plans to select from. Until some
ten years ago few homes containing
less than seven rooms were designed
or built; now the opposite is the case
However. sociologists to the con-
trary notwithstanding, there are many
large families. and these large fam
lilies want homes planned so that
there are enough bedrooms to go
around. At the same time they want
homes that are up-to-date In appear
ance and In interior arrangement.
A modern, convenient eight-room
house-a house containing FIVE bed
rooms-is shown I'm the accompanying
illustration. This home was designed
especially for family Of good size.
The two first-foor rooms that are
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-07-29
NEW CHEMICAL
KILLS BED BUGS
p. D. O.

p. d. Q. (Pesky Devils Quietus) Is the
name OF a new golden colored chemical
discovery by DR.. Price that actually rids
the worst infested house of bedbugs.
reaches, fieas, ants and their eggs They
don't have time to kick after you go after
them with p. ID. Q. A Csc package of
p. ID. q. makes a quart of strong bug
killer, and goes farther than a barrel of
the old fashioned dangerous dope. II. ID.
hatching FRIi a patent spout In every
box TO enable Won &C set them In the
hard -get-at- ses, aud caves juice.
Your drurgis. his t or he can get II for
you. or fcrt prepaid on receipt OF price
Lndna-