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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-17

and ought not to in any of them. We
have tried to remedy the defects in
these buildings, spending money for
this purpose until we have been Sc
verely criticised. The defects are
inherent, and we have found it inn
possible to make conditions right so
long as these buildings are retained.
During the present year our children
in these buildings have attended
school under conditions which ought
to make all of us blush with shame.
In overcoming all these conditions
we will, at the same time reduce the
congested condition in all of the Sec
ond and third ward buildings, some
thing that is most imperative at this
time.
From the standpoint of economy i.
is foolish to hire teachers and then
make it impossible for them to gi
us, on account of poor buildings, the
service to which we are entitled. Sew
eral times this winter we have found
it absolutely impossible to heat the
Central grade building, and have bee
compelled to close school, and OF
many other days the children and
teachers have suffered from the cold.
If the voters would only take the
pains to inform themselves of the
conditions in this building, there
would be no doubt as to the result Of
the ballot. Yet, in spite of our deep
conviction that two buildings should
be provided, we have arranged the
ballot in such manner that you may
vote for two, one or none.
If the two propositions carry we
shall Immediately sell the Ellis
school bonds and start work on that
building in an attempt to start school
there next fall The secbnd ward
bonds will not be issued until we are
ready to proceed with that building.
Some have raised the objection
that the present is bad time to
build because of the high prices Of
building material The very best
authorities cannot see any radical
change in costs of such material in
the next ten years if at all. What
are we going to do In the meantime?
The children in our grades can't
stop growing while we are waiting
for prices to come down. They are
passing through the grades but once
and unless we furnish them decent
rooms to work in they must suffer
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-17

AS whole this building is in a
very poor condition. 1t is poorly ar
ranged, cold, without any system of
ventilation, and the walls are in a
bad state of repair.
In general / will say that your EN-.
rollment shows very over crowded
condition and the necessity of some
immediate relief. Your present day
grade school buildings are very in
adequate to meet your school needs.
The expense of remodeling either of
these buildings will be great and
even then you will not have what you
wish and need. If an addition to
either grade building is construct.
ed the old building must necessarily
be remodeled so as to provide cor
rect lighting, proper ventilation, suit
able wardrobe and corridor space,
better safeguarding against fire, etc.
Owing to the condition of these
buildings feel that the Department
of Public Instruction will not recon-
mend any plans for remodeling or an
addition to either building. In my
opinion the best and only solution
of your school problem is the erection
of two new grade buildings in the.
near future. One new building to
replace the one recently burned will
in no way be sufficient. This will
simply remove the pupils from the
library and the city hall and possibly
relieve the congestion a very little
in the central grade building. At
present the pupils in the two ward
buildings and in the central grade
building are working under poorer
conditions than those who have been
placed in the city hall. The physical
conditions in the city hall and the
library are better than in your old
school buildings. feel that the peo-
pie of Bedding will make a mistake
IL they do not provide for at least
two new grade buildings.
Very sincerely yours,
G. L. Goodrich.
This report has confirmed our be-
lief that the two buildings proposed
are essential to the health, safety,
and proper education Of the children
of the city Of Belding, and the board
has been justified in saying the two
old. buildings are beyond repair and
any amount spent on them is more
money thrown away The two pro-
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-17

Mrs. Belle Potter, who has been
Charles bBSy<e. left for her home
in Stanton al Saturday morning.
The Missile Nm" at the Empress
Wednesday and Thursday, March "a
and 20.
Mrs. Ellis Nancy who came over
to Belding to b attend the L. l.. +. c.
Annual banquet at Hotel Belding,
returned to Greenville, Saturday
morning.
Miss Clara Kitchener left Satur-
day morning for Stanton, after !,
short visit with her sister, Miss M
tie Kitchener.
Mrs. Granstaff Of Cedar Lake VIII
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Oliver Adair, returned to her hol
Saturday morning.
Mrs. Will Haviland, daughter Lee
la and son Joe, spent the weekend
with relatives in Greenville.
Miss Louise Hillson spent t.
weekend with friends In Ionia.
Miss Vera Bolster spent the week.
end at her home in Chadwick.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-17

teacher informs me that in all prob
ability there will be 60 pupils to en-
roll in this room next year. The ply
steal conditions of the room are SIM
liar to those of the first grade room.
Basement:
According to the present program
there are IL classes daily in this
basement from the first grade room.
This basement room is not heated
properly and it has no ventilation. At
certain times there is a very strong
odor from the toilets. In case of fire
at the back of the building there
would be no escape for the pupils
from this room. Taking all points
into consideration l feel safe in de-
claring that this room is unfit for
school purposes.
The rear hall of this building is too
small, cold, dark, and the stairs are
too narrow and too steep.
Old Central Building, Sixth grade
room:
s This room has not sufficient light,
is over-crowded, poorly heated, and
has no ventilation. 1t is equipped
with old-fashioned double seats, the
walls need repairing and retinting;
and the floor is practically worn out.
Fourth grade room:
This room was occupied by AZ pu-
pills during the last semester. 1t is
over-crowded, not sufficiently lighted
and has no ventilation. The walls
should be retinted and new floor
provided.
Third grade room.
This room has dimensions of about
17x26 #. and at present is occupied
by 40 pupils. A year ago there were
AZ in this room. With this very over
crowded condition poor heating sys-
tenn and no ventilation this, room
is unfit for school purposes.
Fifth grade rooms:
Each of these rooms is over crowd
ed, poorly heated, has no ventilation
and needs repairs of walls, etc.
The lower hall. This hallway is
dark, narrow, and has insufficient
wardrobe space for the 120 pupils
which it must accommodate.
Upper hall. The conditions arc
similar to those in the lower hall.
This hall is dark, narrow, cold and
small with insufficient wardrobe space
for from 90 to 100 pupils.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-17
Report Of Inspector of State Board on our School houses

The Board of Education has found
it advisable to submit to the qualified
voters of this school district. the
proposition to bond the district for
the purpose of erecting two new
grade buildings and furnishing the
same. In order that everyone may be
fully acquainted with our views as
10 the necessity for this action, we
respectfully submit the following
statement: ~ y..r
From time to time within the past
two years the condition of our grade
buildings has been brought before
the people of this city; through the
report of the Superintendent last
year, through public meetings called
at the High school, through special
effort of the teachers to get parents
of the pupils to visit them and see
for themselves the conditions under
which their children were attending
school. Yet many have kept them
selves aloof from these sources of
information and have persisted in ig-
noring the great need for improve
ment. As a last resort we invited a
representative of the Dept. of Pub
ilC lUSLEuCIiOH w fioit thC SASy civ
report upon the conditions as he
found them. This report we submit
herewith. Surely it is without bias
and worthy of your careful consider
alton.
Lansing March 6, 1920.
Mr.. Byron Brown,
Secretary Board of Education,
Belding, Mich.
Ny dear Mr.. Brown:
AS a representative of the Depart
ment of Public Instruction inspected
your school buildings Tuesday, March
End, and wish to submit the follow
ing report:
Second ward blilding, first grade
room:
This room has AZ pupils enrolled
and is obliged to accommodate from
as to 60 varying somewhat from year
to year. 1t is equipped with double
seats and has a very poor lighting
system. The walls should be repaired
and tinted, and the blackboards should
be lowered. There is no ventilation
and there is an offensive odor from
the toilets in the basement.
Second grade room:
This room has "a seats and the
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-17

posed new buildings would make it
possible to vacate the old grade
building back of the High school and
the present second ward building and
to house in proper rooms all the
children now attending these schools.
The reasons why the Board has
decided to build one-story buildings
have already been fully set forth at
other times but we repeat them here
for the benefit of any who may be
in doubt as to the value of this type
The first consideration should be
the safety Of our children. When the
news spread over the city that the
Ellis school had burned, the first ex-
preston from many lips was "How
lucky that school was not in ses-
sion'' and then Let Us have no more
two story school houses. The pro-
posed buildings have no basement
except for the furnace room and no
stairs. except to reach this room.
Three exits make it possible for all
children to leave the building in a
very short time. Besides the build
ings will be practically fire proof.
We can safely say that no child need
burn to death because of the burning
of one Of these buildings.
These buildings will provide health
full conditions. Each room will be
large enough for the number of pu-
pills to be Accommodated, and will be
properly heated, lighted, and venti-
lated and will be open to the direct
sunlight at some time in the day.
The toilet facilities will be ample and
of the best type.
The one-story school nausc is less
expensive to build than the two-story
This would not hold true for dwelling
houses, but for school houses, on ac-
count of the saving in costly fireproof
stairways, corridor space, and struc-
tural support, it does hold true, as
has been demonstrated by actual ex-
perience.
Now why do we insist that two
buildings are needed as badly as one :?
Many of the reasons are set forth in
the inspectors report above. 1t is
true, as he says, that pupils attend
ing school in the City hall and the
Library are better housed than are
the pupils of the grade buildings in
the second and third wards. We must
not hold school another year in some
of the rooms Of these grade buildings
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-17
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Mrs. r p. Carr, of Amhle. M:ch'-
gan, came to the hospital this week
TO receive treatment from DR.. 7, ].
Moffet. s~s,>rT
L. L. Rocky left here Friday for
Ionia where he will make short visit
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Claude Brockway.
Mrs. Kate futile spent the week
in Ionia.
Miss Marjorie Connor spent the
week end in visiting with relatives in
Ionia.
Miss Jennie Hughes visited with
Mrs. Chas. Luidley at Greenville,
Thursday.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-17

throughout their lives for our ne
giect. Which do We value most the
dollar or the child?
The ballot calls for $50 100000 for
the Ellis school and $65 100000 for the
second ward building. This does not
mean that one building is to cost
more than the other. 1t is the inten>
ton of the board to erect two build
ings of equal value. However, we
have received insurance to the
amount of $1,000 which will be avail
able for the Ellis building in addi-
ton to the amount to be raised by
the issue Of bonds. Again, local con-
ditions may make either of the build
ings cost slightly more than the other
but in no case will either ward be
favored.
In the erection of these buildings
it Is our intention to make the great
est possible use of materials salvag-
ed from the old buildings. AS an
instance of this. we call attention to
the fact that men have been at work
for some time cleaning the good
bricks left from the Ellis fire, there
by saving at least $1,000 per thous-
and on these bricks which, for inside
walls, are exactly as good as new
ones.
State authorities tell US we can
save thousands of dollars by erecting
these buildings with local contractors
and local labor, other cities are do
ing it. If we can do this we may
be able to greatly reduce the funds
necessary and the voters may rest
assured no more bonds will be issued
than are required to finance the work
The members of this board are tax
payers and are as anxious as any of
you keep building costs down.
With this frank statement of the
reasons which prompt us to recon-
mend this bond issue, we feel that,
as a board, we have discharged the
duty to the district which we assum-
ed when we accepted Office. Had we
done less, we believe that we would
have been unfaithful to the trust
which the voters have placed in us.
4. c. Lloyd,
A. M. Hall,
+. G. Driese,
L. M. Berry,
b. f. Brown.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-17

An inspirational meeting will be
held in the Baptist church next Tues
day March 8. Grant M. Hudson,
General Director will send to US two
speakers. Members of the church
will aim to make this a real inspira-
tional gathering.
The annual banquet of the b. Y.
p. u. will be held on March 26. This
banquet has always been success.
Look out for further notice next
week.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-17

Rexall Rheumatic Tablets will help
your rheumatism If they don't get
your money back. Sold by H. j,
Connell.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-17
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
IN Use For Over 80 Years
always bears IN ~s
Signature Of ~Ds4" <t<Sc>S<SS


The Is versatile, talented boys who
form the Alma College Glee Club will
appear in Bedding at the Congrega-
tional church on Monday evening,
March %. They present high class
entertainment that is. worth more
than the price of admission, which is
only 35 cents 1t would be impossible
to list the several attractions that
will make up the program, but don't
let yourself be among the unlucky
ones who have not attended, when
the concert is over. If you want a
spicy taste of College life-Come.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-17

4
c.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
Cunnmins Scores
GO. p. Congress

1uBW YORK. Feb. 6.-Picture Of
= ennk fAiiure--as painted by Homer
r Cumnings-the republican con-
- At . dinner In his honor here
- night, the democratic chairman
oGBorfed the American people have
I'D 1and still are paying a stagger-
~ price for eiectins this republican
oongress"
Congress every attempt to settle
pout war Industrial. financial and So
ell problems has met failure. Cum
mfngs charged.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
WHAT GASOLINE CAR
WOULD MEAN

The engineers. together with some
statisticians that have been working
on the problem. are very optimistic
Our Investigations and tests"
said one OF the engineers. SHOW that
n city OF Detroit's size. by starting in
with the Ford gasoline street car.
would save $4,000. 900 on power house
equipment and distribution lines
Then, in a city OF Detroit's size. a
gasolinc-operated system would save
from 100000 TO s1.25o.oo a year In
operating expenses.
"A gasoline car in Detroit can be
operated at approximately three
fourths the cost OF an electric car.
"One OF the Ford rasoiine street
cars will be able TO cover SIX miles OF
ground on one gallon OF gasoline.
Then Il IL reliable. Storms can't
put the entire system out Of business.
There would be no overhead wires to
break and tie up dozens OF cars on
the same line.
Each gasoline car would he n
power unit In itself. independent Of
all other street cars.
THE gasoline street car can be
built several thousand dollars cheap
or than the electric street car. and
1t win weigh only about half as
much.
1T WIN have all the advantages OF
the electric car. besides being cheap
er 10 build and 10 operate"
Street railway engineers thruou'
the entire country win be watching
the public test of the Ford gasoline
car. They're all agreed that II IT is
success, the street car business
may be revoIutionized
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
FORD SAYS GAS
CAR CUTS COST
No Overhead Wires to Come
Down in Storms
ny c. G. LYON

ia -. - LhoAN
DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 6.--Take an
ordinary Ford engine. but enlarge II
so II will be four times as powerful,
and you have all there Is TO the
mechanism OF Henry Ford's new
gasolino-propellcd street car.
There's not a single new idea about
II, unless Il be a new-fanglcd noise
dispeller and smeli-eiiminator that
Henry and his engineers have in
vented.
The 'motorman" on ono of these
Ford street cars win sit up In tho
front vestibulc. Just ms the motor
man on an electric car does now.
But instead Of fooling with that
electric box arrangement that gov
erns the speed Of the car. he will
have one of his feet ON an ordinary
Ford pedal that works the clutch.
while with his other foot he can
tickle the accelcrator and make the
car so faster IL he wants 10. With
his right hand hen operate an or
binary air-brake for stopping the car.
He'll have the same number OF
speeds forward" and the speed
backward" that the Ford has
The car WIN look no different from
our prcsent-day street cars The
Ford engine will be In the middle OF
the car. under the floor.
II Is equipped with sclf-starter.
and during the day II will store up
enough electricity to light the car Mt
night. II win also heat the car.
The engine In the city car Is so
horsepower. An engine for interur-
bans is 100 horsepower.
FOUR ENGINES
ARE COMPLETED
Four OF these engines have been
completed ut the Ford farm tractor
plant at Dearborn. Mich. and the
job OF installing one Of them In a
car is now under way.
Within n week or so Ford will give
his first public test
lie has arranged with the Mich
igan Central railroad to run his car
| from Detroit to Chicago over the
railroads tracks. and at one point he
plans a race with one OF the Michi-
gan Centrni's fastest trains. which II
capable of making 70 miles an hour.
Everybody around the Ford plant
/ is keenly enthusiastic over tho new
car. and most OF the engineers who
have worked with Ford himself on
1t are inclined TO do a good deal OF
Dragging about what It will do. All
except Ford himself
Here's what Ford said to me
about Il:
This is not the time TO blow any
horns about this new gasoliae- pro-
PEELED street car. We're rigging II
up now, and getting ready for n
public test. That test Is only n short
time off. and II win tell the story.
III the car is a success. II won't
need any press-agenting. II It's not
a success, II won't want any.
1--WE had enough confidence In my
gasoline propelled street car TO spend
| n hundred thousand dollars on tests
and experiments up TO this time.
But instead OF talking about II In
advance. myself have a healthy
curiosity 10 see II in successful oper-
alton"
Ford began wording on his gnso-
line street car last June In his pri-
waite laboratories on his estate near
Dearborn.
With four Of his brightest en-
| gineers TO help. these five men tink-
cred and experimented for several
months Then they ordered car
from the Kuhlman Car Co. OF Clevc-
1 land
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
LOOK DOWN
THIS LIST FOR
YOUR
GR0CETERIA
BE Glad
There's One
Near You"

AAV&S ~ ~AAS
Near YOU Y
DOWNTOWN
Groceteria No. 6-S5 Pike st.
Groceteria No. 3-Pike Place
Public Market - Downstairs.
Groceteria No. ii Westlake
Public Market.
Groceteria No. 17--Corner Pub
lie Market.
Groceteria No. South End
Public Market.
Groceteria No. 10-503 Union
st.
Groceteria No. 31-Liberty Pub
lie Market.
BALLARD DISTRICT
Groceteria No. 4-5419 Ballard
Ave.
Groceteria No. 11-5801 14th
Ave. N. w.
NORTH BROADWAY
DISTRICT
Groceteria No. O. 233 Broad
way N.
GREEN LAKE DISTRICT
Groceteria No. Green Lake
Public Market
FREMONT DISTRICT
Groceteria No. % - 710-712
Blewett st.
WOODLAND PARK
Groceteria No. 1871 Green
wood Ave.
QUEEN ANNE HILL
Groceteria No. Seventh w.
and West McGraw st.
Groceteria No. 20-201 Blaine
st.
Groceteria No. % - 331 First
Ave. N.
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
Groceteria No. q $500 18th
Ave. N. +.
Groceteria No. 16 - 43rd and
18th Ave. N. Z.
Groceteria No. 12-19O6 45th
st. N.
EASTLAKE
Groceteria No. Fl POI East
lake Ave.
WHITE CENTER
Groceteria No. 24-16th S. w.
and Barton st.
ALKI DISTRICT
Groceteria No. 18-2634 Aid
Ave-
RENTON HILL
Groceteria No. 1880 Pike st.
LESCHI PARK DISTRICT
Groceteria No. 2S-1801 Yesler
way
EAST UNION DISTRICT
Groceteria No. 23-23rd and T..
Union. ~
KIRKLAND
Groceteria No. 32-Market and
Picadelli SITS.
KENT
Groceteria No. 26-Second and
Meeker st.
EVERETT
Groceteria No. 81 - White
House Public Market, Hewitt
and Cakes st.
Mail Order Department, Main
Office and Warehouse-208-
ON Third Avauuo Cn.tL
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06

There's no guess
work about it-they
choose at their leis-
ure and see exactly
what they are buy
ing.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-06
May Change Date for Holding
World Cotton Conference

Revision Of the plans for holding
the second world cotton conference in
Manchester England, in 1921. may re-.
suit in the changing Of the tentative
date to April. instead OF June. as orig.
inally planned. Rufus r. Wilson. ser.
retary Of the American Cotton Manu-.
facturers' Association and of the per-
manent organization effected at the
New Orleans conference last fall. soon
will sail for England to confer with
Sir Herbert Dixon, president of the
world organization on the final details
of the conference.
Adequate warehousing Of cotton
which was one OF the principal topics
OF discussion at New Orleans again
viii be reviewed in Manchester aid
definite action is expected.
Other subjects which the Manchester
conference viii take M. in continu.
alton of the work begun al New Or.
leans, viii be the matter Of buying and
selling cotton on a net weight basis.
the adoption Of uniform classifications
and contracts for trading in cotton or
exchanges and the establishment of an
International bureau for the collec-
uon and distribution Of statistics GOV.
ering all branches Of the cotton indus
try. Discussions at New Orleans made
1t clear that these are subjects on
which large interests in the cotton
trade feel that action is urgently
needed
New-York tribune., 1920-02-06
Toronto
Banks to Carry Liberty
Bonds at Purchase Value
Williams Says Drop in Market
Drive of Securities Is No
Cause for Anxiety

WASHINGTON, Feb. s. = National
banks will be permitted to carry Lib
erty bonds in their lists of assets at
the price at which they purchased them
and not at the prevailing market quota
lions, under a ruling to- day by John
~seiion Williams, Comptroller of the
Currency. Mr.. Williams explained,
however, that the ruling was for the
present. and might not be permanent.
Mr.. WilliamS's ruling was contained
in Instructions to national bank ex-
aminers. 1t was explained that il a
bank had purchased n $lOO bond at
s97. and subsequently the market
quotation for that issue was S95. the
bank would not have to absorb the loss
in listing its assets.
There Is no cause for anxiety be-
cause of the recent decline in the mar
ket value of Liberty bonds" Mr.. Will
Jams said. "'rhe fall in price is no re-
hectlon upon their intrinsic value and
desirnbility. but the lower quotations
offer investors an extraordinary op-
po,tunity to obtain the best security in
the world at very attractive figures. -"
The Comptroller added that the
American people soon would absorb all
available national securities, with the
result that higher prices for them
would prevail