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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
PREMATURE ACTS
OF HUNTERS DRAW
MUCH IN FINES
DETROIT QUINTHTTE DISRE-
GARD LAWS AND LEAVE
$1O6.35 TO SETTLE CASE

Deputy Game Warden Elmer Cook
made a rich haul for the cause of
better game protection Sunday af-
ternoon when ne made a trip over
to the Whites Bridge district and
arrested five Detroiters for shooting
and killing game birds and animals
out of season. The men placed un-
der arrest were B. w. Work, DR..
Earl Barkley, Charles +. Clark, Chas.
Bolkert and Charles c. Corey, all of
Detroit and they had in their possess
sion and which was brought into
court on Monday morning, part
ridge and four rabbits, all dressed
and ready for the pot and which
would have been in the pot and un-
der process of cooking within q short
tirle had not Deputy Cook appeared
upon the scene and suddenly changed
the program.
Arriving in the city the men de-
sired 10 PLEAD guilty and get back
to Detroit at once but as Judge
Lapham was unable to hold court
on Sunday they could not be accomo-
dated. Mr.. Work is acquainted with
Mr.. Sandell of this city and it was
finallv arranged that two of the men
whose presence in Detroit was quite
necessary would be allowed to re-
turn, with the understanding that
they were to plead guilty by proxy
and pay any fine assessed against
them by the court.
Mr.. Work, Mr.. Clark and Mr.. Boil
kert remained here and Monday
morning in court plead guilty and
paid fines of $40 and costs amount
ing to $2.70 more. Similar fines
were assessed in the cases of DR..
Barkley and Mr.. Corey, which were
paid, making the total more than 500
A number of members of the Belding
Sportsmen's Club had had confer
ence with the judge and informed
him that it was no case for light
fine but that some thing stiff in this
line should be handed out.
Work claims that he is the owner
of about GAO acres OF land near
Whites Bridge and that he had been
instrumental in getting a number of
Detroit men interested in buying the
land from him and using it as pri-
vate hunting ground and game pre-
serve and that it was for the pur-
pose of showing the four other De-
troit men the prospects of the land
for such purposes that he and his
companions had made the trip up here
He deplored the outcome of their
trip exceedingly and stated that il
was like throwing lot of cold water
on the project as he considered it
improbable that the arrested men
would think favorably of the deal
from now on.
While coming into town with the
five Detroiters, Deputy Cook ran
across Richard Cowles and Clifford
Warren, of the Smyrna district and
arrested them for hunting without
a hunters license. They also ap-
peared in court and on pleading gull
ty were assessed a fine of $40 and
costs each, which they paid
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
BELDING WINS AGAINST
PORTLAND a. TO a.

After a week of light training and
resting up the highs donned their
football suits and beat the Portland
visitors in speedy game at carry
ing the pigskin. Belongs scores
were made mostly on straight foot
ball, as were Portland's. The locals
touchdowns were made by Chickering
Hammontree and McKiddie while
Skellenger kicked four goals out of
trials. The referee was Mr.. Churm,
of Grand Rapids and Mr.. Wheater
was head linesman.
+ At the present time both Belding
and Ionia have defeated Odessa and
Portland SO the former two face each
other with two games played and two
won in the county. .Belding goes to
lonia to play this Friday, October 20
in game which will go long way
to decide the championship of Ionia
county. Coach Shand expects the
score to be very close on the basis
of comparative scores between Ionia
and Portland, 21-0 and Belding and
Portland 34-14. He hopes Capt. Dehn
will be able to play Friday and then
the full backfield will be in the game.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
LEGION ARRANGES
PROGRAM FOR
ARM|ST|CE DAY
EXPECT BIG CROWD TO HELP
CELEBRATE MEMORABLE DAY
IN THE NATIONS HISTORY

Committees appointed by the
American Legion Posts of Greenville
and Belding, have completed the
program for the day which they will
hold in putting on their celebration
of Armistice Day, Thursday, Novem-
Der IL as a day which will go down
thru time as marking one of the
greatest events in the history of this
nation or the world and the boys are
expecting a good large crowd to turn
out and assist in the celebration.
The program as arranged is as fol-
lows:
Hoo a. m. Bells and Whistles.
11:15 a. m. Form for Parade at
G.. A. R. Hall:
1900 noon Dinner.
loo p. m. Close Formation Drill.
All ex-service men.
1880 p. m. Presentation of Victory
Medals. Patriotic speeches.
2:30 p. m. Competitive Drill, Ray
L. Booth Post. Greenville VS.. Hugo
Fales Post, Belding.
800 p. m. Sports, Races, Etc.
Foot Ball Game between Lake
Odessa High school and Belding High
school.
400 p. m. Tug of War.
7:15 p. m. Don't fail to hear History
of Combat Divisions at the Empress
theatre. gwen by ex-soldiers, also
see Charlie Chaplin in shoulder
Arms,
$3.50 Dancing Party at Belding OPP
era House. Karl Hentchell's z piece
Ramona orchestra. Dancing from
$3.50 p. m. until 200 a. m. Bill $1.50
including War Tax, extra ladies SOC.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
PICARD TALKED
TO GOOO. CROWD
IN OPERA HOUSE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
LIT. GOVERNOR PROVED SELF
A FORCEFUL SPEAKER

Capt. Frank A. Picard, late of the
American expeditionary forces, in
France and at present Democratic
candidate for the office of Lt.-gover-
nor gave a good talk to a good sized
audience in the opera house at DEM
ocratic rally which was held there
on Monday night. He proved him.
self a forceful speaker and was de-
serving of more applause than his
hearers gave him, although leading
democrats of the city state that that
fact does not matter as his listeners S
were taking in every salient point
brought out and had no time for ap-
plauding.
The meeting was called to order
by A. M. Hall and he introduced
Mrs. Chas. S. Lambertson as chair
man of the meeting. Mrs. Lambert
son introduced Ed. Higbee, candidate
for senator, Major William H. Burke
of Ionia, an ex-service man, Glen ID.
Mathews, cadidate for probate judge,
all of whom gave good talks before
Capt. Picard was called on.
Mr.. Picard stated that the women
of the nation held the power of plac-
ing the officers in their positions as
there were approximately q million
women voters against 30 million men
voters, only about one-half of the
latter voting however. He strongly
favored the League of NatiOrs and
quoted from Republican leaders to
strengthen his and the De rocia'ic
position regarding the league. He
proved himself not only good talk
er but was also witty and ilayed
Harding for wiggling and wobbling.
He cited the case of the extravagant
state administration of Michigan,
claiming that where it had cost six
state in Illinois last year it had TAX
en- thirty-one million dollars to run
the business of the state Of Michi-
gan and told that it would take 39
million to run the state next year.
Capt. Picard was a classmate of
Glen Mathews while the two were at
college and he thought that it was
a luducrous condition that Judge
Montgomery Webster should want
another term as judge of probate.
He characterized the position of the
present judge holding Office as SINH
lar to a monarchy being passed from
father to son and for lifetime there
after.
While his talk was strong for the
democrats all the way through and
he flayed everything Republican, it
must be said that he was no mud
singer and republicans who attend
ed the meeting were candid in their
opinion that he was a good talker.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
Thieves Stole Turkeys

John Tobin. living out in the Par
nell neighborhood has been raising a
lot of fine turkeys this summer in
tending TO have a turk possibly for
himself if he should like one and
then have few extra for the market
The flock numbered close to thirty
birds and recently some one made
raid on them and carried off six
of the best and largest gobblers with
them. No clew to the thieves was
obtained but the place where the
birds wre killed and bled was locat-
ed.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27

The Ionia County Farm Bureau.
hereby offers reward of 500 for
the arrest and conviction of any per-
sons implicated in the burning of
barns or the stealing of grain from
any barn in Ionia county. e
Ionis County Farm Bureau,
Harry L. Carr, Sec. & Mgr.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
New Line In office Supplies

The Banner-News Office is now
stocked up with sufficiently large
stock Of typewriter ribbons of all
makes and sizes, typewriter carbon
papers, adding machine rolls and
other Office equipment and we would
appreciate the patronage and busi-
ness of every person in this city and
community who happens to need any
of these articles. We will give you
the very best of service and a high
grade product in every instance at
a cost never higher and many times
lowed than others are asking. Let
us have your orders for typewriter
ribbons, carbon paper, etc.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. NJ. Blett Of 81
Leonard street. have been entertain
ing their daughter, her husband and
son, of Florida, since October 16
They all drove out to Grant, Mich.
Sunday the oath to spend the day
with their son and brother, Ernest
and his family, where they spent a
very pleasant day. Mr.. and Mrs.
Himelburger and Floyd left on Mon
day to return to Florida where Mr..
and Mrs. Blett will join them about
Christmas. Mr.. and Mrs. Himelbur-
ger will be accompanied by five 9TH
er auto loads on their return trip
through the southern states.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
w. G. T. u. Meeting

Regular meeting of the w. c. T. U.
Friday afternoon, October 20 at 2:30
at the home of Mrs. Frank Harlan,
S. Pearl street. Discussion of the
School Amendment will be the topic
Everybody come prepared to give
their opinion on its merits and de-
fects if any. Everybody welcome.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
baptist Church News

Nine pastors of the Grand River
Association met at Belding Tuesday
October 26 for prayer meditation and
to plan for strenuous work. Begin
ming October 31st week Of cottage
prayer meetings will be held in all
the churches of the Association. This
will be followed with two weeks of
evangelistic meetings in the churches
The entire Office force of the State
Convention will assist the churches.
Now is the time to intercede for the
lost. Jesus said to his disciples "The
harvest Is abundant, but the reapers
are few, therefore entreat h e
owner Of the harvest to send out
reapers into his field"
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
Had Halloween Party

Miss Vera Porter daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Wess Porter gave a Hal
lowe'en party at her home Tuesday
night, at which ten of her friends
were present. The visitors all came
masked and were led through dark
rooms containing ghosts and all sorts
of spooky things. A six o'clock din
ner was served after which the happy
youngsters played various games.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
Mrs. Could Gets Divorce

Lena Gould was granted a divorce
from Ward Gould in Judge Davis
court at Ionia last week, the decree
being given on a charge of alleged
cruelty. The husband deserted his
wife and six children some time ago
and refused to live with them or
have any further connections with
them, it is alleged
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
M. Il. Church Services

10 a. m, devotional half hour, Err
nest Shawley, leader; 1890 a. m,
worship, subject: "Is your church on
fire? ~; IL n, Bible school, Elmer
Harrington. Supt.; p. m, mission
study class; 6 p. m, young peoples
devotional meeting; z p. m, preach
ing, subject: "A cripple at the church
door; 1880 p. m, Thursday, theme:
MEN who were nick-namedv. Every
body is very welcome to all these
services.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
Hall-Widdicomb

The marriage of r. Howard Hall
of this city and Mrs. Clara Widdi-
comb Of Grand Rapids took place
at Grand Rapids Saturday. Mrs.
Widdicomb is a daughter of Mrs.
Mary Cannon formerly of this city
and was for several years in the Red
Cross service in France as a nurse,
a number of excellent letters from
her, written to her mother and to
friends here telling of the great work
the Red Cross nurses had to do, hav-
ing been printed in this paper. After
their honeymoon trip, which they are
now enjoying they will return to this
city to reside, Mr.. Hall being vice
president Of the Belding-Hall Co.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27

The population of the continental
United States in 105,683, ,108, an in
crease Of 1910, 842 over the census
of 1910, or 14.9 per cent, according
to figures made public.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
West Otisco Farmers Club

The West Otisco Farmers Club
will hold their next meeting Thurs
day, November 4 at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde Day. This is din
ner meeting, dinner will consist of
meat loaf and mashed potatoes.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27
F. M. Church Notes

Sunday school 10 m, preaching
III a. m. young peoples meeting 6 D.
m, subpect, obedience, preaching z
D. m. prayer meeting Thursday
evening, Bible study Tuesday night
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27

The East Otisco Farmers Club will
meet Thursday, November with
Mr.. and Mrs. George Phillips. Roll
cali, current events; topic, "why
ike my farmhome", Clyde Cooper and
Byron f. Brown. Election of officers
and delegates.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27

/ will have my electric shoe repair
shop open to the public again on
Saturday, October 30,. and shall be
pleased to have your patronage in
the shoe repair line again. #
Arnold Schmidt,
Electric Shoe Shop, 120 s. Bridge St.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27

The Rebekah Lodge will give a
public dance at I. 0. o. F.. hall Fri
day evening, October 20. Everybody
come.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-10-27

Miss Edna Wise Is the guest Of
A. J. Blair and family, at WakeInan,
Ohio.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-03

reason Tor taking away town charters of
Peru, Winhall and Sunderland, even
though not one of them has 500 people
In Windham county Somerset and STRAIT
ton have decreased to a point where it
is an actual hardship for them to main
tain town governments. Athens and
Brookline, though under 500, are not in
the same class as Somerset and STRAIT
ton. Population alone should not be the
qualification of towns right to be a
town.
The Herald is inclined to think the
Banner is right. Something Of th8 same
class of problem entered into the plans
for consolidating rural schools, which we
undertook in 1904 and which has not
worked so well that it could really be
taken for a model. In fact the tendency
is now the other way, so that the state
board of education and the various town
officials are just as industriously en-
deavoring to re-establish the little red
schoolhouse"
The town which has enough popula-
ton to maintain genuine town organic
alton and enough, property to pay its
bills ought to continue, even if there
are less than 100 legal voters. We must
not forget that the town unit is the
model for popular government and the
town meeting its ideal. There are, how
ever, a number of towns such as the Ban
ner mentions, whose town organization is
a farce and whose decease is merely a
matter of time.
! The problem, as The Herald sees it,
] IS not to load these dead areas on to
some adjacent town organization, but to
provide means for winding up their af-
fairs and having them administered as
unorganized towns, for which there is
existing law. So far as representation
/ is concerned, that cannot, under the con-
stitution, be taken away without a radi-
cal amendment which apparently the
state is not yet ready for
The immediate and pressing problem is
the one of plain, ordinary business, and
the towns concerned must see it Just as
| plainly themselves as do those who have
had to deal with their problems in the
past and those who must face them next
year at this time.
The state legislature should not under,
take to pay the bills of bankrupt town
unless it can also administer its affairs
under the law provided for unorganized
towns and cores.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-03

The Barre Times calls attention to
a fire which broke out in the Mont
pelier armory Friday evening caused
by the careless dropping of lighted
cigarette which rolled into a crack in
the flooring. A cigar or cigarette butt
is dangerous thing to toss carelessly
away. The fire insurance statistics
show enormous losses from this one
cause alone. A smoker should respect
property enough to see that the thing
he throws away is not still burning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-03

shoes is being used by the agents of
Uncle Sam in taking the 1920 census of
the United States. About the only mod
ern method of transportation either on,
over, or below land or water that has not
been employed in enumerating Uncle
Sans nieces and nephews seems to be
the submarine. Aeroplanes have come
in handy in enumerating the jewellers on
the islands off the coast of Florida ;
yachts and rowboats have been used in
the harbors of the country; native can
oes have been in demand among the
Hawaiian Islands; "fivvers" are being
used everywhere; the tried and trusty
mule team has carried the census takers
out on the desert regions: and snowshoes
have become the trusted aides of the
census gatherers in the northern states
and Alaska. Nothing better illustrates
the adaptibility of the people of the
country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-03
Little Benny's
Note Book
n ErEr nAnT-
By LEE PApE

Last Sunday AFTERNOON me and skinny
Martin was taking wawk in the park
jest taking a wawk, and skinny sed G.
LOOK at the man painting the seenry.
Meenlng a man setting on a stumn of ),
tree painting a pickture of the trees and
things, and me and Skinny went and stood
N back OF him, Skinny saying, Look, G.,
he's even putting the clouds in.
N1ch he was, and | sed, How would YOU
ike to be painter, 'Skinny
| wouldent mind, how would you? sed
Skinny.
[ wouldent mind, sed.
And the man kepp on painting the seen
~ as if he dident even know who was in
back of him. Being a skinnie kind of a
man smoaking pipe, and l sed, Is it hard
to be painter, mister
Not so hard, not so hard as answering
questions, sed the man.
Proberly being intended to be a hint
and Skinny sed, Watts the hardest
to paint, mister. trees or bushes?
That's too foolish, | don't answer foolish
questions, sed the man.
And he kepp on painting the seenrv and
me and Skinny Martin kepp on watching
him. and | sed, Amt YOU glad il amt sum
mer, mister, think Of all the exter grass
and things YOU would half to put in.
Wich the man jest kepp on painting
without ansering, me thinking, Gosh il
must of bin a foolish question. And
Skinny Martin sed, WITCH is the easiest to
paint, mister people moving or herds
standing, still?
The man not ansering him proving it
was another foolish ono and no rax-a We =
fearse look and quick jumped up and
wawked away with the pickture Jest as ]
was going to ask him a sensible one about
weather a little pickture dries faster than
big one. Skinny Martin saying, Gosh
do you Suppose he went away on account OF
us? and | sed, bet we had sumthing to do
with it.
| WITCH | bet we did.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-03

Barre's new community house has just
started in on its activities. It aims
toward service for those in the city
who have no place after the days
work that they can really call home
and viii try to aid those who are
strangers in the city by furnishing a
place where they may become acquaint-
ed with the residents of Barre and
form congenial friendships. Glasses
for different lines of work will be
formed and the outlook is for its future
success. The community house idea is
yet in its infancy, but in all cases
where it has been tried it has worked out
for the public good. We predict that
in the not far distant future every
town of the size of Brattleboro and
even smaller will look upon com
munity house as one of the necessary
things for public welfare as well as the
hospitals, churches and schools.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-03
Consolidation or Discrimination
(Rutland Herald. J

Commenting on the proposal of the
Brattleboro Reformer, the Morrisyille
Messenger and others, to do away with
a number of the smaller towns in Yer.
mont by annexing them to their neigh
bors, the Bennington Banner claims it
advocated such an idea 10 years ago. but
was not prepared to go so far as setting
500 limit in population.
Admitting that there are some towns
which should not be called Independent
communities, the Banner gets down to
concrete examples in the following:
In this county Glastonbury and Land.
grove ought not to be distinct towns
Possibly Woodford ought to be Joined
to Bennington and Searsburg to vii.
mington, though the Banner does not
think SO, but there is certainly no good
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-03
Today's Birthdays.

Porter J. McCumber, United States SEN
ator from North Dakota, born at Crete
H., 81 years ago today.
William J. Harris, United States sen.
ator from Georgia, born at Cedartown
Ca, 50 years ago today
DIR. Alexander Meiklejohn, president OF
Amherst college, born at Rochedale, Eng
land, As years ago today.
James G. MeReynolds, associate JUS
tice OF the supreme court of the United
States, born at Elkton, Ky, So years ago
today.
Samuel NJ. FELTON,, president of the
Chicago Great Western Railroad com
pany, born in Philadelphia, g. wears ACC
today.
Harry F. (Slim) Sallee, pitcher Of The
Cincinnati National league baseball team
born at Higginsport, O., % years age
today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-03

Bridgetown, chief city of the Bar
BADGES.
lS60-Joel Jones, first president of Cir
ard college, died in Philadelphia.
Born at Coventry, Conn, in 1897.
l870-Iowa legislature ratified the fif-
teenth amendment to the federal
constitution
lS7l-First provision train arrived in
Paris after the German siege bring.
ing food to the starving inhabi
tants.
1875 Marquis of Harrington became
T leader of the British Liberal party
lS90-Libel action brought by Parnel
against The London Times settled
by the latter paying $4,000.
lS07-A bill for the extension of the par
liamentary franchise to women wa.
read for the second time in tn,
British house of commons.
l9l6-Seven lives lost in a fire that des
troyed the Dominion parliament
building in Ottawa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-03

The Bennington Banner is of the
opinion that taking the census in Janu-
airy was a mistake and we are in
clined to agree. April and June have
been the months designated before and
weather conditions are then much more
favorably for thorough canvass. Jan
uary in New England is a doubtful
period as to weather and travel and
the enumerators of this year have
the extreme cold and bad roads impos-
sible to combat at times, causing many
people to be overlooked.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-03

One newspaper suggests that inf1u-
enza be combatted by liberal and fire.
quent draughts of boneset tea. Bone
set may be better known to many by
the name of thoroughwort. If the
patient can stand the taste of copious
doses we suspect that almost any germ
would give up before deluge of such
bitterness as can be infused within a
quantity of oldfashioned thorough
wort tea