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Oxford Democrat., 1921-11-01

The sunlit October days, which By
aid Of hunters moon extend into the
night, has caused many citizens to revert
TO an ancestry many generations gone and
90 out into the woods to kill something
As they wadsd through the fallen foliage
they, no doubt, had time 20 ponder on
this sporting propensity and may have
come to the conclusion that life 10 ar
adventure or Q sporting proposition al
best, and that cards have been dealt us
OF uncertain value, which can and must
be played a. circumstances permit. II
such . conclusion has beer reached, per-
haps this prayer from an unknown pen
may have some appeal:
Let me i've, oh, Mighty Master.
Such 8 life ss men should know.
Tasting triumph and disaster,
Joy-and nos too much OF woe;
Lot me run the gamut over,
Let me nght and love and laugh,
And when I'm beneath the clover
Let this be my epitsph:
Here ies one who took his chances
In the busy world or men;
Battled luck and circumstances,
Fought and fell and fought again;
Won sometimes. but did no Growing,
Lost sometimes. but didn't wall.
Took his beating. bus kept going,
Never les his courage fall.
He fsllible and human,
Therefore loved and understood
Both bis fellow men and women,
whether good or not so good;
Kept bis spirit undiminished,
Never lay down on friend.
Played the game TIL it Was flashed.
Lived . sportsman 30 the end.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-11-01
Coming Events.
NEW ApYERrIsEM ENTs.

Nov. l-Oxford Pomona Grange. Newry.
Nov. l4-ls-MAine State Pomologicsl Society,"
Bangor.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-11-01

Rats ef Blood Flow.
Blood travels through the heart -
n rate Of seven miles an hour.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-11-01

A
ton of Q railroad ticket agent TO Q would
bs purchaser of Pullman berth. The
agent said: "You understand that the
lower Is higher than the upper. The
high price 10 for the lower berth. II
you want It lower you will have to 60
higher. We sell the upper lower than
the lower. Most people don't like the
upper, although It's lower on account
of It's being higher, and also because
when you occupy an upper you have to
get up TO go to bed and then get down
when you get up. ] should advise you
to take the lower, although It's higher
than the upper, for the reason l have
Just mentioned, that the upper Is lower
than the lower because Ii is higher. OF
course, You can have the lower II you
pay higher, but II you are willing to 60
higher II will be lower"
One OF the things which has come into
general use within the lifetime Of com
paratively young people 10 the pneu-
matic tire. The recollection OF the In
PRODUCTION Of this Invention has been
brought before the public during the
past week by the death Of the inventor,
John Boyd Dunlop, which occurred In
Dublin, at che advanced age OF 81 years.
His invention WAS Hrst put before the
public in 1888. The tires were 6rst used
almost exclusively on bicyc but were
afterwards placed on riding carriages,
and automobiles have scarcely known
any other kind of tire. 10 fact Il has
been put on almost everything which
runs on wheels except moving machines.
DIR. William A. Brown Of Chicago In
the Sunday School convention ct Auburn
recently paid bis respects to editors
He said they needed violent attack OF
religion and 10 was about time 20 call
attention to the "slimy Hypocrisy Of
American life" II religion has any saw
Ing grace to is, there 10 not much doubt
but what editors need it. They are .
good deal like the rest Of humanity,
selfish and cowsrdly, with oil the other
moral diseases mankind is heir TO thrown
In, bat they have not the whole job Of
calling attention 10 the slime Of the
universe. Possibly clergymsn may be
somewhat remiss In this particular.
Peabody Museum Of Harvard College
has received two totem poles from the
northern part OF Vancouver Island,
some OF the lAst remaining examples Of
the strange handiwork Of the Kwakenpi
Indians. These poles are about eighteen
feet long and are carved In the most
slsborate fashion. One Of them weighs
about two tons.
The largest diamond yet found In the
United States was unearthed In the Pike
County diamond fields, Arkansss, Last
week. II weighed 20.25 carats In the
rough and is estimated to be worth $10,-
900.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-11-01
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Oxford Democrat., 1921-11-01
Bankrupt's Petition tor Discharge.

Bankupt's Petition tor Discharge.
IN Il EHRSsRf Rf'ifH Fl L. BRUCE, B.nlrupse,
To the HON. CLARENCE HALE, Judge ofthe Dis.
trict Court of the United States for the District
of Maine:
HERBERT L. BRUCE Of Dixneld. In the
said Datsc o. re.pscsfaliy SH that on shs
9Th day of November. 1870, he was duly
adjudged bankrupt under the Acts Of Congress
relating to Bankruptcy; that he has duly sur.
sna Ia: :: fully With h Z.
n,ents of said Acts and of the orders of Court
touching his bankruptcy.
wherefore h he pEsys That s; hs may be ascree%
debts provable against his estate Under said
BANKRUPTCY Acts, except such debts as are
excepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this aSsh ssZ Of Sss2SH os1GSsE 4; D. ls
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DISTRICT OF MAINE. So.
On this 18th day Of October, A. D. 1891, on
reading the foregoing petition, It is
upon the same on tho 9th day Of December, A. d.
1921, before said Court ut Portland In said Dis.
trict, at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon; and that no.
ice thereof be published in the Oxford Demo.
that al known creditors, and other persons In
interest, may appear at the said time and place.
and show cause, Il any they have, why the
prayer of said petitioner should not be granted.
And 1t is further ordered BY the Court, That
the Clerk shall send by mail to all known cred
itors copies Of said petition and this order, ad-
dressed 70 them at their places Of residence ~
stated.
Witness the Honorable CLARENCE HALE.
Judge of the said Court, and the seal thereof. at
Portland, In said District. on the 90sh day Of
October, A D. 1921.
lis GEO. c. WHEELER, Clerk.
A true copy Of petition and order thereon.
Attest: GEORGE G. WHEELER, Clerk.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-11-01

The largest diamond yet found In the
United States was unsarthed In the Pike
County diamond fields, Arkansas, last
week. 10 weighed 20.25 carsts In the
rough and Ia estimated to be worth $10,-
Evening journal., 1921-06-03
SUBJECTS ASSIGNED
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
3pecial b IA EvenIng Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal
SEAFORD. June 3.-Charles Van
Leer and Mrs. Walter b. Robinson
returned home yesterday from
Bethlehem, Pa. where they attend
ed on Friday and Saturday the
musical festival given by the Bach
Choir.
The Seniors OF the seaford High
School have selected the following
subjects 10 write upon. Caesar
Rodney" Nellie and Ruth Fogle;
Tomato Culture in Delaware" Mary
Hill and Gladys Kinder; "The Nanti-
coke River" Herbert Iank and
Marion Moore; History OF Lewes. %
Elizabeth Elliott and Elizabeth
Owens; Marketing Of Fruits and
Vegetables in Sussex County,
Thomas Donoho and Madeline Mar
vel; Harry Powell (artst). Helen
Goodman; strawberry Culture in
Sussex County" Helen Martin
History OF Concord" William
| Moore and Hazel Kitchens; Peach
Crop in Delaware" Mildred Pusey:
"Delaware's Part in the Revolu-
! uonary War" Norma Smarts:
Patty Cannon House" Blanche
Carter; "Delaware's Part in the
I World War" Conwell Shipley.
Evening journal., 1921-06-03

100 men. Their locations and the
dates Of opening follow:
FIRST ARMY CORPS AREA. for
New Hampshire. Vermont. Massa-
chusetts. Rhode Island and Connec-
ticut. at Camp Devens. Mass. OPEN
ing August l.
SECOND ARMY CORPS AREA.
for New York. New Jersey and Della
ware. at Plattsburg barracks, n. Y,
opening August 7.
THIRD ARMY CORPS AREA. for
Pennsylvania, Maryland and District
Of Columbia. at Camp Meade. Nd,
opening August 1.
FOURTH ARMY CORPS AREA,
for North Carolina. South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama. Missis-
sippi. Tennessee and Louisiana, at
Camp Jackson, s. C.. opening July IS.
FIFTH ARMY CORPS AREA, for
Ohio, Indiana. West Virginia and
Kentucky, at Camp Knox, Ky, open
ing July 21.
SIXTH ARMY CORPS AREA, for
Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois, a.
Camp Grant. H.. opening July 21.
SEVENTH ARMY CORPS AREA
for North Dakota. South Dakota
Minnesota, Nebraska. Kansas. Mis-
souri,, Arkansas and Iowa, at Cam
Pike, Ark, opening August ]. and a
Fort Smelling. opening August /.
EIGHTH ARMY CORPS AREA
for Colorado. New Mexico. Texas
Oklahoma and Arizona. at CamI
Travis Texas. opening July IS. and
at Fort Logan, Colo, opening Au
/ gust /.
NINTH ARMY CORPS AREA. foi
Washington, Oregon. Idaho. Mon
tana. Wyoming. Utah, Nevada anS
California. at Camp Lewis. Wash.
opening July 6. and at the Preside
OF San Francisco. opening July 6
also.
Evening journal., 1921-06-03

present a doctors certificate show
ing that such vaccination and in
oculaton has been administered
within the last three years.
To enlist fill out the accompanying
coupon. Then send II TO the Military
Training Camp Association, No. 10
West Forty-fourth street. New York,
or to the same association in the
Maller's Building, Chicago.
After receiving the coupon, the
camp association, acting under di-
rection OF the War Department will
send the applicant an official appli-
tions. On the blank will appear a
space for the certificate Of character
TO be filled in. as well as a space for
the doctors certificate.
This blank quickly nlled and dis
patched. the candidate viii be ad-
vised whether or not ne is accepted.
II accepted. the applicant viii be
furnished first-class transportation 20
the camp site. or, II the candidate
prefers TO pay his own fare. he will
be reimbursed in cash upon his ar
rival at headquarters.
Ten thousand young men are ex-
pected this year. The course will
be known as the RED Course" II
is announced that next year two
other courses will be open, known
as the BLUE" and the white.
which will enable the young man tC
gfaduate from one to the other. thu
giving him ninety days OF real fur
and Joy.
The country is divided into mint
corps areas and the camp in eacf
Will accommodate approximate,
Evening journal., 1921-06-03

Want to spend 80 glorious days
this summer as the guest OF the
United States War Department. with
every expense paid?
Want a new khaki uniform, ex-
cellent food and living accommoda-
tions, medical and dental treatment
all free?
In short. do you want 10 be a min
ute man. 1921 model?
II you do, here is the chance:
Congress has erected a Citizens Mill
tary Training Camp in each Of nine
different States. Operating under
the auspices Of the War Department,
these camps constitute part OF a
national system of training for the
national defense. Delaware is enti-
tied to send two men. Morton Har-
vey OF this city. is chief oficer OF
the local reserve corps.
Il rs planned to bring together
young men Of all types, both native
and foreign born; TO develop closer
national and social unity; to teach
the privileges, duties and RESPONSE
bilites OF American citizenship, and
while teaching them, TO give them a
thoroughly good time.
The War Department plans 70
show the public that camp instruc-
ton during 80 days this summer
will not only be to the liking OF
younger brothers, but that II will
develop them physically, mentally
and morally. c.
The camps are the direct out
growth OF the Plattsburg. New York
camps Of 1913-14-15. Now, as then
the government announces that it IL
a patriotic privilege to train in these
camps.
A certificate Of character is neces-
sary. This may be given the apph-
cant by a schoolmaster. clergyman
priest or rabbi Only physically
ft young men will be accepted, and
they must have passed their six
teenth birthday. The age limit Is
35.
Applicants must have averags
general intelligence. but no educa-
uonal qualifications are prescribed
or required.
Each candidate must file a certih.
cate from a qualified physician set.
ting forth that his health and
strength are adequate.
Candidates will be required TO sub
nit 10 vaccination unless they car
Evening journal., 1921-06-03
KING GEORGE IS 30

LONDON. June 3-(United Press)
king George celebrates his 56th
birthday and In honor OF the event
flags We're flown on all government
buildings and salutes fired by artil-
lery at London. Windsor Aidershot.
and other military centers.
The official birthday celebrations
win be held in England tomorrow.
when King George will review the
Guards in st. James Park the pic
turesque ceremony known as Troop
ing the Color" being arranged for
the first time since 1914 in pre-war
glory OF scarlet and gold pageantry.
Cadiz is one OF the best fortified
cities OF Spain.
Evening journal., 1921-06-03

See for yourself how many peo-
pie have confidence in the Want
Ads-tha, is, believe that they will
furnish them with efficient service.
ADV.
Evening journal., 1921-06-03

SCOT'Tvs vi. Il. EXCURSION
10 Augustine Beach. Thursday
June 16-Adv.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-02
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
(OFFICIAL.l

Council Chamber, Feb. 18, 1921.
Meeting called to order by Mayor
Washburn.
Roll Call-present, Aid. Benedict,
Kane, Friedly, Smith; present a. Alb
sent, Aid. McCue. Absent, 1.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
City Bills:
City of Belding, water rental at
city hall ........ 3l.3O
Bedding Coal & Ice Co., coal for
city hall ....... .18O.34
Banner Pub. Co, January Bill 1906
DR.. w. A. Dutt, attention Of
contagious disease cases ;. 145.00
City Library:
L. A. Leonard, Sec., money paid
carpenter for work done at
Geo. E. Wagner, premium on 80
City of Belding, water rental
at library -. -. ....... 3.15
Street Bills:
Labor Bills:
Hall Wilson Co., "a loads grav-
Ell 0.lU
Ben White, day ....... 800
ICCihoii1 CIV
John Antcliff, day, hour ;. 6.65
Standard Oil Co., 80 gal. gas. 12.45
Moved by Aid. Benedict, seconded
by Aid. Smith, that the city bills be
allowed and paid.
Yeas-Ald. Benedict, Kane, Fried
ly, Smith. Yeas A. Nays 0.
Water Works Bills:
Ernest Anderson, tube casing
etc. ..... $500. .. $50
Moved by Aid. Kane, seconded by
Benedict, that the Water Works bills
be allowed and paid.
Yeas-Ald. Benedict, Kane, Fried
ly, Smith. Yeas A. Nays 0.
Moved by Aid. Friedly, seconded
by Aid. Smith, that we do now ad-
journ.
Yeas-Ald. Benedict, Kane, Fried
ly, Smith. Yeas A. Nays 0.
C. S. HOOVER,
City Clerk.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-02
Pictures OF The Old Folks

have but one picture OF my moth
er. Ii was taken iLIlng her young
girlhood, long before / was born.
am forced to depend upon my men,
ory for the likeness Of the loving,
white-haired mother who passed on
twenty years ago. How / wish / had
a photo Of her taken during these
later years. But wishes are vain in
matters of this kind and / realize
that / may never possess any better
likeness than that which my memory
produces.
And why have no pictures of my
mother? Frankly, it is purely a
matter Of neglect. When she was
daily with US it scarcely seemed ne
cessary; and the whitening hair and
stopping shoulders and dimming vi
sion same on gradually that neither
my brother or myself were aware
that she was growing old. And al
most without warning came the time
when she was with us no more.
1t is the part Of wisdom to take
photos of the old folks frequently.
The chances are these pictures win
be worth their weight in gold in the
wears to come. What does it matter
il it cost few dollars and several
half-days are lost from the farm
work? The future will read into
these pictures of the dear ones val
ues that can never be measured in
terms of cattle and hogs, wheat and
corn. z"
Pictures Of relatives and acquaint-
ances connect the present with the
past. Among his possessions the
writer has group picture Of him.
self and schoolmates taken many
years ago. 1t is just an ordinary,
cheap picture. One corner is torn
and there are stains here and there.
Nevertheless the picture is a treas
ure. Occasionally on Sunday after
Moons it is brought from the desk
drawer where it reposes and for
awhile the writer lives again in the
past. And somehow the heart grows
tender as one visits in this way with
the friends and acquaintance of the
long ago. 1t is good for the soul to
commune in this silent way with
those whom we once knew. There
is a SOLDERING influence in it. Per-
chance it strengthens the sense or
sympathy that we allsneed in much
larger measure. If this is all true
Of those unrelated to us how much
more true ought it to be of those
near and dear to US. By all means
take pictures of father and mother,
grandpa and grandma while they are
here. All too soon the time may
come when pictures cannot be taken.
e. V. l..
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-02

dry next year. Ma sed he shur wor-
ry about the bartenders. She sed
they Would git job easier than he
cud git drink. Had test in spell
ing today. Low grade. None rite.
Thursday-Went the barber shop
2 git my hare cut. Ast the barber
wot did he do with the ravor wot he
used shave ded men wen they dide
he sed he used it to shave his credit
customers. Had my neck shaved.
Like the men.
Old Mother Hubbard went to the
wardrobe
To get her daughter a dress.
When she got there the wardrobe
was bare.
And so was her daughter-f guess.
An Ionia clothes adyertises as fol-
lows: "If you don't think clothes
make any difference in a man, just
try walking down the street without
any"
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-02

Many Belding People Fail To Realize
The Seriousness

Backache is so deceptive.
1t comes and goes-keeps you
guessing.
Learn the cause-then cure it.
Possibly it's weak kidneys.
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills are
so effective.
They're especially for weak or dis
ordered kidneys.
Here's a Belding case.
Mrs. Margaret Rich, 947 S. Alder
man street, says: "a few years ago
my kidneys were weak and disordered
My back was also sore and lame and
there was a dull, constant ache thru
my kidneys. There organs seemed all
out of order, too. Hearing so much
about Doan's Kidney Pills, / got them
at Wortley a. French's Drug store
they soon rid me of the trouble,
strengthening my kidneys and doing
me good in every way"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Rich had. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-02
From toe Saxon.

Wife and woman spring from the
same source, ho,h being derived from
the Saxon 'wefan. pansh "voeye"
TO weave one who works ai The dis
taff. Dryden referred 10 Queen Anne
as "a dstaff on the throne" From
the same idea springs our word SPIN
ster applied to an unmarried woman.
While woman was still spinning. her
wedding clothes she was simply n
spinster; when she had finished and
was married she became wife who
had already woven her allotted task.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-02
House With Straw Walls.

A house with walls made of COM
pressed straw has been erected In
Paris. The framework of the building
Is OF wood and the sides are filed In
with blocks OF tightly compressed
straw. which are stated to be as hard
as concrete and just as infiammable.
Owing TO the lightness of the mate
rials only small foundations are need
ed. and house Of this kind can be
built In a month. The idea of using
straw in this way Is attributed to .
French textile engineer.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-02
LEGAL NOTICES
STATE OF MICHIGAN

The Probate Court for the county
of Ionia, at session Of said court
held at the Probate Office in the city
of Ionia, in said county, on the sew
enth day of February, A. d. 1921.
Present: Hon. Montgomery Web
ster, Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
Theodore F. Ireland, Helen P. Ire
land and Robert r. Ireland, minors.
Marcia p. Ireland-Trent having filed
in said court her account as Guardi-
an Of said estate, and her petition
praying for the allowance thereof,
1t is ordered that the fourteenth
day of March, A. d. 1921 at one-thir-
ty o'clock in the afternoon at said
probate office, be and is hereby ap-
pointed for examining and allowing
said account;
1t is further ordered, that public
notice thereof be given by publica-
ton of a copy of this order, for three
successive weeks previous to said day
of hearing in the Belding Banner
News, newspaper printed and cir
culated in said county.
IL. 81 Montgomery Webster,
A true copy. Judge of Probato
Bessie Duffy,
Dep. Reg. of Probate. Mar. 2
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-02

TIME TABLE

AAAAA< AhD6A
Corrected June 16. 1920
lonia TO Howard City 6:49 a. m.
Grand Rapids to Saginaw 7:56 am.
Saginaw TO G. X. 1915 a. m.
Howard C. to Ionia & Det 1923 am.
Saginaw 2:37 d. m.
Grand Rapids $40 p. m.
Howard City to Detroit 4:13 p. m.
lonia to Howard City $3.50 p. m.
G. r. to Saginaw, daily tr. 6:44. p, m.
Saginaw to G. R.. daily tr. sos p. m,
BElDING-GRAND RAPIDS AUTO URBAN
LEO RICHMOND, Prop.
EVERY DAY
A. M. p. M.
Lv. Belding .;.;,......7 80 I 80
Ar. Grand Rapids % 80 8 80
Lv. Grand Rapids 10 90 4 80
p. M.
Ar. Belding ........ .12 90 9 80
Cars leave Hotel Belding at Belding
Cars leave 16 Commerce Avenue
(Rader's Tire Store), and Wurz-
berg's Dry Goods Store, at Grand
Rapids
Standard Time Phone 413
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-02
Post -Mortem Jokes.

Quite an Interesting article, we fam
cy, could be written on "rhe Humor
In Wills" For example. take this
passage from the will of Lord Penn
broke: ~ bequeath nothing TO Lord
Say. because ] know he will bestow II
upon the poor" Or this: A Lanca.
shire gentleman bequeathed an ounce
OF modesty TO the editor of the London
Journal. explaining the small quantity
by saying that he was convinced that
an ounce would be found more thaa
he would ever make use of."-BosiOn
Transcript
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-02
Ereshen Roses.

Roses will give much greater return
II. before they are put into the water,
the ends of the stems are crushed or
mashed. Then when the rose willis cut
off the end of the stem, slit ii In half
for about one half inch. hold the ends
In boiling water for few minutes,
then plunge the stems in cold water.
The rose will be- MS fresh as new. Do
this at night and LEI the roses stand
In deep pitcher of water all night be-
fore placing them IN The vase.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-02

~ HE second
j s stat e TO
adopt the Con-
stitution was
T. ennsylvania.
Its are u OF
1926 square
miles is larger
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-02

than the combined New Eng
land states, except Maine, with
New Jersey thrown in for good
measure. Its name IN n
"Penn's Woodland" and was so
named by King Charles III, who
granted this territory TO the
Quaker, William Penn, and
named it in commemoration of
Penn's father, who had been q
distinguished admiral and on
terms of peculiar friendship and
intimacy with the royal family.
This grant was made in lieu of
f16000, which the king owed Ad-
miral Penn. On this basis 1T
originally cost about 81 a square
mile.
Pennsylvania has assumed
such an important place among
the states that ii is often called
the Keystone state. This term
was probably derived originally
because her name was carved
: on the keystone of the bridge
over Rock creek, between Wash
ington and Georgetown. Later on
il was applied on account of the
great Importance Of the state In
national elections. Its delega-
tion to congress totals 3S, sec
ond only in size TO that from
New York, and Pennsylvania
accordingly has SO presidential
electors.
William Penn first came over
TO America in 1852. The follow
ing year he laid out the city Of
Philadelphia, or "Brotherly
Love-" which was named after
Il biblical city in Asia Minor. AS
Pennsylvania was the only col
ony without seacoast, Penn
obtained from the duke of York
the control of Delaware, and un-
til the Revolution these two
provinces were under the same
proprietary government. Quar-
rels with Maryland over bound
aries caused a formal survey
to be made by two surveyors.
Mason and Dixon, and il was
this which became famous dur
ing the Civil war as the Mason
and Dixon line, the dividing
mark between the slave and the
free states.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)