The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
CLAUDE PtIFER PROVES
USUAL GOOD HOST

The editor took day off last
Thursday and together with his
cousin, Glenn Engemann, of Chicago
who was visiting here, motored over
to Rockford where we stopped to
whip the editor of the Register and
after cleaning up on that parsonage
and instrurting the office force to
bury him out in the rear of his office
we went on to Muskegon and then
north to VIII tehall. While passing
through Whitehall, we stopped to in
quire the wav of man who was
setting out on the veranda of no
tel and on second thought came to
the conclusion that the man we were
talking to was none other than Bert
Moore, former resident of this city
and son of Mrs. Lou Sc N. Moore,
of 522 Alderman street. Bert is with
the Hood Rubber Company and is
engaged in travelling for the firm.
He has responsible position and
is making good.
Frcm VIII tehall we crossed the
river and went through Montague
and on up the west Michigan Pike
until we passed through New Era
and got stuck in the sand just this
side of Shelby. We got out after a
time and got to Shelby and had din
ner with Claude PETER, who owns
the hotel there and say, that feed
was right up to every bit Of the high
reputation which Claude has always
had in regard to his meals and hotel.
Claude instructed the dining room
girls to bring in a good big supply
of eats, because he know his friends
from Belding were hungry and could
stow away fairly good supply Of
nourishment. On trying to settle for
the bill, we were told that the color
of our money was not right and he
would have none of it. Claude thot
that he was injuring our feelings
by refusing our money and so to
assauge them somewhat, he brought
forth the best cigars in the house
The trip had been fine up to this
time and little did we think that we
were on the eve Of one Of the great
est disappointments in our lives. We
the writes, Glenn Engemahn, of Chi
cago and Rex Royal, editor of the
Shelby paper, had scarcely lighted
up our cigars, when Claude tossed
his head knowingly and telling us
to follow him started for the Gel
lar. Every one of us Immediately
got great big lump of cotton in his
throat and we eagerly followed.
Claude kept on gong and finally
got to the one corner of the cellar
and stepped inside, pulled up the
curtains and said "Now look boys.
We did and instead of seeing little
keg Of home brew or something like
that which we fully expected, we saw
hundreds of quarts Of canned fruit,
which the thoughtful cuss had pre-
pared in anticipation of the coming
winter. Well, neither one of the
three of us ever said word about
being disappointed and we just swal-
lowed that lump of cotton which had
collected and grown to a good size
in our throat and complimented
Claude on the looks of the fruit. Mr..
Peifer had taken inventory the day
before and he had Just 1924 quarts OF
fruit canned up. This did not include
lot of ketchup, pickles and other
vegetables which were also on the
shelves. In addition TO this Claude
has his bin filed with a carload of
coal, lot of wood the cellar and
is so well fixed that he will be amply
able to provide food and warmth in
abundance for the many guests who
will stop at the popular Shelby Ho-
tel during the coming winter.