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The Belding banner-news., 1921-07-06
GIMME A JOB"
BOY A WINNER

II want job"
The head of the electric light con-
Germ looked up from his desk and saw
gangling boy of seventeen facing
him with a look of quiet respectful
determination that carried conviction.
'But / haven't any position that
you could possibly fill and right now
I'm so driven that"
81 want a job" interrupted the boy
with an odd smile that didn't detract
from the serious determination of his
general expression. "And I'm will
ing to work for six months without
cent of pay"
well, that's rather a new one"
exclaimed the owned of the lighting
plant, but"
The boy was looking for that "but"
and caught it on the fly.
"You see it's this way, sir" he
interrupted, "I've just finished at the
manual trJlning school and I've
made up my mind that electric light
ing's the thing for me and that I'm
going to be started in it. 1t has a
great future and | want to under
stand it and make it my line"
His eye was kindling with enthus-
iasm when the man at the desk op-
ened with another, "But-'
He didn't get an inch beyond that
depressing qualification, for the boy
shot into the sentence with:
"l'll work for nothing and keep
just as careful hours as your foreman
or anybody else on your payroll. You
have got good plant, sir, and / can
see that it's bound to grow a lot in
the next three years. Electric light
ing has just started. It's the best
business to get into in the world, and
I'm going to learn it from the ground
up. | want job with you. No pay
for six months"
use you," responded the man of the
plant, although / am bound to say
that / like your grit, and think you
are on the right track-and-'
"You just give me the job, sir"
cut in the boy, "and I'll find some
thing to do that will help you.
There's always work around a plant
like yours that a boy who's had
little technical training can find to
do-work that needs to be done.
Here's some references from my in
structor and two or three business
men who know me"
"Look here" suddenly interrupted
the man at the desk, "you certainly
do want a job, and you're going to
get it. / can see that right now.
When you first spoke / knew you re-
minded me of somebody, but I could
not think who. Now / know. When
/ was a boy we had dog that used
to go off into the woods and hunt
coons all by himself. If he treed his
coon he'd start to gnaw it down, so
! will give you a letter 10 the super
intendent."
When a fortnight later, he called
at the plant, the( foreman Remarked:
''T'he oldest duck you ever saw. He
takes his job just as hard as if he
was drawing profits or salary in
stead of working for nothing a week
and paying his own carfare.
"Why his aunt died the other day,
and he didn't come for two days; but
he sent a substitute and paid him out
of his own pocket. He's the first
man on the job in the morning and
the last to leave at night. From the
minute he gets here till he leaves,
he's as busy as a boy at a circus,
The boy is certainly stuck on his
job"
A few weeks later the boy spoke
The Belding banner-news., 1921-07-06
STATE OF MICHIGAN

The Circuit Court for the county
of Ionia, in Chancery.
Nellie league, plaintiff, VS.. Melvin
league, defendant.
Suit pending in the circuit court
for the county of Ionia ip chancery
at the city of Ionia in said county,
on the 18th day of June A. ID 1921.
In this calse it appearing from at
fidavit on file, that the defendant is
concealed within the state and that
his last known place of address was
Cheboygan, Michigan, and after del
igent inquiry she has been unable to
locate him there.
On motion of Hawley, Eldred &
Gemuend plaintiffs attorneys, it is
ordered that the said defendant, Mel
win league, cause his appearance to
be entered herein, within 3 months
from the date of this order and in
case of his appearance that he cause
his answer to the plaintiffs bill of
Complaint to be filed, and a copy
thereof to be served on said plaintiff s
attorneys within fifteen days after
service on him of a copy of said bill
and notice of this order; and that in
default thereof, said bill be taken as
confessed by the concealed defendant.
And it is further ordered that with
in twenty days the said plaintiff
cause a notice of this order to be
published int he Belding Banner
News, a newspaper printed, publish
ed and circulating in said county,
and that such publication be continu-
ed therein at least once in each week
for six weeks in succession, or that
he cause a copy of this order to be
personally served on said concealed
defendant at least twenty days be-
fore the time above prescribed for
his appearance.
Frank d. M. Davis,
Circuit Judge.
Hawley, Eldred e. Gemuend,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Attest:
A true copy.
Mildred Lind, Dep. Clerk, July 27
The Belding banner-news., 1921-07-06
Hot Weather Rules For Your Horse

HOT weather RuleS FOR our Horse
l. Lood lightly, and drive slow
ly.
2. Stop in the shade if possible.
3. A sponge on top of the head
or even a cloth, is good if kept wet.
If dry it is worse than nothing.
a. Water your horse as often as
possible. So long as horse is work
ing, water in small quantities will not
hurt him. Bullet him drink only a
few swallows if he is going to stand
still.
5. When he comes in after work,
sponge off the harness marks and
sweat, his eyes, his nose and mouth,
and the dock. Wash his feet but not
his legs.
6. If the thermometer is 75 de-
grees or higher, wipe him all over
with damp sponge, using vinegar if
possible. Do not wash the horse at
night.
7. Saturday night, give bran
mash, lukewarm; and add a table
spoonful of saltpetre.
8. Watch your horse. If he stops
sweating suddenly, or if he breathes
short and quick, or if his ears droop,
or if he stands with his legs braced
sideways, he is in danger of heat
or sun stroke and needs attention at
once.
9. If the horse is overcome by
heat, get him into the shade, remove
harness and bride, wash his mouth,
sponge him all over, shower his legs
and give him two ounces of aromatic
spirits of amonia, of two ounces Of
sweet spirits of nitre, in a pint of
water; or give him a pint of coffee,
warm. Cool his head at once, using
cold water, or, if necessary, chopped
ice, wrapped in a cloth.
10. If the horse is off his feed. try
him with two quarts of oats mixed
with bran and little water; and add
a little salt or sugar. Or give him
oatmeal Cruel or barley, water TO
drink.
II. Clean your horse at night, so
that he can rest well, and clean him
thoroughly. The salt dandruff drying
on his skin makes him uncomfortable
and often produces sores under the
harness.
IL. Do not fail to water him at
night after he has eaten his hay. If
you don't he will be thirsty all night.
13. If it is so hot that the horse
sweats in the stable at night, tie him
ouside, with bedding under him. I'm
less he cools off during the night, he
connot we'll stand the next days heat.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-07-06
Spiritual Alarm Clocks.

Ministers, like alarm clocks. get
most Of their sbuse for doing their
duty-Kansas Jity Star.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-07-06
WHITES BRIDGE

Mrs Esther Williams had the mis-
fortune to fall and injure her hip and
is confined to the bed but is getting
along as well as can be expected.
Mrs. Orsen Petersen called on Mrs.
Esther Williams, Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Ed. Mosure and son, Charles,
were in Belding, Friday.
Mr.. Harry Mosure, who is helping
Verne Leach in haying, was over
come by the heat, Monday but is bet
ter now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Pearson and
daughters, Helen and Thelma and
son, Carol, were Sunday afternoon
visitors at Mr.. and Mrs. Will Dick
ems.
Mrs. Gertrude Clark is improving
so she is up and gets out again.
Miss Helen Pearson spent the 4th
with the home folks.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-07-06
Need of Standards For 8 Containerl


Three important shipping contain
ers in need of Standardization at the
present time are the hamper, the
round-stave basket, and the market
or split basket, say specialists of the
Bureau of Markets, United States
Department of Agriculture. Inves-
legations in all parts of the United
States where these packages are
used have shown a serious lack of
uniformity in capacity, shape, and
strength which could be corrected by
the adoption of standards which have
been prepared by the Bureau of Mar
kets.
These standards have been written
into bill, II. r. 1900 now before
Congress. It's adoption should go a
long way toward eliminating the 15
styles and sizes of round-stave bas-
kets, 25 styles and sizes of splint
baskets as we'll as the so styles and
sizes of hampers. The bill provides
for 5 sizes of splint baskets, 4, 8, IL,
16 and "a quarts; sizes of round
stave baskets, 1-2 bushel, 5-8 bushel,
1 bushel, 1-2 bushel, and 2 bushel,
and sizes of hampers, 8, 16, 20, 80
and styles for 4S quarts.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-07-06
STATE OF MICHIGAN

The Probate court for the county
of Ionia, in the matter of the estate
of Frank l.. Noon, deceased.
Having been appointed commits
sioners to receive, examine and ad-
just all claims and demands of all
persons against said deceased, we do
hereby give notice that four months
from the twentieth day of June, A.
ID. 1921, were allowed by said court
for creditors to present their claims
to us for examination and adjustment
and that we win meet at the parlors
of the Peoples Savings Bank, in
Belding, Ionia county, Michigan, in
said county, on the goth day Of Aug
ust, A. ID. 1921, and on the goth day
of October, A. ID. 1921, at one o'clock
in the afternoon of each of said days
for the purpose of examining and
adjusting said claims.
Dated July 5th A. ID. 1921.
b. f. Tower,
Peter KOhn,
July 20 Commissioners
The Belding banner-news., 1921-07-06
MAN GIVES WIFE
GLYCERINE MIXTURE

She had stomach trouble for years.
After giving her simple buckthorn
bark, giycerine, etc, as mixed in
Ad-ler-i-ka, her husband says: my
wife feels fine now and has gained
weight. 1t is wonderful stomach
medicine" Adler-i-ka acts on BOTH
upper and lower bowel, removing
foul matter which poisoned stomach
and which you never thought was in
your system. EXCELLENT for gas
on the stomach or chronic constipa-
ton. Guards against appendicitis.
The impurities it brings out will sur
prise you. H. J. Connell, druggist.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-07-06

Here's to the Fat Man, and may his
Shadow never grow Less It's true
that he Takes Up lots of Room and
requires much Good Fuel to keep go
ing but he makes ample Payment by
the wholesome Good Cheer that he ra-
dates. Nobody yet ever saw a grouchy
Fat Man.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-07-06

Now, this here is not a Regular
Sport, but just Kid trying TO be one,
which is the Saddest Kind of Sport
there is. The Cigarette is making him
sick, his Collar is Strangling him and
his Feet hurt but he is going to be a
Sport If 1t Kills him.
Evening star., 1921-10-16
SENTENCED TO BE HANGED

SEATTLE. October 15.--J. L. Ma
honey, convicted OF first-degree muir
der for Staying his elderly wife, Kat
NJ. Mahoney. and burying her bod,
in q trunk in .Lakunion here, has
been sentenced to be hanged Januar,
8 at the state prison at Walla VT ia
Wash.
Evening star., 1921-10-16
THE SPEECH ARTS

Johnston Studio of, PA A St. Sc.
LIMO. SI96 for fnterpieio-dppofntment
n B-Principars pupils take dignifed rank
as Public Speakers. College Instructors. Stage
Artists, Voice Building. Remedy Speech De-
fects, Advanced Conversational English for
Foreigners English Literature, French with
assistant native teachers. 81
Evening star., 1921-10-16
THOMAS ]. OWEN & son. AUCTIONEERs.
Bear Spring Farm and Acre
Plots on the Washington-Bal-
timore Boulevard to Be Sold
nj Auction.

By authority vested in the undersigned. we
Fili sell at public auction on the premises. on
|ATURDAY, THE TwENTY-SEC0ND DAY
SF OCTOBER, 1871, COMMENCING AT ONE
kCLOCK PM, forty-four one-acre plots or
|oms sites on the Washington boulevard. about
ne-half mile southwest Of Laurel and frontin:
leo on the Washing ngton- Laurel electric car
Inc. Cars stop on the property.
Te,ms: One-fourth cash. Balance in equal
hstalmsnes In q IL and IS months, or dis
'H' PRATiI q ROBINSON. Ast...
sc14-7t 5l0 Bond bld:.
Evening star., 1921-10-16
AUCTION SALES
FUTURE DAYS.
ADAM WEsCHLER. AUCTIoNEER.
Court Sale of Premises No.
1S23-1S25 and 1841 18th St.
Al vYy

Under decree Of the Supreme Court. Dis
net Of Columbia, in Administration 25shJ:
i'll sen at public auction SATURDAY; OCT0-
M. lots 40-41 and 40. In square 306. i'm
roved by three six-room and bath brick
ouses. Nos. 1879 1925 and 1911 18th st. NV
Terms: One-third cash. balance in two equal
aymentc one and two years from day Of sale
With interest at d per cent, payable semi annu-
ption OF purchaser. A deposit of 500 IN each
arcei to he made at time of sale. fAonvey-
ncing and revenue stamps at cost ~ pur-
|haser Terms to be complied with in thirty
lays or property resold at risk and cost OF de-
faulting purchaser after i've days advertise
|nent in this newspaper.
CRANDAL MACKEY, Attorney.
Columbian building. ocl2-dGds
Evening star., 1921-10-16

MODERN, LARGE, GROOM;
many extras; vacant; on wide
ave.; S75o-SI 900 cash; white
location. Cleveland 1877, 1880
am, 4:3o-S pm Address Box
213-B, Star office.
Evening star., 1921-10-16
We Have the Kew:

we Have the heVS
Ire You will call up and make an appointment
TO see our new houses in Chevy Chase Park.
|D. c. Only left One with five rooms and
wo with seven rooms. with ami. and labor
saving devices; built-in refrigerators. broom
losets, electric stoves with time clocks. n
Ioosier cabinet, flower boxes. freplaces, etc.
hon can buy these houses from your own
broker If you prefer C. Van Hoesen. s19
9TH st. NJ. Si16.
Evening star., 1921-10-16

Miss Edith Graham. soprano, h;
been engaged as soloist of the Wasl
ington Heights Presbyterian Chur.
and will sing this morning 1T
Twenty-third Psalm" by MacDermi
with Mrs. j. Harry Cunningham !:
the organ.
Evening star., 1921-10-16

Mrs. Goldie Dressler Hutchins h;
been engaged to fill the position .
contralto soloist at the First Congr
gational Church. succeeding Mrs. Be
lah Harper Dunwoody, who recent
resigned. Mrs. Hutchins will assu1.
her new duties the first Sunday I
November. In the meantime, Nj
Marie Koontz is substituting at Fir
Church.
Evening star., 1921-10-16

A little BEAUTY ruoms, bath. large front
and sleeping porches. HIGHLY MODERN.
.arge lot; IS minutes to Treasury by motor.
Either car line SPECIALLY PRICED. Truly
Il bargain for srrue one. Inspect day or even
ing Phone Cleveland 1890.
Evening star., 1921-10-16

Miss Mabel McCalip has been e
gagged as contralto soloist Of Trini
Methodist Church and will sing wi
the quartet there today.
Evening star., 1921-10-16

Harold T. Rider, violincellist, son
Of Mrs. Gertrude Rider OF this city,
who appeared here last season in in
formal recital with success. is this
year a freshman at Yale University,
and after being put on probation for
few weeks has been invited to be-
come a member Of both the college
orchestra and the Yale Mandolin
Club.
Evening star., 1921-10-16

The Rubinstein Club will hold {
first OF this seasons rehearsals ne
Wednesday morning at 10:45 o'clo,
In The white parlor of the New Z
bitt. Applications for membersh
may be made to the secretary, NJ
Elmer Curry, at her residence or
the close of any of the Wednesd
morning rehearsals. Claud Robes
Will again serve as conductor a
Mrs. Howard Blandy as accompani.
Evening star., 1921-10-16

be the soloist on Saturday evening at
the Franklin Square Hotel on the
occasion Of the first Of this seasons
meetings Of the Political Study Club.
Mr.. Lake will sing Life and Death
by Coleridge-Taylor; TN the Time Of
Roses" by ReichArdt, and "The Pipes
Evening star., 1921-10-16

Beginning October II 7. W. C.
glee club is being organized for ar
young women who like to sing. ,
meet Mondays at 1880 on the thil
floor Of the F street building. p,
pense will be only for the music use
The leader is Miss Esther Linkins a.
the accompanist is Miss Gertru
Lochner (volunteers).
Gertrude Lyons. director Of mu
at the lexington Presbyterian Chu.
and chairman of the music commit
of the Women's City Club, will r
a joint recital with Anna Lawrel
harpist and member Of the Won,
City Club of New York city. tomorr
evening at the Women's City
building.
Mrs. Lawrence will give the
lowing numbers:
fa) Air q Danser". Tour,
OBJ "Gigue" ................C Cor
! 'Ballade" .Hasselu
(a) "Chanson de Pecheur". Il;
(b) March of the Men of
Harlech" Thor
Mrs. Lyons will contribute the
lowing songs:
Winds in the Trees" .Goring-Tho,
"On Wings of Song. Mendelss
Harp accompaniment.
"Charmant Oiseau" .....p;
John Klein, director of music .
the Gunton- Temple PresbyterianChur
will sing tenor solo, accompanied
Mrs. Klein.
Margaret Morgan will accompa
Mrs Lyons.
Mrs. Lawrence studied with W
helm Posse, the harpist, at the Ro,
Opera in Berlin. She was harp
soloist at the st. Nicholas Chur,
5th avenue, New York city, for thu
George Dixon Thompson, one G.
most prominent and successful of I :,
pupils OF the late S. NJ. Fabian, h
arranged for a meeting of all frien
and former pupils of his late teach,
The meeting will take place Wedne
day evening at the Arts Club and
called for the purpose of organizing
Fabian Memorial Association. Plal
will be discussed and committees az
pointed to take charge of raisin
funds to erect a memorial in this cit
to Mr.. Fabian, and any one intereste
Is cordially invited to be present
Evening star., 1921-10-16
FOR SALE-H0USES
Continued.

Mr.. 14th & BELMONT NV.
s5,s5o-s75O casl; small mo. payments.
'oloniaI brick house. having six spacious
poms, h.w.h.. elec., tiled bath: room: for II
garage: in excellent condition throughout. See
his bargain. Main 1910.
Evening star., 1921-10-16

Helen Burkart Of this city is one
OF the staff Of assistants with Robert
Lawrence in Michigan engaged in the
organization Of a Michigan First
Music Week.
Evening star., 1921-10-16

A short musical program was give
last Sunday afternoon at the Catholi
Community House, the occasion bein
reception and tea to Rev. Lewis +.
OHern, c. S. p. who has recently re
turned from a trip abroad. Miss Do,
othy Smith sang "A Thrush at Eve
(Cadman), Lawrence X Downe.
baritone, sang Friend O. Mine" (SaT
derson). and "Homing" (Del Reigo
with Miss Marie Louise Sullivan 6
the piano. Miss Mildred earn.
played the violin solo. Meditation
from "Thais" (MasseneD, accomp:
MED by her sister, Miss JosephiI
Garner.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-19
ENDS SHOULD BE VARNIsHED
Agricultural Department Tells How
to Prevent Door From Sticking
on Damp Days.

A door which sticks to the frame
every damp day is not conducive to
unruffed feelings on the part Of those
who S it. The forest products lab
oratory of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture at Madison, Wis.,,
has made public a method which obvi-
ates the difficulty.
Wood specialists there say that the
fact that the top and bottom edges
Of a door r practically always left
unfinished is largely responsible for
its troublesome habit Of swelling and
shrinking. The exposed ends Of the
vertical stiles give the most bother,
because wood picks up or gives off
moisture more rapidly through sur
faces cut across the grain than
through those cut parallel to the
grain.
If the doors in a house are to
shut easily and fit tightly, it is inn
portant that their top and bottom
edges be protected by paint or var
nish. Tit is necessary to reft the
door after 1t is hung, the freshly ex-
posed surface should be refnished at
once. !
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-19
REFLECT LURE OF THE CITY
Empty Houses, Seen on So Many coun-
try Highways, Example of unfor-
tunate Trend Of Times.

The housing question is scarcely, If
any, less important than it was; per-
haps we only hear less of 1t. In mo-
tcring through New England and the
Central West, one cannot fail to be fm-
pressed with the large number Of very
comfortable vacant houses, most Of
them of fair size and apparently not
badly out of repair, which are found
along the country highways in every
state, says 81. 81. Windsor in Popular
Mechanics Magazine. It would seem
there must be thousands of these
houses. Michigan alone reports 49,
600 abandoned farms. Their dusty
windows and grass-grown steps tell the
simple but mournful story of neglect.
All around are productive fields, often
orchards, willing to yield abundance,
if only given a little help. They tell
the story of the boys and men gone to
some city to work in a factory. One
Of these days, surfeited with the re-
lentless grind Of the town, many will
heed the invitation which now vainly
waves to them from the orchard
boughs and, returning, will wonder
how the lure Of the bright lights could
ever have prevailed against the red
and gold with which nature paints ap-
pies and a summer sunset.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-19
HELD UP BENEFAcTREss
Bandit Stopped Woman Who Nursed
Him Back to Health During War.

Bandit Stopped Woman Who Nursed
Him Back to Health During War.
To nurse back to life on the battle
fields an American soldier, wounded
seriously at Chateau Thierry, and then
to meet him at the point of a revolver
was the experience of Miss Margaret
Padden of Lancaster, o.
Miss Padden, now a county Red
Cross nurse, but formerly a nurse in
France during the World war, was held
up by a highwayman while responding
to a call late at night.
my God, Miss Padden, you are the
first woman I saw after being carried
off the battlefield and you nursed me
back to life and I owe that life to you,"
cried the startled young man, as he
threw the light from his fiashlight into
her face and recognized her.
AS the nurse talked to him on the
criminal life he was leading, the bandit
broke down and wept. He told her he
had been out of work a long time and
was hungry and desperate. Miss Pad
den offered him money, but he refused
and promised to give up his criminal
career. The nurse, who cared fer hun
dreds Of veterans overseas, was unable
to recognize the man.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-19
Public Interest in Parks.

A tendency on the part Of the people
to ruin extensive landscape projects
undertaken by the city at public ex-
pense is not wanton Indifference to
the important part played by the
parks in the life OF the city, but mere
" the thoughtlessness of people who,
as yet have not been disciplined in
community responsibility. It is not
enough that a city should have a
good park system. 1t is essential that
the system should be In fact the peo-
PIES, and that each citizen should feel
that his share in the ownership links
him to the community. If the parks
can be made a monument to this CO.
operative spirit in a city, then, and
MOI until then, can 1t be said that
they have made the most Of their
mission. And as long as there are
park vandals and citizens who con-
done park vandalism, 1t may be said
that the city is failing to live UP to
its parks.-Indianapolis News.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-19
Used Natures Gifts.

There are no indications that in re-
mote time either Oil or gas was put
to much practical use as modern
people understand that term, but there
is little doubt that priests Of the fire.
%worshiping cult which fourished in
old Persia made good things" out Of
the phenomena. Not far from Beku
are the ruins of a temple Of the cult.
which is believed I have been in ex,
istence for more than $500 years.
Tower beacons and affairs are provided
with channels concealed in the mason
ry, which demonstrate that gasfitting
is not a craft Of modern birth. These
channels led from assures in the
earth which once furnished natural
gas. To this temple came pilgrims
from all parts of the East as late as
the eighties Of the last century. Be-
sides the walls of the temple today
stands a modern refinery, furnishing an
emphatic contrast in the old and new
uses Of Natures gift OF Oil and gas.