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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
city's "Hiteh.upD Unlike Farms.

City ways Of hltching up a team
Of horses TO a wagon differ from the
Old-fashioned system in the country,
remarked a former farmer as he
watched teamster "hook up" his
nags after he had delivered the new
liberty flagpole in City Hall park the
other day, according to the New York
Sun.
The city teamster backed his horses
to the wagon tongue and htched UP
the traces. Then he attached the
chains TO the neck yoke and snapped
up his lines.
Nov that's all wrong" said the
former farmer. when l was kid,
I was ttEught TO HI hitch lAa-up in front first
So If the team started to run. they
could not pull the wagon except with
the neck chains. But the first thing
OF all to do was to get the lines In
order so you could control the team
In case of emergency"
The former farmer could not resist
asking the teamster why he hitched
up that way.
"Well," replied the teamster "ev-
erybody has their way of doing things.
This is the city way"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
Harmful Principle Of Poison oak

II Is known that the poisonous prin.
ciple which makes poison Ivy so nox-
ious 10 susceptible persons is toxi-
codendrol, q substance that is insol.
uble in water but soluble In ether and
alcohol. SO active is 1t, says the Jour
nal of American Medical association,
that 0.005 mllligrams applied to the
skin will start painful inflammation.
The poisonous principle of poison
oak has Just been discovered by Or.
]. b. McNair and called by him lob
mol. Inflammation Is caused by nctu.
al contact with the resinous sap OF
the plant, but this contact may result
through the intermediary of such OBJ
jects as clothes, shoes, croquet balls
or even smoke. And It may be trans
ferred by the fingernaIls or hands from
one part of the body to another.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
sxss9t
Honey Drop Cakes.

One cupful of sugar, two cupfuls Of
honey, one-half cupful Of shortening,
four eggs, two cupfuls of milk. two
teaspoonfuls of vanilla, one-half tea
spoonful Of salt, four cupfuls OF flour,
four teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Cream the honey, sugar and shorten
ing together; add well-beaten eggs and
vanilla; sift dry ingredients and add
alternating with the milk. Mix well ;
bake in creased muffin tins. These
are good IL favored with chocolate,
using four squares of baking choco-
late or ten tablespoonfuls of coco for
this large recipe. They are good un-
iced.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
Close to Terrible Death.

Buried alive, young workman IL
Chateaudun, France had remarkable
escape after being 16 hours In a we'll
lie was fitting a pump In a well &c
feet deep when the sides gave way
and he was buried 80 feet from the
surface. A fellow workman, seeing
that alone he could do nothing, al
once informed the mayor Of the hamlet
who I'm turn telephoned the sub-pre'
feet OF Chateaudun. The latter al
once dispatched to the scene the only
troops at hand, a tank corps detach'
ment, and then telephoned to Yer.
sailles for a detachment OF military
engineers to be sent by motor car
Sixteen hours later Thion was rescued
alive, having been protected by the
props, which were fixed transvcrsely
in the well to prevent the sides fall
ing in while 1t was In course of con.
struction. He was, however, very bad
ly bruised, and In such an exhausted
state that he was at once taken to
the nearest hospital.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05

The difference between the highest
and lowest points or land In the
United States Is 14,777 feet, accord.
ing to the United s ates geological
survey, Department CT the Interior.
Mount Whitney, the highest point, is
1861 feet above sea level, and In
Death valley there is a depression
: that lies 276 feet below sea level
These two points which are both IN
California, are less than 90 a mites
apart. This difference in height Is
small, however, compared with the
difference In the height and depth OF
land in Asia. Mount Everest rises
20,OO2 feet above sea level, whereas
the shores of the Dead sea lie ] ,29C
feet below sea level, a total differ.
ence In height OF 30,292 feet. Mount
Everest has never been climbed. The
greatest depth yet found I'm any ocean
is 32,0SS feet, the depth at point
about 40 miles north Of the island OF
MIndanao, in the Philippines The
bottom OF the sea at this point Is
therefore more than liz miles below
The summit of Mount Everest.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
ISLANDERS IN WEIRD DANCE
Travellers Graphic Description Of
earbaric Ceremony Witnessed In
the South Seas.

On one of the Gilbert islands I saw
q "bateta" (dance) of unforgettable
splendor. In the afternoon natives
were busy making wreaths and neck
laces Of white flowers OF the male
papaya tree. In deep pink oval. mother.
of-pearl and lavender the sun set be-
side the palms. On the lagoon beach
was kindled great fire. Presently
the mellow moon and huge stars ris-
ing through the fantastic coconut and
more fantastic pandanus. cast the
black shadows of the trees athwart
the white sands. Over the rustic OF
the palm frOnds, the soft fall of feet
in the dust of the dim pathways, and
the murmqr of fower-crOwned men
and women, on their way to the dance,
came the voice of the surf on the
outer reef.
chant and a clapping arose from
30 To 40 persons, men and women
not one standing-who sat cross
legged Oh the coral, writes Andrew
Farrell In Asia Magazine. Members OF
the ballet, four and five deep, made
three sides of rectangle; on the
open side were the spectators. All of
the men, and some OF the women,
were nude to the waist. Necklaces OF
white coconut leaf, long and many
pointed, hung down upon the breasts ;
greeneries were twisted in the pierced
lobes of their ears, and from under
white coconut and chaplets of flowers
cleaned their white eyebals and
whittier teeth.
In the forefront of the ballet sat a
woman-a Micronesian Aphroditc--
covered from her waist down with a
fine dancing mat. She was the prin-
cipal, and only she and two men did
not beat hand against hand and
against breast. One Of these--a
great, bearded, Arablike fellow-was
the leader of the chorus. He CAV.
calls, accompanied by sweep OF the
raised arm. At the second or third
call the second man, a broad-bodied
Bacchus, opened the song in tenor,
and the others Joined, chanting and
beating, the women's voices high and
nasal, the mems round and full.
The chants were altogether monot-
onous repetitions of few words. Co.
controlled bodies cleaned under the
fire. Hands, feet, arms and trunks OF
the three principals kept exquisite
time TO the beat, beat of the chorus.
My ears were filed with the tumult
my eyelids were heavy with drowsl-
ness. sat in hypnotic daze;
awoke with a start, to find the singers
silent and their bodies languld. A
brief pause-a settling back OF the
wearied singers--and again the leader
gave the call and the sweep Of the
appraised arm.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
OLD AND NEW CHRISTMAS DAY
Nobody Has Been Able to Decide
Whether January 6 or December
rs Is Correct Date.

>E< HRISTMAS day seems we'd
W ded 10 December %. A
summer or springtime
A Christmas, with no holly,
no mistletoe, no frost, no
snow. would not be the real thing at
all, observes London Answers.
The majority of our beautiful Christ.
mas carols, too, redolent as they are
of the wlnter-"Sung Amid the Win
ter's Snow"--would he hopelessly in
congruOus. Emgrants to Australia
from the mother country have con-
fessed that ii has taken them many
years before they could get in any
way used to what is practically mid
summer Christmas.
Yet December % is merely an ac-
cOmmodation date for the birthday of
Christ-Christmas day. The year, too
is wrong. Most people would take 1t
for granted that Christ was born In
A. ID. Literally, of course, the year
of our Lord, No. l.
But our chronology is four years
out. This should be 1929 and not 1921,
because Christmas day could not, on
indisputable historical testimony, have
been later than February Il. c. 4
That settles the year of the first
Christmas, but all attempts TO fix the
actual day and month Of Christmas
have failed.
And, as regards the present date.
ChristRas, like Easter, took some cen
turtles before a settlement was arrived
at. In the first centuries of Chris
tianity several important Eastern
churches observed January as
Christmas day. The Armenian Chris
tians do so still.
Gradually, however, uniformity was
attained, but not before the Fifth cen
fury. In that connection ii must be re-
membered that for quite a long period
this country was divided on the ques-
ton Of Christmas. Some people per-
sisted In observing "old" Christmas
day
But all will agree that December
%, even If II is not the actual date OF
Christs birth. is happy choice.
Our present-day Christmas, festival
and holiday. breaks the long winter,
and what better time could there be
for family reunions? The cold and
unpleasantness outside make ii all the
more agreeable TO keep warm and
snug inside. 1t keeps us together In
every sense.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05

Magnetic storms manifest them
selves by their effect on electrical APP
paratus and are visible as the aurora
polaris. Because such storms fire.
quently coincide with sun spots, II Is
believed that the atmosphere Of the
earth Is In some way ionized by the
sun. The spn spots are believed to
shoot huge charges Into space as a
shotgun discharges shot. When the
earth gets into the path Of such q
bombardment we have nurerai~ dis
plays and other magnetic Disturbances
youths Companion
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
Conserving Wild Game.

Increased bountles on ferocious AMI.
mails and destructive birds, and pro.
tective measures with view to con.
serving the bear, which is becoming
very scarce In many parts Of British
Columbia, feature new game regula.
lions which have recently been an
nounced. Trapping Of bear is now
prohibited and only three bears may
now be shot In a season. Bounty for
panthers has been increased to $40,
timber wolves $50, crows 20 cents,
magples 20 cents, and big-horn and
snow owls, 81 each.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05

County, Michigan, to the Clio Statel
Bank, a corporation organized under\
the banking laws Of of the State of
Michigan, which said mortgage was
recorded on the Sd day of March,
A. ID. 1916, in the office of the Reg
lister of Deeds for the County of Cen
esee, in Liber 191 of Mortgages, on
page 38, on the 3D. day of March,
1915, at 1855 o'clock, p. M, and
Whereas, the amount claimed to
be due on said mortgage at the date
of this notice is the sum of 478.53
of the principal and interest and the
further sum of $500, as attorneys
fees, as fixed by the statute of the
State of Michigan, and which is the
whole amount claimed to be unpaid
on said mortgage, or any part there
Of, whereby the power of sale con-
tanned in said mortgage has become
operative,
Now, therefore, notice is hereby .
given that by virtue of the power of
sale and in pursuance of the statute
in such case made and provided, the
said mortgage will be foreclosed by a
sale of the premises threin described,
at public auction, to the highest bid
der, at the easterly entrance Of the
court house, in the City of Flint,
Genesee County, Michigan, that be- 4
ing the place wherein the circuit
court for the County of Genesee is
held, on the oath day of JAM, 1922,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said
day, which said premises are des-
cribed as follows, to-wit:
"The south half Of the east three
quarters of the west half of the
southeast quarter of Section 10,
Township North, Range 6 east,
containing 80 acres of land, more or
less, Genesee County, Michigan"
Dated, 9th day of Oct, 1921.
Clio State Bank,
Mortgage.
Carton, Roberts & Stewart,
Attorneys for Mortgage.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
Relic OF Inflated Queen.

A lock OF Titan hair that once
graced the head of Mary Queen Of
SCOTS, who was beheaded by Eliza
beth Of England, has been bequeathed
10 Miss Carroll b. Clinton by the will
of Mrs. Henrietta Il. Heiskell, fled In
probate at Washington.
For more than century this loci
OF hair has reposed In a safe deposit
box, and Is supposed to have come
into possession OF the Helskell famIl,
a few years following the death Of
the queen.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
STATE OF MICHIGAN, The Circu

STATE OF MICHIGAN, The Circuit
Court for the County of Gene
see-in Chancery.
Mable Warner,
Plaintiff.
William Warner,
Defendant
At session Of said court he d in
the Court House in the City of Flint
on Monday, October 10Th, 1921
Present: Hon. Fred W.Brennan,
Circuit Judge.
In this cause it appearing from the
affidavit on file that the defendant,
William Warner, is not a resident of
this state but of Gary. Indiana;
On motion of Neithercut e. Neither
cut, attorneys for plaintiff, it is or
dered that William Warner shall
cause his appearance to be entered
within three months from the date
Of this order and that in default
thereof said bill be taken as con-
fessed by said defendant.
1t is further ordered, that plaintiff
within forty days cause a notice Of
this order to be published in The Clio
Messenger, a newspaper published in
said county at least once each week
for six weeks in succession and that
plaintiff cause a copy of said order
to be mailed to the defendant at his
last known place Of address by regis
tered mail.
Fred w. Rrennan,--
Circuit judge.
A true copy.
Jesse C.. Good,
County Clerk.
Neithercut & Neithercut,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Flint, Michigan. ALSO
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
>4xsS9St
THE CHRISTMAS TREE CUSTOM
Use Of the Young Everoreens 10 Re.
garded More az a Matter of Senti.
ment, Not Of Economics.

~ VERY year some matllemat-
H, zeal calculator figures out
that this country would be
A several billions richer IT, as
Il nation, we abolished the
good, old custom OF the Christmas
tree. Yes, in actual dollars and cents
valuation of our natural resources the
United States probably would be more
wealthy for the continued growth Of
the evergreens. However, we believe
no better return ever came from trees
than the true JOY which all mankind
gets from Christmas trees at this the
greatest Of holiday seasons.
Nearly 100000 youhs 7everSS "1s
go upon the Christmas-tree market
each year, 100000 in New York and
the New England states alone, and II
is an easy matter for an enthusiast
who is quick with the pencil to figure
upsthe waste In our natural resources
by the annual loss OF this embryo tim
Der. The economic consideration is
not entirely indefensible, for In the
Northeastern states particularly a big
proportion of the trees come from pas
ture land or that which would be
cleared IN the ordinary course Of I'm
provement. Later, these trees would
be cut anyway. OF course, wholesale
destruction over watershed areas
should be discouraged as In any for
estry activity, but 1t must be remem-
bered that the Christmas-tree custom
is one Of sen iment. not Of economics.
American Agriculturist.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
Christmas.

II we were to fancy wholly Chris
tlanlzed world, it would be world In
spired by the spirit of Christmas-a
bright. friendly, beneficent, generous,
sympathetic, mutually helpful world.
Let us cling to Christmas all the more
as a day of the spirit which In every
age some souls have believed to be the
possible spirit of human society
George William Curtis.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
STATE OF MICHIGAN. In be Cir

STATE Ot MtCHlGAN, In ne Clr-
cult Court for the Co4nty Of
Genesee, in Chancery.
John A. Martin Cooke,
Plaintiff.
Clara MARITIME Cooke, II
! Defendant. II
Suit pending in the CT cuit Court
Gerry, on the 31st day of December,
1921, in the City of Flint, ini said
County of Genesee.
1t satisfactorily appearing to the
court by affidavit of c. M. VanBens-
choten, Attorney for Plaintiff, on
file that chancery summons has
been duly issued out of and under the
seal of said Court for the appearance
Of said defendant therein, and that
the same could not be served on said
defendant because that after diligent
search and inquiry it could not be
ascertained in what state or country
the said defendant resides, and that
said chancery summons has been re-
turned by the sheriff of said county
with his certificate thereon endorsed;
that after diligent search and inquiry
he was unable to find the said de-
PENDANT within the State of Michigan,
on or before the return day of said
summons, on motion of G. M. Van
Benschoten, one of the attorneys for
said plaintiff, 1T is ORDERED, that
the said defendant, Clara Martin
Cooke, cause her appearance to be
entered in this cause within three
months after the date of this order,
and in case of her appearance that
she cause her answer to the plain
tiff's bill of complaint to be filed,
and copy thereof served upon the
plaintiffs attorney within twenty
days after service on her of q copy
of said bill and notice of this order,
and that in default thereof said bill
be taken as confessed by said defend
ant.
And on like motion 1T is FURTH-
Err ORDERED, that within twenty
days after the date hereof, the plain
tiff cause a notice of this order to be
published in The Clio Messenger, a
newspaper printed, published and cir
culating in said county of Genesee :
and that such publication be con-
tinued at least once in each week, forN
six weeks in succession, or that he
cause a copy of this order to be per-
sonally served upon said defendant
at least twenty days before the time
above prescribed for her appearance
And on like motion, 1T is FURTH-
Err ORDERED, that said plaintiff
cause a copy of this order tot be
mailed to said defendant at her last
known postoffice address by regifter-
ed mail, and return receipt DEM nd-
ed at least ten days before the hate
herein prescribed for her appears nce.
Edward ID. Black,
Circuit Jude e.
VanBenschoten e. Willard,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Business Address: Flint, Mich.
A true copy.
r. Hameline,
Deputy Co., Clerk. sos
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
Not AItoaethsr Immune.

"After oil, farmers life is a very
Independent one"
maybe II is," replied Farmer Corn.
tossel. $50 far as food and shelter are
concerned. But It has got so farm.
CT has to have his troubles with fat
tires and no'count seIf-starters the
same as Ordinary people,"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-05
MORTGAGE SALE

Whereas, default having been
made in the payment of the money
secured by a mortgage dated the
first day Of March, 1915, executed by
George b. Daley and Lydia r.
Daley, of Vienna Township, Genesee
New-York tribune., 1922-09-03
POisorls Turned
To Whisky by
Bootleg Kings
Chicago Prohibition Office
Unearslas What Director
Calls Worlds Greatest
Illicit Liquor Ring
Bluing Firm Concerned
Dry Agents Say Thousands
of Gallons of Denatured
Alcohol Were Redisiilsed
seeesar psspssea 70 The rrsbsne

CHICAGO, Sept. ~ Disclosure oh
the existence of what Is characterized
by Colonel l.. G. Mutt, Associated Di-
rector of Prohibstion for the Central
States, as "the worlds greatest boot
logging ring operating through the
redistiiiation of various trade brands
Of denatured alcohol and extending in
scope from leading biuing factory in
Minneapolis 70 farms in central Illi-
nois. was made this noon by officials
of the Chicago prohibition office.
I. Although Colonel Matt announced
that no definite figures are yet avail
able, he indicated that the ring has
already redistilled thousands of bar
rels of patent preparations Of denat-
ured alcohol.
Colonel Mutt and members of the
local prohibition forces became aware
that wholesale bootiegging was going
on in the Central States about two
months ago, when local agents report
ed jump in the sales of denatured
alcohol preparations out of all propor-
tion with normal demand. An inves-
tigation, supervised by Colonel Mutt,
was started Immediately, resulting
several days ago in the raiding of the
Minnesota Bluing Company, in Min
neapolis, and the raiding and arrest
of four farmers near Glasford, ILL.,, in
a barn which was fitted up as a distii-
lery.
When the Chicago Office discovered
excessive sales Of patent preparations
of denatured alcohol agents were sent
Immediately to watch these consign-
ments.
Discovery that hundred-barrel con-
signments were periodically going for
ward to the Minnesota Blueing Com
pany led to the transmission Of re-
quest that the Minnesota prohibition
Office investigate.
Minnesota agents watched the plant
of the company until August 20, when
several trucks, drove up to the con-
cern and started loading barrels.
A raid was made under the direction
of Minnesota Division Chief E. E.
Hunt, Of the Minneapolis office. One
hundred barrels of "reclaimedn whisky,
manufactured from the redistillation
of the denatured alcohol, was seized,
it is charged.
The following men, found within the
plant were taken into custody and are
now being held pending the preferment
OF charges: Harry Barnett, alias Will
liams; Sam Rosenhaus, Louis Gluckman
and Harry Stein, all of Minneapolis,
according to Colonel Mutt.
Minneapolis agents also learned that
large consignments of the prepara-
tions were being periodically dis
patched TO one "Joe Petrasolli,'' later
discovered. according to Colonel Mutt,
to be fictitious character, at Glas-
ford. This resulted in the arrest of
the farmers.
The daring of gang Of Illinois
bootleggers, believed by Federal agents
to be connected with the ring operat-
inc near GlSsford was disclosed on
August 81, when Chicago G. Alton
Railroad freight car in transit from
Peoria to st. Louis was entered and
1873 fve-gallon cans of alcohol, five
barrels of completely denatured alco-
hof and two barrels of specially de-
natured alcohol from government
shipment were stolen.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-03
Rochester Votes 3 to /
To Repeal Volstead Act
Majority In Favor of Beer and
Wine Much Greater; Women
Also Favor Change
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

ROCHESTER, Sept. 2.-The news
paper vote being taken in Rochester,
after about three weeks canvass,
shows in most emphatic manner that
the citizens are almost unanimously in
favor of mobilization of the Volstead
law and its cousin, the Mullan- Gage
act. In fact. by vote of to /,
the people actually would repeal the
prohibition laws at once.
The canvass is being conducted by
"The Rochester Post-Express," and
every building, factory and store in the
city is being visited. Scores of, Office
buildings and factories have been can
vassed, as we'll as the City Hall and
Fire Headquarters. Much enthusiasm
prevails, and 1t is said few persons
have refused to vote.
In the big Child Street plant of the
Michaels-Stern Clothing Company,
where two-thirds of the employees are
women, the vote was so to / in favor
of modification, and 4 to in the matter
of repeating both the laws and the
Eighteenth Amendment
The total vote to date is more than
10000, and is divided thus: For modi-
fication and in favor of light wines and
beer, 1913; against, 1850; for repeal
OF the amendment, 1858; against,
2,474; for repeal of Yolstead act, S,041;
against, 2,549.