BLUE MARK NOTICE A blue rnnrk around this notice

will call your at tention to your address label, which shows that It's t ime to renew.

Tills paper is devoted to t h e interests of Lowell and the t e r r i -tory it serves. Unexcelled as an advertising medium

and A L T O SOLO V O L U M E X X X V I I I L O W E L L , M I C H I G A N , T H U R S D A Y , M A R C H 5, 1931

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Lowell's Centennial Officially Sanctioned

At B. of T. Lnncbeon Conmittees Are to Be Appointed at Once and

Affair Pnthed With Entbnsiasm—The Big Featnre Will Be Historical Pageant.

Relics Will Be Shown At a noon-day luncheon of the

Lowell Board of Trade held Wed-nesday at Richmond's cafe, oillci-ul sanct ion was given to the ob-servance of the lUOth anniversary of the founding of Lowell. The event wi l l be fittingly observed sometime the coming summer , the exact date to be announced later.

It is also planned to produce an his torical pageant depicting the

have been given notice, and w e hasten now to make amends fo r our oversight. We re fe r to President Ashley's report of the Board 's 1930 activities, in which he gave T. A. Gazella credit fo r his work in keeping up Rec-reation park, which has a lways been fund clean and neat fo r pa t rons and visitors.

T h e other mention which w e wish to make concerns Mr. Ash-

jCedger Cn tries

Being a Collection of Var-ious Topics of Local and

General Interest

The question of the hour— •How's YOUH light b i l l ?"

The 71st Congress passed out Tuesday, its tumult cont inuing to the end.

President Hoover has signed the bill, making Isle Hoyale a na-tional park . This is Michigan's magniflcient 55-mile long Island in Lake Superior .

Harry Shuter got rid of a tight pair of shoes last week, the buy-er being a Scotchman f rom Ionia, who had found two corn plasters on the s t reet .

impor tant events of the hundred j ley himself, who has been much years that have elapsed since the interested in the proposed cen-founding of Lowell. This fea tu re ' t en ia l celebration of the found-will be largely due to efforts o f j i n g of Lowell, and who recom-the Lowell Woman's Club, the mended in his review of the year Board of Trade voting unan-! that the event be proper ly ob-mously to cooperate wi th the served. Mr. Ashley has done members of the Woman's club in considerable work with the cen-this respect , one of whose mem- tennial in view, and The Ledger bers, Mrs. R. D. Hahn, has been is glad to report that the new work ing for several months gath- pres ident .

The clogging of the sewer on north Monroe Ave. with rye mash is no reflection whatsoever on the "d ryness" of that neigh-burhood, as F. M. Johnson can testify.

Maybe the reason the city dwellers a re moving into the rural sections is because they have been reading the sayings of big bankers , who declare that there is "plenty of money in the cohnt ry ."

The Sapper

Marie Dressier Polly A/or an at

Strand Sunday

Announcements

Electorate Reduces Twp, Representat 'on

Light vote was polled in the p r imary election in Kent county Monday. Allan M. Freeland won the nomination for county school commissioner over Wellingtn D. Sterling, although Mr. Sterl ing polled a comparat ive large vote.

The proposition to change the manner of choosing county con-vention delegates by the p r imary plan instead of in caucuses was carr ied . Under the new method each township will be reduced to but one delegate, while the ci ty representat ion will be in-creased.

Editorially we might add that this is just one more step towards the end of par ly responsibil i ty in government—and that means no responsibili ty. The p r imary sys-tem sounds well, but it is rapidly becoming one of the greatest menaces to sound and efllcient government ever adopted by the voter. voter. Lack of pa r ty responsi-bility has given us a congress wi th no outs tanding leadership and in which the people have no faith.

Beath Bill Signed, Pay Roll Control,

Auto Legislation State Legislature Grappling With Many Ques-

tions of Vital Interest to the Voter as Outlined in Special Letter to The

Lowell Ledger (Jov. Brucker yesterday, pub-

licly advocated capital pun-ishment in Michigan as a crime deterrent as he signed a bill submitt ing the issue to the voters in the general election April 6.

will c a r ry thusiasm.

Mr. N. E. Uorgerson, on wi th equal en-.e r ing historical material .

Wi th the centennial ann ive r s a ry will be combined a home-com-ing and all in all the event prom-ises to be the greatest a f fa i r ever under taken in Lowell 's his tory.

The old-t imers will rally to the call of home f rom the pine clad hills of Maine to the most south-

• n point of Dixie land, f rom Plymouth Rock on the Atlantic to the Golden Gate on the Pacific. The historical pageant, produced ' " [ Jg n a

, a " e ' I r i t i i i l l v in-

nHmf1 nnrk 0 , w i l f ^ r i m i visi tors iu ^n' accident on M-21, S Z f f S n H n l l r 8 V l s l 1 0 a b o u l 2 miles east of Lowell .

u J ' n will bo on Ihc map. evening about 11) It was the first meeting of the c . 0 , ~

Near Death As Result of Night Accident

F r e d M. Platte, 37, a Grand apids man, was critic

. j r e d in an accident o about 2 miles east of

Lowell Board of Trade to be p re -sided over by Norman E. Borger-son since h is elevation to the presidency of the Board. Presi-dent Borgerson announced the cont inuat ion of E. R. Knifiln as secre tary and the selection of W. J. Kropf as t reasurer . Commit-tee appointments will be an-nounced at an early date.

The board voted almost unani-mously to meet on the first and

A truck wi th trai ler , owned by Fr ied Fields, of Ionia, collided wi th a car which had stopped for a moment on the edge of the pavement while the owner , H. B. Lawton, of Detrot, was investi-gating reported car trouble. The t ra i ler took a swing to the lef t , direct ly into the pa th of the west bound car driven by Mr. Platte. The injured man was b rough t to Lowell by a passing motorist , and given temporary relief by Dr. r ^ P - d X n l a V n l i S l U J M . r y . for noonday luncheon.

Several visitors were intro-duced by f r iends .

- We Make Amends In our wr i te -up of the Board

of T r a d e banquet last week we unintent ional ly failed to mention one or two things which should

LOWELL WINS THE FLAG IN

BASKETBALL HOME TEAM COMES OUT OF

SLUMP IN TIME TO WIN THE

BUNTING—TAKES P I N A L

GAME FROM SPARTA B Y

SCORE O F 18 TO 12—CLOSE

AND HARD FOUGHT.

Lowell High School basketball t eam defeated Sparta 18-12 Fr i -d a y night to win the champion ship of Kent County.

The team seems to be out of the s lump that It was in for about three weeks and has pulled itself together to win the last two games from East Grand Rapids a n d Sparta, when loosing one of the games would have meant that we would have finished in sec-ond place.

The game at Sparta was close a n d hard fought wi th Lowell s t a r t ing right off with a foul-shot by Layer, and a minute la ter get-t ing a follow-in shot to give us a three-point lead. The score at the end of the first quar te r was Lowell 5, Spar ta 2. Dur ing this q u a r t e r Lowell worked the ball i n to a dozen or so good shots but could only cash in on two of t hem because of the close guard-ing of the Sparta team.

Lowell pul led away f rom Spar-ta runn ing the score u p to 12-4 wi th two minutes before the half, on ly to have Sparta get a foul shot, and two long toms before the gun went off for the half to make the score 12-9.

The last half was just as close and hard fought all the way wi th Lowell winn ing our 18-12.

Score Sheet Sparta

Morton, If Wesfon , rf Scott, c

Allen, Ig 0 Scoby, rg 0

FG . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 2

F T 1 0 1 0 2

Total .4 5 12

Lowell Stahl, I f . . . . Ross, rf Layer, c . . . F n e s n e r , Ig Johnson, rg

hospital in the Roth ambulance. Mr. Platte suffered a f rac tured skull and other severe injuries . His car was almost totally wrecked and the trai ler badly damaged.

Mr. Platte 's life hangs in the balance at this writ ing.

Four Hur t a t Cascade Four Grand Rapids grocers

were injured Tuesday evening when an automobile in which they were r id ing over turned on US1C, near Cascade. One man sustained a skull f r ac tu re while two others suffered leg f rac tures . Thei r car skidded on the sl ippery pavement, went into a di tch, ov-e r tu rned and burst into flames, according to report of Deputy Sheriff Claude Quiggle.

Six in Kent Violate Conservation Laws

There were six convict ions in Kent County dur ing the month of J anua ry fo r violations of Conser-vation laws as fol lows:

Joseph Grover, illegal posses-sion of black bass, $8.00; A. D. Honey, loaded gun in automobile, $32.50; Wm. Baldry, se ining min-nows from trout stream, $17.50; George Gilbert, seining minnows f rom trout s t ream, 817.50; Levi Patterson, leaving set l ines over night, 818.60; Glen Ryan, setting traps illegally, $5.80.

HOW WORLD WAR VETS MUST PROCEED TO GET HALF CASH

Here 's what a veteran has to do to bor row half the face value of his adjusted compensation cer-tificate:

If he has obtained a loan he may present in person or mail to one of the 54 regional offices the record of it and the application for more.

Those who have not received loans must mail to the office or present a certified note to that ef-fect along wi th discharge papers and the certificate. Notes can be obtained f rom the regional of-fices and veterans ' organizations.

From there on the loan is in the hands of the veterans ' bureau.

FURNITURE AUCTION

AT YEITER'S SALE

Good sized crowds a re attend-ing the fu rn i tu re auction sale at Veiter's which is held daily at 2:30 and 7:30 p . m. The entire stock of furn i ture , rugs, linol-etims and radios is on the auc-tion block and the buy ing has been brisk. (p 41

FORMER BYRON CENTER PHY-SICIAN PASSES AWAY

Total The Reserves lost a thr i l l ing

game 16-13 to the Sparta Re-serves.

,2 1 4 Albert G. Burwell , 71, who 4 2 10 s e l , ' e { f ' n Byron Center in 1889,

' l o 4[af ter graduat ing from the Detroit 0 0 n . Medicine, la ter resid-

_ _ _ | i ' i « in Kalkaska and Whitehall , .7 4 18 Mercy hospital, Muske-

gon, a f te r an illness of one month.

The highest compliment that a business man can pay an indi-vidual is to sell on credi t ; if some Lowell merchant has done this wi th you, why not strain a point and make him a payment on the account? He probably needs it.

A successful t rade-in-Lowell policy requires consistent co-op-eration on the part of merchants and local buyers . It is impos-sible to build the markets he re unless both buyers and sellers are awake to their civic respon-sibilities.

Exhibi ts represent ing the De-par tment of Conservation will be shown again this year at the Out-door Life and Motor Boat Show at Grand Rapids, March 3-7. T h e exhibits, p repared by the Educa-tional Division will include wild life, fish, furs and guns, and other displays of an educational nature represent ing various de-par tmental divisions.

Maisou Island, also known as Katchay Island, five miles south-west of Bay Port in Wild Fowl Bay, has no human residents but is said to have more rat t lesnakes for each of its 200 acres than any other place in Michigan. T h e island is ideally adapted for snakes, wi th deep t imber shade, sandy soil and dense underbrush .

St. Patrick's Card Par ty The Rebekahs will give a pub-

lic card party at Odd Fel low hall ' on Tuesday evening, the I7th. Hill I

Picture Marie Dressier and ^,r)C l H ' r couple. p41 Polly Moran running a beauty | W. R. C. St. Patr ick 's Tea. pa r lo r ! That is what they do in ; T h e ()f t h c H c , i c f c

their latest co-starring picture, w i | | h o I d ,, S l | . a , r l l . k - s t e a a |

Reducing, which comes to the U u . h u | m . u f M r s A , 1 U . C a r r b { 2

Strand Sunday and Monday. ! Avery street, Fr iday a f te rnoon, Miss Dress er as the count ry j M a r c j 1 13, Every member is re-

sister of l o l l y , the p roperous q U C S i e ( | t 0 invite guests. A prize beauty shop operator , is reputed w i I , b l . „ i v e n f ( , r t h l . b e s , , o o k i n t f

to display he r usual penchant for Patr ick attire. combining uproarious comedy

Basketball Tournament On This Week

and penetra t ing character por-trayal, much in the manne r of her recent success, "Min and Bill."

"Reducing" lampoons the beau-ty par lors as "Caught Shor t " did Wall street .

The motivation of the plot (and the picture, unlike most come-dies, has a s t rong s tory) , s tar t s when Marie with her whole fam-ily and mail car r ie r husband, Lu-cien Littlefield, goes to visit her sister, the prosperous o w n e r of a beauty shop. Subordinate roles are tilled by Anita Page, Will iam Collier, Jr . , and Sally Eilers,

Women Evangelists Do Good Work Here

The editor of the Carson City Gazette says that quiet once more reigns within the village, some fifteen junked 4rds having been shipped dur ing the past week to Henry Ford ' s magic hop-per at Dearborn whe re they will no longer arouse the countryside with the roar of their shimmey-ing fenders and rat t l ing shakle-bolts.—Ionia County News.

Mrs. Jake Rhyn came to Low-ell f r om Switzer land 21 yea r s ago. Every Chris tmas season fo r the past 18 years wi thout a single break she has received a gift package f rom the folks left behind in the homeland. Mrs. Rhyn told the edi tor all about it when she came in last Saturday on he r regular weekly visit wi th her package of the Salvation Army " W a r Cry." And h o w gra teful she seemed over h e r re-membrance as she told of the good things the package con-la ined last Chris tmas—"and best of all was the big piece of good Swiss chese," added Mrs. Rhyn .

Pres ident Hoover led the Na-tion in celebrat ing the 199th an-niversary of George Washing-ton's b i r thday by at tending ser-vices in the church where the first President worshiped. Ac-companied by Mrs. Hoover and their granddaughter , Peggy Ann, the Pres ident journeyed to Alex-andria , Virginia, across the Po-tomac f r im Washington, a n d sat in the pew in Christ 's Church which once was occupied by George Washington. In going to Alexandria, Washington 's home town, the Chief Executive viewed f rom his automobile a far - f lung

The Gospel Crusade meetings which have been in p rogress at the Lowell Methodist church came to a close with last Sun-day's service. The meetings were conducted by two women evange-lists, Miss Helen Riggs, p reacher , and Miss Margaret Cogbtan, song leader.

The Ledger has heard nothing but praise for the high plane on which these women have con-ducted the meetings dur ing their two weeks ' work here. Both young women are outstanding in their respective lines of work and the results of their efforts will be lasting. Thei r interpre-tations of the Bible and preach-ing were befitting the dignity which the Christian religion de-serves.

The Ledger is glad to report that Lowell people were gener-ous in their Sunday contr ibut ions to these women for the i r hard work and in justice to them we wish to add that they w e r e also gencj-ous-minded in their feelings as to wha t they should receive.

POULTRY RAISERS COMING

Poul t ry raisers to the number of 25 or more from the vicinity of Scottville, will be in Lowell Fr iday, guests of the King Mil-ling Co. and the Foreman Poul-t ry Fa rm.

ADS IN POETRY

The Ledger hears many com-pl imentary remarks concern ing the ads of the Gazella Novelty Shop which are appear ing in The Ledger. They are wr i t ten by Mrs. Gazella and are entirely original. Tu rn to the ad on an-other page in this issue.

EXTENSION CLASS

landscape being changed rap id ly M. Houseman, Mrs. Reuben Lee

Thc Extension class met at the home of Mrs. W. E. Hall, 618 Vergennes road, for an all-day meeting Tuesday.

The hostesses for the day were Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Don Niles,

Vergennes Democratic Caucus The Democratic caucus of Ver-

gennes township will be held Monday, March 9, at 2 o'clock in the Alton Grange hall.

By Order of Committee.

Township Caucus Republican caucus of Lowell

townshio will be held at Lowell City hall at 2 p. in. on Wednes-day, March 11th.

By order of Committee. c 41-42)

St. Patr ick 's Meeting A meeting in honor of St. Pat-

rick will be held Tuesday eve-ning, March 17, at Vergennes Grange hall. Good speaking. The affair is sponsored by J. F. Carey.

Frank M. Sparks Local Club Speaker

F r a n k M. Sparks , editorial wr i t e r for the Grand Rapids Her-ald, was the speaker at the Wed-nesday meeting of thc Lowell Woman's club.

Mr. Sparks was asked to talk on "Political Michigun," a sub-ject which he handled most en-tertainingly due to his intimate acquaintances with political lead-ers and affairs for more than a generation. Mr. Sparks h a s many warm f r iends in Lowell .

The chairman of the evening was Mrs. Elizabeth Lalley, w h o was presented by the club presi-dent, Mrs. C. H. ReynoTds. The hostesses were Mrs. D. G. Look, Mrs. Wm. Wach te rhause r and Mrs. Lallev.

The Girls' Glee club under thc direction of Miss Marsman op-ened the program wi th two num-bers, Supt. W. W. Gumser gave vocal solos and Mrs. H. L. Weekes and daughter, Miss Jean , ren-dered piano duets, all of which were enjoyed and appreciated by the audience.

The following teams are in the tournament at Belding: Holding, Cedar Springs, Lowell, Carson City, Hockford and Stanton. At the d rawing last Fr iday af ter-noon Lowell d r ew a bye, and Hockford drew Stanton for the upper half of the bracket , while in the lower half Carson City d r e w a bye, and Cedar Springs drew Belding.

The teams all seem to be about equal with the exception of Stan-ton. which it is expected that Hockford will run over them in an overwhelming victory, unless Coach Bennett uses his Subs dur-ing most of the game.

If Hockford wins f rom Stanton they will play Lowell Friday night at 7:30. with the winne r of the Cedar Springs vs. Helding game playing Carson City. Cedar Springs has a s t rong team this year defeat ing Hockford twice and going through a 16-game schedule and loosing but two games.

Helding has a new gym which it jnst moved into this Winter and it is one of the best for a the school of its size in this par t of the state, wi th a seating capacity of over 1,000 people.

Confiscate Guns of Game Violators

to do honor to the first president .

At the Sunday School Pa r ty . Mother : Surely you did some-

thing but eat at the school par -ty?

Bobby: Yes, mummie; a f te r we a le Mr. Lemke made us sing a song called, " W e can sing, full tho we be.' "

Mother learned later that thc hymn selected had been "Weak and s inful tho' w e be."

Political Announcement To the voters of Lowell town-

sh ip : I will be a candidate fo r the nominat ion for Highway Com-missioner at the coming caucus and will apprecia te your suppor t . 36-5 t Leslie J. Rickner.

Political Announcement I wish to announce to the vot-

ers of Lowell that I am a candi- A ' , ° na

i l 'k lo t r\f s\fll/wv r\9 ••••«<• l« S.. »• • 1 liOSS . • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

and Mrs. Eugene Carr . A fine luncheon was served at 1 servation

I o'clock, a f te r which the leader, 2,130 of_ which Mrs. Lee, and Mrs. Ar thur Arm- cases; 1,506 game law cases;

More than 500 guns w e r e con fiscated from conservat ion law violators dur ing the year 1930.

According to the L a w Enforce-ment Division of the Conserva-tion Department, 228 rifles and 353 shotguns were taken because they were being used in violation of conservat ion laws. All of these guns are sold at public sale at the Department 's Lansing office.

Dur ing the year the Depart-ment confiscated 887 traps, 813 muskrat pelts and 10,454 pounds of fish in addition to other pelts, several automobiles, motor and row boats, and implements and materials used in violation of conservation laws.

The Division repor ted 4,260 convictions fo r violations of con-

laws for the yea r ; were fish law

645 fur law cases and 45 miscellan-eous conservation law cases. Violators paid 859,400.27 in fines, $39,041.80 in court costs and served an aggregate of 9,360 days in jail.

PRAISES TEACHER'S WORK

Praise for the work of Miss

strong, conducted ably and inter-estingly the topic for the day.

Welfare Union Contributions

Since the publication of our

l a S t / i W i r b T r y I 9 K h ' , h e Lura" iTavenpor r teacher in the Lowell NNelfare Union has re- crippled chi ldren 's ' room in a ceived, f rom donations of food pont iac school for the past th ree brought to the Methodist church, years , is given in a recent issue r . ° 0 . d -L 0 r . - r W f . l . c h v* ^ e Pontiac Daily Press, distr ibuted to 22 famil ies Feb. Miss Davenport is the daugh-24. Cash contr ibut ions as fol-, t e r of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson I 0 W S i I Davenport , of Keene. She was Lowell Slate bank $15.00 at one time a student in the l^ow-F. H. Swarthouf 5.00 ell High school. Edna Allen 5.00

If your sewing machine does not work as it should b r ing the head to R. D. Stocking and have it repa i red . Four have been brought in this week a l ready.

date fo r the office of Townsh ip w Treasu re r and if elected wi l l d o ' u ^ A j [ my best to serve you. i!* V> ' , H

Lois M. Tidd. I J W ° • : 7 P 39) Mrs. I. J . Tidd) * L i " S J

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BOWNE RESIDENT PASSES

Political Announcement

u . „ , L f . . . . To the citizens of Lowell town- Total cash ree'd to Mar. ..$227.50 i f J l t o i n ' T *C rA 0L tehall sh ip : I hereby announce my In-, A. T. Cart land, Treasure r . lodge, No. 310, I* 4 A. M., and the tentions of becoming a candidate Byron Center I. O . O . F „ j for the office of Township Treas- j Starol ine tires are first quality

^vl 0.w> daughte rs and u re r at the coniing caucus. Your merchandise in every respect. a son survive. Funera l services ser ious considerat ion and sup-w e r e held Wednesday at Muske- por t wil l be highly appreciated son, wi th Interment in Center.

Byron

There are no better s t andard t ires - . . . . - built than Starolines. They are at this time. as good as they look.—The Blue c4I) Elmer S. White.)Mill, Pete Mulder, Prop. (c 41

Lewis J. Boulard, 76, died at his home in Bowne Tuesday. O. J. Yeiter is in charge of the fun-eral ar rangements fo r the bur ia l services which lake place today, (Thursday.)

for a r e fe rendum vote at the April 6 election.

Several amendments were ap-proved, the most important being that proposed by Hep. Johnson , of Montcalm, proposing the use of lethal gas instead of electr ic-ity as the death agent. Opposl-Uon lu the bill was led by Hep.

The counly c n v c n l l o n s nt lasl , , ' , c < 1 C i , > ' week and the state Republican v W l 0 many amendments .

ilcicnlly imimrlalli l.i i-ausr •'•l- hun' n c v i ' r i h l ' k i r ' volIc'HP'fn^allfh^

i s r v . ; ! I ) , S U T W f e i ' c J S S many „ , w m f a s u r o , ami working i/unlshliu-n x U . ^ m s t ^ h c fast on those going through the ' - . . ^ V legislntive mill.

r - o r l n g capi ta l , voted againsf

Foster bill because, as they ex-

• a w a s Klim nil Ki>liri.s.rv aJii lull w-hon "H- >ote showed a/ for and 3a Hin t on Februa ry 2b, but when u g a m s , s k F , 1{ M i his resolution making provision for the ad journment came out of r U , t U " u l a ' ^ h ' r d s the senate judiciary committee the words and dale had been changed to take care of the Re-publican convention. It was passed in this form by both houses. Senator Sadowski, and the two Democrats in the House, Hep. Martin H. Bradley, of Me-nominee and Hep. Tracey W. Southworth, of Monroe, w e r e granted leaves of absence to at-tend their pa r ty convention.

Rush Death Bill Interest in the capital punish-

ment question was retlected by Ihe crowded galleries to hear thc debates in the House. The low-

vote to give it immediate effect was no t essential. The measure now goes back to the Senate for concur-rence in the House amendments , t here is considerable discussion as to whe ther the bill as amend-ed will stand up under the con-stiluiion. Regardless effor t is being concentrated to get it to Gov. Brucker fo r signing before March 5 to a l low for its submis-sion at the next election.

Would Limit Tax Hep. James Helm, of Adrian,

who has announced that he w;ill cont inue to talk tax reduct ion until some means has been adopt-

r branch " u p for l a c k o i w ^ l d N m h ' . t

l iamentary by-play that audience and for a taxes that could be levied on real

PARNELL MAN PROMOTED

John A. Abraham, son of Mrs. Winifred Abraham, of Parnel l , has gone to New York where he will take charge of one of the Seidman accountant oilices for about two months . An elaborate luncheon was tendered him be-fore leaving by the office staff in Grand Rapids, whe re he has been emplyed.

STOLEN CAR RECOVERED

Thc Olds coach belonging to Wesley Clemens was stolen Thursday evening about 8 o'clock while parked on Main street . Lo-cal officers were notified, who in turn notified Grand Rapids po-lice, and the car was recovered in Grand Rapids the next morn-ing about 3 o'clock. The car was not damaged. The thef t was committed by a young man.

Woman Evangelist At Nazarene Church

The revival services began at the Church of the Nazarene Sun-day wi th the Rev. Mrs. Bessie Stiles, evangelist. A goodly inter-est was shown in both morn ing and evening services. The ser-vices a re continuing every eve-ning unt i l the 15th.

BOY SCOUTS TAKE A DIP

Through the courtesy of Fred 11. Swarthout the boys of the Fox Patrol made a tr ip to the Grand Rapids "Y" swimming pool Tuesday evening whe re they enjoyed a swim, fol lowed by a lunch. The fol lowing boys made Ihe t r ip : Gerald Yeiter, James Rosewarne, Win. Doyle, Joseph Heckman, Stanley Wal ters , Van Avsdale F lynn a n d Glendon Swarthout .

N O T I C E CORRESPONDENTS

In making requests for sup-plies, please sign your name and address, so that we will know where to send the mater ia l asked for.—Editor.

IhrcaU'iU'd lo . k f e p , Ihr m ^ u ™ , ^ ' t u M h a l "Ibis is l U r ' . l S f at least so far as the admitted at- ^ ™ l

h S S hv m J i . l i tempt lo rush it through in lima m u n i t i e s in

K t

Phe s t a i e '

j "If w e set a const i tut ional f l / L D L l i m ' t 0 1 1 the total of real estate r r # 1 0 Kememoers:^ion, then we will know that — n rthe burden has been l ightened,"

This Dance Party committee on amendment and re-vision of the consti tut ion.

(Continued on page Five.) It may be that there a re some

of Ihe "gir ls" still in the land of the living whose hearts will go a-flutter as they read again the tollowing invitation to a par ty given in Lowell 35 years ago. Here's the way the invitation r ead :

"The Odd Fellows of Lowell will hold their annual Thanks-giving par ty at Train 's opera house on Thursday evening, Nov. 28, 1895. Yourself and ladies are respectfully invited to a t tend.

"Committee on a r rangements : J. W. Broadbent , B. C. Smith, R. W. Swayze.

"Reception—W. H. Hunter , J . Mastenbrook, F. T. King, A. E. Covert, and ladies.

"Floor—J. W. Broadbent , Low-ell; J . E. Hunter , Alto; R. P . Morse, Lowell .

"Grand March, 8 o'clock, staa^ dard time.

"Music by Lowell o rches t r a : Kellogg, Tarleton, Sherman, and Stocking.

"Bill 75c, supper 50c, at Hotel Waverly. Present this at the door."

What memories the reading of this old invitation will doubtless stir up. Many of tha* day a re in their long sleep—some are still with us.

The original of the above invi-tation w a s brought to The Led-ger office a few days ago by Fred La Vound, a youth of that period, now residing in Cleveland, Ohio.

Mr. La Vound will probably be better remembered by the boys and girls of 35 years ago under the name of Frank Messecar, the

CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT FIRES

COUNTY WIDE ALL ORGANIZATIONS A N D

BUSINESS PLACES ASKED TO

CO-OPERATE—WORK IS TO

BE CARRIED ON OVER TWO-

YEAR PERIOD BY SUPBRVIS-

OR'S COMMITTEE.

A fire preVftftilon campaign similar to tbat insti tbtcd in Grand Rapids several months ago, to cont inue fo r the next t w o years, i s being broadened to in-clude all Kent county by the conservation committee of the board of supervisors, it was an-nounced Saturday by Fred P . Higgins, assistant firg marsha l . " F rank Walsh, cha i rman of the commitlec, will receive home in-spection blanks wi th ih a few days and A. M. Freeland, county school commissioner, has signi-fied ho will co-operate in d isf r i -bution of the b lanks among school chi ldren in the coonty and in issuing bullet ins to county school teachers.

The home inspection blanks contain on one sheet a list of

auestions regarding safety and re hazards around Ihe home and

name "Le Vound" being taken as a stage name when he engaged in theatrical work, later for busi-ness reasons legally taking the name of Fred La Vound.

Mr. La Vound has had an inter-esting ca reer in the theatrical a re to be answered by the pa r -business and has known in t i - ' en ts and re turned to the teacher , inalely many of the celebri t ies of | who in tu rn will turn them in the stage and circus world . He to the county conservat ion com-

. . . . . t r a v e l e d wi th Barnum and was mittee. On the o ther page of I with Bull'alo Bill on his tour of the blank is valuable in format ion Europe. land instructions for prevent ion

j Mr. l^i Vound carr ies a time-1and extinction of fires. This page The Board of Educat ion of the ' , i e c e ^ h i c h h t ' v a , u e s highly. It is to be posted in a convenient

LowelI schools h'is fixed the week "! S w l S s n i o V l ' i m > , , t . the dial place about the home. hcL'innini' x L v " tn f . - t h e »ol only hours, minutesl Lodges, churches and rura l

and seconds, but the day of the business places wil l be enlisted month and moon phases as well, in the campaign, it is announced.

SPRING VACATION

beginning March Spring vacation.

It was the gift of Buffalo Bill. Speaks at Poul t ry Meeting

E. C. Foreman goes to Bangor 1 . . ~ next Wednesday, whe re he will Ledger Ads Are Read address a poultry meeting that - , i i i evening on the subject, "Modern at Home and Abroad Methods of Chick Raising."

Thc dr ive will be cont inued fo r two years.

Political Announcement To the voters of Lowell Town-

STRAND ATTRACTIONS

ship: 1 wish to announce that i?n i l ,o~ r^n«^ r there is a touch of Demand Excitement " Con l a m a candidate for township } n he J a n u a Q - r S e a - G o i n g Ships." Car t reasurer . Your suppor t will be 7- ..f • f , V !•, Mysterious Mose. Movu appreciated. c41)

suppor t

Ruey Kaufman.

Political Announcement Notice to Taxpayers of Lowell

Townsh ip : I wish to announce that I am a candidate for the of-fice of Townsh ip Treasure r . Your suppor t will be appreciated, c 41) Maude MacTavish.

Political Announcement 1 wish lo announce to the vot-

ers of Vergennes township that I am a candidate for the nomina-tion for supervisor . 1 will ap-preciate your support , c 41-42) Percy J. Read

Stocking's s tore will have new Spr ing hats on display Monday from New York, Chicago, Cleve-land and Grand Rapids.

t h e results f rom a newspaper! Saturday only: John Wayne ad. are far-reaching, and in near - l and Virginia Cherri l l in "Girls ly every ad there is a touch of iDemami Kxrilemeni." Comedy,

Cartoon, . . . Movietone

r o r d , local ha rdware dealer ad- News. vertised the "Superfex oil circu-i i„.. • »• , », • lating heater—oil heat ing w i t h - , S u n

1, , a > n l ( ) V , a y : • M .?o i e

out a furnace ." Dressier and Polly Moran in "Re-The ad mentoned w a s read by ^ m - . o . o l o r , . " o ^ l t y ,

•' T h e Snappy Cabellero. Screen song, "How, How. How." Pa tho Sound News. Screen Review.

Howards of 6,000 people in Low-ell and vicinity and by at least one reader across the seas—Dr. J. H. Rickert . a Ledger reader in Hampshire, England.

A few days ago Mr. Ford re-ceived a let ter f rom Dr. Rickert, asking fu r the r details regarding the hea te r advertised.

Read the Want Column,

Tuesday and Wednesday : Chas. Rogers in "Along Came Youth." Comedy, "Stage St ruck ."

They a re so delicious wi th coffee. Wha t? Brown Bobbys. Brown Bobby Shop, 212 E. Main s t reet . (p 41

TWO T H E LOWELL (MICH.) LBDfiER and ALTO SOLO. THURSDAY. MARCH 5, 1931

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T h e g r e a e s t i m p e d i m e n t to . m o s t s m a l l t o w n s is l a c k o f f a i t h . T h e f a c t t h a t a t o w n is s m a l l d o e s n o t p r e c l u d e it f r o m b e c o m i n g a c i t y . W h e n o u r f o r e f a t h e r s t o o k t h i s c o u n t r y f r o m t h e I n d i a n s , t h e r e w e r e n o e i t i e s . I n t h o s e p l a c e s , w h e r e t h c p i o n e e r s b a n d e d t h e m s e l v e s t o g e t h e r f o r t h e c o m m o n w e l -f a r e , c o m m u n i t i e s g r e w . M a n y of o u r m o s t i m p o r t a n t c i t i e s d e v e l o p e d w i t h o u t n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s , s e a - p o r t s o r g r e a t i n d u s t r i e s . T h e y g r e w p u r e l y b e c a u s e i t w a s t h e w i l l of t h e i r e a r l y c i t i z e n s t h a t t h e y s h o u l d g r o w .

O k l a h o m a C i t y a n d A t l a n t a a r e t w o o f t h c m o s t s t r i k i n g e x a m p l e s o f s m a l l t o w n s w h i c h b e c a m e c i t i e s w i t h o u t n a t u r a l r e s o u r -c e s o r g r e a t i n d u s t r i e s . O k l a h o m a C i t y h a d a p o p u l a t i o n of o v e r 100 ,000 b e f o r e o i l w a s d i s c o v e r e d in i ts v i c i n i t y . A t l a n t a w a s n o t e v e n in t h e c e n t e r o f a g o o d f a r m i n g s e c t i o n , b u t b e c a u s e of t h e s p i r i t of i t s f o u n -d e r s it q u i c k l y o u t d i s t a n c e d S a v a n n a h , i t s r i va l , w h i c h w a s a s e a - p o r t . W h e n O k l a -h o m a Ci ty w a n t e d t h e c a p i t a l , t h e C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e w e n t to G u t h r i e a n d t o o k it.

T h e w o r d c o - o p e r a t i o n is o l d a n d m u c h o v e r - w o r k e d . H o w e v e r , it i s t h e f o u n d a -t i o n o f c o m m u n i t y s p i r i t . H e r e i n L o w e l l w e h a v e o n e of the m o s t w h o l e s o m e c o m -m u n i t i e s in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . T h e c l i m a t e is i d e a l f o r m a n y t y p e s o f i n d u s t r y a n d t h e r e is a n a b u n d a n c e of l a l )o r in t h e s u r r o u n d i n g t e r r i t o r y . S h o e f a c t o r i e s a n d o t h e r i n d u s -t r i e s a r e s e e k i n g a n d f i n d i n g l o c a t i o n s in s m a l l m u n i c i p a l i t i e s . B i g r a y o n f a c t o r i e s , w i t h t h e i r t h o u s a n d s o f e m p l o y e e s , l o c a t e d in E l i z a b e t h t o n b e f o r e it w a s g e n e r a l l y k n o w n , o u s i d e of n o r t h e a s t e r n T e n n e s s e e , t h a t t h i s v i l l a g e w a s o n t h e m a p .

T h e r e i s n o t i m e l i k e t h e p r e s e n t f o r t h c d e v e l o p m e n t of a b e t t e r c o m m u n i t y s p i r i t . T h e n e x t five y e a r s w i l l w i t n e s s a f u r t h e r d e c e n t r a l i z a t i o n o r p r o d u c t i v e a c t i v i t y . T h e b i g i n d u s t r i e s w a n t to g e t o u t of t h e c i t i e s to a v o i d l a b o r t r o u b l e s , h i g h l i v i n g e x p e n s e s f o r e m p l o y e e s a n d w h a t n o t .

If e v e r y c i t i zen of L o w e l l w i l l p u t h i s s h o u l d e r lo t h e w h e e l , w e c a n p u t u p a fight f o r p r o g r e s s w h i c h w i l l b e h e a r d f r o m o n e e n d o f the S l a t e to t h e o t h e r . L e t u s u n i t e o u r e f f o r t s to m a k e t h i s t h e c l e a n e s t a n d m o s t p r o g r e s s i v e c o m m u n i t y of i t s s i ze in t h e S t a l e . T h i s n e w s p a p e r h e r e b y g o e s o n r e c o r d a s p l e d g i n g i t s w h o l e h e a r t e d s u p p o r t l o a n y p r o j e c t f o r t h c e m b e t t e r m e n t of t h i s c o m m u n i t y , s o l o n g a s it i s w i t h i n o u r m e a n s . Get b e h i n d t h e B o a r d o f T r a d e a n d T h c L e d g e r a n d h e l p u s b u i l d a b i g g e r L o w -ell .

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S o m e o n e i n t h e H a r r i m a n N a t i o n a l B a n k w a s r e a d i n g M a c a u l a y t h e o t h e r d a y a n d i n t h e h i s t o r i a n ' s e s s a y o n S o u t h e y ' s C o l l o q u i e s o n S o c i e t y h e f o u n d m a t e r i a l so p e r t i n e n t to p r e s e n t d a y c o n d i t i o n s t h o u g h w r i t t e n j u s t a c e n t u r y a g o t h a t t h e b a n k r e p r i n e d i t a n d d i s t r i b u t e d i t to s o m e h u n d r e d s of t h o u s a n d s of r e a d e r s .

L o r d &. T h o m a s a n d L o g a n r e a d it a n d w e r e s o i m p r e s s e d t h a t t h e y t o o k p a g e s i n n e w s p a p e r s to r e p r i n t i t . H e r e a r e t w o a m o n g m a n y s e n t e n c e s , o n e a p r o p h e c y , t h c o t h e r a s t a t e m e n t of p r i n c i p l e ;

If w e w e r e to p r o p h e s y t h a t i n t h e y e a r 1 9 3 0 a p o p u l a t i o n o f fifty m i l l i o n s , b e t t e r f e d , c l ad , a n d l o d g e d t h a n t h e E n g l i s h o f o u r t i m e w i l l c o v e r t h e s e i s l a n d s — t h a t m a c h i n e s , c o n s t r u c t e d o n p r i n c i p l e s y e t u n d i s c o v e r e d w i l l b e i n ever}- h o u s e — t h a t t h e r e wi l l b e n o h i g h -w a y s b u t r a i l r o a d s , n o t r a v e l i n g b u t b y s t e a m — m a n y p e o p l e w o u l d t h i n k u s in-

s a n e .

A p r o p h e c y c o m e t r u e w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n t h a t i n t r a v e l w e h a v e g o n e f a r t h e r t h a n L o r d M a c a u l a y s a w a n d h a v e r e p l a c e d o u r h i g h w a y s f o r a n e w f o r m of t r a n s p o r t a t i o n .

N o w f o r t h e s t a t e m e n t o f p r i n c i p l e :

O u r r u l e r s wi l l b e s t p r o m o t e t h e i m -p r o v e m e n t of t h e p e o p l e b y s t r i c t l y c o n -f i n i n g t h e m s e l v e s to t h e i r o w n leg i t i -m a t e d u t i e s — b y l e a v i n g c a p i t a l t o find i t s m o s t l u c r a t i v e c o u r s e , c o m m o d i t i e s t h e i r f a i r p r i ce , i n d u s t r y a n d in te l l i -g e n c e t h e i r n a t u r a l r e w a r d , i d l e n e s s a n d f o l l y t h e i r n a t u r a l p u n i s h m e n t — b y m a i n t a i n i n g p e a c e , b y d e f e n d i n g p r o p e r -ty , b y d i m i n i s h i n g t h e p r i c e of l a w , a n d b y o b s e n i n g s t r i c t e c o n o m y in e v e r y d e -p a r t m e n t of t h e s t a l e .

L e t t h e G o v e r n m e n t d o t h i s — t h e P e o -p l e w i l l a s s u r e d l y d o t h e r e s t .

T r u e i n 1 8 3 0 ! t r u e in 1 0 3 0 ! A n d it w i l l b e t r u e in 2 0 3 0 u n l e s s g o v e r n m e n t h a s s w a l -l o w e d u s a l l a n d t h e r e ' s n o o n e l e f t t o p r o -t e s t !

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a c t i v i t i e s lo j u s t i f y i t s n a m e . R e c e n t l y , i n a p a m p h l e t , it g a v e s o m e a d v i c e o n k e e p i n g w e l l , a n d s u m m a r i z e d t h e b e s t s c i e n t i f i c t h o u g h t in r e g a r d to a l c o h o l i c d r i n k s , t o b a c -co , l e a , c o f f e e , a n d o t h e r c a f f e i n e d r i n k s , s a y i n g :

^ A l c o h o l — L e a d i n g m e d i c a l m e n t h r o u g h o u t t h e e n t i r e c i v i l i z e d w o r l d h a v e p r o -n o u n c e d a g a i n s t a l c o h o l i c b e v e r a g e s . Al-c o h o l i s a n a r c o t i c d r u g , a n d n o t a t r u e s t i m u l a n t . I t n e v e r d o e s y o u a n y g o o d ( a s a b e v e r a g e ) . It a l w a y s d o c s y o u s o m e h a r m . It s h o r t e n s l i f e a n d d e c r e a s e s e f i i c i e n c y a n d e a r n i n g p o w e r s , e v e n in s o - c a l l e d m o d e r a -t i o n . Y o u a r e c o u n s e l l e d t o l e a v e i t s t r i c t l y a l o n e . It h a s a v e r y l i m i t e d u s e a s a m e d i -c i n e a n d s h o u l d t h e n b e p r e s c r i b e d a s a m e d i c i n e .

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a b l e t h i n g s w e r e b e l i e v e d b y t h e p e o p l e d u r -

i n g t h e w a r . "

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i n o u r l i m e i s h i s t o r y ; i t a l l s e e m s s o a b -

s u r d . "

M r s . W i l l i a m W a l k e r , w i f e : " N e v e r a r g u e w i t h a m a n , f o r h e i s a l w a y s

w r o n g . "

W i l l i a m L y o n P h e l p s , w r i t e r : " I n t h i s a g e o f b i o g r a p h y it i s g e t t i n g s o

t h a t a g o o d m a n is a f r a i d t o d i e . "

S a l v a d o r d e M a d a r i a g a , p r o f e s s o r : " N o o n e h a s e v e r s u c c e e d e d i n k e e p i n g n a -

t i o n s a t w a r e x c e p t b y l i e s . "

J o s e p h S t a l i n , D i c t a t o r o f R u s s i a : " R u s s i a i s n o w fifty t o a h u n d r e d y e a r s

b e h i n d t h e r e s t of t h e w o r l d i n k n o w l e d g e . "

F r a n k V i z e t e l l y , l e x i c o g r a p h e r : " B e c a u s e i t i s m o r e g e n e r a l l y c l e a n c u t

a n d c l e a r e r i n u t t e r a n c e t h a n o t h e r s , o u r A m e r i c a n s p e e c h is t h e m o s t r e m a r k a b l e i n

t h e w o r l d . "

W i l l D u r a n t , p h i l o s o p h e r : " F r o m t h e p o i n t of v i e w of m o r a l s , l i f e

s e e m s lo b e d i v i d e d i n t o t w o p e r i o d s ; i n t h e first, w e i n d u l g e , in t h e s e c o n d w e p r e a c h .

U n -A r t h u r W o o d s , C h a i r m a n E m e r g e n c y e m p l o y m e n t C o m m i t t e e : " B u s i n e s s m e n k n o w t o d a y t h a t t h e i r e m -

p l o y e e s a r e a l s o t h e i r c u s t o m e r s . "

C h a r l e s G. N o r r i s , a u t h o r : " N o p r o g r e s s w a s e v e r m a d e b y p a s s i n g

l a w s . "

G e o r g e J e a n N a t h a n , w r i t e r : " S h o w m e a m a n w h o , a s t h e p h r a s e g o e s ,

w o r k s h i m s e l f t o d e a t h , a n d I ' l l s h o w y o u a n u n i m a g i n a t i v e d o l t . "

R i c h a r d W h i t n e y : " T h e r u m o r h a s b e e n d e v e l o p e d to a p o i n t

w h e r e it h a s a l m o s t b e c o m e a n a t i o n a l i n s t i -t u t i o n . "

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Flax, Pengray, Ecru.

Silk Lined.

$5.00 Ramble-Kni t Top Coats $27.50

Florsheim-Shoes for Spring 10.00

s . L O W E L L - B U S TTC O R N E R S

F a r m e r s a r c n o w g e t t i n g r e a d y l o p r o d u c e a n o t h e r c r o p o f s u r p l u s .

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E d u c a t i o n is n o t t o b e c o n f u s e d w i t h g o -i n g to c o l l e g e — n o t i n t h e s e d a y s .

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It is s o m e t i m e s f u n n y to o b s e r v e h o w h a r d a m a n w i l l t r y t o lo se h i s m o n e y .

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H u m a n i t y i s w h a t i t i s b e c a u s e p e o p l e e i t h e r l a k e l i f e t o o s e r i o u s l y o r n o t s e r i o u s l y e n o u g h .

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T h o s e w h o e s c a p e d t h e t h i n - i c e d a n g e r wi l l h a v e a n o t h e r c h a n c e th i s S u m m e r w h e n t h e y c a n r o c k t h e b o a t .

Mrs. Ray Rittcnger a n d Miss Mable Johnson at tended leaders meeting of the Extension class last Fr iday at the Lowell High School. , , ,

Mrs. Howard Bartlett visited he r daughter in Por t l and last Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Acherson are visit ing in Canada this week . Mr. Acherson's sister is very ill.

Mr. and Mrs. Elton Nye and Martha Jane , of Lake Odessa, were Sunday visi tors at h is sis-ter 's, Mrs. Charles Kiahn and daughters , . .

Miss Mildred Klahn is in De-troit for a f ew weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rit tenger at-tended the dance at South Boston Grange hall F r iday night .

Miss Lucile Visser and niece, Marian Berry, of Grand Rapids, were week-end guests of Ray Rit-tenger. Marian remained for a few days lo be with he r sisters, Dorothy and Vivian Berry .

The South Lowell Aid society will be enter ta ined at Reuben Lce"s on Thursday , March 12th.

The S. Lowell Extension class will be delayed one week as Mrs. Vern Klohn is en ter ta in ing South Boston Aid society this week on Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rit tenger and daughter, and Mrs. Kenneth Lyon, of Grand Rapids visited at James Taylor ' s in Lansing on Thursday. J o h n Schwarde r ac-companied them and visited a granddaughter , Mrs. Le Roy Brad-shaw for the day.

Dale Rankin and family , of Wayland, visited her paren ts , C. Rittengers ' on Sunday.

Sirs. Leroy Bradshaw, of Lan-sing, and Mrs. Alfred Ward , of Lowell, were Fr iday dinner guests at Ear l McDiarmid's.

Eliab McDiarmid and Mr. and Mrs. Earl McDiarmid w e r e in Hastings and Lake Odessa on Wednesday, having Wednesday night d inner in Lake Odessa with a cousin, Homer Bartlet t and family.

Mrs. Dale Curt iss and son Law-rence and Miss Edith Clark, of Alto, called on C. G. Wei laads" on Saturday a f te rnoon .

The C. G. Weilaad 's a re boil-ing down sap wi th a s team en-gine equipment this yea r . Much interest is being shown through-out the neighborhood.

Clayton Daggarts* a r e quaran-tined wi th scarlet fever .

Elroy Schwarder and wi fe and Miss Colton and Mrs. Francis Van Fleet, of Grand Rapids, and Wm. Murphv and wife , of Low-ell, were Thursday a f te rnoon visitors at C. G. Weiland's .

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Willett were Ionia visi tors Saturday.

Sunday night luncheon guests at Earl McDiarmid's w e r e Will Dailey's, of Lake Odessa, and James Sniders, ' at Clarksville.

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne S h a r p were Tuesday night d inner guests of Wm. Kilgus and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wil let t and Chester w e r e callers at T. C. Willet's Sunday evening.

family

| Chas. W . Cook Plumbing and Heating

For Prompt

Repair Service

Phone 61

C o r r e c t t h i s s e n t e n c e : " I n e v e r a d v e r t i s e : 1 find t h a t i t i s h a r d e n o u g h to k e e p f r o m s e l l i n g o u t m y s l o c k . "

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S o m e p e o p l e t h i n k t h a t w h a t t h i s c o u n t r y b u s i n e s s f o r a d j o u r n m e n t M a r c h 4 w a s a l l | r c t | | | y n e e d s is s o m e w o r k e r s w i l l i n g to d o a s e t t o o v e r r i d e P r e s i d e n t H o o v e r ' s v e t o o f t h c b o n u s l o a n b i l l , to s u s t a i n h i s e x p e c t e d v e t o o f t h e M u s c l e S h o a l s c o m p r o m i s e a n d t o p u t t h r o u g h t h e N o r r i s c o n s t i t u t i o n a l a m e n d m e n t a b o l i s h i n g t h e l a m e - d u c k s e s -s i o n s l i k e t h e p r e s e n t o n e . O t h e r w i s e t h e l a s t s e s s i o n o f t h e S e v e n t y - f i r s t C o n g r e s s i s a s g o o d a s o v e r s a v e f o r t h e finishing t o u c h e s l o t h e n e c e s s a r y a p p r o p r i a t i o n b i l l s a n d d a l l i a n c e w i t h a f e w l e s s e r m e a s u r e s w h o s e f a t e is p r e c a r i o u s .

W e R e m e m b e r

T h e g o o d o l d d a y s w e r e t h o s e w h e n l u x -u r y d i d n ' t b e c o m e a n e c e s s i t y j u s t b e c a u s e y o u h a p p e n e d to w a n t i t . — L o u i s v i l l e T i m e s .

d a y ' s w o r k f o r a d a y ' s p a y . • • a

E v e n t h e h e n a p p e a r s a n x i o u s t o h e l p o u t d u r i n g h a r d t i m e s ; s h e is p l a c i n g n ice , f r e s h o n e s o n t h e m a r k e t , n o m a t t e r w h a t t h e p r i c e .

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M e n h a v e b e e n s e e k i n g t h e a n s w e r lo s p i r i -t u a l p u z z l e s f o r t h o u s a n d s of y e a r s , a n d t h e y w i l l b e d o i n g t h e s a m e t h i n g t h e n e x t t i m e y o u h e a r a b o u t t h e m .

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W h a t w a s s o b i t h e l y k n o w n a s t h e " N e w Y e a r " a f e w w e e k s a g o is p u s h i n g a l o n g i t s c o u r s e , a n d p l a n s m a d e i n D e c e m b e r f o r 1931 a r e b e g i n n i n g t o l a g b e h i n d .

MURRAY LAKE—M06ELEY

Mr. and Mrs. Gus Shroeder, of Belding, spent Sunday wi th Geo. Kellog and wife .

Mrs. Clare Alchin and son, of Grand Rapids, spent Monday, Feb rua ry 23rd wi th her parents , Mr. and Mrs. George Kellog.

Bruce Bigncll, of Muskegon, is spending a f ew days wi th Mrs. Lemuel Davis a n d family.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Gibson and chi ldren, of Cedar Springs, spent Feb. 22 wi th Chris. Kropf and family.

Pe te r Kellog, Fred Blasser, Harold Story and Alvin Davis spent last Wednesday in Lansing.

Mrs. George Kellog and son Peter , spent Thursday a f t e r n o o n at the Chris. Kropf home.

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Elhar t and son, of Holland, were at the John Andrews f a r m Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Clare Keech and chi ldren, of Grand Rapids, spent Sunday with the i r parents , F rank Keech and wife .

Mr. and Mrs. Will Engle and son Clayton and John Andrews spent Sunday wi th the i r aunt ,

rs. Lemuel Davis and family . Mr. and Mrs. Byron F ros t and

son Lloyd and Abe Verwys , of Lowell, spent Sunday w i t h J . D. Fros t and wi fe .

Bu r r Davis motored to Stanton, one day last week .

Miss F e m e Van Loten, of Stan-ton, spent the first of the week wi th her mother , Mrs. Nellie Van Loten and aunt , Mrs. B u r r Davis.

Mrs. Ethel Fo rd , of Lowell, spent last Tuesday wi th h e r mother , Mrs. H. D. Weeks.

Mrs. Will Engle and J o h n An-d r e w s motored to Moriey last Tuesday morn ing .

F rank Bowler ' s family a re un-de r qua ran t ine for chicken-pox.

Born, to Royal Vandenbroeck and wife , a son, Fr iday, Feb. 27.

Mr. and Mrs. Dell Fo rd and daughter spent Sunday w i t h Geo. Crady and w i f e .

Mr. and Mrs. Ara Weeks and chil tfrcn, of Clarksville, Miss Lorna Weeks and Bernard Faulk-ner , of Hastings, spent Sunday wi th Leon Weeks and family and Mrs. H. D. Weeks.

Wm. Kilgus and juests of h is parents Sunday.

in were

Lowell

BUS SCHEDULE LOWELL. MICH.

Our Time

DAILY WEST

8:35 a. m. 12:25 p. m. ?:30 p. im» 3:35 p. m. 4:30 p. m. 8:25 p. m.

EAST

7:35 a. m. 10:05 a. m. 12:25 p . m . 2:35 p. 5:15 p 7:05 p

m. m. m.

SUNDAY ONLY 9:55 a. m. 8:35 a. ra. 1:55 p. m. 12:25 p. m. 3:35 p. m. 4:25 p. m. 5:45 p. m. 5:15 p. m. 9:00 p. in. 7:35 p. m. 9:25 p. m.

Stat ion—Henry's D r u g Store

30 miiu to Grand Rapids 2 hours to Lans ing

OBITUARY

Seth Van Wormer Seth Van Wormer , Sr., age 73,

passed a w a y at the home of his (laughter, Mrs. Homer Morris, of Ada, on Feb. 28. He leaves lour children, Dan, of Sunlield, Mrs. h o m e r Morris, Seth, Jr . , a n d Norma, of Ada, one b ro ther Dan, and one sister, Nettie Machell, of b r a n d Rapids. Funera l services were held March 2nd at thc Bailey church and burial in Bailey cemetery.

Mr. Van Wormer was born in Muskegon, Mich., Oct. 7, 1858, and was united in mar r iage to Cora Dicksen in 1879. He was a resident of Lowell, be fore re-moving to Ada.

CARD OF THANKS

W e wish to express our sin-cere thanks to our many rela-tives, f r iends and neighbors for their kindness a n d sympathy shown us at the loss of our fa ther . We also wish to thank Rev. J . Westbrook fo r h is k ind words of comfor t and p raye r , Mrs. Nellist and Mrs. F u r n e r fo r the beaut i ful s inging and all those w h o sent floral offer ings.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Dan Van Wormer . Mr. and Mrs. Homer Morris. Mr. and Mrs. Seth Van Wormer . Miss Norma Van Wormer .

NOTICE OF REDUCTION UGHTING RATES

IN

Thc Village Council and Super-in tendent have been work ing (pr some time to adjus t and lower the electric light ra tes to the consumers but have been awai t -ing a repor t f rom the audi tors on the last year 's business be fo re taking a n y action.

At a meeting for the purpose of receiving the repor t the af fa i rs of thc Light and P o w e r Depar t -ment were found to be in such condit ion as to jus t i fy lower ing rates.

In the past year the depar t -ment made a profit of $30,445.47 wi thout thc depreciat ion a n d in-terest charges out of wh ich has been paid $22,921.34 on bonds due and new mach ine ry and building at the p o w e r plant . The council therefore took action to reduce the rates to the consumer to the fol lowing scale effective on F e b r u a r y bil ls : 9-6-3-1% on residence bills a n d 9-6-3-2 on commercial bills if pa id on o r be-fore thc 12th of t h e month . 10% collection charge wil l be made on all bills not paid at that time. In addit ion to this f r ee exchange will be made of all bu rned out lamps used on the Lowell lines. Said lamps to remain the p roper -ty of the Village of Lowell and a re not to be removed f rom the customer 's proper ty o r used on any o ther cur rent . No broken lamps will be replaced.

O. J . BREZINA. Village Clerk. Lowell, Mich.

Use The Ledger wan t column

Politictl Announcenent! I wish to annonnce to the voters of Lowell Townsh ip that I am a candidate fo r Highway Commissioner fo r renominat ion. I wil l appre-ciate your suppor t .

ORLEY L. RULASON.

Highway Commissioner .

Lumbar Pa in t Cement Plaalir HOYT'S KORNER Waathar

Look Out

Builders ' Hardware and Bui ldar t ' Supplies PublUliad In I n t a r a d ol Lowall and VlciniO Editad by M. D. Hojrt.

Vol. Thuraday . M a r c h S. I!»3I No. 43

'Way Back in the Woods

'Way back in the woods, whe re i t 's lost and forgot . There 's a little old camp in some little old spot , 'Way back f rom the rai lroad, and fa r f rom the town, There is smoke goln* up and there 's trees coming down. The world is too busy wi th other affaira To think about them or to care about theirs. Bit the men in the camp keep a-fal l in ' the piqe Tha t wil l yet be a house, and maybe be i t 's mine.

We think that the thing tha t we ' re doin* each day Doesn't mat ter so much, all that m a n e r s the pay. But there isn't a man, and there isn't a task That a in ' t helpin* the wor ld , if a fel lah would ask. 'Way back in the woods and 'way down in the ear th There a r e swampers and miners and people of wor th Who keep the old wor ld e i ther sheltered or warm With a fire in the win te r , a roof f rom the s to rm.

I don't know a th ing that a fel lah can do, I don't k n o w a man, if i t 's me or it 's you. While he 's helpin ' himself isn't helping the rest . And in many a way that h e never haa guessed. The folks in the town see a buildin' arise. And they think of the boas and the carpente r guys, But the first thing of all tha t delivers the goods Is some little old camp that 's way back in the woods.

HOYT LUMBER CO. "Evarythlng To Build Any th ing"

Phona 16-F2 Lowall, Mich.

f D R I V E R S )

W H O APPRECIATE DE-

PENDABLE BATTERY

P E R F O R M A N C E USE

O U R W I L L A R D SERVICE

^ R E G U L A R L Y :

You, too, can avoid the trouble and expense of inconvenienS battery failure by visiting our Willard station regularly for battery inspection service. It's free for any make of battery.

Central Garage A. H. Stormzand, Prop.

Firestone Ti res Willard Batter ies

Lowell, Mich.

Quaker State Motor Oils Jshna-Mansvil le Brake Service

Phone 43

Willard S T 0 R A G C B A T T L R I C S

You Alwaya Get

G O O D J O B P R I N T I N G

At T H E L E D G E R O F F I C E

NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING BEST

The merchan t s ' bureau of Washington t o w n recent ly con-ducted a survey to find out just what caused people to buy things, and, incidentally, wha t kind of advert is ing paid the best dividends. Local newspaper ad-vertising w o n again. The re-sults of the survey fo l low:

Local newspapers , 30. Attractiveness of w i n d o w dis-

plays, 26. Fr iends ' opinions as to whe re

to purchase, 16. Circular le t ters and catalogues

f rom mail o rde r houses, 5 each. Handbills, 4. Billboards, 3.

The merchan t s of a small town in New York state recent ly made an extensive survey by asking their readers "WTiat type of ad-vert is ing a t t rac t s you m o s t ? " and thc resul t does not hur t the cause of newspaper advertising.

Out of t h e 332 replies received the vote w a s as fol lows:

Newspaper advert is ing, 173. Window displays, 86. F r i e n d s " opinions, 46. Circular let ters , 10. Mail o r d e r catalogues, 8. Hand bills, 4. Highway bil ls , 3.

- Radio, 2.

"Milk from unknown sources as dangerous as raw pork."

So declared Paul E. Lucas of the Dairy Department of Michigan State College in an address a few days a g o before a Michigan Rotary Cluba

Grade A Milk as defined by the State is none too good. Does it not mean much to you to have this assurance of SAFETY and QUAL-ITY in the BEST, most healthful and at the same time the lowest priced food product that can be delivered at your home? I f you think so, we'll be glad to hear from you

Phone 351, Lowell's Own Fainlly Dairy On Sale in Lowell a t Weave* 'c Market , J . Young's G. T. Grocery

Served in Lowell a t Richmond's Cafe, S t rand Coffee Shop, The Little Pant l ind, Pete Kerr 's Place

Melody Farms Dairy F. ft. M A I I f i M , Owur WI ITOI WILCOX, Maiiger

/! THE.LOWELL (MICH.) LEDGER and ALTO SOLO, THURSDAY, MARCH 5. 1931

THREE

VETERANS! We shall highly appreciate and

welcome your call to assist in apply-

ing for and collecting for you your

Adjusted Compensation Service Cer-

tificate a l lo tment .

The necessary blanks and papers

are now ready.

Why not permit us to serve you in

this added capacity?

Lowell State Bank C. H. Runciman, President F. H. Swarthout , Cashier D. A. Wingeier, Ass't Cashier

1891—Forty Years' Continuous Service»1931

Racing The Finish

Fast speedboats, both inboards a n d outboards wil l be a feature of the Western Michigan Out-door Life and Motorboat Show, which wil l be he ld in Grand Rap-ids f rom March 3 to 7, inclusive, at the Waters-Klingman building.

This show, wh ich includes wild life, fishing tackle, guns, golfiing equipment and camp goods, has become famous fo r its wide var-iety of boats and boat ipg acces-sories. Outboard motors of vai^

This and That From Around

the Old Town Mrs. H. C. Scott was in Ionia

Monday.

Mrs. Hattie Scott is dr iving a new Chevrolet.

Mrs. N. 1) Berry was in Green-ville one day lasl week

Miss Ruth Gardner and William Heim spent Sunday at Holland.

All Kinds Home-Made

F U D G E 1 5 c lb .

Ha Ca SOOtt Home of Good Home-

Made Candies

Mrs. Ashley Ward has mved to Mrs. J . E. Lind and son w e r e .Ada.

Thursday vk l lo r s al Mrs. L«cc '» . | > v 1 ) u r d i c | ( S I 1 ( ,n l S u n d l l y w i , b

Mr. and Mrs. David Washburn , of Alto, were in Lowell on Mon-day.

Ha r ry Jones, of Rochester, N. Y., called on Lowell f r iends last week.

George B. Martman, of Grand Rapids was in Lowell on business Monday.

Ed. Gardner and son Lynn were in Grand Rapids Sunday af-ternoon.

Ronald Whaley, of Ada, spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Agnes HofTman.

Emil Christ iansen, of Grand Rapids, was in Lowell on busi-ness Monday.

James Sweet has rented thc Leece f a rm and will take posses-sion this month.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Penning, of Grandville, spent thc first of thc week in Lowell.

Mrs. Fred Rogers is spending a few days with Mrs. E. J . Miller in Grand Rapids.

George Leece and family, of Eimdale, were Wednesday visit-ors of Mrs. Leece.

Lowell relatives.

Fred Brown, of Grand Rapids, was in Lowell Sunday.

Mrs. Guy Quiggle, of Cascade, was in Lowell Monday.

Miss Hazel Hoag was in Grand Rapids on business Monday.

Miss Minnie Meek ' spent over the week-end with relatives at Sparta.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Phillips spent Sunday with relatives in Hastings.

Mr. and Mrs. John Downes, of Parnell , called on Mrs. John Ber-gin Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. P. Fineis have re-turned f rom a several weeks' so-journ in Flor ida.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Goff a re spend-ing the week with Mr. and Mrs. Cook, at Saranac.

Mr. and Mrs. Percy Earl, of Port land, were Sunday callers of Miss Agness Per ry .

Emil Christ iansen, of Grand itapids, was in Ix>well on busi-ness Monday evening.

Robert Townsend, of Ionia,

Pe rcy Willard, of Bay C i t y . l ^ " 1

spcnl Sunday wi th h l j parouls,! ' T ' " " 5 " " 1 '

Lowell Items of25, 30 and

35 Years Ago March 1, 190G—25 Years Ago. Mr. and Mrs. J . G. Carr , of

Keene, given a surpr ise par ly , honor ing their twenty-f i f th wed-ding anniversary .

H a r r y Court r ight and Ed. Clem-ens went to Grand Rapids to lake the United States postal examin-ation.

Mrs. Thos. Doyle died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mike Downs, in Vergennes.

Born, in Vergennes, Feb. 23, to Mr. and Mrs. M. B. McPherson, a son.

I). Le Clear moved back f rom Grand Rapids into the Wilson house on West Main street .

James Monroe and family re-turned f rom a five months ' so-journ in Nor thern Michigan.

William Drew in Battle Creek as a delegate f rom Lowell lodge of Forres ters .

Rev. James E. Butler re turned f rom a t r ip to Iowa.

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t Custom Hitching l New and Improved +

Electric Incubators |

S3.00 per 100 eggs R. C. Chrouch

Phone 279-F 3.

Church Notices CHURCH OF T H E NAZARENE

Sunday Bible school nt 10 a. m. "A class for every age."

"Don't send your child, bring him to Sunday school."

Morning preaching service at II a. m., Rev. Mrs. Stiles will bring the message.

Ju iuor and regular N. Y. P. S., at (5:45. Miss Lee in charge of Juniors , also an interest ing N. Y.

s. The evening service al 7:30.

Evangelistic." Rev. Mrs. Stiles Chas. B. Jack, of Ionia, opened w ! " preach at 7:30. Hear this

a skating rink in Opera house mighty woman of God, who be-block. jlieves and preaches a full gospel.

Mrs. Newton Warner given a 1, u ' m < , m b e r c v e r y evening, 7:30.

surpr i se par ty in honor of he r A l s o Sa turday evening. b i r thday anniversary .

Mrs. Pe r ry Campbell, of Wy-oming, visited l^owell relatives.

l i s t e r C. Il i ldreth, one of Low-ell 's ear ly setllers. and Gen. Miles' chief bugler in Civil wa r , died at his home in this village.

The Lowell Canning factory to • opened again this season. be _ (

same being rented by Edwin Fal-las, of Grand Rapids.

In. addit ion to the fine dis-play of motorboats , there wil l be very interest ing exhibit by the Michigan Touris t and Resor t As-sociation and thc Upper Penin-sula Development Bureau, whose representat ives will be j j t hand to tell w h e r e Michigan's choice recreat ion areas will be found. Thc tour is t booths at past shows have a lways been points of in-. ids. tercst , to v a ^ o n i s t s w h o werc! j H e ( r e r a o f G r a n d R i d

c i the r interested in motorboat lng a n d M r R o b e r t i o f Wisconsin,

Mr. and Mrs. W. Willard.

Mr. and Mrs. Max Thompson, of Lansing, called on Mr. and Mrs R. G. JefTeries Thursday.

Dan Sinclair , of Big Rapids, spent the week-end with his par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Sinclair.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Clebeck, of Grand Rapids, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. Day.

Miss Dorothy Hardy, of White-hall, is spending several days wi th Mr. and Mrs. L Webster .

Clyde Hart, of Grand Rapids Packing Co., Grand Rapids, was in Lowell on business Monday.

Mrs. Wm. Christ iansen and Mrs. M. Kingdom spcnl Sunday at the George Miller home in Alto.

Mr. and Mrs. J im Loomis, of Fl int , spent the week-end wi th the lat ter 's f a the r , Frank Taylor .

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rogers and Mrs. Fred Rogers spent Sun-day wi th relatives in Grand Rap-

or in fishing and mission to the show

Ad cents ious k inds wil l be shown , and all

the latest ideas and develop- fo r adults. Children a re admit-nients may be inspected. I ted f r ee if w i th parents .

IISSELL Fa SMITI EXPERT RADIO SERVICE

On All Makes

EIGHT YEARS EXPERIENCE

Phone: 495; Store 22 ichigan

iOWELL PIBLIC LIBRARY GRAHAM BLDG.—WEST SIDE

— O P E N -Tuesday , Thursday , Saturday

f rom 2 to 8 p. m. AUDIE E. POST, U b r a r i a a

i . i . i K f M i , a i . Phona 47

J. K. UTLAH, a I. Phona IM

Negonce Black. LowelL Off lceHours , 2 t o 4 a n d 7 t o 8 p . n t

Office Phone 88

Editor's Mail Box

were in Lowell on business Mon-day.

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Conant spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. J im Hawlcy at Sara-nac.

Misses Anna and Katharyn Lal-ley, of Grand Rapids, spent Sun-day wi th their mother , Mrs. Will Lalley.

Mr. and Mrs. Vern Leach and

Charlotte, Michigan. My dear JelTeries M11U n i 3 V C I

I marvel, every t ime I see T h c | s o n ) o f Kalamazoo, were week-Ledger, at the J * * ! ™ ™ end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mer-carry every week—you cer ta inly cover your news-field in superla-tive fashion.

Cordial ly, M. H. DeFoe.

j m h l t n r i E i

—DHNTUT—

P h o a s 21S H o a r s f la • Open Wednesday and Saturday

Evening, 7 to 9 Office closed T h u f r d a y af te rnoons

H. P. M T F I E N E I Physic ian and Snrgeon

OVER CITY STATE BANK LOWELL, MICHIGAN

Office Phone, 222-2: House. 222-8

M . I . T. LISTM

I I . E. M. ICIAEFFEI OSTEOPATHIC

Physicians snd Surgeons

Madison Squsre Grand Rapida Phones 38702-—38019—30518

Maple Rapids, Mich., Feb. 14, '31. Edi tor the Lowell Ledger :

Dear Sir:—Your letter of the 23rd was mislaid and was not answered. I am very sorry , but tha t does not change the fact .

Webster J . Morris w a s my fa ther ' s only bro ther . My fa ther died In Dec. 1917. He was 81 years old. My uncle, W. J. Morris, w a s 89 years old, I th ink last August. My fa ther ' s name was Wayne E. Morris. My grandfa ther , Isaac D. M o r r i s , died in Lowell, and was bur ied in the cemetery at Lowell . Yes,

was t h e founder e Low-"Uncle Web," as we a lways called him, was t h e founder of t h e Low-ell Journa l . My fa ther learned his t rade in that office, and later founded t h e Howard City Record.

Very sincerely yours , A. • J . Morris.

Why is it that those who like us the best say thc meanest things to u s ?

Order Melody Farms

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vite you to t ry them. They s re baked freeh dally and

are made f rom the purest ingredients .

Our pure f ru i t pies are wi thout «• peer

The Lowell Bakery George Herald, Prop.

Rev. E. J . Stevens, pastor.

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Beautiful New Patterns At Cheaper Prices

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Agents for Sherwin-Williams Paints and Varnishes

W. C. Hartman Phone 38

Druggist 215 W. Main St.

Miss lla Phillips and Dan Kal-ward spent Sunday with Miss Kitzlatr in Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bobbins, of Clarksville, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Clark.

Mjss Ethel Alexander ,of Grand Rapids, .spent Monday in Lowell with he r parents and fr iends.

Miss Alma Wiageier, of Ml. Pleasant , spent over Sunday wi th her mother , Mrs. J . O. Wingeier.

Mr. and Mrs. Gran t Warne r spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Hansen, in Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Tu rne r , of Grand Rapids, called on Mrs. Maude VanDcusen one day last week.

Wm. Bradley, of thc Bradley Grocery Co. at Greenville, was in Lowell on business Wednesday.

Mrs. Garrison and Wm. Burch were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Anderson in Vergen-nes.

Fe r r i s Oberlin and family, of Belding, spent thc week-end wi th Mrs. Oberl in 's fa ther , F. M. John -son.

Mrs. R. A. Henderson, of G r a n d . , . - . Rapids, is visiting at Ihc home of P 0 5 1 0 ' " 0 0 -

FIRST METHODIST CHURCH All a re invited to our services

Sunday. Morning service at 10:30 a. in. Church school al 11:45 a. m. Intermediate League at 5:30 p.

m. Evening service at 7:3(1 p. in. Rev. W. F. Kcndrick, pastor of the First Methodist church, Ionia, will preach. The first par t of t h j service will be conducted by the Union Kpworth l e a g u e as-sisted by a group of s ingers f rom The FisiuTnian's class of the First M. K. ehurcJi, of Grand

| Rapids. All are urged to attend Lowell 11,is service.

March 7, 1901—30 Years Ago. The annual reunion of the Old

Residents ' Association held at Hotel Waverly.

Leonard A. Carter , a

7$S v ^ T r . f o r 4 0 y o a r s ' d e a d , a g e d U t U v s ' AM society meeting in > s. the Church House Friday at 2:30

New R. F. 1). route to start out p. m., followed by a "coffee" of Lowell, John B. Hawk, carr ier , served by Mrs. Devering's divi-n u i . n n n •)« s i o n o f G r e c n e c i rc le .

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Distance 28 miles.

Charles Jepson, of Keene, died very suddenly.

Henry Lee's house at Pot te r ' s Corners , destroyed by fire.

H. A. Sherman and family i moved into the M. N. Hine resi-dence.

Art Mills given a surpr ise by a number of school mates in hon-o r of his eleventh b i r thday.

Frank and Lewis Ayres visit-ing relatives in Elmira, N. Y.

J . B. Nicholson and family nicely settled in their home just purchased of Hiram VanDcusen.

Marriage license issued to El-mer S. Adams, of Lowell, and Carr ie A. Brown, of Cascade.

James Murphy sold his meat! market to Weyrick & Weyrick, ' of Grand Rapids.

John -Miller; former Lowell resident, died in Grand Haven.

Miss Rosa Roth c lerking

The March meeting of the Greene Circle will Church House Thursd March 12.

Rev. A. T. Cart land, pastor.

Vergennes M. E. Church. Preaching al 2:30. Sunday school at 3:30.

Rev. A. T. Cart land, pastor .

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Christian Science services a rc

held every Sunday morn ing at eleven o'clock over the Lowell State bank.

Subject fo r lesson sermon fo r March « is "Man."

You are cordially invited.

HICKORY CORNERS

• I 8 ui i u c , , .Mr. and .Mrs be at thc Mrs. R. J. Maxson and sons, of visiting wi th

ay evening, Lowell, and Miss Bessie Foster a n ( j ^ r s y o s s and friend, of Lansing, were cal- " '

GERMAN M. E. CHURCH. German preaching Sunday

Mrs. E lmer E. Mar-

gues r i t t Day.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Story and daughter , Mrs. Leander Pitsch, spent Sunday in Ml. Pleasant with relatives.

Miss Margaret Hansen and f r iend , of Greenville, spent the, . - ^ -week-end wi th Mr. and Sirs. I. ' c " ' Fremont .

her niece, shall.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Walker, of Flint, visited at the home of Bert M e r n m a n the la t ter par t of last week.

Raymnd Borgerson, of Big Rap-ids, spent over the week-end wi th his parents , Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Borgerson.

Mr. and Mrs. E lmer E. Mar-shall and children and Mrs. R. A. Henderson spent Saturday in Grand Rapids. . . .

i Mrs Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Sigler a n d | j U r n t . j

Mrs. John S. Walton her home in Bowne.

at

died at

10:00 o'clock a. m. Bible school at 11:00

a. m. You are cordially invited

these meetings. John Claus, pastor.

at

March 6, 1896—35 Years Ago Old Settlers Association held

their seventeenth annual reunion at Hotel Ir ish.

R. W. Swayze succeeded Myers & Heliker, as new propr ie to r of Hotel Waverly .

Born, at Alton: To Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thomel , a son; to Mr. and Mrs. James Sullivan, twins.

Joseph Denny, Sr., f rom an extended

o'clock

to

W. J. Merriman to Lowell Mon- T„LLPNJ day to the p r imary election. Journal .

Miss Letha Yeiter, of Grand Rapids, spent Saturday night and Sunday with her mother , Mrs. Joe Yeiter and chi ldren.

Mrs. Joe Yeiter and son Ken-neth. accompanied C. Schwab to Lowell Fr iday a f te rnoon .

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fos te r spent; Sunday af ternoon at Grandville. ^

Mrs. Evelyn Foster spent Sat-urday night wi th Miss Leona Moore, also took Sunday nght supper wi th her .

Floyd Foster spent days at home last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Blakcs-

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL 10:00 a. m., Bible school. 11:00 a., m.. Morning worship. 5:30—Christian Endeavor .

A. B. Lemke, pastor .

101 Main St. phone 146 Lowell, M i c h .

Richmond.

Dr. Peckham and sisler, Mrs. Edi th Godfrey, of Freepor t , were F r iday guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Parker .

Charles Thorp , Jr., and sister, Patr icia , of Ionia, spent the week-end wi th the i r grandmother , Mrs. Anna Stinchicomb.

Harold Bargcwell, of Coopers-villc, spent the week-end wi th h is wife at the home of he r moth-er , Mrs. Phi l S. Krum.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. LaBrique and son Morris, of Grand Rapids, spent Sunday evening wi th Mr. and Mrs. M. Kingdom.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Collar, Mrs. Belle Hodges and son Clint, en-joyed a Sunday dinner at Lone P ine Inn in Vergennes.

Mrs. Leece was a Sunday guesl of H. R. Chamber la in and wife in Keene. They also called on Mrs. Henry P inckney at Saranac.

N. E. Borgerson, P. C. Peck-ham and R. G. Jefferies w e r e in Grand Rapids Fr iday at tending the Republican counly conven-tion.

Mrs. Ed. Reynolds and t w o daughters, of Grand Rapids, spent a f ew days last week wi th her earents, Mr. and Mrs. F. J . Mc-

lahon.

Mrs. Clifford Gibson and daugh-ter, Miss Lorna Dow, of Grand Rapids, and Stanley Norton, of Detroit , spent the week-end wi th Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gibson.

Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Warner Spencer were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Spencer and Clyde, Jr., of Ionia, and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Jackson, of Grand Rap-ids.

Mrs. Phil S. Krum and daugh-ter , Mrs. Harold Bargcwell re-tu rned F r i d a y from Ann Arbor, whe re they spent a few days wi th the i r son and bro ther , Bruce Krum and family.

Week-end visitors at the J . C. Hatch home were Mr. and Mrs. Will Jones and Mr. and Mrs. F rank Jones , of Kalamazoo, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Dulin and daugh-ter Beatrice, and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Cogswell, of Grand Rnpids.

Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Charles, Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Sexton, Mr. and Mrs. Will Fingleton and three children, of Grand Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Fingleton, of Bel-ding, and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Shier, of Cannonsburg, were Sunday cal lers at George Finglc-ton 's at Nor th Ada.

New Spr ing Millinery will soon be on display at Stocking's store, wi th Miss Hazel Hoag in charge.

Orvil le Spencer spent Sunday

BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES Sunday school, 10:30. Preaching 11:30 and 7:30. P r a y e r meeting, 7:30 Thursday

evening at 206 Division avenue. | We are organizing a ladies

son David ^ n i ' S u n d a T ' wi tn w U h ^ r e l a ^ b e . h t ' , d a l t h e Parsonage. 200 Di-Mrs. Sigler's fa tner , David Mai- v *racuse, N. vision avenue on Tuesday, March . . . *• . , 110, 1931 at 2:30 p. m. AH ladies

Claude Lane learning the drug that are interested in the study business wi th Hunter & Son. p f the Bible are invited to attend

Miss Mattie Thompson e n t e r - t h e s e meetings. tained the R. S. C., of 96 club' Everybody is invited to all the wi th a conundrum par ty . I o ther services.

Devcllo Wal te r s and B. C . L C ® m e a n J b ^ i n 8 , h e chi ldren to Smith doing livery business un- Sunday sohooL . . . der thc name of Wal ters A Co., , 9 9 r a e * n d h c a r the good old-in the Pullen stable. fashioned gospel preached in the

AWSZL™* ">• ,hc

itr n i r ^ . r, *, A. J. Hoelsema, pastor . W. Pearl , of Grand Rapids, en-

gaged as meat cut ter at Newton Coins' marke t .

spe with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Svobd-da and family, of Ada, and al l visited f r iends in Grand Rapids.

T h e many f r i ends of E. R. Knifiln are glad to see him o n the s t reet occasionally a f t e r be-ing confined to h is home f o r several weeks by serious illness.

Mr. and Mrs. M. Merrill and daughter Joyce, of Pontiac, spent Sa turday with Mrs. Merrill 's p a r -ent's, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pletch-er.

Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y Karrel ond chi ldren, of Grand Rapids, w e r e Sunday guests of Mrs. Kar re l ' s parents , Mr. and Mrs. John Pal t i -son.

Mrs. Bert Merriman spent last week in Grand Rapids wi th h e r b ro ther . Burr Sweetland, w h o is convalescing f rom a serious ope r -ation.

Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Charles and Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y Sexton, of Grand Rapids, w e r e Sunday cal-lers at the Geo. Fingleton home at Nor th Ada.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Perce and grandson, Roy Emerson, of Grand Rapids, w e r e Sunday af-ternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bert A. Charles.

Township Csucus Republican caucus of Lowell

t ownsh ip will be held at Lowell City hall at 2 p. m. on Wednes-day, March 11th.

By o rde r of Committee. c 41-42)

Business changes:—A. Levitt, of Grand Rapids, purchased the dry goods store of Reuben & Co., C. O. Lawrence associated him-self wi th W. S. Godfrey and the new firm of Godfrey & "Lawrence

Jurchased the bazaar business of ames McPherson and combined

that business wi th the c lothing trade, a l ready esablished by Mr. Godfrey.

WILLIAM PERRIN PASSES

William Per r in , 76, died at the home of his daughter in Detroit Monday a f t e r an illness of sev-eral months . Mr. Pe r r i n has been associated wi th his b ro the r in a lunch room at Sunfield sev-eral years. Mr. Pe r r in spent most of his life in and nea r Lowell. In terment occurred here Wednes-day. He is survived bv the widow; a daughter, Mrs. Lydia Cunningham, of Detroi t ; a son, Lester, of Cleveland, and one brother , Ed. of Sunfield.

Walch and Stockng's.

clock repai r ing at

lee called on Mr. and Mrs. Sylves-ter Seeley Thursday af te rnoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Glen Voss a r t his parents, j Mr. of Ada.

Too Cheap that the engineers

lers of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Johnson Sunday. . . . . . . . . . .

Mrs. Mason, of Grand R a p i d s , : * ™ ^ a t the engineers have is staying wi th Mr. and Mrs. :? f out how to lengthen the Wesley Johnson for the present . , b e y , , d o

Wesley Johnson accompanied - l m " 1 , n H ' ' long th i same line f o r pedestr ians.— Ohio Slate

several

Screened Porches Window & Door Screens Why not prepare now for next spr ing and summer. Work can be done more cheaply now.

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M. E. CHURCH—ALTO CHARGE Services Sunday: Alto Church—10:00 a. m. Pub-

lic worsh ip Preaching by the pastor.

11:15 a. m. Sunday school Lylc Clark, super intendent .

Bowne Center church—10:00 a. m. Sunday school. Every* body welcome.

11:30 a. m. Preaching by the pastor.

South Lowell church—2 p. m. Sunday school.

Preaching service 3 p. m. Charles A. Lohncs, pastor .

ALTO BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday school at 10 sun time. Preach ing services at 11,

time. sun

South Lowell M. E. Church Sunday school, 10:30 a. m. Evening service, 7:30 p. m. Every one welcome to these

services. South Lowell Ladies' Aid so-

ciety will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Lee for din-ne r on March 12. Everybody in-vited.

DINE AT

RICHMOND'S Home Cooked Foods.

Pleasant Surroundings .

Prices Reasonable.

Counter and

Table Service

Open All Night

Richmond's Gale On the Bridge. Lowell

Phone 347

GAZELLA'S NOVELTY SHOP If your shoes should need repair ing

At the toes and heels, too. Bring them in—"Let Tony do it,"

He will make them as good as new.

If it's a new pair that is needed Perfect fit we'll give to you

And just heaps of comfort promise To w r a p up wi th every shoe.

We have shoes fo r men and women. And fo r chi ldren you will find

When you have learned our prices You will buy i t other kind.

If you buy one pair, you surely All your f r i ends will want to tell

That you've found a shoe that suits you For they Wear-You-Long and Wear-You-Well.

Gazelle's Novelty Shop Next to Journal Office Lowell, Mich.

MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO Long Distance Rates are Surprisingly Low

F O R I N S T A N C E :

or las, i 4:30 a. m. «W

7.-00 p.m.

You can call the following points and talk for THREE MINUTES for the rates shown. Rates to other points are proportionately low.

Day Station-to-Station Rate

A L M A $ .45

E A T O N R A P I D S . . . .45

G A L E S B U R G 45

O W O S S O 50

B A N G O R 50

from

Lowell

to

The rates quoted are Station-to-Station Day rates, effective 4:30 ajn . to 7.-00 p j n . E v e -ning Station-to-Station rates are effective 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and Night Station-to-Station rates, 8:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.

Foi fastest serrice, give the operator the telephone number of the person you are callmi, which CMU

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MARCH 5, 1931 THE LOWELL (MICH.) LEDGER and ALTO SOLO. THURSDAY.

ALTO DEPARTMENT Mr. and Mrs. George Houghton

and son Raymond, at tended a family d inne r al the F. Hough-lon home Sunday.

Miss Franc is Sydnam enter-tained several teachers f rom Low-ell Thursday evening in honor of her sister Mildred.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Houghton and daughter Suzanne, were Thursday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Silcox.

Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Watson and daughters were enter ta ined at supper at thc Charles Colby home Tuesday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. E d w a r d Patt ison and sons, of Caledonia, were Sunday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred I 'at t ison.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Proctor w e r e in Grand Rapids Fr iday.

Artie Wood was a Sunday cal-ler of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ban-c ro f t .

Mrs. Lucy Duell is suffer ing f r o m a severe case of sumac pois-oning.

Orton Seese, of Logan, was a week-end visitor at the Lee Bry-ant home.

Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Miller were Sunday visitors of Miss Sada and Abe Wilson.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hunt visit-ed Sunday wi th Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sherington.

Mrs. J . Linton called on Mrs. F r e d Pitsch, of Campau Lake, Tuesday af ternoon.

Mrs. Fred Pattison was a Fri-day a f te rnoon caller of Mrs. Arch Wood, of McCords.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Roark and family visited the former ' s moth-e r in" Lansing Sunday.

Franc is Daniels was a Monday and Tuesdav guest of his parents , Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Daniels.

Be sure to attend the fu rn i tu re auction sale at Yeiter'*—twice daily—2:30 and 7:30 p. m. Ev-erything to be sold at your own price.

NOTICE

Bowne Townsh ip Republican Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fairchi ld caucus will be held at Bowne

called on Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Center, Fr iday, March 13 at 2:00 Par ro t t Sunday af ternoon. j o'clock Eastern time.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Keiser were c 41-42 Committee. Fr iday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Proctor . | WEST K E E N E

Carl Keiser is working in the c reamery this week as Dale Cur- AN(J ^JRSI R u s s c I I Sterkins, tiss is still unable to work. | 0 f ( ] r u nd Rapids, were guests of

Mrs. Charles Bancroft spent a he r parents , Mr. and Mrs. Georgi par t of last week with her daugh-Golds , f r om Wednesday until Fr i ter, Mrs. Herbert Croninger. day.

The Bible Study Group of the, Ernest Pinkney, wife and son Baptist church will meet with Calvin were Sunday d inner guests Mrs. J . Konkle Fr iday a f te rnoon, of Mr. and Mrs. O. Vanderl ip.

Mr in,i Mr* r.pnrop Williams ' M r s ' l j l a h Moore and chi ldren o t s i h W H . , spent Thursday Sunday guests „ t Mrs. Leon .••••I. \l»» \ft*c l« #1 /VMorrovi* lltllC.

MASSEY-HARRIS SPREADER

LIGHT DRAFT FINER PULVERIZATION

EVEN DISTRIBUTOR LOW DOWN

EASY TO LOAD STURDY BUILT PRICED RIGHT

In addition to a complete l ine ofMiBBey-Harria Implement* a n d Tractors , we have

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JAMESWAY BARN EQUIPMENT

We carry r epa i r s and will f i v e prompt service on all sell. Our motto i s—SERVICE

W E PAY CASH FOR EGGS and CREAM

tools w e

W.E. HALL E. Main St. Phone S24 Lowell. Mich.

wi th Mr. and Mrs. Ed. O 'Har row. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Manning, of

Lowell , were Sunday evening cal lers of Mr. and Mrs. John Lin-ton. A'tfj

Mr. and Mrs. John Gress were .Sunday d inner guests of their parents , Mr. and Mrs. Glen Sil-cox.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Slater called on Mr. and Mrs. Frank Freeman, of South Boston, Sunday af ter-noon.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Russell, of Middleville, spent Thursday with their daughter, Mrs. Ernest Rosenberg.

Jack Gilbert and wife, of Grand Rapdis, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Uppenheir , of Grand Haven, and George Shaw, of Lowell, were Thursday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Staal.

Miss Neva Lulham, of Carson City, was a Sunday visitor at the Jake Staal home, and Hazel Con-nor and sons and John Spaninga were Sunday evening guests.

The Community club will be enter tained by Mrs. Mary Potter March 18, for d inner .

George Golds was in Grand Rapids last Monday and Tuesday in consultation wi th Dr. Lyman.

Mrs. Daisy Rickert and neph-Charles Foote and , r v i " 8 Din- ew, Russell ' Wheaton, were the

taman attended the Hepublican ' t s l a s t w c e k o f h e r d a u g h t e r ,

^ 0 U c - M0 P ' iMrs. Doris Sparks, in Grand Rap-ids Fr iday. \ i d s

Mrs. Claude Silcox spent Wed- Mr. and Mrs. Herber t Chamber-nesday af ternoon in Lowell at the | a i n were Monday af te rnoon vis-home of her sister, Mrs. V a l d a ' i t o r s 0 f >i r . a n d Mrs. F rank Dan-Chaterdon. i d s .

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Footej Edward Thompson is on the and Robert and Alva Peet attend- sick list.

SOUTH BOWNE BUNS

Wm. Mishler, wife and Gwen-dolyn, Mrs. Lena Mishler and Elva, visited the i r son and broth-er , John Mishler and wife , of Grand Rapids, Sunday.

A. E. Bryan and wife, of Grand Rapids, spent Sunday evening at the Je r ry Blough home.

Warren Roush and family, of Hastings, were Sunday evening guests of W. Mishler and family.

Mrs. Lydia Porr i t t and Mrs. Sarah Lacey and grandson, Hu-bert Porr i t t , visited Fr iday with the former ' s sister, Mrs. W. H. Pardee and family.

Harold Yoder and family were in Hastings Saturday on busi-ness.

Mrs. Elmer Shaffer called on Mrs. Ray Seece, of North Bowne, Thursday.

Mr * Ozi Pardee, Mrs. Jessie Knowles, Mrs. Wm. Cosgriff and Miss Marion Pardee were Hast-ing visitors Tuesday af te rnoon.

Sugar making is the o rde r of the day in this vicinity.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Anderson and Jean, of Alto, visited Tues-day af te rnoon at the Jake Gless home.

Mrs. J e r r y Blough and son, Roy, were in Hastings Fr iday af ternoon, the former having he r teeth extracted.

Mrs. Estella Rosier assisted her .cousin, Mrs. J e r r y Blough with I her household work Fr iday .

NORTH BOWNE BUBBLES

ADA DEPARTMENT HEARD ABOUT TOWN

Levant Sinclair and Mrs. Win-nie Sinclair were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Sinclair.

Mr. and Mrs. Art Richardson and son, of Belding, were guests

Washington is Topic at Ada 'Literary Club

Ada Ladies' Li terary c lub en-joyed a patr iot ic program Thurs -day af ternoon at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Nellist. T h e pro-

of Winnie Sinclair Sunday eve- gram opened with the singing of ning.

Visitors at Grant Frazier ' s Fr i -day were Mrs. Elmer Lawrence, of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Andrew Chaffee, of Lowell, Mrs. Law-rence and Olive Ward .

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Art Bru-Inkool March 1, a 5Mitb son.

Mrs. Katie Burt and son Merle were Sunday guests of he r broth-er. Har ry Blough and wife, Bowne.

T h e Star Spangled Banner , wi th Mrs. Alice Morris assisting at the piano. The reading of the club collect followed af te r which was roll call.

The day 's theme "Washington , the Man," was presented by the chai rman of the program, Mrs. Hattlc Fitch, who read a paper based on an address maae by

of fo rmer President Calvin Coolldge before the United State 's Con-

Mr. and Mrs. James Shaffer spent Fr iday evening with Har -vey Blough and family.

The chi ldren of Mr. and Mrs. Elop Erlckson a re 111 wi th scar-let fever .

Mrs. Lulu Layer Is visiting wi th her son and family , Mr. and Mrs. Glen Layer.

Sven Johnson and Fred Broad-bent and family .pent Sunday evening with Mrs. Johnson and son, E r in Johnson .

Mr. and Mrs. George Alexander and family and Mrs. Rufus Lee spent Sunday wi th their sister, Mrs. Thompson, of Lowell.

Clayton Dygert 's are qua ran -tined wi th scarlet fever.

F rances Lee spent Friday wi th her parents , Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Lee.

BOWNE CENTER BUNS

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Afton1 gress In Feb rua ry of 1927. Wash-spent Sunday with he r people a t j ing ton as a business man as an Kent City. | agricul tur is t , as a c rea to r and

Mrs. Peter McPherson, of Ver- bui lder was stressed. gennes, called on Mrs. Jennie Mrs. Ceclla Cramton read a Johnson last Saturday. I p a p e r on Washington a n d Wall

Those f rom away w^io were s t reet and Mrs. Grace Wilson here to at tend the funera l of Seth read "Longfel low's poem, "The Van Wormer , Sr., were Mrs. Ride of Paul Rlvere. Nettle Markell, of Grand Rapids,1 An account of a Washington 's and H o w a r d Markell, of Cadillac, b i r thday par ty given at the old

Oz and Alta Van Wormer , of F ish House In Grand Rapids In Croton, Leonard Rand and Burr 1857, was given by Mrs. I ra Tee-VanDueson, Battle Creek, Mr. and pie. Mrs. Art Van Dueson, Caledonia, ' An amusing contest fol lowed, and Dervie Dickson, of Hastings, the honors going to Mrs. Clair

Mrs. Dumon, of Grand Rapids, Lamper t and Mrs. Mae Averlll. spent several days wi th heri A very delicious lunch was f r iend, Mrs. Mai7 Harr is . {served by the hostess assisted by

Mr. and Mrs. Curt is enter tained Mrs. Alice Morris. the 500 c lub last F r ldav night. I "Shakespere" will be the s tudy Honors going to Al Fau lkner and for the next meeting wi th Mrs. Mrs. Nordburg . Consolations to Wlnnl f rcd Lindsday In charge of

Will and Vera and mother , Mrs. Clara Wat t s went to Ovid Thursday . Mrs. Wat t s remained for a week's visit.

Dorothy Houghton visited Mrs. John Nash and family Wednes-day af ternoon, also called on the pupils of Lowe school.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Postu-mus, a daughter , Thursday , Feb. 26. Mother and daughter doing finely.

Mrs. Will Fox called a t the home of Mrs. Guy Smith Monday.

- - . , . , . i . . . ^ . i. • .. . i Dorothy Houghton visited Lu-ed the Strand theater in Lowell Miss Frances Davy, teacher in Calvin Clem and family, of Lake c i i | e Watts Thu r sday af te rnoon. Sunday night. Emerson school, Ionia, and Miss Odessa, w e r e t reated to warm Mrs. Henry Johnson and chi ldren

Quite a few ladles f rom A l t o ' E s s i e Condon, of Lowell, were S U g a r Wednesday evening at t h e | a n d Mrs. Alice Cole and little attended the Baptist Ladies' Aid Thursday af ternoon callers of home of their daughter , Mrs. Roy Son was callers in the evening, society at Mrs. Herber t Cron- l^ l s s Olive Halfleld. 'Blough and family. | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson fnger 's T h u l s d a y . El lsworth Raymor is assisting * " ••

The Clark Circle will have a ' w i t h l h e f a r m w o r k

is assisting Miss Marion Pardee visited f rom w a s Wednesday evening guests at Edward Thursday until Saturday with 0f Mr. and Mrs. Guy Smith.

I her cousin, Mrs. Alice C " ' " " " . - — Sam Detmer and family were , ihe home of he r uncle.

pork roast S U ^ T at the William her cousin, Mrs. Alice Coles a l | Week-end guests of Mr. and

(Sunday guc [parents, Mr. and Mrs. HelseL In | Mrs. Lena Shulz and fr iend,l Howard Houghton and wife

Klahn home Thursday, March 12.' , ^ 1 " ^ " M r s n p t m p r ' j i i ' n o n i e ? r n Everybody Invited. [Sunday guests o ' ^Mrs^ Uetmer s]Johnson and family.

Henry Mrs. Guy Smith w e r e Mr. and Mrs. Haas, of Detroit .

Mrs. L. A. Brown, of Whitney- Hockford, and called on Mr. Det-ville, was a Thursday af ternoon m e r » g b ro ther Leonard In Rock-caller of Mrs. Fred Patt ison and f o r ( | vicinity. Mrs. R. D. Bancroft . 1

the program. This will be an evening meet ing to be held at Ada High School at eight o'clock on the evening of Thursday , March 12th.

Dr. F r e e m a n and Alice Morris.

Townsh ip Caucus The Ada Townsh ip Republican

caucus will be held In the town-ship hall In the Village of Ada on March 13th. 1931 at 2 o'clock Fr iday a f t e rnoon , fo r the pu r - T h e Young People 's meeting pose of nominat ion of all town- w a s held Sunday evening and

CASCADE VILLAGE NEWS

ship officers and such other busi-ness as may be l awfu l ly t rans-acted at said meeting. By Orde r of the T o w n s h i p Com-

mittee. Signed Thomas H. MacNaughton. Rex F. Anthony.

Dated March 3. 1931. Ada, Kent Co.. Michigan.

LA BARGE RIPPLES

Mrs. Sallna Lorlng spent Mon-day night wi th her son Alvah, and family, of Home Acres, Tues-day she wil l leave for Fennvll le .

was conducted by Mr. Doerr . The Ladles' Circle met and had

d inner at the church . Wm. McClellan is spending a

f ew days wi th his family^ Fred Nenbecker . of Grand Rap-

ids, spent Sunday wi th his fam-ily.

Stanley Stevens was marr ied last Thursday .

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Heemstra a baby boy.

Houseman's Specials For Saturday

Hamburg, 2 lbs Sausage, 2 lbs Picnic Hams, smoked, lb Por terhouse Steak Round Steak Sir Loin Steak Pork Roaat—Fresh—Picnics Fresh—Side Pork . Ib Beef—Pot Roaat, lb R i b - S t e w , lb Veal—Roaat Shoulder. Ib Veal—Stew. Ib Veal Steak. Ib Veal Chops. Ib Home made Bolofna , 2 l b s f o r Liver, lb Oleo. B f l " . do*

Lard, 2 lbs A Full Line of Cold Meat Priced Y B Coffee Ib

25c 25c 15c 25c 25c 25e 12c 16e I5c 12c 18e 14c 25c 18c

. 25c . 10c

75c 18e 25c

Right . 35c

Cup and Saucer F ree with every pound

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CASCADE VILLAGE NEWS

(Last Week's Let ter )

McCORDS MATTERS

R. Postma visited in Grand Rapids at his sister 's over the week-end.

Mr. and Mrs. Matt Matternlck spent Sa turday evening at Mr. a n d Mrs. Wal ter Clark 's .

Mr. and Mrs. I ra Dean and daughter , of Grand Rapids, visit-eded Mr. and Mrs. F r e d Thoma i Sunday.

Miss Ada Postma, of Grand Rap-Ids. visited he r paren ts , Mr. and Mrs. R. Postma over the week-end.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Neliet t and Orve Kellogg and wife , of Ada, visited Mr. and Mrs. F red Thomas Sunday a f te rnoon .

Mrs. C^A. Curtiss and Mr. and Mrs. Flovd Everhear t and ohil-dren , of Freepor t . visited Mr. and Mrs. Wal te r Clark over Sun-day.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bloomer and chi ldren w e r e In Grand Rapids Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Smith vis-ited their paren ts , Mr. and Mrs. F r e d Thomas Sunday.

There wil l be ano the r dance at the Whit tenmll l Grange hal l . Saturday. March 14.

GOVE CORNERS

A surpr ise par ty f o r Marie where she wiil visit her brother^ Cordtz was given at the home of

by thc Camp

Gerald, son of Carl Wlt tenbach, Is In Blodgett hospital unde r ob-servation.

Mrs. Char les Quiggle Is home convalescing a f t e r a shor t stay in Blodgett hospital where she h a d an operat ion.

Word was received f rom Ella Buttr lck that she was on he r w a y home f rom Florida, also that Mrs. W. S. Merrill is homeward bound from California.

Claire and Wal ter Wingeier visited Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Quiggle last week-end.

Miss Sikkema took p a r t of h e r pupils to the museum last F r iday .

The fol lowing of Gove school were on the honor roll last mon th : Harold and Grover Bat-trick, Anna and Eleanor Milen-owskl, Betty and George Wlt ten-bach, Helen Van Eerden.

Will iam McClellan, Sr., is home on a fur lough.

Gladys Ingcrsoll F i re Girls.

Mrs. L. Wrlde was visit ing In Cascade over the week-end.

An attempt was made to enter Cook's garage Wednesday morn-

Ulysses Schooley and wife, for a few weeks.

Mrs. Dor r Cain has been con-fined to he r bed by sickness the past week. Her cousin f rom Freeport has been helping wi th . . _ the work and care of the ch l l - I ' np but was unsuccessful . dren. The Ladles ' Circle gave a chic-

Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Peel and ken d inner fo r the PTA of the son, of Stanwood, spent Sunday Alger school In Grand Rapids with he r parents , Mr. and Mrs . ' and made $45. H. H a r p e r and family. I Mr. Wlswel l again presented

Sunday af te rnoon and evening comic moving pic tures In the callers a t the Vern Lorlng home church Saturday evening. were Mr. and Mrs, Leonard Mrs. Fox and daugh te r Alice. Croff, of Home Acres, Mrs. Jen-1 visited relat ives in Ionia over the

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Mrs. Martin Cass, of Grand Hap- visited his pa ren t s the week-end. ids, visited Tuesday a f te rnooni Maxine Flynn is quite sick with the former ' s people. Mrs. w i t h t h e flu. Dr . Grlswold was

Miss Olive Hatfield was a last; Abe Eash and family. called Monday. Mr. and Mrs. 0 . E. Meyer, of Thursday night guest of Mrs. Miss Margaret Eckert , of Kala- Howard Aldrlch and wi fe at-

Grand Rapids, were Sunday d i n - M a r y Parker and a week-end m azoo , visited Saturday a f t e r - | e m i e ( i the ner guests of their parents , Mr. guest of her mother and sisters Ir, and Mrs. Fred Pattison. I Greenville.

Mrs. Frank Fairchild and son ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Daniels Richard , spent Monday and Tues- were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. day with the former ' s mother , Siehl in Detroit f rom Thursday Mrs. Eva Pinckney, of Saranac. iuntil Sunday. Manv places of in-

Mr. and Mrs. Claud Loring and | j - r c s t w ^ r e . v 's ' t t 'Jt among them daughter Mabel, of East C a l e - , 1 ^ wonder fu l Ambassador bridge evening. donia, were enter tained Sunday a n ( ' ^ l e tunnel under Detroit r i \ - Ozi Pardee and wife, Wm. Cos-at the Ernest Hosenberger home. er» connecting the United States g r i i r and wi fe -a t t ended the fa r -

and Canada. m e r ' s mutual telephone meeting Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Siehl were Thursday at the Bowne Ladles'

Aid society hall . Mr. and Mrs. W. Mishler, Mrs.

Ellen Roush, Ar thur Parker , W.

, — Grange meeting at noon with Miss Marion Pardee . Grand Rapids Saturday and was

Mrs. Polly Eash visited Thurs- d inner guest of h is uncle, Mr. and day af te rnoon wi th her mother , Mrs. War ren Hunter . Mrs. Lena Mishler, of U)gan. | Received n e w s this morn ing

Quite a number f rom this way that Mr. Lewis Boulard passed attended Ihe Passion Play at a W a y this m o r n i n g at 8:30 o'clock Freeport M. E. church Fr iday S U n time.

STATETROOPERS GIVEN COURTESY COACHING Courtesy is one of the require-

ments of the Michigan State Police and lectures on this subject are given personally by Commissioner Oscar d a n d e r at each of the police schools. Willie night-stick, hard-boiled tactics are sometimes re-quired by the police officer in his dealing with desperadoes, 80 per cent of his Job Is with law-abiding cltixens and taxpayers.

CommlBsloner d a n d e r urges his offlcers to cultivate the acquaint-ance of farmers and small-town merchants on his "run" and out of friendly relations that they may thus build, have an enlarged field of opportunity for service. Assist-ance to motorists In distress on the

The Alto PTA meeting which w a s postponed will IK- held I n I s u n d a " d i n n e r m S t s o f ' M r ' a n d I h t ' ^ ^ ^ a y = l n g ; M n ! f

sr a n k D a n k , l s , r c , u r „ i n g to

Mrs. E r m s t Koark is p n p a n n g i ) f . | r o j | m thi' a f ternoon, the program. ^ | r a n ( j Mrs. Ray Parker were

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rosenberg Tuesday d inner guests of their had d inner Monday evening with Son Gerald and wife in Ionia. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Head-wor th and they all a t tended the theater in Ionia.

Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Herber and family, of Lansing, Mrs. Shanks, of Custer, S. D., spent the week-end with their sisler, Mrs. B. R. Sydnam and family.

Mr. and Mrs. John Keiser and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dintanian called on . the former ' s b ro ther . Matt Keiser at St. Mary's hos-pital Thursday even ing

Mrs. Elmer Ellis Is recovering f rom thc flu. Mrs. Owen Xash was a Saturday night and Sunday .visitor at Ihe Ellis home and as-sisted In the household duties.

Mr. and Mrs. F rank McXaugh-ton were Sunday d inner guests of the Misses Addle and Mary Sinclair and called on Mrs. Sam Neuman, of Freeport , In thc af-ternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Watson were hosts to their bridge c lub Saturday evening. High scores were held by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Keiser and low scores by Mr. and Mrs. Claud Silcox.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Anderson and daughter Jeanne, and Mr. and Mrs. Jake Gless. Mrs. Vivian Anderson and son Farre l l , were Sunday dinner guests at the H. Kinyon home in Kalamazoo.

The Alio Fire Department has received two calls to extinguish small fires recent ly, a chimney fire at the Andy Rit tenger home Fr iday and a similar blaze al the Bowne Center school house Mon-day morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Keiser vis-ited the former ' s b ro ther , Mat-t hew at St. Mary's hospital Sun-day, whe re he Is recovering from an accident, which very badly smashed his right foot in a fire dr i l l lasl Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Wor they Silcox were In Hastings Fr iday, and on the i r r e tu rn home they called on the i r sister, Mrs. Sam Newman . of F reepor t , finding her much be t te r ,and apparen t ly well on the road to recovery following h e r recent very severe siege with pneumonia . j

Mr. and Mrs. W a r d P roc to r en ter ta ined about th i r ty f r iends F r iday evening In honor of the first wedding ann ive r sa ry of the i r son Lyle and wife , to whom the par ty was a complete sur-

f irise. The evening was spent n p i t y i n g pedro, p r ices going to

Mrs. R. D. Bancro f t and M. A. Watson . A delicious lunch was served.

H. Pardee, Mrs. Minnie Bowck

BOWNE CENTER BUNS (Last Week 's Let ter)

were among those f rom this place i 1 ' ^ . . that at tended the funera l I r ' o . u i

Dorothy Houghton, of Detroit , is visiting her parents , Mr. and Mrs. Guy Smith for a few days. Howard is expected for the week-

ser-vices of James Hulllberger at the Freeport M. E. church Wednes-day a f te rnoon .

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Quick were Grand Rapids visitors Fr iday .

M r l Mattie Mishler. Mrs. Sarah

Smith re turned home Sunday from Lansing.

Callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Smith last week were Mrs. Ward Boulard, Mrs. F lynn and son, Ervln Leigh and wife,

•na uauiir r , ^ a i au L a u r a I ' ly'Jn. Clara and Thurza Benedict, Mrs. Ellen' Roush and | I^°™P s o

r in ' M . r- and Mrs. George

Mrs. Minnie Bowck at tended the, o nI

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n ^ . s o n Raymond. Mr. quilt ing bee al the M. E. ehurch 0 ' par lors In Freepor t Thursday .

Harry Davidhlser Is on the sick list.

W. H. Pardee was In Lowell Saturday a f te rnon .

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Keiser, of Saranac, wree over night guests Saturday evening and Sunday with Mrs. Keiser s people. Wm. Dukes and family.

Mrs. F a n n i e Huntington, of Bowne. is car ing for Mrs. Sam Newman, of Freepor t , who has been very 111 with pneumonia .

Miss Naomi Parker has com-pleted he r school work at the Davenport McLaughlin Institute and re tu rned home Wednesday.

Emery Kime and family, of rural highways Is another chapter Campbell, visited Sunday at Har-of the "courtesy code" of the de-partment and troopers know more about motors than the average driver when he goes on the road. The result Is that frequently the stalled motorist Is sent on his way after a trooper has looked the stub-born carburetor over and made the adjustments necesaary for Its oper atlon.

The courtesy Idea rules In

old Voder's. Mrs. Frank Mead and daugh-

ter, of Grand Rapids, visited Sal-un lay with Mrs. Anna Blough.

Mrs. Fannie Heinlzlemen, of Grand Rapids, was a Saturday evening caller at the Roy Blough home.

Sunday callers at the Je r ry Blough home were Wm. Glasgow and daughter Mildred and Ralph Rowe, of Grand Rapids, Mrs. El-

Clarksvllle, Howard Smith and wife, of Grand Rapids, John Thomas, wi fe and two chi ldren, of Lansing.

Mr. and Mrs. Wat Thomas were in^ Kalamazoo Sundy. Miss Bea-tr ice was home for the week-end

Arthur Hunte r , of Grand Rap-Ids. spent the week-end wi th Bud Aldrlch.

Miss Florence Brewer called on Mr. and Mrs. J . S. Thomlts Sunday.

Thelma Boulard and Paul John-son at tended t h e basket bal l game at Caledonia F r iday evening.

The eighth graders of Bowne Center and Lowe school were in-vited lo a t t end the basket ball game Fr iday night.

Mrs. John Nash enter ta ined a f ew ladles at a quil t ing. H i e quil t was fo r he r niece, w h o was marr ied recent ly .

methods of handling traffic and m e r Shaffer , Lois and Walter, state troopers are sent oat on their Job Instructed to save life and prop-erty, to deal firmly with reckless-nesp. and to avoid the unpleasant officious attitude of many officers

nie Schooley. of Caledonia, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Luneke and son.

Mrs. Ralph Rathbun. daughter and I rving Lutz, motored to Kala-mazoo Sunday to see the for -mer 's sister, Mrs. Lee Davis, w h o underwen t an operat ion some time ago, and will soon be able lo leave the hospital .

Mr. and Mrs. Colon Campbell and son were Sunday d i n n e r guests of Mrs. E. Lyle, of Grand Rapids,

Lamber t Munshaw. Anna Wes-tra and Mrs. J . Basher spent Sun-day wi th Mr., and Mrs. W. Knight.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Frisbie spent Tuesday In Grand Rapids and al--dUIBQ ' a 'jv - s j k uo pa||B3 OS bell.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Fifield spent Fr iday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ora Dawson.

Mrs. Maud Coverhouse and Mrs. P. Boers and baby, of Kalamazoo, spent Thursday wi th the former ' s b ro ther , Will Knight and wife .

Miss Lola Bell Cain, of Middle vie. fo rmer ly of this p lace , u n de rwen t an operat ion for appen-dicitis last Tuesday a t Pennock hospital at Hast ings. Latest re -por t , gaining slowly.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shook and family, of Conklln, spent Sunday with the i r parents , Mr. and Mrs. F rank Rathbun and family.

Claud Henry and sons, of Jen-inson. called on Mr. and Mrs. Ora Dawson Sa turday a f te rnoon .

Mrs. Bill Fr l sb le called on Mrs. Dor r Cain Wednesday evening.

Miss Doro thy Menzie Is as-sist ing Mrs. Joe Coon, of Alaska, wi th ne r housework .

N. C. Thomas, of Home Acres, was a d inne r guest at the Vern Lor lng home last Thursday .

Mrs. Louis Luneke and son spent Saturday wi th her paren ts , t o help out with thc maple s y r u p as he r mother w a s confined to he r bed a f ew days wi th flu.

Mr. and Mrs. Claud Lorlng and daughter were Sunday guests of Mr. a n d Mrs. E. A. Rosenhurg. of Alto.

week-end. Quite a lot of exci tement was

created Saturday night when a t ruck belonging to Ben Jager , of Ada, caught lire whi le taking on gas at Cornell 's oil s tat ion. The t ruck was loaded wi th fu rn i tu re belonging to lx>uis Lambert , and was enroute to Ann Arbor , where they intended making the i r home. Both t ruck and fu rn i t u r e were badly damaged before the fire was extinguished.

Elmer l ^ w r e n c e and son and family called on f r i ends In Cas-cade Sunday.

Mrs. C. Vandermaas is on the sick list.

Fay Johns ton spent Sunday at his home In Cascade Springs.

Mrs. Auble's mother came to visit her Fr iday a f te rnoon .

Cascade Pioneer c lub basket team suffered a set-back at the hands of the Tr in i ty Methodist church team, of Grand Rapids, 26 to 27. The game was not decid-ed until the final whis t le was b lown. Cascade p layers w e r e : Bill McClellan, Carl and Herman Cordtz, Lisle Philips, Minor Wat-terson and Lee Auble.

The P ioneer c lub meet ing w a s held at the church last F r i d a y night. F rank Vandermaas acted as chief ranger . It w a s decided that the club would go on a hike March 7, and would also a pantomime play in connect ion wi th f ree movies at the chu rch on March 7 at 7:30. The next meeting wil l he held at the Van-dermaas home on March 6.

WHITNEYVILLE WHATNOTS

Harvey Blough, wife and Ix iah , of Welcome Corners.

Callers al Ozi Pardee 's during the week were Mr. and Mrs. Newton Coons, of l^iwell, Mr.

. h e r e .here h a . heen pe . t , tnfrae.

Detroit , Bert Bachelor and son John, of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Al-fred Cusler , George Ford, of Grand Rapids, Naomi Parker ,

tlon of some traffic regulation. Among the other subjects at the

troopers' schools are pistol shoot-ing, court procedure, first aid, rules of evidence, traffic engineering, study of poisons, fingerprinting, etc.

Right Method of Walking The public health sen-Ice says

tbat the correct method of walking la to walk with the iocs pointing nearly straight ahead and only slightly o u t Correct posture la more like the military attitude at rest—namely, with heels apart, toes almost straight forward, the sides of the feet approximately opposite •Ides of a square. This attl tade gives •tabillty and poise and In-surea a proper distribution of the weight of the body upon the struc-tnrea of the f e e t

Leap Karche r and Dona Jean, of F r e e p o r t

W. H. Pardee was in I>owell Saturday af ternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack La P u r d and daughters , of Ryron, visited Sun-day with L. H. Cooper and wife.

Mrs. Byron Pat terson Is spend-ing a few days In Grand Rapids.

Mr; . J . G. Ballard called on Mary Fuller one day last week.

Geo. Cooley spent a f ew days with his f a t h e r m Grand Rapids, who is very III.

John Gress was in Grand Rap-ids last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Onan called on Mr. Ballard Sunday a f te rnoon .

Ha r ry Vanderbil t and Vern Watterson called on B. Z Pat ter-sons ' Sunday.

Mrs. Bert Douglas was on the sick list.

Just Habit According lu an economist,

money is the people's servant. Here today and gone tomorrow. —The Humorist , London.

Do not send your job pr int ing out of town. We patronize home Industr ies ourselves, employ home labor and respectfully ask you to do the same. Our prices are reasonable, and we do our work wi th care.

Plumbing, Heating and; Sheet Metal Work

Prompt service on Repair Work

R A Y C O V E R T Phona 317

Successor to Phil Krum.

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Six Cylinder Sentences O

Of OIL JOHN W. HOLLAND

Think before you come to the brink.

Respect others and respect will flow back to you.

Indulgent parents "do" their children by doing too much for them.

No mnn has ever been born so strong but that lust will "bust" him.

Cut down the quality of your work and you cut down your own future.

The n a n who cannot see Ood in the face of a trusting child, will never see Him elsewhere.

((B by Wctlem Newip^pcr Union )

Notes of LittU Value About this passion for nuta tak-

ing: Have you heard about the •ebolar who studied and studied, snd wrote It all down in alsborate notebooks, piles and plies of re-markably edited notes (oh, he wss considered tn educated aian 1). They contained everything he knew. Then, •lack, came a fire and boroed up bis notes and his textbooks. And he was a scholar no mora.—Detroit N»ws.

CAMPAU LAKE VICINITY

Mr. and Mrs. Cornell Bouwens a n d chi ldren , of Alto, spent Sat urday wi th Mr. Bouwen 's s is ter , Mrs. Maud Moll, of Hudsonvil le .

Albert Mourer a n d W a r r e n Kidder, of near LowelL w e r e Sunday d inne r guests at the C. H. F reeman home. Af te rnoon cal-lers were Mr. and Mrs. Cornell Bouwens and ch i ld ren , of Alto.

Nick Elzlnga a n d Peter Moll of Hudsonville. w e r e Fr iday vis-i tors of Mr. and Mrs. Cornel l Bouwens.

Mr. and Mrs. E rnes t Colby, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Stauffer . and Mr. and Mrs. J . E. Stauffer , of Alto, were Thursday d i n n e r guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Ross.

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Thompson, Hugh Ross and John Pomeroy, of Lan-sing, were week-end guests af the Arch Ross home.

Duncan Ross and son Wal ter , and Mr. Spauldlng, of Grand Rap-Ids, were Thursday callers of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Ross.

Mr. and Mrs. Sara Quiggle, of Middleville, and Mr. and Mrs. Harding, of Grand Rapids, were Sunday guesls of Mr. and Mrs. F. Huizinga, of Campau Lake.

Geraldine Freeman and Albert Mourer spent Saturday evening In Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Higgler and Mr. and Mrs. Char les Barrls , of Wliitneyvllle, were Sunday din-ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sant Ellis, of Campau Lake.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Stauffer and family and Raymond Banham visited at Roy Blough's Sunday, evening callers at the Charles E. Stauffer home were El roy Horton, wife and daughter and cousins. Fay Hoff and wife , of Jennlson.

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ALTON—VERGENNES

Mr. and Mrs. George Benedict, of Grand Rapids, visited from Thursday until Saturday wi th Mr. and Mrs. Dorus Church.

Hilton Weekes, of Greenville, spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Petersen.

Miss Olive Wingeier was home dver the week-end from Slurgls.

Guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blaser were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Francisco, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Frost and children. Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Kropf, and Mr. and Mrs. Gust. Wingeier and son Verne, Pete Kellogg and Karl Kropf .

Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Condon drove to Kalamazoo Sunday af-ternoon to take Miss Roxle and a girl f r iend back to Normal af-ter spending the week-end here.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Melby, Mrs. F rank Ormln and Mrs. F r e d Han-sen, of Chicago, were Sunday

fuests of Mr. and Mrs. Pete eterson Sunday. The 7 and 11 4-H club met with

Dorothy Kropf Fr iday.

Tawritt Bible Passagn of-

Roland H. Har t ley Governor of Waih lna ton .

For God so loved the world that He pive his only be-gotten Son, that whosoever bellev-eth In Him should not p e r i s h , bat h a v e everlasting

life.—John 8:10. Let not your heart be trou-

bled ; ye believe In God, believe also In roe. In my Father's house are many mansions; If It were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.—John 14:1-2.

Tha Lord la my shepherd; I shall not wanr.—Psalm 28:1. (CompiUd by tht Bibb Guild.J

SOUTH-WEST N E W S

Mrs. Myrtle Burch spent the

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0 " l a a and M n . Pete KeMoaa Alvln i>ovl. ' A l , r c < l Hansen. Sunday they

Hurniri •iinrv, i ilv i m w e r c a " d inne r guests of Mr. and n K . i n t u i K Blaser Mrs. Charlie Deller, of Nashville,

were In Lans ing Wednesday. | J o h n B o w i i n ( o f G r a n d Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Ford and spent Sunday at the Easter-

wJ re i r^ l le ld ina ' MtfriHav I ^ o r o t h y i brooks-Aldri'ch home.' TThn n p * / Honr^in!o rii H t I John C®"*' of Grand RaP^S.

m J ^ v W i l l rgh PS*y,i i n c a , l e d o n h i 5 s i s , t ' r . Mrs. Ed. Eas-

uartv Prizes win h.- olvni fho l e r b r o o k , s Saturday a l te rnoon. rnnnin »ha» oan j l l . . . i I M r ' 8 1 , ( 1 M r s ' ( i r a n t Sherman jlrfl?i f f i J l timf.tKjle,n0n

l a n d f a , » i l y c a l l t ' d o n E a r l K i n -strate these ha rd times best. | y o n a n d f ' a m i I y S a l u r d a y .

dov* la«» L i C W l M r - a n d Mrs. Earl Kinyon and Wilf fcnvpri children were Sunday dinner Will Converse^ g u e s t s o f M r ^ M r s G u y ^

Mr* i? 1,1 Mrs. Almeda Marley and Mrs. with her s is ter Mrs Will F a f r ' A , f r c d » a n ' c n . of Grand Rapids, - • - - I i e r 8 1 s l e r » M r s ' Will Fai r - w e r e Monday dinner guests at

child. Mr. and Mrs. George Miller

spent Wednesday and Thursday in Grand Rapids wi th their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. WUIiam Schultz.

the Burch-Slocum home. Mr. and Mrs. E. Kinyon spent

Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ray ingcrsoll, of White's Bridge.

H o w a r d Aldrich is home af te r Mr« Vornnr an,! " " w a r u A j u n c n is nome al ter

Si D e " " ^ l M d( , d , 0 ^ : S S l l n g 5 0 " " : , l m 1 , C i r , " " 1

were8 recent'ca l l e r c a l •V l a p c > s c b ( > 0 , d i 5 t r i c l N o - 6 h e , d were recent callers al S. T. See- their PTA meeting at the school

Xfri Morv Thnmo. h 0 U 8 c | , ' r i d a y nignt wi th a pot-

Hapids. spent Monday at ™ er ' " W " " ' farm.

Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Bieri and sons were Saturday d inner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark.

ELMDALE ETCHINGS

Mr. anu jsrs . j o n n w a r * . T h e P a r r a e r s ' M u t u a l Telephone Frank Houghlon and Q a r e n c e ? n ® ® 1 !

Yeiter spent Fr iday af ternoon in ii ® i ? Grand Rapids on township busl- Hiursday, t e b . ness. i*0 ' 1 1"1- A line pot-luck dinner

Mr. and Mrs. W. Fairchi ld were , w h l c l 1 w a * f o I l o ^ d

Wednesday visitors of Mr. and ^ , h c b " 5 1 " " 5 . meeting, f h e Mrs. Don Wright al Dowling. i ^ c e r s were all re-elected with

Mr. and Mrs. Matt Matternlck K® e x 5 f p i ! o l l tu r one director ,

and children spent Sunday wMh , ^ r b e l ? g e l e c t e d o v e r

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Boldt at : o h n u * . representat ive

Hudson. | f rom the Mich State Bell Co., was Raymond Houghton Is slaying * , r " e n t u " d « a v e a t a l k - . .

with his grandparents , Mr. and H e v * , a n d **,"• S a m u1

c l Upwser Mrs. F rank Houghton, while his ? r e e n t e r M n i n g the lat ler 's sis-mofher is on jury In Grand Rap- Vr a n d b u

Is

I!, . a n d ' M r - u n d Mrs.

ids. F j Castle, of Illinois. George Miller, Jr . , spent f rom I r a S81"*®""1 a n d wife delivered

Friday until Sunday In Lowell a n d s y r u p to Grand Rap-wi th f r iends . , ids Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Lockwood ' V " ' J ° h n 8 0 n a n d son Albert, of Grand Rapids, called at Geo l8!1.? l a | n i ' y were called to Bell-Mlller's Wednesday af ternoon. 1 X l , i c J h u r s d a y , n i «bt to see their Sunday cal lers w e r e Mrs. W . . ? 1

a u g h t e rJ a n d s i s t c r ' M r s . Wilbur

Christ iansen and daughter Helen. * ; a y m ? n d ' w b o had made a sud-Mrs. Merle Kingdom and s o i v S e n . ebange f o r the worse , Al-Wayne, of Lowell, and Mr. a n d r . " " n d ' " n " ? re tu rned home Mrs. Ear l Sinclair and two c h i l - l l a , e f r , i d a y "igb'f Mr. Johnson dren, of Eimdale. remaining over Sunday.

The Clark Circle, of the Alto1 i a yM

L e c c « "JHl f a m i l y a n ( i R e v ' Ladies ' Aid society will meet a L . Wllkins and grand-the home of Mr. and Mrs, Will d a u 8 h t c r spent Sunday with Mr. Will Klahn Thursday , March 12th ^ " ^ . M r s . George Leece. fo r supper. Mies Kaunman ar r ived home

Virginia and Carroll Smith i f 1 " 0 " Fr idny night, hav-were F r iday supper guests of.")® " n , s h e d bis work there. He their music teacher. Miss Bernlce P l a n 8 PP n i a n a g i n g the home Yeiter. Bernlce has just added f a r r a Uiis year . His parents , Mr. t w o South Boston girls lo he r a n d . " ^ b " Overboi l have class. | rented the t enan t house of Mose

Sunday guests of Mr. and M r s . P , a ' d ' 8 a n d move in the F rank Houghton were Mr. a n d n e a r f u , u r e * r i a UK n u u g m u n were a r . a n a —7* Vr. T i Mrs. L. Howard , and G. Houfih-1 J2< : ^ a b l and son Loren, dellv-ton and chi ldren, Suzanne and f. 8 > , r u P t o Grand Rapids -par-Raymond. Mr. and Mrs. F. Hump t ies Tuesday . Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. F. Hasse, of Detroit, F ranc is Houghton and Merle Dawson.

Miss Margaret JelTery and George Graham were marr ied with a quiet ceremony which was

Serformed Feb rua ry 26, by Rev. ai lard, of Whitneyville at Hie

home' of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hoag. They were aliened by Miss Ber-nlce Tucker and Leslie JelTery.

Yes? H t a r One Is always learning some-

thing new, and the other night we at tended a modernistic-clas-sical dance, and discovered we'd been danc ing a hymn every t ime we chased mosquitoes out of the bedrooms.—Ohio Slate Journal .

* IMI / ' W m U- d i f t dM, M Nw y l r * - r f Ht S UtM b. to rw —i .mt tm- y '•

HENRY'S Drug Store

uesday Willis Lape and wife , of Grand

Rapids, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mose StafaiT Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Thomas visited the i r daughter, Mrs. Olive vlia, of Pennoca hospital , Sun-day a f te rnoon . They report that she Is doing nicely f rom her re-cent opera t ion^

Mr. and Mrs. Char les Stahl, Mrs. Mary Ann Snider and Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Yoder motored to Stanton Fr iday w h e r e they at-tended the funera l of a cousin, Owen Bauman.

Elmer Wler and family, of Grand Ledge, called at the Albert Johnson home Sunday af te rnoon.

Mrs. Jay Trowbr idge has been very ill and is confined to he r bed. Grant Trowbr idge and wife, of Grand Rapids, spent over Sun-day wi th his parents .

Mrs. Steve Custer received thc message of Ihc death of he r brother , Pius Long, who passed away Sunday, Feb. 22, at the National Soldiers home at Dan-ville, III. Mr. Long at the age of 17 went as a Volunteer in the Civil war .

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Kelm and son, of Grand Rapids, and Burl Kelm and family w e r e Sunday guesls of their paren ts , Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kelm.

Serene? With thc re turn of the long

skirt there reverts lo a conceal-ment full many a gem of purest rayon serene.—Arkansas Gazelle.

LEGISLATIVE LETTER

(Continued from first page) T h e proposal that the Conser-

vation Deparlment pay 10 cents an acre as a tax on its reserved forest lands, the money to go to lhe county, township and school districts, has been repor ted fav-orably by Ihe committee on gen-eral taxation.

Timber Tax Change Another proposal alTecllng Ihe

lax system Is made by Senator Rushton in a bill which would remove the taxes on s tanding t imber and substitute a payment of 10 per cent of the value of the t imber cut. The stale would dis-t r ibute part of this money to the countlcs and townships. The s late would pay 10 cents per acre to the counties and townships on the standing t imber. It Is claimed that this would discourage thc present practice of denuding for-est lands, and allowing the cut-over holding to revert to the slate, tax delinquent. Timber owne r s claim that the high taxes almost force them to cut the tim-ber , even when the market fo r the sale of lumber products is uniavorable. The law would not be compulsory, t imber owne r s being permitted to remain under the present tax system If they p re fe r .

Speaker Fred Ming has en-dorsed the proposal to tax all stock t ransfers . This would raise r e v e n u e which he considers necessary for the tubercular hos-pital which he Is sponsoring fo r the nor thern par t of the lower peninsula.

Wonld Control Payrol l Another economy move is pro-

posed by the Governor, provid-ing for rigid control of depar t -mental salaries by the adminis-t ra t ive board. The mai le r has been laid before the senate fin-ance committee. If It is favor-ably acted upon all depar tment heads will be forced to file a list of employes In their respective depar tments , with the salary re-ceived by each one, on July 1 of each year. Under Ihe existing pract ice each depar tment is giv-en an appropriat ion to run lis a flairs, the number of emloyes and their salaries being left up to to Ihe depar tment head.

The measure to curtai l thc

Kwers of the administrat ive ard in handling appropr ia t ions

has been given th i rd reading in the House. Provision fa made fo r a million dollar emergency appropr ia t ion to be used for pur-poses not specifically provided for by Ihe legislature.

Special Election A special election will be held

April 6 to elect a representat ive to succeed Rep. Edward D. Skeels publ isher of the Whitehall For-um, who died two weeks ago. He was serving his four th term f rom the second Muskegon distr ict .

Another special committee at-tended Ihe funeral services held at Flint for John Fitzglbbon, not-ed political wr i te r of Detroit . While not a member of the olll-clal family, Fitzglbbon has been at the capital for so many years, being an intimate of 12 governors of .Michigan, that his passing was recognized by a special commit-tee represent ing the legislature.

Other members of the legisla-ture went on Ihe air tour last week, visiting the a i rpor ts at Pontiac, Detroit City, Wayne county and Dearborn. The trip was for the purpose of Inspec-tion and to help the members in providing legislation to encour-age the aviation industry. There were 75 passengers on the trip, made in planes loaned fo r the occasion.

Automobile Legislation There was considerable opposi-

tion to the p l an suggested by the administrat ion lo license automo-bile drivers and no fu r the r effort is expected to be made to change the departments handl ing the business. ^ Friends of Secretary of State Fitzgerald were opposed to the plan to give Ihe -Depart-ment of Public Safety charge of the licensing work, m d they will likely have their way in the measures adopted.

Driving an automobile in such manner as to cause In jury to person o r proper ty , but not causing death , would be defined as felonious driving, punishable by a fine of $1,000 and two years Imprisonment under a bill in-troduced by Rep. Darl ln, River Rouge. Rep. Jewell , Hubbell , introduced a bill to requ i re mo-tor car owne r s to show proof of abil i ty to pay damages result ing f rom accident.

Numerous amendments to the state consHtution have been proposed, among them one by Hep. Henry Osborne, Soo, to lim-it to taxpayers , their husbands o r wives irespcctively, vote on bond Issues o r public expendi-tures. Some of the proposed amendments will die in commit-tee or the voter next November will find himself conf ron led wllh a s^ack of questions, each Import-ant in ilself.

WANT COLUMN 25c FOR ANY WANT AD UP

TO 25 WORDS. NONE TAKEN OF ANY LENGTH FOR LESS, NO MATTER HOW SHORT. 25c CASH or STAMPS WITH ORDER.

WANTED—'Eldery woman to oc-cupy home with me. Also want to buy 6 cows, 1 brood sow, 100 white Leghorn pullets. Mrs. L J. Leech, inqui re City State bank. (p 41

FOR SALE—June a n d .Mammoth clover seed. M. B. Weitz, 214 miles south-east of Bowne Cen-ter. Phone Eimdale 3 Fl-4.

P 41-42)

FOR RENT—Two f u r n i s h e d rooms for light housekeeping. Mrs. A. Lemm, 611 Jefferson, Lowell . (p 41

NURSERY STOCK—The fJnest grown. Guaranteed. No freight charges. Sec me before plac-ing orders . M. H. Vanderhoff, Lowell, Route I. Phone 493.

P 41)

FOR SALE—8x12 Sectional broo-der house. Cheap. Phil ip Van Setters. I mile south of Cas-cade on U. S. 16. (p 41-42

FOR SALE—Model T. touring car wllh complete cur ta ins and in good mechanical condition, has been well cared for . Sec it at 704 Monroe Ave., or wri te F. C. Oberl in, 752 Morton Ave., Bel-ding. (p 41

WW?: n&t: jm %

Wake U p !

turkey gob-J. Warnen,

(p 41

FOR S A L E - L a r g e bier . Mrs. W. phone 8 F2.

FOR RENT—Six-room house and garage. Inquire at 203 or 116 Jef ferson street , south, or phone 281. (p 41

LOWELL MARKET REPORT

Corrected March 5, Wheat Rye, per bu Flour, per bbl Oats per bu Corn and Oat feed, cwt . Corn Meal Cracked Corn, per cwt . Bran, per ton Middlings, per ton Pea Beans Light Red Beans Dark Red Kidney Beans Eggs, per dozen . . . Butter Fa t Hogs, dressed Hogs, live Calves, dressed . . . . Calves, live

I Beef, live Beef, dressed Pi ales, per cwt . . . Fowls, per Ib

Job pr in t ing executed wi th painstaking care at T h e Ledger office.

1931. 70 45

5.60 32

1 65 1 65 1 70

. . . . 2 4 00 , . . . 2 4 00

3.70 9 00

. . .13.50

... .16 25

9% . . . 6-7y, . . . . 11 -14

8-10 . . . . 3-6 . . ..6-10

. . . . .83 Mi

. . . . 13 -18

LOST Leather bill fold with dr iver ' s license, car title, etc. F inder re turn to Richard R. Staal, care Superior Furn i tu re Co., Lowell. (p 41

FOR SALE—Black horse, 1,500 lbs, good worker , or Irade for small team. Wal ter Yardley, Lowell , Mich. P h o n e 57, F4.

P 41)

F O R SALE—Young Mammoth Bronze gobbler. Mrs. Lyle Bovce. Phone, 55, F4. (p 41

FOR SALE—A span of s t raw-ber ry rhone horses, weight 1,350 and 1,400. Cheap if ta-ken at once, sell ing on account of poo r health. J . N. Hubbel, Lowell , Mich, R. No. 3. (p 41

FOR SALE—New milch Je r sey cow with calf by her side. Chas. W. Sterzick, 1% miles south of Yelter's oil station on M 50. (p 41

WANTED—4 or 5 day-old calves for vealcrs. Will pay highest p r ice for good Holstein calves. Abe Van Lerden, R. R. 4, Ada, Mich. (c 41

FOR RENT—Large house in good location. Furnace , bath, large garden, lawn, double garage. Call 69, F l - I , Saranac. (p 41-4t

FARM FOR RENT—2% "inUes west of Grand T r u n k depot ; 68 acres, 7-room house furnished. James Green, R. F. D., 2. Phone 154, F-2, Lowell. p (41

FOR SALE—Three turkey gob-blers. Inquire Wlnton Wll-cox. Melody F a r m s . (c 41

FOR SALE—By James Wood-cock, 3 lens or more of mixed t imothy and clover. Phone F r a n k Rider, 87 F2. (c 41

FOR SALE^-One span of young horses . Joe Prawdzi t , Lowell H F D, No. 5. (p 41

FOR SALE—125 acre farm, heavy loam. Twenty acres of t imber . H o u s e sui table for t w o families, barn, hog barn, tool sheds, garage a n d chicken house. Three miles south of Eimdale. Ray Wleland, 2021 Palace Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. (p 40.31

FOR SALE—Poultry farm, 3W acres of land. T w o new broo-der houses, n e w laying house, 20x100. House of eight roonrt, e lectr ic lights, water and gar-age. In Lowell . Don S. Wis-ner , Lowell. Phone 264, F-4.

(p 40-41

Read the Want Column.

FOR SALE—Good 40 acre fa rm; has good six-room house, 38x 48 basement barn, 20x60 hen house, a n d other out-bulldings. Several f ru i t trees. On good gravel road, 2 miles west of Clarksville. G. A. Townsend. P. 0. , Clarksville Route 1.

(p 39-3 t

FOR SALE—Good sound horse, weight about 1,100, $30. Or will t rade for hay or he i fers or young bull. A. Van Erden , 3 miles south of Ada. R. R. 4,

(c 40-41

I AM PREPARED to sat isfy all you r insurance needs. Fa rm Bureau lines a re my specialty. You will be interested in our rates and service. Robert M.

Fer ra l l , phone 116-761F4, Grand Rapids, R. No. 3. For prompt service, call Lowel l Body Re-pa i r and Paint Shop. Phone 48.

(40-44

FOR SALE—Forty acre farm In Lowell t ownsh ip to close es-tate. Enquire of J. E. Greene, adminis t ra tor , Lowell, (p 40-43

FOUND—A police dog. Owner can have same by proving p roper ty and paying for this ad. Charles W. Knapp, deputy

^ s h e r i f f , Lowell . (c 39 31

H ) H SALE—Carrots by ton for stock feed a n d table; also yel-low dent seed corn in car . P. Adams, R. 2, Lhwell, Sweet 's Corners. (p 37.44

POULTRY WANTED— Highest cash price pa id and will call fo r same. C. H. Alexander. Phone 115-2. (c 19 If

WILL HAVE Limited amount of Whi le Rock and White Ix'ghorn baby chicks, also will do some custom hatching. J . C. Chaler-don. Phone 6 F, 2-1. (c 35 tf

FOR SALE—Michigan No. 1 High Grade Kerosene Oil in ca r load lots, freight prepaid, at S'/i cents per gallon. 8,000 gallons j or 160 50-gallon barre ls to a carload. Th is kereosene is la-! ken from the local oil field herel al Ml. Pleasant and is guaran-teed not to smoke glass chim-neys. Pool you r oil needs and send us your orders, w e will do the rest. H. Foley 4 Co., Mt. Pleasant, Mich. (p 39-5

F e w duties a f fo rd such simple pleasure as tak ing an oil-can and oiling every th ing a round the house.

The Day of the Handbill Is Past

The successful way to advertise an

is by publishing the list in full in a paper of KNOWN CIRCULATION

It costs much less and brings larger and better crowds.

The handbill method is a relic of the old horse and buggy days. People can't read sale bills today as they drive along at a 30 to 40-mile clip.

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Your list published in full in The Ledger will reach several THOUSAND more people—

your results wiil be from $100 to several hundred dollars more. These are veritable

facts which can be proven. (If you have some particular use for a few bills we will

print them for you from the newspaper adv. for practically nothing.)

Run your auction sale adv. in

THE LOWELL LEDGER and you'll get bigger and better crowds than you possibly could by any other method. Call and see us for full par-ticulars—it will pay you.

Remember, the cost Is less If you use The Ledger - •+++++•«•+•+++•+++-M

WE MAKE DATES WITH AUCTIONEERS • + + • + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4

THE LOWELL LEDGER Phone 200 I . C. JEFFERIES, Pibl i iher

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SIX THE IX)WEIX (MICH.) LEDGER and ALTO SOLO. THURSDAY. MARCH 5. 1931

The F ish t ing Tender foot

By William MacLeod Rain« Oopyrlfht by William MacUod Rain*

WNU Servlc#

THE STORY Chapter I.—(Jnrrell O'Hara,

young tenderfoot lawyer, Is on his way to Concho to open prac-tice, nut knowing a cattle war is nigin)/ in Jefferson county and the only law is that of the gun. As he nears the cattle town,

^ some one fires at him from am-bush. He drops from his horse and crawls through the brush to-ward the snot where the shot was fired, m- hears voices. Thc desperado who fired the sho Shep Sanderson, is talking to girl, Barbara Steelman, w thought thrdiftot was directed her. W h f f l n r r e U appears, his r e s e m b l a n j f / t o Judge Warner convinces W r Sanderson fired at Garrett in the belief he was the judge. The girl warns him not to go to Concho. He insists, and she advises him lo see Steve Wor-rall. He reaches Concho and registers at Hit' hotel. Seeking diversion, Garrett that night wanders into a .Mexican dance.

; . Shep Sanderson also appears. He is intoxicated and picks a light with (Jarrett in which the young lawyer has Ihe best of il. San-derson starts lo go for his gun. but is stopped by ihe voice of a newcomer. Il is Ingram, cattle baron, who invites Garrett to visit him next day.

Chapter II.—Before going to see Ingram, Garrett talks with Steve Worrall. Steve tells him of the cattle war between Ingram and Steelman, and how each have brought in gunmen in their ef-forts to secure and maintain con-trol of the lucrative cattle-rais-ing business in the district.

Chapter III.—Garrett tells In-gram he desires to remain neu-tral, but the latter declares there can be no neutrality. "Whoever is not for us is against us." Gar-rett meets Bob Quantrcll, youth-ful killer employed by Ingram, and an Englishman, who has come to buy a ranch, Smith-Beresford. He again meets Bar-bara Steelman and is introduced to her father, the cattle king. Ouantrell saves Garrett and the Englishman, both unarmed, from being shot by Sanderson, and the three become friends.

Chapter IV.—Garrett accident-ally witnesses a meeting between Barbara and her father's enemy, Ingram. In seeking to recon-cile thc two, Barbara has fallen in love with Ingram. Garrett and the Englishman purchase a ranch, with Steelman as a silent partner. At Concho, Filch, one of Steehnan's men, kills an In-gram follower. Ingram's sherifi" appoints a posse of Ingram gun-men to capture him. Fitch stops at the "tenderfoot ranch" on his way lo Steelman.

Chapter V.—The posse appears. In it are Quantrcll, Sanderson and other Ingram gunmen. San-derson and three others remain to walch the ranchers, the rest pursue, capture and hang Fitch. Sanderson's hatred for Garrett causes him to start a gun battle. Both "pilgrims" are wounded, but their lire drives the posse from the ranch house and they barricade themselves within. In-grm and Barbara appear to put an end to the lighting. In the battle one gunman is killed and three wounded, one seriousfy. Quantrcll balks Sanderson's at-tempt lo put the blame on O'-Hara, and his contempt for the bully causes him to change sides and join with the two ranchers. Garrett's wound is slight, but that of the Englishman is ser-ious.

Chapter VI.—A lull in the cat-tle war follows and a new re-spect is born for Garrett. He goes to town and Sanderson boasts he will run him out. Garrett hears of the boast and calls San-derson's blulT successfully. Quan-trcll shoots it out with Sander-son and two other Ingram gun-men, killing Shep and one other. Thc third escapes. Quantrcll is unharmed.

Chapter VH.—Garrett, in love with Barbara, secjis to end the feud by compromise. Steelman agrees to the terms and Garrett and Smith-Beresford confer with Ingram and his partner, Harvey. A tentative peace is patched up.

C H A P T E R VIII .—Quantre l l Jeop-ardizes l h» peace prospecta by lead-ing Stee lman 's Rimmen in an un author lxed and unHUcceHHful raid on I n g r a m ' s forces a t the H u g h e s ranch. O 'Hara d ischarges Quant re l l and the ki l ler becomes U'Hara 'a en •my.

C H A P T E R IX.—To aver t f u r t h e r t rouble, Barba ra tel ls I n g r a m she will m a r r y him. Quant re l l seeks his old Job wi th Ingram. I n g r a m horse-whips Quant re l l and the ki l ler • wea r s vengeance. Tho w a r Is con-sidered to have ended, and B a r b a r a and Ingrap i mar ry .

C H A P T E R X.—Quantrel l Joins an ou t l aw band. O 'Hara is appointed Hheriff to d e a r up tho county Quan-tre l l m a k e s good his th rea t , ki l l ing I n g r a m , and escapes to the hills.

C H A P T E R XI.—Several a t t e m p t s t o locate Quant re l l fail. F e a r i n g be-t r a y a l by his comrades, the ou t law l eaves the coun t ry for a t ime, but r e t u r n s . Time passes and a son Is born to Barbara . A "hot l ip" sends O ' H a r a and his deput ies a f t e r Quan-trel l . Tho ki l ler d u d e s them and the t r a i l leads back to Concho.

C H A P T E R XII .—O'Hara su rp r i ses Q u a n t r e l l and ove rpower s him. The o u t l a w Is placed In Ihe hotel for aafokeeplnK. wi th a g u a r d in con-s t a n t w a t c h f u l n e s s .

(Chapter 13, Continued) Swiftly Qnaiilrell stepped Back

of the home-made ofllce counter and lifted from a nail a bolt contalnlnR

I deniTly threat In Ihem, passed Irons one man to another. "Stay in yore

{ chairs for fifteen minutes. Don't rise. Don't call anyone. If you

1 don't stay put you'll have to settle wllh me. Understand?"

He passed into the hail, down It. and out the bark door. His glance slid to right and left to make sur-vey of the prospect. Nobody was In sight except Brad Helm. Junior, and he was too busy roping a post even to notice him. The boy had at that moment arrived from the Longhorn « rral, where a vaquero had been taming a wild horse.

Quantrell moved swiftly In the di-rection of the Gold Nugget. There would be horses, he knew, nt the hitch rack In front qf the gambling house. How soon the news of his escape would be flung broadcast he

did not know. It could not be long. He had to get out of town before O'Hara closed the roads and trails, but he had no Intention of leaving without first demonstrating his cool-ness. That the manner of his achievement, as well as the fact It-self, be talked about was demanded by his vanity.

ito the back door of the Gold he slipped. At once hla haste

red to vanish. He saun-forward to the bar past the

ng tables and the roulette wheel, a young man very much at his ease. Quantrell's eyes were busy as he moved towardkUie front of the building. They |Pfck^ : up Hank, the town drunkaffifltyy and unshaven as usual, t | ^ t eowboys whom he did not know;" a man sleeping on a bench with his hat over his eyes, and two cow men dis-cussing business over a mug of beer. Nobody else was In the Gold Nugget except the bartender, for ttiis was the hour of the day when the place came nearest to being empty.

The bartender had ids back toward Hie newcomer. He was diistlm: the hollies on the shelves. A sound of clanking steel made him turn abruptly. Quantrell had dropped on lhe bar the loose cuff still attached by Its neighbor to Ids left hand.

"Service, Mike," the escaped pris-oner said quietly.

Mike stared at him. astonished. Tho town was full of rumors about Quantrell, but he had not seen him for more than a year.

"You durned old alkali, wake up an' gimme a whisky straight," Quantrell ordered.

The outlaw's senses, despite his casual manner, were highly keyed. Ills ears were alert for any unusual sound there might be on the street. Already his eyes had xecistered the fact that Hank a i r a n k two catUe men had n o t K ^ K p i z e d him. Hank had risou.^gnap an-other moment would b e H m P g for the back door. This did nbt suit Quantrell.

"Drinks on me. Every one this way. You, too, Hank," he called.

.All but the sleeping man came forward, the cowboys with no urging, the others reluctantly. For those who knew Quantrell were aware that some drama was work-ing Itself out, probably a highly dangerous one. He had escaped. The jingling handcuff told them that. Why had he come here? What did he mean to do?

One of the cowboys caught sight of the handcufTs. "Holy smoke, pard! What kind of jewelry is that you're wearln'?" he asked.

"Compliments of Sheriff O'Hara. Name yore own poison, gents, an' drink to the long life of yore host. Bob Quantrell. To h—I with the law."

The Jocose cowboy took one quick look at him and became se-rious.

They drank nervously. Back of tiie bar four or five re-

volvers hung suspended from nails driven Into the wall. They had been left there by cowboys visit-ing town. In accordance with the new custom instituted by O'Hara, and they were to be returned to their owners when the latter were ready to go back to the range.

"I'll take a look nt those," Quan-trell said, and he stepped back of the bar. After swift examination he selected a .44 and tossed aside the one he had taken from Helm. He helped himself to a belt filled with cartridges, and to a pint bot-tle of whisky.

"The bill goes to the sheriff," he said to Mike. "I'm the guest of the county.. If he doesn't pay it let me know an' I'll have a IIT talk with him."

"That's all right. Bob," the bar-tender said hastily. "Anything you want."

Quantrell yawned and stretched himself. "Well, I got to say 'Adlos!' boys. You know how the old sayln' goes, that the best of friends roust part."

He turned his back on them au-daciously and swaggered to the door. Back to them came the sound of a high unmusical voice raised in song. It was Bob Quantrell's fa-vorite ditty.

nifled him. Handcuffed and close-ly watched, he had managed to kill the guard and walk out of prison, to saunter carelessly about town, to ride away when he was ready, all with the spectacular gesture that differentiated him from ordinary bandits and killers. Bob Quantrell nt least had personality.

To Garrett O'Hara at the court-house came Brad Helm pufllng from rapid travel. He waddled up to the sheriff's desk and wheezed out his startling tidings.

"Bob Quantrell has done killed Buck an' made his getaway."

The heart of O'Hara went down like a plummet In Ice-chllled wa-ter. But even nt this shocking news he wnsted no words In lament or Incredulity.

"Has he left town?" "Don't know. He held me up an*

took my gun. We found Buck dead In the room."

"Get Owen and Worrnll and bring them here. If I'm not In, tell them to wait till I come." O'Hara turned to Judge Warner, who was seated in the ofllce. "Judge, I'll have to use you as a messenger. Go to the Fair Play saloon and ask for Buck-skin Joe. Find him, please, and nsk him to outfit a pack horse with grub for a week In the hills. I'll want to go along. We'll start In-side the hour."

Already the sheriff was buckling on the belt that held his guns. He passed out of the courthouse and down the hill to the main street of the town. He could see men gath-ered In knots. They were discuss-ing the news excitedly.

O'Hara reached the group and asked a question. "Is Quantrell still In town?'

"No. sir. Jumped a horse In front of the Gold Nugget an' lit out

COLD N

"Jumped a Horse In Front of the Gold Nugget an' Lit Out"

Hush-a -by , baby. Punch a buckaroo, Daddy' l l be home W h e n the round -up Is t h rough .

The drumming of a horse's hoofs reached them. Mike looked out of the window. The outlaw had flung himself astride a saddled cow pony and was gidloplng out of town.

"I'll be doggoned!" one of thc cowboys said. "An' that was Bob Quantrell." He spoke as one awed by the nearness of one greatly fa-mous.

"Himself," Mike corroborated. "He's broke loose. I told 'em he would. I heard shots. You don't reckon he's killed O'Hara, do you?"

"Not O'Hara," one of the cow men said. "We saw him at the courthnuse not five minutes SKO. We better «et the news to him right away."

Already there was the hum of ex-citement In the air. Men could be heard running along the street shouting to each other that Bob Quantrell had got awuy.

It was news ns exciting as that of his capture had been three days earlier. Food bad been furnished for n hundred debates that would be waged furiously by tiie parti-sans of ihe young desperado and of the sheriff. For a time O'Hara's slock bad been above par. Now it bad been driven down ngain. His

Helped himself to all the guns he wanted first."

"Which way did he go?" "Took the east road. Looks like

he might be—" The sheriff had turned on his

heel and was on his way. He had all the Information they could give him nnd be was too busy to listen to surmise.

Within the hour he and his posse were following the escaped bandit. He had with him Worrall. Owen, a cowboy known as K. C., and Buck-skin Joe. The latter was an old scout wbo had trailed the Apaches with Al Sleber.

The man's sobriquet came from the fringed leggings and the hunt Ing shirt he wore. Both of these were made from the hide of a buck. He was by way of being a charac-ter. His language fell easily Into the pungent speech of the fron tier.

"He's p'lntln' for the hills, tbat lad, looks like. Betcha he meets up with Deever an* whatever other pardners he's got Likely they've got a hang-out somewheres to hole up In. He'll be travelln' light, with no extra dufunnles, so we got no show to catch him right off. Being as you've drug me Into this, take yore time, says old Joe. See them tracks. He's going llckety split. 'Make haste slowly.' Al Sieber usta tell us, an' It was sure good medi-cine."

"He's more slippery than an eel, and he'll outguess us If he can. I'd like to come up with him as soon as possible."

"Don't wear out yore spurs, young fellow. You'll come up with him one o' these days, maybe sooner'n you're lookin' for It," the scout said dryly.

They were following a diagonal trail up the side of n rough, steep hill. Tho sheriff fell back behind the guide.

Owen spoke. "Well, here we are again, as the fellow who had been reprieved twice said to the hang-man. Out for a nice long ride. Bob hops around worse than a Mex-ican flea. He certainly gives you a reasonable amount of variety."

"He keeps my official life from being decorously and d—nably dull," admitted O'Hara. "My fault this time. I had a feeling I ought to take Grogan off as guard, but I hadn't anybody to put on in his place."

They camped the first night on tho other side of Powder Horn pass, well up In the snow. For their enropflre they used a dead and down Juniper and some young pines. Though the crackiini; wood roared, one side of their bodies froze while the other broiled. Tiiey did not linger long around the fire after they had eaten, but roiled up In their blankets and fell asleep. Dur-ing the night one or nnotber of thorn rose to lllng on more logs. It was so cold thnt they wore glad to be up early and sllrrlnK about.

Bueksftln Joe's hands were cold when he fasioned the supplies on the cross-buck pack saddle. An hour later, while cllinbing a very steep grade, the pack slipped and turned. Frightened, tiie horse be-gan to kick furiously. Before It could be stopped, flour, salt, bacon and beans were scattered all over

There had been fresh snow In the late afternoon of the day before nnd Quantreli'8 trail had vanished, but the last they bad seen of II he had been heading down Into the foot-hills again.

"Come this way so be wouldn't meet anyone, looks like," Owen suggested. "Betcha their shebang Is on Horse creek somewheres. Bob always did kinda favor that coun-try when he was on the dodge."

"Deever has been seen there since he escaped from town," Wor-rall added.

"Whatever we do will probably be wrong," O'Hara said. "Might as well try Horse creek as any-where."

The sky was clear and the sun shining. As they dropped down from the rugged peak country the tempernture became perceptibly warmer.

O'Hara came to a decision. "Think I'll ride over to the Diamond Tail and find out if nnything has been seen of our birds. You fel-lows meet me nt the Circle S O be-fore supper. We'll stay there to-night You might work thc creek on the way down." •

Steve Worrall looked at him and grinned. A little Inter, when the two were out of hearing of the others, thc deputy made nn Inno-cent proffer.

"Kinda hard ride to the Diamond Tnil -nn' hack to the Circle S O. If you'd like me to scout thnt ter-ritory for you wiiy of course I'd reluctantly consent, old-timer."

O'Hara flushed. "No, I'm younger and ought to do the hardest work," he said, tongue In cheek.

"It wouldn't be hard work for me," Worrall said, "an' I'll bet you won't find it so doggoned hard yore own self."

"Anyhow, It's my duty," O'Hnra said dryly.

"limp! Duty—tlmfs a right mean word. Wonder what Barbara will say when I tell her you feel she's n duty. It ain't ever been n duly for most young fellows to ride clear acrost the country to say 'Howdy!' to her. They claimed It was a pleasure."

"Did I say it wasn't?" "No, sir, just hinted it. You tell

her I'll be nlong one o* these days, after I get through being dragged around by the guy who thinks she's n duty, nn' It'll be strictly u pleas-ure visit."

"I'll toll her. Tiiat wiil keep her cheered up till you come," his friend retorted.

O'Hara rode across rough coun-try and dropped down nlong the creek to the Diamond Tail. He came up to the bouse from the rear and rode around It to the front.

Barbara was holding a low-voiced conversation with Jack I'hillips, her foreman. She caught sight of O'Hara nnd her eyes became quick with life. As she moved toward him he felt that strange flash In them that set his blood tingling.

"Oh. Garrett, we're so proud of you!" she cried. "I've been nfrald —didn't know what he might do to you. But now you've taken him and destroyed his gang. We're so happy about I t You've been won-derful, nnd now the danger Is past."

He shook bis bend, smiling rue-fully ns he held her band in his. "You haven't heard the latest. I couldn't keep him. He killed hla guard and escaped."

Ho could see the chill shock of his tidings sink In her.

"Killed his guard-not Stover* "No. Buck Grognn. We don*t

know Just bow It bapypned. He must have grown careless."

"Do you know whore he headed for?" asked Phillips.

"Across Powder Horn. We lost his tracks this side of the pass."

"Are you out after him? Where's yore posse?"

"I'm to meet the boys at my ranch before supper. Thought I'd better ride over and wnrn you." He felt the heat prickling into his face and knew he was blushing. This nnnoyed him. Couldn't he ever get over that fool girl trick of flying a flag of embarrassment?

The foreman nodded. "I'll see the boys right away and have what horses are around the ranch close herded." He turned and strode away.

Left alone, both the man and the woman found themselves empty of words for a moment This meeting had stirred In each of them an emo-tional disturbance.

"Mayn't I see his royal high-ness?" he asked lamely.

"If you don't wake him." They tiptoed to the buggy and

looked down at the sleeping babe. His eyes lifted—and his blood leaped. In her starry eyes he found the gift of his heart desire.

SOUTH BOSTON (Last Week's Letter)

Jean Tucker, Joe and Beatrice Schwab have been having chlc-kenpox.

Mrs. Harild Alderink recently had a tonsil operation. Her moth-er is staying with her at present.

Mrs. M. D. Sncathen has been ill with throat trouble.

Chris Fahrni was in Lowell Sunday to see his father, who is in very poor health.

Mrs. John Noycs entertained 35 young people Salurday evening in honor of Gilbert's loth birth-day. Most of thc guests were members of his class (Clarksville H. S. freshmen) and all reported

good time. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sncathen

are visiting the former's parents. Drain Com. E. F. Cilley, of

Saranac, was in this vicinity on business Monday.

Most of the "muck" farmers in this locality attended the last of a series of muck meetngs at Alto Monday afternoon.

SO. LOW ELL—BUSY CORNERS (Last Week's Letter)

The South Lowell Aid society nt Martin and Phillip Schneider's and the South Boston Aid society at John Sterzick's on Wednesday afternoon were hoth well repre-sented by people from this vicin« ity and a large crowd and a good lime was reported.

Mrs. C. G. Weiiand and George and Mrs. Anna Acherson accom-

VILLAGE ELECTION Notice is hereby given to the

qualified electors of the Village of Lowell, (precinct No. 1) State of Michigan, that the next ensu-ing Village Election will be held at

CITY HALL Within said Village on

MONDAY. MARCH 9, 1931 At which election the follow-

ing village officers are to be elected, viz: 1 Village Presi-dent; 1 Village Clerk; 1 Village Treasurer; also three Trustees for 2 years; 1 Assessor.

RELATIVE TO OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE F0LU3 Public Acta 1929—No. 3 M -

Chapter VIII

Section 1. On the day of any election the polls shall be opened at seven o'clock in the forenoon, and shall be continued open un-til six o'clock In the afternoon and no longer: Provided, That in townships the hoard of in-spectors of election may, in Its discretion, adiourn the polls at twelve o'clock noon, for one

panied Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weil- hour, and that the township antf to Grand Rapids Monday. i board in townships and the legls-

Earl McDiarmid and wife had lativc body in cities and villa

LEGAL NOTICES Friends of The Lowell Ledger State of Michigan—The Circuit

and Alto Solo having business in the Kent County Probate Court will confer a favor on the pub-lisher if they will kindly ask the Court to send the printing of pro-bate noticcs to this p ^ e r . We understand the Court will cheer-fully comply with such requests.

R. G. Jefferies, Pubr.

Court for the County of Kent— In Chancery

CLARA M. HOPUSCH, Plaintiff,

vs LOUIS A. HOPUSCH,

Defendant. At a session of said court held

at the Court House in the City of Grand Rapids in said county on the 28th day of February, A. D.,

ORDER APPOINTING TIME FOR HEARING CLAIMS

State of Michigan. The Probate Court for the Countv of Kent. At a session of said Court, held

at the Probate Office In the City of Grand Rapids, in said county, on the 20th day of February, A. D. 1931.

Present, Hon. John Dalton, Judge of Probate.

In the Matter of the Ectate of " ( A m o t i o n of Linscy, Shivel 4 Jacob D. Blough, Deceased. Phelps, attorneys for the plain-

It appearing to the court that t i f r i t i s ordered that the ap-the time for presentation ojlpcarance of the said defendant, claims against said estate should ^ u l s A Hopusch, be entered In be limited and that a time and ^ c a u s e w i l h i n t h r e e (3) place be appointed to rece v e , | m o n t h 5 f r o m t h e d a l e 0f t h ^ o r . examine and adjust all claLniSi^!.. a n ( j i n c a s e 0 f his ap-and demands against said de-i a n c e t h a t h e c a u , e h i 5

" ^ f d by ""d before *ald court : , w e r t o t h e b i ! j o f complaint to It Is Ordered, That all the cred- j j g a n ( | a COpy thereof served

itors of said deceased are re- n p ^ i n U i f s attorneys within quired to present their claims o flf|een ( ,5) d a y % a f t e r s e r v | c c o n said court at said court at said

1931. Present: Honorable Major L.

Dunham, Circuit Judge. In this cause it appearing by

affidavit on file that the defend-ant, Louis A. Hopusch, Is not a resident of this Stale and that it cannot be ascertained in what Slate or county he, the said Louis Hopusch, now resides.

On

dinner Thursday night with El roy Schwarder in Grand Rapids.

Mr. nnd Mrs. Bert Willett were Wednesday supper guests of their son, Guy Willett nnd family, of Clarksville, nnd Thursday night, had dinner with their dnughter, same day. Mrs. James Stark nnd fnmily, in' Lowell.

Mr. nnd Mrs. Chas. Rittenger and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Acherson were Salurday evening visitors at Ralph Story's in Soulh Boston,

Ray Lewis and family spent Monday evening at Jack Acher-son's.

Swain and Andrew Erlckson were Sunday visitors at William Johnson's.

Enrl McDiarmid nnd wife and Ray Rittenger and wife attended a dnncr and pedro party at Chris Leonard's in Ionia Friday eve-ning.

Guy Willett and family, of Clarksville, Royal Willett, of South Lowell, and Florence Van-Hatter, of Grand Rapids, James Stark and wife, of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Willett and Chester were Sunday evening guests at T. C. Willetf 's.

Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Schwarder werc Saturday supper guests of Earl McDiarmid and family.

William Rittenger, of Grand Rapids, Charles Rittenger, of South Lowell and John Rittenger, of Lowell, all brothers, spent Sunday with Ray Rittenger.

Jack Achersons' called on Mar-tin Peterson Friday afternoon nnd spent Sunday with their daughter and family in Clarks-ville.

may, by resolution, provide that thc polls shall be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon and may also provide that the polls shall be kept open not later than eight o'clock in thc evening of the

Every qualified elec-tor present and In line at the polls at the hour prescribed for the closing thcrof shall be al-lowed to vote.

The polls of said election will open at 7 o'clock a. m., or as soon thereafter as may be, and will remain open until 6 o'clock p. m.. Standard Time, on said day of election.

Dated this 2nd day of Febru-ary, 1931.

0 . J. BREZINA, (40-1 Clerk of Said Village.

Good Identification A holdup man left his bankbook

at the scene of hli crime and found out that for Identification purposes there's nothing like a bank connec-tion.—Indianapolis New*.

(TO BB CONTIMUBD.J

cartridges nnd n revolver. He f r | e n dg still bad faith In him. but broke the Coifs and saw that it wns loaded.

"Much obliged. Brad." he said. •'Since you're so pressin' I'll borrow the loan of this for a while."

"Help yoreself. Boh. Yo're sure

the mountninsido. They gathered the scattered

Hera and Ther* A donkey in Spain has derailed train. Over here donkeys mere-

ly rock the boats.—Detroit Free Press.

ALASKA ATOMS (Last Week's Letter)

Mrs. James Fox and Mrs. Par-ker attended the Maccabce rally in Grand Rapids Thursday.

Mrs. Sherrington and daughter Elizabeth and Mr. and Mrs. James Fox spent Friday evening at A. T. Dean's.

Mr. and Mrs. James Fox and Harold and Mrs. Ella Rowland attended the pioneer meeting at Caledonia Saturday and report a very interesting meeting.

Mr. and Mrs. A. T. .Dean were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Fox. Afternoon cal-lers were Mr. and Mrs. Howig and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Dean and children, of Graad Rapids.

Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. Mofflt were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Koster and little son Jimmie.

Mrs. Fred Clark was a Wednes-day afernoon caller at Mrs. Coons' and Mrs. Dean's.

The date for the oyster supper given by the Alaska band is March 6. There will be a quilt drawing and a good program. Everyone invited.

Dorothy Houghton accompan-ied Howard and Ruth Sunday to Grand Rapids, and returned Mon-day,

Mrs. Anna Walton, of Freeport^ called on Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Boulard Sunday. Mr. Boulard does not gain as his family and friends wish he might.

GRATTAN ITEMS (Last Week's Letter)

WHITES BR1 (Last Week's

E ter)

Miss Fern Compton, of Grand Rapids, Clarence Weekes and family, of Greenville, and Glen Weeks and family, of Smyrna, spent Sunday with Lizzie Comp-ton.

C. E. Bowen, wife and Pearl attended the Fairview Farmer 's club meeting at George Mason's in Graltan last week, Wednesday.

James Shear and his nephew, Seth Bauman, of Grand Rapids, spenf Sunday at Joe Shear's.

Ed. Rittet-storf buzzed wood for Joe Shear lasl Saturday.

Jerry Devine and family spent Sunday at Carl Haynes al Evans.

Leo Ingcrsoll and family, of Grand Rapids, and Clayton Mai lory and wife, of Lowell, spent Sunday at Ray Ingersoll's.

CHILDREN'S

Path and Pnll Scientists have established that

It Is easier to pull than to pnsb. The flexing or bending muscles of our arms are more powerful than the extending or straightening mus-cles. A test with oars proved that the "ptill" stroke was nearly twice as effective as a "push" stroke.

From Hcadachci ^ Colds and Sore Throat

Neuritis, Neuralgia Don't be a chronic sufferer from

headaches, or any other pain. There is hardly an ache or pain Bayer Aspirin tablets can't relieve; they are a great comfort to women who suffer periodically. They are always to be relied on for breaking up colds.

I t may be only a simple headache, or it may be neuralgia or neuritisi rheumatism. Bayer Aspirin is still the sensible thing to take. Just be certain it's Bayer you're taking} it does not hurt the heart. Get thef genuine tablets, in this familiar package for the pocket

Probate Office on or before the 22nd day of June, A. D., 1931, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, said lime and place being hereby ap-pointed for the examination and adjustment of all claims and de-mands against said deceased.

11 Is Further Ordered, That public notice thereof be given by publication of a copy of this or-der for three successive weeks previous lo said day of hearing, In the Lowell Ledger, a newspa-per printed and circulated in said county.

JOHN DALTON, Judge of Probate.

A true copy: FRED ROTH, Register of Probate

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FINAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT

State of Michigan. The Probate Court for the County of Kent. At a session of said court, held

at the probate office, in the City of Grand Rapids, in said County, on the 28th day of February, A. D, 1931.

Present : Hon. John Dalton, Judge of Probate.

In the Matter of the Estate of Soren C. Petersen, Deceased.

Peter D. Petersen having filed in said court his final adminis-tration account and bis petition praying for the allowance there-of and for the assignment and distribution of the residue of said estate.

It Is Ordered; That the 27th day of March A. D., 1931, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at said probate office, be and is hereb appointed for examining and al lowing said account and hearing said petit ion:

It Is Further Ordered, That public notice thereof be given by publication of a copy of this or-der, for thrce^iaccessive weeks previous to sdld day of hearing, in the Lowell Ledger, a newspa-per printed and circulated in said county.

JOHN DALTON. Judge of Probate.

A t rue copy. FRED ROTH. Register of Probate.

BEWARE OF IMITATIONS

the general opinion was tbat, good: goods and Buckskin Joe repacked sheriff though lie might lie, lie bad while tiie others offered him face mot more than Ids mntch In Bob nous ndvlce. The scout grlnnsd Quantrell. j sheepishly ns he worked.

Tiie sheer melodrama of Qunn-; "Tills frying-pan won't ever be treil's getaway stirred the imag- what It was before old Chipmunk

welcome. It there's nnything else— j n H ^ o n „n , | « thrill of horror threw bis tit," he admitted, looking "Where's O'Hara right now? , tj i r 0 Ugi, ti,o community. Ills enp-1 regretfully nt tiieir chief cooking

broke in tiie young desperado. t u r p b o'llara bad been done in-"At the courthouse. Judge War- consp|(.Uously, though the sberifTs

posse had one dead and one wound-ed bandit to Its credit. Their load-er hod played down the achieve-ment, ns an affair all In the day's work. But Quantrell, with his sure Instinct for the limelight had mag-

ner's holdln'—" "An' Steve Worrall?" "Why, Steve's usleep down nt the

Longhorn corrnl, I reckon." "Amen?" "I dunno where Anion's nt. Bob." Again Q nan trellis shallow eyes, a

utensil. "An* I bought It yesterday, pretty nn' shiny as n painted wagon, by gum. Go niiead, boys, an' josh rou nil you got n mind to. I'll bet I've threw the diamond hitch before some of you lads were born, an' this Is the fustest time It ever went back pn me."

The Young Ladies' Sodality was very well attended last Monday. The proceeds were $45.00.

Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Byrne and sons, Alfred and Gerald, spent Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. John Corriggo-

Kathryn and Eileen Bowler are ill with chickenpox.

Mrs. Talva McKee, Renis Dono-van and Fred Madison were in Belding one day last week.

The Browncll family gave a party Saturday night. Dancing and cardplaying provided the en-tertainment. About thir ty attend ed and everyone reports a good time.

Paul Hessler, of M. S. C., spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hessler.

The girls from college who spent the week-end al home were Ruth Sullivan; Lillian Sullivan, Mary and Helene Hefferon.

Harry Drummond spent Satur-day in Grand Rapids and called on his friend, Geo. Abercromble.

Eugene Sullivan, of 'Mt. Pleas-ant, spent thc week-end at home.

Helen Heether, of Marion, spent the week-end with Alice Bowler.

Arlene Lessiter is ill with scar-let fever.

Nell Carey, who is attending school at Big Rapids, spent the week-end wllh his cousin, Alfred Byrne.

Fred Madison has been fishing on Toohey lake the past week.

Lawrence, Leonard and Helen Heether called at Richard Bowl er 's Thursday evening.

Frank nnd Francis Bowler called on Fred Madison Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bear and son Randall are enjoying the Winter at Hollywood, Florida.

Dennis Driscoe, Jr., of Cleve-land, is visiting his sister, Mrs, Howard McGulre.

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him or his attorney of a copy of the said bill, and in default thereof that said bill be taken as confessed by said defendant.

If la Further Ordered that plHintiff cause this order to be published in the Lowell Ledger, a newspaper printed, oublished nnd circuinled in said Counly, anil thai such publication be commenced wilhin twenty • (20) days from thc date of this order, mid continued therein once ench week for six weeks in succession or that said plaintiff cause a copy of this order, to be personnlly served on defendant, Louis A. Hopusch, at least twenty (20) days before the time above pre-scribed for his nppearancc.

MAJOR L. DUNHAM, Ige. T m

W. H. RICHLER. Deputy Clerk.

Examined, countersigned and entered by me.

W. H. RICHLER. Deputy Clerk.

Linsey, Shivel & Phelps, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Business Address: 608-610 G. R. Trust Bldg., Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Circuit Judfi Attest: A True copy.

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CAMPAU LAKE AND VICINITY (Last Week's Letter)

Guy Foster and Sam Snyder were in Grand Rapids Saturday on business.

Mrs. Snyder spent f rom Wed-nesday until Friday at the Camp-bell home, assisting in caring for John Campbell.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Horton and daughter Bernice, of James-town, and Mrs. Belle Hall, of Grand Rapids, were Sunday eve-ning visitors at the C. E. Stauffer home. ^ •

Albert Manrer was a Sunday dinner gnest nt the C. H: Free man home. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Clare Ander-son and children.

Mrs. Ernest Roark and family, Mrs. John Warner and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bigler, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rock called at the Sant Ellis hime Sunday after-noon.

Mrs, I ra Sherman and daugh-ter Verie and girl friend, of Grand Rapids, and Ed. Jackson were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Thomas Sherman and son Ji

It's dangerous to lose the habit of making friends.

MORTGAGE SALE Default having been made in

the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Morris Kal-ward and Emily Kalward, his wife, to the Union Joint Stock Land Bank of Detroit, Michigan, a corporation, dated November 1, 1926, and recorded in the of-fice of the Register of Deeds of Kent County, Michigan, on Jan-uary 3, 1927, in Liber 594 of Mortgages on pages 592, 593 and 594, which said mortgage was as-signed to James H. Mead on July 22, 1929, said assignment being recorded in the office of the Reg-ister of Deeds of Kent Count Michigan, on July 26, 1929, Liber 687 of Mortgages on pages 339 and 340.

Default having also been made in the conditions of a second real estate mortgage made by Chester Woodhull and Pauline Woodhull. his wife, to Morris Kalward and wife, Emily Kalward, dated Oc-tober 20, 1927, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Kent Counly, Michigan, on Oc-tober 20, 1927, in Liber 624 of Mortgages on pages 618, 619, 620, which said mortgage was as-signed to James H. Mead on Jan-uary 18, 1928, said assignment being recorded al the office of the Register of Deeds in Kent Coun-ty, Michigan, on February 11, 1928, in Liber 635 of Mortgages on pages 609 and 610, in both of Which mortgages it was express-ly agreed that if default be made in the payment of any of the sums of money therein men-tioned, including principal, inter-est,. taxes, and insurance, or in the performance of any of the covenants and agreements there-in mentioned when the same fell due and should such default con-tinue for thirty days, than the whole sums, together with inter-est would become due and pay-able immediately thereafter and without notice, and such default having taken place in that the sum of Three Hundred Six and 37-100 Dollars principal, interest, taxes, and insurance, as herein-after set forth have been due for more than thirty days, and no proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted for the re-covery of any sums due thereon, therefore the following sums are hereby declared to be due and payable on said mortgages, to-wit: Principal, 1st mortgage $2,404.94 Interest 116.91 Principal, 2nd mortgage 2,471.50 Interest Insurance paid Taxes paid . . .

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Total sum due $5,167.70 Jftotice is hereby given tbat pur-

suant to the statute and the pow-er of sale contained in said mort-gages, said mortgages will be foreclosed by sale at public auc-lion to the highest bidder at the north f ront door of the Court House, the City of Grand Rapids,

at County, Michigan, on Mon-/ . the 13lh of April, A. D., 1931,

at nine o'clock in the forenoon. Central Standard time, thc lands and premises described in said mortgages to-wit: The West One-half ( W ^ ) of the Southeast Quarter (SE%) of Section Four (4); also that part of the North-west Quarter (NW%) of the Northeast Quarter (NE%) of Sec-tion Nine (9) lying north of Grand River. (Alsi; described as government Lot NuBAer One (1) in Section Nine (9) ), >11 in Town Six North, Range 1 West, Lowell Township, County, Michigan.

Dated: January 10, 1931. James H. Mead, Assignee cf

Mortgages. R. E. Springett, Attorney for As-

signee. Business Address: Lowell, Michi-

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THE LOWELL (MICH.) LEDGER and ALTO SOLO. THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1931 SEVEN

Culling Cows Helps Solve Feed Problem

Cutting down the number of cows in Michigan's dairy herds by removing those producing the! least milk is a belter economic | measure than to cut down thej amount of feed given lo the herd, according to dairy department at Michigan State College.

Last year's herd improvement association records revealed 59 cows which had average produc-tions of only 110 pounds of but-terfat and 294 cows averaged only 163 lbs. of fat per year. The 20

Eer cent of the cows tested which ad the lowest average produc-

tion of butterfat produced 217 pounds of fat per year.

If the owners of this 20 per cent had culled these cows from their herds, thc return in money above feed costs would have been increased $15 per cow for the re-maining cattle in the herds. The profit made on the 20 per cent was so low that the average pro-fit on all the cows was reduced materially.

The dairy deparment advises the culling out of such low pro-ducing cows and the adequate feeding of the remaining cattle in order to obtain maximum pro-fits this year when roughages are scarce and expensive.

DAVIS LAKE

Miss Dorothea Parmer is work-ing for Mrs. U. S. Hunter.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Lind and son Donald, were in Lowell Thurs-day.

Visitors at the Wm. Schrader home the past week were Tom Forward, of Jackson, Mrs. Kate Curley and son Francis. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Lind, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rouland and daughter Charlotte, of Grand Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Daniels, and family, of Carlton Center.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ansburger and family, of Grand Rapids, and Frank Beiber, of Lowell, spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Nick Pitsch.

Mrs. Wm. Schrader called on her mother, Mrs. Phil Diefen- Friday night, March 6th. Every-

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Mr. and Mrs. R, S. Bigley werc in Grand Rapids Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Pinkney werc Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Vanderlip.

Roy Fleming and family werc in Ionia Friday.

Dean Cronkright, who has been spending a couple of months at the William Rickert home left Wednesday for Alma, where he has work on a farm this Summer.

Lyle nnd Bert Denny spent Saturday night with their grand-

Earents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Big-y, then Sunday they all attend-

an anniversary dinner on Mr. and Mrs. Archie Denny.

Don't forget the dance at thc Keene Grange hall this week

baker Monday afternoon. John Karcia, of Grand Rap-

ids. called on Ralph Valdez and family Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Leander Pitsch, of Lowell, were Idinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Pitsch Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. J . N. Compton Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hand and daughters, of Grand Rapids, were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Hunter Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Stauffer were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Ross Thursday.

Miss Dorothea Parmer spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Van Dyke, of Alaska.

Mrs. Kate Curley and son Fran-cis spent Tuesday and Wednes-day at Fred Smith's.

Mrs. Nick Pitsch called on Mrs. Ed. Lind Thursday afternoon.

WHITES BRIDGE

Mrs. Lizzie Compton and Clare spent Sunday at Glen Weeks,

Mrs. Je r ry Devine spent last Saturday at C M Haynes' near Evans and was accompanied home of Mrs. Ridgeway, who spent the night at Joe Shear's, and then returned to Evans Sun-day.

Miss Evelyn Bowen spent last Wednesday night with Miss Wil-ma Wunsch, of West Lowell, and also attended a Missionary pic-ture talk in Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ingersol and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Devine and Harvey Devine spent last wcek Wednesday in Lansing.

Miss Eythol Shear entertained the Hoppough school with a bun-co party on Washington's birth-day.

Mrs. Ray Ingersol was called to Lapeer last week Thursday as her mother fell and broke her shoulder.

C. E. Bowen and family spent Sunday afternoon at Ted Gas-per's.

Thc Marble school P. T. A. met with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fash-baugh last week, Friday evening. A short program was rendered after which a pot luck supper was en jwed by all.

C. E. Bowen attended the sale at Mrs. Earl Slayton's last week, Tuesday and Mrs. Bowen spent the afternoon at Walter White's in Bartonville.

LOWELL DISTRICT NO. 5

Spring cannot be very far away now as we have seen black birds, blue birds and robins so far.

Quite a number from our vicin-ity attended the John Deer trac-tor school held in Lowell on Wednesday, it was quite an in-teresting talk.

Callers at the Necdham home recently were Mr. and Mrs. Eari Wardell, of Grand Rapids and mother of Lowell, and Harvey Ribble, of Big Rapids.

Mr. Shupp assister James Mar-tin with his butchering on Mon-day,

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Lasby and family, of McCords, visited Mr. and Mrs. James Needham Sun-day.

ff you have anything for sale, for rent, lost or found.

To the Taxpayers of Vergennes Twp.

I am a candidate for clerk of Vergennes and desire your support at the eoming Republican caucus and pri-mary.

IRMA C. RICHMOND.

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body comc. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Hunter

were supper piests of Mr. and Mrs. O, L. Vanderlip Saturday.

Miss Iva Rickert is working in Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Reusser and daughter, and Miss Irene Reus-ser, of Grand Rapids, were cal-lers Sunday afternoon at the W. Rickert home.

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BOSTON CENTER

Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Travis and Berdyne spent Sunday with their son and family, of Saranac. Mr. Travis' brother and wife, of Bat-tle Creek, also visited them there.

Esther Lewis is spending the week in Lowell visiting.

Herbert Chase ate Sunday din-ner with R. C. Lewis and family.

There will be a PTA at the North Bell school house Friday evening.

The cow testers have just been through this locality. . .Several families in this vicinty attended the Lowell pedro* party and dance at the Grange hall Fri-day evening.

There was a large crowd at the Grange hall Saturday evening. The social hour was spent in dancing. There was also a mock wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tucker were remarried by the parson (?) Wayne Sharp. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have been married 25 years.

EAST LOWELL

Harry Kinsley has moved on the Simons place.

Mr. and Mrs. Hanson werc in Kalamazoo Sunday.

Homer Hubbel and family and Mr. White, of Grand Rapids, were here Thursday and installed a radio for the former's parents.

The Jeffcry family attended the wedding of their daughter Marguerite to George Graham last week at the home of a sister, Mrs. Hoeg.

Rural policing Is stressed at state police training schools as the big Job of the Michigan State Police. Though active In preventing crimen of all sorts and willing to aid any metropolitan department In a man-hunt or a raid. Captain William Cross, In charge of the training of new troopers, says the guardian-ship of safety and property of rural sections In the paramount obliga-tion of state police.

In a recent radio address. Cap tain Cross said protection of rural banks and the riding of rural high-ways wasn't considered complete discharge of the trooper's duty to the rural communities. "Running down a chicken thief." he said, "Is Just as Important a Job to the Michigan trooper as It Is to the farmer who loses the chickens."

Captain Cross pointed out In his talk that the average farmer Is not going to be Involved In a murder or Is he likely to have his savings tn the village bank molested by bandits. "To him," Captain Cross said, "the activity of the chicken thief or the orchard robber is about the biggest piece of crime busi-ness that Is going to come Into his normal work-a-day existence. To be of service to that farmer, then, means cleaning up his crime business with the same dispatch and sympathy that would be ex-pected by directors of a city bank who had just had a gunman walk out with the bank's liquid assets In his pocket."

Records of the state police show that economic conditions have brought the thief who preys on farm granaries and chicken houses Into a place of new Importance In the field of crime. His operations have been shown to be bolder and his loot, where he has been suc-cessful, more extensive.

The result of these findings has caused state police offlclals to In-crease the frequency of their back-road patrols and operate them throughout the night

VERGENNES CENTER HARRIS CREEK

Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Cronk- Mrs. John O'Neil and daughter right and lillle daughter visited Catherine were Sunday callers Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Ayers in al the McCarthy-Smelker home.1

Lowell Wednesday evening. | Mr. and Mrs. ihomas Gougher-I Mrs. Susie Sayles spent Friday ty and daughters, Mr. and Mrs.

afternoon with Mrs. Mary Kerr,1 Uwen Nash and family, Clare an old school mate. land Gerald Anderson were nura-i

.Mrs. Dudley Waters, of Grand bered among the ones from here Rapids, was a luncheon guest of iliat attended the basketball game Mrs. M. B. McPherson Friday, lat Caledonia Friday evening. The honor roll for Water school| Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Anderson I

is as follows: Marie Eickhoff, were in Grand Rapids Friday af-, Freda Heim, Mary Jean Jager, ternajpn and evening. They and Hose Gowlaski. Perfect at- were supper guesls ol Mr. and! tendance, Robert Biggs, Bertha;.Mrs. Hillary and also attended Ford. Arlene Ford, Freda Heim,'Lenten services al SI. Alphonsus Rose Gowlaski, and Helen Gow- church. •ask'- I Miss Agnes Batey, of Irving,

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Blue, of was a dinner guest Sunday ol Comstock Park, called on their:Miss Monica Anderson. parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Blue.1 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Ander-last Sunday. ison were dinner guesls of their

Eva and Anna Kerr, of Grand son Leon, and family Sunday. Rapids, visited the home folks;Their son Howard, of Grand Sunday. Rapids, was also a guest.

Another old resident of Ver- Mrs. Buri» Artderton and gennes, Seth Van Wormer, was daughter Alice, were guesls of buried from the Bailey church her mother. Mrs. Allan Cleveland, Monday.

Will Burch visited his niece, Mrs. Clare Anderson and family Sunday.

of Middleville, Sunday. Mrs. Emma McVean is moving

into her lenent house this week. . The farm has been rented to Mr.

Mrs. (tordon Frost, of Moseley,|and Mrs. Jones. Arch Wood, and called on Mrs. Kerr and Nellie family and are niovintf into a Salurday aflernoon.

Mrs. Daisy Biggs was a dinner guesl Saturday of Annie Ander-son.

family and are moving into a house near Caledonia.

Miss Mary McDonald, of Grand Rapids, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J . L.

Mrs. Tom Chaffee called on I McDonald. Mrs. James Wright, of Lowell, j Mary Kalhernie Gougherly, of Thursday.

Ilene Groenenboom was under Ihe doctor's care Sunday and Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Bierl and Miss Dorothy Bierl, of Grand Rapids, were Sunday evening guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Bierl.

Marywood, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 'Ihomas Gougherly.

A little daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Poslhumus last Wednesday. Congratula-tions.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Fox were visitors at the J. Anderson home

Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Hordyk'Salurday afternoon. and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hordyk,; Mr. and Mrs. John Smelkcr, of Grand Rapids, called on their two son, and Charles McCarthy sister, Mrs. Orne Groenenboom, were in Hastings Saturday.

a iL 8 ^ . . . ,, , , J o c Raker, of Grand Rapids, is AiDcrl >\oodhead has gone to moving on his farm and expects

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Author Gives Her Name So We Print Her Verse

Dear Editor : "Your name, please," in last week's issue, asked by you for

the poem probably written by me, is herein given, as below. No "slam" at anyone is intended, but Just written for a little

fun. A pen name is better to wri te under than a real one, so at-tach "Ellen" to this one.

Truly yours, —Ellen.

Dear editor: Las' week I read Of a way to make cows loosen up

An' give a lotta milk, H said. An I wanta try it on Buttercup.

Buttercup is my cow, you know; An' she turned Volsted awhile ago.

She's stubborn as Hades at milkin' time, An' all she gives me's a dirty look.

Her starter's broke an' I have to prime An' get he r goln' by hook or crook.

So I am puttin' it up to you To get me details of what to do.

Las' week you told us about a man Who almost made 'em forget their cuds

At milkin' time by a musical plan That they liked so well they gave more suds.

So this is the secret I'd like to know: Just what do they like on the radio?

I put one in for my Buttercup Then fed her 'falfa an' clover ha I Palled her forehead an' smoothed her up, Then turned the dial to Rudy Valee.

But, I'll be darned. Her milk turned blue. An' curdled so it could not gel through.

She lamps me now an' seems to say: "Jus' keep an eye on your step,or man.

"Sometime I'm goln' lo square away . "An' let you in on another plan."

So 1 have got to be careful now Since 1 lost the friendship of my cow.

Do you Ihink she'd like some brassy jazz? I'd like to make her feel like a calf.

Bad feelin' toward me is all she has. Could Amos an' Andy make her laugh?

"Real Folks," I know by her dreamy eyes. She was raised among an' likes like llies.

An' ads are like thistles in her hay. She switches her tail, an' stomps, an' moos.

Hoover's "prosperity" turns her gray. An' "farmers ' relief" hut gives her blues.

Detroit to work. Mr. and Mrs. Salzgeber and

Will Heim visited Harry Salz-geber. of Holland, Sunday.

Burton Biggs spent from Fri-day until Saturday with his sis-ter, Mrs. Horace Weeks, of Low-ell.

Mrs. Florence Cronkright, vis-ited Mrs. Mary Kerr and daugh-ter Thursday evening.

Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Tom Chaf-fee and son Glen called on Mr. Chaffee's aunt, Mrs. Lawrence, of Ada.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Read and daughter, Mrs. Daisy Biggs and Lawrence and Burton Biggs were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Baines. of Grand Rapids.

John Blue, of Spring Lake, is helping his father this week.

Mr. Wingeier, of Alto, is shear-mg sheep for P. W. McPherson this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fullington and children visited her sister, Mrs. Story in Graltan.

Mrs. Grace Krum called on Mrs. Tom Chaffee Saturday.

WEST VERGENNES ITEMS

Mr. and Mrs. George Bangh-man and son Oren, of Plainwell, are spending the week with C. M. Himebaugh and wife.

Bert Baker and family called on John Bakers' at their new home near Saranac Sunday.

Little Shirley Gross is on the sick list.

Helen Wittenbach, of Grand Rapids, was a Sunday visitor at home.

Fred Ford and wife attended a dinner given by thc Internation-al Harvester Co., at the Pantlind hotel Wednesday evening.

C. M. Himebaugh and wife were in Lansing Wednesday and Thursday visiting their children who have been ill.

There will be a box social at the Grange hall Friday evening, March 13lh. Grangers and their friends are invited.

Seth Van Wormer, an old resi-dent of Ibis place will be buried this Monday afternoon in the Bailey cemetery. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hom-er Morris in Ada.

to live here during the Summer. Mr. and Mrs. Joe O'Neil, of

Middleville, spent Thursday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John O'Neil.

Monica Anderson was un over-night guest of her friend. Cath-erine O'Neil Friday night.

Sunday guesls of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Anderson were Mr. and Mrs. James Ten Eyck snd three children, of Belding, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lind, of Caledonia, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baley and family, of Irving.

LOGAN LOCALS (Last Week's Letter)

Harry Johnston and family, of Grand Rapids. Leona Kauffman, of Bowne, were Sunday guests of Skinner Johnson and wife.

Miss Minnie Weiiand is home from her work at Ivor Frost's, of South Campbell, but will spend this week in Grand Rapids with her brother Ray, and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Munson, of Grand Rapids, were Sunday guests al Orville Austins.'

Orville Dcardorf and wife, Everett Dcardorf and friend at-tended services at the M. E. church in Lowell. Sunday eve-ning and report them as being very good.

Will Frost and family, of Low-ell, were Sunday guesls at S. S. Weaver's.

S. S. Weaver and wife called on Rev. and Mrs. Wilkins. of Eimdale, Monday afternoon.

Miss Kilmartin spent the week-end with friends in Alpine where she taught school for five years previous to her coming h ?re.

Mrs. Flora Hooper and brother, Bert Hooper, of Pleasant Valley, Miss Josephine Kilmartin, Mable Lile and Clara VandeWerker were treated to delicious warm

ALASKA ATOMS

Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Howig, of Grand Rapids, were Sunday din-ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Fox.

Mrs. Joe Coon spent last Thurs-day with Mrs. Phil Diefenbaker.

Mr. and Mrs. James Fox and Harold and Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Dean spent Friday in Grand Rap-ids at the home of Ira Dean.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Rowland and daughter Charlotte and Mrs. Clif-ford Rowland and little son, Billie Eddy, called on Mrs. Row-land Saturay afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Meyer, of Grand Rapids, were week-end guests of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Mofflt.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Pattison and children were Sunday evening callers at H. Moffit's.

Mrs. Jesse Fox was in Grand Rapids Friday.

The woman who really loves children seldom thinks it neces-sary to say so.

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Lowell Granite Co. 30G E. Main St., Lowell,

sugar at the Thomas Cannavan home Monday evening.

Albert Bleam and family were Sunday guesls of Daniel Zook and family, of Clarksville.

Pal McCaul, wife and daughter were dinner guesls at S. S. Weaver's lasl Wednesday.

Everett Dcardorf, Lloyd, Orva, Dalton and Vern Stahl were Sunday guesls of Howard Zocts, of Morse Lake.

Glee Newton, of Carlton, was ihe guest of his aunt, Mrs. John Stahl and family Sunday.

Delores Minard was the guesl of Mrs. Flora Hooper over the week-end.

Jonas Birman and wife, of Grand Bapids, visited at the Can-navan home Salurday evening.

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Yet. cow, I wouldn't mind bein' you In these times. You've a cud to chew.

So. editor, you just find out Thc things that smooth the wrinkled brow,

If politics, or boxing bout. Or else "For sale: a orn 'ry cow

"That can t be taught or soothed or shown, "Or educated by microphone."

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News About Old Friends of Yours

W H E N E V E R you find a n item about some one you used to know, or see the picture of a once-familiar place, there 's an extra thrill in the news of the day. Fading memories grow b r i g h t . . . in a flash you begin to " remember when—*'

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Advertisements bring you fresh and reli-able news of things you could hardly do without . F o r m the good habit of reading them thoroughly. Watch them for news of your friends—old and new.

The Lowell Ledger It Covers the Field

EIGHT THE LOWELL (MICH.) LEDGER and ALTO SOLO, THURSDAY, MARCH 5. 1931

Lowell, Mich.

DISTINCTIVE CLASSES The Price S

Under the s tate law I am not allowed to advert ise prices for giBSses, but I am sure it is not a violation of law for m e to tell you that I can and will save you money and the examinat ion I give you is just aa scientific as you will get in any ci ty. I invite you to call and see me.

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S e r v i c e T t i a t S a v e s M o n e y Many thousands of dol lars are saved fo r f a rmers every

year by local farm equipment dealers who realize the im-portance of efficient repair service, according to Pete Hunt-er, of the firm of HUNTER & STEED, dealers in 1. H. C. Farm Implements, Tractors , Cream Separa tors and repairs .

Come in and see the latest improvements on 1. H. C. imple-ments.

H u n t e r & S t e e d Lowell, Mich. 304 W. Main St. Phone 270

A girl who would like to be seen in

something nobody else wears, should

try a pair of cotton s tockings—and

the housewife t ha t wants to push her

home way out in f ron t should paper her rooms with our

N e w W a l l P a p e r s

Honking your horn doesn ' t help as

much as steering wisely—and Wall

Papers without buil t- in quali ty are in

the same class—you know what I mean. ,

Look's Drug Store LOWELL, MICH.

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SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY PORK LIVER BEEF HEARTS

9o Ib, do Ib.

HAMBURG SPARE RIBS

9c Ib. Flat, 9o Ib,

Fresh Fish and Oysters

Gibson's Service & Quality Market 117 West Main st., Phone 224 Lowell, Mich.

SEMET-SOLVAY

C O K E The Clean Fuel

Those who heat their homes wi th Coke because it is smokeless and sootless will welcome the further cleanli-ness and uniformity of genu-ine SEMET-SOLVAY COKE with its national reputation for being the best there is.

A u t h o r i z e d Dealers

in genuine SEMET-SOLVAY COKE

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C. H. Runciman Lowell, Michigan

This and That From Around

The Old Town

Peter Spcerslra is serving on jury in Grand Rapids.

Mrs. F. P. MacFarlane is visit-ing relatives in Detroit.

Wm. VanVorst has just finish-ed mount ing an Arctic owl .

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Burt were in Grand Rapids Fr iday .

Pe te r Spcerslra, Jr., and F rank Gould arc in Detroit on business today, (Thursday.)

Mrs. Halt ie Rouse visited her son, Dr. Frank Tredeuick in Grand Rapids, Tuesday.

Mrs. Tim Conant and daughter Dorris , called on Mrs. J im Haw-ley in Saranac Fr iday af te rnoon.

Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Har t well, of Cannonsburg, spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Har lman.

Miss Ruth Kramer, of Palmer, III., came Sunday to visit her un-cle, Hlmer E. Marshall and fam-ily.

Mrs. Cora McKay re tu rned Fri-day f rom a few days ' visit with f r iends in Detroit and Ann Ar-bor.

Misses Lucille Visser and Mar-ion Berry, of Grand Rapids, spent Sunday wi th Mr. and Mrs. Ray Riltcngcr.

M. N. Henry, C. H. Runciman, Har ry Day and R. G. JelTeries were in Grand Rapids, Tuesday on business.

Miss Esther Brown, of Owosso, spent Monday and Tuesday with her uncle und aunt, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Charles.

Miss Evelyn Yeiter, of M. S. C. at Lansing, spent over the week-end with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. 0 . J. Yeiter.

Miss Jeanne Ruther ford , of Grand Rapids, spent the week-end with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. L. Rutherford .

Mrs. Margaret Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Malcolm and daughter Abby called on relatives in Sheri-dan Sunday af te rnoon.

Mrs. R. A. Charles, E a r l Brown and daughter Esther, of Owosso, spent Tuesday af te rnoon wi th relatives in Grand Rapids.

Mrs. Wm. Devering re turned to her home here a f t e r a two weeks' visit with he r bro ther , George Lucas, of Saginaw.

Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Jones, of Fine, N. Y., are guests at Ihe home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Merri-man, renewing old acquaintances.

Mrs. L. Rutherford at tended the D. A. R. Washington bi r thday luncheon at Hotel Pant l ind in Grand Rapids one day last week.

John Rutherford and • sister, Miss Mary J ane Ruther ford , of Olivet, spent Sunday wi th the i r parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Ruther-ford.

Mrs. G. A. Plumb, Miss Margaret Fields and Mrs. McAteer, of Grand Rapids, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F red Malcolm Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rittenger and family, of Grand Rapids, were Sunday guests of the for -mer 's parents , Mr. and Mrs. J . H. Rittenger.

Mr. and Mrs. Ear l Moore, of Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Burham, of New York, spent a few days last week wi th Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hall.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Morse and son Lew, and Charles Wood mo-tored to Milwaukee, Wis., Thurs-day evening at tending the funera l of the former ' s cousin, Peter Rell. They re turned Fr iday night.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Chris. Gehrer, Mr. a n d Mrs. G. Rerkey, Mr. and Mrs. Will Kilgus and daughter Marion spent Thursday wi th Mr. and Mrs. F red Kilgus in honor of Mrs. Kilgus' b i r thday ann iver -sary.

Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Hand, ' " . . . , of Pontiac, and Mr. and Mrs. Har- , r ° r . , h

le , r . , 9 3 1

f w ° , : k -

old Collins, of Grand Rapids. All ^ l ? i l c e ? h f e o y 8 s l«Kn e d

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enjoyed » good . t ime and hope to "roased B u T A l d H e h , o ^ A l t c

is president , Elmer Graham, ol Lowell , vice-president , C l a r k

the Neighborhood Bridge " T l u b ^ w h H o ^ o n o f ' A U o ^ ' t r e ^ with a seven o'clock d inne r Tues- C u f e n w ' K l a h n of l i w -

3 j j n p v c rnoH a l h M r i . f i s lo™1 leader. Ward Bou-gennes road. Bridge followed i a r ( | 0f aRo Georae S r h w a r d e r the d inner and honor s were r e - l 0 f Aja a n ( i o k 0 ^ ^ ! nf

M r s e F . b / . McMahon1* B r e i i n a a n d Lowell', a re members of the ad-

Sa turday special at Gazella's— Por to Rican hand-made night gown, 39c.

New line of optical goods just r e c e i v e d at Stocking's ' s tore which will make a saving of f rom 86.00 to $12.00.

Former Resident P George A. Roop, 75, died Mon-

day at his home in Ionia. Rur-ial Wednesday af te rnoon. Mr. Roop was born in Ohio, but h a d jived the greater p a r t of his l i fe in Lowell, Carson City and Ionia. He is survived by the widow a n d one daughter , a sister, Mrs. Ella Blaine, of Metamora, O., and brother , John, of Morenci.

Real Whipplig Cream IDo per Vi pint

Meledy Farm Dairy Phone 351

Social Events Misses Louise and Cora Ryder

enter ta ined Misses Ona Denlon, Myrtle Jay and Doris Conant at a "Sugar p a r t y " Thu r sday eve-ning.

FARM NEWS AND VIEWS By K. K. Vining

Jersey Parish Show A meeting of Jersey breeders

f rom the ten counties compris ing the West Michigan Jersey Par i sh Show area wil l be held this week F r iday , March Gth, a t the Grand Rapids Y. M. C. A. Kent County Jersey Cattle Club

All offlcers and directors of the County Jersey Cattle club were re-elected at the meeting last F r i -d a y as fo l lows: President , An-d r e w Nortnan, Spar ta ; vice presi-dent , Emmett Davis.

__ j present voted to send a Jersey 4-H calf club mem-b e r to the National Dai ry Show

Mrs. W. Washburn and Mrs. A. Sformzand enter ta ined | h e S i s - i r v •" ,v ters of the Skillett last week at l'1!* F®'.'- . , the former ' s home. Four tables! T w o local Jersey meeiings will of cards were in play and honors Ve held th i s year . One for those were received by Mrs. N. Hall J® r?.cy breeders in the npr th half and Mrs. Will Frost .

Mrs. Elizabeth Lalley enter-tained thc Neighborhood Bridge c lub with a seven o'clock dinner

of the county will be held at the Algoma Grange Hall F r i d a y eve ning, March 13th.

Kent City "Co-ops" don' t be l ieve in signs fo r tney a re hold

Thursday evening. Bridge f o l - l n 8 their annua l meeting Fr iday, lowed the d inne r and honors March 13th, in the T y r o n n e town w e r e received by Mrs. Oscar B r e - ' l 1 8 " K®0* City. In addit ion zina and Mrs. L. Ruther ford . | t o t l l e regular business of the or -

ganization Clark Brody, secre-Mr. and Mrs. J . H. Rit tenger l a r y * m a n a g e r of the Michigan

enter ta ined wi th a family dinner State F a r m Bureau will speak. Sunday, March 1, the occasion "Rock Gardens"

5 i ! J r v h e l r u 4 i 8 L r a d l n g o ? . ? n I - , , H o c k Gardens" wil l be the a Z t ' L J ! . r - r i 1 ^ R H T n e x l , a l k in Ihe series of Home hnnnp nf STo « « a 8 i n ! G a r d e n discusssions being given honor of the occasion. a j ijjg flyerson Library. Mr. H.

L. Chapman in charge of the Bot-Mr. and Mrs. Newell Hand anical Gardens al Michigan State

celebrated their 51st wedding college will be the speaker . Col-anniversary March 1 wi th all the o r e d lantern slides will be children and grandchi ldren at s h o w n . These lectures a re prov-home. T h e r e were present Mr. ing very popular .

Enjoy "new car" tire service . . . and save money

nilMnder •tha CHIAUTY Hr« wHWn rt* r*««h af AU

4*40-21 (29 B 4^0)

4.50-21 (30*4.50)

4.75-19 (28 s4.75)

$4.96

$5.69

* 6 - "

5.00*19 (29 x 5.00)

5.50-19 •8-*> (29x5 JO)

£ 0 0 - 2 0 • l l - » « (32 x &00)

f X L D TIRES ira expamlvt to V / w m t cot • . . punctitne, dalay*! rtpalrt tat.up more dun tfaty art worth. Tnda tfacm in on stA, saw. Goodycan at our low 1931 prim.' All type*. Your aba la hml Vahaao poaalhle only became OoodyMt builda miliiona more t&ce than but other company.

OUAKANTIID T i l l i i p a i i i M o

Ralph's T i re m d Radio Shop .Vulcanizing Battery Charging Radio Sanr le t

and Mrs. Ray Hand, Mr. and Mrs. James sons, H o w a r d and

Ed. Hand, Collins and Ernes t , of

4-H Clubs T h e Lowell Calf club is the

first of the older calf c lubs to re-fo r their 1931 work .

meet again next year .

Mrs. R. M. Shivel enter ta ined

Mrs. Eugene Carr a n d Mrs. F red Gramer gave a miscel lan-eous shower at Mrs. Car r ' s home for Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y Kinsley. Friends and neighbors were In-vited and bunco w a s the enter-tainment fo r the evening, a f te r which a delicious lunch served by the hosteses.

visory board . Twelve of the members a r e s tar t ing the i r third y e a r of work .

VERGENNES GRANGE

Community day p rog ram wil l be held at Vergennes Grange hall

was Thursday , March 12. Pot luck din-ner . good program, everybody

The Mother 's club w a s enter-tained by Mrs. R. M. Purchase Tuesday evening.

I have about a half dozen bat-tery sets that I will close out at $5.00 each. R. D. Stocking.

In Rig Cltiea It is said that there a re people

in Chicago who have never seen anybody shot. One can believe this. W e have citizens he re who have never been s t ruck by a falling judge.—The New Yor-ker.

invit le Committee.

Polit ical Announcement I wish to announce m y candi-

dacy for t r easu re r of the Town-s h i p of Lowell . Your suppor t wil l be apprec ia ted .

Minnie Murphy, i. W. F. Mi p 38-39) (Mrs. fu rphy . )

They Have An educator says that college

s tudents ought not be required to memorize notable dates of his-

t o r y . Most of them have too many dates of their own.—San

Union. | Diego

POUCE RADIO BUILDS NEW

RURAL SAFETY MANY ARRESTS MADE BY

MICHIGAN STATE POLICE OF FARM THIEVES

Police protection, as a factor of community safety, has become sub-urban as well as urban.

The radio network set up by the state of Michigan and operated through the Michigan State Police at station WRDS, at East Lansing, has furnished a police alarm net-work which gives the farmer, great distances from town, virtually the same police protection as is en-Joyed by his city brother.

The "log" of the police radio sta-tion gives frequent instances where a farmer In some isolated spot In the state has discovered robbers operating In his granaries or poul-try houses. He has called his sher-iff or local officer who In turn has relayed the call on to the radio sta-tion a t East Lansing. The call has Immediately gone on the air and within a few minutes af ter the farmer had reported his plight, sheriffs' cars and all state police cars in the surrounding commun-ities had been dispatched to round up the men or set up road traps for their fleeing cars. Tho success of s tate offlcers In a number of farm robbery round ups has been due to the speed with which such calls have bean relayed on to the radio "mike." From that point on, the service Is instantaneous, with all the law enforcement agencies lu Michigan linked in watchfulness.

T h e Ledger covers th is terr i-tory thoroughly .

" M I C H I G A N ' S F I N E S T S M A L L T H E A T R E "

S t i i i i d W L O W E L L W

Sunday—Monday, Mar. 8-9 Those "Caught Short" Qals Are Here In

Another Laugh Hlotl

m f i R j e o ( $ 5 5 L 6 R ,

P O i i y n r ) O f t A ( v

Stop wasting you r tire money. Drive wi th Starol ine t ires ahd your t i re dollar wil l give you the most In service, safety, wea r and mileage. They a re priced fa r be-low aj l other first line tires and batteries. They a re guaranteed by White Star, recommended by us. The Blue Mill, Pete Mulder, I ' rop. (c 41

Be sure lo attend the fu rn i tu re auction sale at Yeiter 's—twice daily—2:30 and 7:30 p. m. Ev-erything to be sold at your o w n price.

BORN

To Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vanden-Broeck, a son, Keith James, at the home of Mrs. VandenBroeck's parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. W. Willard.

PHYLLIS WEEKES SOLOIST IN NATIONAL CHORUS

Miss Phyllis Weekes, of th Lowell High School, was signally honored in the National High School chorus in Detroit last week, being chosen as one of the ten soloists out of nearly 300 par-ticipants.

CAR!) OF THANKS

Good Job Printing at The Ledger Office

We wish lo thank our many fr iends who have so generously helped us in our recent loss.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kinsley Katherine and Helen.

S H O W S

Be sure to attend the fu rn i tu re auction sale at Yeiter's—twice daily—2:30 and 7:30 p. m. Ev eryth i pr ice.

I t ' s a Riot! Take a Tip—If you want to reduce the blues by a diet of laughs, see the screen's funnies t pair in th i s comedy clean-up!

Sunday Matinee at 3:00 10c-20c

Evenings at 7 and 9 20c-40c

Right Business recovery will prob-

ably begin about t h e time some of our leading opt imists finally run out of conversntion about it. —San Diego Union.

ly— . . . ... rthing to be sold at your own tt MICHIGAN'S FINEST SMALL THEATRE

Ever wonde r w h y the wa t e r runs so much colder in the show-er-bath than it does in the d r ink ing wa te r fauce t?

Anyone w h o likes lo get things done soon gets t i red of going to committee meetings.

A sympathet ic l istener soon h a t us thoroughly convinced t h i t w e are abused.

Defined Politics is one par ty t ry ing to

get in office, and the o ther pa r ty t ry ing t o stay in.—Wauchula Ad-vocate.

Be sure to attend the fu rn i tu re auction sale at Yeiter 's—twice dally—2:30 and 7:30 p . ra. Ev-erything to be sold at your own

•ic | price.

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