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T h e § e n t i n e l - L k a d e r PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN ONE OF MICHIGAN'S MOST PLEASANT AND PROSPEROUS AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES

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VOLUME 36—ESTABLISHED 1876 SPARTA, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1935 NUMKER 10

MEMBERS K. € . ! ARE TO HEAR

Lumberjacks Stage Their Own Tilt

ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD AT AUDITORIUM FRI-DAY, MARCH 8; FREE LUNCHEON AT NOON;

PUBLIC INVITED

Hon. J n m e s P. Thompson . Commis-sioner of Agricul ture fo r the s ta te of Michigan will appea r on the program of the a n n u a l meet ing of t h e K e n t City f a r m Bureau which will be held F r i -day, March 8. a t t h e audi tor ium.

Mr. Thomson was selected by Gov. Fi tzgerald for th i s office because of t h e promise of t h e Governor to select som<.-one who was actively engaged in f a rming to nead th i s par t icu lar de-p a r t m e n t .

LUNCHEON FRIDAY

T h e S p a r t a C h a m b e r of Commerce will hold i ts regular weekly meeting F i i t i k j uuoii a t iitc Lou t cam Res tau -r a n t At t-he mee t ing last week the members enjoyed a t ravelogue talk on Europe which was given by the Rev. A- O Odegard. T h e merchan t s also discussed placing a Neon Sign on Division S t ree t a t the M-37 intersec-tion direct ing t r a f f i c toward the busi-ness district of t h e village. A com-mit tee was appoin ted to Interview the , council relat ive to f inancing ttie place-ing of the sign a t th i s point.

Dads and Lads En-joy Annual Banquet

AIRPLANE E X H I B I T C R E A T E S ENTHUSIASM AMONG

G U E S T S

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. SPARTA CAGERS WW DISTRICT TOURNAMENT IN GRANT CLASSIC

I B E A T R A V E N N A ; N E W A Y G O A N D S T . M V R Y ' S O F M U S K E -

G O N F O R T R O P H Y : P L A C E T H R E E M E N O N

A L L - T O U R N A M E N T H O N O R T E A M S

M R S . T H A Y E R T O A D D R E S S

M E T H O D I S T W O M E N A T T E A

The Ladies of t h e M E. church arc to be en te r t a ined a t an or iental tea in the chu rch par lors on Tuesday a f t e r -noon. March 12 T h e a f fa i r is spon-sored by the member*, of the Mission-ary society. T h e p rogram is in charge of Mrs. P. L. Bull, and tlfa. guest speaker will be Mrs. S tanley Thayer of F remont .

Scene at the first annual blocking context at Lincoln. Wash., with some of the West ' s best 1 umber jn-.-k* entered . These blocks a r e pine and marked with chalk like you would cut a pie au»l It t akes real skill to Mi ihe line and s t r eng th to put tlw» ax through the block with one blow. After the block l» CIK It looks l ike a cut pie. Otto Johnson, second man on the right. Is the champion blocker, winning by two blows.

HON. J A M E S F. THOMSON Who si l l deliver address a t Ken t

City Fr iday

Mr. Thomson h a s a lways taker, an active interest in his local as well a s f a r m organizat ion af fa i rs . He served 12 years as Supervisor for h i s township and was a member of t h e 1929 legisla-t u r e .

It »• his in ten t a s Commissioner to s t i tute r e fo rms looking to the m a k -

ing of t h e d e p a r t m e n t a s nearly self-support ing as possible. He la par t icu-larly Interested in mak ing Michigan marke t s t h e clear ing house for Michi-gan products and will discuss th is m a t -ter upon his appea rance a t the f a r m bureau meet ing.

T h e presence of Mr. Thomson In our immedia te te r r i tory is of vital im-portance, we believe, t o o u r f a n n e r s a n d we hope they will tu rn out in unprecedented numbers to hear the i r ch i r r and seek his counsel and advice. His appearance In K e n t City should be a red- le t te r day lor t h a t communi ty a n d the f a r m bureau

Those in cha rge of the program s ta te tha t luncheon will be served f rom 11:30 to 12:30 p. m Immedia te ly fo l -lowing l u r . h e o n a business session will be held followed by talks which will be given by County Agent K. K. Vinlng and S t a t e s e n a t o r Harold Saur .

A splendid musical p rog ram is being prepared a n d t h e commit tee s ta tes t h a t valuable p r e m i u m s will be given d ' r ing the day . in addi t ion to the a n -nual dividend cert if icates.

T h e general publ ic a n d especially > t h e fa rmers . wT.ether members of the F a r m Bureau or not . a r e cordially in- ; vited to a t t e n d t h e m' e t ing as guest* i of t h e K e n t City F a r m Bureau.

T h e Annual Communi ty F a t h e r and Son Banquet was held on Monday eve-ning a t the Methodis t chu rch Nearly 200 were present a n d t h e program was in every way wor th while and very well received by bo th t h e f a t h e r s and the sons.

Lloyd King ae**d as toast master in a very congenial m a n n e r . The of t h e evening was furnished by a group orches t ra of high school sons, and a qua r t e t t e of fa thers .

A panel discussion of world peace was conducted by O. E. Balyeat and seven h igh school lads, which was very-interest ing.

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Caucus, Registrations and the Elections

SPARTA

I Cand ida t e s for Village election a t I s T o w n s h i p hall. Monday. March

People's Ticket

An Editorial

Dr. Voelker to Speak at Big Mass Meeting

MANY WILL WANT T O HEAR VIEWS O F STATE SUPT. OF

PUBLIC I N S T R U C T I O N

11. 1935.

Rev. L. L. Dewey of G r a n d Rapids-His subject was world-relat ions and was so presented t h a t i t was of u n -usual interest bo th to the f a t h e r s and the sons.

T. E. McFall and his son Paul , both spoke of the i r recent t r ip by air to the west coast.

T h e "Hobble" exhibi t pu t on by George Be t ies was t h e center of the interest of all. I t was all contr ibuted by local people a n d most of t h e ex-hibi ts were t h e work of the boys of our communi ty , a n d reflected great credi t upon t h e younger generat ion. T h e exhibi t inctuded an oil paint ing, several scale-<model airplanes, s team engines In opera t ion, ships, coach of Napoleon, old t ime au tos and t h e up-to -da te ones, deep-water diving appar -a tu s and a s t r eam- l ine t ra in .

At t h e close of t h e program, Mr. Bet tes gave every boy present a gif t . T h e r e were four model airplanes t h a t were given by drawing names. Sou-venirs were given t o all others.

I t was cer ta in ly an evening t h a t will be remr abered a n d ta lked of for a long, l o w time. Much credit is due Mr. Ba lyea t a n d the p rogram and ad-vertising commit tee .

r D A T E O F J U N I O R P L A Y C H A N G E D

The Jun io r play "Aaron Boggs. F r e s h m a n . " will be presented on Wednesday evening, March 13, Instead of on March 8. as pre-viously announced . T h e per-fo rmance will be held In the High School gymnas ium prompt -ly a t 8 o'clock.

J a m e s G a r d n e r h a s been appointed cha i rman of t h e Housing Commit tee for t h e Older Boys ' Conference, which will be held In S p a r t a f rom March 15 to 17, inclusive. Lodging and break-fast a re to be provided for on Fr iday and Sa tu rday . Watch next week's paper for complete detai ls of t h e pro-gram.

POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT 10 I will aga in be a candidate for

Treasurer of S p a r t a Township a t t h e Republican Caucus . Sa tu rday . March 9. 1935. Your suppor t will be appre -ciated.

Mrs. Zella Hod gins

NOTICE K. P'a. Special Meet ing Tuesday evening,

March 12. also confer t h e r ank of page. All ou t please.

Progress on Great Norris Dam

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Pres ident , F rank Kellogg; clerk C. G. D a h l i n ; t reasurer . Mrs. Melvln Col-l ins; assessor. Smith Lown; t rustees . George Smi th , Rezin Anderson a n d Joseph Brooks.

CRtsen'a Ticket

Pres iden t . D. J . Johnson ; clerk Clarencf Anderson ; t r e r surer . Mrs. Verna Moore; assessor. Alfred New-m a n ; t rus tees , Char les War ren , Verne Andrus a n d Harvey Stebbins.

K E N T CITY CANDIDATES O n e Ticket Only

Pres ident . A. E. Ga lb ra i th ; t rus tees . 2 years, E E Austin. F. E. Soles, a n d Ar thu r T r o f a s t ; t rustee. 1 year, L. A. Wilder; clerk, Lyie P e r h a m ; t r easure r . Ocorgla Holben; assessor, E. R. M a t -thews.

CASNOVIA CANDIDATES

O n e Ticket Only

Pres., Adam Redding: clerk J o h n A. L e h m k u h l e ; treas. , Louis Kgolf; t r u s -tees for two years. Herbert Ransom. Michael Kel ly . Clyde Eltel ; assessor Henry Heuvelnorst .

CAUCUS RESULTS K e n t City, Tyrone Township

At t h e People 's caucus Sa tu rday the following were nomina ted : For supe r -visor, C h a r l e s Montgomery; clerk, F red Woodwork; t reasurer . Andrew J o h n -son ; board of review, F . N. C h u r c h a n d Albert Atkinson; highway c o m - 1

missloner, F red Crispen. Resul t of Democrat ic caucus held I

Tuesday a f t e rnoon , March 5. with Ed-ward Clausen chair i . ian. a n d Clif ford Reed secretary , nominated t h e follow-ing t i cke t : Supervisor, Wm. O l d h a m ; clerk, R o l a n d H. Meri ts ; t reasurer . Clifford Reed ; highway commissioner, Fred Cad well; Justice of peace. Wm. Cook; board of review. Chas . Gardner -T h i r d t icket in Tyrone Township.

T h e Republ icans will hold t h e i r caucus S a t u r d a y , March 9th, Town hall, 2 p . m.

CASNOVIA T O W N S H I P

Resul ts of the Casnovia township p r imary election held Monday. M a r c h 4th resul ted a s follows:

For Supervisor , C. B. Moore; clerk. J . H. B e n n e t t ; t reasurer . F . Brisbin; board of review. Pearl M u m a ; Justice. Char l e s B e r t r a n d .

SPARTA T O W N S H I P R E S U L T S

Resul ts of t h e Pr imary election in S p a r t a Township . Monday. M a r c h 4.

For County Judge . Brown 103; V e r - ' dler 95; J o n k m a n , 76; Higbee. 7 f t ; Perkins . 52; Phelps . 42.

For County School Commiss ioner : Toland , 109; Clark. 29; Koepnick, 9; Wassenaar . 2; Hal tema 1.

T Y R O N E T O W N S H I P R E S U L T S

Monday . March 4th Brown. 60; Hlgoec. 54; Vcrdier, 50;

; Perkins . 34; Jonlcman, 29; P h e l p s 22; : Toland , 70; Clark. 16; Koepnick. 4;

Wassenaa r , 1; Hai tema, 1. Republ ican Township Caacus

S p a r t a . Townsh ip Hali. S a t u r d a y a f -ternoon, 2 p. m.

Democra t ic Township Caucus S p a r t a . Townsh ip Hall. Tuesday a f -

ternoon. 2 p. m.

My attention has been called this week to two items of letps-lation which are of importance to our rural residents. One con-cerns the bill which is being f ramed at Lansing, which would limit the number of buyers of fa rm products. The construction of this bill is of vital interest to our farmers. A letter we re-ceived relative to the bill will be found on page two of th is week's paper.

The other item refers to Senate Bill No. 1807, and House Bill No. 5585 covering proposed amendments to the Agricultural Ad-justment Act. These bills are the most drastic pieces of legisla-tion tha t have been proposed in Congress, and we urge t h a t you promptly write Sen. Vandenberg and Congressman Mapes pro-testing the passing of these bills. Two points in the bills which directly affect our territory are as follows: These bills could de-termine what quantity of any agricultural product may be pro-duced by any farmer , and what quanti ty of supplies and what prices shall be charged for them by direct means and—or indirect-ly by fixing the quotas to manufacturers and distributors and the fixing of their prices. In other words, the political appointee in power could, a t any time, favor either the producer, the dis-tr ibutor or the manufacturer , to the damttge of the others, and destroy the r ight of the consumer to purchase under the Ameri-can system of price competition.

These bills are now being considered and unless our people rise up against adoption of same, they will be adopted. Send in your protest a t once.

—Editor .

A big mass meet ing in t h ? Interest of schools a n d colleges and more par -tiou'arly t h e educat ion of our boys and girls, will be held a t the Methodist church S u n d a y evening. March 10. a t 7:30 o'clock.

Officer Vandenhout Fanners Fete Business Makes His Report Men at Annual Program

Clifford VanDenHout , local police officer, made 60 a r re s t s dur ing 1934 according to a repor t which h a s Just been released for publication. T h e of fenders of the law paid ou t *453 dur ing t h e year in fines. T h e complete list of a r res t s includes 1 breaking and en ter ing charge: 9 d runken driving; 13 d r u n k e n and disorderly; 20 speeding; 2 pet ty larceny; 2 improper opera tors licenses.

6 illegal park ing; 1 driving over Are hose; 2 assault a n d ba t te ry ; 1 case pending cour t ; 2 stolen automobiles recovered; 4 r u n a w a y s apprehended ; 178 warn ing t ickets issued; a n d 14 ac-c idents investigated.

Violators of the law apprehended by Chief VanDenHout spent 630 days in Jail.

% Biennia l Spring Election

Annua l Townsh ip Election Monday. April lai .

S a t u r d a y , March 23rd. last d a y for Regis t ra t ion .

I t is t h e du ty of every cit izen to vote. G o to the polls In your respective precinct nex t Monday and personally regis ter your choice for the cand ida tes whom you believe to be beat f i t ted for public service, a n d t h e offices they desire.

Someone h a s recently s ta ted, " t h e government we have under a de-mocracy is w h a t we ourselves select. Our most precious governmental privi-lege is t h e right of the ballot- If t h r o u g h indif ference we lost t h a t most i m p o r t a n t privilege of cit izenship, we a re stackers a n d have no r igh t t o compla in a t the way we a re taxed a n d governed."

T h e f a rmers of our te r r i tory a r e to be hos ts to the business men of S p a r t a a t t h e annua l banquet which is scheduled this year for Fr iday, . M a r c h 22, a t 12 o'clock noon s h a r p a t t h e M. E. chu rch .

T h i s year the f a r m e r s a re in hopes t h a t one fea ture of t h e p rog ram will be a ta lk by Prof. Brown of Mich igan S t a t e College on local livestock auc -t ions a n d concentrat ion yards . T h e r e Is considerable interest in t h i s subjec t a t t h e present time.

T h e members of t h e S p a r t a Co-opera t ive Shipping Association a n d a n y f a r m e r s Interested In t h e mee t ing can get complimentary t ickets t o t h e d inne r f rom J . R. Bettes . Eli Rober t s , Albert Atkinson. J acob Spangenberg , Ph i ! Klenfc and Lynn Brad fo rd .

The Sparta high school basketball team battled Us way t h r o u g h three n igh t s of har*. fas t cage contes t* la«t week j n d emerged each t ime with a victory to carry '.iome t h e first dis-tr ict basektball t o u r n a m e n t trophy a S p a r t a team has ever woe All t h e games were played in t h e new G r a n t gymnasium. Ravenna . Newaygo, and Muskegon St. Mary's were t h e victims of the local t eam's aharp&hootlng on the three successive n igh ts .

On Thursday t h e S p a r t a n s won an overtime victory f r o m R a v e n n a by a score of 18 to 16. T h e local t eam got away to an early ' ? a d a n d completely outplayed thei r opponent ' for t h e first two periods, hav ing leads of 5 to 2 and 13 to 9 a t t h e intermissions.

In the last half t h e R a v e n n a team spur ted , out-coring t h e locals 4 points to 3 in t h e th i rd f r a m e a n d 3 to 0 in the last to end t h e off icial game with the score tied a t 16 all.

Early in t h t t h r e e m i n u t e overt ime Mark Norton counted t h e winning points with a nea t s ide-court shot, a n d the Spar ta qu in t held t h a t m a r -gin to win tiie ball game . Norton and Blaauw of Spar ta and I .aubach of t h e losers tied for scoring honors with six points apiece.

I n the o ther games played t h a t n ight . G r a n t e l imina ted Rockford f r o m the tou rnamen t by a 13 to 10 score and Newaygo t rounced Cedar Spr ings 31 to 9.

O n Friday night t h e local team met uf> with a rast, clever outf i t when they took the floor aga ins t Newaygo but they played a great b r a n d ol basket-ball to win a 16 to 13 decision. Powers counted two field goals a n d Blaauw adder, a charity toss in t h e opening period to giv» t h e S p a r t a n s a 5 t o 1 lead a t the whistle.

T h e penstock t j b e s of the Xflcrll d a m ; one section of tbe dam which wOl roach a height of 250 fee t a t th is point, showing the downst ream end of the two huge tube* through which the wa te r s of th« Clinch r iver will flow into the tnrhfnef t o f a m i s h t h e power to generate electricity f o r the p lant .

VOTE MONDAY! VOTE EARLY!

Ed. Morse. Supt . of the G r a n d Haven S t a t e P a r k was a S p a r t a visitor Wed-

nsdav. a n d called a t t h e S p a n * Coach a n d Body Co.. to examine t h e new t r a c e r coach whloh the company h a s Jus : completed.

C L I F F O R D VANDENHOUT CLlef of the Village Police a n d

Fire Depa r tmen t

I t can be readily seen f rom t h i s repor t t h a t t he re is still need for ade-

• qua le police protect ion In villages of our size I n addi t ion to his dut ies a s

i police officer of t h e village. Chief V a n -DenHout also heads t h e village fire

; d e p a r t m e n t which adds considerably to his responsibilities.

S p a r t a h a s been fo r t una t e du r ing ! the pas t year In hav ing a low fire toss.

T h i s of course is possible only th rough *mr»le fire protect .on a n d through t h e a ler tness of t h e fire depar tmen t when a l a rms a re sounded. r '1th tbe present

! system of local l i re protection it is nex t j to impossible for a fire to maxc mucn

headway Chief VanDenHout and the m e m -

bers of the village fire depar tmen t a r e i to be commended for t h e protect ion

the community derives through the i r splendid oooperatton when emergencies arise.

(Legal / tvertising)

March 4, 1935

To The Shareholders of Sparta Foundry Company:

NOTICE i S HEREBY G I V E N T h a t t h e Board of Directors of Spar ' .* F o u n -dry Company h a s declared a dividend of 100% on the ou t s tand ing s h a r e s of capi ta l stock payable on M a r c h 30. 1935, or as aoon t h e r e a f t e r a s possible, to shareholders of reoord a t t h e close of business March 15. 1935.

T h e Board of Directors h a s also de-clared on t h e capi ta l stock of t h e com-p a n y , a f t e r r iving effect to t h e p a y -m e n t of said stock dividend, a r egu la r quar te r ly dividend of twenty- f ive cen t s pe r s h a r e together with a n e x t r a divi -dend of fifteen cents per s h a r e payab le M a r c h 30, 1935. to sha reho lde r s of record a t t h e close of business on March 15 1935.

T h e t r an s f e r books of t h e c o m p a n y trill be closed a t t h e d o s e of taSnasj on M a r c h 15. 1935 a n d r e -opened on M a r c h 30, 1935. or a s aoon t h e r e a f t e r a s sa id stock dividend shal l h a v e been paid.

Sha reho lde r s are alac notified to sui -r e n d e r the i r cert i f icates evidencing s h a r e s of no par value in e x c h a n g e for new certif icates evidencing sha re s of t h e p a r value of $2 50 per s h a r e to give effect to corporate act ion t aken by t h e sha reho lders a t the i r special mee t ing held September 10th. 1934, chang ing t h e sha re s of capital stock of t h e com-pany f r o m n o par value to p a r value of 93.50 per «hare.

Shareholder* are f u r t h e r notif ied t h a t t h e proper off icers of t h e com-p a n y have been author ised t o wi thhold paymen t s of the aforesaid d iv idends unt i l t h e ou ts tanding c*r t iTcates for s h a r e s of no par value shall h a v e been su r rendered in exchange for p a r value stock cert if icates

Sha reho lde r s will be not i f ied by let ter of the details of t h e p l a n for car ry ing ou t t h e exchange of sa id ce r -tificates and t h e paymen t of t h e divi -dends above described.

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DR. PAUL E. VOELKEII S ta te Supt . of Public Ins t ruct ion

Dr. Pau l E. Voelker, has been se-cured by a g roup of civic-minded citi-zens to deliver the address of the evening, h i s subject , being "A New Deal for t h e Chi ld ren ."

Special music by the S p a r t a Men's Communi ty C h o r u s under t h e direc-tion of Will iam A. Van G e m e i t will be an added f e a t u r e of t h e meet ing.

Dr. Voelker 's presence in t h e com-muni ty will be of Interest , since he was Just recent ly r enomina ted for t h e high office h e now holds, by the Democrat ic S t a t e Convent ion held in Detroit J a n u a r y 31.

The noted educa to r began teaching in the ru ra l schools of Michigan and has also t a u g h t in Iowa and Wisconsin.

Af te r receiving his Doctorate in Charac te r Educa t ion f rom Columbia University, he returned to Michigan in

• 1917 serving a s P res iden t of Olivet Col-j lege a n d B a t t l e Creek College unt i l

1932 when h e was elected Super in tend-e d of Public Ins t ruc t ion .

Every pa ren t , t e ache r and civic-minded citizen in teres ted in educat ion

1 for our boys a n d girls should hear Dr. Voelker. T h e school problems of the s ta te a t t h e present t ime a re of p*rw-mount impor tance to all citizens and Dr. Voelker will bring a message a t this meet ing which should provoke much t h o u g h t relat ive to Michigan's school p rog ram for t h e f u t u r e .

Use p r in ted s ta t ionery to express your personal i ty . READ the Sen t ine l -Leader W a n t Ads

'""•JH" 6" -second f rame to r u t the loc- „ lead to 7 to 6 at the long intermission, but, in t h e third the Greeks scored heavily to end the third qua r t e r wi th a 13 to 10 count and then held tne i r opponents even in the last t o win t h e came. An-derson of Newaygo scored » of his team to.al to cap tu re h igh honors. J o h n n y Powers led t h e S p a r t a n s with 5>

In the o ther class "C" game t h a t night , S. . Mary's edged G r a n t 23 to 21 for the r ight to meet t h e Greeks In the finals.

Spar ta 25; St. Mary ' s 18 On Saturday n igh t t h e S p a r t a n s met

the highly touted aggregat ion f rom St-Mary 's . Musxcgor., a n d cl inched f irs t honors i t the t o u r n a m e n t by scoring a dazzling 25 to 13 victory.

T h e Muskegon team h a d th ings the i r way for the first p - r iod out scoring the locals 6 points t o <. I n t h e second f r a m e , Lamoreaux entered t h e game for Spar ta and s a r k two deuce coun-ters in almost as many minutes . Both t eams counted two f ree th rows in the rest of the period a n d t h e whistle ended the half with the S p a r t a quint ahead 10 to 8.

In the next period t h e Greeks r a n wild to score 12 poin ts to the i r op-ponen t s 7 and in t h e final f r a m e both fives collected three c . u n a s apiece. T h e final whistle gave t h z i .p: r'.a team thei r due. Mark Nor ton counted 4 out of 5 c h a n t y th rows and m a d e 2 field goals to tie lor high h o n o r s with Mon-geau of the Sa in t s wi th 0 points.

At the close of t h e t o u r n a m e n t t h e coaches of the compet ing school t e a m s picked an a l l - t o u r n a m e n t team. T h e first t eam was composed o f : Forwards, Alexander. Spar t a a n d Mongeau, St. Mary 's ; Center, S h e 11 e r . G r a n t ; Guards , Anderson. Newaygo -lid Nor-ton. Spar ta .

Powers of S p a r t a missed tlie first t eam center bir th by a close margin bu t was without a rival f o r second honors. Both Smi th a n d Blaauw were awarded votes- All the S p a r t a team played heads up ball t h rough >ut the campaign. Local spor t f a n s c a n be justly proud of t h e t e a m Ocsch De Coster has developed t h i s yea r

Today (Thursday) t h e S p a r t a quint will meet Scottville in t h e fits", round of the regional t o u r n a m e n t a t Union High school in G r a n d Rapids. The game s ta r t s a t 4:00 o'clock. The re are •even class "C" t eams entered In the meet . If the locals win f r o m Scot t -ville they will play t h e winner of the Oomstock Park - Caledonia game on Friday af ternoon a t 4:00 o'clock.

Christens New U. S. Destroyer

Ur*. Edward C. Dale of Philadelphia acting an tbe oflielal sponsor for the • C. S. 8 Dale, new des t royer addition to t h e aavy. aa th»- wsa cbri*:. w d i and launched a t UM Brooklyn u a v j yard . With her la Ue*r Admiral Kates I StirUnf, it.

T H E SENTINEL-LEADER. SPARTA. MICHIGAN Thursday . March 7. 1936

T H E S E N T I N E L - L E A D E R Published Weekly an Thursday a t Spar ta , Michigan

Ente red a t th* Postoffire. Spa r t a . Michigan, a s Second Class Mail

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little girl who lived fo r sometime with Today the re a re 948 out f i t s r ang ing

I do not know why Just a t th i s p a r -t icular moment X should th ink of a tour i s t s

T h e K e a i City F*em a n d i h e Casaovia Hera ld m e r t e d with T h e Sent ine l -Leader i n 1931

NO N E W T A X E S !

us. G o t l e n - h a i r e d a n d red-cheeked, f r o m t h e old t in lixsae to a n 88000 she'd oome Dying down t h e s ta i rs of a house t rai ler . >tn t h i s c a m p ground, morning, filling t h e room with l augh - wi th a to ta l of 2JTJ8 people f r o m 38 ter and shout ing Joyfully. "O. I 'm so s ta tes . D. C . a n d four C a n a d i a n pro-happy—I*m so h a p p y " I wonder where winces, occupying them. O n a field she is today a n d if t h e passing years across t h e road f r o m our c a m p is he-

: have d immed t h a t precious Joyousness ing held t h e first Annua l Bouse Tra i le r of hers. Show, wi th abou t f i f ty m a k e s of

* * * 1 t ra i le rs on display." With the heavy snows of t h e p a s t : « • •

week, the o ld - t imers sighed lor t h e A m A U good old cu t te r days . "Oh. wha t f u n it was to r ide in a one-horse open

j a doaen motor cars. He was e n t e r t a i n i n g a f r i e n d one d a y who suggested a dr ive ^ ' £

Governor Fitzgerald continues to warn the legislature t ha t unless his p rog ram for s ta te economics th rough consolidation of various depa r tmen t s meets with legislative sanction the re will not be sufficient s t a t e funds available fo r public aid. Nor will he allow himself to be swerved f rom his campaign promise to t he people of "no new taxes . " The responsibility r e s t s squarely with the lawmakers and not with t he governor as to what happens to our Volume 3 educational inst i tut ions during the coming two years. Mr. John W. Taxpayer is going to appltud the governor for the stand he is — taking, no mis take about tha t . In pas t yr \ n the humble taxpayer hna been promised during campaign t ime dras t ic relief f r o m tax burdens, only to have those promises broken. I t would be a reflec-tion on his intelligence to believe he will not continue to support

The Spartan Echo

¥ 1 , 1 J S C j to t h e park. T h e h>st te lephoned for w e ^ h r t l l ' n * S a v s o r ? S d f r t « i d a t a X 1 ' t h a t i t required too

_ m u c h red t ape to secure one of h i s own Did you ever go r i d ing in a cut ter . . f >T,, , , . . . . .

tucked i r under a bu f fa lo skin robe. ^rvd t h a t t t was f a r s impler to with a *lab of soaps tone in a bag made at carpet ing to w a r m your fee t?" If e « e you have, you know all about it. Xf , Money a n d much of i t a lways sounds

like a desirable possession. Passing a mans ion belonging to a well known

I have yet t o m e e t one person who i woman wor th m a n y millions we were Joined the rush for F lor ida t h i s year in formed t h a t four guard* were s t a -who hasn ' t a d m i t t e d t h a t he < f u over- tioned wi th in t h e home, four p a t r o l ) ^ Joyed to get back to Michigan aga in! the place outs ide a n d t h e woman her -

* • • self never ventured anywhere without Prom S a r a s o t a Fla . . comes th i s let- t h e protect ion of a rmed ^oiicemen.

ter "Here we a re In t h e midst of t h e Pover ty is r a t h e r a blessing a f t e r a l l !

Published by Students of the High School Journalism Class Happenings at the State Capitol March 7, 1935 Number 21

By Sen. Harold S a u r

J U N I O R PLAY T h e Ju.-itor play. Aaron Boggs.

F r e s h m a n , will be presented Wednes -day evening. March 13

— One advan tage of being a senator is u p Wednesday was pu t over for con-to one of the copy readers who will me how you were expelled f r o m school? tha t , dur ing t h e session a t least , one s t t t e u t l o n unt i l next Wednesday A

I I t ' s a fas t -moving t h r e e - s e t comedy any man who insists t ha t campaign promises a re a solemn pledge of coiiege_iife. to the people t h a t must be kept . Aat>n Boggs is freah f rom Splinter--

vine. Asked if he has a college c a t a -

THE IDEAL UNIVERSITY

correct it- Th i s is t o be h a n d e d in F a t h e r : Yes. but it 's anc i en t history promptly on T h u i s d a y morn ing if they now. expect credit for the rest of t h e year. Son. I t ' s f u n n y how history repea t s

J u n e Swett does t h e typing Tor t h e j itself. i s n t i t? paper , before it goes to the office. Acid Jes t

• • • Teacher : " W h a t is a g r a p e f r u i t ? " I t seemed r a t h e r lonesome Monday S t u d e n t . " I t ' s a lemon t h a t ' s been

logue he says "Catalogue? Sure . I 've a round t h e school building, for the given a chance a n d took advan tage of got one f r o m Montgomery Ward ' a n d s tudents who a t t e m p t e d to wade toe i t ." . . . . . company , bu t I didn t br ing it to col- snow-dr i f t s faUed to - t t e n d . Very iew * * * lege!" Wil lard Bosch plays the p a r t of U * non- res iden ts were ^resent Ag. Club

Lizzie M: ude Feeny Aaron 's g i r l - However, on Tuesday most of t h e s t u - - T h e Ag-Clubs of G r a n t a n d Lowell f r i e n d is a perfect lady even t h o u g h d e n t s were here when roll was taken, were present a t our s n n u a l pancake I do Mrs. Chubb a t t h e t ave rn . " e e e supper given *>b. 27. S u p p e r was e n -

I may be a h u m a n Slav • GIRL RESERVE NEWS | Joyed by everyone, a n d t h e music f u r -

Universi t ies t ha t teach their s tuden t s what to think a re a danger to democracy. Universit ies t h a t teach their s tudents how to think and then t m s t them to decide wha t to think f rom year to she says, —• — — - - - - - - h v w r Phetus R y e a r in a g r o w i n g world a r e d e m o c r a c y ' s o n e ind ispensable s a f e - £ £ £ £ * b S l h i L t " IteSSEs " i m ^ X ' Wednesday evening. Feb 27. at the Barnum and Lavern ' Miller was ap guard. The universi ty i s not a retail s tore d e a l i n g m f ac t s ; t he c o e d T Th i s pa r t is played by I n e z home of Ine? a n d Mary Chamber l in . p r e d a t e d while supper was served u n i v e r s i t y i s a t e m p o r a r y r e t r e a t f r o m t h e world w h e r e y o u n g Chamberlin It was a musical program led by Meeting was called to order and we m p n A n d w f l i n p n m a v h r p a t h p t h e a i r o f f r tMidon i «i.nd A c h i e v e An<l if you want to K Q U t i n t f d Kftthr>*n Clark. They s%ng songs DO*j~ enjoyed pictures shown by O. Bet tes lwr of people were there , m e n a n a w o m e n m a y u r e a i n e t r ^ a i r Ol i r e ^ o m a n u a c m e v t nmi « youi a m ^ W a a W n g t o n ' s a n d Lincoln's "Grass i r Asia Minor" followed by a bountiful chicken d inne r emancipation f r o m the obsolete dogmas, the u n \ * o r t h > loyalties, ^ see Abey Who " a l w a y s d o e s tune . Some were: Yankee Doodle, read interest ing comedy T h e speakers t he i rrat ional inhibitions, the tribal conformities, and the coward- S T F R I S D S g o o d 7 HV IS * — ly cautions t ha t crush and kill the uneducated mind. known as Louis Randall.

The univers i ty must do more t h a n fu rn i sh the minds of i ts Dont forget! Wednesday s tudents ; t he university must f r ee the i r minds as well. American a a reaiy. truly. democracy needs mental f reedom even more than it needs mental f u n n y - p I a y r o " Bo«85- r*'r> " fu rn i tu re . T h e pr imary task of the universi ty is to make men f r e e ; to make men scholarly is secondary to this.—Glenn Frank.

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GRADE NEWS T h e grades have been using t h e i r several

o therwise • Flow O v i t l y Sweet Af ton a n d Dixie; and topics were: "Dairy Herd Im-also o thers too numerous to men t ion . ' p rovement" by Lynn Brad fo rd and

13' You T h e r e was also a duet by Inez C h a m - Cooperative Sh ipp ing" by J . R. Bet tes berlin and K a t h r y n Clark. T h e y sang which was enjoyed by everyone. We "All Hail the Power of Jesus Name." t h e n enjoyed thri l l ing games of ping Una be He B c h w a r u a n d Inez C h a m b e r - pong a n d volley ball in which every lin gave us two p iano duets . Josephine | one took keen interest . Johnson accompanied the group sing-ing a t the piano. J u a n i t a Morgan gave

Bul le t in boards so much we h a v e d e -cided to give you a descript ion of a few o r t h e m .

Mrs. Humes ton h a s a very nice d i s -

Mlss DeMay's board colors for they have

is b r igh t w i th been s tudy ing

covered with pictures of George W a s h -

A "HILLBILLY" RUNS FOR OFFICE Here a r e the campaign pledges of one with a saving sense of

humor who recently ran for public office amid the Ozark moun- play cir pictures of children out at play ta ins : " A s f o r myself, I am an Arkansas hillbilly—never saw a with o t i ^ pictures. t ra in until I was 15 years old and was almost grown before I ***" learned t h a t Republicans were human like other people . . . I have plowed a mule 16 years old in new ground without cussing . . . I came to Crawford five years ago and have been elected to the legislature twice and been operated on f o r appendicitis . . . L a s t . ^ yea r I mar r ied the finest girl in Oklahoma, and we a re living m f m b r a n C e of them. together happily in Van Buren, I want the office because I th ink • • • I can make a living out of it and I promise if elected to make THE NEW SYSTEM th ings so w a r m f o r crooks and law violators of all kinds t h a t they The Journalism class has appointed will th ink hell a in ' t 40 feet f r o m the cour thouse ."—North Caro- rCS

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of the°year.™ 3 e r * " * Una C h r i s t i a n Advoca te . The Editor—i^uis Randan.

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• • • 7th GRADE SCHOOL NEWS

Last Tuesday n ight we sold popcorn at t h e Independent games. And two weeks before we sokl also. Toge ther

whipped cream. th**y for home w e m a t j e th ree dol lars a n d sixty cents a f t e r a very enjoyable evening • • •

HUMOR Lost, S t rayed or Stolen

T h e school t eacher was giving

Win i f red Bltely who h a s been sick with scarlet fever r e t u r n e d last Mon-

has more bids ou t to banquets a n d community ga the r ings t h a n it Is poss-ible to a t tend . T h e ones back home are always by f a r the m06t enjoyable, a n d several of ray f r i e n d s have warned me to continue to s t a n d on my own feet a t Lansing, a n d no t to let t h e well-intentioned a n d loyal support of the home folks go to m y head . T h e old saying is t h a t " fo rwarned is fore- ' armed." and I take t h i s a s a wise and kindly warning.

Last Sa tu rday Rep. Post, Mr . K u r t z and I had the p leasure of a t t end ing the annua l Norton School Communi ty gather ing a t the h o m e of Mrs. Wil -liam Anderson. I t was such a ga the r - ' ing as wa rms t h e h e a r t and renews i ones f a i t h in m a n k i n d . A goodly n u m -

and a most was served.

following which everyone na tura l ly felt kindly t o w a r d everyone else, and we enjoyed a fine neighborly visit all ' round. A good p r o g r a m followed, and such neighborhood ga ther ings are to be most highly commended .

T h e n Monday noon Senator Mun-shaw. Rep. Post a n d I were guests a t a meeting of t h e G r a n d Rapids M a n u -facturers" Ass 'n. in G r a n d Rapids, im-mediately following which we drove to Lansing in t h e « w » t sleet a n d snowstorm we ever care to drive in. We h a d a senate session Monday eve-ning a t 8 o'clock, a n d aga in a t 10 a. m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ,

bill was passed requiring all s ta te in-s t i tu t ions to use beet sugar . A bUl was introduced to require t h e m atao to use Michigan mined coal, a n d same will undoubtedly receive seriously favorable considerat ion.

T h e only const i tu t ional proposal wnich passed piacing t h e proposition t h e s ta te board of canvassers au thor i ty before the voters was t h - one to give to sett le recounts and similar election disputes. I migh t add t h a t Sena tor Munshaw and I were two of t h e ten sena to r s voting m favor of placing the. m a t t e r of appoint ing t h e J -dges on t h e spr ing ballot, which proposai lost with 18 opposing votes.

Al thougn the s ta te h a s to pay out thousands of dollars r en t ing office space down town, the s t a t e office building houses an historical museum. T h e museum Is wonderful , but t akes u p niuch valuable space in th i s office building, while the new m u s e u m at the University of Michigan h a s ample room for this , and m a n y o ther such displays. Wi th th i s t h o u g h t in mind. I introduced an adminis t ra t ion bill to t r a n s f e r th is museum t o Ann Arbor. Also a bill with a quite a number of m u c h desirea improvements on the T h a t c h e r School Bill. -House bill No. 185). As K e n t County h a s n o fire tower, we a re using every Inf luence to get one erected a t Fisk Knob, a n d ask your hea r ty support .

his colors a n d she h a s a nice display of class of pupUs a test on a recent h is-t h e m . tory lesson "Now. Dick," h e said, "tell

3 o t h rr.K>ru have the i r B o a r d s me where t h e e l ephan t is found." T h e

day to school. We are all very glad to following which we ad journed because have her back wi th us. o t t h e Republ ican s t a t e convention a t

T h e th ree dollars a n d sixty cents D ? i r o i t " . . . , t h a t we got by « t t i n g popcorn we „ Tuesday evening we had our weekly are going to use to r en t a moving pic- R t P " b ! l f a

4u „ a n d caucus a t

Hire the Life of George Washing ton . : which Judge Boyle*, Presented us each I n Geography class we a r e s t u d y i n g

1 with a set of blue p r in t* showing t h e about Afr ica which is very interes t ing governors p r o g r a m all d rawn out in

Use p r in ted s ta t ionery t o express READ the Sent ine l -Leader W a n t Ads your personali ty.

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boy hes i ta ted for a m o m e n t ; t h e n his face lit up. "'The e lephant , teacher ," h e said "is such a large a n i m a l it is coun t ry ' scarcely ever lost."

Not So Easy Storekeeper t o son : "Why d o n t you

get out and find a Job? W h e n I was your age I was working for $3.00 a week in a store, a n d a t t h e e r d of five years I owned t h e store."

Son : "You can ' t d o t h a t nowadays— t h a t she will be back soon a n d we en- i & h o r - cut t o prosper i ty again; we c a n -

_ i d iagram, since t h e s epa ra t e bUls be-In "History we a r e s tudy ing a b o u t : *> n u m e r o u s a n o complicated

the Declara t ion of Independence a n d ^ u impossible t o visualize t h e we have all learned t h e opening p a r a - p r o e ^ m necessary fo r the c h a n g e g r a p h of t h e Dec la ra t ion of Inde - o v*£-. . p e n d e n s ! Th i s p rogram is directly in line

We are all verv s o r j t h a t Miss with R. G len D u n n ' s s t a t emen t s Gl lddon Is not wi th u s bu t we hope at the s ta te conven t ion : T h e r e is no

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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MARCH 8 — 9

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TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MARCH 12 — 13

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LA CUCARACHA A little feature hailed as a gem of m u s k ,

d rama and the dance

I CALLS ATTENTION O F LOCAL F R U I T G R O W E R S T O I M P E N D -

ING LEGISLATIVE BILL

Editor , T h e Sent ine l -Leader : F a n n e r s in t h e S p a r t a a r e a s t a n d

| t o sus t a in subs tan t ia l losses in i ncome | t h r o u g h a reduct ion in crop prices, if

a bill now being f r a m e d a t Lans ing is ; adop ted by t h e Legislature, ag r icu l -

tu ra l leaders predict . T h e bill under considerat ion is o n e

requir ing a n a n n u a l $25 license f ee

t:iey have cash register* . | joy Mrs. Bet tes very m u c h . Breaking I t Gent ly t L n sc ience we have been exper t -

Son : Dad do y c j r emember tell ing men t ing with d i f f e ren t k i n d : of soil.

who chose t h e subjec t for h i s sermon. " T h e Gospel According to T o m Payn<*."

W h a t a r e such m e n p reach ing? I f ea r they a re preaching a n o t h e r Gos-pel. a n d f o r g e t t ' - j G o d ' s w a r n i n g to his people of old. T h e wicked shal l be t u rned into hell, a n d all t h e na t ions t h a t forget Ood." Ps . 9:17.

wide acquain tance wi th t h e fa rmers . His t rade was largely o n credi t sys-tem. J . B. Tylor was bookkeeper sever-al years for h im.

He probably lost aome accounts , i t

not buy prosper i ty ; we cannot survive hy dole or relief. T h e road to na t iona l security a n d happ ine s s comes th rough self-denial, co-operat ion, e c o n o m y , hard work a n d t h e shoulder to shoulder e f for t s of rugged individuals, to create t h a t universa l belief a n d fa i th in t h e securi ty of our ci t izenship and our rights."

Governor F i t zgera ld ' s program is a fearless a n d sensible p lan to consoli-da te a n d s t anda rd i ze s ta te adminis -

; ' ra t ion, t hus e f fec t ing a saving of mi l -

E. E, STR1PLIN Chiropractor

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SPARTA MICH.

America h a s Torgot God . yet. these U o n s o i doUars to t h e ta vayer. e n d m e n tell us t h a t we c a n n o t unlock the present with t h e pas t ' s rus ty key.

would be very unusua l if h e d idn ' t . W h e n we forget t h e " F a i t h of our His Judgment of people was good, a n d , Fa thers" , we t u r n to t h e world a n d t h e I th ink his losses were small. People 1 flesh to br ing to pass t h a t which God

only c a n br ing t o pass. W h a t was God's message to his

Shephe rds? Did h e say to Pe ter , "I wan t you to go a n d t r y t o make t h e world bet ter , r e fo rm men, a n d so bring

h a d confidence in h im. a n d many he h a d carr ied over t h r o u g h low spots in their finances. Some tew un fo r tuna t e s in t h e sweep of h a r d luck have reason

' p lus a ° J 5 addi t ional Charge l o r ~ each to t h a n k Ed fo r t h e vanishing plan _ t ruck) of any person buying f l e s h "*<• tlr»M on small t roublesome !*«<*• No» he said, "Pe te r . T want yo»i f r u i t s a n d vegetables for resale T h e balances. to feed my L a m b s . ' J e s u s said to his bill ca r r ies a n a l te rna t ive of c o m p u l - 1 ment ion a few of these, and disciples. " G o ye the re fore , a n d teacn sa ry inspection a t a cost of $1 to 83 a s o m e i n o the r quar te rs . No publicity all Nations, bapt izing t h e m In the load for those not having a license. 1111 these, but in t ime I found out. n a m e of the F a t h e r , and t h e Son and

If t those duct ic resul t prices.

I n d e p e n d e n t f a rmers a n d r ep re sen -t a t i v e s of the Benton Harbor m u n i c i -pa l m a r k e t clashed with commiss ion m e n . ca r lot shippers, a n d t h e heads of c e r t a i n exchanges over t h e bill a t a mee t ing a t Tanning recently

simplifying a n d pu t t ing more ef f i -ciency in to every depar tment - Also making i t possible t o tell at any t ime Just where o u r s t a t e finances s tand, a fact which now seems impossible of de-terminat ion. T h i s p rogram h a s been slow In mater ial iz ing, a n d t h e governor pleads for a speeding up. and th is mon th ought to see us well under way.

Wednesday even ing Sena to r s Cotter-and Doyle gave a banquet a t ihe Downey Hotel for t h e senate and e m -ployees. in ' a cco rdance with a long-estabUshed cus tom t h a t th i s be done by t h e one or ones w h o Introduce the

regular session. T h e graced us with his p res -

m e m b e r s of t h e press, mate r ia l ly in t h e fine

program which followed. As f a r as legislative dut ies a re con-

ford. j B u t a re God's S h e p h e r d s feeding his Did you ever know of a pleasant aheep? No, they a re feeoi r them

village a f f a i r of dai ly occurence tha t chaff . Yet they pose a s God ' s D. D's ceraodTthto pasT week ^haTseerT much explained i t s own mission, a n d soon a n d P h . D's. B u t t h e D. D 's t h a t God " g S S J T t h e became a general s ignal which all lis- h a s spoken about we will find wri t ten ' - ^ o r d breaking n w S b c r i T l ? bUJ* tened for a n d accepted as one of the In t h e 56 chap te r fo I sa iah , a n d the 10th oreaxing n u m o c r oi I . DUIS cheerful fixtures of t h e village, a n d a and 11th verses. "His w a t c h m e n a re

Opponen t s of t h e h u T d e c l a r e d t h a t P e a s a n t r eminde r of t h e pass ing ot b l ind; they a re all i r n o r a n t , they are a n y legis^ t -on is bad which m a k e s It ' i m e - W e & * * * " when Ed s d inner all d u m b dogs.

May God word I

help us t o p reach t h e

Rev. Levi Miller.

more diff icult for produce buyers t o * " ready on hea r ing t h e s u m m o n s >1 1 t r a d e in Michigan some o t h e r ^ o W I x r m ° ° w bell every noon.

s ta te . Such legislation, they po in ted T h * 1 s t o r c *** experienced some out would Dut the f a r m e r under t h e changes. J . L. Bradfo rd Joined Ed in coa t ro l of a f Jw l l ^ b u ^ s ^ n d business for some t ime La te r Bltely T O OUR S U B S C R I B E R S

e k i l n a t e ^ h e ^ S l l o u ^ S - s u l S a n d Cain. Ed went to Cal i fornia later If your subscript ion to t h e S e n u n e ' -buyei- o r t rucker ^ ^ u r ^ v « e 7 a t r e - : where he died. His wife passed away Leader h a s expired we would greatly mendous volume of f ru i t s a n d vege- ^ 1 9 1 6 1x1 SP*r ta . appreciate all or a pa r t paymen t <m tab les a t cer ta in tunes of t h e v sa r ^ * * c l o 8 ® d business. Sher re your account . If you t a k e t h e G r a n d T h e y argued t h a t Michigan should ! S ^ ^ w S » £ £ h £ f a S > d t S ' "ff l j rss* outs iders t c tar Mlchlsar . p ro- : was well Uked. h a u a good busi- Press, our comhlnauon o f f e r of duce instead of proposing tar i f f b a r - n e s s - P**1 ^ bills a n d discounted $5 for a year ' s subscr ip t**, t o both n e r g _ store invoices. La te r he moved Into papers will save you one dollar Sever-

A similar law adopted in 1933 w a s ^ smaller atore west. Next I h e a r d al h a v e taken advan tage of t h i s *>len-made inoperat ive th rough a n i n j u n c - * * ° " < T

l ien financed by the Benton H a j b o r l d a where he died In 1®11. His da ugh-marke t T h e law soon a f t e r was r e - | € T U s m S * ' » teaoher in G r a n d Rapids A "Spook Chase r " Expla ins How He pealed th rough t h e effor ts of t h e m a r - s c t v o o l s - In 181*. a n d her mothe r Evicts Spir i ts P r o m H a u n t e d Houses, k e f s representat ives, t h e S t a t e O r a n g e . d l e d 1 0

l rC * U {°™ l a . f ^ 9 1 5 „ . , Head Th i s Unusual I l lus t ra ted Article

the S t a t e F a r m Bureau a n d F a r m ? ° u ask about blacksmiths? in T h e American Weekly, t h e Maga-Union officials WiUiam I Billy) Fisk h a d a shop across zme Distr ibuted W i t h N E X T 8 U N -

J . E. Weils, Benton Harbor F r u i t Troax '"** U b r a r > ****- *** raovtd DATS CHICAGO K S R A L D A N D Market nor th a n d Nels Kingsbury occupied EXAMINER - A d v

tha t shop. Drew built t h e brick shop

ED. B R A D F O R D WAS SUCCESSFUL 5 ? h » 0 p i 2 S i PIONEER MERCHANT 1 n i n 7 p ™ n k Roberts , t h e n Ed Tai i -

s a a w ^ H a w T i P r ank Miller a n d J a m e s Bark-Edi tor T h e S e n t i n e l - l e a d e r . man . If we lacked fo r a n y t h i n g it

• wasn' t blacksmiths. Even **>• mules Y s t while we m a y Hnger. we may all were s h o d I can remember yet when

A backward glance still th row, 11 got my first pa i r of shoes ; T o t h e d a y s when we were P i o n e e r ' H M Sleeper. Seventy yea r s ago."

W h e n Brad fo rd a n d Woodin din- 8 „ v f t v solved pa r tne r sh ip to 187*. Ed buil t h i s ° * , * C T S

r I ^ first store Just east of t h e p r e s e n t I C r r x MINISTERS J o h n s o n & S m i t h Building. Th** s to re ' Editor. T h e 8eaUne l -Leade r : burned , which saved moving i t a s l a t e r Z have oeen reading a sho r t Intro-t h a t g round was needed tor a s t ree t . ductton o, a so-called • •

wsre reported out of commit tee , dis-cussed. and all b u t t h r e e were pu t on third reading, a f t e r much discussion under general o rders .

T h e m i n i m u m wage bill which came

CAR REPAIRING— WELDING—

BLACKSMITHING—

A T T E N T I O N ! I t s good policy right a s « t c check over your f a r m mach ine ry . and have i t repaired before t h e day comes when you have to use tt.

We are also equipped to overhaul your t rac tor , t ruck or automobile, also do gas welding a n d specialty work of all kinds.

We aim to give sa t is fact ion a* to price a n d quali ty on every Job whe the r big or small.

C. P. Woltcr & Son —Ja»t four miles west of Spar ta—

P H O N E O - l t

"T h a d such pain In m y right side I t h o u g h t I had appendici t is . B u t tt was only gas. Af te r t a k i n g Adterika I > e h a d no trouble."—W. L. Adams.

You can ' t get rid of g a s doctoring the s tomach. F o r gas s t ays tn the U P P E R bowel Adterika reaches B O T H upper and lower bowel, washing

. _ ou t poisons which cause gas. nervous-Ed t h e n buflt on t h e oorner, t h e o n e hvsred by Rev. Mil ton M McOorriU of nsss, bad steep. G e t Adter ika today;

now occupied by Johnson * S m i t h t h e P » « ~ a l n S t . Baptist Church , on i by tomorrow you feel t h e wonder fu l Here h e botl t u p a la rge t r a d e be ing t h e " G r e a t American Tragedy.** X step effect of t h i s G e r m a n doctor ' s remedy, s good frim— m a n . a n d h a v t n c a I r x d of aao the f G r a n d Rapid' , min i s t e r 1 Pe r ry ' s Drug Store.—Adv.

NOT APPENDICITIS --GAS PAINS FOOL HIM

AUCTION SALE OWING T O ILL HEALTH, I WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION ON

P R E M I S E S SITUATED 4 MILES EAST OF SPARTA ON COLEMAN C O R N E R S ON

WEDNESDAY. MARCH 13th AT I O 'CLOCK. SHARP. T H E FOLLOWING DESCRIBED P R O P E R T Y

LIVESTOCK 1 Lumbe r Wagon 1 Bay Gelding. 14 y r a old wt. 1 Oliver Walking Plow. No. 43

14*0 ! Dump Rake 1 S e m i GeMfng. 14 yrs. oU L wt- 1 Diac Harrow

1300 1 Pair Sleighs 1 Jersey Cow. 1 y e a n eld. f resh I Walking Cul t iva to r . 1 Jersey Cow. 3 yrs. old. red • Top Buggy

HAY AND GRAIN 1 Wagon Box • Tons Mixed Hay 1 No. 12 D* Laval Cream Cnpar-Q a a a t i t y of O a t S t raw ator CM bund les C o r a Stalks 1 10-Gall on Milk C a m 20* Bo O a t s 1 Set Do able Work Harnes s M Basket of C e r a 1 Single Harnees

FARM I M P L E M E N T S 4 H o n e Collar* 1 Deertng Mowtng Machine 1 Cook S t o r e 1 15-tooth Syracuse Drag. ( O t h e r Ar t i c let Too Numerous To

ly new) Meat ion

TERMS:—Cash . AB good- U U i H tied for bef ore removal f rom place

John Johnson, Prop. R O B E R T P O N G E R , Clerk