CAs S y ONICL, E P ,

Vol. 13, No. 48. I I ' .... I I

Home Guards who are in mil i tary [service now. One more star v.dll be added for Harry Gray, who leaves

[Sunday. B. J . Dailey donated the ma-

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Helwig and son, Clark, left Saturday morning for a week's visit in Buffalo, N. Y.

Fred Fournier and Arthur I ittle, both of Camp Custer, were the g , eats of relatives and friend~ here over Sunday.

Mrs. Luke Welsh of Owendale and Mrs. Joseph Freeman and Mrs. Thom- as Welsh of Gagetown were guests at the Bliss home Thursday.

The Elklm~d Milling company sent a eonsig~ment of 310 barrels of flour to Boston Thursday, to be shipped ov er- ~eas for supplying the army.

Miss Goldie Martin of Deford was ~he guest of Mrs. W. A. Lamb, Tues. day, and attended the play, "The Passing" Show of 1918" in the evening.

Mrs. Ida M. Hume, Grand Worthy :Matron of the Eastern Star, was the guest of Mrs. Edward Pinney a short Nine Wednesday. Mrs. Hume's home is in Owosso.

Miss Hattie Seeg'er, who is attend- the Cleary Business College in

,Ypsilanti, is spending the spring va- cation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs . Amdrew Seeger.

Mrs. T. L. Tibbals and two children, Annabelle and Laurence, left Wednes- day morning for Brown City wh.ere ~ e y will visit Mrs. T's parents, Mr. • and Mrs. B, F. Foster.

The ladies of the Baptist church had azx all-day quilt ing a t the home of ,~[rs. Andrew McKim Wednesday. A ~ t - ! u c k dinner was served. A jolly good t ime is reported by all.

Geo. West has been appointed trus£ ,tee to fill the vacancy on the vil lage eauncil. President Schenck will an- nounce other appointments at ne~t Monday's meet ing of the council.

I t was presented to the Home Guards at their last drill meeting Thursday night. The boys represented are Mere. dii~h Auten, Hugh Gardner, Ernes t Croft, Jacob Anthes, Will Adams, Paul Hague, E~ S. Leavenworth, Er-

n e s t Wood, Joe Dickinson, Harry Lu- cas, George Copetand, Milton Sug- den, Har ry Viekers and Dorus Benkel- m a n .

URGE FARMERS TO MARKET ALL THEIR WHEAT

Hoover Requests Prescott to Give

Publicity to His.

Appeal.

Federal Food Administrator Hoov- er has requested State Food Adminis- t ra tor Prescot t to urge Michigan far- mers to immediate ly market all wheat in their possession.

Hoover's te legram follows: " I n order that we may comply with

the urgent demands of the allies for wheat and at the same time take care of our own domestic supplies we ur- gent ly need this year an earlier and more complete marketing" of the Wheat in fa rmers ' hands than usual. The allies are taking from us 50 per ee~t. of other cereals than whea~ to mix in their bread. Inasmuch as the people in allied countries and the soldiers must be fed with bread baked in ba- keries it is impossible for. them to pre- pare bread made wholly out of other cereals and we must furnish them with sufficient wheat to maintain their ba- kery loaf.

" I therefore appeal to all of the fa rmers in the state of Michigan that• they shall bring all of their wheat ex- cept their necessary reserves for seed

Miss Jennie Gardner left Tuesday to marke t before May tst. This is a .morning for Atkins to care for her lwa~: call and a service for United mother, Mrs. Agnes Gardner, who iS lSt~tes who is f ighting for his life. If ~!1: I f pc_stable to move her mother, lyou r local miller is unable to buy all ~ m s Gardner mtehds to bring her to l-the wheat that iS offered, market it in uass ~ y . itahe other customary trade channels

Mrs. Gee. Predmore has received~th~mugh Which i t Will r e a c h t h e food Vhe news of the death of MI~. Warren Weydemeyer at Toledo, Oregon, on Mar. 20. Mrs. Weydemeyer suffered

paralytic stroke in December. She is well known to old residents here, hawing made Cuss City her home in l~ioneer days.

Miss Edna Colwell lef t Wednesday morning for Detroit to visit friends for a few days before going to Wash- irigton, D. C., where she has accept- ed a civil service appointment in the t~ureau of War Risk Insurance. Misg Oolwell has resigned her position as ,$Mneipal of the Akron high school for employment with Uncle Sam.

Frank Bostwick, formerly conduc- tar on the Grand Trunk between Case- vflle and Pontiac, was injured very seriously in an accident in Detroit• As he stepped off from one train, he was struck by another train. He wa~ • ~ken to St. Mary's hospital where it was found that he had one arm and shoulder bl~ken. Fif teen stitches had to be taken in his face and several in his head. His back was also badly cat.

-Mrs. George West and Mrs. John (laldwell went to Decker Tuesday ~igbft as invited guests to help in the • i~it iatory work of the Eastern s ta r s that evening. The Decker Chapter ,received their chaunter. The Grand Worthy Matron, Ida M. Humes, and Grand Worthy Patron, G. Roscoe Swift, were present. An elaborate luncheon was served and all report a ,delightful time.

In conforming with the daylight sa- x, ing plan, village authori t ies have ar- ranged the t ime for b!owing the whistle a t the power house 32 minutes earlier than at present. The new sched.ule becomes effect~{ve Sunday night. This place~ the village on stanndard time, save wear and tear in set t ing watches back and forth from local to standard time when travel-. ~ng, and is al together a sensible thing to do.

The ladies of the Woman's Home Missionary sode ty of the Methodist church and several other ladies of the church met with Mrs. Jesse Cooper on Thursday and enjoyed a pot-luck din- ~er. There were about th i r ty ladies present. Some of the husbands came go dinner. The ladies tied two comfor- ters and hemmed twenty towels. Quit~ a large number of articles were donat- ed besides $3.00 in money, all to be s en t to one of the mission schools in

adminis t ra t ion gTain corporation. Give publicity to the above and ampli- fy it if you think desirable. :This is not being" given to the press through us here."

ADYlSE8 TUSCOLA FARMERS TO ROW ALFALFA

Tuseola F~-m Bureau says Best Seed Is the Only Kind

to Buy.

In an article sent to Tuscola coun- ty newspapers, the Tuscola Farm ;~ Bureau says:

"At the present h igh prices of clo- ver seed and alfalfa, no one can af- ford to buy anything but the very best

i seed, and preferably seed of the 1917 crop. ~Be sure tha t it has been tested for purity. I t should be 99.5 p e r c e n t pure. If you are going to put in al- falfa, bet ter buy Grimm alfalfa. I t is a variety which Is especial ly well ddapted to Michigan conditions and is a remarkable yielder. On the heavy land of Tuscola county, this variety Will outlive winter conditiono,-, be t te r than any other.

" I t is the practice on many fa rms where seeding is done on fall Wheat, to sow the d o v e r Seed on top of the ground earl~ in the spring, and t rus t to the freezing and thawing process of nature to cover the seed. This process kills much of the seed, there- by reducing the stand. Better wait till the weather is warmer; then sow the seed and go across the wheat drills with a light spike-tooth harrow. This treatment will help the wheat, too.

"With the present high prices .of cottonseed meal and other protein concentrates, no farmer can afford not to grow alfalfa. No other kind of roug}~age supplies cheaper protein than alfalfa, and alfalfa hay helps balance the ration. Better start a ~iece this year. If you know of no

I one handling Grimn% Consult your County Agent."

MASONIC NOTICE•

There will be a special meeting of Tyler Lodge this Fr iday evening, March 29, for third degree work. Come early and stay late. The Right Worthy Grand Lecturer, Frank O. Gilbert of Bay City has announced a School of Instruction in Tyler Lodge for Friday evening, Apr. 5, at 7:30 o'clock. There will also be third degree work for this meeting. Members of Tyler Lodge are all expected to be

the south ] )resent a t ' t h i s meeting. I. A. Fritz, • , • ~ See. Adv,

A service flag is cisplayed in the.[ :. window of Heller's bakery represent~,~ ,,:'i:i" - - - ing the fourteen membera of t h e [ ;Adve r t i s e it in the Chronicle.

CASS CITY, MICH., FRIDAY, Mk~RCH 29, 1918 8 PAGES I ' - ~ : : : _ : . . . . . , , , , -

Preparing for the B~g Spring Drive

Just had my lunch, in fact, it semred two purposes---that one already given and breakfast . I did not get up until 12:30. There is nothing- else to do, consequently this laziness.

We have breakfast from 8:00 until 10:00; lunch from 1:00 to 1:30 and dinner at 7:00. Usually I do no~ gel: up until 9:30, and then t h a t ra ther crowds my meals. I am managing now to miss or,e---usually lunch.

So far I have nmnag'ed not to be very sick. The first few days out were nice and calm. Since then the sea has managed to kick up a bit. However,

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]i I want to say that t he )Red Cross S O L D I E R BOYS' L E T T E R S Ila nd the Y. M. C. A. sure' are great

. . . . . . . . | ' t things for us. We received sweaters, Leslie Koepfger., Writes While Sailin~ t mufflers' wrist lets and t rench caps, al-

-- . . . . . ~ ~most as soon as we mmved, an en the Auanuc. ~ " . d they I certainly were qui~e acceptable, as the

Dear Folks at Home: mercury was around zero at that time.

The Y. M. C. A. gives a f ree enter- ta inment every night and they are very good. There are orchestra conce~s, glee clubs, speaking or moving picture shows. I t sure is a good place to spend the evening when a fellow has not. anything else to do.

I would be glad to hear f rom any of my friends at any time.

HARRY J. VICKERS, Bat tmT B, 329 F. A.

PLACE YOUR TRACTOR ORDER WITH CO. WAR BOARD

"-2--'- [ The Chronicle received the following

telegram Monday from tb~ M;ohi~.:,, ,~ ~:- a . . . . . . " ~-gald aL La:lb[vg;

"O~'ing" to the demand for Ford tractors and the necessity of g~tting 'them on t!ie farm% ~t the earliest ~pos- sAble date, farmers who wan~ to pur- chase these machines are m-god ;o file their applications at once with the chairman of the Cot,nty War Prepar- edness Board cr tLe County Agricul- tural agent. Applies.tSon blanks have been mailed to County War Boards wit& complete information aa to the terms of sale. ° Shipmm~.ts of tractors will s tart April 1 and will be sent di- rect from Detroit to a central dis- tribution point in the county. Farmers in all parts of the state are wiring. here fo r information. Tractors are

necessary to st imulate food produc- tion and we appeal to you on patrio- tic ,~rounds to publish the above arti- cle this week."

HSESO0, WILL INSTITUTE 8EYEHAY Nfl.K DELJYERY

Jacob Aathes Writes f rom France.

In a le t ter to Ns brother, W al:~er

Manager Asks Ce~operation of Pa-

trons ta Make New Ruling a Success.

Beginning April 1, the Hires Con- densed Milk Co. will s ta r t a seven-day delivery of milk to thei r Cass City plant and under a new ruling the com- pany will not accept any two day old milk under any circumstances.

" I n the future," says Manager Rit- tenhouse, "we earnest ly ask the milk producers to help us and co-operate with us to make this new ruling a success. '~ It means bet ter quality milk for us and it means a sure and ready marke t for all the Sunday milk of our patrons. I t insures them against loss of their milk supply on Mondays for by mixing- old milk with new and hot milk, it may turn sour at once. In the delivery of all Sunday railkings to this factory, it does away with this

it :has not been as bad as I thought it l Anthes, Jacob Anthes wri tes from would be. i bare read six books since)[ France as follows: we star led, also Studied some Prench, I "You want to know more of the in case I need it. In the evening a I Continued on page eight. few of us have gotten together and t ~loss.

"The longer milk is held the poorer sung. ~ it becomes in quality and there is no

I have learned the English coins, I[ } way .whatever to keep milk in A No. the pilot teaching- the system to me. i | R E D C R O S S I T E M S I' 1 condition for any length of t ime on On the Way over I have collected a , I _ . . . . . . . J

• " ~ I the farms during the hot weather. 'few corns: penny, crmmL and florlnes, ~:'Cass City Auxilliary of the Ameri- 10 5 notes a n d nour~rt~ n~.e ~ ~ e I . . . . . ~ ~ ,~ . . . . . . , , . . : . With. this company it is quality first,

" . " : -, - . . . . . . . . . . ~ ~- i can Reu ~ross wm nora a ousmess ' i a s t and all times. boys w h o came from Lake Charles, i meet ing a t the Council rooms Satur- "We desire to co-operate with the there being only three of us on this day a f te rnoon, Mar. 30, at 3:00 p. m. ~(farmers in the fullest extent and a~e boat, says tha t he knows why the Everybody come. ready to give practical demonstrat ions Engl ish use pounds to count their money-=it iis so l a r g e .

I shall b e glad when. I ge~ off the ocean . ] do not care, for the life of a: sail6r, the continual swaying and per- ' petual mot ion d a y an d n!ght g~:'ow tSresome. During. the night one has to" be a.~ 'e~=pert to i~eep on top of his bed. One naUSt a l so be able to recog- -nize his bed ClotheS at a distance of 10:feet. I wake up in the middle, of the night and find myself frantically grabbing at my depart ing bed clothes. Too, one must be extremely careful and not let ~ of his bed with the oth- er hand--it would be disastrous.

I managed to get most of the things I needed, though I had to go without a few things but can get them~across, however.

There is not very much to write about as we are given very definite instructions. I haven' t been able to see Lyle any place, fie may be with us, but on some other' boat. I am still unable to: give you any definite ad- dress,, but, shall write you as soon as I know.

i hope every one is footing w e l l ~ in excellent condition myself . Will write again soon. W i t h love,

LESLIE.

Harry Viekers at Camp Custer. Camp Custer, March 21, 1918.

~ , Lenzner.

I . De~r Fr iend: I" t .have been thinking" of wri t ing to the Chronicle f o r some time to let the Cass City people know that I have not f o rgo t t en them. I am in the field ar- tAiled'y: I like it, I think as well as I would any other branch of the army. I am gaining in weight, so you see that they take good care of us down here.

There were nineteen of us who cgzru down from Tuscola county the same time tha t I did, and ~en of them are in the same barracks that I am in and eight in the bat tery next to ours, and the other was sick so he was sent home. I t makes it nice for us to be to- gether.

I have not been down to see Mere- dith Auten and Hugh Gardner yet, but am going to soon. I have been spend- ing" the most of my spare time in Bat . t ie Creek since Mrs. Vickers came down. Her address is 39 Sanatarium Ave. She would be glad to hear f rom

I any friends. You can send the o f her Chronicle to the same address so tha t she will get it. I read it here at the

j,,y,,.

W a n t e d ~ A n y number o f pat;riotic women and girls to make surgical dressings Tuesdays , each Week, at 2 . '30 p. m. i n their rooms in" Wo0if- Schenck BloCk. ' . . . . .

This-is Belgian r e l i e f 'week , ialease look over your old clothes a n d if t h e r e is anytt i ing you can spai~e tha t has been outgr0wn in children's, women's or men's clothing, see tha t they are

on sanitary milking and sanitary con- ditions, furnish l i terature on this sub- fleet, and help better conditions. We have even made preparation to assist fa i 'mers in building" milk houses on ~ie i r farms, furnishing plans well suited for their l~equirements in this ~ s p e c t . "

The cgmpany has a large advm'tise- ment on page six regarding the new

clean and dry. Boxes have been placed delivery system. in the f611owing stores, B, F. Benkel- man, Cootes' Hardware, Wilsey i~ I

Cathcart, A. J. Knapp, Dailey Cash WHAT WE REA0 IN THE Bargain store, A. A. l i f t , cock , L. E. Dickinson, E. W. Jones. Please drop the bundles into the boxes a t any 0rio

lot these stores. I A committee of six ladies met a t the home of Mrs. L. E. Dickinson Men-

ENTERPRISE 25 YEARS AGO

REPRT PERFORMAEE h TTRAOTS BIG HOUSE

Unqualified Successes Add

to the Red Cross 5

Cause.

$2s0.00

"The Passing Show of 1918" briefly noted, last week as an unqualified success in its presentat ion on the 2 0 t h

was again given on Tuesday evening at the earnest solicitation of many who failed to ge t even s tanding room a t the f irst perfolm~nce. That the pledge of the public to again fill the

o p e r a house was well met i s indi- cated by box office balance of $101.75 together with many tickets f rom former sale being honored for this performance.

The opening drill by little boys and girls trained by Mrs. Dora Fritz and

I W. R. Kaiser grea t ly pleased the crowd, the soldier an4 Red Cross cos~ tumes lending a touch of reali ty to some very skillful maneuvering. The singing was also t imely and fitted to

i costume and action. The parts show.d careful preparation.

Mrs. Anna Kling, in her monologue, "Sal Skinner," was good for a laugh a secbnd as was expected by fr iends knowing her abil i ty and t raining on the professional stage. The company also g~atefully acknowledge Mrs. Kling% able assistance in prepar ing the facial make-up of the entire cast.

F. A. Bigeiow, posing as manager of the theater, introduced Mrs. I. B. Auten as Mine. Columbia Americana, with her "collosal production," "The Passing Show of 1918", telling, some bits of stage lore regaxding the Ma- dame which would prove interesting. if true. However mythical the fame of Mine. Americana, the reso.ureefu!- hess and talent of the real Mrs A uten are ~ng ib l e and every day realit ies speaking in all community activities of uplift and helpfulness. The MTa- dame's prologue was finely given and with her introductions of the separate gr~qUps<etisclosed l i ~ r m w ability and lmagmat~on of hlgn type. The humor of h e r parts put the audience in spirits to see the fun in all the other character stunts. - - .

Mrs. Nell H. Beyette with her "Lul- laby Lassies", completely captivated the a~dience in the d r i l l which they presented. A vision of fairyland could not :have been prettier.

Mrs. Lottie Schmidt and Edythe Champion as Mrs. I ~ t z e n j a m m e r and the Cap~Mn respectively, presented principally in pantomime the weekl~ "spanl~-fest" handed out to "The Kids." Everybody seemed satisfied tha t j~sfiee had been done. The skit brough~ ~:ood applause which was merited.

A. J. Knapp in the character and costume of Buster Brown did not re- quire ")~ary Jane" to cause a roar of laughter. That model boy however was supported splendidly by Mrs. El- la Turner and a venerable bull dog who showed in his stunts that " though the spi~.it was willing, the fiesL was I t e m Regarding Cass City Folks weak." The girlish form of Mary

Printed in a Local Paper a Jane wa:~ very s ight ly and her wit day evening and made 17 comfort Quarter Century Ago. ready. kits. The Red Cross s o c i e t y w a n t ev, I n t h ~ mat te r of adipose, L(rs. Elea. cry man whose home is in Cass City or inor Bader and I. B. Auten had evi- registeFing from this township to March 17, 1893. dently taken opposite processes since have one 0 f these comfort kits to take Miss Ella Bader has been engaged I bir th each qual i fying adrrlirably in v¢ith him when his call comes. Please to teach the summer term at the BAng- the characters of Fat Woman and notify the chairman and she will see ham school in EImwood township. Living Skeleton without a t t empt as t tmt one is given or sent you. Thomas Henderson has recently so- exaggeration. Free from any knock-

638 Little Garments. cured a patent on a new fangled wag- about comedy this exhibit was whole- After Sending 638 l i t t l e garments on-jack. It is spoken of as a very somely funny.

of children's clothes to headquar ters practical and convenient device. Making sure of his safety by the in New York City the local Red Cross Our local politicians ought to be use of a blacksnake whip, "Capt." received the following acknowledg- contented. We now have a Derr/ocrat- G. A. Tindale lead to the boards the meat : ic national president, a Republican "Wild Man", Dr. I. D. McCoy, le t -

March 18, i918. village president and a People's Party tered and tell ~ ~red b-, yards of chain Mrs. James B. Cootes, .alderman. wMch rattled ominously. Even the

General Chairman, N. Bigelow is prepar ing to build a Cass City B~ ~d. who so kindly f m .... Cass City, Michigan. residence the coming season on his lot nished music, ~hifted uneasily in the My dear Mrs. Cootes:

We have just opened y o u r wonder- east of J. F. Hendrick's premises, orchestra pit ~s the evident savag:e: ful box, and I hardly know how to Wallace Gilbert of Maple Valley nature o~! the captive was disclosed. thank you and your fellow workers Farm has commenced the manufac- All the marks of next- to-nature were

l for your generosity. The th ings a r e ture of maple syrup. He has 1,000 fai thful ly observed it/ the n~.ke-up [splendid, and just what the children ]need most. I know jus t how much trees and proposes, as in the past, to and when the almost hu,_.an landed o n ]self-sacrifice and hard work it means put the "genuine article" on t h e mar - ih i s keeper a toy panic was created I for busy women to accomplish s o ket.

i among the small boys in the front much; it is a big achievement. We will Dr. P. L. Fritz has decided to lo- rows. ship them together , and mark them J as coming f rom you, so tha t the Paris ca~e for the practice of his profession I t would make a horse iau~h to see committee may know what a splendid donation you have sent them, and can acknowledge it to you direct. It will, however, be some t ime before the things get across, for t ranspor ta t ion is slow, and meanwhile I am sending you a few pictures o f the children you have helped to clothe, which I hope will interest you. I will also send you in a day or two, as soon as they come from the printer, one of our new reports; you will find in it the year's

t reQuisition of clothes, and you can see from tha t list t ha t you could not have chosen m o r e useful ga rments to make.

Please express our most cordial grat i tude and appreciation~to the la-

d ies of Cuss City for their magnifi- cent work.

Sincerely yours, H E L E N C. WILSON.

in Alexandra, Indiana, a booming j . D. Brooker, Chester Graham and town of about 12,000 inhabitants. Dr. S. A. Bradshaw and the tune to'

E. B. Landon has purchased the in- which the ancient bovine departed surance business and office fixtures of this ii.fe must have inspired the com- H. C. Wales and has also assumed the poser of the mir thful melody which agency for the McCormick binders the pe~o rmer s extracted from their and mowers, lusty chests. The bestarred "Con-

M. Kirby has returned from St. stabutC' and the confident .at t i tude Of Louis, Me., and if necessary arrange- his mates convinced the " jury" tha t ments can be made, will remain and they would ge t as many encores as again act as instructor of our band. the trio would stand for. Accompanied

At a meet ing of the Cass City Fair ( from the dressing, room) by the Ground and Driving Park Association, mandolin the musical completeness the following directors were elected of the act was assured. for the ensuing year: N. Bigelow, E. Mrs. flames Tennant as Madam H. Pinney, H. S. Wickware, M. H. ]Europia herself on int imate terms wi th Quick, H. M. Sansburn, J. D. Withey, ] three beaut i ful reptiles, was the envy W. I. Frost, J. D. Brooker. Continued on page eight.

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CASS CITY C H R O N I C L E Publ ished Weekly .

The T~'i-County Chronicle and Cuss 1 ~ E n t e r p r i s e consol idated Apr i l 20,

Subscr ip t ion p r i c e - -One yr. , $1.50; $ months , $1. All pas t due subscrip= ~io~s up to Feb. 1, 1917, wil l be f igured a t the old r a t e of $1.00 per year . A f t e r t h a t da te the r a t e of $1.50 i s effec~iye. Canadian subscr ipt ions , $~..00 pe~ year .

Adve r tming ra tes made knowia on appl icat ion.

E n t e r e d as second class m a t t e r Apr.

@i~y, Michigan , under the Acb of Gob- gross of 1Narch 3, 1879.

H. F. Lenzner , Publ i sher .

SHABBONA.

Beaut i fu l spr ing wea the r . Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. E h l e r s of

Decker spent Sunday at the home of ]~ J. Ehlers.

Mary Leslie of Big Rapids is spend- ing the Easter vacation at her pa- rental home here.

Elder and Mrs. McCreedy of King- st0n are visiting the latter's brother, Ira R. Howey, who is quite poorly.

Mr. and Mrs. John Lorentzen of Cass City spent Sunday at the home of Andrew Lorentze~. :

John E. Lowe~spent Monday in San- dusky where he was examined for the ~ational army.

George J o n e s a:/d Earl J. Phette- place we re business ca l lers in town Sa tu rday .

F r ed P a r r o t t and f a m i l y a r e mov- ing this week to :Marlet te w h e r e Fred will be employed in the c r e a m e r y .

F lo rence L. F u t i m e r spen t Sunday v is i t ing f r i ends and" re la t ives a t Ar- gyle .

Geo. Pan°ot t , who has been spend- ing t he pas t w e e k , a t L a Grande , re- t u r n i n g F r i d a y .

Mr. and Mrs. John H a r r i m a n of Shover spent Sunday wi th the l a t t e r ' s pa ren t s , rv~. and Mrs. Gee. H. Jones.

F!oyd Par ro t~ s p e n t S u n d a y and N o n d a y wi th H a r v e y F u l l m e r a t Ar- gyle .

E lde r Roy Clark o f .Carsonvi l Ie wiI1 hold E a s t e r services Sunday evening, Mar. 31, a t the L. D. S. church. He wil l be he re the fo l lowing week .

H a r v e y MeGregory and son, Ray, Went to Por t Huron S a t u r d a y , whe re the l a t t e r received t r e a t m e n t fo r his eyes.

Rev. Thompson will hold special ser- vices T h u r s d a y and F r i d a y even ings in t h e M. E. church.

The Wi l l ing Worke r s m e t w i th Mrs. D. Lesl ie Wednesday .

Mrs. Win. Meredi th is qui te sick a t this wr i t ing . " .

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mered i th of La ing spent Sund:~y: wi th the i r pa ren t s here .

R. McQueen of Haft Creek is buzz- ing wood in this vicinity.

Victor H y a t t and f a m i l y have moved to Pontiac.

Mro a:~d Mra. Joe Brown are visit- ing f r i ends in Pontiac. ..... : Lyla Chapman is employed in Cass City.

BROOKFIELD.

Red Cross meets at Fred Carson 's next- T h u r s d a y . . . . . .

Mrs. Wm. Nicholas, sr., is some be t t e r a t th is wr i t i ng : ;

W. C. H a r d e r called on Glen Hog- man a t Cass City Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Chisholm were cal lers in Cass City Monday.

E p h r a i m Reade r o f Gran t cal led on his d a u g h t e r , Mrs. W. C. H a r d e r Monday,

Miss Nell ie Crawford is home f rom Mr. P l e a s a n t to spend E a s t e r vaca- t ion.

Jos. Mosher and John Hork moved their house Saturday. It is one of the first houses built in Brookfield.

WEST BROOKFIELD.

No school on account of the high wate r .

Mar tha Eden and E l m e r Heck were Owendale cal lers S a t m d a v o w n i n g .

Mary Leskovan, who le f t he re for Pennsy lvan i a las t week, t e l e g r a p h e d back for m o r e money. She w a s r o b b e d of all she had. She w a s on he r w a y to see her s is ter , who is s e r i o u s l y ill.

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(~apital, $30,000.00 ,

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BROUGHT THE JOY 6F EASTEB'[IN[

When the Spirit of Youth Came to the Girl Who Had the

Foolish Thought That She Was Tired.

~ A S T E R t ime lay over the land--a

and flowers. Hea r t s bea t happily in tune to the joy of an awakening spring, and the golden lily-hearts were!

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reflected in every smile . I It was Easter t ime, the time of

you th and br igh tness and resurrect ion 1 - - h a r d l y the t ime for Wear iness to i v is i t the girl ; bu t wi th head b e n t i t oward h e r he was l ean ing over her t chair , t a lk ing softly, persuasively in h e r ear .

"You ' re t ired," he told he r as his old fee t (for Wear ines s is as old as the wor ld itself) bea t a ta t too on the worn floor. "You ' re bored, you want s o m e t h i n g new."

' T in t ired," m u r m u r e d the girt gaz- ing d reami ly into space for she did not see Wear ines s s t and ing before her - - " I ' m bored. I wan t something dif- f e r en t f r o m this work-a-day world."

W e a r i n e s s sat down in the chair and p repa red for a comfor table chat. He had made a good beginning and h e m e a n t to improve h i s time.

"You disl ike everybody, even the s t r ange r s on the s t ree t , " he prompted wi th a thin-liIiped, d isagreeablo smile.

"I dis l ike everybody tha t I know," said the girl wi th a defiant stamp of he r foot. "I dis l ike everybody with not one exception."

"You ' re doing well," he commente0 wi th a chuckle. "I 'm proud of you, girl. You ' re t i r e d - - y o u ' r e bored. You disl ike everybody with no exception. Pe rhaps nobody likes you."

"Nobody- loves me," echoed the girP "not a soul. tf I w e r e starving ::o- body wouId help me: If I were freez- ing nobody would help me."

"Unpopula r girl," said Wear iness happily, looking across the room at the b r igh t ha i r a n d p re t ty features of his companion. "To look at you no one wo~ld imagine it. Your eyes are blue a n d your ha , r :s:: t graj"---~ s young hair~. Isn ' t it sad that your life should be so t ragic?"

"It is sad." Again the girl stamped he r foot . " I t ' s more than sad; it's ter- rible. I guess you'd th ink so too, if you w e r e m e . " And she started to cry, head on: folded arms, shoulders shak ing convulM*4ely. ' T m th'ed," she sobbed. -:'.~

Outs ide the sun glowed over a wor ld of f lowers and spr ingt ime. Inside, the same s u n, grown d~.~.sty, fell on the cry ing girl and the cynical , world-oId figure sea ted before he>

The door opened softly and a breath of air - - cool bracing air stole in. The girl, head in arm, did not notice it. But \Vear iness ra ised his eyes to the opening ,door and sniffed at the f reshness of the breeze. And as he gazed a figure came in With brisk, quick s tep - - the. f igure of ~a young man, li the, and handsome, an.d smil- ing. A whi te fillet bound h l s crisp black ha i r to his head, and a ~'air of whi te-winged sandal~ c..~ung to his feet.

Wea r ine s s raised himself from his chair and gazed at the newcomer. Then he turned his eyes away and yawned. :

"You ' re not w a n t e d - h e r e , " he said, "young man. She 's discouraged, and tired, and bored. She doesn't want - O U " y .

"She does wan t me," said the boyish one, "but she doesn ' t real ize it. I am the Spir i t of Happiness and Sunshine and I,ove. E v e r y young person need~

me, w h e t h e r they know it or not. Of course she wants me."

Wear iness yawned again and b rushed his hand careIessIy over his- eyes.

"Who are you?" he asked crossly. Tho young man drew himself up

proudly, and stood before the bent form with the r ad iance of sunlight sh in ing out of his eyes.

"I," he said, "am Youth!" And he t u rned swift ly and wen t over to t he c ry ing girl and touched her on the shoulder .

"Fr iend ," he told her , "my friend, I am he re with you."

The girl ra ised he r face and looked wi th tear-s ta ined ,swollen eyes past the r ad i an t figure. (She did not see h im but she heard his voice.)

"Who are you?" she whispered. "I did not know tha t I I m d a friend."

"You haven ' t ," Wear ines s snapped f rom his s tand by the chair. "No- body loves you you ha te everybody."

"I am Youth," answered the young man pleasant ly , ignor ing the interrup- tion. "And I am not your only friend. The whole world loves you."

The girl was s ta r ing past Youth to W e a r i n e s s s tar ing with a hopeless- hess in he r eyes.

"He 's right." she whispered. "I ha t e - - e v e r y b o d y . "

Youth s ta r ted forward impetuously and laid his hand on h e r arm.

"You don' t you can' t ," he pro- tested. "Think of your school chums, th ink of your teachers , th ink of your church. Do you ha te t he little laugh- ing babies tha t play in the sunlight of the park? Do you ha te the l i t t le l ame newsboy with his smile and his c ru t ches? Th ink of your fami ly - -your mother . "

The girl wiped h e r eyes with a fluffy bi t of lace handkerch ie f , and looked down sheepishly. "I forgot them," she murmured . But Youth was ta lk ing again.

"You say tha t nobody loves you?" h-e a sked her. "You dare to say tha t? How about your Sunday school class,

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a n d y6m; past0r-, and all of the p e ~ ] e tha t you love? Don' t you th ink t ha t they re tu rn your affection?"

The girt was smil ing now. A watery , nea r ly happy lit t le smile.

" I didn't think," she cried softly. T h e n her face clouded. "But I 'm t i red to death. I 'm bored," she added.

"Oh," said Youth tender ly , "you ' re wrong, li t t le girl. Why, you 're ha rd ly more than a child yet. Your life has jus t begun. You a ren ' t t i r e d I can see a pa thway s tanding before you, c lear-cut agains t the horizon line. I see miles tones aga ins t tha t pathyway, whi te , shining milestones. And they n , ' ~ w~vkod ' ~ n , n n i n ~ . s s ' a n d ' D u t y '

you say tha t you are t i red and bored." The girt s ta r ted up from her seat,

and spoke impulsively, all her tired- ness swept away.

"Forg ive me," she begged, "for talk- ing so.. I didn' t mean a word of it. I won ' t ta lk tha t way again. I 'm go- ing o n - - s m i l i n g - - d o w n my pathway."

Then the Young Man sprang for- wa rd and taking he r face be tween his h a n d s he kissed he r softly.

"Go," ~e said, "my friend. Life lies before yo~, and you have the kiss of Y o u t h on your brow."

Then Wear iness s lunk away. Outs ide the sun threw dancing

shadows across the awaken ing earth. It was Eas t e r t ime . - -Marga re t E. Sangster , Jr., in the Chris t ian Herald.

R E A L T Y T R A N S F E R S .

Harmon Fox and wife to Leonard Fox and wife, part lot 7, blk. I, Leon- ardfox, 3rd add. Mayville $1,200.

Lydia C. Warner to Henry R. Proc- tor and wife, s ½ of nw ¼, section 21, Vassa r $1.

Orvilt~ J. Dickerson and wi fe to Char les A. H u m e s , s ½ of n ½ of ne ¼ sec. 21, V a s s a r $1,000.

A lbe r t Mue l l e r and wife to Carl & P o m m e r e n k e and wife , lots 1, 3 and

:4, blk 11, Unionv i l l e $1,000. Robt. O. Cur t i s and vAfe to Robt . G.

i!aywa:~d, ne .:; of ~e ~,:~ :~cc'. 27 N~, ves ta $1,100.

R. C. Shur low and wife to E °. c . Shurlow, p a r t blk C, Nor th ' s add, Vas- sar $1.

F red F i e l b r a n d t and wife to George F ie lb rand t , n b~ of ne ¼ s e c . 18, Gil- ford $1.

Samuel R. DuBois and wife to F red - er ick Walz and wife , lot 3, block 1 5 ~ Nor th ' s add. V a s s a r $1,200.

Chas. J. Leona rd and wife to I saac F. Leofiard and wife , p a r t sect ion 12, Tuscola $400.

George J. H a v e r s and wife to Wil- l iam Mon tgomery~ part sect ion 35, Gilford $350.

Nell ie G. Rockafe i tow et al to F r a n k Pne iwsk i , w ½ of nw fr l I~

i section 19, Koy l ton $2,100. Gives New Meaning to Life. To "k~mw him and- -h i s r e su r r ec - i J a m e s D. Brooker and wife to Be r t !

t ion" br ings the power of God into hu- P. Moon and wife , se ~A- of n w hi, m a n life in a most pract ical way° His section 33, E!k!and, $3,000. d iv ine sonship is a t tes ted. His words George H. She rb reok and wife to have authori ty. The promised Holy George Coleman, lot 10, block 2, Wood- Spir i t wilt give comfort , enl ighten- I side Add. Mayvi l le $650. o taunt, power° It es tabl ishes hope, Theodore Schne t t l e r , jr . and wife to quickens faith and fills life wi th a new meaning, giving it the rad iance l P e t e r C. Purdue , tots t and 2 , b!k 1, of t he t ransf igured Son of God. Woodruff ' s add, Reuse $5,000.

Roscoe W. Black and v¢ife to Leo A. Wa lke r and wif e , sw ¼ of ne ~ sec- t ion 30, Columbia $1.

Leo A. W a l k e r and wife to Roscoe W. Black and wife , se ¼ of ne ~:i sec- t ion 13, India~f ie ids , $1.

E d w a r d J a m e s Dye to Geo2 H. Shut- 'b rook and wife , lot 5, blk 2, H a m i l t o n ' s add Mayvi i le $750.

Daniel C. A tk ins and wife to Albe r t ~W. Atk ins and wife , p a r t block 11, Vassa r $G000.

Charles K o s a n k e and wife to Mary J. Brock, lot 1, b lk 8, P inney ' s add to Case Ci ty $800.

Guy N. O r m e s and wife to Robe r t W. Shaw and wife, p a r t sect ion 28, Tuscola, $1,000.

Phi l ip Manwel ! et a! to Ed i th A. Ca r tney and wife , p a r t w f r l ½ of

i nw 1,4 sect ion 16 Day ton $1. Chr i s t i ans W. BeaI to Roy C. Me-

Kinney , sw ~/~ of nw ¼ and n ½ of

-CANBORO. Buzz ing wood is the la tes t these

days. Lewis Ja rv i s Was a caller in Elk-

ton Sa turday : Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McDonald mo-

to red to Beauley Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McDonald were

cal lers in Owendale Tuesday . Mr. and Mrs. Be r t L ibkuman visit-

ed f r i ends in Owendale Sunday. J e s s Putman and Richard Jarvis were ca l l e r s in Bad Axe T h u r s d a y

H e n r y Mel lendorf and George Rock- wood were cal lers in E!kton Monday.

I Chas. Hintze of Sebewaing is spending a f ~ d a j s wi th f r iends at Canb0ro.

.More of our boys have been ex- i am:ned ar/d expect to leave soon for t h e training" camps.

The Red Cross ladies received $14.00 f o r the i r quil t and lunch at the Red Gross dance F r i d a y evening, l aw fr l ¼ sec. 18, M i t l i ~ t o n $2,000.

Mr. and Mrs. Kinetz r e tu rned home ! Char les M o n t a g u e and wife to Wm. F r i d a y f rom Royal Oak where t hey Heiwi~G e % of sw ~/~ and sw ~¢ of se have been spending the winter . "} % section 25, E lk l and $810.

H e n r y MeU,endorf's house bu rned about seven o'clock Sunday morn ing . George Roekwood and f ami ly we re l iv ing in the house a t the t ime. The house was insured. Mr. Rockwood's toss was quite heavy. No insurance .

John Jacobs and wife to Guy E. Seymour and wife , n % of n w ¼ sec- t ion 29, Wel ls $1.

Miles F r i t e h and wife to Char les H e r r i n g t o n and wife, sw ¼ of sw ¼ sect ion 10, Wel l s $2,400,

A u g u s t W i r t h and wife to F r e d e r - 1 lick Wir th , se ~ of n e ¼, also p a r t ne

¼ of ne ¼ sect ion 8 Columbia $4,000. H e n r y Kivei and w i f e to M o n t a g u e

Land and T imber Co., pa r t blk 5, Ca-

RESCUE.

Buzzing wood. Wi l l iam Ashmore , Joseph Melien-

do f f , Os t rum and Richard S u m m e r s a re busy these days g a t h e r i n g map le ire, also p a r t sect ion 3, Indianfietds , sap and m a k i n g map le syrup.

B u r d e t t e Webs t e r and son, Ea r l , [51. and Wil l iam W. Pm 'k - I Lula M. Cla rk to Conrad Gohs, lot R a y LaVigme

er, jr. , were bus iness cal lers in Bad 17, block 2, Hami l ton ' s add Mayvi l le Axe Monday. $100.

R a y LaVigne r e tu rned home f r o m E d g a r A. Pe l ton and wife to F r a n k De t ro i t las t F r iday .

Personal Attention toTelephone Orders

Mr. and Mrs. j o s e p h Mel lendorf w e r e callers in Owendale Sa tu rday .

Mrs. Win. Pa rke r , jr. , is very poor- ly these days.

Miss Norene Heron of Beauley was the gues t of Miss Neva Webs t e r a few days, r e t u r n i n g home Sunday.

Miss Mabel Mac Ker r , d a u g h t e r of Mr. and Mrs. John Ker r of Colfax, and H a r r y P a r k e r o f G r a n t were m a r - r ied a t Bad Axe a t the Bapt i s t par - sonage w e d n e s d a y . , Mar. :20, by Rev. D r u r y Mart in . The a t t e n d a n t s w e r e 5h'. and Mrs. Ben. K e r r . :Congra tu l a - t ions.

ELKLAND-ELMWOOD TOWN LINE

. Mr. and Mrs. E z r a Kei tey vis i ted a t the J. F. Evans home Fr iday .

Chas. Hu tch inson , Win. S immons , a~ • d chi ldren we re cal lers in Bad Ax ' - ~ Sunday to see Mrs. Simmons, who ~s ge t t i ng along" finely, and is expected home the l a t t e r pa r t of this week.

Mrs. Davenpor t ' s sate w a s a fine success. A la rge crowd was p resen t and eve ry th ing soid well.

E. A. Livingson and children called in Bad Axe Tuesday to see Mrs. Liv- ingston. She is g e t t i n g along f inely .

Our steaks, chops, poMtry and fish are the best in town.

We supply the best fatal- lies.

I Let Us Supply You

The Meat Market Men

Las t week ' s i tems. Mrs. Chas. Younglove visi ted her

daugh te r , Mrs. D. Auten , las t week° Mrs. John Seehaus and Alma Los-

te r vis i ted a t the J. F. Evans t_orne one } day las t week.

Clyde Davenpo r t made a business t r ip to Detro i t .

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Alien visi ted a t the J. F. Evans home one day las t week.

Mr. and Mrs. P e r r y Lewis of Coil ing vis i ted a t the R. K a r r home Wednes.- day.

Clyde Davenpor t has purchased a span of colts.

Miss Alma Luster visi ted f r i ends in Deford this week.

Look for Love. To be able to see the lovable t ra i t s

in people is a wonderfu l help to hap- piness.

Heg le r and wife, w % of ne ¼ of nw ¼ see. 27, Noves ta $1,200.

Angus Crawford and wife to H i r a m Spi t le r and wife, lots 3, 4 and 5, blk. 2, P a t r i c k T o o h e y ' s add, Gage town, $2,000.

Paul Otto and wife to Jos. Straub, ~art ne ¼ see. 23, Tuscola $I.

Mary R. Damon to Isaac F. Damon, lots 1 and 5, block 2, Millington $850.

Fred J. Brockman to Paul Otto and wife, p a r t ne ¼ sect ion 23, Tuscola $1.00.

Elean Cdrtvn'ight to Bertha E. Hof- meister, part sec. 34, Akron $550.

Fri~z, pare sec. 34, Akron $i. M a r g a r e t Ba t row to Paul Jones , et

al, w. ½ of ne ¼ of n w ¼ sect ion 32, W a t e r t o w n $1.

Smi th L u t h e r and wife to H e r m a n A. S t r ee t e r and wife, s 74 A of nw ¼ sec. 21, E lmwood $6,500.

M a r y A. Murphy to Arehie Murphy , pa r t ne fr l ¼ section 2, ElM and $2,- 500.

Win. H. Dil lenbeck mad wife to D. J. Evans , jr. , n ~ of sw V~ sec. 11, Mil- Hngton, $1.

H i r a m S t ree te r and wife to Joseph IRe :char t and wife, p a r t v i l l age of i Vassa r $1,000. I Mar tha M. Gamble to George Ba- der, sw ~ of sw ~ section t0, F re - tmont $320.

Chas. W. Si!ver:~aiI and wife to Chas. P. Siivernait , ~.e ~/,i of se ¼ s e c . t ion 24, We!Is $1.

J a m e s W. Spencm and wife to S teward Charles, se ~.}~ or se ~>~ s ~ -

t ion 16, Noves ta $1. S t e w a r t Char les and w i f e to J a m e s

W. Spence r and wife , se ¼ of se b~ sec. 16 Noves ta $1.

H e n r y Brandon and wi fe to John L. K i n n a r d and wife , w 51 A of n w sec. 24, V a s s a r $1.

Cora L a w r e n c e Bogue to Char l e s R e t h e r f o r d and wi fe n w ¼ of sw ~4 sec. 28, J u n i a t a , $1.

E d i t h M. S c h r a m to W m . J. I n g e r - soll and wife , lot 1, block 3, Wm. Tur f ner ' s 2nd add. Mayvi l le $600.

George F. H u m e s and wife to John E. H u m e s , pa r t s ec t i on 9, Indianf ie lds , ~4,onn -

G a g e t o w n Gra in Go. to Gas~ Git.y Gra in Co., p a r t sec. 12, E lmwood $6,- 000.

H O M E G U A R D N O T E S .

The boys got out on the ~treet re) drill for the first time on Thursday i night. We hope to see every member I out next time. Don't neglect this boys~ i i t ' s only once a week.

Capt . Kaiser , n o t be ing able to s t ay only a shor t t ime on T h u r s d a y eve o

! n i n g , Lieuts . He l le r and F a r r e l l d r i l led ' t h e company . Good p rac t i ce fo r them.

J. C. Fa r re l l , a t t h e m e e t i n g of t h e H o m e Guard Co. on T h u r s d a y eve- n ing , p r e sen t ed t h e m w i t h a serv ice f l ag con ta in ing 14 s tars . I t was m a d e by Mrs. Fa r r e l l and E v e l y n G a r d n e r and dona t ed by B. J. Pu l l ey . The boys gave t h e m a vote of t h a n k s and rune rahs .

We a r e ge t t i ng a f e w n e w m e m b e r s but. stil l have room_ fo r more . Come on, boys, i t m a y be a he lp to you la- t e r on.

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!:i: i}ii ~HE.~ avera~,'e, ~ rise~ in ,pr ices of bui!ding., . materials, has a m o u n t e d

to toss t,~an o0 :)or eenl a!: told. Tae r ise in pr ices of

.... ~ f a rm and m a n y manufac Ju rcd products has a m o u n t e d to : +

iiii f rom !00 per cep.t to 300 per c e n t . Ti-erefore, ?,our p roduc t s wi th

"" ._~ ~uy more than twice as much build- i::!i which you do your t r a d i ~ g w~i~ ' , .%.

. . . . . . . ± ~ . o , :i:i ing now as at any o ther t ime. ";'h;~-k -~ ;~~ Wilil the s ame quan t i ty

,,a~, one can build two houses,

i:i: two barns, two cribs two a~y th ing! Building' never was, nor will

ilil be cheaper! :-:- Pr ices will not drop for years . C e r t a h d y pot d u r i n g the

iiii war . And they have r ema ined up a f t e r eve ry war in m o d e r n h is tory .

!iii You would be the las t to w a n t t h e m to drop! But Lhe chances a re

iii:: building" mate r i a l s will r ise. Recons t ruc t ion v,o:'k, r e s u m i n g indus-

iiii t r ies forced out by w a r and big bu i ld ing demand wiiI do it. Don ' t

i~:: ge t caught! . : . : .u~ ~:i: These a re prosperous t imes - -b i l l i ons be ing spent--with ilii

:!:~ greaf~ev t imes coming. Bui ldings needed now will p roduce a ren t s ! ...,.

p ropor t iona te to the i r cost. Res t a s su red of this! .:~!}i :C.

!.i::i have the m o n e y - - w h e n your p roduc t s can buy more bu i ld ing t han

:::: ever before when your p rosper i ty and your coun t ry ' s depend on %:.

ii::i your keeping money in e i rcula ton, bus iness go ing? i~ ~

ili:: We are confident you will a n s w e r Y E S ! , place your o rder and

" M O R E B U I L D I N G N O W P E R D O L L A R - - W H Y W A I T ? "

i!i!i YOU LIVE BUT O N C E t ime is f leet ing! There is n o t h i n g which .:.: .'.::~ iii:: makes more for se l f - respect , hones t p r ide and a l l - round content - ;5:

I merit t han a modern , comfor tab le home! Be happy[ N O W ! I t is

i i your r ight ! You can A F F O R D IT! D ° n ' t wa i t unt i t i t is TOO :'q

la te! You should Build NOW! i:!:

i [i[:: ESTIMATES GLADLY GIVEN.

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SEED CORN i Red Cob Ensilage $3.50 per bu.

Rdd's Yellow Dent $7.00 per bu. Wisconsin grown. 90 per cent germination. $

g.

Wisconsin 6 row Barley $2.75 per bu. ~ Barley flour is the best substitute known for making bread ¢.

with wheat flour and will undoubtedly bring good prices .:~ i for next season's crop. ~

Corn and Oat Chop Feed Cheapest and best feed on the market.

$2 90 100 d k * o . per -poun sac

FLOUR S U B S T I T U T E S . Barley Flour Bolted Corn Meal *.:.

Rolled Oats ~.i Corn Flour

Still have a good stock of Clover, Timothy, and

F a r m P r o d u c e C o . • . ~ ~ ~, . :~ ~ ~ . . ~ . , ~ • ~ ~ : * ~ ¢ - I ~ * ~ ~ . ¢ ~ t ~ . ~

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C H U - C H ] N - C H O W Just as fancy as it sounds-That

Japanese Novelty

Brilliant multFcolored:effects. T h e s e designs "Bedlam let loose."

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Easter Novelties in Shirts New CrePe Effects! The ultra in smartness and dashing individuality. $1, $1.25, $1.50

i Keep up the old tradition--

,{ Wear a New Hat or Cap for Easter The latest made in headgear for men

~ and young men. $

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For l iv ing room, dining room, b e d r o o m - - for any room in your h o u s e ~ y o u ema't ~ a more desirable finish than

M e I t o t o n e is a v e l v e t y flat p a i n t reac[y for u s e o n ~ J J ~ a n d cei l ings, T h e colors a r e r i ch , w ~ m a n d b e a u t i ~ | - - - ~ a n d p l e a s i n g as t h e r a i n b o w t i~ts , T h e y l igh ten a n d b r i g h t e n t h e w h o l e house .

T h e d u r a b l e a n d s a n i t a r y qua f i~cs o f MeI lo tone ~ppeat ~o t h e c a r e f u l h o u s e k e e p e r . T h e wal ls ~a~ be k e p t n p ~ - lessly c l e a n by occasional washha@, and will stay Ittlte

n e w for y e a r s . Come to our store and l e t ~s ~hpw you some bea~tifd

M'el lo tone combina t ions . A n ~s t im~te on y o ~ r r e q ~ r e - merits furaished g l a d l y ,

N. Bigelow & Sons

I I l l l | l l l l I l l | | I l l | | [ | R l [ | | i N l N | i i K ~

! SEED coI N i $ 5 . 0 0 p e r bu. o f 70 pounds. ~i

Purchased and tested by the war preparednessboard of '~ . ~

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W[tt~A~'S ~A[IT[[I} ll0fi [[[9 GUARANTEED ANALYSIS

Protein . . . . not under 13 ~ per cent Fat . . . . . . . . . . . not under 4 per cent Fibre . . . . . . . . . not over 13 per cent Carbohydrates . . . . . . . . 51 per cent.

I N G R E D I E N T S - - H o m i n y feed , Ba r l ey feed, Linseed meal , 31uten feed, P a l m N u t M e a l , Salt , W h e a t Middlings, Calc ium Phosphate , F l a x Seed Screen ings , Pu lve r ized Oa t feed, This is an ex t r a Good H o g Feed and the p r i ce is r igh t .

Call and inspec t o u r June , M a m m o t h and Als ike Clover and I2mothy seed. We also have an ex t r a good a s s o r t m e n t of Als ike and T i m o t h y Mix ture .

Cass City O rain Co. P h o n e 6 1 Case City° Mich.

THE UNITED STATES BOY'S

WORKING RESERVE ORGANIZED

TO MEET THiS NEED.

HAS THE PRESIDEt~TS SUPPORT

• Between 16 And 21 To Enroll

in This Reserve.

~ ITH "OUR BOYS" on the bat- tle freest in E,arope, t ry ing to keep the miiiions of highly-

~ t r a ined ,heav i l y - a rmed ,German warriors f rom breaking th rough and overrunning the world, it 's all r ight for the ~oys he re at home to yell en- coaragemeRti "Stone wall! Stone wall! Stone walt!" But t ha t isn' t enough. The thing to do, as you yetl, is to help the Saramies hold 'era.

How can you do it? The P re s iden t a~d all o ther Amer ican leaders have

shown you the way. T h e y agree tha t you can help most this spr ing and ~ u m m e r , by r a i s i n g food ~o the boys who h a v e tackled

.T.ho ~adge of th~ t ha t awful job "~oldior of t;ae On .... the o ther

Soil." ~ide and the other thousands who are in t ra in ing on this side, may n o t go hungry . A fellow with an empty s tomach can ' t be a stone walt against a powerful enemy !

This ar t ic le is to point mtt some- thing of big impor tance for older boys ~ t h o s e who are s ixteen or older. For the), can help by taki~g the places of the hundre;~.s of thousands o~ men who have left the farms and go~e into th~ Army or into fa¢torie~ that are making war materials.

The ~ o v e r n m e n t has provided the m ~ n s for en l i s tment of these soldiers of the ~oit. t t is the Uni ted State~ Boys Work ing Reserve. Tha t o r g a n s zatio~t wa~ ~or~ned by ~h~ Depar t m o ~ of Labor, co-operatin~ with the De- pa r tmen t of Agricul ture. It i~ endorsed by the P re s iden t and all of his war aides, by the governors of the states, by l ~ d i n g e~ucators , by the heads of ~ the grea t commerc ia l organizat ions . It is d i rec ted by responsible m e n of proved abil i ty in agr icu l tu re and in work with boys.

The plan is simple. Boys who a r e ] s ixteen or over and are phys ica l ly fit enroll in the Reserve, rece ive instruc- tions, then commissions, and are placed on farm,~ wb~re they are need- I ed. They will receive wages and be t supervised by conscient ious men. A1-I ready thousands of boys have enrol led in all parts of the c o u n t r y - - f o r thi~ Resevve is opec to boys in eve ry state. The boy who serves fa i thful ly wilt re- ceive the bronze medal of the •Reserve, which will be a badge of h o n o r ~ a badge tha t will mhow all who know him, in la ter year~, that he was not a s lacker in this great war, but did his par t a~ it wa~ o~ztli~fl by th~ Pre~i- dent.

What Would You 6 e t for i t?

In addit ion to the groat serv ice i~ will be to the nation in the war, the exper ience of a city or town boy on a farm will be of value to him in t h e following ways -

It will give him heal th and s t r eng th and vigor.

It will help h im in his school w o r k The marve lous processes of na ture . ~een th rough a season on the farm~ will m e a n more to you than severa l years of~book study of na tu re books. Phys iog raphy will have a n e w mean- ing. Economics atudenta will h a v e an unders t and ing w h i c h t h e y c o u l d g e t in no o the r way of A m e r i e a ' s funda- m e n t a l i n d u s t r y ~ t e r m ~ in the i r school books which h e r e t o f o r e h a v e b e e n merely words to them will have a deft- n i te moaning, a~, for ~s t~n¢e , l~roduc- tion, marke t ing , s p e c u l a t i o n , nupply and d~'-~and, w a g ~ , prices, by-produ~t, etc.

And then think what it will mean t,o you Just to k n o w h o w to sadd l~ a h o r s e to hi tah ~ u p a team, to l~tow s t r a i g h t , to run a m o w i n g machine, and to see and play a par t in tha t grand d r a m a of t h e fa rm ha rves t i ng ~a~d th resh iag . The re will be t i m e for s p o r t ~ a n d t h e f inest playground in the world will be all about you. Swimming in c reek or lake, ke tchin ' suekerg, sna r ing goph- ~4~, h o r ~ b a e k rides and races , h i k e s in the woods, evehings p i tching horse, shoes with t he neighbors or a t o ther g a m e s ~ n i g h t s of deep, round, s t r eng then ing sleep, and up in tha morning feel ing as though y e a could ca r ry a whole football t e a m on your back!

It won' t be child's play. Your com- rade unde r a rms didn't go into the war because it was easy. You wouldn ' t shame h im by th inking tha t he did. He wen t into it because i~ was t h e r ight th ing to do. If you go into f a rm service for your count ry you should go for the s a m e reason. The patr io t i c purpose will make rough place~ smooth. And from it will come t h a t sat isfact ion which comes f rom the do- ing of one ' s duty in a t ime of national t~ial.

Get More Information Now.

There is ~ recruiting officer for the Reserves in virtually every ~ow~. Find o u t who he is. Go to h im and g e t fu l l i~formatior~ Or w r i t e t o f l ~ S t a t e Direc tor of the TJ. S. B o y s Work- ~ g Reserves , Charles A. Pareel ts , 9 ~

• ~ r d Bldg., Detroit .

Clare Mudge is the new clerk a t the T. & M clothing store.

Andrev¢ Cross of De t ro i t visited his p a r e n t a l home Sunday.

C. E. E d g e r t o n of De t ro i t is vis i t ing his mo the r , Mrs. A. Edger ton .

e , d a~ ]-,e~ hoiiie hi Gta~d ~at:,ids. Mrs. Z. P. L a n g is e a r i n g fo r Mrs.

Colon McCal lum a t Old Greenleaf . J o h n Klein has moved into the Mc-

Connell house on East Houghton St. Miss Vania Gable attended the fu-

neral of Lloyd Greenleaf at Hemans Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Biglow are vis- iting friends and relatives in Pontiac and Detroit.

Carroll Clark of Care came Friday to visit at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Lester Bailey.

Mrs. M. Sheridan of Lexington is spending a few days as the guest of Mrs. J. D. Crosby.

Mrs. W. O. Marshall spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. •James Griffen, at Marlette.

Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Clark of Care visited the latter's parents, Mr. 2.nd Mrs. John Zinnecker, Sunday.

Miss Virginia Wilsey will leave Friday for Oxford, Ohio, where she is a student of Western college.

Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Williams have moved into Miss Faustina Brown's house on West Hough¢on s'reet.

Arthur Walker of Ypsilanfi is spending his vacation with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Walker.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Starr, who oc- cupied the W. O. ~larshall farm have moved back to their farm near Argyle.

Mrs. Jesse Cooper leaves Monday for Pon t i ac and De t ro i t to be the g u e s t of f r i ends and re la t ives for a m0~th.

~fiss Ca the r ine Fr i tz , who is a t t end- ing' N o r m a l a t Ypsi lant i , is ~ opending he r vaca t ion wi th he r mothe r , Mrs. Dora Fr i tz .

The Misses L a u r a and Ka the r ine Striff ier , Mae B e n k e l m a n and Gladys Jackson , who a re a t t e n d i n g Mt. P l e a s a n t normal , came F r i d a y to spend the E a s t e r vaca t ion wi th the i r parents.

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Misses Carola and R u t h F r i t z came F r i d a y f r o m Ypsi lant i to spend ~he E a s t e r vaca t ion wi th their pa r en t s , Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Fr i tz .

Miss Jess ie Spence, who is t e a c h i n g in I thaca , is spending he r E a s t e r va- cat ion with her pa ren t s . Mr. and Mrs. Jas . J. Spence, wes t of town.

Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Nash, sr., who have been occupying rooms in Mrs. Della Bardwel l ' s res idence , ha'¢e moved to the i r o v ~ h o m e on Sou th Seege r s t reet .

H a v i n g not r en ted h e r f a r m sat is -

f ac to r i ly , Mrs. W. O, Marshal l a n 4 d a u g h t e r , I rene , h a v e decided to m a k e t he i r home in Cass City for t h e sum- mer .

Miss E d n a Wood visited he r b r o t h - e r s in De t ro i t f r o m F r i d a y unti l Mon- day. Miss El la Cross Supplied as t e a c h e r of t h e Di l lman school durit~" h e r a~.sence.

Misses Addle and Lepta Gzl lagher , who a re t e a c h i n g a t High land Park~ c a m e S a t u r d a y t o spend t he i r vaca-

I t ion w i t h the i r pa ren t s , Mr. ~md Mrz. I J o h n J. GaI lagher .

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!! ~ S U I T S G O A T S ' ¢.

* SILK DRESfiE5 ', That will give you the satisfaction

of betng well dressed.

Our Easter Waists ¢" New in style and shades--georgette ~:

and crepe de chine, nile green, tea rose, new blue, flesh and white.

Easter Neck Wear and Silk Hosiery. _

Some Extra Spedals on Ginghams. ! and Shrunken Cottons for

Saturday Only. ~

A. A. HITCHCOCK i Opera Block.

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Carload of Seed Corn Will arrive in a few days. Furnished by the State of Michigan through Governor Sleeper. Sell in the car, 70 pounds for $5.00. Order early; avoid the rush. Don't buy any seed corn until you test it.

Don't forget that we have

Wellman's Hog Feed the best hog feed on the market. Try a few sacks to convince. Feed Larro and Mor- milk Dairy Feed for increased milk checks. It will pay you-

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LOCAL I T E M S . ] Miss F lo rence Smith of Gagetown I cal led on f r i ends in town S a t u r d a y .

Louis Crocker and f a m i l y a r e vaov-] Le land Higg ins of De t ro i t is visit- t h i s pa r en t s , Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hig- ing to Ha rbo r Beach .

The Owl Club me t w i t h Mrs. G. W. i gins"

CASS CITY C H R O N I C L E , CASS CITY, M I C H I G A N , MAR. 29, !918.

Belg ian m a r e coming th ree yea r s old for sale. B r igh t bay, l a rge r a n g y type. W. C. P r e d m o r e , phone 133 B.

3-22-2p Sit . . . . . ~ v GAIN CURRENCY. Who s ta r t s the silly rumors? {i

Dr. Char les A Mercier, the cele- ~ bra ted bra in specialist , asks the o~o

ques t ion in a p rominen t London o dai ly and then proceeds to $~

~* , • %o evolve his own answer , t i e does $~ it someth ing l ike th is : ,~-

"Shakespea re has spoken of .~ , rumor as necessar i ly false _~.

$$ R u m o r ~s a pipe $$ -.:, . . • . .?o $$ Blown by summses, aealoumes,

con jec tu res ; %;

Loft for d inner Wednesday . C. W. Hol le r t r a n s a c t e d bus iness

in De t ro i t F r i d a y and S a t u r d a y . Mrs. John L a r m o n d r a of Ba t t l e

Creek is a g u e s t a t the Wi l s ey home: Miss: E l la WMlace of Boyne City

~pen~ the week-end a t he r pa~'en~al home.

Mrs. Carol ine Luce of Cae~ is spending the week wi'th Mrs. F . E.

Ke l s ey . Mrs. Geore'e Kacv and son. Rebe rL

Monday.

Mrs. Earl Heller attended fl~e fu- neral of he r aun t , Mrs. E. McLennan , at Lapee r F r iday .

Mrs. Nel l ie Ki tson spen t t h e week- end ars the g u e s t of Mrs. Wi l l a rd Bost- wick in Sandusky .

Mrs. Neit McPhai l and Alex Mc- Phai l of A r g y l e visited f r i ends in town Wednesday .

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Bliss and Mr. and Mrs. : John ~ Bail w e r e v i s i to r s in Gage town Sunday .

Mrs. Mike F o u r n i e r and son, Ken- neth , were gues t s of re la t ives a t Gage- town over Sunday .

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k P e t t i t and son, Gordon, r e t u r n e d to the i r home in Eck- man, N. D., Monday.

Clif ton Champion, who has been v is i t ing in D e t r o i t and Toledo, re- t u rned home F r iday .

Miss Gladys Lenzne r was the gues t of Mrs. Robt. H. Orr a t P i g e o n f rom S a t u r d a y t5 Monday.

John Gordon of J ackson wil l a s sume the m a n a g e m e n t of his hote l p roper ty , The Gordon Tavern , on Apr i l 1.

Misses I r a Kolb and L a u r a Galla- ghe r vis i ted t he l a t t e r ' s b ro the r , Ed- w a r d Gallagher, in Gagetown Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Win. N. Harrison, who have been visiting in Alberta and Saskatchewan, returned to their home Fr iday .

Mr. and Mrs. John P r ing l e a r e the proud p a r e n t s of a baby gir l , who came to the i r home on Wednesday , March 27.

J u s t be fore re t i r in~ nex t Sunday night , set your "IocaI" t ime-p iece ahead 32 minuta?s. Adop t standai~d t ime and d a y l i g h t sav ing a t t he same t ime.

Mr. and Mrs. George Hal l and fami - ly have moved f rom the i r f a r m into the Char les Robinson house on E a s t Pine s t reet .

5t)'. and Mrs. M. F. R i t t enhouse , Mr. and Mrs. Bengston , Mr. Blick and Miss L u r a D e W i t t mo to red to Sag inaw Sunday .

Audley H. K i n n a r d and H a r r y W. Gray are a m o n g the 49 men f r o m Tus- cola coun ty who leave nex t Mm~day -for Camp Custer .

Mrs. P. H. K n i g h t and two sons of W h i t t e m o r e came S a t u r d a y to visi t a t the home of Mrs. K's pa r en t s , Mr. and Mrs. John J. Ga t l aghe r .

Lynn Union, W. C. T. U., wil l mee t Wednesday , Apr . 3, a t 1:00 pc m., wi th Mrs. Win. PaUto All a r e re- ques ted to come p r e p a r e d to sew.

Alex McLaugh l in and f ami ly , who occupied p a r t of Benj. Gu in the r ' s house, have moved to the rcmms over Townsend & h{cGregory ' s s tore.

Mrs. A. N. Tread;gold w e n t to De- fcroit Thursday to meet he r d a u g h t e r , Vernit-~ Treadgold . Miss T readgo ld

i s a s tuden t of Mt. I d a / S e m i n a r y , . ~ewton, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. George Smi th of De- t r o i t came Wednesdv.y to be the g.uests of the l a t t e r ' s g r a n d p a r e n t s , Mr. and • Mrs. Wm. Wi they , for a f e w days . The

. couple a re on t h e i r honeymoon ~eip. Misses Beryl K o c p f g c n m~d Minnie

Kinna i rd en t e r t a ined the Pr ice i l Ias a~ Kinna i rd ' s s u g a r bush W e d n e s d a y eve.

.ning. The g i r l s had supper m the grove. A good t ime was en joyed by aIi.

Beatr ice Koepfgen , a CaBs City girt, ha s been elected S e c r e t a r y of the Stu- den t Y. W. C. A. a~ A l m a college. S u f , ficient ho~Or a t t aches to th is pos i t i on to make i~ one of the m o s t des i rab le ones in the celIege.

"Hold t h i s week ' s Chronic le unt i l I wr i t e again," says L a u r e n c e Copland on a card f rom Camp Grant , Rockford , Ill. "I am go ing to Ke l ley Field, Tex- as, t o m o r r o w and wil send m y address as soon as possible."

The W o m a n ' s Home Miss iona ry so- c ie ty of the M. E. church wil l hold Len ten services in the church S u n d a y a f t e rnoon a~ t h r e e o'clock. I t is re- quested t h a t each m e m b e r wil l e i f lmr Ering or send h e r Len ten o f fe r ing .

Miss Marie Crande!! , who is s tudy- ing a t the Un ive r s i t y of De t ro i t , will come home ton igh t to spend a week wi th b e t pa ren t s . She wil l be accom- panied by Mrs. John McKenz ie of Windsor , Ont., who wil l be a g u e s t a t the CrandelI home.

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k W a r d en~er- ra ined the fo l lowing fo r d inne r Stm- day: Mr. and Mrs. W. L. W a r d , Mr. and Mrs. Clem Tyo and tLree chil- dren, Mks. N a n c y Cra f t and son and J a m e s Ward , E d w a r d W a r d , Abbie Ward and John Travers , the las t f ou r n a m e d of Det ro i t .

By a vote of m e m b e r s of t he Coun- t y High Sehoot Ath le t i c associa t ion , the annua l f ield mee t wil l be held in Carp F r iday , J u n e 7. The h igh schools of Carp, Cass City, Vassar , Mayvflle, Kings ton , Gage town, Unionvi l le . Ak- ron, F a i r , r o v e , Reeve and Mil l in~ton were p resen t a t the m e e t i n g in Carp las t Sa tu rday . W. D. R iggs of Cass City w a s chosen p r e s i d e n t of the as- sociat ion; Boyd R. S w e m of Akron , vice pres ident , and F. E. Schal l of Ca- to, s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r .

Louis and W m . Holtz of Noves~a en joyed the vis i t l a s t , T h u r s d a y and F r i d a y o f , t h r e e b ro thers , Chr i s tophe r Holtz of Reed City, Chr i s t i an Hol tz of Chippewa Fal ls , :Wis. , and H e n r y Holtz of Roches te r . Chr i s to~hor is the eldest , 5~ years , and Louis is t he tal l -

Mr. and Mrs. t t a r v e y Slack of Bad Axe v is i ted a t the Pe t t i t home Sun- day.

The R i n g t u m club were en te r ta ined a t the home of Dr. and Mrs. P. A. Schenck F r i d a y evening.

E tdon Lamb has been t r ans f e r r ed f r o m Columbus, Ohio, to Camp Laurel , Md. He is in the d e p a r t m e n t of the 23rd Eng inee r s .

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Defo rd Red Cross will se rve dinner ~nd suppe r a t the Socie ty hall a t De- ford Apr i l 1, e lec t ion day. Meals 25c. Popcorn s tand. Maple syrup, 10c a dis]a. P roceeds to go to the Red Cross.

N e w E a s t e r novel t ies in women 's foo twear . Fan°ell .

All mi lk p roducers should read the a d v e r t i s e m e n t of the Hires Condensed Milk Co. in th is issue•

Go to Cass Ci ty Drug Co. for your wall p a p e r needs.

To the Voters of Tus¢ola Co-anty. I, George B. Pu tnam, o f fe r myse l f

as a c a n d i d a t e fo r sher i f f on republi- can t icket , and hea r t i l y des i re your suppor t at the p r i m a r y in August. I f n o m i n a t e d and elected ! shall, by {he help of God, perfo~m~ all dut ies requ i red of me, and never b r ing any r ep roach upon t h e republ ican par ty .

G E O R G E P. P U T N A M , Colling.

F o r quick sale cheap 40 acres, house, s table , f lowing welt. W. H. Anderson, 3-29-+~

Shelf paper , crepe papers and Alao bast ine a t Cass Ci ty Drug Co.

F u r m i t t found. Owner apply to Richard Bayley . 3-29-

All mi lk p roducers should read the a d v e r t i s e m e n t of the Hires Condensed .~#ilk Co. in th is issue.

Auto Crank for Chevrole~ lost. Leave a t Chronic le office. 3-29-1p

For Sale. Pa i r b rown mares , cash or note.

Win. Li t t le , Cuss City. 3-29-20

Onim~. Sets. Buy: e a r l y as t:ne supply is l imited.

E. W. Jones .

F o r m a l d e h y d e for fro 's t ing gxain at Cass Ci ty Drug Co.

i Extra choice potatoes for sate. A1. !ca W a n n e r , Phone 148 C. 3-29-3

For Sale. F ive y e a r old mare , color l ight

ches~nuL B. Douglass , four miles south and four miles eas t of Cuss Ci@• 3-29-2p

All mi lk p roducers should read the a d v e r t i s e m e n t of t h e Hires Condensed Milk Co. in th is issue.

Ful l l ine of bulk and package seeds. E. W. Jones .

Fo r Sale . Good 4 yea r old horse weigh ing

about 1300 Ibs.; 2 top buggies . Auten & Tindale . 3-29-

For Sale L igh t sp r ing wagon run- ning gear . Ed. Kissane. 3-29-1

The Red Cross lunch will be served u~ N. B ige low & Son's h a r d w a r e Sat- ~rday, March 30, commenc ing a t 1:30. Virs. F r a n k Di lman and Mrs. A. E. 3oodal l wilt be in charge .

CaBs Ci ty D~mg Co. for E a s t e r per- fumes and to i le t ar t ic les .

Bui ld ing lots fo r sale on Seeger St. Euqu i re a t the Chronicle. 3-29-1

Fo r the E a s t e r Pa rade - - -New boots for W o m e n a t Fan-el i ' s .

Colin-ire in all shades. 25c bot t le a t Cuss Ci ty Di~ag Co.

Only one day lef t to buy your Eas t - e r novelties. Complete line at Cuss City D r u g Co.

Box social a t the home of E rnes t Rest•h, 2 mi. south, 1 eas t of town, W e d e e s d a y evening, Apr. 3. lh-oeeeds to epv ly on Bap t i s t piano fund. Come! 3-29-1

100-egg me ta l incuba tor for sale. Chas. L. Robinson. 3-29-

Ped ig r eed seed oats for sale, bred a t the Mich igan AgTicul tural college. $1.00 pe r bu. D . E . Turner . 3-29-2

For Sale or E x c h a n g e . An O. I. C. boar, el igible to regis ter .

W e i g h t abou t 300 lbs• Would exchange for anvthino" I can use. t I o m e r Elkins, Cass C i w , Mich., R. No. 5. 3-29-1

We have I2 ft. l inoleum. George L. Hitchc0ck. 3-29-I

es t and the heavies t , t i pp ing the beam a t 199 pounds. All t he boys a r e six f ee t ta l l or b e t t e r and all w e i g h over

Maple Syrup Can LaBels 170 pounds. The combined w e i g h t is , , , ~ . . . . , , : 834 pounds, the t o t a l heighl; 30 f t . 2 ¼ 1.~, *re .p--m~ ~.Jaem. ~ o w m a n y .

h tJDFonlele l~:Inl;ery, ~ o ~- Ull;y in., and t e combined a g e s 218 yg'a~s;:}: T : .... . " :: % " L a s t week w a s t he f i rs t t ime the five t L bro the r s had all been t o g e t h e r in 33] A!sike c lover seed for sale. years . [Li t t le , Phone 150 F. 3-8-2p-if

Quan t i t y of choice d r y handp icked beans for sale. G u a r a n t e e d to tes t 98 per cent ge rmina t i on . Robt. War - ner. _. 3-22-

Horse for sale, wt . about 1,100. H a r r y Young. 3-22-2

F o r S a l e - - Q u a n t i t y of hay, corn in shock, cedar fence posts . C. H. See- ley. 3-22:if

Go~:I Durham Cow For Sate

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Two desi rable rooms to r en t to men of good charac te r . E. McKim. 3-22-

Three good work horses for sale or exchange for stock. Inqu i re of Tom Keenoy. Phone 147 It . 3-22-1

100-acre farm for sa le or ren t ; oth- e r f a r m s for sale f r o m 20 acres up. Vil lage propm~y, house and lot boom $500 to $3,500. 3 acres , good house and ba rn $2400. Call and see u~;:be- f o r e buying. F r i t z & Waid ley . 3-22-2

F o r Sale---A horse coming 4 yea r s and cow due in April . S . C . Striffier. 3-22-

F o r Sale . J u n e clover seed t e s t i n g 99.24 oe r

cent pure, seed po ta toes and elo%'er hay. W . C . Schetl. 3-22-3p

Good house and lot with barn for sale. Ba rga in if t aken at once. E. W. Jones , Phone 86.

Don ' t say your house couldn ' t be hea ted with a Pipeless F u r n a c e ' till you see Bigelowo

Good house and lot wi th barn for sale. Barga in if t a k e n at once. E. W. J o n e s , Phone 86.

F ieck ' s Lice P o w d e r is the besL Wood sells it.

Seed Corn. A l imited a m o u n t of Penn. seed

corn, a t $5 per bu., shelled. Samples shown and orders t aken a t the ha rd- ware , Deford, Mich. 3-15-

W a n t e d ~ Exper ienced f a rm hand f rom Apri l •until fall . Phone, 103 J. Alex Mill igan. 3-12-1p-if

Fo r Sale, Brown G e l d i n g . Brown gelding 9 yea r s old, we igh t ,

1100; good horse to work . P. H. Muck, Colwood store. 3-15-

Fo r Sale . Five or six tons of hay , ~0 per ton,

God. A. Mart in , Deford , Mich. Phone 158-5S. 3-15-3"

E n t e r t a i n m e n t and Box Social. The Y. P. P. C. of Shabbona will

give a home t a l e n t play, ent i t led "The L a u g h i n g Cure," a t Eh le r s ' hall . Shabbona, F r iday evening , Ap~dl 5,

~1918. They will also include as p a r t of the even ing e n t e r t a i n m e n t , a box so- cial, wi th proceeds for benefi t of Ev- e rg r een Red Cross. B a r n e y Tyre l t will be on the job to "do his bi t ." Ev- e ry one invited. Br ing your boxes and en joy the evening. 3-22-2

Couldn ' t ge t Ches tnu t coal, h e y ? Well, a Pipeless F u r n a c e instal led by Bige low will make you independen t of such a s i tuat ion. Burns anything' .

Tha t the b lunt monster with un- c o u n t e d heads,

The still d i scordan t mult i tude, o,u Can play upon it.' - I$

" ' B a z a a r rumor ' is a coma:ion term in India, ' : says Doctor Mer- *_~ t ier , "and bazaa r rumors a re somet imes true, Indeed, the re ~ are fa i r ly well au then t i ca ted in- s tances of r m n o r s of impor tan t

,> events being communica ted wi th ~ inc red ib l e speed to very g rea t

dis tances, both in Ind ia and ia

P iano B a r g a i n . Will sell Shultz U p r i g h t piano,

f o r m e r l y used in down- town studio. A cash buyer will ge t a ba rga in . Caro- line Fenn-Bigelow. 3-15-

Now is the t ime to p r e p a r e your po- tato and apple c ra te s tock before the rush season is on. C a s s City L u m b e r & Coal Co. 3-I-

BriaR" in your Evene r , Neckyoke , Whiff letree and Boil stock. We are p r epa red to do your t u r n i n g and mill work. Cass City L u m b e r & Coal Co. 3-1-

"One side done brown, the o the r side sh iver ing" will not be exper ienced wi th our Pipeless F u r n a c e in your home.

Are you p repa red to ,meet the ene- m y of your h o m e ? The F L Y .~ a co-worker of the Kaise r . Place your order fo r kvindow and door sm'eena ear ly . The best t ime is NOW. Cuss City L u m b e r & Coal Co. 3-G

Des irab le Residence F o r Sale . I offer m y res idence on South Seeg-

e r St. fo r sale or will deal it fo r a smal le r res idence or a f a r m . A. Doerr . 3-1-

Have you lumber t h a t should be sur faced , sized, or o the rwise worked to give-.you good service ? I f so, b r ing it in. Cass City L u m b e r & Coal Co. 3-1-

For Sale . Choice handpicked beans for sate ,

John Har t l ey , Route 4. 2 -22 - t f

"One room a tot ho t t e r t han the o the r s " was not spoken of the houses

Iwhere Bigelow has pu t in Pipeless i Fu rnaces .

W a n t e d ~ P o p l a r poles. Enqu i re a t , Chronicle office. 2-22-

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Card of Thanks . 1 Or tho Pr ince J o h a n n a B u t t e r Boy, We wish to expres s our sincere I r eg i s t e red as No.186,624 in the Hol-

s t e in -Fr ie s i an Asso. of Amer i ca , f o r g r a t i t u d e to the m a n y f r i ends and i service a t my f a r m . Service fee, ne ighbors who so k indly ass is ted us',$2.00" J. D. Tuckey. 3-8-4p du r ing our sad be reavement . We a l - : so ex tend ou r t h a n k s for the f lora l of-I - - f e r ings ; to the minivte~; for his corn-I Organs for Sale , for~ing words and to the s ingers . Mr. 1 F o r cash or on t i r~e paymen t s , and Mrs. Alec S. Greenleaf . i Lonzner ' s F u r n i t u r e Store , 5-4 '

The ! Easy "~o Borrow. t Some men feel sure tha t thei r credi t I ts good because of the fac t tha t they

Thos, i have never had any difficulty borrow- tag trm~ble,--St. Paul Pioneer-Press .

~£ Af r ica ; and these rumors , though usua l ly vague, have $2 somet imes been t rue in mater ia l

~ par t icu lars .

How Missionaries in the Early Days ¢* Obtained TheiP W i v e s . ~ I i !

T h e r e is a touch of comedy about #** j tt/e lJusinessHke w a y in which several ,I*

t*IV vilil,y lul~Slollttl.ie~ ~'ei]t t o ~VOi'k ~**

to obtain wives before they left the *:" shores of New England, wri tes the ¢, Roy. F ranc i s N. Clark in Youth's Corn- "a panion. T h e call to go to t I awa i i was ~¢, somewha t sudden and imperat ive. As ¢* a rule, only one vessel that would t ake ¢~ passengers sa i led in the course of a f t ÷ ¢° yea r for Honolulu . and of course i t l**u w e n t by the w a y of Cape I torn. Often *l- not more than a f ew days or weeks ¢. e lapsed be tween the decision of the ¢* young theologian to accept the corn- g, mission of the Amer ican board and *l* the sai l ing o f the packet ship. But ¢÷ the rule of the boa rd was tha t the ,,.*" appl icants mus t be mar r i ed before ~,~ they sai led for the field. Ay, the re *** was the rub, for in many cases they .l. had not dec ided whom to ask to be ":" thei r brides. *I,

But the t ime and tide would not ¢" wa i t for a long courtship, "rod so bro thers or cousins or roommates w e r e asked to in te rcede with eligible -~

O maidens, whom pe rhaps the prospec- ¢. t i r e b r idegrooms had never seen. I t ~. is even said t ha t the young theologians haun ted " fema le s 'eminaries," and tha t .~ the good, p r e t t y and pious girls were l ined up for the i r inspection. ¢*

Al though this m a y be an exagger- ation, i t is ce r t a in t ha t several of the ,'a brides who in the ear ly days wen t ~#lth the i r mi s s iona ry ,husbands to H a w a i i w e r e wooed by proxy, at least g' du r ing the p re l imina ry s tages of the wooing. I t should be• added that , so ~:* far as is known, all those mar r iages ~I* tu rned out most happily, both for the ~ young couples and for the work in g, which they w e r e engaged. Ttmir high • .

purpose, the i r common sacrifice and ,1, the i r g rea t mission in life d rew them °:* close together . ~:

O °:. W h y Color~ Are Associated With Vari . g*

ous Characteristics. ~ T h e associa t ion of colors wi th men- *:~

tat and moral charac te r i s t i c s is a mat- ~.: te r of imaginat ion , a l though the sym- ,I, O b01ism i s psychological ly sound and is ,~, founded on easi ly t raced analogies. *I, B l a c k is a ssoc ia ted wi th cr ime because ~ black rep resen t s darkness , which wide- ly serves as a cover for cr ime and is also r e p r e s e n t a h v e of ignorance, which is the real cause of crime. Whi te ~: s tands for pur i ty because it represen ts ¢" g, l ight , or en l igh tenment , and also, per- .,~ haps, because it r epresen ts c leanness ¢;. and f reedom f rom blemish. And it is ,~ easy to see w h y red should represen t .I, courage, because i t is the color of ¢° blood and m a y be taken to signify ¢° O v i t a l i t y . Also a courageous man is .-~ supposed to be w i l l i n g to shed his a,~ blood, i f necessary , in the defense of ~. r igh t and jus t ice .

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How to Remove Egg Stains. :~ E g g s t a i n s on table l inen should be

s o a k e d in co ld w a t e r before being sent to the lamidry. T h e s tains come out qu i te e a s i l y i f t r e a t e d in this w a y ; b u t hot wa te r "se ts" them, and m a k e s them difficult to remove.

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"Thus i t is said tha t the out- b reak of the Ind ian mut iny w a s

*:o cu r ren t as a 'bazaar rumor ' ~ days before the news could havo

t rave led by any means then k n o w n in d~stant par t s of In- $$ dim *:* :~

"~a l s i ty is no t a cardinal tea- ~ ~ ¢, t a re of r u m o r ~

"I t neve r or ighmtes in a news- ~ ~ $$ p a p ~ , even in a pa ragraph corn- ~ -I. ~? m u m c a t e d w~th aH reserve. ~:~ ~:,

" R u m o r is very genera l ly be- ~ * lieved. $$ ~:~

~ A wish, ~ ho~e,, a fmecast,,, a ** ;~ probabil i ty, a supposit ion on ~ ¢. g* ~ some subjec t of in tense and nni- ~ ~:" :,$$ versal in te res t is expressed., and, ,.,$$ ~1. ~*

perhaps, imper fec t ly heard . The ~ ¢* e st o~ the matt(~ makes ,In nn- ,~ ¢, press ion so s t rong as to swamp G @

.u the p r e p a r a t o r y p tn~se It is re- ~ ¢* o , %. p r a t e d f rom mouth to mouth .~. ":* ~ i t h inc reas ing assurance and ~ lessen ing diffidence. Its in teres t ;~ ¢" g,

~ I s so in tense t ha t everyone who ~ ¢* hears it is eager to repeat it and ~ @

$~ cannot wa i t to be sure tha t he ~ ~has got the s tory right, and so the rumor s r e a d s " P . o;o

~ . Doctor Merc ie r adds t ha t ~ - " D a m e R u m o r " should be a sub- ~ , Sect of psychological s tudy. ~ ~ ° ?g g° g

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WEDDINGS ON SHORT NOTICE ¢':"

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Good sound clothing argument interests any man right now--and here it is--not in print but in c~othing---particu|arly the suits at

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Conditions or no conditions---the same uniform high standard--quality and tailoring is maintained in this entire stock---now as always.

Clothing at $20 that will show any man $5 saved--the test is only a matter iof lookin$

Tomorrow -extraeffort to make a showing that will help men decide--save them time--as well as money.

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Save That $5 Bill.

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F e ~ l a n d P o u l t r y Feeds .

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P R O P R I E T O R D I E S

John S~ Mossner , fo r 30 y e a r s a h e - ~el p ropr i e to r a t Sebewaing , died Sun-- <lay a f t e r a n i l lness of only f o u r d a y s . t i e was born Oct. 14, 1858, in F r a n k e n - m u t h , Sag inaw coun ty , and came to Sebewaing in 1888. He o p e r a t e d t h e old Union hotel f r o m 1 8 9 0 to 1911, w h e n h @ b o u g h t t h e Hote l H a n n a h , which ke ope ra t ed uD to the t i m e o f his d e a t h .

He l e a y e s t h r e e chi ldren, Ludwig and Har61d Mossner , and Mrs. L. H. Weber , all o f Sebewaing' . . .

i i O S P I T A L N O T E S . _

The foiIewing" p e r s o n s u n d e r w e n t ope ra t ions a t t he hosp i ta l th is l a s t week : Will McGi l tv ray , J a m e s Alien, Mrs. Craf t , Miss E t h e l Cole a n d S t e v e Wolver ton. --

Miss Ethe l Co le , Mrs. B l a c k m o r e , Mrs. C r a f t and M o r l e y P a l m a t e e r l e f t ~ e hospi ta l the f i r s t of t h e wee]:,

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OUBLING the farmer '~ share of the wheat dol. lar is one of the war- thne Jobs Uncle Sam ha~ done since food control became possible. After five months of grap- pling with the problem, Uncle Sam is now trans-

lating into the pockets of both produc- ers and consumers benefits derived by the Nation. He has shut off specula- lion, produced a free market and movement of all grades of wheat, cut expenses and induced a normal ilow of wheat In natura l directions, and af- fected a thousand other economies.

The Food Administrat ion Grain Cor- poration, which supervises the sale, or i tself buys every bushel of wheal pro. dared in the Nation in its progress from country elevator to foreign buy- ers or domest ic consumers, marks a new step toward national efficiency, How in four short months it has been done is told in the following episodes wherein two bushels of wheat t raveled to market .

One fine fall afternoon, Col. Bill Jenkins, who farms somewhere in Mis. souri, loaded his wheat into a wagon nnd drove along the black road that ted across the prairie to town. When he reached the eo-operative elevator of which he was ,~ stockholder, i~e pulled up on the scales, checked his gross weights carefully, and began to unload. The mannger came out and

asked : "When you want to sell this wheat?" "1 dunno," he answered. "One

time's about as good as anot t~er~ these days. 'T won't weigh a~y more later ," he added, with a dry smile.

"Wheat shr inks a tot," admit ted the manager . "I hear the Government wants as much wheat as it can get Just n e w - - u n d e r s t a n d ti~e Allies do eat a terr ible lot of it since the war."

"What ' s wheat to-day?" asked Col. Jenkins. get t ing interested.

"~Vell, let me see." parleyed tlie manager . "I guess ihis wheat 'd be a good No. 2 under the new grade.~."

"Grades? What about grades? That Food Adminis t ra t ion seems to mix into mighty nigh everything from rabbits to axle grease."

"TIold o~, Colonelo" said the cloys. for man, good~t}aturedly. "The Food Adminis t ra t ion is not to blame, t..o,-'~ - gress passed the act and told lhe De- par tment of Agriculture to fix the grades. They became effectlve last July. I sent out a let ter on it."

"Well, I g u e ~ you bet ter sell for the best you can," said the farmer. "I am needed at home." And he drove away,

A New Order In the Grain World.

ONVERSATIONS of this kind might have taken place in ahnost every town in the great grain belt of the Nation aft- er August 10; for revo- lution in grain market-

ing was linking place. Uncle Sam had s ta r ted on this remarkable ex- pe r imen t ; he was going to see wheth- er wheat could be marketed minus rake-offs to the speculators. This necess i ta ted complete control by the Government of storage facilities, trans- portat ion and distr ibutive agencies, and the markel ing machinery for wheat and rye.

Everybody was t roubled; most of all, the officials of the ~ood Adminis- t ra t ion. Grain Corpora t ion who had under taken , without salary, and a t the sacrifice of their personal connection with the grain trade, to whip into shape the forces that would drive for- ward the blg business machine for marke t ing American wheat. A single control ; and a $50,000,000 nonprofit- making corporat ion to do the work.

This work is a necessary arm of the Food Administrat ion, allowing . the Government to do b~siness quickly and without re,,] tape. Its stock Is imld in t rus t by the Presldent of the Unit- ed States. For the time of the war it will supervise the rate or purchase the part commercial ly available of the 660,000,000 bushels of wheat a n d the 50,000,000 surplus of rye grown in America in 1917. Its Job is to find a marke t for every bushel, i r respect ive of class and grade. Under ~ts patron- age, wimat screenings are mowng just as easily as No. 1 Northern. It must also work out sat isfactori ly the loeat prie%s for wheat at each of almost 20,000 country elevator points, adjus t thousands of complaints, organize the ga ther ing and analysis of date, inspect concerns repor ted as dealing unfair ly, .solve vexat ious disagreements among the trade, an'd deal effectively with the allies' pu rchas ing ~gent and the neu- trals who may desire to purchase.

In the ear ly days, following the de- te rminat ion of prices for 1917 wheat by the Pres ident ' s Fair Price Commis- sion, confusion existed in every par t of the wheat-producing regions. This was intensified by the tnauguraHon of the new grain grades, as promulgated by the Depa r tmen t of Agriculture, which took place about the same time, and led to diverse complaints and a feel- ing among f a r m e r s that the Grain Cor- poration of the Food Adminis t ra t ion was responsible for both the price as de te rmined and str icter observance ~f grain ,aTades. B u t t h e corporat ion wa,~ responsible for neither act. It i s pure.

iy an administrative arm o f the Coy. eminent formed to buy grain or super. vise its sale at t h e prices determined by the commission, and it must do its work on the basis of the new grades~ Put to re turn to our f a r m e r and his expecta t ions of price.

i n t r o d u c i n g Two Bushels of Wheat,

t.ylng side by slde in hls wagon had been 2 bushels of wheat timt fate had marked for s~rangely different ends. "/hey were very much alike, those bushels of wheat, and to look at them you would not have suspected the s t range and wonde~ffut adven tu res in store for them. Yet one was dest ined to travel abroad for consumption in F r a n c e : the other to find its way into Georgia where It was milled and its flour finally reached ~ New York baker on the East ~}de. But In the sum of the travels made by tt~e two, as we shall follow tt~em, will be un- folded the internat ional panoranm of wheat marke t ing in time of war.

Finding a Price at a Country Point. High war costs of produetim~ gave

our 5fissouri fa rmer nlllch co,loci't} as

to his retllrns ,21t(1 aeCOtli]le(1 for his depression over ihe prospocis of his wheat "grading (lowtF'; for iliat meant a reduction of 3 cents per bushel un- der the No. 1 grade. }lilt it graded No. 2.

The elevator would also deduct ~n additional 5 cents a bushel to cover tl~e fixed charge made in [l~is locality for handling and selling. Phe 5-cent charge included the commission of 1 cent per bushel cus tomary in 1917 among commission men -for selling the wheat to domestic millet~ or foreign buyers.

The elevator man was none too sure as to how to get at the price which this wheat should bring. He knew considerably more about human na ture than f re ight rates and decided to "check up" the problem to the neares t zone agent of the Grain Corporation. So he wrote a let ter to the representa- tive s ta t ioned at St. Louis. Tha t let- ter was refer red to the traffic expert in the New York office, who t ransmit - ted the following rule for de te rmin ing the price of wheat at any country point :

There is only one price for wheat at a country point. Tha t price is a lways to be arr ived at by taking as a basis the price at the most advantageous pr imary market where we have fixed a price and deducting the f re igh t to that market and a f a i r handl ing proof, That is the pr/ce to be paid fo r wheat at any station, regardless of the poin~ to which it may be shipped.

Working out the price which should be paid for wheat at your station iS a fine occupation for an off day. If you cannot find the answer, write to the Food Administrat ion Grain Cor- poration in New York City and its traffic exper t will give you aid.

Finding the Price of No. 2 Wheat at

Sikeston. ~ ~ AKE an actual example : ~ - ~ ~ 4 ~ An e!evator man in : ~fz~.~tl~_~ Slkeston, Me., wanted

~ to know what price ~ . ~ l j ~ ' ~ ' ~ No. 2 wheat should " . . . . bring at his station

when No. 1 wheat at New York City was $2.28 per bush- el. Hero is tmw he went about i t :

The freigt~t rate from S1keston to New York being 16.98 cents per bush- el, he deducted that from $2.28 per bushel and found the price at Slkeston to be $2.1102. From this he deducted 1 per cent per bushel for the commis- sion firm's charges, which put the n e t price f. o. b. Sikeston at $2.1002.

He next compared this price with what he could get If he sold at St+ I,ouis, h|s neares t p r imary market . At St. Louis the basic price is $2.18 per bushel, and the f re ight r a t e f rom Sikeston. to St, Louis 6 cents per bush- el. This would make the Sikeston price $2.12, less 1 c e n t per bushel for selling charges, or $2.11 net The St. Louis price would the re fo re govern, be ing advan tageous to the Sikeston seller.

If our imaginary 2 bushels of wheat had s ta r ted from Sikeston, s ince It was a No. 2 grade, we must deduct 3 cents per bushel, which would bring tim price f.~o. b. the e levator point to $2.0802 per bushel. As our Imaginary elevator man is charg ing 5 cents per bushel for handling, which includes the commission fee jus t ment ioned, we deduct an additional 4 cents to a r r ive at the price the f a rmer received. This price would be $2.0402 at the elevator, Some of tha t 4 cents will r e tu rn to our f a r m e r if the e levator p rospe r s ; for it is owned co-operatively.

When Farmer and E levator Man Dis. agree.

Had this e levator been owned by pri- vate finn or person, or had it been a "line" plant , Col. Jenk ins would not have been so bland and trustf l f l ,

He might have refused to sell at a l l and a r ranged to s tore his whea t or he might have iaken it over to a com- pet i t ive concern whieh offered a high- er pr ice ; for the Food Adminis t ra t ion has not ye t a t tempted to regula te the prices paid fa rmm~ for .wheat a t c o u n - try points. It d o e s , h o w e v e r , o f fer to sell for any farmer or farmers' organ. ization wheat offered at terminal points, but makes a commission charge of 1 per tent for Its services,

T H E S P R I N G A U C T I O N SEA- SON A N D A D V E R T I S I N G

The sp r ing auct ion season is now upon us, and the Chronicle, which has success fu l ly adve r t i s ed so m a n y auc- t ion sales is p r e p a r e d as in the pas t to g ive the bes t possible service • to t hose who m a y dispose o f - p r o p e r t y a t auc t ion . Our successful exper ience s u r e l y ent i t les us to c la im t h a t we know how to do the advez+dsing. I t is no. longer n e c e s s a r y to a r g u e agah~s t the auc t ion bill me thod of ad- ve rusm~ ' saie~. That i~ admi~i.~-dly

o u t - o f - d a t e , and canno t show resul t s !to c o m p a r e a t all wi th the adver t i se - m e a t in a p a p e r t h a t so comple te ly covers i ts field, as does t h e Ctn~oniele.

These reasons will especia l ly appeal to t he m a n who plans to h a v e a sale as showing w h y he o u g h t to adver t i se it in the Chronicle :

1. We a r e in touch wi th the auc- t ion s i tua t ion . The auc t ioneers give us t he i r dates , and we make da te s f o r t h e m .

l 2. Thus we a re able to avoid hav- ' i n g two sales in the s a m e locali ty on the s a m e day. Such a th ing would h u r t bo th sales.

3. The Chronicle 's c i rcula t ion cov- e rs well this section of the Thumb and pu t s the m a n who has the sale in close touch wi th the people of the te r - r i t o r y Who will be i n t e r e s t ed in the sale, h e r e b y b r ing ing tho seller and his bes t cus tomer s t oge the r .

4. The bes t c u s t o m e r a t an auc- t ion sale is not the m a n who is t he re f r o m cur ios i ty , but the man who is a t t r a c t e d the re because he is in te res t - ed in the p r o p e r t y l isted, and has a !eg ' i t imate use he wishes to make of w h a t he desires to purchase. Because the Chronicle goes into the homes of so m a n y in this t e r r i t o r y , the man who needs any given ar t ic le adver- t i sed in a sale is sure to read about it in the Chronicle.

5. The Chronicle has come to be ~eeognlzed as the med ium in which auc t ion sales will be adver t i sed , so people expec t to find t h e m there.

C O U N C I L P R O C E E D I N G S .

Mee t ing held on the 4th day of March , A. D. 1918.

Mee t ing called to o rde r by Pres i - dent: Str i t t ler w i th t r u s t ee s Kelsey,

i Jones , Gal lagher . Schenck and Tin- ~dale presen t .

Minu tes of the previous m e e t i n g

w e r e read and approved. The fol lowing bill~ w e r e read and

i r e f e m ~ d to the Commi t t ee on Bills

land Accoun ts : i Basi! Hm~csell, s a la ry to

M a r c h 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50.00 L. Brooks, un load ing coal . . . 3.18 J. Clement , s a l a ry ~o Mar. 1 47.90 W. N. -S t raube , s a l a ry to Mar i 110.00 Wm. Glasby, un load ing coal 21.25 Win. N. S t raube , expenses .. 34.62 David Hutchinson, s a l a r y . . . . 60.00 Mar i e Mar t in , s a l a r y . . . . . . . 10.00 F. L. Morris , s a l a ry hea l t h

bfficer , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 J. D. Brooker , s a l a r y a t t o r n e y 50.00 A. C. Far re l t , 3 mos. c lerk ' s

s a l a r y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.09 P. McComb, s t r ee t labor . . . . 2.25

• F r a n k C. Teal Co., inv. 2-20 19.46 A l e r t Pipe & Supply Co. inv.

2-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.91 I Mich. Supply Co., inv. 2-22 13.66 t J. H. Schultz Co., inv. 2-15 2.46

Total . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . The commi t t ee r epo r t ed f avo rab ly

l on all the bills. Moved- by Kelsey seconded by Tin-

dale t h a t the bills be al lowed as r ead land t h e orders d r a w n on the t r e a s u r - !er f o r t h e severa l amounts . Carried.

A pe t i t ion s igned b y A. A. Jones and t w e n t y - f o u r (24) o the r s to g rade and g r a v e l Thi rd s t r e e t commencing a t S e e g e r St+ and r u n n i n g eas t to end of s t r ee t , was p resen ted . :

Mdved by Kelsey seconded by Tin- da le t he pet i t ion be laid on the table. Carri 'ed.

i ~ e s i d e n t Stri t t ter appoin ted F . E. Ke lsey , John G a l l a g h e r and P. S. Mc- G r e g o r y to ac t wi th h imse l f a s elec- t ion inspectors."

• Moved by Schenck seconded by T inda le t h a t the a p p o i n t m e n t s . b e con- f i rmed. Carr ied.

T r u s t e e P inney a r r i v e d a t this t ime. On: mot ion the Council adjourned:

A. C. F A R R E L L , Clerk.

Indians of Chile. T h e Arauean ians a re the primit ive

r a c e of Chile, and one of the finest of all the Amer ican Ind ian tribes. Al- t hough the remain ing Indians are w a r d s .of the gove rnmen t not unl ike those in this country, the tribe is said neve r to have been fo rmal ly conquered. Fur themnore , the blood of the Arauca- n ians is widely d isseminated and gives to the Chilean people the i r d is t inc t ive cha rac t e r .

Concerning the Farmer . L e t us not be deceiw~d by politi-

c ians or self conceit. Fa rmers are not per fec t . Nor have they a monop- oly upon hones ty and integri ty. As a c l a s s : w e have the unfa i th fu l as w e l l as the faikhfafl, tim deserving as well a s the slothful, the dishonest as weI1 as the honest. Men a re not per fec t i n a n y ~ occupa t ion .~Exehange .

• •

New Use f o r C a r b o n i c Ae3d. Carbonic acld gas iS u ~ d in a ma-

c h i n e : o f European invent ion to spray moffmr or p las ter on a wal l and hasten i ts set t ing.

G R E E N L E A F .

Fine w e a t h e r a t p resen t . N e a r l y eve ry one is plamaing a '%vat

g a r d e n . " We are glad to see t ha t F. Rots ton

is able to be out aga in a f t e r a t en m o n t h illness.

Rev. Har r i s of Ub ly is ho ld ing re- vival mee t ings a t t he H01brook M. E. c h u r c h this week.

Mrs. Hi J a c k s o n is the gues t of r e l a - t ives nea r Cass Ci ty this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Wilkinson o f Sher idan were v is i tors in town Sun- d~y

G. W. Hubba rd and ii~¢ie g r a n d - d a u g h t e r , Wilma, of Holbrook w e r e cal lers in town S a t u r d a y .

Mrs. McGregor r e t u r n e d f r o m a t r i p to Carsonvil le las t week.

Severa l of t he chi ldren o f Mrs. P a l m e r a re ill w i th sca r le t fever .

Angus McLeod was numbered wi th the sick las t week.

A lbe r t Pr ice is r epo r t ed as be ing conf ined to the house wi th a sore limb.

Leslie H e w i t t is buzz ing wood in th is vicinity.

H. Spencer and Win. Wi lk inson w e r e Cass City vis i tors Sa tu rday .

No txa ins h a v e been r u n n i n g f o r .several ~ days owing to the h igh w a t e r a t Pa lmatee¢. L a t e r ~ T r a i n serv ice has been resumed .

Mrs. Kenne th McRae t~ras t aken to f?ad Axe hospi ta l l a s t week got ~reat- m e n L Her m a n y f r iends h ) p e fo r a speedy recovery .

Milo Ra thbon and f a m i l y a re mov. ing to the Morr ish f a r m eas t of H o f brook.

When Wate r Fa!!a. ~, Water wilt not a lways put out a fire.

This applies par t icu la r ly to a fire where grease is present in quant i t ies . A ie<.hni(:a{ p}~pev cites ,an ins tance where a fire in the oil box of an en- o" , 3 ~L.e was spread over a large rad ius when waver was thrown upon it. T h e wate r sca t te red the grease in all di- rections, and some of if wa~ caught ui) by ~ P~ywheeL spreading' the burn- ing grease over the building. In a f ew minutes the whole p lant was burning.

t t N E W S OF T H E W E A K .

L i a i ; , =•. . - E v e l y n Schmidt has been on the s i ck / l i s t th i s week.

Mrs. c h a r l e s Bixby is ve ry ill a t this wrifi.~g. Miss Myr t l e Mead has been e m p l d y e d as nurse.

F r e d e r i t k ; , P i n n e y , who has been ill, i s . ab le t;#:i ~ o u t again.

Mrs. S ? C h a m p i o n is numbered wi th the sickii:i. : :

E the l W a g e r is qui te ill a t tl~is wr i t i ng . . . . :..

Mrs. Geo, rge Mi tner , who h ~ ; b e e n sick fo r the p a s t week, is improvfag v~rv n i c e l y : . -"

B,+•,e i~,n, , wh~ been fo r severa l weeks , is improving .

Jacob . Messner , who has been s e r f .ously" fl[,. i.S a b l e to be ou t on the s t r ee t a l i t t le .

Mrs. George L. Hi tchcock is much ) e t t e r a t ' t h i S wr i t ing .

Mrs. Mill;on Hof fman has been oa the sick l is t th is week.

Makes Many Matches. A s i n g l e m a n u f a c t u r e r in Londo~

makes n~arly a thou~md million b o x ~ ~f ma tches eve ry year.

CASS CITY M A R K ~ S

o~ss Oi~y, Etch., March '>~, 191~

Wl~e~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ O a~ . . 89 B e ~ per cwb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 50 Rye bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5g Barley ~r$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7~ Pea~+ Cw~ ~ 40 Buckwheat,, ew~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 50 l~leel hay--No. 1 Timothy . . . . . . . . ~ 09

No. 2 " 20 No. 1 Mixed.. 20 ID

Eggs, per dec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,~ Bug~er, per tb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4~ F~ ~w~, 11ve waigh~, 1)~r 15 . . . . . . . g 7 S t ~ , " " . . . . . . . . 6 8 l~t sharp, " " . . . . . . . . 7 8 Lamb=% " " . . . . . . . . 11 I,2 Hogs, " " . ..... t3 t5~

Drea~sod be~£ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 Gaives ............................... t0 tl Broilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 20 Docks ............................... 29 22 Geese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1:4 ~J~urke1~ ..... : :: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 22 ~lde~ g r ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

i T h e P a s t i l l e ! ! SATURDAY, MARCH ! 30 [

Mable Taliaferro i n i

'% Magdalene of the Hills" I A met ro wonder play of h o w love t r iumpt ied over a t r agedy :

- - 1 5 A N D 20 C E N T S - -

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 ! See an Unequa led Pa t r io t i c S p e c t a c l e

,! "The Honor-System" Acclaimed by P r e s s and Public t h e S u p r e m e P r e s e n t a t i o n of Modern Amer ican l ife and charac te r . The g r e a t e s t h u m a n s to ry ever told. A

i hea r t - th rob , a thri l l , a smile or a t e a r in e v e r y scene. Thr i l l ing bat,- .~ t le scene b e t w e e n Mexican B a n d i t Ra iders and Amer icans . J o e

.~ S tan ton ' s T r i u m p h a n t Comple t ion of t he invent ion t h a t connects U.

I S. and J a p a n by wireless. 20 and 30. c e n t s .

i /:

FRIDAY, APRIL 5 ' A GOOD W E S T E R N P L A Y ~

THE CAPT. OF THE GREY HORSE TROOP

! ¢.

i Our p ic tu re machine has been ove rhau led and m u c h b e t t e r *,~ • ~

[ resu l t s a re produced . A new a t t a c h m e n t e l imina te s half the n u m h e r ~ .. of s tops fo r reel changing , t h e r e b y l e s sen ing t h e wai t~ and shor t en ing ~ f " the show. ~ . • :~,

COMING " T H E AUCTIoNAND BLOCK"wONDERFuLbY Rex Beach.LAMP.,, ~" -,i

i ' , A L A D D I N HIS _ ~

" C L E O P A T R A " Soon. : ~ ~ '

!When Will You, Begin You- Needing ? .~ r :

This is no t a s i m p o r t a n t as w h e t h e r " d f n o t you wiI1 t r e a t

~. y o u r Oats and o the r spr ing g r a i n a g a i n ~ s m u t and o the r d isease

g e r m s . You should g e t the m o s t pr0duct i0n 16osSible this year . I n

order to do it . . .

i Treat Your Grain With ' Formalin

The government advises it. We can supply you with formalin or

f o r m a l d e h y d e a t 50c a p in t w i t h ful l d i rec t ions f o r use. Ge~ i t a t

once and be ready .

Hess Dip and Disinfectant i.s the "4ope" you n e e d fo r d i s in fec t ing barns ,~chieken coops a n d

oVher f a r m buikt ings. Get i t here--T$1.25 a gabon .

CASS CITY DRUG 120. , . +

PAGE SIX ( -

T£8 Sk AkES'E a m.a v&v ight raaVe bee= a

He me¢l Ba& offered crew

,Tha t h e ~ ~ t e a s e ~he hea,~r ltoad ~Ah,y b e t , .

~lle ~ r e ~ h ~ lEe.aWay ~ aidl lki~ race • ~ : ~ a w ~ c tmdem~ed a$ Ia~4~ and ,~eat~ ?:~ d e . ~ L~,~.e any m~derer er ~o~nmen ~da~ef. " ~eg ~ o c e n ~ , d my" v21~ar~e g ~ u ~ $ " • S a ~ e ~ a ± he ]ti,2ed an he~e~t.Narlle~¢ ~ h D~n~mc~ ~ n g ~ p~ace~ high or l[o~O. He d~.dl ~ ~ord~ of te~% up6n hi~ life, NN~ir~g ~I hh f e ~ and fa~.~,z.~ ~ fr~enda. Fliers a~{d ]he w~.~ a f ~ l r ~ , y e . a , a fooX~ Toyiel[d[ s~ ] ~ d e z n for a gnar~ ~rea~J~,

Hia xa~me a~]~ HyPes, b~ m~][fi~ude~ red.red ]h~ eve W ]land,:a$ dea~h][eaz a~ ~ e Jtar~, .

far G a l ~ ~ ~n~ l~ Roman ¢ra~s , . . • _

N0st of Those Which Center About the Life of Christ Ha~

Their Origin Duri!tg the

Middle Ages.

~ H E c o u n t l e s s l egends wh ich c e n t e r i ~ abou t t he l tfe of Chr is t whi le u p o n ~earth, c a m e in to popular i ty , for th~ ~aost par t , d u r i n g t he midd le ages, a n d ! S e r e g iven u n b o u n d e d c redence by t ~he ignoran t , supe r s t i t i ous people of t ~hat day, whose beliefs were ye~ [ ~ inged by the inf luence of pagan i sm. I/ !~Jpon t he se sac red legends are based I ~many of the m o s t f amous pa in t ings in ~he world, and no t a l i t t le of i ts poe t ry a n d song,

The t radi t ior is c o n c e r n i n g the c ross ~ p o n wh ich the S a v i o r was crucif ied ~ a v e come down to us in var ied forms. '-A Greek legend te l ls t ha t when Adam ,was expel led f rom the ga rden of Eden, ;he took v:ith h im a staff m a d e f rom ~ !branch of t he Tree of Knowledge. Dur- ~ing his wanfler ing~ be reached the s i te o f J e r u s a l e m , and t h r u s t i n g the s taff :~[nto the ea r t h it took root and flour- ,ished. And, when. years later, it was c u t d o w n , it se rved as the cross of che crucifixion,

T h e s to ry of t h e m i s t l e t o e is b e t t e r k n o w n how once it was a tall, s tout , ~tree bu t how, a f t e r be ing used for fl~e cross , it b e c a m e accursed , a m e r e w e a k paras i te , The legend tha{, tho :aspen t ree was used for the cross is ;~ssig~ed to the Germans . who be- i:iieved that . ou t of r emor se and fear. i t s leaves were m a d e to sh ive r per- !DetualIy.

• ~o cedar were I-Its pierced feet: nailed sore: To beams of sacred palm His on(stretch-

ed hands: cypress troo ~is tortured body b~ro.

Dh olive wood His kingty title stands.

: But the l egend of the cross m o s t ~qde ty sp read and mos t generMly be- l ieved in the olden t ime is as fol lows:

Adam. h a v i n g l ived to a grea~ age. a.nd fee l ing t h a t dea th was no t far d i s t an t , bade his ~on Seth b r iag to h i m e i t he r the f ru i t of life which g r e w in t he g a r d e n of Eden , or t he oil of m e r c y which f lowed t he r e and wh ich h a d been p r o m i s e d to Adam upon h is expu l s ion f rom the garden. Seth m a d e h i s way t o P a r a d i s e by the foo tp r in t s ~ f A d a m and Eve, ove r which no g ra s s h a d e v e r grown. T h e angel to w h o m S e t h m a d e k n o w n his e r r and ga~e h i m t r e e seeds, f rom the f rui t of the t r ee o f wh ich A d a m had eaten, and di- r e c t e d t h a t t hey be placed u n d e r A d a m ' s t o n g u e ju s t before his burial . t n the course of t i m e Adam died a n d t h e angeFs i n s t r u c t i o n s were ca r r i ed o u t

Soon t h e r e s p r a n g f rom Adam' s g r a v e in H e b r o n t h r e e t r e e s ~ a cedar , a cypress and a p ine tree. T h e s e long g r e w toge the r , f o r m i n g but one t r unk . w h i c h came to be r ega rded as a symbol o f t h e Holy Tr in i ty . This tree. t rans- p l a n t e d by Moses and la te r by David, g r e w to be ve ry beaut i ful . But even ~lts beau ty did no t p r e v e n t So lomon f r o m c u t t i n g it d o w n in o rde r to com- p le te his t emple , for which a beam of e n o r m o u s size was lacking. But each t i m e that the beam cut from this tree was fitted, it would be either too large or too small , and such a s t r a n g e eir- : eums tanee was t a k e n as a s ign t h a t i t ;should no t be used.

Some t ime a f t e rward , m o s t ve r s ions ag ree , t h e beam was bur ied w h e r e t h e I~ool of B e t h e s d a was at a l a te r fl~i~e d i scovered . D u r i n g Pass ion w e e k t h e ~,ood rose and f loated on the su r face ~ef the pool, and t h e Jews used i t for .the crucif ixion cros~.

The l egend of the Holy Grail has an i m p o r t a n t p lace in l i t e r a tu re and ar t . !According to t r ad i t i on a d e s c e n d a n t o f A d a m and E v e found one of t h e ~targe e m e r a l d s f rom the c rown of Luci- , f e r ~ a n ange l who had been expe l led i f rom h e a v e n ~ a n d m a d e f rom it a b e a u t i f u l cup. Th i s cup came into t h e ipossess lon of J o s e p h of Ar ima thea , in ~ h o s e h o u s e C h r i s t k e p t t h e f eas t of

ti{e P a s s o v e r with his disciples. At t h e crucif ixion Joseph rece ived a few drops of Chris t ' s blood into t h e cup, which t he r ea f t e r •became k n o w n as the Sangraal , Sangreal , or Holy Grail, be- cause the blood had no t only sancti- fied it, but had given mirac~Ious pow- ers as well. On eve ry Good Frid.ay m o r n i n g these powers w e r e r e n e w e d ~

dove coming down f rom h e a v e n and depos i t ing in the cup a consec ra t ed w~.fer. Many a t ime did t h e cha l ice aid and sus ta in Joseph and his i i t de band of fol lowers, who took {t wi th t h e m to England , whe re t h e y estab- l i shed the f irst m o n a s t e r y a t ( l laston- bury. But sin finally appea red a m o n g the flock and angels ca r r ied t h e g o l f Grail away.

In Pa le s t ine the re g rows a c r e e p i n g p l an t with long, ha rd t h o r ~ s ~ ¢ h e Sp ine C h r i s t i ~ w h i c h m a y have fur- n i shed ma te r i a l for the c rown of t ho rn placed on t he Savior 's head. One of t h e legends says t h a t t he wil low was used for th is purpose, and tha t , in sor row for caus ing so m u c h agony, i t d r o o p e d and wept, i ts sha rp thorns c h a n g i n g into soft leaves, t h a t they migh t n e v e r again cause any pain. And ever s ince it has been k n o w n as the weeping- willow. O the r l egends re la te tha t this change in the wiI lew came because its b r anches were u~ed as a scourge upon the Savior ' s back.

In ~ermany~ ~%a.nee and Nng!and, i t was genera l ly bel ieved tha t the c rown was made f rom h a w t h o r n twigs. In i taly the barberry , in the %Vest Indies ~he cashew tree, and e l s ewhe re the

I b r ie r rose. acan thus , wild hysso~ and acacia bear this s t igma.

A grea t deal of bird lore is l inked wi th the s tor ies of the Pass ion T h e r e is a Danish legend tha t as Chr i s t was suffer ing on t h e cross th ree birds came and a l igh ted upon it. One cried, "S ty r ik ham, s tyr ik h a m : " ( S t r e n g t h e n i~im, s t r e n g t h e n h im! ) , and s ince tha t t ime t he s to rk has been k n o w n as a bird of s t r e n g t h and blessing. The second, it was in te rpre ted , cr ied "SvaI ham, svaI h a m ! " (Ref resh him. re- f resh h im) , and the swal low was like. wise t h o u g h t to be a bird of blessing. But the third cried, " P u e n h a m ! " (Tor- tu re h i m ! ) , and so f rom tha t h o u r [he lap-wing has been accursed a m o n g birds. The Swedisti l egend is the ~ame. with the addi t ion of a four th bird, t he t u r t l e dove, which, flying th i ther , cried, "Kyrie, Kyr te ! " (Lord, I ~ r d ! ) and its voice has ever s ince been l imi ted to t ha t s ingle word of t ament .

An owl, accord ing to t he SpanieL, was so dazzled by t he sun l igh t it did no t perce ive t ha t i t had a l igh ted upon the cross. Bu t as n i g h t c a m e on i t saw, and, f r igh tened , called. "Cru~,, cruz'. '' (Cross, c ross ! ) as i t fle-~ aw~y. And f rom t h a t m o m e n t t h e owl has kep t r epea t ing this cry and has be e~ able to see only a f te r d a r k n e s s falls.

The crossbill , in an unsucces s fu l effort to d raw ou t one of t h e nails wh ich f a s t ened the f a r t e r to the cross, twis ted i ts beak and dyed its p l u m a g e wi th the Mar tyr ' s blood. Conce rn ing the robin t h e r e is a sire. l iar t radi t ion, expressed in verse , as follows.

To the Savior's throbbin/!; head She fondly strove. I ti~ blood, 'tis ~ id , Dyed all her tender bosom red, Since then no hand disturbs h~r ne~t, No prowling beasts her young molest-- That sacred bird of ruddy breast.

S o m a of the ear ly I t a l i an pa in te r s h a v e in the fo reg round of the i r crucl- fixion scenes t h e whi t e wood sorrel , purple-s ta ined, which is said to have g rown at t he foot of t he cross, and to h a v e been colored f rom the blood which d ropped upon it. T h e facet, a~ R u s k i n poin ts out, t ha t t he leaf of this p lan t possessed t he p o w e r of q u e n c h i n g th i rs t , may have been an- o t h e r r eason for its i n t roduc t ion intv t h e pic tures .

One species of the orchid, wh ich ia Chesh i re is cal led Ge thsemane . and whose petals are-marked with flark s ta ins ; the passion flower, ~ymbolieal of the crown, the scourge, the ~pear and t h e nai ls ; t he a rum, t ige r lily and scar le t anemone - - a l l , i t was bel ieved, w e r e m u t e w i t n e ~ e s of t h e crueitl~, ion. And the whi te lily, e m b l e m of puri ty, has a lways been connee¢~l wi th t h e ~to~ie$ of fiae Vi rg la and o~ Christ.

I ELMW__OOOD.

/ J o h n K e n n e d y w a s a Care v i s i to r l W e d n e s d a y .

G e o r g e L i v i n g s t o n is s ick w i t h t r h e u m a t i s m .

C A S S C I T Y C H R O N I C L E , C A S S CITY, M I C H I G A N , MAR. 29, 1918.

c h u r c h and will m o v e t h e r e th is week. [day f r o m Care w h e r e she s p e n t sev-. t he i r h o m e l a s t F r i d a y n igh t . The eve- Mrs. E u g e n e L i v i n g s t o n is in the 1 ora l days w i th f r i ends , n i n g was s p e n t in p l a y i n g g a m e s and

h o s p i t a l a t Bad Axe w h e r e she was t The f r i e n d s and n e i g h b o r s of Mr. I cards . A d a i n t y luncheon w a s served o p e r a t e d u p o n fo r append ic i t i s and [and Mrs. Gee. S m i t h of C e d a r R u n t end e v e r y o n e r e p o r t s a m o s t en joy- ga l l s tones . We hope her c o n v a l e s - [ g a v e t h e m a r e c e p t i o n and s h o w e r a t l able t ime . ......

S h e r m a n E v a n s and J e s s e McNei l we re in G a g e t o w n S a t u r d a y on busi- ness. , P I N G R E E ,

Iva McKellai" is s p e n d i n g a f o w l days w i t h he r p a r e n t s . S h e will re- [ d d h n Crocker i s ill w i th t ag r ippe . "

[ t u rn to C a r e Monday . H a v i n g s o m e 1 E d i t h E v a n s is w o r k i n g . f o r Mrs. l a t p r e s e n t , n i c e s p r i n g w e a t h e r

I E u g e n e L iv ings ton . ~ Bonn ie Crocker is employed fo r [ i Mr. a n d Mrs. s m i t h L u t h e r o f t f a r m work by Mi l i igan Bros. i Un ionv i l l e w e r e °the g u e s t s of Mr. a n d ' ~ Mrs. t . . Fera 'uson is visit ing' he r

i J oim Greenwood r e t u r n e d to Care I T h u r s d a y a f t e r a s h o r t v i s i t w i th his l d a u g h t e r , Mrs. F r a n k K e l l y . . ] 4 ~ i r a m McKel l a r s p e n t p a r t of l a s t

t w e e k i n Care. '

cenee will be rapid .

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Mrs. E . D u d e n h o f e r is Visiting- he r d a u g h t e r , Mrs. E m m a A b a r , in On- ta r io .

Clyde D a v e n p o r t ha s p u r c h a s e d t he P e t e r Ga lak f o r t y and is b u s y m o v i n g

Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cra ig o f F l i n t have r e t u r n e d t o t he f a r m here fo r t h e s u m m e r . "

A dancing" p a r t y was g iven a t P e a r l S t r i c k l a n d ' s . M a r . 20. Mr. S t r i ck !ands h a v e moved to Onaway .

M a r j o r i e Doerr , d a u g h t e r of Mr. and Mrs. C h a r l e s Doer r , ha~ been ve ry ill bu~ is b e t t e r a t p r e sen t .

Mr, and Mrs. Lou i s C r o c k e r and his goods f r o m Cass City. two ch i ld ren , Ju l i a and Laura , v i s i ted

J o s e p h Wol fe is a w a y on a v i s i t to he John J a u s h o m e in E lk l and Sun- Cli 0, D e t r o i t and p laees in Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. G e o r g e Y o u m a n s and " : P e r r y a n d Ar thUr L i v i n g s t o n w e r e Cass C i ty v i s i to r s S a t u r d a y . • CEDAR RUN.

T h o m a s S m i t h o f Mi l l i ng ton re~ t u r n e d h o m e T u e s d a y a f t e r a s h o r t v i s i t w i t h H, W. Y o u m a n s and o t h e r f r i e n d s here .

M'r. a n d Mrs. "James Grice m o v e d to Caxo T u e s d a y . J i m is e m p l o y e d on a f a r m two mi les w e s t o f town .

E z r a Kel ly has a c c e p t e d a Dosition as a s s i s t a n t m a n a g e r on t h e f a r m o f

Mr. and Mrs. J o h n H a r t l e y were Ca re cal lers S a t u r d a y .

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s H i g g i n s o f R o c h e s t e r s p e n t F r i d a y a t t he h o m e of

O . A. Hendr ick . Mr. and Mrs. Wi l l i am Wi lson and

d a u g h t e r , I r m a , we re S u n d a y v i s i to r s a t J a m e s Wilson 's .

2~/z h. p. ga s eng ine Scy the s and s n a t h s 2 M c C o r m i c k m o w e r s Brush hooks

i Land ro l le r WMffietrees, i Se t d r a g s B a g s

2 p lows 100 p o t a t o c r a t e s Bean pu l l e r Window f r a m e s 2 s ing le c u l t i v a t o r s S ingle h a r n e s s R id ing p low Top box

I W h e e l b a r r o w H e a t i n g s tove Pr . 1,000 lb. sca les C u p b o a r d 200-lb. sca les 2 beds Se t h e a v y douMe h a r n e s s 3 l ounges L u m b e r w a g o n 2 t ab le s

i Se t l i gh t double h a r n e s s 2 r e c k i n g c h a i r s 7 horse co l la r s P l a t e r a c k C u t t e r r u n n e r s Clo thes R a c k s

¢, Shovels , hoes , r a k e s I r o n i n g board i~: Fo rks , p ickaxes , c r o w b a r s , K i t chen cab ine t

Chains , C r o s s c u t saws: M a n y o t h e r a r t i c l e s Buck saws , corn c u t t e r s 6 t o n s of hay

Cla rence D o n a h u e n e a r R e m i n g t o n

A. A. H i t c h c o c k Miss E the l HaVcley r e t u r n e d S a t u r - ~.,~ ~.~r~,,,~, e,~'~. ~e~.~,, ~,~ ~ , ~ I ~ , ~*-.*-,*.~, ~.-*~.-*~,-*,~. ~ :~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ * ~ ~

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To the M .!k Producers of Cass City and Vicinity

Beginning April lsL this factory will start a seven delivery of all milk to its receMng room doors

[7] day

i In other words, this new ruling means tha t each and every day's

milking ~m-st.~ h~ dmiver~d~ ~ du~ng ~_~ . . . . . . o ~ . . . ~ ~.~.~o . . . . . . o~ ~'~.,~ ~s~"~" ~- *~"~,,~s

plant, which of course included' Sunday's milk, and no milk is to be held

over for two days and then sent in here, as we cannot and will not accept it

under any conditions whatever. We cannot use it in our manufac ture in any form whatever.

Patrons who will insist on holding any milk for two days,

A N D ESPECIALLY, SATURDAY'S A N D S U N D A Y ' S MILKINGS

• and then send it in here and expect it to pass and be received, will most

surely meet with a disappointment, as same will be rejected and returned

to the sender without delay.

We respectfully request all patrons of this factory to kindly from

now on help in this system, as it will MOST SURELY P A Y YOU AT ALL TIMES.

We are making ar rangements whereby our h a u l e ~ will g a t h e r in all your milk each and every day in the w e e k - - S U N D A Y I N C L U D E D - - therefore have same ready on Sunday morning as during the week days.

Patrons who cannot get their Sunday's milk to the hauler, or get same in to this factmw on Sunday, will have to dispose of it in some other way sat isfactory to themselves, as it will not be accepted at our receiving room on ~ondays .

in order for us to manure ;ure an A No. 1 product, we mus t have the very, very best and A No. 1 quality raw milk in order for us to accomplish same-- -

T H E G E N E R A L BUYING PUBLIC D E M A N D S I T ~ U N C L E SAM D E M A N D S IT FOR HIS USE IN THE ARMY A N D N A V Y

theref0re w i t h your help and co-operation we will succeed, and you will have the great sat isfact ion to know that you are on the way to producing a number one product, which always has a large demand; also tha t there will a lways be a will ing and ready market nearby for your Sunday's milk.

Please read our circular letter sent out with pay checks on the 1st o f April. It also contains some very, very good suggest ions towards sani- tary conditions, etc., and will be a big help to all milk producers in caring for their summer's milk productions. Read same over of ten; it cannot do otherwise but help you in your particular line of business and work.

We earnestly request your entire help and co-operation in aiding us to make a success of the above new plan, as what will help us, will most surely help you.

.~ If there is anyth ing you do not understand about the abo~ee, call on the phone, or bet ter sti lkwe will have our field man call on you and go into details; also talk along sani tary lines and give practical demonstra-

" t ions on sanitary milking and conditions. We are a lways wil l ing and ready i to at all t imes direct our attention towards you, and to help better your

condit ions at all times.

* HIRES CONDENSED MILK COMPANY CASS CITY, MICHIGAN:

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CASS CITY CHRONICLE, CASS CITY, MICHIGAN, MAR. 29, 1918. PAGE S E V E ~ ,

Shipping Tags Do you use them ? We pr int them

i~ all sizes. Come in and order 500, t,000 or more printed to suit your wants. The Chronicle.

fOR Sg[[ or [XCflg fi[ [arm Lands. Village Property.

320 acres best land in Elkland Township. With 240 acres under high state of cultivation. For sale or will exchange for smaller farm. Terms reasonable.

drill well. • $1000 will buy the equity in this farm if taken at once.

40 acres pasture land. 40 acres wild land. Dwellings in Cass City will sell

on reasonable terms or wilI ex- &ange.

EDWARD PINNEY, Cass City, Mich.

Directorgo I. D. McCOY, M. D.

Office in Pleasant Home Hospital Phone 80--3S.

F. L. NORRIS, M. D.

Phone 62.

DENTISTRY. I. A. Fritz, Resident Dentist.

Office ove r Cass City Drug Company. We solicit your pat ronage when need of dental work.

P. A. Schenck, D. D. So, Dentist.

Graduateof the Universi ty of Michi- t g a n . Office in Sheridan Bldg., C~ss City, Mich.

A. a. Knapp, Funera l Director and Licensed Embalmer. Mrs. Knapp, L~dy AssisLan~ with License: Night and day calls receive prompt a t ten- tibn, City Phone,

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R. N. McCulbugh AUCTIONEER

Make dates and arrangements for f a r m and other sales w i t h ~he C b r o ~ b l e a t C u s s C i t y -

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REAL ESTATE z . ~you want to buy or u so,, farm or

residence property ~-" ca, and see us.

FRITZ & W A I D L E Y Office with I. A. Fritz, Dentist.

Fred E. Wright General Auct ioneer

F a r m sales a specialty. Dates may

be a r ranged at the Chronicle

office.

C#1#E£ MO~EL8 OF PERFEGT|OH,

' ~ g PEI~FECT£Y

S ~ M P L E

S I N P E Y

PERFECT. Needle£ Oil, Belts and atl kinds of Sewing

Machine supplies, Repairing a specialty. 3 C. D. STRIFFLER, CASS CITY

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supply of

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i $50, $100 and $500 Liberty

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~ We shall be pleased to have &

purchasers call and we will deliver the above bonds.

" Exchange ga ,.' } of E. H. Pinney & Son ! 6

DEFORD.

Mrs. McPhail of Bay City is spe~'~d- ing the week with imr sister, Mrs. R. Kennedy, and brother, Archie Mc- Phail.

Mrs . Herman Vincent and baby, Ursula, of Wilmot spent Wednesday of last week with the former 's par- ents, Mr. r.nd Mrs. (~eo. Walker.

B: O. Watkins and family will move to their new home in Detroit in the near future.

Mrs. R. Kennedy, Mrs. Ncil Kenne- dy and Mrs. McPhail visited Tuesday at the home of John McArthur.

Mr. and Mrs. John McArthur were in Cuss City Tuesday.

The h',lk-~" :dd h:~d a ~'~'.:~., ..:!,.~,d at their regular dinner, Wednesday o[ las~ week.

Eas ter exercises will be held a t the church Sunday evening, Mar. 31.

Chas. Tedford of Marlet te visited

Annual Township Meeting. Notice is hereby given to the quali-

fied electors of the Township of Elk- land, County of Tuscola, SLate of Michigan, tha t the next ensuing An- nual Township Meeting will be held

a t Town Halt, within said township, on Monday, April lsL, A. D. 1918, for the purpose of voting for the dec t ion of the following officers viz., Township - O n e Supervisor; one Township Clerk; one Township Treasurer ; one Highway Commissioner; one Just ice of the Peace, full term; one Member Board of Review, full te rm; one Over- seer of Highways; four Constables.

In accordance with the Constitution of the SLate of Michigan, and tLe statutes of said State re la t ing there- to, should there°be any proposition or propositions to vote upon at said elec- tion involving tt~e direct expenditure of public money or the issue of bonds, every woman who possesses the quali- fications of male electors and owns property assessed for taxes or owns property subject to taxat ion joint ly with her husband or with any other person, or who owns property on con- t rac t and pays taxes thereon, all such property being" located somewhere within the district or territory to be affected by the result of said election, will be enbitled to vote upon sueh pi'eposition or propositions, provided her name is duly registered in the voting precinct above desig'nated.

The pelts of said election will open a t 7 o'clock a. m. and will remain open until 5 o'c!ock p. m. of said day of election.

Dated Februa ry 22, 1918. H. L. HUNT, Township Clerk.

State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Luaus County, ss. Frank 5. Cheney makes oath that he

is sen ior p a r t n e r of the f i rm of F.J. C h e n e y & Co., d o i n g bus iness in~the C i t y of Toledo, C o u n t y a n d S t a t e a f o r e s a i d , a n d t h a t s a id f i r m wil l p a y the sum of O N E H U N D R E D D O L L A R S for e a c h a n d e v e r y case of C a t a r r h t h a t c a n n o t be ,.-v:~C, b:, the use of H A L L ' S C A T A R R ] K I~IEDICINE. . > ~ / k l i l : ¢ J C i ¢ ~ N E Y ,

Sworn to be fo re me a n d s u b s c r i b e d in m y presence , th i s 6th d a y of D e c e m b e r , A. D, 1886. A . W . G L E A S O N ,

(Seal) Notary Pubiie. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken in-

ternally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System, Send for testimonia!s, free.

P. J, CII.E,,Ni.~_Y & CO., Toledo. O, ~old by all druggists. 7i.e. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

A GOOD WATCH

(Z;F e ir Means much in

satisfaction, a n d helps the general appearance of the wearer. Come to our store for what is good in jewelry.

A . H .

Higg ns ~ . ,

Jeweler and ~-'~

Optomefrist f ~ x

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G. & C. MERRIAM CO S~m'ingfield, 1V~ass. ~

his son a pa r t of last week. Baby Pel ton has been on the sick

list. Mrs. B. O. Watkins has been suf-

fe r ing wi th the rheumat ism, but is some be t t e r a t this writ ing.

The Sunday school class ef Mrs. V . Eve re t t held thel r meet ing Fr iday evening a t the Hack Hotel.

The pupils of our school have organ- ized a club.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Silverthorn visited a t Gee. Spencer 's Sunday.

The pupils of the school are prepar- ing exercises for Red Cross day Mon- day, Apri l 1, which they will give on the street . Everybody come, don't fail to hear it.

.,_ u(t~,,~,~ spent f ucsda v with Mrs. Geo. Spencer.

Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Silverthorn s~oent Sunday with their cousin, Mrs. Floyd Frankl in .

Mrs. N. R. Kennedy and son, Rod- crick, Mrs. R. Kennedy and Mrs. Chas. McPhait spent Tuesday a t the home of John McArthur .

Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Johr~son and son, Max, spent Sa turday and Sunday at the home of H a r r y McCaughna, at Novesta.

Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Spencer, Mrs. R. E. Johnson, Benj. Sharp and daugh- ter, Gall, were Cass City callers Sat- urday.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Wright and family and Mr. and Mrs. Wr igh t spent Sun- day. at the home of Chas. Silverthorn.

Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Stout and son, Shelling, re turned home Saturday af- ter spending a few weeks i~ Bay City.

Mrs. Chas. Silvert~orn and grand- daughter , Nora, were callers in Cuss City Monday.

Myrt le Spencer spent Sa turday night and Sunday with Misses Lola and Ruth Kilgore.

R. Kennedy went to Grand Rapids Monday to the Burleson sanitarium to be treated.

Miss Pearl Jenereaux of Rochester is visi t ing her parents for a few days.

Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Kennedy and son, Roderick, Mrs. R. Kennedy and Mrs. Chas. McPhail spent Sunday at the home of A. McPhail.

Mr. and Mrs. D. Cole of Pontiac vis- ited old friends here Friday. They

iwill spend a week with ~heir daugh- ter, Mrs. Martin Keilitz of Ellington before re tu rn ing to their home.

Mrs. George Phillips and grandson, Floyd O'Rourke, of Cass City spent Wednesday a t the home of the for- reef's brother, Win. Pierce.

Mr. and Mrs. John Clark transacted business in Marlet te F r i d a y .

Mrs. B; O. WatMns is ill with in- f lammatory rheumat ism.

Mrs. Warne r Keildy of Cass City called on her sister, Mrs. Lyle Fox, and aunt, Mrs. Livingston, Thursday,

D o f o r d M : ~ ! c25~- t~,nisoop~} C h . r c h .

Eas te r services will be _held on Sun- day, March 31, in the morning, Leek,

. . . . 1 • 11:00; af ternoon at Wflmot, 2:30, a m evening a t Deford, 7:30. At the eve- ning aervlee at Dof~,rd dm choir ,,ill ~'ive the Eas te r eant~/:a, °'The Glory Of the Cross" (by LorenZ) consistir~g _e solos, duets, . . . . . +~÷+~ choruses, reci ta t ions and tableau. Come and en- joy this service.

KINGSTON-NOVESTA TOWN LINE.

Ted Coleman re turned to Pontiac Tuesday a f te r spending a few days with his parents here.

F rank Thomas expects to leave for camp next Sunday. He is the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas to be in the service of Uncle Sam. One son is in France.

Henry Sweet 's house_ caught. . fire last Sa tu rday but it was extmgmshed before much damage was done.

George Cooper made a business trip to Caro Monday.

There was a ~ood at tendance of the Leek L. A. S. a t the home of Mrs. Leon Asherof t last Thursday. The April mee t ing will be witl~ Mrs. Wm. Wood, a t which t ime the ladies expect to quilt.

Next Thursday at t,ao p. m., the Leek W. C. ~T. U. will meet with Mrs. C. J. Malcolm at Deford. This will be a press meet ing and each member is requested to contribute to t h e pro- gram. Election of officers and dele- gates to the county convention will also take place.

More than twenty at tended the Leek Young People 's Bible class at Rt~by Funk's las t T h u r s d a y evening'. After the usual business session and a fine program the teacher, Mrs. Coleman, with a few well chosen words in be- half of the class, presented Frank Thomas ~4ith a vest pocket testament. F rank has been a 2aithful a t tendant at Sunday school and will be great ly missed.

NOVESTA CORNERS.

A few warm days and tee chirp of the robin remind us tha t spring is near.

E lmer Collins is still confined to his ~bed.

Mrs. E. Biddle attended the Red Cross sewing circle at Shabbona Wednesday.

J. Wentwor th is visiting" friends in Detroit and Pontiac.

Miss Olive Hicks spent the week- end with her sister, Mrs. E lmer Col- tins.

Miss Ella McLeish of Care is spend- ing a week's vacation with her mot, her here.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Collins and chil- dren spent Sunday a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. E lmer Collins.

Frank P e r r y of Detroit is visiting friends in this locality.

Mrs. Dave Collins returned Monday from Pontiac

Mr. and Mrs. George Bunker were agreeably surprised Saturday evening when their children, Walter, from Pt. Huron; Arthur, Andrew and Addie from Detroit; and David from Flint, came to spend a few days with them.

Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers and daughter, Mrs. Horaee Wyman, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. g. Bartlett.

Right Kind of Spunk. You must never give up until you

reacl~ the goal aimed at. Obstacles are t h e test stones for discovering strength. When sure you are right there can be no real excuse for your failure. Bruce learned from the spider that instead of moping he should spunk up and keep spunked up. History nev- er tires recounting his successes. Cy- rus Field knew what it meant when the Atlantic cable parted repeatedly as if in defiance of human invention. But he kept at it and joined together the continents. The same spirit led Edi- son to make 2,500 trials before he got {he results he sought in the incandes- cent !igbf Weak mort wo~!d h~ve giv- e", up carla ia d~e game. my***= rigM, kind of spunk Is the energy that brings things to pass and makes fo r tunes ,~ Pennsylvania Grit.

:_: When Fashions Came,

In the reign of Charles II, woman had her first riding habi t ; before that date mounting a gallant steed in any costmne the spirit moved her to wear. The new habit was extremely man- nish, not to say ugly, being composed of a doublet, a coat with long skirts and a tall hat. The Queen Anne pe- riod saw the eager welcome of the red- cult, grandmother of all sorts and con- ditions of bags. The custom of em- phasizing the t r immings on the left side of mtlady's hat, frequently of placing all the tr imming on thai side, has its origin in the position of the knight 's plume that was never put on the r ight side lest it might be in the way of his uplifted sword. In border anti in Hning fur graced many of the earliest garmentS, but it did not spring Into general popularity until the thir. teenth century. Sable and ermifie-~ from Herminia, the modern A r m e a i a ~ was reserved for kings and nobility.

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T F a woman suffers from such • ,L ailments as Backache, Head-

ache, Lassitude and Nervous- ness ~ the symptoms Indicate the need for Piso's Tablets, a valuable healing remedy with antiseptic, astringent and tonic prop~rffeso A local applteatto~ simple but effective~ response comes quickly causing refresh- ing relief with invigorating ef- fects° Backed b7 the name Piso established over 50 years, satis- faction is guaranteed.

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It Cost the A erage Family Less Than 10c Per Week {or Packer% Profit in 1917.

large items in the family budget

but l e s s t h a n 10 c e n t s per w e e k o f it

goes to the packer in profits.

I n c o n v e r t i n g l i v e s t o c k i n t o

meat and getting it into the hands of the retail dealer, the packer performs a complex and essential service with the m a x i m u m of efficiency.

The above statement i s based on Swift & Company's 1917 figures

and Federal Census data:

Swif t & C o m p a n y ' s totai ou tpu t ( M e a t a n d b y - p r o d u c t s ) - 5 , 5 7 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 P o u n d s

Swif t & C o m p a n y ' s total Prof i t . . . . $34,650,000.00

Prof i t pe r pound o - - $.0062

U, S. M e a t C o n s u m p t i o n ~ - - - - - 170 p o u p d s pe r p e r s o n pe r y e a r

170 p o u n d s at $.0062 - - - $! .05 pe r p e r s o n pe r y e a r

T h e a v e r a g e fami ly 4~/~ p e r s o n a $4.72 p e r f a m i l y p e r y e a r

1918 y e a r book of i n t e r e s t i n g a n d i n s t r u c t i v e facts s e n t on r e q u e s t .

A d d r e s s Swi f t & C o m p a n y , U n i o n Stock Y a r d s , Chicago, I l l inois

Swift & Company U . S . A .

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Having decided to reduce my stock on ccount of lack of help, ! will sell the fo l lowing property at auction 4 mi les east and 2 mi es north of Cass City or 2 miles south and mile west of New G teen leaf, on

Thursday, April 4 at 12 O'clock

10 head of cows and hei fers in calf

or calf by side

Grey Durham bull 14 months old

10 brood sows

5 year l ings

3 head of horses

19 geese

7 turkeys

4 ducks

3 wagons nearly new, a-in. tire

2 Stoughton stock racks and box near ly new

Osborne grain binder in good order

Two-horse cult ivator near ly new

Set of, a-horse section spike tooth harrows

100 bus. good seed eats

75 bus. of" potatoes

15 or 20 tons of mixed hay in barn

Number of e ther art icles

Will also offer nay threshing out-

fit for saIe on day of sale. Buffalo

Pit ts separa tor and 14-horse S ta r

engine and 14-barrel wa te r tank.

TERMs--Al l sums of $5.00 and under, Cash; over that amount 12 months ' time on good endorsed bankable notes bearing 7 per cent interest

J O H N 5EEGER, I Proprietor

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CASS CITY CHRONICLE, CASS CITY MICH., , M A R . 2~, 1918. I

SOLDIER BOYS' LETTERS.

Continued from first page~ country. Well, I will say if I put it in it will not get there as that is what we can' t tell too much of. I will t ry and put you wise by Saying I am a long ways from the front and that it is quite hilly here. In fact, we are in the foot hills of the Alps.

"The country is very healthy. Our camp is Welt ehbsen. We have a creek runn ing on one.side and good rail- roads and good: roads for autos. The roads are fine here. They are the best' I ever saw and run from one town to

and over them wheh they cannot go around. This is a great grape country but there are none here new as they were killed by worms. ~:~

"The hospital is 28 miles from here. They came from Detroit. There is one gM, a Miss Heart t , from Wilmot there and one boy h-om King- ston. He has been hurt felI off his motorcycle and broke his leg. He is coming' along finely.

"I am weighing around 168 pounds, so you see I am in good shape. I have a dandy job inside now. I take care of the tooI car and fix up anything tha t goes wrong.

" I t has not been cold of late. For about four weeks now it has been nice but foggw. Sometimes we can- not see very far, only 40 or 50 feet. We have had no rain for 10 days. They have been plowing here for two or three weeks.

" W e have a youngster in our com- pany that the boys took as mascot. He is a fine little lad of six years. He reads and sings in French, but he is learning English too. He goes to school.

" I see Chas. Donnelly every few days and he is on an engine running i~. I have not seen Ford but he is ah.ight."

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Win. Ward Writes fr~ra France.

Somewhere in France<Mar. t, 1918. Dear Parents :

This is a very nice country. I t has just been opened up within the last ten years. Large power pumps are ~ituated at convenient points along the river. These pump the water from the river into canals f rom which the farmers obtain the water for their crops. Some of the largest and finest irrigation canals in the country are situated in this pgrt of Texas. This country is becoming settled fast. Land in this part of the section costs from $200.00 to $350.00 per acre. Four crops are sometimes raised in one year. Mostly vegetables are grown. Grape f ru i t and oranges are cultivated extensively. The winter crops this year have been more or less of a failure on account of the cold

{ The Mexicans have been giving us l ,rouble r ight alonE. They smuggle ~food stuffs and come across and steal horses and cattle. We have to patrol the river constantly. We catch them quite often. Their main object in coming" across to this side is to obtain prov~smns as they are very hard up over there.

Yours respectfully, HAROLD E. DICKINSON,

1st Lt. 16th Cav.

REPEAT PERFORMANCE ATTRACTS BIG HOUSE

Continued from pa~e one. of all as she gave for th information about her snakes, meanwhile caress- ing them tenderly. Her ingenuity in making from the "whole cloth" the boa constrictor labelled her as a pro- fessional boa constructor.

Mrs. 1. D. McCoy and Colin McRae as Mr. and Mrs. J iggs played as though in earnest. Poor J iggs did fi- nally succeed in ge t t ing out at n ight and alone when with a sprinlder he wet the finery of his wife as she started down town and supposed him to be in bed. Their parley of wits was br ight and was localized by a few drives a t the expense of well known

.citizens. Make up excellent. " Mutt and Jeff were as real as Bud

Fischer himself in the persons of A. A. Hitchcock and Dr. P. A. Schenck. Their act st,~ack twelve in its bear- ing on present war topics, and pro- duced much merr iment and applause.

The "coon" act with Mrs. Zora Day, Miss Addle V~alla~e, Jan~eg Yakes

f I have andved safely in France and land

am feel ing fine. The w e a t h e r is fine / sponse"Buzz"and noWallaCebetter metthanaitheartYdeserved re-

here but it seems to rain most of the for "something doing every minute" t i m e . I can not write as muel~ to you had been the slogan in its prepara- a.s I would like ~ or as often but wil l ' ~" • ~ ran. [~rs.-Day has or ig inal i ty in sud~ write at least once a week, but if you i roles and her group support her splen- don't happen to hear f r o m me for a /d id ty . The lullaby was sweet and fit- while d o n ' t feel worried, f 6 r , n o j t ing as a elosin~ number, ~ '- ,~ews is good news" you kno~. I will t Mrs. M: M. V~rickware," Fred Bige- write often. ' [low and Mrs . Ella Turner, ' who took

I made an al lotment of $60 a month tthe par ts of Mr. and Mrs. Newly to the Cass City Bank before I left [Wed and Snookums brought down ~ e the states, so you might see if they [house with their act which was got it all right. It is to s tar t with my |scream~ngly funny. Mr. Newly Wed, February pay, so with that and m y l t h e fem~ ~ather, ~[rs. New!y roe& the Liberty Bonds, I am s a v i ~ $80 a l ~mther. ~,~ r2.~ ~ . . . . -,, ~ne

t ~.~,~ darling," who demands ~. devoted parents attention,

were repr<+~'ented in a manner t ruly 'realistic. "Dr." Knapp saved a life in i a very humorous manner.

Miss Sylvia Me Card of Pt. Huron

month. Wo!t, I "e~dH ~ v e to d *':m for I can

not let you know an~-mng about our ~riu or our 1~:.~.* ~ ~ h.ere~ bui will tett

~.~ ............ e~me bac~:, i %rill ~'itz~ awai~ soor~

BILL. Jus t address my mail,

Lt. W. Ward, Co. E. 125 Inf., A. E. F.

L e t t e r from Harold Dickinson . Mercedas, Texas, Mar. 14, 1918.

Dear Sir: Chronicle of recent date just re-

ceived and wish to thank you very much. I enjoyed reading it.

I am in command of a detachment of " D " Troop, 16th Cavalry, a t this writing. W e are on outpos~ duty on

rector and general manager, contrib- uted grea t ly towards making the show the thing it was - -a grand suc- cess. "Don' t you think so or do you ?"

The two performances netted $280.

SCHOOL NOTES.

Last Fr iday night the final game of the basket ball season was played a t Nor th Branch. The spectators were del ighted with the excellent team w o r k shown by both teams. From s ta r t to finish the game Was clean and snappy. Although North Branch put up a strong defensive, they were out- played during the firs~ half which end- ed in a score of 7-15. Having a good

~ea,:~ t~e ~c, ca~s re~ume~i ~.•t~e second half with confidence of carrying home the bacon.

Al though North Branch knew they l were playing a losing game, they nev- er ceased to play their best. When the final whistle blew, the score stood 20-28 in favor of the locals. Although North Branch lost t h e hard fought gam e they were sportsmen and took thei r beat ing good naturedly. Town- send refereed the entire game. Sev- eral • weeks ago when North Branch played here Townsend refereed while Supt. Dersch umpired. At the return game they had the privilege of re- vers ing the order but they were so well pleased with "Shorty 's" decisions tha t they requested him to referee the

e n t i r e game. The local line-up was forwards, Burr, Gowan; center, Hump; C. guards, Benkelman, Brooker; sub.,

t Johnson. 1 E igh t games have been played. All l were victorious except one, which was i lost to Bad Axe. During the season !Bad Axe has lost one game, to Cass City. The night we lost to them, a third game to decide the champion- ship was discussed. We agreed to play the game on any neutral, that is one ~vith both teams or one on which nei ther have played. Both teams have played one game at North Branch. North Branch finally consented to h a v e the final game played on the i r floor. This of fer was refused by Bad Axe, no doubt because they were afra id to spend a li t t le money on ear fa re or afraid of the sl ippery h a l l They proposed to play at Kinde or Pigeon. The floor at Pigeon is ce- men t and was deemed by the players too dangerous for such a fiercely Con- tes ted game° The locals never played at Kinde, while Bad Axe is familiar wi th that floor, thus p lac ing us a t a disadvantage. The Championship game was supposed t o be- played tonight (Fr iday) . Wednesday during a tele- phone conversation with their man- ager, Mixture, they absolutely:refused

t o play the game this week. As today i s the Close" of our basket ball season and base bali starts, we cannot l e t d t d r a g along to pIease Bad Axe.

We hereby highly resolve tha t these games h a v e not ~been played i~ .~a~ , Therefore, for the a b o v e stated ~)~e~- sons, w e claim t h e basket ball cham- pionship o f the thumb. : .....

"Valedictory" ~ v e n by the seniors has been postponed from Au ~;~- = ~- ~,.p~.~ ~ .... account .o~ comt-icts with other pub!ic affairs.

CENTItAL GR~ENLN~Fo :':

New Spring Footwear

WORK SHOES

New Spring Hats and Caps [I1

" ( ] u a r a a t e e d for Serv ice ."

R

T &/11 Clothing [

Nichae|st ~ y o u O U G H T TO GET IN ON T H O S E N E W SPRING

Stern AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PRESENT PRICES

Clothes wmL s a w you NONEY.

CEDAR RUN.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hartwick went to Detroi t Wednesday where Mrs. Hartwick will consult an eye specialist~

Class Two of Sunshine • Sunday acliool will meet fdr their monthly class • meet ing a t Wm. Spauiding's Fr iday evening.

Mrs. Wm. Burse, who is very ill at her •home, is thought to be slowly im- proving. Miss Della Martin of Cass City is nursing her.

Christia~ Szience~Services are held every Sunday morning at 11:00 and W edne~tay evening at 7:30. Subject for Sunday~ March 31~ is "Reali ty."

Baptist C h u r c h - - " T h e Resurrection o£ ~ Christ" will be the subject o f the Norman Karr spent a few days at t delighted t he audience with a whis t - ,w a ,, ~. , ..~ ~.

ling solo and resDonded to an enthus- Hat t ie Seeger and Elsie Barnes of Sunday morning sermon. Music by iastic encore. She was accompanied Ypsilanti are home on a week ' s vaca: the choir. Evening sermon at 7:30 on by Mrs. I. D. McCoy. The piano work, necessarily exacting, was most capa- Uon. ]the s,~abject, "Humani ty ' s Greatest bly done by Miss Marie Meztin and The Baptist ladies ~ aid will mdet:l Need. Baptism by immersion Sunday the Misses •Irene and Helene Bard- with Mrs. A v e r y Jones on Thursday; [evening. well. Samuel C h a m p i o n & Sons hart- April 4: Every one wele0me. - . . . . . j Presbyter ian- -The annum congrega- died s tage ar rangements with skill. J ames Voight •spent the :week-end l th0nal meet ing will be h e l d in the

[church Tuesday evening, April 2, a t In a splendid make-up G r e y Lenzner with his sister, Mrs. Barney D0h~dck~ 'e ight o'clock. impersonated Uncle S~m end formed near Gagetown. • the central figure in a patriotic The remains of James Wilmot w~s Methodist Episcopal - -Eas ter ser-

mon on the "Resurrection." Special tableau. In the first performance he brought f rom Det ro i t to Cass City for: Easter music. Reception of new mem- added color to the closing song by the burial last Friday.

If you sent a let ter to each of fifty labm" he could get before the war for people, it would cost you at least $1.50 $I or $1.25--and tha t he is having a for postage, besides the cost of paper, mighty hard time ge t t ing a n y b o d y a t envelopes and labor. The Chronicle all? Do you know t lmt every rail- will deliver your message to many road in the country is congested and t imes fifty people for a few cents and that it is much more difficult ~o get in addition to saving considerable farm products to marke t than it was a money, relieve you of a lot of work. l year ago? Do you know tha t the nmn

"Did you ever stop to wonder w h y t who buys food from the fa rmers and( food prices are high in war t ime? Or l then distributes it to the wholesale have you jus t complained about theJ dealers, has 'to pay much more for his fact tha t they are high ?" said Food i labor than he did before the war. And A ~ m m ~ r a t o r G. A. Prescotl~ "r~n.: do you k~,v~ that the wbo~ . . . . . . dealer th~r*'wondered why m the world the !is paying' wa~es and salaries tha t he government hasn ' t s ~ e p ~ m and lC)ula sc~,~e~y ha v~ dre~mca of ;~ fe~- breugk~ +&era back ~o r~ne ante-bel lumlYears ago m~d that the same things. level ? "The next t ime you complain~ are t rue of the retai lers ?" about prices", said Prescott, "stop to ! th ink • of the farmer who grew the~

Visiting Cards. things you are buying. Do you know[ Get them urinted a t the Chro~Ad~ tha t he is paying $2 or 82.50 a day for print shop in'50, 100, or la rger tots.

$ , I am still selling the

I Chevrolet and Maxwell i Automobiles

~he Rio Grande. Our camp is situated on the bank of the river. The Rio Grande at this place is about as wide as the Cass river there a t Cass City. We g o swimming every day.

We :have been having fine weather here lately, about twenty-five degrees in the shade. W~ have a nice cool b ~ y z e most of the time.

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entire company. His f igure and bear- Verna and Helen Wri~,ht o f ~ , ~ : ing made h im ' a complete representa- te •~. . , ,, ~ . - . . . . e ~ tion of the Star S n led Uncle " r are vzsz~ing rmeir parents , Mr and

W h i l e al l enter~etd a h~art i ly w i ~ the Mrs: Edd: Wright. • : par ts demanded of them, special! -The ladies will serve lunch at the mention should be made of Mrs Bey- IBap t is t church on election d a y . The otto, who - so beautifully t ra ined h e r pffoceeds are for the benefit of the Red little lassies, makifig ail "tt~eir • c o s - u r o s s . tumes twice, and Mrs. Ella Turner, t - - - - . who not only did her bit but a s di- To buy or sell, use Chronicle l iner~

bers. Subject for evening sermon, "The Great Loadstone." Chorus choir will render several selections.

Evangelical--StuTters appropr ia~ to the occasion mornmg and evenmg. Special music by the choir.

The Live Wire Bible class of the Evangelical Sunday school, will mee t with Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Striffier n e x t

Chevrolet 490 Touring Car, L o. b. Flint, - $ 7 0 2 . 5 0

Maxwell Touring Car, f. o. b. Detroit - $ 8 6 0 . 0 0 , [ ,i 1o W a i d | e y , C a s s Ci ty [

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday evening. ~ - . , ~ , ~ , ~ . . ~ , . ~ , ~ , ~ . ~ . ~ . . . , ~ ~ , . ~ . ~ . . ~ . , . ~ * * ~ , ~ , ~ . ~ . ~ . ~ , . ~

g/ o B i g D r i v e . . I s O n

T H I S S T O C K M U S T M O V E And we are going to move it. Here are s o m e prices that will help to move these goods from our shelves. W e have

now had an opportunity to go over our stock and have discovered some real bargains. Don't pass these up. = . . . . . ~ SuItana's Blended Coffee (packed expressly for ~O D An assortment of Cracker Jars, $1.00 to 1 9 C $1.60 Fern Dish 0 9 o),~ Geo. C. Hooper ) . Reg. 35c Coffee (steel ~ 5 C innerware • ¢ ~ O~ cut) 30c lb., or 3 lbs. for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.25 value, a t at %1} [

: ~ We have sorted out several pat terns in Din- I ~ , l~ , 85c Fern Dish O,} Big 3 lb. can Standard Pack Tomatoes 1 8 $5.00 Jardiniere and 0 ~ ~ ~ ] ~ '~ • I~ (regular 25c seller), per can . . . . . . . . . . C nerware which we have decided to close out, and Stand , at ................................. ~a~C oi,

these may be just the pat terns tha t match YOUR 75c Fern Dish

ove ................................. 59c 1 0 C gone. may jus t the article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2 , 0 0 T°~*

: Table Talk Ketchup (15c bottle), while Dinnerware, so come and look them before $3.50 Jardiniere and _ i! they last, per bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . they are all We have Stand

21 i'9 a4c " " ,*, Star A Star Brand Wheat Food (like you are looking for. Pr ices--TOO LOW TO $1.00 Jardiniere 65c Fern Dishes ~"

at -I,~ • . ................................. " ................................ 4.~* Cream of Wheat) 25c pkg . . . . . . . . . . . . . C MENTION. at C 60c Fern Dishes $--~.

i Raspberries, Strawberries or Cherries (best~ Excellent assor tment of up-to-date Dinner- $2.00 Hanging Basket e l ~ at O.I.f ................................... .,,.,. quality, reg. 2 lb. cans) woz~h 25c, only i ware at grea t ly reduced prices, a t ............................... ~ ! i~.t~

4 5 c ................................ 99 - - . . . . . . . . to per box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . An assortment of 60c Sugar and Creamers $1.25 Hanging Basket

- ~ Good grade of Aluminum Ware at a bargain ~,~

Climax Paper Cleaner 2 5 C Beautiful Water Set, regular price $3.50..$1.98 4 ~

3 cans for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . Beautiful Water Set, regular price $2.75 .$1.49 q~uu • Pearl Hand Soap, ~ _ " ~tO

per cake ~ BENKELNAN & JONES 20 PER c E N T DISCoUNT ON o u R ENTIRE .--e*~** EVERYTHING IN THE GROCERY LINE AT LINE OF BEAUTIFUL GENUINE CUT GLASS ~0.

GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. including Water Sets, Salad Bowls, Nappes, Col- "~ ~"

Watch for the CUT PRICE TAGS. ery Trays, Sugar and Creamers. ¢ ~

8 4 a:..- for y o u r butter and eggs. P h o n e N u m b e r ,isco, *., Cash trade o r