1915-11-25; Saline Observer

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VOL. XXXVI.
SALINE, WASHTENAW. CO., MIGH., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1915
NUMBER 9
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of ILngland, which was chartered
July ?7. 1694, but we are fully as
safe ahd dependable as tfrat bis-
toric fimencial institution has been
through the years that are past.
^We also offer to the people of this
community every banKing facility
■which the banK of ILngland offers
to the people of London or the
English nation generally.
^[The opening of a savings account
with us means the planting of seed
that will grow into a competence
for later years and relieve you of
many worries that comev with age.
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Air Tight Heaters, Oil Stoves and Ranges
A Good 9-Cover Range for
Take a look at the
ETERNAL MALLEABLE RANGE
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Jewel Steel Ranges at all Prices
HENNE'S HARDWARE STORE
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)f The looks of an Auction Bill has a great deal to do with
the attention it gets from the public. The handsomest bills
of this kind to be hacranywhere go from the Observer presses.
THE MARTHA WASHINGTON THEATRE
.T^A'S^ESfG-XOK- ATT   PJGARI,
Washtenaw County's Newest and Most Beautif ui Theatre
Yps2___t_V Ordy Sanitay, Well Ventilated and Fire-Proof Theatre.
PROGRAH
THURSDAY, .NOV:- 25-''SEVEN" -SISTERS," featuring Margarita
Clark. A Paramount production, 5 acts. Bray Cartoon. Special music.
FRIDAY, NOVl 25—"THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES,"
featuring Harry Mestayer.   A Selig red seal photo play.
SATURDAY, NOV, 27—"VANITY FAIR," featuring Mrs,-Fiske.
Join us in our Trip Around the World.
SUNDAY, NOV. 28—Marie Dressier, in "TILLIE'S TOMATO SURPRISE," a photo-pharse in 6 reels. "'  . /'':*■   .
MONDAY, NOV. 29—"HEARTS AND FLOWERS"
Pathe News.
TUESDAY,   NOV.   30—"THE   PUPPET   CROWN,"   featuring Ina
Claire and Garlyle Blackwell; a Paramount in 5 acts.
Pathe Scenic. .
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1—"JUST OUT OF COLLEGE," by George
Ade. - This'play had a twenty weeks' run in Boston at $1.00 and
$2.00 a seat.    '    _        ;
COMNGIATTRACTIONS
Mary Pickford, in "Rags.*'   "A Bunch of Keys."   "The Ordeal."-
."Silver Threads." . "Damaged Goods."   "In the Palace of the King,"
the
Matinees 2:30 and 4:00. -       Admission 5c and lOcA
Evenings 6:45 and 8:15.       . .Admission 5c and 10c. \
Talented Brothers Entertain on Evening of November 29.
THE ALL BROTHERS QUARTET.
The. All Brothers Quartet is composed of four brothers. Albert B.. Joseph
A., Clyde J. and Glen A. Caskey. Not
only are they full brothers, but they
hare unusual gift as musicians, and
they, have .played and sung together
about as long as they can remember.
They have shown remarkable ability
in their Toice wpi'k.-and their instrumentation is most unusual.
They form an instrumental quartet
with the first and second cornet, the
saxophone and the trombone.
All four play the chimes. Their program includes solos on the violin and
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THE  ALL  BrlOTKHno  CUASTET.
cornet, with the chi__.es accompaniment; violin and saxophone uuet. wUh
the chimes aeeoEipaKiiceut, and cornet
and saxophone duet, with the chimes
accompaniment; also the male quartet
with chimes accompaniment.
The quartet and chimes accompaniment sounds like a choir of twelve
voices with the pipe organ. The piano
is not used in any part of their program.    -   ■    * ■ .   ■
This is the second number of the
High School Lecture course. Tickets
on sale at usual "place. Admission,
50c Ior adults, 25c. for children.
Presbyterian Church News
Pastor—Rev. W. H. Hoffman.
The usual Sabbath services morn-
ins; and evening. '
Y. P. S. C. Et. at 6 o'clock; subject,
"Home Missions, in the state and our
own community."
This Sabbath, durin» the Sunday
school hour, Harold Miller will give
his report oi the state Sunday school
convention at Battle Creek. Of course
you want to hear it.
William Lutz and Harry Finch are
our delegates to the boys' convention
at Kalamazoo. We anticipate with
much interest their report of this state
wide movement and we are fortunate
in being so well represented.
While in Detroit the pastor was present at the installation of Dr. Gantz in
the Westminster church and heard the
very able sermon of Dr. Ross Stevenson, president of Princeton Theological seminary and the moderator of the
General Assembly. The occasion was
the gathering together of the Presbyterian clans near and remote.
The following maxims have a bit of
suggestion:
The -farmers are the founders of civilization.
High thinking goes well with high
farming.
Let the whole family pull-Rigether,
that is the best kind of socialism.
" No prop for old age like a good farm
all paid for.
Methodist Church Items
Pastor—Rev. G JG. Hicks.
The pastor will preach both morning and evening, Sunday, Nov. 2S.
At 10 o'clock the subject will be, "The
Christian'^ High'Tower." Immediately following the sermon the congregation will divide into classes for
the session of the Bible school. Re-
membe)\this combined service of worship consumed just two hours from 10
to 12 o'clock.
" 'In the evening at 7;o'cloek .the subject wiU*e- "The World. Kingdom."
This will be.illustrated by several ster-
eopticon slides. - ATsp file male quartette will sing, "The Little Brown
Church in the Wildwood."
The Epworth League will meet at 6
o'clock,  led by Miss Olive Townsend,
| on the subject,  "Our Nearest Home
I Mission Field.''   Let the young^people
-rally to this service. \
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§ ■ DO YOU REMEMBER  |
When John F. Buck lived in the
house now occupied by T. P. Collins?
When Christopher Gugerfcy owned
the dwelling property now owned by
Mrs. Cressy?
When the house now owned by S. A.
Fitzgerald was occupied by John A.
Smith and family, for a time?
When at a Fourth of July celebration, about the year 1888, a cannon in
the middle of the street in front of the
now waiting room was being fired during the afternoon, exploding with terrific force, one piece penetrating several rooms in the old Kanouse Tavern,
opposite, while another piece sailed
over the town and was picked up in
the backyard where Mr. Hunt now
lives?
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Price of Potatoes.
There is a general belief that because
the Michigan potato crop is a failure
the tubers will soar in price this winter.
Perhaps th'e 'potato market horizon of
these people is too restricted. In some
sections cf the country the potato crop
is particularly heavy. In New Jersey
farmers were afraid they would not be
given over two "thirds of what it had
cost to produce potatoes, and many
concluded it was only piling on expensa
to dig them.
However the potato raisers of the
east have been given a ray of hope in
the news that South American markets
have been opened to America's potato
crop. It is said that buyers in Argentina, Brazil, Peru and other northern
republics are placing large orders with
the result that the price has risen in
two weeks from-60 to 70 cents a barrel
to 90 cents.
Monmouth county, New Jersey, has
2,000,000 barrels of potatoes ready for
use and an eastern newspaper suggests
that "if prices continue to advance at
the present rate, that county will probably soon have as many high powered
automobiles for family use as Aroostook
county, Maine."
Auction Sale.
Philo Boettger, having sold his
farm, will offer at public sale on the
place, 4 miles southwest of Saline, on
Tuesday, November 30, at 1 o'clock
sharp, the following described property:
One bay mare 16 years old; 4 head of
cattle—1 with calf by side, 2 year old
heifer due to calf in February, 4 year
old heifer due to calf in March, 8 year
old heifer due to calf in June; 86
sheep—52 American Merino breeding
ewes, 34 lambs; 2 Poland China brood
sows, 16 pigs;
Osborne binder, McCormisk mower,
McCormick hay rake, McCormick corn
binder, Empire fertilizer grain drill,
New Idea manure spreader, Evolution
wheel cultivator, 1-horse cultivator,
Syracuse sulky plow, Oliver steel walking plow, 8-section Osborne corn drag,
spring tooth harrow, corn sheller,
grindstone, fanning mill, bag holder,
30-ft. extension- ladder, grain -bags,
buggy* cart, pair of bobs, wagon, combined hay and stock rack, spray pump,
2 sets double harness, Blue Bell cream
separator^ new hay car and rope, 'tank
heater, steel kettle, bushel crates, few
household goods, small tools.
Quantity of hay, stack of alfalfa, 8
acres of corn in shock, 200.bu. of com,
3 stacks of corn stalks, 400 bu. of oats,
30 bu. of barley, lj4. bu. of clover
seed, 50 bu. late potatoes, 30 bu. early
potatoes. ,
F, D. Merithewj Auctioneer.
Mrs. Kate Henzler and granddaughters, Misses Esthar aud Helen Goltz,
left Wednesday to pass Thanksgiving
with, her s6n, Gottlob Henzlej, and
wife at Owosso.
MAIL ORDER HOUSES CAN'T KILL
ANY LIVE TOWN.
Do not let yourself believe that the
mail order houses will ever kill this
town. If any considerable number of
people in this town and in this neighborhood persist in the habit of sending their money away from home it
will, of course, keep this town from
ever being anything more than it is,
and mav even set it backward. But
there will always be a town of some
kind here.
And the reason is this: a town,
after all, is something more than a
collection of houses. It is a product
not only of the brain hut of the heart.
The pioneers saw that this was a natural place for a town to be. They
settled here; their children were born
here; and here most of their children's
children were born. The foiindations
of this town areMeeper than the sills
that support the houses; they reach
down into the hearts of the people of
this community.
The mail-order patron does not lack
patriotism ^o much as he lacks foresight. He probably has never thought
very much about it. He 'has thought
only of his individual case. It didn't
seem to make very much difference to
him -if he spent ten dollars or a hundred dollars, away from home. But ten
two hundreds are two thousand; and a
hundred two hundred are twenty thousand; and §20,000 taken out of the
pockets of the town, if such should
happen to be the case, would hit it
fairly hard. It may not be $20,000
that goes out of this" community to
the mail order houses each year, or it
may be a great deal more. The mail
order patron himself is the best judge
of that. He knows at least, if he will
look at the front page of his catalogue, that great buildings are built
in Chicago and elsewhere out of the
great profits of these concerns. He
knows also, if he will stop to think,
that every brick in those structures is
a brick taken out of the upbuilding
of this town and other towns like it.
These great buildings are not built
by selling below cost. They were built
not at the expense of the men who
built them, but at the expense of the
small towns of this country. They
were paid for with money that otherwise might have been employed in
building up the business houses in
this town. Whether the mail order
patron saved anything thereby is
doubtful, quality considered; whether
the town lost anything is certain.
But neither the mail order house
or the mail order patron can kill this
town absolutely. There wilb always
be a considerable number of people
who will prefer getting value at home
to getting stung abroad. They will
use both foresight and sense. These
will form the nucleus of the town of
the future just as they form the backbone of the town of the present. And
in the future as in the past, they will
go ahead helping to provide the children of the mail order patron with
school, his family with church, his vehicles with roads and streets, his needs
with his necessities, -while he fritters
away his means' elsewhere. He will
continue to reap the harvest whether
he helps to sow and cultivate or not.
Reams have been written and pages
have been printed about the duty a
man owes to his town to do his buying
at home. But it is not merely a duty;
self-interest also demands it. If it
were a matter of duty alone it is to
be feared that few of us wduld pay
much attention to it. When Phillip
Brooks returned one time from abroad
a reporter met him at the pier and
jocularly asked:
"Doctor Brooks, did you-bring over
any new religion that you had to pay
duty on?"
"I am not so foolish," replied the
quick-witted divine, "as to attempt to
introduce into America any religion
with duties attached to it."
We are not as bad as that, but we
are inclined sometimes to neglect public duty and devote our thought" rather to promoting private interest. This
is human nature.—-Fremont Times-
Indicator, j
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MARRIAGE \uCENSES
Walter W. Armbruster, 21, Ann% Arbor; Elsbeth Marqu&rdt, 20, sar_ui_
Fred L. Stoll, 32, ypsilanti; Bertha
Winsel, 22, Denton.   ;        '
Robert Hj—Sttaver^ 22,- Cassopolis;
Helena Mae Kimel, 21,1 Lyndon.
Dion H, Benham, 23, Ann Arbor;
Ruth Mae Smith, 20, sime.
Thomas. Hanselmam_S38, Ann Arbor;
Sophie C.-Weimer, 40, same.
Oscar Staebler, *26, Freedom; Minnie
Ernst, 24," Bridgewater.
We €iteproud of ot/r /foe
stock of Cutfery
A CARVING SET IS  A SUITABLE, ACCEPTABLE, USEFUL CIFT.
•       CARVING IS A PLEASURE WITH ONE OF OUR
SHARP, WELL-TEMPERED KNIVES.   SAVE YOUR
TEMPER.
BUY YOUR BOY OR YOURSELF ONE OF OUR
GOOD, HANDY POCKET KNIVES.
FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT IN HARDWARE,
WHENEVER YOU WANT IT, COME TO US.
SEEGER & SCHROEN
The Hardware on the Corner.
Phone 87
Your Home Is Your Castie v
Furniture is everything in making the home livable and happy.
Life is short, and it's hot worth while going through it surrounded by old,
creaky chairs, scratched squeaky burtaus or old, dilapidated beds.
.. Make your home a castle of enjoyable surroundings^ It pays. Also it
pays to buy your Furniture here. Large, new stock for late summer und fall
needs, at prices that cannot be duplicated in the county.
ITlirnituxe and Undertaking T 1"^
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I.F.WEISSINGER
Staebler-Ernst Wedding.
A. pretty wedding was solemnized on
Wednesday afternoon of last week,
when Miss Minnie Ernst of Bridge-
water and Mr. Oscar Staebler of Freedom were united in marriage at the
home of the bride, Revr Dr. Mayer of
Bfethel church performing the ceremony.
The bride wore a gown of georgette
crepe* trimmed with pearls, and carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums. She was attended by Miss
Rubena Staebler, whose gown was of
yellow silk and her bouquet was^o!
yellow chrysanthemums. The groOhl
was attended by Mr. William Lam-
parter.
At the close of the service,  Mr. and
Mrs. Staebler received the congratulations of the guests, after which dinner
was served, the table decorations being
in yellow and white.
Mr. and Mrs. Staebler left for a
short trip and upon their return will
be at home to their friends in Freedom.
Read the Ads.
Mr. Reader, or Mrs. Reader, do
you know that the advertising columns of our paper are the most important ones to you of the entire publication. They certainly., are. Week
after week these business firms aire
buying space through which to talk
with you—through which to tell you
of the new Stocks the-'^ have received,
of the special inducements they have
made arrangements to offer you.
The advertising columns of itMs paper comprise a catalog of every necessity and many of the luxuries of
life, and the salesmen are men of your
own personal acquaintance, honest, industrious men and women who make
it their business to serve your needs
well and at as little expense as is possible. To" neglect reading tiheir messages—everyone of them—is to miss
iftany an opportunity-
"No hunting allowed" signs, for
farmers who do not wish to have hunters on their premises, for sale at The
Observer office.   .
Distress in the Stomach.
There are many people who have a
distress in the stomach after meals. It
is dueio indigestion and easity remedied
by-taking one of. Chamberlain's Tablets
after meals. Mrs. Henry Padghan, Victor, N. Y_, writes; "For-somejtime I was
troubled withLheadache and distress in
my stomach after eating, also with constipation. About six months ago I began taking Chamberlaitt's Tablets." They
regulated-the action of my bowels and
the headache and other annoyances
ceased in a. short time." Obtainable
everywhere.
Plan Now For
Christmas   Photos
.It's none too early!
Portraits of Quality are going to-
be more popular than ever, this
year, to present friends and relatives at Christmas time. Order
them now while wfe have the
time which we like to give to
such work.
G. C. MAEDEL
Studio at 119 East Liberty street
Anft Arbor    Phone 1911
Two Hundred and Fifty Stories.
And every story a good one. They
are entertaining, but that is not all you
can say about them. "Eou __now there
is hardly a periodical published that is
not full of time-wasting stories, but not
a story in The* Youth's Companion is a
time waster. Take the stories of C. A.
Stephens. It would be hard to pick,
out one from which you cannot learn
something useful and yet entertaining.
- Some of The Companion stories refresh your knowledge of geography,
some tell you the mysteries of chemistry, some reveal the secrets of forestry
and of general farming. They cover a
wide range. They are chosen with an
an eye to the possible likings of every
member of a Companion family—stories
of vigorous action and stirring adventure for boys, stories of college life and
domestic vicissitudes for girls, stories
that range all the way from sheer drolls
ery to deep seriousness for men and
women. There are no stories quite like
those in The Companion.
If you are not familiar with The Companion as it is today, let us send you
sample copies and the Forecast for 1916.
New subscribers whosend §2.60 for
1916 will receive free- a copy of 'The '
Companion Home Calendar for 1916,^ih
addition to all the remaining 1915 issues
from the time the subscription is received. ' "'■"".
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BOSTON, MASS.
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