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VOLUME XXXIX.
SALINE, WASHTENAW CO,, MICH., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1919
NUMBER 26
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Regularity in Saving
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SELVES BY TKING TO SAVE TOO MUCH.
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OF OUR FRIENDS A VERY IMPORTANT
FACT.
THE AMOUNT YOU SAVE IS NOT HALF
SO IMPORTANT AS YOLB. REGULARITY
IN SAVING.
WE W.LL APPRECIATE AN INTERVIEW WiTH YOU ON THIS IMPORTANT
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Occupying Thoughts and Activities of
Our "Leading Citizens These Days.
RIG FREE MOVIE SHOW
At The Liberty Theatre ou Tuesday
Evening bl Next Week.
Good roads, from the county system
to* the state's proposed $50,000,000
bond issue, is the all-absording topic
of the day. Friday evening a small
but enthusiastic buncjh of good roads
boosters met in the council rooms .at
which time State Engineer Leigh
Townsend of Lansing outlined the
two propositions. As a result of the
meeting another has heen arranged,
to be held at The Liberty theatre on
Tuesday evening, March 18, at which
time prominent speakers will explain
the merits of the propositions.
Previous to the addresses a frea
mov'ng picture entertainment will be
given. The movie program will include a high class comedy and several thousand feet of .films showing the
improved methods of road building.
As the seating capacity is limited,
and with a desire to present matters
of vital importance to the public, the
audience will be confined strictly to
men and women of voting age. Remember, the entertainment is entirely free—not even a silver collection.
Wishing to spread a little light on
the subject of the county system we
present below an article covering
many of the details from the pen of
one who has made a deep study Of
the merits of the county system:
Let: Your Money Circulate at Home
The more you buy Saline made bread the more your
i**>r j will circulate at home, thus promoting the general
f.:c 'parity of all. We make our money as well as our bread
an-• pastries here, and we spend our money here, too. Out-
irifcc bakeries spend their money at home, too, which doesn't
help Saline much, does it? When ordering bread, specify
Sa'ine made bread.
Schnebelt's Bakery
U.S. Food Administration License No> B. 11957     * .
In view of the fact that more than
sixty counties iu the state are now
under the county road system, many
of them for years, speaks well for tJris
plan in constructing the highways of
those communities.
Under the county system it is possible to construct the MAIN MABKET
ROADS in continuous stretches and
not by piece meal, in fact have roads
that begin somewhere and go somewhere.
If "Washtenaw should decide to
adopt the county system April 7, she
will immediately come under the
general road laws of the state and begin to receive the same benefits that
the other counties are working under.
No longer will this community be
sending out thousands of dollars each
year to assist other counties under
the system in constructing their roads
but will receive many thousands eaeh
year in rewards.
Under the county plan a system will
be laid out covering the main high
ways of each township which will also meet the roads of the -adjoining
counties. This system of highways
must meet with the -approval of the
board of supervisors and the State
Highway Department.
Tho state laws now provide that
three commissioners be appointed by
the supervisors or elected by the people. These commissioners proceed to
appoint a superintendent who shall
be an experienced road builder or a
competent engineer, who shall have
charge of all construction and the
maintainance of the highways. This
places the responsibility upon one
person. The superintendent is responsible to the road commissioners. The
road commissioners, act the same as
a board of directors of a bank or any
corporation. They in turn are largely responsible to the supervisors.
If the county system is adopted all
the taxable property of the county
will help to build the highways, in
other words the cities of this county
will pay, I am told, sixty-five per cent
of the cost of construction and maintenance.
The national government has .adopted a broad policy looking toward the
building of the main- roads of each
county on a fifty-fifty plan. This will
bring into Michigan in the next nine
or ten years around twenty-five millions of .dollars. "Washtenaw will not
participate in this distribution as a
county unless' the county system! is
adopted. These roads will he constructed under the supervision of the
state highway department and the National goverment, to be followed by a
system of maintenance by the same
parties.
By the adoption of the county system there is no change in the township plans except "the main traveled
roads are taken over, built and maintained by the county. These roads
have heen the main source of expense
to the townships. To be relieved of
these will enable the townships to
more quickly build the other roads
of that community.
The question has been asked what
type of. roads will be built under the
county system. A traffic census will
he taken and a road will be constructed that will bear the traffic that will
go over it.
A complete county system of roads
means to the women better means of
reaching the church and social meetings, to the children a continuous at---
tendance at school, to the farmer and
manufacturer the  delivery 'of  their
products at one-half the cost and delivery at such Jimes when prices are
the hest and not upon a glutted
market.
VISITS FOREIGN FIELD
A. L. Boyden, Former Resident of the
Hammond District, on Important
Mission Abroad.
It affords us pleasure to reproduce
the following article, which concerns
a son-of J. H. Boyden, the latter'still
owning the farm inthe-Hammond district where A. L. Boyden grew to
young manhood:
The shortage of sugar during the
past four years, and especially in 1917
and 1918 was undoubtedly a large
factor in the rapid advance in the
price of honey in- both foreign and
domestic markets. It is generally
conceded, however, that honey was
selling at abnormally? low prices in
the United States until about three
years ago, since which time it ha?
gone to the other extreme. Among
the causes which have bettered domestic prices in addition to the sugar
shortage may be mentioned the advertising done by the A. L. Root Company for Airline honey, which has
popularized honey as no other thing
has done, and the favorable comment
and publicity given to honey by magazines and newspapers generally.
With the coming of peace there will
be new possibilities in trade, and in
order to study honey markets at close
range, our Mr. A. L. Boyden leaves
on March 1st for a somewhat extended trip to important foreign markets,
expecting to visit while absent such
centers as London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Brussels, Antwerp; and he may extend his
trip into other important honey distributing markets. It as too early to
forecast prices, but a survey of the
domestic markets leads us to believe
that the 1918. crop is largely disposed
of, very little being left in the hands
of producers and only slight reductions in sight at present.
ORITUARY
Mrs. Elizabeth Weller, wife of the
late Michael Weller, and one of the
older r^idents of this*^place, died at
her home in Bridgewater on Friday,
March 7, at the age of 75 years
Although Mrs. Weller had been in
poor health for more than three
years she was confined to her bed only
a few days.
Funeral services were held Sunday,
March 9, at 1:00 o'clock at the house
and at 1:30 at St John's Evangelical
Lutheran church, Rev. Phillips officiating.
Deceased is survived by six children, Mrs. Fred Schill of Saline, Mrs.
Martin Noll and Miss Rose Weller of
Ann Arbor, Gottlob, Fred and Theodore of Bridgewater.
CARD OF TILYNKS.
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to our friends and neighbors
for all the kindness shown us and our
mjother, Mrs. Weller, during her long
illness; to Rev. Phillips and for the
beautiful flowers.
Tlie Children.
AUCTION SALE
"Ernest Munroe and. Charles Ellis
will offer at Public Sale on their
farm, 5 miles south of Saline on the
town line road; or 5% miles west of
Milan, on
Friar-, March 21, 1919,
at 10 o'clock sharp, the following described property:
Nine Head of Cattle—Durham cow
due March 5, Durham cow due March
26, Durham cow due April 5, black
heifer giving milk.
Sheep—80 Black Top ewes due to
lamb about April 15, 55 Black -Top
lambs, 2 Black Top rams.
Horses—Black team, 1 and 8 years
old, weight 3100; grey team, 7 and 8
years old, weight 2600; hay gelding 6
years old, weight 1300; grey mare, 12
years old, weight 1200.
Hogs—50 shoats, 28 ?about 125 lbs.
and 22 about 75; stock hog; 2 fat
hogs; 9 brood sows due between March
15 and April 15.
Hay and Grain—3 tons alfalfa hay,
5 tons timothy hay, 1,000 bushels of
oats, 6 bushels seed corn.
Extra good lot of implements, tools,
and other articles too numerous to
mention.
Usual terms of sale.
Charles Thompson, Auctioneer.
G. A. Lehman, Clerk.
A PREDICTION
AND AN ANSWER
Present Period of Readjustment Is a
Very Critical Time.
Attention, Discharged Solilers.
The  original  discharge certificate
should be sent  to Washington.   We
suggest that the men register their
discharge   papers   with   the   county
•clerk or else have a certified cffpjy
made for their. own use before sending the original to Washington.
Very truly yours,
*.      J. L. GILLEN;
Director Dept:-of Civilian,. Relief.
Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Labor, says:
"The present period of readjustment is the critical time. If we can
pass through it safely, we have before
us from eight to ten years of industrial activity equal to any wave of
prosperity we ever have had. But if
there is ahy serious unemployment,
here will be a period of infjusttrial
unrest which may lead us to a repetition, of the French or the Russian
revolution."
Secretary Lane, of the Department
of the Interior, says:
"If Congress will appropriate the
relatively small sum which I have
asked for the construction- of soldier-
settlements in every state in the union, I ean offer jobs almost immediately to 100,000 of our returned fighting men. thus helping to stem the
tide of industrial unrest predicted by
Secretary Wilson; provide farm homes
■•flor 25,000 of these men, 'thus mitigating the evils of tenantry; and bring
into" cultivation 1,500,000 acres of at
present unproductive land, thus helping to make up the deficiency in the
rate of growth of cultivated land as
compared with the rate of growth of
our population. There can be no
surer insurance fqr the nation than to
put its men upon the soul.""
WILL AID  FARMERS
TO  MABKET PRODUCE
An additional field agent, whose
business it will be to assist in the
work of forming more cooperative associations among the farmers of the
state, has been appointed by the
M-'chigan Agricultural college. He is
George C. Raviller, and he will colab-
orate with Hale C. Tenant, field agent in markets organization for M.
A. C.
The work will be a development of
what has been in progress for some
time. Last year, through the markets
office of the college, cooperating with
cornty agricultural agents, 55 marketing associations, eight livestock
shipping associations and five milk
producers associations were organized"
in the various agricultural communities of the state.
OBITUARY
Mr. Romaina P. Glover passed away
at his home in Fowlervllle March 2,
after an illness of several months. He
was a patient sufferer even when pain
was most distressing. He was born on
a farm west of Saline, known as the
H- od farm, lately purchased by Samuel Lambarth, on January 20, 1845,
where he spent his earlier years. He
moved his family to this place in 18-
89 and went into the foundry and machine business. In 1899 he sold out
and moved his family to Fowlerville,
where he established a machine and
rej.air business which he carried on
successfully until failing health compelled him to give it- up a few months
ago. He always lived a quiet, honorable life—a man of sterling character
*—loved by all who knew him, and he
will he greatly missed.
Deceased leaves to mourn their
loss three sons, William H. of Ypsilanti, Roy J. and Walter Y. of Fowlerville, seven grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of
his son, Walter, with whom he made
his home, Rev. Ira Smith officiating.
He vas laid to rest in Greenwood
cemetery by the side of his wife, who
passed away seven years ago.
CARD OF THANKS.
I desire to thank the Willing Workers and other friends' who sent me
the beautiful flowers ahd cheered me
in various other ways during my recent stay at the hospital.
Mrs. D'aVid Gordon.
Saline Township Republican Caucus
The Republicans of Saline township
will hold a caucus in the Council
Rooms Saturday, March 15, at 2 p. into nominate a township ticket and
transact such other business .as may
seem necessary.
By Order of the Committee.
OBSERVER  LINERS
Classified Advertising
6c per Line thirst insertion; Then 3c
per Line;  Minimum charge 25c.
A Fordson Tractor Is now on dis-
p'.cy at tlie "Wiedman Garage. Drop
in and look it over.
LODI REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The Republicans of Lodi township
will hold a caucus at the Town Hall
on Monday, March 17, 1919, at 2
o'clock p. m., for. the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for the
various township -offices.
By order of Township Committee,
W. A. Lindemann, Chairman.
Second hand Buick Runabout for
sals. Inquire of George VanHouten,
Sr.. phone 5-F12, Macon line.       26
Michigan Crop Report
Average Depth of Snow in the State
in February About an Inch.
For Sale—Alsyke clover seed, first
quality. Emma Webb, first house
south of Pittsfield town hall.        27
Concrete mixer and steel wheelbarrow for sale. Phone 5-F12, Macon
lire George VanHouten   26
The Library will, hold a baked
goo.Is sale in the' library building.
Saturday afternoon, March 15, at 3:00.
Cash paid for Liberty Bonds. David A. Killlns & Son, 107 First National Bank Building, Ann Arbor, Mieh.
To Rent—The flat above the printing office. Electric lights, bath and
.th.r conveniences. Rent very low.
Ir.qulre at Observer office.
For Sale—Pure bred Single Comb
Rhode Island Red eggs for hatching;
also a pair of guinea fowl.   .
PI one 166-F2.     Mrs. W. L. Rundel.
S me one by mistake took three tea
knives, marked C. F. S., from the Red
Cross room. The owner will appre-
cii te it very much if they are left at
this office. 26
Pure bred Rhode Island eggs
for settings. Good winter laying
strain. Single setting, 75c; better rate
on larger quantities. 4-1
F. C. Hollis, Phone 183-F22.
For Sale—Combination heater; will
burn hard or soft coal, coke or wood.
In fine shape and would cost in the
ne'ghborhood of §50 new; yours if you
Wi. nt it for about one-quarter of that.
Inquire at Observer office.
For Sale—Good 85-acre farm 4 miles
south of Ann Arbor on State street, %
ni'le from Pittsfield Jet. Price $8,500.
Large brick house, 2 barns and other
bu'ldings; 6 acres timber, balance under cultivation. Inquire of S. Canby,
Ann Arbor, Rfd 6; phone 7130-F5.   26
In answer to the question, "Has
wheat during February suffered from
any cause?" 193 correspondents in the
state answer "yes" and 146 "no;" in
the southern counties 123 answer
."yes" and 69 "no;" in the central
counties 49 answer "yes" and 29
"n;" in the northern counties 19 answer "yes" and 37 "no" and in the Upper Peninsula 2 answer "yes" and 11
"no." Snow protected wheat in the
state 6 days, in the southern counties
2, in the central counties 4, in-the
northern counties 15 and in the Upper
Peninsula 24 days, during the month
of February.
The average depth of snow on February 15th in the state was 1.00, in
the southern counties 0.15, in the central 0.27 of an inch, in the northern
counties 2.86 and in the Upper Peninsula 7.69 inches. On the 28th of February the average depth of snow in
the state was 2.02, In the northern
co nties 5.08, in the Upper Peninsula
11.43 inches, in the southern, counties
0.52 and in the central counties 0.97
of an inch.
The total number of bushels of
wheat mearketed by farmers in February at 83 flouring mills is 61,751
and at 54 elevators and to grain'dealers 451,562 or a total of 103,313 bushels. Of this amount S 3,807 bushels
-were marketed in the southern four
tiers of counties, 14,961 in the central
counties and 4,545 in the northern
counties and Upper Peninsula. The
estimated total number of bushels of
wheat marketed in the seven months.
Argust-February, Is 4,400,000. One
hundred and five mills,-* elevators and
grain dealers report no wheat purchased from farmers in February.
The average condition of live stock
in the state is reported as follows:
Houses and swine 95, cattle 94 and
sheep 97.
WANTED—People in this vicinity
who have any legal printing required
in the settlement of estates, etc., to
have it sent to this newspaper. The
rates are universal in such matters
and to have your_ notices appear in
this paper it Is only necessary to ask
the probate judge to send them here.
Real Estate Transfers
Furnished by the Washtenaw
Abstract Co., Ann Arbor.
Martin Keck and wife to George
Renz and wife, 190 acres on section
28, township of Lodi.
Christian Frey and wife to Nellie
Lowry. 53W">4 SW% section 36, township of Ann Arbor, and E% NEfrl.%,
scc':ion 2 township of Pittsfield.
Nellie Lowry to Christian Frey and
wife, SW% SW% section 36, township of Ann Arbor, and E% NEfrl.34
section 2, township of Pittsfield.
S. A. Peers et al. to Charles W.
Wagner, 30 acres of land on section
16, Pittsfield.
William D. Gooding aud wife to
William Saddler, 40 aeres of land on
section 16, township of York. Consideration §1,000.
John G. Wahr and wife to Ernest D.
Mayer, land on section 16, Lodi township.
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Henry Bredernitz was  a husiness
visitor in Ann Arbor Tuesday.
LODI DEMOCRAT CAUCUS
The Democrats of Lodi township
will "hold 'a caucus in the Town Hall
on Saturday, March "15, at 1 p. m-.,
standard time, for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for the
various township offices, and any other-
husiness that may properly come he^
fore the meeting. ~
Herman Gensley,.
Chairman of Committee.
The Quality Grocery
! Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and! Fancy Canned Goods »
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LEMONS, 30e DOZEN |
Grape Fruit 10c each, and 15c, two for 25c '    §
Lettuce fresh and good, 20c per pound  ■       &
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A little good Maple Syrup left ' §
SPECIALS §
FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY
A few 69c Brooms left -
Blue Tip or Searchlight Matches, 6 boxes
for 33c. 12 boxes for 59c
50 Bars White Seal Soap $1,00     ••   -
100 Bars White Seal Soap $1.95
3 Bars White Seal Soap    ,10
:: Bring ns your Butter and Eggs.     Highest prices
paid for all Farm Produce
§ Phone 86 MARTIN  fUOSS
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