1921-03-24; Saline Observer

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VOLUME XXXXI
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SALINE,  WASHTENAW   COUNTY,  MICH:, THURSDAY, MARCH M, 1921
NUMBER 28
A COMMUNICATION.
FROM SUNNY CALIFORNIA
i $60,000,000,000
SIXTY
BILLION
DOLLARS
Some statistician has computed-that to be
the amount which is stolen every year in
theJJnited States.
It is more than all the taxes collected in
the United States. It amounts to $60.00 for
every man, woman and child.
With these figures before us what person
would say that it paid to carry money or
keep it hidden in the house or elsewhere.
Don't take this chance of loss. Deposit
your dollars in this bank where they will be
safe and where they will earn interest-for
you.
Saline Savings Bank
Member of Federal Reserve Bank*
Es&-y-^E-gJg-.jgBJ*-B —.y* [ iwr ^"r 7 rw-m i mi i u tj w in
n every
ment
Come in and note the many bargains we have for you
BURKHART-BROS,
MONEYS. WOETH. or MONEY BACK."
The Quality Grocery
PHONE 86
For Fruits, Vegetables, Staple and Fancy Groceries and Canned Goods
ORANGES GRAPE FRUIT        BANANAS
LEMONS FIGS DATES    -
LETTUCE HEAD LETTUCE   "    CELERY
OLEOMARGARINE COTTOSUET
SALT PORK AaCON ^   LARD
Cash Paid lor Farm Produce!
All goods delivered promptly.
We send Laundry every -Wednesday and Saturday
>YOURS FOR MORE BUSINESS,-'
Phone 86' ' . .        MARTIN   FUOSS
Mr. "Editors
We are' all .doing owe best to encourage the advancement of a community spirit, "but I feel that the
present mode; of finiging; our church
hells is suggestive of community discord rather than of community unanimity.
We have five very rich"" ^ toned
churh bells in our village, but thtir
tones do not all harmonize, and being located so closely together when
they' are all ringing at once they
emait a discordant clang which more
nearly resembles a fire alarm or
some sort of celebration than it doe.?
a call to worship. I would' like,
through the medium of "your valuable
naper, to offer some suggestions?
which I think if 'adopted! would be
stoutly appreciated by all, especially
lovers of music. -
The first Btep necessary to bring
this about- will he to have all regular
Sunday morning services begin at the
same hour. The next would be to give
each bell a'number, (and to assist the
janitors in hearing each other to the
best advantage) number them as follows: The larger Lbttieran bell No. 1,- M.
E. No. 2-, St. Paul No^ 3, Fede.r:it?d
church TNTo. 4 and tlie smaller Lutheran bell No. 5, \        *
In ringing at 9:00 o'clock and-'at
9:30 Sunday morning have each bell
rung, 'one miniute sepiairtely, No'" 1
Tinging 'first, followed by Nos. 2, '&, 4,
and closing with No. 5. This would
tiviB us five minutes of nice bell
music twice each Sunday"»morning,
and no discords.
For. the.last bell Sunday morning
let all janitors use the tolling hammer. Let each one give his bell
two strokes at a time and follow the
same' routine- as before^each
stroke about three seconds apart—
and repeat this- for about five minutes. - Them, each strike twice in the
same ordeir and stop.   -
It seems to. me that if this schedule could be put into practice here,
it would, promote, a, spirit of "unison
in which we all will be .united in
coming "at the same, time to: our- respective churcheg to. worship the
same God who is over us' all.
Since, the advent of the telephone-,'
the language of the *"ch*urch: bells in
tolling for deaths v and funerals
seems to have lost some of its significance: however I will submit to you
the mode for these which was adopted
and practiced by our churches* since
many years ago. The hours for tolling the dfeath. of a "member were at
S:00--a. in. or 4:00 p, m\, according to
the time when .the death . occurred,
and at isbme other set hour for non-
members. The mode was as follows:'
Use the tolling hammer, strike five
times, allowing five seconds between
each stroke-^-fhis to call attention:
next, "if the deceased is a male, strike
two, rest three seconds, strike two;
if for a lady, Strike three times, rest
three seconds; then strike three
again and rest five seconds; then toll
the age by striking once each second
for each year up to ten, then rest
five seconds, and go on in this way
by tens and finish with the fraction
of ten. In this way the gender and
age, of the- oldest inhabitant can be
lolled and read in a few moments of
time.
If- the -funeral is to be at the
church, ring the bell .as usual at 30
minutes before time for service. As
the procession nears the church toll
the bell once each five seconds until
tee mourners are seated, and toll
again as the casket passes out of the
door until the procession drives
away.
These modes, of tolling, are impressive, if carried out properly.
Respectfully submitted,
A SUBSCRIBER.
Mrs. Lucy Fairbank Writes Entertainingly of Historfc Places She Has
Recently Visited.
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Fillmore,- Gallf.,  Ff$h. 20, 1921.
Dear friends at home:
Instead of writing you each a personal letter I thojrght I would write
one long letter, telling-,you something
about my trip afid. whereabouts, so
that you- might know that ,1 think of
you "all and wish t"b remember you by
way of a letter, -;so have decided to
send this on, wh^ch 1^ • began. some
weeks ago. > _.
I do not know^just when I shall
return home. I igust wait until Itni
feeling stronger. "%-
After leaving Hudson we found the
weather rather om\ with snow from
western Netbraskagto Idaho.
Our friends atjfSampai, Idaho, met
us in the wee sjjiall hours of * the
•morning, having"^fiven fifteen miles
to meet us at 2:0ft- "o'clock. At their
ranch home, am '^our later a hot
luncheon was seripd us. as son as we
arrived, and then gse.retired tired but
but happy at 4:08£o'clock.
-"When we awokif
were  in  a *most j
rounded   by   hniti
n€lair the Snake
•fast, when we .pro
we found that we
fertile valley sur-
and mountains
•er. After break-
ieded to climb one
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I Always We Stand On Guard
We stand guard as a true soldier against impurities. In our
materials, in our mixing, is our baking, we maintain rigid discipline. You can buy" your bread and your pies and your
cakes and your everything else from us with the absolute
surety that you are getting first-class service.
Schnebelt's Bakery
Spring Is Here
House-cleaning, time is here—
I am here— .."-._"
Humble
The Wall Paper and Carpet Cleaner
Don't pay exagerated prices to the
paper hanger; let me clean it to look
like new. Estimates cheerfully furnished upon examination of your work.
And your Carpets—We don't merely beat out the dust. They* are thoroughly gone over with our newly patented cleaning fluid, & process which
brings out a lasting fluffiness, restoring'
it to an apparent newness in appearance. %Call ns up.' Phone No. 132.
o£.Jtl}.ese hills, wevdecided after three
hours that the diffances were indeed
deceiving,  and wif*>%ould have been
glad to have-roll^fcto the bottom of
it had it not beenfifor the sage brush
which covered thi^hills everywhere.
'    When we looke$*below   us  to  the
valley whelre ^rewlMfalfa, fruits and
all lands of grair£*"and vegetables, it
was almost impossible to believe that
eight years ago tms land had been a
sage-brush wilderness, and could be
bought for almostlta pittance'.    It is
now selling for 32§p an- -acre, but only those who have, Uyed., there  and
shared in the struggles of" Its upbuilding   can  realize --aJJ  the   hardships,
and heartaches thai, have made possible this.ga.rdeh o£ Eden..    „
"    The  wonderfiliiJ&ra-ow^Roek   datn
'/4b wules^awayy built **y the government, with canals and laterals which
• carry    water   to   200,000  acres,   has
'made all this change.
'    3Ve visited, tie capital^city .of Jd?v-
ho and frorii the capitol/dome "saw a
'beautiful   panoramic   view   of   Boise
| aaid the surrounding country,-       „     .
| -After spending a week in Idaho we
| left for Seattle, the "Seaport of Suc-
j cess" as they call it there.   We were
Jglad to; see one.familiar face in all
ithe great crowds, ;and were taken-to
Sthe home on Gac-itol Hill, where my
i daughter Lulu liv^s, and we received
" a very warm welcome by the land-
i lady,  and  a  happier   daughter   you
[never saw. -
I It is -needless to say that we had a
' deliglftful" time while in Seattle,.- as
I most of you who read this letter are
1 very well acquainted with Miss Lulu,"
and well know that she did her utmost to give us the happiest Lime of
our lives'.
Seattle is surely like the old city
of Rome built on seven hills.
One night's rest £ave_ us all the
pep we needed to see the wonderful
city of which we had received such
glowing accounts. It certainly would
bankrupt the English language to describe all the." wonders of this gateway to (he Orient. It has not only
*-he advantages of a great city, but in
fifteen minutes one can_Leave all the
bright lights and noisy streets and be
in the heart of' a forest of piries, cedars, spruce, firs and furns.
Pugct Sound is paid to be the finest harbor in this country," and is so
large" [that all the ships-of the world
could he anchored- within its boundaries.- Here we saw "great-Japanese
liners laden with «oods from Chinar
India, Japan*and other countries on
the' *rim of the -Pacific." ■ "We saw
"the "Whielatland" Montana'.' unloaded
with-Iaihout 6,000 tonis: of hemp, pep-
■per, tin, rattan, rubber, hides, crockery, Chinese medicines, tapioca, licorice root, all "kinds of vegetable oils
such as cocoanut and cotton seed oil,
and many other interesting imports.
Later we visited thaU. S. customs
appraiser's store and watched them
open the boxes,, and were' treated to
a .taste- of some of the imported candy
and nuts.
( "We- should have "liked to carry
! away some of the gorgeous silks, and
. embroideries and brass temple loot,
-hut these were carefully guarded.,
| The City of Seattle owns and oper-
' atess Hie lairgesUsystem of municipal
" terminals in- the United States. You'
. all know, that Lulu is audit clerk at
tlie". Port of Seattle. She. took us for
a trip over all the docks. We were
' driven over the new pier at Smith's-
Cove, which is 2,700 feet long. If
. would have heen impossible for us to
' have walked over this pier for it is
more than a mile from the entrance
,to the end and hack.   This pier wheu
'. completed will be the largest in the
'United States.   At lhe Spokana street
j terminal we saw tons of frozen sal-
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j mon,   cod, - halibut,    and   other   salt
: water- fish stacked like cord wood in
j room after room, and also 2,000 rein
deer^ which   had   been   shipped   here
from Alaska.    This is a growing industry in that country.
One of the most interesting trips in
Seattle was to the government locks
whicli have been built to connect
Fuget Sound with Lake "Washington.
They are nexit to the Panama locks
in size, and we Saw a raft of logs
over 800 feet long being taken'"up into Uhe tekfl where the large' lumber
mjlls are located. "We were fortunate
enough to gee the locks operate, both
intraising and lowering boats. As we
stood on the ^bridge wie! could'see the
salt water below .'and the tresh water
above us and when the -gates open
and- shut, tlhe guide, told, lis that sthe
wfeter does-not mix to ahjy. extent.
' .Cue of the reasons why the canal
\vas bailt was to .bring the big ocean
liners, which become covered with
hard barnaicles which impede their
speed, up into the fresh water of
Lake Union and Lake'"Washington,
where they aire left for several weeks.
The barnacles cannot live in fresh
water and soon die and fall off, thus
saving the cost of scraping the bottom and' sides.
. The- university sgrounds are.pie site
of the old Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex-
iiosition grounds and- is a most beautiful spot, and one of the finest views
of any eamnus in' this country i;
seen, from there.
We saw the Caseaide: and Olympia
mountains,, and majestic Mt. Baiuier
with its snow covered summit It is
truly one of the most beautiful peaks
1 have ever seen. - A new stadium
seating 60,000 people was dedicated
there the Saturday following Thanksgiving .when. Dartmouth, New Hamp.-
shire,'-played football with "the "Wash-.
]iigton men?'        »**-*--.    "
"We ■wefts: invited to', the home of.
Samuel HiH, She great railroad magnate and good roads enthusiast. Mr.
Hill is a.most gracious hpst, and we
enjoyed the wonderful-pictures of the
Columbia 'river highway which form
a. frieze jn. his .reception, room- and
dining room, and all the other beauties of'his palace .home.
Seattle has. a splendid symphony
orchestra of about seventy-five members which give to the people of the
city as fine music as we have in the
East. "We were fortunate enough to
bo there for .one of the concerts when
they presented the "Flying Dutchman," '■" '■•    -
Cne night we had a real 'Chinese
dinner at the Shanghai restaurant.
"We ate chow mein, chop suey, egg
foo young, .wiair mein, rice, tea, and
preserved oranges. One of the boys
from the Chinese mission, where Lulu
teaches, Chin Yan, waited on us and
we wanted for nothing that real service could provide.
The-business and professional women of Seattle have a fine club of
over 200 membars. They are & branch
of the Rational Federation -whose
president is Mrs- Lena Lake -Forrest
of Detroit. . We attended one of their
meetings - at the Chamber of Commerce. 5 They have the largest club in
the state, and- they certainly are a
group of wide-awake women who are
cooperating with the men in the upbuilding of Seatle. Just now they are
assisting in a movement for the use
of "home products," for Seattle has
over 1,700 manufacturing plants, and
produces all lands of articles' fron'i
food to shoes, steel goods, shins, airplanes, etc
It .was raining and cold when we
reached Portland, but we were determined to see trfe most talked of highway in the West, so we soon had a
driver* and were started out along the
Columbia river. The "fog was so.
hqavy that at first we missed many
of the .beauties of the .drive. At
Crown-Point we sot out.of our cab
and went to the top of the building,
but it was so cold that we had to.
hustle down as there was no- fire
there. We- went on, to Multnomah
Falls, ' and then turned our -faces,
batek to Portland. We were in the
clouds at Crown Point when we went
through the first time^ but on our return the fog had lifted, and we had a
wonderful view of the Columbia Tivcr
valley in all its beauty. -
• .This wondrous throughfare is about
two hundred miles long. The .grades
are easy, tihe curves ,are "very graceful
—the shortest radius is 100 feet and
there, is always a good sight ahead
j of you. There are "beautiful concrete
j bridges where needed and 'strong pro-
i tection railings which make it safe
j and comfortable, but one can't help
but feel "skeery" at times.
"As I looked at the beautiful landscapes, hills, valleys, etc., I was profoundly impressed by their majestic
beauty and mairvelled at the creative
power of God, who made it all.
The mind can only wonder at this
mighty work of God, done im His own
way, on a scale so great that man's
best efforts appear but as the work of
pigmies.
We had a queer experience on She
diner on the -way to San Francisco
from Portland. We had ordered
chicken with dumplings, and when
lhe order came, we found that we
had rabbit on the platter, and we
thought it an olid "Jack*' rabbit at
that. One of the joys [?) of eating
on a diner and away from home.
We had planned to stop at San
Francisco and sea the Golden Gate,
the exposition grounds,- Chinatown
and other interesting places, but we
had "jazzed" so much that we -were
too worn out and decided to go on to
the sunny" south. -
"When we reached Fillmore (our
destination) my ■brother was at tlie
depot to meet us and it was not long
iill I was embracing the object of my
"ourney—my dear mother,   -
We arrived there four days before
Christmas. * We had Christmas dinner
at the home of my niece, on" Torre j'
Hill; .from whiqh we could look to the
ocean below and see miles of orange
-rchards, loaded with golden fruit,
■nd olive groves. Our Ohristma?
party- consisted of mother, brother
3ol, my sister, her daughter and husband, Mrs. Bray (my cousin who accompanied me) and myself. We had
a" most happy time long to he remembered, but when we assembled at the
table I could not suppress tihe tears
as I thought of the dear oneisi so far
away.
I hope I shal not -weary you but Jr
do want to tell you something about
the town and valley ia which I'm sojourning.
-We 'have
'seen imnnsr* yalieys -in
Southern California and I am in
doubt if Tve seen'.any to which Nature has heen more kind than to this
Santa Clara valley. A few days ago
we went to Ventura (the county seat)
a distance of. 30; miles. In; all the
wayj^oh- "both sides of the road, it
seemed there was not an acre of uncultivated land except in the river's
wash or upon the heights of the towering mountains. Orchards of ai:
Kinds of fruit, fields of grain, barley,
beets and alfalfa, make this -valley a
cene .of nroductiVjeness and beauty,
it «eems to me that could Tiot be
found elsewhere on the earth. As
we were coming home feasting our
eyes upon the heautious landscapes,
there was a isudden jar-. A Ford car
sailed thru the air with a revolving
motion and brought up** with a crash
of its top against ai bank. We backed
up and some men rushed to the rescue. There was a poor man squeezed
in between the seat and the top.
He was greatly excited and after-
collecting himeslf a little said, "I
beajt that damned train to the cross-'
ing, but I didn't igef across in- time."
We learned a few. days .later that
his. name wra^ Henry Wolf and- that
he lived in Fillmore. He "told one of
his friends here that his escape .was
due to the fact that people of Fillmore are the luckiest in. the world
and that Providence always looks attar them.
This certainly is a beaiutifuT lit-
t'e city nestled at the " foot of the
mountains. There is a big oil refinery here. The .oil is piped from
fields and refined to the extent of
1200 barrels of gasoline 5000 barrels
of crude and 35 of lubricating oil a
day. In addition there is^taken as a
by-product a ton of the finest white
wax each day. The fields and. works
employ many men and the pay-roll
is more than ?60,000 a montji. There
are fifty business houses, two good
banks, splendid schools. The women
have a club and so have the men;
M. E. church, Catholic, Christian
Scientist, United Brethren and Presbyterian, of which Rev. *F. A, Ar-
buckle is pastor, but at the last'
election they dragged him. from his
pedistal and elected .him State Senator and his people here say the next
"yank" downward he gets, will land,
him in the Governor's chair.
The' people here- are very cordial
and there- seems to .he. - a beautiful
spirit among them as was shown at
Christmas time.
They had a community tree in the-
pnblic    spuare. .   Fully  2,500   men,
women, and children, must have par-
(Coneluded on fifth page)  -
Eggs - 'for  Hatching—Park's  strain
""Barr'ed""~Roic'{c, "$i.00~~f6*r" *1'5 'and 100
for $5.00.   A few bushels Early Ohio
seed  potaloes.      Andrew    Girnach.
Phone 195-F3. * 28 -
OBSERVER LINERS
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
6c per Line First insertion; Then 3c
per Line; Jtlinlmrm charge 25c.
For Sale—Rabbits.   Bert Welsh, 100
East Henry street. 30
Wauled—General purpose horses,
weight not over 1,200. C. J.
BraceyJ • 20
For Sale—Six aicres barley, free
from oats. Fred Aprill. Phone
200-F21. - 26-tf
Visiting cards, wedding invitations
and announcements, either printed or
engraved, at the Observer office.
Order fertilizer now.   Prices right
Also, have some choice seed barley.
Saline Mercantile Co., FBone 5.
For Sale^—'Milk by quart or pint;
also about I5i tons alfalfa hay. A. C.
Lange, 306 E. Henry street. Phous
76. SS
For    Sale—Well    matched    black
team, seven and nine years old, weight
»,580.
Geyer.
Phone    193-F21.
Charle?
28
!For Sale—Range,' No. 9; heating
stove for wood or coal; two-burne.-
oil stove; extension table, 12 feer.
T. S. Kyte. . S&
.For Sale—Seed barley, Michigan
black hul-less, a high yield variety with
smooth ieard. Wm. Clements-& Son,
phone 193-F13.    ' "27tf-
- For Sale—Three work horses,
two cows and full blood Poland
China stock hog. Fred Richards.
Phone 139-F22. 8D
Emil H- Arnold, Optometrist, 220
S. Main street, Ann Arbor, specializes In superior eye examination and
glasses afr reasonable prices.
"For Sale—One Durham bull. 16
months old. This bull is a full
blood from a cow that- gave 15,000
pounds of milk last - year. Inquire"
vi Fred Robson, R. D. 3, Saline.
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It's the factory, way if B. 13.
Combs, .factory expert piano tuner,
times your piano. Twenty years' experience. Player pianos a specialty.
Call me up at my expense." 406 N.
Hamilton street, Ypsilanti. Phone 8SS.
TIMBER  WANTED.
We are in- the market for all kinds
of saw timber. We pay you a good
price, stapding or at the mill. Write,
or phone No. 70, and we will be
pleased to call ' and see what you
may have.
25tf G. F. BRACBY & SON.
Wanted—!"Eggs from straight "bred
chickens." Will "pay 5 cents per
dozen above market price delivered
at my farm, fresh every week. Get
them to me before Fridays. Will also pay highest prices for poultry.
F. C. Hollis, phone 183-F22 2«f
NOTICE
Piano Tuning. On account of a
man canvassing, the towm and claiming be is taking, over my customers, that I- am itcjo bufey in town,
heneff'this-noticje., J" have authorized no one and I still make my
regular trips ■ to. Saline every two
weeks. You may leave orders with
Mrs. Vesta Mills or address 1203
Forest avenue, Ann "Arbor. County
.or city work. I have my own oar.
Victor Afllmenidinger, tun*er for. University. School of Music, St. Thomas
.Conservatory of Music and St. Ma- "
ry's Conservatory of Music. 27
CHOICE FARM LANDS _■     ,
I hs.ve the best proposition on earth for the man
who U "tired of being a renter, of working for o'tbers
or whp'desires a larger farm than lie now owns.
I own-lands in MICHIGAN-S FAMpUS CLOV- "
ER SEED" BELT .near Onaway. Presque Isle
County. "Choice leavy clayloam soil underlaid
with limestone at $10 tflTKODer acre. Thelsnds
were beech and maple lands-from which all the
timber has been removed. g*T*
A Reasonable cash payment is required after
whicli the-dover and alfalfa seed will take care of
your future payments.
"WbHe getting started and your home builtZ will,
if necessary, stand behind you. This is one of the
chances of a lifetime if you like farming and are
a worker. Paying for a farm in clover seed belt
where seed crops average S100 per- acre, entails »o
hardship for the dairyman or stock man, as the bay
and chaff crops more than pay the expense, leaving,
the seed crops as the mortgage lifter.       ■■!
Write today for full particulars and booklet.
-   , THAD B.>RES>T<5N,
Onaway, Michigan,,
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