1929-10-17; Saline Observer

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THE
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OBS
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VOLUME 48
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICH., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17,1929
NUMBER 52
Save every Week
SAVE ON THE BUDGET PLAN
Ask any man who has made a financial success in life how he accomplished it. His answer will be, "By saving." He did not spend
every cent he made, but built up a fund
which was available when he needed it for.
business purposes. He is no different than
you, except that you must learn the saving habit. Save on the budget plan—a certain amount each week going into your
savings account. You will be surprised
how it will grow and earn more money for
you.   Interest 3% yearly.
Saline Savings Bank
The One Story Bank one the Corner
e Quality Grocery
PHONE 86
FOR GOOD THINGS TO EAT
PLEASE THE COOK AND—
YOU Fed The FAMILY
That's the job for us. We venture to say there is not
a better stock of Groceries in own. A visit to our
store will convince you of this fact. We await your
pleasure.
Phone 86
MARTlIN fUOSS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT OF THE
MOTORING PUBLIC
It didn't take motorists long to discover that
DIXIE Gas is a power and mileage star.
Every day DIXIE performance is applauded
by thousands of fans who acclaim it an outstanding favorite.
Every day it is being "discovered" "by car
owners who thought all gasoline was "out of
the same tank."
Drive in today and "discover" DIXIE!
STAEBLER OIL COMPANY
Orders may be left at Henderson's.    Phone 272.
Westside Garage
KELLY SPRINGFIELD TIRES AND TUBES
Quality, better than ever; prices,
LOWER THAN EVER!     \
Expert General Repairing, All Makes of Cars
STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS
JOHN DICKS BERT GILLEN
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Rah Rah Rak-ah-h-h! \
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HNS AND OUTS OF
BANKS AND BANKING
SALINE DOWNED
DEFECTlVfE EYES POUND
PT TTVTOTV TTHRTri A Y  Am0n£ Second Grade Children. Which
-   - T'*-. Should Call for Prompt Action.
Trim Neighboring .Heavyweights By
Six to Nothing Score.
Saline High kept, their 1929 .record
unblemished in a game played with -
Clinton Friday, winnfiig by a score
of 6 to 2.
Playing on a field more suited for
a   swimming  meet   than   a  football!
game   the   locals   scored   their   only
touchdown in the first half, when the
field was in a somewhat better condition, j
Clinton, playing on their field, con- j
ceded to have an excellent forward- j
passing attack and outweighing  the I
visitors, was generally picked to win. !
Captain Klught won the toss and
chose the south goal.    Saline kicked .
off and Clinton tried the sleeper play j
on the first line up.    The play work- j
ed for a gain of 25 yards, but Ehe
ball was called back and the big Red
team penalized for offside.   The play, :
however, did show Saline's weak forward pass defense which was to bob ;
up repeatedly allowing Clinton many j
gains which should have been utilized.    However,   time  after  time,  the
pass was muffed when apparently it
had been successful.
Getting back to the description of
the game, Clinton punted and after
a good run-back by Klught and several successful line-plays by Carr and
Schrader, an end run was tried with
Wedemeyer carrying the ball. Two
more successful runs carried the ball
about 35 yards and netted a touch- '
down for Saline. '
The try f *?. point after touchdown '
by placement was unsuccessful due
to a poor pass to Wedemeyer who
was to hold the ball. .
Saline kicked off again, and Clinton, unable to gain, pisnted back and
Saline lost the ball on downs at mid-
field  as  the  quarter   ended.     Score: '
Saline 6, Clinton 0. j
"Clinton was unable to gain through
the line as the Saline forwards con^ -
sistently outcharged her heavier lines- .
men, but took to the air and getting
the ball down to the purple and white
eight yard line, failed to score when
she was held on the fourth down IS
inches from her opponent's goal.
Captain Klught punted out of danger
and Clinton failed to penetrate into
Saline territory the rest of the quarter. She had the ball at midfield as
the half ended. Score: Saline 5,
Clinton 0. '
A steady rain began immediately
after the third period started which
continued throughout the game soaking the players and turning the play-
ing field into a quagmire.    The ball '
was near midfield when Winters got
off an  excellent punt,  going out of ■
bounds on the Saline five yard line.'
Klught, in an attempt to punt on the
next play, fumbled the pass from center and recovered behind his own goal
giving  Clinton  a  safety,   their  only .
score of the game.    Clinton gave Sa- t
line a. scare  as the quarter  ended, i
however a pass nearly successful was
incomplete in Saline's end zone and
the quarter ended fighting desperately to hold their heavier opponents.
Score: Saline 6, Clinton 0.
The fourth period was welcomed
by an additional downpour of -rain
and Clinton slid through Saline~'s
lighter line to Saline's 30 yard line.
Several times here the charge was always stopped through failure to gain
the line but more usually by incomplete passes, Saline punting immediately after gaining possession of the
ball to hold her opponents.
Not much more can be said of the
last period "except of Saline's "never-
say-die" spirit which no doubt did
lower the morale of the Red and
Black team. Clinton had victory
within their grasp several times only
to fail. Still, a wet and muddy field
can hardly be called a fair contest
for either team.
Chelsea will be played at Cement
City Friday,  October 18.    Be there
Mrs. Wetzel, the county health
nurse, visited the second grade Monday and examined the children. Some
very serious and startling conditions
w("sre found. ~^~
jOf the 30 children in this grade 14,
ok 47%, were found to be suffering
frpm eye strain or defective vision
It is believed that the most of this
eye trouble has been caused by improper lighting and cross lights which
exist in the Jones building where
these children were housed last year.
There is much that might be said
about this situation and its effect
upon the children, how the children
may be physically handicapped
through life, etc.; but we will leave
these comments for others. Facts
are facts.
SCHOOL, TAXES
Tax Rate Per 1,000 Assessed Valuation in 277 Michigan High
Schools.
Number of Districts
Amt. per $1,000 1928-1929
Less than .5.00        3
$ 5-$ 9.99  .- :. ,    10
$10-$14.99  .*. ,     72
.15r.19.99    94
S20-S24.99    46
$25-$29.99    24
.30 or more     22
Total number of districts
reporting                   ! 277
Median tax rate per $1,000 $17.55
Comment—This table should be
read as follows: For the year 1928-
1929, three districts have a tax rate
of less than $5.00 per $1,000 assessed
valuation and 16 districts have a tax
rate of $5.00 to $9.99 per $1,000. I!:
is rather surprising to find that 22
districts have a tax "rate "of $30 or
more per $1,000 and that the median
tax rate is $17.55 per $1,000. It is
unnecessary to point out that school
taxes in some districts have reached
a point where it would be quite difficult to secure additional funds
through local taxation for school support. Yet, in spite of the heavy burden, already being carried by these
smaller districts, there is evidence of
a willingness to increase the load in
order that the boys and girls may
have good educational opportunities
if this is the only means available for
securing additional funds. The table
shows that for 1928-1929, twenty-
eight per cent more districts had a
tax'rate above $25 than obtained during 1927-1928, and that the median
rate for all districts has been increased from $17.35 to $17.55.
The tax rate in Saline averages
about $9.00. It will be seen from
these figures that there are very few
high -schools in Michigan that have
a lower tax rate than Saline.
"Annual report of the Division of
University Inspection of High
Scholls."
I Carl Curtiss Talks Entertainingly and
Interestingly on Subject at Last
Week's Rotary Meeting.
ELECTION OF OFBTCERS
At the first meeting of the P.. T. A.
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President—Mrs. Bessie Collins.
First Vice President—Max Fosdick.
Second Vice President—Mrs. E. A.
Clark.
Third Vice President—Mrs. Thelma
Darling. ^
Secretary—Mrs. Merritt Martin.
Treasurer—Hazen Jewell.
Pat Egan, Wayne Jagger and Dick
Knapp motored to Indian riyer last
week, attracted by the opening of the
season there to spear white fish, Cisco
and carp. It was a pretty sight.
They were duly and truly prepared
with equipment and licenses but they
didn't get any white fish and didn't
want any of the other kinds. The
river from the big lake Was illuminated at night with fishing jacks to look
like the grand canal at Venice. There
were so many fishermen that the poor
fish made for their holes and stayed
there.—Brooklyn Exponent.
JOB PRINTING"
The home newspaper renders a
convenient and indispensable service in handling local job printing.
By its very nature this must be
widely diversified,' and good work
under such conditions calls for
fidelity, experience ahd skill. The
rates charged at The Observer are
merely commensura'te with such
Ccustom work. Shop at home and
get what you want and should have.
Christian Science Notes
The Christian Science Society of
Saline holds its services in the hall
above the Citizens bank Sunday at
10:30 a. m.
Subject:    Doctrine of Atonement.
Testimonial meeting Wednesday
evening at 7:30.      m
A cordial invitation is given, to all.
Sunday school immediately follows
the morning service to which pupils
under 20 may be admitted.
An exceptionally fine meeting of
the Rotary Club was held at The
Tavern last Thursday noon, at which
C. A. Curtiss, of the Citizens Bank,
discussed banks and banking as his
contribution to the series of vocational talks being given from time to
time by the members.
We would like to be able to give
his remarks in full, but as he did not
have it in manuscript form we can
just touch the high spots. *
He took us back to the inception
of banking here in Saline, when it
was possible to launch such a business and issue one's own currency,
and displayed a few samples of such
bills. This naturally led to disaster
for some, inasmuch as such banks
were not under the rigid inspection
and laws that obtain today.
In pioneer days often the leading
business man in a community, because of the fact that he usually was
well-to-do and had to have considerable money on hand, as well as having a deposit in a city bank, became
custodian of the funds of many who
did not care to trust an old sock or
can, but preferred to keep large sums
in one of the few safes in the village,
and as a result of this practice many
small-town business men just naturally drifted into banking as a sideline, these later becoming state or national institutions, with the'flight of
the years.
He told of th edifferent kinds of
banks being conducted today—savings, commercial, industrial, trust
companies, investment, foreign exchange, etc, and described some of
the equipment necessary in a modern
bank. How banks are organized,
chartered, special banking laws not
like other corporation laws, various
reports officers and directors have to
make periodically, published statements, examinations required, etc.,
were touched upon.
The speaker told of how banks are
conscious of the duty owed communities and the many ways taken by officers and institutions to discharge
this duty. Just why it is not possible for a local bank to loan every
dollar :of its funds in the commuity
was explained, which makes for added safety for depositors and is in
reality a good thing for borrowers,
too. The different kinds of loans permitted by law. credit information regarding customers, clearing process,
banking hours, etc., added interest to
his remarks.
While many take advantage of thp.
various services of a bank, few realize that at one time or another the
officials are expected to serve as lawyers, father-confessors, and in a great
many cases point the way to what
in time makes for success for many
an individual. Banks. advertise not
to separate people from their- money
in exchange for merchandise, but to
save their money and add to it, and
as a result depositors instead of
spending money put in banks are
paid by the bank to let it accumulate.
In conclusion, Mr. Curtiss stated
that while the merging of banks is
becoming a popular thing, he thought
it would be a long time before the
banks of Saline would merge with the
banks in the big cities.
TO Rent—Garage.    B. J. Boettger,
phone 92. 32tf
For Sale—Minnows.   Joe Camburn,.
phone 180, Saline.
For  Sale—Sweet  cider.    Fred R.
Braun, phone 183-F31.     ^ 1
For Sale—Good ram 3 years old.
M. Sage, phone 191-F2 1
Good crates  at reasonable prices.
6. Briggs, phone 137-F14.
Acetylene  welding  by  an  ex-_-eris.
Wiedman Auto Company.
For   Sale—Sow   with   nine   pigs.
Fred Walker, phone 149-F32.        1
For Sale—Sow with, ten pigs.   Emerson F. Ehnis, phone 200-F13.  - l
"Lost—Black and tan hound, white
tip tail.   If seen call Walter Gordon.
For Sale or Rent—Desirable house.
Inquire of A. J. Warren, phone 17.
For Sale—Size 18 Garland heater,
good as new. Arthur Day, phone
152. 1
Ready furnished rooms for light
housekeeping. 400 East Michigan
avenue. 52
Wanted—To buy all kinds of hay.
E. L. Klager, Bridgewater, phone
186-F11.
Lost—White brood sow, weight
about 200 pounds C. W. Carr, phone
212-F11.
For genuine fuel for every machine
use our Better Gasoline. Henderson's.
Dixie Service.
WE NEED YOU, LOYAL fFRfCENDS!
To help correct an untrue story told
in regard to the sad accident which
happened Saturday evening, we wish
to say that we were called in an honorable way by the victims' friends,
and responded. - For this we have
proof.
We trust that our friends will stand
by us. We assure you that our methods, as in the past, shall always be
honorable, and no matter what conspiracy against us, we will do what
is right.
Our only regrets shall be that people whom we have never wronged .in
any manner, in the last 21 years,.
would say one unkind word, or do us
an unkindly deed.
Yours truly,
DIETIKER'S,
Furniture and Undertaking.
Alemiting service for all makes of
cars. Prices reasonable. Wiedman
Auto Company.
Lost—Sum of money Saturday
night between A & T store and the
bakery.   Reward.
orSale—Chester White sow and 10
pigs 5 weeks old., Emanuel Lambarth, phone 136-F33. 52
For Sale—25 head of young heavy
horses, wt. ranging from 1300 to 1400
Inquire of Dr. A. Daniels, phone 37.
Place your order for the Generar
Electric Refrigerator with us.
Uphaus & Schroen.
Use Avicol Tablets for-White'Diarrhoea and Cholera and keep those
chicks healthy.   Saline Mercantile Co.
USE WONDER FEED fFOR THOSE
LAYING HENS. NONE BETTER
SALINE MERCANTILE COMPANY.
Special discount on all orders for
Fertilizer either phoned in or personally left at our office. Saline Mercantile Company.
For Sale—About 8 acres corn in.
shock, cut before frost;. also good
weat straw in barn. Wm. Schnir-
ring. at the farm. 52
Hear   the-New   Radiola   No.   33,
86.25 complete.
UPHAUS & SCHROEN
R. C. A. Dealers
For Sale—Gladiolus bulbs. The
Kunderd Glory mixture, 25c a hundred, if you dig them. Mrs. Peoples,
200 Monroe street, Saline.
Apples are*now ready at the Woodward Fruit Farm 3 miles east of
Manchester. Eating, cooking and cider
apples 50c to $2.50 per bushel.     52
THE OBSERVER LINERS
Classified Advertising
6c per line first insertion, 4c per line
each subsequent insertion.
MmfPVnjM CfaARGE, 25 CENTS
Wanted—Hay.    Carl Smith, phone
26-F2. 39tf
For   Sale—Half  bed,   springs  and
mattress.
Complete  stocks at lowest prices
at Dietiker's.
For Sale—"Fine Wool ram. Herman
Kohler, phone 143-F3. 51tf
For Sale—Two rat terrier puppies.
Albert Niethammer. 52
For Sale or Rent—Good farm.    A.
E. Cole, phone 193-F13. 51tf
Naptha for cleaning purposes,  at
the Wiedman Auto Company.
1927 CHEVROfLET COUPE
An exceptionally good car for a-
pickup. Has wide rear deck opening
fpr a good sized box. Gray Tan Duco Finish.
A Car With an OK That Counts.
GEO. V- COOK & .SON
Authorized Chevrolet-Dealers 1
1INEB ADS GET RESUX1S!
For Sale—3 pure bred Duroc Jersey boars; also 4 Guernsey heifer-
calves. Henry F. Groeb, rfd 6, box
294, Ann Arbor, Saline phone 181-F4.
The Saline Woman's club is sponsoring the moving picture, "Dawn,"
at the Liberty theatre Friday and
Saturday nights, October 18 and 19.
The ladies of St. Paul's church
will serve a chicken supper on Friday*
•evening, October 18 in the church dining room. Supper served from 5:30.
Everybody is cordially invited.
1926 CHEVROLET COUPE
Body refinished, new tires, motor-
reconditioned. A real buy for service.
Only $80 or your old car as down,
payment, balance G. M. A. C. terms.
GEO. V. COOK & SON
Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
LATE 1926 CHEVROLET COACH
This car has the gray Duco finish
and spark and gas controls above the
steering wheel. New tires and over- ^
hauled motor. Only $80 or your olet
car as down payment. Balance G. M.
A. C. terms.
GEO. V. COOK & SON
Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
For Sale—Large Round Oak heater,
hard coal fixtures, perfectly good,
$25.00
Large quantity of fruit jars.
Half bed, springs and mattress; also 18x18 ingrain corpet, very cheap.
Crystal electric "Washer, $25.00.
1926 Essex coach, driven 20,000
miles. 'Lots of service left. $200
takes it. Terms or trade—what have
you?
-Virgil Mood, phone 258, Saline, evenings.
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 asfk
the Probate Judge to send them here.