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VOLUME 51
SALINE,  WASHTENAW* COUNTY, MICHIGAN,  THURSDAY, JULY 7, 19,32
DEVOTED TO THE
BEST INTERESTS OF
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The One Story Bank on the Corner
Attention Farmers
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We how have our
Feed Mixer Installed
and you can have your feed .properly mixed
at "any time—FREE OF CHARGE!
Saline Mercantile Co.
PHONE  No.  5
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HAY   TOOLS
New Idea Spreaders, Side Delivery Rakes
Oliver and Ohio Mowers
Oliver and Ohio Repair Parts
WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION
Fitch Sales Corporation
PHONE  15—SALTNE,  MICHIGAN
17c
Cadillac Package
Ice Cream, pint -..
ARCTIC ICE CREAM, 25c PINT
Let us supply your bulk orders for ice cream when
you have a party, or your church, lodge, Sunday
School or other organization has an affair of consequence.   Be sure to get our prices.
DOUBLE-DD? CONES
ALL FLAVOES, 5c
Chris. Volz
FIVE POINT PLACE
SALINE
INSECTS WAGE WAR
ON GOLF PLAYERS
June Beetles Emerge From Soil ar..
Damage   Turf   on Michigan
Greens and Fairways.
The war of  the    insects    agd.
human beings has reached the point
where,  if a golf player wants  gcu
turf bsneath his feet when ne plays
and a green blanket above ms hea.:
- during nis final sleep, it may be necessary to poison tne earth on both L.„
golf course and the cemetery before
they are laid o„ut for his use, accenting  to  entomologists    at    Michigan
State college.
Brood A, which is the most numerous and the meanest, of the group.*!
of June beetles in Michigan has b£6_
emerging in such numbers rrom goi^
, courses about the .state that Uie
greens have been made unfit for expert playing in some instances.
These beetles carry on their family
life in land which is growing grass,
and that type 'of land in Michigan 1=
becoming limited to golf courses,
cemeteries,  and lawns.
The larvae of the beetle spends two
seasons under ground eating the roo.s
of the grass or of the crops whicn
have been planted after the sod wa.-
plowed down,' and the adult beetle
spends a few weeks consuming the
foliage of several varieties, of hare-
wood trees. The eggs of the beetle
are nearly always laid in soil o:-
which grass is growing. /
The'larvae can be killed in-the soil
by applying lead arsenate powder a-;
-the rate of five pounds of poison
each 1,000 square feet of soil area.
The" poison, can be mixed with di?
sand to make 'its application easie-
and   the  treatment should  ue  made
before the area is seeded to g.-
Subsequent      applications      of    two
pounds  of the  arsenate  of lead    to
each    1,000    square  feet  should   br
made every two years.   Adult beetles
can be killed by spraying vegetation
on which they are feeding with thr"
pounds of arsenate of lead in 100 gallons of water.
None of the three crops, corn, p-
tatoes,  or strawberries,    should     be
planted next year on ground that iJ
now in grass sod.    This does not ap
ply to land in clover or alfalfa; soo.*:.
Annapolis Will Be
Picture Next Week
I Large Crowds Continue to Manifest
!     Appreciation of the Free Movies;
i the Movie Man Is Busy
Tomatoes Need Care  ;
To  Prevent  Disease
Two Types of Blight   Can   Be   Controlled With Proper Spray
Applications.
Tomatoes, which are often tine
chief 'pride of the home gardener, are
attacked by several diseases which
can be prevente'd or controlled by
simple treatments, according to experts on plant-diseases at Michigan
State college.
Two types of blight, early and
late, at times cause serious losses.
Plants attacked by early blight show
brown spots with concentric rings or
ridges about the spots on the leave:-..
Black spots which become coverec
with a black, velvety growth appca
on the fruits. This disease appears
early in the growing season.
Late blight usually does not orrcu
until the latter part of July, and I'm
plants attacked by it show dark, water-soaked areas on the leaves, an appearance similar to that caused by
freezing.. A white, downy growth appears on the undersides of the leaver;.
The fruits usually show rot near the
stem end and this spreads around th~
circumference of the fruits faster
than it penetrates into the interior.
Spraying with a 4-4-50 solution o'.
Bordeaux mixture at intervals of a
week or 10 days will control both the
blights of tomatoes.
Another enemy of the tomato plan-
is called Grand Rapids disease because
it first appeared near that city. The
symptoms of • this disease are a pro
gressive wilting of the leaves from
the bottom of the plant upward.
■Rough, brown spots surrounded by a
white halo may occur on the fruits
and make them unusable. "Sprays
and dusts will not control this disease. Affected plants should be yv~
ed and burned to lessen the spread ot
the disease.
A detailed discussion or tomatr
diseases is given in Circular Bulleti.
No. 139, which will be sent free to
anyone requesting it from, the Bulletin Clerk, Michigan State college-
East Lansing.
FLAVIUS D. FORD.
We-were all shocked ,to_hear Wednesday mdrnirigi-June 29, 1932 of the
death * during .{he night" of" Flave
Ford. Though.- ghis' eyes had been
failing him, -he^had been fs'eling in
good health and the entry in his
diary for June 28 is; "nice day.
"Went to Bishop! lake.    50 blue gills."
Flavius D. Ford, the second son ot
Ellen Fuller of Macon and Edwin W.
Ford of Saline, was born in Chicago,
Illinois, February 14, 1860. After
his mother's death in January, 1864,
they returned to Saline. Mr. Ford
has, resided here continuously for the
past 68. xears.   '
As a young man he entered the retail lumber. -,and farm implement
business witE^Bis''- father. But Flave
found time to; -gjo'' cycling around the
country. AU":6t "us who frequented
his bungalow jknow how he prized
his picture of th'e 'Bicycle club on the
steps of the court house in Ann
Aurbor. Ford's poller skating rink
was Saline's popular amusement
place about 1880.   5"
In 1899 the elder Mr. Ford died.
Flave operated the business until
1922, when he sold out to the Saline
Mercantile company—but it was his
home and we are all familiar witn
Mr. Ford's bungalow, which he built
for himself adjoining the store, with
the drinking fountain in front where
horses and children may quench their
thirst. -
April 19, 1931;^ fire completely destroyed the stqge building and the
bungalow. MivPord lost everything
—all his business •* papers, family'
relics, and keepsakes. But in his
good-natured affable way he said—'
"You all seem more worried than' 1.
It could not be helped and I am still
here, all right—didn't even catch
cold.—So what is there to worry
about?"
He began shortly furnishing and
living in the store building whicn
had once been the law office of Frank
Jones. Carl Gillen made him happy
and comfortable there. He enjoyea
the plants and the children, spending
every day possible fishing.
His only surviving relatives are his
sister, Mrs. Hattie M. Bassett,-ana
her two daughters, Narcena ana
Aletha,. of Detroit and the ' cousm
who visited here two years ago, Mrs."
Hattie Fuller Carey of Denver;- Colo.
Beside his relatives he leaves a.
friends the many people who have
and do live in Saline. N
* He was a member of No. 133 1*'
and A. M. of Saline, of No. 325 B. P.
O. Elks of Ann Arbor; and Moose ot
Mooseheart, Illinois.
The funeral service, conducted by
the .Masonic lodge, was 4-eld Friday
afternoon at the Bridges funeral
home Rev.. S. Schofield officiating
Interment in Oakwood cemetery.
I AROUND THE TOWN
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Fourth of July passed off very
quietly here about all the excitement
being caused by the great amount ot
traffic on 112.
ROTARY PRESIDENT
PRESENTED TOKEN
Fiscal Year Comes to Close-New Officers Assume Duties at Meeting This Noon.
At the    close    of    Rotary's    fiscal
year, President E. F. Henne gave a
concise  resume   of  the  activities   ot
the    club    during   his ' term, at the
! meeting last Thursday noon.   We are
i not going into details, as the club is
| not seeking honors or glory in what-
• ever their organization may aecom-
. plish or help to do for the good of
Saline and vicinity.
As a mark of appreciation of his
services the past year, C, A. Curtiss,
on-behalf of the club, presented Mr.
Henne a beautiful past-president's
pin, to which he feelingly responded.
After adjournment of the meeting
the executive br-ard held a brier
session.
Al. Hoeft says! that if Doc. Wheeler will just issue a challenge, lie 11
get a team together that will give
the Independents a run for their
money, and we're just wondering if
that wouldn't be possible.
If you pass a little to one side o
Walt Armbruster these days, don't
imagine he's trying to snub you if he
doesn't turn his head sidewise tc
greet you. He has a'decidedly painful ''crick'' in his neck.
Lots of our people took in the eel^,
ebration at Ypsilanti Monday, ana'
some attended one or more of the
various attractions. A little bird
whispered to us that Linde had a
front seat at one-of the shows ana
came away with the idea that it was
well worth the money.
CARD OF .THANKS
We .wish to express our appreciation to friends and neighbors "for the
many acts of kindness shown us in
our bereavement, to" the singers--and
Rev. Schofield for his comforting
words. \   •       -
Miss Cora Klopfenstein.'   .
-Walter Monroe.
[e sat by the west window working away on his books, the sun was
pouring in "n him. He was getting
warmer and warmer—in. fact, perspiring quite freely, so he reached
over to pull the curtain down, an"
then he jumped, for flames were licking at his arm. He'd • catelessly
dumped the supposedly *a;ad contents of his pipe into the waste-bas-
kst. They do say Cub moved even*
faster than he does when tagging" a
"man at first for the Independents, so
the resultant damage was nil and the
lesson probably good.
BEAD THE IINEK ADS TODAY!
The show last week was attended
by a very large crowd. The films
were the second episode of Tarzan's
Son—2 reels—and a five-reel feature
entitled Braveheart, featuring Rod
La Roque and Lillian Rich. Th2
feature was liberally applauded ana
the younger generation wore their
hands sore over Tarzan's Son, but
again Edward Henne's Movies About
Town tjiok the center of attraction.
They will be continued the coming
week, when a partial line-up of the
business" men will be combined with
scenes at the tourist park and two or
-ihree-'good' views of the Ypsilanti
-drum- and bugle corps advertisi ■£
here. Be sure to-lie here and in the
meantime—"Watch For The Mo.
Man," he is looking for you every
day.
The feature film next week will hi.
Annapolis, featuring John Mack
Brown in the lead. It is a stirring
story, well acted, well staged, and
well told. It is not of the blood and
thunder type, but one that you will
be glad to see, although it carries a-
deep human interest throughout.
The comedy will be Will Rogers in
The Ropin' Fool, a two-reeler full of
the quaint comedy that has made
this star the most'.popular comedian
on the American stage today. In
this show, you see Rogers at his best.
In addition, the Movie Man will
again have a short reel of the things
near home, the things that you all
like to see and to have others see,
the local film, starring the Hometown Splks.
A 	
We are going to have a Community Sing. Beginning at 8:15 next
Wednesday evening, and preceding
regular moving picture show on the
streets, the words of familiar songs
will be thrown on the screen, and the
audience will be invited to join in
singing. A piano will lend accompau-
ment to the songs and a scg leader
will be in charge. Oil up your vocal
chords and be on hand to do your
share. If this proves to be a success
it will probably be used as a weekly
feature, with variations. We have
hopes of putting on some short programs of instrumental music, quartet music, etc.. as the season prb-
gresses.^Come and bring your friends.
MAKE CAREFUL PLANS
FOR ELECTRIC POWER
Improper    Equipment    May    Create
Fire Hazard and Decreases Efficiency of Installation.
Proper planning to secure the
right sizes and types of equipment
will save trouble and expense in wiring farm buildings for electric lights
and power, according to the agi-.
tural engineering department at the
Michigan State college.
The increased use of electrical
power and the extension of powci
lines into new territory sometimes
tempts farmers *to install eqmpm
without first investigating the desirability of the job .for which they pay.
The use of improper wire sizes mi*-\
create a fire hazard, and the installation of unapproved equipment may
lead to disappointment with electric
ity as a power.
Five rules are laid down by the
college engineers for farmers who
intend to wire their buildings. The
wiring plans and specifications
should be listed and then bids secured from two or more reliable, contractors. Only materials approved
by the Underwriters' laboratories
should be used. The wiring should
conform to the national code and
should meet the requirements set by
the State, the power company, and
the community where the work is
done. The job should be approved by
competent distinterested parties before it is accepted.
A short bulletin, Extension Bulletin No. 72, "Wiring tne Farmstead,"
•has been published: by the colle°c
and will be sent free to anyone, w'-.o
reauests it from the Bulletin Clerk,
East Lansing. The' publication will
aid those who are unfamiliar with
choosing the correct type of electrical equipment..
NO HALF-PRICE PLATES
BEFORE SEPTEMBER FIRST
On account of the number .of cars
which are'not being used because of
lack of 1932 license plates, the
Governor," Attorney General and Secretary of State sought a legal way
to sell automobile license plates at
half rate beginning July 1 instead of
September 1. But, after studying
Michigan laws, the Attorney General
ruled that the department of state
may not sell plates at half rate before September 1st.
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING
The annual meeting of School District No. 1, for the election of two
directors and for the transaction of
such other business as may lawfully
come before it, will be held at the
High School Auditorium on Monday,
the '11th day of July, 1932, ats 7:30
o'clock p. m.    -■ ' ".
Dated this 30th day of June; 1932.
Mrs..Anna Miller,   - -*.
Secretary. -'
REPORT FEED TRIALS
TO STATE STOCKMEN
COME TO* SALINE—a. lave Town
Free Movies on Wednesday night!
Tests Made on all Classes-  of   Livestock at Michigan State Show
Values of Different Rations.
Barley puts gains on "beef cattle
faster than either corn or oa.s, bu;.
both corn and wheat are better tnan
barley in producing rapid gains ol
pork, according to figures from the
past year's feeding tests at Michigan
State college, which were presented
to the group of livestock men who
attended,. Feeders' Day.
The gains made by beef on ground
barley were also cheaper than the
pounds of meat made by feeding com
or oats. Pigs made their cheapest
gains .on whole wheat in the college
trials. All costs of gain were computed by charging all grains at 75
cents per hundredweight plus a 10
cent charge for each hundred pcunas
of ground feed.
Time used in serving out individual
reed portions to lambs was so mud;
waste motion in the tests made'at
East Lansing, as lambs running oi.
self-feeders finished much better and
sold for a higher price than did the
lambs which were hand-red. The
most rapid and also the cheapest
gains with lambs were secured with
a ration of self-fed shelled corn ana
alfalfa hay.
In one of the feeding experimenf-
with pigs on rape pasture, an addc
reason for the use of tankage was
discovered when it- was found "thr
the pigs did less rooting if red tankage.   The trials with pigs on "pastur
also showed more rapid gains on Dailey than on wheat, which is the re
verse of the findings with pigs con
fined in a feed lot.
Another change in the feeding
habits of pigs when on pasture was
the consumption of more tankage
when fed wheat than when barley;
but, in the dry lot, pigs ate morr
tankage with the barley ration.
1931 SEAL SALE
TOTAL REPORTED
Lansing, June 6 (Special 1—Purchase of an average of 7.14 Christmas seals by Washtenaw county
residents placed the county second in
Michigan in the 1931 seal sale,
a tabulation prepared by the Michigan Tuberculosis Association shows.
The average per capita sale for the
eighty-three counties of the* state
was 3.42 cents.
The report shows, that $4,676.10
was secured Jn the county sale by
the Washtenaw County Branch of
the Michigan Tuberculosis Association. "  " -  '  '
"The loyalty Michigan people have
shown to the Christmas seal sale in
these times of, exceptional stress
challenges an ti-tuberculosis societies
to put to the very best use every
penny entrusted to them,'' said T.. J.
Werle, executive secretary of the
Michigan Tuberculosis Association,
in commenting on the 1931 sale.
"As never before, we can say that
this challenge is being fairly met.
Throughout Michigan, significant
work in tlie field of tuberculosis discovery, utilizing the tuberculin test
and the X-ray, is being done. We confidently expect that this work, facilitating as it does discovery of early
tuberculosis in school children, will
to considerable extent offset the increase in the tuberculosis death rate
many authorities predict for the coming ten year period."
MRS. AMANDA GUENTHER '
■Mrs. Amanda Guenther, wife of
Carl E. Guenther of Lodi, died last
Thursday. She is survived by her
husband; two daughters, "Viola and
Ruth; three sons, Arnold, Oscar and
Harold, all at home; her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Burkhardt of Saline;
and six sisters, Mrs. A .G. Wood. Detroit, Mrs. "E. R. Schill. Ypsilanti,
Mrs. William Huesel, Ann Arbor,
Mrs. Gustave Escti, Freedom. Mrs.
Rueben Finkbeiner, Saline and Mrs.
Erfin Schenk, Pittsfield.
Funeral services were held at the
home Sunday afternoon at 1:30 and
at the church in Freedom at 2:30,
Rev. Frederick Mayer officiating.
Interment was in Freedonm cemetery.
Edward Zentz, four-year-old son of
Otto Zentz, injured his right hand
Wednesday . afternoon when he
caught it in a corn shelter... He was
taken to the office of a local physician where it was found necessary to
remove one of the knuckle bones on
the injured hand.—Blissfield Advance.
Never did advertising have such
story to tell as it has today.
THE OBSERVER LINERS
Classified Advertising
mtntmum charge. 25 cents
tic per line first insertion, 4c per lin*
each  subsequent insertion.
Carhartt overalls 98c at Parsons.
All ladies''hats one-half off, at the
Burkhart Store.
For   Sale—Plymouth rock   pullets
4 mounths old. Phone  114F2.      39
Wanted—Used Perfection oil stove.
See Mr. Cole over barber shop.
Ford   Tudor   with   1932    license,
$35.00. Wiedman Auto Co., Saline.
. Whippet Cabriolet. Good mechanical condition..-Only $25.00 down
payment, balance small installmnets.
Wiedman Auto Co., Saline.    ,
Men's work shirts, 50c at Parsons'.
Men's shirts and shorts 75c suit; at
Parsons'.
Tennis shoes, special value, 50c, at
Parsons'.
For Sale—Good refrigerator.    Call
phone 202. . 35tf
For ' Sale—Cherries   and   currants.
Phone  142-F3. 37tf
All ladies' hats one-half off, at the
Burkhart Store.
All sales cash.    No credit,    eaiina
Mercantile Company.
Wanted—Livestock   of   all   kinds;
John Probyn, phone 251.
To Rent—Apartment, or furnished"
rooms.    Mrs. B. J. Boettger.
To Rent—My house on West Henry St.    Mrs. Anna Woelper.     28tf
Late Essex Coach, looks like new,
priced to sell quickly. Wiedman Auto Co.
1927 Essex Sedan. Good tires.
$50.00 cash will buy it. Wiedman
Auto Co., Saline.
Orders for rubber stamps may be
left at The Observer office. Prompt,
satisfactory service.
Genuine Petroleum Coke at $10.00'
per ton delivered in your bin. Saline
Mercantile Company.
S. P. S. Paint dropped in price.
Was $3.25- per gallon, now sells at
$2.75 per gallon.    Edw. J. Muir.
USE NO-DUS SOLUTION v
To treat your coal.
Saline Mercantile Company,
< Automobile Insurance. May we-
quote our .low rates on a Citizens'"
Mutual policy?    Wiedman Auto Co.-
Use Avicol Tablets for White Diarrhoea and Cholera and keep those-
ohicks healthj*w Saline Mercanti'-e Co*
FARMERS, ATTENTION!
Income property to exchange for-
farms; also small houses. Write Box,
F, Saline. 37
FORDSON TRACTORS
We' have several rebuilt tractors
priced to sell quickly. , Wiedman
Auto Co., Saline.
Due to illness I am offering my
store building in Saline for sale. For
information, write H. T. Nichols, 170
Eason, Highland Park, Mich.     37-40
Expert body and fender work, upholstering, spray painting, and service on all cars. West Side Garage.
John E. Dicks, Prop.
Tax Free Tres. We are still selling tires at prices prevailing before
the tax went into effect. Our stock
is limited.    Wiedman Auto Co..
Model AA Ford Dump Truck, completely overhauled. Only $120.00
down payment, balance easy payments. Wiedman Auto Co., Saline.
An ice cream social will- be given.
Wednesday, July 20, at Fuoss' store
by the Senior Christian Endeavor
society of the Federated i church.
Everybody is welcome. '.    ■"
USED BINDERS
Good  7-ft.  Deering;   an  8-ft.  that_
has cut less  than  10o acres;   10-ft.
power binder, nearly new.
Herman  Heininger.
1929 Ford Coupe. Good -mechanical condition. Can be purchased
with a down payment of $50.00, balance easy monthly installments.
Wiedman Auto Co., Saline.
Late-Oldsmobile Sedan. Very good
mechanical condition, finish and upholstery, nearly new tires. $53.00
down payment, balance easy installments.    Wiedman Auto  Co.,  Saline.
FORD MODEL T COACH
.With 1932 License plates, $35.00.
Balloon tires.
GEO. V. COOK- & SON,
Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
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I have the agency for (Standard)
Petroleum Coke, which is the highest grade coke on the market today.
A trial order will convince you.
Edw. J. Muir.
1930 CHEVROLET COACH
Blue Duco, wire wheels, mohair upholstery. Convenient GMAC terms.
Low down payment.
GEO. V COOK & SON,
Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
For Sale—Good poleless camping
tent, 7x9, with screen door and window sewed in bottom. Been set up
three nights; good as new. Will sell
cheap. -Jacob Smith, 113 W. McKay
street, phone 263. -• 36tf
1931 SPECIAL SEDAN
Excellent blue Duco finish. Looks
like new. Very low mileage. Price
greatly reduced.
GEO. V COOK & SON,
Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
CHEVROLET STAKE TRUClt
This good Chevrolet truck and body
for only $65.00. We also" have a" airtmp
body that will fit'this truck.
GEO. V COOK & SON,
.  Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
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