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VOLUME XXXVIII.
SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., THURSDAY, JANUAEY 10, 1918.
NUMBER 17
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TAKING} m SIGHTS
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I! CLAKENCE   DERE   AND" ED1YABD
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LAW HAVING THE TIMES        |
OP   THEIR   LIVES.
Mixing Hard "Work  For  Uncle  Sam
and Enjoying Views of Capitol.
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Washington, D. C, Jan. 2,191S. j
Mr. Sim. R. Wilson,
Editor of The Observer.
Dear Mr. Wilson:'
Since ive have joined, the Liberty
Boys   o£    Uncle    Sam's    Arniy    our
thoughts have been divided on "How
soon shall, we get to Prance anol how j
soon  shall  we  get back to Saline." j
Every   day   we   ar:e   expecting   final ,
preparation for our departure across
the sea and we ar'e anxious Cor. an
early opportunity to  help show   Mr.
Hohenzollem   3'ust   what   the   Yanks
can do.
Ever since leaving' Michigan we
have been stationed, at Camp Meigs
which" fortunately for us is situated
in Washington and ner.r enough to
the Capitol for us to feel the inspiration of the great Goddess 0° Liberty
looking down over the city from the
great white dome.
Of course the routine ofi army life
each d]ay from 6:30 in the morning
when we hear the reveille call which
seems to say: "I can't gat 'em up, I
can't get 'em np, I canft get 'em up
in the morning'," until taps at night
commanding the lights to be put out,
keeps us very busy.
Uncle Sam, however, does not believe in all work and no play for
after 4:30 each day we are allowed
freedom until reveille next morning-
Sometimes we both go to visit the
wonderful Congressional Library in
the evening or go to some other public building which may be open. You-
know there are so many beautiful
buildings here that it takes some
time to see them all. We took great
delight in walking np and d|3\vn the
Washington monument 550 feet high.
This was such good exercise thaf'we
thought after ciompleting the feat we
might start out to walk to Berlin.
Wo are very glad that the Rev.
B. R. Stevenson has a brother living
in Washington for he and Mrs. Stevenson have adopted us since coming
here. We have spent several Sundays with these friends and have accepted their invitations on many occasions. We spent a delightful
Christmas with them, getting back to
camp in time for reveille next mornr
ing. Mrs. Stevenson's mother and
sisiter completed our dinner party on
Christmas day. At night our host
and hostess, gave a party in our honor
which we enjoyed immensely. The
next night they entertained a party
of fifteen including a half a dlozen of
us boys from Camp Meigs. The
friends we met that night have since
taken turns in having parties for us.
Really you don't know how many hot
biscuits and fried oysters we boys
can put away when we are invited
out in the evening. Our1 gayeties are
rather crowded in because we d)on't
want to miss the good times and
there are still 'several invitations we
are anxious to .accept. Rev- Stevenson's stister,: Mrs. Scrivener, entertained us at dinner the other evening and our only regret was that our
vaccinations were in such strenuous
process of taking effect that we could
hardily show our appreciation of the
good dinner.
You see wo are waiting this letter
together, because we are always together, and when one of us says that
he is going to do a >thin™ the other
says, "me too." That is hov we both
came to go up t(o New Yank Olty last
Saturday night to visit Ed's uncle.
We had a splendid] time but found our
host thawing out water pipes at a
temperature of about 10 below zero.
After assisting at this morning exercise we were set down to a .real
breakfast with a constant supply of
abput a hundred nice, hot pancakes
and everything that goes with them.
Although we remained only one day
in that great city we crowdjed a
week's visit into, the. twenty-four
"hours and felt thoroughly repaid for.
the two sleepless nights on the journey.
You see the good times are what
we are remembering most for we like
60 pass over as quickly as possible
such experiences as the days spent
in quarantine in camp. We delight
in receiving letters from home for
after all you know nothing can fill
the same p!;aee in our hearts as that
spot described by the one little word
of four letters—HOME. We are glad!
to report ourselves well and happy
and always interested in the doings
of our friends at Saline and in the
editions of The Observer.
Accept our best wishes for. a Happy
New   Year   and   express   the   same
sentiment for us to our many friends.
Very sincerely yours,
CLARENCE DERR,
Camp Meigs.
EDWARD A. LAW,
Camp  Meigs.
OBSERVER LINERS
Classified Advertising
6e per Line First Insertion;  Then 3c
per Line;  Minimum charge 25c.
For Sale—Portland cutter, in good
shape. 4 W. H. Sweet.
For Sale—Good! farm horse.
2t£ Wiedmari's Garage.
For   Sale—Gutter,   single   harness
and road wagon.
2tf Wiedman's Gara.ge.
Wanted—One carload of clover hay.
Write stating price, etc. l-2t-c
I. L. Hamlin, Southern Pines, N. C.
SALESMAN WANTED to solicit orders for lubricating oils, greases and
paints. Salary or commission. Address The Harvey Oil Co., Cleveland.
For rent or. sale—Farm of 126 acres.
Good  soil  and buildings.    No waste.
2 miles north of Saline.    Inquire of
A, E. Cole at farm, phone 166-F3.
52-4t-c.
REVIEW 0.E THE PAST YEAR
Anything But Favorable lor Growing
and Maturing Crops.
Many years come and go, leaving
behind innumerable cases of unsuccessful and damaged crops, the "result
of season conditions, freaks and other
■causes, some of which count but little
and are freaks only, while in others
the crop has not onlly been badly
damaged or lost entirely, but has
brought with it financial loss.
The season of 1917 has been no exception and has laid up to its credit
and history, loss and damage of a
large portion of the corn crop of
Michigan, making no mention of the
loss of many acres of potatoes and;
beans in the more northern counties
as a result of early frosts.
The corn crop took its first set-.ba'ck
in a cold backward spring when most
of the planting was held up several
weeks, then to be followed by a spell,
of cold rainy weather, which then
took on a dry turn with little real
summer weather; in fact there were
but three nights during the entire,
summer that weive corn-growing
nights. Not until about the middle of
August was Michigan favored! with
any corn-growing weather andj this
counted we!^l for a time and the 'crop
in most sections pushed forward
nicely until the cutting frosts of September, when all growth was stopped.
It was unfortunately a most critical
period. The crop had not made sufficient growth to reach a ripening
stage, and seemed to make little djif-
.ference whether it was cut or remained standing as further maturity
was out of the question—the Oob was
green and the kernels soft and dead
and in consequence of this a large
portion of the crop remained nnhusk-
ed| in the shock where it still stands.
Then came the cold blast of winter
and this soft quantity of ears was-
frozen solid, making its feeding almost impossible and dangerous to the
health of stock.
It is now only reasonable to predict
that when a break in the weather
comes and this grain thaws out that
it will soften, mold and rot, thus
making it a total loss. It was found
at husking time, unsafe and unwise
to attempt to husk much of the soft
portion as when husked and 'cribbed
or pitted, it would mold and! sour and
as the farmers are short of room in
which to spread it out when it should
have any chance to dry, the. shock
was considered the safest place and
feeding from the shock was continued until checked by solid freezing.
A. J. W.
No citizen who, contributes freely
and in the right spirit^to the various
war and relief funds will regret it in
after life- Now is the, time to,lay up
material for pleasant reminiscences
in the years to come.
DE KOVEN MALE
QUARTETTE COMING
AT  THE  OPERA HOUSE MONDAY
AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING,
Promises to Be the Best Musical Attraction of the Season.
The Library Association is looking
confidently forward to two packed
houses, upon the occasion of the appearance her,e on Monday afternoon
and evening of the celebrated D&-
Koven Male Quartette.
This organization of musical artists of the first rank has been delighting capa'city audiences wherever
they appear, and it was a combination
of fortunate circumstances which enabled the Library Association to book
them for two programs on the 14th.
A matinee will be given in the afternoon, which will be free to all
season ticket holders. - The admission will be ridiculously low to those
who will have to buy tickets—15!c for
.aduljts and 10c for children, thus enabling, everybody who likes music to
enjoy^tliis number. The evening
prices will be 35c for children and
50c for adults.
The DeKoven Male Quartette was
organized to present programs of unusual variety,; and of such general interest as to catch and, h'pld the attent-
tion of every audience, and send every
listener away more than satisfied;
and at the same time to keep the
whole aud|ience on a high level, artd
every feature of it artistic and in
perfect good taste.
That they have done so is shown in
the fact that in the many hundreds
of towns in which they have appeared on lyqeum and Chautauqua programs they have set a standard by
which other quartettes are compared!
"Are your people as good as the De
Kovens?" has been askedl of many a
lyceum representative.
Some of the features of their, programs are: vocal quartettes, solos,
brass duets and trios, with piano accompaniment, readings, one-act farce
and water color painting. Among the
songs they include a group of old
time favorites.
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Your Money's Worti or Your Money Back
AUCTION SALE
Owing to the death. Of Mr. Warren
Cole! and as the farm has changed
hands, the following stock and implements will be offered at public
sale on the premises two miles north
of Salline and six miles south of Ann
Arbor* on what is known as the old
Hurd farm, on Thursday, January 17.
at 10 o'clock sharp, the following described property:
Belgian mare 6 years old, weight
1450; Belgian mare 3 years old, wt.
1400; black mare 12 years old, w,t
1300; Percheron mare 10 years old,
wt; 1650; B^lgjian mare 4 years old,
wt- 1400; bay horse 10 yeans old, wt-
1200;  pair of two year- old mules,.
The following colts will be found
to be extra good stock and! will grow
into the large draft kind: BJlack
Percheron colt 3 years old, wt. 1400;
Day Belgian colt 2 years old, wt
1300; Belgian mare colt 2 years old,
wt. 1200; Belgian mare colt 2 years
old, wt. 1200; Belgian mare colt one
year old;   Belgian colt S months old.
Red cow 4 years oltt, will! be fresh
in April; Red cow 9 years old, will
be fresh in August; Shorthorn bull
1 year old; 5 brood sows, due to farrow in April; full blood Poland
China boar.; 3S shoats; 133 hesld dif
grade Rambouillet and! Black Top
ewes, bred, to lamb in April; Lin'cdln
ram;   Shropshire ram.
Two 3-inch-tire wagons, corn planter, 2 corn cultivators, hay rake, side
delivery rake, 2 corn planters, breaking plow, 2 Syracuse sulky plows,
John Deere sulky plow, double disc
pulverizer, spring tooth har.row, 2-
seetion spike tooth harrow, 3-seetion
spike tooth harrow, flat bottom hay
rack, stock rack, pair bob sleighs,
hay tedder, barrel spraying outfit,
knapsack sprayer, 2 sleighs, set of
hay sljijngs, set Of old work harness,
single harness, heavy single harness,
other articles too numerous to mention.
George J. Klager, Auctioneer.
BUKKHAKT BEOS.
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Mrs. Herman Josenhans and cousins, Mrs. John Stephan and Mrs, J.
Jorgenson, visited relatives in Ann
Arbor Monday.*
Mrs. Jennie Humphrey returned to
her home io Detroit last* week, after
a couple, off weeks vesit at the homes
of heF sister, Mrs, G. C. Townsend,
an€| .fe-other, R. "Wi. Mills.
The Qualii
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Lettuce and Celery |
Grape Fruit 10c, 3 for 25c g
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Fancy Canned Corn, 2 cans for 25c, while it lasts H
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Made in a sanitary shop and of the best materials.
It will be a small effort on your part and a pleasure to us
for you to investigate.
Special orders given our most careful attention.
Schneb@lf3s Bakery
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