1918-01-17; Saline Observer

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VOLUME XXXVIII.
SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., THURSDAY,, JANUARY 17, 1918.
NUMBER 18
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$35.00 to $40.00 Coats
Nln the Blue Tag
Sale at $9.95
Nearly severity-five individual models.
Not odds, but fine distinguished coats, just-in
from New York.
Broadcloths, Bolivias and soft, warm wool
velours—unlined, half •* lined and full lined
coatsj with great convertible collars of fur,
plush or self material.
All the leading colors.
And sizes for women and misses.,
A life time opportunity.   Don't miss it.
(Second Floor and Basement)
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I Begin the New Year right by getting the wife one of
* the new JEWEL "COAL SAVER" Ranges on which to
•; do^her cooking for years to come.  Made by a company
* which knows how, with the correct construction for
* furnishing the most .heat with a minimum of fuel.
i Beautifully finished, and priced as low as is consistent
« with quality goods.   Your wife would appreciate one.
i We have in stock a few United States Cream Sepa-
i rators on which we are making a mighty low price.   If
1 you are interested drop in and let us show them to you.
Yours for a prosperous New Year,
HENNE
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BOY WANTED
About 16 years of age, or older.
Opportunity to learn a real
trade to the right party.
Some New Places For Sale
126 Acres df Fine Farming Hand onljy 2 miles flrom Saline on Ann Arhor
Road.   Easy terms if sold soon.
70 Acres two miles fjipm Saline,;  new hip ijoof Darn-    Good, fair "house.
Pleasant location.    Price, §6,500,00,
20 Acres of land near car line, with good house and| fair- bam buildings.
Just the place for  convenience to reaieh Ann Arbor,  Ypsilianti  and
Saline schools.
120 Acres cW good clay loam ilahd, only 3 mll|es ifrom town on Clinton ijoad.
Price, $65.00 per acre.
A 6x12   rod jlot   onl   Hetafiy   street, - with   good   house;   and  large  'barn.
Pa-ice, §2,200.00.
Three Fine Lots on Michigan avenue never on the market till now.    Just
the places to build your new homes.
Willis M. Fowler
PLAN TO GBOW SOBGHmi
Not Difficult to "Raise and a Beady
Market Is Assured.
Tha echo of sorghum is again
sounding through the farming district .and it is "more thau probable
that it will have an influence toward
a crop for 1918, It is hut a few years
ago when sorghum was a common
'crop and few farmers there were who
did not raise more or less oif it). It is
not difficult to raise, .requires only a
smalll tract of soil and! now that sugar
is so unreasonably difficult to obtain
and at the high price it has attained
for siome time past* ai supp'y of
sorghum in the home would help out
nicely and in many ways and places
take the place of the high priced
white grannies and obviate the inconvenience of shortage conditions
now experienced. '
Few m|ay not realize it, but true,
nevertheless, that a djsh of moderately well bailed down sorghum molasses allowed to stand unshakened
or stirrai'd; for a time, vHili granulate
and form an excellent quality of light
birown sugar. From 50 to 100 pounds
has many times been taken from a
barrel after the mola=ses h~d been
drawn off.
The coming spring would be an excellent time to give the sorghum crop
raising a new boom, as we understand Mr. Fahner would have to go
to bust little expense to proviide the
needed facilities Jar converting the
cane to syrup.
A. J. W.
Presbyterian Church News
Rev. W. H. Hoffman, Pastor.
Service Sabbath morning as usual.
The evening service will be in the
M. E. church.
Y. P. SL C. B. at 6 o'clock; subject,
"Christian Endeavor Day." Every
Christian Bndeavorer and every one
who has ever been a Christian Endeavor should strive to be present
and awaken some old time enthusiasm. Let us refute the idea that this
great movement has had its day and
is passed.
The prayer meeting this week is
With Mr. and. Mrs. A. D, Crittenden.
A goodly number should be present.
Every one will be happy to know
that Ijittle Thomas Feldman is much
better., that the crisis of the disease
has passed and he is well on .the way
to recovery. Mr. and Mi-s. Feldhian
have had the deepest sympathy of the
community during the sickness of
their baby.
Since the blizzard and snow storm
of last Saturday the oldest citizen
has nothing to say. It is a record
breaker, for Southern Michigan, stopped the railroads, put traffic out of
commission and blocked the highways with 'impassable drifts. It was
a good time to sit snugly around our
own firesides, read Whittier's "Snowbound" and recall the hardships of
the pioneers.
The stray dog that has been around
Saline has a happy wag of his tail.
I would suggest our council adopt
him as their mascot and that our
friend Charlie, so kind to animals,
give him a warm 'corner where
tramps usually sleep. He is as worthy
of such accommodations as the unfortunate derelicts of humanity that
appeal for our sympathy.
It is strange what a propensity
some people have to minutely interpret the signs of the times by the
happenings of their own day. These
self-imposed prophets speak with
boldness their- positive and assuring
convictions,, forgetting the fact that
God's plans run through all time,
His counsels shape the centuries and
prophetic fulfillments !come her,e and
there through the course of the ages
and in, keeping with the secrets of
His will, that no man knows. It is
the part of wisdom to see the affairs
of the world moving with the impulse of a divine purpose to realize
that prophecies are unwritten histories fulfilled or yet to be fulfilled
in our time and the future, but let
God do the revealing and not man by
his too forced and limited interpretations, as he fancies he sees things in
the passing events df the day.
OBSERVER LINERS
Classified Advertising
6c per Line "First Insertion;  '£lien 3c
per Line;  "Minimum charge 25c.
For Sale—Portland cutter, in good
shape. 4 W. H. Sweet.
For Sale—Good! farm horse.
2tf Wiedmarfs Garage.
Lost—Square top cuff button, clover
leaf design.
4 Silas Briggs.
For   Sale—Custter,   single   harness
and road wagon.
2tf Wiedman's Garage.
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.
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Mrs. Michael Meyer and daughter
of York visited Mrs. Conrad Boettner
Friday evening.
Some people have formed a regular
habit of borrowing their neighbor's
local paper. Of course you wouldn't
do that—not when you can have a
copy every week of your own for less
than 3 cents a "week.
Housekeeper wanted at once. Some
one who. likes children and who
wants to work. Goodl wages and a
goodi home to one who can qualify.
Lee J. Ferguson, Tecumseh.       2-2t-c
Good, 80-acre farm for rent or sale,
two miles north and one-fourth mile
west of Macon and .about four and
one-half miles east of Clinton. Owner, Peter Morton, 601 Scotten Ave.,
Detroit, Mich. .      5
REPUBLICANS OUT
FOK BEAKES' SEAT
Democrat Congressman From Second
to Have Fight.
Ann Arbor, Jan. 14.—The first republican to give notice <that he will
be a candidate in the primaries next
August for the republican nomination
for congress in the second district,
now represented by Samuel. W.
Beakes, democrat, is H. Wirt New-
kirk, of Ann Arbor1.
Two others that may be expected
to 'follow suit are Senator Charles J.
Deland of Jackson and Thornton
Dixon of Monroe. And there may be
a few more.
H. Wjirt NewkUrk is one of the republican veterans of Washtenaw
county, where he was born in 1854.
He was graduated, 'from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1S79. He began the practice
df law in Bay City, where he was
elected a circuit court commissioner
in 1880. In the later SO's he moved
to Lake 'county, where he was elected
prosecuting attorney and a member
of the legislature. Returning to
Washtenaw county, he was elected
judge of probate in 1896. He was
elected to the (legislature in 1906
and 1908 lor the Ann Arbor distract,
and again elected 'in 1916.
THE BOG TAX
In another column of The Observer
will be found a notice relative to the
payment and collection of the dog
tax as amended by the last legislative. By this notice it will be seen
that the owner of a dog is required to
pay the tax to the township ^lerk on
or before the fir&t day of 'February.
The clerk has a list of the dogs in the
township and after February 1, he is
to furnish a list of such dogs on
which the tax remains unpa|ld to the
sheriff, or deputy sheriff, whose duty
it is to kill such dogs. It's up to you
to pay this tax if you want your dog
to live, and if he is killed ;there is no
one to blame but yourself.
NO REAL SAYING
It has not yet been demonstrated
that there is any real saving or economy .in buying away Ifrom home. Of
course there are "leaders" and "baits"
sometimes offered by catalog houses,
on which, as IndHidlual items, local
dealers cannot compete. There are
occasionally other articles on which
a mail order house may have the
(local merchants beaten, but on the
general run o;f their merchandise,
quality, express, freight or postage,
and terms considered, the local merchants can "and are .meeting mail
order house prices.
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Methodist Church Items
Rev. E. R. Stevenson, Pastor.
"The Sublimity of Out* Cause" is
thei subject Sunday morning at 10
o'clock.
"Can We Have Something for
Nothing?" is the subject Sunday evening at 7 q'clock—union service.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening
at. 7:15.
'    Epworth League meets at 6 o'clock.
Program of Graduation Exercises of
the Class of '75.
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It" is with much regret that we are
unable to reproduce, in style of type,
ornaments, form, etc., a program
which was handed us this week, it
being the one used by the graduating
class of the Saline high school forty-
tha-.ee years ago. This was the
fourth graduating class to complete
the school work lin the present building, and It wU|l be further observed
that commencement was held' then in
March, which would now be considered an unusual time to complete the
various courses of -study, being so
long before; the closing of the school
year.
It also is a pleasure to note that
all of the graduates are still enjoying the best health.
Goods of Quality!
The only kind you will find here, and
that is the reason we can assure
....you of.;..
Your Money's Worii; or lour Money Buck
BURKHART BROS.
GRADUATING EXEBCISES
CLASS  OF 1S75
Saline Union School Hall
Friday Evening, March 26
Music, (Quartette), "Memory's Refrain," (Pease).
Prayer, Rev. William Campbell.
Music, (Duet), "Jolly Brother's
Gallop,"   (Welles).
Essay, "The Power of Example,"
Edith Parsons.
Bssayr "The Tyranny of Fashion."
Lida J. "Wallace.
Music, (Solo), "Heart Bowed Down"
(Bohemian Girl).
Essay, "The Infancy Growith and
Maturity of Michigan," Katie Burg.'
Oration, "Reformers,11 Charles
Lake.
Music, (Duet), "Swallows, Farewell," (Kucken),
Valedictory, Lida. J. Wallace.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Muslic, (Quintette), "Gathering
Home,'*  (Lockwood).
Benediction.
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RECORDS OF YEABS BBOKEN
None But the Oldest Inhabitants Can
Remember   a   Storm   Worse
Than Saturday's.
The Quale
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For Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and Canned Goods
Oranges 35c, 45c and 50c per dozen
Grape Fruit 10c, 3 for 25c
Fresh Lettuce 20c per pound
Two cans Sweet Corn 25c
Try Moxley's Oleo.
i. Fleischman's Compressed Yeast fresh every other day
5 All orders delivered promptly
jj Bring" me your Butter and Eg-gs
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Saline, iin common with the rest of
the state, was completely paralyzed
by the snow and wind, of Friday night
and Saturday, the blizzard caging
with unabated fury for more than
twenty-four hours.
Trttins and street cars were unable
tio make scheduled time, none of the
latter running in or out of town. Saturday, Sunday and till noon on Monday- The steam roads did a little
better, but in some se'etions of the
state it was Wednesday before any
approach to- regular running time
could be made.
The English churches suspended
Sunday services entirely, but the
school sessions were not interrupted,
for1 by Monday the temperature had
risen to something like livable condition.
As is usual at such times, many
wild reports of hundreds qf people
and myriads of stock perishing as a
result of the blizzar.d were bandied
about. The toll was severe enough
though, at its best. About a dozen
citizens perished in the state from
the effects of the blizzard, two of
them being trainmen who losjt their
lives near Ann Arbor. An o'ccasionajl
farmer, in the vicinity reports some
stock and chickens as having frozen.
It is to ,be hoped suqh another
storm may never again visit this
section. One of that kind is enough
in an ortlinary lifetime.
DEKOVEN MALE QUARTETTE
Two well satisfied audiences testify
to the ability of the DeKoven Male
Quartette to please. "While they were
not able to fill th^ir engagement on
Monday evening,, as advertised, they
did manage to get here ffor Tuesday
aSternoon and evening, and their reception at both performances must
have been very gratifying to them.
They are gentlemen of mora -than ordinary ability as vocalists and musicians, presenting a varied program
j of 'classic and latter day numbers
I which please the most exacting.
Their     non-arrival     on     Monday
j caused the ladies of the Library Asso-
qiation no end of worry, extra work
and   expense,  but iwhep.   one^  hears
i their; side of the story one cannot
help feeling but that perhaps their,
not being able to get a train out of
Detroit Monday which would stop at
Ypsilanti is reasonable. True it is
thajt the storm of Saturday has a lot
to answer for.
Saline Can
The Cornroi
Sugar Bowl
The Best Place for Lunches
Candies, Fruits,
Confections,
Cigars and Tobaccos
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