1918-08-15; Saline Observer

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*   VOLUME XXXVIII.
SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1918.
NUMBER 48
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Often Neglected "
THERE ARE MANY LEGITIMATE
CHANNELS - FOR SPuNlvING YOUR
.MONEY.
THE' SAVINGS d'ANNi-.L, IS JUST AS "
IMPORTANT AS THE MEAT CHANNEL,
OR THE GROCERY CHANNEL, OR TILE
CLOTHING CHANNEL, AND HAS A LEGITIMATE CLAIM FOR ITS PRCPiiR
FT! a RE.
DONT IAY A" IDS TOO LARGE
AMOUNTS. MAKE THEM SMALL ENOUGH
AND THEN KEEP AT IT.
SALINE SAVINGS BANK
Tire One Story Bank on the Corner
MEMBUll OP FEUER-.L KESEKTE BANK
otton
to get satisfaction in
Service  and   Quality  of   Goods!
There Is None Better
Quality  is  Our  Motto
1 'hone 49
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HAVE YOU COT YOURS YET?
Get it while the getting is
good.    We have it.
I If you are going to need a Range, don't
* forget the Range Eternal. We will put
I it up against any Range made.
Phone 50-4R
E. Ml. HENNE
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Fom the habit of coming here for ... .
Ice Cream
Fruits and Candies
Cigars and Tobaccos
We're prepared to serve you prompty and courteously* and carry the largest and best assortments. When
it comes to anything special in
Fancy Sundaes and Sodas
Cool and "Refreshing Soft Drinks
we can satisfy you in every detail. We will appreciate your patronage.
FROM "OVER THERE"
Cheery Letter From William Lutz to
His Father.
THE SALINE CANDY KITCHEN
Dear Father:
Well, it has been sine time since I
wrtte, but I have- been doing traveling lately, and could not find time to
write.
Just now we are enjoying a few
days of quiet in a pleasant little village, "somewhere in Fr-n.-e." This
is hy far the hest place we have
struck yet. In our last trip we-saw
.-ome of the prCLiie t country, part
of the trip with horses, ?o we could
look around and see avers thing.
The farmers are making their hay
and we saw lo s of U. S. mowing
machines, and while tluy have these
machines, still they use the wooden
rakes, too. Saw lots of pretty hills
and lakes, with- Hue villages beside
them find lots of cities.
It is a common sight to see a hunch
of soldiers out hel:..in^ to make hay.
The girls, and there are lo!s of prct=
ty ones here, r-ike and lead the hay.
I, too, have heen d in;; a little farm
work. It is light until nine o'clock
and our work is over at six, so t.ieie
are three hours to help along the agricultural .activities.
The:e are some "bright spots in a
soldier's life. We are set .led down
Once more to tile real 1 usine-s :sf war,
where, I cannot tell. I am enjoying
it more than in e.unp. The work is
hard and our s'eep d'sUirbed, and so
on and so forth, you know, but there
is a big satisfaction in it. You know
you are doing somethir-g that counts.
I think the doughboys are nervy fellows and those I have met and talked
with would about as soon go "over
the top" as to eat.
We have christened our gun "Maiy
Fiekford," and Mary's picture adorns
the gun shield. It is the custom to
name the guns and cons"dered quite
an honor to have a gun named for
one. Over" ninety guns were named
"liva Tanguay" and had her picture
hung abova, to cheer up the crew.
Today I stayed while the other boys
went to dinner—%ome one always has
to stay with ''Mary," you know.
I have net seen a fellow from home
yet. At the time you "knew" we were
at the front, we we're several hundred
miles from there, so don't believe the
rumors that sound a bit overdrawn.
The "Y" man  comes up to see  us
Often and brings us writing material.
He  is going to bring a singer and a
few'musicians- along with  him   next
time.
Ihere are hits cf    berries    in    tho
t
woods   and some  eh rry    tre-es.      it
ioiks queer to see cherry trees, fields
of g.ain, potatoes, between us and the
enemy.   The people here take war as
a matter of fact affair and live about
in the same manner f;s bcf.re.
Have not seen a paper for a long
time; the latest was a Free Press of
June 1G. We will ivrobably be in this
place in reserve for some time. The
last place was lino, qf course: always
with the risk of being hit, but things
were fairly quiet. You can always
hear a shell coming, and if quite
speedy can get to a dugout before it
gets to its destination.
This was news to mo, for I had understood you never hear the bullet
that hits you. I usually plan to move
at once, for they have a sound all
their own, just a low whine as they
ccme, then "bang". We are able to
tell them as they come,, 77's, SS's,
105's according to the p culiar noise
they make. And if all is quieb, we
can usually hear the gun fired, "some
where in Germany." Then there are
several seconds to seek the dugout.
The last place we were in was the
nearest to a rest camp we could ask
for. We each had four hours at
guard duty each day and probably
some firing at night, but on the average we got to bed by midnight and
slept until ten o'clockk unless that
turn of guard happened to interrupt.
Last night we did considerable firing before leaving and the old "75"
(Mary Pickford) was still hot at sunrise, so hot you could not hold your
hand on it.
I have seen fields  of oats  just as
red as blood; looks pietty, but they
must be a nuisance.    Potatoes, seem
; to be   a much more important  crop
heie than I had supposed^  Poppies
■ are   abundant.    It  has been raining
lately   and  is  quite  muddy,   but  we
j now all have rubber boots.   We have
a pietty good place to stay.   Can you
imagine, a dugout with a   lire-place
and a glass window
Send a few papers, as we have
nothing to read. Well, it is getting
dark, so will  say  good-night;  or as
the French say, "Bonsoir", pronounced
(bone-swear) and that's what the
most of us call it.
As even,
William.
OBSERVER  LINERS
Classified Advertising
(it per Line Kirst lu.sert.ieii;  Then 3c
per Line;  .tliiiiiniun charge 25c.
Lost, on Tuesday, a black parasol.
Finder please leave at this office.
Lost, in the village, ciank for Overland cir; .finde.- please leave at this
olKce;
Now is a good time to order re-t
pairs for any make of I. H. C. corn-
binders.     31tf       Herman Heininger.
Wanted—Girl or elderly lady for
general housework. Permanent position for all -winter. Call or write 217
Pearl Street, Ypsilanti; phone 1138-B.
We can save you from $25.00 to
$40.00 on-wagons if you buy at once.
We have Studebaker, Moline, and
Deere. L. E. Temple & Co.
PAY YOLK TAXES.. NOW.
Only two more weeks in which to
pay your taxes. Am prepared to
receive them any day at G. L. Parsons' store.      Roy Rogers, Treasurer.
Don't forget to attend the Big Auction Sale of Furniture at the Washtenaw Co. Infirmary Friday, August
16,  at 1:00 p. m. sharp.
See hand1 bills.
Presbyterian Clmrcli News
Rev. W, H. Hoffman, Pastor.
Subject Salbbath morning: "How to
Interest the  Other Fellow."
Evening subject: A peep into some
old testament families, or how people
live."
There wil! be no Chr stian l-.ndea-.--
oi- meetings for the-J-est of the month
Please don't forget that you are a
Christian Endeavorer and be on hand
the  first Sabbath in September.
The excessively hot weather has
decreased somewhat the attendance
at -church. We should be grateful
however, there is no serious illness
among the people, simply fatigue and
physical v eariness.
Details' and arrangements concerning tho mveh ralked-about picnic will
probably be It citled this Sal>.0ach, so
you must be lies nt . nd express
your opinion.
I have no doubt, we have all tried
to respond to- the needs of our neighbor this we.rk, no; always the one
next door, but the one a. bit discouraged and overburdened, to whom we
can go and say brother, sister, cheer
lip, let me help you over the rough
spot, there is sunshine farther on and
the sunset will be golden. #
The pastor has been wondering
whether you and others interested in
the extension of Christ's kingdom, are
contributing anything to the benevolences of the church. Remember the
way to bring a revival into a church
even in the heat of summer is to
bring all God's tithes into the storehouse and prove Him, if he will riot
pour out a flood tide of spiritual
blessing that no one church can contain.
The following amusing incident
shows the spirit cjf our boys who are
making it interesting for the Germans
acrossi the seas:
"Sb yor boy. Josh, is in the army?"
"Yes," replied his mother, "and we're
mighty proud of him."
"Suppose something happens to
him?" "Well, we haven't thought
much about that. When our Josh
gets into a. mix-up he most invariably ain't the one that something happens to."
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
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AID ALL IN SEBYICE j *
Christian Science Notes
This is an authorized branch, of
the Mother Church, The First Church
of Christ,  Scientist, Boston, Mass.
Services are lield in the Citizens
Bank building.
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
Subject:    Soul.
Golden Text:    Isaiah 61:10.    "I  will
greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul
shall be joyful in my God."-
Wednesday . evening testimonial
meeting at 8' o'clock.
All are eodrially invited to attend
these services.
Sunday school at li o'clock. In accordance with the Church Manual,
pupils to the age of twenty years are
invited to be present.
Welfare Work Conducted in 45 Army
and Navy Concentration Centers.
Christian Science camp welfare
work is now being carried on in 45
army and navy camps in the United
States under direction q-E the Christian Science War Relief and Camp
Welfare committee of ithe First
Church of Christ, Scientists, in Boston. There are at present about seventy men and fifteen women engaged
in this work, the women serving
mainly as welfare room attendants.
Condue-ted at 'first independently,
the camp welfare work has been
merged wii.h the w.a.r relief work
which the Christ an S;i-ntists were
doing in foreign countries before the
United States entered the war. For
both these purposes about one million
dollars  have been raised.   .
The aim of the Christian Sqience
camp workers is to be as helpful as
possible to all the men in the cf-mps,
whether or not they are Ch;-istia.ii
Scientists, and particularly to give
u; s .-ia-ice which may net be avilable
.it Uie time or place through any of
he oti.er camp welfare agencies. A
fe:.ture of this phase of the work is
an arrangement for keeping soldiers
and sailors in close touch with their
relatives.
(.loopera-ting with the committee in
B. ste.il, there is a Christian Science
cniip welfare cemmiltee in each
state. The committee an the home
•tr.te o,f a soldier or talor cooperates
by mail and telegraph with the committee of the state in which he is
•amped or stationed to form ,a direct
riiid constant link between the soldier
or sailor and his relatives. Thereby
th.e relatives are quickly made acquainted with the needs of their boy
in the service, and he is provided
with an avenue of quick communication with his home.
ill is linking of home and camp,
■ o.nbir.ed with the personal .attention
of the Christian Science workers in
th' ramps, has frequently- been the
ms ns of changing a soldier's outlook
from one of gloWi to oi.e of joy, and
not infrequently it has proved to be
the means of relieving relatives of financial embarrassment, the committee in tha home stale making loans
for use Ivy relatives until their boy
in curp should be prepared to forward money to them.
The net result, for which the Christian Science committees and camp
workers have received many commen-
.da'ions, has been a noticeable raising
uf the morale of m: ny men in the service and the development of a better
feeling at home legarding the participation of 'their boys in the se.wiee.
In or near numuvus camps, the
Christian Science committees have
erected substsni'a! buildirgs, with'
t^uiet places for reading and writing
and other buildings are .in course of
construction. A light touring car has
been added to the equipment of the
lamp workers at each camp to be
used wherever and wh;never pessib'.e
in assisting the men.
Service That Wins
The service that wins is the service that
satisfies.   Our service is *of that kind.
First. We give pou just what you want if
it is in the house.
Second. We employ every effort to have
what you want.
Third. We never seek to put off on a qus-
tomer a substitute for an article called for, unless the customer so desires.
This thi?€e-fold policy has secured for us a
line of satisfied customers of which we are
proud.
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Methodist Clmrcli Items
Rev. E. "R. Stevenson, Pastor.
Sunday School
E. W. Payne, Superintendent.
There will be no sessions of the M.
E. Sunday school for two weeks, as
our pastor has been given two weeks'
vacation, and it was thought advisable to grant the teachers of our
school the same vacation.
Don't -forget our annual picniie to
be held August 23, on the island at
Ann Arbor. We hope every member
of our Sunday school will arrange to
spend that day with us.
We are to meet at the church
where autos will be provided to convey everyone to the Island.
Fill up your baskets and come
along.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Visel and
family visited Whitmore Lake Sunday.
Mr: and Mrs. Ray Wheeler of Dexter were guests at the McMichael
home Sunday.
Mrs. George Herrington of Jackson was a guest at tke home of Fred
Burkhart for a week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Jordan spent
Saturday and Sunday at Lakeland.
Miss Audrey., who had been spending
the past weak there, returned home
with them.
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We have everything in -She line |
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Bring us your Butter, Eggs and Farm Produce.
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The Easy Way is Best
JET that pile of manure out on your fields
right after harvest where it will do some
good. No, not with a wagon. You waste a full third
of it if you do it that way, and you have a hard, dirty,
disagreeable job besides. The easy way is the paying way.
Get a Low Corn King spreader that will tear the manure into
small pieces, discharge its load in four to seven minutes, and
spread it in an even coat over the entire surface of the ground.
That's the way to use stable manure. Then you can depend
upon an increase of crop yields without having to plant mora
acreage than you can care for. Look at present prices of farm
produce.   Raise all you can.   Buy and use a
Low Corn Kiog Manure Spreader
Three sizes—small, medium and large. All narrow boxes. All
Steel frames with working parts of thespreader securely attached
to the frame. Turns short. Drive from both rear wheels. Return apron driven by worm gear which insures even spreading
Up hill and down. Pull comes straight on steel frame. Solid
two-incb rear axle working in roller bearings carries seventy-five
per cent of the load. All-steel beater cannot warp, shrink, or rot.
Built up to International Harvester standards of quality iu
every respect.
Buy a Corn King spreader and use it. The increased yield
from a few acres will pay for your.spreader this year. Come ia
and place your order now.
Herman Heininger,
Phone 201 THE SILO MAN
E«d«Uy Summer U HerJ ".
To a host of you housewives baking in a hot kitchen
is no pleasure. Why not let us supply your baked goods? A-
good line always on hand. They're fresh, too, and made
from wholesome ingredients—as good as you use at home;
give us a chance to lighten your work and help you to enjoy
this warm weather.
Ice Cream goes pretty good these hot days.
We serve it—any style.
Schnebelt3s Bakery
U. S. Food Admistration License No. B. 11957
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