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LOCAL EDITION i333 LOCAL EDITION ONLY FOUR PAGES •sm ONLY FOUR PAGES On account of freight blcckadc THE LEDGER. On account of trdght blockade Of*0, VOL. XXV LOWELL, MICHIGAN, JAN. 24, iqi^ No. 33 •'A% PRIZES AIMED Wliffl BH GOyill illERS AN OREfiON LEIIER To Exhibitors at Lowell Potato CuttiM Company Foreman 25 Board Asks Berry to Cut Off Paul Curtiss Sends Friendly Remedies Show Last Week. Years Succumbs to Hrief 82,000 Job. Greetings from The Dalles. BE PUA5E0 At Ihc potato show hold at Illness. '1 in uiVuv ot chief deputy I The Dalles, Ore.. Jan. 17.'18. You Need ACCOUNT the Lowell High school g>na- Wilson M. Wordcn, ior 25 , siioi'ill. which carries a salary of | F. M. Johnson, sium last Thursday and Friday years employed as loreiiKin l»y j ^2,000, will be abolished if Slier-1 Lowell, Mich. by the Lowell Hoard of Trade, the Lowell ('niter company, ill" Hcrry acts on the reconunen- Hear Editor:- Now the Kent County Farm bureau died at his home Saturday at elation of the board of super- Please tind enclosed .$1.50 and Michigan Agricultural col-112:1') p. m., after a brief illness, vjsoi-,. A resolution asking the (one dollar and fifty cents) for i lege, the following prizes were aged 53 years. sherill to eliminate this ollice renewal subscrij)tion to the Wexall A pleasant remedy for most orm awarded° , H. G. Smith, county Funeral serviceservices were liokheldl i1 wa was s adopteadoptedd Friday with little Lowell Ledger. We enjoy the Bark ^ s of cough. Pr< mptly re- Cherry ,ie c agriculturist acting as judge: at the Congrcgalional church opposition. home paper veiy much, the Cough Syrup y « throat %nd bionchial irrj. Early Ohio: First prize, $3, Tuesday at 2 p. in., ilev. A. H. i he slier ill' holly responded stories, current news and es- tation. Unqu^'if;( d'y recon- John Wright; second prize, .^2, Lash otliciating; burial at Oak- to Supervisor Perry's resolution pecially Ihe editorials. 1 think sider this ihe very best f not i .mi r, i/.rrd the Clare Townsend; third prize. wood cemetery. Culler com- whu h called for action by the if we had a few more editors public. Three sizes: 25'.. S0< r,ri ; L . $1, William W. Pullen. Cobbler: pany employees and members (shentl in dismissing two mem- like the Lowell Ledger has, It Saves Time—It Saves Worry j First prize, .$3, Chas. Freyer- of the Odd Fellows and I'u bek- beis ol ills lorce who are aspir- that will come out and say what 1 , ninth; second prize, .$2, F. Dan- ah lodges aitended t!ie services, ing to the slierilf's ollice at the he thinks and put it in" print Rexall Abftolutely • •• ?, •,->£ K7ni and gives you a feeling of protection against jiels; third prize, $1, Leroy Os-jin large numbers, i"an election because, as was as- about some of our political Cold Tablets be8t co't ^ • ' born. Early Rose: First * prize, Mr. Wortlen r.j •rnr-'ived by serled in the resolution, they are men, those whom are supposed possible misfortune. $3, John Wright; second prize, his wife and two ciiildci n, Lloyd campaigning on the cou'niy's to be representing the people, Special co d ..nd .5 : • i $2, William Hesche; third prize, Wilson and Max!no Eliznbetii. ume. and if they keep on helping to ^ No matter how independent you are today •$L Ernest Althaus. Rurals: "1 helievi ( very man has a smother our press, we will have i from any riirci^tic drugs Pnut Zj First prize, $5, John Wright; there it no telling in what position you will be right to aspire to a higher posi- a Russia of our own here ut • second prize, JjU. Ernest Al- lion. ShenlV Berry declared, home for the press is llu pco- j Look's RememJ er ther^ •>. • , • n tomorrow. jhaus; third prize, George j UnUi J "Xeilhcr man at whom this pie's intelligence bureau. We Look' • } I : t •4 Golds; fourth prize, .$2, J. A. resoluliun is direch'd. is slighl- see by the local papers the East Hand Carey; tifth prize, $1 each, Q. Vergenues Soldier Ro> Died In is sold from this "to'.' N; \ ;ii;; hi:, work. As soon as either has been having some real win- Lotiof? r A Savings Account M. Hudson, H. L. Coger, John Georpia. iiuried at Mio/i. man devotes his attention to ter. lay prepe aiior; p j Carey,, Thomas Chaffee. Hus- Frank Filis died id I or! O^le- • anipjiii.'iiiiig rather than to the I he nearest we have come to [ ped hfirids. face, lips, or any irritation of the skin. Will Protect Your Home |set Hurals: First prize, ^5, Al- thorp, luorgia, .laiii.ary !), of purnilsot his iluites. I will winter in The Dalles so far this! Splendid after shaving, 15c and 25c. len Hennett; second prize, $1, spinal menigilis. aged i'J years, iben demand his resignation." year, is a little sugar snow and ! We solicit the accounts ot WOMEN and promise George Cook; Miird prize, .$.'5, C. Funeral services were held at a few Hurries of snow over on : C. Crawford; fourth prize, $2, the Alton ciuircli January 17; S!; rilV Bc-rry's re{[iiesl for the Klickital hills which are six I One of the 8,000 YOU special COURTESY and CONSIDERATION. John Grabinski; nt'th prize, .$1 burial in Alton ccrn-
THK LOWELL LBDGfcfe fS 'hie LowWi bSDOii 4i timrnrn Howard Gould came home THE LOWELL LEDGER Many people are mistaking I MOSELEY their powers and duties," Hopkins) one of our Keene girls in being Compiler's Sedion 291)1 Chap- tlu1 ivcjuiri'd economy in food i I The funeral of Frank Ellis, who from Detroit Friday ni^ht. Ihe sixties, and allended Hie Marble! Fubliahed erery Thursday after- ter eighty-seven (87) of the Com- school. and fni'I for stinginess in j died at Fort Oglelhorp, (la., was rMoney to Loan The Lowell Ledger, Grand sn noon at Lowell, Mlchlfan. piled Laws of Michigan of 1897, and Mrs. Ld. Parker, who was so ser- i held al the Alton church lasl week Rapids Press and Michigan Far- I F. M. JOHNSON, Idltor ani Prop. al; and under such a notion 1 Thursday. He leaves one sister and on easy monthly payments. WHO BEATS THE EATS Ucporls «»f Mcclii'^s }[,.j; 1.1 unary Whereas, an election was neces- iously ill Hie past week, is improv- Twenty-flfth year uirfer business is bound to sullVr. ; a host of friends lo mourn his loss, mer, $4.80. 17 and 21. Iil IS. s:ir\ lo borrow said sums of money ing, but not able lo work yet. Let your rent money pay ;is will be necessary lo complete one manafement Slop the wheels of indiislry. j Mrs. Lena Cummins and lillic NOTICE OF HEARING OF OBJECTIONS TO PROPOSED F. G. Hotrman was home lU'gular iiicclin^ of ihe Common The services al the church here' 1 f for your home. At Lasby's? the ie-conslniding and maintaining have been disconlinued until better ZBBOT Cituan's Phonee: Ofllce, No. JMWj throw labor out of employnieul son of (irand Hapids have been j IMPROVEMENT. UNDER ACT 59, PUBLIC ACTS OF from (irand Hapids from Satur- Jlounnl of I be Village ol' Lowell, | spending a week with her parents.! hold in Ihe parlors ol llu* Lowell said Lledric Lighting and Power weather. Retidenoe, m and you have paralyzed I he ! DO IT NOW. 1 I Mr. and Mrs. John Wingeier. 1915, AS AMENDED, OF ASSESSMENT DIS- day until Tuesday. Male Hank 1 Imrsdjiv. .Ian. 17,1918, plant, a speeiid election was called The Ladies Aid socielv will meet by Ihe Common Council and held whole country. Don't waste Coughs Worse at Night j Owing to the drifted roads only aj TRICT ROAD NO. 137. fa Hot Meals, Lunches and Drinks Mrs. H. VandcGreyn of Grand ll'-'Mular Charier meeliiitf for the at Keene church Feb. 0. Dinner will Subscription by Mail, Postpaid.^ after due and legal notice provided ; be served at noon. Business meet- food; but buy what you need, The simplest uod quickest svuy lo get j few were able to attend (ileanei ; j Lowell Building Rapids visited Mrs. H. B. Bovlan purpose of declaring I he resnll of I One year ^1.50 \ meeting al Burr Davis' home Salur ' f the Special Lletiion held at Ihe by the Ad under which the Village ing in the forenoon. Dr. Finery will and keep tilings moving. rid of a wctiring, rucking night cough, As you like em, when you want 'em. Fair a day or two this week. of Lowell is incorporated, and Eight months 91.00 tickling throat, hoarse, wheezy breath* ! day evening. 1 (lily hall, wilJiin Ihe Village of Low- deliver a lecture in the afternoon. Whereiis. al an election duly call- Everybody come. ing is to take ! The Ladies Aid will meet with i and Loan Association Prices. Owasaka Campilre Girls met ell. on .Monday. Ihe J Itii dav of.lan- Afternoorj and E ft-ni ;. Six months Mrs. Clare Ford Thursday, Feb. 14. To All Persons Interested in Said Proposed Improvement in the uary, lULS. ed and held at the City hall in the Verne Rowley and Hob Monger 50C i The plea is made for a greater t yesterday afternoon with their Four months Foley's Honey and Tar. 1 Mrs. Frank Keech and two chil- Village of Lowell on the lllh day have moved their engine over lo 25c production of honey. This Township of Keene, Ionia County, The Township Ver- Talk It over with guardian. Miss Lena Yeiter. Meelint} called lo order al S:lli( Two months In it, you get the cunttive influence of dren Lee and Vehna spent Sunday, o'clock p. m. hy Prc.sidenl Winegar. of January, 1918, after notice being George Golds' woods and are cut- means more bees, and more gennes, Kent County, and to the Townships of M.C.GREENE, Pressor duly given for the time and in the Singles and less than 2 months. .3c the pine tur urij other he:iliii£> ingecdi- afternoon with Hosmer Andrews Try Our New Sweets Mrs. Frank Keech and son rrnslees prcsenl, Areharl, Lee, ting wood for Mr. Golds, Saturday, Jan, grain and fruit, through better J. B. TBITER, Sao. maimer required by law, more mts, togethiT with the moiiif/ing aud and daughter. Eva Engle. Keene and.Boston, Ionia County, to the Lee of Moseley visited her aunt, •Mange, McKay, Peckham. Weekes. Messrs. and Mesdames A. W. and pollenization of blossoming laxative action of honey. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Malehelor On your Sweety. Bound to please her. Bi6' Ihe Hoard of Lleclion Inspeclors lhan Iwo-lhirds of the electors vot- John Knee visited Mr. arid Mrs. Entered at the postoflke at Low- Township of Vergennes, Kent Coun- ; Mrs. Hattie Culver, Tuesday. ing at such election east a ballot in and children visited Leon Weeks F|V 191 Frank Daniels Mondav. ell, Mich., as second class matter. crops. Kent county will have lulliof C I'. V Cunne'roTi InJ. U:n« ^ STORIES COMPLETED ^ suhmilled the following report: ALICE BRADY, in i _itcf mi "I tifj'-icl and family Sunday. ty, and to the County of Kent. fresh stock just in. See our line of Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Clare Special eleclion of ihe Village of favor of raising a sum not exceeding . Mrs. Evelyn Cuhoon of Hock ford an interested part in the cam- I'.ial and ni'-it'ini eoi..Mirily d.iv ui.J ten thonsmid (*10,000) dollars to be i.igi.i I holey*. U.nnry a-nl i".)r a:.J i!o: t-| Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weeks (nee Althen of Columbus, Ohio, Lowell, was held in Ihe Cily hall is ill at the home of her father, Hold paign. lief It N jircul (.'f bronchi.il toliU mid lOujlha. ' Nina Hrown) of Hiehmond, Mich., Whereas, A pelilion has been tiled range S west, Keene township; within said village on Monday, Jan- used in coinpleling the re-construct- Brock. That Mr. Garfield is a failure Jan. 19, an 8-pound daughter. ing and maintaining our Lighting 1 i ci.'in1 l bror.ch'.-l ciurftii. oroiir. were guests of Earl Brown and wife w-ill ) me as the Slate Highway Com- thence east I'i miles on the east HOTEL BROWNING Charley Lamrix of Lowell came as fuel administrator, that his I'.ro:'!, uio i. Ii.-My ri'!..*vcJ. Fancy^Box Stationery uary M, ll»J«. for ihe purpose of last week. misslonelissionerr of Michigan, praying for and west Vi line of sections 15 and and Power plant. Monday to work for George Golds. w\ Passengers on the Friday eve- Grand Rapids' Newest Plumbing, Miss Mabel L. White of Ionia voting upon Ihe following proposi-l failure has entailed a loss ol M. N. HENRY. Cora and Dell Kropf visited at ihie improvemenimnroveinent of a portion of 111 lo its intersection with the west lion, vi/: j Therefore, be il rrsolved thai the Mr, and Mrs. John Knee of ' l has come to make her home hundreds of millions of dollars ning Pere .Muriiuelte train out Clare Ford's Sunday. Ihe Belding-Lowell state trunk line norlh-and-south /s line of section Fire Proof. At Sheldon and Oakes Tablets, Pencils, Etc. President and Clerk he and they are are here visiting relatives. The Maker 'he ^ing with H. L. Weekes and family. Shall Hie Village of Lowell issue upon the industries and people of Grand Hapids, who were six Several Moseley people who went highway described as follows; 11; thence south 2!4 miles on the Three Squares from Union Station Hot Water ond bonds in Ihe ainounl not exceeding herein milhorized and directed to Mrs. Fahrni and children called l.ient. I'. M. Freeman has relumed to Lowell on the train Friday were Heginning at the intersection of the west norlh-and-south V* line of have prepared and executed under on Mrs. Martha Adams Sunday. of the country, as well as an un- hours gelling four miles and Two from Monroe Ave. Owasaka Campfirc Girls' food ten thousand (sKl.Diiili dollars for, Also Roscoe "Fatly / uckie, ot to Ada on furlough, subject lo cull snowbound al lhat place and had lo east norlh-and-south 's line with sections M, 211 and 20 to its inter- Hot Air Heating Order your magazines here and save letters the purpose of coinpleling and re-; Ihe seal of the Village of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. (ieo. Golds and son lold amount" of suffering, and back, will be pardoned a smile Every Room Has BMh. sale Saturday, 1:30 to I p. m., at ten MO) Llectric Lighl and Power in Medical Heserves. remain until Saturday afternoon. Ihe east and west 'i line of section section with the south east-and- General Repair Work. and postage. We take the risks. conslrueling and improving of ihe Bray Ion spent Sunday with hei r* f i that he should be separated at that company's promise lo Everyone in this vieinil> seems Stephen Hennells is somewhat Hi, town 7 north, range .S west, west !s line of section 2G; thence Rufus Gregory's meat market. Honds of ihe Village of Lowell of parents Mr. and Mrs. U'ilkinson. "FATTY In CONEY iSI More than Half our Booms al $1.50 Call Phone 202. I make Llectric Lighl and Power planl and from his job, is the judgment of "Hush coal trains." lo uiulerslaiul lhat L'ncle Sam's better, although (|uile ill yet. Xeene lownship, Ionia county; west vi mile on the south easl-andj WANTED—To buy good lor Ihe purchase of new machinery one thonsmid (*1.000) dollars each, Mrs. Elsie Kennedy and Ed. Par needs are ahead of individual needs (hence south on the said east norlli- wesl '» line of sections 20 and 27 No Rooms Above $2.0.) a specialty of hot air numbered from one (I) to ten (10) The New York World, a promi- work team, weight not less than for said planl. ker venlured lo walk over to church 8 Reels Ait T lo and coinforl. ;ui(l-south Ls line of sections 1(5 and lo its intersection with the nortji heating. Called lo order al 7:1)0 o'clock a. both inclusive, which bond shall be Sunday through the drifts but there nent administration supporter, Suites of Booms for Touring Parties 1250 lbs. each. Edwin Fa'las Congress is hot over the cold Otto Peters, who received e\- (aldirh Vanishes _'l lo its intersection with the east and south V* line of section 27; LASBY & SON in. and \V. S. Winegar was appoint- dalcd ihe is! da.\ of February, 1918, was no church so they called at the which also charges the shatter- and empty shop plans of Fuel teiuk-d furlough, iltiu to had ease of and west 'i line of section 21; thence south mile on the north Beautiful Cafe Loggia Phil tirum. Canning Co. if ed chairman and I). C. Manae sec- and shall draw semi-annual interest Wilkinson home. ing of public eonlldence in the mumps svliili- visiting his parents, Ihence west on the said east and and south U line of sections 27 ami News Stand and Smoker's Goods. ond clerk. at ihe rale of live and one-half Ihe next Hed Cross meeting will Ford's Educational W Administrator Garfield, ll mav Here is One Trealinenl Thai All Delightful Cafeteria Arcade Mrs. H. J. Fuller went to has returneil Itt (lamp (luster. west 14 line of section 21 to the U ;M lo the center of section 34; thence Hoffman Shop. Train Inspectors and Clerks were dulv i per cent per nnnum payable be held with Mrs. Shores Tuesdav conduct of the war. The peo- be as wei I for that gentleman Sufferers Can Rely Upon. ( T. Morlimer I.ampert was sueess- post common lo sections 20 and 21; west lv i miles on the east and west Exceptional Cusine. Perfact Service Block. Greenville today to attend the sworn in. on Ihe tlrsl (ls|i day of February Jan. Ii)). ple are patriotic and patient and not to be too well salislied with ful eaiulidate for local postot'iee. '/t line of sections 31, 33 and 32 to and Aligns! of each and every year If you want lo drive catarrh ami ihenee south on the section line be- Popular Prices. wedding of her friend. Miss AI four (, !:Uii) , four Ihirlv (l:H0i arc loyal to President ilson, himself. Tlu- ollice will he renioveil from the all its disgusting symptoms fron iween sections 2U-21 and 28-21) to its intersection with the east north Helen Winter. and four forly-llve Mil.o o'clock unlit Ihe bond shall have matured i L Only one show in afternoon onv,.t - but niost of them will agree present iDcalion lo Masonic buihl- your system in the shortest possible Ihe 4 post common to sections 28 and south '.s line of section 32; p. in. proclamations were made llial and lhat each of said bonds shall i buy idl dead stock. Pav $5.00 iit Evelyn Knee is ill with ty- Rev. W. M. \\ Jerrett will oc- r ing. oeeupving part of room with lime, go lo your druggist and ask and 29; Ihenee west on Ihe east ami thence north 't mile on the east the polls would he dosed in one ha ve interest coupons allached to j (^ Worses delivered at our "plant, 2:30 Admission and i, thai Dr. Garlield isn't equal to "Made in Germany" doesn't c Farmers and Merehunts bank. for a llyomei oullil today. west ' i line of sections 29 and 110 ol norlh-and-south line of section phoid fever. cupy the Methodist pulpit again hour, Ihirly minutes and lifleen said bond:, mid said coupons lo be!" move stock immedialelv wilh his job. Perhaps no man would ]E , go in North Dakota schools any Someone advised our local barber r.realhe llyomei and il will rid -.iiitl Keene township and section 2j. 32 lo its intersection with the north JL Sunday morning, having parli- minulcs respectively. 1 he polls of ilulv signed by Ihe President oflhe ; nto truck within 2j miles of (irand have been; bill where the people lo lake open air trealinenl. lie i-, you of ealarrh: il gives such quick lown 7 north, range 1) west, Ver- east-ami-wesl '«» line of section 32; I A. H. Parks was home from \ ill;ige and countersigned bv Hie,Marlman Tankage Works, more ami French will be sub- 1 ally recovered from his long the ckction were "closed ;il live Evening', begins at Aci:n; -10^ i eutlini; wood each Tuesda\ relief that all who use it for the thence west l .- miles on the north Ionia over Sunday. ic. are doing and bearing so much, stituted :is a foreign language gennes iownship, Kent county, to (a.'OO) o'clock p. m. ( lerk Ihereof and lo be sold for no! f/JI'j'd J^apids, Michigan. Citizen Never miiut, fellows, can'l storm lirst lime are astonished. ihe east bank of Flat river; thence east-ami-west Vm line of sections 32 Newsy Notes About People You illness. less lhan their face value wilh ac- 8840. Main 4010. ihe best is none loo good; and study. \V. E. Rogers is still buving Ihe hallo! l)o\ was opened :ind •HHIII'll III < I illli,.^!^^ . nil Ihe lime, llyomei is a pure pleasanl ani- southwesterly along the angling and 31 lo its intersection with the Know. Mr. and Mrs. C. 1). Hodges hallols counled and prodamalion crued interest and that said bonds they must be pardoned for lioing lo win Ihe war if il lakes all septic, which is breathed into the west norlh-and-south Vs line of poultry. Phone 277. .T2tf shall become due as follows: road across sections 2.'), 20 and 3.) have closed their home for the made of the resull as lollows: doubling it Mr. Gnrfield is that And now we are threatened summer for lungs over the intlamed membrane, it) the north corporate limits of the section 31; thence north 'i mile on F. H. Misner was in lielding Miss Ruth Wood of Lansing Slalemenl of voles given ;it Ihe All honds lo become due in live While whealless da\ and meatless it kills the catarrh germs sooths the the west norlh-and-south Vs line of present and have moved in 'years from dale. h, st. lie Her sacrilice him than with an ice famine next sum- village of Lowell, being the south Tuesday. is visiting Lowell friends. Special Village Lleclion of Ihe Vil- da\ anil heallcss da\ all rhyme, sore spots, and heals all inllamma side of section 33, Vergennes town- section 31 to the west Vs post com- Tfursery Stock with his mother. Mrs. Belle Hoth principle and interest of sacrilice the people. Belter lhat Mrs. Mae Ay res of Saranac lage of Lowell. Slale ol" Michigan, mer. Belter get your ice while There's one thing sure, no one can lion. ship; and mon to sections 30 and 31; thence Mrs. D. B. Davidson is visit- Hodges. said bonds shall be payable a! Ihe one should sillier tor many held al [he Cily hall in saiil village the gelling is good. slop our good old summertime. Don't sutler another day with Whereas, 1. as such commissioner, west about IVs miles on the section was in town Thursday. ing her brother al Olivet. on .Monday, .lanuarv 11. PUN. Lowd! Stale Hank of Lowell. Mich- lhan inaii\ '•IviiiM sutVer for catarrh; tlu- disease is dangerous The Bed Cross headquarters igan. am of the opinion lhat the proposed line between sections 30 and 31, The Lowell Ledger and The The whole mmiher of voles given and often ends in consumption. improvement is necessary for the Keene township, and between sec- THE N. P. HUSTED CO. have on hand Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. has been changed to the recep- He : 1mlher resolved, thai Ihe niie. Grand Rapids Press, JM.-'jO. for and againsl the propusilion, Start the llyomei Ireatmcnt today. henelit of the public and would be tions 2a and 3(5, town 7 north, range the time-tried, varieties of Fruit Trees, Doyle, Jan. 21, a 7 pound son. tion room of Hotel Brezina. "Shall the Village ol Lowell i-suc Clerk mi said Village of Lowdl be A head line in Saturday's No stomach dosing, no sprays or lor the convenience and henelit of I) west. Vergennes township, Kent Mrs. Pearl Kingdom was Mrs. Lura Vining is visiting bonds in an amounl noi exceeding mid is herehy inslrucled lo adver- douches; insl breathe it -that's all. county, to its intersection with the consisting of Meetings Tuesday and Thursdav the public welfare; and home from Saranac over Smi- Ii'n lliousaml (siD.iilioi dolhrs for ti-.e said lends by inserting adver- News runs: Ask M. N. Mean. Whereas, I have made my lirst shore line of the right bank of Flat Mrs. Geo. Cheetham. east of afternoons. tising' in Ihe Lowell Ledger, print- day. Ihe purpose of compl, p,)- (he re- Citizens askui not to worry. j order of determination, staling that river; thence .southerly and south- Lowell. Ihe Lowell Ledger, Grand coiislrucling and m;iiul;iiiiin^ of an ed :d Lowell, Michigan, for two is- westerly about IVj miles along the Fuel board asks residents lo al- DISTRICT NO. 5, LOWELL 1 the proposed improvement is neces- Jippios, S*lums, tPoars, {Peaches* Joseph Anderson spent over Jesse Hurley was home from Rapids Herald and Michigan electric li.uhl and power p!;ml ;md sue . i'-.r sealed proposals for such sary as aforesaid, and have caused said shore line of the right bank of bond-. lay cnlamity IVurs and have We are e\ceedingl\ glad lln Sunday with his family at Kala- Grand Hapids over Sunday aiu Farmer, $ 1.80. for Ihe purchase of new iiKichinen FURS a survey and specilications and es- Flat river through sections 30 and for said planl." was forh-one Mh AM bids In provide for Ihe pay- confidence. main roads are again passible, mazoo. timates of Ihe cost thereof to be 35 to its intersection wjlh the town Strawberries, blackberries, Monday. Licensed to wed: Charles E. of which numher. foriy ( Hi) vole> n.'-n! of ill accrued interest due up- We listened to that kind of while the cross roads are not yet made and filed wilh 'me as such line between section 35, Vergennes on -aid bonds (and to further pro- Ray Gable was home from A. 1). Oliver was contined to Stautler, 20, Alto; Thehna conlained Ihe word (Yes) mid were I.ilk last fall and look al us now dug out. commissioner; and township, and section 2, town G vide lhat ;i cerlilied check in the Black Kersey Overcoats, Hudson Seal Will Davis spent Saiurdav and Detroit from Saturday until his home by illness a few days Honk, Iti, McCords; Floyd A. given for said proposilion mid one v-t> with oodles oi snow, forty Whereas, The specifications inade north, range !) west, Lowell town- Raspberries 11) vote conlained Ihe won! (No) sum >1 two hundred (*200) dollars collars, XX Rat linings; akins sewed 00 Sundav in (irand Hapids. by me are not yet final and will not ship; thence west about % mile on Tuesday. this week. Morris, 22, Ada; Stella Reeves, an '•mp.iiix cadi bid as an evidence mile g des. twenty below zero ami was given againsl said proposi- Miss Lucile Mobbins was called be made linal until after the hear- the town line between section 35, of .^''od I'mth. such check lo he re- to linen interlining. Gordon make $65 home from her position in (irand Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hunter The Michigan Farmer and 18, Grand Hapids. tion. and a spoonful of coal. Patience ing of objections lo the same by all Vergennes township, and section 2, and a general line of Ornamental St«ckt lumed to the unsuccessful bidder), Hapids on account of Ihe serious spent Sunday with his molher Lowell Ledger $2.00 per year Mrs. F. DeWeert was home Voles and unused hallols, one The undersigned will sol! at public miction on th > is i \ irtue all right; but it isi persons intcresled therein; and Lowell township, to its intersection TREES, ROSES, SHRUBBERY aad FLOW- tally sheet and one poll hook were ami lo Inrther provide thai such illness of her mother. Whereas, I have determined the with the wesl norlh-and-south % in Keene. at Ledger ollice. tf from Grand Hapids one day last sealed proposals shall be delivered well lo remember that soft j We were very thankful to C. H. deposited in the hallo! ho.s ami boundaries of the proposed assess- line of said section 35; thence north ERS for sale at reasonable prices for the the ollice of Ihe Clerk of said Sam Fahrni farm, 5 miles north of Lo v- ' i, words build no tires Black Kersey Overcoats, Hudson Seal Jack Hartley came home Mr. and Mrs. Joe Scott have week. She expects soon to bring hallo! l)o\ closed, locked and sealed O'llnrrow and Ihe gang of men who ment district for improving said •L' mile on the west norlh-and- spring delivery 1918, at the old stand. Village, up lo the hour of livel'^OO) collars,Marmot lining. Gordon make 55- cleared the roads to Lowell Mon- from Detroit Friday night to been spending a few days with her mother, who is in very poor and seal delivered lo W. S. Wine- highway in Keene township, Ionia south % line of section 35 to its in- gar and key delivered In 11. L. o'doi 1. p. m. on the Hh day of Feb- mile south of Alton mill, on Word comes fiom Lansing day. county, and Vergennes township, tersection with the east and west Vi Office and Packing grounds near spend a few days. liis parents at Alto. health, to live with her. ruary. HHS. " | We understand lhat Will Clark Shuter. thai the canning of wet beans is Kent county, as above described; line of section 35; thence east Vi Supported by Trustee Weekes. and daughter are on Ihe sick list Mr. and Mrs. Jack Manning Frank C. Kopf has movet Mrs. Hattie Peckham and CortMicate of Inspectors of Election. progressing satisfactorily; ami Black Kersey Overcoats, with Otter 50 and mile on the east-and-west Vi line \ye. the undersigned, do herein Motion carried. Veas 0, Areharl. again. Whereas, Il is proposed to im- of section 35 to the center of said SrandTJrun/c 7)epot, jCowetl, Tlfieh*o f Lansing are visiting tier par- from Fort Steilacoom, Wash, children are spending two that pivparalions for still great- certify that the foregoing is a cor- Lee. Mmige. McKay, Peckham and collar, lined with mercerized plush 29 Mrs. Shennan. who has been as- prove said road or highway by con- section 35; thence north about 1 Mj ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Leonard. to San Francisco, Cal. weeks with the former's sister. Weekes. sisting in caring for her lillle rect staement of the votes given in i activilv. give assurance lhat structing therein a class B, gravel miles on the north and south Vi Miss Nettie Wilson, on account On motion of Truslee Weekes, granddaiighter Lillian, has return- Buy Fall-bearing Strawberries grown at Regular meeting of Cycla- Dr. and Mrs. S. S. Lee lef the \ illage nf Lowell. Slate of Mich- the niliiv crop will be taken road, sixteen feel in width, to- line of sections 35 and 20 to its in- supported by Trustee Lee, the fol- ed to (Irand Hapids. men Chapter, No. 91, 0. F. S., this week to spend the remain- of the closing of the Grand Hap- igan. at the Special Lleclion held in can of. ll is to be hoped that gether with the proper culverts, tersection with the shore line of home and known to be productive and of lowing bills were allowed: Tuesday, Ihe village on Monday, .lanuary 14, Buffalo Coats, black, wear like fur, Mrs. ( . Hakcr is still al the home hridges, drainage and grading un- Ihe left bank of Flat river; thence Friday evening, Jan. 25. Degree der of the winter in the South. ids schools. the re, or I is true. In a few- 22-° of her molher, Mrs. .las. Needham. good varieties. 1918, for Ihe purpose of voting up- General Fund no pieces, quilted linings der Ihe provisions of an act en- southeasterly and northeasterly We are paying 5.'k per lb. Frank llyncs of (irand Hapids 1 work. Mrs. E. C. Walker and little on Ihe above named proposition; weeks we shall igain hear the litled "An Act to provide for the about 2 ,\ miles along the said shore E. C. W;ilker s .'{O.OO . attended Ihe funeral of .lames I' Mrs. Emma Esling of Battle Audrey Chase have been visit- for butterfat. Try us just once, and that said proposition lo bond Marve> llaysmer 30.00j commencing at ;0() p, iollo' nio i)r()[)prtv; plea for more big crops; and the construction, improvement and line of the left bank of Flat river Ihe village of Lowell for ten thous- Needham Tuesday, returning Wed- mainlainance of highways; for the through sections 20, 25 and 24 to its Creek was a guest at the home ing relatives at Saranac for and you'll he convinced that we Lowell Ledger 11.00 response, as to beans and pota- nesday. and (s|l),()()ll) dollars for the pur- Dog Skin Coats, quilted linings, Gor- levying, spreading and collecting of intersection with the south east- e are doing the most for Ihe E. C. Walker 30.00 v • lot s, will depend largely upon The Kiuerv Orchard company are of Earl Hunter Wednesday and few days. pose of completing Ihe re-construcl- • i-secuon p ring-tooth Drag 30- taxes and of special assessments and-west V* line of section 24; cream producers. -Wood & !larve\ lla.vsmer 30.00 . the disposition of last years don make. Black dyed busy harvesting their ice crop Thursday. Percy Willard caught the Ut- ing and mainlaining of an electric l-'iic Deparlmen! li.'i.OOi 3 Head of Horses Hogs 2-sectiun therefor; to authorize the borrow- thence east about 7-10 mile on the U). V. SSurras Keiser, Successors to (ieo. Lake. >pr ng-looth Drag Natural 28.00 whit h is viood enough this year. light and power plan! and for the J. 'I. Mndler ra v e ; crops. ing of money and Ihe issuance of south east-and-west % line of sec- Supervisor Jakeway of Grat- ile linger of his right hand in a 'lullI ^ - ^ ^'ng, ti yrs. old 1 Shoals ^pike-tooth Logs wanted—We pay high- purchase of new machinery for 11. L. Slmler Drag bonds under certain restrictions, lion 21, Vergennes township, and tan will represent Kent county buzz saw Monday and sutVered said plant wns carried. 3;,0;(iray Mare FAKNELL Seneral T/fanager Citizens Telephone Co. 0. 1. C. Boai Wide lire Lumber \\"a I Mention made in the col- j regulations and limitations; to pre- section 19, Keene lownship, to its at the Slate Tax association painful injuries. est price for No. 1 elm logs de- iu witness whereof we have here- •r.hw with scribe Ihe powers and duties of cer- intersection with the north and Ligh.t \ Power Fund lLoGjColt, 9 months old Bo: ' nmns of this paper as to the ad-j Moleskin Ulsters, sheap lined, lamb- the luneial of Joseph Cavanaugh. livered at our yards. We also unlo set our hands and seals a! Ihe C('nsmiiers Power Co. 1 j2.3() | 16°-° lain otlicers wilh reference thereto; south U line of section 19, thence meeting in Hay City. The Ledger's faithful fore- \ visability of resuming the mak-| who died in Detroit last week, was buy all kinds of saw timber; al- Village of I owell. County of Ken! W S. Winegar 13.3S Top skin collars. No. 1 Pelts held at St. Patrick's church Mondax and to validate certain proceedings north 1 mile on the north and south CittMtns IPhono J. R. Lynn, who has been em- man, Will J. Morse, was con- and Slate of Michigan, this l llh d:tv • ing and" use ot sorghum, has so do your custom sawing right. Tools morning. heretofore taken," Act a!). Public ',4 lin<| of sections 19 and 18 to its /53-3r jCoweli, Tlfich. ployed in Grand Hapids for the lined lo the house Sunday and of January, I!)IS. s3r)(i.r).i borne fruit in the ollVr of an ex- Acts of lUL"), as amended. intersection wilh the south east- —Michigan Bent Him Co., Low- 20 Head of Cattle Miss Marie Hresnahaii is haxinga past year or more, spent Sun- Monday by illness. W. S. Winegar. (I,.. S.) ( ily Hall Operating Fund. Low Corn King Manure Spread- or vacation from her school in ('.rand Therefore, All persons affected and-west !s line of section 18; ell, Mich. 31tf perienced syrup maker lo move Fur Caps $4.50 to $9.00 II. L. Weekes. (L.S.) Walter (iibson i;,00'3 New Milch Cows er, new Hapids on ae> ount of the scarcitv of Ihereby and the townships of Keene Ihence east 1 mile on the south east- day with Lowell relatives. James Nicklin of Grand Hap- I). C. Mange. (L. S.) lus mill lo Lowell, as shown by Cascade real estate transfer: Light A' Powei I'nnd •.."(Hi 3 Cows, due lo freshen about Potato Digger fuel. ami Boston, Ionia county, the town- and-west 's line of sections 18 and Mrs. R. C. English came Mon- ids visited John Lashy and fam- H. L. Slmler. (L. S.) In Separator his card elsewhere in this issue. ship of Vergennes, Kent county, and 17 to its intersection with the William A. Bellamy and wife to Waller (iibson l.j.ooj Feb. 1st Mrs. Terry Hresnahan visiletl Mrs. day to spend a few days with ily Tuesday and attended the Inspectors of Lleclion of the Hay Loader and Side Deliven idRolIe With sugar scarce and high-j Mackinaw Wsts $3.00 .lohn F. Byrne one day lasl week. the county of Kent and all persons north and south ',4 line of section William T. Bowen and wife, e \ illage of Lowell. Kent Counts . 3 Cows, due in March her brother Hob Hoy and fam- funeral of Will Worden. s3r».!)l) Hake .dlii priced, the opportunity allord- Miss Mayme Hresnahan of (irand owning or interested in any real es- 17; thence north Vi mile on the AI Michigan. ,4 Cows, due about July 1st tate in said townships and said north and south 14 line of section Mi. sw V-!, section 15. William Water Work Fund Hay Kake Co •Her (il the jieople of Lowell and vic-| Hapids is at .1. 11. (iahan's tor :i few ily at the home of Mr. and Mrs. On account of the National Moved hy Trnslee Peckham lhat ounty of Kent are hereby notified 17 to the center of section 17; thence F. Bowen and wife to William Western l iiion < .10 4 Heifers, due in May Sulky Kidin'j Plow inily to add to their supply ofj da \ s. F. M. Johnson. Fuel-less Monday the regular the report (it the Lleclion Inspect- L. Den nick 13. jo icle- I or numerous ;o Mackinaw Vests, with sleeves $5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Hunt and daughters lhat 1 will be present at the Keene east 1!- miles on the east and west S. McClellan and wife, e '/j, VL*. ors he accepted and adopted, in ac- 3 Yearlings Walking Plow A Farmers' institute will he Lugene Can Kl.aO me; >weets shoulil not be neglected. I i of Detroit are guests of their par- M. F-. Church on the west V-s of the line of sections 17 and 10 to the meeting of the Vvoodmen for sw '/i, section 15. cordance wilh the provisions of Jay ('arler 1.20 j en Is, Mr. and Mrs. (ieo. Fingleton. northwest '» of section 21, Keene place of beginning. held at the Berlin Center Grange Jan. 28 will he held Fridav, Feb. Chapter eighh-seven (S7) of the William Graham, •!.'» years Ii. T. Ford 2.45 The state veterinary advises j Mr. ami Mrs. .lohn Tro\ are \isil- lownship, within the proposed as- And all persons interested are hall next Friday. A program 1. Compiled Laws of ihe Slale of TERMS;—85 and under, cash; over that an;ount.. Fontiac Coats genuine] $5.00 1 sessment district, at 10:00 o'clock hereby notilied that it is the in- old, died Wednesday evening a L. Dennick 5.40 Ihe use of horse meat, stating ing relatives here. has been arranged on subjects the Stale of .Michigan of 11S!)7. being '• • •'i ; ii>" time i. m.. on the alb day of February, A. tention of the Stale Highway Com- The village council met in lis residence in Cascade town Crane & Co. 48.07 , thai there are hundreds of Miss Margaret Cuddihx was ill which will be of great henclil "An Act to provide for Hie incor Citizens Telephone Ct). ou good bankable not( 8 a( (i per cent intercut. , during the past week. 1). 1918. for the purpose of hearing missioner to assess all lands within the State hank parlors Monday ship. Funeral services will he poralion of villages within Ihe Slale thousands oi horses in the coun- objections lo the proposed improve-• the limils of said assessment dis- to the farmer. \doIph Leileit Iron Works M Mackinaw* $6.00 to $10.50 ! Frank Keating spent several days evening, lo save the coal that icld from St. Mary's church a of Michigan, and delining their Kulilman IJedric Co. (128.40 try of no olher use al the pres- lasl week in (Irand Hapids. ment and for the purpose of finally! Irict as finally determined at sai( powers and duties" as amended h> Ionia Knights of Columbus would have been required to Chas. Mcintosh A; (!o. 22!).00 ent lime. He urges thai at leas! Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hyrne enter- determining the limits of Ihe said j bearing, on account of the improve- Cascade at 10 o'clock Friday Public Ac! No. l.'hS of the regular issessment district. menl of said highway according to started their drive Sunday for heat the council rooms. morning. Burial in St. Marv'> Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. 1,257. jO the exportation of horse llesh be tained sevt rat lo dinner Sunday. session of Ihe Legislature of PH.'i, ('. .1. Lilscher Lice. (io. lll.Ol) Lambskin lined Mitts $1.85 (leorge Lalley of Detroit was here The proposed assessment district the plans and specifications on tile their war fund apporlionment cemetery. Cascade. Ihe proposition to bond as above Don't be fooled. There's no permitted. Doubtless the people for such highway is described as in the State Highway Department. and raised $1,212. Before llu slated be declared carried. v to attend the funeral "1 .lo-eph Women wanted at the Canning • '2,30(».2j of France would he glad of a I !:ivanaugh Monday. follows, lo-wit: Said proposed dis- Given under my hand at Lansing, -i h" m ml chins for every auction advertising service in Supported by Trustee Areharl. CODFR The rortl Coupel week is over they expect to go factory. Six and seven cents per Street Fund supply. This is certainly i more Kssic Murphy visited Mrs. Karl trict includes all lands within the Michigan, this 2d dav of Januarv, this neck of the woods thai Motion carried, Veas (I, Areharl, Lee. following boundaries: A. I). 1918. month in tlw? yeai—in any kiiu! ol wenther— far over the top. pail for trimming apples for can Luz (larage s2(i.0j sensible and palatable sugges- Hrown at Moseley Thursday. even approaches The Ledger- ning. Mange. McKay. Peckham. and Beginning at the Vi post common FBANK F. BOGI-BS, over city st reels or eoiiniiv romis. IVrnia- The Lowell schools were not Weekes. Light & Power Fund if alligators, Miss Catherine Malone visiletl her i .i;mies Mc.Nlahon Slj.OO N. C. Thomas, Anc. Proprietor Will Condon. Cleik tion lhan ihe use to sections 15 and 10, town 7 north. Stale Highway Commissioner. nent top with Kliiiiii«i: plate ylass windows, Solo kind. Whoever tells you The llGth railway battalion Ihe Hoard of Hegislration s,lli brother a couple of days las! week. opened Monday in accordance '! Wiihel Charles 20.00 snakes and liz/ards olher wise is deceiving you. with reniovrttde piller; iaruo doors; roomy with an order issued by Fuel recently recruited in Grain milled to the following report: ' I homas Morris 37. jo "The Douglas Trench Cap." seats with deep npliolstery, and the regular Rapids under Maj. N. D. Ballan Meeting of the Hoard of Hegistra-' , j.-.c Mnrrls 'Jj.OO | COONS Mar\ McVean spent Wednesdav Administrator Kelse>, closing N. C. Thomas, Caledonia auc- Hon of the Village of Lowell, as ap The expanse of the I niverse t Huhlished by request.) Railroad Time Cards Ford chassis.i iiijieont imioussai ihfactor.y ine, has received orders am Hidgew av 31.2: I lai al" A Marx f'lullif.- Material; (ira\ Worsted knitting with Helen Hull. all the .schools in Kent county lioneer, was in town Tuesday. pointed al a meeting of the Common who can conceive it.' We an , I'KREMAKQl KTTh ii service with contimious low cost lor operation will soon leave for Francc I". J. McMahon yarn. 1 skein, crochet needle No. a, The West Lowell church people indeflnitcly, excepting such Says it's too cold weather for Council held Dec. 31, 11M7. for the .himes McMahon 22. jo told lhat the light from pre-j KlToi-live St'pl. ".It. 11117 and mmnterjance. It is a (idi^ht to women purpose of regi.slering the names of single crochet. had church and Sunday school last Ka.-l Hmmtl schools as are heated wilh sales but is having two or three Among the men who are callet Arthur Waile 37.50 historic suns born 20.0()0.u0n| Sundav. i who drive and the ideal ear for professional all qualilied electors not heietofore Driections: For single crochet in. Dikiiy rxcopl Stitulay wood. a week just the same. Thinks are railway telegraphers Chas Civde Kinvon 10.02 years ago, has just reached tin Insert hook, draw yarn through, KhlKlu. m. To Ht.-liliiiu Diiily ivM-fiit'SiindH.v. i registered. 1(5.00 | •ii'iO ji. in. Daily and luisdness men. Conpelet $"diO f. o b. De- people had better postpone sales H. Cuddeback and Henry C M ibd Charles pass yarn around the hook and Entertained in Honor of Mrs. Eliza- Leo Richmond, son of Elmer Meeting called lo order al the Thomas Morris lfi.00 f "earth. As light travels al the, W'osl Htm nd - troit. Covert of Lowell. draw it through both loops on Ihe beth Daniels. Richmond, has returned from unlit spring. ollice of Hie clerk, al the store of I) chas. Morris 10.00 rale of 1H().000 miles per sec-j As if the slaughler of mil- CASCADE II Mn a. in Pally cxceptSnntlity KllKlsICU AT TO CO.. Lowell. (i. Look, al 8:00 o'clock a. m. and AUCT hook. Start in the center with a : |I. ill. To l"m>|K»rr. Daily fxt t-pi Sundaj 1'.. Hidgeway 12.j0 (leo. W. Kreige of our village Belding. Mich.. Jan. 21. Camp Custer, having been dis- Harry J. Fuller and family A letter has been receivec ond, we gel a glimmer of an lions (if soldiers were nol chain of four, join one chain, single '.ti'J.'. p. in Daily was in conlinuous session uniil8:(lo C. 11. Huncinian 2(57.00 has been on the sick list for several Thursday evening. Jan. 17. Mr. j charged. While there he was here from Carl Hittenger, o'clock p. m. idea lhat the ancients who fig- • nongli. ;i Hussiim scientist has crochet into this, increasing enough and Mrs. Mark 11. Brown gave a \ OKAND TKUNK of Grand Hapids spent Sunday Cilizens Telephone Co. (5.00 days. KITfctivo F'oliruary Jl. li'lT. vaccinated and has been ill "Somewhere in France," ack- Signed: The undersigned will sell at public auction (in W ured the earth as the center ol invented ;i device for beheading With Ihe sun shining and the to keep it that and continue around line seven o'clock dinner in honor with Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Law- Wesllield I-'all Hiver Lbr. Co. 1.78 n • and around, increasing gradually •-• •• • : Knst I!iiiiiiiI— from the effects of it. He is now nowledging receipt of the sweat- P. C. Peckham. McLean Hros. 32.00 Ihe universe were a bit mixed in .")(}() people .-it one stroke, (lod snow blockade reduced somewhat, of their mother. Mrs. F.h/abeth 6-:« a. m. Daily oxcept Suiulay rence. Mrs. Fuller and children F. H. McKay, tenant farm, one mile north aud oue-half mik wis until you have a perfeclH thd lop. Daniels of Lowell, who is spending .•[:> p. m Daily ein-pt Siiiuhiy er due to the liberality of N. V. H. T. Ford 10.23 IK liwir calculations. speed the time when the genius now let someone say "I have seen l at the Holcomb hospital to be will remain until the fuel sup- II. L. Shuler. ''i ( inches in diameter. Then con- a few weeks wilh them. Covers (i:2s p. in. Daily oscept Snntiay Overland (iarage 5.35 following property ou a robin" and forget the past week. near medical attendance. ply in the city becomes more Warner and the good women Hoard of Hegislralion. of man wil! look to the lives of tinue row after row without in- were laid for twenty-nine. The West Hon ml— Consumers Powei Co. 731.59 Hev. (ieo. L. Thompson of Cas- 7 i';(ir. a. in. Daily except Sunday and people of Lowell and ex- Moved by Truslee Lee, supported We aie willing to conserve his fellows, rather limn to their creasing for l s inches. The cap Chas. F. Kyser, who owns a dependable. Standing in line Mrs. Thos. Morris 41.(10 cade will preach al the Snow and evening was spent in discussing the I'J-.M ntm'ii Daily ext-cpl Stinday pressing his gratitude for and by Truslee McKay, thai the Village food; i)ut we are not enthusias- death. Whitney vi lie churches morning should then measure .S inches from problems of Ihe day. reminiscences, ll:!.; p in 1 ailv except SnndHy cane syrup mill and has had a every day or two for a few F. J. McMahon 70.00 center of crown to edge of cap and appreciation of same. Allorney be authorized lo inform .himes McMahon 45.00 tic over alligator steaks, lizzard and evening Sunday, their pastor etc., interspersed wilh inusis. A considerable experience in pounds of coal and delivery at the saloon keepers of Ihe village Wednesday, being sick. about 22 inches around. Do not program of violin music by Mr. Arlhur Waile 37.50 soups and snake pies, as sug- MORSE LAKE growing the cane and making 80 cents per hour, doesn't ap- In Kent county automobik that it was the wish of Ihe Common Will A. Wallerson. employed by break oil yarn. Chain one, lurn, Brown and J. W. Wells with Mrs. Clyde Kinyon 37.50 Will Fairrhihi visiletl his grand- licenses were issued in 1917 for Council llial Ihey close their places gested by some press contribu- the Pere Marquette railroad, was skip one stitch and single crochet 11 Brown at the piano was much en- i syrup, has a communication of peal lo them as a good winter Mabel Charles 20.00 parents, Mr. ami Mrs. Wm. II I'ink- inches for neck piece, leaving 8 10,153 passenger and 1,195 com- of business on Fridav, Saiurdav and I homas Morris 30.00 tors. These are not the jungles taken sick at Lansing last Monday, joyed. Among the guests were Mrs. | Wlf MM l\l I fc. IS ? interest elsewhere in this issue. proposition. Tuesday. January 18, I!) and 22. All-Day Sale ney, in Saranac from Satunlax un- inches for front of cap. Then one ("lias. Morris 20.00 W. of Africa, but the United States but was reported improving Fri- Peterson of Winnepeg, who is' • •• •mF • Mr. Kyser has made as much as mercial cars, (552 motorcycles. Motion carried. Veas (i. til Tuesday. day. chain, turn, skip 1 and crochet hack spending the winter in Belding with Charles F. Merrifield, a for- K. Hidgeway 25.00 of America . Neither are we Mr. and Mrs. Frank Houghton 2,000 gallons of syrup in a sea- I,215 chaufleurs, 51 dealers On motion of Trustee Mange..sup- There was ii very good attend- and forth on Ihe 1 I inches, decreas- her brother, Wilson Orser. At a mer assessor and former presi- Lowell Ledger 2.75 (Quantity of cannibals lo hanker after shark and sons visited her parents. Mr. ing 1 stitch at first end of each row son. and six manufacturers. A tolal ported by Trustee McKav, council Clyde Foreman Bay Mare. 0 yrs. old, wt. 1250 held selected "Col- Spring-tooth Harrow, with steel ance at the chnrch and Bible school late hour Ihe company broke up.de- Poultry for Shipping dent of the Slate Supervisor's adjourned. 24.25 and Mrs. (ion. Lewis. Monday. until you have 8 rows or I'i inches, claring Mr. and Mrs. Brown royal of $127,337.60 was collected in Mr. Jenkins & Son 4.00 Black Marc, 15 yrs. old wt. 1250 den Clow" Seed Corn frame meat. lasl Sunday considering the roads Miss Mathilda Scho!/, a association, was elected to fill IL L. Shuler. Clerk. Lloyd and Howard Houghton. which completes the neck piece. Do entertainers.—One of the guests. Chas. Complon (5.00 Bay (Jelding, wt. 1000 Double Huggv and the Ibermomelers registeriiiH HIGH PRICES PAID. school teacher, has presented a fees, of which $()3,()(>S.82 was •"» one-horse ( ultivators Audie and Olive Veiler and I'sma 2(ilo I'll below zero at 7 a. m. mil break otf yarn the newly created ollice of Joe Shear old Carriage How would il do lo stop eat- returned to the county. llegular meeling of the Common 2.00 Bay Gelding, coming 2 yrs. Melotte (ream Separator (iosch are home from Ihe Lowell (iarlieid said lasl summer, don't Far Flaps and Tie; I chain, turn, claim for damages to the board county game warden. The ollice Cily Slate Hank SOUTH BOWNE Council of Hie Village of Lowell, V, Jersey Cow, (> yrs. old, fresh in Farm Wagon ing for live days lo save food? High school for an indelinile lime worry. He could well say now, single crochet IS stitches, 1 chain, Phone 211, Lowell. of supervisors. She says that The Lowell Ledger and The Kmery Storey I - hot i !c Habcock i'esler, com- on account of fuel shortage. lurn. skip 1, single crochet 17 John Nash, Jr., and wife are the carries a salary of $1,000 and held in the parlors of the Lowell Handy Wagon keep cool. her jaw was fractured and her Grand Rapids Herald, $1.30. Williamson A French 7/15 October plete Harold Fairehild and huh friend stitches, chain, one lurn, repeal, de- proud parents of a baby girl, called $2r)0 for expenses. To provide Slale Hank on Mondav, Januarv 21, Williamson & French 5.00 Jersey Cow, 8 yrs. old. fresh in Hav Hack of Grand Hapids visited his par- creasing each row until only 2 re- Alice Lucille. eyesight impaired when she was for this salary a transfer from The Pere Marquette train 1018. M. W. (lee Co. Ha\ Fork with Rope and Pul- The Lowe school closed Thurs- Rufus Gregory HMJI | November Set Bob Sleighs leys ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fairehild, main. Put needle in center and thrown out of an automobile, the general fund was necessary from Grand Rapids, due here at .Meeling called lo order al 8:lj W, S. Winegar Jerse V ow 6 TS from Saturday until Monday. A Dangerous Trouble crochet a chain of 8 inches long for day for an indefinite time as they o'clock p. m. by Prc.sidenl Winegar. Kreiser Aulo Co. 1418 - ^ » > - o'd, fresh in Set Dump Boards Cream Cans which overturned down an em- Merritield was elected on the (5:20 p. in., Friday evening, fail- I Karl Jones of Jenison was a tie. Single crochet on both sides of are unable to obtain fuel. Trustees presenl, Areharl. Lee. Hotel Waverly 3.0' 0- ^ November Set Work Harness Grain Bags guest of Oscar Smith one dav hist Mr. Doty of Central Lake is vis- bankment on the county road fourth ballot. The ollice is ex- ed to arrive and a number of Mange. McKay. Peckham and LOWPII People Tell How To Act In chain, making as strong as possible. Lewis Electric Co. 3.15 FulNblood Jersey Cow, 2 yrs.old Single Harness week. iting Boy Deming. m Lowell Hospital south of Ihe Plaintleld bridge.— Weekes. Oil liarrel EARLHUNTER Time. Break oil" yarn and fasten well, pected to he self sustaining.- Lowell people can tell you T. Knowlson Co. 77.04 Litter Carrier, complete with Oscar Smith visited in Lowell a which completes one ear flap and Mrs. IClmer Ellis visited Mrs. La- News. Minnies of lasl regular and in- The F. Hissell Co. 10.41 due February 1 1 awn Swing Kidney diseases arc very danger- Verne Huntington and baby boy News. about il. The train was stuck in feet of track, nearlv new Phone 127 couple of days hist week. tie. For second Map start al olhei Good Care. G^id Board tervening specials read and ap- Lowell Specialty Co. .75 Holstein Cow, 3 yrs. old, fresh 170 Kitcl en Ha -e Mrs. Ida Parrott of Lowell spent ous. They come on silently, gain end of neck piece and single crochet Friday. a snow drift, three or four miles proved, in October Grindstone ground rapidly, and cause thousands I'osloria Inc. Lamp Division 45,07 C hild's Led from Friday until Sundaj with her 18 inches and continue directions Laura Lowe is home as the Low- Price treasonable. out of the citv, and after a long Slreet Commissioner's reports for Hulenber Kleclric Co. 9.45 Holstein Cow, 2 yrs. old, fresh Hay Hake niece, Mrs. Oscar Smith. of deaths lhat could have been pre- ell school has been closed. Kitchen Cabinet same as lirst. Then single crochet delay was pulled hack to the the weeks ending Dec. 22 and 20 and Llectric Appliance Co. 7.25 in November Mowing Machine vented by proper treatment in the Mrs. Emma McVean of Grand Jan. 5 and 12 were read and order- 2 C ouches beginning. Nature f^ives early all around cap for finish. A circular Citizens Phone 162. city limits. Then, instead of Pittsburg Lamp, Brass Glass ADA SQUIBS piece of cardboard ()'/, inches in pids is visiting Mrs. Jennie Flynn. ed placed on file. Company 81.55 Jersey Heifer, 15 mos. old Grain Drill Heating Stove warnings of kidney disease—-back- discharging the passengers, an- 'I rustee Mange olTered the follow- 3 Holstein Heifers, 15 mos. old Two-horse Plow Is il .storming in Ada? Yes! ache, twinges of pain when stoop- diameter is a convenience in the "HALLOO!" "HALLOO!" llauser-Owen-Aines 4.5(50.20 Oil Heater measuring for Ihe perfectly Mat top other attempt was made lo ing resolution and moved its adop- Slurgis Machinery Co. The Grand Trunk trains are mov- ing or lifting, heauaches and bladder 623.38 2 Holstein Heifer Calves Single Flow Washing Machine buck the drift. Finally, about tion: Luz Garage 57.51 ing quite freely through Ada ami disorders. If these symptoms are un- Jersey Calf Disk Harrow Cot service good as any of the railroad heeded. there is grave danger of TOWN LINE NEWS rro , "Yes, this is the 11 o'clock, tickets were refund- RESOLUTION They Let Him Duroc Jersey Brood Sow Two-horse Cultivator Chairs lines in this weather. Bright's disease. Doan's Kidney Pills Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell Titan 10-20 hi'zzm? That ed and the train pulled hack to Whereas, it has been deemed ad- 97,503.94 com Only accident to date: Hoy Gil- Auto Clre visable and necessary for the Com- On motion of Trustee McKay, sup- Vz ton Cotton Seed Meal Tank Heater have earned a reputation for their spent Sunday with their parents Sleep Soundly vy. the city, and unloaded a tired, I Canned Fruit (with sugar) lespie and Dudley Washburn," our effectiveness in kidney troubles, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Snyder. Will Best 'in i'Gjy sruxm mon Council of the Village of Low- ported by Trustee Mange, council '/z ton Bran Spike-tooth Harrow | Some Apples well known trackmen, had a dinner are known and recommended the Owing lo the fuel shortage hungry and disgusted lot of pas- ell to re-construd and maintain our adjourned. "Hinco taking Foley Kidney I'llls Morse Square Deal Grocery." pail collision. world over. Lowell testimony proves which has caused Albion college to farm—if you are tilling a hundred acres or sengers. Some attempted lo ilectric Lighting and Power plant, H. L. Shuter, Clerk. I hidl"vu 1 am entirely cured and I and J. J. Boyd, who has been seri- the merit of Doan's Kidney Pills to close, Adeline Yeiter is visiting her Bleep Houndiy all night." U. T. Repairing make the trip Saturday morn- ously ill, is out on the streets our readers. .'juayngo. * more, Titan 10-20 will honestly fill your power Whereas, al a previous eleclion, KEENE CENTER parents for a short time. We also "Send me this list of groceries by the ing and had a similar experi- again. Mrs. Julia Hildreth. Washington near Vivian Jacobs is home. Take two of Foley Kidney Plila needs* reliably and economically. The year round it will bo forty thousand (*40,000) dollars There will be a Hed Cross social and with o, Rlusa of pure water after each of all kinds. first delivery/' etc., etc. ence. Among the people on tire Supervisor James H. Ward, al- St., Lowell, says: "I got Doan's Frank VanAmberg was over to meal and ut bedtime. A quick and working for you. It has power and strength to handle your worth of bonds were authorized to at the Keene Grange hall Friday, though in poor health, attended the Kidney Pills from winegar's drug his other place across Ihe river on easy way to put a stop to your got- Friday night train were Mr. and be issued for Ibis purpose, and Jan. 25. Dinner will be served at Free Lunch at Noon evervday field work, pulling plows, disks, harrows, drills, hay meeting of supervisors last week store when I was suffering from! Friday. line up time after time during the Mrs. Clyde Collar, John Kellogg, Whereas, said sum was not sufli- noon, and good speakers will he and reports a written opinion from backache that had troubled me for a j r.lRht. machines, grain machines, doing your hauling. That's all "All right. Madam. Your order shall cient to complete the work under- Margaret Hull and Pearl Thomas ) tiley Kidney Pllln also stop patn Vulcanizing a Specialty Mrs. Hattie Peckham and chil- present. Proceeds will go to Keene Prosecuting Attorney Ho thus will be long time. I found them to be a line are home from Central High school In back and sldon, headaches, stom- drawbar work. It reduces the number of work horses vou need. receive our best attention, just as taken ipid the work cannot he com- auxiliary. Everybody come. given to township clerks for their kidney medicine. They rid me of the Dorothy Ellis is home from Bock ach troubles, disturbed heart action, I Then—no doubt you will have belt work enough to keep dren, Mrs. S. S. Lee, Mrs. Claude pleted without Ihe raising of addi- Mrs. Elmer Bowen and two chil- TERMS:—Sums of $5 nnd undpr, cash; 9 t'luc will b© Btlff Mid aching Joints, and rheumatiG 1 though vou were right here in the nioiithn WOODguidanc e on dog laws. aches and pains, regulated my kid- ford for a short lime as the schools Shears and Knife Grind- Staal and F. M. Johnson. tional money, and dren have been spending two weeks palne duo to kidney and bladder all- the 20-H. P. engine busy when out of the field. It is the right According to dog law as now un- neys and did me good in every wav. are closed. men in. store. Good bye." Whereas, flic power to borrow wilh her mother at Edmore. His given on baDkuble notes bearing 6 per ceiit inlcrcs- for larger suniB. derstood, any owner of dog not My kidneys have since been nor- Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Hull were in Guirifsville, Ga., II. T?. No, J>. Mr. ing. Bicycle and Gasoline size to run light machines with economy. Cutting silsfe. The Lowell Ledger and The such sums of money as will be nec- molher, Mrs. Ophelia Bowen, has sying tsx will be liable to fine of mal and my health has been bet- TI. T. Strayngo Hays: 'Tor ten years shredding, sawing, grinding, threshingung, pumping-pump: 7 these, end essary lo make such public im- Lowell Thursday. I've hc( n unable to sleep all nlKht Engine repairing etc. Michigan Farmer, $2.00. been keeping house for him. or imorisonment of 30 days. ter." Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sroll and son ol wlii you want to see the scenery, and furnish four unmounted photo- Catarrh Cannot Be Curad Bert Ford is assisting Godfrey besides a swaying train isn't as Kniphs of himself, not larger than With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they Oesch in drawing his wood lo Low- .'I by S inches in size, on thin paper, easy to sleep in as a cradle, es- cannot reach the teat ot the UlseoM. ell. cm MTtSIIG. INJUD 23 , with light Imekground. All four Catarrh !• a local dlneaie, greatly In- Mrs. Swanson, mother of Mrs. cut pecially when rounding the fluenced by constitutional conaitiona, ana i photographs should he signed bv In order to cure it you must take an Floyd Knapp of Keene left Tuesday Lowell Soldier Boy Write* of Trip I the registrant across the face of the WANT ADS—For sale, to rent, loit curves in ihe passes of the east- internal remedy. Hall'i Catarrh Medi- for Chicago to visit relatives before and found, etc., run In The Low- To the East. ern Alleghenies. Sleep was out photographs, so as not to obscure cine ia taken internally and acta thru returning to her home at New Era. ell ledger and Alto Solo for 1% the features, if the applicant is able the bloud on the mucoua aurfacea of tho Saunders Rifle Range, of 4he question for me and I sat •yateni. Hall'a Catarrh Medicine wua Mr. and Mrs. Win. Booth took cents per week, cash with order lo write. dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. Glen Rurnie, Md., up and watched the scenery. irescrlbed by one of the beat physicians or 1c per word for either paper. i Three blank forms of registra- fn this country for years. It is com- Verberg of Keene. Ads running more than one week January 13.1918. Youngstown and Pittsburg were tion allidavit must be completely posed of some of the best tonics known, combinud with some of the beat blood Miss Esther Quillan made Mrs. will be repeated in each paper at Dear Folks:— very interesting especially in the tilled out by the registrant or his ui-ifiers. The perfect combination of Tower a pleasant call Saturday. the rate of 1 cent per word per representative (wilh the exception ie iiigredieiita in Hall'a Catarrh Medi- She was unable to go to her home Al last we are snugly housed nignt. Here the blast furnaces S v week. Address all orders to the uf the blanks indicated to be filled cine la what produces such wonderful in Vergennes Frida> night after in our barracks at Saunders are kept working night and day results in cate rhal conditions. Send for publisher at Lowell. out by the registration ofilcer and teatlmonials, f ve. school as is the custom on account Range, and if one might judge and in many places it looked as Ihe description of the registrant of the roads. Went Saturday after- When Business Needs You Most, P. J. CHBNEV & CO.. Props,, Toledo, O. FOR SALE—School report cards.— from the talk of the jackies, though a part of the city was and the placing of linger prints on All T^raRglsis, 7Cc. noon. the blank) and must be produced Hull's Family Pills for constipation. Warren Lillle of Coqpersville The Ledger, Lowell, Mich. they are all well satisfied with all a flame. by the registrant personally to the spent Monday with Mr. ana Mrs. G. FOR SALE—Good produetiTe the change from Camp Logan, By morning we had passed —Conserve Your Energy registration ollicer and be signed turned to their home Monday even- Foreman. Mr. and Mrs. Lillie are 2 miles from Lowell. 100 111, to this place. through Pennsylvania and into and sworn to by the registrant in ing. They have been staying with visiting their daughters and fam- under cultivation, U the presence of and before the reg- In Camp Logan the range is West v irginia. Harpers Ferry When tuccett meant •training nerve Mr. and Mrs. Frank McNaughton of ilies In Lowell ana vicinity. ber. house, barn, other istration oflicer, who will fill in the Alto while the damage caused by Frank Beckwith attended the fun- and windmill. Located on . built half a mile from Lake was a pleasing sight as well as a force to the utmost description of the registrant and fire was being repaired. eral of Mr. Worden at Lowell on traveled road between Lowdl Michigan, the country is level number of tunnels we passed supervise The fixing of Ihe finger Miss Madelinline O'Reilly was the Tuesday. Grand Rapids. This is a desirable —when minutes given to your affairs are prints and the attaching of the anil the wind is generally quite through in going through the guest of Loraine and Evelyn Hoi- Max Richardson of Allegan is vis- farm near best town for Its Site photographs. If the registrant can strong. The barracks there are mountains. All through the precious lins Monday night. iting his parents in Vergennes. in the state, should• pay for itself not write he must make his mark in John Wingeier and family and Leo Richmond has been taken to in a few years. Reasonable terms, made of concrete, and the range night we followed the Monon- the signature space and atllx his left —when your strength is the driving force Will Wingeier and ^tfe attended a the hospital at Lowell and is a lit- ' inquire or E. A. Anderson. itself is really a better one than gohela river and crossed the thumb print in the space provided tle better at this writirtg. of your store or factory or farm opposite the signature space. dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Ford WOOD this one, but*the decided advan- Cumberland in the morning. It Wingeier al their home last Wednes- Mrs. Mary Scott of Lowell is vis- FOR SALE—Dry or free n. ihe finger printing is a method of Phone 288. tages this place has over the was about 8:00 Friday morning day in honor of the marriage of iting her brother, John Wright and Jake Staal. Sltf —then you a motor car. identification and follows the prac- muit have their daughter, Miss Mary, to John family of Vergennes. other are these: Here we are when we pulled into Washing- tice observed in the military and FOR SALE—Detachable runners Krebs, both of Bowne township. .1. E. Tower attended the potato surrounded on all sides by pine ton and we were soon on our the naval service of the I'nited show at Lowell last Friday and for baby carriage. Can be seen States. Mrs. Geo. Clarke returned Satur- nt VunDyke's store. c34 trees. We burn wood instead of wav to Baltimore. day from a two weeks' \isit with states much credit is due the* Board The registrant is hereby informed soft coal; the climate is more Camp Saunders is 15 minutes A motor car saves valuable time—saves her parents at Caledonia. of Trade for the able manner in that he must ag«in present himself which they helped to make it a suc- FOR SALE—200 acres of good land moderate, there being scarcely ride from Baltimore, at which your vitality—during business hours. in Montcalm county. Small pay^ before the registration ollicer who CANNONSBURG cess. John Wright of Vergennes any snow here, while there the place we arrived without any And—after business hours—provides took his oath after 10 days but be- received ilrst premiums on Livings- ment down; long time for bal- snow was knee deep, also we regrets. 1 stopped and roved fore 15 days from the last day fixed Hollis Norman, who is attending ton Banner, late potato, and Early , ance at 6 per cent, or will ex- change for small improved farni are within ten miles of Balti- a while in Baltimore. It is about recreation and vigor—giving outdoor en- for registration in his registration M. A. C., having spent the holidays Rose and Earlv Ohio. Allen Bennett joyment that helps you in the daily battle. district to obtain u registration at home, returned to Lansing last of Vergennes first premium on Rural near Lowell. Phone 56. Nellie more. four times as large as Grand card, upon which he must sign his Saturday. Russet potatoes. Holcomb. c3C ' You will probably be interest- Rapids. There is something name, or mark his mark, and place Miss Blanche McCabe of Pontiac POTATOES. FOB SALE-Sorted id in my trip, so 1 will begin at about the eastern cities and the his left thumb print in the presence recently visited Mrs. Will Joyce. and right, 91.00 per bushel, where, the beginning and you can country that is different and of the registration oflicer. LeWis Hoffman recently made a NOTICE! 10 bushel or more can be takeif The economy, durability, and mechanical business trip to Belmont. travel with me. At 4:00, Thurs- odd. the buildings are mostlv in a place. Delivered. J. B. perfection of the standardized Maxwell car SOUTH LOWELL Jacob B. Keyser died at the home All people owing the ilrin of Sturges, Phone 119-ll-ls. 35p . day morning, we hit the deck, old red brick. The soil is shal- of his son Calvin January 3, aged have been proved so conclusively they are The Misses Hazel and Esther Hit- A. J. Howk A Son «re requested packed our sea bags, laced our low and mostly red clay and 85 years. The body was taken to tenger entertained their Sunday to pay their uccounts on or be- FOL'ND—Pearl ffont cuff button!! hammocks, ate our mess, and now accepted facts. Cameron, Mo., for interment. Inquire at this ofilce. SStf , rock overlain with sand. Most school class Tuesday evening, fore February 15. After ihal were ready for our trip at 6:00. Will Joyce and Lewis Hotrman of the people have a brogue, and The Maxwell is the car without a peer for Mr. and Mrs, Norton Avery spent made a business trip to Grand Hap- dale Ihe accounts will he given At 0:15 wt* left camp and the week., end with her parents, Mr, here a large proportion of the the man who is working under full steam. ids last Friday. They were obliged lo an allorney for collection. Timber Wanted! inarched to the station half a and Mrs. T. C, Willelte. to remain on account of the severe population is black. Our tirst A. J. Howk & Son. mile away. We were given u big Mr, and Mrs. Howard Dartlett storm. We are in the market for timber, feed here consisted mostly of spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. especially maple and elm, either in farewell teed before we left and Edwin T. Scott and Harry Worms- oysters ami as we are on the Jlunr^ C.ar S'-fj : Ror.duir $/-!?:liuebe 'Jn ourLee an ins;d famil yCur of Sout a tinh nes t were in Grand Hapids Friday. the log or on the stump: if you have many hearty cheers. At 6:33 edge of Chespeake bay, we will If int/r Roadsier vAth llinhr 'lopBoston SSsO;, Berlhit The many friends were greatly Notice. any for sale please address our train left the camp station probably see more of them. The The Ladies Aid society will meet shocked to learn of the sudden If you want to get 52c a pound Stuart ivitn liirt H h(?. SI I F.OBwith Mrs. AlleDetroitn Uehler Thursday 347 Quimby St. Grand Rapids, and an hour later we arrived at chief talk of the men here is of death of Mrs. John Stark (nee Eli- for butterfat this week, take it to and sew for the Hed Cross, Mrs. F. W. Braisted, Lowell the Northwestern station. Chi- going over, whereas very little zabeth Joyce), which occurred at Mrs. Howard Bartlett attended the home of her sister, Mrs. Claude You will get an absolutely ac- Lowell doesnH pose as a cago. This trip in itself is a was said about il in Camp Lo- the West Lowell Ladies Aid held Kortlander, in (irand Hapids Jan. curate test and weight, as all cream model. Il is a real town, not an novel experience as one sees gan. The camp here is made up with Mrs, John Frazee last Wednes- Ill, aged 30 years. Cannonsburg was is weighed and tested right in the day, imilation or a representation. training camps almost continu- of army and navy men, mostly her girlhood home, where she lived open where you can see It, and you 1. J. T1DD Quite a number from around here get your pay right away. There are larger towns, richcr ously all the way down. (Ireat with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. army, and our work, is teaching :ire suflering from colds. Joyce. Try out this deal. You will be towns and sonic more beautiful; Lakes bein^ the main station. them to shoot. George Schwarder is on the gain James Joseph Cavanaugh died at money ahead. since his recent illness. hut, if there is a better town on At Chicago men were station- It is nearly time for mess, so Harner hospital in Detroit Jan. 17, Very respectfully, Gotfs green earth, it hasn't been ed at all the doors leading into aged 28 years. The remains were Durand Creamery Co. I will have to knock olV. as they found It isn't perfect, of the depot to prevent the stray- SEELEY CORNERS brought to the home of his parents, say here, and tell you more Mr. and Mrs. James Cavanaugh, at course; that takes perfect peo- ing of the rookies. It was near- The special meetings were dis- later. Love to all the folks, continued on account of the storm Cannonsburg, his boyhood home. ple; and the only perfect man ly eleven bells before the seago- Good Printing. Halph. and the illness of our pastor. We He leaves to mourn their loss his was crucified. ing host of 75 men launched Editor Ledger: all hope for his speedy recovery. father and mother, two brothers, The Ledger printers solicit out in two pullman cars and be- The above is a letter received While absent Mr, Thompson of Cas- William and John, two sisters, Miss the patronage of people who Ella Cavanaugh and Mrs. William Eventually you will take The gan their trip eastward. Noth- cade is occupying the pulpit, care how their work looks. j by Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kyser i A social will be held at the (1 range Hiley, the latter living in Grand Ledger. Why not now? ing particularly exciting hap- i from their son Halph, who went hall Friday evening, Hapids, The funeral services were pened during the jolt througli ! with the Naval Heserves from j The following otlicers were in- held from Parnell Catholic church It has been suggested that ev-j "The Helpiat; Hand." Illinois, but we were not long in (Irand Hapids Dec, 13 to Camp stalled by Mr. Kmmons of Grattan Monday morning, Hev, Fr. Behan cry minister preach to men and The shir.s ami stripes stand for one olllciating. Ohio before the black porter an- Logan. 111., and after qualifying last Friday afternoon at Success hoys on Feb, 17. having a spe-1 land. : Grange hall: Master, Earl Thomas; Cannon Arbor of Gleaners met nounced dinner, and then there in ritle practice was sent with Tlu- Bed dross for ils helping ham!, at the home of Com. Alice Bookey ciul sermon with hoys and Overseer, S. P, Heynolds; Lecturer, was real excitement. 1 don't 75 others Jan. ID to Saunders. Headline the suflerers in far awi»> Gladys Ferrall: Steward, Frank January 8, for the purpose of elect- WEST SIDE MARKET think there was a jackie pres- men in charge and seated to-1 lands. I Reynolds; Ass't Steward, Leo ing and installing otlicers. as fol- Md.. to drill others. a detailed pro- Saving lives wherever it can. ent vvho couldn't have made a gether. Cu 1 Bloomer; Chaplain. Edith Quiggle; lows: William J. Herrington, Chief grain of Hit nearest V, M. C, A.' Pi'oviny itself a faithful friend HI Treasurer, Henry Hesche; Secre- Gleaner; Arthur J, Barker, Vice E. S. White, Proprietor *10 bill look like 3i> cents in Chief; Alice Bookey, Secretary and Notice to Patrons. secretary, or from American tv!l?!^es • I tary. Win, Hesche; Gatekeeper, (Suecessor to Claud Staal) that dining car, but a uniform Where sorrow and pain eonie nol Treasurer; Estella Herrington, I wish to thank my friends Youth, 121 Fas. 1 28th street. Leonard Sisson; Pomona, Alice allowance was doled out to each alon e, Heynokls; Flora, Edna Hesche; Chaplain; Ola May Barker. Lectur- All kinds of Freih and Salt Meats, Poultry, Fish, etc. nne and that was the end until for the generous patronage giv- New York. (living comrorl, finding a wa\ ol Ceres, Alberta Clingman; Lady As- er; Bessie Ladner, Conductress; Shipper of Poultry and Veal Cahrae en me at my meat market and Feb, 2") begins enrollment relief ; sislant Steward, Mildred Hesche. Louis A. Tiffany, Inner Guard; Al- supper time. After dinner Opposite City State Bank, Lowell to notify them that for twenty week for boys to join I'nited To hearts depressed and full ol I Following the installation a line re- fred Tiffany, Outer Guard; Monroe many were wondering how grief, Ladner. Field Foreman. days accounts may be settled States Hoys' Heserve and win • port of the Slate Grange was given they were going to spend the Il may he a lather, brother or son. i hy Mr. Emmons, and an oyster sup- afternoon, when two fellows with Mr. White at the market. the war by raising more food, Has given his life, lhat the war be 1 per was served. FALLASBURG produced nkeleles. another a After that time accounts will be 2,OIK) 11. S. boys took care of 85 won; Owing to the National shutdown Clare Sherrard, wife and baby of mm guitar, a forth a mandolin, and placed with an attorney fur col- acres of melons, 25 acres of Some one should till the space of of industrial plants, Howard Ferrall Vergina, Can., arrived Saturday lection. potatoes, and thinned 2.220 his loss; of Flint spent the week end with night in Lowell and spent the night when the quartette had aug- This is the aim of the Aiiieiiean Hed his parents. x Cordially yours. acres of cotton, thus earning at Walter Rogers' and came Sunday mented to the proportions of a Cross, Owing lo the severe storm and to Mrs. Sherrard's for a visit with quintette by the addition of a Claude Staal. 695,-15. You may have a loved one away lo blocking of roads the mail service his aunt, then will continue his trip good lead and Hawaiian bari- 700 Maine boys helped to the war. was delayed, but through the ell'orls to the home of his father at Har- buyers of {Printing harvest 2',00(1.000 bushels of When d>ing, he thinks uf his re- of our faithful mailman we received vard and will go to see his brother tone. we were right in line for Items About Y. M. C. A. Work. mall all but two davs last week. potatoes. turn no more. Earl in South Dakota on returning some good music. And we had 2.000,000 people contributed And if he could write you hut just home. il until we were hoarse. 700,000 II, S, boys in I'nited Milton Stillwell and wife of A word about your printing orders for 1918. Wo lo the $50,000,000 Army and once again, WHITES BRIDGE The main thing of interest Navy V. M, C, A. fund, and there States and 7,000,000 working He'd say what a blessing to him the Ionia are visiting their aunt, Mrs. want them and will do our full part--and then boys, every boy a producer to Med Cross had been, Mrs, Tom Morris. Mrs, H, F. Jen- Floyd Lang. in passing through Ohio were are coming into American some—to get them. Our 1917 business showed if, al the front we win, or lose: kins and daughter Loa called on Messrs. and Mesdames Wm. Booth the long stretches of level land. win the war, is the 191H motto. Mrs, Joe Shear Thursday afternoon. homes 1.000,000 letters eveiy To win is our aim, hul (iod must and C, Verberg snent Sunday even- a fine increase over that of 4916; but Tile farms here are wonderful. day on Y, M. C. A, paper, choose, The Misses Bessie Shear and Win- ing with Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Knapu. It makes one dream of peace bought out of tin- *50,000.00(1. May 1. li)18. l.aeh one nmsl take some work lo nie Morris visited Ihe Hoppough While playing with an axe Sunday school Friday aflernoon, little Hobart ('lark cut his foot and of driving farm tractors as Forty men a day for six What have our people doiu do— l le Leo Henson and family of Lan- quite badly. Sreatly Smprovcd facilities he gazes out of the car window. to provide places of entertain-, ' Die White months needed for war service, and the Blue, sing are visiting Tom Morris and A letter to C. Verberg and wife We were due in Akron al 6:00 apply to nearest Y. M. C, A. sec- mont or some sort of club life. family this week. from Bernie Powell of Waco, Tex., So much we love our counlry. as p. m.. so wo asked the permis- retary, or write War Work after May 1. 1918. for the men Mr. and Mrs, Eber Comptou were states he is recovering from German will enable us to do more and better work dur- much each one should do in Lowell on Saturday, sion of Ihe petty oillcer in who now frequent the saloon? measles. A big snow storm there ing the coming year. Our new electrically Council, 121 K.ast 2Mh street. To lift the heavy burdens thai fall Mr, Homer Morris is at home Ibis and high drifts. charge, and detailed one of the New York. Tlie people of Michigan by a upon a few. week. Claude Booth spent Sunday with equipped Linotype enables one person to do work gang to go and buy some candy large majority voted the saloon Take each other by the hand— Everybody is snowbound iu. No Leo Richmond of Vergennes and National Thrift week cam- And join the lied Cross '•willing on the papers that formerly required the time of ami fruit, but the train only paign begins Feb. 3. 217.000 out of business the lirst of next news. found him very ill. hand," Charles Clark of Lowell is here three. This releases other hands for work In the stopped live minutes so we h id school childivn banked *1,250,- May and by that vote started Our counlrv needs eaeh willing HICKORY CORNERS spending a few days with his broth- to wait until morning. The 000 in one year. Only 10S out of something, which is not linish- soul. er Hobart and family. black porter came in and made every 1.000 pt-ople in I'nited ed. only begun. The Anti-Sa- That by each elforl, 'twill reach Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Hayden re- our bunks and we all prepared loon leaguers must be reminded lirst Ihe goal, turned to their home at hloomiug- ^ob ^Printing 'Department States save. dale last Wednesday after several for sleep, each one hoping the And IR- il so—it's duty done National Father and Son that they cannot expect to make Vour hit mav help, the victorv won. days' visit wilh their brother, 1. J. LOWELL MARKET REPORT train would he stalled for Ihe week begins Feb, 11, Million these nidi into perfectly ideal 1-. T. K„ Lowell, Mich, Hayden and family, Corrected .Ian. 114, IW* and your orders will be welcomed at all times night so we could do imojI ol Mrs. Walter lilakeslee is helping Wheal j reil |00-Hj 2 10 fathers and sons together at a men physically, mentally and Wheat | wliilv | All-lb 2 10 and tuftied out ' our traveling during tlie day. morally, by merely turning the lo care for her father Newell Hotch- Corn, crate . ., *0 square meal followed by a head UeKistration of Alien Enemies— Oats.hu,, new MJ This is the only time to travel ikss, who is seriously ill at the home and heart program is the goal key in the saloon door. SuKKestione and Instructions. of Ed, Hotchkiss of Hatch Hallow. Rye. hu 1 70 through a new country when Corn and Oath, ton 71100 in Fnited Slates. Most of these men have not Persons required to register Mrs. Waller Foster who has been Hav baled, ton 14 00 When 2/ou Want St, Jis 2/ou Want St physical strength, the moral should understand lhat in so doing very ill of pneumonia is reported on MiddliiiKK. ton 40 00 s the gain. Corn meal, ton 70 00 libre. or the will power lo trans- Ihey are giving proof of their peace- llran, ton .,.,1100 at prices you can afford to pay. Just now wo ful dispositions and of their inlen- Miss Madonna Anspaugh of Ml. Flour, cwt .,.. .'»•)» form their habits in a lew hours lion lo eonform to Ihe laws of the Pleasant visited several days last Butter lb 42 call your attention to a bargain stock of good, but they need help, encourage- Erks. doz 50 I'nited States. week with her cousins, Mr. and Lard. Ih . bond envelopes and paper Uiat we can print to REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF ment. enterlaimnent, some- Every registrant should read Mrs. John Schwab and Mrs. Joe Hutter Fat. lb.. Yeiter and family. Pork, live 15 ji your order at attractive prices. thing to occupy their minds. carefully Ihe form of registration I'ork dressed IH01 Mr. and Mrs. 1. J. Hayden and They need some place to allidavit handed lo him and ask Ihe Fowl, live lb IH-tO registration oflicer for explanation family expect lo locate in south- Fowl, dressed 20 The Lowell State Bank meet, games to play, someone western Virginia. The neighbors Beef, lit®, cwl « oi-7 m on all points not clear to him before Beef, dresfled 12 00-13 00 to direct their social activities. attempting to lill out Ihe blanks. and friends wish them good luck Calves, live .... ID ON—13 00 of Lowell, Michiffan, at the close of business December someone to lake an interest in Hegislration ollieers are instructed in their veuture. Veal, dreHsed ... 14 00-15 00 jCeclaer~So/o {Printers 31, 1917, as called for by the Commissioner of the Bank- Lambs, dressed 15 00-ailOO them and sort of suggest ways to give registrants all possible aid Clayton and Chas. Schwab with Sheep,live, ... „ .,4 00-500 ing Department: in the way of explanation and ad- their families visited last Tuesday Potatoes (Mir cwl. 140 LOWELL, MICH, and means of lifting themselves vice. with their brother John and wife. Beans- per cwt n oo liKSnl |{( i;s up out of their present condi- Each registrant is required to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Willette re- Loans ami Dwdijuih, \ u tion. I'ommm-inl IVpt .•*2H.X> -JH Ledger job print is good. Stivitiurs Dcpr . 02.U22.1 "5 •JHI.OO This can be done in many Bomls. ami itioH, vi/; ways and some movement r«»iiiiii»;roi(d !H)/I04 -j.', should he started right now Snvings ivpi 11»7 "ir.<•- , h;.:. I'.t ;j:i right here in Lowell so that we ^Todays. < Uvrdraft* .via:i.7o tUMiscwxfc ( Haitking Houfw* t .,-.00,00 can do some good during the Knrniturp ami Fixtures 2,000.00 next few long winter months Ai*: Iten.^in Transit with this Paper i V I tocts! t;i is* ;{] and hi' in full working order UKSM{\ K CuiniinMfiHl Ml Vllljifl when May comes. I . S. Itondrt lo.ooo oo V I)m*froni bunknin llcherveviticn., £28,"J-")" 08 21,74H 27 The prohibition people must VlciioU IZ. OR a limited time we are able to Kxchaiifes for dfuiiinr liouw? ' .•{,441.71 realize that Ihey have some- offer two of America's foremost 11,8. and NHtinnal Umk run Vv... 17.021.00 7,M*»0 00 F thing to do if this law is a suc- Gold Coin women's magazines together with our Oo.'i.oo cess for the opposition will do Silver Coin l.lHrj'.ai 1 OIMI.I ou own paper at a bijjj reduction from .Nifkl«*K und '-entH M 2*» 120.21 all that they can to make it a failure and that will lie easy as regular prices. IH..V1 ?•'»('0.!»,r 1 -l,148,II1 they will lake good care of Total *710.771. It is important for you to act quickly their friends (these customers.) & U.MUL1T1K8 because we may have to withdraw this It. Who will start something Capital otoek paid in $ W.OIiO.W offer at any time on account of the tre- Hiruln* (and 10.000 00 along these lines? Why children need TODAY'S McCALL'S Cndlvided proflta, lift