VOLUME 3S EAST JORDAN, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1931. NUMBER 34 GOV. W. M. BRUCKER TIME TO GET BUSY COUNTY CLUB "WHO IS UNCLE SAM?" HEAVY AUGUST RAM TRUCK PAYS FIRST OFFICIAL MEMBERS ENJOY ORIGINAL POEM BY CIRCUIT COURT * WILL VISIT It would seem that many bankers PROF. F. G. BLAIR VISIT TO CHARLEVOIX are inclined to accept bank failures CAMP AT GAYLORD CLOSED FRIDAY THIS COUNTY as "acts of God" in the sense that The keys to the City of Charlevoix they are due largely to conditions Handicraft and Canning Demonstra­ Prof. Francis G. Blair, Superin­ Closing a heavy August Court Shropshire, Hampshire, Oxford Rams were handed to Governor Wilber M. beyond human control. Perhaps often tion Teams Win Trips to Detroit. tendent of Public Instruction of the docket, Judge Parm C. Gilbert, of Will Predominate. Brucker ' last Saturday on his first enough such failures are due to econ­ State of Illinois, was the speaker at Traverse City, last Friday afternoon official visit to this county on invita­ omic causes beyond the/Immediate the last meeting of the Chamber of sentenced Elmer LaDuke, Cheboygan, Charlevoix County can feel highly All sheep owners will be interested tion of American Legion Posts and control of the batlker himself, once Commerce. He gave an excellent ad­ to serve from five to ten years at gratified over the splendid attendance v in the announcement that the "Ram the County Republican Committee. he has permitted his' institution to dress in which he stressed correct Ionia for statutory rape. reach a status wherein those causes of Club members at the recent North­ Truck" will again visit the county Arriving at the McMillan 'home educational ideals, and the import­ Raymond Dodd, Charlevoix lad, may operate; but often, too, bank ern Michigap 4-H Clup Encampment within the next three or four weeks Jr Saturday afternoon in the Governor's ance of keeping one's feet on the who broke parole resulting from con­ failures are due at least in part to at Gaylord last week. Our county with a load of splendid quality pure­ party were Mrs. Brucker, Senator ground. If was the finest address viction for breaking an<} , entering, quite human causes entirely within had double the attendance of any bred 'rams. This truck is sponsored and Mrs. Calvin Campbell of Indian along the lines of practical education must serve from one to five years at the grasp of the bankers who suffer other in ,Northern Michigan, a total by the different Breed Associations River, and Representative and Mrs. that the writer has heard in several Ionia. their effects. of 78 club members and leaders being years. co-operating with the Michigan State Louis Anderson of Northport. Led present at the Camp for various Twelve liquor law violators were College. m by the Legion drum and bugle corps, In this connection may be quoted a Prof. Blair closed his speech with placed on probation. Nine of them, lengths of time. The next nearest Any person interested in buying a the executive party marched to therecen t press dispatch concerning the an effective reading of an original all farmers, were given until October county was Alpena county with 39 in ram is cordially invited to inform city dock to board the yacht "Sylvia- closing of the Belding Savings Bank. attendance. poem entitled to arrange their affairs before sen­ The dispatch says in part: tence is passed. They were Robert County Agent Mellencamp at Boyne Gee," owned by Mr. and Mrs. S. T. The club members left Mon4ay Struthers, Rbert Kane, Delos Ostrum City, so that a ram can be secured to - Gilbert, Detroit, Charlevoix summer "A seldom used law for protection afternoon, Aug. 10th, and returned "UNCLE SAM" and Alfred Allison, Hayes Township; meet the request in quality and price. residents.. of banks against false rumors may be home Friday afternoon, Aug. 14th, You ask me who is Uncle Sam, Mrs. Anna Saganek and son, Charles These rams are personally selected invoked as a result of the recent clos- having spent the time of their lives. The visiting guests saw coast I modestly reply, I am. of Marion Township; Floyd _Edson , bya representative of Michigan State ng of the Belding Savings Bank. A F©rtunately -weather-conditions_were_ "" -guardsmen—driH—in- Lake Michigan search is being made for persons who T -These- - hungry urchins meanly Joe~"KeTo8ki-Wn5"fce-4kop~- Bp^ lCnllege,-and are guaranteed in every channel and later'enjoyed an after­ favorable throughout the week, all of are alleged to have circulated reports dressed, Falls particular. noon pleasure trip up Lake Charle­ which made the week more enjoyable. which caused withdrawals and-forced These mothers suckling babes at Thomas McWaters, Charles Blaha This year the rams are somewhat voix. Over three hundred club members breast, jlosing to protect depositors. were in attendance. In addition, and Floyd Morgan of East Jordan, cheaper in price being all the way • A large crowd was on hand for the These traffic^cops along the street, "If foijnd, officials declare, they many local leaders and county ex­ were placed on probation for a year. from $20.00 up to $35.00 or $40.00. reception held at the Belvedere Ca­ These' rushing crowds on eager will be'' prosecuted under statute tension workers were present. The latter pair must pay fifty dollars They can be obtained cheaper from sino, and the banquet at the Belve­ which provides a $5,000 fine and feet, court costs. the truck than by personal orders as The week was filled with demon­ dere Hotel was attended--by 160 prison sentence up to five years for These thousands caught in for- the overhead is spread over such a strations, varioys contests, educa­ county citizens. Dr. F. F. McMillan anyone who "wilfully and maliciously ' tune's jam,— large number that the expense of tional programs, athletic games, and of Charlevoix, acted as Toastmaster, circulates false rumors or derogatory All these, and you and I are Uncle each one is cut down to a minimum. other features too numerous to men­ NOTED ARTIST and in turn introduced members of statements concerning the solvency Sam. This will give you a splendid oppor­ tion. • • -'. v ( Governor Bracket's party, who re­ of an incorporated bank or trust in­ PAINTS NEW tunity to get the greatest value for All farmers working in the field, sponded with short talks. stitution." At the camp the various elimina­ HEALTH POSTERS your money, so please inform your tion contests were held to decide All bankers making dollars yield, County Agent at once if you wish Speaking before a large crowd at The moral, of course, is obvious. what teams would represent'North­ All those who teach or preach or the school gym in the evening; Gov. further particulars, or wish to have If the bankers of the State were a ern Michigan at the Michigan State pray, Brucker lauded the northern Michi­ Pictures of wild animal life, will be this outlined more in detail to you. little more zealous in prosecuting Fair. We are very glad to announce All honest workers, night and day, gan region and the entire State for used to teach health Tiabits to Michi­ B. C. MELLENCAHP, cases of this kind, fewer banks would that Robert Tainter and Melvin Som- All montebanks who cheat and its enterprise in promoting the tourist gan school children during the com­ County Agr'l Agent. be forced into liquidation through merville of Boyne City won a trip in sham,-7- industry, now one of the State's lar­ ing school year. Four paintings have causes which have none of the im­ the Handicraft demonstration con­ All these, and you and I are Uncle gest. He pledged his support to a personality of fate, but which on the been made for this purpose by Chas. test, and the Misses Hazel Mosley and Sam. Livingston Bull, the nationally known continuance and necessary financial othpr ,hand are quite personal and Beth Simpson of Boyne Falls also ADVERTISING aid for the resort', survey which has close at home. artist, for the Michigan tuberculosis won a trip in the Canning demonstra­ This miner climbing from the mine, Association. RACKETEERS been started. He enumerated the It may be said that the flurry of This boot-black calling for your tion contest. There is a strong possi­ Color posters of the four original many wonderful resources Michigan bank closings which has caused sleep­ shine, bility that one or two other teams drawings have been made for distri­ boasts and propheeied a vast im­ less nights to a considerable portion This lawyer pleading at the bar, Our town may not have the blood­ will win a trip to Detroit, but they bution among School Commissioners provement in the next decade. of the population during recent This, doctor rushing by in car,. thirsty wops who flourish in the have not been announced as yet. and Superintendents. The pictures months is about over. Be that as it This druggist measuring gill and Gov. Brucker pleaded for more If youjthink these club members illustrate the importance of proper underworld of the great cities, but may, now is the time to make a few gram respect of the State's laws. He de­ did not enjoy themselves just ask eating, sleeping, bathing, and play­ there is nevertheless a class of racke­ examples that will be remembered by All these, and you^and I are Uncle- plored what he termed a slackening those who attended the camp and see ing. The artist, who is famous for teers who have their eyes on this city, self-constituted bank critics in future Sam.