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pags roun THE DELD1NG BAIINER-NEVS (The Belding Banner, established 1ES3) (The Belding News, established 1895) (Consolidated May 21, 1918) Published every Wednesday afternoon , by the Banner l'ubhshing Co., Beldinpr, Michigan. Ed. D. Enjremann H. M. Engemann Editors and Publishers. Entered Into the IU'Idlwr, Mlohlpin IVit OCc at Boeoiiii-clan matter. Subscription Postpaid On Tear In advance.............................. ....... I 50 Outsid. of Michir.n . 2 ?? tlx niontha la a(v4iKe..........-....... ..... .75 Tore months In advance.............-.. .40 Canadian, one eur lu advauce..-. 2.00 Advertising Dlaplay rates on inllc;itlon. Card of thanks, on rent word. . Uuslneaa I oca la, on Bra; pace, ll'i renta a line. LONG MAY IT WAVE "Let ux then stand by the constitution as It it. and by our country as it Is, one, united, and entire ; let it be a truth engraven on our bearts : let it be borne on the flat under which wo rally in every eiUieney, that we hate on country, one constitution, on destiny." Daniel Webster, ; , . 1 ! Registration Notice To 'the qualified electors of the city of Belling, state of. Michigan. Notice is hereby given in lonform ity with Ast 126, Public Acts of 1917, I, the undersigned City Clerk; will, upon any day except Sunday and a legal holiday, or the day of any reg ular or special election or official election or official primary election, receive for registration the name of any legal voter in said city not al ready registered who may apply to me personally for such registration except that I can receive no 'names for registration during the time in tervening between the Second Sat urday before any general or special election or official primary election and the day of rich election. March 27, 1920, last day of general registration for spring election,' April 5, 1920. All electors not already register, ed and intending to vote at said elec tion, should nmke- personal app ica txon to meon or before the 27th day of March. A. D. 1920. . Notice is hereby given that I. will be at the City hall on' March 13 and Mr. 20, 1920 from 8 oVrlock a. m. until 8 o'clock p.. m. 6n each said day for the purpose of reviewing the registra tion and registering such of the qual ified electors in said city as shall ap pear and apply therefor. The name of no person but an ac toal resident of the precinct at the time of registration, and entitled hn der the constitotion, if "remaining such resdent, to vote at the next elec tion shall be entered in the registra tion book. ): . Registration of Absentee By Oath If any person whose name is not registered shall offer and claim the right to vote at any election, and shall, under ' oath, state that he or she is a resident of such precinct and has resided in .the city twenty- days next, preceding such election, desig. nating particularly the, place of his or her residence and that he or she possesses the other qualifications of an elector under the constitution; and that, owing to the sickness or bodily .infirmity of. himself or her self, or some member of his or her family or owing to his or her absence from the city on public business or 1 his or her own business, and without intent to ayoid 0r delay his or her registration, he or she was unable to make application- for registration on the last day provided bv law for the registering of electors preceding such election, then the name of such -per son shall be registered, and he or she shall then be permitted to vote at such election. If such applicant shall in said matter, wilfully make any false statement; he or she shall be deemed guilty of perjury ,and upon conviction, be subject to the penalties inereoi. Provision in case of removal to an other Precinct Any registered and qualified voter who has removed from one election precinct of a ward to another elec tion precinct of the same ward shall have the right on any day previous to election day, on . application to the city clerk to have his or her name transferred from the registration book of the prerinct-from which he ot she has removed to the registration book of the precinct in which he or she then resides. Such elector shall have the right to have such transfer made on election day by obtaining from the board of inspectors of elec tion of the precinct from which he or she has removed a certificate of transfer and presenting tho said cer tificate to the board of election in spectors of the precinct in which he or she then resides. Women Electors ' - Important Notice All women who possess the qual ifications of male electors will be en titled to registration provided they amke proper application to the Clerk within the time limit above desienat ed. All registration of women prior to Dec. 5, 1918 is null and void. C!ellie S. Hoover, City Clerk. Dated February 10, 1920. Your Afflctiom Sale Should be a Success. Insure your sale by getting in touch with me and arranging for a date. H L. D. EMMONS Licensed- Auctioneer ; Holding Government License No;;24143 Phone 264-11 Is ; V Belding, Mich. j i j j j ' -1 AlwaysWelcome I I I "You little rasctl played alorn th way. didnl you? Kept grandma waiting Uh well, it's all right. Because ALU MET DAICiriG POWDER Is always riaht. It's o:th waitin for. Always wel come. Never shirks its woik. Never fails. Never waste minutes or materials and I know it's pure and wholesome, as Calumet contains only such ingredients as have been approved ofiicially by the U. S. Food Authorities." You ww u hen you buy it you tart tvhvn you us4 it. HIGHEST COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS (OFFICIAL.) Moved by Aid. Benedict, seconded by Aid. Shawley, that the resolution be accepted and adopted to submit the question of bonding for fund.H to construct a main or trunk sewet on the north side af Flat river in the city of Folding. WHEREAS, a majority of the property owners in certain sewer districts on the north side rf Flat river in the city of Belding, and be ing in jsev?r districts No. 4 and f of said city as established by the maps, pialsj n! chng-ams theetf now o. file n the office of the City Clerk, have petit 'coed that wcr con structed in said districts, and, WHEREAS, other sewers have al ready been constructed on the north side of said river in certain sewer districts therein, which sewage to gether with other sewage from the factories and premises not on the public sewer, is now deposited in Flat river above the Richardson Silk Com pany's dam, and, WHEREAS, it is deemed to be necessary for the preservation of the public health, benefit and welfare to construct a main or trunk sewer along the north side of Flat river to carry the sewage for tEe sewers con structed and to be constructed in the future -below the Richardson Silk CompanyCs dam in said city as pro vided by the aforesaid plans, plats and diagrams of the sewer system of said city, and the cost and expenses thereof to be paid out of the general sewer fund, and, WHEREAS, it is estimated that the expense of said public improve ment, to-wit: to make, lay and con struct said sewer, will be twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,000), which is a larger sum of money than can be raised and paid out in any one year by the Common Council from the general funds of the uid city under t:it provisions of th charter thereof, nnd, WHEREAS, it is deemed neces sary and advisable tc submit the question of raising, the aforesaid sum of twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,- 000) and issuing the Txmds of the city therefore, such sum of money. when raised, to be used for defraying the exnenss of said nubhc improve ment, to-wit: the building, laying and constructing of a main or trunk sew er, commencing at the point of inter section of the center line of York street, Riverside Ave. 'and Morton Ave, thence south-easterly along the center line of Riverside Ave. to Ash field street, thence north along the center line of Ashfield street to the foint of intersection of the ;? center ine of Ashfield street and eastHigh St. and running thence north-westerly along the center line of said east High street to the west line of North Bridge street, and running thence in a south-westerly direction along the north bank of Flat river and empty ing into the said river a few rods be low the Richardson Silk Company's dam, be submitted to the electors of said city at the Annual City Election to be held on Monday the 5th day of April, A. D. 1920. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RE SOLVED, that the common council of said city deem it necessary and expedient, and do hereby determine it to be necessary and advisable for the preservation of public health and welfare of the inhabitants of said city to lay and construct a sewer for the purpose of disposing of all the sew age from that portion of the city on the north side of Flat River, and to be laid and constructed as follows, to-wit: ommencing at the point of intersection of 'the center lines, of York street, Riverside Ave., " and Morton Ave., thence "south easterly along the center line of Riverside Ave., to Ashfield street, thence north along the center line of Ashfield St, to the point of intersection of the center line of Ashfield street and east High street and running thence north westerly along the center line of said East Hirh street to the west line of North Bridge street, and running thence in a south westerly direction along the north bank of Flat river and to empty into said river at a point a few rods below the Richard son Silk Company's dam in Said city. Same to be laid according to 'the plans plats and diagrams and esti mates thereof now on file or that may hereafter be placed on file in the office of the City Clerk of said city. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. That the said sewer to be laid and constructed as aforesaid shall consti tute and be known as amain or trunk sewer of said city and the total cost of making, laying and constructing the came shall be borne by the -city at large and be paid from the gener al sewer funds of the said city. ' BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the expenses of said public im provement, to-wit: The laying and constructing of said main or trunk sewer will be in excess of the sums of money that can be raised by the common council by tax in any one year under the provisions of the charter in said city, and it is there fore necessary to submit to the elec tors tho proposition of raising twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,000), by loan, and issuing the bonds of the city therefore the said sum of mon ey when so raised to be credited to the general swr fund of said city and to be used to pay the expenses of said public improvement, to-wit: the laying and constructing of a main or trunk sewer as aforesaid. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the proposition of. raising the sum of twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,000) by loan and issuing the bonds of the city therefor drawing interest not to exceed oo per an num, and for such a term of years as to the common council may seem advisable, and which sums of money when so voted and raised, to be used together with other moneys in the ' general sewer fund of said city , to defray , the expenses of laying and constructing a main or trunk sewer on the north side of Flat river, and to bo laid as follows, to-wit: Commencing- at the point of intersection of the center lines of York street, Riverside Ave., and Morton Ave, thence south easterly along the cen ' ter line of Riverside Ave., to Ash field street, thence north along the center line of Ashfield street to the foint of intersection of the , center ine of Ashfild street and east High street and running thence north westerly along 'the center line of said east High street to the west line of North Bridge street, and running thence in a south westerly direction along the north bank of Flat river and to empty into said river at a point a few rqds below the Richard son Silk Company's dam in said city; be submitted to a vote of the electors of said city at the annual city elec tion thereof, to be held on the 5th day of April, A. D. 1920. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City Clerk cause this reso lution to be published in at least two weekly issues of the Belding Banner News, a newspaper published and circulated in tho said city of Belding, and being the official paper thereof, and at least two weeks prior to the annual city election, and shall also cause copies thereof to be -posted in at least five of the most public places of each ward in said city at, least two weeks prior to the annual city election to be held on the aforesaid date. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the city clerk shall cause a suf ficient number of ballots to be print ed within the time and in the man ner provided by law to submit the proposition of loaning the aforesaid sums of money and issuing the bonds of the City therefore, to the electors of said city at the annual city elec tion to be held on the date aforesaid, and each ballot shall be in substan tially the following form: OFFICIAL BALLOT. Instructions. Make a cross in the square after the word "yes" or "no at the bottom of the ballot indicating the way you desire to vote. Shall the city of Belding borrow the sum of twenty-one thousand dol lars ($21,000) and issue the bonds of the city therefore drawing interest at not to exceed 5 per annum, such sums of money, when so raised, to be credited to the general sewer fund of said city and to be used to defray the expenses of makmC laying or con structing" a main of trunk sewer in said city to be as follows: to-wit 7 Commencing at the point of inter section of the center.-lines of York street. Riverside Ave. and Morton Ave, thence south easterly along the center , line of Riverside Avenue to Ashfield street, thence north along the center line of Ashfield street to the point of intersection of the cen ter line of Ashfield street and east High street to the west line of north Bridge street, and running thence in a south westerly direction along the north bank of Flat river and to emp ty int Flat river at a point a few rods below the Richordson Silk Com pany's dam in said city, ill to be kid anl constructed according to the plans, plats, diagrams and estimates thereof now on file in the office of the Citv Cltrk tf said city? Shall the city of Belding loan $21. 000 for constructing the said sewer? r.. ; . Yes. --. Shall the city of Belding loan $21. 000 for constructing the said sewer? No 1 Yeas. Aid Benedict, Shawley, Hol lenbeck, MkCue. Yeas (4). Nays (0) Caucus Noti Belding, Mich., War. 8, 1920. To the qualified voters of the city of Belding. Notice is hereby given that a union caucus will be held in the Brown Paint. Shop, on Monday, March 15th, 1920 at 7:30 o'clock p. m, for the purpose of placing in nomi nation the following ward officers, to-wit: One Alderman, one Con- 7J o o- I g . is i:i:!:!i::ii;i::i:!i::ii;iiii::::iiiuim stable, one Supervisor and two inV -4 - M 1 i ! ... i apwvuurs ot election, ana to transact such other business as may legally come before the said caucus. Signed: 0. J. Barker, Chairman of Republican First Ward Committee. 1. L. Hubbell, Chairman of Democratic First Ward Committee. ntntitmnnnnsn:: Tailored Models Women's and Missei' And, in order for a Woman or uality in her selection of the tai for her, the proper one to con tailor who is trained in the ar ments. . Of course you will select pleasing to you but the tail grace in the garment, and by ments to individual measure your figure, which means ever No matter how careful a the original snappy lines are cause a fashion can only be p garment and that means the changed. : , We Tailor To-Order The SUITS, COATS , From your own selection the season's most authoritativ Our prices are very reaso and the variety to select froir new spring samples await you SALZMAN i Ladies - Gentlemens Dry Cle Main Street tin::n::::nt:::i::i:::::n For Sale A WELL BUILT 7 ROOM HOUSE on Pine street for $1800 6 ROOM HOUSE on Hambrook St. . centrally located. Price . .$1200 8 ROOM HOUSE and garage with all modern conveniences, in good location on Center street. Price very reasonable. 6 ROOM HOUSE on James street Will sell with small payment down. Price $1200 6 ROOM HOUSE on Root St. $700 6 ROOM HOUSE on Moulton street Price $800 4 ROOM HOUSE on south Jame? street for $800 Will sell with small payment down. A SPLENDID 7 ROOM HOUSE for sale on Howard street, east of mill 3 for , $2000 This place can be bought with $200 cash down. Other places also for sale. 10 ROOM HOUSE .within 1 block of Main street A splendid f place tovake in roomers. Price ...... ....$2500 7 ROOM HOUSE on Front St. furnace, bath room and gar age, splendid place for . .$2500 A GOOD HOUSE on Alderman street with electric lights, gas city water and sewer connec tions for ...$1G50 A SPLENDID 8 ROOM HOUSE with bath room and bed room down stairs and 3 rooms and toilet upstairs, with all modern conveniences, and garage, cen trally located. GEO. E. WAGNER Real Estate and Insurance Phone 54 FRIDAY and SATURDAY Specials Eagle Brand Condensed Milk White House Coffee, 3 pounds Veribest Tomatoes, 2 cans $ .20 1.55 .25 Henkel's Buckwheat or Pancake Flour, 7 lb. sack 5e lobars P. & G. 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