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(OJIiiilr infill ntf If CVYCt Vol. 23 EAST JORDAN, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919. No. 2 1 Women Asked To Register j Must Do So In Order To Sign I Petition an J Vnte At the Primaries in March. East Jordan women who expect to vote in the elections which will follow throughout the year, should go to the office of City Clerk, O. J. Smith im mediately and register," said one city official this morning. Women cannot vote in any election unless they register. Women must register before Feb. 11th, if they would sign their names to any nomination petition, for the March primaries, ac cording to Ida Porter Boyer, press chairman of the Michigan Equal Suf frage association. Of course women can registerafter that, but in order to be qualified to sign nomination peti tions the signatures on which must be thousands of registered persons, they must register before that time. Women who may register to vote in clude: Any unmarried woman twenty one years of age and over, born in the United States. Any unmarried woman, foreign born, twenty-one years of age or over, whose father was naturalized before she was twenty-one. Any un married woman, twenty-one years of age or over, who has been naturalized. Any married woman, twenty-one years of age or over, regarJIsss of where she was born, whose husband is an Ameri can citizen. Every voter must have lived in the state of Michigan for six months prior to the date of the election, and must have lived in the ward in which he or he votes for twenty-one days prior to the date of the election. Every woman must register regard less of whetner she has been register ed to vote for school boar4 or anything else before this time. This means that every woman, legally qualified to vote, must register.- . A woman cannot vote if she is mar ried to an alien. When she marries an alien, even though she was born in this country, she loses her citizenship, and becomes a citizen of the country of which her husband is a subject. A woman cannot vote if she is foreign born and is the daughter of a foreign born citizen, who became a citizen after she was twenty-one years of age. If you are the wife of an alien, have your husband go to the county clerk's office and start citizenship proceed ings. If you are unmarried, and were born in a foreign country, start citizenship proceedings. "NOBODY LOVES A FAT MAN?" Huge Virginian Says Old Saying ! False One j cu , Vho "Abe tl Mcentl tlDS Clarksburg, W. Va. H.Westerman, weighs 453 pounds and claims to the heaviest man in the state, re cently married Miss Irma Cavin. who tips the scales at 119 nounds. The ' couple will live on Westerman's farm near here. The romance started In a hospital where Westerman was a patient. Miss Cavin was a nurse. Mis. Westerman sayB there is absolutely no truth In the old saying that "nobody loves a fat man." CHICKEN COMES HOME TO ROOST No, Not a Barred Rock; Simply a Common "Clocker. ' Olds, Alberta A family near here sold a number of hens to a neighbor who lives some little distance away. In the pack was a "clocker," which was marked before being sent away. In the evening of the following day tney heard a clucking In the hen house. Investigating they found the 'clocker" in her old nest. She had come back across country, a distance of three or four miles. One. on the "in telligence of the Barred Hocks." Jaybird Robe Mail Box , ' Annlston, Ala. Anniston federal of rVrs are wondering If they must be .tin a search for a Jaybird guilty of robbing the malls. A postman placed a letter in the box of Dave Young, Twenty-first and Mobile streets, and then. long came a jaybird and took it out. If the jay llrd can be identified, the case may me before the next session of the k.tderal grand jury. By French law no doctor may in herit property left to him by a de ceased patient. A whale struck by a harpoon has been known to dive at the rate of 200 yards a minute. Commission Proceedings. Regular meeting of the City Commis sion held at the commission rooms, Monday evening, Jan. G, 1919. Meet ing was called to order by Mayor Whit tington. Present Whittington, Gidley and Crowell. Absent None. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The following bills were presented for payment: Roland Archer, reading meters . .$ 2.40 11. B. Hipp, fill at Brown's Creek 300.00 O. J. Smith, salary and express 20.00 East Jordan Hose Co., Olson fire 31.00 Henry Cook, salary 75.00 D. 11. Fitch, salary & rental... 24.17 Northern Auto Co., supplies for fire truck 5.17 James Gidley, salary 25.00 Mae Stewart, expenses to Cadillac 8.99 City of Boyne City, joint filler. . . 10.50 Am. LaFrance Fire Eng. Co. coats for firemen 44.50 Stroebel Bros, mdse 5.89 W. T. Boswell, salaVy & postage 44.50 Ilite Drug Co., mdse .... 3.05 E. J. & S. R. R. Co., freight on coal 120.78 C. H. Whittington, telegram to Prudden 1.79 Reid-Graff Plumb. Co., wiring pump and hose houses 7G.79 Reid-Graff Plumb. Co. labor and material 284.83 Mich. State Tel. Co., rentals.... 6.25 E. W. Giles, cleaning streets .... 33.00 R.Bingham, back pay for fire team 100.00 On motion by Gidley, all bills were allowed excepting that of R. Bingham's for $100.00. Commissioner Gidley moved that the aye and nay vote be taken on the bill of R. Bingham's. The motion prevail ed, the clerk called the roll, and the bill was allowed by the following vote: Ayes Whittington and Crowell. Nays One Charles A. Hudson presented his resignation as member of the East Jor dan Library Board, and on motion by Gidley, the same was accepted and the mayor instructed to appoint a new member to fill the vacancy. - The mayor appointed Mrs. W. H. Sloan as member of the East Jordan Library Board to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles A. Hud son, and on motion by Gidley, the appointment was confirmed. On motion by Crowell, meeting was adjourned. , Otis J. Smith, City Clerk. School Notes The Shorthand I Class is now study ing the Eighth Lesson, wnich consists of the rules for expressing R. ' The members of the Shorthand II class are making shorthand phrase books. The typewriting students are very interested in their work and are aiming for accuracy and speed. The Domestic Science Department is giving lunches every day in the week for the high school students. They are serving cocoa, soup, and sandwiches. The price for a cup of soup or cocoa is three cents. Two girls take charge of the dinners. This department is pay ing their expenses and the amount left over will go to help pay for the dinners that were given the faculty and School Board. Second Grade The following pupils have been neither tardy nor absent: Ruth Alexander, Ethel Bradford, Rolen Scott, Irma Balleau, Basil Blanshan, Peter Hegerberg, Ruth Kale, Carl Rosenthal, Norman Stewart, Blossom Winkler, Evelyn Webster. Third Grade We are sorry to loose Ursle Hogsten, who left for Flint school and John Drews, who left for Detroit school. Several little girls from the 3rd and 4th grades gave a surprise party Saturday p. m., on Miss Coulter, at the home of Mrs. Geo. Sherman. The war may be over but you're not over with the war. . A young boy is instinctively truth ful but he doesn't always follow his instincts. Then there is the kind of "educated man" who thinks he has a good library if all the book covers match in color. POISONOUS WASTE CAUSES SICKNESS When the kidneys are well they filter waste matter from the blood. When sluggish or overworked, the kidneys fail to clean the blood, 'and poisonous substances lodge in joints and muscles to cause aches, pains and soreness. Foley Kidney Pills strengthen, act quickly and relieve kidney and bladder trouble. Hite's Drug Store. G. A. K. AND W. R. C. INSTALL' THEIR OFFICERS The members of Stevens Post No. 66 G. A. R. and Stevens W. R. C. No. 161 held installation of the officers of the two organizations at their headquarters on State-st last Saturday, Jan. 4th. Below are the officers installed for the ensuing year: GRAND ARMY P. C. William Harrington S. V. C Jonas Kocher J. V. C George Pringle Adjutant Henry C. Swafford Sergeant A. R. Ostrander Chaplain F. H. Steele O. D. Frank Smith O. G. Robert Webster. . WOMENS RELIEF CORPS Pres. Catherine McEachran S. V. P. Clara Sheldon J. V. P. Eunice Bowen Chaplain Nancy Smith Treasurer Sarah Rogers Secretary Elva Barrie Con. Director Matilda Harrington Ass't C. D. Addie Tindal Guard Eliza Swafford Ass't Guard Elizabeth Scott Color Bearers Fannie Zerwekh, Car rie DeWitt, Alice Evans, Florence Evans. Delegate to State Convention Lor ena Kocher. Alternate Elva Barrie Patriotic Instructor Eliza Swafford Press Cor. Eliza Swafford. SUPT'S OF POOR EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION. The Superintendents of Poor of Charlevoix County wish to extend to Mr. G. Von Platen of Grand Rapids the sincere thanks of the County for his valued Christmas Gift to the County Farm of a fine Widdecomb Talking Machine, manufactured by the Widde comb Furniture Co. of Grand Rapids. Mr. Von Platen was for years a resi dent of Charlevoix County and has never lost interest fn" things pertaining to its welfare. The gift is appreciated by all, particularly those whose home is at the farm. On behalf of the County H. A. GOODMAN H. C. COOPER J. COLE. Superintendents. n:;:: pity the tvoes OF "FILOMENA THE FAT" Ashamed When Skates Crack, Under Her 180 Pounds, She Tries to Walk Off a Few. New York. When Filomena Zirollo was 10 years old, she held the roller bkating championship of Mott street. She could glide from her fatner's. grocery store, at 113, to Chinatown and back while he was selling a bag ful of spaghetti. But time crept on, and with the tight of years came also to Eilo nen.: that obesity which, alas! throws so many into second speed. At 13 the was already known as "Filomena the Fat." On Filomena 14th birth day her roller skates cracked under the strain. She registered 180 pounds n her father's scales. Only those who have drained the dregs of fat dlssolvants themselves tan feel for filomena, her laurels gone, jeered and pointed at in the confines of Mott street. No reporter who wears a IV2 collar should be expected to describe her trials. Jennie de Stefano, who lives hard by at 203 Grand street, was her only friend. "Ypu oughter exercise," counseled Jennie. Walk a lot walk miles and Miles and then some." Th fat one though so, too. Sy, Filomena starred for Newburgh, N. V. Jennie, the counsellor, trudged clong behind her. "I'll bet a cookie you'll only weigh 150 when we get there," she said, cheeringly. But they never arrived. Filomena's breath came fast at West Twenty fcv venth street. . The girls had $9, so incy rented a room at 314. Their intents searched for them vainly un it' Detective Bolger found the wander ers. Jennie was taken home and Filo mena to the Children's Society. "1 just won't go home," she sobbed. "I still weigh 180." In the search of a source of supply of potash it has been discovered that a ton of banana stalks will make five pounds of pure potash. A law nassed in Norway makes girls Ineligible for matrimony unless they can show certificates of skin in cook lng, knitting and spinning. Coal mine explosions are to bo prtevenleu by nn application .of rock dust in the mines, and a machine has been invented for the purpose. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED' BY REPUBLICAN PARTY 1 I DENOUNCE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO CON ; TROL UNITED STATES 8ENATE The Republican State Convention to nominate two Justices of the Su preme Court, two resents of the Uni versity, Superintendent of Public In struction, member of the State Board of Education, and two members of the State Board of Agriculture will be held In the Prudden Auditorium, Lans ing, February 18, 1911. ! At the meeting of the State Central Committee held In Lansing- last week .Burt D. Cady, of Port Huron,' was se lected to fill the- vacancy caused by the death of John D. Mangum. Tributes to the late chairman were paid and resolutions of respect adopt ed. - The committee also unanimously adopted resolutions denouncing the Activities of the democratic party In the "brazen attempt to defeat the will of the electorate" as recorded In the election of Commander Truman H. Newberry for United States Senator. The resolutions follow: Whereas, an election for the office Cf United States Senator was held In this and other states of the Union on the 5th day of November; 1918, and in the State of Michigan and in certain other states - republican candidates were eleeted to such office of United States Senator; and. Whereas, as a result of such elec tions tn Michigan and other states, the United States - Senate will have in the 60th Congress a republican major ity of two votes, which, together with the republican majority In the House of Representatives, will insure repub lican control of National Legislation during such Congress; and Whereas, the republican party, as a party of reconstruction, has amply demonstrated its ability to cope with problems incident to the reconstruc tion of national affairs and the Na tion "heeds now as never before, the guiding hand of the party which It has placed in control during the critical period immediately following the close of the greatest conflict in history; and Whereas, the republican majority In the Senate of the United States Is being threatened, not only in the State of Michigan but In the States of New Hampshire and Colorado and other states by activities unprecedented, un warranted and unworthy on the part of the democratic party in a brazen at tempt to defeat the will of the elec torate in each of such states, to de prive the voters therein of their choice for the office of United States Senator and to secure control of the Senate of the United States; and Whereas, such activities in. Michi gan have been conducted in such a manner as to arouse the resentment and thorough disapproval of every right minded citizen, regardless ofj party affiliation, with a view to defeatj the will of the voters of Michigan in selecting a republican member of the United States Senate from said State at such election; and Whereas, such activities on the part, of the democratic organization have been supported by officers of the Na tional Administration, particularly the Department of Justice, whose officers have set themselves up as courts of injury without authority of law, and who admittedly act in no other wayi than on their own individual respon sibility; and Whereas,' such officers of the De partment of Justice have used and are using the machinery of the Govern ment for ' partisan political purposes with the sole object of thwarting the will of the electors in their choice for United States Senator; and Whereas, such officers have made use of various purely patriotic organ izations, such as the American Pro tective League, the Military Intelli gence Service, and the Motor Trans port Service to aid and abet their ne farious operations; therefore be it Resolved, that the Republican State Central Committee most vigorously condemns the lusthods and practices herein referred to used by the demo cratic organization, both National and State, by the Democratic National Ad ministration, and by Henry Ford, the defeated democratic candidate for Uni ted State Senator, and calls upon all republican county ' committees, ' every Individual member of the republican, party in Michigan, and everj citizen of the State, regardless of party, who be lieves in fair play, a square deal, and the safe-guarding of the right to a free choice of a United States Senator, to rally to the defense of the elective franchise in Michigan and the preven tion of the manifest attempt to sub vert the expressed will of the elector ate of our state; and Resolved further that this commit tee, resenting the attacks which have beeq made upon, the Sen alor-el c from the State of" MlcEfgaiT," ITorf. Truman H. Newberry, takes this occasion to express its complete confidence in his high patriotism, his undoubted ability, and his absolute integrity, and Resolved further, that a copy of these resolutions be forwarded by the Secretary to the officers and members of the several republican county com xnlttees of the State, and that the Di rector of Publicity of the Committee transmit copies hereof to the editors of republican newspapers in Michigan, and Resolved further, that a copy ot these resolutions also be forwarded by the Secretary to Hon. Truman II. New berry, United States Senator-elect. ALL THIS BECAUSE FARMER PICKED PEARS ON SUNDAY Hog Dies, Colt Is Injured, Baby is Jeopardized, and Dog Is Killed. Altoona, Pa. A chapter of core lated accidents is told by Henry Weaver, a Bald Eagle Valley farmer, in Tyrone. Weaver says be decided to pick some pears from a large tree one Sunday. The limb broke and in his descent he passed through the roof of a hog pen. He fell on the hack of a fat porker, which was so badly injured that it died. In the barnyard adjoining the pig sty . was a colt. It was so frightened by the noise that it jumped over a, fence and ran into a clothes line, one end of which was fastened to a post The post was hurled through the kitchen window of the farm house, narrowly missing Weaver's baby. The colt leaped .over another fence and collided with a barbed wire fence, lacerating Its legs and breast. When the veterinarian came next day to sew up the cuts he ran over Weaver's dog which had to be shot. HONEST GIRL GETS TOWN LOT Her Reward for Returning Lost Dia mond to Owner. Cincinnati, Ohio. Beatrice Bunn ing, 14 years old, 'of South Fort Thomas, Ky., has been presented with a lot 50x150 feet by Blair P. Wilson of Huntington, W. Va., the capitalist who is president of a real estate com pany in Fort Thomas. Beatrice was blackberry picking when she found what she thought was a piece of glass. She saw Wilson in specting sorau grading and showed the "glass" to him. The instant Wil ton saw the "glass" he felt his tie. lie found his diamond stud valued at $875 missing. "I've lost my diamond; lrt me see what you found," he said. ' The piece of "glass" was his dia mond. "I am a lucky man to get it back so quickly and you are a lucky girl to find it," he said to Miss Sunn ing. "I am going to give you one ot these lots." WOMAN AND MULE PULL WAGON Attacks Officers With Ax to Free "Her Man." Lincoln, Neb. A woman hitched with a mule to a wagon and driving slowly down the road near the State Prison, was picked up by Sheriff Hyers. She gave the name of Mrs. Hopkins, and said that her husband haf been driving her as he would an animal. The man denied the story in part end insisted that he had taken hU turn in the harness besides the mule. When the man entered the Sheriffs rutomobile the woman attempted to beat the officers off with an ax, insist ing that they should give up "her man." HEN FASTS 22 DAYS; LIVES Without Food or Water Fowl Becomes Skeleton. Indiana, Pa. Twenty-two days without food or water and still living is the remarkable record of a Plym outh Rock hen at Georgeville. Some one put a hen in the back of J. II. Stewat's buggy and closed the flap. Stewart, drove home, put the buggy away and did not use it until twenty-two "days later, when he ac cidentally discovered the chicken. The fowl, reduced to a skeleton, U recovering rapidly. A Philadelphian is the inventor of a (having mirror to be attached to a ir" Ys shoulders by harness so that It always Is In front of him and the same distance from his face. Passenger locomotives in Europo earn on an average of $1.06 per mile run, those for merchandise, $1.48 per mile. Canada has 23,000,000 acres in tim ber reserves, as compared with 187, 000,000 acres in the national forest3 of the United States. "Vegetable silk," which, like silk cottoa, is only suitable for stuffing, la made from the covering of the seeds of a Brazilian tree. WAS THE FIRST KANSAS Rt CHIEF SATANTA, PROHIBITIONIST KILLED MEN WHO SOLD RUM - TO INDIANS 4 CAUSE OF TROUBLE VlTIf WHITES Teclared Against Traffic Among Hi Tribesmen and thrr. Enforced Edict Hutchinson, Kan. Long before Car rie Nation located In l!arbtr county there was a prominent personage in the Medicine Lodge county who wum the first real prohibitionist in South western Kansas. His name was Satana. It may shock those who have pictured Satana as a bloody Indian chieftain and cruel sav age to hear him spoken of as a re 'or'mer, but according to Judge Victor, ot Larned, who knew the famous In dian well in tho fcarly days, he was really the first prohibition advocate in this part of tho country. Satanta, who was chief of tho Kio was, declared nono of the white man's liquor should be sold to his people!and that the man who sold liquor in the land of the Klowas who then occu pied Southwestern Kansas as a buf falo hunting ground should pay tho penalty of death.. And Chief Sanata enforced his pro hibitory law. One grogseller at least met the death penalty by Chief Satan ta's own hand at a trading post south west of Dodge City, the first enforo jrent of a prohibition law in that sec tion without doubt. It was this enforcement of the pro hibition law that caused Chief Satanta to have trouble with tho white man, and he was driven finally to his death, a tragic death by suicide in captivity. Satanta, as Chief of the Kiowas, led h:s tribes in the warfare against th vhite man in the '60s and '70s in West ern Kansas. The very name of Satan ta had an unsavory reputation amomr the early settlers and plainsmen. And yet Judge Victor of Lajned pie lures Satanta in an entirely different light "I knew Chief Satanta, and liked Mm mighty well," said Judge Victor. "He was a fine man, even if he. wan ar. Indian large, portly, well formed and handsome, and the soul of honor. I know him before he got in bad with the. government, and I happen to know just how It camo about. A trader wanted to start a store upon Satanta's territory. . "'All right said Satanta, 'you may, but don't sell any of my children fire water. If you sell firewater to any of iy children' Satanta spoke of all the members of his tribe as his children 'I will kill you. 1 have spoken. "The trader started his store and prospered, out uno day lie soiu a quun of whisky to three of Satanta's war riors and they got drunk. A few days after that Satanta came to the trader's store and called the trader out and paid to him: "'You promise me you no t;ell fire water to ray children. You lie,' now vou die.' "And Satanta killed him. Then, leav ing the store and the rest of the white people unmolested, he left. Word of the massacre was quickly taken to the fort, and Uncle Sam's cavalry waged a war of extermination upon Satanta's tribe.'' FAMILY REUNION DANCE MAKES EARTH TREMBLE Seven Tons of Husky Hooeys Join In Celebrating the Birthday of One Stillwater, N. J. Daniel Hooey of this city celebrated the seventy-flrt anniversary of his birth Monday and was aided in his celebration by a' fam ily assemblage of Beven tons. " . With an average weight of more than 200 pounds apiece, Hooey's sev en sons and three daughters contrib uted over a ton. Three of the sons are blacksmith- und their father was one until his re tirement at few years ago. Sixty-flvo immediate relatives of the family Joined In the celebration and most of these persons big of build. It is figured that they contrib uted the remaining six ton of tho fimily gathering. A part of the festivities of tho day consisted of a family danco In which Virginia reel and other old fashioned numbers proved most enjoyable. It vas on this family festival day that earthquake disturbances were report ed in news dispatches, but no one yei has connected mother earth's unusual vibrations with the terpskhorean evo lutions of the i Hooeys.. -