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Consider the case of Alexander Stalker , the cowboy rancher from Montana He bought the Jesse Benson place last spring and keeps some saddle horses to rent out to the summer resort girls and boys at Silver lake and Juniper beach . A mild , good - natured fellow , almost everybody likes him . They like to see him sit on a saddle horse or hoe his crops along the road with one eye open to see the boys and girls coming to rent his riding ponies . He took his washing up for Mrs. Cole to do and she held back one shirt . Of course Alexander could have bought him another shirt but he coudn't see the justice of Mrs. Cole keeping that shirt back . Whatever she was going to use it for I don't know ; maybe to wipe the dishes on or swat the flies off John's head . Alexander Stalker simply wasn't going to be short - changed on his laundry . Down at the sing a week ago Thursday night the boys got to razzing him about that shirt he didn't get back . So they got him all keyed up to say now or never and after the sing was over he rode on horse back up to the Cole house and demanded his shirt back . An argument ensued in which Mrs. Cole obstinately refused to deliver up the shirt and finally Mrs. Cole commanded the household to bring out the family gun . Threatened thus Alexander Stalker was not going to wait until the Coles shot him down so he pulled his revolver out of the holster and began shooting into the ground saying , " I beat you to it . I got my gun first . " After someone else had threatened to get a gun out of the house to use on you wouldn't you do the same thing that Alexander Stalker did , pull your gun out of the holster and shoot into the ground to show that you were armed and ready and could use your gun too if they pulled their firearm on you ? Well , Alexander Stalker collected his shirt , we'll give him credit for that and all the admiring neighbors who remember unrepaid obligations that they never hope to collect for , are ready to yell , " Glory , glory , hallelujah , Alexander Stalker collected his shirt- " Mrs. Cole got scared and handed it out . Then after she had started the shooting talk she sent fo rthe sheriff hoo - hooing that a bad man had used his gun and demanded his shirt

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back . A neighbor kindly put up bonds for his appearance August 3 . Whatever comes or doesn't come Alexander Stalker has the sympathy of man yneighbors who rejoice with him that he collected his shirt ! Milly VanGunst , 22 , goes with Henry Postema and he is ready and will- ing to buy her all the ice cream she wants over at Jack Vannette's ice cream factory in the bank building . Vera Homan runs a beauty par- lor and she could subtract a lot of freckles from her face if she used Stilman's freckle cream . A crolf tournament has been going on at Floradale . Mr. Bills went ahead , but Betty Lou Dunning was doing Get BI some fine work . A championship baseball series has also been going on . Mrs. Mabel Quail , who has been active in the Centennial at Mus- kegon , will return to that city to take part in the windup . - C . C. Dee Crumbaker arrived to partake of the Floradale cake crumbs . cake is looking good so he eats up the crumbs too . Ted and Don Lee entertained with a 30 - foot fire on the dunes . These model young men about 16 or 17 are so well brought up that the mothers of younger boys Pho are looking to Mrs. Lee for advice on the rearing of their offspring . Stanmore Wilson after 12 years has decided to stand more Floradale . Charlotte Doyle thinks that Stanley Wilson is a great getter - upper . He so kindly provides for the ladies of Floradale and always continues to hold his popularity with the fair sex . Walter Minich is a close runner - upper . Mr. Hinkle had to make a quick business trip to Chi- cago and left by airplane from Muskegon to Milwaukee . Billy Dilling- ham gets mad because Bob Raymond goes down to see Pauline Grate . But Pauline ought to get mad because Bill goes down to Shelby to see Irene Wieman and Dorothy Morningstar . Maybe Nick Cramer isn't a vegetarian but he is a vegetable vendor and he knows his onions and celery . Mrs. Luthera Seymour has a goodly group of hale and happy girls at her Camp Petaga vacation school this summer . They take ex- cursions up and down the beaches and have an evening campfire on the shore unless some chance inclement weather suggests a room - sized circle indoors . A quarttette of boys were singing at the Silver lake beach campfire last Thursday evening . Jim Bartlett in the background knew the song well and sang so lustily and overshadowed the quartette . The Roy Munger family are enjoying their summer solace at their quiet retreat at Juniper beach . Ned Munger , the senior son , has em- Ha ployment this summer on the Chicago Daily News doing some clipping work or something like that . And his younger brothers miss him on their canoe pilgrimages to the hidden shack across the pond Your vacation will have more freedom from worry if the house you leave behind is insured with the Joslin Insurance Agency , and the rar you speed along with is protected by one of their policies against collisions , theft and public liability . Your toil in the cherry orchard will mean more to you if you invest some of your cherry picking money in a few pieces of new furniture from Wietzke's . ( Adv . ) I would like to have you meet some of the young ladies at Camp Petaga : Barbara Buchler , whose nickname is Wendy : Alice Buehler , Hester Robinson , known about the camp as Bobby : Marion Pierce , who smiles when you call her Dixie : Lydia Seymour , who skips when you call her skipper ; Bar- har Welsh , Dean Wheeler , Betty Jane Seymour , Patsy Graves , K. I. Quinlan . Kay Petrie , and Kay Searles , who learned everybody's name in a hurry and remembered them . Barbara Deer and Virginia Funk went home early to Springfield , Ohio , the other day , I think they are going on a trip . I met a quick - witted little girl named Miss Barbara

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Franklin , who is always ready with a sudden answer . Don't expect Too much from the management , " said Malcom Wood , speaking of so cial arrangements and companionship provisions , And Barbara flared back , " No , don't expect anything of the management . " When the temp erature was down sixty degrees Jean Bush picked up a fan and made a breeze on her face . That girl can work up a sweat doing nothing . Margaret Minich and dog , Laird McCorkendale McTavish , Corky , for hort , took a walk around Silver lake . Let us have liver more ! The Livermores at Floradale are from Maplewood , New Jersey Mr. Hinkle $ 6.40 to fly from Muskegon to Milwaukee The Floradale , It cost sing is in full swing again . Mr. Malms and Mr. Tuggey sang two Special numbers Virginia Ferriman and Mrs. White have intelocked arms and are strolling together . Ruth Minich is grieving over the de- parture of Harry Sackriter The Livermore children are Eva Mae and Hairy Junior . The Harold Lindeman family have been stopping at the Corbin cottage this week . Mr. Lindeman hails from Rockford , Illinois , where he is representative of the world's largest educational institu tion , the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton , Pennsyl- vania . Their little Dick is 11 years old he is the family dictograph . Some day he may have an I. C. S. diploma of his own - Oscar Fred- ericksen of Rockford stuck his feet under their table and ate salad with them . He puts the price tags on fluffy , new davenports in Rock- ford . Miss Gustafson , his sweetheart , was present also but they didn't . have any davenport in the Corbin cottage to hold hands on so they had to hold hands under the table . It was indeed a pleasure to hear the rich southern inflection of Miss Annie Lee Gupton of Nashville , Tenne see , as she linked her arm with her buxom niece , Dorothy Dean Loser . Something in the very atmosphere of their eloqnent southerne culture made you think of Maxwell House coffee ads . Dorothy Dean fresh from Vanderbilt University , and close to the tradition of the Ward- Belmont school for girls and Peabody University which are also in Nashville , giving that city the title of the " Athens of the South , " told me about her cute little sister , Margie Ann , and her brother Joe , and her father J. Carlton Loser , who is district attorney of his dis riet and one of the brightest legal minds that ever came to Silver lake . Der othy Dean didn't say so , but he is , just the same . They have a colored maid named Flora Rowe and little Joe asked her why she didn't go Floradale which is across the lake . There are some more Nashville people in the Purdy cottage where Ben West stays , also Mr. Hoffman , the assistant district attorney . They also have a colored maid and one little neighbor boy was telling around . Just think there are a couple of Southern people up here and they brought their slaves , with them . One noon Mr. Garver called Fred Burmeister's . swered the phone and Mr. Garver asked for George Soars He told George to tell Anna and Ruth Iuniger , Irene Menengees and Helea Lit willer to come to work that afternoon . George was a bashful ir le boy and sent Ellen out to tell them . New line of fancy dresses for Saturday : work pants , summer dress pants , overalis , best dime socks in town , workshirts 50c and up . See our samples of leather and meiton cloth jackets , caps and hats at bargain prices . The Ideal Sales Co. , When Ruth Schrumpf doesn't feel well on Saturday all she has to do is go to the Cobb dance and the next day she is fit as a fiddle - Ellen Burmeister says Ruth Schrumpf isn't happy unless you see her srailing or hear her singing . - Ellen Burmeister has the blues since Leon Gard

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