Mason Jars are ripe in the Land of Mears

Mason Jars

Through these September weeks I have been pondering on the great- est invention of modern times . There is no electricity , no radium con- nected with it . Complexity of mechanization is far from it . It is one of the simplest pieces of machinery you ever saw . And yet I contend it is one of the most priceless possessions America knows . It will solve family problems , occupational deficiencies , avert financial crises and solve the greatest national problems of America today . Housewives , economists , philosophers , public administrators , I invite your attention to the saving wonder of the ages , this noble implement of conservation and domestic economy called the Mason jar . The breadline , the for- tune cursers , the ne'er - do - wells who climb the stairs to the relief of- fice are composed of people who forget the magic wonder of a cellar full of well - filled Mason jars . Now when it is mellow September on the reddening hillsides , now when apples fall to the ground as they have done since Sir Isaac Newton used them to discover the laws of gravi- tation , now when pears are ready for the paring knife and peaches are dropping among the weeds , remember to wash the dust out of your Mason jars and fill them with plums and tomatoes . Half a thousand jars or more set in shining rows on your cellar shelves will make you a fortification against hunger in the weeks when the ground hog for- gets to see his shadow , will give you pantry pride and a self respect that will keep you from sending up an unholy howl to the welfare of- fice , Remember the lowly cuke and put him in a crock of vinegar ge- side the bin of squashes . There is hope for you and for your nation when the murmuring multitudes remember the September days of grace , the conserving magic of the Mason jar . - Mrs . Walt Hansen had the bunco club and gave prizes to Mrs. Blanche Barrett and Mrs.

Minnie Lorenz . - Some new side walks have been built in Mears . Township Highway Commissioner Sam Krantz , made a concrete cross- walk across Fifth Avenue connecting Mrs. Hilma Johnson's side walk with Mrs. George Reid's . A new side walk was put in between the Estes garage anl Brubaker's old meat market building . This irritated Otto James a little and he sent down word to Sam Krantz that if he was building free side walks he could come down and build a free walk from the barber shop to the post office on that side of the road . Then Brubaker got out his ink bottle and a camel's hair brush and painted a sign which read : " I had this side walk built and paid for it , so what the h- does it matter to you ? " It seems the same workmen were employed as made the public cross - walk , so Otto and a few others naturally thought the whole sidewalk program was proceeding at public expense , which it was not . Anyway , it is quite a comfort to walk a whole block along our main street now with solid side walk re- placing sunken interruptions in the cow path . Before Brubaker's side walk was mixed and laid there was a little mountain of sand in its place and Brubaker inked his brush and brushed out a cardboard sign which said : " Sand dunes . Keep off . " - Did you know that Mrs. Mar- gie Demmon was married to Frank Gring and they are living at her house in Mears ? Seems good to see someone living there again.- Abe Rafelson is back in Mears again buying fruit and spreading mon- ey among the farmers and the packing hands . - Patricia Hermann and her husband , Merle Haynes , and Beatrice Hermann and her husband , L. M. Hewitt , were home for a visit at the parental Hermann home on Peach Ridge this week . - The Oceana conservation league is re- building Gale's pond and proposes to make it into a county park . Sun- day some of the boys will be out there cutting brush . - In cutting of prices we might not be so strong , but in the cutting of quality meats we are there . Spitler Bros. Meat Market , State street in Hart.- Carl Stier Burmeister had a job this summer writing up the base ball scores at Stony Lake but when the swallows homeward fly what will Carl do to occupy his liesure time ? -In the primary election Tuesday William G. Van Wickle won out in the four - sided race for the Re- publican sheriff nomination . Jess Cargill gave him a tight squeeze and Walt Childs followed no so far after . There was a very close race be- tween Representative Neil Wheeler and William Bird of Hesperia . Less than thirty votes separated them . We understand Bird's jority to be about 27. In Hart many people turned out to vote , but in many other localities the voting was very light , people apparently being busy with their farm work and neglecting to come to the voting places . In Golden township less than half the electors were out , and in many other places the balloting was light . Mr. Wheeler is quite generally appreciated except in Hart , where there is always consider- able localized disaffection against anyone from Shelby , and Mr. Wheeler had hundreds of friends elsewhere in the county who would have taken the trouble to get out and vote if they had been aware of the reed . He carried Newaygo county and under normal voting condi- tions he would have rung up a good majority in Oceana . He is gen- erally well liked in both counties . - Mears school started Monday .

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A Hart resident , after spending seven years in the court house and later a federal appointment which paid him more than ten thousand dollars in four years , emerged from office and went through bank- roptcy to get washed up on all his obligations . Then he ventured forth

in the inconsistent role of a collector of old accounts . As he drove in- to a farm yard out east of Shelby a ways and mentioned his errand , he met with a surprise that made him blush a little ( if that were possi- ble . ) Jake answered : " You're just too late . I'm just getting ready to go through bankruptcy . " - We have some fine new concrete steps going up to the town hall in Mears . By the way , Mrs. Stanley Lee was tell- ing me last night that her aunt , Mrs. George Rasmussen , had come here on a visit from Stambaugh , Michigan , and mentioned the fact that her father , Antoine Belland , had sold to the township the ground on which the town hall now stands . It seems he lived in the old Spellman house next door . Do any of you old timers remember him ? -Ione Louise Gaetz of St. Cloud , Minnesota , was here in Mears a week or so visiting her Estes cousins . We do not know if she reviewed her old time strolls with Robert Snyder or not . On the way home Grace Estes went to the upper peninsula on a vacation . - Now Mary Lou Norgaard has gone back to study at Ypsilanti and Helen Hackett is opening up her note books in Mt. Pleasant and Mildred Lurie has settled back in Evanston . - Clarence Babbitt has a new baby daughter . Congrats . " The idea behind the printing we sell is to help the business of those who buy it from us . " - Hayward Press , Hart .

The Sign of the Flying Horse . For a quick starting engine use Mobilgas , America's Largest Selling Gasoline . The sign of " Friendly Service . " Hart Petroleum Co.

gan and some on Pentwater Lake . Eva Hanson - Osborn , Hart .

If you like the fearless utterances of The Mears Newz , beacon of the neglected truth , send in 50e today for a subscription and encourage this little paper to keep you informed .

Of course there is the hazard of the speedier roads , the danger of the descending spark on a non - resistant roof , the leap of zig zag light- ning at a barn on a wet electrical night . The Joslin Agency wants you to be prepared . Come in for a policy today and be safe . adv .

-Although her name would indicate that she ought to work in a baby chick hatchery at Zeeland , Lizzie Brueder is quite the office girl at the Hart Dairy Products . Clyde Schilhanek threatens to take her to the movies and buy her an ice cream cone or So else hold a dandelion under her chin to see if she likes butter . ANTIQUE GOODS ARE NOW ON SALE at our store at consider- able reduction . We have pianos for sale at $ 20 up . New inner spring mattresses . Come and see us . CHARLES L. JENSEN , SHELBY RE- SALE STORE .

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EARL JONASSEN , Optometrist . Hart . Michigan . spectacles fitted . Office in jewelry store , next to post office . stations like your city relations . So hail to Everett Graff . Beautify your lawn with a load or two of good rich black dirt . de- livered by Elmer Krantz of Round Lake , R1 , Mears .

Notice to Farmers : Boar at Frank Cambers 6 , miles west of Shelby

See Orel Z. Burdick for your insurance . Office located at 104 East Washington Street , Hart , Michigan .

Phil Wurthner runs a garage , repairs all makes of cars , sells Enar motor oil and Philco radios . Let Phil sell von a Phileo , adr

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