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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1928
Page
4
The Michigan Tax Commission backs equalization of statewide valuation, promising uniform percentage changes. Boards expect a broad state levy cut of about 4.5 million or more, with last year ranging around 24.5 million and a 4 million deficit appropriation. some counties still face lower payments, while none will offset the cut. The piece closes with a humorous line about a horse avoiding an empty street.
Saline Observer announces post office mailing as second class in Saline Michigan. Subscription prices include 1.50 yearly, 1.00 for eight months, 0.50 for four months, and 0.?? for two months. Card of thanks and resolutions of condolence are billed per word. Obituary and marriage notices are free. Advertising rates apply. poetry and entertainments charged per line or word.
George E. Whitehouse argues that Optimistic business culture requires kindness not kicks and consideration over cursing. He says everyone in business should see work as service and view business as an opportunity, not a mere bargain, stressing that we must work well to live well.
A Maine farmer learns by keeping accounts that selling eggs in April yielded more profit than in November, guiding early hatching. Another farmer finds feed costs high and returns low, prompting cost profiling. Record keeping also reveals a mixed farming plan with dairying poultry orchards and potatoes offers steadier income.
The county fair is ready with exhibits in the agricultural hall and displays of new machinery. Women prepare fruit and pickles while men groom livestock. A great open forum is planned for farmer discussions as the fair begins and honors rural life.
A meditation on thrift notes that saving small sums and small habits builds wealth and character. The piece cites the value of tiny actions in daily life and progress, and references a historical tale of hospital bed endowments from tin foil sales. An accident at a crossing near Jackson injures several workers on a Consumers Power Company truck.
A vast spring near Indian Lake in Schoolcraft county, 200 to 250 feet across and 40 to 45 feet deep, maintains 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Donated by the Palms Book estate, the site will join Michigan's park system as a new summer recreation spot surrounded by forests. The water is crystal clear, supports no life, and drops objects to a white sand bottom 40 feet down. Local legends abound as officials plan a state park to enhance Michigan’s park chain.
The draft pulling contest at the Michigan State Fair on September 4 and 5 aims to show sustained pulling capacity of light and heavy draft teams using a dynamometer. Prizes total 500 dollars with strict no-whip rules, and two previous record holders from Michigan will compete. Exhibits also spotlight dairy and apiary industries with 1285 dollars in prizes plus needlework displays totaling 945 dollars.
Michigan farmers plan a five percent increase in fall sown wheat, aiming for about 1,032,000 acres up from 983,000 last year. Nationally, rye acreage is set to rise about 8.6 percent, guiding Michigan to retrenchment on rye. Also reported are local crime notes including a hotel scam with two Indiana girls and a parole violation leading to a forgery sentence for George Sousa.
Michigan State College outlines a Farm Bureau scale exhibit at Detroit’s state fair in September. The display in the coliseum features beef and dairy cattle horses hogs and sheep with two beef steers finishing on different rations plus three miniature farms showing calf finishing. A potato commodity exhibit will be in the agricultural building with efforts to show proper feeding and parasite control.
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