1901-03-14; Clare Sentinel

              Established 1878.
OLARE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 14, 1901.
New Series: Vol. 9, No. 16
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New Advertisements.
Carlson & Russell, bazaar.
Jame-- O'Connor, groceries.
L. Wing, new hardware store.
Davy & Co., dry goods, clothing.
?jr    Easter Sunday falls on April 14th
7   this year.
Mr. and Mrs, Henry Ort drove up to
Farweli Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs G*. W. Garlock are visiting relatives In Lansing.
J. D, Dunwoodie was in Alma on
. business the first of the week.
,  'Mr. and Mrs, Byron Alger were in
Mt. Pleasant on business Monday.
F. E. Doherty was absent from the
*Store part of the week an account of
illness,
Tbe quarantine is raised from the
homes of R< Lamb and Mrs. M. E.
Parrish. ■
Charlie Lamb, son oi Mr. and Mrs. \
Willis Lamb, is seriously ill at this
writing.
Thos. Mayes, employed by E, T.
Bingham at Farweli, is afflicted with
small pox.
The McBain Chronicle has a bran |
new dress, which greatly improves I
its appearance.
Mrs. George Graves and Ethel Alger
returned to Frankfort last week after
an extended visit in Clare. j
Simon Bogardus has returned from
Millersburg whither he went some
weeks ago on a prospecting tour.
S. C. Burrill has moved his family
jnto the house on Sixth street recently
vacated by Mr, and Mrs, Dunigan.
For Sale—One horse drill, land roller, spring tooth harrow and plow.
Inquire of Thos. Presley, Olare. 13-tf
;p. 6. T. Louch came down from Mar'
jon Friday, summoned by the news
l hat one of his children has the small
Fred Livingston being ill tbis week, j
his place at the P. M. ticket office i
was filled by Frank McUlean of Saginaw, j
Mrs. 0. P. Louch of Manistee re-J
^ cently underwent an operation, having removed two ribs.   Her recovery
is doubtful. I
Mrs. R. L. Aldrich of Saginaw returned to her home after a  week's
visit at the home of her cousin, Miss i
Belle Gardanier.
Archie McKinnon's home was placed
under quarantine  last  Friday,    his
daughter, Stella,  having contracted
-«he disease.
Mrs. J. H. Wilson and children left
Friday for Big Rapids where they will
visit with her parents until the small
pox scare-is past.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cramer of Sun-
field are the proud parents of an eight
pound boy. Mr. Cramer was foreman
at the SfflNTiNEL office in 1899.
Mariette Reiser, who has been visit-
^    ing ai the home of her sister, Mrs C.
W. Calkins, for several weeks, returned to her home near Flint Saturday.
The Ladies' Foreign Missionary
society of Herrick, will give a public
entertainment in the church next
Sundav evening, March 17. All are
•cordially invited.
A letter from E. T$, Dunfee, formerly of Harrison, informs us that he has
heen re-engaged as principal of the
Turner schools at an increase of salary.
•Crlad to hear it.
Mrs. K. M. Goodman returned Monday from a ten days' sojourn to Detroit
and Chicago, where she purchased her
new spring millinery. Her spring
•Opening will occur April 4th and 5th.
FelQv Comstock, the aged father of
Mrs. O. S. Derby, whose home has
oeen at Evart, died Sunday of heart
-failure.* Mr. and Mrs. Derby attended
tbe funeral which occured Wednesday.
M. E. Whitney, who is in the mer-
cbantile business at Beaverton, was
in the city tbe first of the week. He
informs us that he expects to build a
%. store building at Beaverton this
•Spring.   •
roeorge Bishop of the Althouse factory, who has been living in Dr. San-
•ford's house on Seventh street moves
this --seek to the Purdy house on east
Sixth street. The doctor will soon
jtoecupy his own residence,
Hiss Lydia Ort came home from
Albion Friday anct will remain here
<*&yer&! weeks. She had the misfor-
*#ne to Jn)ure->one of her knees. As
•soon as she is recovered from her inquiry ahe will resume her studies.
Supt. Delos Fall is convinced that
pupils younger than six years of age
should not be permittee!*' to enter
school and he will endeavor to have
the present law, making children
eligible to enter school at five years of
age, changed.
Disinfection of houses seems to be
the general order, Get a small bottle
each of carbolic and sulphuric acid.
Mix in equal portoins with chloride of
lime, and you will be able to smell
scarcely anything else than the fumes
from this mixture for a week.
One of our merchants informs us
than a large number of young ladies
have made application for the position
of saleslady at his establishment.
The ladies may be induced to state
the particular attraction, but we shall
not take it upon ourselyes to explain.
Mrs. D. E. Alward ahd Hazel arrived in Olare from Washington, D. 0.,
last Friday. They came on tbe Ann
Arbor 1:48 p. m. train and left on the
3:04 train for Battle Creek. They will
remain there at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stress, until
the small pox scare is over.
We have received from The Success
Music Company, 343 Fifth Ave., Chicago, several professional copies of their
late sheet music. The company is
putting some music, both vocal and
instrumental, on the market and will
gladly examine authors' manuscripts
with a view to their publications.
H. W, Pierce, who has been in a
very critical condition, underwent a
serious operation known as superapu-
bic cystotomy last Saturday, and
while he is not yet out of danger, the
attending phvsicans have hopes of his
recovery. Three doctors, Reeder and
Maynard of Clare and Carrow of Marion, performed tbe operation.
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The Comrmssionership.
From Harrison Cleaver.
Clare, Mich.,
March 4, 1901.
Editor Cleaver,
.   Harrison, Mich.,
Dear Sir.—Permit me space in your
paper to say a word about the candidates for County School Commissioner,
lam a democrat but I like fair play.
Do not like misstatements in political contests any more than in anything else, aud this brings me to what
I want to say,
I saw in the Courier of last week,
in an article on Mr. Atdrich's candidacy, a statement that to him, and his
excellent work as commissioner, is
due the present splendid condition of
the schools of Olare county. To this
statement I take exception. It is too
much like seeking the office for Mr.
Aldrich under false pretense. We
have had some excellent commissioners in this county, each of whom is
entitled to his share of the credit for
the present conditions of our schools.
Then, I take it, the numerous
school boards throughout tbe county,
composed in most cases, of men deeply
interested in the welfare of their
districts, their schools, and their
young people, and anxious to provide
the latter with the best possible methods of education, come in for a part of
this credit. To their work, as much
as any one thing, can be attributed
the present high character and standing of our country schools. Again:
Are not our teachers entitled to some
credit for the progress and improve-
.meot ot the schools over which they
preside? It seems to me that they
are.
It is certainly a fact that all the
credit Cor the efficiency of our schools
cannot be given to one man; no matter how will he may discharge the
duties of Commissioner. The attempt
to show that it belongs alone to Mr.
Aldrich is as foolish as it would De to
•saddle all the blame on his shoulders
were the conditions the reverse to
what they are. It smacks too much
political dishonesty, and certainly did
not have Mr. A's sanction. It is akin'
to the utter disregard for political
principle which has in the past characterized our party organ—a sort of
anything to catch yotes—and which
has done our party much harm.
Each political party has a candidate
now before the people for School Commissioner of whom they need not be
asbamed, and for whom the party
papers have no need to eschew tiuth,
honesty and fair play in their campaign. Their merits apeak for themselves. Both self-made men, enjoying
positions of honor, attained through
their own unaided efforts; both possessing qualifications of a high order.
The county will be well served whatever the verdict of the people,
Let us have no more clap-trap or
misleading statements in this campaign.
Ex-Schooi* OFFICER,
Witty -"Tip."
Hand bills are out and in a display
ty pe read as follows:
Bear shoot at North Star on Wednesday, March 13. The match will be
for a nice jet black bear weighing 200
pounds, Tame and perfectly gentle.
Will shoot 20 rods off-hand or 40 rods
with a rest, open sight. Tickets $1,
on sale at Moore's hotel. Shoot begins
at 1 p. m, Winner can bave $30 in
cash for the bear. Joe. Cowdrey,
manager.  ,
Bethinking himself that it would be
a drawing card to bave his excellincy,
the newly sworn-in Vice president in
attendance at the above shoot, Landlord Calkins inclosed a bill and in a
letter to Roosvelt said something like
this: Teddy get you gun, and come up
and have some fun. You're sure bf
winning the prize, In response to this
the following letter arrived yesterday:
Vice-President's Chamber,
Washington,
March llth, 1901,
Mr. J. W. Oalkins(on),
Clare, Michigan.
My dear Mr. Calkins(on):
1 thank you for your invitation of
the 9th insb. and much appreciate
your courtesy,        °
Very truly yours,
Theodore Rosevblt.
Railroads in Michigan.
A copy of the last report of commissioner of railroads has reached us an i
from it we glean some interesting
facts.
Eight-eight railroads, with a mileage
of 10,211, including sidings and spurs,
which is about equal to the entire raii-
road mileage of the Republic of
Mexico, one-sixteenth tbe total mileage of Europe, one-eighteenth the
total mileage of the United States,
and about one-fiftieth the total mileage of the world, have made report to
the commissioner. From this brief
comparison may be obtained something of an idea of the importance of
Michigan in the railroad world, and
correlatively the importance of the
railroads of Michigan to the development and welfare of the«state.
The wai-es of employes have been
materially increased in many instances. Section men and track
laborers have been paid as high as
$1.75 per day and at least one contractor reports that although he paid
common laborers $2 per day and has
hired more than a thousand men during the year, ho has been unable to
have more than sixty at work at any
one time—which is an indication of
the scarcity of labor in railroad channels.
The tendency of all Michigan railroads is to progress and adopt the
most modern, safest and most economic
appliances.
Insanity in the  Professions.
A French investigator has come to
the conclusion that the brains of military and naval men give out most
quickly, says The Medical Record
(December 15). "He states that out
of every 100,000 men in tbe army or
naval profession 199 are hopeless lunatics! Of the so-called liberal professions, artists are the tlrst to succumb
to the brain strain, next the lawyers,
followed at some distance by doctors,
clergy, literary men and civil servants.
Striking an average of this group, 177
go mad to each 100,000. Domestic servants and laborers are not far behind;
the professional men supply 155 out of
each 100,000 as candidates for the
lunatic asylum. Next, but with a
Ipng interval, come the mechanics of
whom only 66 in each 100,000 lose their
wits. Wonderful to relate, commer-
cialmen.retain their sanity the best
of the whole group, as tbey send only
forty-two out of 100,000 to the madhouse.
From Ohio,
Scott, "Venwert Co., O.
March 4th, 1901.
Brother E. G. Welch, '•
Dear Sir.—As winter has come and
gone and the warm breezes of sjprlng
have come and melted the snow that
has covered the ground for seyeral
weeks, making our roades almost impassible, thought I would send you a
few items from my section of Ohjo so
that it reach some of my old neighbors that are living in your, part of
Michigan and perhaps will be of some
interest to some of your readers.
We have had one of the finest winters here bo far that has been here for
a number of years. The wheat and
rye IS in good condition for a fair crop,
There Will be a large acreage of oat»,
barley, and corn planted here this
spring and it being open weather the
fore part of the Winter there was a
large atoount of plowing done which
Will give tbe farmer the advantage of
spring seeding.
DAVY & COMPANY
.    ■    .    C LOTH I N G
New Spring Line
Larger, Better Than Ever
.'. Throe- Extra values in Men's Suits.".
Black Olay Worsteds, well made and good titters, a big value, per suit $5.00
Extra Heavy Pure Wool Urepe Weave Blue Worsted, a $12.00 value, at
per suit          -          -          -          -          -          -          -           ■ 10.00
Very Fine Pure Worsted, fancy, with first-class linings and trimmings,
well tailored and perfect fitting, per suit only          -          - 10.00
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. . •  GMidren's Suits  . . .
New styles in Sailor, Vestee and Double
Breasted Suits, representing the latest ideas in
Clothing for the little fellows. $.1.50 to $5.00 per
suit.
Men's Fine Shoes
Men's Fine Kid Shoes, Pingree &
Smith make, newest styles, button or lace,
at per pair -
Men's Monarch Patent Leathers, guaranteed not to break through, button or
lace, at per pair
$3.50
4.00
Complete line of Men's Kid Shoes from $1.75
up.
Work Shoes
The biggest line we ever offered ranged from
$1.25 to $5.00.
Goods
New India Linens
New Dimities    -
New Piques
New Nainsooks
8c to 35c
12£o to 25c
15c to 25c
7c to 25c
• * • • Bed Spread Special • • • •
One case of Large, Heavy, White Bed Spreads. They are seconds, with
slight imperfections in making, so slight they can hardly be detected. They are
extra value at the price, 90 cents.
HPPQQ    AflnflQ   A new line of 36-inch All Wool Suiting in the newest
l/I 0oc)    UUUUc)    spring colorings received this week.   Per yard   50 cents
. ■ . '■ silk waist special - ■ - •
New Taffeta Silk Waists, tucked front and back, new bishop sleeves,  colors
—Ked, Kose, Blue, only       •   - - - - - - -        $3.00
PaVij & Company
Everything in
Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoes at Lowest Prices.
New Spring Samples of Velvet and Axminster Carpets,
There uas been a large amount of
sales m real estate in this section,
prices ranging from sixty to seyenty
dollars per acre and more buyers than
farms for sale. I try to get them interested in Michigan but some think
that this is far enough north while
others think that people in northern
Michigan have to feed their stock
nine months in the year while some
think the land is too cheap to be
worth having aud a great many are
coming up in your section of Michigan to see for themselves and will just
say that some of them will get the
"Michigan Fever" as some call it, for
they will find good roads, good society
and if my judgment serves me rignt,
can make an honest living or at least
1 think that I can make a living up
there and will giye it a fair trial after
this year.
There has been one Of the best elevators built in our little village which
has about 300 inhabitants. This elevator is aniong the oest that there is
in this state. They purchase corn
here by the hundred pounds and are
paying 53 cents per hundred which
makes it about 32-J cents for 56 pounds
of shelled corn or that amount per
bushel.
Butter sixteen cents per pound; eggs
fourteen cents per dozen; hogs alive
$5.10 per hundred, hay $10 per ton.
I hope that some of your practical
farmers in your part of Michigan will
give some information in regard to
their way of farming and the prospects that await them in the future
be it good or bad.
Cut This Out!    Cut This Out!
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CLARE HARDWARE CO.       J. H. WILSON.
MRS. K. M. GOODMAN. E. H. DeVOGT.
If these few lines And space in your
paper, will contribute a little of my
time again in the future.
Hoping you are prosuering #nd enjoying good health, Yours Fraternally,
 I. G. Woteh.
The average man has a poor foundation when he stands on his dignity,
Xnterior Decoration-v ■
H. H. Holbrook, of wide repute as -a
first class painter and interior decorator, will be in Olare after June- firsts"
with a crew of expert workmen- i& his
line. He is here now for a meafcfe or
so, and will be glad' to contract ion-
work. 25*4
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