1921-07-08; Clare Sentinel

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City    Council   Grants • Rate
of $1.70  to  Central
Cas  Co.
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• "The city council last Monday evening granted tbe Central Gas Company a gas rate of SI.70 per thousand
cubic feet for a period of one year
rrooa July 1st. Tbe rate for tbe pasc
year has been 82.00 per thousand.
The $1.70 rate for Clare compares favorably with other cities
of our size and in many cases is less.
' Alma is paying $1.90. Holding $2 00,
Greenville $2.00, Big Rapids $2.30,
Cadillac $1.80. Charlotte $1.85, Owoe-
so $1.75, Sturgis 9190, Traverse City
$2.00, Holland $1.70, Hastings $2 00,
Grand Ledge $2.70, Grand Rapids
91 50, Three Rivers 92 00, Muskegon
$.75, Mt. Clemens $1.85, Benton Harbor $1.80. Dowagiac $1.80, Baton
Rapids SI.85, Petoskey $2.00, Manistee $2.00. In many cities in addition
to the gas rate there ie a meter charge
for each consumer. Ispheming pays
91.90 and . 50 cents meter charge,
Hillsdale $1.90 and 75 cents meter
charge, Grand Haven $1.40 and 75
cents meter charge, Ann Arbor 81.60
and 30 cents meter charge. Coldwat-
er $1 65 and 50 cents meter charge,
and Marshall $2.00 and 30 cents meter charge.
During the last year tbe gas com
pany has made improvements to its
plant at Mt. Pleasant and service is
much better. Tbey contemplate more
betterments which will result in still
better service. The local gas company was one of the few gas companies that gave uninterrupted service
during the late coal strike. Many
plants were forced to close and some
gave service only a few hours per day.
Mr. Brown stated that he would
* reduce tbe rate stiil lower if condi"
tions warranted during tbe next
year, but tbat in order to buy coal,
supplies, etc., and take care of tbe
new consumers that tt»e company
must have a set rate for a year at
least.
- TENDERED SURPRISE
FRIDAY EVENING
Over Eighty Friends and Neighbors Extend Best   Wishes to
Mr.   and    Mrs.   Cecil
Wilson.
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While on a visit at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Russell,
in Vernon township, over eighty
friends and neighbors completely
surprised Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wilson,
of Flint, last. Friday evening and
took possession of tbe home for the
evening.
Tbe evening was spent in music,
games and a social good time, after
which ice cream and cake were served.
Before leaving for tbeir respective
homes tbe guests presented Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson witb many beautiful and
useful gifts, among wbicb was a
handsome rocking chair and an
electric reading lamp.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson left Monday
for their home feeling grateful- to
their friends for the consideration
given them by tbeir many friends.
Succumbs   to    Bright's    Disease
Thursday, June 30th,   After
Several Weeks', Illness.
A gloom was cast over this city and
vicinity when James Canniff Phillips
departed from this * life Thursday,
June 30, 1921, at the age of 69 years,
7 months, 16 days, Clare losing one
of its most active workers.
Mr. Phillips was Dorn in Hunger-
ford, Ontario, November 4, 1851. On
September 27, 1877 he was united in
marriage to Margaret Louise Brown.
Three years after they moved to
Michigan and settled on their farm
at Lansingville now known as Her-
rick. They cut the road to their
new home, working hard and diligently in all the labors pertaining to
pioneer life until the Lord called him
tt> a higher work. So in 1893, he,
with his companion, joined the 6th
Michigan Crusade Band, continuing
in the work for six and a half years.
Returning to the farm they remained
until four years ago. when poor
health made it necessary for them to
sell and they located in Clare, where
they have resided until Mr. Phillips
was called to his reward. Ke leaves
to mourn their loss four brothers.
Richard and Daniel of Bellville. Ont..
William of Stoco, Ont., Frederick, of
Clare and a devoted wife. On account of poor health the Ontario
brothers were unable to attend the
funeral.
The deceased had been in poor
health for some time but did not take
to his bed until June first and gradually grew worse. Everything which
love, skill and money could provide
were lavished upon him. and the
neighbors and community feel they
have lost an important link from the
chain of life. He bore his sufferings
with untold patience and kindness,
just waiting to go home, and at the
last fell in deep sleep, and never
awoke.
Mrs. J. H. Brown, of St. Paul.
Minn., a sister-in-law. came June S.
and remained constantly at his bedside. He made all his funeral arrangements, his text being "Blessed
are the dead which die in the Lord
from henceforth: yea. saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their la.
bors; and their works do follow
them.*' Rev. 14: IT,. The song? he
selected were •"Over There." 'Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." and '"Hoes
Jesus Care?" These were rendered
very pleasingly by Mrs. Br>K^ie
Woods   and    Mrs.      George      Johnson.
Mr. Phillips was converted 37
years ago in the .Methodist r^viv^ls
held at Herric-k by Evangelistist
Smith, and has. been a faithful follower of his Master ever since. All
who heard his prayers felt themselves drawn nearer to the Savior, whom
he   trusted   to   the   end.
To show his deep. evar.prelistic
it and his love for all Christian
oh-, he requested four of the city
tors to conduct the services.
Revs. Mellotte. Davis. Badgley
Milherry in appropriate prayers
messages    expressed    appreciation
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and
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the  faithful   Christian   life   and
iluence   left   behind.
The ' services were held from the
Methodist church on Saturday aTter.
noon in the presence of a large delegation of friends and neighbors, and
interment was made in Cherry Grove
cemetery. X
George
Vandewarker
Colony  Rule.
Breaks
The Clasifled liners of tbe Sentinel
will hereafter be found on page 5.
Miss Elva Tatman is visiting tbis
week at the home of ber brother, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Tatman at Owosso.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Tatman spent
tbe Fourth at the borne of tbe former's daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Andrus at Harrison.
Mra- K. S. Peck who has been at
Owoaso for the past two weeks came
borne Wednesday for a short stay.
She will return Friday to Owosso and
ighter, Mrs.
         ,   _.»„.     'hich   she   will
wh6 Was responsible for tbis rola  be-  m4l:d for j,ome Jn ciarV/
ing eatabliahed.      It   can   therefore      _       -.....,,.  n«*«/»  « „ ^_
..        w   t   «  «—a   _«*w   _i...i.   ^ Geo. Whiteside} living  feast   of the
lawn Tuesday  af*
It ia one of the rules of the colony
residing eaat of the Little Tobacco
op Fifth Street that all work of tbe
n at ore of mowing iawca, weeding
garden*, etc, should be performed
poly by tbe woman.   Jn fast,   it was
pmy oy mw w«w»u.    4.u «!,*,   |V   waa j MWe the eatat€ of ner dRU
George V*©**W«rtvTt   H ii  claimed, j G   S<   BeDBer,   after   wblc
Additional Loeals.
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WORK   ON   NEW
SCHOOL
WEEK.
BEGINS NEXT
Contractors to Push Worsts  Rapidly.
Mr. W. J. Forde, of Prost, Fordo &
Wendell who will personally superintend
the job. will be here Wednesday.
■•'.: Men and teams will hs engaged Monday and Tuesday to begin work: by Wednesday.
Mixers, hoists, shovels, etc., are to be
here by the middle of the wee   .
Orders for stee! and stone have been
placed. Material will be on the ground as
soon as ready to use.
BUILDING   COSX  TOTALS $161,231.TO.
$: 10,429.00
General contract
Heating, plumbing and
•   ventil fating
Flooring complete
Temperature regulating
Electric wiring
Clock and sisnal system
Architect's fee
Total
29,000.00
7,200.00
3,250.00
2,075.00
1.6QO.OO
$153,554.00
7.677.7Q
$161,231.7U
Won
Gladwin
5
Clare
;   5
Barryton
4
Weidman
2
Coleman
2
Harrison
1
Pet.
857
625
571
429
375
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FISHING LICENSES
NOT REQUIRED
Law  Introduced Passed   Senate
but was Killed by the
House.
Let us take a somewhat hurried trip
thru the new building. There are two
front entrances, as shown in the picture, one at each end of the auditorium. We will go in thru the one
nearer town, at the left. At our right
as we enter we find the auditorium.
Stepping in we are impressed with
the beauty of tbe long windows and
tbe artistic taste of the sunken panels
on tbe opposite walls which correspond in size, shape and number to
the windows. The auditorium goes
up thru both stories, in fact forms
the highest section of the building
It is equipped with an ample stage.
The auditorium may be so shut off
from tbe rest of tbe building that
farmers' institutes, cbautauqua or
women's club programs may be held
while school iB m session. Passing
back again into the corridors we find
at our left tbe offices of the superintendent. We are pleasantly greeted
by tbe lady secretary in the outer
office Bud glance into tbe small but
efficiently uppoiited eanctum at the
front. Passing to tbe west or left,
we step into one of th« grade r"oms
which is a duplicate ot nine others in
the building. Twenty-two by thirty
tent id ei?.e, uocbmodatiug forty Or so
pup.i= Blicu, with a coat rooni at one
ecd, with teacher's cloeet and built
in book case. Tbe windows are on
one side only the deeka being arranged
ao tbat the light always comes from
the left of tbe pupil. There is ample
blackboard space on tbe other walls.
Tbe room is warmed by steam radiators and on the inside wall are the
ventilialion openings thru which fresh
air which has been warmed to room
temperature is brot into tbe room and
the foul air is drawn, both by great
revolving fans operating in the basement. Near the doer is a thermostat
which may be set to automatically
keep the room at any desired temperature. The floors of tbe room are
hard maple.
At the extreme west end of tho
building we find two rooms exactly
alike, one on each side of the corridor. These are for tbe kindergarten
and first grade. They are five or six
feet longer than the other grade
rooms, allowing more play apace.
Also tbe coat rooms instead of being
at the ends, are in tbe form of alcoves
at one side On either end of these
sicovss are separate toilet- poohss for
these small children, also store rooms
for the additional equipment and
supplies used in   primary   worjf,    411
or these small rooms occupy  the end
of tbe corridor.
Coming back along the corridor to
tbe east again we pass another of tbe
standard grade rooms on the north.
Opposite tbe front entrance where
we came in are tbe stairways, one
leading up to tbe second floor, tbe
other down to the basement. These
stairways are again duplicated opposite tbe east front entrance. Between
the two sets of stairs, occupying the
same length and width<at the back or
north of the building as the auditorium in front, is tbe gymnasium. The
gymDasium, however, has its floor
some nine or ten feet lower than tbe
floor of tbe auditorium, it being on
the basement level. It passes up
thru tbe first floor, its height being
about twenty-one feet.
To get to the   gymnasium
down the stairs at the back,
wanted to eo directly to   tbe   gymnasium - from     out-of-doors    we    could
folding chairs and tables for this purpose as well as for other gymnasium
apparatus. The gymnasium is absolutely shut off from the rest of the
building so that physical training
classes can be held (as required by
tbe state law) while other parts of
the school are in session and no one
will be disturbed.
Both the auditorium and the gymnasium are distinctly community
rooms. There is no reason why one
or both may not be used by someone
most or the time. Business men may
form gymnasium groups and meet
at five o'clock or in tbe evening for
volley or basket ball or indoor- base-
bail. When they have bad enuf
there are tbe hot and cold showers
waiting for them. The men's rooms
i are in the east wine. First a basket
we pass | locker room, as used in Y. M. C. A.'s
Had we i where gym suit and shoes are called
for and - valuables left. This room
will    accomodate     several   - bundred
bave come in from outside   entrances j small wire baskets,    eacb   numbered
at either end which would have brot
us in on to the landing at the turn of
the stairB and then directly down.
For gymnasium and athletic purposes
tbe west of tbe two rear entrances
and stairways are  for   the   girls,   the
A news item nublisbed broadcast
throughout tbe state which stated
that resident fishermen must bave
licenses was in error as tbe law did
not pass tbe legislature.
Deputy State Game Warden, of
tbis city, informs us that the article
in question is absolutely false and
requests us to print the following
letter lately received from tbe Director of Conservation at Lansing:
Mr. C. E. Pettit,
Clare, Micbigan,
Dear Sir:— "
The idea seems to be quite general
that tbe legislature, which has just
adjourned, passed a law providing
for the licensing of resident anglers
which becomes effective August 18th,
and this is to advise yon tbat you
may inform all parties who are seeking information in this regard that
the bill introduced in tbe legislature,
providing for the licensing of resident
anglers, did not become a law. The
non-residing angler's license law is
still in effect, but residents may fish
as heretofore without licenses.
John Baird,
Director of Conservation
Those who use gymnasium regularly,
students or townspeople, may have
a number and a " basket and leave
tbeir gym suits in tbis room when
not using them. The next room is
larger.    It ia ine dressing   room   and
STUDY CLUB
ENJOYS OUTING
Royally Entertained   By Far-
well Woman's Club at
Lake Last Week
Wednesday.
east for the boys.    Tbe  toilet   rooms ! contains     benches     aDd    enuf    steel
for girls on eacb floor are at the west j lockers for   tbe   clothing   of   all   tbe
prise it «u
mowing bia. front
terooon—right In broad daylight. {
The service* of * private defeettv*
were Immediately employed ttpon
the case anti It waa finally deducad
tbat tn% extreme heat bad temporarily Unbalanced Mr. vandewarker's
judgment and that hie wt»s not entirely aware Of wfest be waa doing.
Tbe man eft tb*e tsolony try to stick
together, ao to smooth it over and
make ft appear tbat nothing oat of
the brdtnary bad happened, several
otHer men of tbe neighborhood have
since Dee*n seen pushing the outdoor
safety r*sor.
Try   a  classified   liner   next  week
witb little coat and great results.
Monday** feifectHc storm. Tbe animals were under a tree which tbe
bolt struck and passed down, instantly killing them. Mra. Whiteside, who was sitting in the bonce a
short distance away waa somewhat
•booked by the concussion.
Baptismal (Services.
Baptismal service* will be beld
one mile south of Artbnr townball
Sunday, July 10th, at 2:30 p. m. witb
Rev. P. N. Bates in charge.     ..i
Everybody invited.
Notice
Painting,    papering    tinting;   and
wood finishing.
1-tf -'*■.£ :Wn>. Bullia. ■? .>-.*.
of the stairs. In tbe basement the
excavated portion of the west end is
devoted to locker and dressing rooms
and shower booths for the girls. Tbe
latter are arranged so tbat each girl
has complete privacy.
We pass into tbe gymnasium which
ia fifty by seventy-five feet in size.
The basket ball court has not yet been
marked off but will be thirty-five by
sixty leaving a space fifteen feet wide
on one side and one end for bleachers
which will provide seats for 250 spectators or more by crowding. If we
chance to glance up to the ceiling we
will be impressed by tbe size of the
steel girders. Fifty feet long and 42
inches in thickness. These are necessary because there are rooms above
tbe gymnasium on the second floor
of the building. In one corner of the
gymnasium we open a cupboard door
and find a dumb-waiter which leads
to tbe domestic science department
above. Several hundred people can
be served when the gymnasium is
converted into a banquet ball. The
food ie prepared in tbe domestic
science rooms above and passed down
tbrn the dumb-waiter. Tbere are
e/or age rooms in  tbe basement tor
j people who would be on tbe
, floor at any one time. The showers
are ott this dressing room. At the
| extreme east end of the basement,
on the north east corner is the heating plant. Two large Doiiere are installed here. At the side is a large
fuel room with four coal chutes so
that no carrying back of fuel is required. Next to the chimney or
stack at the rear is a mechanical
ash-hoist "equipped with six cans.
In tbe southeast corner of tbe
basement is a large receiving and
storage room witb outside Btairway
at tbe east and inside stairway
leading to the manual training rooms
above. ■ Here lumber for manual
training will be stored, also books,
janitors supplies, etc., received and
unpacked.
There are no class rooms or school
rooms io the basement.
We will pass up tbe stairs into
the manual training room which is
35 feet long and also occupies some
20 feet at the end of tbe corridor,
making it 34 feet wide ae tbe east
end, 22 feet at tbe otber.
(Continued next week.)
PIKERS WILL
ARRIVE SUNDAY
Seventh   Ann a a I    Tour  of   the
Minhitfan Pikes Association
to Start Saturday.
Tbe Seventh Annual
tion wbicb will leave Detroit tomorrow on its I6i day tour of Michigan,
Is due £to arrive lin Clare SnouVy
afternoon about 1:00 p. m.
Tbe number of tourists coming is
estimated to be over 208 and will
traverse over 1700 miles of road and
275 miles by steamer In 'tihtiir circle
of Lake Superior.
Citizens wishing to go 'to^Mt.  Pleasant to meet tbe Pikers win  meet at
I tbe city park at 9:St •». '**.  to  be as
signed their car. Tbe Glare boosters
will leave promptly at 10:00 o'clock
and will return with Clare's visitors
about 1:00 p. m.
Everybody Is urged to turn out and
thereby display an Interest wbicb
will demonstrate tbat Glare and
Clare county is no longer a back
weeds number, but instead second to
Pike Aesocla- j none for our numbers.
Notice to Road Contractors.
Koehniein- Watring.
At tbe Free Methodist parsonage
Monday afternoon, July 4th, occurred
tbe marriage of Miss Ella Koehniein,
of Adrian, to Hal. W. Wstring,
formerly of Sheridan townsbip, Rev.
E. Mellott performing tbe ceremony.
Tbe youne people will make tbeir
future borne at Adrian, wbere tbe
groom is employed aa a track driver.
Tbey take witb them tbe best wishes of their many friends bere. ■ ■'   _
Tbe township board of Sheridan
township will receive sealed bids up
to and including Monday, July I8tb,
at 6 p. m. for the building of one
mile of state reward road, Glass B.,
9 feet wide, metal bed, said state re-
ward road to be between sections 0
and 16. Specifications can be seen
at tbe office of tbe Highway Commissioner or at tbe Clerk's office.
Tbe board reserves tbe rigbt to reject any or all bids.
Henry Fancon,
36-2 Township Clerk.
On Wednesday of last week the
Clare Study Club were royally entertained by tbe Farwell Woman's Club
at Lake, Mrs. T. U. Fuller and Mrs.
G. E. Lamb acting as hostesses.
Upon arriving at the depot, the local
club were met by tbe reception com
mittee, who were well supplied with
gym | autos to accommodate those who
wished to ride. At the Fuller cottage "The Pioneer" ail were content
to rest for a while as the large room.--
and spaciouB porches, with plenty ot
rockers and sedan seats proved verj
inviting atfer tbe grand rush to
catcb the early train.
The mysterious little parcels and
cases proved to be bathing suits and
much sport and snap shots followed
A whistling contest was won by Mrs.
J.H.Wilson. The pot luck dinner,
which was served on the porch, proved very enticing and all, to say tbe
least, all did ample justice. The
dinner was followed by a program in
charge of Mrs. Brown, who proved
herself capable of keeping the interest at high tension until the Farwell
ladies said it was time   to   eat   again.
After all had partaken of a bounteous supply of- Ice cream and cake,
Mr9- Lamb, tig an. informal way
spoke of the very kindly feeling existing between the clubs and generously thanked tbe Clare Club for
their support in making the day an
| occasion long to be remembered as
they bad greatly enjoyed tbe presence
of tbeir guests. In response Mrs.
W. H. Bicknell, president of the
local club made an excellent im-
| promptu talk during which she stated "We do not want to be thought
or spoken of as guests, bnt as sisters"
and made a covered threat of getting
even with tbe Farwell Club sometime In tbe near future.
A. E. M.
METHNER TEAM DEFEATS LOCALS 6-1
Six   Methner   Brothers   and
One   Brother-in-Law   In   j
Coleman Line-up
Sunday.
Four More Methners   Along   as
Substitutes.
Clare was defeated by Coleman on
the home diamond Sunday by tbe
rather decisive score of 6 to 1. Twelve
errors by tbe local aggregation didn't
help matters any, but tbe biggest
cause of tbe tremendous change in
score from the previous game was
tbe incorporation of the famous
Methner family as practically an en*
tirely new Coleman team. "Joe"
Methner is a pitcher of no mean
ability and tbe entire family nave
long beld a reputation as real ball
players. It is reported that tbere
are twelve boys and six eirls in
tbe family.
Clare
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E   Hubel, 3b
0
0
3
D. Hubel, 2b
0
1
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Haley, lb
0
3
1
Harrold, cf
0
1
0
Groves, if
0
0
1
G. Gorr, ss
0
0 x
2
Grover, rf
0
1
0
A. Gorr, c
0
1
3
Terwilliger, p
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0
2
*Wilson,
1
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12
* batted for Groves in the 9th.
Coleman
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Stemple, If
1
0
0
Joe Methner, p
2
2   ,
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Youngs, rf
1
2
0
"Club" Methner, 3b
1
0
0
Bowen, 2b
1
2
2 '
Ed. Methner c
0
2
0
"Pat" Methner, lb
0
0
0
Bill Methner, ss
.    0
1
1
Jake Methner, cf
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Clare 000000 0 01    1    7 12
Coleman 2 00100201    6    9    3
Hits—off Terwilliger, 9; off Methner, 7; 2 base bits—Haley, 2; Joe
Methner. Bases on balls— off Terwilliger, 1; off Methner, 1. Struck
out by Terwilliger, 5, by Methner, 5.
Time 2:05. Umpire, Cameron, of
Mt. Pleasant.
Coal to Arrive Soon.
Tbe Glare County Farm Bureau
will bave a carload of coal at Loomls
soon. Send in yonr orders at once
ft yon want eoal.
ady Geo. Stehle, Bee'y.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to oor friends and neighbors
wbo so kindly assisted us during tbe
illness and death of our Jt>eloved bus-
band and brother.
Mra. J. C. Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phillips
Mrs. J. H. Browq.
A classified liner will selfr It, find
It, or belp yon out In any way. Try
one next week and be convinced.
TRADING PLAN TO
PLACE GOOD SIRES
Pure   Bred   Bulls   Will   Be   Exchanged For Scrubs on Dairy
Demonstration Tour
Pure bred bulls of high class will ho
owned in greater numbers than evi-r
before on Michigan farms if the fourfold pian for exchange, proposed tor
the dairy demonstration tour to be
made oyer many counties of the state
in August, is carried out.
In every county viBited one pure
bred sire will be traded for a scrub,
animal for animal. *»
Details of tbis portion of tbe plan
are not yet fully worked out, but it is
preferred to have a group of men
bring in the scrub and own tbe pure
bred co-operatively.
According to the second propoFed
method all scrub and grade bulls of
breeding age brought to tbe "better
sire train" will be received at a one
cent premium per pound over prevailing Detroit market prices. In
return the farmer wili be provided
witb a registered Hoiaieiu bull from
6 to 12 months old, tbe selling price
of tbe scrub to apply on tbe pure bred
and tbe farmer to pay tbe difference
In cash. A special low price will be
placed on  these   registered   animals.
Another suggestion is tbat tbe local
Chamber of Commerce or similar interested group buy tbe pure bred
sire, then dispose of it to some suitable farmer by means of tickets numbered and given out by merchants.
The period for wbicb tbe bull is to
be retained by tbe lucky farmer may
be limited to 2 years.
The fourth plan proposed aad tbe
one most favored by dairy leaders at
M. A. C. and elsewhere in tbe state
is tbe formation of bull associations.
Tbese may be organised through the
aid of county agents so that a number of individuals will benefit with no
great expense to any of them.
Itinerary for tbe tour, wbicb Is tw
be conducted Jointly by M. A. C.«
New York Central and Pennsylvania
railroads of tbe state, and tbe Michigan Holsteln-Frieslan association, la
now being arranged by J. A. Waldron
dairy extension specialist at the College.   -
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