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The Paper that Stands for %e People's Rights FIRST.
VOLUME XIX
CLARE  MICHIGAN, FRIDAY* AUGUST 1, 1913
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Also good for Warts aud Bunions*.
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Price 25 Cents full of comfort
ENTHUSIASTIC
ROAD 1EE1GS
Held at Clare and Harrison
Tuesday  Evening   Pronounced Successful.
Hear Edison's New Records for August.
The Nyal Store
A.  E. Mussell  &,   Son,
We prepay Parcel Post Packages*
YOUR DRUGGIST.     .
•     Bell Phone 53, Union Phone 66
WISE WOMEN
KNOW
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The wise women know that bread making
is a science and an art combined. It
requires skill and the best materials to
make it a success. Sometimes a woman
blames* herself or her recipe or the yeast
or baking p6\*/der.
By using good flour you can always tell
where the fault is. Now we can give you
the following brands: Some people use
Oriole, Call a Lily made by the Thornas
Milling (Jo. Others again use Henkle's
Bread Flour. The most people use our
Special Brand
Rock Islan
Most all who use it inform us that they
can get more bread and better br.ead from
it than any of the other brands. i
Fock Island 75c for 25 lbs.
Henkers Bread Flour 70c
Our Teas at 35c and 50c give the  Very Beift
SATISFACTION.
State   Highway   Commissioner
Rogers  Explained   Trunk-
line Road Laws.
One of the most enthusiastic meetings
ever held in Glare county boosting good
r6ads, took place in the city park last
Tuesday evening, at which time State
Highway Commissioner Rogers, was
present and discussed questions regarding tbe building of state trunkline roads
Large delegations from both tho village of Farwell and the city of Harrison, attended tbe meeting, so as to\, get
in touch with the commissioner about
this proposition.
Before answering questions about the
building of this road, Mr. Rogers explained in detail, what specifications
the township must follow in order to
secure their reward from the state for
trunkline roads. Ho did not seem to
favor the idna of building this trunk
line road at tho. regular nine foot width
but must be fifteen foot widi- at least
so as to enable the teams to pass by
another without breaking tho shoulder
of tbe road. Ho explained very fully
bow the. road shouUl bo made On the
average a road acorn-ding to the trunk-
' lino specifications will cost tbe. township from 2'* to i~, per cent and earfi
year following tbe township must keep
this road in repair or tbe. stato will take
if in charge and the, expense will be
levied on the property owners of that
township.
The city of Clare is indeed fortunate
uwmling to what Mr. Rogers .says.
The east and west trunkline and the
north and south will Insth pass through
bpre.
The question arose what was the best,
the county road system or by district.**,
the former was recommended. Several
years a go flu* county road system/wa."
placed before tho voters and was turned
down with a large majority. Many
boosters of good roads feel confident
tbat this could b<* put before tho vot
era of Clare county at the present time
and win with bands down
Along with these discussions came
the question whether tbe citizens of
Clare with tbe help of the farmers in
townships north of' Clare should bold
a bee for the purpose of building a road
to Houghton lake The m:n<>-ity
seemed to be very enthusiastic, hut before maping out sueh a roid, wanted
to know what route tbe trunkline
would follow in tbat direction. Mr.
Rogers states that the route, named is
straight north on the state road but n«
soon as he returns to Lansing will send
a man int > Clare county for the purpose of planning route He premises
to bave tins completed by September
1st, which will give road bee workers
a chance to complete plans.
Before tbe meeting adjourned an or
ganization was fonned entitled the
Clare County Trunkline Association
and the following officers were elected
to assist in tbe above movement and
whatever plans there will be for
Houghton lake bee later:
President, C, W. Perry.
Secretary. J. F. Tatman.
Treasurer, I). W. Canfield.
Vice Presidents for townships:
City of Clare, Win. II. Caple,
Surrey, 1)  W, Howe.
Grant, lt. Emerson.
Hatlon, Fred Hamilin,
Sheridan, I. E. Hampton.
Garfield, B. S. Alloy.
' Lincoln, Otto Pietsch.
Freeman, E Darling.
Arthur, L.* Wi. Sunday.
Hayes, John 'Quinn.
Townships that are not, named in the
above, list, it was moved by meeting
that the president and secretary be instructed to appoint, which was carried.
At a similar meeting at Harrison oil
tho same evening, tbe attendance was
composed of delegates from Frost and
Harrison and it was decided to transact
business for each section seperately for
tbe Houghton lake bee, which will bo
pulley off on September loth.
After much discussion it was decided
and passed by vote to give highway
commissionei' Bnrt Stevens, of Frost,
complete charge of, the work on the
road, witb authority to appoint under
overseers for the day of tbe bee, VL T.
Whaley and J, Cooper were elected solicitors to raise money for the project.
The enthusiasm around Frost is enormous and the delegates present Wanted
to havo permission to hold other smaller
bees between tbe present time and tho
day of tbe big bee. No objection was
raised arfd it wag decided to do so.
Highway commissioner Stevens was
(Coattoued on Pago 8.)
14TH
PICNIC
Of the Wise Farrttprs* Club to
be Held Monday,  August
18th,>  .
E FAIR.
The Hth annual picnic- of the Wise
Farmers' Club will beheld this year at
Stevenson lake at J^W. Hendrie's
landing ou Monday, August 18th,
Champion G. H. Sloqmn, of Dotroit,
well known throughout tho state aa tbe
Gleaner organizer will be-tho principal
speaker of the day, .Tie'club tried
very bard to secure Mr. Slocura for
s*mo other day in the week except.
Monday, but as usual at this time of tho
year he has been spokeifor eyery day
except on that date.    ■«
The several coinmit'% ^f tho club
arc now busy prepafiij| the program
for the occasion. Maftjvtopics of interest will be discussed atict a.n excellent
program is looked for.   ■•
The full prograui wi'l appear in a
later issue. ^
Detroit Driving Club.
Whac will probably bfr Ihe most interesting part of the grand circuit \yas
ushered in this week when the horses
besran to race at Grand Rapids. The
spurt will have time consecutive weeks
in this state, .something that does not
o'cur elsewhere in the,Union. After
the five days at Comstoci? Park tho stables will spend asinu.:b time at Kala-'
maz.xi, tben follows the 29th annual
Blue Ribbon lm-i'tii--* of the Detroit
Driving Club, the greatest of them all.
Stakes which are international in,
fame will be nn-nved at this carnival
of speed. The best horses in tho states
and Canada will be on band to take
part in them, and in view of the extreme speed shown s<> fat* it is fair to
look for the sensations of the season on
tho fast track of the Michigan state
fair where the grand circuit races are
held.
Preliminary skivuw-hesin the grand
circuit are watched clcsely because of
tbe relation they M«« fe^tbj seven
stakes and early e-ipitv.' JjLij&s which
are a part of th-jj** ■•»„' -^nprpgnun.
Among those in fire "-ttattllu-its* and
Manufacturers' stake, tboranking classic of the trotting turf, that have done
something worth while are Star Winter, Unlabel, Judson Girl and Santos
Maid, all of them winners. As many
•ithers have shown form which entitles
them to consideration, so flat tbe 810,000
stake looms up like a real horse race.
E el Rey, Stotbrino Lad, Frank Ho-
gash, ,Tr, and a few other pacers which
are to start in the Chamber of Commerce stake at Detroit have shown their
class and others will be getting into the
limelight this week and next. The 2:05
paeors bave bad some mighty struggles
and several of them that wore not quite
up to tho extreme speed will be ready
for Walter Cochato and Longworth B.
when they strike the Michigan metropolis..
The three-year-olds that will take
part in the Matron stakes are a splendid
lot and to those now racing will be ad-
dul a number that are framing in Ken-
ticky. So, from every angle the outlook is for*Kport of the highest order at
the Blue Kibbon meeting, which is to
be held August 11 to 15 this year and
over a lightning fast track.
Bi-county   Agriculture    Society Met at  City  Hall
Last Tuesday Evening.
If   Proper   Arrangements   Are
Made   the   Fair   Will    Be
Held   September   9.10    .
11.12.
At a meeting of the Bi-county Agricultural society last Tuesday evening
at the city hall, it was decided by
tho officers that if the proper arrangements can be made during tho next few-
days, a fair will be held on September
9, 10, 11, and 12.
The financial condition of tbe society
just at the present is in very bad shape.
The .balance' duo D, Ward on the
grounds amonnt to 8008 IB. Tbe proposition which was offered Mr. Ward
was that if he would allow tho society-,
to continue their fair this fall, that
they would agree to pay him the sum
of §200 at tho close of the fair which he
accepted.
In order to conduct the fair in the
proper way, it was moved that President John Aslino borrow tho sum of
$.''00 from the bank to erect stock sheds
which carried. Past years there has
been a lack of stock raisers, owing to
the fact that no substantial shelter was
provided
The lease given in 1908 to tho society
by Mr. Ward was to pay a rental of
$85 per year with option to xiurchaso
same at any timo within the peroid of
tpn years at the sum of $1,105. The
amount paid up to date are as follows:
1.000, §-53 31; 1910, S5D;U0; 1911, 3H01.01
11U2, $11.43, making a total of $1,020.03
which leave a balance duo of §098.18
St. Paul's Episcopal Guild.
Owing to tho absence of Miss Florence Huffman, tho Womans' Guild of
the St. Paul's church met with Mm. E,
H. Waller, and in spito of the extreme
heat there was a good attendance and
i»V"*b •<*-?'•'{ n.<ccsr-'i*Vv3"a«i\t *».»«»,
The previous meeting which was hold
at the home of Mrs. Melitio Graves
was a red letter day in the history of
our Guild. As tho Rector O. E Newton and his wife, of Mt. Pleasant, were
wjth us, we held our first regular election of ofliuers which are as follows:
Pres., Mrs. A, J. Doherty
V. Pres,, Mrs, Melitty Graves
Sec, Mrs. A. E. Mack
Treas., Mrs. Wm. Adams
Work committee, Mrs. Graves and
Miss Mary Pierson.
Miss Elizabeth -Pierson was elected
secretary for the Sunday school in place
of Miss Florence Huffman, who is to
be out of town.
Give Oral Tests.
The Play of Uncle Tom's
Cabin.
Has been actedAhronghoiil-tha-United
States thousands of times and today it
is tho most popular drama/in tho land.
Tho most pxacting Christian people
never hositake to witness ils rendition,
which tbey always do with great
pleasure and delight, Lessons of morality and virtue may be learned by its
teachings. A truly great and wonderful play written by the greatest woman
the world has ever known*, i/Ua.Harriet
Beocher Stowe, one of America's most
brilliant writers. John F. Stewe's
Original Co. will give one performance
at Clare Saturday, August 9. Adv.
Farwell Will Bond.
Last Monday the citizens of Farwell
at a special election voted to bond tho
village not to exceed $3,300 for tbe
purpose of erecting a water tower 'in
connection to their water works. Tbe
vote stood 43 for«an°" 10 against.
The village Will now receive bids. It
is thought tbat the tower will cost less
than, the amount voted for, Tho tower
will hold about S0,000 gallons and 80
feet to the bottom of tank. No' addition except I ho tower will be' made at
this time with the present water system
but more improvements arc looked for
soon.
Freneh dry
garage. The
ecchi
batteries  at   Doberty's
best made at 25 cents
Adv,
INT MORE MONEY
Ann Arbor Railroad Motor Men
Want Wages Increased
Tbat Superintendent of Pubic Instruction, Luther L. Wright, is thoroughly in earnest in regard to tbe introduction of oral arithmetic and language work in the schools of Michigan,
as required by the state course of study,
was shown in the teachersLexamination
hel|l recently. - Teacher*-; *vwe required
to give brief talks, chops'iig from a long
list of topics s-iggestecl/and to work men*
tal arithmeticjProJilems, giving their answers orally. It is expected that this
method will bo continued as far as
teachers' examinations, aro concerned
and-later will be extended to eighth
grade examinations, thus requiring
teachers to train their students in thesp
lines in order to prepare them for the
examinations,.
Mrs. Pearl Hoffman.
(Fnrwoll Correspondent)
Mrs. Pearl Armstrong Hoffman, wife
of Roe Hoffman, died at their home in
Itittman, Ohio, last Saturday. Tbe
remains were brought to Clare for
interment.
The funeral was held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at the M. E. church,
Rev. G. W. Maxwell, former paster,
now of Belding, officiating.
Cause of death was sugar diabetes.
Mrs. Hoffman was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Armstrong. She formerly lived south of Farwell.
Lightning Runs Down
Girl's Bq4y an4
If illy Family Cat.
.The freak action of lightning last
Sunday at Temple when a bolt during
the last storm late in the evening struck
one of tho daughters of T. B. Nasbby.
Tho lightning ran down one of her
limbs ami instantly killed their family
cat that was lying beside her on the
floor. .
The girl's condition* was .not serious
and is reported improving.
An Owosso dispatch dated July 17
said: "Ami Arbor railroad conductors
and engineers who have been running
on motor cars, have asked the company
through a grievance committee, to pay
them larger wages for service in this
connection, than is paid on runs by the
steam trains. The reason for tbe request as set forth by the committee is
that the motor cars make-many more
local stops than the steam trains and
that consequently more time is consumed and the men on the motor runs have
to put in longer hours than those on
the steam trains.
"In the monthly pay checks recently
received hero the men were not paid
for the motor runs and it is understood
that their compensation will bo held up
until an agreement is reached between
tbe grievance committee and the company officials."
Of Course They Won.
Tho team which defeated Connie
Mack's Athelcties six out of nine games
the Detroit Tigers five out of eight and
last their only series of the New York
Giants by close count, played the Clare
city team Wednesday*afternoon.
The team is comprised of some of the
best Cuban ball players obtainable and
those who attended the game and saw
the Cubans sjioot them over, smash
them out and strike them out, made
up their minds at once that our boys
bad company a little swift "for them.
All spoke their native tongue, which
made it rather puzzling for Clare to
understand their signs.
Tbe first four or five innings left the
score close and looked rather favorable
but it did not stay that way very long.
Both teams made exceptionly good
plays but after playing nine innings
tho score stood as follows:
Clare 05001000 0-0
Cuban Stars   0 a 1 0 1-3 4 0 1—13
KPIBCOPAL OHUB.CH.
All services to be discontinued until
September as tho Recto1"- is taking a
vacation.
M. E. CHURCH
RISV. W. H. TBW1N, PASTOR
Morning,  "Disloyality   disqualified."
Evening, "Thosurvival of the Fitest."
JVJon's Class, "English and New Eng-
land morals."
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Adding to Michigan's His-
The Michigan jllistorical Commission,
established by tlie last legislature, wish
to communicate with every person who
has in his or her possession old newspaper files, pamphlets, letters, diaries,
account books, local histories and atlases, museum objects illustrative of
Michigan or Michigan people, anything
whatever of value for tho history of
Michigan. The Commission is composed of Governor W. N. Ferris, Clarence
M. Burton, William L. Jenks, Right
Rev. Monsignor O'Brien, Edwin O.
Wood, Lawton T. Hemans, and Prof-
fessor Claude H. Van Tyno. Address,
The Michigan Historical Commission,
Lansing, Michigan.
Notice.
After August fourth  (4th)   191J5 the
following raise on shaves and hair cuts
will prevail:
Shaves
Hair cuts (Children included)
Signed:
D. H, Kump
Shumway & Rogers
litl G. H. Brown.
l.-jc
25c
st. john ltjthi5ban
Rev.'C. Waidemch Pastor
Services next Sunday at Clare, both
morning and evening; at Hermansdalo
in the afternoon in German.
The Lutheran St. John's Church wishes to announce to its many friends that
the mission festival announced for August 3rd has been postponed until August
31st.
A speaker of prominence has promised
to preach in both German and English.
We again extend a hearty welcome to all.
Dodds Gets   Verdict   For
Six Cents Damages.
After 20 minutes of deliberation, at
court in Ionia, last Friday, tho jury
iu libel suit of former Congressman,
Francis H. Dodds, against Editor B. M.
Gould, both of Mt. Pleasant, brought
verdict of six cents damages. Both
sides expressed themselves to be perfectly satisfied and an appeal is unlikely.
The verdict is considered by Mr.
Dodds to be a vindication of the charges
made by Gould that he voted against
the popular election of senators and in
favor of the sugar trust.
There is still pending a suit begun by
Mr. Dodds against Congressman Lind-
quist, of Greenville, for §30,000, based
on the same statements made dnring
his campaign last August.
Will Go To Texas.
^ "MrTana/"Mr";, Austin "frumblo, of
Hatton township, will leave the latter
part of this-week for Danbury, Texas,
where ftieyexpect to make their home
in the future, that is if the climate is
satisfactory.
Mr. and Mrs. Trumblo have been
residents of Clare county for about
twenty years, making them part of the
pioneers that first camo to break the
soil. Their reason for leaving Michigan, is on account oE the long winters,
and their health not being the best.
Tho Courier and their many friends
wish them success in the new country t
School Board Organize.
The Clare school district board organized last Tuesday   evening   with only
one change which are as follows:
President, C. W, Perry
Secretary, C. A. Reading
Treasurer, C. H. Sutherland
Trustees,, A. E. Mulder an'3 James S.
Bicknell.
Peter Oman, of Lake, was hired aa
teacher of the 7th'grade this year and
Miss Mabel Dier, of this city, for tho
oth grade.
Bank Talks By the c#iTs 5tate
To Those Who HaVe No Bank
Connections
You cannot accomplish
much in a business way without tbe services of a bank, and
when it comes to tbe question
of whether or not you should
have some bank connections,
there is only one answer. Any
business will derive somebene-
flt from a banker's service.
A bank is not a luxury for
the rich man; that idea is fast
disappearing. Tbe people from
all classes are beginning to
recoguize the importance of a
bank connection,
The bank helps tbe small
boy to save aud the interest
paid increases bis savings-the
farmer is afforded great oon-
venienco by the checking account. Every individual is
aided by one or more of the
bank's departments, just as
demands require.
The service tbat a bank gives to its customers places witb '
in their reach every advantage I
to carry on financial   matters
easily.
Many* persons, are timid
about opening a bank account
because they think their luiowi
edge of banking is limited or-
perhaps they consider their
amount of money to small.
To  any such persons,    we
wish to say that the  opening
of a bank account is very easy,
we explain all details and' make'
it simple for you.   We encourage any who bave small sums
to open an account.    We furnish a pass book aud obecks and i
all     necessary     instruction,
Even though you are not ready
to open a account, call  at  the
bank and talk it over with us..
Citizens State  Bank,
Glare, Michigan.
A. E. SliEEPiSK,    President.        A, E. Muldkr, Vioo .Pres'deTnt
Wm. H. BiOKNEU/, 2nd Vice Pres.       James S. BioiCKEiiL, Cashier
DIRECTORS
A. E, Sleeper JameS S. Bicknell
Wm. H. Bicknell A. E. Mulder
James McCall A. E. Mussell
A. J* Doherty
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