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Sm AFV ELOUS.. CURES'
It is surprising the fcood Health that is enjoyed
from a few doses of this New Medicirie •
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In all cases of (
liheumatiam, Lame or,Weak Back, Catarrh, Headache, Neuralgia Deafness, Paralysis,   Diarrhoea;
Cholera Morbus, (Jramps or Colic, Cooper's-Quick
Belief should be used as an assistant remedy/arid ^
should always be used in connection with -.the.'
Nqw Discovery. . '     ' ' ' l~
Cooper's New Cough Remedy has a direct action J,
on the Throat, Lungs and Bronchial tubes.' '; • J
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We are sole agents for
Coopers   Great Remedies,
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New PowerCo.. Makes Early ^id
FopConduct; of. Clare's ■■■
Publia per System.
Council Shys Around Proposition anci Suggests
Referendum at Spring EleG.ion. ...
The city council met on Monday.
evening with five* members prese».
and transacted considerable business.' Among: the important things
considered ,was a proposition from
A. J",vDoherty an manager for. the
new Consolidated Power Co., in
whichi tfie,company offers to assume
charge o| the -plant and pump^he
water for *1200 per year. The gas
producer proposition for the water
plant, and which company oilers to
guarantee to furnish fuel for $1.00
P6r day, was still under consideration Aid, Wells very cominendably
suggested that neither 'proposition
was in sufficient detail to warrant
even consideration, and proposed
thai; the propositions in" full be secured and submitted to the voters at
the spring election. The idea met
with-instant approval. - ' "
Aids. Wells and Bieknell were ^appointed a committee to sett's with
the clerk and -treasurer.
Following' .were appointed city
election commissioners: C..F. Hal-
let, P. A. Bennett, A. B. Canfleld.    .
Election inspectors wero chosen
as follows: P.F. Geeck, K. H DeVogt, F. 0. Falk.
The 1st ward hose houBe, Mc-
JJeever building and city hall, respectively were selected as polling
places.   •       ■ .■•*
Aldermen McKinnon and Mater
voted for the purchase of the. gaB
producer, but the ' remaining^ three
'were* opposed to the plan, beoause
of assuming indebtedness.
The question of the con'tract
system vs. municipal ownetship
and operation is once mors up in
Clare, and it remains, tq be seen
what the result will be.
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J Here is What it Takes to Make.?
Best Buckwheat Cakes       t
Pure Old Fashioned Buckwheat        &
Ground at the Old Mill.    10 Ib sacks f
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* Here's the Recipe—Dissolve one cake yeast ^
in quarter cup of hike warm water, add to the our of
<£ luke warm water one teaspoonful of salt aud sufficient •£
§f buckwheat to make a batter that will run from the ||
spoon cover an set in'a warm place over night.    In
the morning take out one cup of the batter for the
next raising.   Take th8 remaining quantity and add
two tablespoons full of molasses,  quarter tablespoon
full soda, one tablespoonful melted butter, stir grad
ually°and bake at once on hot griddle.
'Maple Syrup.
Best
Batten
We have in transit 50 barrels Rock Island Flour
-Get our prices on this Flour before you purchase. ^
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^•Smoked Salmon, Halibut, Finnan^ Had- *w
dies, Fresh Oysters Weekly. <r
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Fiames Wipe Out North .Sid?, West Fourth
Street, With Heavy Lo
By Hard Work Blaze is Confined to^rig-
inal District, and Surrounding.Property
'    Saved.
,-.    Clare City Schools.
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Editor- Flossie MoKjbever,.
Stanley Church  has entered  the
eighth grade.
•  The   third and fourth grades are
having a contest in spelling.
Those who have neither been
absent or tardy in the third grade
are, Butti Axford.
Harold Cornwall, Glady Everden,
Mildred Hickey, .Minny Lowrey,
Lillian La Pierre, Harold and Buth
McDonad, Douglas Mooney, Earl
Stevens, Lourie Woodward, and
Solomon Hoover.
The tenth grade have finished
Shakespeares comedy, As you like
it, and have begun the study of
George Eliuts novel, "Silas Mar-
ner."
The second year Latin class have
finished the second book of Caesar,'
and ure now busy completing the
maps in. wliich the have traced
Caesar's route and located the
various tribes, ' '   '
The high school students are busy-
preparing exercises for the Friday
before spring vacation.
Sylva Hawkins taught the second
grade in the absence of Miss Clarke
Tuesday afternoon.
The Coleman. Beniors entertained
the bight school seniors at Coleman
Wednesday night* -■
. The book-keeping class is progressing finely. They are now
ready for another trial balance.       '
Those who have been neither
absent nor tardy .of the sevonth
grade during February are, Anna
Barken, Ervin Carmichuel, Will
Hawkins, Bernie- Hawkins, Emma
Lee, -_ntia Ripenburp, Edith Smith,
Charles Smith, John  Welling, and
Willie Waller.
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The second year Algebra class
will begin geometry after spring
vacation.
Browri-Yeger.
At the M. • E.' Parsonage on.
Wednesday forenoon, occurred the
marriage of Horatio 'Yeger, of Bose*
bush, and Mss.. Hattie Brown", of
this city. They were attepded by
Mr. aiid-Mrs. W. Keller, "of Bosebush. They will reside in Rosebush.
T?jp:i_:C(.u_tiJ.B extends best'wishes.
At .eleven o'olock', on Tuesday
evening the firemen were caiied to
the row of wooden buildings upon
west 4th street, w.hei'e Smith's
bakery was found in flames and
beyond all help. What the cause of
the fire was nobody knows, as there
was ho fire in the bake oven after
eleven o'clock on the day in question. «_      '■ .      ..    '
The firemen wero early .satisfied
that the buildings immediately adjacent Were doomed to destruction,
and devoted their energies to-saving the surrounding, property,; and
iu which effort they were very successful. Four streams "were-used
and with excellent effect, the Water
system doing everything that had
been ever claimed for it in point pf
capacity and service. •
! Tha.loss was co nfined; to the dis-
.triot, and though several times it
looked bad for the Central hotel
and'" neighboring buildings none
were lost.
The, loss in the fireand insurance
so far as is ayavilab.le, is as follows:
"..Jas. Campbell, building, loss $1200.
insured for 3500.      ••• ■ ■..■■
■ M..JR3. Whitney, building, and billiard room, loss $1,000, not insurance.
JbhnE. Smith; bakery," building
and contents, loss $1200, insured
upon both, 8600.
W. T. Wier, second hand store,
building and contents. S1T000,* no insurance.
• W. H. Elden, warehouse and machinery, loss $1,000, insured upon
both $300.
J, D.'.McLaren & Co., hay, S1200,
no insurauc^.
C. W. Perry, bam, los's $300, insured.  .
Lackie & Mel onald, saloon and
hotel, loss ?300, insured.
For glass and other slight loss of
Davy & Go,, and A. E, Musselly the
loss was fully insured.'      '     '   •.
The barn of W. @.. Cooley was
slightly scorched, but was saved.
Mr. Cooley was so grateful to the
firemen for their effort that ,he presented the members -with a check
for $5.00 •
Some person more excited than
sane ordered the Mt. Pleasant department here for help,'and they
came by special train. TherO was
no cause for the call, but the local
firemen tried to make it pleasant
for the visitors.'who left their homes
at so unseasonable an hour upon a
supposed errand of mercy.'
The loss fallB heavilx upon several of the property owner's, but all
are pleased that the fire was confined within the. original district.
. One of the. incidents of the fire
which created much comment was
the action of Harry DeFoe in • cutting live electric wireB'with an ordinary pair.- of. . telephone • plyers.
Had not these wires been cut.it is
probable thatmany lives'might have
been endangered.
On Saturday, March 2d, Miss
Jessie King, and Fred E. Bailey,
both of_ Sheridan .township, were
united in marriage by Bev. G. W.
Maxwell, the ceremony occuring at
the M. E. Parsonage.
They will make their home, in
Sheridan township, where both have
a host of friends who join with The
Courier in extending congratulations.
Two Sad Deaths.
The Courier chronicles today
two deaths of peculiar sadness
Mrs. Mary, wife of John McLaughlin, died this morning from cancer.
Funeral services will be announced
later. '"
The. wife of deputy sheritf Fred
Green, died at •■ Harrison at
an early hour-, today of peritonitis. Deceased was '. 'Gertrude, daughter of Mr.--and Mrs. E-
Ls Pratt, of Grant,.andwas universally estuemad.
The .American Express Company
distVo'Ht.nued,' tbeir office in, this
city Marohlst. *-...•
Glare Electric Light Co. arid Csllarc & Csrn-
weil Interests  Consolidated, K J.   -
■ Doherty Assuming Control.
New Management Plans toJ?urnish Light
and Power to  City, Frj?m Steam and
Water Plants.
QflSM\Ph§ most impoytan.t_ fcusi-
nfeas deals which has taken place in
Clare^tfr many years occurred the
first of the week} when the interests
of the Class Electric light Co., A.--JI
Doherty ow-ier and manager, were
merged with th-xt of the milling and
power business ^N^Caliam &• Corn-
well, which latter firm constructed
the. elepjtrio power ptant,jupon the
Tobacco river and operated the
large roller mills upon afoEwan
street. By the terms of thVdeal
Mr. Doherty comes into possession
of the Call am & Cornwell interests
and combines the two plants for the
manufacture of light and power and
for the operation of the mills in
question.
The Clare Electric Light Co,, was
organized in W95, and, has been in
continuous operation since, The
details:of the deal.were completed
in. Saginaw' yesterday, when Mr.
Doherty assumes control of the'en-
lire interests* in question. The
combined plant will now include the
original plant of Mr. Doherty and
Which is operated by a 400 horse
Bates-Corlis engine, with a generator capable of producing 2300 volts.
The latter machine is of the General
Electric Go's latest type of 3-phase
and is complete and -strictly up to-
date. The generator- at" tho" Tiver
power plant is of the' same style
and size, and in the .original purchase of. the .nachinery thuEMnen-
tioned the parties had in view a
possible consolidation so that now
the two generators' and power can
bo combined to furnish any amount
of power required. The water plant
is operated by a 200 horse power
tiirbine wheel with a constant head
of twelve" feet.
Callam & Cornwell established
their plant on the river in 1900, removing the mill to the city in 1903,
and establishing the electric motive
power. The dam will be improved
under the new"manageme*nt and it
is claimed by Mr. Doherty that he
will be able to furnish power for
whatever manufactories that may
now or hereafter be established in
Clare.      ...
•The general offices of the company
will be in, the Clare county savings,
bank building,,and' the entire con-
tro\- will.'be 'under the immediate
charge'of Mr. Doherty.
One* of the first contracts which
the new«management seeks is to
gain charge of'^the city water plant,
in fact a proposition waB submitted
to the council oil Monday evening,
Beference is further made to this
matter in another column.
The merger is one of the most important which has ever occurred in
Clare, and will doubtless be of groat
value to the citizens.
The new concern will be known as
the Consolidated Milling.. . .Lierht
and Power Co.,"uuu usttiiuies entire
charge of the property in question
on. April 1st.
DESTROYED BY FIRE!
Home of L. K. Thompson, of Sheridan Township, Destroyed By Fire Saturday
Feb.. 23d.
Inadvertently The Courier
omitted mention in its issue of
last week of the destruction-by lire
of the farm rosidence of L. H.
Thompson, of Sheridan. s
Mr. Thompson's daughter was at
home alone when the fire brolce out,
her father being engaged in the
fields several miles away. The
young girl, together with a few
neighbors succeeded in saving furniture,, amounting to about one
hundred dollars worth, < TJhe fire was
caused by a defective chimney.
_ Mr. Thompson has been extremely
unfortunate with fires, having been
burned out several times since locating in Sheridan. About a year
ago he'liad a fine barn destroyed .by
fire. He carried no insurance on
the property recently destroyed.
The farm residence of F. D. Davis
of Sheridan township, caught fire
this morning by sparks flying from
the chimney. The fire was quickly
extinguished-
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LOCAL a;
MENTION. |
Try Andersons cold cure for that
cold.
A. J. Lacy to Ann* Arbor on
Saturday-.      .'.;_. ..'..'.'.
Buy the Cooper remedies at
Anderson's,
Fine line of candies just received
at Anderson's.
Dr. G, E. Lamb, of Parwell, was
in town Monday.
. M.Derges, of  Marion, was in the
city on Saturday.
Mrs. P., M. Smith is visiting with
relatives in Pontiac.
G. J,, Cummins, of Harrison was
in town   yesterday,
v X>. Gibson, of Crooked Lake, was
a Clare visitor on Saturday.
ThfeyCooper remedies are going
fast, buy them of E. A.   Anderson.
John McIKmald, of Roscommon,
spent Sunday with his family in
this city.        \
The Ladies Unionwlll meet with
Mrs, Jas BoxburgXnexfc Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. 8.U. Kirkbride andx.Mrs. F.
B-. Gray spent Wednesday with
Mrs, G, E. Lamb. \
Wm. Wolsey made a business
trip to Cadillac and Tmverse City
the first of the week.
Miss Minnie Jones, of Temple,
was tbe guest of Mrs. John McDonald the first of the weelc..
Mr. andMrSj Mnrnqy Bell, nf Bay
'City, were the guests of Clare
friends^the first of the week.
For Sale—One triple floor mirror
good as new. Price right. Can . be
seen at Wm. Lange's shoe store.
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Lost—An overcoat between Clare
and Rbinehart's, east of town.
Finder please leave at this office.
John Emerson, returned to Cran-
book, D. C. Wednesday after a three
months' visit with his parents in
Dover. >
Rev. W. K. Lake was in Bay City,
the first of the week, attending ordination services at the south Baptist church. -
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Radford, of
Owosso, were the guests of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. Radford
over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Fiek and" Mrs, J.
B. Phinisey returned from Port
Huron Monday, where they had
been called by the death of a sister.
The young man who was found
dead in a refrigerator car at Alma.
last week, has been identified as
Chas. Campbell, alleged leader of a
gang of thieves.
Miss.Marfd Pratt, of St.Ignace,
was in town on Tuesday. . Miss
Pratt was on her way to Harrison,
where she was called by the serious
illness of 'her sister, Mrs. Fred
Green.
Dr. and Mrs.. H.. E, Hoelands,
Miss Beatrice Brown, Dr. A. E
Mulder; Geo. E. Wells and Seymour Andrews, attonded the musical
at Mt. Pleasant on Wednesday
evening.
Bev, and Mrs. G. W. Maxwell,
Mrs. G. E. Wells, Mrs. Jas. Duncan
and Miss Lina Tatman are among
those from this city who attended
the music festival at Mt. Pleasant
on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gronda were
in the city on Tuesday. They were
on their way from Waters to Long
Lake, where they expect to make
their home. Mrs Gronda, was
formerly Miss Ethel Dawson of this
city.
B. Mills will hold an auction sale
on the Dewey Allen farm, two miles
south and one mile east of Clare on
Thursday, March 14th, commencing
at'twelve o'clock. A large amount
of live stock, farm tools and household goods witl be disposed of. Geo.
W. Easier will have charge of the
sale.
Mr, and Mrs, >F. Latnoreaux left
on Monday for their new home in
Birch Run, Last Friday evening a
reception was given in their honor
at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs, J. D.
Allen. A delightful evening was
spent. Thk Couiuisr joins with
their many friendsin wishing them
■ success.'.     - -'.    ■
E. L. Pratt to Harrison yesterday.
E. A. White to Farwell yeaWrdoy.
A,     E.    Maynard    to    Detroit
Wednesday.
For the Cooper remedies gd to B.
A. Anderson.
G. J. Cummins, of Harrison, in
town Monday.
A. W. Tibbits, of Harrison, was
in town yesterday.
Fred Lister to Alma and Sagiaair
on business Tuesday.
Bert Greer made a business .tip to -.
Shepherd on Tuesday, *
day are in town today.
Chas Haley,  of Coleman,  was in  '
Clare visitor yesterday.
MIbb Ethel Pratt, of Mt. Pleasant,
was in the city yesterday.
A full pint of fieef Iron and sriiia
for 50 cents at Anderson's',
^ohrt .gimoHs",  of JSvarfc, •was in
the city the flrs. of tha w«ek.
A, O. Carmichael was la Luditjg-
ton Wednesday and Thursday.
The Starlight Olub will meet with
Mrs.H. B.  Wells  next Thursday.
Mrs. O. Bigiey retorted Monday
from a two weeks' visit in Shepherd*
Bring yo.ur prescriptions for eom-
pound kargon to E.  A.  Anderson-
Miss Florence Ladd returned
home from Detroit Monday evening.
W. T. Wier has opened ap his second hand store in the Dunlop building.   /-.  *
Mr. and Mrs. B.S. Lewis went to
Ovid Saturday for a visit with
relatives.
Mrs. D. Rorison; of Evart, was
'feh.e guest of Claire friends the first
of the week.
Mrs\W. B. Dennis went to Far-
wall Monday for a weeks', visit with
her daughter.
Mrs. D. Burdick,. of Shepherd,
spent the first bl the week with relatives in Clare.        y
Mrs. B. Capin of Shepherd spent
Sunday with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. tingley.
Rogers <fe Falk are about To're-    ~
move their barbershop to rooms under ths Mussel! block.
Mesdames S.  and -J'.   Benner, o,£\
Farwell spent Monday at   the home
of Mr. ahd Mrs. V. Baily.
Mrs. E. Jeffries returned home
from St. Johns Monday, where she
has been visiting her son.
Emory McLaughlin is h ome from
Mt. Pleasant, on account of the
serious illness of his mother.
Mrs T. H. Mantey and daughter,
Ida, of Saginaw, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs, G. E. Benner over
Sunday.
Miss Jennie Loar returned to St.
Ignace Tuesday after a two months'
visit with relatives .in Clare ana
vicinity.
Remember you get jrour work
done twice a w^ek at the Clare
Laundry Weaving Works. Work
called for    and   delivered.   Bell. 5.
£9-t2
The Democratic county committee
met on Wednesday   and decided lo
keep entirely out of the school com-   .
missioner   matter,    not   endorsing;
either candidate.
I want   one   hundred  gentleman
and ladies, young and middle aged,
to get .heir "shoes "repaired."" WbriT"'
done    light, prices    rifcht.    Bring
your .hoes.   D. E. Beecham.
Misses Lina and Beryle Jaokson.
who have spent the past six months
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Petit, returned home to Russell,
Manitoba Tuesday.
The B. Y. P. U. of the Baptist
church were entertained by Miss
Jessie Cimmerer at heri-ome on west
seventh street on Tuesday evening,
A pleasant evening was ppent.
Wm. Pickard, of Mt. .Pleasant,
was a Clare visitor Monday. Little
Velna Pickard, who has spent the
past two weeks with her mother in
this city, returned home with hiul.
Geo. McKeever has one of the
most complete heating plants in his
home that exists in the city, and
the work was entirely under the
direction and supervision of E. Br
Gorr, Every room in the spacious
home is heated, the plant Has ai
the modern improvements, including the electric damper tripe, * and is
a credit in every particular * to the
owner and designer. Mr. McKeever
is how heating his entire hpuee
with not to succeed .a cord of cedar
shingle spalts per week.
At the C. Thurston auction sale to
be held at the Central hotel livery
barn tomorrow, thirty horses will
be. sold, ten more having been Recently listed. Two more sets of
heavy work harness will also be
disposed of-.-
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