1907-03-22; Clare Courier

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OLARE, MICH., FRIDAY, MARCH 22,1907.
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We have received our New Patterns of
Wall Papers. We would like to supply you.*
How touch papet will yoft need? Measure
your rooms and we can tell you how much '
paper you need. ■ Wehivite you to call .and
look oyer our line. ■*
Y6u don't? have to buy of us, simply Q«-   •
cause you come in and look at 'our Wall Pa-
pers.   We want you to see them and buy
afterwards, if they please you. •
We   have  a New  Line  of Easter   Cards.
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Jsation enough for crawling out of a warm bed ^
on a cold morning?
This is the kind of health food our pion-
neer ancestors ate and they thrived on it.
We have the old fashioned buck wheat.
We have certain work to do for onr heads
and that is to be done strenuously; otliHr
work to do for our delight and that is to be
done heartily. Neither is to be done by
halves or shifts, but with a will, and what is
not worth this effort is not to be done at all.
[Buskin]
No strenuous work for the head to figure
the Spring wheat flour we sell for $475 is jttet
the article th'e. good housewife looks for to
bring delight to her heart'.
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"Labor and supplies!"
Ihe Great Problem ol Publicity for Clare is
" at Last Solved.   The Public Wiii Now
Surely Know/
Aftci Patient Waiting the Celebrated Ben-
nett'XJ. K.d Document is Given to
the World,
Eureka! The campaign promises
o|oneyear ago,are,redeemed to the
letteti anil the people are in possession of the. facts regarding the use
of their money by the city officials
during the past year. "Tis well that
tlip document is so complete, else
we should have, been compelled to
have charged the officials With all.
kinds of neglect, and would of
course,* been compelled to intimate
that it was barely'possible that
spmething was wi'Ong! * But no,
Philip, you ' have redeemed your
promise, you have .s«,ved your
friends!
The council is expending a grand
total of $15.00 to have this document
published, and it will appear in the
official organ this week. 1'hey weren't good enough to offer to whack
the pot and let Tea Oo^I-IER print
it top.     •
Now. Mr. Voter, read it carefully.
It complies absolutely with the law,
not because the clerk says so, but
because Phil, is going to tell you so.
There are items in this document
which tell who buried a deceased
dog, and just 'bow much was paid
for the interment, Faithfully recorded is an item of gl.35 for dray-
ing, and it tells who drove the
horse. «Tn fact there are items
which go a long way into details,
and then there are other items.
We shall not attempt to go into
detail this week, but the report is
to be commended because of its
completeness.. It is a fact well
known to the ordinary man that the
expenses of a city or village consist
very largely of two items, viz.;
"Labor** and ''Supplies." '" l-his
document goes into the most exacting detail in this regard, and tells in
countless places that divers sums
were expended for each of these
very important elements. That's
right! .Now the people will know
just exactly what each and every
cent was expended *for, and who
got it!
Such is Publicity, in the gospe!
according to the Clare Sentinel.
Nobody doubts the correctness of
the document, and nobody with an
ounce of brains would expect any
more complete report, because as
W6 said, we now know how much it
cost for "Labor" and "Supplies."
Of course there is no recapitulation
on this report, but it won't take but
a few hours to find out how the several funds have served the city during the past year, but the report is
correct, and nobody finds fault with
its detail.
fUPPEN-CLARK.
Two of Clare's Popular Young  People
pfed Last Sunday.
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Mrs. Sara Crippen_ on Sunday at
4:30 occurred the marriage of her
daughter, Miss Grace, and Victor
LeVerne Clark, son of Mrs. S
Olark. The ceremony was performed by Rev, Maxwell before a small
company o£ relatives and the young
couple were unattended. The bride
was prettily attired in a gown of
light blue albatross.
Both young people are well known
I.ere and enjoy a wide circle of
rriends who join with This Courier
in extending best wishes. Mr. and
Mrs. Clark were the recipients of
many beautiful presents.
After April 1st, Mr. and Mrs.
Olark will be at; home to their
friends on south McEwan street.
Was it A Fake?
Candidates, (or Several City and Ward Offices
Selects.' on   Wednesday' Evening. -
Mayor   Benner  Unanimously   Chosen • to
Succeed Himself.
The Democrats of the city met on
Wednesday evening for the selection of candidates for the several
ward offices, While not as largely
attended as some in former years,
yet- the character- of ihe ~ consent-loil
was such as to inspire earneat work
for the most excellent ticket placed
in the field. It was'made up.of representative* citizens, and who stand
as strongly to day for progress and
industrial growth for Clare as they
did in the years gone by.
The convention was caiied to
order by Chairman Lacy." of the city
committee,: and who was made
chairman of the convention. J>, A.'
Wolsey was made secretary, A. R.
Mussell and .Fred Stanley were
selected as tellers, and aU nominations were made by- ballot, Mayor
Benner receiving thirty-three of the
thirty-five votes cast. The ticket
selected was as follows: '
For M^yor—Geol*ge D. Beniier.
,For Clerk— William Langei
For Treasurer—Elmer A. Anderson.
For Justice of the Peace—William
H. Elden.
Several ballots were required upon
clerk, C. P. Haller, being nominated
but declined, ~
£>. A. Wolsey was elected chairman of ths city committee, and Messrs. C. C. Bockwell and Fred Smal-
ley are associated with him. Tbe
several wards selected committees
to act "with the above.
The following resolution was .in-'
animously adopted:
Resolved, that the Democracy of
the city of Clare views with supreme
satisfaction the culmination of its
long effort to give Our city pure
water, pumped under miuicipal control, and the excellent streets which
were coiistmciexi. under tiie .last
Democratic WmTnistratlon.
We commend our mayor for his
efforts to benefit the industrial
situation during-^he past year, and
pledge bid- our support in all similar
efforts in the future.
We favor the adoption of the most
economical method of operating the
city water plant, but are unalterably opposed to the adoption of
any plan which will take the same
from complete municipal operation
aud control.
At caasases   held    immediately
after the city convention the several
wards made the following nominations:
First ward
Supervisor—David Ward.
Alderman—Jacob Mason.
Constable—Ed ward Hanley.
Second ward
Supervisor—David -Tannings.
Alderman—Archie MeKinnon.
Constable—William L. Parish.
Third ward
Supervisor—John A. Jackson.
Alderman—George A. Mater.
Constable—Miiey Smalley.
Who's Behind This Game?
. An innocent appearing resolution
has passed the legislature and is to
be voted upon this spring permitting the counties of Glare, Midland
and Isabella, through their boards
pf supervisors to vote a donation to
the judge of this judicial circuit, in
addition to tbe. regular salary be receives from the state. Nobody
seems to boldly father the scheme,
and search in each county fails to
disclose those who are behind it-
Just why the judge of this circuit
is entitled to more money than the
other circuits of the state,
is not plain, and it looks
very much as if there was a
plan to reach into the county
treasuries of this district without
ADVISORY VOTE ORDERED!
City Council Asks People to Say How, Water
Plant Shall he Operated Hereafter.
Form of Ballot Requests Vote Upon Several
Propositions.
The city.council ou Monday evening decided to submit to the voters
bf the city three propositions,, nnd
which are" of vital importance to
every taxpayer. Tiie ballot will
read as follows.:
Do you favor continuance "of
present plan of aperating*the city
water plani? (Yes) (No.)     ..*..   * ..
Do, you favor the purchase of' a
gas producer for water plant with
guarantee' as stated" in Traverse
Oity Iron Works proposition, water
plant to continue under complete
municipal control? (Yes) (No)
* Do'youfavdr secur.bg-powerby
contract.plan, under proposition of
Consolidated Light and Power^Con.-
pany, water plant to.continue under
complete municipal .control? (Yes;
(No)
Senator Doherty, as owner of the
power plant, withdraws bis first
proposition of $1200 for'control of
.be.plant, and iiow offers to take the
current to the door for $730, or $2 00
per day, th.e city, to retain control
and managements! the plant proper
and with ..his proposition gave the
mayor a check for, $10Q as a guarantee of good faith. He' recommends
the purchaser of a motet by the city
which would cost about $000, "deeming such a machine as the safest
and best for the average engineer
to handle. It is probable that the
further expense of installation would
make the total expense reach nearly
fluOO. He purposes to furnish thia
power from either the dam or his
steam plant) according to conditions.        •      : ■
So much misunderstanding has
been had as to the real proposition
of the Traverse City Iron Works
regarding their gas producer proposition, that The Courier- yesterday called Mr, Thirlby by phone
and asked for a statement of his
proposition -ia detail, and the following is the offer in substance:
We will furnish and completely
install our machine for the manufacture Pf gaB for $1015, make ail
connections with both engines,
guarantee the plant to supply gas
for both engines at the same time;
guarantee-th»-city against damagcr
to the engines because of the use of
producer gas; guarantee expense to
be not to exceed $1-00 for ten hours
per engine, and 75 Cents for each
five hours per engine, with the
opinion that the first named cost
will not to exceed 65 cents. Payment for machine to be in accordance with proposition made board
of works. A bond to be given for
all gaurantees made. Mr. Thirlby
further stated that his company
would write a letter for publication
next week, going further into detail.
The Coukier bas therefore tried
to honestly give the people all the
iuforma.ion obtainable upon both
propositions. In Mr, Doherty's
proposition he offers to do all the
wiring to the building free of
charge. He* doubts the ability of
the producer people to ever carry
out such a proposition as made, but
frankly days that if the people are
saisfied that "the company is responsible and a bond such as it
might furnish would be good, that
by all means it is the cheapest
power to secure and that the council shourd not hesitate td contract
with them.
The vote to be taken is not
mandatory, but merely advisory,
and while the ballot may contain so
many propositions as to be bewildering to many voters, yet the council should be able by the result to
learn the will of the people.
vei'y pretty park back of our hotel,
Sunday morning we heard mass in
Port Said, and left at noon _, for
Cairo, Egypt. Here we had but'two
days, as so .much time bad been lost
at Jaffa. VVe spent on_ afternoon
on tho Nile, but saw almost nothing
of the city, visited the sphinix and
climbed the.pyramids that is three
of us did, including myselL Left
OairP Feb 0th and had another three
days on the sea, one of which wa
pretty rough, but I am wonderfully
proud of myself for the .way I suc-
_ee,deds in keeping up., I wasn 'fc seasick,, though dangerously? - near it
Feb 9th we again landed at .Naples,
and spent the next two days there,
visiting.churches driving and also
taking in some of the surrounding
places, Pdttfpeii' And Pozzerolt.
Feb. 12th, we started for Borne, and
right hej-e I wi'l say that if'l were
any good at writing I jniight write
jlliiiirbi; describing QMr^visife.there.
We were in time for the last night
of a carnival, and. of course, Were
in tune, Wednesday we visited
St. Peter's; * as we approached it I
was very touch disappointed, but on
entering stood lost in admiration.
All other churches appear "as nothing in. oomparisQu, - Rome really
should have been left for last, so
that we might appreciate the beauties of what we have yet to see.
Wednesday afternoon we went to
the Catacombs. Thursday morning
we had the pleasure of an andience
with the Holy Father. Biphop
Keiley read the address and presented the Peter's pence. .Each one was
presented to the Pope and we held
his hand and kiss8d his ring. He
is a just the grandest man and you
love him the moment you .sea him.
Our audience lasted about fifteen
minutes but another and greater
priveiige was ia store for us. The
lay members of our party were
granted the honor and privilege of
attending the Holy Father's mass
at the Vatican and receiving Holy
Oommunim from his hands. Were
we not more than favored pilgrims?
Mass were at the Vatican about a
quart^r-of saver, Sunday _i._.-'nii._v
About fifty people attended mass
and I think ali but three received
Holy communion.
Thursday afternoon Uncle Tom,
Fr,   Comerford,  Ed.   Feigh   and  J
visited a Museum 'jot painting and
sculpture,' Friday and Saturday
were given'over tp sightSeeinK, aud
Sunday was ftee. Yesterday afternoon Miss Anderson', 'and I drove
through one oi j;he  Parks and then
o Pincion Hill, where there was a
band concert, and all of fashionable
Rome and a few other people were
there. We left Borne this "morning
at nine. p'clock, and I think every
bne regr'e.ted leaving so sooq. You
asked if three months wasn't tjuite
a long trip, I would like fo spend
tbe entire time and as many,* more
in Borne/ I threw i^& csntsHavdm^
fountain there to insure my return.
Wp are to be here just two days
then to Venice, and in Milan by
Sunday afternoon. We will be touring in Germany by th'e time this
reaches you I hope to bear from
you before you get this letter! Are
you receiving my postals?';! am
sending' then. iroKs every place that
wesfop'at- Uncle Tom is enjoying
the trip^ery much bnt of course the
walking is very hard on him. It
goes, with out saying that Fr.
Comerford aud Ed. Feigh are enjoying the tour also. The members of
our party are all very congenial and
we are pretty well acquainted with
each other by thif. time. I'for one
am having the best kind of a time
only I wish_t were leap year. Ha,
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Remember me to aunt Nofsi and
all the family, also to Mr. and,' Mrs.
O. B. and Nellie and Will when you
write, and all other inquiring
friends. I received a letter from
Lulu Monroe to day and two from
Sarabin Rome. ,#' ■'
. Kind regards from Uncle Tom,
Fr. C. and Ed. and lots of love and
kisses from ever yours
Mayme"'
tat Democratic Ticket
The Democracy of. Grant, few In
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numbers,'but sincere in its purpose,
last Friday dominated +*•»-ftrf.™-_
fntr townsb.p ticket
Supervisor—Eugene Stanley.
OJerk—Kelley A. Comer.
Treasurer—Irving Miser.
Commissioner—S. Gilmore.
Justice—A. H. Foltz
School Inspector—F. B. Harris.
Member-, board zi fP¥iew*=__^3_v
Baker.
Constables-Ora Bitter, Charles
Peters, Joshua Miser, Rudoloh
Holts.. „ *
The new township committee
consists of E. L. Baker, Ora Rltter,
K A. Comer.
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A man named Foster was found
on the highway east of Farwell on
Monday evening, his* head badly cut
and bearing other marks of ill-treatment. Ho claimed to have been
the victim of three highway robbers,,
and that they drove his horse away
and with it also went his$30 in cash.
The doctors in Pai'well repaired
him and tho officers got busy at
once. After a couple of days search
and investigation they, concluded
tbe whole story was a fabrication,
and that the man had been in company with.another and with whom
he .had had trouble and received the
worst of it. When this story reached Foster's ears he suddenly left
Farwell and his whereabouts is at
present unknown.
Passed Away Early Tuesday Morning After „
Three Weeks' Illness.
Wm. John Du igan, age seventy-
seven years, passed away early
Tuesday morning at his home on
east Sixth street. A general breaking down was the cause of death, although toward the last a slight attack of grippe set in. The funeral
occurred from the bouse at one
o'clock yesterday, aud the interment made in Cherry Grove.
Deceased was born in Belfast,
Ireland, Julie 9th, 1830. At the age
of seventeen he came to the new
world, settling in Toronto, Ont.
In 1851 he was united iu marriage
with Miss Anna Shepherd, who still
survives. In 1881 they came to this
city, where they have since made
their borne.
Resides his widow, deceased leases
three daughters, Mrs. Wm. Kolley,
of Chicago, Mrs. Wm. Adams, of
Saginaw, and Mrs. Jos. Perry, of
Qiimore, and one son, Robert, of
Gilmore, all of whom were in at'
tendance at tbe funeral.
Miss Mayme O'Grady Spending" Winter In
Foreign Countries.
Writes Entertainingly  of Extensive,
Now io Progress.
Tour
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(Continued from last week )
Wednesday morning we drove
over to Bethlehem and heard mass
in the church of the Nativity. In
the afternoon fourteen of the party
went to St, John, the birth place of
John the Baptist and the place
where the first magnificat was. said.
We had lunch at the Franciscan
Monastery there. This will give
you some idea of , our visit* to the
Holy Land, but of course, I have
much more to tell you. Jerusalenfl
was the coldest place we have been
in'. This has been the coldest winter ever known there. The hotel
was uncomfortable, for there were
no means of heating the rooms but
larga lamps, however we all pulled
through and wouldn't give up what
we saw for a triple the iuconveti-
iences. In Jaffa, 25 percent of .the
Orange crop has been lost in account of the frost. Thursday morning we left Jerusalem, and expected
to go to the steamer at once on reaching Jaffa but the hoodoo still hid
around the place and we were forced
to remain until Saturday evening.
We made the best of our spire time
however in drives,  and waltcs in a
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MILLINERY!
Having lost .all my old stock by fire I am again in"
the business with a New and Much Larger stock..The
ladies are most cordially invited to call and  inspect
sume.
Bring in your old hate arid get them made overJP
and trimmed.  Prices Kight. Satisfaction Guaranteed. W
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South Main Street
One door south of Mshley & Oo.'s poultryjh-6m_£
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