1907-03-29; Clare Courier

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OLARE, MICH., FRIDAY, MARCH 29,1907.
No. 42
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DEMOCRATIG CITY TICKET!; GENERAL CITY AFFAIRS!
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We Have
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received our New Patterns ol
Wall Papers. We would like to supply you.
How much paper will you need? Measure
your rooms and we can tell you how much
paper you need.    We invite you to call and
look over our line.
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You don't have to buy of- up,  simply be-
cause you come in and look at our  Wall Pa-        Jk
pers.    We want you to see them and buy        T
afterwards, if they please you^ 4
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Briaf Presentation of The Candidates Who
Stand For Municipal  Ownership and
Progressives., in City Affairs.-
A. E. MUSSELL & SON,
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■with pa usage and gravy! ■ Isn't that compensation enough for crawling out of n warm bed
on a cold morning?
This is the kind of health food onr pion-
fieer ancestors ate and they thrived 011 it.
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We have certain work to-.do for our beads
and that is to be done strenuously; other
work to do for our delight and that is lo be
done heartily. Neither is to be done by
.halves or shifts, but with a will, and what is
aiot worth this effort is not to be done at all.
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No strenuous work for the head to figure
the Spring wheat flour we sell for % .75 is just
the article the, good housewife looks for to
bring deli&ht to her hea^t..
The Coubiek can devote but little
space to the city ticket this year.
The situation is one that the voter
is well acquainted with, and there is
but little to discuss. For the conduct of Mayor Benner there are no
apologies. ,He has fulfilled every
pr,0__.iSS^.O_L-.dS    -f-n fi-_~at.fl Jirlg~ A._{1 au.
not only as, a heavy taxpayer but
representative of that element
which would, if possible, do something for the laboring people of
Glare. His administration has
been one opposed by political enemies and hindered by .every means
within the power of a partisan ma-
Some of The Abuse Keypad Upon  Good Citi
. zens   Refuted tylitii   Facts   From
Authoritative Sources.
Salt, Smoked and Dried Fisfa
GEORGE E. BEJSTNER,
Candidate for second term as Mayor
jority. His record is clear and
George Benner needs no excuses for
his deeds or misdeeds. His every
dollar iB invested in Olare real estate
and he stands for Olare first last
and all the time.
Guy T. JJouch, the nominee for
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here when he was six months old;
He has a family of a wife and six
children, and he is, striving at the
forge as a blacksmith to earn the
bread daily necessary for the little
ones. He is a graduate of the Clare
high school and is striving to make
an honest living and be honorable
with all men. Can you fail to admire such courage? He deserves
the support of all voters.
Elmer A. Anderson is no't a
pioneer of Olare, but through his
dealings he has disclosed a disposition to be honest with everybody.
His store is located where all can
find him, and he is prepared to furnish the best of bonds. He will
make an ideal city treasurer.
William H. Elden doesn't Deed
any introduction. He has lived
here long enough so that everybody
ki.ows.hin_. 78o man can truthfully
say that he won't make au honest
justice ot the peace.
Foi* supervisors Dayid Ward,
David Jennings and John: A. Jackson have ail, served the city of Clare
in that capacity, and when did we
ever have better service? Mr.
Voter, its up to you, aud you
know that these men have a record
nnimpeachibie. Each one of them
have worked incessantly .upon the
boardof supervisors for Clare's in-
•erests. You cannot consistently
go back upon them.
The grout proposition wi.h the
alderman is the water problem, and
when you vote for Jacob Mason,
Archie McKinnon or George Mater
you know that you are Voting to retain the water plant for Clare," and
not turn it over to contract control.
If you believe l in contract control
don't vote for them, but if you feel
that the city should i*«-taiu its present position with reference to the
water plant thoy deserve' yonr sup.
port. That's the whole proposition!
The constables upon the ticket
are Edward Hanley, W. L. Parrish,
and Miles- Smalley. You. know all
of them and know that they are re
preservative citizens.
The voter must decide this* year,
aud orice again, whether Clare shall
boss her own affairs. Next Monday
tells.
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O'CONNOR!
» Stock WanMTor Pasture! •
120 acres, known as the MorriBon
farm., 8^_ miles nbrtheast of Olaret
•For futner particulars inquire of
Cotton Bros. 42 t_
■'. Implement Sale..
• Some tools left that were not destroyed by the ilret for. sale   cheap,
*W. H, Blujun
The belated report of the city
finattebs,. which under the charter
■should have been issued March 1st.
[.was published in the.. Sentinel last
week, is nothing, more or less than $
list of orders' pajd, classified as^to
JundsV" TRe "Senli-ier volunteers a"
column of defence to this report,
even before ahy attack was made
upon it, asserting it to be a "thini*
of beauty and joy forever'' because
it states the name of every person
who got his tight hand of fellowship 'uto the city exchequer. It is,
true that the report shows that the
officers and city printer drew their
salaries, and "General Supplies" is
there in undetailed multiplicity, but
i he names of laboring men are quite
\ conspicuous for their absence. It
"would take a charter member of the
degree team of expert accountants
to ascertain frorn this rfport the
amount expended during the year
for street improvoments, water
works, cement rebates, nrldges,
elections, fires, policing, electric
lights, and city printing, and these
•ire the very things we believe the
people want and have a right to
know.
The sheet np-street laments  the
expense  of  the  new  water works
system.    There has   never been  a
time  since  the   inception    of  the
movement for  pure water, decent
pressure, ami municipal ownership,
and operation that the editor of the
Sentinel have manifested fairness
to'ward the plant  or   project,  but
from th* start !ip_ve abused^and misused the officers who carried out the
will of the people who, by a vote of
four to one, ordered it's  construction-, and they  have exagerated the
cost  of construction  and maintenance from  start  to. finish.   Mayor
Benner has for the past year Been
faced with au adverse council, unfriendly to municipal ownership and
control.   The record bf  the cost of
operation  has been  made by those
whose prejudices were well known,
and in the report just filed,  there is
charged   to tbe cost of   operation
such   items   as  repairs to  the old
plant for 190*1-5, messages, 1905 account, repairing lira alarm, covering
hydrants, telephone rentals, shut off
boxes, supplies and labor in making
new taps, and in  fact, everything
which the council ordered paid from
the  water fund.   Why?   Either for
the purpose  of augmenting or cou-
cealiug the actual cost of maintenance.   But the report j even at that,
vindicates the  people who voted to
build this plant and the officers who
followed   their  directions.   The report shows that the water system as
owned, operated and controlled by
this city is  not only the best  and
cheapest ever given the people of
Clare,   but  the best   and^ cheapest
water system in the state for a city
of this    size.   For   tbe   last    nine1
months use of the old water system
We paid for pumping water $1609.9*1,
or equal to $2146.58 for the year,  the
receipts being 8600 from  the  railroads and S*13St—feom general water
rent*, making a total of $1032, leav-
iiig deficit of $1064 58, in return for
whjch we* had poor water and unsatisfactory   pressure.    We    could
not throw water, to the eaves of the
stave  factory duringja fire, but we
will admit that ap. a system for the
distribution of fertilizer and as  a
disease and deficit breeder, it was
the   acme   of   perfection,   in   1906
gajsolitie   _ost $834.86, and engineet
8641.70,  total  $1476.56, the receipts
being from the  railroads 8600 and
general water i^'nts, $757,57 - total
$1357 57, -leaving  a   deficit, of __ but
$118.99 as against $1064.58, the year
before, or a saving of $945.59 in return  for which we have  had first
class fire  protection,   pure, water,
elegant  pressure, to the entire satisfaction  of »ilmost every body excepting a few disgruntled members
of the free and easy order of axe
grinders, who.were jealous of the
success of the system to the building of which they did not contribute*
aither their .mental, moral  or physical  support,   and  the  expense   of
which they have  ever since sought
to exagerate.   While wo cannot as
certain from the.clerk's, report- just
filed the exact cost of the incidentals
and repair for the plant for the past
year, yet we know- thoy did not cost
as,much as the  incidentals fdr tho
old' system for the   year  1900, be
cause th&r<-paira forjtbepumps alone
cost $197.G0.   In th<» face   of, this
great saving- another proposition
backed by'a bonded guarantee Is
before the council for the ins'al-
latioirof gas producer whereby the
cost of fuel will be reduced at least
two.thirds, Py the threatened contract system, our . non-partisan
board of works, composed of some
of the most conservative business
men in this'city, is to be deprived of
its usefulness and^r power. The
Board of Works has shown its
ability to run this plant satisfactory and the less the council interferes the better the city will b§
off. As to the advisability of the
couin"oil-turniff^tffe" plant ~ov;er to
private individuals we assert that if
there is money in running this plant
let'the city make it, and if there is
no money in it, no individual would
want to contract to operate it.
That's the proposition in a nut-shell.
If the people will elect a council
which will support Mayor Benner,
be*. fogetBef with the Board of
Works, will operate * the sytttem for
the ensuing year at a profit for this
city.
The Sentinel states that notwithstanding the enormous expense of
gasoline, the tax rate in Olare was
reduced from $4,40 last year to $3.90
this year. Amen. The raised
assess'od valuation, the lessened
state and county tax for the even
year, and the $945.59 saved by our
new water-system probably had
something to _(o with this, but the
increased charges for city printing
did not. The year of 1905 was one
of the busiest yeajs Clare ever
witnessed, streets were being improved, the water works built, and
the council and Board of Works
were holding meetings almost every
week, yet the general printing bills
were less than $75.00, but during
this quiet, placid year of 1906 when
there was "nothing doing'' under
tho 'conservative business like"
policy as commended by the "economical " editors of the Clare Sentinel, the general printing bills (not
including last springs election expense nor the last quarter's salary
yet to be paid to these editors)
amounted to $143.50, We congratulate these editors, whose affection
for this city is bo unbounded that we
[-are inclined to believe they would
be willing to run the town as well
as the county if the people will
permit them to do it, upon the fact
that owing to the collection of every
cent of the dog tax, there was sufficient funds in the city till to enable
them to collect this unusual price
for city printing "even if some of
the laborers are compelled to wait
awhile for their compensation.
The Sentinel states that there is
§150 owed the city  by various persons for gravel but the transactions
were  so  irregular  that   the  same
cannot   be  collected.    This is er-
oneous'   The   records   show  that
this gravel, was  contracted for by'
the individuals at ah .agreed price,
the    number  of loads    furnished,
where  placed,   who  hauled it, the
dates   when it was hauled and delivered,  and  the   exact cost to the
city to an exact cent per load.   "We
venture to state that the city clerk
has never sent  statments   of  the
amounts due  to  the  debtors. . An
itemized statnient of  all  of these
ob'igations was filed in his office on
March   26,  1906,  the summary of
yvhiQtt appears «n page- 18  of tho
Annual   Financial Report  for 1906.
Such misrepresentation ought to be
beneath the dignity of any self respecting "moulder of public opinion,"
In   connection   with the subscriptions   from  private   sources,    the
policing, of tho  city  cost $600 last
year, as  against, $77.94 this year,"
says  the official   organ, in   effect.
Just so.   Last year there was   an
attempt to close the saloons  nights
and Sundays, to do away with slot
machines and to generally enforce
law and order.   This year the council refused  to  hire a  nightwatch,
reduced tbe marshalls  salary and
have    permited lawlessness   t o
run riot.   All is styled  "safe and
sarie"   bv the ^party me-too organ
and tH"e mayor has been   helpless.
If such a condition suits the opponents of the Democratic ticket, then
it will probably be in vof^ue another
year, but the minlbrity party positively disclaims all  responsibility
for the Sunday   saloon of the past
year. \ - . . $
R. J-offingwell, of Mt. Pleasant,
and F. O. Falk, of this city, have
formed a co-partnership and. will
embark in the implement business
in the Haley, building on north McEwan- In addition to the building
now standing Mr. Haley will erect a
large warehouse • upon the lot adjoining. They-will handle all kinds
o f agricultural implements and
buggies.
III'.
Traverse City Iron  Work's Makes - Detailed
Proposition on Gas" Producer.
The following letter has been received by TX-iG Gourde.., and which
we submit to _ the people, of Clare
without comment:
Traverse City, Mich ,
Maivh 22, 1907
Mr. A. R. Canfleld,
Editor of Courier,
Olare Mich
Dear Sir:        •
. x^egpoif(fe ^to^yotfTeTephone request we shall be pleased to furnish
the voters and tax-payers of your
city with any information relating to our Gas > Producer. We
bave made your city council a proposition and in doing so may have
omitted some matters in the way of
guarantee that should have been
included.
You have at the present time a
model water-work system, ..in...fact
the"be$t installation that we "know
of and it would seem that the same
people who had enterprise enough
to install such a system would go
a step farther and Install a gas
producer, providing they were convinced that it would be a money
saver.
The fuel expense for operating 100
horse power plant 10 hours per day
for 300 days per year is as follows:
•   Gasoline as fuel §4500 00
Steam engine and coal 3600.00
Electric power at 3c per k. w 60G0 CO
Producer Gas, *    "       9PQ. 0
We guarantee that these figures
are approximately correct. Three
cents per K. W. for electric power
is considered a fair price, but at
even one-half this price it will be
seen that it is altogether out of the
questiQn. We understand that your
present engines have been in operation for about a year. They are
first class machines and we presume
that the guarantee that was furnished with them by the manufacturer
has been fulfilled. At present they
are fitted for gasoline only but we
are prepared to change them so that
they can be operated with either
gasoline or producer gas, orsven on
a mixture of gasoline and producer
gas, both being used in the gasoline
engine at the same time. We have
changed a number of engines so as
to operate in this manner and they
are all operating success fully. We
would connect the producer so that
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dependentlv or both at.the same
time on producer gas or you could
operate one on gas and the other
on gasoline. We know that your
engines - have given satisfaction
operated on gasoline but they will
be more reliable were you to use
producer gas as fuel.
With our gas producers we would
furnish a very efficient scrubber
and purifier which thoroughly
cleanses the gas before entering the
cylinder of engine aud the engines
could be run as long on producer
gas as on gasoline without the
cylinders being re-bored.
We are prepared to guarantee the
satisfactory Working of engines
when change is made. Our Gas
Producer will not wear out. The
generator would probably have to
be relined with fire brick about
every ten years, the scrubber packed with coke every two years and
the purifier with shavings and excelsior about every three months;
and a lining for the generator would
cost about S8 00 and the coke and
shavings practically nothing as you
could exchange your old coke with
your local foundry for new.
As evidence of confidence in our
producer" we will agr,ee to replace
free of any charge to you any part
of same that might prove defective
within fire years.after producer is
installed. We are"willing to iustal
the producer at our own expense
and if after a reasonable trial, or
thirty or sixty days the machine
does not do as we say wo will re-
movo-it from your buildings without,
expense „to you. We guarantee
with your engine and with our producer your pumping can be dono
for ten hours each day at a fuel expense of not to exceed $1.00; should
you run only five hours'we. guarantee that^he cost would not be over
75c per day for fuel.
The gas producer of course requires a little more attention than
your plant now needs but one hour
a day of one manJs time will take
care of the prqducer. - This will coBt
you nothirig„as you already, have "a
man employed constantly,   t
The fuel used would be anthracite
pea coal which is a very lew grade
of hard coal and would not cost
over $5.00 per ton laid down at Olare.
The producer we furnish you wiH*
work economically, furnishing gas
for only one engine, and will be
large enough, to operate both of
your engines. If at any time the
producer should be out of commission you could still • have the tank
filled with gasoline and operate the
engines with  gasoline   as you  are
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This producer gas and gas engine
proposition Is no experiment.-Plants
of this-kinc? have been iu operation
in Germany for a greatAmany yearn.
We have a very successful plant
installed at Evart, Mich, the large
water-works plant of the Grand
Rapids Hydraulic Co., is operated
by gas engines and by adopting any
other than gas producer power your"
city would certainly he taking a
step backward.-■••' ..
We are prepared to and will
guarantee with the strongest kind
of bond any statement that we have
made.
Yours very truly.    .
Tkav__hsjb City Iron Works.
Chicken Supper,
The ladies, of the Catholic chnrh
will give a supper at Duncan's hall
on Monday evening, April 1st.
Everybody is invited. Entertainment and games during the evening.
The menu is as follows:
Fried chicken    Cream Potatoes.
Boiled egfgs with cream dressing.
Fruit Salad    Bread and Butter.
Cheese and Pickles
Boston baked beans.
Tarts Assorted cakes
Coffee
Opera   House
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Prices 25c, 35c and 50c
Scais Now On Sale at the Usual' Place,
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