1907-10-25; Clare Courier

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Vol. XIII.
GLARE, MICH., FRlbAY, OCTOBER 26,1907.
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Prices for  Flaur no Higher <?
PUSITY GUARANTEED     ,     a
Received invoice for oar Rock Island flour as £
long as this car of flour lasts      70 cents per sack W
COFFEE
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Coffee was used as a beverage in Arabia more
than six hundred years ago. Its production was con- £
finedtoa very limited aTea in the Yemt-_eD district of ^
that country. The coffee grown in this small district, -ji
. has always been known aa Mocha- Coffee was first,. ki«
iEtrodnned. into the' Western Hemisphere in 1720 ||
when a Ftench naval officer brought over a single
plant and se| itout in;the west Indies. Erom> this
;oneseed American tropical countries obtained their
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Coffee production  ^p. America   has   since then
; i_lcH.ea.Bed very rapidly today Brazil the  West Indies,
Central America, and: Mexico produce the larger bulk
of the world's supply        ,-
We have received   a    shipment  from  German
American Coffee Company with plantation in Centeral H*
America.   We would ask connoisseurs to  debide  on
the merits of Triumfo Brand .40 cents per ib
.   Pure Vinegarf CIDER
, For Pickling
Also  all kinds of SPICES, PURE,
for Pickles..  X    X    X    X    X
SOME .LOVELY
MANIPULATIONS!
Board of Supervisors Complstely Under Control Of Martiine Bosses, Who Carry
Things Their Owp Way.
After Serving Faithfully Several
toilers are Hard Hit on
Equalization.
Their Respective   Constituents Must Foot
the Bill.
., To the credit of the board it finished its work on Saturday, consuming
only one week, in legislating for the
county, nnd thus maintaining the
record established to the Democrats
many years ago.
Based upon the adopted report of
the committee on equalization, the
following supervisors,'after serving
their political bosses faithfully, ieft
their constituents to pay liberally
for -the service by accepting substantial raises in valuations:
Alley, of Garfield; Stoll, of Grant;
Oook, of Lincoln; Vanderwarker,of
Sheridan, and Leonard, of Farwell.
The village of Farwell was raised
about $24,000, which will certainly
have the effect to change the color
of .Representative Kelley's hirsute
appendage several shades   lighter.
The agitatiou for a change in the
county farm policy had even a more
radical effect than was looked for.
After a visit to the farm the board
voted unanimously to authorize the
purchase of another farm, and
Messrs. Doty, Sunday, Davis, Mills
and Jackson, were appointed to
make a tour of the county with a
?iew to purchasing another farm
and report at a special ^session of
the board to be held on Dec. 17th.
Two thousand dollars was voted
for road purposes, to be expended
by the, several supervisors according to tbe valuation of the several
townships and cities. The usual
appropriation of one-tenth of one
mill was made for tbe Olare county
agricultural society. It will amount
to about $150.
A grand total $17,000 couuty tax
was voted, the highest in years,
notwithstanding the much boasted
receipts from the sale of state lands.
This added to 87,042.85 state tax,
will make tbe farmer know that be
is living in a county where economy
in public matters is looked upon'as
a joke. .
The election bf Supervisor Doty
as chairman, against Sup. Sunday
filled the camp of the stalwarts
with so much consternation that
they hardly knew what had happened. From all indioations it appears
that tho seven Democrats preferred Mr. Doty and voted for him,
hence they were instantly denounced as "undesirable" members for
any favors. The county school
commissioner and Clare Sentinel
instantly went into executive session-nnd decided that something
must !>•. done. The commissioner
and Clare Sentinel boarded the first
train for the county seat, and so
late weie the secret sessions %f that
night that keroBene went three cents
above the highest trust price, ihe
first man marked for slaughter was
Sup. Jackson, who . had served
loin; and faithfully upon the state
fair committee, and has always been
conceded one of its ablest and
most valued members. Something
must be handed to Mr. Sunday as a
sort of consolation prize, hence
J ackson was fired and the defeated
candidate for chairman will handle
the rutabagas and pumpkins at the
fair next fall. There are no personal
objections to the Arthur supervisor
for this position, but the reasons,
used in the defeat of Jacksou were
certainly small, to say the least.   .
One of the amusing incidents of
the session was the award of the
county printing. For years the entire printing contract has been
given to one of tbe newspapers, j**job
printing in most instances being
under schedule. This year the job
was divided, the proceedings, oi the
board going to the Cleaver and the
county officers authorized to order
their job printing where tliey desire.
Supervisor Alley fathered a resolution which is at the outset an insult
to every paper In the county,, inasmuch fts- it declares that "The
county printing has often bean tbe
occasion of useless little bickerings,
sometimes interfering with unanimity of effort among the press of tbe
county ior the county's betterment."
The press of the county has at
frequent intervals entered upon
spirited contests for this, work, but
it a sounds somewhat strong to
charge tbat'because o-f such legitimate competition the newspapers
have allowed their interest in the
county as a whole to wane.
Inasmuch as the printing for the
county      school commissioner
amounts to more each year ttian for
any other two county officers, the
scheme is a lovely one for that official, owning a printing office.
Tho cqnalizfition report discloses not
material utiungo in grand total, but several
townships were raised considerably, wbiie
others were lowered in eojhfoi-niity with a
practice long followed. Tlie report Is us
follows:
Assessed
Equalized
1 Arthur   .
SUB.870
$120,365
| Franklin
35,125
30,744
1 Frost
40.7-n
61.010
Garfield
8?,000
>56.8[2
Grant
• !_02,715
233,206
Greenwood
M ,625
72.281
Hamilton
144.1)70
,80,030
H-ittoi-
110,385
73,786
1J ayes
35,135
32,050
Budding
02,000
53,020
Lincoln
03.69..'
00,507
Sheridan
241.485
302,542
Sana rnorii eld
40,725
.    44.073
-Surry   -
203,305
210 305
Wlnterflold
77,385
. 73,001
Glare. St. wd
* 38,385
41.337
Olaro 2d. wd
155,280
J87.C-U
Olare. 3d. wd
142.185
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Harrison 1st, wd
32,000
'35,89*
Harrison 2d. wd
28.835 "
31.525
Harrison 3d. wd
27,135
30,305
Village of Farwell
310,420
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THE TRUANCY LAW,
Important   Changes Made by the _ 1907
Totals        13,020.075    .     91,067,17$
Tho appointments were as -foiloirs: v}!, T.
Northon, school examiner, J, D, Dunwoodte,
superintendent^ the poor, and Wm. Cunningham, drain commissioner.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE!
John Hubef, gf Grant,. Used Razor uyon HIS
Throat While Temporarily Insane.
. After having brooded over imaginary troubles for several months
John A. Hubel, one of Grant township's well known farmers, attempted suicide last Saturday evening
about five o'clock, by applying a
razor to his throat. Partially finishing the job he stepped to the
door and called loudly to farm employes, and who promptly responded to the call. Dr. F, C. Sanford
was called and found the insane
man in a dangerous, though necessarily fatal condition, and dressed
the wound.
For several months Hubel had
been insane for short intervals, and
he repeatedly threatened to end the
life of his wife and himself. For
several days before he had made
threats, and so often bad they come
that the wife deemed it wise to leave
the home temporarily, .which she
did a few hours before tbe rash act
of her husband, going to the home
of her daughter, a short distance.
But a few days before he had drawn
a rifle upon his wife, but she begged
him to delay the tragedy, which he
did.
There is no apparent reason for
his condition other than despondency. Mrs. Hubel insists that he
had always been a good provider
and that afeide from the condition
mentioned, and which frequently
appeared, he was a good husband,
and she believes be will ultimately
recover his-mind. His condition,
so far as the wound is concerned,
is not regarded as especially serious.
Soldiers Relief Commission.
That the soldiers and sailors of
this county are not in straightened
circumstances is indicated by the
annual report of the commission,
made to the supervisors at the session of last week. Only one meeting of the commission 'was held
during the year, and since January.
1st, last but $54.00 was expended.
There remains in the "fund 6103.03.
The commission is compbsed of W.
S. Cooley, ofClare; Asa Leonard,
of Fcrwell, and H. H. Bogue; of
Harrison.
Stock For Sale.
At my farm in Hatton township,
the following.
12 spring calves.
4 yearling steers.
7 cows.
1 bull,.
Quantity of-J'arm tools,
80 acres land ti miies north of
Clare.
120 acres land 7 miles north, one-
half mile west of Clare.
100 acres  land,  sec. 15, Lincoln.
320 acres land, sec. 24, Lincoln.
118t4     G» Komvus; Hatton P, O.
As it seems many patrons of the
county are not well aware of the
changes made in the truancy law by
the last legislature, the important
onps are here given: *•
The law as first en acted'read that
all children between and including
the ages of seven and seventeen
must attend school every day there
is school in the-district in which
they reside. Tbe question arose as
to the meaning of this and the .matter was considered by the supreme
court which decided that under this
(1905) law children over fifteen years
of age w^ere not compelled to attend.
Tbe 1907 legislature amended the
law so that now all children between
seven and sixteen shall come utfder
the law.
The teacher bas no authority to
excuse for any other, cause than
sickness. The Commissioner can
excuse only those pupils over fourteen, and in this case only upon the
written ,reqliest of all members of
the district bo,*u*d. ./This board can
jnake the recommendation • only
when they believe the pupil's help
Is absolutely necessary to the support jof the family*. In no^ease except from a written state'ment from
a physician to the effect that the
child is physically incapicated for
school work, can the truant officer
excuse.' In short, if the child is
well no one haa power to excuse hut
-the Commissioner and he bas no
more power than any other citizen,
except as the district board has -recommended as above referred.
Under the 1905 law, the Commissioner had to enforce! the law, and
the truant officer was subject to his
direction. The law is now so a-
mended as to make the truant
officer subject solely to the direction of tbe Sheriff. The Commissioner has nothing to do with the
enforcement of the law. In short
he has but to'see to it that the
teacher reports to bim, and that
these reports be sent to the Sheriff.
Only this week a patron came to
the Commissioner with the request
tbat he give him written permission for his child to remain out of
school untii November' 1st. He
might as well request that officer to
deqd him the Calkins Hotfel.
Teachers ought to know this law.
If they don't thoy should resign
their position or get a copy of tbe
law and learn its provisions at once.
If you as parents do not know the
workings of the law ask .your teacher. If she does not know request
the Commissioner to send you a
copy..
By all means keep the little children in school, and if good teachers
are kept there each year, at the age
of thirteen your boys and girls will
have passed the state eighth grade
examination, and then you'ean have
them three years .when their help
will be most valuable to you, and
the child wUl have a heritage in the
foundation of an education worth
far more to him than broad acres
and bank accounts.
-Respectfully,
E. G. Welch, Oomr.
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FIRST CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH
CHAS. P. SHAW, Pastor.
Sunday   Servic.es;
io;3o a, m.   Sermon
•   6:45*p. m,   Christian Endeavor
Subjects for next Sunday:
13:00 Noon Sanity Scboi-I
7:30  Set mon
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Frank Mooney home from Cadillac yesterday.
For fall and winter millinery go
to Mason & Parish.
Wanted—Calves and yearlings.
W_W. Dobbs, Farwell.
Eavetrougbing and plumbing a
specialty by Lewis & Patrick   tf.
F. E. McKinney, of Lapeer, is a
new clerk in Mussell's drug  store.
will meet with Mrs.
on ^Wednesday next.
Thurston, of Chicago,
of  Mr,   and  Mrs.   A.
It nr at     ^' .  ,
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MENTION.
morning.
J. F.| Tatman is in Detroit on
business.
W. C, Fuller down from, Farwell
this, morning.
No. 1 timothy seed just received
at Rhoades. store.
A pocfeetbook left at Lapi.rre's
bakery last Saturday ^awaits the
owner,
Fred Shepard down from Farwell
thiB morning. Mr. Shepard is about
to locate in Columbus, Ohio, for
the winter.
The Isabella board of supervisors
adjourned two days short of the
regulation twelve days, and the
local papers are doing all*kinds of
crowing.
When.S. W. Hopkins cinched the
condensed milk factory for the
"Hub" the citizens called out tbe
band to meet Mr. Hopkins at the
train, escorted him to the opera
liojise, half a dozen'made speeches,"
and "the hustling secretary of the
business ■ men's association was
pi*f fle ited with $100. That's practical appreciation.  „
The Guild
Dora  Allen
Mrs. A. W
is the guest
Thurston..
County clerk M orris sy will be in
Olare on the SOfch-inst. to dispose of
deer licenses.
' Mesdames Elden and Abbey in
Evart this week vesiting the former's daughter.
Next week Montney & Loomis
Will have all sizes of cement culvert
tile ready for delivery. .
Mr. and Mrs.-Jos. Hoag, of Harrison, were guests at the home of
Geo. McKeever, yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. ^Uson are
down from Frankfort this week
vfslting friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Pressley, of
Grant, are visiting friends and
relatives in Cadillac this week.
Messrs, E, S. and M. II. Grace*
of Detroit, spent last week in Clare
and vicinity upou a bird hunting
expedition.
Ed.. Russell has this week added
to his herd of. Shorthorns two registered cows and a calf, purchased
of Al. Wipans, of Mt. Pleasant.
The Ladies of the German Aid
will hold a box social at the home
of Mr. Kiplinger near Grant town
hall on Tuesday, October 29th. All
invited.
The gas producer in the tool
works at Evart exploded yesterday,
and a man named Perry was killed.
The engineer in-charge is unable to
explain the accident.
One of the largest shipments of
cattle ever made from Clare by a
buyer was made this week by Wm.
Haley, who sent to the Detroit
market eight cars of cattle and a
double  deck  of  sheep  and   hogs.
G. W, Easier, the auctioneer,
made a record yesterday 1 at the
Stanley . auction by, making 191
separate sales in four hours and
forty minutes. The sale was largely attended.
Clare footballists went to Alma
on Tuesday for a game with the
high school eleven of that city, and
the score was six to six. The locals
declare that the umpire was something terrible.
Joseph and Ernest Ramey, of
Marion, sons of S. J. Ramey, of
Vernon, and Henry Itord,' of the
same place, l,eft this morning with
their families for Bakersfield, Cal.,
after a short visit with friends and
relatives iu Clave.
Miss Emma Neimeyer, who for
seven years has been employed as
operator in the Union telephone
.office, _has resigned and,- accepted
the position 0? bboKK'oeper ." with
Senator Doherty. Miss Neimeyer
has always been a popular operator
at the telephone exchange, and the
public'much regrets her decision in
favor of a different occupation.
She is succeeded with the Union by
Miss Jennie LOar, Mrs. Louise
Shelley being in,direct charge of
tbe office.
For Sale—At Lake George. 150
acres good land, orchard 200 tree's
peach, apple and pear. Right prices,
Inquire of Jas. Duncan, Clare, or
J. R. Borst, Lake. George, 8tf
BUSINESS   CARDS
MODERN  WOODMEN
Cedar Damp. No. 1308, Glare. Mioli., meets.
In K. of P, hall on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday
of each month.   Visiting- neighbors alway
welcome.
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/■ cf, joiviuniSiuUi x". i>» aim.
'Olerk V.O
T. H. MAYNARD
puy8i0iar jind accouohj-r
Ojmtice ax Residence,
Professional calls attended night or day.
'     JAMES A. REEDER
PHYSICIAN*    AND     SURGEON   -
G-lasses Fitted and Work Guaranteed e
New Office—Fifth Street
Union phone 78 Bell phone 22
Two Doors west of Calkins House
DR R A GRAY PR ¥ R GHAT
Removed to Jackson Block
Office Hours
8 to 12 a m ...... .1 to 8 B_m
ROBERT McdANN
DENTIST
Graduate of the University of Michigan
AI1I1    KINi-S   OV    DENTAIi   WOBK,    "
Office over
TATMAN   &  MCKEEVER'S    .
Olare Mich. Union Phone 31,
IN WABl.ISON EVERY TUESDAY
DR M A BOWER '
TCEGISTBRED
VETEBINAB-r SUBGE9N AND DENTIST
Calls answered day or night.
Office a' Lloyd's Livery Barn.      •
Clare, Mioh: Both Thonea
H E NEELANDS, DBS
MEOHANIOAI. AND OM-SATTVE     *
" DENTIST
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Graduate 6t the University of Michigan
Office in Citizens Bank Block. Phone 59
CHAS, STERLING1
V_.TERINA_B-: SUEC-EOKr AND DENTIST
Graduate of Ontario Veterinary College
Toronto
Office at Warren's feed barn.
B6th Phones. .   Clare, Michigan
A! E MULDER, D D S
PBACTIOAIi DENTIST
Graduate ot the University ot Ifclichifriih
Gold Filling and Plate Work a Specialty
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Office in Dunlop Bio0k.      CiiABE. Mioh_
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8 GENTLEMEN
8 For Up'tordate Work
o give the New Barber
o under the Jackson
g Meat Market a Trial*
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MOST PEOPLE
Earn all the money they can /
Some spend all they earn. t * *
Many have a savings account, it makes saving easier.
You can't afford to spend all you earn, but you can profit hy
saving money. ■* '      . I
START A SAVINGS ACCOUNT WITH US.
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'Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received in the Savings
"    department.      /-  '
4
per cent, on saving deposits.
Safety Deposit Boxes $2.00 per year-
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