1921-08-26; Clare Courier

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VOLUME XXVII
CLAREi MICHIGAN, FRHDSAt,fAUGUST 26, 1921
NO. 14
THE ADVERTISER
Is the Wise Man of
The Age, and He No
Longer Pays for
Space Solely as a
Neighborly Kindness
STATE RANKED HIGH
IN BOYS CLUB WORK
Michigan Second Only to Indiana-
Nearly 10,000 Enrolled
GREATEST ROAD
MEETING AT FLINT
With an enrollment ot nearly 10,000
in Boys' and Girls' Club work.    Michi-j
gan ranks second in the entire north-1
ern half of the United States,     Statis-1
tic:* for 1920 just issued by the U S.
Best   Known Roadmen in the
Country Will be Pres.ent
The   Michigan   State ,Good   Roads
Association   in   conjunction  with  the: 624(qoo pounds of
Probably no elQinent connected with j Department of Agriculture,    show In- i Michigan State Highway Department j exi>ios-vei   war B,
business today is more generally rec-' diana in the l0ftd with Ulia   state   a: will hold its annual meeting at Flint, | cured b ' the   u^S.¥jDopu\<nient' of
PICRIC ACRID p.llELP
clear Michigan land
Government  Twjj^'wr  624,000
lbs. to State-JJl«irtb»d Through
A   big   boodt ip^liro^^lan's
clearing opei-atkui^iaft11"
teed by the allothipftM*
SCHOOL OPENS TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6
COURT ALLOWS I
TEMPORARY INJUNCTION,
land
n. guarah-
e state of
,™(id.     This
dttyerlal se-
ognized by discerning men as   an   es- j ci0 .^ se<;ond.
sential to success than advertising, j Michigan stands first in two impor-
In whatever form it may be utili-ied | tant phases of the club program-hand-
printers' ink is now viewed as occupy-, *cr%.ft work and hot lunch preparation;
ing a conspicuous place in the list oi j wh;ie jn three others—gardening, can-
legitimate costs incident to the eon
duct of trade.
I August 30, 31 and September 1,
This will be the most no
ing of its kind that has yet been held
in  the state.    Manufacturers of both
road  machinery and  materials made
,er V      ti Agriculture,   will 1* rtptribut'ed'to far-
table_njeet.lmers &t costf-  pW(|. flk frblfeht from
the  government" tjtj^al.'at   Sparta,
Wisconsin. "'. ' "■ io'I,
The allotment" ofjjf%ric Acid is expected to clear 9,000 q-^-ntore acres, es-
tinia't'es naming lO'liouiiili^as the av-
but a
itasands of
eraj*e per acre,
small percentage
,W? tils is
ol-iQy-Ulf'-usar
ing public access to the cheese box; boosting the number up. Other
and the cracker barrel, the local. counties where the work is especially
newspaper was fortunate to obtain an \ strong nro Kent, Bay, Calhoun, Go-
occasional "ad copy", even on the Rehic and ijPnawee, although the club
basis oX taking his pay from the wares i program (which is the junior exten-
on the shelves. | Kjon work at the M. A. C.) covers the
entire state.
roadside
hiing,   and garment making, the, Wol-t application for assignments early and
i verine    youths    take    second    place ; tho *,e  already entered into contracts
  'amqng tlie thirty-three northern and j'or  exhibitions   surpass   the  Lansing
In the days* when the   merchant   re-1 we -tern states. I me--ting,
garded his place of business as an ac- of the 9,919 members enrolled in the' J'""- Frank F. Rogers, State High-; acnJs ,n tUe ?tate; needing clearing
commodation to the community, and sta'o, 2,491 are entered in Wayne- wnv Commissioner, has a most attrac-j th6)-use ot tbe "0Xpio*lve is expected
when trade was encouraged by afford- j County,  Detroit's  large  garden club.- : tibe program covering 1921 legislature * tQ provide a 8t-imulhk for all similar
• ,p -truction work for 1921, trunk line . yf^ ia m^i(;an. -     -
development,      Cmi of the p,^ A?id v,n be ,ow>
it   is I'salcl,** , -gUnnlpfc *• at  only  seven
cents per lb, in addfcjonTo the freight.
The distribution is,|Q be handled thru
,    .,   . .    , ., .   , the county "agricuHHgil agents, under
ma':e their part ot the program an in-  thfe |llrecU(m 0< rtffhlvingston, land
--tilute    which    every    commissioner,    ,     ,      sppcfftlIst-af the M. A. C. Ex-
wh-ther   township  or  county,  should, ^^ miBiQ1it. *, r-
ntV'51!' ,,,.,. ,,     ! &"Our estimates ptace  tlie   average
I.   is  rare  indeed  that a  combina-, ^^ -,n thyall£ ot-cutoyer lands
tion of attractive and instructive feat. ^ ^ ^ ^ removed  at a-
road  construction and  main- ^ t th| d ^, ati*acre", says
can be combined, giving tajs^.^ ^ston,   c0^ty agent leader
All Will Meet in Same Places
as Last Year
TUITION RATE NOT INCREASED
Alleged Breach of Contract Brings A
Suit in Circuit Court
maintenance,
e*q erimental road maintenance, to-
get'ier with other important subjects,
including the reports of Commissioner;* of counties, that will not fall to
That was-* the period before business
hit the stride that chaaetorizes all
lines to-day. It was before Paris
supplied the styles and Battle Creek
the predige*-tod fodder. Silk was only used for "high toned" wedding
gowns and vinegar, salt and pepp"r
wrere the only condiments. Then a
well greased pair of boot.*; was a sign
of dignity and neatness, and tho neighborhood belle could catch the most attractive beau if she was adorned in a
pink calico frock.
BHt
we are going a much faster
pace. Shoppers no longer hunt for
the merchant that solicits trade by
the old methods. They know what
they want and they are usually well
posted on the prices. Tho merchant
that regularly and faithfully tells-, the
public what he is offering in quality,
style and price is the merchant who
gets the business.
Garden club have proved far and a-
way the msot popular during the last,
year, according to H. A, Turner, state
club leader, more than half of all the
Michigan enrollment coming under
thir division.
MRS. IDA BURGESS
hia   Boorom   was   born   in    Barry
county.   Aug. 27,    1S56, and died Aug.
17,   1921, at the home of her daughter*
305 North Shiawasse street,    Owosso,
eged 111 ye.-u--;,   11 months an I 20 days.
She was united in marring- i.. i,ire:i'*'-)
Bnigess Feb. 3. 1877 at Ha.V'n:-*.*. Mich
ig.vi.     They moved to IsnlnUa county,
in IS S3 where Mr. Burgess favr.nxl until 1917 when they came to Clare and'
took np residence. In Septemder la.H,
ure * of
ton inco
the various countie.-s the benefits to be
t|pr the Upper PenS
man
RALPH PtfttT 0TT
?Y.fV
.?*t*j*.
„.   ,,    ,       r<   „   ,  tl     , ....    ><#' Most of the PMrI<! Aftd-wlll go to
Washington, D. C., better known M*$othern 8ectlons 0j Jhe state, where
Pike Johnson, who, m company with ^u ff ^8 greatest for Rearing work,
the Signal Corps ot the Federal Ctoyv^s     ""7"      b ",    Y e     ,
ern ment,  made tl*e first transcpritih-"^
ont:i  motor convoy over the Lltjcplh*''
Ilifhway, and  who is Director1 Geny       - .       .    . ■*-
era. of the Lee Highway Association-^ Ralph J3urt Ott fourth "child of Ilen-
wil' be present and "address the*con*; ry,and Ka'tq OU, "*XH« born Aug. 28,
vention. C 190«* in." Hatton-Tof liJihip,   Clare Co.
yeur they went to Owosso to live with! Mr. J. A. Rountree, Direct^r-Gen., and died at the s&nfi place at the ear-
. their daughter, Mrs. Power.-*. Mr. Bur- eral United States Good Roa'd$ Asso-i (y. age oC 14 years,; XI months and 21
: ger,< died in February of this year, pro-, ciation of Birmingham, Ala,, -hks^-dflj"-days. -"On, Friday, before his death
Seeding his wife six months and six-Snatily accepted the inrltatidn aricl \}s»he >^nd helping thraah In the nelghbor-
teen days. | on the program. The War Depkrtihei\tJ)thoad. ^ He. oebame suddenly 111.    His
To this union were born.<seveii chil- in 1920 who sent a* conv6i?bv-8r tUej^atliei',advised him. to go Mme Avhere;
dren, four dying In infancy and three > Bankhead Transcontinental tti*^hwfty;?Vlie, steadily, groxf worse, Suhday. even-
left to mourn the  loss ot a  dovoted   appointed Mr. Rountree i^'tU*?offlctal{ ing,'the  doctor \,-ng tall^f-und   pro-
 brfn<jroiir*^tK?A-at«fl^ ^Jqn?a;
also' leaves one   sister, one   brother,! que 'ts,  barbecues  and  various  tunc- j which  okused JjIhJ/,.. .11 ^n  Wedies*
twelve   grand   children,    four    great* tion3 in the fourteen states through  day morning.     -iMtti-*|t lOvlng hearts
and hands could do for hliii was done,
Following a special meeting of the
Board of Educaton held August IS, it
was announced that school would op-
in all departments the day after Labor
Day,   Tuesday September 6.
For the present, at least, no changes
will be made in the location of the', interet-t of
various grades. The kindergarten I business it
and second grade will occupy the basement of the Congregational church.
The iiftli and sixth grades will be
In the. Lutheran Church. All other
grades will meet in the Methodist
Church:    the first grade in  tho Ep-i conducting a branch business in
A suit was begun in the Circuit
Court for this county this week by
the Gould Undertaking Company
against Charles H. Gould, formerly
stockholder and manager of such Corporation. On May 5th, 1921, the interests ot C. H. Gould were purchased
by Andrew Friz who has since that
time assumed active management of
the business of the Gould Undertaking
Company,
A,t the time Mr. Friz purchased the
the Gould Undertaking
is claimed that C. H.
Gould signed a written statement not
to again engage in the undertaking
business in Clare and vicinity for a
period of live years. At the time of
the sale by Gould the Company   was
Fa-
FARM PROPERTY
IN MICHIGAN
Interesting   Report From the
Census Bureau
And advertising is by no means confined to retail trade. Millions are
spent annually with the magazines
and trade publications telling of the
merits of products "without reference
to»the particular j^iijjgnig^'Hicli may
hare^fttem for saler These advertisers have heen convinced that the public reads with interest the story of
new productions, and such advertising' grand children, and a host of relatives   which this Highway travers.
is always written in an attractive and  an(i friends. MA. Burgess was a devot-j    Hon. J. A. Doolie of Marquette, re-   out to no avail.    Why our Heavenly
entertaining style. I ed Christian and a loving mother. Dur-; cenily elected member State Boat! of   Father has seen fit to snatch this lov
(ing the past three months she was a' Agriculture, will be on the program.
Most publications of the present day! greiit sufferer,    the result of an acci-! Mr. Docile, recognized as one of. the
refuse   advertising   unless   they   are! dent t0 a limb, but she bore it all with'fine-.t  product**   of the  Upper  Penin-
first assured of the reliability of the,
advertiser.      Between the  period   of.
the cracker barrel advertising and the
more recent development in that line'
fraudulent enticements in bold   type'
caught many a dollar from the unsuspecting.      But the  day  is over,  and
never will return.
It has come to be an established be-1
lief that the advertising   carried   by'
the local newspaper is a*true index to'
the thrift of a community and the re-1
liability  of its business houses. The
wholesalers and jobbers in commodities found in towns the size of Clare'
always  strive  to hold   the   customer
that is regularly telling the community of the wares he offers for sale. It(
demonstrates to them that he is alive ;
to present day conditions and rocog-,
nizes tlie necessity of keeping his bus-;
iness in the public mind. {
patience and Christian fortitude, calmly waiting the end making arrangements for her funeral, selecting text
and hymns.
The body was brought here  Saturday and the service was held in the.
Free  Methodist church  at 11  o'clock
being conducted by Rev. Milberry, and
internment   being   made at   Gilmore
cemetery.
Precious mother she has left us,
Left us,   yes,    forever more;
But we hope to meet our loved one.
On that bright and happy shore.
Lonely the house and sad the hours,
Since our dear mother has gone,
sula, is without question one of Michigan'^ foremast men of today.
Dr. P. E. Doolittle, president of Ontario Automobile  association  of  Toronto, one ot the finest public speakers
that Canada possesses is also en the'
program.
Mr A. H. Kroh, of Akron, Ohio, who
charmed the convention at Lansing
will be with us again. Captain W. S.
Galbraith of Detroit, Hon. J. Dallas
Dort of Flint, Hon. Harvey A. Penny,
together with several other prominent gentlemen who will represent the
nicirufacturers of both road machinery and  materials will  complete  the
But,   Oh a brighter home than ours,! program
In heaven is now her own.
Con.
JANNETTE ALURIA  WILSON
;     Jannette Aluria Wilson
These,  constitute   the   reason   why   ,n raillsvme)    0hl0i June
Clare has so long enjoyed an envla-tand m0VPd with h(n. parents t0 Cnw
ble reputatton  as a business  center, > f(|rd Countv>   Pa_ when but a ,.h„d<  ■
why  many,    many  farmers tra-l     0n JuIy 4th  lg66> shp was unUed ,n
mariage to  Charles   H.   Rockwell   of
Cambridge Springs,    Pa.       To   tli/em
and  why  many,    many  farmers tra-l
vel a long distance every day to do
their  shopping  with   merchants  who j
are not afraid to let the world know
that they are here for business.
was borne four children,   Ora A. who1
died at the age of twelve years, Clarence L. at the age of nine yeas, Bertha Harriette at the age of six years,!
C. C. Rockwell!
The Courier has always been a defender of the Clare advertiser,   and itl one child  surviving,
has been because he has striven to so   of this city.
treat the public that it has leirned to1 In 1S76 she with her husband locat-
not only trust him but to also be as-! ed in Michigan where they bnilt a
sured that if what he wants is to be! home in the then unbroken forest and
found in these parts R can be found t spent many years enduring all the pri-
in Clare. • j vations of the early pioneer days. In
  , her early years  she united with the
More   than   one    thousand    homes   Congregational Chuch,   being ,1 fnith-
A * president of the association, Mr.
Sol grove    UNQUALIFIEDLY   AS-
SUI1ES AND PROMISES THAT every
gentleman whose name has been mentioned WILL BE PRESENT.
f    A   roll   call   of   all   Commissioners
was borne j precent will be had on August 30 and i
16th., 1S50,   certificates of attendance will be given I
to each  Commissioner present certify-;
ing to their attendance and the number ot days in order that they may be
reimbursed for expenses and per diem.
Evening  sessions  will  be  held  by
froth  the State  Highway Department
and   the   Association,   and   attractive
(Continued  on  Page Four)
ing young man from our midst just at
tlie beginning of manhood, he alone
knows, but in all these things we have
learned to say.'Thy will O Lord, not
mine be done," knowing that what is
our loss is Ralph's eternal gain.
In the home, in the community,
where ever Ralph chanced to be, he
was a ray of sunshine, with a friendly smile for all. He will be greatly
missed, but We rejoice to know that
Ralph has gone to the Eternal Home
above where there will be no more
sorrow pain, nor separations, for
the former things have passed away.
He leaves to mourn his early departure father, mother, two brothers„Tohn
and Walter, two sisters, Christine
and Margaret, beside a host of relatives and friends.
The funeral was held Friday the
19th. from the home Rev. Kleinhart
officiating and internment was made
in the Ott. cemetery.
Con.
CLARE DEFEATED BY WEIDMAN
Weidman defeated Clare last Ttf53-
day by the decisive score of 10 to 2.
The Clare batters were unable to do
anything with the Weidman pitcher
except in one inning when they got
their only two runs of the game. Hard
hitting coupled with Clare's errors
gave Weidman the victory.
worth   League  room,    the  third  and j well and the Farwell stock and   busi-
fourth grades in the dining room and j ness was included in the sale.    Not-
the upper six grades in the main aud- j withstanding such ageement as olaim-
torium up stairs. e'l jt seems that Gould opened up   an
Under this arrangement it will be j undertaking business in Farwell.
necessary for the pupils or the high] A temporary injunction issued by
school to do most of their studying at I Judge Hart orders Gould to refrain
home. Parfents should take this fact'from acting directly or Indirectly as
into consideration nnd assume more' i» undertaker in Farhell and vicinity
responsibility for the work done by or in Clare or vicinity,
the high school boys and girls (which' A final hearing of the case will be
includes the seventh and eighth heard by Judge Hart within a few
grades) during the hours when they' (la-vs at which time the injunction will
are not actually in attendance at elas-, be either be made permanent or roses ' ; moved. The Gould Company is repre-
Owing to the fact that it is recog-i Bented b*v C* A* R^ing and Jos. F.
nized that full advantages cannot be | Bowlor of thls dty' while Kelly s*
offered,   no increase will be made in' Scarl of st* Johns aPPeara lor   C. H.
the tuition rate this year although the | GouUi-      	
new law provides that $60   may   be'
charged.     The tuition will be $49 and I ROBINETT REUNION
is payable in advance to C. A. Reading' 	
Secretary of the Board of Education. | The seventh annual reunion of the
Where application was properly filed ■ Robinett family was held in Alwood's
full tuition is payable by the rural dis- j grove Wednesday, Aug. 17th., with
trict, the individual pupil not being j 107 present. On account of the rain
required to pay part of the amount as I jn the forenoon tho crowd fras corn-
in recent years. I pelled to leave the grove and go to
At the annual meeting of the dis- the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Rob-
trict It was voted to replace the text- j inett where their kind hospitality
books lost by pupils at the'time of the! made everyone welcome. But the
fire.   This will probably   be   handled  beautiful sun was soon shining once
more, and they all wended their way
back to the grove where the 'bountiful dinner was spread beneath the
lovely maple trees, where" all weTe*
seated at one long table except the
waiters.
After they^had all eaten all the din-
_.^ttn^^mmjg^^y^0^^y' coiijd,
c§**£, «»'■« .,_ ~    i-rfceSflfti'
as follows;
1. In the grades. The books given
.■QHt on the opening day of school will
%a"4h*.ories*io" be used tltisf year/not
the^Qnes used last*-year, A charge
ivF^^Vtsn^^ be-
tyjs&v the value of thj-) boofrRyeti out
now and the value of the tioo^pe*^
subject at the time of the   fire
spring. For example a pupil who j Mayo Robine^ng^Du-jhUea th©1.«-*ct-
was in the fifth grade last year lost i lnE t0 onler with a E«itar selection by
a fifth reader. This reader, we Willi Emmet Robinett and Herbert Hines,
say cost the pupil 80c retail in Sep-j followed by a short program that con-
tember a year ago. The book had! sisted ot recitations and singing which
been used seven months at the time j Wils enjoyed by all.
of the fire and would have brought j The same officers were elected for
about one-half price, or 40c, as a next year. There was one marriage
second-hand book. The book given | three deaths and four births in the
out to this pupil,   however,    will not   Past year.
be a Fifth reader but a Sixth reader, t Relatives that attended from a dis-
It will not be a new book but one used!tanc-e w<?re Samuel Mc Donald, Read-
three months last spring after the fire,' '"& 'Mich-i Frailk Coats- Horton Mich,
and incidentally kept in rather good' Mr. and Mrs, Ward Flegal, Blair Fle-
condition under the supervision of the : eal- Mrs* ^emma Reggiser, Lant C.;
teachers.      The  retail  value  of   this' Robinett, Howard Owen, and Otis Hel-|
book is about 90c. Under the circumstances, its depreciation should be
not more than one-quarter, or at the
most one-third. Let us say its present
value is 60c. The pupil may therefore have the book for the difference
between forty cents and sixty cents,
ler ot Edon City, Ohio; Freeman Heller, Hamilton Ind.;  Thelma Robinett,]
Ypnilnnti, Mich.;    Mrs.   Linnie   Hood
and  daughter,   Dorothy,  Mt.   Morris, j
Mich.;   and Mrs. Abner Fisher, Har-j
rison Mich. 1
A most enjoyable time was  spent,!
or 20c. The expense should be no I and they all departed for their many
more than usually accompanies the . n°mos thinking that the Robinett re-
exchange of books when passing from I »nI°n comes none too often,
one grade to the next.
BUCKLEY-CORBIN
within easy distance of Clare have access to the weekly announcements by
our merchants appearing in these columns. Those who still cling to the
belief that advertising is not a justifiable  investment  are  few,    and  they
ful and earnest Christian up to thej
time of her death which occurred August 19th., 1921. . I
She leaves to mourn besides her*
husband and son, two sisters, Mrs.W.!
W,  Decker   of    Cambridge   Springs,
Mrs. Chloetta E.Corbin and Mr.Mah-
lon Buckley were united in marriage
at the Baptist parsonage by Rev. Mil-
berry Tuesday evening, August 23.
They were attended by Byron Ginn,
and Juanita Ginn. Both were of
Vernon Township where they will continue to reside.
The Courier extends congratulations
NOTICE
We now have two experienced Repair men in our garage and can give
you expert service on all makes of
cars.   Ail work guaranteed.
Clare Implement & Hardware Co.
R0SANNA THOMPSON
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the kind neigli-
' bora and friends for all their help and
courteeies  during the last illness of
' our son and brother,
grow less as they witness the grow-j Pa., Mrs. C. D. Glenn of Frankling Pa.
ing volume of   business   enjoyed   by
their advertising neighbors.
AMERICAN   LEGION
In July 1918,   Rush C. Davis of Harrison was one of the boys to make the
and three brothers,  Seymour Wilson I     Mrs*   Rosanna    Thompson    passed
ot Cambridge  Springs,   Pa.,   William'' away at lhe home of ner sister,   Mrs. j
Wilson of Pleasant Valley,   Pa, Bert! Jolln Gordon-   Tuesday, Aug. 23rd., at
Wlken of Northhurst Pa   '        " the age of G7 years.     The body will*
The funeral was held at 2:00 Sun-i?6 .f^nt to TiUsbur>''     Cauada*     *""'
clay afternoon from the residence of' "'
Henry and Kate Ott and family.
APRON SALE
fori
FARMERS TAKE   NOTICE
 .._.., c- c- Rockwell.     Rev. Davis afficia
supreme sacrifice   across the   water.]te(1 and internment was made in Cher
His body is expected to arrive in Ho- j ry Grove cemetery.
boken August 25th., and Larmon Post! Con.
has been requested to help perform aj —"    [
military funeral.      All   members  arej TAKE NOTICE
requested to   attend   meeting   Friday!	
night August  26th.,    to help  further- '        , „, .
plans, I    Painting, papering and tinting- andlery of same ^"j6^1™ reward
N. L. Tibbils        i wood finishing by W. M. Bullis,
There will he an Apron Sale at the
Racket Store, Saturday, Aucust 27th.
Especially children's aprons.
FRUIT
There has been  one Barrett Jack,,     Save/all the fruit this year and save
number 1,   manufactured by the Dutt:,t ,„ Queen easy sealing Fruit Cans.
1        Claro Hardware & Implement Co.
Mfg. Co., taken from my well machine J
on  the  Robert Reed farm.      Anyone
giving .information leading   to   recov-
M. E. Green
Post Commander    ■ ltf
Odd Facta.
Life, strange to say, Is never a de*
j sert drear to l*1'" who has plenty of
'Hi E, 4th Stress-;
Bell 306
313 Seventh St.,  Clare,. W<*.  "!Vr!?V? V,,".wn? "
'Mud.—Boston    iv-=-'-'pt.
2. In the High School. Here, because of so many different classes, a
direct exchange of books is hardly
practicable. Therefore an insurance
inventory will be made of the secondhand value of the textbooks which
were in use by each student and lost j
at the time of the fire. Credit for this
value will be made In an individual
ledger account which will be opened
for each student. This credit will be
allowed toward whatever books the
the student may require for use this
year.
LAKE
Charles
malarial
HARRISON
Mrs. J. M. Tooley is quite seriously ill this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Potter of Lansing
spent the week end visiting friends.
Miss Ardis Tooley of Coleman is
visiting her annt, Mrs. B. F. Hampton.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitecraft and sons
of Saginaw are spending the week
fishing  in  the near by  lakes.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schaffer and
son, Arnold, of Sunfield, motored
through Monday morning eturnlng
honie   Wednesday.
Miss Gertrude Richardson of Detroit and sister, Mrs. Jennie King
of West Alexander, Ohio, are visiting their aunt Mrs. Martha Morrsey.
Mr. and Mrs. George Griffith left
Tuesday morning for Ann Arbor
where the former went for treatment of an abcess in his head.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson Merchant of
Saginaw went  through   here  Sunday
on their way to  Arnold Lake where
their son is camping   with   the
dCoiits.
Sam Schermerhorn is home hfrom
Detroit.
Mrs. Oscar Schermerhorn Is on the
sick list.
Miss Kate Crawford ef Eight Point
spent the week end at her brother
Joe's.
Mrs. Win. Austin and son
are suffering an attack of
fever.
Born to Mr. a nd Mrs. N. Jacobs,
Tuesday, August 16th. a girl. She will
be known as Edna.
The Rohen family ot Evart, and
the Ira Bobger family ot Farwell,
spent Sunday at the Al. Basetthome.
The members of the Grange are improving their hall and moving the
furnace. The gentlemen of the order
are doing the work. •
Miss Mary Necker, who Has been
spending the summer at the parental
home here, left Saturday for Flint enroute to Danville, Illinois, to seek employment.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Alley formerly of
this place, who haye been visiting
relatives and friends for the past
three weeks, left fo Evart Sunday enroute to Colorado to visit a brother
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Scott and son
Matthew, and Miss Pearl motored to
Ionia Wednesday to attend the county
fair and also visit the William and
Orin Mason family who reside there.
They report a pleasant trip, and a
good time. They returned home Saturday.
The Bureau of the Census of the
Department ot Commerce, announces,
subject to correction, the following
j preliminary figures from the census of
'Agriculture for Michigan:
I The number of farms in Michigan
I In 1920 was 196,447. These farms con-
; tained 19,032,96 acres, of which
j 12,925,521 acres were Improved land.
jFrom 1910 .to 1920 tho number ot
I farms decreased 5.1 per cent; the
i total acreage increased 0.5 per cent;
1 and the Improved acreage Increased
j 0.7 per cent. In i920, 51,7 per cent of
j the land area of the state was in
I farms, and 67.9 percent of the farm
I land was improved.
The number ot white farmers in
! 1920 was 195,714, of whom 147.450
' were native and 48,264 fore,ign-born.
Of the native white farmers, 115,624
were owners, 1,925 managers, and
j 29,901 tenants. Of the foreign-born
j white farmers, 43,219 were owners,
j 385 managers, and 4,660 tenants. The
733 colored farmers comprised 563
J owners, 9 managers, and 161 tenants.
' The number of female farmers was
; 5,776, including 5,534 owners, 19 man-
I agers and 223 tenants.
. The value of all farm property in
] 1920 was $1,763,334,>78, as compared
, with ?1,0S8,858,379 in 1910, an in-
. 'Tease of 61.9 per cent. The value ot
" land and buildings in 1920 was
- 51,436,686,210; of implements and ma-
! chinery, f 122,389,936; and of live
j stock, ?204.25S,632. As compared with
j 1910, the value ot land and buildings
* In 1920 showed an Increase of 59.4
per cent; of implements and machln-
j ery, 145.2 per cent; and of live stock.
j 48.2 per cent. The average value ot
j land and buildings per farm was
57,313 in 1920, as compared with
j ?4.354 ln 1910; and that of land alone
i per acre was 150.40 in 1920, as against
132.48 in 1910.
The value ot the «,119 farms for
which complete mortgage reports
were secured in 1920 was $420,108,166,
and the amount.of the mortgage debt
was 1144,403(067, of' 34.3 per 6ent of
the value. The average rate of interest paid was 6.0 per cent. In ■-19)30,
51* pe^ cent^of all fniTOB oper»ted by
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COCHRANE-BENNETT REUNION.
The third reunion of the Cochran
and Bennett families was held at the
farm home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Tubbs in Emerson, Gratiot County,
near Ithaca, Aug. 6th., 1921, Dinner
was served on a long table built on
the lawn, to seat seventy-nine persons. Those that came from a distance were Mr. J. J. Adams ot Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klpp and
two daughters and Mrs. Huldah Harvey of Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Warner , Jerry Bennett Jr. and little daughter Wilma, and Miss Doulia
Aukney, Mrs. Delbert Pendell, Mr.
and Mrs. John Raymond and son Winston, Mr. Carson Harvey and grandson Arlington, Mr. and Mr. Fred Cole
and three sons, Mr. and Mrs. L. F.
Pendell and two daughters, Dan Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. John Loan and family and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hale and
family from Clare and Mr. and Mrs.
James McLean and son Charles of
Breckenridge.
After dinner was served to all, they
were called to order by the president,
Robert Cochrane and a progam given,
Opened by singing America nnd repeating the Lord's prayer, then followed by speaking, reading, and singing by a goodly number present. Then
the roll was called and seventy- two
relatives responded. Following that
was the. election of officers for the ensuing year which were, Mrs. Wm.
Tubbs, pres; Mr. Geo. Cochrane vice
pres; Mrs. Clinton Cochrane Sec. and
Treas. After which they had a picture
taken of the entire group. Then they
were served to ice cream and those
that wished to dance went to the
house of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jones
and spent the evening in dancing.
On Sunday they all returned to their
several homes until next year when
they expect to meet at the house of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cochrane.
In the past year there were three
deaths, four births, and one marriage.
We all hope there will not be so many
taken from our ranks In the year to
come.
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If the party who took the coat from
Ramey's pool   room   will  please   re-
boy I turn it. It will oblige the owner and
may save trouble. 14—£1
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all the kind
friends who assisted in our late bereavement In the loss of our wife and
mother. .v-wfl
C. H. Rockwell
Mr. and Mrs. C. C.Rockwell
NOTICE I
Will the parties having hair left
at Mrs, Geo. H. Brown's please call
a»d clata same at once? G. JJ. Browa,
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