1922-03-24; Clare Courier

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Volume XXVII
CLARE,   MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY,   MARCH   24,   1922
No. 44
U*.
OES TO THE JURY
Voters Must Pick New
Officers on April 3,
Also Say Whether we
Shall "Doll Up" the
Avenue.
CHEBOYGAN RECOVERING       REMOVE POLES
FROM RECEHT BAD FIREj     FR0M MAIN STREET
Accomplished in   One  Week What
Normally Takes Three  Months.
Cheboygan,   Mich.,   March   23.—Recovering gradually from its  greatest
disaster, the Are which, on March 9,
swept  out of existence  a large  por-
The American voters constitute the I tion of the business and financial cen-
greatest, the most lenient, the most | ter, this city is commencing to plan
STATE OAT GROP SAID
TO HEEO^FERTILIZERS I
Yields Above the Average Possible!
Boulevard Lights Will Beautify I   With Proper Soil treatment, Ac-
City, With Low Cost.
. cording to, M. A. C. Specialist.
WESTERN GIRL WILL  |"»h»™JJ"™T1V
MAKE BIG HITJ    «m™L««™
[State Tax Commission Conducting an
Intensive Campaign
Announcement is made from the office of the Tax Commission at Lans-
H.me Talent Play P.qmisesto
be a Winner.
courageous and  the  most intelligent
jury in all the world. They seldom entirely  agree   upon   details   but   upon
fundamentals they are of one mind. I
When   a   majority   says   the   details
again for the future.
One  of  Michigan's  oldest  cities,  a
metropolis   of   the   lumbering   days,
_,    „, . „   - ,,,•„._._ Ttf„ ■    East Lansih-r, *Mar. 20.—That much 1    Rehearsals for "The Western Girl
To those who read  Ordinance JNO        MIcWgan-B _ne dntl a half million 1 have   been   progressing   nicely   and ! ing that the campaign being conduct-
108 as published in The Cornier last,.... _at crop ty m.need .or fertili.a-j everything will be in readiness for the} ed by that department to cause the
payment of the specific tax on land
-acts is bearing much fruit and
week there   s little explanation as to    ... ms spr,      and tllat crop yields  first performance next Tuesday night,
what is contemplated in the $5,000.00, .._„  .,___._ ,,.„ „ n>_ -,„,.  — ,. .1      v '-
well above the s.a^e average can be
shall be thus and so the minority may J for its business people propose  tha:
growl but it is wise enough to keep it shall arise from its ashes, stronge-
their monkey wrenches away from the  than ever, a business and industna
'machinery. i center.   Already there   are   plans   t
bonding proposition for a system of' *"''^ ^oper soHcraWIoM ar_!    Eal"ly this week a force oi carpen" I centra
boulevard lighting for.the streets oI°™" ters   erected   a   special   twenty-foot)
the city which comes before the vo>.jJ^mK '? thfi linh^ -«'«^»™ --«' °?at '
Cheboygan  has .been  crushed to  thej °™at Ahe annual elect.on on April 3 tment   ilt   _„„  Michigan  Agricul-i " 1,?"
~- ,fi fB _'„-,-. -a fn- _■--, ,-__,- I1922-   Here 1£- a brief outline of the  ^ QoUeg..   •   "' .nightly.
facts: I    „__,..-uf„ _at, wa linvo on__„„t_„ i    The  committee  in  charge  and  the
-        _   ,   ,     ,   , „ , stage in the Doherty auditorium and i """ tlie *forts to, tlncover ^\is class
iM. M. McCool head of the soils de-^ cast have been rehearsing there i:0**   property   are   bein*?  so "increased
ground' but its spirit is far from dead,
tural College.
.    _ „ . ,     !    "Fertility tests wo have conducted . -. ., . ...
It is proposed to install iron poles,; __iUx oatg ._ lWidely aifferent soils,"  members of the cast are very enthus'
ornamental  in  design,  on each  side
says   Dr.   McCDoL.i-  discussing   the
iastic   about   the   play   and   assured
of the street, eight of these In each j  "*   .,    '   r farU1]*_at,on   „b , ° | there will be a treat in store for those
J. M, Doherty of Coleman is expeet-
[ ed home this week from the hospital
at Battle Creek,
C. W, Sutherland was confined to
his residence the first of the week on
account >of illness.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will
have their annual supper Friday evening-of this week.
The O. E. S.'wlll hold a bake sale
Saturday, April 1, the third door east
of the Citiezns State Bank.
This jury has many duties to per- j will employ many people, while it is
form other
and the decorum
Grand domain
ber of lesser domains, within which j market. . . _  „___ ,.,— -   ,
the resident voters constitute the jury At first, bewildered from its loss,: artJacent thereto for a distance or not i £ertm-er for thiB tTOp
for the determination of all questions ! the city could not even turn to its ■ cv?r ll>' feet- v\ itn these spurs it win . ,,r,-__ _^-_ n,1_„-i,n.f_
concerning only themselves.
that when the campaign is closed it
is expected there will be practically
no land contracts in' the state upen
which the tax has not been paid.
It seems that prior to 1911 mortgages and land contracts were subject to taxation at the same rate as
. real   estate,   merchandise   and   other,  —--   -._..-.    ...    _■_
are Nate Bicknell as Doc Rye, Earl ] tangib*e property, but the legislature issue ancl merit perusal.  They reflect
Foss as Hungry Joe, Milton Krause as; .*. t]lat yea_  wag  persuaded  by  the financial  matters of- this community.
_w  or excessive it is j Ricbard Huntley, Jay Green as Frank j owners of sueh eredits that the state
jand Fifth streets from McEwan and;. waste£u- p,_cti„ to apply a mixed I Marvel,   Wilma  Achard   asi   Florence j would de,.ivfe _ m_ch &reater PevenUe
bring 'into   the   city  industries   that 11i,lo(''c' four °n e"h T!ilie' l3e^nnin^ *} \ the fact that the-better soils for this
■First street on McEwan and extend-       p  (Ul_ loa_.   ^ m loam.   __fl
'most responsive
" the straw devel
who. are fortunate to secure seats.
Among  the  principals  in  the play i
Mrs. Glen Genung of Custer spent a
few diys last week with her mother,
Mrs. Jas. Hickey and family.
Bank   statements   appear   in   this
The acid phosphate should be add-
Curtis, and Flossie Laughlin as Ara
bella Marshall.
In accordance with this scheme of
government we face an election on
the first Monday of the coming month.
In. the city there is the usual quota of
sister   towns
for   comfort,   for   all  be convenient to add more Hghts as.      in'amQunt8 ranging from one hun-!and greasers are
means   of  communications  had  been , thofB,e  sections require them-subject; ^ flfty t0 Wo hundred and fifty
to the will of the people of the city in,
. w... .l vu. i-.-p^ y. _,. .-..  -".p0undg per acro.  The larger appllca-
e-jard  thereto.   The citizens are a" i tlons   shpUld   be  sufficient   for   two
cut  off by  the  fire.  .The   exchange,
switchboard, plant and offices of the ...... . .,      ._     ,-,-....._   ._v—   ~r   -        —-   —   ....
Michigan   State   Telephone -company ; aware that at thf Prffent Ume,the olf j years.  If the soil is rather Heavy, yet
nvtn *■ nw\       r\¥      _-f-it/^/_#-       lt_"l1iriT.O*     ID      _ . Q 11i . APO. Li* . v  r     v
officials to be chosen and a bonding' news   of   the   conflagration   was   re
were completely destroyed  and  first; fysfra °£ s^ li^tiaf \s ,lemoAral-1 low in humus and the straw growth
    -*   „..    ., .:„_   ...„„   „„ I Ized owing to the recent storm.  Also' 6  "
proposition to pass upon.
„    , ,.   .  .,   j not adequate, about two hundred and
it is quite generally known that the j flfty pQund_ _f „ ±m £ertiHzer per
This column has so frequently discussed the question of the recent
tendencies of communities to go into
debt that probably some readers will
say it is inconsistent if it favors the
bonding proposition while others will
declare it "knocking" the town if it
opposes the Idea.
Without doubt the council has submitted the question because of some
agitation in favor of it. Those who
will Oppose the issue will not be found
among the petitioners for the submission of the proposal. The jury will
therefore be made up of the friends
Of the boulevard s.tyle of lighting,
while those tbat vote "No" will do s'b
from a TMiHof that t^e .ojnmuxlity _ajK
not afford' to gO ffirt'her .ItC-d'a^ifc. 'Jt-
'<-*••*-"••*. ou'd i-e-ten h_po_-_ftfe--'*Hr^^^
citizen who would oppose it lipon the
theory that the town should not be
more greatly beautified.
layed    to the outside world by tele
phone people,  who  realized  that un- , ,         ...                  .       ,
less wire relief was provided the com- '■]?a**-*r af working with a committee f
l lrom Chamber of Commerce for tho ■
Light Company ancl Telephone  Com-! ,     ,, . ....,
i acre should be profitable.
_,    . if a small specific or recording tax of
Among the Mexicans. oaB.hM of one per cent was levIed|
Horton Case Howard aml tha(. owner~ o£ such cre_*t_ Would
Bicknell, Walter Arrand  and  others..   Q   ,on_ep   try   tQ   .„ade    ^^
Special  sc.nic effects ar-o in place  Therefore  a law, Act No.  91 of the
and "The Western Girl" will prove a pu_iic Acts of 1911, \vas passed which i aml April  1> third  door east of Cit-
*-'-■-■—-**- ■'"■- -"""•   *■*■ -' -      - '."zens State Bank
The Ladies' Aid will meet at the
home of Mrs. Will Jennings Friday
afternoon. Next week will meet with
Mrs. Seeley.
The O. E. S, will hold a rummage
sale Friday and  Saturday, March 31
1J
bright and breezy little play. The pro-1 provided that a tax ot five dollars per
gram has been so arranged as to i thousand should be paid by every
avoid any delays between acts, when j ,nortgage and land contract at the
special numbers will be given, mak- time it was 0_fered for record and
ing one continuous performance. that   thereafter   such   credits   should
Where light soil, that are in pretty j Cash Stanford will appear in one of be exempt from further taxation. Tlie
munity would be left, not only with-!"""" ^"Q.'£"J e_ta_r_hl^K "..rnt'"lin.s'i sood condition ara used for the pro-1 ins humorous monologs and will also result, however, has not fulfilled the
out means ot rapid communication : {.' . _. ]t £ , \ h£ gecured frorn!j duction of .this crop: the addition of | contribute a snappy dance, at which promises. Not only has the revenue
but without protection in case of private owners behind the build-' 2*12"2 fertilizer ranging in amount j he rivals many a professional. Stan- j been less than under the general tax
further emergency. f incs in the business section This will' from two hundred to two hundred audi ford is very original in his work and (law, but there has been no greater
Through herculean efforts on the ; *« decided improvement to the^ty pounds-may Inadvisable. If the!his quaint comedy will keep the audi-j willingness to pay the tax. Because it
....  ... .„„ „„,-  „,--_-  ~c *-,_ i  —......t  __.,  1--„- t_ <*.„ !,„-.„- >•..   necessal.y  to   record  every mort-
part of the men and women of thej o£ ^     y el,minat,ng j light soils are somewhat won. and are j ence in fine humor,
utility   organization,    the    city    was u_s-ghtly poles that have hereto- j to   produce   oats   for  hay,   nitrogen      Little Norine Laughlin,
given emergency service witain a few | "        ' should   be   the, chief   considerations vated audiences in Sagina
hours   and   full
who capti-
Saginaw last year
is
gage promptly in order to protect the
title to real estate, the tax on mort-
,      i-a'rtfl   nf   _ i f°re adorned our main streets. i
service  msiue  ol  _i    __ 0_(j.„ t0 rei,u-]d the old system! Nitrate of soda may be.used as a top-and was the feature number at the'gages has been paid almost without
week after the fire, a task that nor-; of  ^lijE_i_L______ "each"corner wi.f require i dressing   in   amounts   ranging   from \ Kiwanis club at Bay City, will offer | exception, but with land contracts the
mally would have taken three months] _       i".,..°__ .,_,..-. , -dvtv   f-n'. nfin   luindrett. nriunds   nerl nnmilar Rones and fannv dances.
had the matter of saving costs been J t™ ^polesV "suspend "the lamps" from j sixty ^ to' ohe; huadreft- pounds   peri popular songs and fancy dances
considered.   Business men and other iantl this is tlle very thins ve oug**t i acfe'     . .f______J_______ The atlvanee u^ sa*e has far ex-
--   *   -     i'no'-ivotnnvnM. , I '■• -'■  -  -  • -.■  1— 1 ceeded the expectations of the corn-
to strive to avoid.
Boulevard  lights  will- be  supplied,
residents united in commending that!
"spirit of service," asking how it •
could   have   accomplished  what, wasj Wlth Current from some central point
done
| by.underground cable, a-system, once
[none. » i - -
■« Tp-;giYe "the city, immediate fire,'constructed that will last a lifc.-time
medftjal and flh#r jemeijf'ency protec-l**n* nJ°!_s   . .*   ' '   •*..     .   , -'A -
'tionrUie^tel'^fion'e' pefple''.onScted\ ■-**>- -»^-*?* thls^time.has only-?e)Q0Q
30 telephones with the small tempo-'111   outstanding  bonds wmch   mature
PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD
. . OF ROAD^MISSIGNERS
Ha»
TfeguT-Sr^meS-l
(mittee .in  charge  and prospects  are
"! very bright for "The Western Girl" to
play to packed houses both nights.
,. J.5.,1922
W So-anernjiH*
County Road &ommiSBib_eTS of Clare
MANY MfCHIGAN PEOPLE .  •-
LURED BY iHlRJtGE OF ''^
DISTANCE, SAYS REPORT
Everybody that travels rather admires the town that has its main
street adorned with what we call
boulevard lights. In fact, as between
towns   of   modest   pretensions   this
scheme  of  business-district  illumina-j *"*?""'; '''IJ''^""'' „T"r.«™ur_,7"«-„   ow
 ,__,_ ,__ | facturers and it was assembled  and
building a new, full-sized permanent j .
swtichboard and power plant for Che- < ->ority TOte to carr*,r-
This State One of Six That is Sending Most Tuberculosis   Patients
To The Southwest.
result has been far different. It is
very seldom a land contract has been
recorded and consequently no tax has
been paid ,and owners of this class of
credit have evaded the tax even more
successfully than under the old law.
Until 1921" the law did not clearly
provide that contracts could be as-
sess^^_und_3i-ih»*.«oixeral-.'tax«law iin-
i****; ■ *  "
amended by Act No._ 213 thereTa
no question but that it is the duty
of the assessing officer to assess
every contract which has not paid the
specific tax.
The Tax Commission at the present
time is using almost its entire force
in investigating this class of property
Lansing,   March   lS.-Jessamine   S. jand bet'ore *e close of the campaign
Whitney, statistician of the National j ™7j£T_, «f ^,± ? 5^ ;,U^
r
On  the  same  day,  too, orders  fort""1.-1'  ■*•• ,*"■""*  ""**  '•"T''"  "*■"-" -m    presPnf     Hutchinson    McAninch,
1928. It will require a three-fifths ma-1 _, , ™s™-     -luccnmson,    lut-Aninui,
■ Robinett.
bovtran were aiven the Chicago manu-'    Now for the cost to the Property!    Minutes of the meetings Of Febru-
boygan v,ere given the Chicago manu . owne_B _£ ^ dty>  Fjguring the as.jary 15 and March 2, 1922, we read
tion has grown in popularity amazing-j* "-•''"-   ."   _„-..[ ca_ th    £ ,,       , sessed valuation at $1,100,000, which 'and approved as read. ,        . ,v...^c., *w**^.~~ -_. ....   ,
.         ...   _..  ,.. „.-! e P es y    p ^ , .s s].ghtly Jess tha_ th_ .... amountj (    Th.  following bills were read and • Tuberculosis associati0n, has made a "cen visited The Commission will not
express   carload   of  tools,  cable  and.thl3   act-ual   total   cost  of   this   bond j on motion of Mr. Robinett, wore al-|report   0f   the   number   of  migratory  only have its own examiners engaged
... ,-„,--. „„,, -,„._.!_, ,_.- r.„.'issue,  including  all  interest charges I lowed as read: tuberculosis  patients  found in a se-!in thi8 work- but Wl11 also have the
at six per cent to maturity, will be, Lamphere ■ Bros.,   supplies  for | lected group  o£  cities in the South-' hell- o£ a11 the assessing officers in
approximately   sixty  cents  per  thou- i    truck   ? 11.00 j w__t   _nd j.. flndg that the gix states  the  state,   more   than   fourteen  hun-
sand dollars valuation. If the assessed j Wm.  H.  Bicknell & Co.,  sup- 'that are the source of most of these      ■**■ '" •""'"■,*'""- •""■'1 «»""«.nw-f-
valuation increases the 'cost per thou-1    Plies for truck .—  2.57 : patients arCj  in  their order,  Illinois,
sand   will   be   less   proportionately.; Hughes    Bros.,    supplies    for _ _ I New  yorkj  Missouri,  Ohio,  Pennsil-
ly. Whether it has been a case of
"Keeping up with the Jones's" or one
of real merit I am not prepared to
say. Suffice to remark that Evart atid
Mt. Pleasant and Midland has 'em.
According to hasty calculations, I
under the terms set up in the ordin-1
ance it will cost Clare in the neigh-J
borhood of "*6,500 to overtake Evart;
other equipment and material left Detroit, attached to the passenger train
north, and a full crew of telephone
construction men went to rebuild the
Cheboygan plant.
In  the meantime  everything possi-
truck . ——
hlP was done at the stricken town" to  That meanS a home assessed for $2,- i
ble was done at the stncken town to  ... „. ^m ^ _harged th_ _um _£ $1 -Q ; The   Service   Garage,  supplies
15.5S i
jvania and Michigan.
prepare   for   the   installation   of   the;
dred in number, and every owner of a
land contract is advised to pay the
specific tax at once, or he will be subject to the provisions of the general
tax law which provides for an annual
and Mt  Pleasant and Midland in this;--—- it. share in this proposition, not;    for truck    . 8.75
particular instance. Whether the jury:.    ..*.•;  _.. . .'for eneh vear but in its entiretv.        i Harrison Elevator Co., supplies
will give  its  approval  probably  will j y      e*:„,1
1 /-net-        Wil
times"whartheo_"equipment!for ench -*'ear but in its entirety.
those towns are worth emulating or j
?6,500 in debt.
With the aid of local business [    This project is recommended to the
quarters were rented.   It was
iry to ask other tenants to give
up their leases, to clear out offices,' secure permanent betterments at an ,„„,,
  .,....,. i    truck     12.00
depend on whether the majority figures | «^ple -uarterB. were rented.   It was  earnest consideration of all of the cit-
i ♦   i-o i o„,.„_i. tr, _.,. I necessary to ask other tenants to give  izens in this city.   It is a chance to!    "•-
we want to emulate bad enough to go . ■*. .      . .     ..."      i    t ,._„ 4„ „, (Levi
I and to tear down walls and partitions ; insignificant   cost.    It   is   firmly   be-1
•m.      , An„i„ _f mo,.^^ r,nwtr i^i—but all was ready when the switch-; lieved to merit a goodly majority of!B-   *'
decShStt^noS. ion^e" ^ arrived the following morning,  affirmative votes on election day.
& ■    The work of connecting the w.de-:   |
Efforts have been made for many  ... _    , . ,
years to impress upon the people ot,tax the f^ <>t which ranges from two
for truck 20 711 Michigan that the search for health in I pm* c^nt ,to «« P.er  <*?*• depending-]
Titus   &   _„"__",' .up.Ues"f."r ! far-distant states usually ends in dis-^011 the locahty 1U wbicb the owner
truck     69.50  appointment.  The Michigan Tuberculosis  association  has  always  advised
' against the migration of tuberculosis
Mitchell,    supplies    for
patients.   Many of these patients go
resides.
The Attorney General of the state
has assured the Commission that the
law  is   constitutional  and   enforcible
__r_4M^"__r_i_--A!_'^^
! the climate will work a miracle.  Un-
on the Tax Commission by the Tax
cellent keeping with his well known
ceiient Keepm*;   wi.u  ma   >»-■_ ____,._,
and   long   recognized   disposition   to  Iy..,spf,ead   hundreds   of   telephones SUMMER SCHOOL WORK
avoid too lengthy exposure to public
with   the   switchboard  was   a  hsart
scrutiny and criticism.   Having expe
. | breaking,   time-killing   task,   for   the
ANNOUNCED AT M. A. C.
Hampton,   supplies for
truck      22.67
Clare  Hdw   &  Imp.  Co.,  sup- . hag am      mea__
plies for truck      9.411'*- ,'.      .,   . _,_„   „.„),,,
Roy   McKinnon,   supplies   for \^^^t^ Jo_l_we_!T"i_|-o««eB.  there  is  small  chance  that
to I Law, by which it can compel tbe dis-
!_uMor7hi^.if"in"a well   equipped, closure   of   information   from   many
1.00
I folly for him to waste his money in
rienced  the joy and  the sorrows "of j cable and wire records had been de-! 	
community  service he is  content to j £«£* and it was n^»«y to tert. j Rufa| and Consolidated School Teach-
retire.    The   memories   ot   his   brief | individually,   each  pair  of wires  for
period  of  high  authority  within  his j identification.    In   addition   much   of j
home, town will be consigned to his I tbe outside cable plant had been de-'.
collection   of   satisfying   accomplish-1 stroyed and had to be rebuilt. j 	
-ments, there to rest undisturbed save-    But now ChebdVgan is building-at      Eagt Lansj       M   ^  21.-Special,
for   the   occasion   of   reminding   his I leastin.its#Planj^*_or_the tuture._The | work £or teachers o£ agrjculture, and | chris Reger, interest
ers to  Have Special   Courses,
June 26 to August 4.
grand-children that the family name, telephone is but *a pioneer of the ad
indelllbly graven upon the tablets ! vanca crew of that building, for it has
Of Clare's history.
not only given the town service and
protection, again, but has shown faith
The parties have placed in the field'' in the community and in the people
tickets made up  of well known  cit- i here, faith that cannot be forgotten
izens.   It is regrettable that none of j by the  residents  of  Cheboygan  and
■our    recently    enfranchised    voters*; that  they  have  determined   to  fully
instructors in rural and consolidated {Samuel    Bruce,    compensation
loaned their names to the list of nominees. This possibly is accounted for
in the fact that during the lengthy
agitation for "Votese for Women"
there  was  no  body   of  militants   in j
justify.
WALSH-BLACK
schools features the annovacement oi
the summer session at the Michigan
Agricultural College, to run from June j
26 to August 4, this year.
In addition to regular undergraduate courses in all divisions of the
state college, adapted material in agriculture, home economics, applied
science and engineering is being
planned for the special courses.   In
trude 	
Wm. D.  Reid,  work on  truck
cab „    5S.45   traveling expenses.
F.   H    Higgins,   stock   piling Michigan climate is for all practical
gravel on trunk line 4.0.00! purposes just as favorable to etfect-
Clare Road Mach. Co., levelers 336.00! ing a cure as any climate anywhere.
t,   n   _„„i_-   ia--.™- 2.75'The  safest course to follow  always,
(the   Michigan   Tuberculosis   associa-
2.84! tion  points  out,  is  to  enter a sana-
20,2. I torium in the home state without any
loss   of  time.   Thousands   are  being
86.25 I cured right here in Michigan, while
'thousands of others are losing their
chance for recovery in a distant state
R. C. Hecker, labor	
Richmond  & Backus Co.,  stationery
as  supt.	
B. F. Hampton, truck... 490.00
Several communications from the
state highway department were read;
also one from the public utilities commission relative to improvement of
railroad crossings and erection of
warning signs.
Mr. Hutchinson moved that this
board make application to the Mich.
j creasing demand from teachers of the  igan Public Utilities Commission for
__ _ . ... .-♦-__-„„_-*„ i Last Thursday morning at eight state for work designed to meet their a grade crossing over the Pere Mar-
Clare that stormed tbeJntrJncb"ien^ o'clock Miss Irma Black of this city needs for advanced training along spe- quette railroad on S. T. L. 20 in Grant
and   made   their  power   felt  by  the, ^. „„ ___„_, ^.^ _£ -_.___ „.„. j ^ ^ h__ .^ ^ & „on8lderable 	
yords -of the, city.   But ™18 "J^ ( united in marriage at the home of the | broadening of the curriculum for the
should not keep from the polls tne-;,_.,,_,_ „_,_,.   Mr   .TamfiS _•_ ■.___-,_- („„_  t„—
_   -, _     „   ,    „   «,-,'! bride's uncle, Mr. James F. Tatman i summer ter
women  of  Clare,  who have  a  thor-; ceremo„y was performed by Rev. j
oughly intelligent idea of the variety | trl£ '
of officials that should be chosen.      ' -Jclv   '
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i    After    a    wedding   breakfast    the |
Vocational education for home economics   teachers   who   need   further
iwork   to   qualify   under   the   Smith-
township,   in   accordance^ with  plans
for a relocation thereof as drawn up
by the state highway department.
Carried.
On motion of Mr. Robinett the board
then adjourned.
SEYMOUR ANDRUS,
County Clerk.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Having been urged by many of my
About one year ago this week this'; happy couple left for Detroit on a ten- j Hughes legislation is included in the
rn-nmn had occasion to comment days' honeymoon. They will be at; colirses listed for the first time this
upon the mayoralty nominees and to home to their friends after April  l,!year/
'venture   the   prediction   that   if   not at their residence m Owosso. ,    A m_flel 0)le _oom _choo]i wlth real
elected mayor In 1921 the demand for      Both young people are well known , p_pijg  jn   attendance,  will  be  main-
important   public   service  by   L.   H.iand   esteemed,   Mrs.   Walsh   being  a , tained during the summer for demon-,. .     .   -  .    o „nTir1if1n+_ T ,,_„_»,„ 0„
Thompson   would   continue.    In   the- Clare girl and the best wisho- o* their, 8trftt!oa work with the class of rural I *™*&s io ^{fl £?   ^'
face   of-  an   unusual   situation   Mr. many friends go with them down the - teachers,   according   to   Prof,   E.   H ,™™a* fy-^, S^t,,, p_S8
Sampson   -made   a   most   creditable journey of life together. Ryder, dlrector of the M. A. C. Sum-.oJ^jnty Jr^^on^RepubU-
.howlng   In   that   contest,   and   It  i.i    Those   present  from   out   of   town mer School. ■     can ticket at the Primaries m Septem-
hardly to be imagined that he is less were the groom's mother, Mrs. Myra| <  jber. Oeorfce <_*>1i1p
popular   today   than   was   he   wheii,Wa-_h   and   James   A.   Tatman   of j GRANT GRANGE DANCE | fa
nominated for the same position be-' owosso, Dr. and Mrs. Bush Moore and : A dance 'will be held in Grant |
fore. And the peculiarities of the 192L jjr. and j,irs. Seymour Andrus of Har-: Grange hall Wednesday evening, >
fiontpet are absent thl? year-    ,       I r|son. I March 2_;. Everybody invited. *.
and using their money for traveling
expenses that should go for medical
treatment.
VERNON PIONEER
SUDDENLY CALLED
many contracts will escape taxation.
Until the meeting of the Board of Review of the township or city, owners
of contracts have the privilege of paying the specific tax and being exempt
from the general tax, but any contracts found after that date will be put
on the rolls liy special review, provision for which is made in the tax law.
No effort will be made to require
the recording of. the contract. All
fthat the Commission intends to enforce is the payment of the tax to the
county treasurer in the county in
which the property is located and the
recording of the contract will then
be optional with the owner.
The tax is a small one and is therefore not burdensome and it is only a
spirit of fairness to the owners' of
other' property that prompts this campaign.  It is only by enforcing all the
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lamphere, Sunday, March, 19, a girl. She
will answer to the nanie of Betty Mae.
Mother and baby are doing iino.
The King's Daughters will meet
next Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Fred Loomis in Vernon township.
Chicken dinner will be served at noon.
The Masonic brethren and the members of the Eastern Star with invited
guests enjoyed their annual supper
last Wednesday evening. Upwards of
160 participated.
Watch for announcement _f auction
April 8. Automobiles, wagon, piano,
sewing machine, household furniture,
double harness. Name, place and advertising will appear in the Courier
next week.
Usually a minister calls on his
membership, but on Wednesday th.
members 'oH-the .Methodist «_«$£'_"tS"'
ed ^hinge^i^,^di^wn "^aator
sixty-sixth"birthday.'
Arthur J. Marxhausen of the staff
of the Saginaw division of the Michigan State Telephone Co. was a visitor this week engaged in engineering work in connection with the new
lines of the city.
High school report cards will be
given out today. Spring vacation next
week with school resuming Monday
morning, April 3, except that the tllird
and fourth grades will not be able to
meet Monday on account of the city
election.
A large audience greeted the
Hawaiian quartette at the Methodist
church Monday evening, in spite of
the inclemency of the weather. The
company lived up to the advance
press notices and a very fine program
was rendered.
Have you secured your seats for the
home talent play, "The Western
Girl"? They are going fast. Follow
Jiggs and the rest to Anderson's and
get that piece of pastboard entitling
you to two hours of mirth and relaxation.   See adv. in this issue.
Our spring weather of last week
caught a cold arid by Sunday we were
again in the grasp of the storm king,
with a repetition of the sleet of a few-
weeks ago. • Fortunately the temperature dropped and-it turned to snow
and we escaped the serious damage of
the previous visit. Today, Thursday,
the sun is shining and we have another thaw and much milder weather.
MARY FRANCIS PETERS
Tuesday   morning   the   community j ta_. la__ t]mt th_ burden on the own.
was shocked with the sad intelligence _£  „_al  estate  call be  lessened.
_    . —. ,.1. -      H^nnap     fQVlllPl' . ..      *.
that John Parrish, a pioneer farmer
of Vernon township, had passed away
suddenly the evening before. Death
came without Warning, heart failure
being the cause.
The funeral was held Thursday
afternoon. Obituary will appear; next
week.
Reliable Battery Service'at Clute's
iGarage, East*Fi£th Street, Clarei Mich.)
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
I wish to announce that I am a candidate for the office of County 'Clerk
and Register of Deeds on the Republican ticket at the primary election in
Even though the specific tax is small,
the amount, of tax received will
amount to hundreds of thousands of
dollars, and as it is divided eqitally
between the state and the county, it
will result in a measure of relief to
every property owner. The owner Of
mortgages has had to pay the tax, and
in fairness to him the owner of land
Contracts must do the same.
There is an idea held by some that
the purchaser of the property is required  to pay  the  tax.   This  is not
true.  This law presumes that the tax
Senteniber , will be paid by the holder of the con-
Thankiiig you in advance for any i tract, the party who soid the prop-
consideration you may give my can- erty-
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peters have
the sympathy of the community in
the loss of their little girl, Mary
Frances Peters. Very intelligent and
a child of great promise, mistaking
some poison tablets for candy, her
unfortunate death took place Sunday
before emetics could be given to endeavor to save her life.
The funeral took place Tuesday
morning at St. Cecelia church, service being conducted by Father Flan-
nigan, with interment in St. Cecelia
cemetery.
didacy, I am,
Very truly,
R. BRUCE WILLIAMS.
It must must* also be understood
that no allowance can be mads for a
prior   contract  or   mortgage  on the
same-property. The tax must be paid
on each contract regardless of any
other encumbrance on tlie property.
Reports from all over the state are
to the effect that owners of contracts
are availing themselves of the privilege accorded them by this law and
those who do not do so will be certain
to regret their attempt to «>\?ade this-,
exjremely small tax,
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evening, March 30.   The sisters- are*
j'giving a chicken supper beginning at
6:30 o'clock. Only 5Q.C atjjM.. Eye_r-
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