1923-12-21; Clare Sentinel

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Everybody   Reads
THE   CLARE   SENTINEL
Official   Paper of
Clare   and   Clare   County
Kstablished 1878
CLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBBR 2i, 1923
New Series: Vol. 32, No. S
CLARE BOYS MUST
IMPROVE IN WAY
IANDLING BALL
START WAR TO KEEP
OUT FOREIGN CLOVER
High School Girl's   Team
Still Remain Undefeated.
Boys Loose Again.   '
(By O. R. Atkins)
Girls Still Undefeated
Last Friday night the Coleman
girls met with an overwhelming defeat on the Clare- court by the score
37-2,
The girls who took the floor against
the Coleman sextet have surely proven themselves worthy pf mention.
The forwards, HQlbrook and, Hether
showed very little team work and
were unlucky with some of their
shots but they scored 9 and 11 baskets respectively. Each trying to
cutdo each, other. The centers Hackmuth and Ward showed splendid
team work in getting the tip off and
on account of this, the guards Schaaf
and Grewe had very little work to do.
But whenever the ball happened to
get to the opposite end of the hall,
the two worked so well to-gether thai
the opponents succeeded' in scoring
only one field goal which happened
in the last few minutes of play.
Summary and line up:
Hether F Burke H
Holbrook F Burke F
Hackmuth C Simons
Ward S. C. Mott
Schaaf G • Grimm
•Grewe G Barber
Substitutions—Black and - Latti-
more for Mott and Barber. Field
goals: Hether 10, Holbrook 7, Latti-
more 1. Foul shots: Clare 10 chances,
S successful, Coleman 6 chances but
failed. Officials:Referee Miss Wender,
Time Keeper Mr. Johnson and scorer
Mr. Atkins.
Coleman lads size proves fatal
to Clare squad
One of the largest crowds   of   the
-season watchea the close contest between the locals and their neighbors
from Coleman.   The teams were well
matched in every way except size and
in that respect Clare was outclassed
This gave the visitors the advantage.
. The stiff practices which have been
held during the past week surely had
i,a*eir effect on the squa'd.    Some improvement has beeen shown but there
.j plenty ot room for • a   great   deal
' more.
Considerable improvement has been
Shown in the Way Hampton and Rogers follow in their shots. This is a
strong point and should never be forgotten, Woolsten who. has been holding:, down standing guaVd position is
■worthy of mention. His ability to
pick the ball off the back board and
.get rid of it shows a marked stage
in advancement. Asline and Schoonover, who are usually there with the
goods seemed to be off form.
Game Lost on Fouls
In the first half Clare scored 2
baskets and Coleman scored one. But
on account of the 3 personal fouls on
Hampton the visitors scored the 3
points which won the game for them.
During the last half they took 4
baskets to our 3 and when the
whistle blew the score was 13-10 in
favor, of the visitors.
It will be noted tho that Coleman
only scored one more point than they
did on their floor while Clare scored
10 more.     **
Summary: and line up:
'   Asline F " Allen
behoohover F Graham
Hampton  C Pontious
Rogers G .   • Methner
Woolsten G , Carty.
Substitutions: Snyder for Schoonover. Field goals: Aslinel, Hampton
Z, Rogers 1, Snyder 1, Allen 1, Pont-
ous 1, and Carty 1. Free throws: Allen 2, Pontous 1. Officials—Referee
Atkins. Timekeeper Mr Johnson,
■Scorer Mr. Gumser.
International Crop Improvement
Association Warn? Farmers
to Avoid Imported Seed.
Proved Worthless.
ORBS-WAN -MONDAY
Last Monday witnessed more auto
accidents on McEwan street than has
happened for many months.
Shortly after dinner the Consumers
Power Truck was ran into by Mrs.
Lena Blood, of Alma, while turning
the corner of 5th and McEwan, Mrs.
Blood assumed all responsibility,
claiming.it was her fault. The trucK
was considerably damaged on the
side while the * bumper on Mrs.
Blood's car was the me-ans of saving
it from much damage.
About two^ lio'urs later John McFar-
Innd'fl Dort auto was ran into by a
Iford owned by Ray Reef, of Coe
township, Isabella county, who stee:
ed for the curb at too great a speed
or his brakes failed to work. At any..
i'sia botn his car and the Dort was
ItaHly damaged.
IB AT DOVER.
A iltxneo y/111 be held at the Glean-
o? i£M, aS'over, Tuesday evening, DetJ,
A widespread movement tp discourage American farmers from pur*
chasing imported clover, seed has
been started by the international
Crop Improvement Association, an
organization representing practically eyery clover growing state in the
country. This association has requested the secretary of agriculture,
at "Washington, to give special attention to the present clover seed situa
tion, spreading information regarding
department of agriculture tests which
show the dangei' In planting foreign
■eed. '**•■«
"American farmers as a group will
spend ?10,000.00 for clover seed for
spring planting", says Prof. J. F. Cox,
head of the farm crops department at
the Michigan Agricultural College.and
much of this will give little or no return if the extensive importations of
clover seed from Italy and -southern
France continue and the seed is sold
as in the past,
"Comprehensive tests of clover seed
made in many states in different parts
of the country show that the red
clover seed which is now being imported from Europe in large quantities is practically worthless. " In the
corn-belt and northern states, this
imported seed gives a good stand
when planted, but winter kills under
normal conditions. Jn the South,
where-winter killing is not a factor,
these clovers fail, because of the
susceptability to disease.
"Farmers should plant only native
grown clover seed, or if this is not
available, substitute adapted alfalfa,
sweet clover, soy-beans or"ather legumes, rather than risk planting seed
of unknown source. Michigan farmers should buy only from dependable
clover seed handlers."
The  Michigan  Experiment  Station
,o shown by extensive field tests
that Italian and Southern France
clover seed is practically worthless
in Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana and
Iowa stations have all had similar results, while Dr. A. J. Peters, of the
U. S. department of agriculture, has
carried on experiments in a great
number of states and has convincing
evidence against the use of clover
seed of the kind now being imported
Many of the widespread clover failures of recent years are said to be
due to the use of foreign seed, the
purchase of which is called "a burden
on American agriculture."
LOOMIS STORY
EXAGGERATED
Parents  Claim  Reporters
Drew Own Imagination
After Being Refused
Interview.
This week The Sentinel received a
letter from H. A. Loomis, of Flint, in
which he claims the story recently
published by The Detroit News in regard to the disappearence of their
daughter, Florence, and published by
The Sentinel was gretly exaggerated
by the reporters, in fact very little
truth was contained in the article.
Mr. Loomis states that the facts
were that" after Florence and Miss
Topping became separated in Detroit,
a real man found the latter crying on
the streets and after hearing her
story purchased a ticket for her, put
her on the train and sent her home
alone without being arrested. Florence was detained Without arrest or
being lodged in a cell .and that after
the Women's Police Department, who
had charge of the case, had refused
to give the reporters an interview,
they drew their own imagination for
the story„
(WHIT£ GIFT CHRISTMAS
TO BE OBSERVED
The annual White Gift Xmas will be
observed Sunday,Dec. 23, in the Clare
Methodist S. S,s Special musical numbers will be rendered ahd Xmas music by the Sunday School choir. The
offering will be taken up by classes
and will go to the Farmington Orphanage. Are we glad that the Lord has
so wonderfully JileSsed us? Have we
much -to be thankful for? Let us fill
our envelopes of our tithes, accordingly as God hath prospered us; "in
as much as *ye did it unto the least
of one of these little ones, ye did it
unto me"—Matt (Supt.)
FARMERS.
E. S. Compson, Manager of the
Michigan "Live Stock Exchange, will
address the farmers and live stock
shippers at Duncan's hall on Saturday, December 22, at 1:00 o'clock p.
ra.
J. C. Welch, Manager.
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II
F HUMAN NATURE is the combination of self-seeking,
ambition and greed which some materiali-atic philosophers assert it is; if life is a content in which all finer
sentiments are subordinated to self-advancement and success at any price, how is it that the spirit of Chritftmas
has not only endured but grown in power during nearly
2,000 years? If the pessimists are right, it would seem that the light
would have been extinguished long since and with it the spiril would
have departed.
Were history and our daily lives not replete with evidences —
noble evidences too—-of the unselfishness in men's hearts, we might
be impressed with the teachings of the sordid and the carpings of
the morbid. ChrisTmas is the symbol and a celebration of love—love
which is synonymous with charity and which our pureit teaching
tells us is the finest attribute of the soul. We, who during the past
few weeks have watched the Yuletide preparations, are prepared to
say that they represent a beautiful manifestation of that attribute.
We have noted the working girl'taking home at night her parcels; contributions wrung from the dole of her necessities," in order
that she may testify to her love and bring a measure of cheer to
some child, some relative, some friend. Tired from her daily toil mayhap, but in her eyes that something which transcends all fatigue;
transcends, in fadt, everything else in the world and comparable only
to that which shone from a mother's eyes upon the Babe in Bethlehem. Friends, in the face of these and so many other manifestations
which v/e are all witnessing during this season, what right has one
of us to say that the Light of the World grows dimmer?
Our hearts tell us there is no dimming. Let us be thankful for
the extra radiance of Christmas. Let us seek to carry it into our daily
lives. Oiir wish is, that this occasion, at leaft, will help all of us to
forget our tribulations arid sorrows,, our complaints and animosities,
and that it will be to all a day of cheer and everything which Yule-
tide typifies. The words of Tiny Tim have never been improved
upon arid we here invoke them: "God bless us all J"
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The Publishers
(Copyright, 1923)
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT
-GAMES VERY SLOW
Clare Girls  Again   Pull  Down
Another Victory.    Boys
Less.
PROMPT ADJUSTMENT
OF FIRE LOSS MADE
Last week Tuesday nigut the large
basement barn on Roy Joslin's farm, 1
mile north of Clare, was destroyed
by fire. Twenty some hogs, farm machinery, harnesses and -vehicles, and
a quantity of hay, straw, fodder and
grain was consumed in the fire,
Mr. Joslin carried insurance,
through the Clare Realty Company,
with the Aetna Insurance Company,
one of the oldest and strongest of
Old-Line   Stock   Companies.
Saturday morning, four 'days after
the fire, a representative of the Aetna
Co. arrived in Clare and adjusted Mr,
Joslin's loss. See advertisement . of
Clare Realty Company on another
page. ■ ■ _
CIRCUIT COURT
HARD AT WORK.
o _. —;— :	
Majority of Cases Not yet
Tried.     No   Sentences
Yet Pronounced.
Notice  to Taxpayer of  Arthur
Township
I will be at the Arthur toWhhall
every Friday itatil after. January 10th
to -receive taxes for Arthur township,
,'„'-■'■-&& Mary.Sanders, Twp,.Trees.
BOX SOCIAL AT WISE.
A Christmas entertainment and box
social will bs given at the "Wise
school Friday evening,. December- 21.
The program will begin at 8:00
o'clock.   Everybody come.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
As Christmas comes thia year on
Tuesday, wo ask that all correspondents be sure to mail their letters on
Monday of next week.
As we go to press but three cases
on the December calendar have been
tried, several have entered pleas of
guilty, but no sentences havb been
passed.
In the case of The People vs. All
Leach and Robert Oats, the defendants were found not guilty by a Jury
Tho People vs. Jerry ICoontz, violation of the liquor law, jury finds defendant guilty.
The People vs. Dean -Gleason,' violation of. liquor law.   Plead guilty.
Tne Ptople vs, Edgar Wftite, violation Of-liquor law.   Plead' guilty.
The People vs. John Miller, yibla*
tion of '.liquor law. July .J'cmd defendant "guilty. '
In the cases of Issue of Fact, the
case of Jafnes "W, Robinson Vs. Frank
"E.,( Melvin, assumpsit, a . judgement
was rendered to plainlilf.
CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE
PROGRESSING NICELY
AUTO LICENSES FOR
1924 NOW READY
Jas. S. Bicknell received " a telegram on Thursday authorizing him
to commence at once issuing auto
licenses for" 1924. No change is made
in the, present law governing -vehicles
Every auto and truck: . owner must
bring his «Uevof ownership when applying for license.
The Christmas Seal sale for Clare
county is steadily growing. Althougu
it is conceived that Clare county will
not reach it's quota, every effort is
being made to attain it. The teacher?
of the Clare schools have all taken the
dollar's worth of stamps sent them
and it is hoped that the teachers of
the district schools, together with
what the pupils buy will do the same.
This is the last week, as the sale
closes Friday, December 21st, and a
full report will be published as soor
as the returns are in.
-It is planned.this year to perfect an
organization so that next year the
sale can be carried on in a niiich easier way.
HOUND DOGS WORTH
? MO RE THA N CATTLE    ,
;       TO MIDLAND'BUYERS
A story coines put of Midland cbun-
ty that gives an idea of the relative
values placed by people on live stock.
At ah auction sale held a short distance south of Midland the horses
brought -what was declared to be a
fair price. Then the cows were placed-
on sale, and averaged around "58,",
Following the cows were* six calves,
three of which, sold.for ?6,e'ach, the
others for $3 each.
* Then came the hound dogs. The
first sold for?37.50( and the others ai'e
said to have brought liigher prices.
The six months old pups were sold for
f 15 to 25 each.
In two decidedly slow game of
basket- ball played Y/ednesday night
at the high school gym, the t locals
won and lost.
The boys team lost to the tune of
to 7. At times they seemed lost
and did not know how to pierce" the
defense of the visitors. They appeared slow and many times they deliberately passed the ball into the
hands of the visitors. They were also
very poor in shooting foiils, having
only made three out of eleven attempts.
The locals girls again emerged
victorious, the score being 33 to 7.
Tbef displayed a fine form of team
work. The centers, guards and forwards showed clocklike precision in
all of their movements. The forwards
and centers in particular are to be
commended for their excellent work.
Hellen Hether guarded thirteen field
goals, while Florence Holbrook caged
the ball seven times from the field.
To date the girls have won five consecutive game amassing a tatal of 132
points to their- opponents 27.
The local teams journey to Shepherd Friday night.
TWO SERIOUS ..
AUTO ACCIDENTS
Occupants   of Three -Gars
are' Badly   Bruised
"*'      and Cut.
LEGISLATURE HAS.
FAILED TO REACH
ANY AGREEMENT
Bills Which Have Come Up
Held Unconstitutional by
Attorney General.
The second week of the special legislative session called to consider tbe
question of re-appointing the state
senatorial and representative districts resulted in no definite action
being taken. The bill to increase the
number of representatives from
Wayne county from 14 to 21 was defeated in the House by a vote ot 32
to 64, but later re-consi lered, for the
purpose of getting an opinion from
the Attorney General as to the constitutionality of the bill
The opinion "of the Attoruev Goner'
al declared the proposed bill to be
unconstitutional in that it gave Liv
ingston county an independent representative, although it does not
have a moity of population. He
further pointed.-out that the total
population in some or the proposed
northern districts was far less than
that of the Wayne districts. After
this plain statement that the bill was
unconstitutional, the bill was overwhelmingly defeated by a vote of 90
to 3.' All efforts to revive it has failed, so it looks as if there will be no
re-appointment of the representative
districts this session.
The House is still considering the
bill to re-arrange the senatorial districts. The Senate passed this measure with the number of Senators
from Wayne increased from 5 to 7,
but the attorney General fears that
even this would be unconstitutional,
it is possible that an attempt will be
made to increase the number to ' 8,
although there is little hope of such
a bill passing tither the House or the
Senate.
MASONIC LODGE
F.LECT OFFICERS.
The annual meeting of the local
Masonic lodge was held at their hal"
'ruesday evening, together with an
oyster supper, and the following of
fleers elected:
W. M., Angus McLeod.
S. W., Ivan Mcintosh.
J. W., Russell Wilson.
S. D., Frank Hochstetler.
J. D., Russell Kock.
Secretary,  Edward  House. -•
.Tyler, Alex MacKinnon,
Treasurer, James S. Bicknell.
Stewards, Roy WJlson aiid Jessie
Hampton.
K. OF C, TO GIVE
AiNOTHER DANCE
The members of the K. of C. lodge
announce another dance at the Doherty Auditorium Wednesday evening,
December 26th, Saginaw's best nms-
ic has been engaged and a good time
is assured. 7t2.
To the Taxpayers ol
Lincoln Township
I will be at Lake George Friday,
December 21 and at the Citizens
State Bank at Clare on Saturday,
January -5tlj, to collect tax;es for Lincoln township.
Wm. Kube, Twp. Treas.
DERBY KANDY KITCHEN for »ome!
real bome-made candy. Large as-1
sortment for, Christmas.
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FOR THE BENEFIT pi the public *fre
Will be open evenings from December 16th to 24th.    Mertz-Bidwell Co.
Last Friday afternoon about 3:00
o'clock while crossing M14. three
miles south of Clare D. Ward was badly shaken up and suffered several
cuts and bruises g.bout the head, ribs
and spine when he was ran.into by a. •
man by tbe name, of Anderson, ^_pl
Vernon township.
-As. near as we can get the account
of thp accident Mr, Ward approached
the trunkline with caution, looking
both ways. He saw a truck coming,
.from the south a considerable ways
back, which gave him ample time to
cross. He crossed the east side O.
K., but when he had passed to the
west side, the first thing he knew he
was struck by the Anderson car„
which had apparently turned out to.
passs the truck andjailed to return
to the right hand side of the road.
Mr. -and Mrs. Anderson and three-
children were in the car. All were,
more or less cut and bruised .the most
serious injured being was the baby,
the extent of which cannot yet be determined. Both cars were badly-
wrecked.
Wednesday afternoon as they were
returning to their home at Lake-,
George from this city, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Dickerson, accompanied by the;
former's father, Fayett Dickerson
met with an accident 2 1-2 miles west
of Clare when something went wrong;
with the steering apparatus whereby
the driver lost all control of the machine and eventually landed in the
ditch upside down.
Aside from several minor bruises.
Oscar received a badly injured spine.
Mrs. Dickinson suffered a broken,
right arm and several bruises, the
father received a badly jammed,
shoulder.
All three were brought to the of-
lces of Dr. Clute, where they were
given medical attendance and made
as comfortable as possible.
CHRISTMAS DAY
A HOLIDAY FOR
RURAL CARRIERS
This week joy came to the rural,
mail carriers of Michigan, when the-
announcement was made . by the
Postmaster General that he approved
an amendment to the Postal Laws,
and Regulations, which gave* them.
Christmas day as a Holiday. The
order follows:
Office of the Postmaster General,.
Washington, December 12, 1923.
Order No. 9935.
The first paragraph of section 735,
Postal Laws and Regulations, is
amended to read as follows:
"Service saall not be .required on.
rural delivery routes on New Year's;
Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial or Decoration Day ' (May 30),
xourth of July, Labor Day (the first,
Monday in September), Christinas
Day, or on such day as the President
may set apart as Thanksgiving Day."
Harry S. New,
Postmaster General..
THE DRINKER'S PSALM..
The devil in the person of his well!
beloved son, Tne Moonshine, is my
Master and I shall not wanf 'for
moonshine as long as I have money.
He setteth me in a prison that shatters my nerves and makes me lower
than 'the beact*. of the earth ancf
bringeth me (.own to the gutter in a.
condition of beastly drunkeness,; he
Causeth me wounds and misery and
leadeth me in .the paths of sin and:
death for my money's sake; yea
though I walk through the valley of
moonshine tremens, my -teeth shall
chatter with fear, for the devil -himself Will be -with me and imp;, and.
Mends shall torment me. .He pre-
pareth a bottle of liquid fire and distilled damnation before me; my "joy
of life he taketli away, my cup of -woe.'
runneth over. Surely misery and.
wretchedness shall follow me all 'the
da"ys of my life and I shall dwell in a.
moonshine hell forever. **
„.:—Contributed by John Pratt.
DANCE AND
CHICKEN SUPPER
A dance and chicken supper will; be
given at the Mt. Vernon Grange hall
Friday evening, December 28th. The
committee in charge has engaged a
five piece orchestra from Mt. Pleasant
to furnish m-asic -for the evening anil
have spared no effort for making this,
party the beat of the year . A jolly
good time is promised:
Notice
All,persona owing me -must, settlte
their, accounts by January 1, 192*.
8t2. Grant Tetwhligea;
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