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CLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 7,1924
New Series: Vol, 32, No. 19
w3    and     Appreciative
Awdience   Greet Players
Last Friday Evening. '
Every Part Handled With Professional   Attitude    Under
Direction of Mrs. A. E.
Mulder.
FOUR ACT COME!
"DADDY LONG LEGS"
To be Presented by Junior Class
Next Thursday Evening.
Following is the cast and" synopsis
of the four act comedy, "Daddy Long
Legs" which will   be   presented   st
the auditorium by the Juniors of the
high school next Thursday   evening,
March 13th.
Cast
Jervis Pendleton
James McBride
Judy
Mrs. Pendleton
Miss Pritchard
Julia Pendleton
Sallie McBrido
iU.rs. Semple
Mrs. Lippett
j Griggs
I Walters
' Cyrus Wykoff
j Abner Parsons
Sadie Kate,
j Gladibla
Carrie
I Loretta
Freddie
Mamie
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"Well one might say the biggest
event of the season in the line of entertainment occurred at the high
school auditorium last Friday evening
when the "Yokohoma Maid", a Japanese Comic Opera, was presented by
home talent for the benefit ot the
Clare Library Association.
More than an hour before it had
been announced that the play would
begin, people began to gather at the
st'l'iitorium in order that thev might
he sure of a saat, until the house was
filled to its cdpac'ty.
When the curtain was raised the
stage presented a very beautiful sight.
decorated and built throughout in
ideal Japanese style, even to the flowers and trees of Japan being interwoven in the scenes that one would
think they were sitting a beautiful
homo garden of that foreign country, j__Act 111
The leading parts were   played   by low Farm, Summer, three years later.
Supt. and Mrs. W. W. Gumser, while |„Act |V~-Mr.   Pendleton's    Library,
Norris A. Elden, Mr. and Mrs. Fred i two months later,
McGuire, O. R., Atkins, Geo. Collins, j Business Manager        Reardon Caple
Vern Stevens
Howard Waite
Marion Reading
Emma Jennings
Helen Stroupe
Fern McBride
Fannie Corbin
Lulu Woolston
Victoria Grewe
, * mil Koch
Ralph Artibee
Louis Becker
Russell Chaffee
Madelene DesOrmeau
Gertrude McConneli
Kathleen   Durnin
Elizabeth Wildman
Theodore Bowler
Elsie Shull
Synopsis of Scenes:
__Act (.—-Dining Room of John   Grier
Orphan Asylum on Trustees' Day.
—Act. II—Judy's College Study afternoon'in May one year later.
Living room at Lock   Wil-
CHCOL ATTENDANCE VERY POOR
DURING FEBRUARY
Glare and Vicinity Fortunate   That   no   Infectious
Disease Has Been Felt.
ANNUAL RURAL
LIFE CONFERENCE
Mrs. B, A. Anderson, Miss ■ Marjorie J stage Manager
Jackson and Miss Anabell Grover
formed the cast of the play. These together with H. C. Cudney, Wm. Silver-
nail, Mrs. A. H. Horton, Mrs. C. A.
Reading, Miss Ruth Gardi, Mrs. Alex
Artibee, Mrs. Norris Elden, Miss
Loreen Cornell and Mrs. W. S. McAllister constituted the Japanese chorus
The story opened in Kybosho, a
suburb of Yokohoma, where guests
had assembled to celebrate thu sixteenth birthday of Q-SingrA-Song, the
daughter of a rich Japanese merchant,
who had died but a few months previous, Fatteddo, the Mayor, knowing
the conditions of the merchant's will,
was determined to wed O-Sing-A-Song.
The idea of the marriage was distast-
ful to her and she begged that it might
be put off for two years. The Mayor
granted her wish and sent her to
America to complete her education.
The two years elapsed and she returned to Japan on her eighteenth birthday. Fatteddo had plans all completed for the wedding and when the ceremony was about to begin it was interrupted by an American who claimed , to have married O-Sing-A-Song
tliree months previous, The Mayor
then declared he would commit Social Suicide.
Every part was acted with credit to
the player and the musical numbers,
which were interspread at intervals
were excellent and displayed the
effect of many hours of patient and
strenuous practice training for both
the participants and the director, Mrs.
A. E. Mulder.
Much credit is also due Mesdames
Carl Holbrook and A. E. Achard for
tho beauty of the sitting and the
pretty decorations that adorned the
stage that greatly added to the general
effect of the Operetta.
Frank Bicknell
HE EDITOR SPANKED.
Tuesday evening the editor received
the first real spanking since he began
to we'ar them long. The occasion was
his birthday, but in the rush of the
office work he had forgotten all about
it until he reached home about 5:30
for supper. He entered the house as
usual and nothing was to be seen .out
of the ordinary, when all at once he
j was caught, turned over and a large
piece of kindling wood freely applied.
When tho pain had somewhat subsided
he found over forty friends and relatives had gathered for tbe occasion
He also found two large tables groaning under the weight of everything
that was good to eat, in the center o,
which was a large birthday cake with
(well, several) caudles thereon.
It wan sure a surprise and it is
needless to say that the remainder ot
the evening was spent in a very enjoyable manner.
Many tokens were left with "M. D."
in remembrance of the occasion.
FORMER CLARE CITIZEN
DIES AT COLEMAN
flMO LITERATURE CLUB
' The Club convened at the home of
Mrs. Minnie Caul on Tuesday evening,
&gof" this week and in spite of   the   internment weather the attendance was
very satisfactory. , ,
Mesdames Nellie Feighner and
Verna Harrold were elected to membership.
Several motions which have been
under- discussion for sometime were
disposed Of.
Roll call brought forth many smiles
when the bright saying of children
were repeated.
The current topic by Mrs. Mack
was a short talk on Harriett Monroe,
, of Chicago, Publisher of a Magazine.
Poetry and through whom a great
many writers are first brought to the
public. .
The program topic, "Child Writers,"
-'was conducted by Marjorie Jackson,
v/ith Mrs. Northon as critic. The
story of Hilda Conklin, a young girl
still in the grades at school, but one
who has written many beautiful verses inspired by nature, was read.
Adjournment was then ordered, the
next meeting to be with Mrs. Tre-
i/gguo, March 18th.
A. g: h.
The remains of John Kuffler, an
early citizen of Clare, who passed
from this life at Coleman, were
brought here for burial Monday morning. Short services were held at the
grave, Rev. H. B. Johnson officiating
John Kuffler was born in Germany,
January 3rd, 1848. He came to Lock-
port, N. Y., with his mother when two
years old and came to Clare, Michigan, in 1870, living in this vicinity
since that time. He died February 29,
1924, and leaves two sisters, Mrs
Thomas Snell, of Flint; and Mis. Mary
Crippen, of Cooperville, N. Y., four
nieces and one nephew.
It seems that bad weather and poor
attendance at school are closely rolat-
ed. This is easily acco\inted for when
one stops to consider that many of ttie
school children have miies to travel
each day. Bad weather means poor
roads and poor roads are not condus-
ive to good attendance especially
when childien have to travel several
miles to school, ' iand spoon,
On the other hand however this
community has been very fortunate
in that no communicable or infectious
disease has made its presence felt. In
many places school has been dismissed, for a week or more due to scarlet
fever, small-pox, or measles. As far as
sickness is concerned then the attendance at school should have been, comparatively speaking, very good.
The facts enumerated below will
convince the reader that there is much
room for improvement.' We again call
upon parents and children to co-oper-
ato and see that these attendance figures improve for next month. The
centage of attendance is based upon
the number of days absent compared
to the number of days present for the
entire room. Thus a boy or girl who
is absent for several days- will have
just as much effect upon the percentage as the absence of several children
for a like total of days in the aggregate would have. Frequently then one
or two children will be to blame for
uie poor showing made by a certain
room. Of course this cannot be helped in many cases but on the other
hand visiting for example should not
be the cause for this condition. Teachers are anxious to head the list. They
realize too of course that absence and
poor work frequently go together. Mrs.
Hachmuth's room has the best record
fhis month. Miss Wilson's room runs
a close second. Then too Miss Wilson's room is to be congratulated in
that there are more children in this
room who have been neither tardy nor
absent than in any other room.
Tardy marks are becoming fewer
but conditions cau still be improved
upon. Recently a patron said to the
writer, one tardy mark a month per
pupil would not be bad, would it?"
There are five hundred pupils in the
school. We try to treat them all the
same. One tardy mark per pupil per
month would mean twenty-five tardy
marks a day or five thousand for the
year! A slogan is, "Be on Time All of
The Time".
Those who have been neither absent
nor tardy:—(From Kindergarten up
see lists.)
Kindergarten
Neither absent nor tardy—Franklin
Lohnes, Wellington Davis.
(Continued on Last Page)
To be Held at Normal Hall, Mt,!
Pleasant, Friday, March 14th.
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Following we print the program of!
the Annual   Rural   Life   Conference'
which will be held at   the   Normal I
Hall, Mt. Pleasant, Friday, March 14, {
31:00—Solo Mr. Hens.
11:10—Address. "The Newer Coneep-j
tion   of   Education".   Dr.   Eugene'
Davenport,    Dean    and    Professo:"
Emeritus, College    of 'Agriculture,
University of Illinois.
CLARE PEOPLE
AND AMUSEMENTS
High Schc/ipr Students  Desirous of Public's Opinion
for   Lyceum   Course
Next   Year.
By W, W; Gumser
The writer has frefluently heard it
stated that Clare citizens do not appreciate   good  wholesome   entertainments. Lyceum ajid Chautauqua cour-
Basket picnic dinner at noon in the ses have been attempted and almost
invariably these courses have been
dismal failures, from the standpoint
of   attendance   and  'finance.       Th'e
main building. Farmers, teachers,
merchants, citizens of the countiy and
city.   Everyone will be   there.     Fill
the basket and put in a plate, cup, fork People it seems will not patronize the
offerings. This condition pf affairs is
most unfortunate. It is a fair assertion to state that good clean amusements are essential to the best interests of a community. It most certain-
Johnson, Supt. ly is. a fine thing for the people to get
Lansing, Mien- together several times during the
year as a community.
Types of Program Questioned
To be sure the sort of program offered will, and should have a great
deal to do 'with the attendance. Wt
are attempting "to sound the public
pulse in regards to its likes and dislikes. We are attempting to learn
what the people want. We want in
short to know, if possible, whether it
would be advisable co attempt another
Lyceum course next year. And if we
aecicie to make the attempt we want
to know the type of programs" the
public wants.  Our observations thus
 — far have convinced us that the people
Tb.G>rnpson & Elden Emerge we indifferent to the serious form or
program; We believe that tliey want
to be entertained Or amused rather
than instructed. "Mr. Bob" was fairly
well attended although the crowd was
largely made up of children. Dr.'
Henderson's splendid lecture was en
Welcome.
Afternoon
President E. C. Warriner, Chairman.
3:00—Music        Normal School Band
1:15—Address, "Michigan's Rural program", Hon. T. E.
Public Instruction,
igan.
2:00—Music Male Quartette
2:15—Address, "Some Phases of   the
Marketing Problem",    Dr.    Eugene
Davenport, Dean, "University of 111.
Mrs. Dora Stockman,   Lecturer   of
State Grange, will be present for an
address.
USINESSMEN
CONSOLIDATE
Stock of  Men's  Furnishings With Davys'
One of the most important business
transactions in recent years in Clare
was completed last week when Fred Joyed by fewer than two hundred. The
Thompson and Norris Eden purchased
the Bogardus interest in the firm of
Thompson, Elden and Bogardus and
emerged their stock of clothing with
the Davy stock. The new firm has
been incorporated and will be known
as "Davys'," They are capitalized at
$50,000 and have a paid up capital of
?36,000.
Officers of the company are, President, L. E. Davy; Vice President, Fred
Thompson; Secretary, and Treasurer,
'Yokohama Maid" put on by the Clare
Study Club drew a very large crowd.
Daddy Long Legs
By far the most extravagant of all
efforts  along  the  entertainment line
will be attempted next Thursday night
The Junior class of the high   school
under the direction of their class ad-
! visor Miss Gardei will put on the play
' Daddy Long Legs".    This play is a
combination  of fun and seriousness.
The four   big   acts   are   filled   with
CLARE BASKETIERS
LOSE TO MARION
Both Teams go Down to Defeat
in Last Friday Night's Game.
It is needless to go into a detailed
auvvunt of the hoys game at Marion
last Friday night. The same old story
another defeat by a score of 27-6. Aft
er having defeated Marion on our own
floor 19-5, this defeat seems to show
a lack of something somewhere and
especially when one man makes 10
field goals, counting 20 points.
Summary
Rogers, F Lewis
Lawson, F Jones, (M)
Hampton, O Grice
Woolston, G Jones (O)
Bicknell, G Denman
Goals, Rogers and Hampton 1,. Jones
and Grice 1 and Lewis 10,
Goals ,crom fouls, Rogers and Hamp-
tonl, Jones 1, and Grice 2.
Substitutions, Asline    for    Rogers,
Howlett for Bicknell.
Girls are Defeated by   Small    Margin
Due to the loss of our regular center and side center the Marion girls
were able to defeat Clare by a score
of 13-8. Our girls were also handicap-
ed by the size of the floor and the
loose style of play. But it will be noted that the guards heid their opponents
to their regular allowance of points,
only 13.
In the first half Marion outplayed
Clare and scored 7 points but our girls
came back in the last half and scored
8 points to Marion 6.
Summary
Hether, F
Kirkpatrick, F
Sharlanu, C
Grewe, G
Schaaf, G
Parker, S. C.
Goals, Hether 1
Phelps 1, Lewis 4,
Fouls, Hether2, Phelps 3.
Substitutions, Stevens for Parker
and Carrol for Richardson.
Last Home Game on Schedule
The last feame for the C. H. S.
Basket Ball teams on our floor will be
played Friday nijrht v/ith Shepherd
It will be recalled that both, the boys
and girls won from Shepherd earlier
in the season. Come out and sea
them win their last game.
N. A. Elden. Thompson and Elden thrills and "humorous situations. The
were formerly connected with the participants have been working on
Davy store having entered the employ tbis production "for months and it is
of the Davy Company 21 years ago.
They continued with this store when
it became the Wilson Davy company
until 1920, when they, in company
with-S. Bogardus started the Thompson, Elden and Bogardus clothing
business.
only fitting and proper that the townspeople should show their interest in
the conscientious efforts of the students. The stage has been all re-decorated. A royalty of twenty-five dollars has to be paid before the right
to present   the play can be secured.
This new firm will makfe a strong In sbort nothing so elaborate has ever
W. C. T. U. HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETIfG
AN APPRECIATION.
At this time I wish to thank all
those who signed petitions and those
who personally interviewed the proper officials leading to my recent a,p?
pointraent as County Road Commis-
::soraor.
Residing in the City of Clare, I will
at all times hoM myself in readiness
to Go anything that will lead to tho
bc-ttormeat of the foad's and public
fii'.'liiv/aya of the county.
John Asline.
PRINCESS THEATRE.
March 8-14 inc.
Sat.—Legally Dead—Milton Sills—
t>peed Bugs1— Comedy.
Sun.-Mon.—The Sin Flood—Richard
Dix, Helena Chadwiuk—A picture that
lays bare hypocrisy, jealous and selfishness and points out the glowing
hope of mankind—love and one's fei-
lowmen. .
Tues.-Wed.—Trifling with Honor—
Here you are boys—a little out of season for basketball but here is what the
critics say. Here is a well acted feature, full of pep, it stands out from the
general run, like a real jern. The
work of Rockliffe, Fellows and Buddie Messenger is admirable Come .and
R. O. O. T. '
Thur.-Fri., The Untamable, One of
Gladys Walters best.
Serial—Ruth. Roland—Haunted Valley starts March 20-21—Thrills, Romance, Adventure in the West. In its
secret depths Haunted Valley hoMs
mystery, intrigue and suspense, but
here we see man conquest over nature in the building of a great engineering structure.
Haunted    Valley-
March 20-21.
-Ruth'     Rolland
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union held a very interesting meeting at the home of Mrs. J. A. Allen on
Friday afternoon, February 29th.
There were 14 present. A committee
of three volunteered to post the anti-
cigarette laws in the different places
where cigarettes are sold.
The next meeting will be held with
Mrs. W. H. Elden on Friday afternoon
March 28 th.
Every person is urgtid to
this good work and have a
and better city to live in.
organization as Mr. Elden is well
versed in the Dry goods line and Mr.
Thompsqn is an exceptional clothing
salesman. They will handle a complete line of dry goods, clothing and
ladies apparel and most of the buying
will be done in conjunction with the
before been attempted in Clare. We
will decide whether the public likes
"good stuff" by the number in the audience. The people up at the high
school want to know whether the citizens appreciate their efforts to pro-
Vide good wholesome amusement. And
Phelps
Lewis
Morton
Alberts
Chadwich
Pichardson
and Kirkpatrick 2r
CLARE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE DINES
Enjoyable    Meeting   Held
Tuesday   Evening   at
Phelps' ^Cafeteria.
Tuesday evening fully forty members of the Clare Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Phelps''"Cafeteria, where a ' sumptuous banquet
was held. .
The Singing was in charge of Superintendent Gumser, of .our City schools,
and the manner in which he handled
the same proved his worth along this
line. After enjoying several songs,
those present enjoyed a sumptuous
dinner, of which Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Phelps have the reputation of serving.
After satisfying the inner man, all sat"'
back to enjoy the treat of the evening,
The speaker being our-popular Congregational minister, Rev. H. B, Johnson, all knew that something good lay
in store for them. They were not disappointed. In beautiful language Mr. '
Johnson portrayed "The Ideal Little
Town in The West", with unity of interest along social, religious and educational lines the people therein,
made this the envived town in that
section of the country. Irrespective
of politics, race or religion, the people
located therein, worked with the one
object in view, and that object being
for the betterment o f "The Little
Town in The West".
In concluding his remarks the Reverend gentleman pointed out cleverly to those present, how we, residents
of Clare and surrounding country,
working in harmony with the agres-
sive Chamber of Commerce that we
now have, can do our part in follow-1
ing the example of this western town
and in the end realize a better and a
greater Clare.
Other short talks were given hy
Attys. C. W. Parry, Jos. F. Bowler and
T. C. Holbrook, and E. H. Sternaman.
With a rising vote of thanks to Mr.
and Mrs. Phelps for the hospitality
extended and the meal furnished, an
adjournment was taken for a period
of two weeks.
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
MAKING FINE PROGRESS
Davy store at Evart, thus insuring the remember the possibility of a Lyceum
patrons the benefit of quantity price '■ course for next year will   depend   in
Mr. Davy left for New York Thursday
afternoon, to purchase new goods.
LIST WE FORGET.
part upon the attendance at
Thursday night's performa nee.
disappoint us.
next
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join   in
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IMPORTANT MEETING OF
CLARE ROD AND GUN CLUB
The next regular meeting of the
Clare County Rod and Gun Club will
be held Friday evening, (tonight)
March 7th, at the K. of C. club rooms
over Anderson's pool room. -Meeting
call at 7:30 sharp. Everyone interested in the work we are doing, are
cordially invited to attendv
Secretary.
Card of Thanks
ttegMr-atidr* Notice,
". Tho' undersigned will B"| at tho Cit-
izens^ State Bank on March 15th and
&2hc( 'to* register' the- "names of' • any
legal voter in Grant towhship.
,.:; vbgkjq bwgyplsaf
19t2 John Lamb, Clerk.
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Try a Olassiiied Liner next week.
We wish to extend our heartfelt
■thanks to -our friends and neighbors
who so kindly assisted us during our
great loss of a loving mother, grand
mother and sister, and to thank the
kind friehds for the beautiful flowers.
Also the Rev. Lohnes for riiti comforting words, and tho chotr.
Mrs. Robert Bauder
Mrs. Frank Sadgley
Mr. Elmo Goodenow
Mrs. John Wormer
'..--.■ ','',.   Mr. Charles "Goodenow
■'■■.:.   Mrs. Gelid, Johnson.
' Tho special term of circuit court announced last week to beheld in Clare
Monday, next, has been postponed until Monday, March l"7th by Judge Ray
Hart. Court will be held at the K, of
P. ht#L.
Remember that these once fire
stricken areas are now rebuilt, largely through the h*elp of insurance.
Large and more concentrated values
now call for prudence in selecting
only those companies to carry your
risk that possess the requisite financial strength to meet present day conditions. /
Estimated
City . Date     Property Loss
Portland,   Maine 1866 $10,000,000
Chicago, III" 1871-175,000,000
Boston,  Mass. —1872—'<o,000,000
Spokane, Wash.   1889— 5,000,000
Jacksonville, FIorida„1901— 10,000,000
Baltimore, Md. 1904__50,000,000
San  Francisco.   Cal—1906_400.000.000
Chelsea, Mass.   1908.-10,000,000
Atlanta , Ga. —1911— 5,000,000
Salem,   Mass.    1914— 8,000,000
Paris, Texas    1916—10,000,000
Berkeley, Cal. — 1923—10,000,000
We represent twenty, of the very
strongest of Old-Line Stock Companies, they have the cash and that is
what counts. If you carry insurance
and -suffer a loss you want your
money and you want-it promptly. It is
our business to see that you get it. We
want you to receive every cent that
you lost.
Check over your insuranqe.' If there
are any changes you wish made or
there is anything about your < insurance that you do not understand feel
free to call "upon us for information
and advice.* Be prepared. • Don't wait
until you have a less; At your service at all times. • "    '    ;
Clare Realty Co.
/Tony Achard, Pl-es.
Adv.
CLARE STUDY CLDB
The Club held its regular meeting
last Tuesday afternoon -with Mrs
Trevegno.
The President, Mrs. Anderson, presided. About twenty members answered to roll call, telling some interesting things of what women are do
ing every where,
Two good papers were given. One
by Mrs. Green, on the "Present
Woman of Turkey". The other by
Mrs. Asline, on "The Past Woman of
Turkey". All took part in the discussion. One new member was added to the membership, Mrs. C. H.
Stanford.
The next regular meeting   will   be
held week from next Tuesday, March
18th, with Mrs. Elton Allen.
* All members are requested   to
present. An outside   speaker   is
pected to be with us on that day.
L. C. W.
FORD AUTOMOBILES
NOW BANDIT CHASERS
The Clare County Ministerial Association held its March meeting in the
study of Rev. L. C. Bernthal at the
Lutheran Parsonage, March 3. President Milberry opened the meeting with
Scripture and prayer. Some routine
business was done, after which Rev.
Whitney presented a paper on "The
Approach of Jesus to the Needy Soul".
"The Association has had five meetings since it was organized last Nov-',
vember, and all are finding them exceedingly helpful and worthwhile. The
following denominations have .been
represented in the meetings so far:
Church of God, United Brethren, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational,
Christian, Lutheran, Methodist. "It is
planned to hold the next meeting in
the Methodist Church at Farwell,
April 7th. Sec.
be
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MASQUERADE DANCE.
BAPTIST CHURCH WILL
SERW CHICKEN SUPPER
The fire insurance men, who recently • visited Our fcity, found several
defective ' chimneys. The Baptist
church is listed among them'and a
new one must be built, To secure
funds for this and other alterations,
the ladies are planning to serve a
chicken supper Wednesday evening,
March 12th at the I. O. O. F. hall, beginning at* 6:0D o'clock and continuing Until all are served.    /'
Plan to eat with the Baptist folks
next Wednesday evening and help
along a good Cause.
Auction Sales.
Thursday, March 13th
In this issue will be found the an-
nouncemnt of an auction sale of lumber by Jos. F. Bowler, Assignee, which
will be held at Loomis on this date. If
you are going to need lumber here
will be your chance to get same at
your own price.
.Tuesday, March 18th
Armored Ford cars as bandit chasers are the latest police inovatlon.
Gen.    Smedley   D.   Butler,   Phila- .
delphia's dynamic   commissioner    of
public- safety, is the man who   introduced them.
Before he took office a few weeks
back, the, Philadelphia city council
voted Gentral Butler ?5,000 with which
to purchase an automobile for his
personal use.
But when salesmen for high-priced
cars appeared and tried to interest
him, he made it plain that he intended to spend the money in purchasing
small, light cars for use as bandit
1 chasers by the police department.
| The Ford runabout was his choice
and it wasn't long before an enterpris- •
ing Ford salesman had a car ready
for the general's inspection.
Now the Phildelaphia police have
six of these armored Ford cars and,
j under General Butler's plan this num-
\ ber will shortly be augumented until
i there will be ninety such bandit chas-
; ers in service. *    .
I The entire shell of the body is lin-
' ed with 1-8 inch special steel and the
space between the armour plating and
the outside of the-car is packed with
loose cotton aud course hair to retard
the velocity of bullets. Armor piate
also covers the cowl and runs up as
j high as the lower portion of the windshield. The upper portion is in two
sections of   bullet   proof   glass   and
On account of 111 health Lewis Eberhart, living 2 miles east of Clare, an-1 ^d-wtass have"been"prov"ided    on
nounces a sale of live stock, hay and ; either sidei thes'e als0 of buUet proot
grain for this date,
next week.
Watch for his list
Republican   City Caucus.
- The Republicans of the City of Clare
will meet in city co"hvention at the
City Hall, Monday evening, March 10,
at 7:30, for the purpose of placing in
nomination candidates for the different cit y offices to be elected . at the
April election* and the election of a
glass.
The Ford engines are specially
equipped to afford increased speed and
tests made show some interesting results. Iu one test to show acceleration and power developed for mil
climbing, a mile was covered in. one
minute and thirty-one seconds from a
standing start, tin a country road the
car attained a speed of -more than
sixty-miles an hour and in a city
street test covered 2,828   feet   at   a
city committee.    Immediately follow- speed of approximately seventy miles
ing the city convention   the   several fln hour.
ward caucuses will be   held   at   the
following places:
1st ward, Hose House.
2nd ward, Bowler's Law Office.
3rd ward, City Hall.
By Order of Committee.
Ford cars have been in. use by police
departments all over the country for,
years and recently there has been a
rapidly increasing tendency    in   the
lai-ger cities to use them in, place of
motorcycles since they are-less   conspicuous, and afford   greater   protection; and comfort.    Portland, Ore:, is
one of the latest cities to   adopt   the
Ford cars tc replace motorcycles and
now has twent-three of them in opera-
The, Republicans of Sheridan town-j tion. *     Cleveland    Heights, O.,    an,d
ship will meet, in. caucus at the town Cincinnati are other cities which hav'4'
hall Wednesday, March 12th at 2:00 recently joined the Ford   ranks,   the.
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
■"Mi's.* Anna* Evans, who has spent
The members- of the Mt.Vernon the- past year caring for her invalid
Grange dance committee will give an .mother, Mrs. Nelson Carrow> who re-
pld time masquarade dance at the eently passed away at her home in
hall Friday evening, Mar<Jh 14th j Sheridan township, left Thursday for
Everyone welcome. her homo in Greeley, Col.
p. m.
Committee.
Grant Township  Caucus,
The- Republican causus   for   Grant
township will be held at the townhaH
Friday^ March 14 at one o'clock1.
Committee.
armored Ford as used in Philadelphia,
however, is General Butler's idea.
Tho Ladies' Auxiliary will ^ntertain
their husbands to a six o'clock* dinner at "the home of Mrs. J. F,> Tatman.
^Wednesday, March 12th. The ladies
!"wfll,',ineet in the afternoon at the Tatman residence.
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