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CLARE -.MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 18,1924
New Series: Vol. 32, No, 25
POPPY TRIALS
ATTRACT MANY
Dogs, and* Handlers  From
States Were  Here
For Contest.
Many
SPORTSMEN AND FARMERS « WAR GROW
Has Been Condemned to .Death
for His Untiring Destruc-
tiveness,   .".
The puppy .trials held in Clare this
week proved, to be an attraction to
dog owners and handlers from all parts
of the country. The Saginaw field
and stream club who sponsored the
event had a large representation here
and Dr. E. G. Weeks, the secretary of
the Club 'was in active charge "of the
-trials. Thare were 44 dogs here but
Only 29 were entered. Some of the
dogs were sick and the Dixie and
Southern trials being held ahead of
this one narrowed the field down to
where only the very best dogs would
seem to have any chance and owners
and handlers did not care to enter if
there seemed no chance of winning.
The first series was run Tuesday. Two
Michigan dogs namely, "Biilie H.
Walker", owned by Charles Zeigler, of
Saginaw, and "Rings Honey Bee,"
owned and handled by Thomas Ring
of Saginaw, were the only two Michigan dogs to compete against each
otherfc "Bairds Thompsonite" owned
by John Baird of the State Conservation Commission and handled by Rosa
Thompson of Highland, Michigan, ran
against "Andy Gump", who was owned
by the St. Louis Seed Company, of,
Randolph county, Illinois, and was
handled by W. J. Wilson. "Comanchie
Brownie", the winner of the Dixie
trials held at Union Springs, Alabama
and "Proctors Daisy," the winner ot
the southern Ohio trials were entered
and with "Tom Dies Tex," "Beech-
crest Boy," "Bloomfield Betty" and
"Mikes Ghost" were placed in the second series. The first place in the
finals was given to "Mikes Ghost" who
is owned by Dr. Hinkle, of Bethany,
Missouri, and was handled by M. E.
McMiachel, of Yates Center, Kansas.
The second place was won by "Tom,
Dies Tex," a dog owned by T. B. Mc-
Mahon and handled by J. R. Hensen,
of Texas. The third place was awarded to "Bloomfield Betty" owned by
Harry W. Potter, of Birmingham,
Michigan, and handled by W. J. Wilson, of Sparta, Ilinois. "Mikes Ghost"
and "Bloomfield Betty" were sired by
the same dog. The • three winners
were English setters and there were
two pointers that shared the fourth
place. The trials were very satisfactory to the visitors. There was a
great deal of comment on the fine reception accorded to them from the
Clare Rod and Gun Club and the citizens of Clare and they were especially
enthusiastic when it came to the question of Hotel and Cafeteria.
. War on the crow as a destroyer 'of
the eggs and, young of game and useful birds, young rabbits, poultry and
crops, will be carried on by the sportsmen and farmers of this vicinity during, this spring in an effprt to save
ganie and crops from bis depredations.
Local gimners who are familiar with
the crow's habits state, that he is the
"worse enemy that useful birds* have
and that lie is responsible for more
damage than any other bird in wild
life. David R. Jones, Chief Deputy Department of Conservation of Michigan,
states that all Michigan conservation
officers, game wardens and game;
breeders consider crows destructive
to the eggs and young of game and
song birds. During the calendar year
nineteen twenty three, state deputies
and trappers destroyed two thousand
eight hundred eleven crows.
The efforts of local sportsmen and
farmers will be helped by the fact that
a general movement against the crow
is in force throughout the county, A
canvass just completed by one of the
largest states shows that crows pick
out the eyes of young lambs and
calves, besides doing other damage.. At
this'time of the year the nesting season for birds begins^and if they are to
be protected from the crow's ravages
and allowed to raise their young, quick
action, on the part of sportsmen and
farmers is necessary. In many sections the depredations of crowi' have
been so serious that farmers have had
to go to the expense of replanting
crops.
In one of the western states a census shows that there are from ten to
fifteen millions of crows and that it
costs the people of that state a dollar
a head per year to feed them.
Thirty-eight states of the Union
though their game protection authorities and agricultural officials are back
of their sportsmen and farmers in the
fight against the crow. It is expected that through the efforts being made
this year to lessen the number of
crows millions of dollars worth of
.game birds, poultry and crops will be
saved.
MARION KNIGHTS
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Last Thursday evening, Marion
Lodge No. 181, Knights of Pythias
celebrated the 30tn anniversary of
the founding of the local lodge with a
ham and egg supper, to which the
lodge members, their wives and sweethearts and a few invited guests did
ample justice. Covers were laid for
over 100..
After the repast Dr. J. F. Carrow
was introduced as toatmaster by
Chanceller Commander Ray Watt.
Dr. Carrow gave a brief review ot
the history of the lodge, after which
he called on several of the members
for Impromptu speeches, to which all
responded. J. F. Piper -in a few well
chosen remarks presented F. B. Dunham, Dr. D. Johnson and J. D. Fry
with beautiful badges in honor of
the facts that they had been members
of Marion Lodge continuously for the
past twenty-five years. Mr. Fry, in
facts had been a member for thirty
years, as he was one of the orginal
charter members.
Dr. Johnson and Mr, Fry responded
with short talks in which they recalled . numerous incidents connected
With the early history of the lodge.
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PHELP'S CAFETERIA'
SCENE OF BANQUET
Officio's  of  State Conservation
Department Give Interest"
ing Talks.
The Clare county rod and gun club
' gave a banquet at the Phelps Cafeteria
last Monday, evening in honor of the
representatives of the a'cale Conservation commission and the ^officers of
the Saginaw field and . stream club
wtio were here for the puppy trials.
After an excellent three course dinner
which the visitors said was the best
l—./ had partaken of as far as quality and quantity of food/served, President F. A. Hachmuth of the Clare
Club introduced as toastmaster, the/
Rev. H. B. 'Johnson, Short talks
were given by,John Baird, James: Mc-
Giliyray and Edgar R. Cochrun, of
the State Conservation commission.
Mr. .Cochrun spoke of the necessity of
conserving our natural ro,-"our,"'es sr
th£.t Michigan might realize trom the
increased business of the tourist and
so that future generations might enjoy these things of beauty that the
Almighty has given us. Mr. Boutel
of the Saginaw Club was introduced
in order that he might have a *-a&ance
to explain why he wore. the red hat.
He said he wore it in order that every
one might know that he'was the President Of the Saginaw field and stream
club. This explanation seemed satis-
factory and he was allowed to keep
the hat. After the/talks,- all adjourned to the K. of P. hall where the drawing for places for the trials took place
and Mr. McGillivray gave a showing
of some wild life films.
CIVIC PROGRAM
GIVEN AT H. S.
AUDITORIUM
Glare's  Past,   Present   and
Future  Possibilities   Are
Discnissed by Civic Department   of the
Li.  o. C_j.
l^Sa^vao^cZrrtixyMivcKf
BEST STORY WRITTEN
*   - BY MARY ELDEN
Many Excellent Papers Produced in Eighth Grade English Work of Late.
CITY FIREMEN HOLD
ANNUAL ELECTION
Organization in Excellent Condition and New Chemical
Fire Truck Will Soon
be Completed.
Wednesday evening the city firemen
held their annual election at their hall
with the following results:
M. D. Feighner was recommended
to the Mayor and City Council for the
appointment as Chief and Fire Warden.
Asst. Chief, C. A. Wellman
Secretary and treasurer, O. A. Derby.
Those appointed by the Chief were:
Captain Hose Co., John Forbes
Captain Ladder Co., W. L. McNeill
Captain Chemical Co., C. A. Well-
man,
Hydrant man. Fred E. Smalley.
The firemen have tne new chemical
truck for rural and city use nearly
completed and now ask that the farmers within a radius of five miles of
Clare to make their contributions
the Secretary, O. A. Derby.
MAH JONG CLUB.
The Mah Jong Club met with Miss
Laila Wilson last week Thursday evening. It was a' costume .party so the
house was decorated with lanterns,
dragons" and Chinese curios.
Those present were three, young
dudes, some little girls, &* Chinese,
maiden and Chinese butler, while one
member borrowed her mother's wedding gown and bonnet for the occasion.
The Club is sorry    to    lose    Mrs,
Norma Stanford from its membership.
■■Their hearty wishes go With her and
Cash for a future of success, health
and many friends.
''.   Miss Wihnie Woodward entertains
the Club at its next meeting^
APPRECIATION.
I wish to extend my appreciation
and thanks to the voters of Lincoln
township for their support given me
at the spring 'election.
Lillian Billgren, Treasurer.
to
SECOND WARD
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
A caucus of the Republicans of the
Second Ward of Clare, will be held at
7:00 o'clock next Monday evening at
the office of Joseph F. Bowler for the
purpose of electing five delegates to
the Clare county Republican Convention which will be held in the City of
Clare on Wednesday, April 23rd, at
11:00 o'clock a. m. At the county
convention 5 delegates to the Republican State Convention will be elected. The State Convention will be held
at Grand--Rapids on Wednesday, May
7th, 1924.
Signed, A: E. «-Achard,
• Member of Clare County Committee
APPRECIATION.
We Wish to thank the many old
neighbors and friends for the patronage they have given us the past.two
years at our place of business known
as the Elm Grove store, and we wish
our successor, W. R. .Keith the same
success.
Mr, and Mrs. F. L. Hess
AUCTION SALE.
tPaul Krienke, living one mile south
and 2 1-2 miles east of Clare, announces that he will hold an auction sale
of live stock, farm tools and other articles in the near future. • Watch next
week's issde for his date and list/
Thjs week The Sentinel is proud to
publish the following story written by
Mary Elden in her eighth grade English work and which was pronounced
by Mrs. Hachmuth to be the best of
the class, although there were many
others worthy of special mention.
Each one of the class was asked to
write a story. The plot in this story
was original and we print it just as the
pupil handed it in. N o corrections
have been made. The tone and style
of this eighth grade production is
vastly superior to many of the stories
found in some of our magazines:
Early Gaul looked beautiful "tow.
the high rocks along the Southern
coast seen from this point of vantage
the little villages or colony of Gauls
looked particularly small, set in the
midst of the black, forbidding forest. Usually serene, and quiet, with
an occasional native wandering in the
narrow streets, between the rows of
straw-thatcheci cottages,- but today,
all in confusion the village was not
very peaceful.
' Native GaUls were running to and
fro bearing, on their shoulders, game,
which they had killed. Suddenly", a
a murmur swept over the ;wd, I
which had been assembling, and all
turned to a narrow path loading up to
a clearing, in,, which was ^an altar
built of stones, and bearing evidence
of other fires having been built upon
it. Suddenly the crowd swept up, the
path and surged the altar, seemingly
excited and expecting^ One thing
was clear, something unusual was
about to happen.
Presently wierd sounds began to
issue from the forest, and around a
turn in the path advanced a queer
procession. Three natives priests appeared first, walking backwards, and
bowing at every step to a young
white man, apparently a Roman, who
strode, in the procession.
He was tall, musclar, and fine looking, and had a refined air, as though he
had been brought up with the greatest
care. Ho wore a bright, colored. Roman tunic, which suggested nobility,
as did his high, smooth brow, over
which fell locks of short, black, curly
hair. His black eyes twinkled mischievously, as though this were merely an amusing adventure, or a scrape,
into which he had fallen.
Behind the remarkable young man
marched some Gauls, bearing the
sacrifices and after them, a,score of
small Gallic boys, carrying torches,
Last,"but by no means, least, came the
musicians, who pounded vigorously
upon bowls, whose opennings had
been ^covered with the skins of
animals. These were the instruments which produced the wierd noises that heralded their coming.    ■■_
As the queer procession advanced,
the crowd fell back behind the altar
and slightly bowed their heads. -Two
of the priests took .the sacrifices, and
reverently laid them on the altar,
while the third lighted the fire. As
the tiny thread of smoke rose to the
blue heavens, a hushed silence fell
over the babbling crowd, and all list-.
ened to the wierd Incantations of the
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LAST RITES PAID
HARRYJJACKSON
Succumbs to  Pneumonia
Last   Friday   Afternoon,
After   Two • Weeks'
Illness.
EASTER SUNDAY TO
BE OBSERVED.
Appropriate Program to be Given by the Methodist Sunday
School.      Invitation    Extended to the Public.
Last Friday afternoon occurred the
sad death of Harry T. Jackson, third
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jackson at
their home on west 7th street after an
Illness of two weeks.
"Harry," as we all knew him, was
born in Clare thirty-six years ago. ,He
grew to manhood in our midst and was
united in marriage to Miss Bessie
Sweeney, of Mason, May 12th, 1911.
To this union were born four sons,
'J/nomas, John, Billy and Jimmy.
The Knights of Columbus of Mount
Pleasant and Clare attended the funeral in a body, which .was held from
the St. Cecelia church Monday morning, April lith, at ten o'clock, with
solemn Requiem High Mass,, celebrated by the Rev. Fr. George Flanagan.
Fr. Edward Szturmowski a former pastor of the deceased assisted as deacon
and Fr. James,Fitzpatrick as subdea-
con. The sermon was delivered by
Fr. Flanagan and the choir from St.
Henry's Parish sang the mass, assist
ed by Mrs. Chevlott, of Detroit, who
sang beautifully "Take up Thy Cross
'and Follow Me."    •
Besides his devoted wife, children
and parents, he leaves to mourn his
departure four brothers, Lawrence and
Frank, of Clare; John, of Detroit; and
■Charles, of Alpena; also three sisters,
Mrs. Ethel Schlegel, of Cadillac; Mrs.
Nelle Peterson, of Detroit, and Miss
Marjorie at home, all of whom were
at his bedside when he passed away
The other relatives and friends who
attended the funeral from a distance
were Mrs. John Jackson, Jr., Dale Peterson, Irw'in Schlegel and son, Jack.
T. J. Sweeney, of Brant; and son, Jay
P., of Detroit; father and brother of
Mrs. H. T. Jackson; Peter Sumner, of
Lansing; Mrs. Kamman and son, of
Detroit; and Mrs. Chevlott, of Detroit.
Years roll by and once more we are
reminded of the deatli of Jesus on the
Cross of' Calvery, his resurrection
from the dead, and His Ascension into Heaven. And while we think on
all these things, we would not lose the
signification of His words "Go Ye Into
All The World." So with hearts tilled with His love and promises we
meet on Easter Sunday to listen to one
of His followers, who has heard the
call from dark China and who has
spent six years in the Master's service.
Our Sunday School is proud to be able
c secure Miss Lydia Shermt of Mt.
Pleasant to give us the Easter address.        , .
Yon will miss a .great treat if you
stay at.home. A splendid musical
program will also be given.
VERNON RESIDENT
TENDERED SURPRISE
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION.
A teachers' examination for all
grades of county certificates will be
held in the high school room at Har-
rison, Thursday," Friday and Saturday,
April 24, 25, 26, 1924. Worl;: will begin each day at eight o'clock, central
standard time. Applicants will como
provided with legal cap paper, pen,
ink and ail other necessary material
for writing.
The  prbgram  below  is mandatory
and cannot be varied for any reason:
First Day
A. M. P. M.
Orthography and Spelling     Grammer
Course of Study and
Theory and Art Reading
Penmanship Geography
Second Day
A.M. Ri M.
Arithmetic (mental and
written)
Agriculture
Physiology
A. M
Algebra-
Botany
Last Friday evening Mr. and Mrs.
James Walton, of Vernon jjtownship,
were given a complete surprise when
about sixty neighbors and friends
gathered at their home with well^nlled
baskets announcing that they intended stay for a few hours at least.
The evening Was spent in music,
games, dancing and a social hour, but
the climax caiui.' when all sat down t<".
tables groaning under the weight of
the good thinks the visitors had prepared for the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. .Walton are planning
to move to this city in the near future
and they were presented with a token
of remembrance from those with;
whom the.y have enjoyed a close friend
ship during" their residence in the community.
OBITUARY.
Mary J. Bodkins was born in Ohio.
August 15, 1851. At the age of 25
years she moved with her parents to
Gladwin, Michigan, and was united in
marriage to John Hanes October 11,
1877. To this union was born one
daughter.
They made their home in Gladwin
until 1880, then moved to Clare, wherj
they since made their home.
She departed this life April 5th, 1924
in. the age of 72 years, 7 months and
24 days.
Besides her husband, she leaves to
mourn their loss, the daughter, Mrs.
Eva Beacham, two brothers, Levi, of
Clare, and George, of Oklahoma; together with five grandchildren and a
host of friends.
Relatives and friends from out of
town who attended the funeral held
Tuesday,. April 8th, were Leslie Jones,
of Saginaw; Ernest Jones, o'f Hammond, Ind.; Ruth Jones, of Flint; Mr.
and Mrs1. Melvin Hanes and Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hanes, of Gladwin; Mrs.,
Eddie Martin and two daughters, of
Owosso. ,
New Superior drills and different,
makes 'of spreaders at a bargain.
Henry- House, Rosebusht' or Farwell
office. Adv.
PRINCESS THEATRE.
April 19-25,  Inclusive
Saturday—Love Gambler, John Gilbert.      Comedy, Dig Up.
Sun.-Mon., Remembrance, Goldwyn
Feature. The story of Pop who paid
the bills, while his family had the fun
A great loveable picture of America
family life.
Tues.-W,ed., Helen Chadwick. No
wife can afford to miss this presentation of her place in the scheme of
things and every wise Mrs. should
insist that her hubby join her and see
this picture of domestic- life. Mermaid Comedy, Look Out Below.
Thurs.-Fri., Where is this'West, Jack
Hoxie.
Haunted Valley, Ruth Rolland."
Geometry
Civics and School
Law
United^ States History
Third Day
P. M.
General History
Physics
As applicants for second grade certificates are required to write only two
of these four subjects, all second grade
subjects must be finished during the
forenoon of the third day; first grade
applicants may write both forenoor
and afternoon.
Asa H. Aldrich,
Commissioner of Schools.
The Civic department of the Clare
Study Club gave a program at the
auditorium In the school house Tuesday aftern"oon. Mrs. Caple, vice president, opened the meeting in the absence of the president, and gave the
conducting of the program over to
Mrs. John Asline,'who is chairman of
the, committee. After the singing
of "Michigan Our State" by all, roll
call was answered by "each member
mentior.Jr.g some civic improvement
that would help our city.
Mrs. Wilson -read a paper on the
civic life of Clare in the early days,
which showed the ambition and love
of country and home* when they laid
foundation of our city. _Mrs. Achard
iread a. splendid paper tellmg of the
civic life of today and of the wonderful advantages our city possesses,
Mrs. Donald Bicknell Is a valuable addition to the musical talent of our city.
The children of the kindergarten and.
first grade of the city school gave two
exhibitions which were greatly enjoyed by the audience. They were the
future citizens doing their bit,. The
first was a kindergarten band led by
the little Orlif DesOrmeau, which play?
ed national songs. The second, a
group of children that acted out
nursery songs, in one Mary Achard
and Jean Caple were little wash women and the other children acted the
chorus.' Another group presented",
the song of Little Bopeep and Virginia
Friz took the part as Bopeep. Mrs.
Reading, Mulder and McAllister sang
a beautiful trio with Mrs. Fred McGuire as accompanist. Rev. Johnson
was called upon and gave his splendid address upon the ideal town, suggesting many good plans to "be adopted by the city.
Wje think by the past history of
Clare that she has tried to live up to
some of them and tc this fact we owe
our prosperity, but we hope to conv-
tinue to improve.
There was a good audience present
considering the many otl^er affairs that,
came on this date. Mrs. Asline and
the members of the civic committee
are to be congratulated upon the see-
cess of the entertainment and hope we
may do much more in the line of civic
work with the cooperation of the citizens of Clare to make our city a bet-.,
ter place for our boys and girls and
grown-ups. H.W.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our sincere and
heartfelt thanks to the neighbors and
friends who were so kind to us In our
sad bereavement. Especially do, we
.thank Fr. Flanagan, Fr. Fitzpatrick,
and Fr, Szturmowski, the K. of C. and
the^St. Henry's choir.
Mrs. Harry T. Jackson,
and ^Children
' ' •    Mr. and Mrs". J. A. Jackson
' '        and Children
FARM FIRE TRUCK'
HAS BEEN ORDERED.
Reo Speed Wagont With Bumper Attachment, is^Secured.
The Rural Community Fire truck
association has placed its order for a
fire truck, according to Roy J. Colby,
president of the association. The com-,
rnittee ordered a Reo truck with a
pumper attached, and fully' equipped
The rig cost $5500.
Mr. Colby said that thus far 400
members had signed up at $10 each,
giving money enough to swing the
deal. At least 150 are expected 'to
come in later.
The officers of the association are
planning on a public demonstration oi*
the truck in Owosso, soon after it arrives. It will probably take 60 days
to make delivery. Owosso Argus.
Press.
FORMER GRANT RESIDENT
DIES AT LANSING
Funeral of Edgar McCary Will
be Held From Baptist Church
Saturday Afternoon.
The sad news of the death of Edgar
McCary, of Lansing, a former resident
of Grant township, was received, in
Clare Wednesday by relatives and
friends. • Late reports are to the effect that he had been ailing but. a
short time and thougnt not to be of a
serious nature. While he was in the
act of dressing himself in the morn-*
ing he was stricken withheart failure
and dropped dead.
The remains will be brought to Clare
and taken to the home of his sister,1
Mrs. Maud Miller, and the funeral will
be held from the Baptist church at
1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon and
interment made in Cherry Grove.
The obituary will appear next week".
FISH SUPPER.
The Odd Fellows will serve a lish
supper at the lodge room Friday, April
18, to the public. Service beginning
at 5:30 until all are served. Price
per plate 50 and 25 cents.
White Fish Lake Trout
Roast Beef
Mashed Potatoes       Brown Gravy-
Carrot .Salad "■ Peas
Fruit Salad
Apple Pie    " -   Pumpkin Pie
Jelly '   Pickles Cheese
Tea '   Coft'ea
Cafed of Thanks
We wish to.thank our friends and
neighbors for their many acts of kindness shown us during the illness and
death of our beloved wife and mother.
Also for the beautifui' floral otterings
and to Rev. Lohnes for his words, of
comfort.'
•   John Hanes  ,
,- Mrs. =Eva -Beacham ''
ROBINETT BARN BURNS.
. On last Tuesday night a large barn
on the Robinette farm, three miles
north and one-half mile west of Clare
was burned to the ground. Mr. ROb-?
inette had some time previous to this
moved on the Bowler farm, one mile
north and had supervision of same.
Road equipment of Bowler and Sutton
was stored in the barn and was wholly
destroyecL A heavy loss is suffered
by all parties concerned as the same
was .only partly covered by insurance.
DAHLSTROM CASE DISMISSED.
The case of .The People vs." O. 13.
Dahlstrom, in which the defendant
was charged with the ill-e'gal practice
o'f medicine without a license, was
called for hearihg' before Justice D. £1.
Mater Wednesday forenoon. Several
witnesses were examined and the case
loft with the Jtidge. '   ■ -
■ As we go to press Mr. Mater informs ijs that he, had dismissed the
case on the motion of the defendant's
attorney, Thos. Carl Holbrook, that no-
specific charge had been made in the
complaint.
See the Clare Hardware's window-
display—5 of the haridiest bowls for
kitchen for $1.49 and a measuring cup>
free.     Get your choice todayv     -   .
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