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CLARE, -tylCHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26,1924.  ,
New Series: Vol. 32, No. 48
•ETERS0N BENEFIT
CONGEl TOIGH
Program  For Occasion  is
One "That   Everyone
,. 'Should Enjoy.
Following we print the programjEor
tin? Benefit Concert which will be
given at the Higb School Auditorium
Frlday evening (tonight) for the benefit of Prof,; Edgar S.Peterson- in assisting him to' defray expenses of regaining _^s ey-Sight.
PROGRAM"
H-ong-iHan Dance No. 2 Brahm
Orc-tesffa      -   , y ;
Piano Duet—Qui Vive ' .G&n_
Mrs. Donald Bicknell ano:
Prof-Peterson,
Vocal S-lo-^Haymaking        Neeaiian.
Mrs, Fred .McGuire
Violin Solor-Alexis Fantasie     Harris
-.■■■■■'     Prof. Peterson
Heading       ;     '   .; Selected
Rev. Joseph-Kennedy
Piano and Organ Duo--KamennIo— '
ostro  Mason  Rubenstein
Mrs. Bicknell, piano
Prof. Peterson, organ^.
Menuet Paderewskl
Orchestra
Vocal Solo * Selected
W. W. Gumser „
Violin Solo—Faust Fantasia
Grounod-Singleles
Prof. Peterson
Reading Selected
Rev. Joseph Kennedy
Piano Duet—Valse Radieus
Gottschalk
Mrs. Donald Bicknell and
Prof. Peterson
IVEarch Constellation Clark
Orchestra
this -3 a cause which everyone
should support by purchasing tickets
and attending. The price of admission
has Heen placed at the small sum or
-5c and 25c and although this small
amount will hardly be missed by any
Of*us it will mean much toward the
Object intended.
INCOME TAX IS BIG
ISSUE BEFORE VOTERS
AT NO?. 4 EI
,,'-  "ii! v •
Those Satisfied  With   Present
Tax System Active ia Op*
posing Chaoge.
With the primaries behind us, political attention is being focused upon
the candidates to be elected and the
NEW ADDMON BEING BUDJT0 HOTEL
Fast Increasing State Wi_ie
Patronage Demands More
Space  for  the   Proper
..    Care of  Food.
Last week A. J, Doherty, finding his
issues to be settled at the November \Mf™ auartera of the new hotel al-
4 eleotife.   Among tne several amend- -»**** inadequate to handle toe enorm-
_^        ready inadequate
menlsTo^WetS patronage the hotel is enjoying,
v    v • cocmenced i-be erection of a brick aa-
dltlon 16x40 feet in which he will Install a mechanical refrigerator.
Monday Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hub-
bell . editor of the Croswell Independent, " were pleasant caller's at The
Sentinel office and stated that in
touring from-v the upper peninsula
they had driven fifty miles out ot
their way in order to stop at Hotel
could get
at   Hotel
GOOD LITERATURE
CLUB MEETING.
On the evening of September 23rd
occurred the meeting of the Gooa*
Literature Club at the hpme of Mrs.
* Howard Jones on Fifth street.
The meeting was called to order by
^he president, rs.   Stella   Lampman.
After a brief business   session   the
following program was  given under
the direction of Mrs.   Clara   Sterna-
■ man, chairman for the evening. A
paper containing many helpful suggestions on the obligations of a club
Woman to the questions of the day
was read by Mrs. Pearl Comer. Mrs.
Norris Elden gave ,an instructive review of the first chapter of the club's
study book.    A   pleasing   solo   was
. rendered by Miss Genieve Storecliffe,
"By the Waters of Minnetorka", by
Lieurahce, She responded to an encore, -t'The Night Wind", by Bali,
Miss Ruth Gat-die was her accompanist. A brief sketch of the life ot
Frank Stockton was given by Mrs.
Sternamen. The program closed
with the reading of Stocktons story,
The Lady or the Tiger, by Mrs. Mar-
, garet McKnight, The next meeting
October 7th will be held at the home
of Mrs. Ruth Hackmuth.
FARWELL BOY
BAjeiNJURED
Patrick Dowsett is Suffering
Frona  Fractured  Skull
and is in a Precarious Condition.
Patrick Dowsett, the 13 year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Dowsett,
Of Farwell, lies in a critical condition
with a fractured skull, caused from
being knocked down by a car driven
by Carl Pettit, of this city, about 7:3(1
Tuesday*1 evening.
Details of the accident are some
what lacking as we go to press, but
it is stated that the boy while playing with a dog, ran across the street
apparently not seeing the approaching
auto "and ran directly into the car.
Drs. F. G. Sanford and J. A. Reeder
of this city, were called and rendered
all aid possible and as we go to press,
the "boy is resting easier and seems
somewhat improved.
coming smember^ and 30
an this fall, tbei:e is no queBtip-ft but
what" the. proposal |or a state income
tax to partially or entirely replace
the state general property* tax, will
Comjinand -tbe greatest popular attention,      * •
it is quite..evident that with farmers
and town and city 'home owners' beginning to realize that general pao-
pefty today constitutes   but   35   per
<:ent of the wealth of the state and yet Do^erty' „ _, . .. , .„ .. r
is paying 80 per cent of tbe tax load,! Mrs. D. A. Blodgett, of Washington
that any measure which propo.es a'?- £, in touring through from Ohio
more equitable means of raising* a to the northern part oi Michigan,
portion of the governmental revenues,' P*#<*f Ml* on account of being as,
should have the very serious consid- \ *™»* ^ friends that she
eration of the property tax payers.-It «** c}™\ entertamment
is equally apparent that any measure Doherty at tms city.
w.hich sought to disturb the present 1 These are but a few of the in-
arrangements would b* bitterly 0p-.f*fc** m which Clares hostelry is
posed by those owners of 65 per cent'. »e J? advertised by - the traveling
of the wealth .of^the state, who are es- j P*-*"6-
caping with but 20 per cent   of- the  - ——
tax totals.
Objections Raised
The truth of this statement is becoming more evident every .day as
the enemies of the Income tax are
making every effort to discredit the
amendment. It is "interesting to observe that none of these hostile attacks have been directed against the'
principle of the income tax. It seems j
generally accepted even by its enemies that the income tax is the fairest,
and most equitable means of raising1 four members of the Log Cabin Clu_
governmental revenue. Experience met at the home of Mr, and Mrs. F.
both of the Federal Government andiB, Hochstetler for their monthly
the several states which have incomej meetmg and enjoy a chiCken supper
tax laws, has proved that it is the which was served by the hosts,
cheapest and easiest form of tax toj n being the birthday of Mrs. D.
collect.    Perhaps this is because of,KomP)   a  charter member,  she  was
LOG CABIN MEMBERS
SERVED CHICKEN SUPPER
Enjoyable  Meeting Held at  the
Home of Mr. and Mrs. F.
-   Hochstetler   Tuesday
Evening.
Tuesday   evening   about     twenty-
the fact it never becomes due except when the individual has a net
income which places him in a position to pay the tax with very little
inconvenience.. A personal incom-
tax never confiscates any man's property, while we all knof the general
property tax has been taking farms
and homes from their owners on an
extensive scale during the last few
years.
Not being able to dispute the
fundamental justice of the income
tax, those who oppose it ure centering their attention on raising an interesting array of objections to the
the guest of honor of the evening ana
her table was decorated with a three
story .birthday cake on which were
placed candles representing the years
she had attained. The evening was
spent playing "500".
All voted Mr, and Mrs. Hochstetler
ideal entertainers.
DRIVE CAREFUL
Cfute Garage        ■"-
W. Short, of Bay City, driving    a
    __   „ „   _ Ruggles truck, turned twice over In
details of the amendment which will cut 6 miles north of Clare on M14 on
be voted upon this fall.    One of the
leading Detroit dailies has been tel-
August 28th. Damage ?200.    Cause—
fast driving, loose gravel and narrow
ling its readers that this income tax • road.
proposal is designed to help the farm-     August 28th Mr. Lower, of. this city
ers and make the wage earners ana' ran against a culvert 2 1-2 miles north-
Monday and Tuesday, September
29th and 30tb. are the--date when J.
Leahy* the Optometrist, will be at tlie
Hotel Doherty, He will remain two
days only. Headache, dizziness,
nervousness and all other symptoms
of eye-strain corrected. Fitting glas-
sea for children a specialty,   Glasses
guaranteed to fit.
S7t_
AdV.
FOUND—Fair of mens'shoe'_. Owner
can have same- by proving property
ana payinc Zoi* thin notice. Call at
■this O0C-.
salaried classes and those having Incomes from   investments   contribute
more largely to state support.
How  Will   Farmers  Vote?
As long as such a high authority admits that the income tax amendment
will help tht farmers, We are wondering if so many farm people will vote
against it as took that stand two
years ago. It will be remembered
tnat at that time the enemies of the
income tax urged everyone to,-vote
against the proposa-r which -was then
being considered, because it was too
indefinite and carried no safeguards
as to what details might be written
into the law which would be drafted
to carry out the amendment. Now
that the" farm organizations have
come forward with the present amendment and secured the necessary
signatures to insure its insertion on
the November ballot, these same
people are objecting to it on -the
ground that it contains the definite
provision that the first ?4,000 of every
person's income shall be exempted,
and also because the rates, which are
made progressive, ranging fronl 5 per
Cent to 10 percent depending on the
size of the income, are written into
the amendment.
Even the provisions of t*he amendment Which provides that whatever
funds are raised through the income
tax shall be deducted from the
amount which would otherwise have
to be raised by the property tax is
being subjected to criticism. The
further objection is being raised that
under the amendment as drawn, the
exeniptidn is made the same for married as for single people, yet it is
hard to see why in this respect this
income tax would be any worse, than
the general property tax which falls
on the married and unmarried alike.
It is becoming evident to farmers
all over the state who listen to these
objections that if the Angel Gabriel
-were to come down from Heaven ana
write an Income tax amendment, it
would not be satisfactory to the owners of the 65 per cent of the wealth
of the state wljo now get away
with but 20 per ''cent of the taxes.
Even when the fltate general property
tax ia shifted over to the more equitable income tax basis, farmers will
be plenty hard hit because the county,
township and local taxes will otill
be on the property tax baaia.
east, tearing off wheeL Cause—Fast
driving while trying tp turn corner
Another accident on the top of
James hill August 2Sth, when the
names of the drivers not being on-
tamable, fjause—A" car parked on the
lop of the hill obstructing the view/
of two approaching cars and a head-
on collision beside the parked car occurred.
James Peper, of Marquette, ran oft
road recently at James Hill, tearing
off both front wheels. Cause—Fast
driving with a broken tie rod and a
flat tire.
PRINCESS THEATRE.
September 27 to October 3.
Saturday, September 28—Ladies to
Board—Tom Mix with Tony the Wonder Horse—Don't miss it.
Sun-Mon^—Eternal Struggle—Earl
Williams—Pat O'Malley—A picture ot
the Canadian Northwest, Action,
thrill, romance, and wonderful scenery.
Tues.-Wed. — Circus Day — Jackie
Coogan—Here* you are, if you have
liked Jackie before, you will love
him now,—Clowns, elephants, freaks,
—Tat Lady, in fact everything that
makes a good circus, and best of all
Jackie Coogan.
Matinee-Tuesday p. m. 3:30—10c-5c
Tp.ur.-Fri. —Mysterious Witnessi—
Elenor Fair—An interesting western
drama.
FIGHTING  BLOOD
Coming—White Sister.
4TH SHEET SIDEWALK"
ORDERED REBUILT
In compliance with the recent order
of the City Council to "rebuild the
sidewalk on west 4th street, the property owners have began the tearing
up of the old and already new sidewalk is beginning to make its appearance upon the city's new-grade.
This meets with'the universal approval of both the business places
ahd the; public as it has been a long
looked for improvement.
J. Leahy, the Optometrist, who will
be here nest, Monday and Tuesday,
September S9-30 will not''be here
again thia fall, as hi"- leaves JCor Idaho
October _0tlt. ■'        . ~ - -
W. J. L0SIN6ER TO
PEAK IN CLARE
Will Occupy Pulpit of Church
of   God Sunday   Evening,
September   28th.
Mr. W, J. Losinger, of Lansing,
will deliver an address from the Baptist church pulpit Sunday and will
also occupy the Church of God pulpit,
in. the evening. Services to open at
10:00 a. m. and 7:00 o'clock, p. m.
Mr. Losinger Is one of the Field
Superintendents -of the AntfrSalcon,
League and has given a n«mber oi
years to the study and discussion ot
the prohibition movement. He was
formerly a practicing attorney in
Kalamazoo and is familiar with law
enforcement "as well as other phases
of the. prohibition question, beside?
being a pleasing and Interesting
speaker.
OUR FOLKS in THE
GOLDEN STATE
The Michigan picnic was held at
the_ Cycamore grove last week, and
largely attended. Mr. Perry the president of the Michigan society of southern California, has quite a responsible
task to look after so large an organization. We meet a great many Clare,
Mt. Pleasant and Farwell people, at
these gathering. Every year brings
some ne\v. faces. Mr. McGuire, who
lived near the Beech school in Clare
county and R. D. Waite, formerlly of
Farwell, and Mrs. Leon Chase Waite
Joe Bowers, of tne Eagle school location were among the celebratdrs.
Sight-seeing through California is
delightful and inspiring, There is al
most infinite variety of scenery. There
is som_thing to please every taste in
every season of the year.
On one o. my trips to Hollywpod 1
met Floyd Ayers. Now Floyd is a
popular business man, and can
handle the crowds in experiencea
fashion
Flying around the world will become
a common feat 're long. ,There are
many difficultiiS and dangers to be
over come, It is true. But science
and pluck will over come them. Man
will make a complete conquest of the
air as he has of the land and the -sea.
It's been very warm here in California for the past two weeks, . and.
that a trip to the ocean would cool
one off some. While passing through
the Coyote Pass, I met, Ben Russell,
He invited me to visit them, I not
only felt very welcome but enjoyed
viewing his splendid home—surroundings, and a very gooa* location.
One of the greatest of all virtures
is dealing justly, If every man were
just to every other man, the social
millenium would be at hand. But
there is a mi lacK of. social justice.
Some work hard while they work
and worry while they attempt to play.
Small wonder that there are so many
nervous breakdowns,
Choosing the members of the nexT
Congress* is of the greatest importance. Naming the President is no
more important than naming those
who are to be the lawmakers of the
next administration. Voters * should
keep this in Blind, in formulating
their decisions for November.
I had the pleasure of spending Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
John is busy building these days. He
said rainy season would soon be here,
then he. would have time • to rest.
Mrs. O, has been entertaining Vivian
Meade of Hollywood for a few nays.
When the average man/ is asked
what he thinks of the political situation, he is prone to say! "I hope some
western team takes the* major league
pennant and tb,e world's championship." What Is politics when there
ig baseball?
I manage to visit the Lamoreaux's
every week, Frank is getting fleshy,
and says he feels fine. He still Is
defying in the real, estate as usual,.
Read the Bible. It is superlative
literature. It is a spiritual guide—
the most wholesome, lt is verily the
book of books—an inexhaustible
fountain of the waters of spiritual
life.   -
Mr. and Mrs. Shilling, of Monrovia,
California, were missed by their
many friends picnic day. We hope
and pray that they may be enjoying
the best' of health.
California from present indications,
will be visited by* great numbers of
tourists this fall and winter. It promises to be a lively season. Out of
these welcome hordes of visitors
many will decide to live permanently
in tbls state. California casts its
spell upon many who come only as
transient -yisitortJ and they become
loyal adopted sons aird daughters o_
this common wealth.
COUNTY DEMOCRATS.
' HOLD INVENTION
Resolution Passed Endorsing National, State and
County Candidates.
The Democratic delegates to the
Clare county convention met in this
city Tuesday, September _.„for the
purpose of electing delegates' to/fhe
state convention which will be hela
at Grand Rapids October 1st.
The meeting was called to order at
1:00 o'clock p. m. by Temporary
Chairman L, H.. Thompson. C. H. Sutherland acting as Temporary Secretary.
Mr. Thompson was later eleqtea
County Chairman for a term of two
years and Thos. Groves as secretary.
Vice Presidents, '
Winterfield, Mr. Wyman.
Summerfield, John Keith.
Frost, O. J. Cooper.
Franklin, Reginald Sharp, -
Redding, Chas. Davis,
Greenwood, C. E. Pratt.
Hayes,
Hamilton, A. S. Keysor.
Freeman, Pat Coyne.
Lincoln, A. W. Austin.
Hatton, Wm. Cunningham.
Arthur, Kelly Turner,
Garfield,-Al.  Tryon,  Jr.
Surrey, F. W.^-Shepard.
Grant, A, W. Wentworth.
Sheridan, C. Hendrie,
The- delegates elected are as fol
lows: John R. Brown, L. H. Thomp-.
son and Jos.. E. Ladd. Alternates
Mrs. L. H. Thompson,. Mrs. Jos. E.
Ladd and Horton Mills.
Resolutions were passed endorsing
the National, State and County candidates.'
The meeting was well attended and
very enthusiastic throughout.  •
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO GIVE LUNCHEON
Prof.   W.  H.   Pearce, "of Mt.
Pleasant Normal, to Give
Address.
The Clare Chamber of Commerce
will meet at the Hotel Doherty for-
luncheon next "Tuesday evening and
representatives of the Harrison Board
of Commerce and the Farwell Business Men's Association will be gues'ts
of the local organization. A special
committee appointed to formulate
some plans for a county wide resort
advertising campaign will make a report. Prof. W. H. Pearce of the
Mt. Pleasant Normal school Is to deliver the address. Prof. Pearce is
Mayor of Mt. Pleasant ahd is a very
pleasing speaker. _       -   "
J. A. Clute is, selling the tickets on
the east side and C. E. Laur on the
west side of McEwan street.
PAYS FIVE YEARS
.  SUBSCRIPTION IN ADVANCE.
Last week the office force of The
Sentinel was somewhat surprised
when a Sheridan resident in the person of George Vandewarker walked
In and stated that he wanted to pay
five years' subscription in advance,
although-— his present subscription
does not expire* until next January-.
Although somewhat taken off ottr
feet, a receipt was prOmptly-issued
dating his future subscription as expiring January 1, 1930. %
George always di.d believe in keeping "in advance".
-•   APPRECIATION.
I wish to tnank the voters of Clare
County for the support given me av
the Primaries of September 9th. i
want you to be free to ask me for any
help that you feel I catt give as it Is
my intention to server*-the people of
my ^district to the Very best of my
ability.
Roy B. McKibbin,
SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY
METHODIST CHURCH,
• Vacation days are over, the chuych
and its activities is calling the young
and the old back to>-their place ot
worship. Sunday, September 28th is
our Grand Rally Day. Come and help
us make this a "Crowning Day". Program begins at 11:00.
C. "M. S.    '
MORE DONATIONS TO
FIRE TRUCK RECEIVED.
During the past week the following
contributions have been received by
the fire department toward the pay-,
ment of the.Rural Fire Truck:
AVm. Kapplinger, $2.00
I. N. Lansing, ,1.00.
Frank Dalton,       -        , 2.00;
John T, Brown, . 2.00
DE FOREST Radio's and parts. Kirkpatrick's drug store.
WILL LECTURE
ON PROHIBITION
         f
Edwin Rawden, of Lansing, to
Speak atF. M." Church
Sunday   Evening.
The speaker for the Free Methodist
church of Clare, Sunday evening, September 28th, at 7:00 o'clock will be
Mr. Edwin Rawden. of Lansing, Michigan. .   -   *    -
Mr, Rawden is" Assistant Counsel or
the Anti-Saloon League of Michigan.
He was for a number of years prosecuting attprney of Iosco county and
later Superintendent of the Anti-;
Saloon League of the state of Oregon.
He was attorney and legislative
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, of, Michigan when the state
went dry and drafted the prohibit ,ry
law of the 'state of Michigan and haa
charge of the passage of same by the
legislature. '"v»_/
He has been engaged in ' AntJ-
Saloon League audi prohibition activities for a number- of years and is
competent to speak on every phase
of the question.
DEEP SNOW TO BE
CLEARED FROM M14
Program of Highway  Department Extends Snow-
plow   Service    to
Harrison.
Last week A. H. Horton, of this
city, was in Lansing and being interested in highways, their building
and maintenance, called at the Highway Department to seek information
as to the winter's program.
He was more then pleased to flna
that the department had extended it-
snow clearing service north on Ml«
from Alma to Harrison. This will
make this state trunk line practically
clearedl from snow from the Indiana
state line/and at the state's expense.
Although this program has not as
,yet been made in tho form of an order
but Maintenance Engineer B. C. Tin-
ney informed Mr." Horton that the
same would be made within a few
days.
• This will be a service that the
autoists of Clare county will appreciate as it will give an outlet to other
state trunkline that will be accorded
the same service, thus making it possible to reach most any point southo?
here.
CLARE'S NEW SUPERINTENDENT.
Tuesday Supt. W. WV Gumser was
very lenient with his students ana
it was soon announced that a new
superintendent had arrived that
morning and signed a contract for live
under the name of Waiter Wright
Gumser. Mother and son are at the
home -of her mother, Mrs. Wright at
Mt. Pleasant.    Congratulations!.
DANCE OCTOBER 3RD.
Join your _rie_,_srat thfe Mt. Vernon
Grange hall Friday evening, 6ctbber
8ra and enjoy the music and dancing
to the strain of the Converses' Colleg
ians orchestra, of Mt. Pleasant.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING IN HARRISON
Club Formed to Boost New
Trunkline  Known   a s
M61,   Which  Passes
-Through Clare Go^
A meeting was held at the court
house,- Harrison last"-Friday evening
to form plans for boosting the proposed trunk line, M61, which is hoped to »e
establish between Standish and Tust-
in. The, meeting was attended by
delegations from Gladwin, Clare, Marion, Temple and. Tustin, and' developed
into one of the most enthusiastic
boosters' gatherings ever held here.
There were about 50 visitors and perhaps 25 members of the Harrison
board ot commerce present.
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor VanDetisen after which Dr' J.
F. Carrow was called upon-to preside
and the genial* doctor* surely kept
things moving right along. An organization was perfectea to be known a_
the M61 Trunk Line Boosters club.
There was a lively discussion over
ways and means of having the* road
definitely established at an early
date. A motion -requesting that the
board of supervisors of "each county
through which the route passes' donate the necessary sum for preliminary work was passed without opposition.
Dr. Carrow was chosen president,.
W, L. Harper, secretary-treasurer,
and a vice-president chosen from each
county, as follows: Arenac—H. A,
Chamberlain Standish; Bay—James
Pelton, Bentley; Clare—L. H. Thomp-.
son, Clare; Gladwin, J. . C. Shaffer,'
Gladwin; Osceola, Glenn West, Tustin.
J. C. Shaffer was appointed chairman
of thg legislative committee with Dic_:
Emerson and Ray McKibbin as activ&
members with■_ instructions to begin-
activities at'"an early date and continue until the road is established.
The proposed highway will be 85
miles in length,, and is all improved;
but 26 miles.
THREE PEOPLE INJURED NEAR HARRISON
Car  Out  of   Control    Leaves
Road and Collides With Tree.
Sunday    afternoon    three    Detroit
people were badly injured near the
Quinn farm south of Harrison when,
their car left the road and collided-
with a tree.
Details of the accident have not
been learned but it is thought that
fast driving and loose gravel was the
causet    ,,
Dr. W. F, Clute, who was answering
_, professional call, happened along;
immediately following -(he wreck. He*'
brought them on. stretchers to his office here. and administered all possible aid until an ambulance fron*
Saginaw could arrive and take them
to the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Devanfey recelvea
severe injuries', but their daughter
was in a critical condition.
WRESTLING MATCH.
Watch for bills of wrestling matcb:
Saturo"ay evening between Cyclone
Thomas and William Sprague at
Duncan's hall at 8:30.
A PROCLAMATION
y-     by thf; sc-v-srnor
Year by year the national aestructioir of'life and property by fire has
been mounting until the total loss of material now approjdmates the
enormous sum of $506,540,000.00. This means the wiping out of needed resources at the rate of about $1,387,700.00 daily.
More than 15,000 lives are lost each year by. fire. Most of'the victims
are women and little children. Safeguard your family and* your home by
being careful. ,"
Fires occur in 'American homes at the rate of 359 every 2-liours—b,
fresh outbreak every four minutes. At least three out of four nee'd not
start for they are due to public carelessness and . ignorance—both correctable.  ^ '       ' y
Careless smokers cause many fires. Be careful with your lighted
match and cigarette.
Since most fires are preventable, the regrettable devastation by burning that takes place day after day is largely unnecessary, it goes without saying that. every effort should be made to relieve, the people of tbe
.self-imposed burden represented by preventable-fire,      ,
THEREFORE, I, Alexander J. Groesbeck, Governor of the state of
Michigan, by the authority in me vested, do designate and proclaim the
periq'd from
OCTOBER 5 TO 11, 1924
AS . •
FIRE  PREVENTION WEEK
And 1 earnestly request that the proper city departments, cooperating with Chambers of.. Commor'-e and other civic organizations, shall arrange interesting and educational exercises that will impress the importance of the occasion upon the public mind. I hope that every resident or
the state will actively take part in the observance and that they will remove rubbish and litter and other hazards about their homes and places
of business; that they will Inaugurate the personal habit of carefulness. 1
ask that our churches by means of sermons and addresses, and the news?
pepers by editoral mention shall help to spread the doctrine* of carefulness; that our boy and girl scouts will lend their assistance in inspection with their local flrechief and thatour schools shall adopt systematic instruction in fire prevention te tlie ana that our State may be made a safer
and>better place in which to live. ; \\
Given under my hand at the Capitol in Lansing this 15th day
of September,. 1924.
* * .. Alsx~ J. Groesbeck,
% 4|       Governor,