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Official   Paper o|
Clare   and   Clare   County
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j&takHshed 1878
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 2,1926
New Series Vol. 34, No. 36
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F. TATMAN
WRITES ARTICLE
TO HOME FOLK:
Glare    County's     Booster
Tells of Great Strides
Michigan Has Made
as a Tourist State.
The following urticle was clipped
from the Peru Republican, of Peru,
Indiana, in which J. F. Tatman, Clare
County's constant booster, writes
former home folks of the advancement Michigan has made,-as he has
seen it, during the past fifty years. .
LARMON POST DISPLAYS ABILITY
AT BASE BALL
sc
older residents of Miami county
ksve a recollection of J. F. Tatman,
sow of Clare, Mich. He was a former citizen of this county and has
many friends here, all of whom will
fee Interested in his letter which follows:
Michigan, the Wonderful Tourist
State,
Probably there \fi no state in the
Whion in the spring, summer and
autumn that appeals to the tourist as
does Michigan with its wonderful
system of trunkline highways ana
"fieauUejs of nature it has in store for
all who will come and see.
The Michigan of fifty years ago and
lrhe Michigan of today are almost in-
Bomparable.
Michigan, like Indiana, fifty years
ago, contained the greatest forests of
Weful and valuable timber in America. How well I can remember
ifeack in my boyhood days those wonderful forests of Miami county made
wp of black walnut, yellow poplar,
white ash, white oak, burr oak, hickory, hard maple and beech. Some of
ttiem- were wonderful in size and I
*tiall never forget the immense size of
a* large white oak cut near the Con-
mors school in Richland township. It
was so large they were compelled to
shop all around it and it was all they
■ssoutd do to reach in to its' center;
when it fell, the mighty tree it was, it
seemed to shake the earth for a half
mile around. What a value it would
be today. It was made into fence
rails. Indiana's wonderful forests
like those of Michigan have almost
vanished by the ax and saw.
Forestry once removed in Indiana
has never to my knowledge been reforested, while in Michigan thousands
and thousands of acres of cut-over
lands have been reforested through its
own natural process. We have many
thousand acres of virgin timber yet,
and the state is doing much toward replanting valuable timber. While the
greatest forests of the nation have
been slaughtered we have as mentioned, previously, many thousands of acres
of valuable virgin timber. Between
Clare and the Straits of Mackinaw
there are thousands of acres of second growth timber much of it twenfcy-
ilve years old and much of "it inhab-
iated with deer and other wild game;
but best of all we have the most wonderful air to breathe of any tourist
state. Air sweetened and medicated
with the fragrance of the new and the
old forestry consisting of white and
Norway pine, hemlock, tamrack cedar,
balsam, and the spruce. Breathing the
blended, resinous odors sent out by
these wonderful purifiers of the air is
the great summer medicine of the
north lands.
Then, too, we have some or many
of the world's most beautiful lakes of
puro   water—one _   hundred     fishing
lakes in Clare county alone, besides
our rivers Of pure and sparkling water,   the  only   lsln4,  of .-waiter.--the
/speckled trout will thrive InY -   .-
".    'Michigan, before it was timbered,
with its great  forests   and  beautiful
rivers ain't   lakes   cauls', supply,   the
_{sreat«s*t-panorama- of natural scejiery
'in'tho woiM.,' '       ' . - '''"
. Xtcxi-iti were fe"tf' and -peer in those
vxtly days and i'cw- men living- today
•were privileged to'nco no wonderful a
j'U'ttir-e. Although ioday, -natwb's-reforestation of twenty-five ox thirty
years has brought back to our beauti-
jtwl lakes and rivers most- o! their
virgin beauty. Now with our JfV'ohdeir-
"fnl F,tate highway system consisting
«£ trunklines, graveled, or "paved and
county graveled Toads, it Is snaae po&
sihie for the tourist to viait with, cage
almost any point In. the state and -enjoy the wondetful beauties of a
nation's play -grounds," * -•*■
The great trtmfc line oh ttte west
qtf Michigan runnings-north and south
J*'No, 11 and No. 10 is on'tht east side
of the state"; Kin* 13 neatli of-western.-
"Michigan runs north and *-*oath, ,We
are proud of all of these, but the
greatest north and south trunkline In
Michigan Is No. M14, the great center
of Michigan line running almost
straight north and south through the
very heart of Michigan. This great
trunkline is paved with concrete from
the state line couth to St. Johns with
• many miles of pavement between
there and Clare and with one mile
through Clare city. Several miles
north of Clare has been aurvoyed for
paving soon. The road H graded -and,
r*t'6v'*lea to tho Straits. This if- one"
(Continued on pafje Fonr)
Promptly Lay Their Challenge
to AH Stars of the  Fire
Department.
According to their schedule the
local American Legion post crossea
bats Sunday with the city team and
left them to read and weep over the
final score of 7 to 1 in favor of the
Vets. By the applause of the fans,
was evidence of their delight in see-
iug Bauer of the soldiers, pitching
with a Coveleski style holding the
Walter Johnson, and Babe Ruths or
the city squad at bay for seven innings. Still more delightful was it, to
see Leo Odin former star of the Far-
well aggregation coming back like an
old race horse and hurling the old
pill as a credit to Wild Bill Donovan
set the opponents down with two more
goose eggs to their credit.
Monday^ July 5th after careful consideration, in the choice of their
players the Vets will sally forth to
new conquest of territory on 'the
speedway at Harrison, opposed by the
Farwell aggregation.
Any time thereafter, the purse
strings of the Larmau Post, will be
left loose to cover themazuma which
any exploiting, young gentleman may
feel free to display, on" a game between, them and the Firemen. May.
flowers,go to those who earn them!
Its a challenge, arrange the date,
place, umpire and .anything "else that
will be of advantage to your squad. •
W. H. L. P., .No. 128.
DAVID WARD ARRESTED THURSDAY
State  and  County Officials
Secure Evidence of Violation of  Liquor    Layy
and Then Make Raid.   '
David Ward, ex-sheriff of Clare
county, and for many years the
Supervisor of the first ward of this
city was arrested Thursday morning
on a charge of violation of the liquor
law.
Detective Otis Gillett and officer
Ralph Glasford of the state' police
have been in the vicinity of Clare for
the past two weeks and it was on
their information that a search warrant was sworn out before Justice
Mater and Prosecuting attorney Holbrook ^nd the officers in charge of
State Inspector Charles LaDue, of
Crystal, assisted by Sheriff Crigler,
of Harrison, made the raid at nine
o'clock Thursday morning.
Ward is engaged in the gasoline
and oil business at the south end of
McEwan street. He has a small of
fice building and at the south side of
this building an old frame structure
which is in a rather dilapidated condition, over which there is a garage
sign. There is a bench where repair
AVQi'k might be done and some tools,
but not much evidence of any thing
but tire changing having been done.
The loft of this structure was filled with junk, barrels apparently filled with paper, boxes, piles of lumber
anil in one corner was an old .bedstead upon which there was a mattress and some bed clothing.
Two quart fruit cans and twelve
pint bottles filled with liquor was
found in various Sliding places in this
loft. Some in the barrels, boxes, under "piles-, of. lumber, and a quantity
in. tho'"feed under the clothing.
J&bo.ut four, bushels,.of. .empty hot-
ties and a- large. •<iuahtlt|' .of jugs,, 'all-
having tho odor of 'liquor, were 'also'
found. .•"■,"■"• '- '
• in front of tho building Is an -old'
automobile seat and Just above that
was an electric ■ button 'which when
pressed upon rings a bell in tills old
loft.
This is Wards second , offense, he
having served'"" forty-five days in. the
county jail-and paid a fine of four
hundred'dollars aboub three years
ago. He was supervisor at, that time
and was allowed to continue.In the
Office ami -rbVeleett-id the ' following
yeaa*, • "Msst -S^aa**? he was a candidate
again, hut th"-* Vote"" was a tiejbetweeh
he and .Ralph .Stevens' ;and b*n a flip
of. the coin Stevens won.
PARTY LEADERS HEAR
COMSTOXKADDRESS
Democratic Candidate   for
Governor Advises Local
Leaders to Perfect
Organization.
William A. Comstock, Democratic
candidate for governor, visited Clare
cm Monday and spoke at a meeting in
the evening at. the Doherty auditorium, which was attended by the leaders of" his party from Clare and
Isabella counties.
Mayor L. H. Thompson presided at
the meeting and introduced the speaker.
Mr. Comstock talked on the value
and necessity of organization and expressed the hope that the Democrats
would perfect thier organization down
to the last township.
He critized the policy, of state police and v deputy attorney generals,
coming into a county and taking
charge of the affairs for which the
people have elected officers to manage! He said this was done for. political purposes?
He said that there has been so
much changing of road funds back
and forth between county and state
until no one knows the condition of
the finances* of the state. "The fact *iS
that the state finances are worse than
a mortgage, they are, spent two yearns
ahead."
"Groesbeck- says there is plenty of
money in the", treasury, hut counties
and road contractors cannot get it,"
He said the road program for 1926
is not started as it was last year.
"There is. some thing wrong, but I
don't know -where it is because we
cannot get figures from the state office. A set of figures frOm the
Auditor General's office is declared
wrong by the accounting department,
who gives a different sOt."
'Groesbeck said the state needed an
accounting'department, but they are
accountabte to no one but Groesbeck."
He said that the state needed
roads and they would be built, no matter who was elected governor, but for
any one man to assume that he was
the only man who could build roads
was absurd.
. "What we want to do is to take our
highways out of politics, keep the
records open and pay as we go."
He flayed the Conservation department and stated that most of their re-
forestation program was wrong because of inadequate fire protection
and the lightness of soil in lands
selected which made it impractical
for growing* of timber.   •
He said that if he was elected
governor, he would see to it, that the
Conservation department was taken
out of politics, where it now is, as the
.greatest political power,, barring possibly the state board of health.
He would hold a Conservation
Congress fOr the purpose of determining a policy for that department
of work.
Mr. Comstock advocated a change
in the election laws which would
legalize the pre-primary convention,
thus giving each party-an opportunity to adopt a platform and get it before the people, so that party responsibility might be restored.
This change in the election laws
and the one man government were declared by him to be the primary issues of this campaign.
Mr. Comstock was accompanied by
representatives of the Detroit newspapers and was a guest for the night
at the Doherty Hotel, leaving early
Tuesday forenoon for Alma.
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Princess Theatre
JUNE BUGS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
Event This Year Held in -City
Park.    Weather is Ideal
for Occasion.
The June Bugs held their annual
meeting in the city park on Tuesday,
and a bountiful dinner was served In
the pavilion. The only decoration in
this buildng consisted in a large black
and white June bug which hung suspended from the eaves but which
seemed harmless enough, and even
beautiful. ' !,
After dinner the meeting was called to order by the .President, Mrs.
Dewey Allen, and the secretary read
the minutes of last year's meeting.
She reported that there are, at the
present time, 79 names on the roll of
membership.
The history of the June Bugs as
prepared by Mrs. Charles Stone and
Mrs. Nettie Gleason was read by the
latter. This history reyealed the fact
that the organization started twenty-
one years ago when Mrs*. Stone and
Mrs. Gleason, who had celebrated
their birthdays together for two
years, invited MeSdames Walker,
O'Donald, Wilson and Kirkbride to
meet with them-
The number of members has steadily increased each year and the meetings have meant good tmes, plenty to
eat and a splendid feeling of fellowship. The oldest, member is Mrs. A.
J. Kane and the youngest Jane Ami
Martin.        . ■
The program consisted of readings,
recitations or remarks from nearly
everyone present. Mrs. Ed. White,
who came to Clare in 1881, and whose
husband was in the jewelry business
in Clare for many years', is .in the
city as the guest of Mrs. J. W. Dun-
lop, They are now residents of New
Symria, Florida, and Mrs. White gave
a very interesting talk on the beauties and opportunities of that state'
? Dr. J. W. Dunlop read his original
poem entitled, "Billie . Dunlop'S
dream."   _
The officers elected for next year
are: President, Mrs. Dewey Allen*
Vice President, Mrs. Harry Cuaney;
Secretary, Mrs. John Wilson; Treasurer, Mrs. S. Bogardus. Committee on
arrangements for next years meeting,
Mrs, S. Bogardus, Mrs. H. C. Cudney
and Mrs. Fred Newsom.
After the business meeting some
time was spent in playing games and
doing stunts for which the winners in
u»ch event were given prizes.
"    RESOLUTION,     '-
Whereas Advance Graifge/No, ioi*
has been mailed upon to mOurn th«6
loss of a most peloved member, John."
Mills, who was a faithful and helpful'
member for many years.
Be It resolved that we drape our
charter for a period,of 30 days and
the resolution be printed in The. Clare
Sentinel and a copy sent to the
bereaved family.
Dorothy Bradley,
Agnes Herrick,
.Committee,
' i "■ . July 3-9 Inclusive
■Sat-;-July 3-^v^hen the Door "Opened, James" Olivor-'C'hrwood'g ..thrilling
story of the northwestern' lumber
country," featuring* the Prince Roya&
the dog marvel. ,t -'.-"-.
S.un.-M'btj},—Wage^'for 'Wives—All
Stay cast. A riot' of iaughter* surrounding- ."problems ef home life.  ,, .*''
Tues.-Wed,—It's the Army-GamsV-:-
iW.-C. I-ieldV-See Field—See:ft'im, 4$U
New York lots in Florida,*—See his
Ford,—Sefe all the funny stunts 'hie.
pulls-^-He gives you something nJBW"
in—"The Old Army Game.'*' ■ *'
Matinee, Tuesday, 3:30 20e-10c.'
Coming July 13-14—"The Pony Express," following in the trail of—"The
Covered "yVagOn"—into the hearts yat
every Ahierican. - ' .■*••
WOODRUFF FIGHTS
FOR BEAN TARIFF
Congressman Roy O. Woodruff has
received a letter from President
Coolidge in which he stated he had requested to United States tariff commission to expedite its investigation
of the tariff on white beans. Previously the Bay City congressman had
filed a petition with the commission
asking the investigation with a view to
increasing th rate under the flexible
provisions of the Fordney-McCumber
law. *
Michigan's interest in the bean tarilf
comes from the fact that it is tlie
largest producer of beans in the
country. Congressman Woodruff called at the white house recently ana
discussed the bean situation with tne
president. The latter asked him to
write a letter fully outlining wnat
was needed to restore the prosperity
of the bean industry, and the congressman replied at once.
Tells Why He Voted Against Adjournment.
Congressman Roy O. Wodruff was
the only member of the Michigan
delegation to yote Monday, July 2lst
against the resolution for adjournment Jjme 30. He explains' that this
Was-.because he wanted, to hold congress dii" se's'sibn, uhtiP some form or
f'farm. relief is •'eftacjed. __ Hii* vote' did
■*ft'9fc''tnean, that he, .was * - "ant. * of sym-
■pifhy/withvthe move- ■ttf«'--a^fea*c-;-=the
'La'le'Michigah-.water'. diversion in the
rivers and harbors billiln"-discussing
his stand-lie • said. .      ""*
FEDERAL PRISONER
ESCAPES BAY
CITY JAIL
Harvey Thornton Was Arrested by Clare County
Officials in State Forest Last August.
(BY H. 5. JOHNSON)
When the case of the People vs.
Harvey Thronton, charged with
violation of the liquor law came up
for- trial in the Federal Court at Bay.
City in the recent term of that court,
it was found that Mr. Thronton'had
escaped from the jail at Bay City
some-time before and his whereabouts
were unknown. **
Mr. Thornton was arrested early
last August when Charles LaDue,
state inspector from Crystal, Sheriff
Crigier and some deputy sheriffs went
into the state forest on the southern
edge of Roscommon county and found
a complete still,   ;
A tent located in a thicket of tali
pine trees was fitted out as a dwelling
place fee Mr. and Mrs, Thornton, she
being a young, woman who had'only
been married 'to Mr. Thronton but a
few weeks. In this tent was found
quantities of grain and sugar, just
Outside was a large still and near by
a barrel containing about 10 gallons
of what, after test , proved to be
Whiskey. Some distance from the
tent was four barrels which contained what appeared to be mash.
The officers arrived at these premises in the absence of Mr, and Mrs.
Thronton and when they came from
their visit to Houghton Lake after
supplies they were taken into custody
and all of their belongings loaded
upon a truck and taken to the county
jail at. Harrison.
It looked like a clear case against
Thronton, for in adition to Inspector
LaDue and Sheriff Crigier, there were
in the party of officers, Under Sheriff
Erter, of Claref Game Warden, John
Briggs, of Harrison, who was sworn
in as a duputy sheriff and H. B. Johnson, of Clare, who represents .a. number of state newspapers as a correspondent, besides the driver of the
county truck.
All of this work and effort on the
part of the officers has come to
naught for nothing has been done in
the case but to call Inspector LaDue
and Sheriff Crigier to Bay City to
make their affidavits, and the prisoner is still some where at large.
We sometimes hear criticism of
the. officers we have elected in the
county to inforce the laws, but what
incentive have they for doing anything, if after staying out all night in
Ihe rain, and taking chances with
men who as law violators are often
desperate characters, nothing more
comes of the case than there was in
this one.
Dropping a Cigarette Sets Fire
to Gas Station Sunday Evening
The city fire department was. called to the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Sternaman of east 4th.street,- Saturday morning 'wbere~a* gallon -measure
of gasoline had ignited-.-from an oil
stove. Little damage was done.'
Sunday evening they were called to
the Texaco Oil Station where the
dropping of a* cigarette had set Are
to. the pump. The department was on
the job quickly and soon had "the
blaze under control. The damage
will amount to nearly $300.
Wednesday morning an alarm was
sent In for .the rural fire truck for a
grass fire on the Jas. Robinett farm
just west of the city limits. The boys
soon placed the blaze" under, control.
, Sprays and bo<iiiets made to order
at White's" Fruit and Floral Farm,—
adv. -36tf.
<:■     A^IQUHCEMENT      Z
"^aving'sieudeavored. during my past
term' to bffici^feHy; *i*e|ire5ent. the elector & of Clare -feunty on the,, "Board .-^jt
County Road«*JJ^!amissiohe'e^l I h.4^
by'annonncCitt^ielf as a candidal
for the nomlAaliStt. tor County Hj^l
Commissioner on the Republican Tjp-
•fcet at the primary election to be he%
on. September 14th, 1926.1 trust th%t.
my knowledge arid attention to roaed
dutios will merit your support for fm
nomination..
,    ftespecttuliy su|»mIti;«dY -,-
Pol. adv.    36tf. *Jfoh» mm. ■■
WALTER P£IT1T DISPLAYS SECOND INVENTION.
. Much attention Has been;'drawn
this week to the display .window or
the Clare Hardware &■ 'implement
Co., where Walter JPettitf is displayss-
hls second invention. • .?- *"
Two negros-have been manufactured by Mr. Pettit and so arranged that
one is sitting down turning ^-grindstone, while the other holds-in his
hands an axe which he is" trying to
shariieh. Ml the motions of" haro
.work BHcli its we did on ' the farm
when boys, have been worked into
J-tlie apparatus.
Walt has many more ideas In view.
which he will build ni the near future
and as • these ideas are original, he
jhas much in store for himself.
Pari^'-'-wrew^^Arsenate   Lead
Try a C'sMitiea t-tner Next Week. | Kirkpatrick's arug stote.—adv.
FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERS THREE CALLS
MAJORITY Of BUSINESS
PLACES TO CLOSE MONDAY
C. A. READING IS
NAMED JUSTICE
OFJHE PEACE
City Council at Ann Arbor
Recognizes   Worth    of
Former Clare Citizen:
July 4th, this year, falls on Sunday,
but the business men of this city are
going to. see to it that they, * as well
as their employees, are not going to
be beaten out of the holiday and accordingly the majority, if not all the
business places> will be closed for the
day.
Some will spend the day visiting
their relatives in other c'itTes, some
on the shore of a quiet lake, while a
large number will celebrate at Harrison. -■--..'■-*
PLYMOUTH LADIES
Auto Leaves*jR.oadat*Ja'nies
Hill While Passing
Another Car. •
. Mrs. Cora Beckwell, of Plymouth,
Michigan, was cut slightly about the
face and head and her niece, a gin
of 15, had her left hand badly lacerated when the automobile Mrs. Beck-
well was driving left the road at the
fill just north of James hill Monday
afternoon.
They were travelng north on their
way to Houghton Lake and Mrs,
Beckwell stated that she had been
obliged to shift the "gears of .the car
in-going up James Hill as the motor
was no't working-properly,.land as she
reached the top of thf'thiii'and was
gaining momentum she thought best
to pass the car just ahead of her,
In some manner she lost control or
the car and it served to the left ana
over the bank, but fortunately for
them the right wheel gave way,
which threw the car to the right instead of the left and it ran into the
bank-of earth at the side instead or
turning over.
They were able to continue their
journey after • having their , wounds
dressed by Dr. Jones, of Harrison,
and repairs" made on the car.
CLARE BAUBOYS10 ;;-
play at mmxm sunday
W. ROGER ZINN     •
W. Roger Zinn, superintendent of
the Clara^schools is a native "of Mont-
Calm county, Michigan, having spent
his boyhood' days -near Vestabtirg,    •
He is a graduate of the A"tm.a high
school and college and.has taken-,his
post graduate wOrk-at'the'tr. of'M. .-
Mr. Zinn is   now   at   Ann   Arb*'?r'1
where he" is   attending   the   summer
session of school at   the   University
and expects to receive bis Master's
degree in August.'
He has been the ^successful superintendent of schools at Central Lake
for the past two years and comes very
highjy recommended by the citizens
of"ihat community.
Mrs*! Zinn has .an A. B., deKree and
will have charge of the English de-
parent of our high School during the
coming year.
APPRECIATION,
The ladies of the Herrick Helping
Hand    Society   wish   to    thank   all
those who helped   furnish   and.   pat-*
ronized their ice cfeani social. '
President.
at
At the celebration to be held at
Houghton Heights next Sunday, July
4th, the Clare base ball team is
scheduled to cross bats with the Gladwin team in the* afternoon.   .   .
As these two teams have for many
years put up a heated game whenever
they met, this is also promised to be
hotly contested. •
As July 4th this year falls on Sunday and no other resort nearby holding their celebration on this day,
without a doubt a great many people
will journey to.this lake-.'for the day.
The Indian band, of Mt, Pleasant,
will furnish .the music and the.large
bills promise a full day of entertainment. A big fireworks display is
scheduled for the evening.
NOTICE TO CUT WEEDS.
•'To o.wn'eref-pdsgsss,or3,> or- occupiers
of laud,, <ir" any persons or person, .firm
or corporhtlon having charge oil', any
lands in this state. "    ^
Notice is hereby given that all noxious weeds growing on any land' in the
township of Grant, cOnnty of Clare,
must be cut down and destroyed on or
before the 15th day of July A. D.,
nineteen hundred and twenty-six.
Failure to Comply with this notice
on or before the date mentioned or
within ten Ua'ya thereafter shall mai^
the parties" so failing liable for the
cost of cuting, sanie to rbejleyied and'
collected agatast ^rbper^v.in the same
manner as other "tiaxibB" are levied and
collected.
Dated, June/28th, 192«.
Robt. "Wilson, Highway Com*r.
3&t2. N   . Grant Township.
Monday, July 5th being a legal
holiday*'®he Citizens State Bank will
be closed all d*y.--*dr.
Following we print an article clipped from the Ann Arbor Times New*
of Ann Arbor under date of June
22nd, In which- the announcement is
made of the appointment of Carlos A,
Reading, a former attorney, ot this
city, to the office-of Justice of the
Peace: •»
"City council Monday night appoint,
ed Carlos A. Reading, attorney, to the
office of justice of the peace to fill the
'vacancy left by the death of John D.
Thomas. A resolution confirming his
appointment, which was recommend*
ed by the council in a "committee
of the whole" meeting Wednesday
evening, June 10, was adopted by a
Vote of 8 to 4.
"A motion by Aid J. Edgar Dwyer
of the Fourth ward was adopted over
a protest by Aid. Benjamin Graf of the
Second ward,    who    requested    that*-
action be postponed two weeks.
"At a unofficial meeting Wednesday
evening, June 10, the council by an informal vote of 7 to 2, recommended
the appointment of Mr. Reading, an
attorney, to fill the vacancy caused by
the' death of Justice Thomas. This
candidate's name was selected from a
list of six. *
"Mr, Reading', who is a graduate
from the law department qf Univers*
ity of Michigan, was prosecuting attorney in Clare county for eight years,
and served "as city attorney for si?
years. He came to Ann Arbor in 1924,
After graduating, he practiced law in
the office of Blum & Sample before
returning to Clare.
"Other candidates for the office
were: William W. Hamilton, deputy
county clerk; Bert Eugene Fry,
graduate of the law department" of
University of Michigan; William A.
Seery, former register of deeds; Fred
Lirette, owner of the Acme collection
agency, and Warren'Smith, attorney.
"Mr. Reading announced today that
arrangements are being made to locate the new justice offices in First
National Bank building. He probably
will assume his new duties early next
week."
In commenting editorially on the appointment, the Times News says:
THE  NEW JUSTICE
"Indications are that the appointment of Carlos A. Reading as justice
of the peace will prove to be a good
selection. Mr. Reading has the dignity and general bearing desirable for
the office, in addition to years of ex*
perience as a lawyer, and there seems
no reason to expect that he will not
fulfill the duties of the office in a
capable manner.
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"The council had some good timber
from which to select the justice. A
number of worthy, and no doubt
capable, men aplied for the -position,
and that was a fortunate circumstance- Probably one or more of the
aspirants would have qualified in an
excellent manner for the office, but
the fact remains that only one man
could be selected.
"In such a contest, so to speak>
politics apparently cennot be avoided.
Each applicant had his friends, and
quite naturally they pulled strings in
his behalf. And likewise, quite naturally, therejs bound to be disappointment for the unsuccessful candidate?
and their admirers,
"The Times News has tried to play
no favorites. It recognizes the abil-
itlf-s of some of those men who were
not appointed, but likewise it is inclined to view with favor the selection that was made. In the contest
certain arguments were made by
some of Mr. Reading's oponents which
did not strike us as being particularly
fair, and investigation has shown
them to be unjust.
"Anyway, he has the appointment
and deserves the support of the public. The council picked him as the
best man for the office, and since the
aldermen are the elected representatives of the people, it .-is taken for
granted that they knew what they
were doing. We believe he will make
a good,justice, and that Is what the
public wants'? ..b^& nothing more wiU
It ask." ■ .   .
In accepting the position Mr* Reading was given to understand that in
all probabilty a municipal court
would- soon be established and un
doubtedly the new Justice of the
Peace'would be given every consideration w^eh the. Judge of that Court
would be chosen.   . .   ,,
The Offitfefthat Mr. Reading now
holds carries with it a„ remuneration
in the neighborhood of jgTpoo and 1|i
no way will it conflict;-"wTgn Mr. Reading's general. practice'/"""***" k"S  ■
The Sentinel joins with the Ktta"tijr
frends of Mr. Reading in Clare an*
vicinity in eXtendng - congratulation*
and best wishes for success in hla
new duties, as we believe the City
Council of Ann Arbor has chosen -wfell
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