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CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNlKlG, DECEMBER^, 1926.
New Series Vol. 35, No. 7
OURT SESSION
COMPLETED EN
WEE DAYS
•Several 'Cases Bound "Over
llotil March .by Lick
of Evsdenco-
"tHhe 't3i^tnail*-a'l calendar for the De-
■ij^iaiber tei*m: 'of the Clare county
■<3ijtt5tiit Court was quickly disposed of
SMeh. Judge Hart called for the rea*-*-
*ta*gf ••*-£ 'the Calendar at nine o'clock;
^brt-t-jr forenoon. *
In the'cases of Earl Davis who -was
^taai-ged ^iih 'ft-Hudulent removal ***'
"*aiortifag_d propfeJjty, and Amelia Stoso
•and .Ada Soso «'tjh--i''s'3d with lares-ay;
"bench warrants Were -is&Ued for ititaHr
•appetahce and**- {he 'taseS contifottKSil
'until the March term.
The'caBe-df The People vs. 'Clarence'Long on a Statutory charge, ""-Was
'continued 'until the March term on,
' motion of Prosecutor Holbrctolv
Neater Higgins and    Clair  -Schaaf
■each plead guilty   to the   charge   of
taking an automobile and were placed
!oii probation.
The case of the People vs. Orin
"Ward who was charged with vibration
of the Prohibition Law was placed on
'trial "for the Monday afternoon session. It took about two "hours vto secure a jury and the balance of tlie afternoon for the state to submit their
case.
The trial was resumed on Tuesday
•forenoon and the case went to the
jury about two o'clock in the aftei\
noon and they were -discharged "at
five-thirty, having failed to reach an
agreement. The case will be tried
again at the regular March term.
The capias case of Ellis Hughes vs.
Clarence Long brought on arguments
from the attorneys when John Qoinn
representing Mr. Hashes made •&
motion that the case be continued un-
■ til the March term and filed an affidavit from Dr. Langan, ot Harrison,
"in which he stated that "William Hill,
a material witness had been thrown
from a load of coal on the previous
Tuesday and was suffering from a
fractured rib and dislocated kidney.
Attorney Charles Goggins, of Alma,
and Judge Kelly Searle, of Ithaca, as
■ representing Mr. Long objected to
the continuance and insisted that information be given as to Mr. Hill's
whereabouts, so that a deposition
"could be taken. Mr. Quinn being unable to* give this information, Judge
Hart made an order that the case be
continued until on or before December 27th, when a date would be set
•for the trial some 4ime in January,
•providing William Hill is able at that
time io appear in circuit court or give
his deposition.
Several of the chancery cases on
the calendar were ,disposed of, and
Blanche Hautburgue was granted a
divorce decree from Asa Hamburgue.
Marcen Scott received a decree from
William Scott and the -divorce case of
Lena Ellen Davis.vs. Judson Davis
was continued.
As this was thfe term which is designated to receive naturalization
petitions, Benjamin Vannater and his
witnesses appeared before the court
and tho questions being answered
satisfactorily, the Judge called upon
everyone present to stand while the
county clerk administered the oath
• of allegiance.
It was an impressive moment in the
•little court room, when in front of the
Circuit Judge's bench,   Tjeneath    the
Stars and stripes, this native of-Canada, who had lived in   this   country
since 1892, stood with uiflitted hand
•and renounced all allegiance   to   his
•mother country or any other government, King or Potentate and pledged
himself to   support,  defend  and   uphold the constitution of the greatest
''"lind-best government the world has
ever known.
Basil E. MeCltire, unmarried and
forty years of age, giving his residence as Storke county, Ohio., was
-sentenced by Judge Hart on Wednesday, to serye from six months to five
-years, with a.- recommendation of six
•montljs in Ionia Reformatory when lie
pleaded guilty to the charge of breaking and entering with the intent to
commit larceny in the home of Mr.
.and Mrs. William Mahan, of Lake.
The Mahan's had been away and
when they returned home on Monday,
■they found McCIure in the kitchen
preparing a meal.
He told the Judge that he Was a,
drug adict and that he was coming
■to Michigan to find a cure and the
Judge seemed to think Ionia would be
a good place for him to reside.
"The capias case of Sid Johnson vs.
&. A. Kleman was settleo* out of court
-in favor of the plaintiff. ,
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■   ' MANY THANKS.
We desire to express our thanks to
the many friends for their tokens of
m remembrance; to the Ladies Auxiliary
at Glare for the splendil basket of
fruit and the beautiful'flowers; and
4.6 the Helping Hand Society of Her-,
plcfif tot their floral offering during the
Illness in our home. '*
■ '•_ Mr. and Mrs. Frank T., Smith
*ReV, and Mrs. Edward T,.£mith
HALLOWEEN PRANKS
•    HOT SO JOYOUS
Farwell Lads Now on Probation
For Deeds .Heedlessly-
Committed.
Mbnwa WaYhef, A-tox W«,l*fcetv .afro*
it* 04©n, aged f^li-teen and fifteen
•years WiSpefctively*, *nd tfeiMe'jit- 'Of
JPatXveiii, "were artfafignea before Judge
ot "Probate Thonraa DotfSe'y, last "week
■"S-tSft^day, 'on a <«bmplaHht w"hlch grew
•afit 'tff a Hallowe'-en "prank. The boys
■pleaded.'guilty *!hd were .placed !bn
jp-r^batJibn -for a brief 'period, after a
.good lecture Was give*n to them on the
•serious 'd'onstrquencofe 'Of these acts.
'These bays 'in cdfiipany *w-ith -z. "H,
•'Peterson, -ahttther -boy \ about -the
•*-ame<age,%ent,to>fhe Pere Marquette
'depot 'in iftarweu ffcn Hallowe'en evening, expecting to take' the baggage
trucks to^ome other part of the town.
They fdUhd the trucks locked, and
tjne d'f 'the: boys suggested that they
enter 'the '^uilcling, which was also
locked. "The evidenced taken in the
ca"se, brought out the fact that this
boy felt that he had not been amply
rewarded for some extraordinary
service which he had rendered to the
railroad* company and des-Ked ito get
.even with them.
The suggestion was adopted and
Walker and Peterson entered the depot, while "the other boys waited and
watched "out side. As the only valuable in the building were the pennies
and gum in the vending machine, this
was broken and the contents taken,
The gum wag equally divided between
•the four boys, but the pennies were
kept by the two who entered the
building.
Peterson has not yet been apprehended, but will be brought before
Mr. Dorsey; as soon as he returns.
"This Halloween -prank which turned out so disastrously to these boys,
should be a lesson to others to take
care, when out for a little fun and
sport, as often boys are led to do
things When in a -group that they
would never think of do'ing if alone
and given time to think it over.
BASKET* BALL SCHEDULE OPENS IN G/OWE
WliyEEe CITY
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Boys Will Appear in   New
' Suits of'Green and White-
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ANNUAL ELECTION
Installation   to   Tafce   Placfe' ill
January  When Grand Hive
Officers Will be Present.
CLARE1TES DINE
ATELM GROVE
Community  Gatherings   to
be • Discontinued   Until
Road Conditions
are Better.
About seventy anen from Clare and
the community surrounding Elm
Grove partook; of a bountiful supper
that was served at the Grange hall on
Wednesday evening by the ladies of
the Advance Grange.
The hearty manner in which all
present partook of the many good
things which had been provided by
the ladies was proof of 5the excellency
of the meal.
"Mike" Elden led in the singing and
"Mac" McAllister presided.
. Brief talks were.given by a number
of those present and a splendid spirit
of friendliness anfl good will prevailed.
On account of the lateness of tlie
season and bad roads.^ this is no
doubt the last of the* supper series
until next year, when it is hoped that
the business men may once more visit
the rural communities Surrounding
Clarer-
AlPwho have attended these suppers have felt that much good has
been accomplished in bringing about
a closer acquaintance among the men
of Clare and their -neighbors in the
country.
-The success of these gatherings has
been due to a considerable degree to
the untiring efforts of -"Tobe" Thompson, who has had the arrangements
in charge and handled the finances'.
He has given a great* deal of time to
the work and should receive the
thanks of the community for the
splendid service he lias rendered.
■•'The i"Clare basket hall season will
•Open cm "Friday evening, December 17,
"wlien Reed City comes"*' with their
'strong team to play our boys ofi the
Ideal floor, There has ^always been
'a strong-.rivalry between the athletic
teams of these two schools, and this
ga-me promises to be an exciting one,
as the Clare boys a**e determined to
'w'in this year.
Our boyfe will appear in new suits.
'They are dark green in color, with
white strips down the sides of the
trunks apd numbered in white, with
the word "Clare" on the front of the
jersey in white letters. The jerseys
are wool and the trunks are leather
cloth. . ,
These suits were purchased from
the Spaulding Company through a
local dealer. It is the policy of the
Board of^Education and the Athletic
Association to purchase all school or
athletic supplies or equipment
through local businessmen .whSneVer
possible and it has been their experience, that a better prices can be secured.
Coach Alldread has had' his squad
in the gymnasium every night working hard in prepai*ation for this opening game. He is not prepared at this
time to announce the line up, but the'
| twelve, meu most liable to play are:
| Wallace Johnson, Albert Leis, George
Grover, H. B. Johnson, Asa Parker,
Roland Thayer. Donald Jones, William Lange, Herman Leis, Leo Joslin,
Gerald Callihr.u and Curtis Herns.
The support: of the people of Clare
will mean much to the school and
team and every seat in the gym
should be filled at this" contest.
The basketball schedule as announced by Principal G. R. Bogan, the
faculty advisor of athletics is as follows :
Dec. 17, Reed City, here.
Jan. 5th, Indian School, here.
Jan. 7th, Evart, there.
Jan. 14th, Beaverton, here.
Jan. 21st, Games Pending, there.
Jan. 28th, Evart, here.
Feb. 2nd, Indian School, there.
Feb. 4th,  Shepherd, here.
Feb. 11th, Beaverton, there.
Feb. 18th, Mt. Pleasant, there.
Feb. 25th, Open.
Mar. 1st, Mt. Pleasant, here.
Mar. 4th, Reed City, there.
Under a new ruling of the M. I. A,
A. the officials at all interscholastic
basketball games must be men whose
names are on .the state approval list,
and as only those who are competent
will be placed on this list, tlie fans
are assured of fairness in all games.
CLARE COUNTY CLUB
PROPOSE
Former Clare county residents who
now reside in Detroit and vicinity
have stood It long enough. They propose to organize a Clare County Club.
A meeting has been called by the
more interested ones f6'r Saturday,
January 8, 1927, at 2:00 o'clock in the
afternoon, in the offices of Don W,
Canfield, 621 Lafayette, building. At
this time they are going to prefect
an organization and formulate plans
for the coming year. It is estimated
that there are approximately beween
three and four hundred Clare county
folks now living in Detroit.
The purpose of tlie organization is
to renew old friendships and give t\ie
members a better opportunity of
keeping in touch with each 'other.
"Various social events have been sug-
gested'for the winter months.
Residents of Clare county1, are urg^
ed tq write their friends or relatives
in Detroit and Vicinity notifying them
about this meeting. They are all
cordially Invited to attend,,       /
The regular meeting of La foBea
Hive* No. 170 L.. O. T. M. was faeld at
the home of Mrs, Johnr Wilson, with
special representative 'Mrs. Swartz
*Miller,' of .Owosso, Mich,, present. After the business. meeting- the annual
election of officers resulted as follows;
Past Com,,-Ida McLeod. -
Commander, "Battle Wilson.
Lieut. Coni., Una Pettit.
F. K., Alta Oapea.      "
R. K., Margaret Derby.
Chaplain, Lillian Stirling,
Sergeant, Adelia Herrick.
M. at Aims, Helen Dohertyv
Sentinel, Anna Mooney.
Picket, Esther Brown.
Pianist, Laila Wilson.
Gt. M. at A., Mary Green.
Gt. Chaplain, Nellie Thurston.       h
Gt. Sentinel, .Hazel Hawkins.
The installation of officers will take
place the first of January at which
time one -ok* the G.reat Hive officers
will be present.
At the close of the meeting< Mrs.
Wilson served dainty re^reahriicnts.
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NEW TWO-CENT STAMP,
A new two-cent stamp Which com-
morates by its design the 150 an*-
niversary of the battle of White
Plains, famous in the history of the
Revolutionary wan, has just been issued. The design of the stamp depicts four soldiers in continental uniform with -cannons and ammunition
and is printed in light red ink with
a w-hite background. The stamps
were first offered for sale at White
Plains, New York, the scene of the
battle, on October 18, and since that
time have been gradually placed in
general circulation.
AN APPEAL FOR HELP
The season of the year for extending greetings of cheer and good will
is with us again. The opportunity to
extend our Yuletide spirit is opened
by a call from the Clare counly Chapter Red Cross in ah appeal to help
those who have been so unfortunate
as to lose their homes and personal
belongings by fire in the past week.
The Ancel family have grief to
bear that seldom comes in a life time.
The circumstances, in spite of their
ambition, have made it inil'ossible
for them to have much of-this world's
goods stored away to competu with
such a disasterous lot. While Mr. and
Mrs. Kinzel are now to the age where
hardship cannot be so easily met as
in the past.
Local churches have volunteered to
give clothing for the four surviving"
Ancel children, and,the Red Cross is
now asking your hearty support in
helping these two families to again
maintain homes. The four older
people are small in stature and are in
need of clothing,
Mr. D. E. Mater has opened his
building _n east. Fourth street and
any one having articles of clothing,
foods, or furniture please leave same
there and it will be conveyed to these
needy families by the Red Cross committee.
IIKE DEPARTMENT CALLS
Saturday afternoon the fire department answered a call in twelve
minutes to tne Bowerman farm residence four miles south and one-half
mile west of the city, where they
found a small blaze which was quickly extinguished. A beet weeder os-
cupied the house:* The damage is
estimated at abput seventy-five dollars,
Monday evening the alarm was
turned in for a fire in th'e basement
of the W. H. Elden home on east
Fifth street. The blaze had gained
headway through the first floor but
was extinguished by the chemicals.
It is thought the damage would
ampunt to about ?300.
Notice ■■■.'■
Dr. Foland of Mt Pleasant will not
be lit his office Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, December 13, 14 and 15.*
W. C. CRIBBS MEETS
WITH CLARE C. OF C.
Urged    Planting  of   Trees
Where Beauty Can
be Appreciated
W. C. Cribbs, of Cadillac, who represents the extension department of the
Michigan State College in six counties
of north Central Michigan addressed
tlie Clare Chamber of Commerce on
Monday evening at a meeting held in
the Boy Scouts • rooms. Mr. Cribbs'
su_j*6ct was "Practical Reforestation". He said that his criticism of
the general type of re-forestration
was, that the forests are usually located at a distance from a trunk line
highway and most of the people never
see them, and w.hile they are valuable
■from the economic standpoint, they
are not where their beauty can be appreciated.
The program .Of re-forestration as
outlined by Mz*. Cribbs, would be to
set out plots of trees along the trunk
line highways, from one half acre'up,'
as the farmer felt that he could afford to do so, using to the acre, 680
white pine seedlings set eight feet
apart, and 2040 Norway spruce seedlings which should be set four feet
apart.
All that is necessary to the setting
of these trees is to plow a furrow and
the trees set in the botton of this furrow, prevents the grass f/din interfering with their growth for the first
two years.
• The Norway spruce can" be obtained
from the Michigan State College** and
two year old seedlings, which are"
from two to five inches in height
would cost four dollars per thousand.
The White pine three year old seedlings are five inches high and can be
purchased through the forestry division of the Conservation Department.
These cost three dollars per thousand ana would be furnished from the
Higgins Lake nursery.
These trees are allowed to grow together until the Norway, spruce are
from seven to ten years**'old and from"
four to six feet In height, whe*n they
could be harvested for Christmas
trees and sold at approximately thirty
cents per tree or about six hundred
dollars for the acre.-
The pines will then be from ten to
twelve feet in height and the owner
of the land would hav'e a grove of
-permanent beauty and whiie he might
never reap any actual monetary value
from this grove of pines, he has had a
good profit' from the Christmas trees
and is providing a pine forest for
future generations.
Mr. Cribbs called attention to the
fact that there are thousands of acres"
of land along the trunk line highways'
of Clare county where nothing is
growing but June and quack grass
and in this way could be made of'
value.
The business men who were present were In, hearty accord with th6
program as outlined by Mr. Cribbs.   -
LARD at Jackson's Market, 16c   per
Pbund. 7tf, :
CALLAM ESTATE NA-
, TURAL LANDSCAPE
FOR RESOST PARK
Pond Fed by Spring Water—
Unsurpassed fop Fishing
in Central Michigan.
Bathing Beach Could  Be  Built
WitH'Srnatl Pxpenditure.
The Clare mill pond and power
dam, together with the land adjoining
this property offers an exceptional opportunity for tho development of a
summer resort of considerable proportions.
This property is nqw a part of the
Galium estate and has historical interest -as well as being a natural
beauty spot. The pond is caused by
the >back water from the power dam.
The flrst dam on thia site was built
by James • Remick, a lumberman,
about fifty-five* years ago, and was
for logging purposes. After the great
pine forests were cut and the last of
the logs driven down the river to the
great saw mills of Saginaw river and
bay, the site was purchased by a Mr.
Varney, who built a flour mill, and
this was operated for ^several years
with James Thompson as manager.
The dam was taken out several
times by floods, but was repaired or
rebuilt. When the Callums acquired
the property, they razed the .mill and
it was nioved to McEwan and Fourth
streets and re-built. This mill is now
known as The Clare City Mills and is
owned and operated by C. M. Jones.
After the mill was removed, the
water power was used "to furnish
electric current for the city, and for
several years the current has been
purchased by the Consumers- Power
Company. This contract expired last
May, and since that time the machinery has been idle.
To the north of the pond are hills
which are covered with the spruce,
popular and tamarack. On the south
shore is a beautiful grove of second
growth hard wood.
A small grove near the west end of
the pond is now a part of the city's
tourist camp.
The pond is the best fishing lake in
this section, as it is.fed by the spring
waters of the Tobacco river, one of
the best trout streams in Central Michigan. In the waters of the pond are
the speckled and rainbow trout,, bass
and perch and there are large pike in
abundance.
The plans for the development of
this property should include the purchasing of the pond and dam and all
the land adjoining, and then the setting aside of a portion of the grove
for a tourist camp and public picinic
ground, and the further beautifying of
the north shore.
CLARE DEBATES AT    -
BRECKENRIDGE TUESDAY
Opponents  Won    Unanimously
1     Oyer St. Louis School in
Recent  Discussion.'
GOOD LITERATURE CLUB
The Clare Good Literature Club
met with Mrs. Fred Thompson Tuesday evening, November 30th for a
Thanksgiving pot luck dinner. The
chairman, Mrs. Maude Callihan, and
her committee deserve a great deal of
credit for" the splendid dinner served.
The tables were prettily decorated
and nearly the full club membership
was present. Place cards were made
by Mrs. John Wilson.
Following the dinner, the regular
business meeting was called to order
by the President, Mrs. Sternaman.
She called Upon several members Vto
give some- reasons for their being
thankful at this season of the year.
Miss Laila Wilson, who was a guest
favored the club with four piano selections. Miss Wilson gave a short
description of each piece of music
which increased the interest. Mrsv
Horton gave a reading "The First
Thanksgiving."
Mrs. Marjorie Reeder gave .a vocal
solo accompanied at the piano by Miss
Annabelle Grover. They responded
with an encore.
Mrs. Wilson also read a paper
about Thanksgiving, and as usual,
this was an interesting number on a
fine evenings program,
The club. adjourned, to meet with
Mrs. Martha Bicknell, December 14th.
Mrs. pearl Sanford will be chairman.
LEGLESS ONE ARMED
IAN GETS' HIS BEER
Atty. Joe Schnitzler of Mt. Pleasant,
legless and with but one arm, should,
be an inspiration to every man who
is inclined to feel sorry for himself.
Mr. Schnitzler went into the upper
peninsula with friends during - the
deer season and brought home his
buck despite his physicial handicap.—
Ex.
o Notice   •
CAN YOD LAUGH?      k
You can if you -see "Ms-" in
"Martha By The Day" tonight—-your
last, chance.
The Clare Study Club will meet
with Mrs. I. E. Hampton next Tuesday afternooii. Mrs. Donald Bicknell
will be in charge of an opera entitled
••Martlfa."
Tonight, December tenth, is the
date scheduled by the Michigan High
School Debating League for debates
in two hundred and thirty high
schools of the state, involving six
hundred ninty h(gh school students.
Clare is a member of the league and
was scheduled to, debate with breckenridge in their city, being on the affirmative side, but du.e to the senior
play tonight it was postponed* until
Tuesday night. The locals, Rollin
S-Uiull, captain, Vernie Holmes, Irlene
Des Ormeau and Lucille Glass will
endeavor to prove their side of the
question, "Resolved, That the United
States Government should own the
coal mines."
The remaining two preliminary debates will be held on January 14th,
and February 11th, 1927,
It is "expected that Tuesday evening's session will be very interesting
and educational as Breckenridge won
unanimously over St. Louis in a recent debate.
KINZER0MEDE-
STROYED BY FIRE
Last week Wednesday morning fire
destroyed the residence and its contents of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kinzel
near Nester Dam. About four o'clock
they were awaken by the smell of
smoke and found the ceiling over
their bedroom in flames. They were
able to secure but several articles on
the way out of the building. The
house was a five room structure and
their loss is estimated at $1000 without insurance.
The aged couple will make their
home with his cousin who lives on an
adjoining farm for the winter and
hope to be able to build a small home
in the spring.
THREEXMLDREN
BURN TO DEATH
House and Contents   Were
A Total Loss to  Ancel.
Family Near Harrison
Friday Afternoon.
The farm home of Mr. and Mrs.
William Ancel, residing about- ten
miles northwest of Harrison was destroyed by fire last Friday afternoon
and their three youngest-children,
aged four months, two and four years
perished in the flames.
Mr. Ancel's aged mother who makes
her home with them and Mrs. Ancel
had left the house to do some chores
as Mr. Ancel was away working, leaving the baby asleep on the bed and
the other two boys playing in the
kitchen. Upon the mother's return
in a very short time, found the home
a mass of flames and in spite of her
frantic efforts she could not rescue
her children. The cause of the fire
has not been determined but it is
thought possibly fire had been smoldering in1 the attic for some time and
as it was lined with building paper it
burned rapidly.
The four older children ranging
from five to eleven years, were in
school when the tragedy occurred.
The grief stricken mother lies In a
very critical state from the shock
and the family were taken to the
home of her parents nekr Houghton
Lake.
The family are destitute and efforts
are being made to solicit clothing for
them.
PROGRAM AT CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH THURSDAY EVE-
NING DECEMBER 18TH
Music by orchestra.
"Just a Little Mistake".
Mrs. Ball'—a very hospitable
woman, Mrs. Jay Green.
Elsie Walton—her niece, Mrs. F. W.
McKnight.
Helen Strong*- Ray Forster—"her
friends, Marjorie Reeder, Laila Wilson.
Jerry—her sisters friend.* Wilma-
Achard/ *• •'
A Cook, Donald Jones.
Solo, Mrs. W. S. McAllister.
Monologue—"Mrs, Fidgity on the
Trolly Car", Mrs. Jas. Rogers. ,
Duet, Nellie Jane Davy and Mary
Elden.
"The Midget's Grand Parade", by
the little .folks, including the Mayor
and Selectmen.
Policeman and band.
Farmer John.
Dr. Bones.
Milliner.
Dressmaker.
Washwoman,
Dairy maids and" others.    *
An eVetting full of fun for all.
Price 15c and 25c.
Senior play at high school tonight.
Meet me there.
SUPREME COURT
MAKES IMPORTANT
TRESPASS DECBION
Circuit Court Verdict Reversed in Case of Collins.
Vs. Gerhardt.
The state supreme court' on Wednesday reversed the verdict of Circuit
Judge Fred H. Lamb, OJt Cadillac,
who found Gideon Gerhardt quilty ot
trespass last year when he fished the
Pine river in Lake county, The
stream flows through land owned by
Frank Collins, of Toledo. ■ .
The case came before Judge Lamb
on Collin's appeal from the verdict
of a jury which had found Gerhardt
not quilty. The contention of the defense was that Pine river is a navigable stream and that it is stocked
with fish planted by the state.
The sportsmens organizations of
Michigan, including the Michigan
Conservation congress and the Isaac
Walton League contributed ?5,000 to.
carry the case to the highest court.
This decision will meet with favor
with Michigan's sportsmen as it secures fishermen the right to fish.
streams, under certain conditions,
even though they flow through private property.
Justice McDonald, of the Supreme
Court said: "It Is immaterial .who
owns the soil in the navigable rivers.
The trust remains. From the beginning th'e title was impressed with this
trust for the preservation of the public right of fishing. Pine river is
navigable. In its waters the people
have the common right of fishing."
BUSINESS MEN FETE
WITH HERRICK CITIZEN-
DAVYS'STORE L00T-
EDFRIDAYMORNING
Clothing Valued  at  About
Five Hundred Dollars
Taken From Men's
Department.
Davys' department store was broken into last Friday night and about
five hundred dollars worth of men's
suits, overcoats and mufflers were
taken, but nothing was missing from
the ready to wear or dry goods department. ,
The thieves gained admission to
the store by prying open the rear door
With a wrecking bar. Although the
officers «ouId find no clews to the
identity of [ the robbers, it was evident
from all appearance that they had an
automobile ,in the alley in which to
transport the- merchandise.
The culprits took advantage of the
fact that several miifute touches had
not beeiij completed on the building
but in the future .a night watchman
will be'there to greet them with firearms.
Princess Theatre,      }
December 11-17 inclusive
Sat., Dec. 11—The Cowboy and the
Counters Buck Jones.
Sun.-Mon. — Fascinatiug Youth —
Junior Stars.
Tues.-Wed.—Mtsmates—Doris Ken*
yon, Warner, Baxter,—A dranm of ai
mothers daring courage, a jewel
pageant, the . most maguificant scene
ever filmed. A Roman festival," and a
thrilling climate. All carved from
the1 fast life of 1926.
Thur.-Fri.—Hogans Alley .— Montie-
Blue.   Matinee Tuesday 20c-10c.
A school matinee, Tuesday, December 21st—A Kiss for Cinderilia. iff
you liked"-Peter Pan, don't miss this.
All school children 10-5c. Adults 20c
■is
Ninety men, representing the business men of Clare and the farmers;
living Gin the vicinity of Herrick, enjoyed an excellent chicken dinner,?
which was served at the school house,
on Thursday evening of last week by
the Helping Hand society of thflj
Methodist Episcopal .church of thafc
community.
The serving of this dinner represented a tremendous amount of work
on tho part of the ladies, as chairs,
tables, dishes, stoves, and everything
necessary to serving had to be provided. However, they were equal tc«
the occasion, and there was nothing;
lacking to make the dinner and service perfect in every respect.
That the Clare men throughly enjoyed the dinner was evidenced by the
hearty manner in which they consumed the food, and it was a revelation to
all present to witness an actual dem-*
onstration of some men's ability to
eat enormous quantities of cake after
having eaten several chickens
A fine spirit prevailed tttroughout
the entire evening and closer acquaintance was formed by this gathering.
No meetin of the M. E. Ladies Aid
will be held until January 7th, 1927.