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Official   Paper of
Clare   and   Clare   County
Established 1878
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MOANING, APRIL 1,1927
New Series Vol. 35, No. 23
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WEIGHT vm'M"
MEETS OPPOSITION
Many Members to Insist on
Permasraent Hates or
' Lower Licenses.
HOUSE WHS RADIO BILL.
Squabble  Between Howell and
A»« Arbor Over   Hospital
Thought  Settled.
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Tire lagis-a'tare machinery grinds
reletotlessly «m through long gVUellins
at-en»oon sessions. The clerk's voice
monotonously drones section after
sec&xn ic-f tedious bills. The presiding officer rattles ott perfunctory
phrases. N6av laws are born. Old
statutes are amended or repealed.
Millions of dollars of public funds are
app-®j-raa»efl. .Nearly every evening
public hearings'are held before various committees and - spokesmen for
special interests deliver impassioned
pleas for their pet projects, Avhile the
committee members ^aljfr' it rather
philosophically. '"/>'.•'■>''
The sessions are especially tedious
in the House of Representatives: The
Senate, because of its smaller and
more experienced membership and its
general aversion to long-winded debates, usually completes its formal
daily session in about half the time
required by the House.
Wearisome routine measures comprise most of the legal grist, hut uoav
and then controversial measures appear which set off the oratorical fire-
. works. The chief v/orry in both
tranches of the Legislature just uoav.
seems to he how all the necessary
and worthy appropriation requests
are to be granted without a boost in
State .axes.
Highway  Bills  in Tangle
Increased perplexity prevails in the
Legislature as to Avhat amendments.
If any, to the present gas and Aveight
tax levies are to be passed at the
present session.
Considerable concern and no little
dissatisfaction is evident among the
members over the announcement that
at a little banquet lield at one of the
down-town hotels a few days ago.
Governor Green, members of the
Highway Committee of the Stat e Administrative Board, the Highway
Committee of the Senate 'and the
Roads and Bridges Committee of the
House agreed to support a 3 cent gas
tax Avith no change in the present
annual Aveight tax on motor vehicles,
except that 50 per cent of the weight
tax revenue would be returned to the
counties. This would mean a slight
increase to the counties over the fixed amount of $6,000,000 which they
now receive from the Aveight tax
levenues.    •
The present State officials are said
to be backing this neAv program to
meet the emergency caused by the
depletion of the highway funds by the
previous State administration. Some
of the Senators and Representatives
have announced that they Avould favor the program only on the basis that
it was to meet this emergency and
that in a year or, at the latest, in tAVO
years, there Avould be a material reduction in the weight tax or possibly
a permanent license for passenger
ears. Other members insist that no
matter Avhat mistakes the previous
administration may have made, that a
gas tax increase unaccompanied by
any corresponding decreases is not
justified.
Some of the Senators and Representatives avIio attended the higlnvay
finance dinner party noAV insist that
they did not give their sanction to
any such program and that they will
not support it. They point out that
they do not see how the present
State administration can sponsor such
a program inasmuch as the platform
of the Republican Party at the last
election provided that no new taxes
would he favored which 'would not
definitely displace the burdens of the
existing levies.
Had Reached Compromise
Ou the day previous to the banquet
at which the 3 cent gas tax with no
weight tax reduction was discussed.
House leaders had perfected a compromise which AVas said to have been
satisfactory to several members
sponsoring various highway finance
schemes. The compromise Avould
have provided for a 4 cent gas tax,
permanent licenses for passenger
cars at the cost of 40 cents per 100
pounds, and annual weight taxes on
trucks and busses according to the
following' schedule: trucks weighing
up to 2500 pounds, 30 cents per 100
pounds; trucks weighing from 2500
pounds to 4000 pounds, 50 cents per
100 pounds and trucks above 4000
pounds according to the present rates.
This plan provided that the proceeds of the proposed 4 cent gas tax
would have been distributed as follows: 35-per cent, estimated at ?8,-
400,000, would have gone to the var-"
ious counties in the same proportion
M the $S,OO£>jO00 which they now re-
.eefcre froSti the weight tax is divided;
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BEEi ACREAGE BEING
RftPIDlY CONTRACTED
Indications Are That the "Columbia Sugar Co, Will Beter it?
Record of Last Year, When
'9,000 A^res Were Seeded.
W. S. Teeter, Clare ' fteldman for
the .Mt. Pleasant factory of the Co-
lumbia Sugar Company, has Avritteii
close to 500 acres -for beets, and Joe
McGuire, .field .man -for Buunham,
Gowdan and Doherty stations, has
Avrittenabout .700 .acres, These totals
probably will be considerably increased 'before seeding time.
The Coleman and Beaverton territories :have ibeen <car.ed >for >by representatives of the company's plant at
Bay -City, 'but (because .of a considerable acreage contracted for the Bay
City factory in Canada, these districts have been given to the Mt.
(Pleasant :plant itliis -year and the
beets will be shipped to Mt. Pleasant,
With nearly 7000 acres already contracted .for beet raising in the territory, indications are that the
Columbia Sugar company will better
its record of '.last -year, when about
S000 acres were seeded to beets and
65,000 tons were made into sugar at
the  Mt. Pleasant factory.
Tho guaranteed price of* beets and
the comparative certainty of this
crop, together with unsatisfactory
market conditions due' to over production of other crops, decides the
farmers 'in favor of beet raising.
Officials of the company are making plans foj- the shipment from
Texas and northern industrial centers, of about 400 families to take
care of the beets to be raised in Isabella,   Clare  and   Midland   counties.
'There are tA«*'lve field men employed in the Mt. Pleasant plant territory, and in addition to the weigh
stations used last year, one is to be
opened at Farwell, where farmers
did not contract last year, but where
there is a considerable acreage this
season.
JUDGE HART HAS
BUSY WEEK
AT HARRISON
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Five Defendants on Criminal Calendar P.ea«l Guilty
and Are Sentenced.
BENEFIT DANCE.
A dance will he given at tlie I. O. O.
F. hall at Farwell on Friday evening,
April Sth for tlie benefit of the John
Van Buskirk family, whose home
burned. Good music and a good time.
Evei-ybody come.   ,  •'.,.,
C. S. C. MEMBERS
FETEHUSBANDS
Supt. W. W. Gumser, of Lowell,
Gave Address of the Evening.
The ladies of the Clare Study Club
invited their husbands to attend a
banquet Tuesday evening at Hotel
Doherty.
Small tables seating from four to
six people Avere laid 'in the dining
room and everybody seemed to enjoy
the good things furnished. Pretty
place cards, rose buds, sAveet peas
and smilax, helped make a lovely
picture.
Mrs. William H. -Caple presided and
introduced the speaker of tlie evening, our former school superintendent, W. W. Gumser, now of Lowell.
Mr. Gumser's talk Avas short and
•witty 'but (contained Avith all some
serious thoughts. "He spoke of the
trend of the age to keep up a continual search for "the foot of the
rainbow", that life is a chase for happiness and that we look to material
ends for that happiness. We said Ave
can find it in our hearts if Ave will
look for it there."
Club members taking part, besides
the chairman Avere, Mrs. Jas. Tat-
man Avho asked a blessing before Ave
ate, Mrs. McAllister, Mrs. McGuire
and Mrs. Merrihew, Avho sang, Mrs.
Donald Bicknell, Avho played the
piano and Mrs. Elton Allen, Avho closed the meeting with the reading of
cur beautiful club collect.—M.
The March term '.of1 ."the Clave
County Circuit Court was convened
at Harrison Monday, -with Judge Ray
Hart, of Midland, presiding.
The criminal calendar Avas quickly
disposed of, and none of the cases
came to trial, five of the defendants
pleading guilty, and five, cases being
continued until the next term.
The sentence ot Ada Soso, Avho
plead guilty to a charge of larceny,
Avas suspended, and she-"was ordered
to report at the next term df court.
The case of Amelia Soso, who. Avas
associated with 'her in the same offence, Avas referred to the Probate
Judge.
Maud Allen pleaded guilty to violation* of the prohibition laAv, and Avas
sentenced to serve forty-five days in
the Clare county jail at Harrison.
In the case of the people vs. Osmer
Arnold, statutory burglary, the defendant plead guilty and Avas sentenced to serve from six months to
one year in Jackson state prison Avitli
a recommendation of six months.
Beecher Dunlop pleaded guilty to
violation of the prohibition la.w and
Judge Hart decreed that he should
serve from six months to one year in
Jackson, with a recommendation of
six months.
The cases of the People Ars. Davis,
removal of mortgage property, the
People vs. Orin Ward, violation of the
prohibition laAv, the People vs James
Dalton, violation of the prohibition
Isav, and the People vs. Wm. J.
Stephenson, feloneous assault, were
continued until next term.
In the case of the People vs. D. P.
Hindman, issuing fraudulent check,
the defendant is being held at Decatur,  Indiana, on a similar offense.
The issue of fact case of Theodore
Baxter, doing business as Baxter
Cartage Company, vs, W. E. BoAvler,
appeal in assumpsit, was tried before
a jury and the defendant-was awarded a. judgement for $125.
Court was adjourned Wednesday af-
aftonpony., and a    chancery   case in
•  . 'i. _ £.#.3)5fit-'•-       m      .   . . H
which some testimony Avas taken, is
lo be completed at Mt. Pleasant Friday.
MIDLAND ALSO HAS
EGG EATING CHAMPION.
Floyd Soper, a young farmer living'
near Midland claims to be something
of ^an egg eater, according to a news
story published in the Midland Republican of March 17th, which states'
that Soper regularly consumes tAVO
dozen per day, aud on the days when
he has a good appetite, he eats .a feAv
extra.
It is said that every day in the
week he eats, six eggs for breakfast,
tAvelve for dinner, and agaiu six for
supper.
ROSEBUSH CHURCHES ANNOUNCE EASTER PLANS
BABE CALLED HOME.
Mildred Alaydia, only daughter of
iMr. and Mrs. B. Lloyd Jones, born at
Wayne, Michigan, August 5th, 1926,
passed aAvay at her grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. Oitderkirks' home in
Vernon township, March 28, 1927.
She leaves to mourn their loss, besides her parents,  her grandparents,
Mr, and Mrs. S. A. Jones, of Midland;
Mr.  and  Mrs,  J.  H.   Ouderkirk,  also
many relatives and friends.     !
"Otir little  Mildred Alaydia
To heaven has flown
To join with God's-fairies
Around .the white throne."
Services Avere held Wednesday afternoon   from     the     Congregational
Church  conducted  by  Rev.  Methner,
of Coleman, and the little form laid
to rest in Cherry Grove.
The pre-Easter and Easter programs of the churches here are now
complete, They consist o'f a "Visitation Week" and Passion Week
Services culminating on Easter Sunday. The Aveek of April 3-10 will be
observed as visitation ' Aveek when
every home ,Avill be visited by two
people with an invitation to the Passion week services to be held April
10-17 each night in the Center
Church, The theme for the Aveek
will he_ "The Gospel in terms- of
Rural Life". During this Aveek visitors will go out in personal evangelistic work.
Easter day Avill begin with a Sunrise Service at Center in which the
Epworth League will present the
pageant: "Victory.'1 Also the beautiful Baptismal service at this time.
The morning service and sermon at
Center Avith reception of members.
The day Avill be crowned with an evening service at Rosebush in Which
the choirs will present an Easter
Cantata. There Avill be a brief message, baptismal service and -reception of members.
The community is eoz-dially urged
to participate in these- efforts and to
profit thereby. The churches are
anxious to impart to all Avho will re*
ceive them the spiritual lessons of
this beautiful season of the church
year,
wmm MONDAY
Next Monday is election day and It
is the duty of every qualified elector
to Vote early in the day,
I Rev. and Mrs, Gordon, -Spear and
tAVO children, of South Haven, are
guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
j H. C. 'Cudney.
i L. J, Wilson, a Greenville farmer,
who killed Ted Sixbury,    Avho    Was
'supposedly robbing his chicken coop,
several months ago, wag acquitted hy
a jury in ten. minutes at Stanton last
Week. Petitions-were circulated to
free Mr, Wilson on this charge,
T*
arn
Your Clocks
Ahead
One  Hour
at Noon
Sunday
April 3rd
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
TENDERED CHICKEN
DINNER SUNDAY.
Mr.  and Mrs.   J.  E.    Doherty
Serve Feast to Boys in Honor
of Their Son, Alfred, Who
Was Horr.e From
Edniore.
"Chicken dinner" was the magic
Avord spoken in a hoarse whisper by
Chief C- A. Wellnlan of the Clare lire
department, Avhen the members of the
department and a feAv of the assistants answered his telephone calL Sunday forenoon.
In response to the inquiry as to the
place and time, they were informed
that "Mike" was home, that is Avas
his birthday, and that his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Doherty Avere to
entertain at dinner.
It is needless to state that all Avei-e
at the appointed place on time, and
every man did full justice to the feast
Avhich had been prepared for them.
Some of these firemen have enormous appetites, but they attempted
the impossible Avhen they tried to
consume all of the food in this home,
for there seemed no end to the source
of supply from the kitchen.
The Clare fire ;department say that
Mr. and Mrs. Doherty are royal entertainers. Those present Avere C. A.
Wellman, Fred Smalley, M. D. Feigh-
ner, H. B. Johnson, Albert Haley,
WHlard Bicknell, Harvey Erter, William Lange, Roliert Archambault, O.
A. Derby, Joliif • Asline and James
Clute. ?
AUTO SALESMAN
IN TOILS OF LAW
G. C. Ruhle,   of  Coleman,
is Charged With   Obtaining   Money Under
False Pretense's.
C. O, R,uhle, of Coleman, is under
arrest at Mt, Pleasant, charged Avith
obtaining money under false pretenses.
Ruhle has had automobile sales
agencies at Coleman, Mt. Pleasant
and Flint and has transacted considerable business in Clare through sub-
agents. A shortage of ?55,000 in his
accounts is alleged.
Representatives of finance corporations Avere in. Clare and Mt. Pleasant, the first of the Aveek making investigations, and it is alleged that
Ruhle sent signed applications to
finance companies on which he collected money, which Avas used to
finance deals on other cars, and also
collected and kept money on the refinancing of automobiles.
His  bonds  Avere placed at  .$10,000.
MERTZ-BIDWELL
SELLS VARIETY STORE
Building to be   Completely  Remodeled Under New
Ownership.
Wednesday morning the Mertz-Bid-
well variety store was turned oyer to
its neAv owner, R. D. Gay, of Midland,
who will completely remodel and rearrange the same. He plans to discontinue the grocery stock and carry
oniy a complete Arariety department
line.
Mr. O. Parent, of Imlay City, is now
in charge of the store and he plans
to move his family here soon.
The Mertz-BidAvell company have
enjoyed a large patronage here the
past five years, three years of Avhich
was under the arrangements of E. S.
Chaffee.
MICHIGAN DAY
PROGRAM AT CLUB
Instructive Papers  of Our
Home     State     Read    at
i\lee1ingAWith Mrs.  E.
R. Alien as Hostess.
SUPERINTENDENT W.
ROGER ZINN ENGAGED
FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Superintendent W. Roger Zinn of
the Clare schools is to continue in.
that position next year* having accepted the unanimous invitation Of
the Bdaro. of Education. |
Mr, 2ii.ii cartte to Clare last year'
from Central Lake and has proven-
tiigWy satisfactory in his work,
Tuesday March 22nd, the Clare
Study Club and several guests met at
the home of Mrs. E. It. Allen for a
Michigan Day program, with Mrs.
Artibee, as chairman.
Following the song. "Michigan,"
sang by the club, with Mrs. McGuire, at the piano, Mrs. Asline read
a very interesting paper on "Michigan
Women in Politics." She said, "The
fact, that to women, Michigan was a
great home, the home of our children, so dear to our hearts and of
such infinite promise for the future,
Ave gladly shoulder the responsibility
of helping make the laws, which control their destiny, and that every bill,
for which the women worked in the
legislature, has had to do with the
Avelfare of the children.
Rev. H. B. Johnson, Avho with a
party of State Conservation men
visited Isle Boyal in the summer of
1925 gave a wonderful talk of that
part of Michigan of Avhich we kneAV
so little.   In part, Mr, Johnson said:
"Isle Royle is located in the upper
Avaters of Lake Superior, about 55
miles from Portage Lake ship canal
at Houghton and 18 miles from the
nearest Canadian mainland.
The island proper is 55 miles in
length and from 3 to 12 miles in
AVidth. Its shore line is rugged, indented with miles of natural bayou
and canals and surrounded with hundreds of ivooded islands.
It is the backbone of a Avorn.down
mountain range 'and its surface is
rocky, timbered and undulating.
The climate during the summer is
delightful, being surrounded by the
icy cold waters of Lake Superior, the
most beautiful and majestic inland
sea in the world.
There are 23 lakes on the island,
many of them never having known
the splash of a paddle or oar or the
•uound of a reel. Streams feed down
from these lakes, wilderness streams,
with falls and rapids and Avith here
and there a deep pool behind a beavei
dam, streams fiom which biook
trout may still be taken that avjII
SSalgfeJjaao threes .l&mw^fl^^i
Automobiles    and    loads    aie    un
known on Isie Royale, but there are
plenty   of   trails,   the   trails   of  wild
animals, not of men, for on the shores
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LIBRARY BOOKS BEING
REBOUND AND CATALOGUED
The library books at the high
school are being repaired, rebound
and catalogued by students, under the
direction of Mrs. Stella Lampman,
Avho is experienced in this Avork.
There are now nearly one thousand
books in this library, all of them having been accumulated since the neAv
building Avas completed, as the old
library of 4,000 volumes Avas destroyed AVlyan the former school building
burned.
CATHOLIC CHURCH MISSION.
Will have a Mission during the
Aveek beginning Sunday, April 3rd.
The purpose of a mission is to reneAV
the spirit of Christian fervor by setting aside as far as possible the
thoughts and cares of- daily life and
devoting ume to thoughts of ones
soul and meditating seriously on the
life of the soul in the world to come.
It is taking an inventory of ones
spiritual stock by looking into the
innermost recesses of the heart to
find the weaknesses, the evil tendencies and habits that sap the
spiritual strength of the soul that
these may be corrected. While a
Mission is intended to be of ^benefit
to those of the Catholic faith, it is
not intended to exclusively. Many
inquiries have been made as to
whether non-Catholics may attend.
Everybody is welcome, and a cordial
invitation is extended to all to attend
any or all the services.
The mission will begin Avith- the
Mass at ten o'clock Sunday morning.
There will be services every evening-
including Sunday evening at seven-
thirty and every morning during the
Aveek at eight o'clock.
Princess Theatre
Saturday, April 2^30 BeloAV Zero—
Buck Jones.
Sun.-Mon.—Paradise for Two, —
Richard Dix. v
Tues,-Wed.—The Return of Peter
Grini,—Star cast.'—A dramatic an-
SAver to life's greatest question "Can
the dead return to commune with the
living?"
Thur.-Fri.-~ Blonde or Brunette—
Adolph Menjou,—Serial,—The Silent
Flier.
Matirtee Tues.—3; 30—20c-i0c.
The city of Clare will be on
eastern standard time beginning at
noort Sunday, April 3rd-,
GRANDSDEN RETURNED
BY AUTHORITIES
WITH AUTOMOBILE
Local  Dealers   Bring   Buyer to
Justice Charged of Larceny
in Gladwin Courts.
Lynden Grandsden, of Grout toAvn-
ship,_ Gladwin county, was found
guilty before a jury in the Gladwin
pircuit court last week, 'on a charge
of larceny, and sentenced to pay a
fine of ?100, and costs amounting to
$125 a«d in default of payment, to
serve one year in the Ionia Reformatory,
Grandsden purchased a Star automobile, of Jackson and Woodward, of
this city, last "fall and gave his old
car and three notes, the first one to
be paid in thirty days, the Second,
due in six months, and the last note
for the balance of the account, Avas
to be paid at the end of twelve
months,"
The first Aveek in December last,
being a few days after the first note
FINAL PLANS LAID
FOR SPRING DRIVE
ON BORER ENEMY
Extension  Men and Farmers Gathered at Lansing
'March  22
IIS. OFFICIALS PRESENT
Farmers   Must   (.lean   up   By-
May 1; Will Be Repaid
for Extra Labor
Forces are being mobilized for the
greatest Avar ever waged against aft,
agricultural pest. A great Spring offensive against the -European corn.
borer is being mapped out and started
by U, S. Department of Agriculture,
the Michigan State Department of Agriculture and the extension Avorkers
of the Michigan State! College,
A-large croAvd   of  '.county   agents.
leading farmers and '.other interested
Avas  due,   Grandsden  came -to  Clare persons representing ail parts of the
and made a partial payment on the
first note, promising the balance in
a few days.
The folloAving day, Mr. Jackson Avas
informed that Grandsden had sold
his personal property at an auction
sale, and it had  been  commonly re
infested area in Michigan, gathered
at Lansing, March 22, jto listen to" the
Federal officials in charge .of corn
borer eradication audi to learn hoAv
they might cooperate piost effectively
in, checking the onward march of the
great agricultural enehiy and stamp-
ported  in  the  neighborhood   that  be j "'^ i(: out in the infested territory,
was going to move out of the state. llJ    the   fm-enoon    an   educational
Mr. Woodward drove to Grandsden I meeting was held    at , the    Michigan
home to investigate, and found the
family packing their goods in preparation for moving. He secured the
services of a young man in the neigh
State College and iu' the afternoon
tlie plans for tho corn borer war Avere
outlined more in detail at a conference held under the auspices of the
borhood to drive    his    car   back    to   state Department of Agriculture. The
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JOHN C. KETCHUM
TO DELIVER COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
afternoon session convened in the
largest assembly room in the State
Office Building, but it very soon be>-
came evident that the crowd was too
large for that room so the conference
adjourned to the House of Representatives Hall. Both the Senate and
House had postponed their session in
order that the members might devote
their attention to the corn borer
situation.
Great Array of Equipment
The United States Department of
Agriculture Avas represented at this
meeting by L. H. Worthley, United
States corn borer administrator, his
assistant, E G BreAver, who is in
dnect chaige ot the  woik tor Mich-
Clare and demanded the keys to the
Star car in Grandsden possession.
The keys Avere gi\'eii to him, but
when he had seated himself in the
car preparatory to driving it to Clare,
Grandsden decided not to surrender
possession, and Avith the assistance
of another man took the keys from
Woodward,
Mr. Woodward then drove to Giad-
Avin to secure the assistance of the
sheriff, but when they returned to
(he Grandsden residence, the Star car
was gone.
A few weeks later Grandsden and
(he automobile were located by police
oiticeis in Johnstown   Pa, Giandsden
Avas letuined to Gladwin foi tnal and  ^an^luOx^^M^aa-d^^nniij^Ht-*^^
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Baccalaureate    Services    to   be
Held in School Auditorium
June 12tb.
Congressman John C. Ketchum, of
Hastings, has'been engaged to deliver
the commencement address in Clare
this. year.
Mr. Ketchum Avas Master of the
State Grange for a number of years,
and also lecturer of the National
Grange, and has made an enviable
record for himself in the National
congress.
He is an orator of exceptional ability, and the Clare school authorities
are fortunate in being able to secure
him for this occasion.   v
The Baccalaureate service will be
held in the high school auditorium
bunday evening, June 12th, and the
Senior class voted unanimously to invite Rev. H. B. Johnson to deliver
this address.
GOOD LITERATURE CLUB.
The regular meeting of the Good
Literature Club Avas held at the home
of Mrs. Mabel Horton, Tuesday evening, March 22nd, with Mrs. Stella
Lampman presiding.
Mrs. Marjorie Reeder Avas appointed as critic^
An interesting reading of Oscar
Wilde, his life and work, Avas given
by Mrs. Pauline Zinn.
Miss Marion Horton gave tAvo fine
piano selections.
A revieAV of the play "Lady
Windemere's Pan," Avas very ably
given by Mrs. Elizabeth Maybee.
After general discussion and
critic's report, Ave adjourned to meet
Avith Mrs. Minnie Caul, April Sth,
CHURCH SUPPER.
The M. E. Ladies Aid will serve a
six o'clock dinner (fast time) in the
parlors- of the church next Wednesday evening,  April  6th.    Will  serve
until all are served.
Price per plate 35e.
Menu
Mashed Potatoes Roast Meat
Brown Gravy
Creamed Carrotsi        Cabbage Salads
Bread and Butter
Assorted Pies Baked Beans
Cookies
Beet and Cucumber Pickles     Cheese
Coffee
Ohio * -State1"" Hhiveistty:l''','Spfolebsor'
Reid avIU have charge of the folIoAv-
ing equipment Avhich has already
been purchased and Avill_.be distributed Avithin the next ten ' days for
fighting, the corn borer in the infested
areas: 1260 tractors, 800 stubble pulverizers, 774 pIoavs, 64 'field burners,
100 three and one-half ton trucks, 175
one ton trucks, 55 automobiles, fifteen 200,000 gallon oil tank truck's and ,
fifty 600 gallon oil tank trucks.
The regulations AAdiich will apply to
the disposal ot* corn stalks and stubble in the quarantined 'areas have
been published by. the State Department «of Agriculture and copies can
be secured either from the State Department of Agriculture or the county
agricultural agents. Posters showing
a map of the quarantined areas and
the regulations which apply to this-
ttvritory have been placed in banks
and Other public places and this information is being given Avide publicity in daily and Aveekly papers
throughout the State so no farmer
will have any e;:cuse that he Avas
ignorant as to the law and the official regulations- which have beeu issued.
A Challenge to Agriculture
The Extension Department of the
Michigan State College will put forth
a special effort to acquaint • Michigan
farmers Avith the situation and as to
Avhat they should do to help control
this pest Avhich has been called "the
first direct challenge to American
agriculture that has taken place during this generation". Mr. HoAvard C.
Rather of the Farm Crops Department of the College has- been placed
in charge of the corn borer activities
of the extension forces of the College and 'it is possible that in' some
of the most heavily infested counties
assistant county agents will be provided whose whole time 4nd attention Avill be devoted to the corn borer.
The official regulatory and control
Avork of the National and State Departments of Agriculture will be carried Out through corn borer supervisors. There Avill be one such supervisors for each of the most heavily in.
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SAY FAKE LICE REMEDY ;
IS SOLD TO POULTRYMEN
Reports have , been issued- by The
Michigan Business Parmer ■ that a
man or men are defrauding "Michigan farmers through the state of a
so-called remedy for poultry lice infections but which is in fact.valueless. The product is reported to
have been sold to ^various jjiarts of
the state under several names and is ,
to be administered internally, a. x
method which the U. S. department
of agriculture Is quoting as-terming
absurd,