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ULARE, MICHNiA'N. THURSDAY ^tOBNINtf OCT. 10, 1918.
New Series: Vol 26 Mo. 49
STUDY CLUB
eld First Meeting Tuesday
At Bicknell Home.
FRANK JACKSON
Is Billeted   In A   French Town.
Anxious For Letters.
LOAN  CAMPAIGN IS  LAGGING
FRED VODER
Gives   Us
A  Further
France.
View Of
RED CROSS
CITY TEAOiERS
Given   Hearty   Reception
Fine Time Enjoyed.
And
>
After a rest o f several months,
tbe Ciare Study Club again resumed
its work on Tuesday, meeting with
Mrs Wm. H. Bicknell, with nearly
all the old members -present and a
number of invited gueste. Following
tbe precedent of last year, the teachers of tbe citv ecb-'Ole were invited
to Meet witb the Club,, a most e-.ce!l-
«at plan it seems to us. and doubt-
*Hm one much appreciated b y the
teachers.
After a brief social   time   in   which
{ Below are extracts from a settler
j of Frank Jackson of this citv, written
I bome to hie famiiy, and wbicb con-
j tains matters of interest to the many
friends bere as well as to others.
Somewhere In France,
Monday, Aug. 19, 1918. '
' Dear Folks at Home:
It seems queer to be writing letter-*
; and   never  receive   any   mail,   but   1
'understand   tbat   in   a   few   days   we]
should have mail   direct   from the
state*, so   believe   me   tbat.   will look
good to any soldier   so (ar away from
home.
...Friday. Aug. 23, 1918.
1 started   this   Settler   all   rigbt but.
never finished   it,   but   from   now on
! >*i!! write   often, as I   alwaye did before.    I wrote   Minnie  and   toid   ber
' about turning my knee cap over, and
t has   bothered   me eo I
People   Of   Clare   County   Must   Awake   To
Necessity For Action.
the teachers met the Club  member-.,
ail repaired to tbe dining room whe e   every night
■a repaireu could not   get down   to writing.    But
a fine lunch wae served, after whicb
all joined in singing America, Mrs.
O'Connor leading, witb accompaniment on ths victrola. Mrs. Waller,
president of the Club, then gave an
address of welcome to tbe teachers,
emphasising the cordial relations
tbat sbonld exist between parents
and teachere. To this Mise Conrad,
principal o f the High School, responded in a fitting manner, voicing
the appreciation of the teachers in
thus being able to meet eo marry
friends ot tbe ecboole.
'As patriotism rules tbe day,
r >se and saluted the tlag after
Mrs- Wilson responded to tbe
"Our Flag", in a fine   address,
today I have not 'done a thin.,' bo it ]
feels ujucu better. I think I must i
have tried to walk oo it too Boon.
This has been some   warm weather
and we   have   not had a drop   of rain
since arriving in France, so it mxfees
everything look dry and dusty.    Well, .
tbis mikes two weeks to-morrow sine * j Miller, Clerk of the township of
From a letter written to bie fatber,
W. H. Yoder, now in Lansing, by the
son Fred, we extract such ae will be
of genersl interest.
Somewhere in Frsnce.
Aug. 7, 1918.
Fear Dad: —
I have juet eome from a real big
fight witb the Huns aud hnd three
letters from >oU. I sure was glad to
get tifVni We are up where tbe big
righting ie going oq and nre pushing
tbe Germans away back. I am all
rigbt, leeling fine. I am sorry I
I could not write you much news in the
" Ipaet, but you know little things bave
V.    .. -. % m . I big ears.      I   wili   try   now   and   give
igilance Committee Appointed By County Or- J you as much as possible,   if any are
wounded or killed, we are not
LESS THAN HALF OF QUOTA
HAS NOW BEEN SUBSCRIBED
Holds  Annual
Officers
Election
Here.
Of
COUNTY CHAPTER
Has Nearly $2,000 On Hand At
Present Time.
ganization Will Give Publicity To
All Slackers.
Registration Notice.
Notice ls berpbv given tbat  I,
all   a-
whicb
toast.
sTlos-
' Salute
j we came to this camp in France, but I
! it sure see-ns longer than that to me j
| This is a very pretty little city, aud j
j every night tbe 3.57th Bard gives a !
' concert up on tha city square eo we
i can always walk up there and bear
I eorn j good music so it helps wonder- ,
fully to pass the evenings.
Percy Saxton   and Ike   Keenan
Ing witb the beautiful poem
to tbe Flag", by Jobn Daly.
Mrs. Norris Elden responded to the
toast, "The Teachers", a topic that
enabled ber to draw upon past personal experience; while Mre. Kirk-
bride discussed "The Club" and cf
course wae not limited to any particular club, eo toncbed upon a variety
of tbem.
Urn. O'Conm-r sang a solo and responded to an encore, after which
eaeh responded to a quotation found
on ber place card.
The exercises closed with The
Star Spangled Banner.
Paul
Ve-
non, will be at my bome, located on
Stctioc3 in the township of Vernon
on O-t. 12 and Oct. 19, 1»18, for the
purpose of registering anv legal voter
in said township, not already regis
tered, who may apply to me personally.
The alurae notice is   in   conformity
are | witb Act 12rT, Puhli-j Acts of 1917
Auctions.
Weather too fine for auctions just
new and oniy two are noticed this
week.
IRA     LOWER.
Oc Oct. 16 Mr. Lower has a saie
near Brown Corners. He has rented
the farm and everything must go.
As will be seen in ♦bi*; issue,be offers
a good lot of stock and tocle and
some hay and straw. Sale begins at
1 p. m with Tho* Groves as auctioneer.
WARREN C.  ALWOOD.
-    On Tnesday, Oct.   22,   Mr.   Alwood
will bave a sale % of a  mile east of
Brown Corners and wili offer a   large
lot    of   stock   snd   tools.    See   next |
week's issue tor full list.
both with the band and take their
meals here with us so we eee them
every day. Percy and I were out
looking for some good cold water
last night, and Snaiiy found a houRe
wbere they had a pump, and the lady-
Continued on page **
Paul Miller, Two. Clerk.
EDWIN ARMSTRONG
Gives Ls Glimpse Of
ern    Camp.
A   West-
Registration Notice.
Notice is hereby given that I will
be at my office in tbe Ta'.man Block
on Saturday, October 12 and on Saturday, October 19, 1518, from eight
o'clock A. M. until eight o'clock P.
M. for the purpose of reviewing the
registration, and of registering such
of the qualified electors of the city of
Clare as are not already registered.
Any sucb person may register on any
otber day, excepting Sundays and legal holidays, t*p to arM 'Pelndine
Saturday,iOct. 2b. 191.-*, upon application at my office.
C. H-" Gould.
City Clerk.
49-2
Train
WAR EXHIBIT
Visits  Clare   Wednesday
Oct. 16.
HI-"
I .
WISE FARMERS'
Ciub   Picnic    Saturday   Not   A
Success.
Hither the farmers were more in-
t-srested in harvesting their beans
aad other crops tban in picnics, or
else they bave not yet become suffic-
isctly enthused on tbe subject of
women suffrage, something seemed
to be the matter. Miss Sloan wae
here to present ber topic all right,
knt the !*,•"• die no5* wae -most!** !ackiD°*
We presume these progressive farmers need no conversion and are solid
for woman suffrage already.
a rare treat will be open K> tbe
people of Clare and vicinity on Wed
nesday, Oct. in, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.
m. wben tbey will bave an opportunity to see the greatest collection of
war trophies ever gathered together.
It consists of three flat cars loaded
with captured cannons, German air-
planee and lise trophies; a box car
containing thousands of smaller arti-
I cles. many of them American   inventions to help tbe boys  at   tbe   front,
j a Sleeping car t-arrying a lecturer and
an escort ot eoldiere and sailors.
The train comes from Midland and
goes from bere to Mt. Pleasant, not
going fortber went on tbia line.
Chance For Training.
New registrants of this locality, between the ages of 16 and 45, wbo are
liable to be called for service, sbouid
avail themselves of the opportunity
to Join the 80th Co., Michigan State
Troops, either at Olare or Farwell.
Tbey will thns get considerable advance training, and have a better
chance for promotion at camp. This
is ta Use with tbe Adiutant General's
instructions as given to Capt. McKerring jest recently.
An Appreciation.
We want to thank tbe Olare Fire
Department, tbe people of Farwell,
and the neighbors wbo helped as in
■ghting tbe Are which recently
threatened te destroy oar grain.
Chas. Koeplinger.
Bargains al Demarest's
Cash Store.
Men's $10.00 *vool mackinawa $8.50;
Boys' $6.60 overcoats 4.96; Misses
$8.60 wool military coats 6.75; Men's
S6.75 raincoats 4.96; Ladies' ts 00
raincoats 4.75; Men's $16 00 wool
suits 10 95; 8Gc 2-gal. galvanized gasoline cans 49c; Men's 85c dress shirts
69c; Ladies' tl 50 black sateen skirts
08c; Men's $5 50 U. S. red rubber
boots 4 89; Boys' t3.50 dress sboes
2 95; Ladies' |5.00 high top English
wvlking shoes 14.39; Ladies' fleeced
shirts and drawers, special 49c.
Jurors Chosen.
Among tne jnrors summoned for
the October term of conrt in Isabella,
tbe following will moet interest onr
readers: Claude Smith and Clyde
Allen, Wise; Geo. Oowden and Cbas.
Hoover, Vernon; Stanley Oiasa and
Walter E. Wood, Gilmore; Osear
Dayne and Alfard Beers, Coldwater;
Geo. Merrihsw, Sbermsn; Adam
Bcaebel, Nottawa; Joseph Johnson,
! Isabella; Jesse Struber, Das ear.
We have published letters from var
ious southern camps, but none from
a western. We take extracts from
the following private letter whicb tell
of a western one
Sunday A. M
Hear   FoIbb: —
I certainly enjoyed the boat
trip from Muskegon to Chicago but it
was a   little   too   cold   to   sit   out   on
deck.    Chicago    i s    certainly    s;0me
place   with    ite   crowds   and   clamor.
Cars on the eurface and trains on the
elevated    going    continually.    When
! we reached the   Federal building we
' found a crcwd there and   soon   found
! tbat some I. W. W. had  bombed   tbe
j place, killing 4 and injuring   20.    Tbe
j building wae guarded by marines and
they came   to  present   arms   wben   I
passed.    Made     me   feel   important.
We  went   out  to   Lincoln   Park   and
spent tbe forenoon,    tbat ie certainly   eome   place  and   we   wished   you
might be with ce to see  the   animals.
When we got down town we eaw   the
Red Cross parade witb   12,000   nurses
taking part.
1 left Chicago at 9:50 Friday morning and crossed tbe Miseissppi at Ft.
Madison. We srrived at Kansas City
sbout 9:40, secured our berths and
then w,ent out to aee the town. The
station tbere is tbe finest I ever saw.
I saw nothing in Chicago like it.
Trains are all down in the basement
and thr* rooms are all tirjished in marble, granite and gilt.
We arrived at Camp Funston about
6 a. m and till about 4 p. m. were occupied ln reporting to camp headquarters, tben to brigade headquarters, tben regimental headquarters
and then to our battery commander.
I am assigned to Battery E, 30th F.
A. My regiment is heavy artillery
and will be motorized when we get
across That is just what I wanted,
so tbis far 1 am fortpnate. Every
officer we meet here says we will
start for France before Nov. 1. They
are certainly hustling things bere and
are informing tbe officers to buy tbeir
equipment. We expect to- get onr
overseas examination and inoculation
tomorrow.
Tbe camp itself is a lot different
tban. either Custer or Taylor. In
some ways it is better and in others
not so good. Tbe camp itself is absolutely flat and ths soil is dark -loam
It is surrounded by hiils wbicb look
more like airt pits than hills aud are
barely covered witb grass. Tbe camp
Is about as treeless aa it is flat. In
tbe center of the camp is wbat is called "Tbe Zone". It consists of three
blocks of buildings of novel architecture and made of stucco, reminding
one more of some World's Exhibition
building* tban anything else. Tbere
ara •tores, restnranta. shooting gal
leriea, theaters aad every form of
amusement I am writing at the ofl*!
•
Clare county has not been doing its full duty in the
Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign. Up to Tuesday, only about
§70,000 of the $201,291 has been pledged, leaving abont
§130.000 to raise in the rema:ning ten days of the campaign.
Believing that drastic action i*- necessary, the Fourth Liberty Loan organization has appointed a "Vigilance Committee"
with full authority to investigate all reports of 'slatkerism"
and if a thorough, impartial investigation of e"ery case reported shows that one person or another has not given or
refuses to give enthusiastic and liberal support to the government in the Liberty Loan drive and other war activities
the names and records of such person or persons will be
published on the front pane of every home paper and also
in those dailies'and weeklies having a circulation in Clare
county.
It is believed tliat^Just as soon as this "Vigilance Committee," now at work in connection with our Fourth Liberty
Loan activities will find its first real slacker and publish its
report on him on the first page of the papers of our county
the troubles of the iJ?ourth Liberty Loan organization to
raise Clare county's quota will be over. Lansing originated
the Volunteer plan of subscription and thanks to the activities of the "Vigilance Committee" subscribed her Fourth
Liberty Loan quota in ten hours The reason for this record is the fact that at the end of her last Liberty Loan campaign the "Vigilance Committee" published the records of
about twenty men who had not done their full duty.
Fractional patriotism has no place in Clare county or
any other county and very likely very few will take chances
with the buzz-saw. It should clean our county of fraction
patriots forever. A majority of our people made fine records for themselves in the past aud ample publicity would
be creditable to them. But the record of the whole county
is suffering humiliation because of the record of the small
minorty and extensive publicity will be a wholesome medicine for them. Therefore, Mr. Citizen, do your duty and receive creditable publicity. If you don't, you sure will get
the other kind as follows:
aiiow-
I ed to write about it.     Of   course   you
j know    that   we   were   doWD   on. tbe
! Aleace front, down near Switzerland.
We were in   many   towns   where   the
people all   epoke   German   and  for a
time we   thought   we   were   going   to
Italy but instead came away up here.
i On the way up   a   tire   French   dame
j etood near the railroad track   iu   one
I of the larger towns and held up a big
j card board   sign   whicb   said   in   big
| letters,     *'We    thank    jou   for   your
! help."     All   the   boys   cheered   uutil
they were  hoarse.    She   was  a  good
looker,     believe   me.      Not   half   the
| fellows saw tbe sign, tbey all   looked
at the gin-
Every day is iik«* the 4th over here, j
' Wben the artillery is shooting over a |
barrage one would imagine lhat tbe I
whole of bell had come upon earth |
ana broke loose. Coming up to the j
front we passed many beautiful places j
in France We came very Dear going i
right into Paris, passed just around:
it in   tbe   night.     Of  coarse  al!   the j
The annual meeting of the Red
Cross Chapter in this city yesterday
was fairly well attended, there being
a number from Harrison and Farwell
and otber sections of the county. C.
A. Reading was reelected chairman.
Mrs. A. J. Ooherty vice chairman,
Mr?. Geo. E. Bonner secretary and
J   F. Tatman treasor r.
There are 14 branches in the county
and tbe membership now approximately 150(>. Since June, 1917 there bas
been collected tbe large si in of SftOls.
0> and paid out $3133.59, leaving now
on band $1911.79.
List Mfg. Co. Sells Out.
The List Manufacturing Co , organized two years ago by Jobn List to
manufacture his patented device, tbe
space b^n-l cleaner, has sold out to
the new Transport Truck Co. of Mt.
Pleasant. The plant and equipment
will be used, for tbe present at least,
to turn out parts f"r several model
trucks which are wantel by the new
concern.
FINE STOCK
In
Clare  County   Is
Attention.
Attracting
Record   of   Slackers   In   Clare   County's
War Activities.
Who Wants  His
Space In
or   Her   Name   In
Future Issues Of
This Paper?
This
It   Will   Be
Yours   If   You
YOUR DUTY.
Fail   To   Do
Jas A. Stuart from Kensington,
Ohio, has recently been^visiting here
lights are dimmed and we could see Iftnd apparently be was very much
very little, but there were other j P>ea?ed with what he saw. Oue would
towne we paesed where we could eee I hardlyexpect a man to come here
the old churches  and   old
a   man   to   come
buildings. I from Obio for breeding  etock,   yet so
eome of them V200 to 1500 years old. j
There is sure eome fine farm country
where we are now. For the laet few
daye we bave had quite a lot of rain
acd tbe mud ie awful. Ci.aeing the
Germans through mud above your
shoe'* tops sure is great out door
sport.
I get the Sentinel every   week   and
like to read it.    Please keep on send-
impreeeed wae Mr. Stuart with what
he saw that he purcbased 20 head ot
2 year old Herforde from the
farm of Jas. A. McKay and a Holstein
bi}l! from the Braua farm for breeding purposes at the "Hill Crest" farm
in Obio. Oo Sept. 9 Josepb Hudson
shipped tbe stock to   its   destination.
Fine  Donations.
ing it.    You rnunt bave bad some time ,
over tbe 4th   with   those   aeroplanes,       People are reeponding nobly to tbe
but eay, we see as many as a hundred I call for  financial   assistance   for   tbe
in one day and every   now  and   then
we see a fight.    Wait till we get home
and I wiU tell you the way those Ger- j     Mrs. G. E. Benner informs  ns   that
man aviators bring down onr captive' $301 44 was turned over   to the treaa-
ballone wbich we have up in   the   airiurer    last  week  alone.    Tbis  rspre-
for observation. Tbey set fire to tbem I sents to tbe proceeds of various  pub-
, various activities, especially the Red
Cross.
with an explosive bullet. Of course
our aviators do tbe same and woree
to them bnt we can not see tbem for
tbey are away over tbe German lines
German aviators don't like to fight
over on our side of tbe line Tbey
always try to get our planes over
theirs.
From your ioving son
Fred
Machine Gun Co. 126
7th Inf. A. P   O. No. 734 A   E. F.
lie   gatherings*,   personal    donations,
etc, bui not membership dues.
Card Of Thanks,
We would express our heart-felt
thanks to tbe many friends and neighbors for tbeir numerous acts of kindness and to tbe many organizations
and friende sandiDg beautiful Mowers
for our beloved Soldier.
Mre. Sadie McNeill and son Carl.
boys   "Over
oar
mm,m.       »__.       M»W.       #rt»
k.s7«>       Vs*       U9_.*l.       ....
Are   you   baying   Liberty
clothes,  gone,   munition
It costs $2020.00 per year to equip   and   support   one   of
There.r;    Ciare county has sent about 200 of iier
democracy.    Are you helping to back rbem   up?
Bonds—more Liberty Bonds to furnish them  with
and food?   Think it over' No, act flrst, and tben tbink it over.
The committee will make no distinction between tbe wealthy and those
in moderate circumstances, they all look alike to the investigator*. If a
man wbo should subscribe 96000 has subscribed only $1000 or $2000- he is a
slacker and hie record will be published. Likewise tbe record of tbe man
wbo cao-and should subscribe $300.00 but tries to settle witb his government
in this the bonr of need witb $50.00.
oers Y. M. C. A. whicb is quite different from' tbe "Y" for enlisted men.
j Everything is quiet hers and no con-
j fusion. It seems we are in the oente
j of a government reservntian about 25
1 miles square with scarcely a bouse or
! a tree
Dangerous Fuel.
Everywhere
been turned,
in tbe week,
Farmers have no doubt taken
warning from tbe several fires in this
vicinity of late which seem to have
resulted from tbe use of liget wood
for fuel at threshing time. Tbe risk
Ft. Riley is eight miles away, j attending its use seems to  be   rather
virgin    soil, has never
Will write   more   later
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•a.
With love
Bd.
Address
St. E. A. Armstrong
Batt. S, 30th F. A.
Caaap Foneton, Jtaa.
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great. There is also some'queettoo as
to the collection of insurance in snch
esses.
Lyseam   Pudvay.
Lysean Pudway, a pioneer resident
of Sbsridan township, for soma years
of late residing ta this city, was buried oa Tuoeday His wife preceded
bim only abont a year. Farther notice next week.
A PROCLAMATION BY MAYOR
Citizens Of Clare And Clare  County  Urged To
Do Their Solemn Duty.
(TO THE CITIZENS OF CLAREt
In the next few daya tbe people of Clare have to raise $13000 00 and those
of the county of Clare $132,000. if tbey do tbeir duty. We have lagged behind while otber communities were aud are g jiug over the top. No doubt,
we will Anally find tbe money to subscribe our full quota for the city which
is $38,000, but we sbouid belp the county, of wbicb our city is only a small
part, to reach its quota of $201,291.
Many of onr citizens hsve subscribed liberally. Others, however, snd
among tbem those tbat are counted our wealthy and well-to-*io-claes Individuals, as well as firms and corporations, appear as slackers, baving not responded as their duty to Our Country and Onr Boys "Over There" demande.
And some fsw bave not responded at all. This can not be permitted and ae
Mayor of your city I most earnestly request that every-one, without deity.
come to the support of onr Government and that every-one uses from now
on all bis best efforts to uphold tbe fair name of our city and county.
Why is tbere a necessity for tbis appeal? Wben we sent Our Boys to
fight, when tbey left our homes and firesides to sacrifice their lives if neee*
sary, we pledged, perhaps not spoken, not written, but a pledge nevertheless,
tbat we will stand behind them and do OUR FULL DUTY in money wbile
tbey are doing their duty in precious blood.
Those of our citizens of email means have subscribed to the limit, soma
of the wealthy have, others mnst and tbat at once as no slackers will ha
tolerated or allowed to besmirch tbe good name of onr city aod connty.
I feel it my duly as your mayor, as a citizen of tbe citv and county, to
thus speak frankly to yon? It is done in tbe Interest of onr community,
our country and to tell tbe boys in the trenches tbat we are backine- tbem
up.
every-one and   let's subscribe
New let's (et busy, oome on,
and a few thousand onr.
our quota
.
•   ;
WHItes* fi Caple,
Mayor,