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THE CLARE
"On ih*  Main Street of Michigan
Established 1878
GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 7,1930
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New Series, VoL 38, No, 16
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WOODRUFF RAPS
STATE HANDLING
OF OIL LANDS
B&yb Gomt^-ssioii BncQu"r ag--
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tfigis Hbxnesteads    *
RESERVED  AIL RIGHTS
Comifstsnwealth  Left  Settler
,  Only Benefits Accruing
'From Agriculture
BY MARK FOOTE
•WaS*hington — Congressman Roy
O. Woodruff, in answer to a quei-y as
rights on homestead lands in Mich-
tigan severely criticised the state conservation commission. He took the
position that the commission in some
instances had encouraged homesteaders £p take \ip lands which are worthless for agricultural pin-poses.
At the same time the commission;
under state law, reserves mineral and
oil rights, wb'oh it leases to oil companies, which make big profits, while
the land settlers suffer. Mr. Woodruff's statement follows:
"My only interest in tiie oil development taking place in the counties of
Midland and Isabella, aside from the
natural interest I have in seeing a
great development of this kind relates
to the moral obligat:ons of the state
towards certain homesteaders now
occupying lands In this section.
"Late in the summer of 1929 my attention was called to conditions existing in the oil fields, and 1 made a
personal visit to the homes of a number of homesteaders in this region. I
examined the deeds given them by the
state and learned that in these deeds
the state has reserved all oil, gas and
minn**nl rights on these homesteaded
lands, leaving to the homesteader
only such benefits as would accrue to
him from the pursuit of agriculture.
This is a policy which I think is very
generally followed, not alone in the
several states, but by the federal
government itself.
"However, in connection with the
homesteadlng ot. these particular
lands, there is something which ordinarily is not true elsewhere, so far
as I know. The conservation commission of the state is supposed to
know the quality of land- under its
supervision and whether, when an application  is  made for homesteadlng,
• the land is suitable for agriculture.
I have heard no one deny that this information is at all times available to
the commission. My criticism is
largely because the members j-epre-
sentingvthe people of the state of
Michigan have permitted these unfortunate, people to homestead lands,
which the members  of the commis*
* s.ion. at least sheulaVhave known were
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ANNIVERSARY WEEK
OBSERVED BYSCOUTS
BY SPECIAL PROGRAM
Demonstration of WorkandTests
,„.WiU >e Given at  School
Aucf torum Tuesday
Evening
Tuesday, February 11th, will be
Boy Scout day in Clare, and in observance** of Anniversary Week, the
Clare Scout officers, committeemen
and troop members will hold an. installation meeting and rally at the
high school at 7:30 o'clock, to 'which
the public of the community «re incited.
The installation ceremony will he
an impressive one, and the local officers will be assisted by the officers;
of the Saginaw area and members of
the Saginaw troops. Scout work and
history will be given and the official
certificates and troop charter will be
presented.
The Clare troops will give a demonstration of scouting contests and
games, together with some of the
tests which are required to attain to
the various ranks of scouting, The
visiting scouts will also assist in this
part of the program.
The committee in charge of the arrangements for this meeting are desirous of having all the citizens of
the city and surrounding community
attend this meeting, as the Scout
work should not be confined to a few
boys who are already members of the
troops, but all boys in this community between the ages of twelve and
seventeen should have scouting. The
boys are especially invited to be the
guests of the Clare Scouts.
The Clare organization is now perfected and is headed by B, N. Mercer,
who has been selected as president.
The other officers are, George White,
secretary, and L. B. Davy, Treasurer.
.Rudy Cotton and Earl Sternaman are
Scoutmasters, and the two scout committees are composed of G. R. Bogan,
L. W. Jackson and E. G. Johnston,
and E. R. Zemmer, A, E. Mulder and
Rev. Fr. Morrison. The District committeemen are S. 'G, Johnston and G.
R. Bogan.
E. G. Johnston, -who has had considerable experience in Scout work
has been invited to the position of
District Scout Commissioner and will
have the oversight of the Clare Scout
work. Rev. H. B. Johnson has been
appointed Deputy Scout Commissioner and will report to the Area Commissioner on the activities and progress of the Scout work in Clare
county.
GLEANERS  MEETING
The Sampson Arbor of Gleaners
Will meet at the home o£ Mr. and Mrs.
O. Penrose next Tuesday, February
11th, Pot luck lunch will be served
at .noon.
... Ms. Jennie Penrose, Sec.
WM. G. MAY PASSED
PEAGEFDLLY AWAY
JAN0ARf30TH
Life of Devotion to Maker
.  Is Record Left by Aged
Citizen
The sudden passing of Wilttariv G.
May last week;was a great shock to
his ^relatives and many fri*3wl& in and
around Clare. Mn May Ws -smitten
with paralysis a couple -olf 'weeks before his death, however, Mb Mends
were 'greatly encouraged !by his -seem*
ingly recovering from the stroke
when he suddenly took a turn for the
•worse :a-nd -quietly passed to 'the great
beyond January 30t.n. All Avas done
for him that could he clone "but o'f no
avail.
Wm. G. May was born In Ontario,
Canada, in 1846, and with his parents
he moved to Virginia in May 1875, and
from there to Michigan 'in 1894. In
1877 he was united in marriage to
Miss Susie Walker and to this union
was born one daughter, who survives
him. His wife departing this life in
1894. Mr. May dedicated Mmseif to
Christ, his Saviour, in ear.ly life and
united with the Episcopal church. He
loved his Saviour and showed to
others his devotion to his Master and
Lord by his meek and patient spirit
in every day life to the last. He was
tenderly cared for during his last illness by his brother and sister, Mr,
and Mrs. E. L. Potter at whose home
he died.
He leaves to mourn their loss, his
daughter, Mrs. Minnie Spaulding, of
Portsmouth, Virginia; two brothers,
Henry, of Clare; Frank R., of Keys-
ville, Virginia, and two sisters, Mrs.
James A. Freeland, of Palmerston,
Canada, and Mrs. E. L. Potter, of
Clare; three grandchildren and a
number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral services were held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L„ Potter Sunday afternoon conducted by
Rev. A. P. MacDonaiu of the Baptist
church, the music being furnished by
Mrs. D. W. Osborn and Mrs. Roy
Wilson. The body was laid to rest
in Cherry Grove cemetery.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
HAD ANNUAL MEETING
LAST  MONDAY NIGHT
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Pot Luclc Supper  Served and
Officers for Ensuing Year
Chosen
The annual meeting of the First
Congregational church was held in
the dining room of the church Monday ey*nihg, following a pot.luck supper which Vas, served tor a large
representation o^the membership.
Rev. H, B. Johnson, who is serving
his seventh year as pastor of the
church, presided" at the. business session. The reports of the various
organizations gave evidence of the
healthy growth and condition of the
church, and were very gratifying to
those present.
E. G. Johnston and E. R. Zemmer
were elected trustees for a term of
three years, and will serve on this
board with L. E. Davy, H. C. Cudney
and M. D. Feighner. A finance committee was elected and Is composed
of Messrs M. R. Howlett, Philip
Geeck, W. E. Tichenor, G. R. Bogan
and W. S. McAllister.
Mrs. N. A. Elden--was elected clerk
to succeed herself; and L. E. Davy
was re-elected treasurer. Alex Artibee was re-elected Deacon for a term
of three years and Mesdames W. H.
Elden and O'Connor were re-elected
Deaconesses. Mesdames McAllister,
Zemmer and Wylie were elected as
music committee for the church.
The nomination of N. A. Elden as
Superintendent of the Sunday School
as made by the school, was confirmed
by a vote of the church. A spirit of
optimism prevailed, and a good year
seems to be in prospect for this
church.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Each passing year serves to add to the love and everence the
American people have for the memory of Abraham Lincoln. No other
American has evw approached the inner circles of men's hearts like
the "Rail Splitter of the Sangamon."
Born In abject poverty, amid primitive surroundings, his    whole
early life a series of bitter disappointments that   would   have   discouraged the stoutest lieart, he died to have his name forever   engraved in the highest niche of human  emotions  throughout the entire world.
He knew and understood the common people. He was Of their
kind and his great heart went out to them in sympathy so deep it
marked him apart from his fellow.men.
r-Jo other man was so maligned in. public life" as Abraham Lincoln.
He. knew the bitterness of being misunderstood—-but through those
darkened days he kept forward -in his purpose to awaken in all
hearts a new love Of liberty, a new interpretation of our national
purpose. • "
He was the first among us to catch the spirit of real Americanm •
■J-he earned the right to be called the first American.
He knew to bide his time,- „     " '. *        -   ■ .
•"      'And can his fame abide.
Still patient in his simple faith sublime,   "
Till the wise",years. decide. '.'.,'-.'
Great captains with their guns' and drums,
V       Disturb our judgment ,fftr the hour,
But at'last silence comes;'"       .'        .
«,   ~.    These all .are* gbne,.and- ^standing like a tower.
Our chUd»en^s^l^|^%id &-s tam<&, - •■
. .    NeW; birth of our new soil, the.first A&erican.
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COMMITTEE TO CONFER
WITH CONSERVATION
DIRECTOR   MONDAY
A special committee from the Clare
county Board of Supervisors and
representative local sportsmen met in
Prosecutor Holbrook's office last Friday, to consider the advisability of
asking the State Conservation Department to designate certain lakes in the
county as pike,' and others as bass
lakes.
After considerable discussion, a
resolution was adopted, asking the department to take this act'on, and a
committee was named to visit the
Conservation Director at Lansing
next Monday to present the resolution. ...
The department will also be asked
to investigate .the practicability of
establishing bass rearing ponds at
Cedar Park, a tract of land owned by
the city along the Tobacco river just
north of the city.
LICENSES AT HARRISON
Licenses for passenger and commercial cars are now available at the
County Clerk's office. Forms for
making applications for trailer and
'motor cycle licenses, drivers and
chauffeurs licenses, transfer of title
and certificate of title can be secured
at the local office in the Court House.
This is made possible - by an Act
of the State Legislature which provides that the Secretary of State
shall maintain a branch office at the
county seat of each county. The delay in. establishing this office at Harrison was caused by having so many
to install. No doubt this convenience
will be. greatly appreciated by the
people.in the northern part of the
county.
COLONIAL SUPPER SERVED
ON FEBRUARY THIRTEENTH
Next Thursday night-at six o'clock
the Baptist ladles will serve a supper
at the church where increased seating capacity has been arranged. The
public.is invited and one-half »of the
proceeds will be given to the Welfare
fund of the city. ...      j.
Menu.
Roast Kant .   . -." Apple Sauce
Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Cabbage Slaw • ' 'Beet PickWs
„ Salt Rising and Brown. Bread   -
.     Home Made Mince Pie
/•Loaf Cake  Coffee
Price 60 and 25c,
Don't flJlss seeing, the dance of the,
jJPainted Doll at (Juilit entertainment
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OIL MEN DINE
AT BARNES CAFE
TUESDAY EVENING
Urged   Citizens   to  l>e   in
Readiness to Solve Housing Question Lfpon First
Development'
A group of Clare citizens including
some of the representatives of the independent oil companies holding interests in Clare county, # met at the
Barnes Cafe, Tuesday evening, in an
n formal gathering to talk over the
jil and general business conditions
in the county.
An excellent duck dinner was served by Hugh Barnes, and at its conclusion there was a round table dis-;
-.uss'on as to the-umaimer In which
the citizens of the community were
co-operating in the development of
the oil field of the county.
They warned the Clare men of the
necessity of providing housing and
other developments as soon as the
.first oil well was brought Ih to make
the field a certainty.
Reports oh the progress of the well
being drilled by the Clare Development Company on the Mary Hubel
farm, were given and although the well
is now only 336 feet deep, the- shale
formation has been found to be higher
thau in any other part of the field.
This is claimed to be a good indication.
All of the men were optimistic over
the prospect of development in Glare
county, and prominent and experienced oil men stated that a few dry
holes would not stop prospecting, as
a dry hole in any oil field condemns
uothihg but that hole, and 1s never
proof of the lack of oil.
OPEN NEW REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE OFFICE
Saturday morning Wm. S. Teeter
Will open offices over the Citizens
State Bank where he will deal in
realestate and oil lease exchange, also fire and life insurance.
Mr. Teeter has dealth quite extensively in realestate and oil leases
during the past several years and in
face of the present development in
this part of the state, an excellent
opportunity awaits him. .
Princess Theatre
. Frf.-Sat, 7-8-— Orpans of the Sage-—
Buzz Barton-*-"Western—Action,.
; Sun.'Mon.-TrAlias Jimmie Valentine
—Wm, Haines—-Hfr went crooked .for
fun,—then straight for love—-Full..of
laughs and .action.
Tues.-Wed.-Th.urs.—-The Last tit
Mrs. Shaney-*-J*J.orma „,Shearer---into
London's gilded society, came: the
mysterious. .iMj-s." Schaney. A 100 per
cent Talking Picture of wit, unexpecti
ed. happening and gay scenes, -u.
Coming 1^8-20-—The VirgiBianv, *..-
OSCEOLA FIVE
TOO STRONG FOR
LOCALJUINTET
Midland Slated. For Game
iri Local Gym Tonight.
Second Team, Also
Coming
In ..Coach Parker, the high school
authorities believe they have 'one of
the best referees in Michigan. They
know of none better. Yet at the last
game a few of the fans took It upon
themselves to voice disapproval of
some of the decisions. A referee is
human and Is bound to make mis-,
takes but he is in better position to
'see the plays than any one else and
the chances are that he is right. The
players are taught to abide by the
decision of the referee. If they voice
disappi-oval they may be fouled. The
referee may also call fouls oif the
crowd for the same reason;
Clare has the reputation of having
clean players and good sportsmanship has been shown both by players
and fans. Coach Parker likes to
referee in Clare because the crowd
has always been fair and because it is
close to home. He could undoubtedly
get much more money by refereeing
;n larger towns if he cared to do so.
Let's keep up our good name and
Coach Parker's at the same time.
Clare high school suffered defeat at
the hands of the Reed City team, in
the basketball game at Reed City,
Friday evening of last week, by the
score of 20 to 12. and the reserve
teams of the two schools ended a
hard fought contest with the score fl
to 6 in Clare's favor-
In the first team game, the Clare
lads took the lead in the first quarter
and scored 7 points, while their opponents had to be content with three
points made from free throws. During the rest of the game, the Alldread
men were able to tally up but five
pointers.
Both teams played an excellent
game, using the zone defense and it
was practically impregnable, neither
team having many opportunities to
attempt dog shots, but were forced to
resort to long chances. The Reed
City lads were fortunate in getting
the ball^through the basket on these
attempts,'senile the Clare boys could
not seem to Ue able to drop the ball
in.
Although the final score was not
close, the game was a hard fought
and fast contest throughout, both
teams giving all that they had to bid
for victory.
Midland comes to Clare tonight and
with their team greatly strengthened
oy the return to the squad of a player
who starred last year, but was ineligible urttil this present semester,
the ganie pr6mises to be one of the
best thus far this season on the local
floor.
ANNUAL MEETING
OF CLARE CHAPTER
REDCROSS THURSDAY
€*lans for Coming Year to
* Include Services for
School Nurse This
.       Fall
." County Chairman, T. Carl Holbrook
has issuedi a call "for tne annual meet*
'.ng of the Clare-* County Chapter of
the American ,Red Cross, to be held
in the City Library rooms, in the
Doherty t Hotel, Thursday evening,
February f13th at eight o'clock.
The reports of the officers, the
membership drive in charge of Mrs.
J. B. Doherty, and the activities ot
the chapter during the past year will
be given at the meeting, as well as
the report of the nursing committee
and the school nursing program completed last spring and which was carried out through the co-operation ot
the Chapter and the Clare county
Board of Supervisors, who made a'
generous appropriation to the work.
The officers for the ensuing year
will be selected, and any other business that may properly come before
the meeting will be transacted.
The plans for tbe coming year include the support of a county school
nurse for a period of from six to
eight months, in order that every.
school in the entire county may be
v'sited, and the proper amount of
follow up work may be done.
All members of the county chapter
or other interested citizens are to be
invited to attend this annual meeting of the organization.
W.LPARK FURTHERS^
STUDY OF SUGAR
INDUSTRY IN US.
Present
Tariff  Should, be
Maintained to Protect;
Beet Growers
LAST OF DAIRY FEEDING
MEETINGS FEBRUARY 12TH
The last meeting of the dairy feeding series will be held next Wednesday, February 12 at the same places
.and time as the previous meetings,
2:00 p. m. at the Court House in Harrison, 8:00 p. m. in the high school
at Clare. Mr. Lamb will discuss calf
raising, managing the herd, and general dairy problems.
It seems that commercial mineral
salesmen are busy again, selling a
very "precious" brand of goods to
well meaning but Uninformed farmers.
It is safe to say that these salesmen
are not doing a very good business
with the farmers who have attended
the two feeding meetings. The men
who have been taken in by the mineral men should attend the next meeting and hear some official stories
about minerals fed to dairy cows at the
College Experiment Station.
CLARE STUDY CLDB
. The Clare Study Club met Tuesday
at the Hotel Doherty. After a short
business meeting the program was
turned over to Mrs. Hochstetler as
music chairman, who called on Mrs.
McGuire to lead in singing popular
songs. Mrs. Helen Lucille Bicknell
played fdt vA%
,Mra, Horton then presented a one
"ct play, entUled,-"The Neighbors."
It was a Very interesting and human
play and was very well , rendered.
Bach ahd every one took- their part
very well and everyone thoroughly en*
joyed %th© home talent. There will
be'rio hreetifcg of club in two weeks,
' March 4th. the mUsic memberB
fler 'Mrs, ftlcGuire will present
operetta. -'    * * ,"
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.^Watfih tor A&ta ofQuild entertainment iii near-future,—adv."      ' '•'   '
MRS. PAUL BRETZ TO SING OVER
RADIO FROM STATION WJR
Radio fans w'll have the pleasure
on Sunday evening, February 9, at
10:15 o'clock of hearing Mrs. Paul
fretz, of Almpnt, sing over station
WJR. Mrs. Bretfl is the ^daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. .Davy and we are
sure her many friends here will be
pleased to hear her again.
THE JAY TOBIAS REVIE
NEXT LYCEUM NUMBER
The next number of the
course sponsored by the sophomore
class of the high school will be given
next Monday evening at 8:00 o'clock
at the auditorium. The remaining
numbers of the course will be offered
at seventy-five and fifty cents for a
ticket.
Miami, Fla., Feb. lat, 193B
Clare Sentinel,
Ciare, Mich.
Last winter I wrote the Sentinel
from here that the Michigan sugar industry was menaced by the money
loaners of the Atlantic coast. I had.
just .returned from a visit to the Antilles where I was reliable informed
of the movement to this end; just now
being investigated by the Congressional lobby committee.
Some parts of the United States ia
afflicted with the boll weevil, the
middle states with the corn borer, the
east with psittacois, Florida the Mediterranean fly; Michigan and other
beet sugar producing states, ia afflicted with  "Cubanitls."
This .malady seems to in a way-
hypnotize public officials. It makes
them forget the pledges of the parties
to give the farmer tariff protection on
the same basis as other industries.
•There ?s certainly no way they could
better redeem this pledge than by
spreading the very small part of a
penny a pound to sugar, an infintes-
imal amount to the highly protected
wage earners throughout this country.
If they did'nt want to pay this let
them use less sugar to their good.
The efforts of the Cuban lobbyists
are very significant. Besides large
sums of money contributed by these
foreigners to influence our Congress.
One New York bank alone has spent
hundreds of thousands of dollars- to
help the Cuban. They have lent them
money on their plantations and railroads and must sacrifice the American
farmer, who has contributed the most
of the money, to get it back. One
lobbying high financier suggested
starting a war with the Latin countries or at least a threat of one, to
create public sentiment in favor of
Cuban interests..
It is illuminating to study the' sugar
question. We in the .United States
buy and use more sugar than any.
other country. We consume one.hun«
lyceum dred an(i twenty-five pounds each of.
us. This is about ten times as much
as the average consumed elsewhere
and fully twice as much as is: good
for us, from a health point i of view*
Louisana and Florida are the only
states producing sugar  to  any great
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"The Jay Tobias Revue Is a 'Knockout* w
Is Universal Comment on Program Featuring the Vfelh
Known Comedian—A Genera! Favorite.
THE JAY TOBIAS  REVUE
The Jay Tobias Revue', here soon on the locai Interstate Entertainment-,.
Course",, directed by. that master comedian; Jay Tobias,'is an evening of mar-
velous mimicry, music and sottg by two outstanding entertainment artists. It
has "clas^" written all over it, something that sets It entirely apart from
the usual run.
It is extremely difficult to describe the work of this young genius Tobias
—for he is Just that. Everything he does is funny. He plays the piano and
accordion like a master musician and thenfuses these instruments to depict
comedy. His fun is uproarIona--the kind that makes your sides split, your
vest buttons pop—and bringst down the house. But there is nothing rough
or coarse about his work at any time. Tn bis caricatures of rural types h»
uuggests Chic Sale at hia best; but all his burlesques, characterizations, compile
fomale Impersonations, etc., are entirely original and unique. He writes/all
his own material which Is protected by copyright, such as "Aunt Mary &t'th«r.
Movies," "The Prima-Dbnna," "The Old Settler," "Signor HeMttUteW^ pntf
the hllflrlously funny School Entertainment sketch.
•   .    Jessie McHune, Songstress and clever isiifertiUner lib-the other memo©}*
it the firm. Together they put on *'lpiirbi^anii'?that*lB never more than tl#ty "'
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