1933-04-28; Clare Sentinel

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THE  CLARE  SENTINEL
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Clare and, Clare County
Established 1878-
GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1933
New Series, Vol. 41, No;28
The City of Clare Welcomes American Legionaires
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STATE DEPARTMENT
ASKS COOPERATION
TO CliTHRELOSS
Forty-nine Percent of Fires
Are Caused hy Careless
Smokers
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"While the State Department of
•Conservation has. for years been
urging care, with fires in the woods
•from a commercial and aesthetic
viewpoint,' this year forest, fire prevention becomes a matter of practical, economy, according- to Russel
-J, Martin, Regional Supervisor in
charge of conservation activities in
this district,
An ordinary fire season means the
expenditure of from $100,000 to
$200,0000 for impressed labor or fire
iigjliting labor drafted to meet
emergency situations, Martin said.
The amount expended by the state is
indirect proportion to the ' number
and seriousness of the fires.
If the number of forest fires carelessly started—and that amounts to
about 95 per cent of all forest tires
-—could be cut in half it would mean
a considerable saving to the state.
Wet weather is a highly important
factor so far as forest flres are concerned, Martin saicl, but being careful with lighted matches, cigars, cigarettes, and pipes is an even larger
factor.
There are two seemingly insignificant things that every motorist or
camper should carry with him when
he starts for the fire zone. One is an
ash receiver and the other a small
shovel or spade. Last year 49 percent*
of our fires were caused by careless
smokers. An ash receiver would prevent many of these. The spade used
to dig a small trench around a camp
-fire and to put sand or dirt over the
fire after it is used will do much to
halt blazes started from neglected
camp fires.
There is one organization in Michigan that has no dues, no officers or
any regular meeting time. It has
thousands of members and 140 meeting places. And membership in
this organiKation is something to
boast about. It is the High Climbers' Club ancl its roll now includes
members from practically every
state in the union.
Qualifications for membership in
this club necessitates climbing; a,
ladder 100 feet high. At the top is
an individual who will fill out the
membership card—ancl it is a life
membership.
Membership in the High Climbers'
Club is granted every one climbing
to the top of one of the Conservation Department's 140 forest fire
towers. And with ten to twelve
thousand men and women sealing
the dizzy heights every year the
membership is growing perhaps faster, than any other club in, Michigan.
Children are barred. The state is
reluctant to have them chance the
high climb, but adults are welcomed
by. the towerman who sits alone in
his box like structure atop the towering steel frame wt*vlc from dawn until dark s.even days a week.
Visitors to the tops of these fire
towers are not only given an opportunity to obtain a birdseye view of
the surrounding countryside but can
learn just how forest fires are "Spotted" and located and how the forest,
fire fighting organization gets on the
job.
MYSTERY MAN' COMING TO
ST. HENRY'S AUDITORIUM
NEXTjONDAY EVENING
According to announcement made
in a display ad, in this issue Abbott
ancl Company, the Mystery Man from
Australia, will present two hours of
.entertainment at the St. Henry's
church auditorium six miles south of
the city, next Monday evening, May
1st. Mr. Abbott has traveled extensively in foreign countries ynd has the
reputation of "being the most traveled
magician in the world and persons
enjoying this type of program are
assured a full evening's entertainment.
TWIN ELMS GOLF
COURSE TO OPEN
SUNDAYMORNING
Anxious Players Await Date
and Large Crowd   is
Anticipated
The opening of the Twin Elma
Golf Course^ which date has been
anxiously awaited by the players of
this vicinity, has been announced hf
"W: B. Bowler, owner, as next Sunday
morning.
Although the greens are not as far)
advanced as others in the southern
part of the state, the fairways
are in - excellent condition.
The popularity of the course warrants a large crowd from early mom
until dark and Mr. and Mrs. Bowler
have taken care,of every detail for
the comfort and service to their patrons.
On account of U. S. 27 being closed
for paving, the best way to reach the
course is to drive to the Brewer farm
corners one mile south of Dover, then
west one mile and follow U. S. 27
north to course where parking of
cars can be made on the place as last-
year. The 1-2 mile on the trunkline
is a little rought but can be made in
safety.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT
ROSES-AND OTHER SHRUBS;
TWO YEAR OLD STOCK BEST
The time to plant roses in your
yard and garden will soon be at
hand. This year we have purchased
from One of the largest nurseries in
the Bast our supply of hardy field
grown roses of the highest Quality,
including the newer and better ever-
-thlooming varieties. These are all
two year old stock ancl will bloom
this season. We offer these at very
reasonable prices.
Nothing brightens up your grounds
more than a planting of roses. In
addition to roses we can supply you,
Other shrubs suitable for beautifying
city and rural school yards, gas
stations,   parks,   cemeteries,   etc.
We furnish planting and cultural
Instructions so you can be assured
of success. Beautify your home at
money saving prices. To be sure of
the assortment you desire, it would
• he well to make your selection at
this time.
For any information , you desire,
refer to last weeks Clare Sentinel,
•page three, or call at our store, Clare
Hardware & Furniture Co,
CLARE ROAD LEVELER
PLACES CITY STREETS
IN EXCELLENT SHAPE
Results of Tryout   Proved
Value of Local Machine   .
at Very Low Cost
The street question has been the
topic of much controversy this
spring among motorists and the city
with its limited budget has endeavored to level the roads in the most
economical and satisfactory way.
Last week Mayor J. H. -Wilson cooperating with the Clare County
Road Commission gave John Nor--
thou, local owner and manufacturer
of the Clare Road Leveler, a restricted district of-east Fifth and Hemlock
streets as a try-out for one of his
machines duv'ng the summer. Bast
Fifth street has been greatly in need
of repair for several years and in
fact, avoided by many due to its
rough condition. Mr. Northon supervised the operating of the small
Leveler and so satisfactorily was the
work done that he was asked to go
over all roads in the city. Tuesday
John Grimason operated the Leveler
which was attached to the small
pickup truck ancl driven by W. H.
Erter and all shuck holes were filled
and the roads leveled throughout the
city. The oversized stones were
windrowed ancl men were hired to
remove them from the center of the
road beds. West Fourth street was
also an eyesore to peciestrains and
auto owners and this was given special attention. Wednesday night
found the city of Clare again with
it's roads in first class condition and
those in charge expect to keep them
in excellent condition with but very
little cost to the city at large.
CLARE HI BASE
BALL TEAM START
SEASONWITH LEAD
Boys Give Whole Hearted
Support to Allen as Pitcher and Defeat Harrison
The Clare high school baseball
team won its first vistory of the season Tuesday when nine runs were
scored in the sixth inning of a seven
inning game. Harrison had previously scored one run which made the
score 9-1.
Lyle Allen, pitching his first high
school game, did fine work. He allowed only four scattered hits ancl
the run that came in was unearned,
given '.o Harrison on a bad throw to
third base which allowed the runner
to trot home. Lyle had twelve strikeouts to his credit.
The Harrison pitcher did very well
allowing only three hits until a bad
error unnerved him at the beginning
of the sixth inning. Six runs were
made off him before he retired. Although he, issued a number of passes
the Clare boys could not make a run
until the sixth when four hits and
four free trips to first, coupled with
a number of errors,* brought in the
nine runs. The second Harrison
pitcher allowed three of these runs
before the side was retired.
It was a fine ball game for five innings even though the wintry blasts
out of the northwest chilled the
players ancl made pitching difficult.
Norris Blystone, a freshman, performed credibly when he took Lyle
Allen's place as catcher, Lloyd Montgomery was at first, Stanley Kleiner
at second, Eugene Thayer played
third with Norman Blystone at short,
In the outfield were William Murphy,
Art. Lamb ancl Bob Herrick. Don Dal-
ton went in to bat in Thayer's place
in the sixth inning, rapping out a
nice double and playing in the oiu-
field, Lamb going to third base.
""'Foiif two base hits were registered
out of the seven collected by the
Clare boys. Lloyd Montgomery was
the only player to register two hits—
a single and a double. Only three
errors were Committed by the Clare
team ancl two of them contributed to
the one run that Harrison made in
the fourth. , An error by Kleiner on
an easy grounder gave the batter life
on first base, then an easy fly w"as
turned Into a hit^ when Herrick
stumbled. The ball * was recovered
and thrown to third but went high
over Thayer's head to allow the man
to score. With one man out, ancl one
on base, the next man up lined out a
single, advancing the man to third.
Allen walked the next man, filling the
bases, but caused the next two batters to ground to him and were forced "out at the plate. Then the inning
was ended by the strike-out method
leaving three men on base and one
run and two hits to Harrison's credit.
Except for this inning the boys played good ball and supported Allen in
great shape. We hope they continue
their winning ways.
The Larman Post of the American
Legion aiid the Ladies' Auxiliary
have everything in readiness to entertain the 23 Posts and. 16 Units in
the Tenth Michigan Congressional
.District this evening.* The" American
flags AviU greet the visitors as they
enter the city and each business
place displays 'a placard, "Clare
Chamber of Commerce Welcomes
Legionaires".
All Auxiliary Units meet at the
high school auditorium at four
o'clock for a brief get-acquainted
meeting.
The banquet will be served at the
gymnasium at seyen o'clock by the
Eastern Stan ladies, followed by a
program of soiigs, music, addresses'
and .business discussions. With this
part of the meeting over, ail desiring
will spend several hours dancing at
Duncan's hall ancl at the Legion
rooms.
"MICHIGAN OUT-
OF-DOORS" TOPIC
OF TUES. STUDY
FATHER AND SON BANQUET
TO BE HELD MAY 3RD AT
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Good  Literature Members
Learn    Much   of  State's
Woods and Inhabitants
The April 25th meeting of the
Clare Good Literature Club was held
at the pleasant country home of Miss
Eunice Slentz and as the program
was concerning Michigan's Great
tOut-of-Doors, each member present
responded to roll call by telling of
some interesting Michigan trail.
I"   :—        , .„  , ,      The business session was conduet-
Among those who will be present  ed fey   PreBfdent  M1,s>   AMreacl   and
and  have part on the program *will*the anmml    fcuic was al8CU8Sedi    A
be Harry I   Dingeman     o     Detroit; jeommlttee     conslsting       o£       Miss
Don L. Beardsley and Leslie P. Kef- Beatrlce s Mrs, w lle and Miss
gen, of Bay_ City; Norma Nagel, of
Mt. Pleasant; Peter » Mason, of
Blanchard; Ethel Fisher, of Big
Rapids; Loren J. Budg;e of Beaver-
■ ton and Harley Comer, of Evart.
State Senator Carpentei' and Rep. M.
local Post.
.Reagan was appointed to make final
arrangement for  this   closing   event,
and  announcement  of same  will  be
made thru these columns next week.
Mrs. Alldread read the committees
.,,„„, .„  , ,      ...    i for next year appointed by our new-
,M.  Callaghan will be guests • of the|]y flh08en    president>    Mrs_      Wylie
j which    are    as    follows:      Program,
Misses  Sanford, Glerum, Davy, Mes-
|dames  Bicknell  and  Kennedy.  Membership,    Miss    Osgood,      Mesdames
t Northon and Tichenor. Press, Misses
Reynolds    and    Gilmore    ancl     Mrs.
Knap p. Hospitality,        Mesdames
Mack, Foell ancl Miss Gerow. Civic,
Mesdames Lampman, Sternaman,
■Lewis and Miss Rogers. Music in
charge of the hostess.
Mrs. Knapp took    charge    of    the
The annual Father and Son banquet will be held in the Congregational church dining room on Wednesday evening, May 3rd. There will
be an interesting program,
Mr, H. L, Flemming will give the
toast to the boys and Wayne Geeck
will give the toast to the dads.
Rev. Percy "V. Dawe, of Cadillac,
will give the principle address of the
evening, aiul Mr. E. G, Johnston will
act as toastmaste'r. Tickets 70c
each, which will include both man
and boy.
Tickets will be on sale Monday,
May 1st.
AFFAIRS OF CLARE
COUNTY SAVINGS
BANK TO BE PROBED
NEW FIELD TO BE
TESTED IN VERNON
TOWNSHIP SOON
Currie No, 1 to be Located
One Mile South and Two
and One-half West
of Clare
JudgeRayHart, Of Midland,   program and "America" was sung *by
tO   Set   As   One   Man       't,,e  Cklb*    She    had    "ranged    her
Grand Jury
topics  into    three    parts,     Michigan
Birds,    Woods    and    Flowers.    Mrs.
j Lampman   stated
nob  given   much
that  bird  life  was
consideration   until
The probe  into  the affairs  of the j
Clare County Savings Bank, in which  auout  1907  according to   Prof.   Bar
Circuit Judge Ray Hart, of Midland rowa* an enthusiast of the winged in
habitants. The climate ancl forestry
will be resumed Wednesday, May s,\chmges, fire and drainage of
it was announced yesterday by Perry I swamps, has greatly affected the life
A. Maynard, assistant.-attorney general ancl Theodore G. Bowler, pros- j
editing attorney of Clare county. 'or southern
The grand jury   inquiry   was    ad
of different birds. There abode is di-
i vided into five sections? the Prairie
Michigan; fi-e great
marsh region on the southeastez^n
jounied Monday, April 24, upon border; pine forest in VanBuren to
motion of Prosecutor Bowler, await- Gratiot cownt^ Jack Pine Blains aml
ing the arrival of Mr. Maynard from hardwood forest regions in the upper
the Attorney General's Department, Peninsula. A mention was made of
and further investigation before com-{the  Mason  State  Game  farm  where
pleting the .inquiry of Judge Hart.      i
'  It it anticipated  that several  persons connected with    the    bank,    as
well as many depositors, will testify
before the inquiry is completed.
The bank, the oldest bank in Clare
County was closed due to an. insolvent eoudition by the State Banking
Department'May 20, 1932. A custodian was put in charge until January
5, 1933, when a receiver was appointed. *
The petition for a grand jury was
filed recently by Mn» Bowler upon
application of a committee of depos-jspecimens from  our    wooded    lands
itors.
The Rexall Stores at Mt. Pleasant
have announced a 1c wall paper sale
ou another page. Read it .—adv.
recently fifty Hungarian partridges
were imported and only 20 pair mated and six birds hatched. The story
showed the peculiar traits of these
birds,
Misses Gerow and Reagan- played
a piano duet, entitled "Hungarian
pance Song", which was very appropriate at this time.
Mrs. Susan Foell in her part of
"Michigan's Woods", made us realize
how little we really knew about the
trees ancl shrubs that grow in our
midst.    She had collected thirty-one
and staged an intelligence contest.
Miss Sanford winning honors ancj
was presented with a small potted,
Norway Pine as a prize. Mrs. Foell
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Clare County 1$ Given Conservation Aid
by State University Forestry Department
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Field Men E. V. Jotter and Sam Jones and Others Urge Further Rehabilitation
of Local Forests and Streams
AGED RESIDENT OF
GRANT TOWNSHIP
DEPARTS THIS LIFE
Joseph G. Murphy, an aged resident of Grant township, departed
this life Tuesday afternoon following
an illness of many months. *
The body will lie in state at the
Friz Undertaking Parlors all clay Friday ancl taken Saturday morning to
Antwerp, Ohio, for interment.
The obituary will be published
next. week.
Talks and demonstrations in forestry and better fishing were recently given in Clare county by Professor E. V. Jotter of the School of
Forestry and Conservation, and Sam
Jones, of the Institute for Fisheries
Research of the University of Michigan, in cooperation with Asa Aid-
rich, county school commissioner.
"Clare county residents, including
the boys and girls, have for a long
time been active in conservation
matters,"   stated   Professor  Jotter.
At Farwell, through the support of
J. L. Littlefield, Superintendent R. F.
Tyndall, and the active interest of
the high school, a community, . or
school forest, was established five
years ago. This tract of ten acres,
which was donated by Mr. Littlefield,
a retired lumberman, now has trees
that are more than five feet tall and
which last year grew from IS to IS
inches in height. Many people visit
this plantation, in which White and
Norway pine, furnished by the < state
(forester, and Norway spruce, received from Michigan "State College,
were used. The boys of the school
are planning to sell • first the trees
which will need to be thinned out before long.
Ih company with Superintendent
Amble-and a committee of boys from
tho Harrison High School, Professor
Jotter visited tlie proposed'lHarriSon
community* forest site, immediately''
south of Harrison on U. S. 27, Here
a tract of the cut-over land will be
planted with pine and a demonstration made in the seconcl growth oak
to< show how such a stand can. be
made to produce better timber.
Clare also plans to support Superintendent. B. D. Kennedy and the
high school boys in their efforts to
get a tract of land for a school forest.
"Many community forests will undoubtedly be established in Michigan
during the next few years", Professor Jotter stated. -"This is not only
because Michigan people recognize
this opportunity to put lands best
fitted for the growing of trees and
wild life production to these uses,
but because of the national interest
in forestry developed through the
'President's land-use program. It is;
also possible that the tax burden has
something to do with it, since these
forests will in time return money tc
the city, county, township, or schoo
in charge, thus reducing tax demands*. Incidentally, the forestrj
bill passed by the government provides that money from this source be
used on these community forests."
Much interest, particularly on the
part of the sportsmen of Clare and
Harrison, was manifested in the
stream improvement -project propos
ed by Mr. Jones. Officers of the Harrison Sportsmen's Club, to whom the
plan was first proposed, together
with other residents, visited streams
near Harrison, where Mr. Jones
demonstrated methods by which the
trout production could be increased.
During the evening, at both Clare
ancl Harrison, Mr. Jones showed
slides to illustrate the value • of the
work. This consists primarily in
placing barriers of logs or rock partly across the stream in the form of
dams, which serve to direct the current, in such a manner that the
stream is deepened, thus providing
holes for the trout. The water near
falls' is aerated to provide more
oxygen. Other parts of the work include the building up of natural fish
food.
"Many miles of our streams which
now have few fish can have their
supply greatly increased through
these improvements'', Mr, joiles said.
"This has been amply proved by the
results of the work in various places,
such as on the Pigeon and Little
Manistee rivers. At present many
streams , are too shallow, which results in Warm water, and at other
places there is too little shade.
-Everywhere the food supply can b:
increased."
Plans Vrere made at both Harrison
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The Vernon oil field is soon to be
tested for an extension when it was
learned that tlfe Strange Gas and Oil
company have spotted a location for
the drilling of a well on the Currie
farm, section 5, one mile south and
two and one-half west of Clare.
This prospect, if successful, will
add considerable breadth'to the present proven field. One attempt was
unsuccessful when the drilling of
the Wilson No. 1 on section 12, about
two miles further west proved to be
dry. This led promoters to believe
that the preseit pool, in all probability, turned to the north Instead of
continuing west.
Considerable land has been leased recently by the Strange company
diagonally northwest and southeast
across three sections and it is likely
that should this test fail, others will
be made.
TWO VERNON RESIDENTS ARRESTED
LASTJHURSDAY
John    and   James   Lennox"
Fined by Justice Callihan
on D. and D. Charge
Last week Thursday evening night
officer Grover was attracted to the
Wm. H. Bicknell & Co. store by the
crashing of glass ancl upon investigation arrested John ancl James
Lennox oil a drunk and disorderly
charge and placed them in the city
bastile for the remainder of the
night.
Tlie following clay they Were taken
before Justice S. M. Callihan where
each were given a fine and cost of
$15.00 and ordered to pay the cost
of repairing the doorway and replacing the glass which the car demolished by running over the curb. John,
Who was driving the car, had his license revoked for a period of six
months.
Sunday morning one of the large
Windows of the I. E. Hampton garage
was smashed by another car which
ran over the curb and although three
bystanders are said to have witnessed
the accident the alleged driver of the
car has not as yet, admitted the act.
AT THE IDEAL THEATRE
Fri., Sat. 28-29—The Island of Lost
Souls—Richard Arlen. A picture of
adventure on an island where a
scientist gives the animals human
souls.
Sun., Mon., 30-1—THE SIGN of
the CROSS—Frederic Marsh—Claud-
ette Colbert. Thrilling, spectacular
picture of the passions, love.andhate,
of ancient Rome. One of-the years
mightiest pictures.
Tues,^ Wed. 2-3—Down to Earth-
Will Rogers. A' knight ortiie i'OadS—
Too busy to , work—<Too - cheerful to
worry and too mectelsome to-keep his
nose out of other peoples business.
Comedy and news with features.
Coming next month—42nd St. and
White Sister.
Dancing- at Temple every Salurday
night. Music by Billy Kubat and his
4 Corn Crackers. 25c for evening. G.
Isanhart, Manager, Marlon.—adv.
TRI-COUNTY BAR
ASS'N HELD ANNUAL
MEET ATJIDLAND
Atty. Bowler Chosen as Vice
President.   Prof. J. R.
Tracy Gives Address
The Tri-County Bar Association,
composed of the lawyers of Clare,
Isabella and Midland counties held
its annual meeting at the Midland
Country Club at Midland Monday
evening. A large representation, was
present.
After an excellent banquet had
been disposed of, President Joseph
Schnltzler of Mt. Pleasant called the
meeting to order. The first thing on
the program was the election of officers for the coming year. Virgil
McClintic, of Mt. Pleasant, chairman
of the nominating committee, reeom-
mende-l the following men for the
respective offices, all of whom were
elected: President, Ralph J. Hyde, of
Midland; Vice-president, Theodore
G. Bowler of Clar-e; Secretary,
James R. Rood of Midland; Treasurer, Gerald J. Cotter of Mt. Pleasant.
Professor John R. "Tracy, who
teaches Private* Corporations and
Evidence in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, was introduced
for the address of the evening. Professor Tracy first talked of the
Courts of Prussia one hundred and
fifty years ago during the time of
Frederick the Great. He explained
fully the case of Arnold the Miller
which arose during this period and
pointed out the importance of this
piece of litigation upon subsequent
'egislation in Prussia. With this as-
an introduction he spoke upon
Evidence in America today, cited
and discussed at length several important .cases bearing on our rules
of Evidence and described certain
changes which he believed should be
made in those rules. Professor Tracy
stated that our rules -of Evidence
arosje in a horse-ancl-buggy age; that
we have speeded up our manner "of
living in the meantime; that the
rules were designed in a day and age
when the average juryman was unused' to business dealings ancl that
certain changes should be macle accordingly. He stated that he believed that there were four matters in
the rules of Evidence which should
be changed, as follows: l. The
Hearsay Rule; 2. The Opinion Rule;
3. The Rule of Authenticity of
Documents; 4. The Rule relating; to
Notes and Memoranda. To the Hearsay Rule Professor Tracy would apply the Best Evidence Rule, the
Opinion Rule he would leave discretionary with the trial judge ancl
he would be less strict with the
Identity of Documents and Books of
Account.
After . the address President
Schnitzler and Treasurer Winifred
Dudd gave satisfactory reports con-
:eining the work of their offices for
the year. It was decided to hold six
mec-lings for the coming year of
which two of each will be held in
Clare, Mt. Pleasant and Midland.
WICHERT-COE TAKE
VOWS BEFORE REV.
RANDALL AT FARWRL
On Tuesday afternoon, at 3:00
o'clock, Rev. Randall, of Farwell,
united in marriage Miss Burniece
Wichert and Ross G. Coe, both ol!
Wise township.
They were attended by Mrs. Esther
Waddington and Wesley Wichert,
sister and  brother .of the bride.
Following the ceremony they motored to the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. Wichert, near Coleman,
where a bountiful dinner was served at 6:30.
The guests included Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Coe of Sheridan; Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Waddington and children,
Virgil and Linda Lea, of Loomis;
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Wichert and
daughter Lena of Wise; Wesley at
home and Mr. and Mrs. II. M.. Sowle
and three children, Maxine, Beverly*
and Lee Lyman of Clare. * •
GOVERNOR COMSTOCK
SIGNS TAX RELIEF BILL
County Treasurer Fred Schaaf received the following message Thursday morning:, "Governor Comstock
signed the Tax Relief Bill at S;45 p.
in., April 26th, cancelling all-interest
and penalties on .all delinquent taxes,
including those of 1532."
The   signing  of  this  bill  will  undoubtedly   create   considerable  relief-
in this section   of tho state.