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.THE QMB SENTINEL
Official  Paper  of
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Established 1878
CLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1933
New Series, Vol. 41, No* 45
1AFTMEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. ASS'N
MEET ATHOUGHTON
.Notables of Five States to
Gather in Interest of
Road and Causeway
One of the'most important gatherings ever to. occur in Roscommon
county or this section of Michigan is
scheduled for Johnson's Rustic Tavern at Houghton lake this Friday and
Saturday when the Taft Memorial
Highway Association hold their 4th
summer meeting.
Outstanding people from five of
the six states traversed by the Taft
highway will meet in conference as
to the best policy to follow in climaxing the efforts of the organization-
over a period 0f more than three
■years, in securing passage of a resolution introduced in the recent
special session) oC Congress, giving
official approval and designation to
the Taft route through the six
States,
The two Congressmen who introduced the resolution, Judge Mitchell
of Tennessee and Mr. Kniffin, of
Ohio, will- be present and will tell
the gathered throng what has been
done and what must yet be done vto
assure enactment of this important
resolution.
The Taft Memorial Highway has already been officially approved and
designed by each of the six states
traversed—Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky
Tennessee, Georgia and Florida, The
route as adopted and officially approved leads for the Canadian Soo to
Ft. Myers, Florida.
Through Michigan beginning at the
North and folowing through south to
the Ohio state line, the roiite is .as fob
lows: From Sault Ste. Marie, ove.
U. S. 2 and U. S. 31 to St Ignace,
thence across the straits by ferry taking up U. S 23 at Mackinaw City
Which is followed through Cheboygan
to the junction of our own U. S. 27
leading through Indian River, Gaylord
Grayling, Roscommon, Prudenville,
Harrison, Clare, Alma and St, Johns
to Lansing. South of Lansing TJ. S.
127 is followed to Hudson where
Michigan 34 is taken "to the junction
of M 156 through Morenci to the Ohio,
line. This route is very direct through
Michigan as it is the entire distance
from top to bottom.
Entirely throughout the states of
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Georgia an entirely new country Is
opened by the Taft Highway. This
also applies to most of the distance
through Florida. Thus, new territory
for touTists desiring to corns to
Michigan for the summer months will
be created and the good, will existing
between this section andthose sections to the south of us will be materially strengthened.
After passage of the Congressional
xesolution providing for Official designation of the Taft route by the TJ.
S. government, the plan is to have
the Federal government take over the
Taft Highway, as a memorial to Mr.
Taft and put it in proper shape and
maintain it just as any other Federal
memorial Is handled. This would re
suit In the Taft Highway becoming
one of really notable motor routes of
the entire world.
Program for Meeting
Registration will start at 4 p. m.
Friday. The banquet will start Friday
at 6 and run through until 8 o'clock
■Delegates from the various states will
be introduced in getting together for
the banquet .The meeting will be
opened by President George A. Stau-
fer of the Taft Association, following
the banquet the Toastmaster C. W.
Bill Otto, of Lansing, will take
charge of the meeting.
Addresses of welcome will be made
and responded to and then speeches
will be made by Congressman Woodruff and Senator Ben Carpenter.
Other frpeakcs wil be maed . b.
CongraHSman Mitchell, of Tennessee
and Congressman Kniffin, of Ohio.
Congressman John C. Lehr, of Michigan, will deliver one of the principal
addresses Friday night.
Sergeant Aivln C. York wil be in
troducod Friday night and wil make
a short talk. However, Sergeant York
-will make his principal speech Saturday night, following the dinner.
O. F Goetz, state highway engineei
<H Tennessee, and other officials o.
highway departmnts of several states
•will address the meetings both Friday
and Saturday nights.
A causeway connecting the upper
and lower peninsulas of Michigan will
be the subject of an address by Mr. W.
L. Park, of Clare, Michigan, who has
devoted much study to this subject.
FALL MUSIC CLASS
REDUCED REGISTRATION
RATES EXTENDED 30 DAYS
So many Holstein. breeders have
taken, advantage of the opportunity
to file registration applications a1j
reduced rates up to the expiration of
the original period that the Executive
committee has decided to extend the
holiday until September 15th. During this time registrations will be 75,
cents, transfers $1-Q0, memberships-
ipiO.QO.     ■* ,
Local breeders who have cattle to
register should take advantage of this
opportunity.
P. D, Gibson, Co. Agent.
FiSH FROM THE NURSERY
TO BE DISTRIBUTED SATURDAY
People wishing to obtain fingerlings
from the County'Co-operative Nursery
eleven miles north of Clare, for planting streams of county should get in
touch with the caretakers at once as
distribution will commence Saturday
morning.
Wm. Lange.
ROBINETT REUNION
DRAWS SCORES AT
ALWOOD GROVE
Members .of Family Gather
From Distance to Sp^end
Day Together
, Sunday, August 20, 160 relatives of
the Robinet family gathered at the
beautiful Alwood Grove for their 19th
annual reunion. It was a beautiful
day and altho' a great many familiar
faces were missed in the crowd this
year, those that were there certainly
seemed to have enjoyed the bountiful
chicken dinner, the horse shoe throwing and general visiting that made
the day pass all too quickly.
After dinner tne business session
was held and the folowing ott'icerq
elected for the coming year: Pres.,
Mayo Robinett, Treas., Emmett Robinett, Sec, Florence Robinett.
Two new members weii-=P*-<tclded to
Ihe circle this year by the marriagw of
Helen Williams of Clare to Leon
Dysinger and Grace Weitbraeth and
Arthur Robinet of Ypsilanti and eight
by birth.
Vaida Jeanne, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Benny Parker, Flint, Edward
Leroy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Pud-
way, Clare; "Verna Loree, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Barber, Max Karl
son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Allen,
Coleman; Patty Lou, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Ben Ottgen, of Gladwin.
Harold Ray. son of Mr, and Mrs. Russell Davis and Arnold Lee son of Mr.
and Mrs Ted Newman.
Two deaths occurred in the past
year, Freeman Heller of Hamiltlon,
Ind., and little Max Karl Allen, of
Coleman
The oldest member present was HI
Flegai, SI, years and the youngest
Edward Leroy Pudvay 3 weeks
Those attending from other places
were.
Mr. aud Mrs. J. B. Beecher, Hamilton, Ind, Mr and Mrs. B M, Flegai,
^nn Arbor; Mr and Mrs. C. P.
jPhinisy, Bronsoii,' Mich., Mr. and Mrs.
A L Robinett, Ypsilanti; Mr and Mrs.
Nicholas Falcone, Ann Arbor; Mrs.
Gladys Meggison, Mrs. Eunice Shuey.
and Menzo Robinet, Ypsilanti, Mr,
and Mrs. Amos Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
Benny Parker and daughter, Flint;
Ward Flegai and son, Guy of Edon
Ohio; Lant Robinet, and Mr. and Mrs.
JDolph Heller and family, Lansing.
Miss Frances Anderson will open a
piano class the week of September
JUEta. For information call >Pho1tie
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CLARE LADIES DEFEAT
ALMA GROUP AT TWIN
ELMS ON WEDNESDAY
Locals Have Been Victorious in
Four Tournaments Played
This Season
The Clare ladies added another
victory to their already remarkable
record when they defeated the Alma
ladles in a tournament which took
place at the Twin Elms Golf Course
last Wednesday.
Fifteen o<" the Alma ladirf<5 came
over to engage in a matched play
which resultec* in the Clare ladles being victorious in eVery foursome except one, which was tied.
Mrs. Leo Hampton and Mrs. Wil-
lard Bieknell playing in the llrst foursome, made the remarkable score of
forty-seven and-"~~lorty-*riine respecr-r
ively, defeatingvtheir opponents by a
safe margin
This Is the Fifth Tourament played
by the Clare Ladies this season, of
which! they have won four, having
lost only once to Ithaca, 6n the Ithaca
course.
CLARENCE THAYER
WELL DRILLED IN
A UGHTTRODUCER
Permits  Issued   for Three
New Locations. Activity
in Field Running High
The issuing of three more new permits for the drilling of oil wells in
the Vernon field strongly indicates
that the activity in the Verdon field
is only in its infancy and that the
field is due for a large expansion in
the near future. This brings the total
number of new wells up to 24.
The new wells are to be located" on
the E. Brooks farm, 3 miles south of
Clare, the Chas. Durnin farm 3%
south and the Fred Verette farm 4
miles south and one east. The derrick
for the latter is already up and will
probably be spudded In this week.
-This well will be just north of the
large Verette well, that was drilled
in recently.
The Clarence Thayer well located
near the center of section 23 was
drilled in last Friday with a production between 150 and 200 barrels.
Owners of this weir are undecided as
to drilling deeper or apply the acid.
The Reakes well near center of section 15, is now down 510 feet. Owing
to a crooking casing it was necessary
for the drillers to pull back and start
a new hole. The well had been down
867 feet. The Chester Thayer No.l on
isouth side of section 10 has reached
a depth of 424 feet.
The six inch casing for the Stewart
Beatty well ou the east side of sect
tion 21 was run August 13 and the
drill is now working at a depth of
2,650 feet.
Stough No. 8, 3 and 4 on the southeast quarter ol: section 23 have reached a depth of'.1050 500 and 200 feet
respectively.
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WE DO OUR PART
FORMER RESIDENT
DIES SUDDENLY IN
-SPOKANE HOME
Mrs.  Mae VanBrunt Prepares Lunch for Guests
and Suffers Heart
Attack
Wfuile entertaining acquaintances
at her summer .cottage at Newman
lake, Mrs. Mae Van Brunt 57, died
late Sunday. July 30th. With her husband C. H. Van Brunt, she was preparing a mid-night lunch for a group
of week-end h-mse guests, when ane
withdrew to her room an-? expired alii ost at one-?, liv. John M. Finney
prouounced the cause heart attack.
Mrs. Van Brunt came bore from Detroit, Mich., in 1910, when her husband becai-.t- traveling salesman for
the Powell-Sanders company. For
several years they resided at the
Close Inn., owned and operated by
Mr, VanBrunt until last spring.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Van
Brunt Is survived-, by a son, Leigh, associated with' the Stone chain stores
here. She attended the First Presbyterian church..
The Van Brunts are widely known
in Clare and vicinity being remembered as former business people of
our city.
120 ATTEND FOURTEENTH
ANNDAIJRVIS REUNION
The fourteenth annual Orvis reunion was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ervin Orvis with 120 pres
ent. At noon the tables were spread
under shade trees, with, plenty of
good things to eat, and self-served.
After dinner a business meeting was
held.
The afternoon Avas spent visiting,
meeting old friends and neighbors,
playing ball, music, singing and eating ice cream '   -
AT THE IDEAL THEATRE
Double Feature—Tonight Broadway
Bad—Joan Blondell, Lawyer Man —
Wm. Powell.
Sat. 26—Cornered—Tim McCoy—
Fast Action and thrills of the West.
Sun.—Mon. 27-28—INTERNATIONAL HOUSE — Cast of Paramount
Comedians. Put out the cat,—put on
your hat and come see the fastest,
funniest picture of the screen. Gang
Comedy—Kid from Borneo" and News
Tues. Wed. 29-30—The Barbarian
Ramon Novarro. Again he is a pagan
singing songs of the Nije. Join the
caravan be thrilled by the lure of the
desert.
Coming—Sun. Mon. 3-4—Her Bodyguard.
Tues. Wed. 5-6—.Laurel and Hardy
in their new feature picture—The
Devils Brother.
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD SUNDAY FOR
ISABELLA PIONEER
Isaac Lansing Who Met Accidental Death Was Resident Here Since 1878
Isaac Newton Lansing, son of the
late Gabriel and Hannah Mary Landing, was bom in Hastings county,
Ontario, June 13th, 1865 and met bis
untimely death August 17th, 1933 at
Herrick, Michigan, two days after returning from a trip visiting relatives
in Ontario, Canada.  '
July 1st, 1891 he was united in marriage to Nettie, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thos. Kldd, of Vernon township.
To this union were born four children
two sons dying in infancy. Two
daughters, Mrs. R. A. Dawson, of
Ferndale, and Miss Marjorie, of Saginaw, who together with his wife, one
grandson, Robert Dawson, and one
brother, J. D. Lansing, With a host of
friends and relatives are left to
mourn thelj; loss. ; Two brothers.
Will and John, and two sisters, Mai-
issa and Christiana, and one half-
brother, Chester have preceded him
in death.
His mother died when he was seven
years old and his father married Miss
Mary J, Fox, also of Hastings county v His Avords of praise for her will
always be cherished by his brother,
J. D. At the- age of-thirteen the family came to Michigan and built their
home in tlie wilderness.
Mr. Lansing was one of the few remaining pioneers of Wise township,
Isabella county He came to Michigan in 1878 when roads were few but
hearts were warm. He lived to see
the community develope from paths
in a wilderness to a paved highway
through his farm. At the time of
his half-brother Chester's death in
1881 the remains had to be carried a
distance of nearly two miles until it
could be taken by a-team and wagon
to Cherry Grove cemetery.
The deceased served for several
years as deputy sheriff of Isabella
county and was a man highly respected in the community in which he lived. He will be greatly missed by
his family and neighbors and the children whom he loved.
The funeral service was conducted
at his farm residence Sunday afternoon hy' Rev. J. E. Lockyer of tile
Methodist cfiurch.
The many friends who came to
pay their last respects to him and the
beautiful flowers gave silent testimony to one so dearly loved.
The remains was can-led to its final resting place in Cherry Grove by
six nephews and was laid to rest
amid a bower of flowers.
Those from a distance to attend
the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. R. A,
Dawson and son, Robert, of Fern-
dale; J. D. Lansing, of Steamer Perseus; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lansing,
of Lansing; Mrs. Nettie Phillips, of
Clinton, Ont.; Sidney Lansing, Mrs.
Edward Ball, Mrs. Elmer Robertson
and Frank Raithby, of Auburn, Ont,;
B. W. Lansing, of Sterling, 111.; Mrs.
Lee Peterson, Geneva, Ohio; Mrs. O.
L. Boynton and Mrs. Ira Carr, of Mullet Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sever-
son, Flint; Mr. and Mrs. Vern Baldwin, of Standish; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kidd, Wallahalla; Mrs. C. W.
Knight, Marie and Asher Knight, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Briese and Mrs. Wm.
•Perry and family, of Mt. Pleasant;
Mr. and Mrs. Schultz, of Detroit; Mr.
and Mrs Peter Oman and family, Mr.
and Mrs, John Halsted.of Lake; Mr.
and Mrs, Joe Snell,. of Shepherd;
Lansing Degeer, of Midland; Mr. and
Mrs, L. M. Converse and Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Maxwell, of Mt. Pleasant.
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call-for me,
Ahd may there be- no moaning at
the bar
When I set.out to sea.
But such a tide as; moving seems
.   asleep
Too full for sound or foam
When that which drew from out
ills ^boundless deep
Turns  again hornet
CLARE COUNTY'S
ALLOCATION FOR
HIGHWAYS $74,951
Commissioner Van Wagoner
Announces Funds Appropriated to Counties      V
- Announcement was made Tuesday
by Highway Commissioner Murray
iD. VanWagoner of the allocation of
ifunds to counties under the Federal
Public Works Act which provides
$12,800,000 for building of highways
in Michigan. This allocation was
made by the Highway Commissioner
under the same plan as was followed
by! the Federal Government in its
allocation to the state. It prohibits
any political consideration in the assignment of monies to any counties,
and is based upon a distribution giv,
ing approximately one-third share ac«
cording to population; one-third according to area aud one-third according to highway mileage in each county.
This plan, said. Mr. VanWagoner
is adopted as the general rule of all
counties. It is posible that some
exceptions must be made, particularly with reference to counties where
the number of eligible projects, un-
•der the Federal regulations, is small,
or with reference to projects of vital interest to two or more counties}
where agreement can be reached bjf
the counties involved as to the dlf-»
•ferent distribution of funds, other
wise, this rule will be followed and
the allocation, as given below, will
stand.
The following is a list of counties
■ind the amounts allocated to them:
Clare $74,951.99; Gladwin $78,573,-
84; Gratiot ,"*108,282.22; Isabella $S8,-
063.01; Midland- $91,264.46; Osceola
$96,410.9S; Roscommon $75,700.76
Missaukee, $88,215,38.
J. C. WILK EXPLAINS
WHEAT REDUCTION
PLAN TOJFARMERS
All Will be Asked to Sign
Contract in Effort to Increase Prices
The meeting in Vernon Town* Hall
Isabella County Tuesday evening wag
well attended by earnest farmers who
listened to John C-. Wllk give an outline of what the govemmnt Is tryinjj
to do to aid the farmer. Starting oui
with wheat acreage reduction and
promising that if the farmers fall ii|
line then other farm products such as
milk, beans, hogs, etc,., will be takei
up in order to help a raise in price,
The set up is as follows—If a farm
er Jtas grown 250 bushels per year
on*hls acreage of ten acres (The
acreage is arrived at by taking his
average for past three year) of the
250 bushel he* raised fifty-four per
cent was used in making flour that
was used.In the Unite"-! States., whicH
makes 135 bushels from his crop, on
this 135 bushel be will receive in
money $37.80, providing he signs up
to cut his acreage not more than
twenty pei* cent, this would meat)
that he would plant eight acres in
stead of ten and can consider the
$37.80 as rental for the two acres not
planted. The two acres may be sum-
merfallowed or sown to cover crop
such as sweet clover and not used to
help out his production in other crops
The cut in acreage is to reduee the
amount of acreage iu wheat in order
to raise the price of same. A com
mite has been appointed to present a
contract to each farmer for his signature and to save time of the com-
mitte it-will help if tlie above outline
is given consideration before a cOm-
mitteman arrives about the .last of
this month.
The same program is underway in
every county in the U. S. that produces wheat.
Dr.* Hesa Fly Spray protects cows!
for 24 hours* Does not taint the milk, j
Sold in bulk at Mussell's Drug Store.)
Bring in your can.—adv. Sfitf
CAMP HARRISON NO.
1613 GIVE FIRST DANCE
AUG/28 AT HOUGHTON
The members of CCC Company
1613, located at Harrison, are giving
a dance at Johnson's Rustic Tavern
at Houghton Lake, on Monday night,
August' 28th.
This is the first dance given at
Houghton Lake by this Company, and
due to the short time available, we
may not he able to send written invitations to the ladies in the towns
nearby. Should the invitations fall
to reach their destinations, it is hoped by the members of Company 1613
that all ladies, who have been attending the dances given by Company
684 and those invited personally by
members of Company 1613 come to
this dance next Monday,
Emil Lenzner, let Lt. S.C.
CLARE MAN BADLY
BITTEN BY POLICE DOG
ATFREELAND FRIDAY
Last week Friday afternoon while
on a business trip to'Saginaw, James
McKinnon and three associates, who
accompanied him, stopped at a lunch
stand at Freeland for refreshments;
Wlhile there Mr, McKinnon was attack by a large police dog which sank
his teeth into his right leg leaving
seventeen wounds and a piece of flesh
about two inches In diameter was torn
from the calf of his left * leg- othei'
teeth marks are also evident. He
•secured first aid at Freeland, and
later at Saginaw, and this week he
has been confined to his home under
the care of Dr. A, R. Mussell.
We understand the animal, which
was a vicious nature, was kept by the
proprietor for protection at night at
his stand, was order killed by Saginaw authorities Wednesday.
During his absence from The Sentinel office as linotype operator,
Arthur Needham, of Grand Rapids,
who is camping at Budd Lake is assisting with this portion of the. work,
RECALLED OFFICERS
0FC.C.C. BANQUETED
AT CAMP HARRISON
Excellent   Work   Accomplished In Clare and Roscommon County
Camps
Camp Harrison, C. C. No. 161.3,
located one mile east of Budd lake,
Harrison, was the scene of a farewell banquet Tuesday evening, teifder.
ed Capt. A. W. Marriner, Co. 1613 M.
E. C, W, 57-S and Major A W, Roffe,
Co 684 recently recalled.
Music for the event was furnished,
by the Butts orchestra, while Harve
A. Dawson, snpt, of tlie camp, acted
as toastmaster. Over forty-five .(busi-
ness men and friends of Harrison,
Clare and other sections of the county
were seated at tables lu a large tent.
The good things to eat were served
by members of the camp in army
style.
Brief but interesting talks were
given by Capt. A. W. Marriner, Lieut.
E. Lenzer, who together with Lieut.
C W. Kietzman will assume command
of Camp Harrison; Major A. W. Roffe, Capt. Bollenbeck, who assisted by
Capt. Nemez and Lieut. Dr. Igloe,
will have command of Camp Houghton, Senator Ben Carpenter and several others. The former paid tribute to Supt, Dawson for his excellent cooperation and services rendered, and both expressed their regrets
in leaving their respective camps.
Mathew Hanson is the general fore
man of Camp Harrison, assisted by
a construction foreman and seven
crew foremen. Under the guidance
of these men much good has been accomplished, both in the Woods and in
erecting of new buildings.
In the latter case it is surprising
what can be accomplished with practically nothing to start with. The
men are erecting a bath house 24x80
feet on the shores of Little Long lake
which is at the rear of the camp.
This will include 20 shower heads, 20
wash basins and a dressing room.
The water is furnished from a storage,
tank that is elevated about 25 feet
above the building to which the water
is pumped by a small gas engine.
Both hot and cold water Is available.
A mess hall 32x84 with a -kitchen at
one end 24 feet longer is nearing
(Continued on Page Five)
SUCCESS OF
ALLOTMENT
DEPENBSJN0OWER
Full Cooperation Necessary
to Adjust Wheat Supply
to Demand
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB
WOMEN ATTEND COTTAGE
CHEESE DEMONSTRATION
Twenty-five farm women of Clare
county assembled at Harrison Monday to witness a cottage cheese making demonstration conducted by A. C.
Baltzer, dairy department, Michigan
State College, Paul Gibson, county,
agricultural agent, arranged for the
demonstration. The sweet curd type
of cottage cheese was made.
The use of cottage cheese in the
farm home was pointed out as a
means £o add an attractive dish to
the food served the farm family .This
cheese is made from skimn.ilk and is
not only palatable but offers a splendid source of milk nutrients which
are so valuable in the diet.
With surplus milk and an abundance ot skim-milk available on many
Michigan fUiins, greater utilisation of
milk products in the diet was stressed by the speaker. Appnftimntely 16
pounds of cottage cheese can be
made from every luo pounds of skim-
milk useel for cheese making purposes.
This demonstration is one of a numj.
ber that is being offered by the
dairy department, Michigan State College to illustrate the utilization of
milk and dairy products.
Clare county farmers believe that
an old adage will have to be revamped to read, "History reverses itself",
as they fa wait v/ord from the London
wheat conference on the plan to cut
this year's wheal planting, and while
they wait they remember the plea's
that come from London in war time
to save the world by planting more
wheat.
The world's answer to that .war
time plea is the reason that wheat
has become a drug on the world market and that the financial difficulties
of wheat growers have increased as
their granaries overflowed. Wheat
production geared to the frantlb
needs of war time when shiploads of
grain vanished ih the ocean depths
did not slow down when tho war ended.
War time prices co'irimsed for a
short period and the race to obtain
riches from wheat growing brought
many extra millions of acres of land
into wheat production. Whea**. stocks
piled up on the farms, in. elevators,
aud in all other storage places.
Russia which had disappeared from
the wheat exporting nations while
revolution closed its frontier:"! suddenly started dumping wheat abroad
to obtain money to purchase goods.
Wheat prices reached lerelK thab
spelled ruin to farmers of tlie United States.
Exports of wheat from the United
States, even -at the .ruinous prices,
were cutrailed by tariff Wails erected
by most European nations. These
countries tried to protect their farmers and to insure a measure of domestic food production by creating
an artifiea! market price * for home
grown  wheat.
The government of the United
States believes that the growers who
produce the wheat that is used for
human food in the United States
should receive a fair price for their
Habor and investment. A fair price,
according to the secretary of agriculture, is an amount that will enable a
farmer to buy as many goods with a
bushel of wheat as ne did in 1911,
The only way such a price now" can
be obtained is to make adjustment
payments to the men who grow the
wheat. The world price for wheat
will not pay the farmer a jusr, return,
for his effort and capital The government makes this adjustnTent payment
by placing a processing tax On wheat
to be paid by the millers and to be
distributed to the farmers.
This payment will be made to
gi'owers in 1933, 1934, .and 1935; In
return, growers will agree to reduce
the amount of wheat planted. A reduction in the wheat acreage will
bring about a change in the wheat
market which will make it unnecessary to continue the adjustment payments.
The only permanent solution for
the problem of a fair price for wheat
is the adjustment of the wheat supply to .the world's needs. The domestic allotment plan under which each
grower volunteers to produce lesg
wheat will show wheat growers how
they can work together to solve the
problem of overproduction.
Growers who do not accept the
domestic allotment. plan will be free
to grow any amount of wheat. If a
majority of farmers decide that they
will refuse the help of the government in reorganizing their business
and proceed to increase the wheat
surplus by enlarging their wheat
fields, future pleas for farm relief Wil*
surely fall on deaf ears.
The federal government has provided the machinery and the necessary funds to create a farmer controlled organization that will reach
every wheat grower in the United
States. If the growers refuse to run
the machine that will help them up
the hill, the government will have
done its part and the wheat producers
will have failed.
SOFT BALL GAME
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A soft ball game between- the Lee
& Cady team, of Bay City, and a team
of all-stars picked from the local
league will play at Brown Corners on
Saturday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock.
This game promises to be one of
tlie fastest and most exciting of the'
season' as both teams are in the
prime of condition aud hard to defeat..
LAST DAY TO RETIRE SCRIP
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The'last day for the retirement oil.
Clare Chamber of Commerce scrip at,
the Clare County Savings bank Is on
Monday, August 28th.
A. E. Gibbs, Authorized Agent.
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