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Established 1878
ULARE, MICHIGAN  THURSDAY MORNING   JANUARY 13   1916.
New 8eries£VoL 84 Mo.
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DIXIE HIGHWAY
To Be Completed During The
Present Year.
ELEGANTJQAD
Stretching    From    Chicago    To
Miami,   Fla.
DIRECTORS CHOSEN
By Both Banks.    Other Business
Done  Tuesday.
♦Jollier's for Jan. 8 has an interesting sketch of the inception and
building of the magnificent road
called the "Dixie Highway" extending from Chicago to Miami, Florida,
traversing live states and crossing
the Cumberland mountains. The article save in part: "Americans are
building roads today for the wheel*
of peace and commerce as of old
Rome built all her roads for the
spread of war and misery. The Dixie
Highway, four thousand miles ofipar
ellel road, linking tbe highly populated wintry north with tbe eternal
summer of tbe southern Everglades,
is one of these great civilizing road- |
ways which are blotting out the barriers of locality and making all Americans next-door neighbors
"A hundred years ago men and
freight went by waterways. Tbe
south grew up depending on the Atlantic seaboard and its rivers. Tbe
North was populated by immigrants
moving westward along the Erie
Canal, across the lakes to Chicago
and thence in all directions by rail.
Thus gr«w up in the North an immense nation producing bread, meat
and machinery. By the nature of its
roadways it was isolated from the
smaller population producing cotton
in the South. These two separated
peoples produced separate cultures
and ideals and finally, in a rivalry
like that of the European nations,
they clashed and fought to the death.
The Dixie Highway, starting from
Chicago and traversing Indiana, Kentucky,Tennessee, Georgiaand Florida
will, if plans mature, be finished and
dedicated on Thanksgiving Day, 1916.
Long stretches, both in the North
and in the South, are already done.
The lower end of the Cumberland
mountains forms the only barrier.
Mountainous countries nave always
been backward because their agricultural wealth is negligible and road
building, with its many grades, tills
and bridges, is doubly expensive
compared with the work in level
countries. One mountain county in
Tennessee with scant resources and
a small population, has issued bond9
for $360,000,000 to help blast the highway across tbe Cumberland mountains. By the middle of next year
the builders of the highway promise
tbat the drive from Chicago clear
through to Miami, Fla., can be made
in six days.
"Gov. Ralston of Indiana, at the
request of Gov. Hooper of Tennessee,
called a conference of the governors
of Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky,
Tennessee. Georgia and Florida. This
was held at Chattanooga in April,
1915. At a meeting the next month
attended by 5000 representatives of
various counties clamoring for tbe
highway, it was decided to make the
road dual an eastern route through
Ohio. Then a loop clear around
Michigan was also added.
"The western route running from
Chicago to Danville follows the old
military road which the pioneers
built to march against the Indiana,
again emphasizing tbe fact tbat they
used to build roads for war, while
today road building makes hostility
between peoples impossible. From
Panola to New Albany, Ind., the
route follows the old Vincennes road,
famous in history, along which the
pioneers moved with their oxen and
household goods. Through Butler
Co., Ohio, it follows the old Wayne
trail, traversed by General "Mad
Anthony" Wayne in 1793 when he
was winning his great victory overtbe
Indians which threw open the Northwest Territory to settlement. Reaching Cincinnati, the tourist comes to
tbe loDgeat city in tbe world. One
can travel an entire day over the Cincinnati Southern railway to Chattanooga without leaving territory
owned and controlled by the city.
The city bought tbe railroad following
the Civil war, wben newly promoted
railroads were going to pieces.
"Near Louisville, Ky., is located
the old bome of Louis Philippe, exiled king of France. At Hod gen s-
vllle, Ky., a few miles off the Highway, is the memorial at Lincoln's
birthplace, while the road passes
within 12 miles of Kentucky's Mammoth cave, a scenic wonder greater
than Niagara, but hitherto unvisited
by the great mass ot auto tourists, because hard to reach."
Agreeable  to custom,   tbe    stockholders of the Clare County   Savings
Bank and of the Citizens State   Bank
met last Tuesday for the   election  of j
directors, and for the   transaction   of   Tour
other busine-s.
No change was made in the governing body at either place, the former
having on its board C. W. Perry, C.
H. Sutherland, Joseph Hudson, Jas.
A. McKay and Geo. V. Collins. At
this meeting the transfer of the property known as the Wolscy Corner
was made to the Clare County
Savings Bank Action was also
taken lo begin work on the new bank
buildiug in the near future.
The following are retained as
directors of the Citizens State Bank:
A. E. Sleeper, James S. Bickneil, A.
E. Mulder, Wm. H Bickneil, James
Duncan, A. E. Mussell, A. J. Doherty.
$4,000 was added to the surplus,
bringing tbe total up to $10,000. A
dividend of b"i wae also declared.
NORTHEASTERN
Bureau Car   Efficient   Way
Of Advertising.
In
SUCCESSFUL
The   West   Again
Past Season.
NEW VARIETY
or
Wheat    That    Seems
Promise Great Things.
To
East Lansing, Jan. 10.—As a fitting
climax to the inaugural of Michigan's
Agricultural Centennial, V. M.  Shoo-
smith, Department   of   Farm   Crops,
The   M. A.   C .   makes   an   announcement
that ind'cate* tbat Michigan is on tr>e
j brink of becoming a leader  in  wheat
Tbe Development  Bureau   automo- ! production, which ii true  will   mean
bile carrying exhibit of northeastern | $2,000,000 annually to Michigan farm-
Michigan agricultural   products,   re-
GOODJDVICE
About Advertising Given To
Farmers.
THE HOME PAPER
Is
Best     Medium     Says
Country Gentleman.
The
WISE FARMERS' CLUB
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SUPERIOR
Meets With Mr. And Mrs
Wilson Jan. 20th.
The
W. J.
SEMI-CENTENNIAL
Of Grange To Be Celebrated
Jan. 21.
Grange
MT.  VERNON
To   Entertain
Pomona.
Isabella
Frc>iu Grange Correspondent.
It is now just 50 years since the
first Grange was organized in the
United States. Otber organizations
for farmers have come and gone during that time hut after a half century
of endeavor the Orange appears to
be stronger than ever before. The
Michigan State Grange has arranged
to celebrate tbis cur "Golden Jubilee
turned to Bay City, the headquarters
of the Bureau, Dec. 15th, after being
out on its advertising mission since
July 8th.
During this time the exhibit has
been shown and lectures given in 10S
different places, and in some of these
placesseveraltimes. Of the 108 places,
2.8 were in Michigan, 20 in Indiana, 4
in Ohio, and 56in Illinois. Two were
at Tractor Demonstrations where
thousands of farmers from a large
surrounding territory W6re assembled. One was at tbe second annual
Ohio and Michigan Live Stock and
Land show at Toledo, which was for
two weeks, and where nearly 9,000
pieces of Northeastern Michigan literature was distributed to those who
were interested.
The car was shown at 9 county
fairs, and also at the Bay City Home
j Coming where it was awarded a sil-
I ver trophy cup as tbe most unique
| car in the auto parade. Many spectators thought it tbe most beautiful
j for the display of grains and grasses
i was supplemented by cut flowers,
while beautiful palms interspersed
! with U. S. flags graced the top.
It would be impossible to   estimate
the number of   people   wbo   have   by
I this season's campiign of the bureau
\ had an opportunity   to   inspect   agri-
I cultural products  actually   grown   in
! northeastern Michigan.    In   addition
| to the work of the   car,   a   large   exhibit was shown   in   the   agricultura'
building at our Michigan State   Fair,
In the last issue of Tbe Country
Gentleman, the excellent and Inter-
Experiments continuing over six : eating farm paper published by The
seasons prove tbat select Red Rock i Curtis Publishing Co. of Philadelphia,
Pedigree seed wheat on average j tbere appears an article entitled, "An
Michigan soil produces over forty ad in Your Local Paper" which con-
bushels per acre. Tbe average pro- j tains many excellent hints for farin-
dnction of all other high grade types
in Michigan is 20.9.
As these experiments were made
under actual farming conditions,
without fertilizer, the following com-
parsion is interesting to farmers,
millers, and to the ultimate consumer, wbo is paying a high price for
imported flour: Red Rock, 40 bushels; Commercial Nigger, 10.1; Selected Nigger, 30 4; Goings. 13.4; Selected Goings, 25.7; Red Wave, 10.5;
Selected Red Wave, 30.2; Mealy,
19.1; Hungarian, 26 2; Miracle, (tbe
wonderfully advertised wheat,) 23.4.
A concentrated effort is being made
by tbe several farmers' organizations
in tbe state to induce members to
seed with the new Red Rock next
planting time.    They maintain   it   an
Tbere are few people in the country
now a-days, but wbat bave some products of tbe farm to dispose ot at various times of the year. Some specialize fancy stock, in certain varieties of grain or fruit, or give tbeir
attention especially to producing honey, maple syrup, poultry or any one
of a number of things. All such have
to market their product, whether it
be stock for breeding purposes, grain
for seed or some article for the table,
and unless tbe producer is in business on a large scale, bis beet customers are to be found in the people
living within a reasonable distance-
say ten or 15 miles in each direction.
If the local demand is large enough*
then here is   his   cheapest  and  most
of  thej
Club called to order by Pres
Jennings.
Song by Club
Prayer by Rev. S. W. Large
Address of Welcome,   J. H.
Response, J. 11. Seeley
Song, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Badgley
Dinner
Music, Clare Orchestra
Recitation, Mrs. E. A.  White
Song, Norris Elden
Paper, Mra. John Duncan
Song, Mrs. G. A.  Pierce
Talk, "How Do Clare and Isabella
Counties Compare With Places I
Have Visited as a Place of Residence"?     Mrs. A. J. Dobertv.
Mens' Topic, "What will be the effect on the American   farmer  of  the
New    State    Proposed
To Be Formed.
INTERESTING
Wilson pacts To Which The .Movement
Calls Attention.
A movement is on foot in the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan to detach that
portion and create a new state to be
called "Superior." Of course ail the
discussion connected witb tbis is
purely academic as there is not the
slightest probability that any -sueb
thing will ever be done. The constitution of the United States provide*
tbat no new state shall be formed or
erected within tbe jurisdiction of any
other state without the consent of tbe
European war, effect on price of land ,egi8,ataPe of the etate. 0f coarse
and farm products and help? Ques-;
tion opened by C. H. Sutherland,1
Holmes Kennedy, P. M. Loomis, Dr.
Reeder and others.
Reception Com.. Mrs. L E. Davy,
Mrs. G. Terwilliger, Mrs Jobn Lansing, Mrs. J. D. Allen.
Table Com., Mrs. P. M. Loomis,
Mrs. N. F. Geeck, Mrs. L. Converee,
Mrs. Frank Wahl and Mrs. John
Presley, Sr.
STODY~CLUB
Year:' by a series of   special Pomona | alao a display in tbe Main   Bldg.,   of
Granges throughout the   various   Po-j tne n]inois State Fair, at Springfield,
state   during jand   one   exhibit   at   Pierson,   Iowa,
The special | ancj surrounding points.
mona districts in tbe
four days this montn.
Pomona Grange for this district has
been assigned to Mt. Vernon Grange.
The meeting wiil be beld at our hall
from 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. on the
21st. A state speaker will be on
band to tell us of plans for tbe coming year. A basket dinner will be
served. Suitable music etc. is being
arranged for.
We hereby extend a most cordial
welcome to all Grangers in Isabella
Co. and all within reach of us to attend. We wish to impress upon all
tbat it is not necessary to be a fifth
degree member to attend any Pomona Grange and we particularly wish
every fourth degreejmember who possibly can to attend this one. Conveyances will be at Burnbam three
miles south of Clare to meet all who
may come by motor.
Something like 12i'l,000 pieces of
literature about northeastern Mich
igan have been distributed this year
by the bureau. This literature is not
indiscriminately given out, but is
distributed in so far as possible to
onlv those that are interested.
Edward De Potty.
people of the community, he will not   Ho,ds  Mtj Qn    Tuesdav
bave to do extensive   and   continued I °
with Mrs. James Duncan
economic duty to put Michigan   near   accessible to a large majority
the top of the   list   as   a   wheat   pro
ducing state. 	
Milling   and    bread    baking    tests ! advertising in order to   give   him   an I
show tbat Red Rock pedigree   wheat ! acquaintance   with  prospective   buy-I
flour is equal in   quality   to   the   pre- ! ers—a    very    essential    element    in |
vailing   types   of    Michigan    Winter ! salesmanship.
Wheat flour whicb is rapidly   replac- i     At a very slight expense, then,con- j
Winter !
replac- I
ing spring wheat aa a household flour. ;
GREAT NORTHWEST
Mrs. Isabella Crumrine.
to
Hannah Maria Smedley.
At the home of her granddaughter
Mrs. G. E. Lamb in Farweil, Wednesday, Jan. 5tb, Mrs. Smedley passed
away after an illness of several
weeks. Short services were held at
the bouse on Tbursday afternoon,
the remains being afterward taken to
Mt. Morris for interment beside those
of tbe husband who died five years
before.
Hannah Parker was born in Livingston  connty   N.   Y.   in   1832,   having j
therefore reached   the advanced   age •
84 years.    Sbe was united in marriage i
to  Lemuel   L.   T.   Smedley  in    1853. j
After the  Civil   war'they   came    to I
Michigan, locating at Mt. Morris and j
1  ter   at   Montro-e.      In    1905    they
come to   make   Farweil   their   home.
Of the four children,   two   sons  survive, W. H. at Flint,   and   W.   A.   in i
Colorado.
"Grandma" Smedley was connect-'
ed with the W. R. C. and Cong. Aid i
Society, making herself helpful j
through these agencies aad in many j
ways.
Edward DePotty wae born in
Owosso, Mich., Aug. 21, 1866, and
passed away Jan. 8,1916, being at the
time of his death 46 years, 4 mos.
and 17 days old. He moved to Clare
with his parents when very young.
He has lived around and in Clare till
about 7 years ago when he moved his
family to Corunna where he lived at
the time of his death. In Apr. 1S93
he was united in marriage to Alice
M, Horning. To this union were
born six children, Roy of Owosso;
Oscar of Corrunna; Beatrice and
Hilda at home; Harold and Edgar
having departed this life. He leaves
his wife, four children, six brothers,
one sister and one grandchild and
a host ot friends and relatives.
The funeral services were neld at
Ciare M. E. church Tuesday, Jan. 12,
at 10:30, Rev. S. W. Large officiating. The interment, was in Cherry
Grove cemetery.
B. B. Teams  Have   Benefit.
From California.
Two letters come to tbe Sentinel office from California this week. F.
H. Baillnger writes that they are
having a taste of snow in tome places j
near the mountains in that section. I
People are planting sweet-peas aud
vegetables and roses are blooming.
Tbe Glare people tbere are all well.
Wm. Badgley writes from Los
Angeles where he and Mrs. Badgley
are spending the winter. They are
well and enjoying themselves hugely.
Tbey seem to be pleased with tbe
country.
Monday evening at the Princess
Theatre, our high school basket ball
teams held the   center  ot  the  stage.
In addition to the usual good
pictures, maaic was furnished by
Miss Velraa Vance, Miss Ethel Cud-
ney and by Miss Aleatha Ve4;der and
Robs Carson, whiie Miss Duncauson
gave readings at each show. Mr.
McKeering generously donated all
tbe proceeds except his bare expenses for tbe evening, something
like $18.00 being received. This
amount will be applied to the rent of
the hall and otber necessary uses.
Tbe season will be resumed tbia
week with games at Reed City tomorrow nigbt.
Mrs. Crumrine was born Oct. 16tb,
1849, in Miami Co., Ohio. She was
united in marriage to Samuel H
Crumrine and to this union four
children were born, three daughters
and a son, the daughters all being
married and all now being residents
of tbis county. The cbiidren are Mrs.
Clara B. Bonbam, Mra. Ermina Bon-
ham, Mrs. Martha Towers and the
son, Frank.
Three years ago the families came
to tbis county, living one year iu
Grant township then moving to
Sheridan township where they now
reside. Hern Mrs. Crumrine died on
Thursday last, Jan. 6th.
The funeral, conducted by Rev.
Jobn Killean of Beaverton, was held
on Friday and tbebody, accompanied
by the husband and oldest daughter,
Mrs. Clara Bonbam, was taken to
the old home in Covington, Ohio, for
burial.
sidering tbe results obtained, be  can
through his home newspaper put him
self in touch  with   other   farmers   or
townspeople who   will    be   ready
| close the   bargain   by   telephone,
j letter or by personal visit, almost
! 9oon as tbe advertising appears.
\    One thing that tbe writer of tbis ar-
! tide  overlooked    is   the   widespread
use of the "classified liner"   in  place
of the display adverti ement such    aa
the merchant ordinarily   uses to  talk
to bis customers. This gives tbe same
information in concise   form   at   less
expense and is  readily   seen   by  the
watchful   reader.       The   progressive
farmer, no   less   than   the   city   man,
has   come   to   see   the   value   of this
form of advertising.
Its Mines, Forests And
Considered.
Fisheries
BOY FARMERS
Of Osceola County Quite Outdo
The .Men.
Morris W. Tucker.
East Lansing, Mich., Jan. 6.—Boys
in Osceola county who bave adopted
thoroughly up-to-date methods of agriculture, outdid their fathers in tbe
producing of crops during the past
year, according to reports whicb bave
been filed with tbe boys' and girts'
club department at M. A. C. Among
33 boys in Osceola county wbo up to
tbia time have made complete reports
to the college, tbe average yield of
potatoes per acre wae 170 bushels.
The average yield of this crop
throughout the state during the ten-
year period between 1900 and 1310 was
but 87 bushels per acre, while in 1915
the average yield of potatoes produced by state farmers was but 50 to
60 bushels, indicating tbat the Osceola county vouthe practically tripled
the crop average ot their elders.
The average yield of pototoes from
the plots of the 10 best boys was 298.4
bushels per acre.
Statisiciana in tbe farm management department at M. A. C, bave
figured tbat if the adult farmers of
Osceola county bad farmed their potatoes as well as did the boys, the potato crop in Osceola would have'yield
ed $438,000 more to the agriculturists
than it did.
I
Try a Liner.
It is witb deep regret tbat tbe
Sentinel announces the death of
(Morris W. Tucker, a Civil War
veteran, which took place at his
residence on 4th street Tuesday
morning. Tbe cause of death waa
pneumonia. Tbe funeral will be
held from tbe residence this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30. A toller
sketch will appear next week.
New Manager At Bell OSice.
E. M. Cosgrove, wbo comes from
Saginaw, and bas been In tbe servioe
of this corporation for several years,
now becomes local manager of tbe
Michigan State Telephone Co. Cland
Hart roan, wbo baa filled that position for some little time, remains as
trouble man, doing the work which
waa formerly dona by himaalf and
Dan Watson.
The  Study   Club   met   on   Tuesday
bv   witb Mrs.   Jas.   Duncan.     Owing   to
as | sickness   prevailing    almost    every-
I where, many members   were   absent.
Tbe topic for consideration   was   the
northwestern section of tbe   country
witb especial reference to Alaska and
Puget Sound.
At the opening the club was favored
with a solo by Miss Ethel Cndney,
entitled "Rosamond" bv Cecil
Chaminade, Miss Laila Wilson
accompanist.    Tbis was  followed   by
Mrs. Mary Roe
such   "consent"    wiil    ever    be
obtained, but tbe discussion calls at-
I tention to some facts concerning this
j section of our etate that may   not   be
familiar to many.
In our study of geography we have
been accustomed tc taking up groups
: of states,   tbe   maps   iu   the   various
: groups being  drawn   on   a   differsnt
ecal8, so that we are   liable  to   bave
entirely  erroneous  ideas ot  the  rel-
' ative size of the various states.     For
instance,    with    the    exception     of
| Georgia, Michigan is tbe largeststate
, in tne Union east of   the   Mississippi
riv«-r.
i The Upper Peninsula aloneis larger
'than Delaware, Massachusetts and
i Connecticut combined aod 12 times
, as large as Rhode Island. If a north
j and south line were drawn through
its western extremity, it would nearly strike the Mississippi riv6r and be
something like 160 miiea west of
Chicago.
It is claimed tbat the assessed valuation of Upper Michigan is greater
than that of Arkansas, Arizona,
Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi,
Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Mexico, North
Dakota, South Carolina, Utah. Vermont or Wyoming. If this statement
is true, then certainly it must seem
tbat, witb reference to some of tbem
at least, the "basis" of assessment
must be quite different. Houghton
county   alone    which    contains    the
Mary Richmond was born in Glasgow, Scotland, May 9, 1830. When
twelve years of age her parents
moved to Canada where she grew to
womanhood and where in 1854 she
became tbe wife of William Roe. In
1877 the family came to Michigan,
settling in Sheridan which has since
been their home and where the husband died in 1901.
Nine children were born to this
couple, six of whom are living They
are Mrs. Robt. Scott of Edmonton,
Alberta, Duncan of Sheridan, George
of Gladwin, Mrs. Jeff. Grounds of
Detroit, Mrs. Will Bowen and John
of Wise. There are 23 grandchildren
and tbe saaae number of great grandchildren wbo survive.
Mrs. Roe died of pneumonia at the
home ot ber daughter, Mrs. Bowen,
on Friday, Jan. 7 and there tbe
funeral, conducted by Rev. Frank
Bates, was beld on Sunday, the 9tb,
with burial at Cherry Grove beside
ber husband. She became a christian
at tbe age of 18 and was beloved
and respected by ali   who   knew   her.
roll call, each member responding by1 great copDer mine8 i8 asse98ed for
briefly naming something of interest more than tbe 8tate of New Mexico
connected with this section. j aad   naa   a   iarger   popa|ation    tnan
Following this Mrs. Wm.   H.   Bick-j j;eva(ja
nell gave a paper dealing quite   fuily !
with   Puget   Sound,    the    wonderful:
forests in the vicinity, the fishers and j South )ta   North Dakotai j.
cities.    This was discussed by various jArizona    anaDeiaware    combined.
This section bas more wage earners
than   those  of    Wyoming,    Nevada,
members and many interesting facts
brought out.
Mra. Wm. H. Caple read a paper
on Alaska presenting many little-
known facts concerning tbat faraway part of our country. Tbis waa
also discussed by the members.
Quite full abstracts of these papers
will appear in later issues of tbe
Sentinel, so we refrain from any extracts at this  time.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
Wm. H. Bickneil Jan. 25.
Hugh M. Graham.
A PLEASANT SURPRISE
Hugh M. Graham was born in
Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co.. Ont.,
Aug. 7th, 1844, and died at his home
in Giimore Twp.. Isabella Co., Mich.,
Jan. 7th, 1916, at the age of 71 years
and 5 months.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Louise Tottle, April 13th 1864, at 8id-
enbam, Oxford Co., Ont. To this
I union eight children were born. Of
this number six remain witb tbeir
motber, two having gone   on   before.
In 1885, just tnirty years and nine
months ago. they   with   their   family
Harrison Cong'! Sunday  School'moved to Gi|more Twp Isabella Co
Anticipates Committee.
As stated in the Sentinel last week,
Rev. Large and Secy. A. Bruce Gibbs
were named a committee to prepare
a circular letter, soliciting a contribution of six cents from each pupil in
the several Sunday schools to carry
on the work. Now comes word tbat
tbe Congregational Sunday school at
Harrison, has not waited for any
circular but bas voted, not six cents
but tan cents per pupil for the cause,
or $10 for tbe 100 pupils. Tbis is
certainly a fine example for tbe other
schools and reflects no little credit
on that school.
MiCli., where they made a home acd
have since lived, spending his life an
open book for his family, his friends
and his neighbors. X
It has more miles of railroad than
Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, Utah, Vermont or Wyoming.
Nearly one-third of all the iron and
approximately one-fourth of the
copper mined in the United States
comes from this region.
Upper Michigan has more public
schools than Rhode Island, Delaware,
Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona,
or Utah. Its per capita wealth is
greater than tbat of Arkansas, Colorado, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
Vermont and all the southern states.
There are 75 banks the savings deposits of which are greater than ail
tbe savings deposits in Delaware,
Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisana, Kentucky.
Montana, Maryland,Colorado, Washington or Oregon.
Lvpper Michigan comprises about
Vt of the state, has 1-9 of tbe population and pays nearly 1-7 of the etate
taxes. Michigan has furnished six
members cf the cabinet, yet all of
these and all the U. S. senators  bave
been from the   Lower Peninsula,
bave all tbe governore save one.
So
Mrs.   Catherine   A.    Feighner.
Call  Extended.
Rev. Thos E. Bennett of Vernon
wbo occupied the pulpit of the Congregational church iast Snnday has
received a unanimous call to the
pastorate of tbe church. He bas
accepted and will begin work hare
about Feb. 1.
Mrs. Feighner, mother of Jerry
Feighner of this city, a former
resident here, died at the home of
another son in Coopersville on the
8tb mat at the advanced age of nearly
91 years. Tbe body was brought
bere for burial and the funeral beld
on Tuesday. A fuller notice will
appear next, week.
Manley—DeBois
A marriage which bad not been report to us previous to this week was
that of Mias Rose Manley of Mt.
Pleasant to Frank DeBois ot Clare
which occurred at the M. E. parson
age on Jan. 1st.
He works with his father, Andrew
DeBois, at the power plant on she
Tobacco river.
Notice To AM Grangers.
A special meeting of Isabella Co.
Pomona Grange will be held at Mt,
Vernon Grange Hat), January 21
from 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p.m.
A state speaker will be present to
tell of plans for tbe coming year, and
suitable music, etc. is being arranged
for. It is requested tbat the lecturer
of each Grange and all other fourth
degree members wbo possibly can be
present ss this is a meeting of great
importance. Conveyances will be at
Burnham three miles south of Clare
to meet all wbo come by motor.
Basket dinner at noon.
Walter White,
Pomona Lecturer.
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Mrs. L. E. Davy left oa Thursday
of last week for Chicago to aee tba*
new grandson at the Kennedy home.
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