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Clare   Sentin
The Paper With a Mission
and
Without a Muzzle.
CLARE, MICHIGAN   THURSDAY MORNING   DECEMBER 30   1915.
New Series: VoL 24 No. 8
STATE GRANGE
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At a special   meeting  of Jobn   Q.
_      „ ~ t/-\    mm ' Look lodge, F. & A.   M .   last   week,
Reaffirms Its Stand Un Many j tne nret degree was given to two
)ueStioriS. I candidates.    Monday evening of this
'         1 j week being St. John's nigbt,   a  sess-
nUnAL      unbuMo 'gree  conferred   upon   two   more    at
  ; that time.     The   lodge   contemplates
-^ !a   buev  season   the   balance  of    tbe
Receives     Strong    Endorsement j winter RmJ ^.^
At Its  Hands.
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port   of   tbe   recent   meeting   of   thej dk^-o
State Grange at   Ann  Arbor  we  ex- j This    Says    John     Rhodes
cerpt the following  wbich   we  judge; Arthur,
will be of moat interest to   our   r*ad-
Ofi
ers:
The action of the Grange on the
matter of Preparedness was an indication of the stability and saneneas
of rural thought. The resolution
paesed with reference to this prominent subject was neither favoring
"peace at any price" or extensive ex-
On Dec. 17th John Rhodes of Ar
tbur run a ten ceut liner in the Sentinel announcing that be bad 300
bushel9 of corn and a number ot
calves to sell. That was a small sum j
to invest, but he is firmly persuaded
that quite a few people read the Sentinel. People came from near Glad-
from   Lake   George   and    from
peuditures for  armv   and   navy   pur-1 win.
poses.    It suggested that America al- ! various directions.    Tbat  corn   went
ready bad a good standing among na-J like  hot  cakes   and   the   people  are
tions   with   reference  to   naval    and | still inquiring.    He says:
military strength,   and  that  we   had
better cling to the present program,
wbich was prepared during times of
calm thought. It was suggested,
however that tbis government eould
get much better results oSt of the
money expended for army and navy
purposes tban they do at present,
aud the consensus of opinion was
that tbe nation should make every
effort to do this. The resolution ae
passed will be sent to all tbe Michigan senators and representatives,
and it was urged that local Granges
also get up petitions to send to representatives at Washington.
Otber matters given prominence
were those of temperance, tbe new
state marketing law, and tbe tonnage
tax. Every temperance clause was
heartily supported, and the program
as a whole indicated that tbe Grange
is one of tbe potent factors in the development of the prohibition spirit.
The Grange heartily endorsed the
work of the anti-saloon league, and
wont on record as supporting a law
wbich would bave as penalty for
driving motor vehicles wbile drunk
the revoking of the license for tbe
first offense and for tbe second
offense conviction without the privilege of paying a tine. Its influence
will be used to get newspapers to refrain from using liquor advertisements.
The discussion with reference to
the Inew Istate marketing law was
spirited. One faction contended thai
the law as it is not workable, but the
majority seemed to think that it was
nothing but fair to give the law and
the market commissioner a chance to
make good, this office having been in
operation oniy a few weeks before
this session of the Grange. The resolution favoring the changing of tbe
law so that tbe market commissioner's work would come under the control of the State Dairy and Food Commissioner instead ot under Agricultural College as it is at present, was
therefore laid on tbs table.
At tbe eleventh honr tbe tonnage
tax plan Drought out interesting discussions. Both those in favor of it
and those opposed to it were strongly represented, but wben the vote was
taken tbe majority were in favor of
tbe tonnage tax plan.
Among the otber things which tbe
State Grange favored was tbe establishment of standard health requirements in rural schools, tbe providing
of visiting nurses and more and better instruction in agriculture and
domestic science in rural school
courses. The establishment of a
bome economics course at the University was {also favored. On the
matter of co-operation tbe Grange
voted to lend its assistance to the organization of farmers' co-operative
socitiea. Tbis was in no way to interfere with the preeent Grange contract system, but was favoring the
development of local co-operative enterprises, such as creameries, elevators, etc.
Tbe enactment of a Federal rural
credit law having tbe following features, a low rate of interest to be secured either by long time government loans direct to farmers or by
government land-backed bonds, amortization of tbe loan in at least
thirty years, was favored. In case tbe
federal government tailed to enact
such a law, it waa resolved tbat the
Grange recommend ta tha Legislature a law for the governing of cooperative bank associations which
wonld bave the following features:
No lees than 25 members, each stock-
bolder to bave one vote regardless
of tbe number of shares be beld, tbe
•took dividend be limited  to
Clare. Dec. 24th, 1915.
Dear Editor: —
I now take time to
tbank you for the ad. you put in the
Sentinel for me. It pays to advertise
I want to tell you about my corn. I
had five acres and I started to feed
the corn Sept. ?Rt. I bave three
horses, a flock of chickens, two
brood sows, and 1 bave fattened six
bogs- Besides this I have 25 bushels
of seed corn and have sold the balance of tbe 300 busbela I bad for sale.
I had calls from Lake George and
people came from close to Gladwin.
Very respectfully,
John Rhodes.
Rawson-Murray
From Mud lake <_'orre»Dondent.
Last Wednesday, Guy Murray and
Mies Inez Rawson were quietly
married at tbe M. E Parsonage at
Mt. Pleasant. The bride is tbe
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Rawson of Giimore and tbe groom is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Murray of Coldwater. They are a
well known couple and will make
their present home at the groom's
parents. All extend best wishes and
congratulations.
FINE ORANGES
A Resolution For 1916
To be good and to do good; to forget self
and to remember others; to face forward and to
look upward; to plant roses and to break the
thorns; to smooth another's path and to reflect
the light of heaven upon it; to see stars through
every cloud and to keep a smile between every
tear, to push the ideal farther on and to press
life toward it; to make your own friends and to
keep them; to be pure as the sun's rays and to
see God; to illustrate fidelity and to be the soul
of sincerity; to welcome the light; to be sweet in
disposition and holy in purpose; to make character the goal of life and heaven its destiny; to know
the Christ and to help others to know Him. This
is life. Courtland Myers.
Dolls   Attract Crowd.
Tbe handsome dolls which were of
fared tbis year by C. C {Rockwell aud
Tbe Racket were objects ot attraction
ali through the holiday .season, having Dean displayed in tbeir sbowjwin-
dows for several weeks
Christmas Eve. quite a crowd gathered at   both   places  to  witness   the j
drawings       Number    2093    whs    the I
luoky one at   The   Racket   and   Wm. i
Becker later apppamii   with  the   duplicate ticket     Tha other doll will go
to someone who holds ticket No. 1423 j
but   at    last   accounts   no    cue   bad j
claimed it.
CHRISTMAS DAY
Enjoyed    Mainly    In   Social
Gatherings.
IDEAL WEATHER
And   Fair    Sleighing    Adds
Enjoyment.
To
SOME MAIL
Received  And   Dispatched   This
Week.
Thompson—Jackson.
From Northeast Giimore Correspondent.
Received By Our  Local Orange
Growers.
A. S. Rboades,"Dr. Reeder and Levi
Shafer who have orange groves in
TalareCo , Calif., have received a box
of Sne fruit from tbeir groves and we
acknowledge receipt of a generous
sample. It is very flue indeed. Tbe
groves are now coming into bearing
and of course each year will increase
tbe yield. Tbe severe freeze whicb
played havoc tnere a year or two ago
may not occur again in a hundred
years. It would look as though
tbese groves will be a good paying
investment in a few years.
Now At Seattle.
We bave received a Christmas
greeting from Rev. W. A. A. Ship-
way wbo is now located at Spokane,
Wash,, Vicar of St. Matthew's
Episcopal church of tbat city. The
sheet which bears this greeting contains a cut of tbe church and it
appears to be a fine one.
A very pretty wedding was soim-
enizod Wednesday evening, Dec. 22,
at tbe bome of Mr. A. S. Gears wben
Miss Grace Thompson and Mr. Fr9d
Jackson were made husband and wife.
Rev. Randall of tbe Disciple church
pronounced the words that made tbe
bappy couple one, after which tbe
party sat down to a very dainty supper. Relatives and a few near friend*
were present. The bride is a school
teacher, while tbe groom is a young
farmer of Nottawa. Tbe best wishes
of a host of friends go with tbem on
life's journey.
The Turn Of The Road.
A NEW YEAR'S SONO.
Deafness Easily Cured.
Cbas. Kane, who haa been witb the
Oii & Drum Co. here for a short
time, formerly at Flint and Mt.
Clemena, bas an unusual story to tell
of a growing deafness in one ear,
and how it was lately cured.
It seems he bad bean bothered for
a long while with one ear, finding it
bard to hear anything with that
organ. Just lately, be consulted a
physician and decided to continue
treatment to see if some relief
couldn't be secured. After working
through tbe hardened ear-wax, on
careful examination, a piece of
cotton was found blocking ap tbe
passage way to the inner ear, and its
removal.promptly restored his hearing on tbat side.
The queer feature of the case is
that Mr. Kane is sure be must have
carried tbis cotton in bis ear since be
waa a boy and troubled with earache.
Henry
sale  at
streets
a good
Auction.
On Saturday, Jan. 8th,
Stevens wTll have an auction
the corner of 4th and Main
in this city. He will offer
horse, wagon, buggy, cutter and
quite a lot of other articles, all in
good condition. He is going away j
and everything must be sold. Sale
begins at 2 p. m. witb Thos. Groves
as auctioneer,    See ad. in this  issne.
Notice.
To the tax-payers ot Sheridan
township: I will be at tbe Citizens
Bank in Glare on Wednesday, Jan.
5th, to receive taxea.
Geo. Langworthy,
Township Treas.
A classified liner in The Clare Sentinel will dispose of anything you
have to sell.
seven per cent per annum, and tbe
remaining net profits laying aaide a
reserve fund be distributed among
members and customers according
to tbeir patronage.
Among the resolutions passed were
those pr* testing against the present
rearrangement of tbe rural routes
and the free distribution of seeds,
and tbose favoring tbe Palmer-Owen
child labor bill, tbe creation of a public utilities commission to take tbe
place of tbe present railroad com
mission, and tbe government ownership of telephones.
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At Saginaw. Mich., William G.
Krauss, mail carrier, dropped dead.
Augustus Kiiolt, ST. and known ae
the oldest brewer in Michigan, i.- dead.
Assistant Attorney General Gree.i.
has tendered his resignation to ta*e
effect January 1.
Steamer Marlska. grain laden, which
has been aground at Harbor Beach
for ten days, has been released.
Dearborn schools have been closed
by Health Officer L. B. Burdeno owing
to an epidemic of scarlet fever.
Gaming devices, card playing and
punch boards at Boyne City were ordered out by the county officials.
Michael O'Donnell, aged 91, is
dead on the farm in Ada township on
wbich he resided for sixty-five years-.
Municipal corporations must come
nndcr the workmen's compensation law
whether they will or not, the 8upreme
court haa decided.
The state highway commissioner is
asking support for a law in congress
providing tor a federal appropriation
of $26,000,000 for roads.
Ah, here is another turn of the  road,
Another league is gone;
Take a strong grip and grasp of your
load.
And then—Go on!    Go on!
For we follow a voice down the long,
long road
That travels hither and yon,
And  tbe   voice   ia   tne   voice  of   the
hastening years,—
"Go on!    Go on!    Go on!"
And the voice is here at   tbe   turn   of
tbe road
Of the highway of the years;
And there's  nothing   of   fear   in   tbe
tone of tbe voice.
Though it speaks from the midst of
tears.
There are blasted cliffs and chasms of
dread
In the journey we bave gone;
Tbere  are  stony  hills  on  the   road
ahead;
But the toIcs says:    "On! Go on!"
Tbere  are  gardens  abloom   on   the
way we have come,
And fountains, and arbors of shade;
Tbere are bleak,  dark  pines  in  the
cold snows, dumb,
And tbe thunder-smitten glade;
Tbare are orchards of bloom and
of gloom
On the journey wo have gone;
There are bloom and   gloom  on
way ahead;
But the voice says:    "On! Goon!"
We are glad for the voice at the turn
of tbe road,
'Tis tuned to tbe heart of man;
It has cheered bis, way, and lightened
his load
Fromthe day when the world be gan
For the heart of man said   "Yea"  to
the voice
In all the years tbat are gone;
And ite words are a music tbat thrill
in his blood,—
"Goon!    Goon!    Goon!"
—From "Songs of tbe Average.Man."
£larc 85 IJcars Ctgo,
firs
the
Trained Nurse.
In this issue appears the card of
Mrs. Louise Roe, a registered nurse.
Mrs. Roe has bad considerable experience in her . profession and will
answer calls day or nigbt. Sbe can
be found at her mother's, (Mrs Mc
Givern's,) home near tbe pond and
may be reached by tbe Bell phone.
We again make a special appeal to the few whose subscriptions to the Sentinel are
somewhat in arrears and have
not yet been taken care of. We
are especially anxious to begin
the new year witb a clean slate,
and ask if any such will not
kindly attend to the matter
without further delay.
IFrjm The Clare Democrat «1 Dec. 31,   lsso.)
Henry Holbrook ia now employed
at the Alger House.
A man came into town Tuesday
from one of tbe camps, witb his nose
frozen as stiff as a hitching post.
W. S. Cooley's new  barn   opposite
| the Cong,   cburcb   being  completed,
he is now ready to receive calls from
' tbose wbo   want   to   hire  first   class
! rigs.
About ten o'clock Monday night
tbe chimney in Ross's store burned
out and for some time tbere was
excitement among the few who saw
it for fear tbe building would catch
tire.
Adelison McKay and Miss Sarah
Baker were made one on the 22nd of
December at the residence of Wm.
Baker in Vernon. Rev. J. Gulick
performed the ceremony.
On Dec. 29th, at the residence of
R. Lamb Rev. Gulick united in marriage James Schofield of Farweil and
Miss Mary Rulapaugh of Loomis.
Clare Lodge No. 333, I. O. O. F.,
elected officers on Monday evening
for the ensuing year, as follows:
N. G., Rev. J. Gnlick.
V. G., A. W. Mclntyre.
R. 8., E. D. Wheaton.
P. 8., Cbas. Friedeborn.
Treas , Julius Schaeffer.
The above officers wili be
installed at tbe Odd Fellows
Monday evening, tbe 10th.
John P. Hersey and Miss
Kay were united in Hymen's bonds
et the residence of the bride's parents in Denver, Dec. 29th.
The 8tearo8 House was burned to
tne ground last Monday evening.
Most of tbe furniture was saved.
'The loss on the hotel is estimated at
$4,000 with no insurance.
The Clare Literary Society was
organized on Wednesday evening
and the following officers elected to
serve one month:
President, C. W. Perry.
Vice Pres., W. 8. Cooley.
Sec'y, D. E. Alward.
Treaa., A. J. Doherty.
Marshall, E. A. Stevens.
Jobn C. Rockafellow, having
served Clare County faithfully and
well as its treasurer for six years, retires this week.
The Cbristmas tree on Friday night
was the grandest festivity of the season. Over tbree bandred were present, among whom ths best of harmony and unison prevailed.
Joe Hudson lost over 100 bushels
of potatoes during the recent cold
snap. They were frozsn in the pit
in whicb they were bnried.
publicly
Hall on
Ida  Mc
Albert Moeller and family ot Saginaw spent a few days at Christmas
time at tbe home of ber brother, Jobn
Asline, and witb otber relativea.
That there is aome mail being received and dispatched from our post
office this week will be understood
when we state that 263 sacks of mail
were received during the tirst five
days and 207 sacks dispatched. Oc
Thursday 51 sacks were dispatched
ar,d on Friday 68 sacks were received.
On Jan. 1 a new face will appear in
the clerical force at the office, Cbas.
F. Miller who recently passed the
Civil Service examination. The regular clerks will be Dale Peterson, !
Miss Nelle Jackson and Cbas. F. Miller.
Grand Rapids "Drys" to Meet.
Grand Rapids Micb., Dec. 20.—Fifty
prominent manufacturers and business men of Grand Rapids bave signed a call for an informal meeting in
tbe Pantlind hotel December 28 to
plan what part Grand Rapids shall
take in tbe coming prohibition campaign. Tbey favor state-wide prohibition. Prominent men from "dry"
territory will speak. The call bas
thrown a fright into the liquor interests of tbe city, who are planning
a counter meeting. —Grand Rapids
News.
JAS. MCKINLEY
Treats His Neighbors To  Oyster
Supper.
Jas. McKinley of Sheridan township had a Cbristmas tree in bis residence last Saturday eight. Ke invited a few neighbors to an oyster
supper. After bis guests partook of
tbe supper tbey went into his parlor
to sit around the tree which was
adorned witb many Christmas presents wbich were distributed fo all the
guests. Tben tbey dispersed to their
respective homes during the bright
moonlight. C. F. S.
To Our Correspondents.
We regret more tban we can express it that ws are compelled to
omit several letters received at tbe
last. Oue of onr type setters is away
on her vacation and it was simply
impossible to get them up. We
thank you just the same and trust
tbis may not occur again.
Carr--Kleiner,
From Eag-le Correspondent.
On Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 22,
at the Eagle parsonage by Rev.
Frank Bates occurred the marriage
of Miss Jeanette Carr to Earnest
Kleiner, two of the most estimable
and highly respected young people of
this community. Tbey were attended by Miss Mae Allen and Thomas
Carr, brother of the bride.
The bride was beautifully dressed in
pale blue messaline and silver lace,
and the bridesmaid wore white serge.
The ceremony was followed by a re-
ceception given at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson, wbere
tbe bride baa lived for tbe past four
years and wbere a bountiful wedding
snpper was served to about thirty-
two of the relatives and most intimate friends of the newly wedded
pair.
After two or three weeks spent
visiting among relatives and friends
tbey will begin housekeeping on his
farm in Sheridan wbere he has a nice
bome to take bia bride. They received many useful and valuable
gifts, among tliern were, tbree rockers, clocks, bed spreads and silver
ware. Their many friends extend
congratnlations.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. M. W.
Cartwrigbt, former residents of Clare,
will be interested in knowing that
they bave moved to Owosso wbere he
bae purchased a photographic studio.
If tbe weather had Deen 'made to
order" for Christmas Di-.y it could
not have b»en better and it was certainly eiiioyeu by our people. Some
went away to vi3it f.-ien is in otber
sections wbile very many entertained
relatives and friends from away.
Family gatherings were too numerous to allow individual mention. A
tew are in tbe midst of sickness and
sorrow and to these ihe sympathy of
tbe community is extended.
At only two of the churches were
there services on Christmas day. At
the Catholic church High Mass was
celebrated at 7 a m and Communion
services at the Lutheran church at
9 a. m. Both these services were
well attended.
On Friday evening there were
Christmas tress with appropriate exercises at the Lutheran, Congregational and Methodist churches and a
Christmas boat with exercises by the
Episcopals. All tbese were quite
largely attended and we hear many
words of commendation for the excellence of tbe various programs. It
is too bad that all should have occurred on the same evening so tbat
so many could enjoy only one of
them.
Church News.
FREE  MKTHODI8T
Rev. J. A. Allen will preach in the
morning.    No evening service.
LUTHERAN
Clare
REV. C. WAIDELICH, PASTOR.
Friday evening tbere will be Sylvester services in English. Saturday
a. m. German services wili be held.
On Jan. 6 tbe annual meeting will be
beld at 1 p. m. and all active members
should be present.
Hermansdale
E. F. qi'EHL, PASTOR
Services next Sunday at 7:30   p. m.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
"THEl'Hl'HCH OFLOVE AND COMFORT"
BEV.  SAMUEL W. LARGE.    PASTOR.
Pastor will preach sermons suggested by the New Year both morning and evening. Morning subject,
"Pressing Toward tbe Mark,"
Evening, "Tbe Book of Life."
Epworth League topic, "Keeping the
Morning Watch."
Auxiliary   meets   witb   Mrs.    Geo.
Johnson on Wednesday.
Herrick.
Second quarterly meeting Jan. 4.
Dist. Supt. Wheeler will preach at 10
a. m. and 2:30 p. m. and tbis will be
followed by tbe Lord's Supper. Conference at 1:30. Dinner will be served
at noon for all who attend.
BPI9COPAL.
BEV. O. E.  SKWTOK,   BECTOB.
Services at Maccabee ball at 2:30.
Sunday School immediately after.
CONGREGATIONAL
Rev. V. K. Beshgetoor of Alma
will preach morning ann evening.
Ladies Home Missionary society
will meet witb Mrs. Cooley on Friday,
Jan.7.
CATHOLIC
FATHER   J.   J.     MOALXJSTBB,     PA8TC-B.
Services at 9 a. m. New Years Day.
House Burns.
Ou Tuesday morning Wm. Dysin-
ger who lives one mile east and one
nortn of Brown Corners lost bis
bouse by fire. The fire came from a
defective stove pipe and bad gained
such headway when discovered tbat
next to nothing was saved. There
was no insurance.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our heart felt
thanks to oor many friends and
neighbors who so kindly assisted urn
during the illness and death of our
wife and motber.
J. W   Hampton and family.
Carload.    Ward.
Just received a carload of shelled
corn, middlings, bran, oil meat and
Badger dairy feed. Headlight oil.
high r-nat self-starting gasoline and
wood for saie. i>. Ward.
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