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Established 1878
OLARE, MICHIGAN. THURSDAY MORNING MARCH 9, 1916.
New Seriea: Vol. 24 Ho. 18
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
As Adopted By The Clare County Dry
Federation.
To the People of Olare Co:
The Advisory Committee consisting of one hundred representative
men of Clare county respectfully submit thia Declaration of Principles so
tbe people may know who the Clare
Oo. Dry Federation is and what this
federation stands for.
Availing themselves of the provisions of the Local Option law of the
etate, the citizens of this county who
believe in good government and a
clean county, have secured by petition to the board of supervisors tbe
right to resubmit to tbs electors of
this county at the spring election held
April 3rd, the question whether they
Wish to continue to legalize the traffic, whose patron spends his wages
for booze instead of groceries and
clothing, which lowers bis efficiency
for labor aDd deprives his family of
the bome comforts of life. Tbe question is as followe:
"Shall the manufacture of liquor AND THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC BE
PROHIBITED     WITHIN   THIS     COUNTY?
First
The institution of tbe saloon has
been on trial for many years and the
results ot tbe maintenance of sueb an
institution are now clearly understood.
A consideration of all the possible
good that may come from the operation set over against tbe evils resulting therefrom, will convince any
reasonable person tbat tbe institution
Should no longer be tolerated.
It directly causes waste of individual and national resources, an increase in taxes, a decrease in the
volume of legitimate business, demoralization of politics.
No greater political crime has been
committed than that recently disclosed in the prosecution of 116 persons for gross violatioo of the election law at Terre Haute. As one Indiana paper slates it:—There bas not
occurred in all of past history an expose of political corruption^approaeh-
ing this Terre Haute case in brazen-
ness."
And Federal Judge Anderson wbo
passed sentence upon 89 of tneee people who pleaded guilty and upon the
other 27 who were found guilty, was
constrained to remark:
"My notion is that tbe saloon will
have to go. I believe tbat the time
will come when the people will rise
np and smash tbe saloon—at least as
we have lt today. The evidence in
this case showed tbat the saloons
were tbe center of nearly all the corruption in the election of Terre
Haute."
Second
That the use ot intoxicating liquors
as a beverage lowers the standard of
tbe citizenship and materially weakens the efficiency of the individual,
is now being fully realized all over
the world and is now conclusively
evidenced by the fact tbat Russia has
prohibited tbe sale of Vodka aDd all
Intoxicating liquors from tbe Empire;
by the action of France in prohibiting tbe manufacture and the sale of
Absinthe; by the determination of
England to eliminate the drink evil,
and by the orders of the German
Kaiser which forbids tbe use of alcoholic drinks on the part of their
employees, as well as by the action
of our own government in prohibiting tbe use of alcoholic drinks as a
beverage in tbe army and navy.
All of tbese actions were taken because it is fully recognized that the
only method of avoiding the immense
and serious evils resulting from tbe
use of aicohoi is by the prohibition
of its manufacture and sale.
Third.
The character of the liquor interests is sueb that in order to maintain
it in the face .of tbe great evils resulting therefrom, tbe brewers, distillers and saloonkeepers have combined with a view of controlling tbe
affairs politically of cities and states,
and in many localities that interest
is now tbe dominant power.
Tbat such sn interest should dominate the politics of a community is
onbearable and this governmental
reason alone should be sufficient to
prompt every good citizen to vote the
entire business out of the state.
It is no argument to say that the
government receives a large fund
from tbe license fees, because it appears from tbe statistics gathered by
tbe   Federal   Government,   that for
every dollar tbat is received from license fees, it costs two and one half
dollars directly for tbe increased police and Court costs and the expense
of maintaining criminal? and paupers
produced thereby.
Already IS states of the Union
have adopted prohibition and vigorous action on the part of the people
of this county will keep it dry by an
Increased majority and materially
aid in placing Michigan in the prohibitive column at the November
election.
Assuring the fair miuded people of
Clare County that our fight is solely
against the liquor interest and not
against its victims, we respectfully
submit the foregoing Declaration of
Principles for your consideration.
BIG SURPRISE
Sprung In Reed City  Game
By Our Boys
TWO VICTORIES
Finish
Up   Basket   Ball   Season
On Home Floor
GLEANER^RALLY
Here Tuesday Very Largely
Attended
PUBLISHED PROGRAM
Carried Out And A Large Class
Initiated
Edward Little, District Deputy for
tbe Gleaner organization, seems to
be a captain when it comes to getting
a crowd together fer a rally. The
town was literally full of Gleaners
on Tuesday and appsrpntly most of
them could sing the song, "I won't
go bome till morninir." The meeting
which was held in tbe Opera House,
continued so far into Wednesday
that very many continued tbe session till morning
Edward Little presided and after a
few remarks at tbe opening of the afternoon session, Rev. Large offered
prayer and then Mayer Ward extended the welcome of tbe city and
to this Mr. Little responded.
After a song by tbo audience and a
recitation by Misb Giadys Beal, E G.
Hackney of Clio gave the address of
the afternoon on "Gleanerism." It
was devoted mainly to what is accomplishing in a co-operative way,
but he mentioned several fields in
which it might profitably work.
Chas Haas of Shepherd entertained
witb a humorous reading.
The evening session of course was
open only to members of the order.
There were about 25 candidates
initiated and the Vernon degree
team and a team from King Arbor
near Shepherd did the work.
There was an estimated attendance
of 350 and tbe meeting certainly was
a great success.
WISE FARMERS' CLUB
Meets With Dr. and Mrs. Reeder
*March 15th.
The regular meeting of the Wise
Farmers' Clnb will be held on Wednesday, 15th inst. at the home of Dr.
and Mrs. J. A. Reeder to which ali
are cordially invited The following
ie the program.
Call to order by Pres. Lansing.
Music by the Club.
Invocation by Kev. S. W. Large.
Address of welcome.   Dr. Reeder.
Response, E. F.  Wilt.
Rece98.        Dinner.
Music by Clare Orchestra.
Reading, Mrs. J. II   Lansmg.
Should the farmers establish a cooperative canning factory at Clare?
Mrs John Duncan. Discussion led
by Mrs. J. ij. Wilson. Mrs. L. M.
Converse and Mrs. F. Lamoreaux.
Solo, Prof. Dibble.
Agricultural Botany, (allow plants
gro, Miss Johnson, Science Teacher
at C. H. S. (b)How plants are reproduced, Dr. Reeder (c(Proper selection
of need, Prof. Hornberger.
Tabie Com., Mrs. J. D Allen, Miss
Eva Seeiey, Mrs. John Presley, Jr.
Reception Com., Mrs. N.'F. Geecs,
Mrs E. F. Wilt, Mrs. L. M. Converse.
They say a poor beginning makes
a good ending. We confess that the
beginning of the basket ball season
this year seems like such a loDg
time ago that all recollection of how
luck dealt with us then has passed
out of, our memory. But if tbere
was any hoodoo still banking around
last Friday nigbt, he certainly got
jerked up by the tail and had his
bead snapped oil.
The management forgot to announce that last Friday was "Clare
Day" in the basket ball world, but
such was tbe case. When the two
games on the program were over,
there just didn't seem to be any town
on the map anywhere except Clare.
And as far as there being any place
by the name of Reed City was concerned, a person really had to scratch
bis bead and think before be could
recall tbat there ever had been any
town by that name. Oh, of course,
we're not actually champions of the
"world," or anything so big as that.
But then the world hasn't come
around boasting of what she could do
to ns. So wby should wa feel like
"cleaning up" on tbe world. It all
depends on tbe attitude, yon eee.
Tes, the demonstration we gave
for tbe benefit of our Reed City
yonng folks was very satisfactory—
and in a certain sense conclusive,
too. Personally, we like to see a
good clean game, witb the best side
winning, whether it's basket ball,
base ball or marbles. But wben a
team starts out with the idea of being rough, there's just enough of our
remote barbarian ancestry left in our
system that we rather enjoy seeing it
given tbe treatment which was prepared for others. (Not having discovered any appreciable trace of
this malady among the Clare players
in tiie many previous games of our
experience, we assume its non-existence.) And given skill plus the T.
R. compound, you have a combination which is bound to win.
as to tne sufficiency of the punishment, there can be little question.
Reformation should have set in by
tbis time. In the first half the Clare
boys made 24 points, giving tbe
aggravators a total of 4. In the
latter balf, it looked like more even
work for a few minutes. But one
visitor at least became a quitter, aDd
25 more were added for good measure,
the total score being 49 to 10. In
view of the opinion which the Reed
City boys entertained of themselves
at the opening, we consider tbat a
plenty.
Of course none of these pictures
from tbe battlefield are intended to
apply to tbe girls' contest. Tbey
played a nice gentlemanly game ail
the way through. Tbe play was both
fast and interesting, and tbe winners
deserved no more tban they got,
which was a li to 6  count.
Miss Mansell, coach, is now trying
to secure a neutral floor at Cadillac
for tbe Northern Championship game
with Benzonia on Mar. 24th and is
hopeful of success in arranging it
there.
A REPLY
To Courier Criticism   On
Gas Franchise
The
Wben two men are equally Informed on a particular snbjuct there
is usually no difficulty, but wben it is
otherwise there is liable to be misunderstanding. 1 fear Mr. Canfleld
has had no experience in building an
enterprise of this kind or in operating it after tbe same has been constructed, and therefore his objections
should be weighed in view of this
fact. ^~
Some   people   persist   in   thinking
tbat there is eome   great   mystery   or
wiagic surrounding a franchise of any
kind, and   that   it   is  different  from
any    other    business    arrangement.
Wbat is a franchise anyway and wbat
! great right does the party to whom it
1 is granted get, that   any   other   busi-
I ness man does not get in tbe ordinary
i course of business?     None whatever,
I except tbat in our case the maximum
price of gas Is fixed in   tbe  franchise.
It is a mere license, privilege, or permission to do business, without wbicb
we canuot operate in your city.
Suppose any business man in your
city for any purpose wanted to put
a two inch pipe, two and one-half
feet deep just outside the curb, along
on one side of your main street, and
agreed to fill up tbe trench and tamp
it, would anyone object, or have any
fear, and yet be would bave just the
same rights we would have under
our franchise, no more no less.
When our main pipe is in the street,
any person desiring can have it
tapped and a service pipe extended
to bis cellar through wbich would
flow gas, whicb be could use for
cooking and other purposes. He
conld dig tbe service trench himself,
buy his own pipe, and put it in, if
competent, do the whole thing and
get gas in his cellar as cheaply as
possible; of course we would want to
know tbat tbere was nc leaks in tbe
pipe and tbe same would be put in
under our supervision, or he could
bave ua do it for him at a fair cost.
The laying of these two pipes (main
pipe and service pipe) ie all there is
to it, but under tbe law we have to
have permission to do thia which is
called a franchise—the great thing of
mystery. Would the laying of these
two kinds of pipe monopolize your
streets or interfere with travel in any
way?
Continued on Page 5.
Joseph Grimason.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to extend onr sincere
thanks to all our friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness
during tne sickness and at the burial
of our husband and father. Especially are we thankful for the beautiful
floral offerings.
Mrs. Joseph Grimason
Mrs. John North on
Jobn Grimason.
In the death of Mr. Grimason,
which occurred on Wednesday of
last week, the country here li_ses one
of its oldest citizens, one of its earliest pioneers.
Mr. Grimason was born in the
north of Ireland, June 24, ISS"*, and
I came to tjia country with his parents
i when 11 years old, living for some
time in New York and also in Canada. He came to Isabella Co. 46
years ago wben the country here was
a wilderness and tbe P. M. railroad
built only to Coleman. He first settled on what is now known as tbe
Epbraim Brooks place. After Rome
years, be returned to Canada wbere
be remained 4 years, tben returned
settling on the farm in north Vernon
wbere tbe remainder of his life has
been spent.
Some 48 years ago be was married
to Miss Louisa Seeiey and to tbis onion were born four ebildren, two of
wbom are now living, Mra. Jobn
Northe.n and Jobn Grimason, both
of Vernon.
Tbe funeral, conducted by Rev.
Bennett, was held from tbe Congregational church on Friday laat with
burial Id Cherry Grove. He is survived by bis aged wife, two cbiidren
many otber relatives and a boat of
frienda
CLARE SPECIAL
To Be Published At An Early
Day
development" bureau
Seeking   Facts  To    Make   This
More Interesting.
To Clare County Farmers:
Tbe Northeastern Michigan Development Bureau is preparing copy
for a special edition of its magazine
"Northeastern Michigan" for Clare
County.
This magazine will be sent to several thousand people who bave been
interested in northeastern Michigan
and are prospects as settlers in this
section, lt is hoped that tbe Clare
Special will Interest tbem in Clare
Connty.
One of the most effective means of
creating an interest in this county is
to tell the crop yields that the farmers harvest What have your crops
yielded? Do you remember some of
your representative productions?
If so you could lend a helping hand
in making the advertising more
effective and aid in the welfare of
Clare County by writing down a list
of your returns and sending them to
the Northeastern Michigan Development Bureau, at Bay City, Michigan.
Tbis would take but a few moments
of your time and aid greatly in making an effective publication. Won't
you do your share?
HATTON FARMERS CLUB
Meets With Mr. And Mrs. A.
Hains March 16.
F.
Tbe Hatton Farmers Club will hold
tbeir monthly meeting March 16th. at
tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. Hains in
Olare. An address of unusual Interest
wlil be given by Judge Long on
"Rural Credits". W. H. Kennedy
will speak on "Lime requirements cf
tbe Soil". Onr year is rapidly drawing to a oloso aad all members are
urged to attend tbese Interesting and
instructive gatherings. X.
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THE GREAT LAKES
With    Their      Wealth    Of
Scenery and Attractions.
IMMENSE COMMERCE
Rendered    Possible    By
Great Highways.
These
DRY FEDERATION
Meetings
To   Be    Held
Week.
Next
(Abstract  of  paper  reail  liefore   the    Clare
Study Club by Mr*. -I  J. HornfterRcr.)
From the prairies, the plains, and
the passes of the Northern Rocky
Mts., the railway lines must round
the head of Lake Michigan. Traffic,
also from the southwest is drawn to
the lakes, and all lines from the
farthest northwest mint come down
to Chicago. Here, however, the traffic separates and most of the non-
perishable goods is transported by
water to points farther east, due to
the extraordinary low rates in freight
ae well as the passenger traffic on tbe
lakes. Tbis makes Chicago a decidedly important distributing point and
tbe greatest of all lake ports—an importance due eetirely to its general
geographic relations, however, and
to the combination of railway and
water transportation, and in no measure whatever to local conditions—
for ber harbor bad to be created and
her very groundsraisedfromaswamp.
Here we find an insignificant river
entering the lake, insignificant for
many years, and but just now coming
into an importance realized by man.
By dredging and building docks, forty-one miles of frontage bave been
made available, and the harborage
outside bas been extended, by breakwater construction, until fleets can
now anchor where, two generations
ago, a small town lay along a straight
shore Hue and on two hides of a shallow, muddy and unknown river.
Slowly    steaming   out   into    Lake
Michigan,   we    leave    Chicago    and
start on our   trip   around   tbe  lakes,
the greatest inland  waterway   in   the
world.     Settled   In    a    quiet   corner
wbere   we  can   dreamily   watch   the
myriads of lake craft, plying up   and
down, back and forth, each one laden j
with its precious cargo of  passengers j
and freight, we are tilled with amaze-1
ment at their number  as   wei!  as   st j
the variety of^the craft, and we  wonder vaguely wbat it is tbey   all carry
and whither tbeir destination.
On and up we go, skirting the
Michigan shore, passing many busy
aDd important lake ports, towns of
ever; size and description, fruit
growing centers, fishing centers, lumbering towns, many beautiful and alluring summer resorts. Here and
there a U. S. Life Saving station, reminding us for a moment of tbe possible and well known tragedies ot
lake traffic. Always interesting and
so delightful a panorama before ns
tbat we feel reluctant to eat or sleep,
lest we miss some of the beauty that
lies all around us on our way.
Continued on Editorial Page.
Tbe following meetings bave been
planned for next week and all of tbem
will be addressed bv Mr. Cope and
others. Will eveyone living in the
vicinity of any of them give them as
wide publicity as possible.
Clare, M. E church, Monday evening, Mar 13. Farweli, M. E. church
Tuesday evening', March 14. Freeman Twp. Windover Lake School.
Wednesday afternoon. Mar. 15. Noon
lunch, entertainment 2 p. m.
Lincoln, Lake George School, Wed.
evening Mar. 15. Harrison, Opera
House, Thurs. Mar. l»l. Free dinner
to men at noon, county raliy of
officers and workers in afternoon,
Mass meeting in the evening.
Hamilton Twp., Allen school, Friday evening. Mar. 17.
Grant Twp., Randall school, Saturday evening. Mar. 18.
$40,000 FIRE.
Farweil
Suffers    Big
Last Week.
Loss
POST OFFICE
And
Two
With
Stores    Wiped
Little  Salvage.
Out
FINE CROWDS
Greet  Evangelist   Colegrove
Each Night.
BIBCHORUS
AddsMuch To Meetings. Sunday
Is A Big Day.
The evangelistic service at the M.
E. cburcb are awakening a remarkable interest among all classes, the
attendance being steadily on the
increase.
Sunday evening Rev. Colegrove
spoke to an audience of four hundred and fifty or five hundred eager
list ners His tberne "A Brave Man" j
was a bagiecall to higher living With i fire department,
scathing sarcasm be denounced petty
cowardice of every sort. Even the
pulpit  did   not    escape,    wnile    tbe
I coward in polities, in the commercial
j world, and   in the   home   was   vigor-
' ously exploited. In franK, unmeasured words the evangelist denounced   the    saloon     and    kindred
The village of Farweil mourns tbe
loss of her finest brick block, two
stores are out of business, and the
U. S. post office is d'ling business
temporarily in the Saxton building
there, all as the result of a "disastrous
fire which occurred Thursday night
or last week. The entire Littlefield
block, a fine brick structure erected
only a few years ago and housing tbe
double store occupied by Calkins &
Schlegei, the local post-offices and
the grocery store of E. W. Brown, is
in ruins, only parts of the walls still
standing, and these being of doubtful
value for rebuilding purposes.
The flames seem to bave been discovered about midnight by parties
living across the street, the entire
basenaentoftheSchlegel store appearing to be afire then. The village
fire bell was reported to be in poor
working order, one of the pumpe at
the water works had to be coaxed into submission before it would consent
to do anything. Tbese troubles were
enough to give tbe red furies a start
wbicb soon put tbem out of the reach
of human control. Half a dozen
lines of bose were connected up and
turned upon the raging furnace but
tbe pressure was not sufficient to
accomplish mucb. Several adjacent
stores caught fire from the flying
sparks, bucket brigades putting
tbem out in every case.
A hurried telephone call was sent
to Clare for assistance from tbeir
but owing to lack
of pressure at tbe Farweli water
plant, more hose was decided to be
useless. After a frantic effort to keep
tbe flames from spreading to tbe post
offlce on tbe east, tbo job was given
up, that and tbe Brown store adjoining being left to tbeir fate.
For some time it looked as   though
institutions, but not more earnestly
than did he denonuce those who
weakly permitted them to coutinue
their nefarious work in any town.
the Maurer store would also go; in
fact so well convinced of it was the
proprietor that he had volunteers
carry   bis    entire    stock   across  the
No one can listen to Mr. Colegrove's j street to a vacant building.   But luck
Ramsey-Sanders.
At the Congregational parsonage
in tbis city on Saturday, March 4th,
Rev. Bennett united in tbe holy bonds
of matrimony Miss Lena B. Ramsey
and Orval Sanders, both of Sheridan
Twp. They were attended by Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Sanders of tbe same
place.
Ths bride was attired in a handsome gown of blue silk poplin and
shadow lace. The groom wore tbe
conventional black. They left immediately for a short visit with his
parents at Mt. Pleasant and were met
at the station by a party of friends
armed with rice and the couple were
most liberally showered.
Both have spent nearly their entire lives here and are well known to
their many friends who join in wishing them a happy and prosperous
future. They will be at home after
April 1st on a farm south of Coleman.
X.
Barn Nearly Burned.
O. Penrose, a resident of Pleasant
Valley in Sheridan Twp. had a close
call to losing his barn by fire iast
Wednesday forenoon.
A blaze started from the generator
for the gas lighting system in the
barn, and quickly caught in the mow
wbere tbere was hay to a depth of
several feet. Mr Penrose himself
was nearly overcome by smoke, when
N A. Densmore and Roscoe Smith,
two other farmers of tbat vicinity
happened along opportunely and
managed to pot out the mre witb
water from a tank near by.
Read tbe classified liner column for
anything lest, found, for sale, real
•state, miscellaneous, etc.
earnest message without being convicted, awakened and helped; and
bis work is meeting with general
approval. On Sunday a large number "hit the trail" and declared their
allegiance to Christ.
Tbe meetings will be continued
throughout the coming week. Sunday wili be a great day. In tbe
morning Rev. Colegrove will preach.
In the afternoon at 3 o'clock, bis
subject will be "Fiery Blight." This
will be a meeting for men only, boys
of thirteen or over being admitted.
At the same time Mrs. Colegrove
will address the women of tbe town
at the Baptist cburcb. Her subject
will be "Move Out." No woman can
afford to miss tbis. Sunday evening
Mr. Colegrove will preach bis great
sermon on "Tbe Unpardonable Sin."
One unusual feature oj tbese meetings U the great service held on Saturday night Tbis week at the service, the theme, 'Trail of the Serpent" will be discussed. No one
should miss this service.
At all the services Rev. Colegrove
is ably assisted by Prof. L. G. Dibble.
A large Chorus Choir bas been
organized and at every service to
hear tiie music is a rare treat,
ara cordially invited.
All
Republican City Caucus.
Tbe Republican caucus for the City
of Ciare will be held at the   city   hall '
on   Monday  evening, March 13tb,   at j
7:30 p. m. for the purpose of   nomina- | this   corner
seemed to be on his side—especially
»o as he carried no insurance en
either stock or building. One humorous feature of tbe situation was
the discovery next morning that a
sack of eggs that bad been done up
for a customer the day previous and
not delivered was all intact—not an
egg being broken.
The loss seems to fall most heavily
on J L. Littlefield, one of Farwell's
well to do and progressive citizen*.
Reports say tbat tbis block cost in tbe
neigbborbood of 112,000, with insurance covering at least a part of its
value. Tbe stock in tbe big Schlegei
store was said to inventory in tbe
neigbborbood ot (14,000. The Caple
agency in tbis city issued policies oo
tbis to tbe extent of some six or
eigbt thousand, we are informed.
Postmaster Brown informs us that
his store stock was probably abont
covered by insurance.
In tbe posteffice, tbere was not
much outgoing mail, and only a
little for local delivery. Tbe mail for
routes 1 and 3 had been "made up''
the night before and was rescued.
Bnt that for route 2 could not be
reached. Some fifty copies of the
Sentinel went up in smoke, bat we
were lucky in having extra enough to
duplicate. Most of tbe office books,
some moot'} orders and other records
were saved.
It is quite doubtful whether a  new
building will go op on the former site.
Such a hoodoo seems to lurk   around
tbat    the    owner    may
ting candidates for tbe office
of mayor, city clerk, city treasurer,
and of transacting sueb other business ae may properly come before it.
Waud Caucuses.
The several ward caucuses for the
nomination of alderman, supervisor
and constable, and for transacting
such otber business as may come before tbem will be held Immediately
after tbe city caucus at tbe following
places:
First Ward, McLaren Oo. office.
Second Ward,   Wm.   Lange  repair
shop.
Third Ward, city hall.
L. E. Davy
Prank Forbes
Fred Pelton
Committee.
Lost or fonnd articles are returned
every week through a liner in tbe
Olare Sentinel.
hesitate   before   taking
chances with fate.
any    further
Fine Gieaner Meeting.
At tbe meeting and entertainment
at tbe Gleaner hail.'at Dover last week
Tuesday evening, s crowd of abont
seventy gathered to enjoy a social
time together, and a neat Uttle sum
was raised. Evidently things are not
entirely dead among the Gleaners of
tbat locality. ,
Card Of Appreciation.
We take this opportunity to tbsnk
oar many friends and neighbors for
their kind service in tbesieknees and
death of our moat beloved wife and
motber. Tbe same is moat fully
appreciated. *
Bert Chapman aad Sons.
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