1916-07-06; Clare Sentinel

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The Paper With a Mission
^ and
Without a Muzzle.
established 1878
<JI*ARE, MICHIGAN. THURSDAY MORNING JULY 6, 1916.
New Series: Vol. 24 No. 85
GOV. CAPPER
Answers   Misrepresentations
Of Liquor Interests.
OKFAIR^TAfEMENTS
Ccnstantlv   .Made  In   Reference
To Kansas.
From tbe "Cnited Bank Building"
in Cincinnati and from "172 Griswold
St.," Detroit, and from various other
localities tbere go oat to the press of
tbe country weekly letters portraying
tbe awful conditions of affairs in
those parts of the country wbere the
people have been so silly as to banish j
the 9aioons and endeavor to live j
Of  course   only
IN DREAMLAND
Democracy At St. Louis Presents
Lovely Picture.
at    St.    Loots
war,   no  good
dreamland    in
that  men   had
of
Progress Of Gas  Company.
STATE FAIR
Exhibits
Of Stock To
Best Ever.
Be The
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the   saloons
sober, decent lives. Of course
ruin and devastation stare these de-
laded people in the face. Special
stress is laid upon Kansas whicb is
indeed an object of pity. Not even
SerVla or Poland can compare with
the misery and degradation that is
overwhelming the po<ir people of the
state.
Montana is to vote next fall on
state wide prohibition and that state.
like Michigan is deluged witb this
rot. In reply,to a letter of inquiry,
Gov. Capper of Kansas replies at
some length showing how facts are
distorted. For instance: Our state
superintendents of public instruction
have for years beeu advocating "consolidated" schools, yet it is sought by
the champions of tb ■ liquor interests
to make it appear that schools are
discontinued because of a lack of
support. Naturally people would
lose all interest in education the
moment saloons disappear. We have
space for only a portion of this letter.
F. W. Collins,
Billings, Montana.
Dear Mr. Collins:    I have your letter of  May  8  enclosing  copy   of   an
article written for the Fra   Magazine
by   Paul   S.  Conwell,  in   which   the
author seeks to portray an awful
state of affaire in Kansas as a result
of the prohibition of the liquor traffic.
Conwei! is a Kansas City, Missouri,
lawyer who seems to find it more
lucrative to sell his services to tbe
liquor interests than to follow tbe
practice of his profession. He is reported to receive a good salary as a
regular lecturer and writer for the
saloon, and I am of tbe opinion tbat
the saloon interests have no supporter wbo is more unfair than he,
so he could not be expected to be
very fair to Kansas, the state which
is bringing so much grief to the
cause he chooses to champion.
Without giving any authority for
hie statements, Conweil at the beginning launches into a tirade of abuse
and unfairness, giving expression to
bis blind prejudice on the liquor
question. He says that 35. years of
Prchibition have given Kansas a high
divorce rate: that poverty has been
increased and the insanity rate made
higher. An examination of tbe
United States census reports for 191C,
tbe laet official government figures,
discloses the fact that tbe standing
of Kansas in all of these respects is
among the best in the nation.
Tbe liquor champion points to tbe
fact that 220 schools were closed in
Kansas during 1913 and desires, of
course, to give the impression that
these schools were discontinued because of lack of support—that Prohibition had weakened the desire of
oar people for and education. 8uch
is not the case. The 1910 census
shows that Kansas has more students
in proportion to population, than any
otber state in the union. Kansas is
progressive in school matters, as in
all others.
In that  dreamland
tbere was no evil   bnt
but peace.     It   waa
wbich   men  rejoiced
been saved even from  tbe  threat
hostilities, without regard to the  fact
that the price had   been  paid   in   the
blood of women and children.    It was
a dreamland devoid of the   conscious
knowledge of right and wrong.
It is impossible to believe tbat tbe
American people are living in this
landof dreams, this wcrldof unreality.
It is impossible to believe tbat the
American people will accept this
vjsion of mere comfort, plenty and
tranquil self-content as the supreme
National good. it is impossible to
believe tbat tbe American people will
hold that the only alternative to war
is the evasion of National duty, the
avoidance of those burdens wbich
only strong peoples can bear.
lnthe dreamland of the Democratic
convention   there   was    no    way    to
escape war   except   by   ignoring   the
moral  issues   in   the   present    world
crises,     by     ignoring    the     wrongs
sutiored by Americans in Mexico  and
on   the   high   seas,   by   ignoring   tbe
claims of otber neutral nations   upon
the   strength   of    the    richest     and
strongest neutiral nation, bv ignoring
alike ibe perils of the future, the   demands of the present   and   the   most
highly prized traditions of  the   past.
In   tbe   world   of   reality,   to    ignore
these things is tbe   surest   invitation
to ultimate war and possible disaster.
Americawantspeace, but she wants
justice   more.       America    does     not
waut war—least of   ail,   war   upon   a
Half-starved,    bandit-ridden     people
like   the   Mexicans.      But   the   issue
now is not between   peaoe   and   war.
It is an issue between ease   and   self-
respect.
Tbe Democratic party offers to the
country the vision of a self-satisfied,
selfish nation in a world of dreams.
What the country wants Is a vision
of the nation strong and sternly determined to bear its burdens and do
its duty in a world of reality.
—The Outlook.
On Satarday ot last week tbe
Central Gas Company bad tbeir mains
wbicb tbey ore extending to Ciare, all
leid as far as Rosebush Tbey are j
laying sbont one-half mile of pipe per
day. The foundations tor tbs tanks
and tbe small buildings containing
the governors are now being built on
McEwan St, just south of the railroad crossing. It won't be long now
till tho residents of Clare will be able
to have gas installed in their homes.
Just as soon   as   Mr.   Brogardus  can > will total nearly 12,-"00
the      Gas j the   Michigan    exhibitors    who    are
G. W. Dickinson, General Manager
of the Michigan State Fair, announces
that the premiums to be awarded tbe
exhibitors in the Draft Horse (breeding classes! at the Fair, whicb will be
beld st Detroit, Sept. 4-13, will be
25"f larger tban awarded last fall. As
a  result   premiums  in   these   classes
In   addition
vacate     their     building
Company  wiil   occupy   same
complete line of Gas Ranges   and  al!
the   appliances   neccessary
convenience.
with   a
for    Gas
COURT HOUSE NEWS
ISABELLA COUNTY
MARRIAGE LICENSES
H. Gardner Chase, 26, Vermont
Susan A Coburu, 23, Mt. Pleasant
Chas. P. Ostrom, Coral
Fffle R. Bozer, Deerfield.
Jacob P. Tucker, If?, Borne, Ind.
Mary E. Mj^ers, 17. Denver
Albert J. House, 23, Isabella
Pearl^M. Landon, 20, Denver
James G. Kelly, 3-5, Bel3ing
Mary L. Lainer, 39, Blanchard
Willis Jackson, 22, Isabella
Ida Shemboose, 19, Nottawa
Floyd J. Graham, 30, Isabella
Lois I. Conner, 23, Isabella
Chas. H. Foster. 21. Broomfield
Edna Mayer, 21, Mecosta Co.
Clyde Reed, il, Owosso
Grace Gosgett, 26, Mt. Pleasant
Loid Allbee, 21,  Giimore
Lida Olds, 16, Giimore
Orlondo Hutchinson, 21, Shepherd
F.dna (^uick, 19, Shepherd
GLARE COUNTY
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Arthur L. Keever, 25, Arthur
Florence A. Garver, 18, Arthur
Frank J. Brooks, 24, Harrison
Flossie May Wickwire, 16, Mt
ant
Paul H. Belling, 36, Grant
Anna Conrad, 23, Cleveland, Obio
prize winners will be given additional
awards equal to 25 "r   of   the   original
premiums.     As a   result,    Michigan
exhibitors   whose   Dratt   horses   are
awarded    prizes    will    receive    50'i-
more in cash tban tbey were awarded
last   fall.      Mr.   Dickinson   also    an
nounces that there will be classes for
mules at the   1916   fair,   ejid   S245   in !
leash    premiums    wiil    ba    awarded.
[ There will also be   classes   for   Mule-
toot   bogs  with   suitable   premiums.
! "We  are   receiving    iuquiries    from
stock breeders residing in all sections
of   Michigan,   as     well    -as     nearby
states,   and   believe    tbat    our    live
stock exhibits at the 1916 fair will   be
larger   tban   ever   before,"   asserted
Mr. Dickinson.
"Wc have completed arrangements
for the judges in the horse, cattle,
swiue and poultry departments and
can assure all prospective exhibitors
that the judges will be men who are
thoroughly competent and have reputations for giving fair decisions.
We expect tbat because of the
additional awards which will be given the exhibitors of prize winning
stock that our annual Million Dollar
Live Stock Parade in front of the
grand stand next fall will be larger
and contains better animals than
nave ever paraded before our patrons."
Cuvrell>Blanchford.
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From Farwsil Correspondent.
Thursday at high noon occurred
the marriage of one of onr most
promising yonng ladies, Miss Juanita
Cuvrell, to Mr. George Blanchford of
Flint. The bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cuvrell of tbis
place and the groom a much respected youog man of Flint. Miss
Cuvrell taught io the higb scbool at
this place two years and last year
taught at Three Gaks.
The happy couple left on the 3:39
for Flint where they expect to reside.
Ail join in wishing them a happy
prosperous voyage through life. The
wedding ceremony was performed by
Rev. Hojden.
Discovers
SEATTLE EDITOR.
Is  Sadly
That   He
Mistaken.
Msjor C. B. Bietben, editor of the
Times, believed "saloon abolition
wonld kill business." Since the new
law has been in force and tbe advantages cf dry administration bave
become apparent the Times has
turned and is supporting prohibition
j forcefully in its columns.
Seattle   is  tbe   largest   city   in   the
j Cnited States that is dry.   Conditions
there, since tbe dry   law   became   effective Jan. !,    bave   proved   conciu-
] siveiy  that   large    cities   ae   well  as
! towns and rural districts  show   great
j improvement economically and   Rurally   since    the    saloons    have   been
SUPERVISORS
Conclude Session On Friday
Morning.
L. W. SUNDAY
Chosen
As   Representative
Lansing.
To
Tbe board of supervisors of this
county closed thf ir session on Friday
morning, putting in four days of
rather busy work, Tbe county was
equalized at 85,189,397, tbis being
*6,871 less than in J915. Tbis shrinkage however knd then some was in
ths? personal wbich somehow Ehrunk
$50 947 during tbe year L. W. Sunday,
supervisor of Arthur waa   chosen   to
the   meeting
Badgley-Tillman.
Pleas-
Do You Know That
From Lan-«i^ Jourual.
A pretty June wedding   took   place
at the home of Mr.   and   Mrs.   H.   F.
Badgley  at  417   Allen   St.,    Tuesday
morning   at  10   o'clock   when    their
daughter, Lucinda Muriel, was united
in marriage   to  John   L.   Tillman   of
this city.    Rev.   Martin   Luther   Fox
performed    the    ceremony    in     the
presence   of  tbe  immediate   friends
and relatives.    Tbe ring   service   was
used.   The bride   was gowned  in  a
glriish   frock   of   fawn  crepe   meteor
and carried pink roses.     Miss   Pearl
Babcock of Flint as bridesmaid   wore
a quaint fashioned dress  of  Dresden
silk.    Ernest Badgley, brother of   tbe
j bride,   attended   ae   best  man.     The/
ceremony took place before a bank of
ferns and palms in the parlors of  the
bome.    Daring the processional Mise
Mildred Goodenow  played  tbe  wedding march by Lohengrin.    Following
the ceremony a three-course wedding
breakfast was served, after which the
young couple left for a trip to Niagara
Falls,  Buffalo,   Cleveland  and   Erie,
Penn., the former home of the groom.
The  out-of-the-city   guests   included
Mr.   and   Mrs.   _Wm.   Badgley,   Mrs.
Robt. Bander arid Mrs. M. J. Goodenow of   Clare,   Mich:   Mr.   and   Mrs.
Jas.   Cunningham,   Miss   Pearl   Babcock, Mrs. Maud Goodenow and Miss
Mildred Goodenow of Flint.    Mr. and
Mrs. Tillman will return   to   Lansing
Better wages make better health?
Better health makes better citizens?
Better citizens make a better
nation?
The C. S. Public Health Service
found 7v.- of the rural homes in a
certain county unprovided with sanitary conveniences of any kind?
Cholera is spread in the same manner as typhoid fever?
Scarlet fever kills over 10,000 Americans each year?
' Hookworm enters through tbe skin?
He wbo builds up health lays up
treasure in the Bank of Nature?
ISABELLA
Board  Of   Supervisors
Last   Week.
Met
JESSE SIMPSON
Supervisor Of Vernon   Chosen
Chairman.
Oats Are Growing.
C. H. Lamphere of Wise Twp., Isabella County, has a field of oats that
are warranted to equal anything in
the country this year. He brought in
a stalk to this office a few days ago
measuring exactly three feet in
length. Tbey were sown on well
tiled land.
If any farmer of onr  territory   bas
any product  that  he  considers   unusually good, we should  be  glad
mention it at any time.
\t the meeting of the board of supervisors of Isabella county last week,
Supervisor Jesse Simpson of Vernon
was honored with the chairmanship
of the board, being elected on the
first ballot. Martin Menery, supervisor of the 2nd ward of Mt. Pleasant
was elected to represent the county
before the state board.
Beside the auditing of bills, the
only other business of importance
was the consideration of the matter
of providing a Detention Home for
the connty. At the present time a
building is rented and the question of
raising S500C to purchase a suitable
one will be submitted to the voters at
tbe fall election.
to
to make   their   home.      Mr.   Tillman
The new and progressive j a&s a position as  salesman  with   the
idea of the consolidated school is becoming popular in tbis stata. Tbis
means tbat two or more small rural
school districts are combined into
wbat is known as a consolidated
district. Fine modern school buildings are erected and a course of study
embracing four years of high school
work, in addition to the regular
common scbool course is adopted.
Many of tbese consolidated schools
are equal to tbe best high schools in
tbe state, and graduates are admitted to college without preliminary
examination, jnst as tbey are from
otber accredited city bigb schools.
Tbe students in the rural districts
are given tbe benefit of the higb
scbool training. Tbns it will be seen
that tbe closing of tbese rural
schools, none of wbich previously
embraced tbe bigb scbool work, bas
added strength to tbe school system,
rather than weakened It, aa Mr. Con-
well ao lealousiy tries to shew.
Continued on Page 7.
Ewing-Pennell Co.
Mrs. Leo Grundeman and children
Edith and Wm. returned to their
bome at Ludington after atwoweeks'
visit here. Mrs. G's sister, Miss Til-
lie Lange, accompanied tbem for her
vacation.
Mrs. W. H. Waunch who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs.C. F. Broderick, returned to her bome atSnep-
herd yesterday. Mrs. B. accompanied ber and also ber guest, Mrs. Evelyn Brackett of Kaiamazoo.
Mrs. W. Turner returned to ber
home at Portland yesterday after visiting relatives in tbis vicinity for several days. Sbe was accompanied by
ber granddaughters Opal and Wava
Tnrner, wbo go there for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hudson entertained the officials and employees of
tbe Clare Oo. Savings Bank with a
fisb sapper laet Friday evening at
their cottage west of tbe tana—aa
i affair whicb has 1 now become aa
[ annual one. •
Former Pastor Gets Present.
•G. W. Maxwell, formerly pastor of
the M. E. church here, later located
at Belding, and now in charge of a
church at Mason, has been presented
by his congregation with a Ford car,
according to word received by Mr.
and Mrs. J. L, Oliver from their
daughter at Grand Ledge.
This act indicates the bigb regard
in whicb be is beld by tbe people
there.
Notice To Cut Weeds.
Card Oi Thanks.
We desire to thank the friends and
neighbors who kindly assisted ns
during our recent bereavement—tbe
loss Of our mother, Mrs. Maria Dnrn-
in. Also tbe singers, tbe I. O. O. F.,
snd the Vernon Ladies Aid for tbe
flowers. Tbe Children.
Notice is hereby given to owners,
possessors or occupiers of land, or
any persou or persons, firm or corporation having charge of any lands
in tbe City of Clare, tbat all noxious
weeds growing on any land is tbe
city or within the limits of any
street passing by or tbrongh such
lands must be cutdownanddestroyed
on or before tbe 15thday of July,1916.
Failure to comply with this notice
on or before the dale month ned
shall make the parties so failing
liable for tbe cost of cutting * same,
and an additional levy of ten percent
um of such costs, to be levied and
collected against the property in the
same manner as other taxes are
levied and collected. By order of
the Common Council.
Seymour Andrus,
City Clerk.
Clare, Micb., July 5th, 1916.
L. T. Olds returned home Tuesday,
having been successful in his search
for trie evidence required to perfect
his claim to a pension.
Wm. VVolsky presides over tbe cash
j box   in    the    bank     during    Cashier
Sutherland's absence.
Commander  3havej  and   Comrade
L. O. Burnbam,   who   went   down   to
Ea'-.t Saginaw  Monday   to   watch   the
veterans marsh   and   drill,   e.iy   tbat
Hancock Post ar'ted wisely in   voting
not   to   participate    in    tbe    demonstration.    It was a severe strain upon
the   men's   powers   of   endurance   to
stay   in   the   ranks   for   three     hours
under a boiling sun.    Bradley Post of
Harrison fell out early in tbe   march.
No.    1     hoan     company     met    for
practice  Tuesday   night    and    afterwards elected officers for the ensuing
term   as   follows:    Foreman,    J.     C.
Rorison: assistant, D. J. Fox; nozzle-
men,   David    Rorison    and    George
Dawson;   Treasurer,   M.  J.   Lossing.
Hose company No. 2 have elected the
following   officers:   Foreman,    F.    J.
Todd;   assistant,   H.   H.    Holbrook;
nozzlemen,   John   Rogers   and   Wm.
Dwyer; hydrant   men,   Cbas.   Dwyer
and Harry Hollinshead.
Adelbert Chamberlain of this
village is father to a 10>j pound boy
born on the Fourth. Dr. Tooley reports doing well.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. A. White went to
Sanilac county on Wednesday, intending to spend a week or ten days
there visiting the former's parents.
A large nnmber of Clareites visited
East Saginaw on the 5th and many
others celebrated at Coleman.
Seeley's band played at one of the
boweries at Coleman.
Rev. A. J. VanCamp's family had
new potatoes Sunday, dug from their
own garden. Mr. VanCamp thinks
he is ahead of anyone else in the
village.    Is he?
A. J. Doberty made a contract this
week with Bay City parties to furnish
2000 or more cords of hardwood to be
delivered on the line of the F.&P. M.
railroad between Farweil and Coleman.
H. II. Graves of Mt- Pieasant,
attorney for the T., A. A. and N. M.
R. R. was in Clare on Monday.
Speaking of the extension of tbe road
north from Mt. Pleasant he said that
it would be cheaper for the company,
owing to the topography of tbe
county, to come direct to Clare and
go on to Farweil, thus escaping the
hilly country south of Farweil. Mr.
Graves thought tbat Mr. Ashley
would bring tbe road here if onr
people would offer the right kind of
(-inducement.
Thieves broke intoH.F. Lambeck's
tailor shop last night   and   stole
pairs of  pantaloons,   a  coat,
routed oat.
Major Blethen was interviewed re-j represent the county at
cently as to the reason the Times'of the state board,
changed its policy. His answer is
significant. He said: "My paper
fought it on economic grounds alone.
We believed that in a great seaport
city with a population of upwards of
300.000 prohibition wouid be  destruc-
A considerable number of miscellaneous claims was allowed ar.d
four hundred dollars appropriated
fortbeClare Co. Agricultural Society.
This latter appropriation met with
considerable opposition   and   it   may
tiv; it. would bring on economic   dis-1 be   seriously   questioned   whether    it
aster. • will   meet   with   the   approval   of    a
'•'»Ve believed that   under   our  sys-! majority   of   tbe    taxpayers    of    the
tein of licensing saloons we   had   t
liquor traffic about as well controlled | shall   bave   something   to   say
as it could be and we   wanted   to   let
it alone, so we fought as hard   as   we
could fight.    But, iu suite   of   all   we j will appear in our next issue
could do against it,   prohibition   car
j majority   of   the    taxpayers
e   county.    Concerning this   matter   we
shall   have   something   to   say    next
week.
Tbe full report of   tbn   proceedings
ried and it went into effect in Washington Jan. 1. We have had a month
of it now."
'•'And bow has it worked out?"
"We already know it is a great
benefit, morally and from an
economic standpoint. Its moral benefit hae been tremendous. Seattle
had 260 saloons and we had an aver-'
age of 2,600 arrests a month for
crimes and misdemeanors growing
out <if liquor drinking.
Iu January we had only 400 arrests
and 60 of tbese were made January 1
and tbe results of hangovers from
the old year. That in itself is enough
to convince any man with a conscience that prohibition is necessary,
Tbere can be no true economy in any
thing tbat is immoral.
And on top of tbat great moral result, we have these economic facts :*\
In the first three weeks of January
tbe savings deposits in tbe banks of
Seattle increased 15 percent. There
was not a grocery store in Seattle
that did not show an increase of business in January greater tban ever
known in any month before in all
the history of the citv, except in holiday time.
In all tbe large grocery stores the
increase was immense. In addition
to this, every dry goods store in Seattle
except one, had a wonderful increase
of business. Each store reported tbe
largest business ever done in one
month, except in holiday time.
1 wished to know in what class of
goods tbe sales increased so greatly
so I sent to all the grocery and dry
goods stores to find tbat ont. And
to me it is a pitiful thing, .and it
makes me sorry that we did not have
prohibition long ago—that the increase in sales in ali the dry goods
6tores was in wearing apparel of
women and children and in the grocery stores the increase was made up
chiefly of fruits and fancy groceries.
This proves that it is the women
and cbiidren who suffer most from
the liquor business, and lt is the
women and children who benefit
greatest from prohibition."
Garver-Keever.
On Sunday, July 2, at one o'clock
at tbe heme of Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Garver of Arthur occurred the marriage of their daughter, Miss Florence,
to Arthur, sou of Mr. acd Mrs. Kerby
Keever of Clare, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. H. C. Roland.
After tbe ceremony the wedding
dinner was served to forty-five relatives and friends.
The bride was dressed in bine and
white messaline, the groom's suit
was dark blue serge.
Both have the congratulations of
their many friends who wish tbem
much success. X
ORTH AND SNYDER
Families Have Reunion At Kump
Home On Fourth.
Crowded Out.
Premium List.
Owing to tbe fact tbat our entire
force was off doty on Tnesday, a considerable amount of correspondence
and other matter is necessarily left
over. We are very sorry bot it is
unavoidable.
a
Officers
two
a vest
are   at
Thirty-one persons were present for
wbat was decreed to be tbe first
annual reunion of the Ortb and
Snyder families at the home of A. H.
Kump, tbe barber, Tnesday. Tbe
gathering next year is to beheld witb
Dr. Orth at Linwood.
Included,in the members of tbis
big family from out of town were
Wesley Ortb, Miss Gnssie Ortb, Mrs.
M. Sanford, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sanford and daughter, all of Saginaw,
Mrs. Alice Otto and two daughters of
Buffalo, W. Scbisler, wife and sen of
Bay City, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Eaton
aud three sons, also Will Ortb and
wife oi Pontiac, Dr. G. E. Orth and
wife of Linwood, Emerson Orth and
family of Owosso, and J. F- Ortb and
wife of Vernon.
We bave received from Sec'y Dickinson mt the Micb. State Fair eopiee
of tbe premium list for theforthcoxn-
ing Fair. Anyone interested oan call
aad get a copy.
Try a Liner.
Hay Shed Burns.
At an early boar Friday morning
the hay shed near tbe Aon Arbor
freight depot burned, together with
a quantity oh haled hay aad straw
belonging to Mt. Pleasant parties
The origin of the fire ia unknown.
and a silver watch
work on the case.
Mr. and Mrs. John Armour celebrated ln a quiet way last Friday at
tbeir home in Sheridan towpsbip. tbe
5th anniversary of their marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Armour were the recipients of several fine gifts, including a bureau, stand, chairs and
others. Tbe occasion was much enjoyed by all present.
E.S. Bowen of Vernon will probably
receive the nomination for county
clerk without opposition. He's a
good one.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Ostrander of
Loomis are,visiting their son. W. L.,
since yesterday.
The Common council allowed claims
amounting to S2C0 Wednesday night,
and confirmed tbe organization of No.
2 hose company.
Farweil, Jnly 8, —Bngh McMillan,
an old resident of Olare connty, died
on Snnday morning last at bis
residence in thia village. He was a
native of Canada, and came to Michigan about sixteen years ago. Tbe
funeral took place on Monday, and
wae very largely attended. Service
waa conducted in tbe Congregational
clinrch by Rev. O. M. Franklin. Mr.
McMillan  woe a  (inlet,  ostentatious
Ben    Greet    Players    At    Mt,
Pleasant. July 13-14, 1916.
The famous Ben Greet Woodland
Players are topresent Shakespearean
plays in the out-door theatre on July
13th and Hth.
The plays to be given this year
are: Romeo and Juliet, Thursday
evening at 8:15; A Comedy of Errors,
Friday matinee at 3; Hamlet, Friday
evening at 8:15.
Reserved seats are 75 and 50 bents
for each performance. Bleacher
seats, unreserved, will be on sale an
honr before each performance at 35
cents. A reduced price of SI.75 and
$1.25 is made for the series ticket.
Address C. 8. Larzelere, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, for reservation.
Notice.
To owners, possessors or occupiers
of land, or any person or persons,
tirm or corporation Having charge of
any lands in tbe State:
Notice is hereby given tbat all
noxious weeds growing on any land
in the township of Grant, county of
Clare, or within tbe limits of any
highway passing by or through snch
landsmust becut down and destroyed
on or before the 15th day cf July, A.
D. nineteen hundred sixteen.
Failure -to comply with this notice
on or before the date mentioned or
within ten days thereafter shall make
the parties so failiug liable for the
costsof cutting same and an additional levy of ten per centum of such
cost, to be levied and collected
against the property in tbe same
manner as other taxes are levied and
collected.
Dated July 4, 1916.
G. J. Nass,
Commissioner of  Highways  of  tbe
Township of Grant, County of Clare.
Dislocates Shoulder.
Penny   Causes Trouble.
Dongias Mooney certainly seems to
receive more tban bis share of misfortunes. Now be carries bis rigbt
arm ia a sling, tbe raenlt of a dislocated shoolder, received in some
way while at work at the dam.   It ie
whea ha
McMillan   was  a   quiet,   uweawuiiui ■
man acd his kindly  greeting  will  be I «*»ply a question of time
much missed. 1 will be all light again.
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A little son of Howard Raymer
nearly lost bis life tbis week ae tbe
result of playing with a Canadian
penny last Saturday.
He put the coin in his month and
by accident it lodged in hie throat.
Several doctors looked him over-
Monday, tbe coin finally beiug ejected from the mouth after aa
Ue had been given him.
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