1916-11-30; Clare Sentinel

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WOMEN'S CLUBS   j basket ball season |    THE MENACE
^J.Opens     Next    Week    Friday. Qf Japan As Viewed By The
May Engage In Many Lires Uf Farwen Meets Us Here. Peking Gazette.
CLARK, MICHIGAN   THURSDAY MOKN1NO NOVEMBER 30, 1916.
CHRISTMAS
New Series: Vol. 85 No.
Letter
Activity
INTERESTING
Showing    What
Clubs Are Doinii
Detroit
  I
j     The first game of the   long-awaited
i basket    ball    season   comes   a   week
from tomorrow night,   when   a   game
[will     be   played    at    Duncan s     1.L I ^ ^  Jhe   Way    From    par
Farwell     High   **L"UU'
ODD SHEET
^st    the
agat'
aggregation.
Practice bas  bee.,   g"ing  on   faith-
! fully for   some   little   tune   and   the
Off China
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
Of   Methodist    Sunday    School
Celebrates.
ISABELLA POMONA
Club   A   Thriving Affair At
St. Johns.
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We are   under   obligation   to   J
Below appears the letter of Mrs. A   j fully for   some   lit He   time   .»«■    -- , L|tlIefleld fur part ot a curious   sheet
J   Lacy of Detroit to which reference   boys will no doubt he aoie-K | coming from far away China.      As   is
was made IaH week.    It  was   written | good   accounts   «=<   t.er"^1    declded ! generally known. Mr.  and   Mrs.   Lit-
to Mra. Bicknell in  response to   a re- , line-up has practi^iiy  °LC weefe   i UPfield have bejn for   some   time   in \
,aeat tor information ac to  what   toe   upon, and may bek noun    : bete j China visiting a daughter.    Tbe sheet;
elab* in Detroit are doing in the way       Nearly one Hundred sea on  tuteta , ^ q(   ^   ..^.^
o, outside *ork. I »«. been .old.  «£■■  tb--cia    ^^ ^ ^ ^^ 6 aQd   ?
My Dear Mrs   Bicknell: I Hon a neat sum to beg n ,bi(J j How many pages the  paper   contains I
I am   very   glad j Tue soh-.ol   board,   win | Df course cannot be determined from
to Rive you information as to some of j sufficient to take care »' rJnninK ^ j t
^accomplishments and activities ! penses. * taoj^fo, all^ M-me, , ^
»f the   Women's   Clubs   of   mis   city
Satarday afternoon was quite a red
letter  day   for the   Primary   Depart- !
ment of   the   M.   E.   Sunday   School. \
The Cradle Roll  Supt..   Miss   Lamoreaux, conceived the   id^a   of   a   reception for the mothers, and a bubble j
party for the babies and with 'be   aid ;
of the  Supt.,   Mrs.    Brown,   and   the
teachers  of   that   Department.       The .
affair proved very successful   indeed. •
Covers   were   laid   for   eighty   and   a
splendid pot iuck lunchwas thorough- ;
ly enjoyed   after  a   fine  program   by |
the older children of the'.Department,
so everyone bad a part. X
URGE AMOUNT
Grange
Saved
For     Holiday
This Year.
Season
From
»n Kf-imb-iean
Meets    With     Denver
Dec. 6, 1916.
Isabella Co. Pomona will meet with
Denver Orange at Delwin, Dec, 6th,
1916, promptly at 10 A. M.
Aside fr>im tbe regular business,
there wili be election of officers.
Basket dinner at noon All patrons
urged to attend.
Address  of   Welcome,   Mr.   Keller,
POTATOES
This  Year  A   Bonanaza   Td
Many Farmers.
Last year th ■ Clinton   County   Sav- j M!lster °f Denver Grange,
ings Bank starred a  Christmas"   club, !     Response, J.    A.   Rowe.
members   paying   a   certain    amount
per week, according to schedules   for
small, medium or   large   amounts   aa
Master   of
Pomona Grange.
Music, Denver Orange.
Address, J. C. Keteham, Master  of
he sheet sent, nor is there any way
penses. A ticket tor ^'-^^ ' of ascertaining whether it is a daily
c.us:s si 00, and smg.e adm.ea.oo will   ^  &   ^^        ^   .^   ^^
ne   placed   at    2o> .      i-ie : tbat it is tbe former as the   subscrip-
I'juoiaeni    over    these    games is  ei.   ,
peeled to manifest itseif this 3 ear
during the past few v^ar0; aitho'
your letter cane so tbat that my re-
riew wMl necessarily I e hasty and incomplete
In   the     Detroit       Federation     of
Women's Clubs ot Detroit,   of   which
organization   1   n m   Financial   Sei.re
tary, tbere are t>2 affiliated clubs with i
m membership ot over "000   memoers, j Sunday   To   Wipe    Out    Debt
and    their    activities    touch    almost j Qf M     £     Church
every phase of  social,   civic  and   m-j
dustrial life,   and   these   clubs   have!
been  identified   with   so   many   vital i
and practical movements and achieved j 	
eo  many    things for  the  beneficai | Qf Detroit   Gave   Masterly
interest of the community, that 1 will j TQ Fine Audiences.
•e forced   to   refer   most   briefly   to j 	
some of them as   tbey   come   to   my j     >.jubilee Day"   fitly  expresses  the
Bind
$3,300 RAISED
REV. C. B. ALLEN
| tion price is only $25.00 per year. pa-,
able iti advance, $13.00 for six months, |
■$7.00 for three   months   or   ¥2 50   per:
! months.    Of course at this   moderate,
! rate the publisher could not afford to !
j pay the postage, eo J3.00 extra   is  de- j
manded for  this.      A   standing    paragraph announces that the Gazette is j
the only paper publisbed in the   Eng- i
1 lish language  in   China,   owned   aud
i edited by   Chinese,   and   having  the
! largest circulation of any paper pub-
Talk ' ''9t'ec'  'n   north   China  in  a  foreign
j language.
I It is stated that a special edition of
pages6and7 of that issue ia being
printed for distribution among mem
Leeth-Stevens.
Through an error, we failed to publish last week an announcement of the
marriage of Miss  Madonna   Leeth   to i
Ralph Stevens of this city,   a   son   of
Arthur T. Stevens. !
The ceremony was performed at the i
Stevens home by Rev. Bennett, only ■
the family being witnesses. They ,
will Jbe located here for present at j
least.
Recitation, K. A. White.
Reading, Mre.  W. H. Wood.
Walter White, Lecturer,
EM1WMENT
thev saw flt, for a Christmas fund for i 8tate "range
this year.    The little payments could !     8ol°' W   J- Cooper
be managed without hardship  during
tbeyear, and a nice fund provided for
the holiday by systematic saving,   or
a permanent fund created that will be
of use when most needed.
There are rnauy   reasons   why   this
club is a good thing iu tbe community, i	
it creates a habit of »a>.ing; it pro-! Service Offered By  General
vides monev in a lump sum  for   hoi:-! f~*,-»
day needs  that   would   otherwise,   in j UOVC.nment.
many cases, nave been frittered away j f«Iirr.C""» rr.iPV
and left the holiday season with scant) IfcAlHfcKo    AbfcM>I
means for doing the things every gen
erous person delights to do.
Notice.
itly
i celebration     wbich     the     Metbodisti" , . i
1 .    , _.   ,       : bers cf the American   Congress  and
bed   last -     . . ,   . .,
(1) For nsany years a committee
•f club women equipped and maintained all the playgrounds we bad:
and tbe Recreation Commission and
•ur extended playground system
is the direct result of a zealous campaign conducted by women's clubs.
(2) The Twentieth Century Club
kegan the school gardens, and the
Chairman of that Committee of that
Olub, is now in charge of the Municipal School Gardens which are maintained by the Recreation Commission j qDC. yeari provision being mad.
•f Detroit. j for jts collection, as far   as   possible,
(3) Co operating with the   Manual | in quarter|y installments.
Training  Department   of   the   Public j     Members of the   society   vied   with
Schools, tbe City Federation has had j eacD oth(Jl. in donating   of   their   sub-
epiendid   Bird   House   Exhibits,   and j stance for this worthy   object,   whi.e
Episcopal Church of  Clare
Sundav.   wben   in   two    eDthusia3tic i .      ^    ..
.. " ,_ .   lan Tarham
meetings, enough money   was   raised |
to entirely pay < ff the present indebtedness of the church, which   amounts
to a little over three thousand dollars,
including   interest   for    the    current;
year.
I'ledges were taken to the number
of over one hundred Sfty, amounts
raDkrir.g from SI 00 to $250.00 being
promised.    This is'to be paid   within
offered prizes to   boys,    and
wonderful interest in   bird   conservation has been the result.
(4) Vocation Schools for girls and
continuation schools are being encouraged, and salaried workers are
employed by clubs to assure the
adoption and extension of this work.
(5) The campaign to keep children
from street trades at night is meeting
with considerable success.
(6) Penny lunches for school
children at noon are supported aDd
-maintained by clubs in quite a number of  schools.    Laet    year   between
members of the British and Austrail- j
nts, friends of China and
those interested in the arrest of   Jap- |
anese "Kultur.''    In fact almost   this;
entire sheet is taken   up   with   a   sol
emn warning to China that Japan   is j
j preparing t     deal   witii   China   after
:fhe fashion she did   with   Korea   and
| that nothing can   avert   this   disaster
unless the nation   arouses   and   pre^- I
pares  for    its   defense.       When    one
stops to thick that   Japan   is   only   a
garden patch    in   size   aa   comparer;
with China    and    her   people    a    fe ■*
against   many,   to   some   this   appeal
d iub;ie.-s  comes   as   a   "war   scare.''
Indeed when one   considers   the   age
i old sleep of th-    Chinese   nation,    he
To debtors of Clare Lbr. Co. As
the estate must be settled up, all i
notes and accounts owing this firm |
must be settled by Dec. 10, 19Hi, by |
cash or for bankable notes, or settle- I
ment will be forced by suit.
Tbis means what it says.
D. 8. Lamont, Admin.
Union  Fair.
The Ladies Union will hold a Fair
at Rhoade's store commencing Tuesday. Dee. ■">. A variety of fancy and
useful articles for sale.
The final outcome of the fund for
the first year has been the saving of
$7,200 that will be available November
27, while it also caubed the saving of |
«n additional large amount tbat has
been withdrawn by some wbo did not |
feel that they could continue until tbe
end of the club year, or who has use
for the money they had saved.
Theclubhas been a decided success
and next year's club should be double
tbe size of the tirst one.
Every effort shouldhe made to make |
tbe fund twice or three times as large j
for next year.
Also   Conducted   As   A   Branch
Of This.
Try a classified liner next week.
very j many others gave most liberally, two | can read,ly understand the huge task J
prominent citizens of   Clare   promis
ing, £200. and   8250,    in   case   the   required amount v»as rai.-ed.
So at the end of a year, this organization will find itself possessed of a
fine cburch edifice free frorn debt,
and will be able to devote itself more
fully to social and evangelistic work.
Rev. C. B. Allen, of Detroit, wbo
preached morning and evening was
the big instrument in accomplishing
tbis result, his fine personality and
Christian spirit creating just that
feeling of sacrifice and devotion to   a
; this paper has on its   hands.     There
700 and 1000 penny lunches were j WOrthy cause which was needed to
served each day; and in these dayB cf j achievethe desired object He struck
bigb coBt of living, figures pay a j tne keynote of true Christianity
k»ndsome tribute to the fiscal ability when he said "1 dont know how you
of tbe committees in charge, for at i feei about the matter, but it seems to
»he close of   the   year it   was   found j me tuat jU9t doing good to somebody
£
that it lacked but 827.00 of being self-
supporting.
(6) Club women are responsible
for the Junior Civic League work the
object of wbich is to inspire children
with civic consciousness, teaching
them to keep themselves clean, to
kill fli.»s, cover garbage cans, assist
«>ld people, help little ones acroee the
streets, keep rubbish outof the yards,
9>nd in general act decently and to he
•seful. These Leagues are in the
schools, and include thousands of
• hildren.
Continued oo pvge 6
is religion.'- Incidents connected
with his ov?r. accomplishments in
reaching  the   lives    of    young    men
will doubtless not be wanting those
in high places who will assure the
publishers that they "are nervousand
excited" while the Bryans and the
Fords will assure them that helplessness is the surest protection to a nation; that the only people who ever
suffer from burglars are those who
are silly enough to lock tbeir doors
and keep a revolver in the house.
The paper is a six column sheet but
these columns are wider than tbe
American newspaper, the six columns
i being almost  as   wide   as   tbe   seven
He struck I
Column paper here. The type usually used aeems to be what the printer
calis "8 point" but tbe more emphatic parts are in "10 point" and
usually double column. We thank
Mr. Littleneld for sending this and
regret that we have not the entire
paper   tbat   we    might    see    market
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To Correspondents.
Our annual Christmas Number
appears on Dec. 14th. See that your
locality Is well represented in this
interesting number. Try to tind out
what plans are being made for special
Christmas exercises in schools and
churches, including a full account in
your letter.
Kindly send correspondence on
Monday each week without fail.
Auctions.
MRS.   LEAH   !i< ll.l oMli.
Remember tne sale of Mrs Hoicomb which wiil be held on Friday
next in Sheridan township, ;". miles
north of Loomis. Full list appeared
laat week.
I)BK CARHIKK.
Mr. Carrier has a sale % mile nortb
of Dover on Monday next, Dec. 4th.
Bee fnll list in tbis issue. Sale begins at 1 p. m. with John Beadle as
auctioneer.
made this declaration seem mo
tbat a mere statement of empty creed.
Fortunate indeed is tbe community
whose peopie recognize tbe importance of churches and work that they
do. May thia church and the otber
churches ot Clare be of greater service as the years go by.
Win-My-Chum Week.
|     Dec. -rd to   10th  will   be   observed
i by the Epworth League or   the   Clare
j M. E. Church as Win-my Churn week. :
Services wiil be   held   every   evening!
from 7:00 to «:00 o'clock with the ex- I
caption of Saturday evening.
The program as now outlined is as !
follows:
Sunday evening, l'nion Service of
Cburch and League,7:00
Address by Pastor — "A Creat Soul!
Winner or "Individual Work for In- i
dividuals"
Monday Evening, Talk by   Pastor—|
Three Secrets of Success."
Tuesday Evening.   Address by Rev. ;
. L. Dewey of Shepherd.
j     Wednesday   Evening,    Address   by ;
! Rev. C.  Da, is of Evart.
Thursday Evening.  Service   led   by
IT. (>.  HucKle —iiist. Pres. of E. L.
Friday Evening,   Address   by   Rev.
J. C. Deviney, Mt   Pleasant.
Sunday Evening, Life Work Service—Address by Paster.
This program ie a tentative one but
every evening will be foil of interest.
Everybody is invited.
Some will win, bome will be won,
and all will be happy.
re j'i'jotations, the ads, locals and   many
other matters of interest
A Saving of
50 per cent
No one should be so ear-
lecc- abont bus-iuess niattHrc*
hp to ovnrlook rt-n-wing
iiir (-nbt-criptiori to the
SENTINEL b^t'orei January 1. lyi". Many have
already paid one or two
yeare iu advance.
It mr-aiit* a saving of jnet
one-half which is quite a
pnng saving thes* days.
¥1.1)0 a year if pai/i before
January 1st. si.50 after
that. Kemember'we allow
yiu to pty as far in advance as yon like at the old
price, if paid during December.
Ail the papers of Clare.
I.-abelia and many other
counties have been obliged
to take the same step.
Newspapers will not cost
less for some time. They
may cost still more.
Call at the office or address
THE CLARE SENTINEL,
Clare, Mich.
In  1(J13   Congress   passed   an   Act
creating   the   Department   of   Lnbor.
The purpose   of   tbis   Department  is
set forth in   the   following   words  of
Congress: "To foster,   promote   and
develop   the   welfare   of   the     wage
earners of the United  States   and   increase tbeir opportunites   for   profitable employment."     A   natural  outgrowth   of   the   development of   tbis
new Department bas been  the   creat- |
ion of what   is   ucw   known   as   tbe j
United States   Employment  Service'
which is available to all   residents   of
the I'nited   States,   citizen   or   alien.
It is a service for   the   public   and   is !
free    to    both      employer    and    cm- j
pioyee.    The county has  been   (iivid- I
ed   into   IS   districts   or   zones,   with j
headqunrters offices in each zone- and I
such sub-offices   as  are   found   advis-l
able.     Tbe   result   is   tbat   there   are j
now    *0     free     employment     offices!
operated by  the Federal  Government
located   at   the   important   industrial
centers of the I'r.ued States.      These
offices   are   conducted   both   on    tbe
mail and personal plan, and any   employer or employee, no matter where
living, can use these offices, the former to secure help as   may   be   needed,
and   the   latter    to     secure     needed
employment,     without     expense     to
either.    Tee   post-offices   were   made
local depositories wher«;the   employer can  secure,   upon   demand,   order
blanks  for   help,   and   tbe   employee
application   blank   for    employment,
both of which wiil be transmitted   by
tbe postmaster  to  the  proper  headquarters offlce without expense.
Continued on Page 2.
EXCESSIVE PRICE
| Enables Some To Pay For   Farm
With One Crop.
Grand Traverse region is as prosperous thia year as a western mining;
camp during ihe gold rush days.
Ou!y the source of tbis prosperity
wae potatoes, not gold, and the lucky
ones are not lavishing their wealth io
the wiid and woolly style, but are
putting it away for a rainy day.
Some of the stories related by farmers who bring their potatoes to
market sound like Action but are
corroborated by cold figures and
bank accounts.
For   a   farmer    to     have     cleared
enough from this year's   potato   crop
i to pay for his farm is not   uncommon
\ this season.    Some did   bettor.      But
jtbe  blow   the   farmers   received   last
' \«ar when the frost killed most of tbe>
\egetationin  the   north   has  caused
the farmers to exercise  discretion   in
disposing of their wealth.
Here are a few concrete examples'
of what potatoes bave done for
Traverse, vouched for by the Western
Michigan   Development bureau:
Frank Rousch, who lives south oi
Traverse City set out ten acres of po-
totces. This fall he harvested about
175 bushels to the acre or an aggregate of 1,750 bushels from tbe piece.
Tbe majority of these were marketed
for an average price of $1.50.
Charles Selkirk of Bates bad a field
of tubers that averaged better than
200 bushels to the acre. Tbe6e were
marketed within two mile9 of his
farm at an average price of 81.50.
Felix Miller owns H50 acres of land
near Williamsburg assessed .at $3,270.
This year Mr. Miller planted fifty
acres of potatoes   wbich   netted  bino
$7,000.
Continued on Page "i
Thanksgiving
William   Crawford.
Is h re, and Christmas will follow
very shortly. Take advantage of the
nice days right away—at once—uoir
—to corr.e in and get chose Christmas
photos—The Personal Gift.
Why worry about whether tbe ligbt
is good enough to get your photograph taken? Ask us—we know because we have mad° a etady of light
ia its relation to picture taking.
Remember '-Vtiur friends   can   buy
anything you cau give   them—except
your Photograph.''
Bell 143. Tbe Hulb6rt Studio,
CHICAGO CAPITALIST
May Start Ranch  In   South   Parr
Of Hamilton Twp.
bridge, James. Theodore, and Donald.
SAD DEATH
Mrs. Rosa Davis Dies Suddenly
On Saturday.
:
Frank   M.    Utt,    attorney    for    D.
S. Stevenson of   Chicago,   who   owns
A pioneer of   Clare   Co.   died   Nov. I SOme 1600   acres   in   Hamilton   Twp.,
16th in the person of Wm.  Crawford, i located in sections 21, 28 and 33.   was
who  settled    near    Dover    ia    1668.   jn town last Saturday, going on north
Funeral services were held on   Satur-   to inspect tbis land   with   a   view   to
^av- i determining its virtue asgra^icg land.
Mr. Crawford was born in    Ireland j     Mr. Stevenson seems   to   ha-.e   in»-
in 1S35, coming   with   his   parents   to j bibed   the   altogether   wise   idea,   a*"-
Ohio   while   young.     lie   s.nled   the   ready shared by   several   other  larg*
Great Lakes, giving up that work   to i property   owners,   that   without   ta>®
enlist in Co. 1, 14th N.   V    heavy   ar- j expenditure   of   much    moiey.    that*
tillery, serving u::t:l   the   ead   of   the   tract of land could   be   mncie   lo   pay
Civil War. profitable  returns   by   usi.j;    it    for
Seven children remain: Mrs   Nettie  ranch   purpofles.   fattening   -beep   otr
f.r^shy of Cadillac, Mrs   Minn *i oungs .
.   i .■■ • orcing.Ont , Mrs. Ethel Harriug  young   cattle  after  the   fasbson   tot-
j ot Clare, Mrs. Lizzie Jones   of  StocK-1 lowed so successfully in   many   parts
~ of tha county.
We are confident chat after looking over the ground, and finding ou*
what others have done, Mr. Ctt wiil
make a favorable report to his ciiesrt,
and that another season will see a
further impeters given to thi» i»-
dusiry for which Clare County ie b«>-
On Saturday last Mrs.  Rosa   Davis ;coming famous
of   Arthur   township   died    suddenly
while at the store of J.   W.   Glass   at n   .       „..
Dover.    She was in her usual   health 1 rize  VV mners .
and had n:» premonition of death until   a   few   moments   before   the    end
came       Her    husband.     Fred     Davis j
died some two years ago.    She leaves j
six children, the youngest only three j
years   old.       A    fuller    sketch     wiil
appear next week.
Fair And Baked Goods.
Order of KasternjStar will hold a fair
on Friday and Satu'day D?c. S and :»
at Russell Candy Kitchen. Baked
goods Saturday. 4-2
Annual   Fair.
Tbe Ladies Auxiliary will   bave  on
display   and   for  saie    at    Mogardus
Grocery, Thursday and   Friday   Dec
7th and   8th,   their  fancy,    art  and
needle work.
Our Cpper Peninsula potato clo.6
youngsters carried off the honors
this year. The best six are V. P.
pupiis. The state champion, Vernor
i'eet, raised 402.6 bushels of potatoes
on an acre of ground at National
Mine aod cleared on the same $503.3U
That is making a profit of more than
500 per cent. Cnfavorable wea'ber
conditions in other potato growing
districts, and the aviating prices of
food products combined to make a
great record for Vernor. Young La>
Prance, of Osceola county, wbo «os
tirst last year, bas a mighty creditable record tbis year of 252 bushels,
when compared witb his neighbors.
Moderator-Topics.