1914-03-20; Clare Sentinel

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Official Paper
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City and County
The   Glare   Sentinel.
Circulation Greater Than
All Other Clare Couoty Pa-
pers Combined.
established 1878
(JLAKE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING,  MAR- H 20    ihu
New Series: Vol. 22 No. 19
AN OLD GAG.
Poverty and Desolation Come
to Another Dry   City.
SAMEOLD FAKE
That Certainly   Should   Deceive
No One.
There is being circulated in this
county now lo s.ime extent and very-
likely will be later to a generous extent, copies of the Aurora till.)
Beacon N^ws in which appears (a*
an ad 1 a most sad and heart touching picture of the utter desolation
now prevailing in Rockford in that
state and all due to the fact that the
people have banished the saloons,
under the local option law of tbat
state. There is given almost a page
and a half of cuts, showing buildings
standing empty and the general air
of desolation certainly is frightful.
It seeme incredible tbat any person
of ordinary intelligence should b3
misled by such stuff, but possibly-
some one at tbe last moment might
be. Certainly any argument tbat
has any foundation and is based
upon truth could well be offered to
people far in advance, so that they
could investigate and consider the
matter.
We wrote the Register-Gazette, of
Rockford knowing nothing as to the
attitude of the paper on the subject,
and asking for the truth, no matter
where it hit. Here is what that
paper says:
Rockford, 111., March 11, 1911.
Mr. Enoch Andrus, (.Mare. Mich.
Dear Sir; Your inquiry of the iith
inst. with regard to the truthfulness
of the representations made b\ the
"wet" interests in an ad in the
Aurora Beacon-News about Rockford
is received. You state that copies ot
that edition < i \or' -r-i paper •?.->■
being circulated in t'lar*' coun'y v:7h
tbe view of irt'.u-i >._; th- pending,
local option e!t< tion tiiere: the argument being that business in Rockford
is blighted by the absence oi saioons.
If the truth about Rockford becomes
known by tae ••< op!e of t'larc county
and tbeir decision :- to be gauged
by the aliened decadence of Rockford, Clare county will never ^o  wet.
In its several centers Rockford has
over three miles of business streets
or more than -ix mile-; of business
frontage, counting both sides o! the
street. It is continually building
new stores and moving out of old
ones. In tbat process it normally
bas some empty stores in the process of change. One double store
"which was photographed for the wet
exhibit waa under lease at tbe time
to a great inter state mercantile
interest worth many millions, with
chains of stores.    It has   been   doing
The Saioon Draws.
business in the west division of thie
city for two years in a large single
store. It has been rebuilding the
double store referred to the past two
months for tbe east division. It
would not be branching out like that
if it had not been flnding this a good
field. Another double store tbat
figured in the exhibit as two stores
bas been remodeled at an expense of
$5,COO, by a big piano manufacturing
concern located here, a3 its salesroom for the Rockford territory.
These are samples oi the changes
continually coming in with the
growth of the city.
Some of the buildings belong to the
olden time and are being replaced.
Several have been condemned. The
latter all appeared in the exhibit.
One of them with other old buildings
contiguous is giving place tbis season to a new S100,000 theatre. Another condemned building which
appears in me pictures is in a row-
where a single owner is trying to
hold up tiie owner ot the rest who is
preparing to erect a ia a cilice Ijuilci-
ing with about a Hundred iia-i frontage.
Some of the pictures presented as
an exhibit of Rockford were mutilated by tbe wets to prevent showing
the deception on the face of it. Two
stores which practice holding sales
at intervals, special sale ads in tne
wiadows being made to imply they
were going out of business, were included in the list of empty stores,
although continuously in business.
At one of them an inquirer who
came here from Aurora was informed tbat their business the past
year increased several thousnd dollars over the year before.
New rentals in tbo Rockford business district can only be secured at
sharp advances over the scandard
till lately prevailing.
Rockford has been represented
Continued On Patce 4.
1 wish to say  a   few   words   to   the
people of Clare county upon this tele and   do  not   know  of  any    better
way than to speak through  the  Sentinel.    As we   are  just  now  hearing
much discussion pro and  con   about
jtbe Local Option law and its   repeal,
I and as a county returning to tbe old-
! en  days   of   the   open   saloon.      Tbe
writer does not wish to confine   him-
j self to t'lare county alone but to   his
! experience of   many  years,   and   un-
I der various conditions, ranging   over
j wide stretches of country, east, west,
| north   and     south,     reaching  nearly
every state   in   tbis   our   great   land,
| and in the years of travel, and exper-
J ience with.men and conditions in tbe
; great   Tcities,    and    country    towns,
every where I bave found   the   claim
to be true.    "That   the   saloon    does
J draw.''
In what way does it draw? Well,
in many ways. It always draws to
its doors so many people and often
more than the grocery, the drygoods
etore or the clothier. One may ask.
Who are they that are drawn? And
we are free to admit tbat they are
from all classes and walks of life.
Lawyers, doctors, merchants, me-
l chanics, laboring men, women, boys
■ and giris, young and old, of every
nation, clan and tribe, texcept Japanese i good b*vd und indifferent.
Are all people that   are   drawn   by
the   saloon    bad?   Not   at   first,   and
many    of    them    in    their     boasted
strength  will say   tbat   they    are   as
good as any other   people,   which   so
far as   this   article   is   concerned   we
will admit to be   true.      But   without
fear     of     successful       contradiction, I will say that   my   observation
j and experience has been that all people who are_ morally    bad,   as   thugs.
^aniMer«, blackleg*, diunkards,  rob-
' b<-rs, while slavers, bums,    men   and
j women of the cinder world, are drawn
by 'he saloon, arc! the f-w good   th-it
ar-  there have to he one among then:.
! All classes of the   bad    named   above
arc ever striving to allure   snd   draw
' i lie yor.ng ot both sexes into the vortex to debauch,   corrupt and   destroy
iiiieir sense ol virtue,    judgment   and
justice,    making   them   outcasts   ana
! adding each in   their   turn   to     their
own   class    and   kind.     Yes,    it.   tnis
! way the saloon draws.
It l.i\ s hold upon every thrifty   boy
;and    girl   iii   every    community,   be-
seiging them on every side and   from
jevt-'y     angle   of    vice   and   crime   to
I draw them    to   tbe   saloon,   and   one
: sees them anter, often  by   the     back
] door,   with   their     face   abla/.e   from
| shame tor being there.    Then the sa-
j loon begins its work,   drawing   away
; their   sense of   modesty, refinement,
loveof bome, regard    for   father and
; mother,   loss   of   uprightness,   thrift,
i beauty of boy   and girlhood   and   the
I blush of   innocence.      And    for   this
loss is given   the   stare  of  boldness,
| the swagger of the tough, a love    for
the low, the cigarette   and   the   cup.
Yes, in every place that I have been,
j I have seen the   saloon   drawing the
| young in this  way;   and did   not   the
prosecuting attorney of   Wayne   Co.
i say   last   month   that   the   cafe   ithe
classi<< saloon)   was   responsible   for
| more than 75   percent   of   the   down-
| fall of the abandoned women   of   De-
! troitr
Yes, the saloon   draws.    It    draws
; the money from a man's   pocket, tbe
! self respect, from his conscience, the
■the steady poise  from   his   walk, the
i think  from his   brain, the   talk   from
! his tongue, the sight from   his   eyes,
and    be   goes    staggering   down    the
street.    Yes, it draws  from   one    his
' manly    looks,     his   credit   from   the
store,   the  shop   and   the   bank,  and
j his coat from bis back.   Yes, it draws
tbe dress off bis  wife,   the   hat   from
her head,  the   shoes    from   her   feet,
the joy from her heart,    the   comfort
from her borne, the tear:, to ber e\es
ami    h'-r    li >dy     ta   the   grave:     and
wri'es in the hi ar     of   ever\    person
who knows her "This is the   grave of
a druiiK.trd's wile."
Yes, it driwa a  man's blood to    his
nose, re.lr.c-s to  his  eves, p    swagger
to his walk, a slouch to his hat.    tilth
to    his   garmemts,   rats   and   snakes
and demons    to   his   hoots    and    his
body to tbe gutter.    Yes,    it    draws
disgrace to the home, the bread from
the children, the  clothes   from   their
body, the sleep from their   eyes,   the
gladnese from their bome,   tbe   prospects from their future,   the   respect
from    their   neighbors,   and    brands
' tbem among their playmates as boys
| and girls of a drunkard.
I-    Yes, facts   and   figures   show   that
I tbe drawing of tbe saloon  has  taken
[ a yearly toll of 100,000 drunkards   for
many years.    Thus for fifty and more
| years I have   watched    the  drawing
of the saloon as it has done its damn-
I ing   and    damable   work    wherever
fLftnO^L GcATlQT
MEN'S SUPPER
IS CLARE COUNTY THE WEAK LINK IN THE CHAIN OF DRY COUNTIES?
MOVED THIS WEEK.
Willard Bowen.
Michigan Produce   Co.   Located
in New Building.
The fine cement block building on
West Fourth Street which was put up
late last fall for use as a produce
building, has had a force of workmen
busy ali this week carpeuters. plumbers and others, getting the place
ready for use, and tomorrow it will
be open to tbe public.
J. M. Davis, manager of the firm, i
has had such a building as this in
view every since he located here I
some five years ago. The old quart- j
ers were fairly well suited to a begin- !
ning, but the business had grown to :
such a volume that for the past two!
or tbree seasons, be has been serious- j
ly cramped for room. But tbe new i
structure solves the problem, and tbe I
company will now be able to handle '
cream, eggs, poultry, etc. to the !
best advantage, as the seasons for
tbese various farm products come.
Not the least important feature ot
the new locatson will be tbe idea of
letting tbe farmers test their own
i ream. Convenient machinery i s
being installed tor that purpose, and
anyone who nas cream will bt invited
to take free lessons in that branch of
the business.
This Section of the country is admirably suited to dWirving, and that !
it pays well to have such a firm located in Clare is evidenced by tbe
fact tbat farmers who trade here are
receiving two and three cents morr-
for nearly ail kindu of farm produce
than is   paid   at   surrounding   towns.
Mr. Davis is bound to have something doing all tbe time, and we expect to see Wall St. a center of activity from now on.
Willard Byron Bowen was born July ;
■20, 1860, in Onondaga Co., New York.
He came with bis parents to Clinton j
county in tbis state where they lived \
several years, then moving to Oratiot \
county. Remaining their nine yars, l
they then came to Herriek where be |
and tbe father had a saw mill and
where he has since resided.
The entire community was shocked i
to hear of bis   sudden   death    which j
occurred   March   13,   1911.      He   bad
been in poor   health all   winter,   having bad two slight paralytic   strokes,
finally   ending    in    pneumonia.      He j
will be greatly missed in   this  neigh-
borbood    where   he   had    a   host   of ■
friends.
The   funeral     conducted    by    Rev. !
Irwin,   was     held   Monday    afteroon
from tbe   Methodist   church   at   Herriek with interment in Cherry (trove.
He   leaves   to   mourn,   three   sisters, j
Mrs. Ida McKinley,  Mrs.   Hattie   Mc- ;
Kanley and  Mrs    Jennie   Phillips,   of
Cadillac;  also   one    brother,   George
of Herriek X
More Liberally Patronized   Than
the Address.
The "men's   supper'*   at   the   Con-
| gregational   church    on    Wednesday
| was a   great   success   in   every   way.
j Dr. Sutherland   later   expressed   tho
opinion that the   idea   that  tbe   men
! had much to do   with   preparing   the
food was a pleasant fiction of course,.
We venture no opinion on that point.
1 The supper was strictly ail righf any-
i way   and   was   liberally    ostronized,
I the net   receipts   being   over   $50   we
are informed.
The address of Dr. Sutherland was
not nearly so well patronized, not
over half the seats in the church being filled. It was well worth a full
house. Owing to the death of one
near him, Dr. Bradley could not
come but may appear here   later.
Mr. Sutherland remarked that
manv people have the impresbion
that the   church   is   losing   which   i(^
i r. . „u    „~m.*=   f.„m   pio.o  will I far from   the   fact.       Whereas   only
School, D. S. VanAuken of    Lansing. | Bement who comes   from   Clare  wnl I
LOCAL OPTION.
i
Rogers-Bement.
J    H.  Bement and   Mrs.  Lillian   M.
Meetings For Saturdav   And Next I Rogers were quietly married at   Pon-
Week. ! tiac   on  Monday of   tbis   week.    Mr.
.  ; Bement needs no introduction   local-
Saturday evening, Marcb21, Hickle i ly,    b-ing   well    known    here,     Mrs.
be welcomed   by
the local Eastern!1 *" 14 of the population of this country was included in church connection 100 years ago, now the ratio is
1 to 4. However, a different conception of Christianity, a broader one,
is now quite generally held. The
church is no longer a sort of ferry
boat to waft people across the river
and into Heaven, but an instrument
to change their lives and make them
fit for Heaven. Tbe emphasis now
is on the life, not the creed.    Denom-
(Cbaik talker.)
Sunday, March 22, D. S. VanAuk- \ Stars, having been active in the
en. West Grant school at 2:00 p. m., ! work in Clare. Mr. and Mrs.
Pratt school at 7:30 p. m. ! Bement are at bome at   their   sightly
Monday, March   23,   Lake   Station, I lake home just off   South   Broadway,
Irwin and Knight; school on Sec. 29, i near S. C. Axford's.
Lincoln, C. H.   Rutledge   of   Detroit: Orion Weekly Review.
Brush   College,    Arthur,   VanAuken, \     The Rebekahs gave Mrs. Bement   a
Bates and E. Sharp of Bay City. shower   Tuesday   evening     at    tbeir
Tuesday, March 24, Hatton town lodge rooms here. Sbe received
hall, Knigbt and Irwin; school on many useful presents, consisting of
Sec. 26, Redding, Rutledge: school I cut glass, china and linen. All pres-
on Sec. 14, Arthur, VanAuken,  Bates | ent enjoyed tbe evening   with   a   fine j inational lines will not be abrogated,
and Sharp: school on S°c. 31, Frank- j program,   after    wnich     lunch   was
served. Mrs. Bement left on Thursday morning for her future home at
Orion with tbe best wishes of ber
many friends.
Church News.
RESOLUTIONS
Mt. Pleasant May Bond.
The voters of Mt. Pleasant are not
only to decide at the spring election
whether they will adopt the com- '
mission form of government.but they
will also decide whether the city j
shall build a new $35,000 city hail.
It is proposed to issue 5 per cent
bonds running 20 years to do this.
Unanimously  Adopted   By  \X'ise
Farmers' Club.
At the cluli meeting held on Wednesday at W. R. Lansing's, The following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, the Wise Farmers' Club
has a large membership in Clare
county and nearly all of its membership is interested in the welfare of
the city of Clare as it is their trading
point.
And wheaeas at the coming spring
election the electors of Clare county
will vote whether Clare city will
have two open grog shops or whether
Clare oity will be a clean, dry, prosperous city.
Therefore, be it resolved that    the
Wise Farmers' Club stands   for   tern-;
perince.
Resolved, that the   Club  bas   lived ;
lin. Revs. Dunbar and Seastrum;
school on Sec. 26, Summerfield, Rev.
Roland.
Wednesday. March 25, Colonville
church, Clare Band two ojr three
addresses; school on Sec. 30. Green-
wood, Rutledge: Paisley school,
Arthur. VanAuken. Bates and Sharp:
school on Sec. Iii, Hamilton. Dunbar
ami Seastrum: school on Sec. 21,
1! a't'.i'ton. It   v.  Poland"
Thursday, Marcr- 2o, church near
Majin siding. Kniant and Irwin;
Greeuwjod town hail, Rutledge:
Carrow scbcol, Srv-rinan, VanAuken
and Sharp: Frost to tn hall, Dunbar
and Seastrum; school Sec. S. Hayes.
Roland.
Friday, March 27. Clare M. K.
church, Mrs. Calkins, State Lecturer
W. C. T. C .: liass Lake school. Garfield. Rutledge; McKinley school.
Grant. VanAuken and  SDarp.
All are evening meetings uniess
otherwise stated. People living m
the vicinity of any of the meeting
places take notice. Teachens will
confer a favor   by   giving   notice    of
BKV.
S. rvice
KK V.
No serv
FKKK   METHODIST
I!,   il.   Dt'I'.YKK,   i'.AS rilF..
s at the Uauai hours.
l.c'l JIKKAN
C.   WAim.I.H'H,   PAs-TOR.
' 'es but Sunday   school.
CATHOLIC
FATHER J    J.     MCALLISTER,      PASTOR
Services at   10C0 a. m.
Altar   society   meets    on   Thursday
witb Mrs. McKtrring.
liK I UuDiST.
KKV.   W.   il.   IllWIN,   PAsTOR.
Services at tiie usual hours.
Ladies Aid meets   with   Mrs.   Ting-
ley on Friday.
EPISCOPAL.
RKV.   O.   E.   NEWTON,     RECTOR.
Owing to train service, rector can-
but there will continue to be less of
sectarianism and less quarreling
with  our    neighbors.
The church must   give   greater   attention to the social side   of   life, especially for the young.    Some prayer
| meetings are not spiritual   and   some
social  sjarherines are.      lt   must   not
i be   too   self-centered   but   reach   out
1 to help those beyond its narrow con-
; lines unless it wishes    to die   of   dry
i rot.
Tiie church should manage its
! business affairs in an up to date way,
j have at least one strong service each
' Sunday, be a social center and di-
I rect the social activities in its field
j and undertake some systematic
! service to those   outside.
Mi'lincrv Opening.
i . _j	
The ladi>-= ol t'lare and vicinity are
cordially invited to call and inspect
: our new line of spring and summer
j milliner" which will be on display
! Friday and Saturday March 20-21.
Miss Ethel Briggs of Detroit wbo
1 has    bad    considerable     experience
meeting at school where they may be ; not be here on Sunday but  will   bold j gleaned from her work in tbe   larger
Everyone    cordiallv     in-   services at Mrs. Graves'on Thursday   cities bas been engaged as    trimmer.
Mrs. ,     W'e believe Miss Briggs    will   serve
teaching,
vited.
Successful Socials.
We Appreciate.
We are thankful to the friends for
the great amount of temperance
material they are sending us We
cannot use it ail but we are grateful
just the same. It shows the deep
interest the people are taking in the
campaign.
Henry Hanes wac here from Far-
well Thursday.
School closes today for a week's
vacation. Most of tbe teachers will
spend the vacation at their homes.
J. T. Farmer and his bride of
Rochester came yesterday and are
guests of his brotber, A. J. Farmer.
in dry territory for four years and
have no reason to change conditions
back to the open saloon.
Resolved, that yre as a membership
of said Club, wil! do all in our power
for the local option cause.
Resolved, tbat the temperance
people of Isabella Co. do protest
against a breeding place for crime
on the borders of their county by an
open saloon.
Another Surprise.
If you have :i want, don't use a
dollar's worth of time- trying to supply    it   in   some   less   effective    way.
I'm1 ten cents' worth of space
in our Information column and get
results quickly.
Mr-. 11. I'. Iciii annaui. -cs her
first showing of smartspriog hatsfor
dress and street wear.     Prices reason-
:;"ic brooms for l')c   at   Tbe    Racket
Saturday, March 21st.
they are permitted to exist, with records and results alike from Maine
to San Francisco and from Canada
to the gulf. Say, neighbors, friends,
fathers and mothers, brothers and
sisters of Clare county, do you want
to be drawn into tbis cbasm again,
exposing your sons and daughters
and brothers and loved ones to all
the vice, crime, misery and death
by the drawing of the saloou as in
days gone by? No, a thousand times
no. Well then, vote to keep Clare
county dry.
W. H. Yonnglove.
Members of the Ladies Aid of the
M. E. church to the number of 20 or
more gave Mrs. C. Bigley a surprise
on Wednesday, the purpose being
twofold we understand: To welcome
her back to Clare and to remind her
of the passage of another milestone i
in tha journey of life. The well-filled
baskets taken aiong provided a fine
dinner and no one need be told that
a pieasant social time was enjoyed.
Notice to the  [-'lectors of   Sheridan   Township.
Notice is hereby given that at the
annual meeting to be held in said
township on Monday, April iith, 1914,
the question of changing from the i
present system of maintaining and
repairing roads by money tax to the
Statue Labor System as provided in
Act No.',266 of the Public Acts of
1913, will be submitted to the electors
of Sheridan township.
By order of Sheridan Township ,
Board.
Dated, March 6, 1914.
19 3.     l
At the school social he! i at the
Brand on the 13th, the sum of S27.35
was realized. The Thanksgiving
soeiai brought the sum of $36 50, so
that the school now has a neat sum
for library purposes. Tne teacher,
Miss Hazel McGuire, is to be sincerely congratulated on her success in
wbicb sbe may well feel proud.
Evidently the people appreciate her
efforts and liberally assist in making
them a success.
We learn that J. F. Brand has presented the school with an encyclopedia of 25 volumes. This was most
kind and commendable iu Mr. Brand
and doubtless his liberaole gift is
highly appreciated by all.
They Went All Right.
J. A. Alien & Oo. last week had a
practical test of the results tbat come
from advertising They announced
in the Sentinel that a line shipment
oi naval 6range« had just been re-
ceiveil and ^ouid be sold at a special
price. The n hole eohsignmf n' >cas
soon disposed of,
all directions to
the offer.
evenings.      Sunday   school   at
Graves' at 12 m.
congregational
rev. Geo. d. lyford, pastor
Services at the usual hours.
Ladies Union will be entertained
next Friday by Mrs. Johnson and
Mrs. Stone at the home of the former.
Tbere will be a literary program and
a 10 cent lunch wiil   be   served.
BAPTIST.
REV.   I.  WTLBL'R   KNIGHT,    PASTOR.
Morning subject "The Church or
the Kingdom, Which?'' Evening
suoject unannounced.
B. Y. P. U. at usual hour.
j you most satisfactorily.
'     Store closes promptly at 6   o:clock.
Trimmer's   services   until   5:3d  only.
Saturdays, 8:30.
Lilian Halstead,
Jackson Block.
Fine Address.
Mrs. E. L. Calkins, State   Lecturer i
of the W. C. T.   C,   wil!   deliver   an J
address at the M   E. church on   next'
i
Friday    evening,    Mareh    27.     Mrs. j
Calkins is one of tbe finest    speakers i
in the staie and all may   be    sure   of
hearing   something    good.      No   ad-|
mission fee.    Everybody invited.
COURT HOUSE NEWS
ISABELLA COUNTY
MARRIAGE LICENSES
James Haney, 34, Lincoln.
Lenora Lebark, 34. Lincoln.
Scott Gifford, 22, Fremont.
Anna Malish, 13, Fremont.
Ota Rohinson, 20, Fremont.
Truda Earl. IS, Fremont.
Notice.
Supplies Meat Now.
p.-opl
I a i. e
m: ing f'
,-antage
im
Card Of Thanks.
I wish to thank all those who kind-1
ly assisted in preparing  and  serving
the sapper   on    Wednesday.     Their
services were beyond value.
Geo. D. Lyford.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks for the many acts of kindness
and symyathy in tbis sad hour in the
loss ol our brotner. Willard Bowen.
Esoeclally do we tbank tbe choir and
all those wbo contributed to the floral
offerings.
Tbe Brothers and Sisters.
D. R. Wait of Farweli was in town
yesterday.
Mrs. Maud Terry was down from
Lake yesterday.
Miss Jessie McLeod of Farweli. a
teacher in tbe Weidman schools, was
the guest of her sister M»s. Forest
Sbumway most of this week.
To the Electors   of   the   County  of
! Clare:
|     Notice   is   hereby   given   tbat  at   a
meeting of the board of   Supervisors
I of said county, heid on   the   Twenty-
| first dav of October.   A. I) 1913,   the
John A. Ma.ver seems to be a versa- ',,,,-"        .       ,   , .    ,
following     n-sjlui.cn    was adopted,
tiie sort of man, turning his hand   to:..
A variety of pursuits, and we  suspect1
making a .success oi ali of them.
is now conducting i meat   market   in
West Saginaw as    the   heading   of    a
Letter just received indicates,  though i    , „.
J ottht
erv modest!}  sa\ s nothing ahout
Success.
he
it.
-.;. b\  the   Beard   of   Supervisors ot the County of   Clare.     luat
, the question of adopting the   County
! road system be submitted   to   a   vote
lectors of the County of Clare
at the annual election to   be   held   on
| tbe sixth day cf April P..14.   Signed.
Louis G.   Sly.
Notice   is   further   given   that   said
_       ...   , .      mt      i..   .ia  I question will be stated on the   ballots
On    W ednesday    next,    March   25, ]  '   , _ ...
Auction.
; Geo. Bowen will have an suction sale
! of tools »nd machinery belonging to
the late Willard Bowen. This is
somewhat out of tbe usual order of
farm auctions but doubtless there is
a sufficient variety to attract a good
number of buyers. Jobn Beadle is
is auctioneer and Arthur Badgiey
cierk.    See ad on another page.
35c brooms for 19c   at  Tbe   Racket
Saturday, March 21st.
to be used at said election as follows:
"Shall the County Road System be
Adopted by the County of  Clare?"
Dated, Harrison,  Michigan. February 24, A. D.  19H.
Francis M. Morrissey,
Clerk of the County of Clare.
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Mm. J. L. Oliver went to Eaton
Rapids yesterday to visit her daughter, Mre. W. R. Mead.