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Sentinel
The Paper With a Mission
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Without a Muzzle.
Established 1878
CLARK, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27.  1915.
New Series: Vol. 23 No. 42
THE CHAUTAUQUA
Closed   Successful    Session
On Monday Evening.
SUNDAY SESSIONS
Lsrgely     Attended     And     Ttnt
Filled.
The Chautauqua has come and
gone ano it may be well to "take
stock" of the thing and what it seems
to have accomplished. We shall attempt this only in a most general
way and endeavor to interpret sentiment as we bear it expressed. It
was a success financially, the total
receipts going beyond the $1000 mark.
There was not much to criticise and
much to commend. The entertainments provided a great variety and
thus could suit everybody with something. The session began promptly
on time and the manager is a good
man for such work. The people
connected with the work seemed to
be a clean bunch of people and we
hear no criticisms along that line.
We disavow any pretense of speaking critically of any musical feature.
We can only say that certain things
along this line appeal to as. A wide
variety of musical features was offered and everyone mast have been
satisfied somewhere. The "Kilties"
are the high priced aggregation, costing the Chautauqua people $1000 a
week, and yet some were not pleased
with their performance.
We did not hear all the speakers,
losing a large part of one that many
declare to have been the best of the
entire course. We refer to that by
Mr. Brown on Monday entitled, ''Uncle Sam." Most of the addresses
were on topics that are timely and
most will agree doubtiess with the
positions taken by the several speakers. Preparedness for war or pre-
pardness for peace, whichever way
one chooses to put it, is certainly a
live topic in this country now and is
likely to receive   considerable   atten-
FARMERS8 INSTITUTE
Pres. Kennedy   Explains   About
Reports.
Public  School. Building,   Clare.
Who
LIST OF TEACHERS
Successfully   Pass   August
Examination.
tion at the bands of congress next
winter. Any defects in our methods
of legislation that prevent the clearly
expressed wishes and desires of the
people from finding expression in
laws is certainly of interest and all
should be interested in seeking the
remedy. The means or methods by
which a town may be cleaned up and
made a better place in which to live
is of intense interest to every resident. No one can complain that a
majority of the topics discussed are
not practical ones, Concerning
some of these we shall speak further
in the future.
Mr. Spencer is a pleasing speaker
and both hie addresses were excellent. AH the great things of the
world have been dene by men who
had visions. Alfred of England,
William of Orange, Washington and
Lincoln are examples of such men.
While deprecating any cultivation of
the military spirit, Mr. Spencer declared emphatically that be is not a
"peace at any price" man. He favors the banding of nations together
in a "league of peace," using the
combined force to compel any to desist from warlika acts.
Mrs. Brown gave two fine addresses. "The Long Road" telling
of the struggle of women for equal
advantages in education, in the industries and in citizenship. In her
other address on "Modern Life and
Literature," she gave a synopsis of
three books, each presenting a certain idea or "spirit," one by the
Norwegian Ibsen, one by the Russian
Tolstoi and the third by the Belgian
Maeterlinck. Mrs. Brown has a
pleasing personality and is an effective speaker.
Congressman Kelly gave a fine address snowing how our "government
by the people" is really a government by a small minority. So firmly
entrenched has this system now become that it cannot easily be changed.
He made an earnest plea for more
independence in politics and his dec-
laration that the "straight ticket" a
man should desire to vote is one with
the names of all crooked candidates
scratched off met with an emphatic
approval.
We beard but a small portion of
Mr. Brown's address. Many declare
it the finest one on the coarse. The
concentration of wealth in the hands
of the few, of population in the
cities, the lawlessness of the great
corporations and the rottenness in
the government of the big ciUes are
among the serlons .problems confronting the country.
Mr. Eastman has made a long
study  of  municipal   affairs and de-
Editor Sentinel: —
My    attention   has   recently   been
called to the fact that many throughout   the   county,   who   last   Januarv
paid the   membership   fee of twenty-
five cents to the   Farmers'   Institute,
are   complaining   tbat   no    acknow!-
menl   of   membership   has   been   received   or   no   literature   of   any  description has been sent to them from
the college.      1 wrote   to   Mr. Taft in
regard to this and the   following letter received, which speaks for itself:
Mich. Agricultural College,
East Lansing, July 31, 1915.
Mr. W. H. Kennedy, Pres.
Clare Co. Farmers* Institute So.
Clare, R. D. 5, Mich,
Dear Sir: —
Your letter of July 31 was received
during my absence. I note what you
say about tbe reports for members of
the institute society. It seems to me
tbat those who have complained
must be new members of the society,
as we followed the same practice for
years and have not sent tbe reports
out until September, which will be
done this year unless we are held up
by the state printers.
The institnte year doee not end until July 1 and we are not able to put
tbe report in the printers' hands until tbat time. However, they got to
work promptly and the report is now
nearly all in type, which is quite a
job as there will be more than 300
pages. It will now have to be
printed and then go to tbe binders,
which will also take some time, since
there will be ten forms to print with
14,000 copies each. After that they
will have to be placed in wrappers
ready for mailing.
We do not acknowledge tbe mem-
bershiDS, siuce tbey should have received a receipt when tbey paid the
fees, and really we have nothing to
do with the memberships. It would
be quite a job and a considerable expense to send notices to 14,000 persons. In fact the postage on such
notices would be about as much as
we have to pay on the reports. The
reports will be sent by September or
in October at the latest, and tbe
bulletins will be mailed as issued.
None have been published since the
mailing list was made up.
Yours very truly,
L. R. Taft,
Supt. Farmers' Institutes.
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Comna'r  Aldrich   has   kindly    furnished us the following list of  names
of successful candidates at   tbe  Aug.
! examination:
First Grade Endorsed.
Chauncey Jones, Sears.
Second Ge\ue Renewals,
Frank   Blackiedge,     Marion;    Ella |
Carpenter,   Farwell;   Johanna   Lock-
wood, Frances Lee   Doty,   Harrison;
Hazel Mater, Clare;   Gladys   Pickett,
Detroit.
Second Grade.
Fern M. Barber,   Eunice Ebrbardt,
Faye Thompson,  Clare;   Mamie   Me-
Guire, (la Ritter, Hazel Turner, Harrison;   Iva   B.   Pifer,   Florence Salisbury, Leota; Grace   Foster,   Marion.
Third Grade.
Harriet  Barlow,      Etha     Haefcins,
Lake; Jennie Berkoropas,   Ray Watt,
Marion;    Cecil    J.    Eidt,   Coieman;
Franklin   Graham,    Farwell;     Hazel
Gates. Leota;  Mattie   Garrity,   Gladwin; Alice Kress, Grace Ritter, Temple.
PLEASANTJFFAK
Was Business Men's  Lunch
On Monday Eve.
By
INSPIRING TALKS
Mr.   Eastman,   Hon,   A,
Carton  And Oihers.
The school year starts Monday, August 30, with all rooms filled to
capacity. Supt. J. J. Hornberger and a corps of thirteen teachers will be
in charge.
FINE JHJuJMNG
Going Up On East Side
McEwan St.
Of
Of
ANNUAL PICNIC
Sheridan     Baptist
School.
Sunday
UP TO DATE 6ARA6E
Will
Be Completed  About The
Middle Of October.
The Sheridan
School held its
Tuesday, Aug. 24
which proved   to
Baptist Sunday
annual    picnic   on
in Court's grove
be   an   ideal   place
Goes To Mesick.
U. L. Pouison has b«en elected superintendent of schools at Mesick
and will move to that town. Within
a few hours after he had signed tbe
contract to go there, a position in a
larger town was offered him. We
regret very much to have Mr. Pouison and family leave us. The people of Mesick will profit by their
coming and the school there will
have a capable and faithful superintendent. The best wishes of a wide
circle of friends go with the family.
Main Street will have a changed
appearance when present plans for
the erection of new block? are matured.
Work started a   week   ago   on   the
wail for a beautiful one-story   garage
which J. M. Davis will build   on   lots
recently   purchased    from   Thos.   C-
Holbrook of this city and   Jos.   Ladd
of Franklin Twp.     This   ground   lies !
between the   big   feed   barn   of  John
O'Callagban and the   Bicknel!   build- :
ing where J.   A.   Allen  &  Co.  rnn   a I
grocery store.    The deed to   the   two
parcels   mentioned    includes   a   part I
interest in.the adjacent walls, so   tbe |
job of construction will not be a long i
one.
The building when complete will
be 40x100 feet. Tbe front wall will
be uniform in height with that of the j
Wm. H. Bicknell score near by, and
will be faced with dark paving brick.
Light will come through large   prism '
for such a gathering. A bountiful
dinner was served at 11:30, after
which many sports were carried out,
the following being tbe principal
ones and the winners:
Nail  driving,    Beulah   Langin   1st,
Edna Langin 2nd.
Tug of   war   between     young   men
and young women, girls 1st, boys 2nd.
Fat    women's    race,    tie   between
j Sylvia Coe and Beulah Langin.
Young men's sack race,  Orla   Bar-
' ber  1st, Clifford Randall 2nd.
Young   women's   sack   race,   Lucy
j Slater 1st, Delia Carr 2nd.
I     Girls'   and   boys'   sack  race,   Lucy
Slater 1st, Orla Barber 2nd.
Junior girls' sack  race,   Alice   Mc-
I Clung 1st, Lucille Herrick 2nd.
Little    giris'    sack    race,   Mildred
Larson 1st,   Minnie Zimmerman   2nd.
Young men's   rnnning   race,   Orla
Barber 1st, Henry Randall 2nd.
Little boys' running race,   Clayton
Barber 1st, Freddie Zimmerman 2nd.
Young  men    and   young  women's
running race, Orla Barber   and   Ben-
enr schools
Open    On    Monday     With
Many New Teachers.
NEW "dTpARTUBE
In Introduction Of Junior High
School
Labor Day Boosters.
This afternoon at  one  o'clock   the
business men  of   Farwell  will leave
that town for  a   half   day's  trip  to
Weidman,    Beal City,   Mt. Pleasant,
Rosebush and Clare for   the  purpose
of advertising tbe Annual   Labor Day
Celebration    for    which      extensive
plans   are   being    made.     They  will
take with them on the   trip   the   Far-
well band and will spend   some
at each place along  the   route,
contingent wiil no doubt arrive
early in the evening.
time
The
here
CONTRACT SIGNED
For
Lecture And
Course This
.L<l|gUl    Will    V*V*U«?     tfcjiwwp,-.      .Mp%v
windows in the front.    The  interior hah Langin 1st, Sylva Coe and Harley
GOV. FERRIS
Lectures Here
Sept
On  Evening Of
14th.
On Tuesday evening,
Gov. Ferris will deliver a
the Cong, church in this
subject will be "Lest We
Problems of the 20th Century." The
admission fee will be 25c as we are
informed.
Sept. 14,
lecture at
city. His
Forget,   or
Howard Choats of Detroit, son of
a former Baptist minister here, was
a guest at tbe home of Mrs. A.
Mooney Wednesday.
will be painted white and the   finish
ings   will    be  of    the    best  quality.
While the details as   to  the  running
of the establishment  have not  been
worked out, it is safe to say that  one
or more expert mechanics   will   look j
after repairs  in   as  good    shape   as
they   can  be  done   anywhere.     Ex- [
celient  facilities    will of   course   be {
given for storage, etc.
While we have  already  two   large
structures put up especially to  house ]
autos,    yet    the  remarkable   strides j
which this infant industry is making
lends reason   to  the   statement   that
another season will   see  tbe   sale   of !
cars doubled or trebled, and the   call
for shops and storage   room   will   be
correspondingly increased.    The fact
that Clare is situated at the   junction
j of the truckllne  highways  east and
j west is an added cause for optomism
regarding the  growth  of the  "auto
service" idea here.
Sowle 2nd
Hop, skip and jump was a tie, all
jumping 38 feet.
Jumping race, C. C. Knapp 1st,
Orla Barber 2nd.
Garchow-Krell.
scribed something of his observations of conditions in many sections
of the country and tbe methods par-
sued in his home town, a village on
Long Island. He recognized the imperative need of providing some
proper forms of amusement and
recreation to take the place of those
of an objectionable nature.
The total receipts of the Chautauqua were S1163.0S, *?48.6C coming
from the sale of season tiekets and
414.55 from single admissions. Under tbe contract, tbe local committee
receives the first $50 taken at the
door and one-balf of all over S1000 of
tbe total receipt*. This gives the
committee a total of * 131.52 with local expenses footing up about $60.
thos leaving about 170 surplus.
Pledgee were given for the purchase of 500 tickets and contract
executed, thus assuring a Chautauqua next yea*.
Sentence   Suspended.
Elmer Ford whose case was mentioned two weeks ago was brought
before Justice Johnson on Friday
last and upon plea of guilty of
saalt and battery was released upon
suspended sentence on payment of a
fine of 110.00 and costs amounting to
1103.70. He is also to pay Johnson,
tbe injured man, si .50 per day for time
lost, also board and medical expenses, something like  135.00 in   all.
We are informed that this disposal
of tbe case was deemed best by Prosecutor Bur wash as only a minor pert
of the assault waa committed in Isabella Co.
Miss Belle Alger started Wednesday on ber journey toTacoma, Wash.
where  she   will    teach   tbe    coming
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A very pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Garchow in , Sheridan Twp.
Wednesday afternoon Aug. 25, when
their daughter, Lena L., was united
in marriage with Cbas. F. Krell of
Grant Twp., the ceremony being performed by Rev. C. Waidelich of St.
John's Lutheran church under a
canopy of ferns, flowers and wedding
bells. Lohengrin's wedding march
was played by Miss Freda Krell on
tbe piano, Adolph Krell accompanying on the flute.
The bride was charmingly  gowned
in light blue meesaline and  carried a
bouquet   of    white  roses   and    snap
dragons.    Miss Anna Garchow, a sister of the bride, acted as   bridesmaid
and carried a bouquetof pink roses and
. snap dragons. Fred Krell, brother of
" I the groom, acted as best man. Afterthe
j ceremony a sumptuous wedding  din-
' ner was served to about fifty   guests,
: composed    mostly  of  near  relatives
I and intimate friends.
Both young people are well known
< and highly respected in this community. As an expression of their
I regard, tbe members of the Jugend-
verein met at tbe bride's home on
the previous evening and gave them
a miscellaneous shower, leaving a
large number of beautiful and useful
presents. Tbey will at once begin
housekeeping on the groom's farm
in Grant Twp.     '
Tbe Seetinel extend*   cordial eon-
gratalatfone and geed wishes
The city schools will open next
Monday with a new superintendent
and a large majority of new faces on
the teaching force. Fortunately,
however, these teachers are net new
to the work devolving on Ihe teacher
and come here with words of praise
from former fields of work. The
superintendent, Mr. J. J. Hornberger comes from Williameton whose
schools he has supervised for several
years and his work there is highly
commended. Miss Edith Mansell
was principal last year and enters
upon the year with the advantages of
an acquaintance with the pupils and
with local conditions. All tbe other
high school teachers are strangers,
as are also the teachers of the 7th
and 8th grades who, under tbe new
Junior High School arrangement,
will have a band in tbe high school
work. The full corps of teachers is
as follows:
Superintendent,  J. J.  Hornberger.
Principal, Miss Edith Mansell.
Latin and German,   Mies  Gertrude
H. Redford.
Science, Miss lima Johnson.
History and English,   Miss   Beulah
M. Conrad.
Music  and   Drawing,   Miss  Velma
Gilmore.
Eighth   Grade   and   High   School,
Miss Elma Lair.
Seventh   Grade  and  High   School,
Mrs. Stella Lamp man.
Sixth-Grade, Miss Alice Chapman.
Fifth Grade, Miss Nellie Osgerby.
Fourth Grade, Miss Hazel Mater.
Third Grade, Miss Nettie Miller.
Second Grade, Miss Vivian Greenlee.
First   Grade,   Miss  Jessie Duncan-
son.
Again this winter we are to have
an interesting lecture and entertainment course with ne. Tbe senior
claes wili again have charge of the
course, which is under the auspices
of the Coit Lyceum Bureau of Cleveland, and members of the class under the leadership of Carl Hoibrook,
president, have been for some time
working out plans for the success of
the series.
The highest class talent ever contracted for by a high school class is
to be seen this winter. As the cost
of tbe course is somewhat more than
usual, an extra effort will be put
forth to have every number well
patronized. One good feature is tbe
selection of dates, which are well
scattered through the season. The
class is preparing to distribute pamphlets descriptive of tbe course, which
will give a good idea of the kind of
talent which has been secured. The
numbers and dates follow:
Warwick Male Quartette, Oct. 8.
Miss Grace Sage, Impersonator,
Dec. 14.
Beverly Entertainers, Jan. 7.
Home Talent Play, Feb.  .
Louis Williams, Electrical Wizard,
Mar. 27.
Course tickets, costing only SI.00
will be circulated by tbe seniors soon
after Sept. 1, and the demand for
these should be prompt.
State   Fair Tickets.
The get-together meeting and lunch?
I of   the   business   men   of   this city at
the Calking Hotel last   Monday sveu-
1 ing was a great success in every way,
! not «o much by what it accomplished
I as what it represented.      Nearly seventy sat down to   tbe   tables   shortly
after   5:30   and   no'doubt   hardly  a
store or business place of any kind in
Clare   failed   to   have   at   least   one
representative there.
James   S.   Bicknell   acted   as toast-
master,   expressing  his   pleasure   at
presiding over such a gathering.    C»
W.   Perry  and   A.   R.   Canfield were
called on, each giving a short   talk in
which he referred to tbe   importance
of having a   fraternal   feeling among
tbe business men, and a   sincere   desire to work together for tbe beet interests   of   this  city.      Mr.   Canfield
also called attention to   what   neighboring towns were doing in tbe  way
I of advertising throughout  the   country ronnd  about, and  the  necessity
of  co-operation   on   tbe   part  of our
merchants if loss  of  business  is not
to result from this publicity.
Fred   Eastman,    the    Chautauqua
lecturer  of   Monday   evening,   made
tbe principal address of tbe meeting.
His talk was along the   same lines ae
tbat given later, before a larger audi-
! ence.     He   congratulated the people
j of   this   city   on   what   bad   already
I been   accomplished   here,   seeing  in
Jour fine   schools,   streets,   park   and
business   places   tbe   result   of effort
and co-operation on the part of bosi-
Entertainment i noss   men    and    citizens    generally.
Nothing seemed   to   him   too difficult
to   accomplish    by   any   community
that sets out with this spirit of working   together.      He   also     suggested
several   ways   in   which   tbe   public
could   be   brought   to   see   tbat   the
home   merchant  is   entitled   to their
trade.
Tbe 'common wieh of all those
present seemed to be that some sort
of a business men's organization
might be tbe concrete result result of
tbe gathering—a board of trade or
other body which will give all an opportunity to work unitedly for the
good of Clare, and of this community. We confidently expect to see
steps taken in the near future to
make such ac organization a reality.
By a happy chance, Hon. A. C.
Carton, secretary of the Public Domain Commission, was in tbe city on
business, and was persuaded to give
a short talk. After referring to tbe
many advantages wbicb Michigan
has, be spoke briefly of tbe work of
tbe commission. A round of applause greeted his announcement
that several miles of trunk line highway (or properly a branch line) was
practically assured through the state
forest reserve in Roscommon county
on the road to Houghton lake.
Season.
How Old Is Your Father?
Or how old would he be if living?
I Dr. Maynard recalls tbe fact that bis
; father, a Maryland farmer, was born
! Aug. 26, 1784, almost exactly 131
years ago, just at tbe close of tbe
American Revolution; and anyone
who has chanced to stroll (?) down
the street with tbe doctor, and keeps
up with him, can testify that he is a
pretty lively specimen of vigorous
manhood yet. He certainly bids
fair to be able to say away on in the
future, "My father waa born 150
years ago today." Tbat will be only
Aug. 26, 1934, and tbe doctor will be
all right for a foot race then.
We again call attention to the matter of state fair tickets mentioned
laet week. We must report on these
tickets and return unsold ones on
Saturday, Sept. 4- Yoa get them
for 35c each, 3 for 81 00. They will
cost you 50c each in Detroit.
OPENSM016ARA6E
F. H
Broderick Starts   Shop
Haley Building.
In
Fine Peaches.
We are indebted to John Ford for
a sample of fine peaches raised on
hie.laud in "Fordville. ' They are
of the Kalamazoo variety and this
Mr. Ford finds one of the most hardy
kinds. Tbey survived tbe bard
treezes last spring.
The-outlook for more business in
auto repairing, etc., in Clare is
sufficiently promising to encourage
the opening of another garage this
summer.
F. H. Broderick, formerly manager
for the Bell Telephone Co. and later
mechanician at the Hampton garage,
is now established for himself in tbe
Duilding used as a garage and paint
shop some time ago. He will do all
i kinds of repairing and washing and
1 also baa a limited amount of room
for storage. He informs us tbat several jobs of overhauling are already
in sight so that tbe business will
doubtless be continued tbrough the
winter season.
Tag Day.
Capt. H. A. Morey, representing
the Lansing post of tbe Volunteers
of America, will conduct a tag sale
here today (Friday) in the interest of
his post. Tbe volunteers, like the
Salvation Army, are doing a large
amount of charitable work and are
worthy of help.
COURT HOUSE NEWS
ISABELLA COUNTY
MARRIAGE  LICENSES
Byron Munson, 21, Mt. Plsasant
Clara Ellsworth, 22, Ithaca.
F. D. Crotser, 22, Mt. Pleasant
Alma Kniffen, 21, Mt. Pleasant.
Lands To   Be  Sold.
Try classified liner and see what
great result you will receive.
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Iu this issue, as in the last, appear*
the ad of the public Domain Commission giving a large list of lands in
this county to be sold . Sept. 28. As
will be seen, these lands are situated
in 12 townships, viz. Franklin, Frost,
Garfield, Greenwood, Hayes, Hat con,
Lincoln, Redding, Surrey, Summer-
field and Winterfield. Doubtless
many will be interested in  this  sale.
Dry Cleaning
You don't need to  go to  Saginaw
or some otber town to get work done
I    do   this  work   right  here ai d
guarantee satisfaction every time
John Bodapaogh, Bell Pnone
mt.
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